Click on the days to get more details about the events on that day.
Map of venues being used for the festival.
| Date | Start | Event | Who | Cost | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-festival | – | Science of Survival | Invite Only | Free | Schools (various) |
| All Week | 10am | Beans on Toast Exhibition | Families | Free | National Museum of Wales |
| 10am | Experimental with Food | All | Free | Oval Basin | |
| Sun 14/07 | 11:30am | Cardiff Bay Boat Trips | All | Free | Graving Dock |
| 8pm | Robin Ince | Adults only | £10/£8 | Glee Club | |
| Mon 15/07 | 10am | Morgan Botti School Day | Schools | Free | National Museum of Wales |
| 6pm | Professor David Nutt | Adults only | Free | Senedd | |
| Tue 16/07 | 7:30pm | Why We Die | Adults only | £3 | O’Neills |
| Wed 17/07 | 7:30pm | Science of Sex | Adults only | £3 | O’Neills |
| Thu 18/07 | 6pm | Engineer’s Question Time | Adults Only | Free | Senedd |
| 7pm | Techniquest After Hours | Adults Only | £3 | Techniquest | |
| Fri 19/07 | 7:30pm | What’s Going On in His Head? | Adults only | £3 | Dempsey’s |
| 9pm | Sci-Comedy Experiment | Adults only | Free | Dempsey’s | |
| Sat 20/07 | 10am | Summer Theme: Flight | Families | £7/£5 | Techniquest |
| 10am | Science Marquee | Families | Free | Mermaid Quay | |
| 10am | Science Festival Exhibition | Families | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 10am | Zoo Bus | Families | Free | Outside Techniquest | |
| 10am | Tenovus Icecream Van | Families | Free | Outside Techniquest | |
| 10:30am | Titchy Tiny Science | Children | Free | Wales Millennium Centre | |
| 11am | Albie the Adventurer | Children | Free | National Museum of Wales | |
| 11am | Introduction to Mental Illness | Teenagers+ | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 12pm | Brian Clegg | Teenagers+ | Free | Wales Millennium Centre | |
| 12:30pm | Introduction to Autism | Teenagers+ | Free | PIerhead Building | |
| 1:30pm | International Bee Research | Teenagers+ | Free | Wales Millennium Centre | |
| 2pm | Aeronautical Engineering | Teenagers+ | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 3pm | Science Date | Families | Free | Wales Millennium Centre | |
| 3:30pm | Computer Forensics | Teenagers+ | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 4:30pm | Brainsex | Teenagers+ | Free | Wales Millennium Centre | |
| 6pm | Biscuit Chronicles | Teenagers+ | Free | Wales Millennium Centre | |
| Sun 21/07 | 10am | Summer Theme: Flight | Families | £7/£5 | Techniquest |
| 10am | Science Marquee | Families | Free | Mermaid Quay | |
| 10am | Science Festival Exhibition | Families | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 10am | Zoo Bus | Families | Free | Outside Techniquest | |
| 10am | Tenovus Icecream Van | Families | Free | Outside Techniquest | |
| 11am | Albie the Adventurer | Children | Free | National Museum of Wales | |
| 11am | The Science of Cardiff Bay | Children | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 12:30pm | Spreadsheet Hazards | Teenagers+ | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 1pm | Bugs for Life | Families | Free | Wales Millennium Centre | |
| 2pm | Free as a Bird | Teenagers+ | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 3:30pm | Raspberry Jam | All | Free | Pierhead Building | |
| 8pm | Bright Club | Adults Only | £3 | Dempsey’s |