🎉 Llandovery Farmers Market – 3rd May - VE Day 80 Celebrations!

Llandovery’s historic Market Square is set to burst into colour and nostalgia on Saturday, 3rd May from 10am to 2pm, as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day! 🇬🇧✨

Join us for a day filled with vintage vibes, delicious local produce, and lively community spirit. With the backdrop of uplifting 1940s music playing all day long, our wonderful traders will be dressing up in fabulous 1940s fashion — and we invite you to join in too! 👗🎩Whether it’s a jaunty hat, a floral dress, or a dapper suit, come dressed to impress and be part of the fun. Swing and lindyhop dance groups are warmly invited to bring extra energy to the day with spontaneous performances and crowd-pleasing moves! 💃🕺

🛍️ What to Expect at the Market

Market Manager Raoul Bhambral shares:

“80 years ago, on the 8th of May, World War II ended in Europe. It’s important we remember what happened. This market on the 3rd of May is Llandovery’s tribute to those times of peace when people can celebrate.”

We’re proud to showcase around 20 fantastic local producers, offering a wide range of treats and treasures:

🌱 Fresh greens and vegetables🍯 Homemade jams, award-winning marmalades, chutneys, and honey🍰 Scrumptious gluten-free cakes🧀 Award-winning goats’ and sheep’s cheeses🥩 Local meats including lamb, mutton, pork, and beef🔨 Beautiful handcrafted kitchenware🌳 Fruit trees, herbs, wildlife-friendly plants, and fresh flowers🍏 Artisan cider and spirits💍 Stunning crafted silver jewellery🧴 Natural goat's milk skincare products

Plus, there will be a tempting range of street food – from hearty sausage rolls and pasties to savoury pies, pizzas, and fresh salads. Perfect for a picnic in the Square! 🥧🍕

🌍 A Wider Celebration of Peace

This year’s VE Day commemorations are part of a nationwide celebration led by Bruno Peek CVO OBE OPR, renowned for organising major national events like D-Day 80 and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilees. 🇬🇧

Bruno Peek shared:

“This VE Day 80 holds special significance, as it may be the last time we have the privilege of celebrating alongside those who remember the events of WWII. This is our opportunity to express heartfelt gratitude to the men and women who made unimaginable sacrifices for the peace we enjoy today.”“Let’s honour their legacy by celebrating peace, unity, and reconciliation – and ensuring their courage is never forgotten.”

🎭 Dance Theatre with a Splash – Kitsch & Sync Collective presents Hello Buoys!

Bringing extra sparkle and spectacle to the market this year is Kitsch & Sync Collective, one of Wales’s most distinctive and delightfully eccentric dance theatre companies. Known for their playful performances and eye-catching costumes, the Cardiff-based female-led company will be performing their hit outdoor show Hello Buoys!, inspired by vintage seaside postcards and the cheeky glamour of mid-20th century beach culture.

🌊💃 Hello Buoys! follows three delightfully dinghy-less damsels on a nautical misadventure bursting with charm, choreography and chaos. Expect giggles, grooves, and glorious retro costumes in this joyous, family-friendly performance.

🕚 Catch their pop-up performances in Market Square at: 👉 11:30 AM👉 12:15 PM👉 1:15 PM All performances are FREE and suitable for all ages.

Maggi Swallow, Events Support Coordinator (Hybu Llanymddyfri), says:“It’s amazing to have Kitsch & Sync Collective perform in Llandovery – they’re one of my favourite dance theatre companies in Wales: fun, accessible, and female-led. It’s also great to bring them to the Farmers Market as part of the VE Day celebrations. Culture, arts, local food and produce are essential to the local economy and the well-being of every thriving community.”

Founded in 2011 by Kylie Ann Smith and Kim Noble, Kitsch & Sync specialise in bold, visual and comedic work with a strong retro influence. Their shows mix contemporary choreography, character theatre, circus, costume and song, often performed in outdoor and unconventional settings – from street festivals to care homes, school playgrounds and supported living venues. With a commitment to sustainability and inclusivity, they use upcycled costumes and props, and regularly create work for audiences who face barriers to accessing traditional theatre. Whether it’s their Doorbell Dance-O-Grams, immersive club nights, or interactive children’s shows, Kitsch & Sync bring a contagious sense of fun and theatricality wherever they perform – and Hello Buoys! is set to be a highlight of this year's VE Day celebration.

🗓️ Saturday, 3rd May 2025🕙 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM📍 Market Square, Llandovery

Bring your family and friends, dress up, dance, and celebrate with us! Let’s make this a joyful and memorable tribute to the heroes of yesterday and a vibrant celebration of our community today. 💖

#LlandoveryFarmersMarket #VEDay80 #LlandoveryEvents #SupportLocal #CommunitySpirit #RememberAndCelebrate #HybuLlanymddyfri #1940sCelebration Mae Sgwâr y Farchnad hanesyddol yn Llanymddyfri ar fin byrstio gyda lliw a hiraeth ddydd Sadwrn, 3ydd Mai rhwng 10yb a 2yp, wrth i ni ddathlu 80 mlynedd ers Diwrnod Buddugoliaeth yn Ewrop! 🇬🇧✨

Ymunwch â ni am ddiwrnod llawn o naws retro, cynnyrch lleol blasus, ac ysbryd cymunedol bywiog. Gyda cherddoriaeth galonogol o’r 1940au’n chwarae drwy’r dydd, bydd ein masnachwyr gwych yn gwisgo ffasiwn ysblennydd y 1940au — ac rydyn ni’n eich gwahodd chi i wneud yr un fath! 👗🎩 Boed hynny'n het smart, ffrog flodeuog, neu siwt smart, dewch wedi’ch gwisgo i’r nines i fod yn rhan o’r hwyl. Mae grwpiau dawns swing a lindyhop yn cael eu gwahodd yn gynnes i ddod ag egni ychwanegol gyda pherfformiadau digymell a symudiadau hudolus! 💃🕺

🛍️ Beth i’w Ddisgwyl yn y Farchnad

Dywedodd Rheolwr y Farchnad, Raoul Bhambral:

“80 mlynedd yn ôl, ar y 8fed o Fai, daeth Diwedd y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yn Ewrop. Mae’n bwysig ein bod yn cofio’r hyn a ddigwyddodd. Mae’r farchnad hon ar y 3ydd o Fai yn deyrnged Llanymddyfri i’r cyfnodau hynny o heddwch pan all pobl ddathlu.”

Rydym yn falch o gyflwyno tua 20 o gynhyrchwyr lleol gwych, gan gynnig amrywiaeth eang o ddanteithion a thrysorau:

• 🌱 Llysiau a pherlysiau ffres

• 🍯 Jamiau cartref, marmaladau a sawsiau enillwyr gwobrau

• 🍰 Cacennau heb glwten blasus

• 🧀 Caws geifr a defaid wedi ennill gwobrau

• 🥩 Cig lleol gan gynnwys cig oen, cig dafad, porc a cig eidion

• 🔨 Offer cegin wedi’u crefftio’n gain â llaw

• 🌳 Coed ffrwythau, perlysiau, planhigion sy’n addas i fywyd gwyllt, a blodau ffres

• 🍏 Seidr a chryfwyr crefftus

• 💍 Gemwaith arian wedi’i grefftio’n gain

• 🧴 Cynhyrchion gofal croen o laeth gafr naturiol
  

Bydd hefyd amrywiaeth o fwyd stryd blasus – o roliau selsig a phastai at deisennau sawrus, pitsa a saladau ffres. Perffaith ar gyfer picnic ar y Sgwâr! 🥧🍕

🌍 Dathliad Ehangach o Heddwch

Mae dathliadau eleni o Ddiwrnod VE yn rhan o ddathliad cenedlaethol dan arweiniad Bruno Peek CVO OBE OPR, sy’n enwog am drefnu digwyddiadau cenedlaethol mawr fel D-Day 80 a jiwbilîau Ei Mawrhydi y Frenhines Elizabeth II. 🇬🇧

Dywedodd Bruno Peek:

“Mae gan y Diwrnod VE 80 eleni arwyddocâd arbennig, gan y gallai hwn fod y tro olaf i ni gael y fraint o ddathlu ochr yn ochr â’r rhai sy’n cofio digwyddiadau’r Ail Ryfel Byd. Dyma’n cyfle i ddweud diolch o galon i’r dynion a’r menywod a wnaeth aberthau dychrynllyd er mwyn y heddwch a fwynhewch heddiw.”

“Dewch i anrhydeddu eu hetifeddiaeth drwy ddathlu heddwch, undod a chymod – ac i sicrhau na fydd eu dewrder byth yn cael ei anghofio.”

🎭 Theatr Ddawns gyda Sblash – Kitsch & Sync Collective yn cyflwyno Hello Buoys!

Yn dod â disgleirdeb a phrydferthwch ychwanegol i’r farchnad eleni mae’r Kitsch & Sync Collective, un o gwmnïau theatr ddawns mwyaf unigryw ac ecsentrig Cymru. Yn enwog am eu perfformiadau chwareus a’u gwisgoedd trawiadol, bydd y cwmni benywaidd o Gaerdydd yn perfformio eu sioe awyr agored boblogaidd Hello Buoys!, wedi’i hysbrydoli gan gerdyn post glan môr retro a swyn chwilboeth diwylliant y traeth yn y 20fed ganrif.

🌊💃 Mae Hello Buoys! yn dilyn tair morwyn ar fordaith wallgof llawn swyn, coreograffi a chreisis. Disgwyliwch chwerthin, symudiadau rhythmig, a gwisgoedd retro bendigedig yn y perfformiad teuluol llawn hwyl yma.

🕚 Amseroedd y perfformiadau yn Sgwâr y Farchnad: 👉 11:30yb👉 12:15yp👉 1:15yp Mae’r holl berfformiadau’n RHAD AC AM DDIM ac yn addas i bob oed.

Dywedodd Maggi Swallow, Cydlynydd Cefnogi Digwyddiadau (Hybu Llanymddyfri):“Mae’n wych cael Kitsch & Sync Collective yn perfformio yn Llanymddyfri – maen nhw’n un o’m hoff gwmnïau theatr ddawns yng Nghymru: hwyl, hygyrch, ac arweinir gan fenywod. Mae’n wych hefyd eu croesawu i’r Farchnad Ffermwyr fel rhan o ddathliadau Diwrnod VE. Mae diwylliant, celfyddydau, bwyd lleol a chynnyrch yn hanfodol i economi leol gref ac i les pob cymuned lwyddiannus.”

Sefydlwyd Kitsch & Sync yn 2011 gan Kylie Ann Smith a Kim Noble, ac maent yn arbenigo mewn gwaith beiddgar, gweledol a digri, gydag arddull retro gryf. Maent yn cyfuno coreograffi gyfoes, theatr gymeriad, syrcas, gwisgoedd a chân, a’u perfformiadau’n aml yn digwydd yn yr awyr agored neu mewn lleoliadau anarferol – o wyliau stryd i gartrefi gofal, i ysgolion ac anheddau â chymorth.

Gyda phwyslais ar gynaliadwyedd a chynhwysiant, maent yn defnyddio gwisgoedd a phropiau ail-law ac yn creu sioeau hygyrch i gynulleidfaoedd sy’n wynebu rhwystrau i fynediad at theatr draddodiadol. Boed hynny'n Doorbell Dance-O-Grams, nosweithiau clwb trochi, neu sioeau rhyngweithiol i blant – mae Kitsch & Sync yn dod ag ysbryd creadigol a doniol i bob perfformiad. Bydd Hello Buoys! yn uchafbwynt arbennig o ddathliadau VE Day eleni.

🗓️ Dydd Sadwrn, 3ydd Mai 2025🕙 10:00yb – 2:00yp📍 Sgwâr y Farchnad, Llanymddyfri

Dewch â’ch teulu a’ch ffrindiau, gwisgwch eich gorau, dawnsiwch, a dathlwch gyda ni! Gadewch inni greu teyrnged llawen a bythgofiadwy i arwyr ddoe ac arddangos cymuned fywiog heddiw. 💖

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