Wales | Welsh and Welsh Language Performance

During Wave 5 of the Cultural Participation Monitor, we asked respondents based in Wales four additional questions:

1. Have you been to an arts or cultural event performed in Welsh in 5 years pre-pandemic?	Yes: 17% No: 83%
2. Have you been to an arts or cultural event performed in Welsh during the pandemic?	Yes: 8% No: 92%
3. How interested would you be in attending an arts or cultural event performed in Welsh in future?	Very interested: 43% Quite interested: 13% Neutral: 21% Not very interested: 15% Not interested at all: 8%
4. Do you understand spoken Welsh?	Yes – very well: 10% Yes – quite well: 8% Yes – a little: 25% No: 57%

What this tells us

Welsh language performance is a minority activity within Wales, but still undertaken by about one in six people, with around one in ten having done it during COVID.
This is perhaps unsurprising, since only 18% say that they understand Welsh ‘quite’ or ‘very well’, but notably, 58% were nonetheless ‘quite’ or ‘very interested’ in attending an arts or cultural event performed in Welsh in future.
This highlights that interest in Welsh language performance reaches far beyond Welsh speakers.
In fact, 74% of non-Welsh speakers said they were Very/Quite interested in attending arts or cultural events in Welsh in the future.

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