{"id":27644,"date":"2015-11-03T23:55:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T23:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=27644"},"modified":"2015-11-03T23:55:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T23:55:26","slug":"welsh-musicians-ready-to-rock-swn-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/03\/welsh-musicians-ready-to-rock-swn-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh musos ready to rock Swn Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swn, Cardiff\u2019s favourite music festival, returns this weekend with a host of raw Welsh talent.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2007 by BBC Radio 1\u2019s Huw Stephens and local music mogul John Rostron, Swn Fest uncovers talented artists in a series of gigs spanning the city centre.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27646\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Music_5_Guitar_Big_JAL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27646\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Music_5_Guitar_Big_JAL-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"Bands and artists are gearing up for a music marathon at Clwb Ifor Bach\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27646\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Music_5_Guitar_Big_JAL-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"Bands and artists are gearing up for a music marathon at Clwb Ifor Bach\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Bands and artists are gearing up for a music marathon at Clwb Ifor Bach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year musicians handpicked by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/events\/er6c8g\">BBC Cymru Wales\u2019 Horizons scheme<\/a> \u2013 which promotes Welsh artists to a wider audience \u2013 will take to the stage on Saturday at Clwb Ifor Bach.<\/p>\n<p>Festivalgoers can expect a nine-hour music marathon from artists like Dan Bettridge, who said the Horizons scheme has created \u201creal opportunities for the artists involved\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Music_5_DanBettridge_Big_JAL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27655\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Music_5_DanBettridge_Big_JAL-480x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Bettridge is looking forward to \u201cputting on a party\u201d with other Horizons artists\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27655\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Music_5_DanBettridge_Big_JAL-480x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Bettridge is looking forward to \u201cputting on a party\u201d with other Horizons artists\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Dan Bettridge is looking forward to \u201cputting on a party\u201d with other Horizons artists<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere really is great support for Welsh artists in Wales,\u201d he said. \u201cSwn Fest always puts on an array of Welsh artists from all genres. It\u2019s always a pleasure playing Swn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the full line up and tickets click <a href=\"swnfest.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists handpicked for Swn performing at Club Ifor Bach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":27655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3198,985,766,44,584,1153,308,1304,4744,176],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-27644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-bbc-cymru-wales","tag-buffalo-bar","tag-clwb-ifor-bach","tag-festival","tag-gwdihw","tag-radio-1","tag-talent","tag-ten-feet-tall","tag-undertone","tag-welsh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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