CARDIFF · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Cardiff
140 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Cardiff. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Cardiff
Cardiff has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can see what’s on in Cardiff over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Cardiff: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Cardiff pages? Browse the Cardiff live music hub, Cardiff open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Cardiff guide, or find a band in Cardiff. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
What’s on in Cardiff this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
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SEPT
23
I Prevail
Depot Cardiff, Cardiff
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SEPT
24
Redwood City - Cardiff
Clwb Ifor Bach·Cathays, Cardiff
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SEPT
25
Doctor and the Medics
Clwb Crown·Cyfarthfa, Cardiff
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SEPT
25
ACDC REBORN plus THE BLACK VULTURES at Black Cat, Bridgend
Black Cat Bridgend·Bridgend Central, Cardiff
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SEPT
26
I AM DRUG
Fuel Rock Club·Cathays, Cardiff
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SEPT
29
Michael Ball
New Theatre Cardiff, Cardiff
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- GenrePop
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SEPT
29
Gurriers: Album Launch Show
The Globe·Plasnewydd, Cardiff
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SEPT
29
Tenille Townes
The Gate, Cardiff
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- GenreCountry
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OCT
1
Freya Ridings
New Theatre Cardiff, Cardiff
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- GenreRock, Pop
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OCT
1
Madra Salach
Tramshed, Cardiff
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- GenreFolk
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OCT
1
Oslo Twins
Fuel Rock Club·Cathays, Cardiff
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OCT
1
Tolü Makay – People Still Cry in Summer Tour
Riverbank Arts Centre, Cardiff
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OCT
2
Rammlied BRIDGWATER - The Rammstein Party
The Cobblestones·Bridgwater North & Central, Cardiff
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- GenreTribute Act
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OCT
3
Day Fever
Tramshed·Grangetown, Cardiff
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OCT
3
Sounds of the Universe: Zimmer, Richter, Einaudi
Llandaff Cathedral·Llandaff, Cardiff
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OCT
3
Toby Lee
The Gate, Cardiff
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- GenreRock, Pop, Blues
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OCT
3
Whitesnake UK - LIVE IN BRIDGEND
Luna Live Lounge·Bridgend Central, Cardiff
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OCT
5
Yonaka
Tramshed, Cardiff
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OCT
6
Indecision
Fuel Rock Club·Cathays, Cardiff
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OCT
6
Amble
Cardiff University Students Union·Cathays, Cardiff
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OCT
6
Amble
The Great Hall - Cardiff University Students' Union, Cardiff
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OCT
8
Creeper, Calva Louise, Starbenders
Tramshed·Grangetown, Cardiff
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OCT
8
Laurie Anderson
Wales Millennium Centre·Butetown, Cardiff
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OCT
9
Heaven 17
Tramshed·Grangetown, Cardiff
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Cardiff Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Cardiff, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Cardiff page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 5 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Cardiff venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 140 upcoming gigs.
140 upcoming gigs listed for Cardiff. 5 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Cardiff gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Cardiff open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Cardiff live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Cardiff. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Cardiff shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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