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Cardiff Big Weekend
Genre	Rock, Indie, pop, electronic, dance, hip hop, folk, experimental, metal, world
Dates	August (exact date varies)
Location(s)	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Years active	1995–2011, 2017
Website	pridecymru.co.uk

The Cardiff Big Weekend took place annually from 1993 to 2011, and in 2017 as part of the Cardiff Festival organized by Cardiff Council. The event was free, and lasted three days. As well as music over the weekend, there were fair rides on site, and firework displays.

In 2004 the Admiral Group began to sponsor the event, and continued to do so until 2011. This sponsorship led to the event later being titled the Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend.

Alongside the event a competition held by Cardiff Council's event team gave the opportunity for bands to perform at the Big Weekend. The Big Gig was launched in June 2011, and had a category for under 18s and over 18s. In 2011 there were over 60 entrants and the over 18 finalists competed at The Globe, Cardiff.

The Line Up

2017

Pride Cymru brought back the Big Weekend music festival and included their LGBT Pride Parade to reform it as 'Pride Cymru's Big Weekend'. Cardiff City Hall's Lawn, which was located at the end of the official Pride Parade route, was the venue.

2012

The Cardiff Big Weekend, which is usually held the second weekend in August as part of Cardiff Festival, was "rested" for a year in 2012 due to the Olympic Football games taking place at the Millennium Stadium (in Cardiff) on 9 and 10 August. In 2013, the music festival was axed and replaced with a temporary 'Beach' area in Cardiff Bay's Roald Dahl Plass.

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

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

2004

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1995

References

1. "Big Gig aims to give unsigned band a break to The Big Weekend". Wales Online. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. "Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend". Capital South Wales. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
3. "Beach fun". South Wales Echo. 1 May 2004. p. 13. ProQuest 342081068.
4. Price, Karen (1 May 2004). "Stars line up for summer in city". Western Mail. p. 16. ProQuest 341416253.
5. "Big Gig aims to give unsigned band a break to The Big Weekend". Wales Online. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
6. "Ffred Jones gears himself up for his Big Weekend". Wales Online. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
7. Kathryn Williams, This is the line up for this year's Pride Cymru Big Weekend event in Cardiff, Wales Online, 12 May 2017, Accessed 19 July 2017
8. "Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend cancelled because of Olympics". Wales Online. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
9. "Cardiff Bay to host Welsh capital's first summer beach". BBC News. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

External links

• Cardiff Big Weekend
• Cardiff Festival
• 11 free festivals
• Cardiff Big Weekend details from BBC Wales
• Pride Cymru

• Free festivals
• Festivals in Cardiff
• Music in Cardiff
• Music festivals in Wales
• Music festivals established in 1995
• Summer events in Wales