Introducing National Youth Dance Wales’s 2026 Guest Choreographer: Osian Meilir.

Young musicians aged 16 to 22 have until 11 October to apply for the National Youth Orchestra, Choir and Brass Band of Wales 2027 

Each year on our residencies, we celebrate our musicians who display the most promise and dedication. The recipients of each award is decided by the sectional tutors during the residencies.  

The inaugural David Jackson Award was presented at the National Youth Choir of Wales’s final concert of the 2026 tour on 21 August, at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea.

This summer 355 young people from across Wales came together to train, create, rehearse and perform. Across 8 residencies, there were 19 performances and 2 public sharings, taking our young people from Bangor to St David’s, Swansea to Edinburgh, with more than 2,500 people attending our 9 summer concerts and a further 183 people coming to see new work-in-progress shared by National Youth Theatre of Wales. 

National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) is excited to announce National Youth Jazz Wales will return this summer for a 4-day residency, taking place 25–28 August at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 

We are thrilled to announce that National Youth Dance Wales (NYDW) will be performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer, joining forces with the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland (NYDCS) for a bold double bill of contemporary dance.

The National Youth Theatre of Wales (NYTW) is launching a year-long anniversary campaign celebrating fifty years of ambitious theatre-making, creativity and opportunity for young people across Wales.

Following a rigorous audition process after seeing it’s highest ever membership applications this year, National Youth Dance Wales (NYDW)’s 2026 cohort met for the first time last week at the University of South Wales, Cardiff.  

We're excited to reveal the National Youth Theatre of Wales 2026 Membership! 

National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) is delighted to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our members at Eisteddfod yr Urdd Ynys Môn 2026.

National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) is delighted to announce new funding support from Arts Council Wales for the development and launch of Momentwm, a youth dance development programme designed to strengthen high-quality dance provision for young people in Wales.

National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) is excited to announce the launch of its summer 2026 concert tours, with National Youth Orchestra of Wales (NYOW), National Youth Brass Band of Wales (NYBBW) and National Youth Choir of Wales (NYCW) taking to stage across Wales this July and August.

National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) is excited to announce the conductors who’ll be leading the National Youth Arts Wales music ensembles this summer.

The National Youth Choir of Wales (NYCW) is delighted to announce that Lux Family Law will be the official Season Sponsor for its 2026 season.

National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) is delighted to announce FREE Folk & Jazz Discovery Days taking place across Wales this March, offering young musicians aged 14–22 the chance to find their sound!

Young people aged 14–22 with a passion for dance are invited to take part in an exciting Dance Discovery Day, delivered by National Youth Dance Wales (NYDW) in partnership with Theatr Clwyd, Ballet Cymru and National Dance Company Wales, at Theatr Clwyd, Mold, on Sunday 1 March 2026. 

If you love dance and want to perform on a national stage, U.Dance Cymru 2026 could be your moment. 

National Youth Dance Wales is Celebrating 25 incredible years of providing dance opportunities for young Welsh dancers and artists from across the nation. To celebrate they have created a short documentary to mark the occasion. 

The National Youth Theatre of Wales (NYTW) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with an ambitious new ‘State of the Youth Nation’ bilingual theatre commission.