Welcome to the 2012 West Coast Eisteddfod, Welsh Festival of the Arts!

Croeso/welcome! An Eisteddfod [eye-STETH-vod] is a Welsh performing arts festival, held in Wales since at least the 12th Century when bards competed for the favor of the Lord Rhys at his court in Cardigan. Today, the National Eisteddfod of Wales celebrates dance, poetry, music, theater, prose and visual arts. Eisteddfoddau are held all over the world, wherever Welsh people settled.

The West Coast Eisteddfod is an eisteddfod for the west coast of North America. It includes a live event, previously held in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California, and online competitions in Poetry and Short Story on AmeriCymru a social network for people of Welsh birth or ancestry or anyone interested in Wales.

Please see below for information on the and consider making a donation to support our activities: click on the "donate" button below or visit artist David Western's West Coast Eisteddfod Lovespoon Blog to see the incredible piece of art he's creating in support of our event, in collaboration this year with lovespoon carver Laura Gorun, painter Jen Delyth and poet and storyteller Chris Chandler.