The Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend and MAS Carnival
- Date:
- Friday, 30th July - Sunday, 1st August 2010
- Age Restrictions:
- No Min Age
- Cost:
- free
The Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend is one of the highlights of Cardiff Festival and is back with a vengeance. This year it's pulled out all the stops with home grown and top international artists playing on the FREE live music stage over 3 days.
On Friday, July 30, in conjunction with the Festival, the cream of the latest crop of Welsh bands form an incredible line-up including headliners The Blackout.
Cardiff festival favourite Chaka Demus and Pliers makes a welcome return to Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend on Saturday 31 July to headline an international line-up including Pee Wee Ellis and the Funky Assembly, The Raghu Dixit Project and The Congo All-Stars.
On Sunday 1 August, visitors can rock out with South Wales legends Feeder, who will bring the weekend to a magnificent close. The band will perform material from their new album Renegades, including their new single ‘Call Out’. And if that wasn’t enough, Ivor Novello award winning British indie-rock band, Athlete will take to the stage, along with Fenech Soler and many more. A firework finale, will light the city sky each night of the Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend and you can also enjoy all the fun of the fair, with traditional fairground attractions available to entertain the young and the young at heart.
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Sam (Sub-Editor)
Commented 22 months ago - 27th July 2010 - 15:38pm
The Running Order:
Main Stage Entertainment
Fri 30 July
in conjunction with Sŵn Festival
9.30-10.30pm The Blackout
8.30-9.10pm Los Campesinos!
7.35-8.05pm Racehorses
7.00-7.20pm Samoans
Sat 31 July
9.30-10.30pm Chaka Demus and Pliers
8.15-9.10pm Pee Wee Ellis and the Funky Assembly
7.25-7.55pm The Jolly Boys
6.20-7.05pm Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos
5.15–6.00pm The Congo Allstars
4.10-4.55pm The Raghu Dixit Project
3.05-3.50pm Wonderbrass
2.00-2.45pm Maroon Town
Sun 1 Aug
9.30-10.30pm Feeder
8.00-9.00pm Athlete
6.40-7.40pm The Phenomenal Handclap Band
5.25-6.15pm Fenech Soler
4.10-5.00pm Pete Lawrie
3.00-3.50pm Rumer
2.00-2.30pm The Lay-Lows