The Flute & Tankard is a small, intimate real-ale pub on Windsor Place, just off Queen Street in central Cardiff, with excellent acoustics and a fine selection of beers. Its upstairs function room hosts regular musical performances — frequently jazz, plus folk sessions such as a Caerdydd Galician session — as well as comedy and open-mic poetry nights for local writers. Gigs typically start around 8.30pm with admission usually £10/£6, and crucially the door charge goes exclusively to the musicians, marking it out as a genuinely artist-friendly grassroots room. There's free parking in Windsor Place after 8pm and it's a short walk from Queen Street station, making it an easy, low-key spot for Cardiff's jazz, folk and acoustic performers.
Cardiff · Every Thursday · £2.00
Flute & Tankard Open Mic
Cardiff open mic at Flute & Tankard — listed on Google Places. Schedule details below are pending venue confirmation; check the venue's own listings before turning up.
Open mic at a glance Flute & Tankard · Cardiff
Thursday
Open mic night
Apr 2026
Listed since
13 Aug
Last verified
£2.00
Entry
12 min
Slot length
Verified
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Last updated: 13 August 2026
Flute & Tankard Open Mic — Quick Facts
Cardiff open mic at Flute & Tankard — listed on Google Places. Schedule details below are pending venue confirmation; check the venue's own listings before turning up.
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The Details
Everything you need before you turn up
DayThursday
Start19:00
Sign-up19:30 walk-in
Slot length12 min
Entry£2.00
Capacity–
Performer typesPoetry · Spoken_word
Sound engineerBYO / hire on the night
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Where
Flute & Tankard4 Windsor Pl
Cardiff CF10 3BX
Cardiff — check venue website for parking and nearest station.
Contact
Walk-in sign-up only
No advance booking
Host: in-house team
Highlights
£2.00 entry
PA system provided
Walk-in sign-up
Poetry, Spoken_word welcome
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About Flute & Tankard
About This Open Mic
Every Thursday in Cardiff
Kicks off at 19:00, sign-up from 19:30
Entry £2.00
12-minute slots
PA provided — BYO instrument
Part of the Cardiff open mic directory
The Night
The Flute & Tankard on Windsor Place hosts the Broken Speakers Clwb, a monthly Thursday open mic for poetry, prose, spoken word and storytelling. Doors are at 7pm, entry is £2 and includes the raffle, and you sign up on the door — a warm, listening room in one of Cardiff's best-loved real-ale and jazz pubs. The pub's wider programme (jazz, folk and the Caerdydd Galician session) runs around it, so check the venue's what's-on page for this month's date before travelling.
Getting there
4 Windsor Pl, Cardiff CF10 3BX.
Photos
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What's on stage — equipment and backline at this venue, verified regularly.
PA + monitors
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
Vocal mics
In-house engineer
The Night at a Glance
How Flute & Tankard’s Thursday night runs.
19:30Sign-up
19:00Kick-off
23:00Venue closes
Every Thursday 12-min slots £2.00 entry
Find Flute & Tankard
4 Windsor Pl, Cardiff CF10 3BX
Planning Your Thursday Night
Arrive by 19:30 to sign up for a slot. Entry is £2.00 and the open mic typically runs until late. A PA is provided — bring your own instrument and amp.
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Walk-in sign-up only, opens at 19:30. Arrive early — slots fill on the night. See other Cardiff open mic nights for alternatives.
PA + vocal mic provided. BYO instrument and amp.
12 minutes per act — typically 3 songs solo.
Entry is £2.00. For free alternatives, filter the directory.
Solo and duo acts work best given the gear available; ask the host before bringing a full band.
4 Windsor Pl, Cardiff CF10 3BX.
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