03 – 18 OCTOBER 2025

 

LLAIS:

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
CATE LE BON
BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND
ELIZABETH COPELAND
IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE
VIEUX FARKE TOURE
TRIO DA KALI
MEREDITH MONK
ALLISON SNIFFIN
ANNIE AND THE CALDWELLS
MARED & FRIENDS
MABE FRATTI
ADWAITH
ROIS
ENJI
POESIS
KHAMIRA

INCLUDING:

HORIZONS

SWN CONNECT

BEACONS CYMRU

LITTLE GIGS

CREATIVE MORNINGS

WELSH FESTIVAL SUMMIT

SŴN:

SQUID
GRUFF RHYS
MOONCHILD SANELLY
GETDOWN SERVICES
KEO
UGLY
MYKKI BLANCO
GURRIERS
MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW
DEADLETTER
ANGRY BLACKMEN
KATHRYN JOSEPH
GEORGIA RUTH
SLATE
JESSICA WINTER
LORD APEX
PUNCHBAG
ADJUA
BABY MOROCCO
THE GENTLE GOOD
THE ORCHESTRA [FOR NOW]
3L3D3P
ADULT DVD
BROWN HORSE
SILVERGORE
CLARA MAN
MEN AN TOL
BREICHIAU HIR
ANI GLASS
BUDDUG
CASUAL SMART
MORN
MIDDING
NANCY WILLIAMS
SHALE
TAI HAF HEB DRIGOLYN

SPECIAL EVENTS:

WELSH MUSIC PRIZE 2025

BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD

BLACK WELSH MUSIC AWARDS

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES:

ISHMAEL ENSEMBLE

MONOCOLOR

CECI EST MON COEUR

ALSO FEATURING:

CVC
PINO PALLADINO & BLAKE MILLS
FT. SAM GENDEL & CHRIS DAVE
LOS CAMPESINOS!
MAX DEAN
MALI HAF
SATORU: CATRIN FINCH & LEE HOUSE
SOMEBODY’S CHILD
SETH LAKEMAN
MPH
DR BANANA
DON LEISURE
WELLY
ROBERT FORSTER
NEW MODEL ARMY
DDWY
ESTHER
DAVID J BULL
JAMES TEAK
BLODEUGERDD: THE GREAT WELSH SONGBOOK

 

 

FINAL EVENTS ANNOUNCED: CANOPI LOUNGE / CARDIFF MUSIC TOURS / SOUND AND VISION / PRS FOUNDATION / CARDIFF CITY OF ARCADES /  GRASSROOTS HIP HOP JAM

 

FINAL ACTS ANNOUNCED: 2080S / ACID ROW / ADJUA / ALFIE SHARP / BEARDYMAN / BEN CRIPPS / BETTER JOY / BRUNA GARCIA / C.S. RAIN / CASPER JAMES / CINZIA PALLADINO / CULLZIA / CULZ WAVE / DAVE RANDALL / DISCOMASS / DJ JAFFA / DJ MERCE JADE / ENZIE / ESTHER DURIN / FACTOR 50 / FLAT PARTY / FLAVOUR / HOLLY HEAD / HUW STEPHENS / IAN HARRIS / INSANELY SOCIAL / JASMINE ROSE / JONESY / KATE NV / KLAT MAG X DATI / KRIS JENKINS / KWABENA / LAIDLAW / LIZZIE BERCHIE / LUCAS ALEXANDER / LUCAS J ROWE / MAC / MAGERO / MANLIKEVISION / MASCA / MEGS / MILLE WHITESTONE / MILLY MASON / MURIEL / NIKITA / NOVA SCOTIA / OVAJOI / PARALEL / PAUL DODGSON / POSTHOUSE / RADIO SUDD / REDZED / RIKKI HUMPHREY / SAM MACGREGOR / SARAH SWEENEY / SEKA / SELORM / SHEP / SHINOBII / SOLD FOR PARTS / SOURCE / SPYRES / STATIC INC / SUNDAS / SUNDAS (FT. MINAS) / THE BRIDES / THE EXPRESSION ORCHESTRA / THE GOTOBEDS / TIA-ZAKURA / TOM RASMUSSEN / TREUBEATZ / VAIN / VANITY J / VIEWPOINTS / WRKHOUSE / ZOILA GARMAN

 

VENUES INCLUDE: CLWB IFOR BACH / TRAMSHED / TINY REBEL CARDIFF / PORTER’S / FUEL / CANOPI / Y PLAS / CULTVR / CHAPTER / THE GATE / DISTRICT / JACOB’S BASEMENT / CARDIFF MARKET / NORWEIGAN CHURCH / CORNERSTONE / PARADISE GARDEN / ST. JOHN’S CHURCH / THE NEW MOON / BNKHSE DNB BAR / WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE / ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMA + MORE

 

TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION AT: CARDIFFMUSICCITYFESTIVAL.WALES

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