{"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":"2017-10-24T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:54:03","slug":"welsh-musicians-ready-to-rock-swn-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/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=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Music_5_Guitar_Big_JAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/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\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">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=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Music_5_DanBettridge_Big_JAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/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\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">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":108,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[3146,623,431,366,199,843,4135,994,10293,65],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welsh musos ready to rock Swn Fest - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Founded 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.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/welsh-musicians-ready-to-rock-swn-fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welsh musos ready to rock Swn Fest - 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