List of cultural venues in Cardiff explained
This is a list of cultural venues in Cardiff, capital city of Wales.
Sport
See main article: List of sport venues in Cardiff.
Performing arts
Performing arts venues with seating capacity:
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.
- 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
- Albany Gallery, Roath - established 1965 [11]
- Blackwater Gallery, Prospect Place, Cardiff [12]
- Butetown History and Arts Centre (closed 2016), Cardiff Bay
- Oriel Canfas, Canton - run by artists who were formerly based at the Old Library in Cardiff city centre until the late 1990s[13] [14]
- Cardiff MADE, Roath [15] [16]
- Gallery Celf, Bangor Street, Roath[17]
- Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay
- G39 - art gallery, opened 1998 in the city centre and relocated to a larger space off City Road, Roath in 2012.[18]
- tactileBOSCH, Llandaff
- Third Floor Gallery (2010-2016), Cardiff Bay
Libraries
- Canton Library
- Cathays Library
- Central Library
- Ely Library
- Fairwater Library
- Grangetown Library
- Llandaff North Library
- Llanedeyrn Library
- Llanishen Library
- Llanrumney Library
- Penylan Library
- Radyr Library
- Roath Library (closed in 2014)
- Rhiwbina Library
- Rhydypennau Library
- Rumney Library
- Splott Library
- St Mellons Library
- Tongwynlais Library
- Whitchurch Library
Places of worship
See main article: List of places of worship in Cardiff.
See also
Notes and References
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-11156364 "Surprise at closure of Cardiff music venue Barfly"
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23007383 "Cardiff Coal Exchange: Council to do emergency safety work"
- News: The future of another Cardiff music venue could be under threat over a noise complaint . Wales Online. 27 March 2017 . 2023-06-17 .
- https://www.theguardian.com/cardiff/2010/apr/15/the-globe-cardiff-music-venues-la-roux-jamie-t "Cardiff needs a venue like The Globe"
- Web site: Inkspot Venue - Event Venue In Cardiff. Inkspot Venue.
- http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/rock-met-rugby-welsh-stars-8552232 "When rock met rugby: Welsh stars as you’ve never seen them before "
- Kathryn Williams (23 October 2015) "5 gigs you shouldn't miss at Cardiff's new music venue Tramshed", Wales Online. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- Web site: Y Plas. www.cardiffstudents.com. 2019-10-04.
- News: Regulars campaign to save Cardiff gay pub . BBC News . 8 October 2010 . 2015-06-09 .
- News: Bid to save gay Cardiff pub is defeated . Wales Online . 23 February 2011 . 2015-06-09 .
- News: Milestone moments during 50 years at Cardiff's Albany Gallery . Wales Online . 9 November 2015 . 2023-06-17.
- News: Highly Anticipated Blackwater Gallery Launches in April. Business News Wales. 28 February 2019 . 2024-04-06.
- News: Moore. David. Obituary - William Brown . . 30 July 2008 . 2023-06-17.
- News: Art review: coastal inspiration at Oriel Canfas. Nation.Cymru . 26 March 2023 . 2023-06-17.
- News: How Cardiff M.A.D.E is running an art gallery during a pandemic. Alt.Cardiff . Cardiff School of Journalism . 2 November 2020 . 2023-06-17.
- News: ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Bins’ – Cardiff gallery launches exhibition and legacy project. Nation.Cymru . 30 October 2022 . 2023-06-17.
- News: Jenny White . Major new gallery for the capital . . 18 November 2023 . 2024-04-06 .
- http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/co-director-cardiffs-g39-contemporary-art-2031425 "The co-director of Cardiff’s g39 contemporary art gallery on why it had to relocate from the city centre"