Cardiff 2026

[Jericode]

Depot post had a Castle emoji so its definitely there.

 

EDIT: Yep, Friendly Fires and Elijah supporting August 2nd

Edited October 24, 2025 by Jericode

[Bob123456]

Expect a lot of  castle show announcements to start, loads of halifax, Margate, Tk maxx shows have been announced with no cardiff to be seen

[JRhys29]

3 hours ago, Bob123456 said:

Expect a lot of  castle show announcements to start, loads of halifax, Margate, Tk maxx shows have been announced with no cardiff to be seen

I can't really see any of the artists playing those shows popping up at Cardiff for various reasons, either having played it this year (Pet Shop Boys, Tom Grennan, Human League), having a separate Cardiff date to sell (James Arthur), or playing nearby instead (The Streets).

 

Lytham still has two headliners to announce so hopefully we get some strong names with that. We must be missing another Blackweir date or two based on this year?

 

 

[Bob123456]

1 hour ago, JRhys29 said:

I can't really see any of the artists playing those shows popping up at Cardiff for various reasons, either having played it this year (Pet Shop Boys, Tom Grennan, Human League), having a separate Cardiff date to sell (James Arthur), or playing nearby instead (The Streets).

 

Lytham still has two headliners to announce so hopefully we get some strong names with that. We must be missing another Blackweir date or two based on this year?

 

 

 I know one act thats to be announced for blackweir  not sure if its 100% confirmed yet

[WalesGolfMadrid]

Mika in the castle announced. 

[TheSheriff]

Very disappointed with what's been announced for the Castle so far, particularly when comparing it to The Piece Hall Halifax who the Castle has often shared acts with

[OddRon]

Anyone know prices for Mika please?

[Bob123456]

Feel as if theres been hardly any shows for the stadium ?

 

Surely theres at least 2 more to come?

[WalesGolfMadrid]

12 minutes ago, Bob123456 said:

Feel as if theres been hardly any shows for the stadium ?

 

Surely theres at least 2 more to come?

 

Foo Fighters again?

[charlierc]

On 24/10/2025 at 10:00, Jericode said:

Depot post had a Castle emoji so its definitely there.

 

I was musing on this in another thread but I noted The Hives have changed venue for a planned Cardiff show later this month from the Utilita Arena to the Depot. As a non-local, I'm guessing that is a lot smaller?

[charlierc]

On 07/11/2025 at 17:49, WalesGolfMadrid said:

 

Foo Fighters again?

Well there is a high expectation of an announcement tomorrow but I wonder if they might do different stadiums to their 2024 commitments just to mix it up.

[ShakeyCrash]

4 minutes ago, charlierc said:

I was musing on this in another thread but I noted The Hives have changed venue for a planned Cardiff show later this month from the Utilita Arena to the Depot. As a non-local, I'm guessing that is a lot smaller?

it is smaller yeah.  Chat GPT says 7.5k capacity vs 2k.

I’ve only ever seen one gig in there (ocean colour scene a couple of years back) and far prefer it as a venue.  This switch in venue means I’m probably go.

[Jericode]

12 hours ago, charlierc said:

I was musing on this in another thread but I noted The Hives have changed venue for a planned Cardiff show later this month from the Utilita Arena to the Depot. As a non-local, I'm guessing that is a lot smaller?

Yeah it's only really picked up as a venue in the last year or so but as mentioned its about 2k capacity. Slightly bigger (I think?) than the Students Union but still under half of the current arena. They use it for a lot of DJ type stuff and its the home of Bingo Lingo, not been there for a gig set up but its a decent place.

[JRhys29]

McFly @ Castle - Thursday 25th June

[TheSheriff]

[sheffinghell]

10 minutes ago, TheSheriff said:

Absolutely everywhere

[OddRon]

What do we think are the chances of Florence and the machine making an appearance at Blackweir? 

[TheSheriff]

1 hour ago, OddRon said:

What do we think are the chances of Florence and the machine making an appearance at Blackweir? 

Not sure about Flo, but the chatter is Blackweir is getting Neil Young 

[JRhys29]

15 hours ago, OddRon said:

What do we think are the chances of Florence and the machine making an appearance at Blackweir? 

Not completely ruled out but you'd think it would've perhaps been announced with those additional dates that went on sale last week.

[Jericode]

Bush added as support for the Alter Bridge show.

[archiegow]

[JRhys29]

54 minutes ago, archiegow said:

Amazed that this is the level she's at. Would've thought she could have done Blackweir easily.

[Bob123456]

Same day as Capaldi aswell

[Bob123456]

On 13/11/2025 at 18:18, TheSheriff said:

Not sure about Flo, but the chatter is Blackweir is getting Neil Young 

Missed this, i have also heard this

[astrotwatter]

On 09/11/2025 at 22:38, Jericode said:

Yeah it's only really picked up as a venue in the last year or so but as mentioned its about 2k capacity. Slightly bigger (I think?) than the Students Union but still under half of the current arena. They use it for a lot of DJ type stuff and its the home of Bingo Lingo, not been there for a gig set up but its a decent place.

I saw Killswitch Engage in there last month and it's my new favourite Cardiff venue. Sounds quality was leagues above the arena and the room is big, open and wide, good view of the stage from all angles. Think the uneven stone floor could be a bit problematic though especially with heavier more 'active' gigs.