Main Stage Entertainment Fri 30 July 2010. in conjunction with Sŵn Festival
- 9.30-10.30pm The Blackout
- 8.30-9.10pm Los Campesinos!
- 7.35-8.05pm Racehorses
- 7.00-7.20pm Samoans
Sat 31 July 2010
- 9.30-10.30pm Chaka Demus and Pliers
- 8.15-9.10pm Pee Wee Ellis and the Funky Assembly
- 7.25-7.55pm The Jolly Boys
- 6.20-7.05pm Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos
- 5.15–6.00pm The Congo Allstars
- 4.10-4.55pm The Raghu Dixit Project
- 3.05-3.50pm Wonderbrass
- 2.00-2.45pm Maroon Town
Sun 1 Aug 2010.
- 9.30-10.30pm Feeder
- 8.00-9.00pm Athlete
- 6.40-7.40pm The Phenomenal Handclap Band
- 5.25-6.15pm Fenech Soler
- 4.10-5.00pm Pete Lawrie
- 3.00-3.50pm Rumer
- 2.00-2.30pm The Lay-Lows
From http://www.cardiff-festival.com/Cardiff%20Festival%202008pr1.pdf
June 12 2008
The tumbling strawberries will become a regular feature around the capital over the next six weeks as thoughts turn to summer and the 22nd year of the Cardiff Festival, a programme of mostly free events that will attract over half a million people to locations in the city centre and the waterfront of Cardiff Bay.
2001
edit- Celtic Food & Drink Oval Basin Fri 13th – Sun 15th July
- Welsh Proms Thur 16th Welsh Proms season at St David’s Hall 19th – Sat 28th July
- Robbie Willams Millennium Stadium Sat 14th - Sun 15th July
- Cardiff Fringe (held at Vision 2 k, Venditto Italian Restaurants, Bar Ice, Callahans Irish Bar, Club Metropolitain, Reds, The Toucan Club, The Glee Club, The Wharf and La Strada Restaurant. Wed 18th – Sun 22nd July
- Fiesta Nights (held at Windsor Place) Fri 20th - Sat 21st July
- International Shoppers Street Festival 19th July, Fri 20th - Sat 21st & Fri 27th - Sat 28th July
- Tesco Children’s Festival Wales at Cardiff Castle Sat 21 - Sun 22 July
- The Big Buzz at Oval Basin 26th July
- Admiral Comedy Antics at Sherman Theatre 27th - Sat 28th July
- MAS Carnival is held at the Oval Basin 28th July
- Route of Kings held at Cardiff Castle (inc Sting and Tom Jones) 27th - Mon 30th July
- Big Weekend 3rd - Sun 5th August including Fri 3 Aug Tommy & the Chauffeur 7.30pm - 8.00pm, Tetra Splendour 8.20pm - 8.50pm, Lost Prophets 9.10pm - 9.40pm, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 10pm - 10.40pm.....Sat 4 Aug Riverside Warehouse Project 12pm (noon) - 1pm, Red Dragon (DJs and bands) 2pm - 4pm, Maximum Roach 5.00pm - 5.45pm, I am Kloot 6.15pm - 7.05pm, Kosheen 7.45pm - 8.45pm
EMF 9.30pm - 10.30pm...Sun 5th Aug Nick Turner Allstars 2.30pm - 3.00pm Jazz Jamaica All Stars 3.30pm - 4.30pm Black Umfolosi 5.00pm - 6.00pm Andrea Marquee 6.30pm - 7.30pm Baraka 8.00pm - 9.00pm Deacon Blue 9.30pm - 10.45pm
2002
edit2006
edit29 june - 6 aug 2006
Cardiff Worldport Festival 29 june - 2 july Alice Through the Looking Glass held at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama 4 – sat 8 july Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival held at St Fagans 5-29 July 2006
Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend Fri 4 aug 7.30-8.10 pm Legendary Two-tone band The Selecter--8.35-9.15 pm ‘Walkin' on Sunshine' with Katrina (formerly of Katrina and the Waves) 9.40-10.40 pm Anthemic rock from Welsh heroes The Alarm Sat 5 Aug 2.00-4.00 pm Two hours of the best up and coming talent featuring sets from The Poppies, Daisy Blue, Alongcameman and introducing the winners on the Memory Lane Music Mix Competition
2.00-2.20 pm Viva Machine 2.35-2.55 pm Alongcameman 3.10-3.20 pm Memory Lane Music Mix Winners 3.35-4.00 pm The Poppies 4.30-5.15 pm Kicking off the evening with Cord 5.45-6.30 pm More local interest from The Crimea 7.00-7.45 pm East London Quartet The Infadels 8.15-9.00 pm NME favourites The Automatic 9.30-10.30 pm Chart toppers Kubb
Sun 6 aug 2.00-2.40 pm Glasgow 5 piece Unkle Bob
3.05-3.50 pm Manic Eastern European folk from Mukka 4.20-5.00 pm Stunning Irish songsmith Foy Vance 5.30-6.20 pm Tequila soaked melodies from Los Pacaminos 6.50-7.40 pm Classic soul and R&B from Terri Walker 8.10-9.10 pm Get ‘Connected' to the Stereo MC's 9.40-10.40 pm And finally the homecoming queen Cerys Matthews
2007
edit- CARDIFF OUTDOOR ACTION SHOW
- CARDIFF CASTLE OPEN-AIR THEATRE
- EVERYMAN OPEN-AIR THEATRE FESTIVAL
- CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL
- WELSH PROMS
- TESCO CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
- FRINGE
- WOW ON THE WATERFRONT
- ADMIRAL CARDIFF BIG WEEKEND
- MAS CARNIVAL
- MERMAID QUAY CARDIFF HARBOUR FESTIVAL
2008
edit- 2 – 4 July Cardiff Castle Open Air Theatre Cardiff Castle
- 3 July – 30 Aug Chitty Chitty Bang Bang WMC
- 11-13 July Cardiff International Food & Drink Festival Roald Dahl Plass
- 17-26 Jul Lloyds TSB Welsh Proms Cardiff St David’s Hall
- 19-20 Jul Tesco Children’s Festival Cooper’s Field
- 22-23 July The Fringe @ Cardiff Festival RWCMD
- 23 Jul – 16 Aug Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival National History
Museum St Fagan’s
- 25-26 Jul WOW on the Waterfront Roald Dahl Plass
- 27 Jul The Red Dragon Centre Family Festival The Red Dragon
Centre
- 1-3 Aug The Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend & MAS Carnival Civic Centre
- 2 Aug MAS Carnival Bay to Civic Centre
- 1-9 Aug National Eisteddfod of Wales Pontcanna Fields
2009
edit- 2 – 3 July Cardiff Castle Open Air Theatre
- 8 July - 1 Aug Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival
- 9-25 July Welsh Proms Cardiff
- 10-12 July Cardiff International Food & Drink Festival
- 17 – 26 July Blysh
- 20 July Wet Sounds, Splott Pool
- 24-25 Jul WOW on the Waterfront
- 26 Jul – 29 Aug The Sound of Music at Wales Millennium Centre
- 26 Jul The Red Dragon Centre Family Festival
- 28-29 July The Fringe @ Cardiff Festival
- 30 Jul-2 Aug Horrid Henry at the New Theatre
- 31 Jul-2 Aug Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend
- 1 Aug MAS Carnival