MARCH| LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS
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Tuesday 1
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Aled Jones Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £26.88 adv. Info 01639 763214.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Cardiff University Contemporary Music Group Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7.30pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
Clara Mouriz & Joseph Middleton Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Mezzo soprano and pianist respectively.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Dunvant Male Choir All Saints Church, Oystermouth, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info www.dunvantchoir.org. Annual St David’s Day concert. Also features Humouresque, “a witty take on the otherwise slightly wacky world of showbusiness!”
Fire Fences + Whiskey Lies + John Nicholas Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2022 8883.
Hi-Fidelity Records Launch Night Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2 NUS. Info 029 2039 7933. Showcase gig for a new Welsh hip-hop label. I was going to have a moan about them not informing me of their existence, but they hardly seem to have done any promotion yet. Anyway, tonight features Culture Vultures, Rob Wax, Granular Sumo, Zhubat & Slack Happenings, DJ Alkemy and Hidden Element.
Mandy Starr Sings Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2pm, £7. Info 01633 637366. This promises an aternoon of “music and laughter”, and by a nominative coincidence the tickets are being sold by one Anne Crease (whose number that is above).
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Now on every Tuesday.
St David’s Day St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£35. Info 029 2087 8444. A performance of Grace Williams’ Missa Cambrensis by the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, plus narrator Rowan Williams.
St David’s Day Celebration Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. With the Royal Welsh College Brass Band and conductor Dr Robert Childs.
St David’s Day Concert Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 01873 850805. Featuring Blaenavon Male Voice Choir.
The Memphis Six Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The X Factor Live Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £23.55-£62.75. Info 029 2022 4488. (Until Thurs 3)
Wednesday 2
Andy Derrick with Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Blackhawk Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Chris Jones Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Jack Savoretti + Earl Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Sold out.
Jazz Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424.
John Law Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2023 9253. Jazz pianist plus group with their sole Welsh date on their UK tour.
Junior + Wilson Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Kast Off Kinks Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20.50/£18.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band. In Abergavenny tomorrow.
Leona Lewis + Philippa Hanna St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50-£55. Info 029 2087 8444. She was interviewed in last month’s issue.
Lunchtime Live: Music Meets Mental Health Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 12pm, free. Info 029 2078 1458. Featuring sets from Ellie Makes Music, Maddie Jones, Luke And The Lifeboat, John Nicholas and more. Co-hosted by The National Centre For Mental Health and Cardiff University Student Wellbeing and Support.
Miss Maud’s Folly + Capra Mamei + Les Deux Guitares Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. New weekly night (here every Wednesday), titled on account of its music policy.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.
Open Mic Acoustic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 384111.
Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5.50/£4.50. Info 01633 656757. First Wednesday classical recital.
Stand Alone Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
The Society Of Strange And Ancient Instruments Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Musical masterpieces of the 17th century linked to each other by newly composed music, they say.
The X Factor Live Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £23.55-£62.75. Info 029 2022 4488. (Until Thurs 3)
Tom Smith & Ella O’Neill Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £5 adv. Info 01656 815995. Tenor and piano duo.
thursday 3
Central Band Of The RAF Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
Crooks + Solemn Sun + Omaha Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Field Music The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Postpunk-inflected indie band from the north-east of England.
Grown Up Music The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Jam session presented by Pi & Hash.
Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is Outback.
Kast Off Kinks Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01873 850805.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Every Thursday except when there’s a guest on.
Robin Nolan Trio Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £14/£12. Info info@
blossomsgallery.co.uk. Swing band launch the Blossoms Django Reinhardt Swing Festival, which is a smattering of gigs and workshops here until Sun 6.
Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe + Lowri Evans & Lee Mason Cuffern Manor, Roch, Haverfordwest. £12 adv. Info 01437 710071. In Llandeilo tomorrow.
Tarsiers Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2022 8883.
Theory Of A Deadman Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Enduring Canadian heavy rock band.
The X Factor Live Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £23.55-£62.75. Info 029 2022 4488. (Finishes today)
Tredegar Town Band Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 01600 719401. It’s the Mayor’s Charity Musical Extravaganza, innit.
Friday 4
An Evening With Sound Of Wales Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 01686 614555. St David’s Day concert special.
Astrakan Project Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599. Described by the venue as a neofolk duo and by the band themselves as a “Celtic/Middle East fusion”. Could they be both? Not sure.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Brigyn + Heather Jones + Aled Rheon St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Newsoundwales present a fundraiser gig for Pedal Power.
Built For Comfort Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Cwlwm Celtaidd Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. Weekend ticket £40/£35 youths/free under-10s. Info 01656 815995. A family festival of music, song and dance from the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland, Isle Of Man, Cornwall, Brittany, Asturias & Wales. Today’s lineup is like so. Live music: Rura, Jac y Dô, Colum Regan, Tristan Legovic and Goose. Stage: Ballochleam Highland Dancers + Dawnswyr Môn. Plus Celtic ceilidhs and sessions. (Until Sun 6)
Flowers + Seazoo + Oh Peas The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Indie/pop from London, Wrexham and Cardiff respectively.
Greenmailer + Fighting Fifth Husky + Avenge Thee Naime Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Idestroy + Stay Voiceless The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm. Info 01495 213300.
King Of Pop St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. ‘Navi’ is, once again, Michael Jackson.
Koshird + A Higher Demise The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Magic Of Motown Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £24.50. Info 01970 623232.
Money For Nothing Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £17.50/£16.50. Info 0845 2263510. Dire Straits tribute band.
Mr Benn + Mike Dennis Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Open Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. [email protected]. A Valley Folk Club night.
Pavilion Jazz Night Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7pm, £10. Info 0844 8700887. With the Keith Little Trio.
Peni & Stef St Fagans Village Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2023 2970. Playing the Pentreffest Noz monthly folk night.
Revelation + Whiskey Lies + Lost Parade Hobo’s, Bridgend. 8pm, £5 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Sarah Smith Trio Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £6-£12. Info [email protected]. A Blossoms Django Reinhardt Swing Festival event.
Saul Williams + Dorian Grayskull + Zhubat Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. See Music.
Son Of One Eye + Three Smiles Wide The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01267 231012. Headliners are playing their last gig.
Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe + Lowri Evans Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. £12 adv. Info [email protected].
The 4tunes Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15/£13.50. Info 01600 719401. Male vocal ensemble. In Porthcawl on Sat 12.
The Beat Goes On The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Beatles tribute.
The Bon Jovi Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18/£15.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
The Decoy + The Undivided + Zen Dogs + Brokers Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 221477.
The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Quintet St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £19/£18. Info 01446 799100. Combining live jazz with narration and rare archive photos and video footage. Sold out though!
The Soul Strutters Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Uumar + Tom Ap Dan + Rifleros + Chroma Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199.
Will Black & Friends 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2022 8883. Canadian MOR rock guy. Don’t know anything about him but his bio says that he used to perform on cruise ships.
Saturday 5
A/M/B/E/R/ + Himalayas + Tom Roynon-Blake + Amor Vincit Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £4. Info 01633 221477.
Angela Hewitt Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.30pm, £17. Info 01239 841387. First of two recitals by globally acclaimed classical pianist. On tomorrow also (with a different programme).
Aubrey Parsons St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2045 4045. Also on Fri 11 and Sat 19.
Blind Authority + Insist + Frame Of Mind + Reflect Undertone, Cardiff. 6pm. Info 029 2022 8883.
Cherry Suede 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Two members, both called Randy, of this Canadian rock band perform both songs and stories.
Children Of The Gravy Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107. Sabbath tribute band.
Chocolat Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £5-£10. Info [email protected]. A Blossoms Django Reinhardt Swing Festival event.
Chris Kelly Royal Exchange, Ty Mawr Road, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2056 4068.
Colorama + Carwyn Ellis Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415.
Colours Of One Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Coolio Monkey Bar, Swansea. 10pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 480822. When Coolio sang of a Fantastic Voyage all thosec years ago, he was surely thinking of the drive into Swansea, and now finally he gets to do it.
Cwlwm Celtaidd Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. Weekend ticket £40/£35 youths/free under-10s. Info 01656 815995. Music: Ruaile Buaile, Rachel Hair, Elinor Evans and Kantref. Stage: Dawnswyr Gwerin Penyfai, Skeddan Jiarg Manx Dancers and Dawnswyr Môn (daytime); Perree Bane Manx Dancers and Ballochleam Highland Dancers. Plus Celtic instrument and dance workshops, ceilidhs and sessions in the daytime, and free street performances around the town. (Until Sun 6)
Happyfuntimegameband The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Henry Marten’s Ghost Diablo’s Gastro Pub, Carmarthen. Info 01267 223000.
Kamikaze Millionaires The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Lowri Evans Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 01239 615952. Album launch for Welsh singer-songwriter.
Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Paul Garner Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £10/£8 members. Info 01633 483238. A Borough Blues Club gig.
Ronnie Scott’s Allstars Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £9-£18. Info 01834 869323. Brit jazz veterans.
Smiling Tigers + Parallax + Bag Of Bones The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
St David’s Day Concert Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 243252. With Celynen Silver Band
St David’s Gala Concert Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £16/£13.50. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring Côr Meibion De Cymru, Côr Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin and Gary Griffiths.
Swansea Gospel Male Voice Choir Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 6.30pm, free. Info 01792 475715.
Tamsin Reardon Band Wellington Hotel, Bulwark Brecon. 8pm, free. Info 01874 625225. A Brecon Jazz Club night.
T.G.F.B.I. Band The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144. Playing as part of the Live:Lounge night here.
That’ll Be The Day Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50/£21. Info 01792 475715. Rock’n’roll variety show. Good to see that this venue hasn’t been knocked off its path by that local councillor saying that its booking policy was lame and boring last year.
The Jam Collective + The Parkas Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 7pm-1am, £15 adv. Info 029 2025 0731. Presented by The Jam Society, which is dedicated to the popular rock band of that name, and also featuring a DJ set from James Parker (Cafe A Go Go).
The Puppini Sisters The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Presented by Orchard.
Treorchy Male Choir China St Chapel, Llanidloes. 8pm, £12. Info 01686 614555.
Tricot + Axes + Amy Grindhouse Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are Japanese and play postrock or something akin to that.
Sunday 6
Angela Hewitt Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-9.15pm, £17. Info 01239 841387.
BBCYM2016: Keyboard Category Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391. First of various categories and stages running here until Sun 13.
Cwlwm Celtaidd Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. Weekend ticket £40/£35 youths/free under-10s. Info 01656 815995. Music: Linda Griffiths & Sorela, Robin Huw Bowen, Nantgarw Band and Georgia Owen. Stage: Dawnswyr Talog, Perree Bane Manx Dancers and Skeddan Jiarg Manx Dancers. Plus Celtic instrument and dance workshops, ceilidhs and sessions in the daytime, and free street performances around the town. (Finishes today)
Holder & Smith Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. A Blossoms Django Reinhardt Swing Festival event featuring two members of Gypsy Fire.
Jelly Roll Jones The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Shân Cothi Holy Trinity Church, Aberaeron. 7pm, £10-£20. Info 01545 570433. Welsh soprano. I think this date was rescheduled from December.
Some Kind Ov Plague Le Pub, Newport. 7pm. Info 01633 221477.
Spring Into Song Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01633 868239. With Caroline Sheen and New Harmony Singers.
The Voice Of Wales Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £15/£7.50 under-16s. Info 0871 4720400. In which 25 finalists will compete to be crowned The Voice Of Wales 2016 in this X Factor style singing competition. “Good luck to everyone involved, in our eyes you’re all winners” – Listings’ official statement on the matter.
Weapon UK + Avenford Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107.
Monday 7
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Every Monday.
BBCYM2016: Woodwind Category Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391.
Cardiff County And Vale Of Glamorgan Junior Music Festival St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2087 8444.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Every Monday.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Presented by U&I Radio. Every Monday.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Local singer-songwriters perform in the main bar every week.
Sabaton + Alestorm Tramshed, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £19 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Brace of folky/power metal bands.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
Tuesday 8
BBCYM2016: Percussion Category Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391.
Cardiff County And Vale Of Glamorgan Music Service Lord Mayor’s Charity Spring Showcase St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2087 8444.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Dinosaur Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Jazz combo led by Laura Jurd.
Ellie Goulding + John Newman + Lany Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488.
Fearless Vampire Killers + Vukovi + Miss Vincent + Clear The Auditorium Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Max Raptor + Allusondrugs + Press to Meco Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Three UK rock bands visit Cardiff as part of a Scuzz tour. That’s Scuzz the rock video station which you can find on Sky channel 367.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Sea Of Treachery + Nexilva + Monastries + Vanity Draws Blood The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 6pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 387925. Death metal type stuff.
The 8 O’Clock Spot Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933. Live bands presented by Dragon Radio.
The Goldfield Ensemble Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £8/£6/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
The Keith Little Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Wednesday 9
Aubrey Parsons The Ivor, Pontyclun. 8pm, free. Info 01443 222287.
Ayo Vincent Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
BBCYM2016: Brass Category Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391.
Bella Collins + Art Bandini + Luna Tides 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2022 8883. Playing the Cardiff Folk Club night.
Cardiff University Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Chaos Trigger + The Dweller + Death By Disco Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Phil Robson Organ Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Sean Shibe Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Classical guitarist.
Shane Filan St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £52/£32.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Him out of Westlife. You can also get a meet’n’greet ticket for £150. I’m ‘Filan’ (feeling) that price option personally!
Steve Knightley Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16. Info 029 2087 7959.
The Altered Hours Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Noisy, vaguely gothy Irish rock band on the splendid Art For Blind label.
The Mouse Outfit Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 468892. Live hip-hop ensemble from Manchester.
Wet Wet Wet + Markus Feehily Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £48/£42.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Youth Club Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Thursday 10
BBCYM2016: Strings Category Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391.
Bombs + Hipicat The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Cardiff International Society Amnesty Fundraiser 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2022 8883. Folk bands TBC.
Cymbient + Albatross Archive + Unravellings Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Dai Robs Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £6. Info 01686 614555. Album launch gig for a mid-Wales musician who toured the UK with his previous bands The Velvet Dukes and Voodoo Johnson. Not registering at all I’m afraid Dai.
Fraccalvieri/Long Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gaudy Orde The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool. 7.30pm. Info 01495 763752. This month’s edition of the Open Hearth Acoustic night, on the second Thursday of every month.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This week’s guest band is Loaded Jones.
Keston Cobblers Club Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
*Locust Honey String Band + Whiskey River Boys West End Club, Barry. 7.30pm, £8. Info 07561 143114. Bluegrass/old timey stuff. See Music for more.
Machine Head Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Metal faves, presented here by Orchard.
Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Mozart At Llandaff Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring Royal Welsh College chamber ensembles.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
Peter Hook & The Light Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Featuring two sets excavating Hooky’s legacy, one of Joy Division and one of Lowlife and Brotherhood by New Order.
Sea Of Treachery + Nexilva + Monasteries / VDB The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Tom Gray & Mark David The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8.30pm, £5/£3. Info 01267 231012. Two Welsh guitarists offering a “blend of music and banter”.
Weekend Arrows + Ofelia Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2022 8883.
Friday 11
Aubrey Parsons St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2045 4045. Also on Sat 19.
BBC NOW: Baroque Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50-£18. Info 01792 475715. Performing works by Handel, Bach and Vivaldi.
Bill Ryder-Jones + By The Sea + The Cradles The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Former member of The Coral headlines.
ChapterLive Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. With live music TBC. Also on Fri 25.
Chris James Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Crowsaw + Caspian The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 355800.
David Schofield Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 0845 2263510. British crossover pianist, although I am unsure what he has crossed over from or to.
Derek Nash with Alex Steele, Ashley John Long & Martin Fisher The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01495 763752. Monthly jazz night.
Disco Panther Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Suyperchango night.
Exodus + Lost Society The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. In the thrash metal pantheon, Exodus were a way behind the ‘big four’ in terms of, well, bigness, but are felt by many to have been worthy of greater success. They are nonetheless still pumping out albums and touring, including this Cardiff date.
Godsticks + Hunted Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07970 063107. Proggy kinda band headline.
Hamell On Trial + Abstract Man Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01633 221477. American folk-rock type with jokes and swears. Described as “Bill Hicks, Hunter S. Thompson and Joe Strummer all rolled into one” by Philadelphia Weekly, in a classic case of overplaying one’s hand.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Launch gig for a live album recorded here in January.
Hollywood To Broadway Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £36. Info 029 2070 5391. With Samantha Link belting out the hit of stage and screen.
Martin Harley + Daniel Kimbro Beulah Community Centre, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7-8pm, £5. Info 029 2069 3517. Acoustic/roots/blues types from the States.
Rebecca Dix + Something Different Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Scott Alexander Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1-2pm, £6. Info 01633 868239. Songs from films and musicals.
Supper & Cello Night The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm. Info 01497 821762.
Tattsyrup Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
The DeRellas The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected].
The Jam DC + The Unlikely Lads + The Dole Age Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 01495 708022.
The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
The Orange Circus Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 9253. British folk/Americana type band.
The Popes Of Chillitown The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Yonaka Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. New indie band from Brighton, look pretty landfilly to me.
Saturday 12
Andy Lewis Duo Peppermint, Cardiff. 1-3.45pm, free. Info 029 2039 9199. Also here on the evening of Sat 19, again performing a few sets.
BBCYM2016: Jazz Award Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391.
Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles + The Caspiens + Bandicoot + Alpha-Zoo The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166. Headliner used to be the singer in Catfish & The Bottlemen, prior to Van McCann. Guess you have to have a name like a 1950s comic book character if you want to sing in that band.
Cate Le Bon The Gate, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Cate has a new album, Crab Day, and a backing band who appear to feature Josh Klinghoffer out of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Shape Records are promoting this one.
Chris Helme St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2087 8444. Former singer of The Seahorses.
Colour Of Noise + Black Water Chemistry The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Headliners are from Brighton, plays blues-rock and feature Bruce ‘not that one’ Dickinson who used to be in Little Angels.
Dansette Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Dexy’s Bootleg Runners The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Evil Turkeys Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 6pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2025 0731. Performing “right after Wales slam England in the rugby,” say the venue.
Hideaway Trio Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
Joby + Nia Ann + Harri Davies M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £3 (£6 inc. copy of EP). Info 029 2047 3373. EP launch gig.
Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recital Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Lock & Key The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Normanton Street Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the last ever Fat City night.
The 4tunes Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £17.50/£16.50. Info 01656 815995.
The Hits Of Motown Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £38. Info 029 2070 5391. Said hits being sung by Treyc Cohen. Fully booked sorry.
The Leylines The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Planets & Grieg Piano Concerto Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£9.50. Info 01970 623232. Presented by Aberystwyth Symphony Orchestra.
The Ramonas + London Calling Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Two punk tribute bands. The Ramonas are more notable than the usual rabble by being an all-female homage to The Ramones.
The Revamps The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144.
The Sick Livers + Trackstar Pornstar + The MLC Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
The Wonder Stuff Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Boisterous indie band from a Midlands that time forgot hit Cardiff for their 30th anniversary tour.
*Undersmile + Spider Kitten + Haast’s Eagled Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Doom metal stuff, each worth seeing if you like it slow and heavy, like.
Vice Squad + Poetic Justice The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50 adv. Info [email protected]. The same Vice Squad fronted by punk pinup Beki Bondage? You better believe it.
Wizards Of Oz The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Ozzy Osbourne tribute band.
Sunday 13
Akb’al + Viva La Burn + Corporate Christ The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
BBCYM2016: Semi-Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391.
Bronnt Industries Kapital Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 5pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Bristol-based experimental type band, performing live to a screening of the film Arsenal. In Swansea tomorrow; Aberystwyth on Tue 15.
Cardiff University Chamber Orchestra Cardiff University Concert Hall. 3-4.30pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
Chaos Trigger + The Eighth Bridge + Extinction Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 9.30pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Ferryman + Idestroy + Pilgrim Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107.
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Also on Sun 27.
Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £5/£3 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Gypsy jazz.
Jelly Roll Jones Browns Hotel, Laugharne. 3pm. Info 01994 427688.
Little Mix Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488. Also here on Mon 28.
Lunchtime Concert National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. With students from the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama.
Sundae Sessions Gwdihw, Cardiff. 4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
Teifi Chamber Orchestra Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 4-6pm, £7.50/free under-16s. Info 01239 841387.
The Clerks St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 5pm, £5-£22.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Choral performances looking at the life and work of Bach.
Tragedy The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Bee Gees songs done in metal style.
Monday 14
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Bronnt Industries Kapital Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 6pm, £7.25/£6. Info 01792 602060.
Dead Prez Monkey Bar, Swansea. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 480822. Rap dup with one of those pesky social consciences. See Music for more.
Forty Shades Of Green Meet Country Roads Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £11/£10. Info 01495 227206.
Jim Ghedi 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2022 8883.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Peter Andre + Daughters Of Davis Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £27.50-£80. Info 029 2022 4488. Not totally sure what you get for £80 but I bet it’s something damn good.
Snake Davis Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £14. Info 0845 2263510. UK jazz sax man.
The Collective Big Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Toseland The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07590 471888. Hard rock band fronted by former pro motorcyclist Jason Toseland.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Tuesday 15
All That Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Bronnt Industries Kapital Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 5.45pm. Info 01970 623232.
Elfen Cymru St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100. Afternoon concert; price includes tea and cake.
Gwd Jams Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3/free for performers. Info 029 2039 7933. Monthly open jam session.
Mary Coughlan St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £15/£14 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. Irish folk singer, presented by Roots Unearthed.
Music For Easter St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.75-£6.75. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring the Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir, The Choristers of St John’s College, and The Metropolitan Consort.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Pete Komor Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Riot Ensemble Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £8/£6/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Contemporary UK classical ensemble celebrate Henri Dutilleux’s centenary year.
Royal Welsh College Rhythm Collective: As One Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Performance by all 13 RWCMD percussionists.
Steven James Adams + John Mouse + Halftime Parade The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliner used to be in the Broken Family Band.
Woody Pines Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Folk.
Wednesday 16
Aubrey Parsons The Carne Arms, Llysworney. 8pm, free. Info 01446 775607.
Blaze Bayley Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Blaze wasn’t the former Iron Maiden frontman who got in trouble for fiddling his benefits. That was Paul Di’anno.
Hill Valley High + Adelphia + Who Saves The Hero? The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Lady Sings The Blues Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18.50/£16.50. Info 01873 850805.
Mark Porter With Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Marlene VerPlanck with Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Matt Griffiths Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Midge Ure + Big Country + Nick Heyward + Curiosity Killed The Cat Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £37.09 adv. Info 01639 763214. They call this the 80s Invasion Tour, and with good cause.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Royal Welsh College String Soloists Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
The Ian Stoutzker Prize: The Semi-Finals Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
The Skunk-Boy Project + Benji Tranter & The Well Adjusted Individuals Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. EP launch gig for an act with the worst name in Cardiff, supported by one with the worst name in London.
Woody Pines Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £11 adv. Info 01656 815995. Acoustic Club night.
Thursday 17
Aubrey Parsons Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. St Patrick’s Day special.
BBC NOW Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£22. Info 01970 623232. Thomas Søndergård conducts a programme of Bizet, Ravel and Poulenc among others.
Cambion + For I Am King The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £13.50/£11.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring one Marlene VerPlanck on vocals tonight.
Choral Thursdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Connor Reid Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Graham Pike The Dingle Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £4-£8. Info 01834 869323. A Spanjazz night.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This week’s guest band is Crackers.
King King The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Masts + Calling Apollo + Stay Voiceless Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2022 8883.
Rainbow Maniac + Parcs Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Sinfonia Cymru Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4-£13. Info 029 2039 1391.
Sinfonia Cymru Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 6.30pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01686 614555. Family-focused concert.
Spring Into Song Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £6/£4. Info 01495 227206. With With Cefn Hengoed Ladies Choir and guests.
The Professionals Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Tom McConville Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Welsh Modular Alliance + Bad Shampoo The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01267 231012. A night of modular synth music. WMA are from Ammanford and seem pretty neat.
Woody Pines The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 473276.
Friday 18
Adref Homeless Charity Fundraising Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £3. Info 01443 491424. Featuring sets from Led By Lions, Stay Voiceless and Tobias Robertson.
Ascaris + Annunciation + Extinction The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892. Metal.
Aubrey Parsons: thank You Starman Bridgend Rugby Club. 7pm. Info 07519 099404. Bowie tribute night.
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra Vote Overture St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£22. Info 029 2087 8444. Performance of 10 overtures which weere decided by a poll of some kind.
Cardiff Sinfonietta The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2048 3344. Performing pastoral classics.
Dr Feelgood + Eddie & The Hot Rods Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18-£21. Info 01656 815995. Pub rock in the Pavilion! The current Dr Feelgood lineup is a right old Trigger’s broom is must be said. Don’t know who is or indeed was in Eddie & The Hot Rods.
Elvis Legacy Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £38. Info 029 2070 5391. With Mark Summers as Elvis.
Harry Fontaine Band Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Heck + Raketkanon Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info 01792 468892. UK rock band who used to be called Baby Godzilla headline. Raketkanon are Belgian and not half bad.
Ink’d Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Latemouth Blake The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Valley Folk Club night, albeit with more of a blues feel this month.
Let’s Hang On Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.45pm, £23/£22. Info 01686 614555. Frankie Valli tribute.
Loaded Jones The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Los Bastardos Finlandeses The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 247178. Hard rock band from Finland headline.
Manumit + Between Waves + Clear The Auditorium Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Memories Made Of This Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £8. Info 01495 243252. Variety concert starring Robert Knight and Beverley Davies with special guests the award winning choir Cantorian Pontllanfraith.
Night Owls Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Robin Colvill Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 0845 2263510. Pianist.
Robin Nolan Trio Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. £12 adv. Info [email protected].
Rumney Folk Club Whitehall Parade, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3.50/£1.50 musicians. Info 07528 968016.
Saints Of Sin + Raider Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Local hair metal.
Stereophonish + Last Mile Home Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm. Info 01495 708022. Fundraiser gig in aid of BRFM, a local radio station.
Swnami Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Tenplusone + Ironbird + Audio Pirates + The Cold Blooded Murder Of Vilmos Kovacs The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected].
The Cradles + Fused + Fire Fences The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
The Sex Pistols Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
The Stranglers Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7.30pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
Tim Holehouse The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £3. Info 01497 821762. Acoustic folk bloke from a DIY punk type background. Seems to play about 300 gigs a year.
Saturday 19
A Band Apart The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144.
Andy Lewis Duo Peppermint, Cardiff. 3.45-6.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9199.
Aubrey Parsons St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2045 4045. Also on Sat 19.
Back To Bacharach Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £22.50/£20.50. Info 01656 815995.
Boyce Avenue Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Teen-friendly rock band play a gig rescheduled from autumn.
Chiyoda Ku + Let’s Kill Janice +Twisted Ankle + Wall Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £5/£2.50 NUS. Info 01633 221477. Presented by the hootingly named Midwife Crisis.
Collabro + AJ Brown + Catriona Murray Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £19.50-£35.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Crossfaith + The One Hundred + Counting Days Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Japanese hard rockers.
Galliard Ensemble Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £1-£14. Info 01239 621200.
Genesish The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Genesis tribute band.
Jam Baxter The Moon Club, Cardiff. 9pm, £6.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Playing the Hold Up hip-hop night. Also featuring DJ Sammy B-Side.
Mike Dennis The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Morpheus Rising + Vice + Howard Sinclair The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 475147.
Phil Murray’s Diamond Dogz The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Bowie tribute set.
Sinfonia Cymru & Ben Baker The Riverfront, Newport. 3pm, £4-£12.50. Info 01633 656757.
Stompin’ Dave Allen Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
The Big What!? Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Tree House Fire Hobo’s, Bridgend. 8pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
We Come From Ashes + Pizzatramp + Broken Jaw Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 10am, free. Info 01792 475715. Today features sections 3, 2 and 1. On tomorrow also.
Whole Lotta Led Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983.
Sunday 20
Academic Male Choir Of Tallinn University Of Technology Estonia Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 0845 2263510. Hopefully Wales will be returning the favour by sending its finest male voice choirs to Tallinn to sling a few prototypes together.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Gala Concert Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4.30pm, £27/£25.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Jonathan Mann conducts a lineup of Bryn Terfel, Julia Lezhneva and students from Wales International Academy Of Voice, accompanied by Cardiff Sinfonietta.
Showhawk + Benji & Hibbs Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2031 0312. Showhawk are a guitar duo from Bristol who do acoustic covers of old chart trance tunes, or ‘ADM’ as they call it. This sounds like the worst idea anyone has ever had and I am going to start a 38 Degrees petition to have them banned.
Viv McLean Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Piano recital.
Welsh National Opera Family Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2087 8444.
Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 01792 475715. Today features section 4 and the Championship.
Wetpainttt + Himalayas + In Bliss Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. Red Cross charity gig.
Written In Kings Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Monday 21
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Blues And Jazz Club March Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £8. Info 0845 2263510. Monthly night.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Mariah Carey Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £45-£70. Info 029 2022 4488. See Music. Might be sold out by now.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £25. Info 029 2087 8444. Two ex-Beautiful South members club together.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Tuesday 22
Catherine Ennis St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.75-£6.75. Info 029 2087 8444. Organ recital.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Emily’s Good Time Gang Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Esuna Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933. EP launch gig.
Huw V Williams Group Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Karma To Burn + Sons of Morpheus + Lacertilia The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. American stoner faves return to this venue, they were decent when I saw ‘em here before.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Ruth Bowen Trio + Deborah Glenister Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Club gig.
The Skints The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Reggae/punk/dub mashup gubbins.
Zappatika The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07730 432166. This band feature Ike willis, Jeff Hollie and Craig ‘Twister’ Steward, all former members of Frank Zappa’s band. Not going to look up which era.
Wednesday 23
Aubrey Parsons The Star Inn, Treoes. 8pm, free. Info 01656 658458.
Birdcage + Love Bazaar Warehouse 54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Burning Down Alaska + Acres + Casey + Holding Absence The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected].
Confed Fred Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Folk.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Puddle Of Mudd Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 01792 468892. “Wes Scantlin is custom-made for the new millennium – a rockstar without the pretense and a frontman whose spontaneity propels his offstage personality as much as it does his onstage delivery.”
Swing From Paris Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Tendons Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
The Cradles Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Launch gig for a single that’s reviewed in this issue.
Tim Thornton Quartet Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Tobin’s Favourites Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Tracer The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Australian hard rock band.
YolanDa Brown + Lemar + Levi Roots St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18.50-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Soul, r’n’b and reggae all on one bill.
Thursday 24
*Diat + Chain Of Flowers + Disjoy Buffalo, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £5. Info 029 2031 0312. Swine Language presents a quality bill of punk and postpunk, with a German-based Anglo-Australian band (think I’ve got that right) in the headline slot.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This week’s guest band is Jedis.
Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16-£20. Info 029 2039 1391.
Mark Morriss The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
Railroad Bill Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933.
Said The Maiden Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
Stop No Go Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
The Bohemians The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 01633 656757.
The Correspondents + The Rinky Dinks + Face+Heel Tramshed, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 0117 9259273. This is a launch party for the Big Love Festival and also features DJing by BAM, of the Jungle Brothers, and Big Love Allstars.
The Elvis Years St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21.50/£10.75 under-16s. Info 029 2087 8444. Starring Mario Kombou.
The Infinite Three Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 07970 063107.
Whitehall Parade Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Wolf Alice Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
Friday 25
Babyhead Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £5-£12. Info 01834 869323. Bristolian festival faves.
ChapterLive Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.
Don Fox Scandal Band The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Ferryman + Silverchild + Doomcrow Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Hang The Bastard The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected].
Jive At Five Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Morass Of Molasses The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected]. Stoner rock type band.
Organ Recital National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Paddy Blight Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Reef Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £17.50 adv. Info 0117 9259273. The chart-blues-rock sound of 1997 returns with a vengeance.
Rory Indiana The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Shakatak Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £12. Info 07802 912789. Jazz-funk faves.
The Cellar Bards Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
The Dukes Of Bordello + Monsterometer The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 8pm, £4. Info 07969 671379.
The Welsh Camerata Choir & Welsh Baroque Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £18/£16. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing Bach’s St Mark Passion in a new reconstruction by their musical director, Andrew Wilson-Dickson.
*Wales Goes Pop! The Gate, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £16/£45 weekend. Info 029 2048 3344. See Music for an overview of this now-established indie/pop/folk/etc weekender. Today they have Girls Names, The Loves, Pete Astor, Chorusgirl, Witching Waves, Cosines and Baby Brave in the main room, plus cafe sets from My Name Is Ian, ¡Ay Carmela! and Instructions. DJs after the bands: Punks In The Beerlight vs Sean Fortuna Pop. (Until Sun 27)
Wayne Brennan Academy Espresso Bar, The Pumphouse, Barry. 8pm, free. Info 07557 773723.
Welsh Camerata: Bach St Mark Passion Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £18/£16. Info 029 2039 1391.
Saturday 26
A Trust Unclean + Incarcerate Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Bangers + Dividers + Austeros + Human Heat Mozarts, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01792 649984. Poppy punk fun.
Chains Of Fleetwood Mac The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
Grace Petrie + Jemma Roper + The Wimmins’ Institute + Renn Le Pub, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 221477. A four-act bill under the banner of Loud Women. Petrie has an especially good example of the ‘use a negative comment in your publicity material’ genre, quoting the English Defence League who called her “a smelly lezzer”.
Gwenno The Tabernacle, Talgarth. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected]. Welsh synth champ plays an intimate gig for modest Scotsman Alan McGee.
Gypsy Jazz Swing Guitar Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. £5.80-£12.50. Info 01792 371206. Featuring the Irene Ypenburg Gypsy Swing Band, the Afternoon In Paris Hot Club Jazz Outfit, and the Steve Williams Trio.
Minnie’s Chuff The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Miss May & The Magic Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Modify The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144.
Rat Trap Exhibition Closing Party Jacob’s Antiques, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
jacobsgallery.co.uk. Featuring sets from Tibet, Maddie Jones, Milk and Rainbow Maniac. See the Art listings for more info on the exhibition (well, the names of the artists involved at least).
Rex Preston & Miranda Sykes Rudry Parish Hall, Caerphilly. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07773 222625.
Sounds Of Harlow The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01497 821762. Alt-hip-hop band.
South Wales Hunt Saboteurs End Of Season Benefit Gig The Moon Club, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £15 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Featuring Conflict, Grand Collapse, Liberty, Police Bastard, Violent Arrest, Pizzatramp, Failed State, Piss On Authority, Wall, Cydernide, Shot!, State Of Decay, Picture Frame Seduction, This System Kills and Greazy Ratz.
The Moon Birds + Holiday In The Mind + Sean O’Brien Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9. Info 029 2030 4400. Presented by Newsoundwales.
The Sporadics + Junior Bill + The Chalk Outlines + The Low Blows The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01792 475147.
The Tina May Jazz Quartet Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.30pm, £15. Info 01239 841387.
Wales Goes Pop! The Gate, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £18/£45 weekend. Info 029 2048 3344. Today features Los Campesinos!, The Spook School, Shopping, Mammoth Penguins, Papa Topo, Peaness and The School, plus cafe sets from Grubs, Gindrinker, They Is They Is They Is. DJs after the bands: I See Shapes vs Simon Love. (Until Sun 27)
Sunday 27
A Trust Unclean + Incarcerate + Worldeater + Ferinus + Into The Depths + Eclipse The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7pm, £3. Info 01267 231012. A Throwdown Sunday evening of metal.
Aubrey Parsons Atlantic Hotel, Porthcawl. 7pm, free. Info 01656 785011. Table booking required
Aubrey Parsons Junction 28, Newport. 3pm, free. Info 01633 891891.
Eradication Slam All-Dayer The Bunker, Cardiff. 4pm, £8 adv. Info james@
thebunkercardiff.com. Featuring these bands: Begging For Incest, Laceration, Chainsaw Castration, Visions Of Disfigurement, Capital Punishment, Spawned From Hate, Derisive Entity, Lung Fucker and DopeHammer. Don’t rule out a secret guest set by Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern though.
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
From The Jam Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8.15pm, £22.50/£20 adv. Info 01446 738622. Bruce Foxton plays songs by his old band The Jam. Don’t rule out a secret guest set from Paul Weller though. Wait, actually do rule that out.
Pál Banda Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 3-5pm, £15. Info 01239 841387. Cello recital.
Wales Goes Pop! The Gate, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £18/£45 weekend. Info 029 2048 3344. Today features BMX Bandits, Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern, This Is The Kit, Gwenno, Ultimate Painting and Younghusband, plus cafe sets from Iko Chérie, Laura K, Ani Glass. Don’t rule out a secret guest set by Begging For Incest though. DJs after the bands: Wales Goes Pop! vs Daytrip. (Finishes today)
Whitesnake UK + The Scopyons The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Brace of tribute bands.
Monday 28
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
Little Mix Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Tuesday 29
Chamber Of Malice + Drifted + Carbine The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are “German slam heavyweights”.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, free. Info 07802 912789.
Last Vendetta + Altered Sky + Three Times Over + Maven The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Mike Dennis Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. Bristol indie rapper launches an LP titled Smiles & Cries.
Mushroomhead + American Head Charge The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Two bands from the dog days of nu-metal get in the van together.
One Crow Sorrow Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Local duo whose previous bands include Moses Eats Cheese, The Mothers, A Thousand Points Of Light and Two Princes. Imagine naming your band after the best known Spin Doctors song.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Pedro Ascensio Trio Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
The Dissolute Society Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Arrangements of music by Kenny Wheeler and John Taylor.
Them Dead Beats + Ghost Of The Avalanche + Bandicoot Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2022 8883.
Trombones For Two Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Wednesday 30
Blues Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424.
Bridgend Big Band Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Coda Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Gareth & Bella Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Holocausto Canibal + Grunt + Basement Torture Killings + Sodomized Cadaver + Anal Floss Is Boss + Vile Inscription The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Lots of death metal and goregrind type foolishness.
Meatbodies + Threatmantics + Chain Of Flowers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are an American garage mob who are somewhere on the Ty Segall axis, I think. Good supports also.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute act.
The Tapestry + Himalayas + The Spitting Pips Gwdihw, Cardiff. Info 029 2039 7933. Presented by Rockpie.
Virtue In Vain + Daylight Fades Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Thursday 31
Alexa Deane’s Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Castles Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Presented by Juxtaposed.
Eleri Wilson + Distazo The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£3 under-18s. Info 029 2048 3344. Cancer Research benefit show.
Hot Shoes Swing Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Presented by Fizzi and Lindy Hop Cardiff.
Jeff Rosenstock + Great Cynics + Jimmy Watkins Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliner is or was in a band called Bomb The Music Industry. Jealous Lovers Club are promoting this one.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This week’s guest band is Kerosene Lane.
Limehouse Lizzy Ebbw Vale Institute. 8.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01495 708022.
*Magrudergrind + Corrupt Moral Altar + Fetus Christ / Judas Cradle Le Pub, Newport. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01633 221477. Grindcore and hardcore, the headliners being based out of Brooklyn. Good booking.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £33/£23. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
Yndi Halda The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. British postrock band who have recently released a new album after some years absent.