The Hot Puppies Feeder McLusky The Loves Budgie The Darling Buds Vandal Jarcrew STAGGA Future of the Left We're No Heroes Spencer McGarry Season Winter & Williams Band Digvijay Bhonsale (performed locally from 2010 until 2012) High Contrast Iwan Rheon Noel Sullivan Shakin' Stevens Shirley Bassey The Oppressed Underworld Holding Absence Festivals Cardiff Big Weekend The Cardiff Big Weekend has taken place annually since 1995 as part of the Cardiff Festival organised by Cardiff Council. Billed as the UK's biggest free outdoor music festival, it offers three days of quality live music and entertainment. Alongside the live music stage runs the UK's largest travelling funfair around Cardiff's Civic Centre. Each night comes to a close with a firework finale. There is always a line of up and coming artists, world music and established artists, and traditionally the Friday night has always had a strong presence of Welsh bands. Welsh Language Music Day Welsh Language Music Day is an annual showcase of music performed in the language of Welsh which takes place across venues throughout Wales. Cardiff is a particular centre for events, with performances taking place at venues on Womanby Street throughout the day. Local businesses often participate in the city including John Lewis, The Co-operative, EE, Cardiff Airport, Brains, Lush, Waitrose and Principality Building Society. Other events The Welsh Hip Hop Festival, also known as Roxe Jam, brought together all elements of hip hop culture as a two-day free event in one of Cardiff's largest city parks, in Grangetown, with support from The Arts Council of Wales, Cardiff Council and Communities First Trust Fund and with the help of Welsh hip hop artists. The Cardiff Multicultural Mela also known as the Cardiff Mela is an annual large-scale outdoor multicultural festival, held in the city's Roald Dahl Plass, in Cardiff Bay. It celebrates many cultural aspects of Asian life, particularly music and dance. The 2009 festival featured bhangra, Bollywood and rnb singers including H Dhami, Mumzy Stranger and Navin Kundra amongst others. The 2010 event attracted over 30,000 visitors and featured a performance from Bombay Rockers. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Party in the Park was held annually in the city organised by the city's Red Dragon FM. Cardiff hosts the Welsh Singers Competition every two years at St. David's Hall. The Under Construction Youth Music Festival started in 2007 and is the result of work from a group