About This Event
Vintage For Victory - Vintage Festival Wales 2026 takes place at Library Gardens in Whitchurch Village, Cardiff, on Thursday 9 July 2026 from 12:00. The festival includes camping from Thursday 9 July, with a pre-evening party on Friday 10 July that requires a separate ticket. The main festival runs on Saturday 11 July and Sunday 12 July.
The event includes live bands across three stages, three dance floors, and instructor-led workshops in Jive, Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag, and Rock ’n’ Roll. Other scheduled attractions include a cabaret arena, a giant outdoor cinema, a vintage fun fair, vintage emporium stalls, vintage camping and glamping, food, cocktails, after-parties, a full-size replica Spitfire and Hurricane, period vehicles, re-enactors, and a miniature steam railway. A BBMF flypast is listed as to be confirmed.
Vintage For Victory also features live performances across the weekend, with acts appearing on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The programme includes The Jibbering Heaps, Big Mac's Wholly Soul Band, Harlem Rhythm Cats, Si Cranstoun & His Band, The Revolutionaires, The Swing Commanders, The Satin Dollz, Gene Gambler & The Shufflers, Whiskey Jean & The Chasers, Isabella Bliss as Marilyn Monroe, Stevie Kay as Frank Sinatra, The London Belles, Rockin ,Em, The Jive Aces, The Signatures - Northern Soul Band, The Rockets, Company B, Bamboozle, JD King's Elvis, Dean Jones as Tom Jones, My Favourite Things, and The Rads.
The event is all ages, with under-16s admitted free and accompanied by a paying adult. Camping and glamping options are available, and the campsite is located at Cardiff Quins RFC Diamond Ground, Forest Farm Rd, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 7JN, with shuttle service between the campsite and the event site on Saturday and Sunday.
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