Hay Castle Events

As well as tours and exhibitions, we hold a variety of events here at Hay Castle. You can see upcoming events and buy tickets below. For our past events listings please click here.

Life Drawing Feb 9th

Monday Life Drawing Session

Venue: Hay Castle Clore Learning Space
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This takes place in the Clore Learning Space every other Monday from 11am until 4pm.


The model this week will be Jessika


Please bring your own materials

The sessions cost £18 for the full day from 11-4pm and £12 for a morning or afternoon session only.
The morning session starts at 11am so please arrive at about 10.45am
The afternoon session starts at 1:45pm so please arrive at least 10 mins beforehand


11 - 12 - Drawing
12 - 12.15 - Break
12.15 - 1.15 - Drawing
1.15 - 1.45 - Lunch
1.45 - 2.45 - Drawing
2.45 - 3pm - Break
3 - 4pm - Drawing



Full day session £18 9th Feb
£18.00
Half Day Session £12 9th Feb
£12.00
Life Drawing Feb 9th

Print Club Feb 16th

Fortnightly Print Club

Venue: Hay Castle Clore Learning Space
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Print Club is run by our resident printmaker - Aidan Saunders - AKA Prints of Hay.

Print Club costs £6 per session - Some materials will be provided and there will be access to the printing press when accompanied by Aidan.

This club will develop according to the needs and requirements of the members of the group - so why not come along and become a part of Print Club.


Print Club 16th Feb
£6.00
Print Club Feb 16th

Life Drawing Feb 23rd

Monday Life Drawing Session

Venue: Hay Castle Clore Learning Space
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This takes place in the Clore Learning Space every other Monday from 11am until 4pm.


The model this week will be Martin


Please bring your own materials

The sessions cost £18 for the full day from 11-4pm and £12 for a morning or afternoon session only.
The morning session starts at 11am so please arrive at about 10.45am
The afternoon session starts at 1:45pm so please arrive at least 10 mins beforehand


11 - 12 - Drawing
12 - 12.15 - Break
12.15 - 1.15 - Drawing
1.15 - 1.45 - Lunch
1.45 - 2.45 - Drawing
2.45 - 3pm - Break
3 - 4pm - Drawing



Full day session £18 23rd Feb
£18.00
Half Day Session £12 23rd Feb
£12.00
Life Drawing Feb 23rd

A Concert for St David's Day

With Cantorion y Gelli

Venue: Great Hall
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Cantorion Y Gelli is Hay’s mixed-voice, Welsh-language choir.

Musical Director, Gemma Woolford, gathered a group of friends together after the final lockdown to learn one Welsh song, and the fun started from there. Members are either learning Welsh or passionate about Wales and the language, three first language Welsh-speakers keeping a close ear on pronunciation.

Cantorion Y Gelli is excited to collaborate with Hay Castle this St David’s Day to bring you an evening of Welsh entertainment. The choir has a varied repertoire of traditional folk songs, hymns, male voice choir classics and even a football anthem! Come along and celebrate this very important day in the calendar and enjoy some good old-fashioned Welsh “hwyl”!

St David's Day Concert
£12.50
A Concert for St David's Day

Redefining Beauty

Maxine Peake - Olivia McCannon - Clive Hicks-Jenkins

Venue: Great Hall
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An evening with actor Maxine Peake, poet Olivia McCannon, and Beauty and Beast illustrator Clive Hicks-Jenkins, hosted by Mari Fforde.

In Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ reimagining, beauty is unstable and unsettling — something that flickers at the edges of childhood fear and imagination. To mark the close of the exhibition, this one-off event brings together three distinct voices responding to his work through poetry, performance, and provocation.

Join us in the Great Hall for a dramatic evening of the uncanny, the unsettling, and the unruly.

The exhibition by Clive Hicks-Jenkins in our Gallery will be open from 6pm before the event. There will also be a bar open from 6pm.
Redefining Beauty
£20.00

Hay Printer's Fair

Venue: Great Hall
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Celebrating print and paper, the first Hay Printers’ Fair will be held at Hay Castle on Saturday 11th April 2026.

There will be two floors of artists presenting an amazing array of work to buy, including letterpress, etching, wood engraving, lino cutting, paper marbling, illustration, book art and calligraphy.

There will be demonstrations on the day to enjoy too. Come and meet the artists and learn about their craft.


Entrance to the Castle is free on the day of the Fair.

FREE EVENTS

Hay Music: The New London Chamber Ensemble

Wind Quintet

Venue: Great Hall
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One of Britain's leading wind quintets, for a quarter of a century the NLCE has graced stages globally and has left an indelible mark with notable appearances in diverse settings, challenging traditional ideas of chamber music with their innovative programmes.

They will perform Claude Debussy (arr. Gordon Davies): Petite Suite; Samuel Barber: Summer Music; Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24 No.2; Moondog: Bird of Paradise; Julian Philips: Anniversary quintet - world premiere; Gustav Holst: Wind Quintet in A Flat, Op.14 and Valerie Coleman: Umoja.

Tickets: Adults £20 / under 25s £10. A limited number of free tickets for under 25s are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For full details and to book please go to www.haymusic.org

Friday, 24 April 2026 at 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)

Hay Music: The New London Chamber Ensemble