MAY promises to be another action-packed month at St David’s Hall with a dazzingly diverse programme featuring everything from side-splitting stand-ups to stunning solo artists! Art-rock legend Bryan Ferry reels off the hits from his solo career to a sold-out Cardiff crowd on 11 May – he may even throw in a few Roxy Music classics too! Likewise, there’s not a seat left in the house for Texas (5 May), who will give intimate performances of the very best from…

  Thu 7 May – 10 Feet Tall – 7.30pm – Free Cardiff Animation Nights – Oh Willy, The Obvious Child & Two Films About Loneliness Cardiff’s only animation night returns to 10 Feet Tall! Come and see a selection of great short animated films, including… OH WILLY Weird and wonderful knitted stop-motion short from Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels, winner of 82 awards from film festivals worldwide. “Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his…

Van Morrison St David’s Hall Monday 27 April 8pm Limited Tickets Still Available! BLUES legend Van Morrison returns to St David’s Hall next Monday (27 April) armed with his guitar, harmonica and a huge collection of hits.  The iconic singer-songwriter started his career as a teenager in the late 1950s covering the top tunes of the day in various groups around Belfast. He then rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band…

Blue St David’s Hall Monday 23 March 7.30pm BRITAIN’S best boyband Blue are back and are stopping off at St David’s Hall next Monday (23 March).   Since forming 2000, the boys have sold 40 million singles and 16 million albums worldwide including three No.1s of each format. Blue burst onto the UK music scene in May 2001 with the anthemic All Rise and were immediately on their way to pop stardom. Hit singles including Fly By, Too Close, One…

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF NUMBER ONE HITS, THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN REACH OUT® 2015 TOUR IS COMING TO TOWN Celebrating 50 years of UK number one hit singles, the Magic of Motown brings its brand-new 2015 REACH OUT® Tour to town. Songs like Dancing in the Street, My Girl, Where Did Our Love Go, My Guy and Baby Love rocketed Motown to the top of the singles charts in 1964, says show producer Michael Taylor. “Incredibly, 100 more Motown No1s…

Paloma Faith was recently on set with MasterCard where the London singer revealed Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff is her favorite place to perform in the whole of the UK. She highlights the amazing energy and ‘draw dropping reaction’ from her fans there. Faith, then treated two of her biggest fans to the surprise of a lifetime, performing Sinead O’Connor’s legendary song ‘Nothing Compares to You (written by Prince) for the first time ever, exclusively for them. Paloma Faith, who is…

St David’s Hall Thursday 17 September 7.30pm Tickets on Sale Friday 30 January at 10am FOLK-ROCK legend Art Garfunkel will return to UK shores later this year including a date at St David’s Hall on Thursday 17 September. Throughout an astonishing career spanning over 50 years, Garfunkel has received endless accolades including Grammy awards, Golden Globe nominations, huge chart success and a deserved place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Most famously, the diamond-selling New Yorker conquered the…

St David’s Hall Tuesday 10 February 7.30pm THE International Concert Series continues at St David’s Hall with the prestigious St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday 10 February. Regarded as one of Russia’s most reputable orchestras, they promise an exciting programme filled with the drama of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers beautifully told in the towering tragedy of Tchaikovsky’s (Pathétique) Symphony. Plus, they are joined by three of today’s great soloists for a rare performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Conductor Alexander Dmitriev is…

St David’s Hall Friday 13 February 7.30pm THE International Concert Series continues at St David’s Hall with the sensational Armonico Consort featuring one of the most exciting talents in British classical music. Armonico Consort will make their first visit to the National Concert Hall of Wales on Friday 13 February with a breathtaking programme of Vivaldi beautifully played by violin soloist Nicola Benedetti. At the age of just 16, she won the prestigious BBC Young Musician of the Year competition….

St David’s Hall Saturday 21 February 1pm  Contemporary Lunchtime Concert INNOVATIVE and experimental contemporary ensemble Exaudi are bringing their unique brand of music to St David’s Hall on Saturday 21 February. Founded by Director James Weeks and soprano Juliet Fraser in 2002, Exaudi has emerged as one of Britain’s leading contemporary music ensembles and draws its singers from amongst the brightest vocal talent around. Exaudi typically work as a consort rather than a choir – usually one voice to a…