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

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  • 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

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2006

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29 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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