⚽ This Sunday at 8pm is the World Cup final! Who will win and where will you be watching? The next World Cup is 2030 in Portugal, Spain and Morocco! ⚽
It’s International Rock Day 🧗 Find a fossil in the Vale
Monday 13th July
🚶 Hwb Walk and Talk Group for fresh air and a chat
Meet at Health Hwb on High Street · 3.45pm · Free🧘 Slow Flow Yoga
Balance Medspa on Broad Street · 6pm-7pm · £10 · Book here🍿 Welsh Language Film: Effi O Blaenau
Penarth Pier Pavillion · 2pm and 7pm · £6 Tickets🤠 Learn to Line Dance
Kynance Hall in Dinas · 6.30pm-7.30pm · Contact Mel on 07891607778
🎤 Open ‘Mike’ Night with Open Mike 72
The Gallery on Broad Street · 7pm · Free drink for performers
Pukka Productions Presents
PUKKAFEST | St Cyres High School
Golden (Kpop Demon Hunters)
Tuesday 21st July
6pm-7.30pm
£5 Tickets
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The Bee Musical
Wednesday 22nd July
2pm & 6pm
£12 Tickets
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Princess Show
Thursday 23rd July
11pm-12pm
£5 Tickets
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Beauty and the Beast
Friday 24th July, 6pm
Saturday 25th July, 2pm & 6pm
£12-£15 Tickets
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It’s National Tape Measure Day | Do with it what you will…
Tuesday 14th July
🎣 Rig Making Workshop by Reel Minds (with coffee and cake)
Bridge Between Community Centre (by Waterfront Medical Centre) · 12pm-2pm🎣 Fishing Meet Up by Reel Minds
Barry Dock · 2.30pm-6pm · Book here🤝 It’s Good to Talk
Cadog’s Corner Victoria Park Community Centre · Between 9am and 7pm · Free sessions to have a good chat!🙏 Tai Chi for 50+
Barry YMCA · 11.30am-12.30am · £5 · Email [email protected] to book🧶 Stitch & Sea
Knitting and Crochet Social / Not a class / Bring your own supplies · Penarth Pier Pavillion · 6pm · Free💃 Salsa Beginner’s Class
View 62 · Every Tuesday · 7.30pm-8.30pm · £10 · Email [email protected]
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The Cwtch
The Cwtch is the weekly pet feature. Meet these cuties who call Barry their home and what they love about our town.
Meet Oakley
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Oakley is 4, with a tiny body but massive personality. He’s a dachshund with the spirt of a doberman as his bark sounds like a huge guard dog on duty!
“I love a cuddle and making new friends especially big dogs so I skip the introductions and become best friends straight away”
It’s St Swithin’s Day | Where the weather predicts the next 40 days!
Wednesday 15th July
🔮 Mediums Mark and Phil
Cadoxton Spiritual Church · 7pm · £4🥦 Good 2 Shop
Fill a bag for · £5 · Cadogs Corner in Victoria Park · 2pm-6pm
🥦 Vale Food Bank
The Pod, Golau Caredig (Barry Cinema) · 4pm-6pm🥾 Aberthaw and Fonmon History Walk
With The Glamorgan History Walks · Meeting at The Blue Anchor · 6pm-8.30pm🎵 Dance for Health (seated neuro focused class)
Barry YMCA · 2pm-3pm · £5 · Email [email protected] to book🍷 Meet the Wine Maker: Chateau Picoron
Try 7 wines, meet the maker and hear their story! · Mor by Barry Island Spirits on High Street · 6.30pm-9pm · £30pp · Book here☕ Men’s Corner
Cadog’s Corner · Victoria Park Community Centre · 7pm-9pm📝 Quiz night with Tom
Goodsheds · 7pm · Free Winners get a sweet treat📝 Charity Pub Quiz
Craft Republic · 7pm · £5🧘 Les Mills Pilates
Snap Fitness Gym · 7.30pm-8.30pm
🔉 Sound Bath with Sacred Instruments
Colcot Community Centre · 8pm-9pm · £15
🍿 In Penarth Pier Cinema This Week:
Effi O Blaenau
Tuner
Savage House
Toy Story 5
Blue Heron

Gif by cbs on Giphy
It’s World Snake Day | Find Adders in Porthkerry
Thursday 16th July
💬 New to the area? Want to meet new people? Learning English? Friends and Neighbours (FAN) · For an hour of a friendly chat · St Mary’s Church · 11am · Email [email protected] to find out more!
Wellbeing in the Community: Soundbath and Reiki
Colcot Community Centre · 10am-12pm (Last session until September)📝 Quiz Night
Academy Coffee · 7pm · £1 entry
What a Lush Community!
Here’s some lush stories and reminders around the town:
🧵 Calling Young Makers and Creators! Junior Craft Fair are looking for young people to showcase their handmade crafts on 12th September in Highlight Park Community Centre. £12 per stall. Contact [email protected]
🧶 Looking for a knit and crochet social? Flock is open to new members who meet every Wednesday in Academy Barry, 6pm-8pm. Email [email protected] for more info
🍻 A new website Vale Pub is dedicated to all the pubs in the Vale - currently listing 168 pubs if your local is missing, submit them here
🥪 Lunch at Mine have a loyalty scheme: every 10th coffee is free and 50% off the 10th meal - go in to sign up
🏖 Outdoor seating picks: The Gallery on Broad Street, Coastal Coffee on the Island and Truth above 1988 in Sully.
👏 Shout Out to Porthkerry Cleaners who were complimented on the immaculate toilets and had over 150 likes on Facebook!
It’s National Lottery Day | Are you feeling lucky?
Friday 17th July
🤠 Morning Line Dance Class
The Old School in Sully · 9.30am-10.30am · Contact Mel on 07891607778
🔮 Psychic Supper
Includes individual reading, fish and chips and refreshments. Plus raffle on the night · Cadoxton Spiritual Church · 7pm-9.30pm · £20pp🕺 Retro Disco with DJ Ralphie T
Penarth Pier Pavillion · 7.30pm · £9 B· ook here🎸 Session Band | Live Music
241 Cocktails and Street Food Menu for Summer Festival at The Sully Inn · 8pm
It’s International Snowdon Race Day | 50 years of racing the highest peak in Wales
Saturday 18th July
💗 Move For Her
Women from across South Wales are doing all sorts of dance, movement and fitness classes from 9am-9pm. All classes booked will raise money for Vale Domestic Abuse Services. Full schedule here if you want to participate.🎾 Barry Athletic Tennis Club Open Day
BATC on Paget Road · 10am-1pm🌊 Ocean Princess Party
Princess meet and greet/dancing/games/bubbles · Goodsheds 10am-11.30am · £15 per child🥾 Dunraven History Walk
With The Glamorgan History Walks · Meeting at Cymlau Clifftop P&D Car Park · 10am-2pm🧶 Crochet a Phone Holder
Knitty Knutty in Goodsheds · 2pm · £20pp Here
🌿 Vale Nature Festival
Celebration of nature! Cosmeston Lakes Country Park · 11am-4pm · Free🎸 Summer Festival
241 Cocktails and Street Food Menu at The Sully Inn · From 1pm
🍖 BBQ Pop Up by Ash & Ember
Craft Republic · From 5pm ‘til Sell Out🎸 Jodanna | Live Music
Cozy Vibes at Finnegans Inn · 8pm · Free entry
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It’s National Ice Cream Day 🍦 The Vale has lots of parlours!
Sunday 19th July
🧽 The Big Barry Litter Pick
No equipment needed · Meet at Castleland Community Centre · 10am · Book place here
🎸 Summer Festival
241 Cocktails and Street Food Menu at The Sully Inn · From 2pm
🌿 Summer Reset For Women
Integrative Therapist Ruth for an evening of therapuetic practices, sound therapy and optional sauna/ice baths · Reset Wellbeing in Barry · 5pm-8pm · £55The Big Summer Concert with Barry Community Choir
St John’s Methodist Church on Barry Island · From 3pm · £10 includes entry to raffle🏴 Yn Gymraeg: Learn about Victorian Barry
A guided walk by Victorian Barry Experience in the Welsh language · 2pm-3pm · Meet at Barry Civic Offices🔨 Charity Auction
Raising money for Velindre · Taylor’s Bar · 6pm🤘 School’s Out Kids Party
Academy Barry · 6pm-7.30pm · £10 per child · Book here🎤Sticky Bingo and Karaoke
DJ Matt at Finnegan’s Inn · Eyes Down at 7pm · £5 a game
Right, that’s your lot.
Next week is the last weekend in July aka the best weekend in Barry…
See you next Monday for more details. Thanks for reading :)
- The It’s Occurring Team x
