thursday 1
Bears With Wings + Partikel Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2038 7026. Local jazz combos. You can pay £5, £7 or £10 depending on what you think their performance is worth.
Evie Ladin & Keith Terry Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. American bluegrass/roots duo.
Hvnter + Zkeletonz + Tropix Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Presented by Xpress Radio and Juxtaposed.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. An evening of singing along to songs from the musicals round the piano.
Joel Jordan Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Cardiff’s new jazz and blues venue with acts playing for £0.00 every day this month.
Last Hounds + From Idols To Ashes + No Braver Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107.
Ragsy The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Robin & Bina Williamson The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £10. Info 01267 231012. Two sets with an interval by bizarro-folk veteran and his spouse.
Ross Gurney The Cambrian Tap, Cardiff. 8.,30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952.
The Jackobins Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Little Mix Experience Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 0800 0147111.
Tom McConville Crindau Constitutional Club , Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Vintage Trouble Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. US country rockers.
Vukovi + Press To Meco Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Weirds + Excellent Skeleton + HBCP + Cult Of Hands The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £6/£4.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Leeds postpunk band headline.
While She Sleeps + The Family The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. Sold out.
Whitney – Queen Of The Night Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £23/£22. Info 01686 614555. Whitney Houston tribute show.
friday 2
Afternoon In Paris Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510.
Aftersun + Rob Smith Onsombl + FFRWD M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2047 3373. An Electric Soup night, the fourth in the series, of experimental music.
Brecon Jazz Celebration Wellington Hotel, Brecon. 7.30pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Presented by Brecon Jazz Club upfront of the festival in August.
Doc & The Headshrinkers + Monsterometer + Reckless Breakfast Bar 46, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Punk, psychobilly and ska. Also features DJ Jake Radar. DOTH are playing in Carmarthen tomorrow.
ELO Again Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50 kids. Info 01792 475715. ELO cover band, one of five tribute shows in this venue over June.
ESP Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
R Fire In The Mountain VI Cwmnewidion Isaf, Cnwch Coch, Aberystwyth. 12pm, £100 weekend/£45 teens/£20 2-12-year-olds/£2 under-2s. Info www.fireinthemountain.co.uk. Small but cutely formed festival which leans towards folk, bluegrass etc, and emphasises jam sessions, workshops etc. Also actually cheapter than last year! Lineup (schedule TBC): A Fistful Of Spookies, Flatville Aces, Me And My Friends, Drymbago, Eli West, Evie Ladin & Keith Terry, Climbing Trees, Dila V & The Oddbeats, Ewan Mclennan, Brighde Chaimbeul, The Nightjar, Teyr, Tantz, Holy Moly And The Crackers, The Gentle Good, Forest Of Fools, The Horsenecks, Abdoulaye Samb, Mamadou, Rheged, Mobius Loop, Fran And Flora, Cynefin, Bare Hunter, The Wanton String Band, The Vanguards, Indian Man, Hot Rock Pilgrims, Faith I Branko, Emma & Martin Reid, Double Bass Dan & Friends, Don Kipper, Joe Strouzer, Cut A Shine, Apple Of My Eye, Andy Twyman, Ali Anwar & Dave Owen, The Ragged Out Stringband, Mouton, Ben Mcmanus & Clara Delfina, Tom Blackwell, Toby Hay, Three Legg’d Mare, Nine Blind Ravens, Hedge Gods, Dylan Owen, Bonnie Pilgrim, Ember, The Old Time Wasters, The Odd Folk, The Carry Nations, Rye ‘N Clover, Ruth Gordon, Rosie Sleightholme, Pandoras Diary, Nine Tree Stumblers, Leon Gormley, Jo Carly & The Old Dry Skulls, Fierce Flowers, Bourgeois Robbery, The Night Caps, Riverboat Ramblers, Mikey Kenny & Charlie Mckeown and Jez Wing. (Until Sun 4)
George Ezra Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £19.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. George is also in Swansea tomorrow, but both dates look to be sold out.
Helter Skelter The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. Info 01685 387925.
Holding Absence + Shadows Into Light + Clarity Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01633 221477.
Jon Crespo’s Funk Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Madina Lake + Lacey + That Lying Bitch The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Millennial American rock band reform and headline this three-act tour. That Lying Bitch feature members of Plain White Ts and were presumably formed to win a bet that they couldn’t come up with and use a worse band name than that.
Metal 2 The Masses Cardiff Semi Final 2 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107.
Monkeysee Monkeydo The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Off The Record Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
R Open Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. A Valley Folk Club night, also on Fri 30 this month.
Prévert, Piano & Poetry St Edward’s Music & Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Concert show that combines major works for classical piano with poetry, by French pianist Alexandre Prévert. Book in advance please.
Rainbow Maniac + Buzzard + My Name Is Ian The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Cardiff indie band headline to launch their debut EP. Based on the two times I’ve inadvertently seen them in this venue they are very popular with the youth.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£39.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tanned hunk Eric Whitacre conducts a programme mainly of his own music, with a token Bach composition thrown in. Nice of Eric to give a shoutout to the little guys.
R Talking Bird Collective Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407. On tomorrow also, which given the restrictions of movement around the area for the football may involve them staying in the venue until it’s time to play again.
The Cory Band Maesteg Town Hall. 7.45pm, £8.50. Info 01656 733269.
The Decoy + The Johnstown Flood + Glassholes + Dead At 27 + Conibear The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info [email protected].
The Fevers Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Fugitives Black Lion, Llandaff, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2056 7312. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Manfreds The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01633 656757.
The Summer Of Love Revisited Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 8pm, £12/£10.50. Info 01792 475715. Beatles-plus-other-60s-faves covers band.
Tuk Tuk Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464.
Venn St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £4-£8/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. Pentreffest Noz monthly folk session.
saturday 3
Acoustic Sinners Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Annunciation + Craniation + Vomit Coffin + Violated Flesh The Duke, Neath. 7pm. Info 01639 643892. Death metal all the way down.
Chron Gen + Poetic Justice + Trackstar/Pornstar District Club, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £12/£9 adv. Info 01443 402550. Early 80s UK punkers headline.
Explosive Light Orchestra Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 01646 695267. ELO tribute, not to be confused with the one that was in Swansea yesterday.
Forever Jackson The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. £7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Michael Jackson tribute.
George Ezra Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7pm, £19.50. Info 01792 475715.
Hi-On Maiden The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Iron Maiden tribute.
Ian Shimmon Band Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Into The Ark The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 07590 471888. Sold out.
Jess Glynne Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli. 2pm, from £35. Info 0871 8718088. UK pop star who got her start in the mersh house crossover world. Previewed on last month’s Music page.
Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove + Doc & The Headshrinkers + Bad Shampoo The Laser Station, Carmarthen. 8pm-2am, £8/£6 adv. Info 01267 235648. This night is called Welcome To The Freak Show and also has some burlesque element.
Kamikazee Millionaires The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.
Luke Doherty Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £7/£5. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Multi Story Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Hard rockers of an 80s vintage.
Quiet Marauder + Winter Coat + Buzzard M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2047 3373. Three indie bands play under the Summertime Sessions banner.
Rachel B The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Thank Abba For The Music Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £22.50/£20.50. Info 01495 227206. I choose to read the name of this tribute band in the voice of a stern mother trying to get her kids to write post-Christmas letters to their grandparents.
That’ll Be The Day Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50/£21. Info 01792 475715. Rock’n’roll variety show.
The Krays Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Sunday 4
Anastacia St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £50/£37.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Millennial pop hollerer touring a greatest hits album.
R Eve May Rowlands Bootlegger, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Sun 25 this month.
*Dream Nails + Charmpit + Hodad Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 3658. Indie and punk fare presented by Odd Box and Slush Puppy.
*Melt-Banana The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Killer band of fiddly punk madheads from Japan, now going for a quarter of a century. Last time they played Cardiff, 12 years ago, I put them on and the idea of booking bands who might attract audiences of 200 or more didn’t fill me with horror.
Natalie Clein & Louisa Clein Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-10.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Cellist/actress duo.
Nigel Davies Browns, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
North Star The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Revolution Solution Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2039 7933. Monthly music and poetry night.
R Steve Tamer Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. Every Sunday this month.
The Fugitives Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
R The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675. Every Sunday this month.
Tobias Robertson The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 6.30-9pm, free. Info 01685 387925.
monday 5
Dave Cottle Trio Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Live jazz, with acts here every Monday.
R Draper & Rowe Bootlegger, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Tue 20 this month.
Saint Etienne + Kero Kero Bonito Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £24 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Kitchen sink synthpoppers whose new album I am, by a million to one chance, listening to as I type. It’s not bad! Although pretty long. This was going to be on Sat 3 but they’ve moved it because of the Champions League final.
Tomos Power + Dippy + Jabez The Big Top, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
R Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
tuesday 6
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Battle For The Crown Quarter Final 1 The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm. Info 01685 387925. The next quarter-final is on tomorrow.
R Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Daniel & Emma Reid Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Swedish/English folk.
Gareth Evans Bootlegger, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Tue 20 this month.
R Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Every Tuesday.
R Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Silent Forum + Mt Doubt + The Calm Collective Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
The John Davies Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
wednesday 7
Ani Glass + Hollow Mask + Little Rêd + Saccharyn Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Otter Wales presents another of their female musician-centric GIRL events.
R Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Also on Fri 16.
Battle For The Crown Quarter Final 2 The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm. Info 01685 387925.
R Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. Also on Wed 21.
Bute Clarinet Quartet The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. A Concerts & Cakes afternoon.
Chaka Khan Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £40/£35. Info 029 2022 4488. See Upfront, possibly.
Dom Pipkin Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789. Boogie piano sort. In Narberth tomorrow.
Doug Van Gundy & Marc Harshman Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 384111. Monthly acoustic night features special guests in the form of fiddler, raconteur, teacher and poet Van Gundy and West Virginia Poet Laureate Harshman.
Holding Absence Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 468892.
Ilana Held + Siblings Of Us + Grand Tradition NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by U&I Radio.
Kane’d + Grace Solero + Matty James Cassidy + Andrea Kenny The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. Acoustic acts play a gig that was booked here as part of the pledge campaign to Reboot The Moon.
R Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.
R Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.
Primary Partners Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 6.30pm, £5. Info 01792 475715. Celebration of music-making features schools from throughout the City and County of Swansea. (Until Fri 9)
Simon Parratt Duo Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
The Bonfire Radicals + A Diferent Thread + Will Whisson Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
thursday 8
Aubrey Parsons The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
BBC NOW: Rite Of Spring St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£37. Info 029 2087 8444. Thomas Søndergård conducts a programme of Stravinsky (obv), Prokofiev and Ravel.
Beyond The Bars The Unicorn, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 751304. Monthly folk session.
Dom Pipkin Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£10. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
*Gnod + Mai Mai Mai The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Banging gig in the offing here, with Manchester noisy psych shapeshifters Gnod playing Cardiff for the way-overdue first time. Come to this and after we’ll go somewhere we can drink and scream sbuse at Tories.
Himalayas Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by This Feeling.
Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing a Jazz Messengers set.
Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Minus The Bear + Joan Of Arc The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Neat double bill of zany songtitle math-rock (MTB) and eccentric proggy emo (JOA).
R Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Every Thursday except when there’s a guest on – also on Thurs 22 and 29 this month.
Otis Gibbs + Nicotine Pretty Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01633 221477.
Peter Burrows Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Pop Up Jazzland Jazz Jam Session Pumphouse, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07802 912789. Presented by Jazzland.
R Public Service Broadcasting Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01495 708022. See Upfront. On tomorrow also, but both dates are sold out.
friday 9
R AmserJazzTime 2017 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Showcase for the College’s jazz performers, taking place over five days in the Richard Burton Theatre and foyer. Most of the performers are TBC but today Ollie Howell is in the foyer at 6.15pm. while the Glen Manby Quintet is on at the same time tomorrow; on Tue 13 Rebecca Nash & Matt Fisher are on at 6.45pm. (Until Tue 13)
Aubrey Parsons The Aubrey Arms, Bonvilston. 8pm, free. Info 01446 781210. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Catfish & The Bottlemen Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £20.75. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out very shortly after going on sale. Blurb for this calls them “the UK’s biggest guitar band to emerge this decade”. This is probably actually true, yet if they broke up tomorrow no-one outside of their fanbase would notice.
Celebrating Dame Shirley Bassey & Miss Tina Turner Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £39. Info 029 2070 5391. Both are played by Julia Martin.
Cut Capers Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01834 869323. Bristolian hip-hop big band. I’ve seen some dorky press photos in my time but this lot take the biscuit.
Eden Roots Reggae Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gwyl Gregynog Festival Opening Event National Library Of Wales, Aberystwyth. 2.30pm, £20 per performance/£10 under-16s. Info 01686 207100. Featuring performances by by harpist Paul Dooley (4.30pm) and lutenist Thomas Dunford (7.30pm).
Hiding From Girls Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Jo Harman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. British bluesy soul singer.
Martyn Joseph Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 07740 192879. Folk-rock fellow plays a gig billed as a warmup for the Between The Trees festival, at this venue early next month.
Monkeysee Monkeydo Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Paluch The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Polish rapper.
Pat Reedy Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. A ChapterLive gig in the bar area.
Paul Ashton The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Penny Arcade Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Resist + Goblins + Bar Fight + Instruments Of Tortue Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107. Presented by Nuclear Family Records.
Richard & Adam Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £22.50 adv. Info 01639 763214.
Simon Trigg Fairwater Hotel, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 3049. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Stereophonish Maesteg Town Hall. 7.30pm, £3.50-£5.50. Info 01656 733269. Tribute band.
Talon Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £22/£21. Info 01874 611622. Eagles tribute.
*The Death Of Money + Think Pretty + KVSD + Godbomber The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Album launch gig of sorts for TDOM. Equally an excuse to drink and scream abuse about Tories (see yesterday’s listing for this venue).
The East Pointers Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 863722. Canadian folkies.
The Goat Roper Rodeo Band + Michele Stodart St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01446 799100. UK countryish twosome. Stodart used to be in The Magic Numbers. See Music.
The Oasis Experience Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band.
The Tribunes + Ardeth Bey + EmCo Slipping Jimmy’s, Newport. 6pm, £3.50 adv. Info 07745 059936. Cornish and Welsh bands play a charity night in aid of The Wallich. Ardeth Bey are in Chepstow tomorrow.
Tina May Celebrates Ella Fitzgerald Centenary Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391.
Water Aid Concert St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 9683. Featuring community choirs.
West Coast Eagles The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £12. Info 01495 355800. Tribute band.
Wonderbrass + Iron Eye Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Gwdihw Brass Takeover night.
Wright Hear Wright Now Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
saturday 10
Ardeth Bey The Three Tuns, Chepstow. 9pm, free. Info 01291 645797.
Clouds Harp Quartet Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£12. Info 01239 621200. In Brecon on Thurs 15.
Deke Leonard Memorial Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 8pm, £20/£18 adv. Info 01639 763214. Deke Leonard was in Welsh prog band Man and died earlier this year. This tribute show will feature former members of Man and Son Of Man, Buck & Evans, Bigfeat, The Pollen Count and Glas.
Eight Rounds Rapid + The Charlemagnes + Give Me Memphis Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 221477.
Garin Fitter + Laura Power + The Sam Antonio Freeway + Rhys Davis Park Lodge, Morfa Lane, Carmarthen. 2-4pm, free. Info 07468 528933. Hosted by Rewired Music.
Hullabaloo Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Muse tribute.
Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391.
James Kennedy Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £2 after 11. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Sat 17 and Sat 24 this month.
Legend The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Bob Marley tribute band. Hoping Neon venue owner, UKIP’s Andrew Byers, will be able to organise a reenactment of Bob’s famous ‘Peace Concert’ of 1978, with Paul Nuttall and Douglas Carswell burying the hatchet live on stage.
Metallica Reloaded + Revival The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. £5. Info 01495 247178. Tribute band.
Off The Record The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
One Night Only Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Songs from musicals/Disney.
Pat Reedy Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Paul McClure & The Flyin’ A’s + Blind River Scare Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 673739. A Down By The River night.
Richard Navarro The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6. Info 01497 821762. Folk-rock.
Roxy Magic Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Roxy Music tribute band.
Shân Cothi & Friends Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Performing George Gershwin numbers.
Showaddywaddy Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18.50-£21.50. Info 01656 815995.
Tattsyrup The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Beatles Go On The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
The Big What?! Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Rhys Davis Band The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
The Riff + Rivet City + The Hangmen The Pit, Swansea. 7pm. Info facebook.com/thepitswansea. Playing in a venue that was until recently called 8 Bit Bar and now seems to be accommodating rock gigs.
The Shakes Hen Dderwen, Sketty, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.
UB40 + Level 42 + Raging Fyah + The Original Wailers Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli. 4pm, from £35. Info 0871 8718088.
Upbeat Beatles Chepstow Racecourse. 4pm, £22-£29 adv. Info 01291 622260. Seven horse races, food and drink and a Beatles cover band.
Voulez Vous Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01792 475715. Abba tribute.
sunday 11
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Song Prize Recital 1 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £65 (season ticket). Info 029 2087 8444. First of four recitals features Konstantin Lee, Miriam Albano, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Sioned Gwen Davies and Iurii Samoilov. The recitals are also on later today, tomorrow, Mon 12 and Tue 13, but are all sold out.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Song Prize Recital 2 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £65 (season ticket). Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring Silvester Lukhanyo Moyake, Anush Hovhannisyan, John Chest, Ezgi Karakaya and Ivan Thirion.
David Rovics Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2031 0312. American protest folk sorta singer.
R Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Every second and fourth Sunday of the month (also on Sun 25 in May), with an extra acoustic session now on the third Sunday (Sun 18) too.
Glas Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6-9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Local musicians are invited to join in for an acoustic ‘gypsy jazz’ jam from 6.30-7.30pm.
Ian Luther The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
R Matthew Pauley Bootlegger, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Mon 19 this month.
Ross Leadbeater & Sophie Evans Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862.
monday 12
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert 1 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£37. Info 029 2087 8444. Thomas Søndergård conducts the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales and these performers: Roberto Lorenzi, Nadezhda Karyazina, Anthony Clark Evans, Lilly Jørstad and Batjargal Bayarsaikhan.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Song Prize Recital 3 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £65 (season ticket). Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring Barnokhon Ismatullaeva, Dominic Barberi, Catriona Morison and Louise Alder.
R Greg Williams Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Wed 28 this month.
Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Natives + Marsicans Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Tomorrow Calling Today Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £4 adv. Info 0845 2263510. Monthly acoustic nights.
tuesday 13
Alison Rayner Quintet Muse Arts Centre, Brecon. 8pm, £10/£8 members. Info 07791 654799. Presented by Brecon Jazz Club.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert 2 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£37. Info 029 2087 8444. Tomáš Hanus conducts the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales and these performers: Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Miriam Albano, Ivan Thirion, Sioned Gwen Davies and Konstantin Lee.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Song Prize Recital 4 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £65 (season ticket). Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring Nadezhda Karyazina, Batjargal Bayarsaikhan, Lilly Jørstad, Anthony Clark Evans and Roberto Lorenzi.
uSarah Meek Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Mon 26 this month.
Sticks & Stones + Parkview UK + Discount Columbo + Blank Atlas Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Camelia Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
wednesday 14
Andy May Trio Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert 3 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£37. Info 029 2087 8444. Thomas Søndergård conducts the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales and these performers: John Chest, Louise Alder, Iurii Samoilov, Ezgi Karakaya and Silvester Lukhanyo Moyake.
R Bella & Gareth Blues Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 28.
R Bella Collins Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407. That’s the same Bella as above so I don’t know how this is going to work out but I’m just the messenger. Not the person who verifies the accuracy of the messages, as you may have naively thought. Also on Tue 27 this month.
Britten’s Canticles Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring tenors Tom Smith and Rhodri Jones.
Dick Pearce with Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. Second Wednesday of every month.
Take That + All Saints Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 5pm, £55-£95. Info 0870 400004. Nineties pop behemoths rock Swansea City’s park with the mechanical efficiency of an Alfie Mawson clearance upfield.
The Strypes The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Blues-rock retroids. In their promo pic one of them has started dressing as a schoolboy, despite having been an actual schoolboy not that long ago. Bit weird.
Wales International Academy Of Voice Recital Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. With Dennis O’Neill.
thursday 15
All We Are Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. This band are signed to Domino Records but I don’t know anything else about them.
Atlas Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert 4 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£37. Info 029 2087 8444. Tomáš Hanus conducts the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales and these performers: Anush Hovhannisyan, Dominic Barberi, Catriona Morison, Kang Wang and Barnokhon Ismatullaeva.
Clouds Harp Quartet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01874 611622.
Dan Walsh Crindau Constitutional Club , Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Jazz Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
John Owen Jones Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £18. Info 0800 0147111. Former Phantom in the Phantom sings some songs. In Aberystwyth tomorrow; Blackwood Tue 20.
Lisa Knapp Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £13.50/£12.50. Info 01982 552555. In Cardigan tomorrow.
Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Solo piano recital.
Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 8pm, £15. Info 07900 314245. Opening event of this year’s Swansea International Jazz Festival. All ticketed shows are here or the Dylan Thomas Centre and it runs until Sun 18.
NC Sessions Nolton Corner, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 655015. Live acoustic acts, every third Thursday of the month.
Peter Jagger The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Pi & Hash The Moon, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Local music showcase, acts TBC.
Thee Manatees Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933. Local twangy country/garage band launch a new EP.
R Toriah Fontaine Duo Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Thurs 29 this month.
friday 16
Abba Revival Chepstow Racecourse. 3.25pm, £22-£29 adv. Info 01291 622260. Seven horse races, food and drink and an Abba cover band.
A Celebration Of John Denver Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £18.50/£16.50. Info 01495 227206. Tribute show.
Alexi Tuomarila Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. Jazz pianist.
Alison Rayner Quintet Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. Jazz.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Song Prize Final St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20/£15 season ticket holders. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring five singers deemed to have won the previous rounds.
Black Peaches + Jack Ellis Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff debut for the headliners, who feature Rob Smoughton from Hot Chip.
Bon Giovi Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £15. Info 01600 772467. Bon Jovi tribute band.
Brahms’ Liebeslieder Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. With the Royal Welsh College Singers.
Catrin Finch’s Classical Cafe Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv/£7.50 early bird. Info 029 2089 0862.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Dicky Heart & The Murmurs Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
*Flowers Must Die + Deep Hum The Moon, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Second chance for a gig booked here for late April, in fact one day before the venue reopened again. FMD are a trippsy psych band from Sweden on the Rocket label and Deep Hum are from Blackwood.
Jeff Hooper Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2-4pm, £10. Info 01633 263670. Big band/swing vocalist.
Jesus Jones The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Early-90s indie band, briefly popular, had “a dance element to their music”.
Joe Stilgoe: Songs On Film Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 9.15pm, £20. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
John Owen Jones Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18. Info 01970 623232.
Lisa Knapp Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 8pm, £3-£13.50. Info 01239 621200.
Live Wire St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 01446 799100. AC/DC tribute.
Oceans Ate Alaska + Napoleon + Carcer City + Dead Sea Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Off The Record The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Pat Smith & Ned Clamp The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. A Valley Folk Club night.
Paul Ashton Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Peter Jagger Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7pm, £3.50/£1.50 for performers. Info derek@
rumneyfolkclub.co.uk. Monthly night.
Sunjay West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01446 735739. Folk/blues solo artist. A Roots N All gig.
Stan Tracey Legacy Octet Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 7-8.50pm, £15. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
R Swansea International Jazz Festival – Free Fringe Events Various venues, Swansea. 12.30pm-12am, free. Info 07802 912789. Today features Dave Cottle & Amy Watson (Cafe TwoCann, 12.30pm); Brian Breeze Band (Queens Hotel, 3.30pm); Afternoon In Paris (The Swigg, 4pm); Guardaalvaca De Cuba (Pumphouse, 4.30pm); Groucho Club (Riverhouse, 5.30pm); John Paul Gard (Dylan Thomas Centre, 7.45pm) and a Jazz Jam Session (No.6, 10.30pm). Sat 17: Bridgend Big Band (Dylan Thomas Centre, 11.30am); Steve Williams Trio (Village Hotel, 12.30pm); Carmarthen/Swansea & Cardiff Schools Big Band (National Waterfront Museum, 12.30pm); Claire Hingott with Graham Watkins Trio (Cafe TwoCann, 1pm); Chris Maddocki/Amy Walton Collective (No.6, 1.30pm); Albino Frogs (Pumphouse, 1.30pm); Taff Williams with Stringfellows (Riverhouse, 1.30pm); Kevin Bolton Quintet (The Swigg, 2.30pm); RWCMD Big Band (National Waterfront Museum, 3pm); The Jazz Divas (Swansea Museum, 3pm); Afternoon In Paris (Yacht Club, 3pm); Fiesta Resistance (Garbo’s, 3pm); John Dignan Trio (Queens Hotel, 3.30pm); Statoil Big Band (Dylan Thomas Centre, 3.30pm); Steve Williams Trio (Copper Jack, 4pm); The Cottle Brothers (Pumphouse, 4.30pm); Li Harding & Gary Phillips Trio (Riverhouse, 4.30pm); The Heidelberg Clones (Tinos, 6pm); The Jazz Outlaws (Dylan Thomas Centre, 7.45pm) and a Jazz Jam Session (No.6, 10.30pm). Sun 18: Statoil Big Band (Dylan Thomas Theatre, 11am); Tin Pan (Dylan Thomas Centre, 11am); Rob Baron Trio (Gigi Goa’s, 12.30am); Will Barnes Trio (Cafe TwoCann, 1pm); Taff Williams with Stringfellows (Pumphouse, 1.30pm); Jazz Africana (Riverhouse, 2.30pm); Duski (Swansea Museum, 2.30pm); Steve Williams Trio (Yacht Club, 3pm); Constellation Big Band (Dylan Thomas Centre, 3pm); Liberty Street Band (Copper Jack, 4pm); Hot Club Gallois (Garbos, 4.30pm); Bruce Adams/Alan Barnes Quintet (Queens Hotel, 4.30pm); Chums (Pumphouse, 5.30pm); The Groove Project (Riverhouse, 5.30pm) and Amigos Gypsy Jazz Club with Bethan Frieze (Dylan Thomas Centre, 7pm). (Until Sun 18)
Sweet Baboo + Castles Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Babs has his new album reviewed in this issue.
The Bella Collins Trio Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
The Jokers Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07970 063107.
R Unearthed In A Field Yurt Field, nr Solva, Haverfordwest. 12pm, £85 weekend/£55 ages 12-17 or 75+£40 per day. Info www.unearthedinafield.co.uk. See Music for more on this festival. Here’s the music in question: Meic Stevens, Natty & The Rebel Ship, Soom T, Boy Azooga, Classic Wonder Veterans feat Solo Banton, Mount Nakara, Climbing Trees, Sky Barkers, The Goat Roper Rodeo Band, Maya Mitten, I See Rivers, Shire Roots, Ponyland, Toby Hay, Jodie Marie, Daisy B, Dylemma Collective, Timballi, Shanna Mandira, Cynefin, Troupe Gnawa, Uncle FunkEarthdance Shamanic Dance, Gary Aston and Jim Ghedi. Plus speakers, performers and interesting food and drink. (Until Sun 18)
saturday 17
R Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2063 6464. Longstanding ‘alternative comedian’ does his cabaret-ish renditions of Len classics with his backing band The Smithereens, who I assume are not the American powerpop group of the same name. On tomorrow also.
Bach To Baby The Riverfront, Newport. 11am, £6/£4.50/free under-2s. Info 01633 656757. Concert series designed for babbies and presented as part of the Lower Machen Festival.
Base Wave The Neon, Newport. 7-11pm, £10 adv/£25 VIP. Info 01633 533666. New school of UK rap here, with sets from 67, Baseman, Lotto Boyz, Lz Dinero, JB Scofield and LR.
Bon Jovi Forever Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. Tribute band.
Brix Smith The Tabernacle, Talgarth. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected]. Ex of The Fall, and the marriage vows of Mark E Smith, there are still tickets available for this teeny venue at the time of writing, but that’s early May.
Dominic Kirwan & Lisa Stanley The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01633 656757. Irish singing duo.
Elasea + Ghosts As Alibis The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info facebook.com/
thepitswansea.
*Forced Order + Rancour + Chamber + Target Lock Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2037 3144. CCNB presnts some burly hardcore bands, the headliners hailing from California and being signed to Revelation Records.
Fraser & The Alibis Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 3.20-4.40pm, £10/£6 under-16s. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
Hells Bells The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. AC/DC tribute.
Jack The Biscuit Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Junior Bill The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Michala Petri & Mahan Esfahani Gregynog, Tregynon, Powys. 7.30pm, £20/£10. Info 01686 207100. Recorder and harpsichord recital. Gregynog Festival event.
Midmad 2017 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 11am-10pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Annual festival with a family-friendly vibe and live music from The Mighty FUOD, Achannak (bhangra), Ric Lloyd And The Boogilators and more TBC.
Mr Fishy Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Panic Room Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2089 0862. Part-Welsh band whose biog is a few hundred words of ridiculously gushing praise which avoids saying what kind of music they play. I think it’s a sort of MOR/prog affair.
Peter Jagger The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Plu Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415. Welsh folkies.
Quay Street Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8.30pm, £5-£8. Info 07818 056599.
Ruby Turner Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 9.15pm, £25. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
Snatch It Back Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Blues.
Sons Of Liberty The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.
Stipe Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01874 611622. REM tribute who are new to me, in the sense that I’ve not typed their name into these listings 50000000 times like most other tribute bands.
The Bryan Adams Experience The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01685 387925.
The Cory Band Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16-£24.50. Info 01792 475715.
The Dolly Parton Experience Maesteg Town Hall. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01656 733269.
The Hindenburgs Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Led Zeppelin tribute.
The Oikos Trio Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 12-1.20pm, £10/£6 under-16s. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £17.50-£19.50. Info 01646 695267. Tribute show, also in Swansea on Mon 26, Newport on Wed 28 and doubtless in various regional theatres until the earth burns to a crisp.
The Skeleton/Skinner Best Of Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 7-8.50pm, £15. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
The Tony O’Malley Band Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1.40-3pm, £10/£6 under-16s. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
Winners’ Grand Concert – Abergavenny Eisteddfod Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01873 850805.
sunday 18
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
All Fired Up Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 8.45pm, £25. Info 07900 314245. Musicians from the Strictly Come Dancing band play the music of Earth Wind & Fire. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Final St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £28-£65. Info 029 2087 8444. Competing singers will be accompanied by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Thomas Søndergård and Tomáš Hanus.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Chris Ingham Quartet Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 6.30-8.20pm, £10. Info 07900 314245. Performing ‘the jazz of Dudley Moore’. Might come along and request He’s Got The Horn repeatedly.
Dan Hooper Duo Bootlegger, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Gruig The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Junior Hacksaw Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Liane Carroll Trio Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 3.20-4.40pm, £10/£6 under-16s. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
Power Of Gower Festival Big Band Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 12-1.20pm, £10/£6 under-16s. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
Remi Harris Trio Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1.40-3pm, £10/£6 under-16s. Info 07900 314245. Swansea International Jazz Festival performance.
Rivercar Consort Gregynog, Tregynon, Powys. 7.30pm, £20/£10. Info 01686 207100. Belgian quintet perform works by Bach, Purcell, Lawes, Rameau and Marais. Gregynog Festival event.
Rory Indiana + Donnie Willow + Half Blind The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info facebook.com/
thepitswansea.
Tom Clarke + Sean McGowan + Ravellas The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Clarke is the singer in The Enemy, landfill indie band from Coventry, and this show appears to be sold out.
monday 19
Dom Norcross Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Glass Caves + Himalayas + Fossette Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2022 8883.
*The Space Lady + Snacks + The Twelve Hour Foundation Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 8pm. Info 029 2023 3658. See Music for more on this outsider music ledge.
tuesday 20
Ben McManus & Clara Delfina Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933. Welsh-American bluegrass duo with a new album. Ben wrote a blog for Buzz’s website recently about his time in the USA.
Dan Phelps Classical Trio St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3-4pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100. Cafe concert. Price includes a cuppa and a bit of cake.
John Owen Jones Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £18.50. Info 01495 227206.
Neil Younger + Kingson The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, pay by donation. Info [email protected]. Headlner is a Neil Young tribute act.
Phil Wall’s Jazz Cardinals Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
wednesday 21
Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
A Musical Journey The Met, Abertillery. 2pm, £7. Info 01495 355800. Featuring Craig James and Jason Price.
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £22.50/£21.50. Info 01495 227206.
Carter Sampson + Little Folk + Bryony Sier Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Country rock kinda fare courtesy of Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.
Ian Stoutzker Prize: The Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring competitors George Fradley, Grant Jameson, Rhodri Jones, Blaise Malaba Kaumbu and Charlotte MacClure.
Jane Williams Bootlegger, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Robbie Williams + Erasure Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 5pm, £65-£99. Info 08442 777888. This tour is titled The Heavy Entertainment Show, which may cause you to remember when Robbie Williams put on lots of weight. We have an Erasure interview Upfront in this issue.
The Celtic Journey – Creeds Cross Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01633 868239.
The Searchers Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £21 adv. Info 0845 2263510.
Tom Harris / Dick Hamer Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
thursday 22
Beverley Knight St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £19.50-£99. Info 029 2087 8444. Top ticket price gets you VIP treatment, which has all the same kind of stuff as the other VIP packages they do here.
Declan McKenna Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Elinor Bennett Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Harp recital.
Mary Wilson Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £28.50. Info 01656 815995. Mary was in The Supremes so deserves your love and adoration. Is this gig the best vessel for that love? Maybe.
Pighead + Visions Of Disfigurement Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107. German br00tal death metal band headline.
The Mañana Collective Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Searchers Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01633 868239.
Tobias The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
friday 23
BBC NOW: Tales Of Travel 3 Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £10-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Tommy Andersson conducts a programme of Bartók, Prokofiev and Korngold.
Ben Huws Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 8.30pm, £16/£14 adv. Info 01495 227206.
Delta Autumn Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. UK band on a kind of live electronica tip.
Genevieve And The Lovemakers Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Home Wrecked + Reckless Intentions Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107.
Larger Than Life! Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Mike Dennis The Moon, Cardiff. Free. Info [email protected]. Playing the first night of this year’s Glasnost, which is free all weekend.
Phosphenes + Boris A Bono + Johana Hartwig Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are playing their debut gig and do a sort of dub/synthpop/folk thing.
Poetic Justice Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 8pm. Info 029 2023 3658.
Rachel B The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Ron King’s Rhythm Aces Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Shirley Bassey: This Is Me Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01874 611622. Tribute show with Rachel Roberts as Bassey.
Simon Spillett, Clive Morton, Jim Barber & Martin Fisher The Open Hearth, Pontypool. 8.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Jazz At The Open Hearth night.
Skinny White Boy Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Steve Williams Trio Welcome To Town, Llanrhidian, Swansea. 8.30pm, free. Info 01792 390015.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Jive Aces Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 0845 2263510.
The Manana Collective Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info 029 2089 0862.
The Tates + Adwaith + Los Blancos The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £3. Info 01267 231012. Also featuring a DJ set from Hotel Del Salto.
R Ukulele Festival Of Wales Gower Inn / Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. £27/£25 (weekend)/£6.80/£5.80 (Saturday day)/£15/£14 (Saturday evening)/£10/£9 (Sunday). Info 01792 371206. Featuring, as well, as various workshops, sessions, stalls etc, performances from these people: SuperUkes, Plucking Fourstrings, Sarah Kelly, Ukulele Uff & Lonesome Dave Trio, Chonkinfeckle, Gary Phillips Amigos, Swansea Ukulele Club, The Fflip Fflops, Swansea String Band, Matt Hicks, Peter Moss and AD Cooke. Today is at the Gower Inn, tomorrow and Sun 25 at the Heritage Centre. (Until Sun 25)
Valleys Folk Ceilidh Blaenavon Rugby Club. 7.30-10.30pm, £3. Info 01495 790446.
saturday 24
Bohemians Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £15. Info 01834 869323. Queen tribute band. Roger Taylor says they’re “uncanny”. Mind you, in 1994 he also said “we gotta stop those stinking Nazis,” and that didn’t turn out great.
Brenig Park Lodge, Morfa Lane, Carmarthen. 2-4pm, free. Info 07468 528933. Hosted by Rewired Music, with more bands TBC.
Children Of The Gravy Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Black Sabbath tribute.
Classic Intensions The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Crime & Punishment 2011 + Gilmour + Week In Week Out + Penny Rich + Pink Violence Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Dictaphone Devil The Albany, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1075. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Firewoodisland The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 029 2048 3344.
*Il Conciorto Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. This is an Italian duo who play songs about vegetables, and growing vegetables, with vegetables used as musical instruments. They attach contact mics so they make a sound when you press them. This is basically the same idea as an Austrian group who did it first but it’s probably fun to watch.
Indigo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Last Night Of The Proms Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 0845 2263510. With lots of local choirs.
Mansel Davies Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Mod Fest At The Beach Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £30. Info 01656 815995. Featuring sets by Secret Affair, The Lambrettas, Special Brew and Deep Six; DJ sets from Darren Bennett and Siobhan Nolan-Farmer. Hosted by Jenny Bellestar Matthias.
Rachel B Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Revolver The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.
R Summer Vibes Festival 2017 The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 5-10.30pm, £7/£10 both days. Info 01685 387925. Today: Tracy Island, The Dole Age, Fearless And The Brave, New Revival, The Homegrown, Blank Atlas and The Pitchforks. Tomorrow: Chapel Row, Bandicoot, The Marks Cartel, Mellt, Hangmen, Glassholes and Kaysha Louvain.
The Cinematic Orchestra Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Orchestral electronica types. Don’t know what kind of setup this show will feature, guessing a reasonably lavish one for your £26 ticket.
The Darling Buds + Bedford Falls Le Pub, Newport. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01633 221477. Newport indie veterans, reformed a few years ago, headline.
The D Teez + Conners & The Con Men The Moon, Cardiff. Free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Cardiff Foodbank fundraiser gig.
The Goodwater The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01497 821762. Old-school R&B band.
The Hold Up: Inner City Cypher Oner Signs, Cardiff. 1-5pm, free. Info 029 2037 1231. Monthly hip-hop session inviting MCs, beatboxers, DJs etc down to jam.
The Roy Orbison Story St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show.
The Sounds Of Simon Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £19/£18. Info 01633 868239. Simon & Garfunkel tribute.
The Southmartins Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Housemartins/Beautiful South tribute.
The Story Of Guitar Heroes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 0800 0147111. This seems to be a combo of theatre and live guitar renditions of dadrock classics. In recent years I’ve gone from being really belligerent about tribute bands, to not really caring, and am working my way back to belligerent again as a result of blocks of gig listings like the last four on this page.
Toriah Fontaine Band Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
sunday 25
Heavy Quartet The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Sibling + Larkhill + Tom Aylott Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477.
The Chalk Outlines + Tendons + The Brwmys + Ofelia + Little Folk + Cwcw + Gemma And The Owls + Eleri Angharad The Moon, Cardiff. 2pm, £4. Info [email protected]. Folky indie alldayer.
The Jacksons Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £45-£75. Info 029 2022 4488. See Upfront for an interview with two of the hitmaking brood.
monday 26
Afternoon In Paris Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2.50 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
Gwent Music Summer Showcase St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.50-£11.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring pupils from Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.
*Madball + Grove Street Families + Guilt Trip Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. New York hardcore monsters, last seen in Cardiff providing unlikely arena support to Limp Bizkit and Korn, make matters a bit more freakin’ intimate, ya get me?
The Simon & Garfunkel Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01792 475715.
tuesday 27
Bella Collins Bootlegger, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Brian Copsey Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Acoustic set from a mid-Wales resident whose self-penned biography on the venue website hs something of the Les McQueens about it.
Rachel Newton Band St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £15/£15. Info 029 2087 8444. UK folk singer plays Roots Unearthed gig.
Safari Gold + Emirae Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Dave Smith Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
wednesday 28
Cage The Elephant + Spring King Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
Creeds Cross: The Celtic Journey Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01646 695267. Irish music-with-a-bit-of-dance show.
Jack Ellis + Chroma + The Moon Birds The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8.30-10.30pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.
Kaz Hawkins Band Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510. Blues.
Llewellyn Ifan Jones Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £5.50. Info 01656 815995. Lunchtime harp recital.
Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£6 under-25s. Info 029 2087 8444. David Jones conducts a programme of three Strauss works.
Sandy Brechin & Ewan Wilkinson Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £21/£19. Info 01633 656757.
UltraFaux Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12. Info 07802 912789.
thursday 29
Albert Lee + Glas Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25/£20 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Top rated bluesman plays intimate club.
An Afternoon With Strike A Chord Cymru Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 868239. Afternoon choral performance.
Bruce Barthol Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8.30pm. Info 07818 056599. This guy was in Country Joe & The Fish at some point.
Coco Xu Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Danielle Lewis + Nia Ann + Eädyth + Lily Beau Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933. Presented by Beers Over Tears.
Graham Watkins Quartet feat. Clare Hingott Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Jazz.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Kamikaze Girls + Nervus + Disjoy + Spoon Race Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Punky indie-y bands presented by DIY Cardiff.
Lowri Evans & Lee Mason Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725.
Mercury Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01792 475715. Queen tribute band.
Mothership + Poseidon Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 07970 063107. Stoner rock.
Swallows + Hayworth + Amère + A Night Like This + Truenorth The Duke, Neath. 7pm. Info 01639 643892.
Tobias Robertson’s Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
friday 30
Belleville Rouge Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Bronwen Welcome To Town, Llanrhidian, Swansea. 8.30pm, free. Info 01792 390015.
Crawlback Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407.
Elvis Legacy Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £39. Info 029 2070 5391. With Mark Summers.
Justin Bieber + Halsey Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 6pm, £50-£85. Info 08442 777888. There have been posters for this show up around Cardiff since last year and every time I see one from a bus window or whatever, I think for about half a second it’s a Pentagram poster because the guy who designed Biebs’ logo paid tribute to it. Or copied it, some might say.
Like A Lion The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Peter Jagger White Horse, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 652583. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Punchline Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rattlesnake Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
R Slugfest The Dolls House, Abertillery. Free. Info 01495 213300. Not, as you may have thought, a conference for centrist Labour Party members, this annual weekender serves up punk, rock, metal and garage and raises money for charity. Today features The Bus Station Loonies, Hacksaw, 2 Sick Monkeys, Brocker, Pizzatramp and Gung Ho. Sat 1 July: Bay City Roiders, Scarsun, ATOT, Beneath The Divine, 8.4%, A Noise, Deathtraps, We Come From Ashes, The Broken Bones Gentlemen’s Club, Flash House, The Blunders, Brassick, The Black Bullets, Stay Voiceless, Scumbag Millionaire, JD And The FDCs and Christmas. Sun 2 July: acoustic acts TBC. (Until Sun 2 July)
Soul In Motion Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 772467. Soul covers party band.
R Surplus Festival Oaklands Organic Farm, Bonvilston, Vale Of Glamorgan. 4pm, £65 weekend/free under-16s. Info [email protected]. Another three-day bash for those who like their hippy, trancey, crusty punky etc sounds. Running order TBC but stage by stage it’s like so. Crow Stage: RDF, Dub The Earth, Tribazik, The Sporadics, Captain Accident & The Disasters, Black Star Dub Collective, Omega Tribe (cool!), Autonomads, Kilnaboy, Gung Ho, Skraelings, Prolefeed, P.A.I.N., Defekters, Dohnut, The Bungle Cult, Mental Block, Reality Attack, The Lagan, Cartoon Violence and Dirty Twisters. Levitation Stage: Hawklords, AOS3, Kangaroo Moon, Flutatious, Lacertilia, Sacred Geometry Band, Elephant Tree, Black Light Secret, Cybernetic Witch Cult, Shom, Cavalli, Trevor’s Head, Sendelica, Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters, Buff, Spacedogs, The Chalk Outlines, Dharma Violets, The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk and Spiral Navigators. The Incubator: A.Paul, Chris Liberator, Dare&Haste, Tassid, Taffari Takeover, Rezaloot, Decipha, Mappmaker, Mazar, P-tay, Tekart, Dirty Chronic, Mr. Chuffed, Blap, Doug Graves, Max Volume, Lee Graves, Jules Wyl & Luke Winds, Cromlab, Blake Parker b2b Jason Wilkinson, Corey Lewis, Smarty, 4G b2b 2speed, Louise Plusone, Benji 303, Suss Twins, Leroy, Fattman b2b Salted Slug, Rage ‘N’ Tekhead, Donut, Welsh Stan and Angel Actual. Something Different Stage: Slamfish, Crystalogic, Iolo, Nocturnal Project, Toxic Tegan, Mr Chuffed, Fattman b2b Salted Slug, Kryptic Void, DJ Rev Dread, Michaela, The DMT Experiment, Omni, Kabbalien, Sanial, Seritone, Kazmik, Runo B, Tiddles, Torrie Crow Dub, G.E.O.R.G.E. and DJ Sensible. Tavarn Llwyth: Gavin Woo, Shagg Waan, Kane ‘N’ Abels, Yogo Crow Vinyl, DJ Rascal, DJ Tenov, Flapsandwich, DJ Tommytank, Trans Irie Nation, Doghouse, Rev Dread, Clusterfuck, Lou Noble, Ru-dilator, Squid Boy, Joe Yorke, Pryme Cut Collective, Sean Llewelyn, Kath Allen, Doozer Mcdooze, Myrtle & Clive, Tracey Curtis, Paul Divers and Cosmo. (Until Sun 3)
Swallows + Hayworth Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 07970 063107.
The Hangmen + Melt The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
The Phoenix Choir Of Wales Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 01792 602060.
The Villagers The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Tobias Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Voices On The Bridge Pontypridd Museum. 7-10pm, free. Info 01443 490748. Music and poetry evening