Moonchild Sanelly, Mykki Blanco, DEADLETTER & more to play Sŵn Festival 2025

Cardiff’s Sŵn Festival is set to return this October, with the likes of Moonchild Sanelly, Mykki Blanco, DEADLETTER, Lime Garden and Man/Woman/Chainsaw among the first names to be confirmed to play.

This year’s edition of the multi-venue festival will take place over three days, from Thursday 16th October through to Saturday 18th October, with other ace new artists including Gurriers, Jessica Winter, Getdown Services, Dog Race and The Orchestra (For Now) also announced during this first wave.

Speaking of the event’s first line-up announcement, the festival’s Head of Music, Adam Williams has said: “We’re thrilled to unveil the first wave of artists for Sŵn Festival 2025! This year, the festival returns with three full days of new music in Cardiff’s grassroots music venues — featuring over 150 artists performing across 10 incredible stages. We’re proud to champion new music and give a platform to the amazing artists we collaborate with throughout the year — many of whom will be playing their biggest shows in Wales to date. And there’s more to come — we’re currently putting the finishing touches on some very special guests, unique stage takeovers, and the return of our artist development conference, Sŵn Connect. Stay tuned — we’ll be sharing all the details soon!”

Tickets for this year’s edition of Sŵn - which is also part of Cardiff City Music Festival, a fortnight programme of shows, installations and pop-ups - are on sale now.

The full list of acts announced now 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