Much-loved Cardiff venues Tramshed and The Globe are returning to their independent roots, after being acquired by newly-formed Propaganda Independent Venues as Tramshed celebrates 10 years as one of the city’s key live music spaces.

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter will headline a massive 50 Years of Punk celebration at Cardiff Castle on Saturday 1 August 2026, with The Stranglers, The Undertones and Cardiff’s own Panic Shack also on the bill.

Multi-award-winning songwriter and frontman Richard Ashcroft will headline TK Maxx presents DEPOT Live at Cardiff Castle on Thursday 16 July 2026, joined by Tom Meighan and Apollo Junction for a huge summer show in the city.

Multi-platinum indie pop band Bastille are heading back to Cardiff Castle on Friday 10 July 2026 for TK Maxx presents DEPOT Live, with support from Arthur Hill and Carpetman in what’s set to be a huge summer show.

Tom Pilks & The Pyjama Party make their mark on Cardiff’s music scene with debut single Slowly Sinking.

Nubiyan Twist, the genre-hopping nine-piece collective have announced a return to Cardiff on the band’s 2025 UK tour. 

Ed Sheeran surprised young people from four Cardiff-based organisations when he made a whirlwind tour of the city to launch his new foundation, stopping off at Fitzalan High School, Eastmoors Youth Centre in Splott, and the city-centre youth project Grassroots.

Indie greats James will head to the Welsh capital in 2025 for a headline show at TK Maxx presents Depot Live at Cardiff Castle.

‘Sound of Cardiff’ dives into the city’s famous music scene with CHROMA, Casey, Dream State, Funeral for a Friend, Holding Absence and Skindred

Today, on what would have been Michael Jacksons 66th Birthday, entertainers launch their brand-new show; Man in the Mirror – A Tribute to Michael Jackson.

A summer of music has resulted in Cardiff bucking UK-wide trends – with historic shopping arcade Morgan Quarter seeing a 10 per cent increase in footfall from 2023.

Last month, 5x Grammy winner and one of the most notable hip hop, R&B, and fashion/style icons of all time, Ms. Lauryn Hill announced she would be once again reuniting with The Fugees, to co-headline an extension of The Miseducation Anniversary Tour in honour of her landmark album.

Catfish and the Bottlemen Headline TK Maxx presents Depot Live at Cardiff Castle

Pop’s nutty boys went One Step Beyond as they headlined TK Maxx presents Depot Live at Cardiff Castle Thursday.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds headlined TK Maxx presents Depot Live at Cardiff Castle.

A Welsh drill artist has opened up about the complexities of modern relationships, as part of the Welsh Government’s award-winning Sound campaign.

FOODIES FESTIVAL – the UK’s biggest touring celebrity food and music festival series – announces a spectacular return to Cardiff in May

Four talented Cardiff-based musicians have received ‘Sound of the City' commissions to support the creation of experimental new work

Further casting has been announced for the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the acclaimed West End musical The Drifters Girl, which will visit Wales Millennium Centre May 7-11, 2024

West End star Steven Webb will join the cast of Dolly Parton musical Here You Come Again when it plays at Wales Millennium Centre this summer on its first ever tour of the UK.