Cardiff's Sŵn Festival is scheduled to return this October, featuring artists such as Moonchild Sanelly, Mykki Blanco, DEADLETTER, Lime Garden, and Man/Woman/Chainsaw among the first to be confirmed. The multi-venue festival will span three days, running from Thursday, October 16, to Saturday, October 18. This initial lineup also includes exciting new acts like Gurriers, Jessica Winter, Getdown Services, Dog Race, and The Orchestra (For Now). Regarding the festival’s first lineup announcement, Adam Williams, the Head of Music, expressed: “We are excited to reveal the first wave of artists for Sŵn Festival 2025! This year, the festival returns for three full days of fresh music in Cardiff’s grassroots venues, featuring over 150 artists performing across 10 fantastic stages. We take pride in supporting new music and providing a platform for the incredible artists we work with throughout the year—many of whom will be playing their largest shows in Wales to date. More to come— we're finalizing some exceptional guest appearances, unique stage takeovers, and the return of our artist development conference, Sŵn Connect. Stay tuned for more details soon!” Tickets for this year's Sŵn, which is also a part of the Cardiff City Music Festival—a two-week program of performances, installations, and pop-ups—are now available. The complete list of announced acts is as follows: 3L3D3P | Adult DVD | Angharad | Angry Blackmen | Ani Glass | Bramwell | Breichiau Hir | Brown Horse | C Turtle | Casual Smart | Clara Mann | Cubzoa | Deadletter | Dog Race | The Gentle Good | Georgia Ruth | Getdown Services | Graywave | Gurriers | Jessica Winter | John Myrtle | Kathryn Joseph | Keo | Lime Garden | Man/Woman/Chainsaw | Marsy | Martha O’Brien | Men An Tol | MF Tomlinson | Midding | Moonchild Sanelly | Morn | Mykki Blanco | Nancy Williams | Neve Cariad | The New Cut | No Windows | Opal Mag | The Orchestra (For Now) | Oreglo | Pale Blue Eyes | Papaya Noon | Peiriant | Prima Queen | Quiet Man | Rabbitfoot | Saint Clair | Samana | Scustin | Shale | The Sick Man of Europe | Slate | Sywel Nyw | Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn | Talulah | Tokomololo | Two Blinks, I Love You | White Flowers | Whitelands | Zac Lawrence.
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