Esedhvos FestivalThis is an archived page (1.11.16.). Please see the Esedhvos page for up-to-date information.
Grand Bard Merv Davey The Gorsedh Kernow Esedhvos Festival of Cornish Culture promotes and celebrates Cornwall’s distinctive cultural identity and Celtic heritage. The Cornish equivalent of the Welsh Eisteddfod and Breton Gorsedd, it is held in Cornwall every year in the days surrounding the annual Gorsedh Kernow bardic ceremony. The range of events is wide, open to the public and mostly free of charge, taking place in locations close to the current Gorsedh ceremony site. Festival events usually include a Book Fair, a one-day conference, a ceilidh, a concert, a bi-lingual Sunday Evensong and the opportunity to try out a bit of the Cornish language for yourself. Often there are talks, walks or demonstrations of local interest.
Yeth an Werin On Gorsedh Saturday itself, the impressive ceremony is augmented by colourful stalls on the Gorsedh Field. Here you may browse among stalls offering Cornish crafts, foods and drink, you can find information on local organisations and societies and also learn about Cornwall’s native language, Kernewek. For more about the Esedhvos Festival, listen to Radyo Gernewegva.
2016 Programme Esedhvos Festival of Cornish Culture, St Keverne
Wednesday 31st August The Grand Bard’s chair will be on display in St Keverne Parish Church, The Square, St Keverne, TR12 6NE until Friday 2nd September. Free entry, but donations to the church welcome. There will also be a display of entries for the Gorsedh Young Peoples’ Awards. Thursday 1st September 11am - 3pm Book launch & Cornish Book Fair @ St Keverne Parish Hall, Well Lane, St Keverne TR12 6LZ. Plus a series of short talks through the day. Free entry. Accessible for people with disabilities. Programme. Gorsedh Kernow Awards 6pm Displays and video presentations @ St Keverne Parish Church, The Square, St Keverne, TR12 6NE. Friday 2nd September
Garry Tregidga 10am - 4.30pm Conference “Border At RIsk” @ St Keverne Parish Hall, Well Lane, St Keverne TR12 6LZ.
7pm An Kerdh /The Walk – A Community Play by the Mullion Cornish Language Group. A lighthearted play, written by Ellen Moule, about Mary Kelynack’s walk to London for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 8pm Cornish Troyl/Ceilidh with Penzance Guizers Saturday 3rd September Gorsedh Kernow Bardic Ceremony including installation of new bards. All welcome to attend, bring the family. Free entry. 8.30pm Cornish singalong @ The White Hart Hotel, The Square, St Keverne. Led by Matthi Clarke. All welcome whether singers or not. Free. Full access for people with disabilities. Parking in The Square or at Roskilly’s Field by St Keverne Band Room. Sunday 4th September 10.00am – 11.00am “Boden Vean prehistoric site and fogou” talk by James Gossip, Project Officer, Cornwall Council Archaeology Unit, @ Porthallow Village Hall, Porthallow, TR12 6PN followed by refreshments. Free. Full access for people with disabilities. Parking on beach outside hall. 11am - 1pm “Myttin Lowender” Cornish language taster session @ Porthallow Village Hall. Free. All welcome. Full access for people with disabilities. Carpark on beach outside. 3pm Evening Prayer in Cornish @ St Keverne Parish Church. Free with retiring collection for the church. All welcome. Entrance to St Keverne Parish Church is via the south door. Disabled access is via a path beside the Band Room which takes you into the churchyard and thence to the church. Gorsedh Kernow Esedhvos Festival of Cornish Culture (Please note some details of the Esedhvos programme may be subject to change. Please re-visit for the latest information) The whole experience gives you the opportunity each year to visit one of Cornwall’s beautiful, historic but maybe lesser-known towns and to explore Cornwall’s heritage and culture in a friendly, happy atmosphere of celebration.
Contact Pat Parkins, the Esedhvos Events Manager, either by email on esedhvos@gorsedhkernow.org.uk or by leaving a text message or voicemail on our dedicated Esedhvos phoneline 077 621 69 733 and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Report on the festival in 2015 from Pat Parkins, Esedhvos Events Manager:
Bethany Lyne, Lady of the Flowers 2016 A lively and interesting week of Esedhvos events surrounded this year’s St Austell Gorsedh. Wheal Martyn and St Austell Library staged displays and activities, and our own events began on Thursday with the Book Launch and Fair, including the sale of many unusual and rare Cornish books, and featuring short talks on local literary celebrities. An atmospheric Thursday evening of traditional and dialect songs and stories was packed to the doorway. Friday’s Conference was a sell-out (as were the excellent local lunchtime pasties!). We then danced Friday evening away at St Austell Brewery, also tasting the special On Gorsedh Day itself, we were lucky to persuade some interesting stalls to attend and to have welcome refreshments (and more excellent pasties!) provided by St Austell Football Club. After the Bardic Tea there was a choice of venue (some of us managed both) of a wonderful and evocative Concert (where the Trelawny finale raised yet another roof) and a Cornish language singalong in the bar of the White Hart, ably supported by the Mayor, sporting his chain of office! Sunday was a beautiful warm sunny day, just right for our guided tour of some of St Austell’s lesser-known and very interesting spots, including a surprise visit to a medieval tucking-mill, currently under restoration. A well-attended Myttin Lowender resulted in some firm commitments to start attending Cornish classes. For Evensong in the Parish Church, the sun streamed through the wonderful stained-glass windows. Beautiful Cornish singing from the Choir and a large congregation floated across St Austell from the open church door - a final echo of a stimulating and very happy week.
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EsedhvosHemm yw folen kovskrif (1.11.16). Gwra gweles an folen Esedhvos rag kedhlow a-lemmyn mar pleg.
Dons 'sarf' Esedhvos Gorsedh Kernow a’s teves bern a-dro dh’agan honanieth wonisogethel ha’gan ertach keltek. Haval dhe’n Esedhvos kembrek ha’n Gorsedd bretonek, ev a hwer pub bledhen y’n dedhyow yn-kerghyn an Orsedh hy honan. Gans meur a hwarvosow gonisogethel dihaval, an brassa rann anedha heb kost, rag oll an werin yw an Esedhvos, mayth omlowenhahons yn tyller an Orsedh. Herwydh usadow, yn Dedhyow an Esedhvos y kevir Fer Lyvrow, Jorna Keskussulyans, Troyll, Gool Ilow, Gwesper Diwyethek ha Myttin Lowender Kernewek. Y hwyrvydh martesen ynwedh arethow, keskerdhow po diskwedhyansow a-dro dhe vateryow a’n ranndir. Dy’Sadorn an Orsedh, y fydh stallow afinys oll a-dro dhe Bark an Solempnita hag y hyllir gwandra ow mires orth kreftow, boos ha diwes kernewek, kavos kedhlow yn kever kowethasow teythyek, ha praktisya agas Kernewek gans tus orth stall agan yeth! Rag klewes moy a-dro dhe'n Esedhvos, gwrewgh goslowes orth Radyo Gernewegva. Towlen 2016Esedhvos Gool Gonisogeth Gernewek, Lannahevran Gwrewgh mires orth an Sowsnek mar pleg!
Der an prevyans ma pub bledhen, yth aswonir milwell trevow kernewek teg hag istorek hag omlowenhe yn prysweyth kernewek gwir.
Gwrewgh kestava Pat Parkins, Dyghtyer Hwarvosow an Esedhvos:
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