Beth Nawr? Festival 2026

SAve the Date: 20 – 21 June

After a sold-out first edition, our festival returns to Black Mountains College in 2026. Bigger, bolder, and bursting with imagination and enthusiasm for a better world. 

20–21 June | Talgarth, Wales 
Two days of workshops, art, music, food, and solstice celebration. 

For more info and to book tickets:

Visit the website here (ENG)
ewch i’r wefan yma (CY)

About Beth Nawr?

Our planet is in crisis, our way of life is increasingly unsustainable and unequal. So we are asking, Beth Nawr? (Now What? in Welsh).  

Bringing together pioneers of systems change to lead hands-on workshops to explore how we can re-imagine and rebuild the systems that shape our lives – from food and farming, to education and healthcare, to energy, housing and our communities. 

We will bring together people that are demonstrating systems change across the UK and internationally to share their practices with you. Through two days of interactive sessions, explore how you too can leverage change in small and big ways to build a more just and ecological society. 

Join us for enlightening walks, good food, music, camping, and celebration as we gather for the summer solstice – the longest day of the year and a celebration of radical new beginnings. 

Why? And what is systems change?? 

BMC prepares people for life in a warming world. We teach the skills needed to rethink and rebuild the systems that shape our lives but no longer work — systems that are unfair, polluting, destructive, or unsuited to the realities of climate change. 

We all take part in these systems every day. When we buy food, we’re part of the food & farming system; when we visit the doctor, we rely on the healthcare system. The choices we make — how we access and engage with these systems — help shape them. By making different choices, we can begin to reshape them. Each of us holds that power. 

While it’s clear that many of these systems are ‘broken’, we often lack practical examples of how to disrupt them and build better alternatives. Black Mountains College is a gathering place for people that are making practical change happen: a community where skills are learned and shared, ideas are connected, and new projects take root.