The vision for Wales Week
It's quite simple - we make noise, as much Welsh noise as possible!
Wales Week London is the largest annual showcase of activities and events that celebrate and promote everything that is great about Wales.
Over a fortnight around St David's Day each year, through a varied programme of activities and events we celebrate our culture and heritage, commemorate our national day, and promote a modern Wales to rest of the world
This is the opportunity for Welsh organisations to promote their products and services, and develop new London-based audiences, partnerships and connections.
(Wales Week was developed by two friends Dan Langford and Mike Jordan, who continue to run the programme every year, in their 'spare time', over and above their full-time work.)
The journey so far
The first Wales Week London took place in 2017, where 56 different activities and events took place. In 2018 there were 81, in 2019 over 100, and in 2020 some 136 activities and events helped showcase Wales right across London. Even during the pandemic lockdown of 2021, we still saw 70 online events take place; and when things picked up again in 2022, Wales Week London hosted up to 90 different activities and events. Some 111 events took place in 2023, and in 2024 we delivered a programme of 130 activities and events. Details about previous years are available here.
Big names, great brands, superb venues
Wales Week has enjoyed the contribution of many famous Welsh people, we've worked with many leading brands and held events at some amazing venues across London - Sam Warburton, the Prime Minister, the First Minister of Wales, Rhod Gilbert, BBC Wales, Houses of Parliament, Welsh National Opera, Jamie Roberts, American, French, Hungarian, Canadian and Swiss Embassies, Shane Williams, Secretary of State for Wales, Barbican, Westminster Cathedral, WRU, The Shard, the Old Bailey, CBI, Guildhall, Ian Rush, IoD, Alex Jones, The Foreign Office, Football Association of Wales, James Dean Bradfield, PwC, RADA, RIBA, Jonathan Davies, 10 Downing Street, Urdd, Lord Mayor of London, Barbican, Carol Vorderman, Penderyn Welsh Whisky, John Owen Jones, London Stock Exchange, Aston Martin, Saatchi's, . . .
Continuing to build momentum
As Wales Week London continues to gather increasing interest, so too it does across the world.
Over the years other Wales Weeks have been held in locations such as Paris, Melbourne, New York, Essex, Ohio, Newcastle, Pittsburg, Berkshire, Dublin, British Columbia, Germany, Kansas, New England, Detroit, Hungary, Osaka, Iran, Malta, Kyrgyzstan, NE England, NW England, . . . over the next few years we could have many more Wales Weeks taking place simultaneously across the world!
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