The Cardiff live-music scene, by the registry
Ground Frequency tracks 38 live-music rooms in Cardiff, 26 of which announced a dated event in the last 28 days — 89 events in that window and 445 across the trailing year. That is what our registry sees announced in this city as of 2026-10-22, not a census of everything that happened in it.
38
rooms tracked
26
active in 28 days
89
events, 28 days
445
events, 12 months
68% of the rooms we hold in this city announced something dated in the last four weeks. Counts are of announced, dated events at tracked venues — a coverage-weighted signal. How we count
What kind of scene is Cardiff?
rooms by the genre on their registry recordWorld Music 20DJ / Electronic 9Rock / Band 7Jazz 1Vocal 1
Which rooms in Cardiff are actually running?
ranked by dated events our registry holds for the trailing year — announcements, not attendance| ROOM | GENRE ON FILE | EVENTS 12M | 28D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utilita Arena Cardiff | World Music | 53 | 5 |
| Cardiff Tramshed | Rock / Band | 43 | 9 |
| The Globe Cardiff | Rock / Band | 40 | 9 |
| Clwb Ifor Bach | Rock / Band | 40 | 7 |
| Sherman Theatre | World Music | 27 | 8 |
| Ten Mill Lane | DJ / Electronic | 26 | 4 |
| Wales Millennium Centre | World Music | 23 | 4 |
| Paradise Garden | DJ / Electronic | 21 | 4 |
| Live Lounge | Rock / Band | 16 | 1 |
| Fuel Rock Club | Rock / Band | 13 | 5 |
| Mocka Lounge | DJ / Electronic | 13 | 1 |
| Principality Stadium | Rock / Band | 13 | 1 |
Which Cardiff rooms are on the chart this week?
the venue chart ranks rooms on audience momentum, not on who played thereWho has played Cardiff this year?
artists our appearance ledger places in a room in this city — matched, not complete| ARTIST | LAST DATE | DATES |
|---|---|---|
| SKANK DIVA | 2026-09-26 | 3 |
| UB40 | 2026-06-03 | 1 |
| Oslo Twins | 2026-10-01 | 1 |
| Dreamwave | 2026-05-23 | 1 |
| Sawtega | 2026-09-26 | 1 |
| Excellent Skeleton | 2026-09-21 | 1 |
| G e N e V I e V e | 2026-01-27 | 1 |
| Trivium | 2027-04-04 | 1 |
CITE THIS PAGE
Ground Frequency. “The Cardiff live-music scene, by the registry”. 2026-W43. https://www.groundfreq.com/scenes/united-kingdom/cardiff/
Figures are as of 2026-10-22 and move weekly. Data is published under CC BY 4.0 — reuse it with attribution and a link. How the numbers work
The United Kingdom rising charts · The global room index · What these figures mean