List of cultural venues in Cardiff

This is a list of cultural venues 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
 * 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