As the summer festivals round up, it's time to turn our eyes and ears to what lays ahead this winter, and what better way than with a fresh drop of acts from Cardiff's Sŵn Festival as today sees them unveil their second line up announcement. 

Joining the likes of Welsh language artists such as Adwaith, Pys Melyn and Mellt to name but a few alongside well renown multi-instrumentalist Tom Vek, Art School Girlfriend and Cardiff's very own Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, the line up now boasts additions from Brighton punk duo Lambrini Girls, Radiohead drummer Philip Selway and recent Partisan signees HONESTY. 

Sŵn Festival's 2024 edition will take place in the Welsh capital from Thursday October 17th to Saturday October 19th. This year’s iteration of the festival sees Sŵn become a proud partner of Cardiff Music City Festival: a three week-long celebration of innovative, accomplished music coming to the city, full of gigs, immersive happenings, residencies, installations, and pop-ups, pushing the boundaries of music, performance and tech.

The full list of new additions can be found below:
Alias | Alien Chicks | Automotion | Aziya | Blue Amber | Bored At My Grandmas House | Bricknasty | Casual Smart | Charlotte Clark | Circe | Creiriau | Crows | The Dream Machine | Enola | Fraülein | Georgie & Joe | Good Neighbours | HONESTY | Human Interest | Hyll | Ifan | Ile De Garde | Ivor Woods | Jesca Hoop | Joe Wilkins | Knives | KYNSY | Lambrini Girls | The Manatees | Mari Mathias | Memorials | My First Time | The New Eves | Night Bus | Noah Bouchard | Paige Kennedy | Pencil | Philip Selway | The Pill | Public Order | Sarah Crean | She's In Parties | Shlug | Shortstraw | Spielmann | Sun King | Talulah | TTSSFU | The Tubs | YARD

William Dickins, booker for Sŵn Festival, says of the latest additions to the bill: "We're absolutely thrilled to present this latest group of Sŵn artists. While booking Sŵn, we're constantly amazed and ecstatic by the rush of new talent that we come across, and the joy it brings us being able to show them off to the music fans of Cardiff is something that never gets old. Showcasing amazing new talents like Lambrini Girls, The Tubs and Good Neighbours is a true honour, and we urge everyone to catch them now while they're still performing in intimate settings — they won't be in small venues for much longer!"

FULL LIST OF ACTS ANNOUNCED SO FAR:
Adwaith | Alias | Alien Chicks | Antony Szmierek | Art School Girlfriend | Automotion | Aziya | Blue Amber | Blue Bendy | Bored At My Grandmas House | Borough Council | Bricknasty | Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard | Canty | Casual Smart | Charlotte Clark | Circe | Clara Mann | Cosmorat | Creiriau | Crinc | Crows | Dana Gavanski | Das Koolies | The Dream Machine | Dushime | Ellie Bleach | Emyr Son | English Teacher | Enola | Fraülein | Freak Slug | GANS | Georgie & Joe | Gift | Good Neighbours | Griff Lynch | Half Happy | Hamish Hawk | Hana Lili | Hannah Diamond | HONESTY | Human Interest | Hyll | Ifan | Ile De Garde | The Itch | Ivor Woods | Jane Weaver | Jesca Hoop | Joe Wilkins | Johnny Loves Me | Kitty & Sorry Stacy | Knives | KYNSY | Lambrini Girls | Lanterns On The Lake | Malan | The Manatees | Manlikevision | Mared | Mari Mathias | Maruja | Mary In The Junkyard | Mellt | Memorials | Mirari | Morn | My First Time | The New Eves | NewWaveSound.Ent | Night Bus | Noah Bouchard | The None | OneDa | Paige Kennedy | Pencil | Philip Selway | The Pill | Plantoid | Plastic Estate | Pleasing | Porij | Public Order | Pys Melyn | Quade | Rachel Lavelle | Razkid | Roddy Woomble | Sarah Crean | The Secret Jesus Factory | She's In Parties | Shlug | Shortstraw | Shtëpi | Spielmann | Sun King | Talulah | Tom Vek | TTSSFU | The Tubs | TWST | University | The Wave Pictures | Wrkhouse | Wu-Lu | YARD

This year’s festival is geared towards being more accessible to the wider community than ever before, with the introduction of payment plans, concession tickets and more opportunities to get involved with the festival through the volunteer programme and a brand new apply to play scheme. Sign up to the mailing list to be notified about when applications open.

Day splits for this year's festival have now been revealed as of today, alongside day tickets going on-sale. Full weekend tickets remain on-sale with instalment plans available. Head here for ticketing options and more info: https://swnfest.com/tickets/

Cardiff Music City Festival runs from September 27th 2024 – 20th October 2024. Sign up for updates and future announcements here: https://cardiffmusiccity.wales/