Live Music — Pubs in Swansea

Ship Inn

98-99 Pentreguinea Road, Swansea SA1 8DJ

The current Ship Inn was rebuilt in 1986 on the footprint of the old ship farm building, in what was a very busy part of the maritime area in Swansea. Its now a standalone building at the junction of several busy roads into the city. It has two public rooms, both decorated in a nautical theme, with one set up as the restaurant.

City Bar

Miers Street, Swansea SA1 8BZ

A locals pub centred on the St Thomas community. It does regular meals, live music and other events.

Alma Inn

10 Bennett Street, Swansea SA1 2QH

Small, end of terrace, sports orientated back street local close to the Liberty Stadium, home to Swansea city football club and the Ospreys Rugby team.

Jack Murphys

20-22 Wind Street, Swansea SA1 1DY

Irish themed U.S. style Rock 'n Roll Sports Bar & Restaurant in the middle of the main café/pub area of the city.

Bay View

400 Oystermouth Road, Swansea SA1 3UL

A historic landmark for over 100 years, the Bay View is located on the main coast road in the city. This large triangular shaped building holds a combined pub, lounge and Thai dining restaurant. The single large room is split into separate comfortable areas of formal restaurant dining, a lounge area at the rear, with benches in the central bar area. There is a single long bar along one wall. Although there are two real ale hand pulls on the bar, usually only one is in use at any time!

Brunswick Arms

3 Duke Street, Swansea SA1 4HS

Side-street pub with the air of a country inn in the city. Wooden beams and comfortable seating create a traditional, relaxing atmosphere. A local resident artist's work is displayed and is for sale. A popular quiz is held on Mondays. Live music on Thursdays and Saturdays, with an open mic night on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. There are usually up to six beers available and one of the changing beers is gravity dispensed, often from a local microbrewery.

Cross Keys Inn

12 St. Mary Street, Swansea SA1 3LH

Very large city centre pub located on the foundations of a 13th century hospice. The pub is fashioned after the Tudor style of buildings. It caters for large crowds during major sporting matches with multiple TV's. Due to its size, there are quiet areas of the pub, though music is only loud during the weekends/matches. The pub has a very large and popular outside area/garden, with heaters, which is unusual for the city centre, and a private function room for hire. There are four hand pumps available with some occasional guest ales.

Kings Arms Tavern

26 High Street, Swansea SA1 1NH

Large pub located in the middle of Swansea High Street. It is open very late on several nights and is also often used as a meeting venue in the cities LGBT scene.

No 6

6 Princess Way, Swansea SA1 3LW

Formerly known as the New York, it re-opened in December 2014. There is a downstairs Sleep When You're Dead bar, complete with daytime barbers. On the ground floor there are settees and bench tables with troughs which are filled with ice on big social occasions, but in quieter times you will find Lego pieces there to encourage the art of conversation and interaction. Monty the Moose, a moose head imported from Canada, stares down at customers from a wall.

No Sign Bar

56 Wind Street, Swansea SA1 1EG

Historic narrow bar established in 1690, formerly known as Mundays Wine Bar and reputedly a regular haunt of Dylan Thomas. Architectural signs from various periods of the pub's past remain, some dividing the interior into separate bar areas. Quality food and wine are available with up to five real ciders on sale. Live music features in the bar on Fridays at eight pm, Saturday six and and eight pm and many Sundays from eight pm. Bands also play in the Vault basement later in the evening.

Three Lamps

2 Castle Gardens, Swansea SA1 1JE

The Three Lamps is a multi floor venue in the heart of Swansea that opened in Dec 2018 after a major rebuild which has transformed this historic building. Located on the edge of Castle Square in the heart of the city, equi-distanced between the city's train and bus stations it has an open-air wood-fired grill, live music and micro-brewery, all spread over three floors. No Real Ale is available.

Pitcher & Piano

59-60 Wind Street, Swansea SA1 1EG

Modern bar catering for cocktails and upmarket drinks.

Queen's Hotel

Gloucester Place, Swansea SA1 1TY

This vibrant free house is near the Dylan Thomas Theatre, City Museum, National Waterfront Museum and marina. The walls display photographs depicting Swansea's rich maritime heritage. The pub enjoys strong local support and home-cooked lunches are popular. Evening entertainment includes a Sunday quiz, bingo on Wednesday and live music on Saturday. This is a rare local outlet for Theakston Old Peculier in addition to a seasonal guest beer often from a local microbrewery. Swansea CAMRA Pub of the Year 2017.

Railway Inn

71 Siloh Road, Swansea SA1 2NT

Sports pub located near to the liberty stadium.

Uplands Tavern

42 Uplands Crescent, Swansea SA2 0PG

Situated in the heart of Swansea's student quarter, the "Tav" attracts regulars from all walks of life and has a reputation for the quality and variety of its live music at weekends and Monday Open Mic nights. A large, single room pub and former haunt of Dylan Thomas, who is commemorated in a separate snug area. Shufl board (shuffleboard, with concave playing surface) is a new addition to the games available . Large heated outdoor drinking area. Quiz night Tuesday.

Griffin

8-10 Wind Street / Castle Square, Swansea SA1 1DW

Large city center bar that serves some real ales. This bar gets extremely busy attracting large weekend crowds of all ages but usually younger. Focuses heavily on sporting events.

Wig & Pen

134-136 St Helen's Road, Swansea SA1 4BL

A short walk from the city centre, this large sports bar is approached by a number of steps, with disabled lift access to the right. The pub has one large, bright and airy room, with the bar on the right hand side and several seating combinations. There are lots of TV screens throughout the room showing sports. Outside seating is popular in summer, with a covered smoking area. Live music is staged on Saturday nights

Pump House

Pumphouse Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 1TT

Converted waterside pumphouse in the heart of the Marina area. This spacious pub has an upstairs area that can be hired for private use, and a large outdoor seating area situated right next to the lock gates. Popular with locals and visitors to the marina area, the pub offers a full range of traditional food and serves Brains brewery cask ales. There is a Cask Ale Club on Mondays, with reduced prices available, but check with the Pub first.

Bryn-y-Mor Hotel

17 Brynymor Road, Swansea SA1 4JQ

Large, pub, popular with both students and locals, served by a single bar offering five real ales (four during summer months), with two sourced from local breweries. Food served daily from a comprehensive menu, with daily specials. There is an emphasis on sports and several sports TV screens are positioned around the bar area. There is a Sunday quiz, with live music on Friday nights.

Pinatas Burrito Bar

8 The Strand, Swansea SA1 2AE

Mexican themed bar which opened in August 2020. Currently only doing take away food.

Hogarths

2-3 st. Mary's street, Swansea SA1 3LH

Hogarths Swansea is a Victorian Style Gin Palace. The pub is a large and modern bar that also has several quiet snugs. Large crowds are often attracted at weekends. A vast array of screens show multiple sports and live music is a regular feature at the weekend The bar aims to serve 5-6 real ales that will constantly change depending on demand, so this may be reduced in the quiet Winter months. A large beer garden is located at the back of the pub.

Copper

38-39 Castle St, Swansea SA1 1HZ

Craft beer and speciality coffee café/bar, located in the more historic part of the city centre. The premises consists of two floors, with the main bar on the ground floor and a function/games room downstairs. Following the name, the furniture and many fittings are decked out in copper. A modern, contemporary theme exists throughout with several comfortable lounge seating areas and an open fronted, covered patio area by the entrance. No real ale is available, but there is a wide range of craft beers. Most of these are from the locally based Boss Brewery, which originally owned the pub and used it as their brewery tap. "Flight boards" are available, which are three "thirds" of different beers and are popular for tasting. The café offers a range of locally baked cakes, many of which are made with different beers from the Boss brewery and also specialises in a wide range of coffee. The two new owners, have made the local headlines by their active support to the local homeless community, including providing food and practical help.

Railmens Club & Institute

42 Wind Street, Swansea SA1 1EE

Social club based in the main café/pub area of the city. It hosts regular live music events and has a function area available for Birthday & Weddings etc.

Mill

75-76 Brynymor Road, Swansea SA1 4JJ

One bar open plan community pub (which has just undergone a refurbishment following change of EI group ownership) with a variety of seating styles and areas to choose from. The long bar and the majority (rear) of the room is on a raised platform. Lot's of entertainment on offer from pub games, several large screen TV's throughout the room and piped music.

Hyst

218 High Street, Swansea SA1 1PE

An events based lounge bar, located in one of the business quarters in the city centre. This interesting venue consists of a large "L" shaped room with two comfortable lounge areas at either end and table seating in the middle, next to the corner stage area. All decorated in a modern semi industrial theme. Open all day, its open during the daytime as the "Hyst Coffee & Kitchen". Live music and events are held mostly at evenings and the end of the week. It's also used as a radio/TV studio with a sound proof studio at one end and a raised platform above the bar. The food menus covers Greek food and "Melbourne style Coffee" plus a variety of Sandwiches, Salads, Jacket Potatoes through to larger meals.

Brewstone

33 Uplands Crescent, Swansea SA2 0NP

Located in the lively Uplands Crescent area of Swansea. Brew Stone specialises in "wood fire cuisine, craft beers and coffee". It is a large establishment with lots of rooms in various levels plus a roof top terrace area. There is also a separate bar area which is open in evenings only. They also have a large selection of beers in bottles, including many bottled conditioned foreign beers. All decorated in a modern stripped down industrial theme. There are two areas, a restaurant side which is open all day, where there is a wall of beer taps in the long ground floor bar, two of which are cask ales powered by electric pumps. The kitchen area on the ground floor is open plan and the large wood fired oven is easily seen.

Travellers Well

554 Carmarthen Road, Swansea SA5 8LA

Noah's Yard

38 Uplands Crescent, Swansea SA2 0PB

Wine bar set in the centre of a popular bar & café culture area of the city. It consists of a main single multi-level room on the ground floor which is split into many alcoves and seating areas and a separate function room upstairs. All of this is decorated in an unusual and eclectic mix such as newspapers and maps being used as wallpaper. In addition the large metal name board at the front of the building is used to display random messages and is frequently changed (it never seems to say the bars name)!

Bambu Beach Bar

51 Wind Street, Swansea SA1 1EJ

South Pacific themed cocktail bar and karaoke venue, with some live bands and DJ's. It's located towards one end of Swansea's main nightclub and bar area.

La Cantina

7 Castle Square, Swansea SA1 1DW

A small independent, family-run, Mexican Tequila bar established in 2001. It's located within Swansea's main bar, café and nightclub quarter. Opening times are subject to change. The bar focuses on late night and weekend hours.

Idols

10 Wind St, Swansea SA1 1DF

Late night bar, dance club & nightclub located in a large two room street corner building in the heart of Swansea's bar, café & nightclub quarter. Only open on a few nights!

Mile End Inn

107 Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8PA

Large pub located alongside the main road into Swansea from the M4 opposite the Docks.

Globe

7-9 Mysydd Rd, Swansea SA1 2QD

Mid terraced sports local, located near to the Liberty stadium.

Original Beer Keller

Unit 19 Salubrious Pl, Little wind, Swansea SA1 1ED

German themed bar serving German beer in steins

Bunkhouse

24 park street, Swansea SA1 3DJ

Live music venue and bar. Opening times depend on gigs, so please contact .