Cardiff (Caerdydd) Entertainment

  1. Bar Cuba

    A colourful Cuban-themed bar, where you can lounge on the big sofas and sip a San Miguel or Cuba libre (happy hour from Friday) before heading to the dance floor to show off your red-hot Latin moves (if they're not so hot, there are salsa classes.)

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  2. Barfly

    Part of a UK-wide chain of music clubs, the Cardiff Barfly is a major live-music venue with gigs six nights a week, providing a stage for local talent as well as major bands on tour.

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  3. Bute Dock Hotel

    Originally a Victorian coaching inn, the Bute Dock is a proper local pub, a welcome antidote to the trendy bars of Mermaid Quay. Open-mic sessions on Friday nights keep the pub-singer tradition alive, with amateurs belting out renditions of Tom Jones classic hits.

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  4. Café Jazz

    It's not exactly your traditional smoky jazz basement, but this appealing hotel café-bar is the city's main jazz venue, with live jazz kicking off at Monday to Thursday, and blues from Friday (on Saturday nights it's a piano bar). Monday-night jam sessions give new talent a chance to sit in with the house band.

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  5. Chilli's

    Formerly the University of Wales student union, Chilli's is a stylish chill-out bar and terrace with two dance floors, popular with students on weeknights, but pulling in a mixed crowd at weekends when they have Lamerica (www.lamericapromotions.com), a brilliant soulful/funky house night.

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  7. Coal Exchange

    Butetown's historic exchange building is a regular venue for Cool House (www.cool-house.co.uk), Cardiff's most famous house-music night, with top UK and international DJs attracting clubbers from as far afield as London and Manchester.

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  8. Point

    Set in a beautifully converted Victorian church, the Point has hosted gigs by a wide range of bands since opening in 2003, including the Stereophonics, Super Furry Animals and the Darkness. It's now one of the city's best live-rock and metal venues, with gigs several nights a week.

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  9. St David's Hall

    The National Concert Hall of Wales, this is the main venue for performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and home of the Welsh Proms (www.welshproms.co.uk), a 10-day series of concerts held in July.

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