Cardiff Music City Festival 2026

Event Info

The 2026 festival will run from Friday October 2nd to Saturday October 17th filling venues, clubs and pop up locations across Cardiff with two weeks of bold programming which pushes the boundaries of music innovation, performance and technology.

Featuring global stars, homegrown talent, immersive events, talks, installations, unique collaborations and unmissable one off events the festival will once again proudly encompass:

• Sŵn – Cardiff’s annual new music festival.
• Llais – Wales Millennium Centre’s international arts weekend.
• Welsh Music Prize – celebrating the very best music made in or by Wales.