Benjify Wrapped 2025

A round up of gigs I've been to in 2025.

  • 16 live music events
  • 14 gigs
  • 2 festivals
  • 7 in Cardiff, 6 in Swansea, 1 in Port Talbot, 1 in Llandeilo, 1 in Bristol
  • 12 standing
  • 4 seated
  • 40 bands (ish)
  • 7 Welsh language bands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
  • 3 cover bands
  • 13 indoor
  • 3 outdoor
  • Gig of the year Caribou

My year in gigs

In date order, January to December.

  1. The Smyths and Billy Blagg
  2. Gwilym Bowen Rhys Trio and Cadog
  3. Jake Xerxes Fussell
  4. Red Snapper and Monet
  5. Catrin Finch and Aoife Ní Bhriain
  6. In It Together festival - Panic Shack, Antony Szmierek, Becky Hill, Shy FX, The Sugarhill Gang, CVC, Gillie, Bad Manners, Dactyl Terra and The Pill
  7. Gŵyl Tawe: Mari Mathias, Los Blancos, Adwaith and Gruff Rhys
  8. Positive Reaction and Asidhara
  9. Basement Jaxx, Ezra Collective and Eats Everything
  10. Sleeper and Rialto
  11. A Guy Called Gerald and The Jungle Drummer
  12. Cate Le Bon and Kate NV
  13. Reef
  14. Baby Shambles, Trampolene, Vona Vella
  15. Cold Comfort Club
  16. Caribou and Kelbin

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