# List of cultural venues in Cardiff

The following cultural venues are located in Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

## 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 (50)
** 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)
* 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
* Mermaid Quay
* Stadium Plaza
* Cardiff International Arena
** New Cardiff Bay Arena (proposed)
* Red Dragon Centre
* The Glee Club

## Live music venues

* 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.
* Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff- (160) opened 2013
* The Globe (350) - opened on Albany Road, Roath, in November 2008.
* Inkspot Venue Cardiff - conference rooms, live music events
* The Moon Club, Womanby Street
* The Point (500) - closed in January 2009, following a single complaint from a neighbour about noise.
* Tiny Rebel, Cardiff- (80-100) opened 2013, function room upstairs is often used for live music
* 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

* National Museum and Gallery, Cathays Park

### Museums

* Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans
* Cardiff Story
* Welsh Regiment Museum

### Art galleries

* Albany Gallery, Roath - established 1965
* Blackwater Gallery, Prospect Place, Cardiff
* Butetown History and Arts Centre (closed 2016), Cardiff Bay
* Oriel Canfas, Canton - run by artists who were formerly based at the Old Library in Cardiff city centre until the late 1990s
* Cardiff MADE, Roath
* Gallery Celf, Bangor Street, Roath
* 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 (2010-2016), 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