Immersed Festival 2025: Cardiff’s month-long celebration of creativity and sustainability
By Tamana Ahmad
A celebration of music, film, art and sustainability is the promise from the seventh edition of Cardiff’s Immersed Festival, which has its main event at Tramshed TONIGHT (Saturday 22 March 2025).
The night’s main attraction is Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn, a rap and production pair making their Wales debut. Electronic DJ/producer Douvelle19 and Manchester electro-pop group Porij are two more noteworthy performers. The festival’s dedication to presenting new and varied talent is demonstrated by the lineup, which features a blend of rock, rap, punk, hyperpop, grime, and dance.
The month-long student-led festival, organized by over 500 students from the University of South Wales (USW), runs until April 3. The festival’s main event, which features over 30 acts on four themed stages, will take place at Tramshed Cardiff from 3pm to 11pm on Saturday (March 22).
The Festival is more than just music
Immersed Festival provides a varied cultural programme all through March in addition to live acts. Film screenings, art exhibits, and fringe performances are available to attendees. The festival is more than just a music gathering thanks to these activities, which foster artistic exploration and teamwork.
“Immersed has grown into a major event in the UK music calendar and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the team at USW and the students.” Lewis Jamieson, Music Declares Emergency, the industry’s campaigning climate change charity.
Education and Industry Networking
Immersed Festival also acts as a centre for education and professional growth. Digital storytelling, lighting design, and sustainability in the music industry are just a few of the subjects that will be covered in a series of free seminars taught by masters in the field. More than 40 exhibitors will be present at the Creative Industries Careers & Network Fair on Thursday March 20, offering networking possibilities to professionals and students wishing to enter the field.
“Immersed 2025 is a powerful testament to the creativity, innovation and commitment of our students to address the biggest challenge of our time. Thorough the lens of Regeneration, this year festival is not just a celebration of music, art, and fashion – it’s a call to action.” Adam Williams: Dean of the faculty of business & creative industries at the University of South Wales.
At the heart of sustainability
Immersed Festival is distinguished by its dedication to environmental stewardship. Through its partnership with Music Declares Emergency, the event encourages the creative sectors to adopt sustainable practices. A commitment to reconsidering, repairing, and reconstructing for a more environmentally friendly future is shown in the concept of “Regeneration.”
A success story driven by students
Immersed Festival is a stellar example of experiential learning and creativity. It gives students a chance to contribute to Cardiff’s cultural landscape while gaining practical experience.
Get involved
Tickets for the March 22 event at Tramshed are available on the festival’s official website. For the full schedule and updates, visit immersedfestival.co.uk.
Dear friends, please do enjoy this photoblog from the co-headliner show with Trivium (from Orlando) and Bullet For My Valentine (from sunny Bridgend!).
The Stylistics brought their timeless soulful charm to the New Theatre on 12 November as part of their Greatest Hits Tour. The iconic Philly Soul group – who have been through a number of line-up changes during their 56 years of performing – delivered a glorious evening of greatest hits and plenty of nostalgia.
It was evident from the average age of the crowd that I was a couple of decades too young to be a real Stylistics fan (almost everyone else there that I spotted who were under the age of 50 seemed to be accompanying parents or grandparents). And it’s true – I only discovered Philly Soul at all during an extended virtual YouTube crate dig during lockdown. The lush string arrangements and comforting harmonies were a real balm for me during lockdown (which already feels like a lifetime ago). While I might not have been harking back to discos in the 1970s, seeing the Stylistics live was still a bit of a nostalgic experience for me.
Before we get to the band, I want to mention the support act – an “El-Tom John project” fronted by Tom Cridland. Tom apparently learned to play the piano during lockdown, specifically to play Elton John songs and tour them around the world. He’s also the presenter of The Greatest Music of All Time podcast (and fashion designer with his own sustainable fashion label?). He’s unfathomably tall and wearing a suit covered in sparkly stars, and warms the crowd playing a series of early Elton classics on a keyboard.
My 70 year old mother (who is my date for this outing) comments, rather unkindly, I think, “don’t give up the day job”. But she’s lucky enough to have enjoyed Elton as a performer throughout her whole life (I really only got him from the second outing of Candle in the Wind onwards). I still don’t like Candle in the Wind, but I do listen to Tiny Dancer on repeat for the whole of the next day.
Then it’s time for the main event. Advertised as a Greatest Hits Tour, the group doesn’t disappoint, with a show packed full of “old school disco bangers”, as the lady from Ebbw Vale sat behind me calls them.
Formed of two members of the original line up (Airrion Love and Herb Murrell) and two “newer” members (Bo Henderson and Jason Sharp), the group shoops, boops, and sways gently through 85 minutes of classics. Their choreographed dance moves are impeccably timed (although having been performing as a band for 56 years, you’d hope they’d have got the timings down for these). They bring the house down with You Are Everything, along with other classics I’m Stone In Love With You and Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love) (which was a hit single in the UK back in 1975).
My personal favourite is Betcha by Golly Wow, which follows a little preamble with the band talking about how long they’ve been performing and touring, and how old they are now (and how, with the help of “that little blue pill”, everything still works – just not the way it did when they were 50. There are screams and whoops of laughter and delight that ring around the venue, as you might imagine).
Even with the two original members performing at the ripe age of 75, the band are still oozing charisma and charm (and can we talk about the vocals? It’s like having double cream poured into your ears). I’m guessing the dance moves are probably a little less enthusiastic than they were 40 years ago, but they’re still delivered with style. By the end of the show, pretty much the entire crowd is on their feet, clicking their fingers, clapping, swaying, and singing along. It’s a feel-good show that proves The Stylistics are still one of the greatest soul groups of all time. For soul fans of all ages, if you get the chance to catch them on tour, I recommend it.
Hello friends. We were wandering through the Cardiff indoor market the other day (aren’t all the new food places WONDERFUL??) when we came across a young man who described himself as a public typist – improvising stories for people on a little typewriter.
We were most taken with this idea, so here’s a little feature on Adam of Found Out There.
My name is Adam. I am a public typist. I travel the island improvising stories on a typewriter for people in public. I’ve made a little cabin of wonder in Cardiff Market where I’ll be typing stories until Christmas.
You are welcome to give me three random words, the name for a character and I’ll type you a unique story as you wait. Lovely as gifts for children, adults, friends, family or for yourself.
Between now and the end of the year, my opening hours will be:
Monday – Thursday 11 – 5 Saturday 11 – 5
I’ll be participating in the Night of The Arcades on the 15th November and my hours will change in December to include the extras Sundays the market will be open.
People can also order stories via my website if they can’t attend the market in person: Found Out There.
Next in our independent business profile series is Heads Above The Waves, a Cardiff-based non-profit that raises awareness of depression and self-harm in young people. Chloe Jackson-Nott catches up with them.
Where did the idea for Heads Above The Waves come from?
Funnily enough, it started with me [Si] having a rubbish time in high school. I really struggled with my mental health, and in particular, was battling self-harm. But playing drums became my coping mechanism that helped me get through that. So originally, I wanted to teach everyone to play the drums, so we could “fix” mental health. But of course, that’s not the answer. So I started speaking to other folks who’d struggled themselves, and building up a bit of a library of things that might help you keep your head above the waves. We started out as a Tumblr page and a suitcase with a couple of t-shirts in. But soon grew to a physical shop space and a full blown website. And along the way we started delivering sessions in schools, for people to actually have a go at the ideas we’re sharing online. Which feels like a really nice “full circle” moment; turning my pain in high school into a chance to help make high school a bit more manageable for folks today.
You’ve had a few stores around Cardiff over the years but where can we find you now?
Right now, we’re located in Corp Market, which is the old Corporation pub on Cowbridge Road East, in Canton, Cardiff. (Corp Market, 188 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF5 1GW).
It’s a cool space, where they’ve taken a big old building and turned it into a marketplace for a bunch of independent traders. We’re lucky enough to have a unit that faces out onto the street, so you’ll hopefully see our signage as you’re walking down Cowbridge Road East!
There are a lot of other vendors at The Corp and this might be a difficult question, but do you have any other recommendations?
I love The Barber Room! They legit do the best haircut I’ve ever had. Plus they’re super friendly. Super inclusive. Very reasonably priced. The only downside is how quickly they get booked up!
Do you have a favourite piece you sell at HATW?
My personal favourite piece tends to change as we keep on doing more stuff that I love. Right now, it’s this heavy canvas jacket. It’s thick enough to be a warm jacket, but light enough to work well as a transitional season layer.
But of course, the really iconic thing that we sell is a long sleeve tee that says “I’m glad you exist” on the inside of the sleeves, so someone reads that message if you’re about to give them a hug. It’s equal parts cheesy and cute. And funnily enough, I came up with it after having a mental breakdown. So feels very on brand, considering the journey to HATW coming into existence.
We’ve noticed you visit schools to spread awareness which is fantastic, but are there any workshops others that no longer attend school can get involved with?
This is actually something I’m looking into right now! Currently our workshops are only within schools. Which works well in terms of meeting people where they are (if they’re in school!), but leaves a bit of a gap for people not in education. So hopefully soon we’ll begin running sessions on a regular basis, where people will be able to self-refer, or get referred into. It’s exciting; but it’s not quite ready to go just yet! So watch this space
Is there anything that the local community can do to help with HATW?
Honestly, it sounds like a small thing, but sharing our content online makes a huge difference. We’re constantly making & sharing stuff that has the potential to really help someone if they’re struggling. So by sharing our content, you’re helping that message reach a wider audience, which may well include someone who really needs to hear that message today. So next time we pop up on your social feeds, please do give it a share!
And of course, if you’re in Canton, please swing by the shop, pick up some of our merch, and have a chat with us!
We love it when local folks go nuclear with their talents. Today, we’re celebrating Cardiff-based contemporary artist Matthew Evans (SnowSkull), whose art plays a central role in the upcoming season of the popular series Alex Rider.
To see the artwork in Alex Rider, flick to the episode ‘Widow’, where Wells Cathedral is transformed into a fictional art museum named “Sacred and Macabre.” SnowSkull’s art is displayed in a large framed lightboxes and with a dynamic projection onto the cathedral’s facade.
The project began when production designer Tim Dickel reached out to SnowSkull with a vision to incorporate his “NoMansLand” project into the series. Over several months, SnowSkull and Dickel exchanged ideas and developed artwork specifically commissioned for the series.
Maesteg-born SnowSkull, a Goldsmiths graduate, has previously had his work featured in international exhibitions and prestigious publications like The Guardian and Vice. His diverse portfolio spans video, music, and mixed media, and his pieces are held in private collections across the UK, Europe, and America. We hassled him relentlessly for a chat (thank you Mevs!!)
What else are you working on at the moment?
‘NoMansLand – Re-constructions of the Artist as a Young Human’ is an ongoing project, so there will be lots more coming from that. I’m also particularly happy with what I have been working on for the past year with a multi-instrumentalist and composer, Josh Hill, also known as The Hillside Project. He recorded a beautiful album and gave me full artistic freedom to create a visual concept and world for the album, the singles, and reworks album. Inspired by philosopher Henri Bergson, the work portrays memory as dynamic, not passive. The painting depicts a fusion of a human and reservoir, symbolising transformation. Collages from a previous project represent the constant flow and evolution of memories.
I’ve been working closely with long-time collaborators and Welsh electronic duo Bodhi, working on the artwork for their releases on the Hotflush record label. I’m also slowly putting together a new body of work that consists entirely of paintings, taking a more physical approach in contrast to my digital work. Going back to my roots so to speak.
If you could paint a mural or do an art installation anywhere in Cardiff, what would you do and what would it be?
That’s a fun question! There are many interesting spots in Cardiff. The project revolves around themes such as, pop art, portraiture, reconstruction, deconstruction, Xiennial micro-generation, AI, and the intersection of art and technology. Although not religiously themed, at the installation in Wells, I particularly enjoyed the contrast between the cathedral and the digital light box sculptures, embracing the juxtaposition of old and new, digital and analogue. Aesthetically I have a fondness for the vast space around the barrage/docks down Cardiff Bay and would love to see an installation overlooking the water. And somewhere like Techniquest holds nostalgic significance, reflecting the project’s inspiration from the Xiennial microgeneration.
Alright kids. There are a couple of COOL THINGS happening this weekend around Cardiff, so I’m doing a mini events guide. This is by no means exhaustive so please ADD YOUR EVENTS IN THE COMMENTS THANKSBYEEEEE.
A great chance to visit the “new” location on Barrack Lane (okay not so new anymore but I haven’t been there yet, soooooo). Anyway. A great independent venue, go along and support – this is a FREE EVENT supported by Cardiff Council. Yes you heard!
Perennial classic which launched Danny Dyer directly into the hearts of the British public after his fabulously awkward wanking scene. Go watch it and lament miserably over how you saw it when it came out and how are you nearly 50 now??
HOFFI 4 – LUCAS ALEXANDER / MACE THE GREAT + GUESTS @ BUNK HOUSE
Some of you might remember the Bunkhouse on St Mary Street running banging nights in their basement waaay back in the day. They closed off the basement to non-residents for years, but suddenly they seem to be smashing out massive grimey nights again. Lovely little underground venue with a great line up, go headbutt the speakers and have a wonderful bubble.
I know Jacobs are getting a double entry but what you gonna do they’re a total gem in the city. If you’ve not seen it, this classic retains its claim as the quintessential Welsh film (buy yer own feckin glue). Go buy a ticket NOW.
A full day of fun on the water and fun out of the water! Live music from Live Lounge, local food from the Farmers Pantry, coffee from Coffie Pass. This year’s Paddlefest features the first ever Welsh Championships Kayak Cross (an event that will make its Olympic debut in Paris this year) alongside the GB SUP and GB Canoe Slalom races. If you’re going along for the day, there’s a load of taster sessions for you to book – Indoor Wave, Air Trail and SUP Tasters. The white water will be flowing all weekend.
MONDAY 5 MAY
CARNEDD OPEN DAY @ Ty Wilcox, Dunleavy Drive, CF110BA, Cardiff; 12:00-21:00
If you, like hundreds before you, ever temped for Cardiff Council in the 90s or 2000s, chances are you might have humped printer paper around or spilt tea pon de replay while wearing ill-fitting brown office shoes somewhere around the maze of dim corridors in Ty Wilcox. Today, this empty monument to 1980s instant coffee Welsh brutalism has been reimagined as a CREATIVE SPACE FOR GIGS. No really. The Carnedd collective is holding an open day there on Monday 5 May (the collective comprising of SHIFT, tactileBOSCH, Umbrella, and Dyddiau Du). Thanks to Xavier Boucherat’s Through the Night newsletter for the tip on this event).
A fun, free, family-friendly weekend celebrating all things print! Making its debut last summer, PRINTED FESTIVAL landed in Cardiff with a bang. Dreamed up by seasoned printers, Tom Whitehead (The Printhaus, Ed & Flo) and Aidan Saunders (Print Wagon, Prints of Hay), their mission is simple: to build on the existing print culture in South Wales, and make the art-form accessible to the masses.
With this solid foundation to build from, as well as the myriad of members who constitute The Printhaus community, PRINTED FESTIVAL couldn’t be more perfectly placed. It’s all hands on deck to make the festival the success that it is!
“We were blown away by all the positive comments from last year’s event, it was quite humbling! We begged, stole, and borrowed from everyone involved, who threw themselves into it with boundless passion! This year we want to expand and connect with more creatives and create an even better experience for visitors.” Tom – The Printhaus
PRINTED FESTIVAL 2, with the brilliant tagline – ‘Print Harder!’ – promises much of the same that made last year so good; stalls, activities, games, talks and community workshops.
Also being introduced to the line-up, will be an exciting panel discussion from print professionals, and an exclusive publication dubbed the HOLY GRAIL OF PRINTED FESTIVAL intel!
“Printed Festival went far better than I could have ever dreamed! After years of planning with Tom and Jude, we succeeded in creating an inclusive, interactive print festival that educated and inspired people to participate in creative practices. As soon as it was over, we realised Printed was but the foundation of a larger project, and we were inspired, compelled (!) to think of new and innovative ways in which we could engage the Welsh public and get them excited about printmaking. So this year we are going bigger and bolder, with more of what went well last year and some new and interesting tricks up our sleeves for this year. You can’t miss it.” Aidan – Print Wagon
A joyous celebration of print for creatives and the wider community alike, PRINTED FESTIVAL is not one to miss!
A hoy hoy friends. Today’s post is one I’ve been wanting to write for aaages, about a newsletter I signed up to a while ago that’s brought me much joy, as it covers ‘weirdo music’ in and around Cardiff. It’s called Through The Night and writer/curator Xavier was kind enough to spare me some time and some words on it. If weirdo music is your thing (and there’s all sorts of great stuff on there, so it really should be) please do sign up for Through the Night.
So, ready? Here we go!
WAC: Hello. Please introduce yourself.
I’m Xavier, from Cardiff. Since moving back in 2014 I’ve been putting on and playing shows here, initially as part of the Hotel de Marl collective, and now under the Sgarab Tapes moniker. I used to be a freelance music writer but am thrilled to say those days are behind me
WAC: You’ve been writing the Through the Night (TTN) newsletter for a while now. What inspired you to start it up?
Just before lockdown I felt we were seeing an especially fruitful time for weirdo music in Cardiff, culminating in a sell-out show in Tiny Rebel for Special Interest, a New Orleans-based outfit who play a sort of mutant no-wave dance-punk. Wild shit, largely the work of Luke Penny from Cardiff punks Cankicker. Happily, the pandemic failed to take the wind out of things, and so in Jan 2022 I threw together some listings in an effort to signpost things. There was once an outfit called ‘The Joy Collective’ who, along with putting on a tonne of leftfield stuff in Cardiff, ran a vital blog that did a similar thing, and I’m picking up where they left off.
I know that ‘Weirdo music’ is a pretty unhelpful catch-all, and I’d be lying if I said it didn’t basically boil down to stuff I like, including projects I’m involved in. But fundamentally, this is a free, artist-led newsletter with no allegiances, least of all to pissant music monocultures of the sort which Cardiff Council loves to flaunt, if not actually support (see the presumably defunct ‘Music City’ project, for example), and which commercial venues are required to continuously indulge. Basically, TTN is dedicated inches for noise and drone, ambience and electronics, industrial, improv and weird jazz, anything that runs the risk of failing to draw an audience. At the same time I’m also open to including artists that are perhaps more easily pigeon-holed on paper, but in practice push boundaries, musical or otherwise, and that’s why I’ll still include certain punk & hardcore, weird metal, or club music. Ultimately I want to help anyone taking a chance, including the DIY promoters and venues; Lesson Number 1, Subvert Power Control, Paradise Garden, and on the performing arts side of things there’s TactileBOSCH.
I should point out another thing I don’t owe any loyalty to, which is publishing deadlines: in theory it’s once a month, but this doesn’t always happen since right now I am retraining as something with far, far more social utility than music-writing. Along with Cardiff I also do my best to cover similar stuff in Newport (home of Le Pub and more recently The Cab, which has quickly established itself as a righteous DIY space for punk and hardcore) and Swansea, (which is frequently the site of the excellent NAWR Music, led by the incredible Rhodri Davies, an improvising harpist from Aberystwyth), but am always concerned I might be omitting the real gear in these locations and am always keen to hear from punters on the ground
WAC: You also run a record label called sgarab tapes. Can you tell us a bit about that, and your own music production?
‘Label’ is a bit grand, for now it’s just a cassette and digital imprint for music I’ve made, on my own and with other people, but this year there will be some releases from artists whose music excites me and hopefully a Cardiff-focused compilation. Some people have asked about the logo, it’s the Summoner from the Canterbury Tales, whose job was to bring people before the church to answer for their crimes and face punishment, which is sort of what it’s like coming to our gigs
Of course, it’s a stupid time to be doing any of this; venue closures and rising costs make things like rehearsing, equipment, touring and getting people out of the house a struggle. Strangely though, it feels like things have never been better in Cardiff for adventurous sounds, at least in my time. Personally I think this is largely thanks to SHIFT, a performance space buried deep in the remains of the Capitol Centre which many, many hands have helped transform into a vital hub of experimentation, cultural solidarity and, I stress, real, actual fun. It’s been a riot, and I’ll be gutted when someone somewhere decides it’s got to go (presumably when the council finally decides to demolish the centre and replace it with unaffordable flats). A lot of highlights there over the last two years (Tara Clerkin Trio, Elvin Brandhi and Yeah You, Lo Egin, Viridian Ensemble) but a recent one that I think underlines what it’s all about was a residency by the Dutch performer Svartvit, who I suppose you could describe as an extreme noise artist. He’s also an extremely nice guy who, as part of the residency, ran a free, open workshop in which he described the processes by which he makes music, which embrace things like chance and situation, and by no means rely on expensive tech. Two of us ended up using what we learned to perform as an improv duo on the final night of his residency. I loved the name of the workshop, which was ‘democratising and de-quantising sound’, which I think is what it’s all about for me (de-quantising is a fancy way of saying working outside of traditional parameters or guidelines)
As for my own music, I perform solo as Beauty Parlour, which I normally describe as an extended exercise in world-building that looks to capture the ‘air of calamity’ I think hangs over South Wales a lot of the time. The music itself takes a few forms, from flooded ambience to manic, industrowave stuff that you can sort of dance to. I also play alto sax and sampler / synth in a band called ‘The Panama Papers’, which began as a hopelessly convoluted in-joke and has since expanded into a jazz-not-jazz-electronics outfit
WAC: Who are your favourite local musicians / artists that you’ve featured? Anyone you’d like to pick out for us to listen to?
I’ve mentioned Cankicker (goth-adjacent dirge-punk from Splott, really looking forward to their second LP which should be out this year) and Rhodri Davies (awe-inspiring improvising harpist, also plays in Hen Ogledd; last time I saw him he was supporting my favourite band of all time The Ex at Clwb Ifor Bach, and the performance was him simply going hell for leather on a smaller harp until all but two or three of the strings had snapped, it was special). A few more from across Wales who I’ve featured these past couple of years are Ardal Bicnic (duo of Rosey Brown and Heledd C Evans, no music online but whose shows have featured everything from scorching violin and clarinet loops to mic’d-up gelatine desserts), Sachasom (deranged, Machynlleth-based beatmaker; what if J Dilla had been made to watch S4C?), Ordeal By Roses (South Wales’s premier power electronics act, ‘And Darkness…’ is my favourite) Somatic Responses (prolific modular synth and electronics producer), and Ash Cooke (improvising guitarist from North Wales, currently putting on some very interesting stuff in Aberystwyth)
WAC: Any hopes / dreams / ambitions for your work for 2024?
Only that I can find the time to carry on doing this stuff. If the newsletter actually helps anyone, that’s mission accomplished. There are a couple of Sgarab releases available now:
Okay kids. We don’t often do last minute TONIGHT style announcements, but here you go. TONIGHT (22/3/2024) at CultVR Lab, don’t miss this unique live performance.
Das Koolies, returned to their rave roots last year with their expansive debut album DK.01 taking an extended road trip through the former Super Furry Animals’ techno, pop, krautrock and psych influences before hitting the road for real on a sold out UK tour.
Now, Huw Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Daf Ieuan and Guto Pryce are back in Cardiff for a unique live performance, in collaboration with immersive studio 4Pi Productions and Dah Dit Dit, the creative minds behind their groundbreaking music videos.
Supported by Welsh Government, Cardiff Council and Cardiff Music Board, the Soundspace Session on Friday 22nd March will see the bands’ sonic adventures and poignant beats bound songwriting enhanced by immersive visuals, under the dome at experimental digital arts centre, CULTVR.
Das Koolies:
“Home sweet home, yet unfamiliar territory to all of us, as we turn the Das Koolies’ sounds into something altogether otherworldly at only our second Cardiff live outing. Our album, DK.01, recorded in the secrecy of our HQ in Cardiff Bay, is made of our shared imaginations and experiences but, beyond our own imaginations lie possibilities unexplored. Something unexpected. For perhaps one night only, DK.01 becomes an immersive experience at CULTVR and together we’ll find out what that world looks, sounds and feels like.”
Matt Wright, Artistic Director of 4Pi Productions:
“Over the past decade, 4Pi has been at the forefront of innovation in immersive creativity and live performance. Through this live XR experience, we aspire to offer audiences a deeper insight into the band’s artistic vision.”
Is your Cardiff street like my Cardiff street? Littered with an assortment of kebab wrappers, empty baggies, and recycling bags stuffed full of actual waste that your neighbours keep leaving out? Keep Wales Tidy have got you.
They’re arranging Spring Clean Cymru on 15-31 March 2024 – and calling on people across Wales to join forces to collect and safely dispose of litter from our streets, green spaces and beaches.
The plan? Join in and pledge to pick up as much litter as you can during the campaign. You might choose to pick up just one bag, or you could set yourself a goal of collecting as many as you can.
Last year, an incredible 7,000 #LitterHeroes collected more than 4,000 bags of litter and recycling. Can we do even better in 2024? I could probably do that just from my street in Butetown. COME ON CARDIFF WE GOT THIS!
Whether you’re an avid litter picker or this is your first time joining for a community litter pick, pledge to pick up a bag – or more – today!
Nadolig Llawen to all you lovely, lovely folks out there. There have been a couple of useful posts in the Cardiff subreddit this week which I thought I’d share (and pull some info from) in case you’re looking for something to do on Christmas Day, a place to get coffee or food, or if you’re looking for something to eat and you’re on a low income or unwaged.
Here’s what we’ve found:
Lovely lovely Queer Emporium is open 16:30 – 19:00 for a couple of hours, for folks looking for somewhere warm and welcoming
The amazing Pink Kiwi is open and serving breakfast and lunch, coffee and cake free of charge 08:00-15:00.
Another amazing local organisation – Aubergine Cafe – are hosting Queersmas in Cathays, 14:00-20:00 – free to attend but you’re encouraged to book a ticket through their site (link in their Instagram)
Here are the two posts (more info about places that are open tomorrow on there. We also hear the following Cardiff Wetherspoons are open from 11-15:00 – The Ivor Davies, The Ernest Willows, The Aneurin Bevan, The Mount Stuart):
We Are Cardiff 