Cardiff Big Weekend

Cardiff Big Weekend

The Cardiff Big Weekend has taken place annually since 1995 as part of the Cardiff Festival organised by Cardiff Council. Billed as the UK’s biggest free outdoor music festival, it offers three days of quality live music and entertainment. Alongside the live music stage runs the UK’s largest travelling funfair around Cardiff's Civic Centre. Each night comes to a close with a firework finale. There is always an eclectic line of up and coming artists, world music and established artists, and traditionally the Friday night has always had a strong presence of Welsh bands.

The Line Up

1995

Friday August 11	Saturday August 12	Sunday August 13
	Chumbawamba	Carter USM

1996

Friday August 9 Dog	Saturday August 10	Sunday August 11
	Catatonia	Dog	Railroad Bill

1997

Friday August 8	Saturday August 9	Sunday August 10
Trippa	Red Dragon Roadshow	Christine Collister
Planet Loaded	Rachel Stamp	Tony Hadley
Revolva	Don	Sam Brown
The Blinders	Ether	Afro Celt Sound System
Stereophonics	Death in Vegas	Urban Species
	Dreadzone	Omar

1998

Friday 7 August	Saturday 8 August	Sunday 9 August
Armstrong	Red Dragon Roadshow	Loop Guru
Diesel Bug	Fisherman Walk	Mutton Birds
Manchild	Melys	Osibisa
Ether	Carrie	Leo Sayer
	Audioweb	Carleen Anderson
	Gene

1999

Friday 6 August	Saturday 7 August	Sunday 8 August
Rocket Gold Star	Red Dragon FM Party in the Park	Four Brothers
Cartoon	Indian Ropeman	Vocal Sampling
Quattro	The Herbaliser	Groupa Folia
Big Leaves	Afro Celt Sound System	Black Star Liner
		King Pleasure
		Nik Kershaw

2000

Friday 4 August	Saturday 5 August	Sunday 6 August
Kennedy Soundtrack	Nucleus Roots	Motimba
Baby Elephant	Rae & Christian	Kakatsitsi
Bench	Chumbawumba	Arrow
Manchild	Asian Dub Foundation	Victor Hugo & La Banda Picante
Ptang Yang Kipper Bang	Kris Jenkins	Aswad

2001

Friday 3 August	Saturday 4 August	Sunday 5 August
Tommy & the Chauffeur	Red Dragon Roadshow	Nick Turner Allstars
Tetra Splendour	Maximum Roach	Black Umfolosi
Lostprophets	I am Kloot	Jazz Jamaica All Stars
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	Kosheen	TBC ???
	EMF	Deacon Blue

2002

Friday 2 August	Saturday 3 August	Sunday 4 August
Barker		Ray Davies

2003

Friday 1 August	Saturday 2 August	Sunday 3 August
Big Mac's Wholly Soul Band	Red Dragon Roadshow	The Elephant is Gerald
Limahl	Ayra	Shod
Go West	LSK	King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys
	The Bees	La Bottine Souriante
	Athlete	The Proclaimers
	The Bluetones	The Waterboys

2004

Friday 30 July	Saturday 31 July	Sunday 1 August
Bad Manners	Red Dragon Roadshow	Cherry Falls
Chas 'n' Dave	Dynamo Dresden	D?booga
Howard Jones	Speedway	The Jews Brothers
	Zoot Woman	Caramelo Son
	The Delays	Rhian Benson
	The Fun Lovin' Criminals	The Brand New Heavies

2005

Friday 12 August	Saturday 13 August	Sunday 14 August
		Beverley Knight

Line up also included Chesney Hawkes, Hazel O’Connor, The Christians and Modern Romance.

2006

Friday 4 August	Saturday 5 August	Sunday 6 August
The Selecter	Daisy Blue	Unkle Bob
Katrina (formerly of Katrina and the Waves)	Viva Machine	Mukka
The Alarm	Alongcameman	Foy Vance
	Memory Lane Music Mix Winners	Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young
	The Poppies	Terri Walker
	Cord	Stereo MCs
	The Crimea	Cerys Matthews
	The Infadels
	The Automatic
	Kubb

2007

Friday 3 August	Saturday 4 August	Sunday 5 August
PeeWee Ellis	SW Storm	Gethin Pearson
Bobby Kray	Los Skarameros	Colum Regan
Soul II Soul Soundsystem	The Soothsayers	Halflight
	Sierra Maestro	The Storys
	Jimmy Cliff	Ben Taylor
		Richie Havens
		Sandi Thom
		Magic Numbers

2008

Friday 1 August	Saturday 2 August	Sunday 3 August
Park Bench Social Club	Pandemonium	Frizbee
Juice - with caller Dave Parsons	Natacha Atlas	Yoav
The Men They Couldn't Hang	Robert Maseko & The Congo Beat	Beth Rowley
	Ryland Teifi	Go Audio
	Grupo Lokito	The Automatic
	Prince Buster and the Delroy Williams Junction Band	Glasvegas
		Young Knives
		Ash

2009

Friday 31 July	Saturday 1 August	Sunday 2 August
Save Your Breath	Soukous Koumbele	Steve Appleton
The Joy Formidable	Peatbog Faeries	Absent Elk
Attack! Attack!	Chancery Blame & The Gadgo Club	The Leisure Society
Kids In Glass Houses	Melopark	Ebony Bones!
	Orquesta Cache	Camera Obscura
	Edward II	The Lightning Seeds
	Imelda May	The Zutons

2010

Friday 30 July	Saturday 31 July	Sunday 1 August
Samoans	Maroon Town	The Lay-Lows
Racehorses	Wonderbrass	Rumer
Los Campesinos!	The Raghu Dixit Project	Pete Lawrie
The Blackout	The Congo Allstars	Fenech Soler
	Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos	The Phenomenal Handclap Band
	The Jolly Boys	Athlete
	Pee Wee Ellis and the Funky Assembly	Feeder
	Chaka Demus and Pliers

2011

Friday 5 August	Saturday 6 August	Sunday 7 August
Death Before Sunrise	Zong Zing All Stars	Ffred Jones
OK	Dom Duff	Edei
Attack! Attack!	Jazz Jamaica with Special Guest Myrna Hague	King Charles
Funeral For a Friend	Hayley Scarlett	Friends Electric
	Horace Andy & Dub Asante	Dodgy
	Vintage Trouble	Nerina Pallot
	Gabrielle	The Feeling

2012

The Cardiff Big Weekend, which is usually held the second weekend in August as part of Cardiff Festival, was "rested" in 2012 because Olympic football took place at the Millennium Stadium (in Cardiff) on August 9 and 10.

External links

Culture and recreation in Cardiff

Performing arts	Cardiff Singer of the World Welsh Singers Competition BBC National Orchestra of Wales Welsh National Opera Wales Millennium Centre Motorpoint Arena Cardiff St David's Hall Cardiff City Hall New Theatre Sherman Cymru Chapter Arts Centre Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama National Youth Orchestra of Wales Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra NoFit State Circus

Music venues and acts	Music of Cardiff Tramshed Clwb Ifor Bach Coal Exchange Spillers Records Cardiff University Students' Union Bute Park Catatonia The Automatic Jem Funeral for a Friend Lostprophets Bullet for My Valentine Stereophonics Manic Street Preachers Super Furry Animals Kids in Glass Houses Los Campesinos! Mclusky We're No Heroes The Hot Puppies The Oppressed Budgie Shakin' Stevens Charlotte Church Shirley Bassey Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Only Men Aloud! Under the Driftwood Tree Young Marble Giants

Festivals and concerts	Cardiff Big Weekend Cardiff Film Festival Cardiff Comedy Festival Cardiff Design Festival Sŵn National Eisteddfod Urdd Eisteddfod Iris Prize Party in the Park Tsunami Relief Cardiff Michael Forever – The Tribute Concert Welcome to Wales Armed Forces Day Millennium Stadium concerts Cardiff Arms Park concerts Sparks in the Park

Museums and galleries	National Museum Cardiff St Fagans National History Museum Museum of the Welsh Soldier Chapter Arts Centre Norwegian Church Arts Centre The Gate Doctor Who Exhibition Centre Pierhead Building Techniquest Cardiff Story

Entertainment and dining	Red Dragon Centre Mermaid Quay Hard Rock Cafe Millennium Plaza The Glee Club Eastside Café Quarter

Recreation	Cardiff Central Library Libraries in Cardiff Leisure centres in Cardiff Bute Park Roath Park Victoria Park Roald Dahl Plass Llandaff Fields Thompson's Park Llanishen Reservoir

Shopping	Arcades St. David's Queens Arcade Capitol Centre Central Market Castle Quarter The Hayes Howells Mermaid Quay Retail Parks

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