Editing Llanidloes (section)

==Culture==
The town became noted for an annual Llanidloes Fancy Dress street party it hosted, which was one of the largest street parties in Wales.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|title=Town ready for fancy dress fiesta |publisher=BBC| date=1 July 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3853487.stm}}</ref> The event started in 1969, taking place on the first Friday of July.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=Rough>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1KH8vyyFNOoC&q=Fancy+Dress&pg=PA267 The Rough Guide to Wales] Mike Parker, Paul Whitfield. p. 267</ref> In 2004 around 5,000 people took part in the festival.<ref name=BBC/> The 2005 event was temporarily cancelled due to the costs of safety provisions, but a local councillor provided funding for training of stewards and for public toilets.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/4496969.stm Town's fancy dress fiesta is axed] BBC Friday, 29 April 2005</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/4118306.stm Fancy dress festival's reprieve] BBC Wednesday, 22 June 2005</ref> After concerns linked to costs and public safety the festival was cancelled in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/20597/ |title=Fancy Dress Axed |date=23 November 2011 |publisher=cambrian-news.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104202144/http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/20597/ |archive-date=4 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Llanidloes has a reputation as a very "quirky" town, known for its liberal, [[counterculture]] atmosphere. Llanidloes is known as a popular home for ageing hippies.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to Britain |last=Andrews |first=Robert |year=2004 |publisher=Rough Guides Ltd |isbn=978-1-84353-301-6 |pages=838}}</ref>

In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive [[postcode]] areas to live in Wales.<ref>{{cite news|title=UK's 'most desirable' postcodes revealed|date=24 August 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28918709|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> It was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=These towns have been named as the best places to live in Wales|date=10 March 2017 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/towns-named-best-places-wales-12719747|publisher=Wales Online}}</ref>

The headquarters of [[The Quilt Association]] is at the Minerva Arts Centre; here they hold workshops and an annual exhibition of quilts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quilt.org.uk/|title=The Quilt Association|access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref>