Around 1.2 million adults in Wales – almost half of the adult population – are living with illness, meaning nearly every family, street, workplace and community is touched by illness in some way, highlighting the urgent importance of emotional health support.
Lleswyl 2026, Daring to Dream’s free, inclusive festival event was streamed live from 7pm on Friday 20 February 2026 – making visible five years of work and impact by the charity and reaching out to all those for whom going to live gigs is not going to happen anytime soon.
For the first time in its five-year history, Lleswyl will was a hybrid event.
It was broadcast live from the Paget Rooms in Penarth with a studio audience, while again welcoming viewers from across Wales and beyond online via YouTube, and at no cost for online participation.
Lleswyl 2026 continues to be free to watch on demand.
Hosted once again by Siân Lloyd, Jason Harrold and Tumi Williams, it provided an evening of outstanding music with a diverse line-up of amazing artists as Lleswyl 2026 reprises acts from its festivals including Afro Cluster, the haunting Casi Wyn with Sinfonia Cymru, the sounds of New Orleans with Band pres Llareggub, co-founder of the new Black Welsh Music Awards Ify Iwobi, Caldicot’s very own Rusty Shackle, the amazing N’famady, cover band Soul Lotta Funk, folk from icons Ar Log, Dr and the Medics and many more.
We also featured live performances by our Bridgend musician team: Ffion Parry, Lylia Young and Lili Richards as well as the amazing Naomi Sian. Our first ever live Lleswyl performers!
The music was blended with inspiring conversations between the hosts and invited guests, including clinicians, patients, families and carers, who all shared uplifting stories about living with a health issue, illustrating the vital role of emotional health in recovery from illness and in living life to the full while dealing with chronic or life-limiting conditions.
Julie Traynor, who was part of our live audience on the night said:
“Absolutely fabulous event; incredibly professional and the films were so informative and touching. The music was wonderful too, especially Daring to Dream’s new charity single. I learned so much during the evening and now understand much more fully about emotional health, how it differs dramatically to mental health, and how vital it therefore is to provide spaces to talk and spaces to sing. The work of Daring to Dream is so inspiring and very much needed across the whole of Wales. What an amazing charity Daring to Dream is.”
Please do watch our Lleswyl 2026 Event Highlights reel below.
You can access all of Lleswyl 2026 on our YouTube channel of the same name.
Lleswyl 2026 – Event Highlights
