This is what was happening at Cardiff's National Eisteddfod of Wales in August 2008.
Friday, 1 August
Pavilion
Tri10 (30)
The opening concert celebrates 30 years of Welsh education in Cardiff. Hosted by Glantaf School and featuring some now-famous ex-students.
Adult tickets from £10
20:00
Saturday, 2 August
Maes B: Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
Gwyneth Glyn, Cate Le Bon, The Gentle Good, Georgia Ruth Williams
Tickets: £6
21:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Top floor: Derwyddon Dr Gonzo, Jen Jeniro, Random Elbow Pain, DJ Huw Stephens
Middle Floor: DJ FuzzyFelt
Ground Floor: Welsh Disco
Tickets: £7 (top floor); £3 (ground floor)
20:00
The Urdd Centre, Cardiff Bay
Jim O'Rourke a'r Hoelion, Einir Dafydd
Tickets: £9
20:00
Maes C: Caravan site
Mynediad am Ddim
Tickets: £8
20:00
Pavilion
Choirs and bands from Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan's secondary schools
Adult tickets from £8
20:00
Wales Millennium Centre
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, with Aled Jones
Tesco Stage Deiniolen Brass Band
Free entry
18:00
Electricity Club, Pontcanna
Y Philbennets, Eitha Tal Ffranco, Nos Sadwrn Bach
Tickets £7.50
19:30
Cardiff's Big Weekend, Cardiff Civic Centre, Main Stage
Ryland Teifi
Free entry
18:30
Sunday, 3 August
Maes B: Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
Yucatan, Pwsi Meri Mew, Messner
Tickets £6
20:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Ground Floor: Battle of the Bands, Stilletoes, Byd Dydd Sul, DJs Rhys Peski a Gerallt Ruggiero
Tickets: £4
20:00
Pavilion
Cymanfa Ganu
Adult tickets £8
20:00
Dempseys
MC Mabon, Rene Griffiths, Mr Huw, Sion Russell Jones
Tickets £5
19:30
Maes C: Caravan site
Delwyn Sion a'r Band
Tickets £8
20:00
Monday, 4 August
Maes B: Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
Mr Huw, Maes B Battle of the Bands
Tickets £6
21:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Top Floor: Elin Fflur, Ryan Kift, Lowri Evans
Ground Floor: Cwis Tafarn Huw Evans, Gareth Bonello, She's Got Spies
Tickets £8 (top floor); £4 (ground floor)
20:00
Maes C: Caravan site
Evening with Young Poets; CaerDydd a Nos
Tickets £8
20:00
Pavilion
Verdi's Requiem with Bryn Terfel
Adult tickets from £24
20:30
Wales Millennium Centre, Tesco Stage
Y Philbennets
Free entry
18:00
Theatre on the Maes
Evening dramas (Welsh language)
Tickets £7
20:00
The Sherman Theatre
Drama: Yr Argae (The Weir) National Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tocynnau £6 / £8
19:45
Tuesday, 5 August
Maes B: Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
Plant Duw, Maes B Battle of the Bands
Tickets £6
21:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Top Floor: Gai Toms, Gwibdaith Hen Frân, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog
Ground Floor: Seindorff, Geraint Ffrancon, Wiliam Cnicht
Tickets £8 (top floor); £5 (ground floor)
20:00
Maes C
Huw Chiswell
Tickets £8
20:00
Pavilion
Grav - Yma o Hyd. An evening celebrating the life of the sporting giant from Mynyddygarreg, Ray Gravell. With music from some of Wales' leading artists.
Adult tickets from £10
20:00
Theatre on the Maes
Evening dramas (Welsh language)
Tickets £7
20:00
The Sherman Theatre
Drama: Iesu! National Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £12 / £14
19:30
Drama: Yr Argae (The Weir) Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £8 / £10
19:45
Chapter Arts Centre
Drama: Trafaelu ar y trên glas
Tickets £8
20:00
Film: Cymru Fach (Little Wales) (15)
Tickets £3.90 - £5.90
20:30
Wednesday, 6 August
Maes B: Main Hall, Cardiff University Students' Union
Cerys Matthews, Fflur Dafydd a'r Barf, Gai Toms, Al Lewis
Tickets £15
20:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Top Floor: maes-e.com parti - Y Rei, Plant Duw, Pwsi Meri Mew, Yr Ods, DJ Ian Cottrell
Ground Floor: Noson Dockrad - Mattoidz, Howl Gruff, Calansho, Bandits Clwb Ifor, DJ Dai Skep
Tickets £7 (top floor); £5 (ground floor)
20:00
Maes C
Poets in the Dock
Tickets £5
20:00
Electricity Club, Pontcanna
Tebot Piws, Heather Jones, Tecwyn Ifan, Brigyn
Tickets: £15
Wales Millennium Centre, Weston Studio
Bands in the Bay
Tickets £5
18:30
Pavilion
Youth Competitions
Tickets £7 for a reserved seat. Unreserved seating is free with Wednesday's maes ticket
18:30
Theatre on the Maes
Evening dramas (Welsh language)
20:00
Tickets £7
The Sherman Theatre
Drama: Iesu! National Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £12 / £14
19:30
Drama: Yr Argae (The Weir) Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £8 / £10
19:45
Chapter Arts Centre
Drama: Trafaelu ar y trên glas
Tickets £8
20:00
Film: Cymru Fach (Little Wales) (15)
Tickets £3.90 - £5.90
20:30
Thursday, 7 August
Maes B: Main Hall, Cardiff University Students' Union
Radio Luxembourg, MC Mabon, Eitha Tal Ffranco
Tickets: £12
20:00
Maes B: Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
Frizbee, Brigyn, Yr Ods
Tickets £12
20:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Top Floor: Genod Droog, Saizmundo, Dybl-L
Middle Floor: DJs Llwybr Llaethog
Ground Floor: Geraint Lovgreen a'r Enw Da, Daniel Lloyd a Mr Pinc, Endaf Presley
Tickets £7 (top floor); £7 (ground floor)
20:00
Maes C
Steve Eaves and 9 Bach
Tickets £8
20:00
Electricity Club, Pontcanna
Tebot Piws, Delwyn Sion, Linda Griffiths, Gwyneth Glyn
Tickets £15
20:00
Wales Millennium Centre
Tesco Stage: Eitha Tal Ffranco
Free entry
17:00
Tesco Stage: Al Lewis
Free entry
18:00
Pavilion
C Ffactor, featuring Connie Fisher, Cerys Matthews, Catrin Finch, Shân Cothi, Caryl Parry Jones and Cantorion
Adult tickets from £15
20:00
Cameo Club
Bwletin, 91Èȱ¬ Radio Cymru (comedy)
Free entry
19:30
St David's Hall
National Youth Orchestra of Wales
Tickets £10
19:30
Theatre on the Maes
Pethma, Cwmni Theatr Crwys
20:00
Tickets £7
Chapter Arts Centre
Drama: Trafaelu ar y trên glas
Tickets £8
20:00
The Sherman Theatre
Drama: Iesu! National Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £12 / £14
19:30
Drama: Yr Argae (The Weir) Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £8 / £10
19:45
Friday, 8 August
Maes B: Main Hall, Cardiff University Students' Union
Bryn Fôn a'r Band, Daniel Lloyd a Mr Pinc, Lowri Evans
Tickets £12
20:00
Maes B: Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
Sibrydion, Y Rei, Gola Ola, Random Elbow Pain
Tickets: £12
20:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Top Floor: Hanner Pei, Swci Boscawen, Mr Huw, Dan Amor, DJ Gareth Potter
Middle Floor: DJ Matta, DJ Barbarella
Ground Floor: Bob Delyn a'r Ebillion, Heather Jones, Brigyn
Tickets £8 (top floor); £8 (ground floor)
20:00
Maes C
Y Stomp! (Battle of the Bards)
Tickets £8
20:00
Pavilion
An Evening of Competing
Tickets £7 for a reserved seat. Free unreserved seating with Friday's maes ticket
18:30
Dempseys
Dockrad present Eitha Tal Ffranco, Howl Griff, Skep, Bandits Ifor Bach, DJ Fuzzyfelt
Tickets £6
19:30
Wales Millennium Centre
Tesco Stage: Ed Holden
Free entry
18:45
Weston Studio: Protest Fudur
Tickets £3
20:00
Theatre on the Maes
Noson Deyrnged i Wil Sam (Tribute to Wil Sam)
20:00
Tickets £8
The Sherman Theatre
Drama: Iesu! National Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £12 / £14
19:30
Drama: Yr Argae (The Weir) Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £8 / £10
19:45
Saturday, 9 August
Maes B: Main Hall, Cardiff University Students' Union
Genod Droog, Derwyddon Dr Gonzo, Swci Boscawen
Tickets £12
20:00
Maes B: Solus, Cardiff University Students' Union
Gwibdaith Hen Frân, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Jen Jeniro
Tickets £12
20:00
Clwb Ifor Bach
Top Floor: Sibrydion, Cate Le Bon, Eitha' Tal Ffranco
Middle Floor: DJ Lyns
Ground Floor: Meic Stevens, Lleuwen, Fflur Dafydd a'r Barf
Tickets: £7 (top floor); £9 (ground floor)
20:00
Maes C
Hanner Pei
Tickets £10
20:30
Wales Millennium Centre
Tesco Stage
Ed Holden
Free entry
18:30
Weston Studio
Protest Fudur
Tickets £3
20:00
Clwb Tafod
Ashokan, Mattoidz, Skep
Tickets £6
19:00
Electricity Club, Pontcanna
Bryn Fôn a'i Fand, Gai Toms
Tickets £15
20:00
Pavilion
Karl Jenkins and the Eisteddfod Choir. Performance of Dewi Sant by Karl Jenkins
Adult tickets from £14
20:00
The Sherman Theatre
Drama: Yr Argae (The Weir) National Theatre of Wales (Welsh language)
Tickets £8 / £10
19:45
