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Choirs and crowds pack opening weekend as National Eisteddfod gets underway

Côr Bryn Owain won the contest as 14 choirs and 800 singers competed, with Côr Godre'r Garth second and Côr y Gleision third.

CROWDS gathered early for this year’s National Eisteddfod, eager for the first taste of a week-long celebration of Welsh culture.

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Choirs and crowds pack opening weekend as National Eisteddfod gets underway

CROWDS gathered early for this year’s National Eisteddfod, eager for the first taste of a week-long celebration of Welsh culture.

·Newport, United Kingdom
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"I believe we have broken the record of the earliest person knocking on the door to enter the Maes! "At 6.51am on Saturday morning, someone was keen to come in and that continued all day when the gates were opened at 8am, and it was nice to see people coming for the first time." Those are the words of Betsan Moses, chief executive officer of the National Eisteddfod after a highly successful first weekend on the Llantwd field.

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South Wales Argus broke the news in Newport, United Kingdom on Sunday, August 2, 2026.
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