Newport Chartist Convention November 1st 2025
Sep 23, 2025 | Six Points
Convention moves to the Riverfront Theatre for the first time
The 2025 Newport Chartist Convention will take place on Saturday November 1st at the Riverfront Theatre, Newport from 10am. The speakers in the morning session are Martyn Wright on the Chartist landscape; Ray Stroud on the John Frost protest coin, one of the exhibits in the Chartist display at Newport Museum; Rhian E. Jones on the Rebecca Riots and Chartism; and Adele Cordner and Claire Drewett of Herstory theatre company on their new production 'Pianoforte', about the life of Mary Frost. In the afternoon Huw Williams will be talking about Merthyr Chartism; Gavin Eynon will give an account of the trial of John Frost; and the day will end with music and poetry from Julian Hayman and Laura Wainwright. Tickets for the day coat £15.00 and are available from newportrising.co.uk
The annual torchlit march will take place in the evening following the Convention, starting at 6.00 from Belle Vue Park. More details are on newportrising.co.uk