UK Town of Culture

A large community cast in period costume on a blue-lit stage, with a black-and-white portrait of Richard Burton projected on the screen behind them

PORT TALBOT: Seven chances in October to say what should go in the town’s £3m culture bid

Drop-ins at Cwmafan Library, Aberafan Shopping Centre, Sandfields and Croeserw, a pre-kick-off session at Trefelin's ground and two ticketed evenings,…

Kit Peters

1st October 2026

24th September 2026

PORT TALBOT: Town of Culture bid gets a new chair, with £3m at stake and until 30 November to make the case

Split image: Gemma Charnock smiling in a blue dress against a brick wall, and Port Talbot at dusk from the hillside with the steelworks lit along the coast

Arts and Entertainment

Port Talbot from above with the town's steelworks in the distance

Michael Sheen

10th July 2026

PORT TALBOT: Town shortlisted for UK Town of Culture — with £3m and a Welsh rival standing in the way

Port Talbot and the Afan Valley are one of 15 towns picked from 398 bids for the first ever UK…

PORT TALBOT: Seven chances in October to say what should go in the town’s £3m culture bid

PORT TALBOT: Town of Culture bid gets a new chair, with £3m at stake and until 30 November to make the case

PORT TALBOT: Town shortlisted for UK Town of Culture — with £3m and a Welsh rival standing in the way

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