Cardiff has welcomed the announcement that a prestigious world music festival will be held in the Welsh capital in 2013. It has been said that The World Music Expo (WOMEX) is to music what the Cannes Festival is to film. The Berlin based world music support and development project is held annually in different locations ...
Sophie Evans currently starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End production of The Wizard of Oz has today (7 September) been announced as one of the special guests at this year’s NSPCC Cymru/Wales Gala Ball at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday 24 September. Last year’s event raised over £40,000 for the charity’s Building Brighter Futures ...
Cardiff Council is supporting the first national Gas Safety Week and is calling on its residents to take care and be gas safe. Gas Safe Register, the official list of registered gas engineers, is launching its first ever Gas Safety Week from 12th – 18th September, aiming to raise awareness of gas safety in the ...
There are marvellous events planned at Cardiff libraries to celebrate one of Cardiff’s most famous sons, renowned storyteller. Roald Dahl Day takes place each year on September 13, the author’s birthday. This year’s event is extra special as it marks the 50th anniversary of James and the Giant Peach. To celebrate, a ‘Peach Party’ will ...
A key attraction amongst over 400 cheeses from some 100 British and Irish cheese makers that visitors are invited to try, taste and buy at next month’s Great British Cheese Festival is the presence of the Specialist Cheesemakers Association (SCA) – an alliance of cheesemakers, retailers and cheese lovers that encourage excellence in cheesemaking and ...
Now in its 9th year, the Cardiff Harbour Festival will take place over the weekend of Saturday August 27 until Monday August 29. This Bank Holiday weekend event is the biggest event on the horizon, serving up an annual portion of Fish and Ships to amuse and entertain. Tall Ships, sea shanty singers, comedy walkabouts, ...
Cardiff Central Library has teamed up with Alan McGee, the man responsible for bringing Oasis, Primal Scream and Wales’ own Super Furry Animals to our attention. Alan is back with a new band called Broken Vinyl Club who hail from Aberdare and will perform a special performance at the library on Saturday, August 27 at ...
This September many of Cardiff’s historical and important buildings will open their doors to celebrate Wales’ history. Open Doors is organised by the Civic Trust of Wales and begins on September 2 with events taking place across the whole of Wales. Open Doors is Wales’ biggest celebration of architecture and heritage and for the month ...
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Bute Park is hosting its annual Out of the Woods festival on Sunday 21, August between 10.30am and 4.30pm on Coopers Field. The outdoor event welcomes all the family and features woodland and wildlife related activities including arts and crafts, nature trails, story telling and a host of fun things activities such as the chance ...
Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis, JLS, Smokey Robinson and Cee Lo Green to Perform Some of the biggest music acts from around the world will be paying tribute to the King of Pop at a once in a lifetime event, to be held on October 8th at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The first artists to be announced ...
Cardiff Council’s Park Services has worked closely with Whitchurch Women’s Institute (WI) to refurbish two special war memorials. The...
Primary schools across Cardiff will be marking National School Meals Week this week – the biggest national healthy eating...
A Merthyr Tydfil-based recycling company has been fined for failing to take appropriate measures to control the risk of...
A Cardiff letting agent has been sentenced after a handyman was exposed to asbestos-containing material while carrying out work...
A loan shark who preyed on vulnerable people is due to be sentenced on Wednesday 9th November at Cardiff...
The Public and Commercial Services Union has condemned plans to close 19 jobcentres across the UK, announced by the...
Since the General Election councils in England and Wales have lost over 101,000 jobs and the Vale of Glamorgan...
A group of Barclays staff based in Cardiff have successfully completed the UK Three Peaks challenge in aid of...
The Public and Commercial Services union which represents civil and public servants has called on the government to invest...
On the 21 October 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a tip of coal waste...
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