Equipment and backline available at this venue. We verify and update this section regularly.
PA system
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
Vocal mics
In-house engineer
About Hafan Yr Afon
Hafan Yr Afon is a grassroots music venue in Newtown, Newtown with a standing capacity of approximately 140. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Hafan Yr Afon books Acoustic, Folk, Jazz, Singer-songwriter acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Newtown venue directory.
Hafan Yr Afon is Newtown's riverside community centre and cafe, run by Open Newtown on the banks of the River Severn behind the Back Lane car park. By day it is a bright, dog-friendly cafe with homemade food, a children's play area and balcony seating over the river. By night the state-of-the-art function space, which hosts anything between one and 140 people, turns into a venue for live music, jazz nights, comedy, theatre, talks and community events. The open mic is a monthly Sunday-afternoon session hosted by Tommy Mills, starting at 2pm - free live music and a soft landing for first-timers - with the next listed date on Sunday 6 September 2026. Fully accessible, with bookings handled through Open Newtown.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Nights Hafan Yr Afon usually has live music
Have you played here? Was the backline info accurate? One tap, no sign-up required.
Find Hafan Yr Afon
Back Lane, Newtown, Newtown, SY16 2NH
What should you charge for a gig here? Check live UK rates by role, city and venue size. Based on 3,798 verified rate observations.
Not seeing your venue? This ranking counts gigs listed in the next 30 days.
If your room has no page here yet, create
one free and it joins the directory. If it is already listed, add your
gigs and it will rank on the next nightly refresh.
Rankings like this run across GigXchange: the national Hardest Working Rooms table tracks the UK's busiest grassroots
stages week on week, the Pint Index prices a gig ticket in pints
city by city, and UK market statistics covers what live
music pays. All of it is built from the same directory this page lives in.
Common Questions
Seven things people ask about booking Hafan Yr Afon.
BYO all equipment — PA, mics, and instruments. For venues with gear provided, see the Newtown venue directory.
Hafan Yr Afon books Acoustic, Folk, Jazz, Singer-songwriter. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
Sign up free on GigXchange to view Hafan Yr Afon’s booking contact, fee range, and submission process. Most grassroots venues accept email submissions with a link to your music or EPK. Check current UK fee benchmarks before quoting.
Hafan Yr Afon has a standing capacity of approximately 140, classed as a small venue. See all Newtown venues for size comparisons.
Yes — Hafan Yr Afon hosts open mic nights. Check the listing for day, time, and signup details on the Newtown Open Mic Finder.
Back Lane, Newtown, Newtown, SY16 2NH. See the map below for directions. Browse more Newtown venues nearby.
Fee ranges are available to signed-up artists on GigXchange. Grassroots venue fees in Newtown vary by event type, band size, and whether the deal is a flat fee or door split. The GigXchange Rate Calculator shows current UK percentiles.
Keep up with Newtown
One email a week with live music near you. Free, and it keeps rooms like this one full.
Help keep grassroots venues open in Newtown
—
A UK venue stops hosting live music every 5 days — and turning up is what keeps a room
open. Get a free weekly email of gigs in Newtown. Unsubscribe any
time. Privacy.
Booking or playing in Newtown? The GX Index publishes what UK gigs actually
pay, by city, band size and venue type, and the GX Index reports set out the methodology and the sample behind
every figure. Both are free to read and free to cite.
