Come Celebrate Your Welsh Heritage With Us!

Reserve Your Accommodations For The North American Festival Of Wales August 27-31, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada!

Come Celebrate Your Welsh Heritage With Us!

St. David's Day Celebration In Louisa County

Join us for the 13th annual St. David's Day parade and feast in Columbus Junction on Saturday, March 1.

Show off your Welsh heritage by walking in our parade or just come for a fun afternoon to eat and learn about the Welsh families that settled this area.

The parade will begin at 1 p.m. under the viaduct in downtown. It will go down three blocks to the American Legion Post where there will be a fest of Lobsgow Stew and other Welsh dishes and desserts.

For more information,

contact Patsy Taylor at 515-571-2326 or

Troy Pugh at 563-299-2472

Did You Know?

The North American Festival of Wales is an annual event held over Labor
Day weekend, which celebrates and promotes, Welsh culture in North America.
The tradition started in 1929, when 1000's of Welsh-Americans, and
Welsh-Canadians, gathered at Goat Island at Niagara Falls for a singing meeting known as a gymanfa ganu .
The National gymanfa ganu continues to be an integral part of the
festival celebrations and is a five-day event with a day-time seminar program, cinema
from Wales, a marketplace, tearoom, Welsh language classes, folk dancing
and more. Evening events include concerts and an awards banquet,
and recognizing the recipient of the NAWF Heritage Medallion for significant
contributions to Welsh North American life.
Future festival venues include: Springfield (2026), Cleveland (2027) and Philadelphia (2028).