St Elvan's

06/12/2025

Huge thanks to everyone who performed in, supported and attended the Cwm Cynon "Christmas The Story" live nativity 2025 💫 Over 1800(!) school children and members of the community attended the performances this year. Our sincere thanks go out to all the cast and volunteers, and our partner churches, and we look forward to the production returning again in 2026. Diolch yn fawr iawn | Diolch o galon i bawb

Our Christmas events and services continue throughout the whole of December. For full details, visit www.stelvans.com/christmas-events 🎄

06/12/2025

TODAY! Saturday December 6th, we’ve our final three performances of our FREE live nativity "Christmas The Story" 💫 at 11:00 (Welsh), 1:30 & 3:00pm (English). Unfortunately our lovely Christmas donkeys won’t be with us, due to the weather🐴 but Santa's Grotto and our Christmas Coffee Shop will be open throughout the day from 10-5, with a limited amount of walk ins available for Santa🎅🏻 Our box office will also be open throughout the day selling tickets for our Christmas concerts next week, including The Glory of Christmas with Mountain Ash Choral Society & Lewis Merthyr Band, Cwmbach Male Choir at Christmas and The Snowman - Live! next weekend! 🎄☃️ Pop in and see us at St Elvan's, Aberdare www.ticketsource.co.uk/stelvans

05/12/2025

We’re having a wonderful week with our FREE "Christmas The Story" live nativity 💫 Over 1500 school children and members of the community have seen the production this week 🥰 and there’s more to come!

Join us today, Friday December 5th for three FREE Welsh language performances at 09:30am, 11:00am and 1:30pm, or tomorrow Saturday, December 6th for our final 2025 performance at 11:00am in Welsh or 1:30 and 3:00pm in English. Be sure not to miss our lovely Christmas donkeys and additional FREE family activities also! 🐴

For your FREE tickets, visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/stelvans 🎟️ Santa’s Grotto will also be running on Saturday & Sunday 🎅🏻

03/12/2025

www.stelvans.com/christmas-the-story 💫

03/12/2025

It’s lunchtime here at our FREE "Christmas The Story" live nativity and the Christmas donkeys are tucking in to theirs 🥕🐴 Join us here at St Elvan's three times daily for our FREE 20 minute performances at 09:30am, 11:00am & 1:30pm from now through to Saturday, plus an additional 3:00pm performance on the last day www.stelvans.com/christmas-the-story

02/12/2025

Our FREE "Christmas The Story" live nativity takes place every day this week with FREE performances every day at 9:30am, 11:00am and 1:30pm. Thanks to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Safe & Warm Spaces we're also offering FREE soup and a cup of tea or coffee every day this week from 12:30 to 1:30pm, followed by the FREE performance

Christmas The Story, our FREE live donkey visits, and accompanying children's activities, run every day from Monday 1st to Saturday 6th December. Book online for this, and all our additional Christmas events and activities, at www.ticketsource.co.uk/stelvans

The Safe & Warm Spaces offer continues every Monday afternoon through to February 23rd. Croeso i bawb | All welcome

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30/11/2025

TODAY! Sunday November 30th, it’s the Aberdare Christmas Event 🎄 and here at St Elvan's we’ve FREE live donkeys 🐴 and FREE colouring & lantern crafts for children throughout the day from 12-4 🕯️✏️

We’ve also the first day of our incredible Santa's Grotto 🎅🏻 plus a FREE first performance of our live nativity "Christmas The Story" live nativity and some FREE carols at 4:00pm

Prebooked timeslots are available for Santa’s Grotto to avoid queuing, and these can be booked online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/stelvans

Our Christmas coffee shop is also open throughout the day from 12:30 to 4:00pm

It’s all indoor in the warm and dry, and entry is FREE! Pop down and see us, here at St Elvan’s, Aberdare town centre 🎄

For full information on this and all our Christmas events, visit www.stelvans.com/christmas-events To book online, visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/stelvans

27/11/2025

🎤 💛 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Congratulations to everyone who performed in participated in SING! The Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf's Charity Singing Competition, and particularly to the three prize winners pictured here with the Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. Have a great Christmas all - we’ll see you back here at St Elvan's in May! www.stelvans.com

🎤 Congratulations to everyone who competed in SING – the Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf’s Charity Singing Competition!

On Saturday, we clapped, cheered, and sang along as 8 incredible young talents took the stage.

🏆 Special congratulations to the winners, who have been invited to perform at the Mayor’s Charity Gala in May:
🥇Ava with Easy on Me by Adele
🥈Ieuan with Stars from Les Misérables
🥉Tyler with A Thousand Years by Christina Perry

We can’t wait to welcome you all! Stay tuned for more details… 👀

Thank you to everyone who joined us at St Elvan's and helped raise funds for the Mayor’s Charities! Your support makes a real difference to local charities.

📷 Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Councillor Sheryl Evans alongside competion winners, Ava, Ieuan and Tyler.

27/11/2025

TONIGHT! Thursday, November 27th, WAM • Words Art Music returns with "Winter Is Coming..." featuring Poetry for Advent & Winter 📚 Art by the brilliant Gustavius Payne 🎨 and Music by Bethan Nia, harp 🎵 Join us there! 7:00pm at St Elvan's, Cynon Valley. Tickets are just £6 or “Pay As You Feel” www.ticketsource.co.uk/stelvans

26/11/2025

This Thursday, November 27th, it’s WAM - "Winter Is Coming..." with Poetry for Advent & Winter 📚 Art by the brilliant Gustavius Payne 🎨 and Music by Bethan Nia, harp 🎵 Join us there! 7:00pm at St Elvan's. Tickets are just £6 or “Pay As You Feel” www.ticketsource.co.uk/stelvans