List of cultural venues in Cardiff Facts for Kids

This is a list of cultural venues in Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

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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)

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

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

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)

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.
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Third Floor Gallery (2010-2016), Cardiff Bay