St
David's Hall,
The Hayes,
Cardiff CF10 1AH
Box Office
029 2087 8444
Monday - Saturday
9.30am - 8.00pm
(5.30pm if there is no performance)
Reception
029 2087 8500
Fax
029 2087 8599
E-mail
st.davidshallreception
@cardiff.gov.uk |
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Situated in the heart of Cardiff, the capital city
of Wales, St David's Hall is the National Concert
Hall and Conference Centre of Wales. With its wide
range of live entertainment, free
exhibitions, conferences,
participation workshops,
two bars and a range of places to eat, helpful
staff and relaxing surroundings, St David's Hall
is a building to be enjoyed by day and evening throughout
the year.
Home to the annual Welsh
Proms Cardiff, the world-class
Orchestral Concert Series featuring the world's
top orchestras, soloists and conductors and the
famous bi-annual BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
competition, St David's Hall presents a multitude
of live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk,
jazz, rhythm and blues, comedy, children's shows,
lunchtime concerts, musicals, light entertainment,
dance, world music, films and classical music.
However, St David's Hall is more than just a concert
hall, with spacious foyers, lounge
bars and a restaurant it is also a place to
meet for coffee, lunch or a celebratory meal. Add
in regular exhibitions
and annual company conferences,
and there really is something going on almost every
day of the year.
And don't forget to take home a memento of your
visit from the wide selection of quality Welsh gifts
and cards which are on sale in our
foyer shop.
In line with Cardiff Council Policy St David's Hall will be a No Smoking venue from April 1 2005.
 Brief
background information
For architects Seymour Harris Partnership, designing
St David’s Hall was an unusual, if not unique,
commission for several reasons. The primary challenge
was how to provide a major 2,000-seat concert hall
in the cramped space available and to complicate
this issue, the building had to be fitted into an
existing planned, and partly built, shopping centre.
The result was that, in an incredible five years
from conception to completion, an impressive 2,000-seat
concert hall, with arguably the best acoustics in
Europe was built directly over the St David’s
Centre shopping mall. In addition, the building
has offices, comprehensive dressing rooms, meeting
rooms and conference facilities, two
places to eat, exhibitions
on three floors, a spacious reception area and a
shop.
The autumn of 1982 saw exciting days at the new
St David’s Hall. The special ‘open day’
on 30 August 1982 attracted 21,000 people; nine
days later came the first public concert, a free
open rehearsal by the Polyphonic Choir. By the time
the Queen Mother performed the official opening
in February 1983, St David’s Hall had already
transformed the artistic life of the Capital city.
As Her Majesty said, ‘This exciting development
will add greatly to the quality of life for the
city of Cardiff and the people of the Principality.’
Cardiff, the capital of Wales, provides entertainment,
sport, places to eat, leisure facilities, places
of interest to visit and major events on a regular
basis, attracting thousands of visitors each year.
St David’s Hall continues to be a leading venue
in the cultural and continuing development of Cardiff
into one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe.
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St
David’s Hall is owned, managed and funded
by Cardiff County Council with support from
the Arts Council of Wales. |
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