

Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend is the ‘daddy’ of Cardiff Festival and is back with a vengeance. This year we’ve pulled out all the stops with home grown and top international artists playing on the FREE live music stage over 3 days.
Main Stage Entertainment
Fri 30 July
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
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
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
MAS CARNIVAL
Sat 31 July
11:30am MAS Carnival departs Cardiff Bay
1:30pm MAS Carnival finishes at Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend
A firework finale, will light the city sky each night of the Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend and you can also enjoy all the fun of the fair, with traditional fairground attractions available to entertain the young and the young at heart.
See photos of Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend 2009 here
EVENT FACILITIES
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