PEMBROKESHIRE Storytelling / Straeon Sir Benfro and People Speak Up are running a series of events across Pembrokeshire in 2025, bringing people and communities together.

Supported by Enhancing Pembrokeshire – Pembrokeshire County Council, the 12 months project will use oral storytelling to connect residents of Pembrokeshire, and deliver friendly, inclusive community storytelling events, active learning workshops and one-to-one storytelling to those isolated/unable to travel.

Care, Share, Connect : Community Storytelling Pembrokeshire is led by professional local Pembrokeshire storyteller Deb Winter, building on her own successful development of storytelling activities and inviting other local artists and collaborators to take part.

Next Wednesday, February 26, The Barnone Brothers will be presenting an evening of music, songs, folktales and personal stories at Peppers Café in Fishguard as they explore everyone’s relationship to the music and stories of the Blues.

The Barnone Brothers are Tenby based storytellers Phil Okwedy and Bill Taylor-Beales. Staring at 7pm, ‘Call of the Blues’ explores themes of enslaved people; working class poverty and protest, and the 19th and 20th century struggle of man against machine leading to humanity’s current 21st century concerns about AI.

The next storytelling event will be on Wednesday, March 26, 7pm at Peppers Café again, with Deb Winter, fiddle player Barney Griffiths and other artists.

Before both shows, there is an opportunity for the audience to share a short story/music spot.

Deb Winter said: “We are so pleased to have received funding from Pembrokeshire County Council and support from People Speak Up to bring these events to our local community. Our ambition is to bring the benefits of oral storytelling to more people in Pembrokeshire, to develop local storytelling talent and provide an opportunity for local people to make meaningful connections with each other through an enjoyable and inspiring activity.”

Please email [email protected] to book: shows usually sell out in advance.