The Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts is an annual arts festival that takes place in Swansea, Wales.
The 2008 festival was its 60th anniversary.
Famous quotes containing the words festival, music and/or arts:
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it.”
—Maria Jeritza (1887–1982)
“When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.”
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852)