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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.
Camelia Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Chamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Performances in the foyer every week until Tue 22 Nov.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Matthew Jones & Annabel Thwaite St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Violinist and pianist.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Every Tuesday.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Slow Club + The Pictish Trail The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Indie.
Sunset Sons Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
The Zombies Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £22.50. Info 01970 623232. Vintage psych-pop band crack on. In Aberdare tomorrow.
wednesday 2
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Every Wednesday.
Adam Glasser Quartet Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Acoustic Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7-11pm, free. Info 01685 384111.
Alexandria Mailott + Kirsten Ludwig + Djanna Gabrielle + Craig Watkins Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
Andrew Bain Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Jazz drummer heads a quartet.
Ardyn + Bad Sounds + Bryde + Climbing Trees Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50/£5. Info 029 2023 2199. This night is titled Swn’s Hair Of The Dog That Bit You.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Also on Fri 18.
Bryony Sier + Olivia & The Saint NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by U&I Radio.
Catfish Keith Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Bluesman.
DB Big Band with Clare Hingott Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Hans Peter Hiby Trio The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. German free jazz saxophonist appears here with a band including drummer Paul Hession, who visits this venue in various ensembles every other year or so.
Hiding From Girls Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2038 7026. This is the name of a band and they’re on here every Wednesday this month.
Jess Robinson & Llyweln Ifan Jones The Riverfront, Newport. 3pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. A Concerts & Cakes performance.
MassMatiks Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 468892. New UK rock band of some sort.
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.
Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £16/£15 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Folk.
Show Of Hands St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22/£20. Info 029 2087 8444. British folk faves.
The Zombies Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 8pm, £25. Info 0800 0147111.
UFO Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Hard rockers from the 70s. Who’s still in the band? Phil Mogg, most notably.
thursday 3
David Essex St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28.50-£75. Info 029 2087 8444. Top priced ticket gets you some VIP treats.
Festival Of Remembrance Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01970 623232. Hosted by the Aberystwyth branch of The Royal British Legion.
Glass Caves + Rainbow Maniac + Amber + Parish Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Halo Tora The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £3. Info 01685 387925.
High Tyde + Haus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Don’t know who the headliners are but they’re not to be confused with the sick late-60s British proto-metal band High Tide:
Islands In The Stream Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01792 475715. Dual tribute to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.
Jake Bugg + Georgia Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. He was another one who they reckoned would fill arenas, wasn’t he. Ol’Buggo.
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £35. Info 029 2022 4488.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Every Thursday except when there’s a guest on.
Siblings Of Us + Zed Motel + Ben Dain-Smith The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Speaking In Italics + Calling Apollo + Montreux Fires + Cancel The Transmission + No Beef The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Suzanne Fischer & Panaretos Kyriatzidis Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Soprano and pianist.
Teleman The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. There’s a several hundred-word bio of this band on the Globe’s website, I’ve just read through it and still have no idea what kind of music they play. Guessing some sort of quirky alt-rock.
White Room + Trampolene + Monico Blonde + Wetpainttt The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Presented by This Feeling, who’ll be DJing until 2am.
WSTR + Milestones Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
friday 4
Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Performances in the foyer every week until Fri 9 Dec.
An Dro Sisters St Fagans Village Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4-£8/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. A Pentreffest Noz folk night.
A Noise Le Pub, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 221477. This is a benefit gig for a family who lost their house and everything in it due to a fire. More bands TBC.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
BBC NOW: Rhys & Meinir Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £23. Info 029 2063 6464. This is the debut orchestral work by Cian Ciarán out of the Super Furries. I can tell they’re expecting a ‘pop’ rather than ‘classical’ audience for this one because it starts at 8pm rather than 7.30 or earlier. Millennials love to arrive late to things.
Best Served Chilled Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Black Emerald + The Freudian Session + Mercury’s Well + Beneath The Divine The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Bruce Anderson The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Chains Of Fleetwood Mac Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Tribute band.
Dan Reed Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107. US guitar virtuoso.
DTCV The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. This band feature someone who used to be in Guided By Voices (James Greer – ask a GBV loon cos I’ve never heard of him), play 60s style garage rock and pronounce their name ‘detective’.
Emanuel & The Fear + The Echo & The Always Dempseys, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 9253. Fuelled By Jealous Lovers present.
ESP Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Joe McElderry Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £19.50 adv. Info 01874 611622.
Judie Tzuke Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. UK singer-songwriter of nearly 40 years’ standing.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Loaded Jones + Heavy On The Ride The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £3. Info [email protected].
Magic Of Motown Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01792 475715.
Meze Battle Of The Bands Heat 4 Meze Lounge, Newport. 7.30pm, 33. Info 01633 259144. Featuring these bands: New Revival, Unforgettable Adventure Days, 2 Trick Pony and Disrupt The Continuum. Also on Fri 11 and Fri 25.
Michael Messer’s Mitra Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£13. Info 01239 621200. British-meets-Indian blues trio. In Builth Wells tomorrow.
Open Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. A Valley Folk Club night.
Paul Simon Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £55. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.
Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons + Prosperina + Grace Solero The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 07730 432166. Now-ex-Motörhead guitarist with a set of songs by that band, and from his imminent solo album.
Pentreffest Noz St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm. Info 029 2023 2970. Monthly folk session with a headline act TBC.
Peter Jagger Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Roy Orbison & Friends Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01633 868239. Tribute act.
Sebastian Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Sessions Alive + The Uncharted The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Sham 69 Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. This is the Original! Lineup! with Jimmy Pursey singing.
Sierra Alpha Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Local pop-rock band.
Soul Sessions Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Fri 11 and Fri 18 this month.
Sounds Of Harlowe 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 10pm, £3 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Live hip-hop/soul sorts. In Hay-On-Wye on Sat 19.
The Modulators Black Lion, Llandaff, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2056 7312. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Rifles The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. This band’s debut single She’s Got Standards is still one of the worst songs of the 21st century.
The Special Brew The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. Bad Manners tribute.
Tombstone Crow + Among The Dead + Helldown Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 9pm. Info 07981 684142. In Bridgend tomorrow.
Ysgol Sul + Argrph + Los Blancos Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.
saturday 5
Anathema The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. UK band who started off as a kind of doom/death metal crossover in the early 90s and now sound more like Coldplay plus 80s style power ballads. Not that their fans, who are enough in number for this gig to have sold out, will face up to this.
Bellatrix + Mr Woodnote + Mansfield Green Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 2199. Hip-hop from Wales and beyond.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2 + 7.30pm, £12.50-£24. Info 01792 475715. Frankie Valli tribute.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01495 243252.
Birdsong / Can Yr Adar Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £12-£15. Info 01239 621200. Musical collaboration between Kizzy Crawford, Gwilym Simcock and Sinfonia Cymru. We previewed in last month. In Cardiff (am) and Newport (pm) on Thurs 10; Cardiff on Fri 11.
Chris Summerill Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Conners & The Con Men The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Cory Band Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £5-£12. Info 0845 2263510.
Fireworks Concert 2016 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £8-£14. Info 029 2039 1391. Dr Robert Childs conducts a programme of Stravinsky, Hogarth and more.
John Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7pm, free (£2 after 11). Info 029 2038 7026. Resident house band, here every Saturday this month. Playing from 7-10pm, then there’s a DJ until 2am.
Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Michael Messer’s Mitra The Wyeside, Builth Wells. 8pm, £13/£12. Info 01982 552555.
Quay Street + Dave Brutnell + Marc Owen Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07818 056599.
Ragsy The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £2. Info 01685 387925.
Simon Trigg The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Skindred The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 01633 533666.
Slipknowt Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Slipknot tribute band.
The Bromleys Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 841387. Folk trio.
The Heligoats The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 473276. Quirky indie-rock ensemble from Chicago.
The Royal British Legion’s Wales Festival Of Remembrance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£20. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring performances from Shakin’ Stevens, Welsh National Opera (presenting excerpts from opera In Parenthesis), The Defence Academy Military Wives Choir and Bristol Military Wives Choir, plus more.
The Stokers The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762.
The VIPs Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Worried Men Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £7/£5. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues club gig.
Tombstone Crow + Helldown Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £4. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Triaxis + Those Damn Crows + Fahran + Dryburn + The Boom Sons + Proscenium Sin City, Swansea. 4-11pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01792 468892. Rock bands playing an event called Winter Wrath 2016.
West Wales Live Looping Festival Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 3-10pm, £10/£5. Info 01239 615952. Featuring performances by these artists, who all use looping gear/software in their sets: David Cooper Orton, ecnegrU, Entertainment For The Braindead, Heather Summers, Meerkat Music, Lucid Brain Integrative Project, Michael Peters, Prehisto’zik and Steve Moyes.
Wright Hear Wright Now The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Yussuf Kamaal Trio Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Blue Honey night. See Clubs.
Zeuk Heol Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff gothic folk group play as part of Chapter and Cardiff Contemporary’s Love Me Or Leave Me Alone installation.
sunday 6
Aurora Plain The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 6.30pm, free. Info 01685 387925.
Dan James The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Dragonfly Ensemble The Wyeside, Builth Wells. 2.30pm, £10. Info 01982 552555. String trio with a set subtitled Remembering Menuhin.
LastOneOut + Embers Of Eden + Malum Sky + Headofthebear + Apathy The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166. Headliners are described as “polite post-hardcore”. Not really selling it to me guys.
Legacy Fest The Moon Club, Cardiff. 1pm, from £6. Info [email protected]. Featuring these bands: Create To Inspire, Continents, High Hopes, Heritage, I Cried Wolf, Healer, Cove, Lotus Eater, Defeatist, Avenge The Heartache and The Mausoleum Trip.
Marian McLaughlin + Tendons + Ofelia 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2022 8883. Headliner is a psych-folk artist from Washington DC.
Open Mic Night The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675. Every Sunday this month.
Stephen Hough Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £15-£19. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital.
The South + Phil King Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. AKA a bunch of Beautiful South members that aren’t the two main singers.
Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 2pm, £10/£1 under-22s. Info 01239 621200.
Wishbone Ash Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 01792 863722.
monday 7
David Cooper-Orton The Sanctuary, University Hospital Of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff. 1.10-1.55pm, free (donations accepted). Info [email protected]. Lunchtime concert by south Wales-based ambient/jazz guitarist.
Groucho Club Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Live jazz, here every Monday.
Ice Nine Kills + Affiance + Shields The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Kadavar + Stray Train + Lacertilia Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Hairy hard rock triple bill, Kadavar coming from Germany. I saw them in Cardiff about a year ago, they were quite fun and I think a lot of women in the crowd wanted to bang the drummer.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Local singer-songwriters perform in the main bar every week.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
tuesday 8
All That Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Chamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Concerto Competition Semi-Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Gilad Hexleman Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2023 9253.
Ian Hunter & The Rant Band Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Him out of Mott The Hoople.
Lunchtime Organ Recital Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45-1.30pm, free. Info 01792 475715. With William Reynolds.
Onslaught + Beholder + Anihilated Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Cult Bristolian thrash metallers.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Stone Cold Sober The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, free. Info 01685 387925.
The Carnabys + Wetpainttt + The Fused The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info [email protected]. A gig launching Hoyfest, which is on Fri 18 and Sat 19 at The Gate.
The Signum Quartet Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing music by Mozart, Schubert and Fokkens.
Three Trapped Tigers + The Physics House Band + Esuna Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Prog/math-rock from Brighton.
wednesday 9
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Anne Schwanewilms Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 029 2039 1391. Acclaimed soprano.
Electric Eel Shock + Heil Zilla + Pizzatramp The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£7 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Trashy hard rock band comprised of Japanese expats headline. They were a popular early 00s draw round here, and often got their kit off, so this could be your chance to analyse how the adult human penis changes over the course of 12-13 years.
Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. Second Wednesday of every month.
Forty Shades Of Green Meets Country Roads Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01873 850805. A tribute to Irish and country music.
Gary Ryan Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Guitar recital.
Hiding From Girls Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jeff Hooper & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20. Info 01970 623232.
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. In Newport tomorrow.
Oliver Nezhati Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Onslaught + Annihilated The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Pavo Pavo Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. All My Friends present a Brooklyn indie band.
RWCMD String Soloists Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Guitar recital.
Sam Leak Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Turin Brakes The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888.
thursday 10
Allan Yn Y Fan Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01495 227206.
BBC NOW: Daphnis Et Chloé St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£37. Info 029 2087 8444. Tadaaki Otaka conducts a programme of Mozart, Prokofiev and Ravel.
Birdsong / Can Yr Adar Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.30am, £8/free teachers. Info 029 2030 4400. First of two shows today, this one aimed at schools.
Birdsong / Can Yr Adar The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £5.50-£15.50. Info 01633 656757.
Burum Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Cheryl, Mike & Jay Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01656 815995. Three of the former members of Bucks Fizz. The name of the member whose writ is keeping them from using the name is… [quickly Googles] Robert Gubby.
Conflict + Failed State + Pizzatramp + State Of Decay Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £8 adv. Info www.
hobosmusicvenue.com. Hunt Sabs benefit gig.
Glasville The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. A Glasgow-based tribute to the music from TV show Nashville. They like their modern country up there.
*Kristin Hersh Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 2199. Throwing Muses singer, albeit highly regarded in solo mode too. Kristin is a straight-up legend, and enough people agree for this gig to be sold out.
Lord Kesseli & The Drums Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Woozy psych/indie band with electronic bits.
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
Roads To Nowhere + Depravity + Audioplague The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Sound Affairs: The Tempest Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 029 2039 1391. A musical interpretation, accompanied by magic lantern images, inspired by Shakespeare’s play. In Swansea on Sat 12.
The Computers + The Atlas Wynd + Disjoy The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. Rock’n’roll garage punks headline.
The London Swing Orchestra Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16.50-£20.50. Info 01792 475715.
The Rumblestrutters The Vault, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 465300. CD launch gig.
friday 11
Allan Yn Y Fan Redwick Village Hall, nr Magor. Info 07561 240728.
Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Bass12 Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Birdsong / Can Y Radar Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2039 1391.
Bruce Anderson The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Calais Refugee Kitchen Fundraiser The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01497 821762.
Chris Kelly Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Elaine Paige Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7pm, £28.50. Info 01792 475715.
Estrons + Mellt + Cpt. Smith Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.
Gentleman’s Dub Club Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. I’d never seen a photo of this “dub, ska and roots reggae” nine-piece band until now. Turns out they actually look much like I imagine you do.
Gerry Jablonski And The Electric Band + The LeBurn Maddox Band + Lisa Mills De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7.15pm, £15 adv. Info www.tenbyblues.co.uk. Opening event of this year’s Tenby Blues Festival, which takes place in various venues across the town until Sun 13. Visit the website for more info; there’s also a Blues Trail set of gigs which feature a couple of dozen bands and get announced on the weekend itself.
John Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7pm, free (£2 after 11). Info 029 2038 7026.
Lizzie & The Banshees + Dirty Deelux The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected]. Siouxsie & The Banshees tribute. Bet this would be right fun I tell you what.
Magic Of The Beatles Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £21-£23. Info 01656 815995. Tribute act.
Meze Battle Of The Bands Heat 5 Meze Lounge, Newport. 7.30pm, 33. Info 01633 259144. Featuring these bands: Digital Criminals, Democratus, Elite Days and Miles From Home.
Nicky Taliesin The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Phil Doleman & Ian Emmerson Fourcroft Hotel, Tenby. 11.45pm, £5 adv. Info www.tenbyblues.co.uk. Tenby Blues Festival late night session.
Rachel B Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Remembrance Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Robocobra Quartet The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Rusty Shackle The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Sarah McQuaid Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07818 056599. Americana/folk.
Sir Thomas Allen National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 7951. Recital of WWI-era songs by world-renowned baritone, accompanied by Caroline Dowdle.
Soul Sessions Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026.
Syd Lawrence Orchestra Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01874 611622.
The Doublecross + Pipedream + Hot Mass Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199.
*The Gentle Good + Toby Hay St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2022 9683. Welsh folk fellow Gareth Bonello – that rhymes – serenades the pews a few weeks after the release of his latest album.
The Hindenburgs Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Led Zep tribute band.
The Hit Kings Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Unzucht + Dark Haus + All Hail The Yeti + Vigil + Randolph’s Grin Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 6-11pm, £6.50 adv. Info 07970 063107.
*Volosi Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01792 863722. See Music.
Whole Lotta Led The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Led Zep tribute, in Narberth tomorrow.
*Y Niwl + Palenco The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £7/£6 adv. Info 01267 231012. Y Niwl are great!
saturday 12
A Night With The Stars Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. Info 0845 2263510. Showcase gala concert which is entirely sold out.
Benjamin Bassford Fourcroft Hotel, Tenby. 11.45pm, £5 adv. Info www.tenbyblues.co.uk. Tenby Blues Festival late night session.
Cast + The Sandinistas Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Britpop ain’t dead baby.
Chris Kelly The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Cwmbach Male Choir Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 01495 227206.
Grant Sharkey The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Green Haze Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Green Day tribute band.
Iwan Llewellyn-Jones National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Joe Symes & The Loving Kind Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01874 611622.
Jumpin’ Jimmy & The Nice Guys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Kenny Driscoll Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
King King + The Bella Collins Band + Glas De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7.15pm, £20 adv. Info www.tenbyblues.co.uk. Tenby Blues Festival gig headlined by top rated UK blues band.
Lail Arad Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415. NYC antifolk type artist.
Los Pacaminos St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 8pm, £18. Info 01446 799100. Paul Young’s quasi-Tex-Mex band.
Magenta Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Welsh prog rockers.
Making A Song And Dance Of It Benefit Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £14/£12 adv. Info 01239 841387. In aid of Amnesty International.
Monmouth Choral Society Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01600 719401. Steven Kings conducts a programme of Dvorák, Kodály and Janácek.
Motown’s Greatest Hits 2016 The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 656757.
Pauline Kaytannau Wood The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Phil Doleman & Ian Emmerson Church House, Tenby. 2pm, £8 adv. Info www.tenbyblues.co.uk. Tenby Blues Festival gig.
Phronesis Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. See Music.
Queen Extravaganza St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28.50/£46.50 platinum seats. Info 029 2087 8444. Queen tribute band.
Rachel B The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Ralph McTell Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22/£20. Info 029 2039 1391. British folkie who’s been playing live for 50 years apparently. In Swansea tomorrow; Cardigan on Mon 14.
Rhinestone Cowboy Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £21.50-£25.50. Info 01792 475715. Glenn Campbell tribute.
RWCMD Student Brass Band Great Hall, Swansea Bay Campus. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060.
Simon Trigg Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Son Of Man Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01792 863722. Spinoff band from Welsh prog rockers man, launching an album here no less.
Sound Affairs: The Tempest Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01792 602060.
Stealing Sheep + R. Seiliog Rummers, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, free in exchange for a broken electrical item. Info 01970 625177. Three Scouse ladies plus Welsh expeirmental synth musician (whose EP is reviewed in this issue also) at what appears to be a wine bar. This is a Make Noise tour which also visits Pontypridd on Fri 25.
The Graveltones + Brandy Row + Freddie Webber Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info 01633 221477. Australian rock duo headline. Presented by Pity My Brain.
The Jokers The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, £3. Info 01495 247178.
The Krays Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Oasis Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
The Rumblestrutters + Dale Storr + Benjamin Bassford Church House, Tenby. 7.15pm, £12 adv. Info www.tenbyblues.co.uk. Tenby Blues Festival gig.
The Undivided + The Attix + Soviets The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
The Vagaband Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 615952. Eight-piece roots/dance type band.
Tim Bromage Heol Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Playing as part of the Love Me Or Leave Me Alone installation.
Truefest After Party Castle Emporium, Cardiff. 9am-6pm. Info 07967 257529. Featuring live music from Hipicat, Timbali, Ravelston, Mansfield Green, Oisin and Jimanoli. You don’t have to have attended Truefest (in August) to go to this, but that seems to be who it’s aimed at.
Welsh Sinfonia Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01646 695267.
Whole Lotta Led Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 01834 869323.
Wright Hear Wright Now Hen Dderwen, Sketty, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.
sunday 13
Amigos Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing the monthly Hot Club Swing night.
Ben Montague Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11. Info 029 2023 2199.
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £8/£5. Info 029 2087 8444.
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Also on Sun 27.
Lordi The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £19.50 adv. Info 07730 432166. Becostumed Finnish metal goofballs. This will be sold out by the time you read this I think.
Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo Sunflower&I, Cardiff Bay. 5.30pm, £30 adv. Info 029 2048 4211. An intimate concert by a guitar duo from New York, which you probably guessed by them having the most Italian-American sounding names of all time, who offer “pop, jazz, swing and classical favourites as you have never seen!” Love dat sound baby.
North Star The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Open Mic Night The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Ralph McTell Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01792 602060.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Samuel Jack Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933.
Skam + Peter Smith The Garage, Swansea. 9pm. Info 01792 475147.
Slaves Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Shouty indie-punk duo who played in Bridgend a couple of months back. Interview on the Buzz website if you fancy reading it.
Soil + Saliva + Sons Of Texas The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Ametican metal trio.
The Ian Siegal Band + The Kaz Hawkins Band De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7.15pm, £15 adv. Info www.tenbyblues.co.uk. Tenby Blues Festival gig.
monday 14
Dance Gavin Dance + Good Tiger + Johnny Craig + Kurt Travis The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Eric Hodges Beethoven Prize Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Competition featuring members of the RWCMD keyboard department.
Hooton Tennis Club Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie.
Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Ralph McTell Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 8pm, £18.50/£17.50. Info 01239 621200.
Rebecca Ferguson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50-£35. Info 029 2087 8444. Rescheduled gig from back in February, if you have a ticket it’s still legit.
The Collective Big Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
tuesday 15
Billy Walton Band The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £10.50 adv. Info 07730 432166. Blues-rock.
Castles + Ani Glass + Winter Coat + Conformist The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Album launch gig for north Wales psych band Castles.
Chamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Josh Heaton Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Mono + Alcest The Globe, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Double bill of Japanese post-rock and French ambient black metal. Neat! I think we are featuring this Upfront.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Ravel & The Harp Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Recital featuring pieces including the Mother Goose suite.
Riverside Reunion Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Students Of Atlantic College St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100.
The Goldfield Ensemble Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Experimental/classical group with a performance which “combines sounds and images from the 1940s, technologies developed in the 1950s, and the unique sonorities of salvaged objects”. Sounds good!
*Yama Warashi + Jemma Roper + Simeon Smith Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Yama is a Japanese woman living in Bristol, used to be in the band Zun Zun Egui and has an album out around the time of this gig. Should be good this!
wednesday 16
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01446 738622. Tribute band.
Collapsed Lung + The Ethical Debating Society + Hodad The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. You might remember Collapsed Lung from the mid-90s, and their minor football-themed hit single circa Euro 96. One of them now trades as dubious ‘chap-hop’ artist Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, but has reformed CL to boot.
Duski Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Hiding From Girls Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2038 7026.
Li Harding with Gary Phillips Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Messiaen: Chamber Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Lunchtime concert featuring the Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds. First of five Messiaen recitals from now until Fri 18.
Messiaen: Gould Piano Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Also featuring clarinettist Robert Plane.
Mishka Shubaly Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Billed in Gwdihw’s listings as “American singer-songwriter and sober ultra marathon runner”. Townes Van Zandt would turn in his grave I tell’ee! Although maybe it’s a joke I’m not party to.
Monmouth Big Band with Gareth Roberts MD Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Nineteen Fifty Eight + Seasons + Montreux Fires Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £6/£4 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Skerryvore Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01873 850805. Rollicking Scottish folk band.
Steve N’ Seagulls The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. This Finnish band do famous metal/hard rock songs in a comedy bluegrass/country style. Such a brilliant idea, it’s amazing someone hasn’t already had exactly the same one.
The Talking Bird Collective The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £2. Info 01685 387925. Soul band.
thursday 17
Acoustic Sinners Bar 44, Penarth. 5-7pm, free. Info 029 2070 5497. Presented by Nailed It Events.
BBC NOW Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£22. Info 01970 623232. Performing works by Brahams and Elgar.
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01495 227206.
Chris Barron + Lach Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Barron is the singer from the Spin Doctors; Lach is a veteran NYC folkie.
Delain + Evergrey + Kobra & The Lotus Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Symphonic metal.
Dovetail Trio Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Gimme Gimme Gimme The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Abba tribute. This is billed as The Visitors tour but, given they also claim to be “recreating that original Abba party feel”, I suspect it will not be focusing on the somewhat gloomy LP of that name.
Holy Moly & The Crackers + Iron Eye + Little Folk The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
Jelly Roll Jones Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.
Judith Owen + Balsamo Deighton The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Jazzy pop auteur, described as “the female Randy Newman” by Jamie Cullum.
Li Harding & The Gary Phillips Trio Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £4-£8. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Messiaen: Cordelia Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital.
Messiaen: Peter Hill Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital.
Mike Collins Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Music In The Museum Presents Open Mic Night National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £8/£5/free to perform. Info 029 2039 7951. “Welcomed genres: acoustic, poetry, classical, jazz and soul” say the museum bods.
Nick Ward + Nigel Philip Davies + Tyrone Marshall 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. A night titled The Songwriters Syndicate, featuring solo acoustic sets.
Philip Clouts Quartet Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Jazz.
South African Gospel Choir Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 863722. In Carmarthen tomorrow.
The King Is Back St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £23-£27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Elvis tribute courtesy of one Ben Portsmouth.
*The Pop Group The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. See Music for more on these Bristol postpunk rabblerousers. Their sound guy for tonight is Dennis Bovell too!
friday 18
Allan Yn Y Fan The Met, Abertillery. 7pm, £8. Info 01495 355800.
Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Andy & Gos Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Basement Torture Killings + Agrona + Vile Inscription + Anal Floss Is Boss Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Grind, death and black metal. “Don’t forget to bring your own teddys for Beryl to mutilate!” say the promoters, intruigingly.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Muni, Pontypridd. 8.30pm, £13.50. Info 01443 490390.
Bowie Experience The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01633 656757. Handsomely-priced tribute act.
Brian Fallon & The Crowes Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Singer out of The Gaslight Anthem plus backing band, who are nothing to do with The Black Crowes.
Chris John The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Cliff Prior & John Clayton Washington Buildings, Penarth. Free to diners. Info 029 2070 9600. Latin jazz duo soundtrack your dinner.
Dizzy Lizzy Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01443 682388. Thin Lizzy tribute band. Nice bit of trivia in their bio: the singer “lives in West Bromwich, just down the road from the hospital where Philip Lynott was born.”
Federal Charm + Aaron Keylock + Simo The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Up and coming blues-rock types, presented by Planet Rock. Running order will change each night of the tour.
Flamingods + Hipicat + Farm Hand Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. See Upfront. Also features Darkhouse Family DJs.
FM + Buck & Evans + Hand Of Dimes Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Hard rock.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Hoyfest The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv/£18 two days. Info 029 2048 3344. New two-day festival, across two rooms in this venue, promoted by Luckyman Records. Today features The Milk, No Hot Ashes, Monica Blonde, The Moon Birds, Bandicoot and Parish. On tomorrow also.
Into It. Over It. + Tancred Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
Mark O’Donnell + Mor Ladron The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762.
Messiaen: Song Recital Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring Raphaela Papadakis (soprano) and Cordelia Williams (piano).
New Model Army Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
New Street Adventure Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £6. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Cafe A Go Go night.
Panic! At The Disco Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £25. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out. Never would have thought these guys were that popular.
Paul Ashton Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Pete Coe The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. A Valley Folk Club night.
Philharmonia Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£39.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Vladmir Ashkenazy conducts a programme of Borodin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
Pull The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rhys Davies + Craig Watkins The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Richard Uttley Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01873 850805. Piano recital.
Soul Sessions Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026.
South African Gospel Choir Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 0845 2263510.
The 4th Kind Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Balkaneers The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01267 231012. Celtic/gypsy folk band.
The Beatles Go On Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01633 868239. Don’t they just!
The Murderburgers + The Runup + Hodad + Rungus The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Scottish pop-punk band headline.
Tinitus Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7pm, £10. Info 01656 815757. Folk sextet from south Wales.
Valleys Folk Ceilidh Blaenavon Rugby Club. 7.30-10.30pm, £3. Info 01495 790446. Not to be confused with the Valley Folk Club (see above).
Ysgil Sul + Mellt The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
saturDay 19
A Tribute To Dame Shirley Bassey Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £75. Info 029 2039 1391. Gala event featuring RWCMD theatre students, and raising funds for the Dame Shirley Bassey Scholarship. The ticket price also gets you an afterparty, some canapes and champagne, and the chance to take part in an auction to win one of Shirl’s dresses.
Black Stone Cherry St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £28. Info 029 2087 8444.
Body Harvest + Revolting Chaos The Duke, Neath. 6-11.30pm, free. Info 01639 643892. An evening entitled Duke Deathfeast, with more bands TBC.
Bruce Anderson The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks + Bas Jen + Zack White Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Explosive Light Orchestra Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £16.50 adv. Info 01873 850805. ELO tribute band.
Glen Tilbrook Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £16-£18. Info 01970 623232. If you’re ‘feeling the Squeeze’ this winter you might want to attend this solo show by their singer. Or the one in Narberth tomorrow.
Hoyfest The Gate, Cardiff. £15 adv/£18 two days. Info 029 2048 3344. Today features Vant, The Bulletproof Bomb, Tibet, Cupids, Judas, Trash, The Cradles, Rinse, Rainbow Maniac, Himalayas, Mirror Gorillas, Wetpainttt, The Fused, The Broadcasts, Amber and Nuclear Lullaby.
Jack Garratt + Seramic Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Sold out gig by a lad from Little Chalfont, in Buckinghamshire. This will probably play well in the USA, as they think that everywhere in Britain is called things like ‘Little Chalfont’.
John Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7pm, free (£2 after 11). Info 029 2038 7026.
Keith James Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. Doing a Leonard Cohen covers set.
Keith Rock The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Kevin Jones The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
King King + Broken Witt Rebels Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Blues-rock.
Kit Wilmans Fegradoe Heol Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Playing as part of the Love Me Or Leave Me Alone installation.
La Forme Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 221477.
Leddra Chapman The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £5. Info 01685 387925. Singer-songwriter who has supported Tom Jones and Ed Sheeran.
Lonely Hearts Rugby Clwb Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. Music from around the world, played by a 20-piece band.
Mark Harrison Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Blues solo artist.
Martin Simpson Pennar Hall, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm. Info 01646 621811. Folk.
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 01633 656757. UK indieish fella who’s been in the game for 30 years this year.
New Muni Players The Muni, Pontypridd. 7.15pm, £6. Info 01443 490390. Singing songs from the musicals.
Open Mic Night The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Scott Stroman & Huw Warren Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Jazz duo.
Simply Red Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £57.35. Info 029 2022 4488. During one Happy Mondays tour, Shaun Ryder was so dependent on crack he had to keep ducking behind the drums to hit the pipe during gigs. Mick Hucknall will be doing much the same here, except to tweet sarcastic barbs about Jeremy Corbyn.
Sounds Of Harlowe The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £7. Info 01497 821762.
Stacey Blythe & Diarmuid Johnson Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.15pm, £8 adv. Info 01239 841387. Folk duo.
Steamchicken with Lisa Heywood The Heath, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£5 kids. Info 029 2039 4207. A RUFF Ceilidh night.
Tender Prey The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm. Info [email protected]. Single launch for the solo-though-often-with-bandmates project of Laura Bryon. Don’t know owt about the single in question though.
The Darling Buds The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Late-80s/early-90s indiepop band from south Wales, reformed for a few years now.
The Secret Police + The Spectrums Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. Police tribute band headline.
The Trends Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Ultimate Floyd The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info [email protected]. Pink Floyd tribute.
sunday 20
Blackbeard’s Tea Party The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. “Traditional songs and folk tunes are given a heavy rock edge with playful arrangements and driving dance rhythms,” apparently.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Elvis Presley In Concert Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £40. Info 029 2022 4488. A live band plays Elvis while the man himself appears on a big screen. OK.
Glen Tilbrook Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £6.50/£15 adv. Info 01834 869323.
*Gwyl Nawr Festival Volcano, Swansea. 12-11pm, £10/£6 evenng only. Info www.volcanotheatre.co.uk. See Music for more on this alldayer of experimental music and film in support of local refugee causes. Features contributions from the following: Clive Bell, Douglas Benford, Kevin Chan, Euros Childs, Matt Collier, Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Medi Evans, Darryl Feehely, David Garner, Ginko, Ani Glass, Ian Holloway (DJ set), Adam Howell, Simon Kilshaw, Jenn Kirby, Dan Linn-Pearl, Rose Linn-Pearl, Matthew Lovett, Pat Morgan, Hiromi Okumura, Helen Papaioannou, David Pearl, Mike Pearson, Helen Petts, Michał Poreba, Damian Rees, Heike Roms, John Rowley, Aura Satz, Gwenno Saunders, Swansea Laptop Orchestra, Richard Thomas, Ian Watson and Valerie Williams.
Ludovico Einaudi Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £18.50-£59.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Soundtrack-happy alternative classical bloke.
Sarah Jane Scouten & The Honky Tonk Wing Man + The Wren Songbook Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
Will Killeen The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
monday 21
Gong The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Mightily mystical prog rockers. Two of the band, including founder Daevid Allen, have died in the last two years but this doesn’t seem to be stopping them.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Money For Nothing Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01792 475715. Dire Straits tribute. Remember when the guy from Swansea council clowned this venue for putting on endless tribute bands and similar generic crud? They really took that on board didn’t they.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
tuesday 22
Aaronson 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2022 8883.
Chamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Deacon Blue + Lewis & Leigh St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £39.50/£29.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
Freddie Willetts Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Graham Bonnet Band Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07970 063107. One-time frontman of Rainbow. In 1980 he headlined the first Donington Festival, but I’m sure this will be just as exciting for him.
Nikki Rous Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Acoustic solo artist.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
wednesday 23
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Andreas Tophoj & Rune Barslund Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Hiding From Girls Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind + Keys Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Joe Fox + Kizzy Crawford Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliner is an indie-soul lad form London who was slightly inexplicably, on the last ASAP Rocky album quite a bit.
John Wilson & The John Wilson Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50-£44. Info 029 2087 8444.
Kill The Ideal + Hide Your Eyes The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Levellers + Ferocious Dog Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Featuring a full album performance of the Levellers’ second album Levelling The Land. I have a copy of the new reissue on my desk and can’t bring myself to play it. A stance which is as matchwood in the face of this long sold-out gig.
Tuktuk feat. Geoff Simkins Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Pavillon Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £13.50. Info 07802 912789. Twelve-piece band lead by French horn player Jim Rattigan.
The Solid Gold Rock’n’Roll Show 2016 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £30.50. Info 01970 623232. Featuring Marty Wilde, Eden Kane, Mike Berry and Mark Wynter with The Wildcats.
Two Pianos, Three Pieces, Twelve Hands Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Recitals of works by Mozart, Satie and Stravinsky.
thursday 24
Charlotte Carpenter The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Fizzi present a gig for a solo artist compared to PJ Harvey and Cat Power.
Dubioza Kolektiv Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. See Upfront, or maybe the Buzz website, or both.
From The Jam Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Performing all The Jam’s singles AND their B-sides.
Holy Bouncer + Lesser Wolf Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. Spanish psych band headline, presented by Juxtaposed.
Lee Jones Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Lunar Tides + Baby Brave + Apryll Aileen Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. EP launch for headliners.
Octave Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Singing Christmas classics. On tomorrow also.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
Red Dirt Skinners Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. UK country-rockers.
Royal Welsh College Big Band Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £11/£9. Info 01686 614555. Performing their ‘100 Years Of Jazz In 100 Minutes’ set. In Cardiff tomorrow.
Sodomized Cadaver + Democratus + Plaguefather + Bloodborn Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
The Shires St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront.
The Stylistics Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £24.50-£26.50. Info 01656 815995.
Tobias Robertson’s Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
UK Subs + State Of Decay + Poetic Justice The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07730 432166. Punk.
Young-Choon Park Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £14.50. Info 01874 611622. South Korean concert pianist. Every single biog out there focuses on her being a child prodigy, despite the fact that (a) she is no longer a child and (b) in her one interview I can find she pretty much says that she hated that period of her life.
friday 25
A Fistful Of Spookies Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £12. Info 01873 850805. Featuring the five British members of the Spooky Men’s Chorale.
Aled Rheon & The Gorgeous Charge + Ofelia + Bryony Sier Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9. Info 029 2030 4400.
Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Andy Fairweather-Low Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 01792 863722.
BBC NOW: Welsh Foundations 2 Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £10-£12. Info 029 2063 6464.
Bella Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026.
Black Tongue + Belial Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Brain Freeze Festival Ebbw Vale Institute. 6pm, £15/£25 both days. Info 01495 708022. See Music for more on this neat two-dayer of hard rock and the like. Crobot, Purson, Hands Off Gretel, The Texas Flood, Stay Voiceless and Heavy Flames play today; on tomorrow also.
Calypso The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Cash Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 468892. Johnny Cash tribute.
Children Of The Gravy Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Black Sabbath tribute band.
David Pyatt Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. French horn recital.
Edens Curse + C.O.P. UK + Evolve The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Felix Reibl Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Solo gig by someone from The Cat Empire. Reassuringly expensive no doubt.
Get Ready West End Club, Barry. 8.30-11.30pm. Info 07561 143114.
Ghosts As Alibis + Head Of The Bear + Columns + Disrupt The Continuum The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 213300.
Handsome Ape The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Hotter Than Hell Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Kiss tribute.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon BBC Club, Llandaff, Cardiff. Info 029 2032 2734. Launch gig for the 2017 Cwlwm Celtaidd Festival.
Laid Blak The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Live hip-hop.
Lowri Evans Ty Tawe, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 456856.
Lunchtime Organ Recital Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45-1.30pm, free. Info 01792 475715. With Huw Tregelles Williams.
Mari Wilson Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. A tribute to early/mid-60s UK vocalists like Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw etc.
Meze Battle Of The Bands Heat 6 Meze Lounge, Newport. 7.30pm, 33. Info 01633 259144. Featuring these bands: Amber, Screwface, Eat Your Greens and Blackjack Zero.
Mike Roberts Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 8pm, £12/£10.50. Info 01792 475715. Album launch for a local musician who purports to blend pop, lounge and ballads.
Morfydd Owen – Portrait Of A Lost Icon Great Hall, Swansea Bay Campus. 7.30pm, £15/£10. Info 01792 602060. A celebration of the life and work of Owen through song, piano music and text..
Ne-Yo Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £40. Info 029 2022 4488. R’n’b crooner and latterday bringer of clean water to African nations. He could even be the Bob Geldof it’s OK to like.
Octave Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2087 7959.
Organ Recital National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Paul Ashton Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Pierce The Veil + Letlive. + Creeper Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Post-hardcore, metalcore etc.
Pipedream + Rope + Modern Rotuals The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £5/£4 adv. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Ray Lewis Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01834 869323. Fella from the band The Drifters.
Reece + Phoxjaw The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Royal Welsh College Big Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391.
*Stealing Sheep + R. Seiliog Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, free in exchange for a broken electrical item. Info 01443 491424.
RWCMD Symphony Orchestra & Chorus St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3-£13. Info 029 2087 8444.
Swansea Hit Squad Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, free. Info 07802 912789. Charity event.
The Bayside Boogiemen Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Bohemians Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Queen tribute.
The Cellar Bards Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07818 056599.
The Hatstand Collective + Jimmy Laser And The Vaporising Frogs + Theo Burn Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 6.30pm, £7. Info 01239 615952. Local band showcase.
The Illegal Eagles Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25/£23. Info 01792 475715. Eagles tribute band.
The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The John Langan Band West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 07561 143114. Folk/roots trio.
The Oasis Experience The Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07563 111225. Tribute band.
The Watchmen 2.0 The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Traams Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Noisy indie band from Brighton.
UK Subs + Cyanide Pills + Knock Off Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. This is the second time UK Subs have played here in just over six months.
Yiddish Twist Orchestra Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 0300 3656677.
saturday 26
Absolute Bowie Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 029 2023 2199. Tribute act.
Ags Connolly & Pete Gou Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 673739. Americana and folk. Presented by Down By The River.
Alaska Alaska + Zed Motel + Mudlark The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Allan Yn Y Fan The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £11/£9. Info 01639 843163.
Backstreet Symphony The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, £3. Info 01495 247178.
Big Country The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Brain Freeze Festival Ebbw Vale Institute. 6pm, £15/£25 both days. Info 01495 708022. Today features Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics, The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Lacertilia, Dead Shed Jokers, Estuary Blacks, Among The Dead, Joe Kelly and The Doublecross.
Broadway Bounces Back Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12/£9. Info 01656 815995. Songs from the musicals.
Cardiff Bach Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16/£10/free under-16s. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing ‘A Celebration Of The Mass’.
Cash Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 384111. Johnny Cash tribute act.
Chas & Dave Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. They have an album that’s just been released (by the time you read this) called Not Just Anuvver Beano.
Chris John The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Cwmbran Baroque Singers St John The Baptist Church, Newport. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2075 6660. Featuring excerpts from Handel’s Messiah among other works.
ESP Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Sold out.
Henry Marten’s Ghost The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
James Kennedy The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
John Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7pm, free (£2 after 11). Info 029 2038 7026.
Keith Rock The Monkstone Inn, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2077 8072. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Lazy Habits + Beatbox Hann Sully’s Yard, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£7. Info [email protected]. Live hip-hop.
London Concertante Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19-£28. Info 029 2056 4554. With a programme of Mozart, Purcell, Bach and Vivaldi
Multi Story Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £8.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Welsh rock band from the 80s, now reformed.
Paul Dark The Fairwater Hotel, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 3049. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Pontarddulais Male Choir Annual Concert Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7pm, £15/£10. Info 01792 475715.
Rozelle The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Bristol indie/synthpop band.
Sonic Boom Six Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, £9/£7 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
The Dime Notes Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01792 602060. New Orleans jazz 1920s style.
The Human League + Ekkoes St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £42/£36.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Navarones Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Thingumjigs St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £2.50-£8.50. Info 01446 799100. Ceilidh.
sunday 27
Ben Griffiths + Duski The King’s Arms, Abergavenny. 7.45pm, £10/£8. Info 07958 612691. A Black Mountain Jazz double bill.
Cardiff University Symphony Chorus St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £8/£5. Info 029 2087 8444.
Eliza & The Bear Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ensemble Cymru Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £10. Info 01970 623232.
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Also featuring workshops from 2.30pm.
Jigantics The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Joey DeVries The Globe, Cardiff. 12-5pm, £8 adv. Info 07590 471888. Launchtime gig with a young buck who toured with Little Mix previously.
John S Davies Singers Ensemble Psiga Chapel, Llandisilio, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £4-£10. Info 01834 869323. Presented by Span Arts.
Open Mic Night The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Teenage Fanclub Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50. Info 0871 4720400. Scottish indie veterans. This has been sold out for months.
The Damned Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Everyone seems to be celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and The Damned are perfectly entitled to get on that bandwagon if you ask me.
The Maension Undertone, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2022 8883. Hollywood rock band who’ve supported lots of nu-metal bands. Best quote from their bio (caps theirs): “THE BAND HAS A REALLY ORIGINAL SOUND LIKE THEY HAD A SLICE OF ROBERT FRIPP METAL-TART FOR BREAKFAST!” That’s no way to talk about Toyah Wilcox.
monday 28
Alter Bridge + Volbeat + Gojira + Like A Storm Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £30. Info 029 2022 4488. Hard rock and metal. Gojira seem like an odd fit on the lineup.
Emmy The Great + Cyta + O Karmina Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 029 2023 2199. Dunno about you but I’d forgotten about about Emmy The Great.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Saw Doctors Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Irish faves.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Walking On Cars Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Irish alt-rock band.
tuesday 29
Callithump + Matt Griffiths Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Cameran Trowbridge + Josh Garratt + Jack Flipper Mason + Bryony Sier The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £2. Info 01685 387925. Charity gig in aid of the Christie Charity.
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444.
Carducci Quartet Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing workd by Handel, Mozart and Beethoven.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Fickle Friends Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
John Spiers Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01239 621200. Folk.
Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £19.50-£22. Info 01792 475715.
Martin Joseph St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £18/£16 adv. Info 029 2087 8444.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Roger Wells Hot Shots Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Scott Matthews + Ady Johnson Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £14. Info 0871 4720400.
Terrorvision + Tax The Heat Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Recently found a Terrorvision gig review I wrote for the student paper when I was 18. Really excruciating stuff. Not because it was a positive review but because it had this really forced anti-indie stance that I guess I felt was the ‘cool’ music writer position to take. Just wanted to get that off my chest anyway. This is a tour toasting 20 years since the third Terrorvision LP Regular Urban Survivors.
wednesday 30
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Bastian Stein Quartet Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Half Blind The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Hiding From Girls Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2038 7026.
Joshua Radin Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £0 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Singer-songwriter bloke from the US.
Lewis Watson The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Mark Porter & His Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Moscow Drug Club Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Sound Of The Sirens Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Folk duo from Exeter.
Vega Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107.