THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY
Billy Lockett Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Cancel The Tramsmission + Just Drive + Planet Pilots + Windshake Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
Electric Soup V M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5/£4.50 adv. Info 029 2047 3373. Leftfield music with live sets from Smudges, Lecu, Octic, Parcs and Teddy Hunter.
Faith – The George Michael Legacy St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show, with Wayne Dilks taking the main role.
RFrankie Weeson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. Every Thursday this month.
Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, from £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Hegsy & The Elements The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Laura Power + Aled Rheon + Kingson NosDa, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. A Live By The River night presented by U&I Radio.
Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£24. Info 029 2039 1391. Esteemed concert pianist with a Schubert-centric recital.
Magical Mozart By Candlelight Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £18.50/£17.50. Info 01495 227206. With the European Baroque Ensemble.
Pasadena Roof Orchestra Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01792 475715.
Profoundly Blue Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Jazz concert celebrating the music of clarinettist Edmond Hall.
Rapsquillion Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
Rhys Sutcliffe + Georgia Fearn The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £3. Info 01267 231012.
The Surrenders + Local Enemy + Parish + Socket The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY
Allegri Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Dirty Alex Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Local hip-hop group.
Fire Fences + Whiskey Lies + Just Drive Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £2. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Hotter Than Hell The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Kiss tribute band.
I Am Drug + Nigel The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
John Godwin The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235. Live music here every Friday.
Kill 66 Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rock covers.
Let The Music Play Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18-£20.50. Info 01792 475715. A celebration of the music of Barry White led by William Hicks, no relation to the deceased Texan comedian.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Marmozets Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. UK rock band.
Musical Masterpieces: Kenneth Hamilton Cardiff University Concert Hall. 1.15-2pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. Piano recital.
Out Of The Black District Club, Pontypridd. 9pm. Info 01443 402550. Hard rock covers.
Paige Kenzie Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Paul Carrack St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £41/£34. Info 029 2087 8444. It’s rare that I’ve been inspired to say something about Paul Carrack in the 15-20 previous times I’ve typed his name in these listings, and this occasion will be no different.
Penni Ediker, Stef Balesi & Jonathan Shorland St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. A Pentreffest Noz folk night.
Punchline Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rachel B The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Smiling Tigers + Dead At 27 + Jacdo + State Flow The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected]. This is heat one of a series called Battle For Byline, whatever that means, and heats 2-5 are on Fri 9, Fri 16, Fri 23 and Fri 2 Mar, with the final on Fri 23 Mar.
Spring King + Fizzy Blood + Buzzard Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie. In Swansea on Sun 4.
Sultans Of String Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £16/£11 adv. Info 01834 869323.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Lost Will And Testament Of Jake Thackray Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 772467. Tribute to 1960s British songwriter.
The Opera Boys Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £22/£20. Info 0845 2263510. Ah, the boys, who sing opera.
Tom Emlyn + Felix Subway + Gareth Davies + Neil Clarke Creature Sound, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 301178.
Tusk + Head Noise The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free.. Info 01639 643892. Last ever gig for the fuzzy indie headliners.
Whitney – Queen Of The Night The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24/£22. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY
RAcoustic Duos The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235. Local acts here every Saturday.
Black Coast + Wars + Enmerkar Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
Captain Cat & The Sailors The Last Resort, Swansea. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Chris Phillips + 4brothers + Scott Howells + Heavy Flames The Tabernacle, Talgarth. 7.30pm, £3. Info [email protected]. Album launch gig for headliner.
Falling From Grace The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Fighting Fifth Husky + I Am Drug The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Filthy/Gorgeous Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
*Frauds + John + Twisted Ankle The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Neato noisy rock bands presented by Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1.
Georgia Paterson The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599.
Lacertilia + The Biggext Thing Since Powdered Milk + Cybernetic Witch Cult + Not Since The Accident Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Fifth birthday gig for the stoner-psych-rock headliners.
Legend: The Bob Marley Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Macmillan Rocks Pembrokeshire Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7pm, £13.50/£12.50. Info 01646 695267. Charity night featuring The Jumping Fleas, The Stackpole Singers, Savanah and Jack Sound
Matt Woosey Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Mr Hate Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Mr Woodnote & The Most Trio The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6. Info 01497 821762.
Nathan Carter St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28/£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Irish pop sensation.
Peepshow Jac’s, Aberdare. 8pm, free. Info 01685 879491. Playing after the rugby finishes.
Rachel B Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Sam Walters The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. Playing in sibling venue Browns tomorrow.
Sigiriya + Groundnuts & Independents + Iron Gosling The Garage, Swansea. 8pm-3am, £5. Info 01792 475147. Local doom metal and punk bands. DJs in between/after the bands, which I imagine explains the 3am finish time.
That Guy We Saw Last Night Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Crackers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Magic Of Motown Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £24/£22.50. Info 0845 2263510.
Tree House Fire Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY
Hold Up!! Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 8pm-2am. Info 029 2009 5590. Hip-hop, rap and grime from live acts and DJs, on every first Saturday of the month here if this launch night goes well.
Old Strafford + Martin Arundel The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7pm, £5. Info 01267 231012. Blues and Americana.
Open Mic/Karaoke Jac’s, Aberdare. 4pm, free. Info 01685 879491.
Sam Walters Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Slowest Lift + Seth Cooke + Deaf Pictures Spit & Sawdust, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3.50 adv. Info 029 2049 4741. Experimental music in this skatepark/art space. hosted by Phantomhead Recordings aka Ian Watson.
Spring King + Fizzy Blood + Bandicoot Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 468892.
RSteve Tarner Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. Every Sunday this month.
Strange Bones Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Railsplitters Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. Colorado bluegrass band.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675. Open mic night presented by Nailed It Events.
The Sunday Sessions: The Mignonettes Octavo’s Wine Bar, Cardiff Bay. 2-4.30pm, free. Info 029 2049 1220.
The Wedding Present + Dexy The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. Indie veterans with another of their 30th anniversary album shows, this time for Tommy. Wonder if they’ll be around to do a 30th anniversary show for whatever their new album was when they started doing these 30th anniversary shows.
MONDAY 5 FEBRUARY
Brunel + Bicycle Thieves + The Earth & Me + Fallow Undertone, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Hosted by DIY Cardiff.
Ceredigion Music Service Senior Ensembles Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Info 01970 623232.
Ian Stoutzker Prize: Semi-Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
RLive Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Here every Monday.
Rat Boy Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
Raveneye + Skam The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Hard rockers.
RUkulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
RChamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Foyer performances, every Tuesday until 22 Mar.
Christine Tobin Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. See Music.
Chris Wood St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £16/£15 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. Roots Unearthed gig. We previewed Chris a few months back and he is also discussed in the RU monthly column. In Ammanford tomorrow.
RCommunity Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Dave Smith Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Ellen Williams & Gwenllian Llyr Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £5.50. Info 01656 815995. Classical duo’s lunchtime recital.
Esprit D’Air + Stereo Juggernaut Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2031 0312. Headliners are a Japanese rock band based in London.
Jennifer Ku Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Recital in the International Piano Series.
ROpen Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Every Tuesday.
ROpen Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Orphan Colours + Violent Hearts + Holy Dog The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £12/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners include members of Noah & The Whale.
Scarlet + Death And The Penguin + Tropix Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933..
Sinfonia Cymru St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2087 8444. Lunchtime concert, pay what you feel to be fit.
The Sounds Of Black Uhuru Performed By Mykal Rose The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. It looks like there are two active versions of reggae legends Black Uhuru at the moment, so I can’t say how dignified this all is, but they did some class tunes so with a good band this might be worth a punt.
The Word Alive + The Color Morale + Like Moths To A Flame Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £13. Info 029 2023 2199.
WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY
American Masters: Royal Welsh College Percussion And Piano Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Aniya Savage + Stephen Beebout + James Ewan Tait Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
RBandaoke 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.
RBella & Gareth Blues Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 21.
Chris Wood Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510.
Goodkatz, Gethin Liddington & Richard West Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Jam Night The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, free. Info 01267 231012.
Lipstick On Your Collar Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16.50-£20.50. Info 01792 475715. Hits from the 50s and 60s.
Neath Folk Club The Canterbury Arms, Neath. 6-11pm, free. Info 01639 642210.
ROpen Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.
ROpen Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.
Phil Beer The Muse, Brecon. 7.30pm. Info 07791 654799. Brecon Folk Club night.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5. Info 01633 656757. Performing works by Mozart, Britten and Bach.
The Brother Brothers Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night for these Brooklyn-based twins. In Abergavenny tomorrow.
Vincent Herring Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £15. Info 07802 912789.
Will Black The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Canadian rock musician who I imagine has a selective, yet deeply loyal fanbase plays a 150-minute set of originals and covers.
Will Varley + Ida Mae + Sean Macgowan The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888.
THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY
BBC NOW: Sibelius 5 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£40. Info 029 2087 8444. Conducted by Thomas Søndergård. In Swansea tomorrow.
El Morgan & The Divers + Windshake + Salvador Sanchez Mozarts, Swansea. 8pm, £4. Info 01792 649984. Folky country type solo artist headlines with two local supports.
Fallen Temples + 100,000 Bodybags + Red And The Hogweeds The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £2. Info 01267 231012.
Harp And A Monkey The Muse, Brecon. 7.30pm. Info 01970 880855. Aberystwyth Folk Club night.
Haus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. London indie quintet.
Henry Marten’s Ghost The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Keith James Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 01646 695267. Playing his Leonard Cohen tribute set.
Max Wright Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Mud On The Tyres The Unicorn, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 751304. Folk night.
Perp Posse + Trials + Owth + Kayak The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected]. This night is titled True Dirt: Untapped and is a live electronica showcase.
The Blinders The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 07590 471888. Political punk rock and psychedelic poetry, it says here.
The Brother Brothers The Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30-9.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 736430.
FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY
AFBOB The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235.
Alys Williams + Iwan Huws St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Presented by Twrw.
Bass 12 + Wonderbrass Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Monthly Brass Takeover night, the last one in a two-year run in fact.
BBC NOW: Sibelius 5 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£20. Info 01792 475715.
Bootleg Blondie Duo Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £13.75. Info 01792 863722. Blondie tribute act. If they are only a duo, who’s the non-Debbie Harry member supposed to be emulating?
Breabach The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 843163. UK roots band. In Abergavenny on Sat 10.
Calypso The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Children Of The Gravy Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07512 237983. Black Sabbath tribute.
Chris Kelly Black Lion Llandaff, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2056 7312. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Eddie Martin The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £10. Info 01600 772467. British blues-rocker.
Forgotten Remains +M Democratus The Duke, Neath. 7pm.. Info 01639 643892. Extreme metal.
Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Green Haze + 182 The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tributes to Green Day and Blink 182.
Guilty Pleasures The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. This looks to be a Bandaoke type setup where a house band plus guest singers will perform ‘guilty pleasure’ songs. Catch me at the bar trying to talk to strangers about how the concept of guilty pleasures is rockist, classist and otherwise problematic.
Joe Dolman + John Charles The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Malum Sky + Cancel The Transmission + Handsome Ape + Guilty Rascals The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Maria Marchant Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01873 850805. Piano recital.
Mark Nevin Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Fella out of Fairground Attraction.
O Duo Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv/£3 schools. Info 029 2039 1391. Percussion duo.
Ofelia + Cwcw Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01495 227206. Welsh bands presented by the Forté Project.
Punchline Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Still Crazy District Club, Pontypridd. 9pm. Info 01443 402550. Classic rock covers.
The Damned + Slim Jim Phantom Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7-11pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. First wave UK punk band Captain Sensible and Dave Vanian are still in the lineup, alongside dubstep producer Pinch, or possibly someone using the same name.
The Overtones + Jay James St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £21-£66.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Vocal harmony manboys. Top priced ticket gets you VIP stuff.
The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Jazz.
The Special Brew + Skacasm Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £13. Info 01656 815995. Ska bands play gig in aid of the Mayor Of Porthcawl’s Charity Fund.
Twrw & Dydd Miwsig Cymru Daytime Gig Castle Emporium, Cardiff. 12-8pm, free. Info 029 2023 2199. In conjunction with Clwb Ifor Bach. Bands TBC.
Walk Like A Man Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 0300 3656677. One of a bafflingly large number of tributes to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons which do the rounds. There’s another one in Blackwood this month too.
SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY
6foot7 + The Larry Fish Experiment + Hell Death Fury The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Ska-punk bands I think.
AC/DC UK The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £8/£5 adv. Info 01495 247178. Tribute band.
80s Mania Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01792 475715. Songs from the decade played by a live band and danced to by dancers. The show has been verbally endorsed by Mike Read, recently in the news for interviewing Chevy Chase in disastrous fashion.
Abstract Orchestra: J Dilla Tribute Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Late hip-hop producer’s music is reinterpreted in a live setting, by a group who have previously done the same to MF Doom.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16/£14 adv. Info 029 2062 6015.
Big Sky Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Blues Hero Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £10. Info 01834 869323. A tribute to Pat Grover, late bluesman from these parts, featuring musicians including Giles Robson, The Blue Zeroes and The Hawks.
Breabach Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01873 850805.
Don Broco Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. See Music.
Fleetingwood Mac Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.
Guilty Pleasure Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Guto Dafis & Danny Kilbride Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 491424. Welsh folk and storytelling.
Hangleton Youth Brass Band National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.
Hot Club Gallois Pyle Library, Porthcawl. 8pm, £4.50. Info 01656 815995.
RJon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £2 after 11. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Sat 17 and Sat 24.
Keith Rock Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Mudskippers The Last Resort, Swansea. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Rachel B The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
*Refugee Rights Campaign Benefit Gig Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 6pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2037 3144. Featuring live sets from CVC, Sock, Private World, French Alps Tiger and Papa Jupe’s Taurus Club; speakers and stalls from Young Socialists Cardiff; and a raffle with cool sounding prizes.
Ronnie Scott’s Soho Songbook Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz.
Rotary Young Musician Of The Year Area Final Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 2pm. Info 01982 552555.
Sinfonia Cymru Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 3pm, £10/£5 NUS. Info 0845 2263510. Performing works by Mozart, Britten and Bach.
Tarantism + Mercurius Rising + Cosmo + Brewers Daughter Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Dog on a string festival faves.
Twisted Illusion + Jupiter’s Carnival + Kinky Wizzards Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01685 879491.
U2 Baby The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Water Poets + TangleJack & Tom Bailey The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, free. Info 01267 231012.
Welsh Floyd Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599. Pink Floyd tribute band.
Wizards Of Oz The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01495 213300. Ozzy Osbourne tribute.
SUNDAY 11 FEBRUARY
British Sea Power The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Enduring indie eccentrics. Sold out.
Dom Pipkin And The Ikos Trio Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £10 adv. Info www.hangfiresouthernkitchen.com. Blues duo. A Roots N All gig.
RFolk 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 February), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 18) too.
Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026. Monthly night.
India Electric Company Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.
Lee Oliver & James McCrory Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Panic Station Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Sherlocks Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Youngish indie band.
*Wall + Peril + Private World Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Local emo, hardcore and shoegaze type bands playing in this venue’s new space, currently dubbed the Pink Room.
Willy Mason + Nina Violet Buffalo, Cardiff. 1.30- + 7pm, £15 per show. Info 029 2031 0312. American indie-country type plays a smaller than normal venue, the evening show of which sold out quickly. So he added an afternoon one, which may not be sold out.
MONDAY 12 FEBRUARY
Live Dead 69 The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Grateful Dead tribute band.
TUESDAY 13 FEBRUARY
Blue Haze Quartet The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 07791 654799. Brecon Jazz night.
Divide + Junior Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Hamell On Trial + The Abstract Man Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
OENM Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Contemporary music from a group whose name stands for Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik.
Orchestradventure! St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £3-£7. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra and aimed at young audiences.
The Ataris + Slimboy The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. The Ataris tour to mark 15 years since their So Long Astoria album. As you may have seen, the guy who played bass on it was recently arrested for telemarketing fraud, but will that take the edge off these sweet pop-punk hits tonight? Don’t bet on it!
The Hermes Experiment St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2087 8444. Youthful jazz/classical quartet whose repertoire includes Meredith Monk, which is cool.
WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY
Amigos Gypsy Orchestra Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £15. Info 07802 912789.
Bigfoot Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. American string band.
*Black Moth + Grave Lines + Made Of Teeth Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £11/£9 adv. Info 07970 063107. Neat stoner-ish London band headline.
CAVMS Youth Big Band & Torfaen Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Concert & Cakes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £4. Info 0300 0040444. Monthly performance.
*Drab Majesty + Dune Messiah + Private World The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Swine Language present some fine goth/postpunk action.
Golden Melodies with Craig & Jason The Met, Abertillery. 2pm, £8. Info 01600 772467. Price includes tea and cake.
Les Chemins De L’amour: Royal Welsh College Singers And Harpists Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Rattle On The Stovepipe Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
RSteve Harley Acoustic Trio + Beatrix Players Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Three dates for Cockney Rebel bloke and his two musician pals. All of which are sold out! (Until Sat 16)
RThe Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. Also on Wed 28.
The Lovely Eggs + Porky The Poet Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Scouse indie duo, whose album should have a review in this issue, with support from Phill Jupitus in his 80s comedy poet guise.
THURSDAY 15 FEBRUARY
Bars And Melody Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Twinky pop duo play gig rescheduled from last year.
Bay Rum Hounds Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Bridges Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Dappy Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Sold out. Which took me by surprise, I can tell you.
Death Pedals + The Vega Bodegas + Rough Music Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Noisy rock band from London headline. Think this is their last tour.
Fioled The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Bilingual live showcase presented by Pi & Hash.
Gethin Liddington Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jazz Jam Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Julian Stringle & The John Gibbon Trio Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Americana.
Peter Jagger The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Cory Band The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £8-£14. Info 01600 772467.
William Bolcom 80th Birthday Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Way Out West The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £16.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Nineties rave faves from Bristol tour again with a live set.
FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY
Alex Davies The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235.
Aubrey Parsons The Fairwater, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 3049. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Bowling For Soup + The Aquabats! + Army Of Freshmen Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £25. Info 029 2022 4488. See Upfront.
Calypso Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
*Chicos De Nazca + Flowers For Freaks The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Headliners are a Chilean psych band based in Berlin.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Seven-piece soul band.
Dr Syntax & Pete Cannon + Rufus Mufasa + Beatbox Hann Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. UK hip-hop presented by Starving Artists.
Erasure + Bright Light Bright Light St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £41.50. Info 029 2087 8444. British pop champs. Sold out.
Forever In Blue Jeans Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £19.50/£18.50. Info 01495 227206. Country and rock’n’roll tribute show.
Glas Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Greg Rowlands + Huw Pudner & Bob Thomas Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
I Fight Bears + Malum Sky + Icantdie Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £3. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Inc.A Carnegie House, Bridgend. 8pm, £8. Info 01656 815757. South Wales jazzy sorts.
Just Adele Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £17/£15. Info 01874 611622. Tribute act.
Lazarus Moon + Scarsun + Apathy Avenue + Seventh Circle The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Let’s Dance Maesteg Town Hall. 8pm, £20.50. Info 01656 733269. Bowie tribute show featuring Paul Roberts, who sung for the Stranglers for 16 years, and as such is arguably their most established frontman despite no-one really knowing who he is.
Macca, The Concert Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01656 815995. As in Paul McCartney.
Money For Nothing Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £18. Info 0300 0040444. Dire Straits tribute.
Motley Crüde+ Poizon The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Glam metal tribute bands.
Paige Kenzie The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7pm, £3.50/£1.50 for performers. Info [email protected]. Monthly night.
Septura Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Brass septet.
Sophie Crabtree + James The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Supersonic 70’s Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01834 869323. Decade-specific tribute act.
The Connections District Club, Pontypridd. 9pm. Info 01443 402550. Rock covers.
The Fused + Avalanche Party + Wych Helm + Parish Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2023 2199.
The Orange Circus Band + Little Folk The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Thirteen Stars + The King Lot + Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters + Beyond The Break Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Valentines Thank You Gig No.6 The Garage, Swansea. 7pm-1am, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. Fundraiser for fundraiser for Prostate Cancer Morriston Hospital Swansea, featuring sets by Skandalizers, The Squirts, Plastic Sam’s Stargazer, Balsamo, Collins & Hamill, the Aber Taiko Drummers and The Last Southern Ghosts.
Velvet & Stone The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
World Vs World + Second Sons + Swamp Thief Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.30pm, £2.50/£2 adv. Info 01792 301178.
Zervas & Pepper + Christopher Rees St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Local soft rock dreamer duo headline; country-flavoured songsmith Rees supports.
SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY
21st Rorke’s Drift Concert Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £10/£9. Info 01874 611622. Featuring over 100 cadet force musicians from the UK.
Anita Harris Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Songs and showbiz anecdotes.
Anvil + Traitors Gate Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £12 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Cinematically documented 80s metal survivors.
RBand Cymru 2018 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 8pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Welsh jazz/brass/wind band competition. Book in advance please. On tomorrow also.
Bandicoot + Fpssette + Tracy Island + String Theory 8 Bit Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info facebook.com/8bitswansea. High Tide present one of two gigs this month at a sort of gaming bar that changed its name to The Pit to become a rock venue, but has now changed it back because this drove away all the previous clientele.
Brass Bands Championship 2018 Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 12pm, £7-£9. Info 01656 815995.
Cardiff Sinfonietta: Liverpool Lullabies Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15.50-£21.50. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie.
Chaos Festival Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2037 3144. A intensely slamming guttural chainsaw of death metal and deathcore intensity, with the following soft boys: Unfathomable Ruination, Acranius, Korpse, Abhorrent Decimation, Human Vivisection, Sodomized Cadaver, Visions Of Disfigurement, Plague Father, Monasteries, Infected Dead, Embodiment and Cerebral Atrophy.
Choral Reflection St Peter’s Church, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir.
Damien Wilson & Adam Wakeman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Prog rockers (Damian is a seasoned hired gun in the genre; Adam is Rick’s son) playing as an acoustic duo.
Darren Eedens & The Slim Pickins The Last Resort, Swansea. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Dreadzone The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Live dub reggae sorts. Play these parts about once a year I reckon.
Georgia Patterson Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
John Mouse + My Name Is Ian Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].
Kane’d + Nasty High + Digital Criminals Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01685 879491.
Keith Rock The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Neil Younger The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Neil Young tribute.
Quercus Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £15/£10/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Jann-folk trio of June Tabor, Huw Warren and Iain Ballamy.
Rachel B Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Re Abba Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2070 7530. Abba tribute band.
Royal Scam Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8.30pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Steely Dan tribute.
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £26.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Big-via-YouTube guy who does modern pop hits in a vintage jazz dance band style. Sounds horrid to me, but not to the hundreds of people who have caused this to sell out by purchasing all the tickets.
Sister Act Live Choir St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £22/£18. Info 029 2087 8444.
SPH Band Contest Buffalo, Cardiff. 4.30pm-12am, £7. Info 029 2031 0312. Some UK-wide battle of the bands bollocks with these names playing today: Crystalline, Dead Crow, Deneon, Just Drive, Lost in Chemistry, Sensorless, State Flow and The Rotanas.
State Of Decay + Godbomber + Social Experiment The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free.. Info 01639 643892. Punk.
Synthesthesia Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7pm, £6. Info 01239 615952. Described by the venue as “an immersive journey of the senses into an abstract audio visual soundscape, humans interface with synthesisers freeing the ghosts from the machines,” this will include live electronic sets from Subversive Frequencies, Leo, Alpturer, Badshampoo, The Welsh Modular Alliance and Somatic Responses (yes!! I put their first Welsh show on you know… about 12 years after they formed). Plus AV/art type stuff from from Captain Black, Jacob Whittaker and VJ Unomass.
The Sabbath Years The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected]. Black Sabbath tribute band.
The Shakes Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Ultimate Floyd Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01495 708022. Pink Floyd tribute.
SUNDAY 18 FEBRUARY
3sticks & Chris Jewell CMC Sports And Leisure Club, UHW campus, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £10/£8 adv/£5 kids. Info 029 2039 4207. A RUFF Ceilidh night, also featuring interview guests Tiger Feet Appalachian.
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Jamie Lenman + Gender Roles + Loa Loa The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Headliner used to be in Britrock band Reuben.
Philharmonia Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3.30pm, £5-£41. Info 029 2087 8444. Jakub Hrusa conducts a programme of Beethoven and Mahler.
Reg Mex The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Sepulchre + In Which It Burns + Sound Of Insane Music The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.
Snatch It Back Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
Sun Dogs Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
MONDAY 19 FEBRUARY
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
*Farce + Runt + Asid Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2037 3144. Hardcore from London and Cardiff, expect sets as short as the band’s names.
John Mouse Spillers Records, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 4905. Instore performance to launch an album which is glowingly reviewed in this very magazine.
REPCo Philharmonia: Music Of Germany And Austria Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391.
The X Factor Live Tour Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £20. Info 029 2022 4488. Featuring Grace Davies, Kevin Davy White, Rak-Su, Matt Linnen, Lloyd Macey and The Cutkelvins, plus host Becca Dudley. Sold out.
TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY
All That Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Dead! + The Kenneths + Coroners Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
Endymion Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Chamber music group.
Lunchtime Concert Cornerstone, Cardiff. 1.10pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. New monthly concerts in this Charles Street venue, presented by the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama.
Martin & Eliza Carthy Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01239 621200. See Music. In Builth Wells tomorrow.
Money For Nothing Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01792 475715. Dire Straits tribute.
Redfaces + The Pitchforks + Bute Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Some sort of indie band from Sheffield. Fuelled By Jealous Lovers present.
REPCo: Brass Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2039 1391.
Sarah Baldock St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2087 8444. Organ recital.
Students Of Atlantic College St Donats Art Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100.
The Groucho Club The Open Hearth, Pontypool. 8.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Jazz At The Open Hearth night.
The Orielles + Buzzard + Private World Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Also featuring Hard Lines DJs.
The Script Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £45/£37.50. Info 029 2022 4488. I love to write scathing, bitchy critiques of this hitmaking Irish pop-rock trio, or ‘read The Script’. Sold out gig by the way.
Vonda Shepard Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. American pop-rock songwriter, best known for writing the Ally McBeal music.
WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY
Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
BBC NOW: Contemporary Evenings Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £11-£13. Info 029 2063 6464.
Chris Dean & Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Free Throw + Dry Jacket Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199.
Husky Loops + Silent Forum Porter’s, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Swn.
*Dtub + Ian Watson + Oliver Scott Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2039 7933. Album launch set for the headliner, aka Jaxson Payne and who I have written about admiringly in this organ before. His live sets are great and so are his releases, get down to this! Don Leisure is also DJing.
Fader + Selena In The Chapel + Jomez Beatbox + The Honest Poet Warehouse 54, Newport. 7pm, £2. Info 01633 213161.
Jessarae The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Magnum Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Hard rock.
Martin & Eliza Carthy Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01982 552555.
Paul Weller Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, £42.50. Info 029 2022 4488. See Music.
REPCo: Spectre Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2039 1391. Described as “a comprehensive experiment on improvisation in music and exploring human mind,” which sounds interesting (to me).
Richard West Experience with Alicia Hooper Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
The Gentle Good The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2048 3344. Headlining the venue’s more-or-less monthly folk night.
The Little Mix Experience Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 6.30pm, £12.50/£10.50 adv. Info 01446 738622. Tribute act.
THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Collibus + Endeavour + Insuna Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107. Prog metal bands.
Desert Mountain Tribe + Milk + Strange Cages + Soundwire The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£4.50 adv. Info [email protected]. UK psych band headline. Their singer’s name is Jonty Balls and I am definitely too mature to have spent five minutes giggling to myself at this.
Hide Your Eyes + A Night Like This + Death By Disco 8 Bit Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info facebook.com/8bitswansea.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
*Italia 90 + Disjoy + Peril Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. All My Friends and Lesson No.1 present a bill of hot to trot punk and hardcore. Headliners are from London, the other two from Cardiff.
Matthew Reid Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
NC Sessions Nolton Corner, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 655015. Live acoustic acts, every third Thursday of the month.
Paul Young The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 07590 471888. Sold out.
REPCo: Blackbird Opera Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. Extracts from Sir Walter Scott’s operas, performed by postgraduate vocal students, accompanied on piano by RWCMD’s Junior Répétiteur Fellow, Conal Bembridge- Sayers.
REPCo: Harmonie Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Works by Mozart, Strauss and Dvorak, performed in the foyer.
Smooth Operator The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Little Mix Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 6pm, £15.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
This Is Wreckage + Eva Bartok + King Juss NosDa, Cardiff. 7-11pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Noisy rock bands presented by Bywyd Records.
FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235.
Afternoon In Paris Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £3-£11. Info 01792 863722.
Andy Park The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
BBC NOW: Composition: Wales Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. New Welsh composers’ showcase.
Black Water Chemistry + Haast’s Eagled + Salt Bath + Cry Of A Cynic Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected]. Benefit gig for the Royal Gwent Hospital Neonatal Unit.
Celtic Mosh 23 Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01495 708022. With bands TBC.
Fleetwood Bac The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £16. Info 01600 772467. Fleetwood Mac tribute. In Monmouth tomorrow.
Glas Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Hello Again Neil Diamond Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01792 475715. My name’s not Neil Diamond, but hello to you anyway. Here’s a tribute act you might enjoy.
Hell’s Addiction + Dead Man’s Whiskey + Gasoline Outlaws Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Three band names which, along with that of promoters Crazy Cowboy Live Events, cause me to imagine everyone in attendance will be Tex from I’m Alan Partridge.
James Kennedy The White Horse, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 652583. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Jim Ghedi + Toby Hay Bleddfa Centre, Radnorshire. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01547 550377. Two experimental folk guitarists, Ghedi recently inspired by time spent in the Welsh countryside and Hay living in it. Ghedi is in Llandysul tomorrow.
Jimmy Osmond Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £27.50-£75. Info 01874 611622. Performing his Andy Williams tribute show, Moon River And Me. Top price is a VIP ting.
John Mouse + Chroma + Buzzard + My Name is Ian Fairwater Social Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info www.kmiyh.co.uk. Album launch gig for the headliner, also featuring an exhibition of artwork by CSAD MA Fine Artists and pizza from Dusty Knuckle.
Kelly’s Heros The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
King 810 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. American metal band who I’ve not heard, but have read their press blurbs, which make them sound very much like nu-metal while studiously trying to avoid using that term.
Manu Delago St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. See Music.
Paul Dark The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Reece + The Dark Valley + Excursia + Tight Muff The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
REPCo: Matheus Prado Septet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz group, subtitled ‘in the spirit of Kenny Wheeler’, performing in the foyer.
REPCo: RWCMD Metropole Orkest Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2039 1391.
Rinse The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Luckyman Records.
Saxon + Diamond Head + Rock Goddess Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 6.30-11pm, £28.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Triple bill of NWOBHM stalwarts. See Upfront for an interview with Biff from Saxon.
Shakatak Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 8.15pm, £22.50 adv. Info 01792 473238. Jazz-funk veterans, presented here by Swansea Jazzland.
Son Of Man The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £15/£13 adv. Info 01267 231012. Welsh rock veterans, spun off from Man and Sassafras.
Soul Stripper Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. AC/DC covers band.
That Guy We Saw Last Night Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Pistols The Vault, Swansea. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 465300. Sex Pistols tribute.
SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY
Aubrey Parsons Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £23.50/£21.50 adv. Info 01495 227206. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons tribute.
*Big Lad + Kong Lives + Blood Medals The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. The second Cosmic Carnage/Lesson No.1 gig of the month features a bouncy noiserock/breakcore crossover band who used to be called Shitwife; a south Wales sludge metal mob; and the last performance (under this name at least) of a cathartic power electronics project.
Buffalo Summer Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01495 708022. Welsh hard rockers.
Ceekay Jones The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected]. A quite ridiculous looking man from New Mexico who plays something he calls Southern urban soul.
Children Of The Gravy Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 384111.
Dr. Sardonicus’ Midwinter Night’s Dream Psychedelic Festival Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 2.30-11.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07818 056599. Spacerock and psych type vibes from Babal, Earthling Society, Sendelica (who are hosting the event), Magic Bus and The Fellowship Of Hallucinatory Voyagers. Free exclusive Sendelica CD for the first 50 ticket buyers also.
Fleetwood Bac Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £16. Info 01600 772467.
Goldie Lookin Chain The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666.
High Rise + Deferenc Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £3. Info 01792 301178. Metalcore bands. High Rise are not to be confused with the High Rise whose reissued LP I review in this month’s album section.
Himalayas + The Velvet Hands + Chapel Row Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.
Jack Mac’s Funk Pack Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Jim Ghedi Capel Y Graig, Furnace, Ceredigion. 7pm. Info [email protected].
King Goon The Last Resort, Swansea. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Mr Tea & The Minions The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762. “High energy Balkan party music” no less. Wonder how many people attend their gigs expecting the band to be wearing Minion costumes.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £15. Info 01970 623232.
Pama International The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Nu-skool ska band play a Trojan Records tour.
Revolver The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.
Talinka Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 2pm, £12/£10/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig for a band fronted by Tali Atzmon and also featuring her brother, anti-Semitic weirdo Gilad Atzmon.
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 Low Blows + Iron Gosling + In With The Jellyfish The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £5. Info 01792 475147. Punk bands playing something titled Kilimanjaro Fest, in aod of Oxfam.
The Master Plan The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01495 213300. Oasis tribute band.
The Sounds Of Simon Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Simon & Garfunkel tribute.
The Strip Lights Jac’s, Aberdare. 8pm, free. Info 01685 879491. Covers band.
Traitors + Lotus Eater Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Tupelo Highway Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Tyhai Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 615952. Indian ragas meet Welsh trad folk and poetry.
SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Harp Day: Sasha Boldachev Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 4pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391.
Red Skylines The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info [email protected].
Robin Green Piano Quintet Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232.
Sarah & The Creepy Uncles Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Sasha Boldachev Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 4pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Harp recital from a Russian whose repertoire spans classical and pop.
Whitchurch Jam Session #105 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2.50. Info 029 2038 7026.
Fickle Friends The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
RThriller Live New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50-£36.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Bells and whistles Michael Jackson tribute show. On at 4pm and 8pm on Sat 3 Mar. (Until Sat 3 Mar)
TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY
Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07802 912789.
Jarvis Cocker & The Divas Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £5.50-£8.50. Info 01239 621200. Some kids from a school in Carmarthenshire perform a set half made up of Pulp’s greatest hits, half “iconic female singers of the past 50 years”. Seriously one of the weirdest concepts for a tribute show I can recall, in large part due to the idea that 2018 kids know who Jarvis Cocker is.
Mellt + Y Sybs + Wigwam Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Royal Welsh College Harps Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1pm, £5/£7.50 with tea and cake. Info 01874 611622.
Sam Fender The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented by Swn.
WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Fire Fences The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Mike Dawes Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 0871 4720400.
Night Flight Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Paul Hayes Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Songs From Yesteryear 2pm, £6. Info 01633 868239. Presented by the The Bettws Entertainment Community Group.
Sue Richardson Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
The Band Of The Welsh Guards Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01874 611622.