On 1st February 2019, an event was held at the Wales Millennium Centre to launch the 2019 Cardiff and the Vale Urdd National Eisteddfod in the company of the city’s children and young people. A decade since the Cardiff Bay Urdd National Eisteddfod in 2009, the festival which attracts 90,000 visitors each year, will return to the Bay between 27 May – 1 June this year. The excitement is brewing locally as the Eisteddfod approaches, with some local schools competing…
Marking 100 years since the iconic leader’s birth, the Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition joins a programme of Black History Month events celebrating Black history, arts and culture. The Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition opens at Wales Millennium Centre on 5th October during Black History Month, the nationwide celebration of Black history, arts and culture. The major free exhibition explores six themes of the iconic leader’s life – Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator and Statesman – tracing his Long Walk to…
Cardiff’s International Arts Festival looks back on an exceptional 11 days of live music, brand new Wales Millennium Centre theatre co-productions, PROCESSIONS Cardiff, community projects, free events and much more • Over 26,000 people attended Festival of Voice gigs, theatre productions, community projects and more over 11 days between 7-17 June, with sold-out shows from Gruff Rhys, Patti Smith, Laura Veirs, Tank and the Bangas and more. • Headline music artists included Patti Smith, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Billy…
Women and girls – including those who identify as women and non-binary individuals – are invited to register at www.processions.co.uk to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime living artwork which will celebrate a historic moment for gender equality and create a dramatic portrait of women in the 21st century. On 10th June 2018, participants in Cardiff will walk together in their tens of thousands. Given green, white or violet to wear, to represent the colours of the suffrage movement and…
Two world-class artists, Elvis Costello and Angelique Kidjo, join Patti Smith, Gruff Rhys, Passenger and Billy Bragg as headline music acts at this year’s Festival of Voice (7-17 June, across Cardiff). Elvis Costello & The Imposters will close this year’s 11-day festival at Wales Millennium Centre, with the skilled wordsmith and unique vocalist covering everything from politics to love songs. Beninese vocalist and activist, Angélique Kidjo, performs her latest project, a reinterpretation of the classic Talking Heads album ‘Remain in Light’. Well-known…
A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Cardiff last month (2/10/17) by the First Minister Carwyn Jones and the Indian High Commissioner Mr Y.K. Sinha in presence of large number of dignitaries and Hon Consul General of India Raj Aggarwal OBE Nearly 1,000 people from all sectors , were present for the ceremony near the Wales Millennium centre which revealed the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the 148th anniversary of his birth – which is also now the International…
Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher will star as Morticia, Fester and Wednesday Addams in the UK & Irish premiere of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a musical comedy, with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on the characters created by Charles Addams. Samantha Womack will take on the role of Morticia Addams fresh from leaving BBC1’s EastEnders after nearly a decade as Ronnie Mitchell. Samantha has also played…
Cycling in Cardiff is at a critical moment with a new cycling strategy being proposed for the city and the plans for the Active Travel Act walking and cycling networks out for consultation. What happens with these plans and strategies will depend on who is elected to the city council in May. To find out which party will offer the best deal for the thousands of cyclists in Cardiff, Cardiff Cycle City, the organisation aiming to make Cardiff the best…