Gigs in Cardiff

If there is one thing Cardiff is not short of, it's live music. There are venues of every size, from the local pub to the 60,000 gig capacity of the Millennium Stadium. Some small venues may often put on similar types of bands, others will play a wide range of genres. Also have a look at local promotors, the guys that put together most of the smaller gigs and other nights in Cardiff and Newport. Promotors have their own taste in music too, so you may find one who will always put on bands you like.

To buy tickets or to see other listings for the venues below, visit our venues page.
Tickets are also available from outlets such as Spillers.

Cardiff gigs 2010

Don't let the weather put you off getting into town for a gig or two. You'll just have to worry less about what you look like and more about staying upright on the ice so get your (cool) wellies on!

Email contact@cardifflife.info to get your rock, indie, alternative or punk gig listed here.

Want to find out more about a Welsh band? Visit the BBC site to see if their profile is there.

Saturday Sunday

March

08 - Exlovers + Denuo - Buffalo Bar
08 - Curtis Eller + Chris Hicks - 10 Feet Tall
09 - Colours Of One + Starseed + Firetone - Barfly
09 - Little My + Threatmantics + The Gentle Good - 10 Feet Tall
10 - Chris T-T + Stokes,William + Jon Fazal - Clwb Ifor Bach
10 - Whats My Age Again? + Goodtime Boys - Barfly
11 - Tidal + Last Republic + Good Librarian - Barfly
12 - Strange News From Another Star + Lucky Delucci - Clwb Ifor Bach
12 - Tiesto - Cardiff International Arena
12 - Dr Meaker + Word Virus Essay - Buffalo Bar
12 - Eaststrikewest + They Walk Among Us + Echolounge + Brother Steve - Barfly
12 - Gift Of Gab of Blackalicious + Ruffstylz - Clwb Ifor Bach
13 - Katatonia + Swallow The Sun + Long Distance Calling - Barfly
13 - Detached + John Q Public + Captain Accident + Hit or Miss - TJ's, Newport
15 - Here Lies The Enemy + Without Your Reflection + What Makes You Beautiful + Inside The Virus - Barfly
16 - Boyce Avenue - Cardiff University
16 - Reaper in Sicily + Dirty Youth + Sound The Attack + I am Absolute - Clwb Ifor Bach
16 - Gonga + Spider Kitten - Clwb Ifor Bach
16 - Sound Of Guns + Circle Of One + Broken City Skyline - Barfly
18 - On Off Switch + The Stanley Band + The Fuel + Some Kind Of Leader - Clwb Ifor Bach
19 - The Four Tops + The Temptations + The Drifters + The Three Degrees - Cardiff International Arena
19 - Skindred + Forever Never + Revoker - TJ's, Newport
19 - Inner City Pirates + Peaches and Cream + Vvolves - Barfly
20 - Captain Accident - Buffalo Bar
20 - GBH + Picture Frame Seduction - TJ's, Newport
20 - James McCartney + Ragged School + Gareth Taylor acoustic - Barfly
20 - Derwyddon Dr Gonzo + Crwydro - CLwb Ifor Bach
21 - Editors - Cardiff University
21 - Los Ninos + Go-x + Houdini Dax + Sochia + Cooksey - Barfly

23 - Arusha Accord + Terakai + Monday Massacre + In The Firing Line - Barfly
23 - This is Hell + More Than Life + Chains Of Hate - Clwb Ifor Bach
23 - Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) - 10 Feet Tall
23 - The Milk Live - Barfly
23 - Friends Electric + Portraits + MLE + The Dead Beggars Club - Clwb Ifor Bach
25 - The Computers + Outcry Collective + 1 - Clwb Ifor Bach
25 - Strung Out - TJ's, Newport
25 - The Fine Line + Raphaelites + Solace Awaits - Barfly
25 - Race Horses + Adrift - Clwb Ifor Bach
26 - Hold Your Horse Is + Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea - Buffalo Bar - Buffalo Bar
26 - Metal Carnical - TJ's, Newport
26 - Rebel Truce - Barfly
26 - Sierra Alpha + Bensem + Zepher - Clwb Ifor Bach
27 - Joy Formidable + Baddies + Bleech + Black Russian - Barfly
27 - Chris Brokaw and Geoff Farina + Ratatosk - Buffalo
27 - Man Without Country + Hunters + Hyener - Clwb Ifor Bach

29 - Walter Schreifels (Rival Schools/Gorilla Biscuits/Quicksand) + Nic Dawson Kelly - Barfly
29 - Rat Attack - Die! Chihuahua Die! - 10 Feet Tall
30 - Emery + Moneen + Deaf Havana - Clwb Ifor Bach
30 - Boy with Xray Eyes + Ella Carrera + System Scare + Epic Fail - Barlfy
31 - Automatic - Barfly

April

01 - Lawrence Arms + Under Stars and Gutters + The Arteries - Barfly
02 - Before The Escape - Barfly
03 - Drongos For Europe - TJ's, Newport
03 - Sons Of Pioneers + Weird Naked Indian - Barfly
04 - MC Lars + K.Flay - Barfly

05 - Bad Company + Joe Perry Project - Cardiff Interntional Arena
05 - Christopher Rees + Stephen Light and the Old Arcane + Winter and Williams Band - 10 Feet Tall
06 - Before the Escape - Clwb Ifor Bach
07 - Brokencyde + Jeffree star + Blood On The Dancefloor - Barfly
08 - Storm The Walls + Answers - Barfly
08 - There for Tomorrow + The Friday Night Boys - Clwb Ifor Bach
09 - Glamour of the Kill + Yashin + The Missive - Barfly
10 - Viatrophy + Chapters + Crown of Athos - Barfly
10 - Bowling For Soup - an acoustic evening with Jaret and Erik - TJ's, Newport
11 - And So I Watch You From Afar + Lafaro + I Am Hope - Barfly

12 - Laish + Kristen McClement + Evening Chorus - 10 Feet Tall
12 - Chapel Club + Man Without Country - Barfly
13 - Jim Jones Revue + Cowboy and The Corpse - Barfly
15 - Crookes - Barfly
16 - Tiger Please + The Muscle Club + Exit International + Blitz Kids - Clwb Ifor Bach
16 - The Dave Cooper Experience - TJ's, Newport
17 - Ellie Goulding + Primary1 - Barfly
17 - Record Store Day - Threatmantics + Gallops - Clwb Ifor Bach
18 - Angel Spit - TJ's, Newport
18 - Panic Cell + Gu Medicine + Spiridion - Barfly
18 - Rolo Tomassi + Trash Talk + Sharks - Clwb Ifor Bach

19 - Pharoahs + The Calling Card + Good Librarian - 10 Feet Tall
20 - Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip + B Dolan - Barfly
20 - Idlewild + Sparrow and the Workshop - Clwb Ifor Bach
20 - Adelaide's Cape + Jon Fazal - 10 Feet Tall
21 - Brigade + Telegraphs + Samoans - Barfly
24 - Night Vision + Revoker + Darksite + Fell On Black Days - Barfly

27 - Ono Palindromes + Saturdays Kids + Goodtime Boys - Barfly
27 - Sonic Boom Six + Knock-Out + John Q Public - Clwb Ifor Bach
28 - Dying Fetus + Beneath Yhe Massacre + Origin + Revocation + Man Must Die - TJ's, Newport
28 - The Black Spiders + Slaves to Gravity + guests - Clwb Ifor Bach
29 - Hijak Oscar + Mudjack - Barfly
30 - Claude von Stroke - Clwb Ifor Bach

May

01 - Black Russian + Los + Glass Diamond + Science Bastard - Barfly
01 - Lostprophets + Kids In Glass Houses - Cardiff International Arena
01 - Young Guns + Save Your Breath + Outcry Collective - Clwb Ifor Bach
02 - The Temper Trap - Cardiff University
02 - The Bluetones + special guests - Clwb Ifor Bach

06 - The Gold Tour: La Roux - Cardiff University
09 - Chuck Prophet - Clwb Ifor Bach
09 - Chase & Status - Cardiff University
09 - Attack! Attack! + As We Climb + Ship To Shore - Clwb Ifor Bach

14 - 2 Rude - TJ's, Newport

21 - Los Campesinos! - Cardiff University

29 - Pendulum - Cardiff International Arena

June

03 - Argent Dawn + Avarus - Barfly
04 - Crowded House - Cardiff International Arena

12 - Agent Orange + No Choice - Barfly

23 - Hot Water Music - TJ's, Newport