List of cultural venues in Cardiff facts for kids

This is a list of cultural venues in Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

Sport

Performing arts

Performing arts venues with seating capacity:

• City Hall, Cardiff (600)
• Chapter Arts Centre (180)
• Llanover Hall Arts Centre (100)
• New Theatre (Cardiff) (1,144)
• Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
  • Dora Stoutzker Hall (400)
  • Richard Burton Theatre (182)
  • Bute Theatre (150-200)
  • Caird Studio (50)
  • Corus Recital Room 950)
  • S4C Studio (50)
  • Sir Geraint Evans Recital Room (60)
  • Weston Gallery (80)
• Sherman Theatre
  • Main theatre (631)
  • Venue 2 (163)
  • Venue 3
• St David's Hall
  • Main auditorium (up to 1,956)
  • Level 3 Day Stage (or "Level 3 Bar") (350 including standing)
• The Gate Arts Centre, Roath (250)
• Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru)
  • Dance Space (100)
  • Donald Gordon Theatre (1,897)
  • Urdd Hall (153)
  • Weston Studio (250)
  • BBC Hoddinott Hall (350)
• Roald Dahl Plass (Outdoor Arena)

Entertainment venues

• Cardiff University Students' Union
• Hard Rock Cafe (now closed)
• Jongleurs (now closed)
• Mermaid Quay
• Millennium Plaza
• Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
• Red Dragon Centre
• The Glee Club

Live music venues

• Inkspot venue Cardiff - https://www.inkspot.online alternative weddings, conference rooms, live music events.
• Barfly (200) - opened in 2001, closed in September 2010
• Clwb Ifor Bach
• Coal Exchange (1,000) - Venue closed in 2007, reopened in 2009 and closed again in 2013 because of safety concerns.
• The Globe (350) - opened on Albany Road, Roath, in November 2008.
• The Moon Club, Womanby Street
• The Point (500) - closed in January 2009, following a single complaint from a neighbour about noise.
• Tramshed (1000) - opened in October 2015 in a converted Grade II listed tram depot in Grangetown.
• Y Plas - in the Cardiff University Students' Union building in Cathays

Gay venues

Cardiff has number of gay venues in the city, particularly in the area around Charles Street and Churchill Way. Gay-friendly venues include:

• Golden Cross - a pub featuring regular drag acts
• Kings Cross, The Hayes - gay-friendly pub for over 35 years, converted to a gastropub in 2011

Historic and architectural venues

This is a list of historic and architectural places and their use as a cultural venue:

• Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Barrage (has hosted open-air concerts)
• Bute Park (used for open-air concerts and festivals)
• Cardiff Castle (has hosted open-air concerts, a professional boxing match and small exhibitions)
• Castell Coch (has hosted a celebrity renewal of wedding vows)

Museums and art galleries

• Blackwater Gallery, Cardiff Bay
• Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay
• National Museum and Gallery, Cathays Park
• Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
• Cardiff Story
• Welsh Regiment Museum
• Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay
• G39 - art gallery, opened 1998 in the city centre and relocated to a larger space off City Road, Roath in 2012.
• tactileBOSCH, Llandaff
• Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff Bay

Libraries

• Canton Library
• Cathays Library
• Central Library
• Ely Library
• Fairwater Library
• Grangetown Library
• Llandaff North Library
• Llanedeyrn Library
• Llanishen Library
• Llanrumney Library
• Penylan Library
• Radyr Library
• Roath Library (closed in 2014)
• Rhiwbina Library
• Rhydypennau Library
• Rumney Library
• Splott Library
• St Mellons Library
• Tongwynlais Library
• Whitchurch Library

Places of worship