Events across the region to celebrate St David's Day

The first of March is upon us again - and with it a host of St David's Day celebration events are set to take place on Sunday in honour of the patron saint of Wales.

St David - or Dewi Sant in Welsh - was born on the south-west coast of Wales, near to where the city of St Davids is today.

To honour him many Welsh people around the world wear one of the country's national emblems on the day: a daffodil or a leek.

While celebrations are held across Wales, events also take place in England, with many held just across border in Shropshire.

Here are some of the events taking place in the West Midlands, devoted to the Welsh patron saint.

On Saturday, there are two concerts being held which celebrate St David's Day.

The West Midlands Concert Band is playing at St Margaret of Antioch in Hasbury, Halesowen, in their Music for a SpringTime evening.

Taking place at 19:00 GMT, the free concert is described as having "a Welsh flavour", with free refreshments including Welsh cakes, and a church full of daffodils.

Also taking place on Saturday night is a concert at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury, starting at 19:30.

The celebratory concert features the Penybontfawr Male Voice Choir and Meibion Goronwy Male Voice Choir.

Presented by North Wales Association of Male Voice Choirs, the concert is in support of Alzheimer's Society Shropshire.

Sunday marks St David's Day and the beginning of March.

At 14:00, a special St David's Day talk will be held at The Brampton Museum in Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, by Stuart Haywood, the author of the Welsh in North Staffordshire.

Haywood is the current chairman of The Stoke-on-Trent & District Welsh Society and has undertaken extensive research into the migration of Welsh people to north Staffordshire, chiefly during the Victorian era, which was used to compile his book.

His presentation will concentrate on the locations within north Staffordshire where the migrants settled, their incentives to move there, and how the communities were set up.

Also on Sunday, a concert will be held at Cradley Church in Cradley, Herefordshire, at 15:00, featuring the Malvern Male Voice Choir and the harpist Shelley Fairplay.

Tickets cost £18, including refreshments, with all proceeds shared equally between Cradley Church and Cradley Village Hall.

Finally, a St David's Day concert will be held on Saturday 7 March from 19:00 - 21:30, St Oswald's Church in Oswestry, Shropshire.

This will feature the Fron Male Voice Choir joined by Lleisiau'r Afon.

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