Tir a Môr Festival St Davids

Tir a Môr, Land and Sea Festival celebrates roots, resilience, and renewal from March 28th to 30th, 2025, in St Davids, Pembrokeshire.

Delight in a vibrant fusion of experiences, from exploring the intricacies of food and farming to nurturing our precious environment. Immerse yourself in film and music, uncover the depths of Pembrokeshire’s culture and heritage, and prioritise health and well-being in all its forms. Engage in panels and workshops where knowledge and community converge for a truly enriching experience.

FRIDAY • DYDD GWENER 28-03-25

14.00 The Cathedral and the Sea

Explore the Cathedral’s links to the sea and seafarers through the ages. A tour of the unseen places of St Davids Cathedral by Mari James of the Cathedral Library. Did you know the Cathedral has graffiti from grateful returning seafarers? That St Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, as well as of children? From the 6th century when Dewi Sant, St David, and his followers would travel by sea rather than land, to the 200th anniversary of the RNLI.
Come and be enthralled at the stories the Cathedral has to tell.

Venue: St Davids Cathedral. Tickets £5. Booking essential. Book Here.

17.00 The Sea! The Seaside!

Talk by Juliet Heslewood, author and art historian. How the sea and the seashore have been depicted throughout the history of art, from the Romans through to Rembrandt, Turner, Nolde, and to the work of our contemporary Pembrokeshire artist, Mike Perry.

Venue: Twr y Felin Hotel. £8. Proceeds to Eco Dewi. Book on Eventbrite, tickets on the door.

19:30 The Tir a Môr Twmpath

Join us for a fun and lively Ceilidh dance with Off the Cuff. Kick up your heels and have a blast! Food available.

Venue: St Davids Rugby Club. Tickets £10. Book on Eventbrite, tickets on the door.

Saturday – Dydd Sadwrn 29/03/25

10.00 Our Changing Landscape

A panel discussion with audience Q&A. What can we learn from our own past, and from best practice elsewhere, to help us produce more food from our own land, while giving nature room to thrive?

Chris Sayner – Chair, with:
Carwyn Graves – Author, public speaker, gardener and ecologist
David Ashford – Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Welsh Government
Dr Amber Wheeler – Freelance veg production and consumption researcher
Tom Clare – Pembrokeshire arboriculturist, tree grower and farmer

Venue: St Davids City Hall. Tickets £10. Book on Eventbrite, tickets on door.

10.00 Craft Market

10.00 – 15.00. From 11.00: Mike Chant, former St Davids Lifeboat Coxswain, sings Sea Shanty songs. 11.00, 12.00, 14.00: Will Chant, current St Davids Lifeboat Coxswain, gives free talks about launching a lifeboat for a rescue mission. Courage and Community – RNLI 200 Cymru exhibition showing here until 1 June 2025.

Venue: Oriel y Parc. FREE.

12.00 Local Food Producers’ Market

Showcasing our peninsula’s best, including St Davids Old Farmhouse Brewery’s Cwrw Kelp Lager plus Shaar Middle-Eastern food.

Venue: Ty’r Pererin. FREE.

14.00 This Land, Our Future? with lolo Williams

A climate and environment-focussed panel discussion with audience Q&A, looking at the future actions we can take for our sustainable future.

Lolo Williams Chair – ornithologist, nature observer and broadcaster
Starring: Pupils of Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi Gwyrdd Senedd, with:
James Parkin – Director of Nature & Tourism, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Daniel West – Energy & Sustainability Manager, Pembrokeshire County Council

Venue: St Davids City Hall. Tickets £10. Booking essential on Eventbrite, tickets on door

FREE for Ysgol Penhyn Dewi pupils (must book for capacity purposes).

16.30 Draw Fynna Draw Fan Hyn / There is Really Here

Mererid Hopwood and Ben Llwyd in discussion. Join Mererid Hopwood on a journey into the world of myth and imagination, tracing links between Pembrokeshire places and The Mabinogion.
Watch a compelling short film of a woman’s search for freedom and self-expression as she begins to become one with an interconnected green world. Poetic and mesmerising.

Venue: Ty’r Pererin. Tickets £8, Under 16s FREE. Book on Eventbrite, tickets on door.

19.00 Inspired! Art & textiles by local artists inspired by the landscape

Immerse yourself in a world of colours, textures and creative expressions. Bar with wine and cheese for sale at reasonable prices at this free event. Non-alcoholic drinks also available.

Venue: Ty’r Pererin. FREE.

Sunday – Dydd Sul 30/03/25

10.00 Câr-y-Môr Open Day

A family-friendly tour of our peninsula’s unique seafood and seaweed Community Benefit Society Farm. Learn about their journey, current activities and aspirations. Taste seaweed, see how it is harvested sustainably, and visit the shop with seaweed products and seafood available for purchase. Parking onsite.

Venue: Câr-y-Môr. FREE.

12.45 Seashore Forage at Whitesands with Really Wild

Discover super-healthy seaweeds and coastal plants.

Venue: Whitesands Bay. Tickets £10. Booking essential. Book Here.

Weekend raffle: we will be selling raffle tickets throughout Friday and Saturday – the draw for quality prizes will take place at Saturday Night’s Inspired! event at Ty’r Pererin.