List of cultural venues in Cardiff

This is a list of cultural venues in Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

Sport

Performing arts

Performing arts venues with seating capacity:

  • City Hall, Cardiff (600)
  • Chapter Arts Centre (180)
  • Llanover Hall Arts Centre (100)
  • New Theatre (Cardiff) (1,144)
  • Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
    • Dora Stoutzker Hall (400)
    • Richard Burton Theatre (182)
    • Bute Theatre (150-200)
    • Caird Studio (50)
    • Corus Recital Room (50)
    • S4C Studio (50)
    • Sir Geraint Evans Recital Room (60)
    • Weston Gallery (80)
  • Sherman Theatre
    • Main theatre (631)
    • Venue 2 (163)
    • Venue 3
  • St David's Hall
    • Main auditorium (up to 1,956)
    • Level 3 Day Stage (or "Level 3 Bar") (350 including standing)
  • Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru)
    • Dance Space (100)
    • Donald Gordon Theatre (1,897)
    • Urdd Hall (153)
    • Weston Studio (250)
    • BBC Hoddinott Hall (350)
  • Roald Dahl Plass (Outdoor Arena)

Entertainment venues

Live music venues

  • Barfly (200) - opened in 2001, closed in September 2010 [1]
  • Clwb Ifor Bach
  • Coal Exchange (1,000) - Venue closed in 2007, reopened in 2009 and closed again in 2013 because of safety concerns.[2]
  • Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff- (160) opened 2013[3]
  • The Globe (350) - opened on Albany Road, Roath, in November 2008.[4]
  • Inkspot Venue Cardiff - conference rooms, live music events[5]
  • The Moon Club, Womanby Street[6]
  • The Point (500) - closed in January 2009, following a single complaint from a neighbour about noise.[4]
  • Tiny Rebel, Cardiff- (80-100) opened 2013, function room upstairs is often used for live music
  • Tramshed (1000) - opened in October 2015 in a converted Grade II listed tram depot in Grangetown.[7]
  • Y Plas - in the Cardiff University Students' Union building in Cathays[8]

Gay venues

Cardiff has number of gay venues in the city, particularly in the area around Charles Street and Churchill Way. Gay-friendly venues include:

  • Golden Cross - a pub featuring regular drag acts
  • Kings Cross, The Hayes - gay-friendly pub for over 35 years,[9] converted to a gastropub in 2011 [10]

Historic and architectural venues

This is a list of historic and architectural places and their use as a cultural venue:

Museums and art galleries

Museums

Art galleries

Libraries

Places of worship

See also

References

  1. ^ "Surprise at closure of Cardiff music venue Barfly", BBC News, 1 September 2010. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  2. ^ "Cardiff Coal Exchange: Council to do emergency safety work", BBC News, 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
  3. ^ "The future of another Cardiff music venue could be under threat over a noise complaint". Wales Online. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  4. ^ a b "Cardiff needs a venue like The Globe", guardiancardiff.com, 15 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
  5. ^ "Inkspot Venue - Event Venue In Cardiff". Inkspot Venue.
  6. ^ "When rock met rugby: Welsh stars as you’ve never seen them before ", Wales Online, 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  7. ^ Kathryn Williams (23 October 2015) "5 gigs you shouldn't miss at Cardiff's new music venue Tramshed", Wales Online. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  8. ^ "Y Plas". www.cardiffstudents.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  9. ^ "Regulars campaign to save Cardiff gay pub". BBC News. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  10. ^ "Bid to save gay Cardiff pub is defeated". Wales Online. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  11. ^ "Milestone moments during 50 years at Cardiff's Albany Gallery". Wales Online. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  12. ^ "Highly Anticipated Blackwater Gallery Launches in April". Business News Wales. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  13. ^ Moore, David (30 July 2008). "Obituary - William Brown". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  14. ^ "Art review: coastal inspiration at Oriel Canfas". Nation.Cymru. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  15. ^ "How Cardiff M.A.D.E is running an art gallery during a pandemic". Alt.Cardiff. Cardiff School of Journalism. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  16. ^ "'Let Us Now Praise Famous Bins' – Cardiff gallery launches exhibition and legacy project". Nation.Cymru. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  17. ^ Jenny White (18 November 2023). "Major new gallery for the capital". Western Mail. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  18. ^ "The co-director of Cardiff’s g39 contemporary art gallery on why it had to relocate from the city centre", WalesOnline, 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
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