Enjoy Christmas

Christmas Activities at our Cultural Venues

From learning about A Child's Christmas in Wales at the Dylan Thomas Centre to completing the Gingerbread Trail at Swansea Museum, there's plenty of Christmas cheer and activities for you and your little ones to enjoy at our Cultural Venues. 

Find out what's on and their opening times here

Enjoy free bus rides in Swansea

Buses are free to ride anywhere within Swansea on Christmas Eve and between Friday 27 to Tuesday 31 December.  Leave the hassle of traffic and parking behind as you head into the city centre for anymore festive shopping or visiting the restaurants in Mumbles.

Find out more about Free Ride Swansea

Nominations close 31 December

There's less than 2 weeks to go until nominations for this year's sports awards, in association with Freedom Leisure, close!
You have until Tuesday December 31 to highlight your athletes, coaches, volunteers or teams hard work and determination by nominating them for one of our awards. We can’t wait to celebrate Swansea’s sporting champions at the Brangwyn Hall in April 2025.

Nominate now

Visit Swansea’s Waterfront Winterland

Continue the festive fun during the holidays at Swansea’s Waterfront Winterland, the ultimate destination for family entertainment. Open until Saturday 4 January.

It’s not a Swansea Christmas without a little dancing on ice, so get your skates on and glide around the ice rink.  Enjoy the exhilarating rides and capture a memorable family selfie in the enchanting Christmas themed lantern trail, new for 2024. 

Brought to you by Sayers Events and A2H Live in partnership with Swansea Council

Find out more and book ice skating tickets

BBC NOW - Folk Tales and Fabled Love

Featuring renowned musicians from across the world, BBC National Orchestra of Wales returns to Brangwyn Hall for a new season.

The first show of the 2025 season is Folk Tales and Fabled Love which will bring to life Janáček's immensely popular tragicomedy, The Cunning Little Vixen. The immensely popular cellist, Laura van der Heijden, returns to BBC NOW with a performance of Martinůs athletic and folky, yet expressively impassioned Cello Concerto, before conductor Antony Hermus turns puppet-master in Stravinsky's Petrushka.

Taking place on Sunday 12 January, book your tickets for this incredible show today to avoid missing out.  

Come As You Really Are - Swansea Open 2025

The much-loved Swansea Open will return to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2025 in an exciting new format as part of a nationwide project, Come As You Really Are. The project, by award-winning artist and Spider-Man enthusiast Hetain Patel and Artangel, invites all makers, modifiers, crafters, collectors and artists of all kinds to share their labours of love. Find out more here