MONDAY 1 APRIL
Aubrey Parsons Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Cold Hard Truth + Splitknuckle + Nihility Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Mean muggin’ hardcore bands presented by Nuclear Family. Check out the headliners’ Bandcamp page if you enjoy unfathomably stupid misogynistic lyrics.
Daoirí Farrell Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Irish folkie.
Dick Hamer Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Playing the jazz night on here every Monday.
Native Harrow + Eleri Angharad + Natalie Jones The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 654366.
Only Boys Aloud Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6.30pm, £8. Info 01633 868239.
The Hunna Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Looks to be sold out.
Yak + Mush + Sssnakes Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
TUESDAY 2 APRIL
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
All That Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Banshee Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz jam session.
Mekons Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Postpunk-into-alt-country legends play their partly-native city for the first time in… a really long time, I think. Previewed in last month’s issue but already sold out!
R Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash, every Tuesday this month.
R Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Russell Watson Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £48.38. Info 0300 3656677.
The Quireboys + FM + Bad Touch + Vega Tramshed, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £28.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Large bill of hard rock Brits.
Thomas Gaynor St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Organ recital.
WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL
Bad Manners + Cartoon Violence Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £25. Info 01970 623232. In Cardiff on Thurs 11; Maesteg on Wed 24.
R Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Also on Fri 26.
R Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 17.
Bob Reynolds Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Jazz saxophonist who is also in the band Snarky Puppy.
Coolies + Boxcat The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Indie punky band from New Zealand.
DB Big Band with Clare Hingott Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
Get The Blessing The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Bristolian rockin’ jazz combo featuring two of Portishead. The biggest act to appear at this stalwart jazz venue for a good while, I think, and still for free! In Cardiff on Fri 19, not for free
Groucho Club The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Katz Mulk: Vital Attatchments Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Katz Mulk are here on a residency as part of Experimentica. They combine music, performance and sound art and are inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, which all sounds pretty neat to me.
Lona + The Collier The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Lucie Jones Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01646 695267. West End actor and former Eurovision representative sings some songs she likes. In Abergavenny tomorrow.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Joe Kelly.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £6-£17. Info 01633 656757.
R Slowly Rolling Camera & 4pi Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7-8pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. Diffusion Festival event where Welsh jazz group SRC play along to 4pi’s visual score. (Until Fri 5)
South Powys Youth Music Gala 2019 Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £7.50/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622.
Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin Masters St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32-£47. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show, not a ‘band’ as such in that it also features a 35-piece orchestra.
The Fishguard Folk Singers Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Vein Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
THURSday 4 APRIL
Bob Log III The Globe, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Punk blues zaniness from an American fella who is always a popular draw in these parts.
Classic Rock USA Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 01495 227206. Triple-threat tribute to Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and well-known American Bryan Adams.
Ex Cathedra: Monteverdi Vespers St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore.
R Frankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Thursday and Sunday this month.
Gethin Liddington / Ian Poole Quartet Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Miles Davis tribute set.
Hannah Grace + Dan Bettridge Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.
Jack Lukeman + Lucas & King Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Jodie Daniels + The Roselles + The Bug Club NosDa, Cardiff. 9-11pm, £3. Info 029 2037 8866. A Live By The River night presented by U&I Radio.
Lucie Jones Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18/£14. Info 01873 850805.
Mal Pope Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. In Carmarthen on Fri 12; Swansea on Sat 13; Llanelli on Fri 26.
Nadia Sheikh + Fire Fences + Laissez Faire + Just Drive The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info [email protected]. Monthly open mic night with a different host each month; March’s is James Bower and the special guest is Kymo.
R Open Mic Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Every Thursday this month.
Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 384111. First Wednesday of every month.
Ross Gurney The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Tyhai Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 852960. Indo-Celtic folk trio who include Dylan Fowler among their number. In Llanelli on Sat 6.
R Winter’s End Festival The Drill Hall, Chepstow. £85 weekend/£12 Thurs 4 only (£10 with weekend ticket)/£18 Fri 5 only/£38 Sat 6 or Sun 7 only/£72 Sat 6 + Sun 7. Info www.winters-end.co.uk. The return of this prog rock festival which seems to favour the melodic/80s-flavoured side of the genre. Today is a pre-party with tributes to Fish-era Marillion (All The Best Freaks) and Thin Lizzy (The Lizzy Legacy). Fri 5 features RPWL, Midnight Sun and Aaron Brooks; Sat 6 features Threshold, Abel Ganz, Cyril, Weend O and Exploring Birdsong; Sun 7 features Kayak, ZIO, Godsticks, Crystal Palace and L’Anima. (Until Sun 7)
FRIDAY 5 APRIL
Afternoon In Paris Carnegie House, Bridgend. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01656 815757. Jazz.
Aiden Hatfield Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Bandicoot + Red Telephone + Vanilla The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk.
Blaze Bayley + Vice Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £412.50/£10. Info [email protected]. Former Iron Maiden frontman who looks like a right bear these days. As in a gay man with a big beard.
Bloxx + On Video + The Pitchforks Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Grungy indie band from Uxbridge headline.
Chew Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2009 5590. The Hold Up present an album launch gig for Welsh rapper. Apparently it’s a double-CD job, not heard it though..
Clean Cut Kid Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
Collabro + Georgia & The Vintage Youth St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Musical theatre vocalists/Britain’s Got Talent alumni headline. In Aberystwyth on Fri 12.
Côr Merched Cwm Llynfi Town Hall, Maesteg. 7pm, £8. Info 01656 815995. Annual concert.
Everyday Heroes + Fallen Temples + Foreigner’s Son The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 247178.
Fragment Duo The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Idge Logan City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Keith James Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.45pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387. Performing his Leonard Cohen tribute set.
Magic – A Kind Of Queen Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01873 850805.
Mangata The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Never 42 Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Level 42 tribute.
Nifty Stringz Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 868239. Ukulele group perform in the lounge.
Night Flowers + Homecomings The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Papur Wal + Pasta Hull The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Brace of Welsh-language indie bands.
Penelope Isles + Rosehip Teahouse + 100% Rabbit Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Re:make + Death Ingloria + The Fangs Of The Dodo + Shyly Virus Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 01792 301178. This gig is an opening party for the Swansea Comic And Gaming Con, and all the bands have gaming/anime themes.
Siobhan McCrudden + Jack Ellis St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07960 820645. Cardiff-based folk-rocker headlines.
Sleaford Mods + Lines Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £19.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. S’mods were interviewed in last month’s issue.
Sleeper The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Britpop C-listers, reformed and popular enough to sell this venue out.
R Students Of Atlantic College St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £5. Info 01446 799100. Afternoon cafe concert; price includes tea/coffee and cake. Also on Fri 12.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Italics Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
R The Super Sounds Of The Sixties Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01646 695267. Locals cover pop songs from those decades. On tomorrow also.
The Zoots Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £17. Info 01834 869323. Sixties tribute.
Torqued + Trep + Sydney Fate The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm, £5. Info 01443 841133. A Meddwlfest gig.
UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell & Astro Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Ali was interviewed in the last issue but this gig was already sold out. In that interview there’s a quote – I asked the writer to check the transcription – where Ali dunks on the other UB40 by saying that they play House Of Blues while his band play state fairs. Be that as it may, I looked at the lineup for some of the state fairs they’re doing and it’s all awful old carcass-dragging rubbish, hardly something to brag about.
Unplugged Club Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07818 056599. Acoustic night.
Whitehall Parade Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Wöd St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. Playing the Pentreffest Noz folk night.
SATURDAY 6 APRIL
Acoustic Sinners Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Adwaith + Ani Glass Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01970 633088. Presented by Clwb Ifor Bach.
Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Heat 6 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from In Which It Burns, Throwing Knives, From The Depths, Trombonoscopy and Epic Fail.
Cardiff Ukulele Festival St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1-5pm, free. Info 029 2087 8444. Annual event where ukulele-based groups from across the ‘UKe’ (UK) perform in the Level 3 Lounge.
Cardiff University Jazz Ensemble Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Directed by Huw Warren.
Catfish Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Chris Kelly Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Christian Punter + Harvey Jones + Laura Power Ferndale Imperial Club, Rhondda. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 730433. EP launch for headliner
Côr Cymru: Cynradd Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Info 01970 623232. The final of the choral competition for primary schools in Wales.
Chube + Arkocean + Moon Biscuit Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Dead Hands + Rash Decision + Hold Tight + Voidcaller Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107. Hardcore and metal bands, presented by Crush Hate.
Dreadzone Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £19.25. Info 01792 863722. Live dub veterans of the circuit.
Duppy Busters Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Reggae.
Hullabaloo Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Muse tribute band. In Swansea on Sat 27.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, every Saturday this month.
Kill 66 The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7.30pm. Info 01495 213300. Rock covers.
Mentallica Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01495 708022. Metallica tribute band.
Mike Tramp + Pearler Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Acoustic show from White Lion frontman.
Moretallica The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 247178. Metallica tribute band, but with their lyrics replaced by letters from the problem page of old issues of More! magazine. At least I hope that’s what this is.
Never The Bride Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862.
Nick & Cheryl The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Oakdale Singers Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01495 227206. Multi-generational choir.
Paraskenia The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Rachel B The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Sam Beiley + Côr Curiad Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £28. Info 0845 2263510. In aid of Marie Curie Wales.
Sara Ashley The Pheasant, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 653614.
Sean Taylor West End Club, Barry. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01446 735739. Singer-songwriter presented by Roots N All.
Sepulchre + Garuda + Infernal Diadem The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 01639 643892. Metal.
Solana The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01743 860246. Also featuring a DJ set from Les EarthDoctor.
South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13. Info 029 2039 1391. Also featuring the Songbirds Choir and the Cardiff Trans Singers this evening.
St Donats Chorale All Saints Church, Barry. 7.30pm, £10/£5 NUS or under-16s. Info www.stdonats.org. Performing Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man and John Rutter’s Requiem.
SU Performing Arts Student Showcase Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7.30pm, £10/£5. Info 01792 602060.
Suzi Quatro + David Essex + Bay City Rollers + Showaddywaddy Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £55. Info 029 2022 4488. Seventies glam/pop titans calling themselves Legends Live for this four-pronged tour.
Tenplusone + Liabilities AD + Social Experiment + Ill Fate The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Punk.
The Drowning + Tor Marrock + The Shallow Souls Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 07970 063107. Headliners are a gothic doom type affair with a new album out.
The Marley Experience The Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon. 7pm, £15/£12.50 adv. Info 07763 000382. Bob Marley tribute show.
The Tony Breen Band The Roath Park, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 1961. Country-rock/Americana.
Tom Williams Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Singer-songwriter type.
Tyhai Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £11. Info 0845 2263510.
Woven Man + State Of Deceit + Rapture’s End + SuperNaut Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 301178.
Vile Sect + Victim Unit + Harpoon + Bodyhacker Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 suggested donation. Info 029 2037 3144. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 with a wild lineup of grind, powerviolence, DIY techno and noiserock.
SUNDAY 7 APRIL
Colin Blunstone + Bruce Sudano Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Zombies vocalist, plays Cardiff a fair bit but not sure he’s been in this venue before.
Côr Cymru: Final Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Info 01970 623232. The winners of the children’s, youth, equal voice, show and mixed choirs compete for the Côr Cymru 2019 title and a prize of £4000.
Girli + Ashnikko + Jemma Roper The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Keith James Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862.
Luke Sital-Singh The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £15 adv. Info [email protected]. MORish singer-songwriter whose new album is reviewed in this issue.
Open Mic with Dave Kenwrick The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Rare Americans + Getrz Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. Rootsy indie stuff. Headliners are actually Canadian.
Steeleye Span St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£24. Info 029 2087 8444.
R Steve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
The Sessions Little Man Garage, Riverside, Cardiff. 10.30-11.30am, £8 adv. Info 07933 844234. Musicians from the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales and the Orchestra Of Welsh National Opera with a Sunday morning concert raising money for TAVS.
MONDAY 8 APRIL
Afternoon In Paris Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Benjamin Francis Leftwich The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Chuggaboom + Pioneers + Icantdie The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Pinegrove + Tom The Lion Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Sold out.
Sarah Angliss + Good News From The Future + Cath & Phil Tyler BBC Hall, Alexandra Road, Swansea. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info www.rwan.cymru. Really interesting looking gig of avant-garde folk and performance art, presented by Nawr.
TUESDAY 9 APRIL
Angharad Lyddon St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Mezzo soprano recital.
Berkeley Ensemble St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 8444. Presented by Ty Cerdd.
Composition Showcase Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. With the Cardiff University School Of Music Singers & Instrumentalists.
Cyngerdd Ysgolion Ceredigion Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Info 01970 623232. Local pupils’ schools recital concert.
Dave Jones Quartet The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10 members. Info info@
breconjazzclub.org. A Brecon Jazz Club event.
Jacky Naylor’s Meraki Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Phil Wall’s Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Sturla Eide & Philip Miles Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12-£16. Info 029 2087 7959. Norwegian-English folk duo who feature the Hardanger fiddle, courtesy of Eide. I don’t know who this fella is but I love the sound of this fiddle.
WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL
Alex Goodyear Septet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Andy Bennett + Chris King The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Headliner also plays in Ocean Colour Scene.
Blackhawk Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
CoDI Chamber with The Berkeley Ensemble Cardiff University Concert Hall. 6.45-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
Continents Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Local metalcore band play their last show ever, I think, or possibly their last one at this venue.
Crescent Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Dirty Dike The Globe, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. UK hip-hop MC who I guess must be one of the scene’s bigger names at this point.
Flight Brigade + The Malago Ballroom + 100% Rabbit The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected].
His Way – The Frank Sinatra Story Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 2.30pm, £12.50. Info 01646 695267. Tribute show by Robert Habermann, who talks about Frank as well as singing some of his songs. In Abergavenny on Fri 12.
Joel Baker + Natty Paynter + Harvey Jones The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. EP launch for headliner, whose press bio is a rollercoaster of offputting details.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Sophie Crabtree.
R The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 24.
The Often Herd Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01646 651725. Bluegrass group from Newcastle.
UB40 Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £38.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Contra to the UB40 in Cardiff on Fri 5, this is the version fronted by Ali Campbell’s brother; according to Ali they sound more like country & western than whatever UB40 is supposed to be, and don’t even get booked to play state fairs alongside Sugar Ray and Night Ranger.
THURSDAY 11 APRIL
All Strung Out Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
Bad Manners The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50 adv. Info 07590 471888.
BBC NOW: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£41. Info 029 2087 8444. Conducted by Alexander Vedernikov
Charlie Says + Miss Kill + Iota + Fioled + Peachy The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info info@
themooncardiff.com.
Geko Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £16.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Manc grime MC promoted here with the ‘Norfolk’s youngest butcher’-esque title ‘Youngest Rapper To Record A Fire In The Booth Session’.
High Climbers + Jo-Jo O’ & The Woods + Frankie Wesson + Seaside Witch Coven Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected]. Varied bands preszented by The Shonk.
Jo Harrop Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. Peggy Lee tribute set.
Kathy Davies Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Lucy Rose The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16. Info 029 2048 3344. Indie-folky sort.
Mangata The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Songwriters Network Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info
[email protected]. Meetup and jam type night, every second Thursday of the month.
R Steve Edmunds The Lime Tree, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 620959. Also here on Thurs 25 this month.
The Bootleg Beatles Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27.50-£32.50. Info 01792 475715.
The Ensemble Vocal Of The Conservatoire De Rouen National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. This French choral group will perform in the museum next to Monet’s painting of Rouen Cathedral – incredible brand synergy! They will also perform thrice, in Cardiff and Penarth, over the following two days.
The Rotanas + Arcades + The Mondaines Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie bands presented by Hoyfest.
Wonderbrass Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
FRIDAY 12 APRIL
Acoustic Sinners City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Art Garfunkel St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £39.50-£59.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Not only performing songs but also reading bits from his new waffly-titled autobiography.
Carcer City + Last Hounds Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £9/£7 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. This is apparently the headline band’s final ever tour. RIP, heaven needed a band whose name I always momentarily mistook as saying Cancer City.
Cardiff University Chamber Choir National Museum Cardiff. 7-9pm, £5/free NUS or under-18s. Info 029 2039 7951. Music by Italian 18th-century composers who worked at the court of Catherine The Great.
Chaouche The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Swansea-originated, Bristol-based minimal electro-soul type. See Music.
Ciconia + X Twenty-Two Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Collabro Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £21.50-£44.50. Info 01792 475715.
Darren Eedens And The Slim Pickins Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Album launch gig.
Faith – The George Michael Legacy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 01874 611622. Tribute show.
His Way – The Frank Sinatra Story Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01873 850805.
Jagger & Kenzie The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Jimmy Mac’s Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Jo Harman Band The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Krissy Matthews The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 387925. Blues-rock guitarist.
Laura Power + Bryony Sier + Stacey Darie The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected].
Legend: The Bob Marley Experience Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2048 7602. Tributye band.
Liberty Lies The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178.
Like A Lion The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
Linda Guilala + Perfect Body Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Spanish group, none of who are called Linda Guilala, headline.
Mal Pope Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510.
Martin Turner (Ex Wishbone Ash) Town Hall, Maesteg. 8pm, £18. Info 01656 815995. Saddled with one of the more awkward ‘legal dispute-related obligation’ names I’ve come across, WA vocalist Turner plus band of ringers perform 1976 LP New England.
News From Nowhere + The Roselles + Kikker Cinema & Co, Swansea. 8pm, £3.50. Info 07982 624959.
R Replacement Weekender The Moon / Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free today/£5 tomorrow. Info [email protected]. This was going to be a two-day show of doom, sludge etc but the promoter had to pull out, however most of the bands still wanted to play so it’s still on! Nice. Tonight, in the Moon: Pizzatramp, Thorun, Zinc Bukowski, King’s Alias and BloodSlugs. Tomorrow, across both venues from 2pm: Grand Collapse, Kurokuma, Lacertilia, Haast’s Eagled, Tides Of Sulfur, Made Of Teeth, Kong Lives and Positive Reaction.
Ross Gurney The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly night, usually on the third Friday.
Skacasm + High Voltage + Shovelface + Ceri Haggett Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01685 879491. Cynon Valley Memorial Garden fundraiser gig.
Space The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. More Britpop relics, though Space have been ‘back’ for years now to be fair.
Spectrum Singers + The Ensemble Vocal Of The Conservatoire De Rouen All Saints Church, Penarth. 7.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2070 3170. Performing Mozart’s Requiem. In Cardiff twice (Llandaff and Roath) tomorrow.
Stanley Strong Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Straight Arrows + Bedford Falls Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Aussie garage/punk band headline, promoted here by Cheap Sweaty Fun who are doing their first gig in years and have even made a cut’n’paste flyer that looks like the ones they did three decades ago. Ahhhh.
The Bloody Frights + Monsterometer Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599.
The George Michael Story The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £16-£20 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tribute act.
The West End At The Movies The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £18/£16. Info 01633 656757. In Brecon on Sun 14.
White Riot + Parish + WYNT Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07970 063107.
Y Daplas Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Twmpath band playing a Valley Folk Club night.
SATURDAY 13 APRIL
Abba Mania Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £25/£23. Info 01970 623232. Tribute show.
Accü Tangled Parrot, Carmarthen. 10am-5pm, free. Info 01267 231012. Instore gig by Welsh electro champ as part of Record Store Day; the given times are Tangled Parrot’s opening hours, so it’ll be at some point during them.
And The Sky Darkened Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk.
An Evening with Elvis 2019 Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01873 850805. Here’s my impression of Elvis if he was alive in 2019. “HELP! HELP!! Someone get me out of this coffin!!!”
Anonymous Iconoclasts The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.3-pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Black Angus Hobo’s, Bridgend. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. AC/DC tribute band.
Both Sides Now Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Joni Mitchell tribute act, or as the venue put it, “this is no mere tribute act”.
Bowie Experience – The Golden Years Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £24.20. Info 0300 3656677. Tribute show.
Calypso Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Claire M Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Eleri Angharad + Asha Jane + Christian Punter Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 07830 381930. Album launch gig for headliner
Flew Fighters The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £6. Info [email protected]. Foo Fighters tribute.
Gogs + Petra Taylor NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599.
Jack Mac’s Funk Pack Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Jeremy Dutcher The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £14.25. Info 01633 656757. Operatic tenor with pop crossover elements.
Levianth + Fluff Tongue + Hate:System + Grym The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected].
Mal Pope Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.45pm, £10. Info 01792 475715.
Off The Record Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631.
On The Edge The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Pama International The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 01743 860246. Trad ska band, rescheduled from January.
Record Store Day: Newport Free Music Festival Various venues, Newport. 9am, free. Info 01633 259661. Followup to a launch event in 2018, where Newport record shop Diverse booked lots of bands and other music/poetry acts around town. This year things will be in Le Public Space, McCann’s Rock N Ale Bar, Slipping Jimmy’s Bar&Grill, Ye Olde Murenger House and Tiny Rebel Newport, with Diverse itself opening at 9am for all the RSD bollocks. Confirmed as playing: Adwaith, Burning Ferns, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Campfire Social, Christina Thatcher, Chroma, David Llewellyn, Deathtraps, Dingus Khan, Eitha Da, Emily Gwyrdd, Finding Aurora, Francesca’s Word Salad, Gemini Anderson, Gintis, The Hard Aches, Joe Kelly, Los Blancos, Mass Envy, Oxygen Thief, Queen Zee, Rainbow Maniac, Red Telephone, Richard Milward, Tequila Slammers.
Resurrection + Oas-is The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Stone Roses and Oasis tributes.
Snatch It Back Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
Spectrum Singers + The Ensemble Vocal Of The Conservatoire De Rouen Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 5.30-6.30pm. Info 029 2056 4554. Evensong performance.
Spectrum Singers + The Ensemble Vocal Of The Conservatoire De Rouen St Edwards Church, Roath, Cardiff. 11.30am-12.30pm. Info stedward.roath.org.uk.
Stanley Strong The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Streetwalking Cheetahs The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7.30pm. Info 01495 213300.
Swansea Philharmonic Choir Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10-£20. Info 01792 475715. Jonathan Rogers conducts a programme headed by Haydn’s Creation (also in Aberystwyth on Sat 27 if you can’t get enough of it).
The Apple Tree Theory The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
The Bohemians Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50/£20.50. Info 01792 475715. Queen tribute band.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £30 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Drummer Tony Allen plus three less talented sidemen tour their long-awaited, or at least long in production, second album.
The Navarones St Peters RFC, Roath, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01685 387925. Ska, 2-tone etc tribute band. Ticket price includes dinner curry specifically.
The New Jersey Boys Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £17. Info 01633 868239. Frankie Valli tribute act, supported by an unnamed Showaddywaddy tribute band also.
Whitesnake UK The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £9/£7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
SUNDAY 14 APRIL
Band Of Skulls Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Indie-blues-rock band with a new album imminent.
DMA’s + Belako Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Australian indie band, who have become increasingly popular in the last two years or so without making any impression on me at all, headline.
R Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Every second and fourth Sunday of the month (also on Sun 28 in April), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 21) too.
Gary Wale Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Noble Jacks The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Folk-rockers who wear waistcoats, as reliable a warning sign as the tie once was with blues singers.
Outback Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Rock covers.
Steve Williams Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing the monthly Hot Club Swing night.
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Comedy nerd metal.
The Nightmares + Private World + Hippodrone + Horrible Men Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. EP launch gig for headliners, profiled in last month’s issue.
The Trials Of Cato Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-rock.
The Washboard Resonators Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599. Old timey jazz band from Leeds.
The West End At The Movies Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01874 611622.
Ysgol Theatr Maldwyn + Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232. Oratorio performances of, respectively, Gair Yn Gnawd and Myfi Yw.
MONDAY 15 APRIL
Chloe Foy + Bryony Sier + Georgia Fearn Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Dominic Norcross Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
TUESDAY 16 APRIL
Black Cat Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Followed By Thirteen Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz quartet built around bassist Henrik Jensen.
Indoor Pets + Gender Roles + Laissez Faire Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Buzz editor Fedor used the phrase “laissez faire” at the exact same time as I was typing this listing. Cosmic, man! Er, I think these are some indie bands.
Loss Leader + Punch On! + Enouement + Useless Eater The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Emo and punk bands presented by DIY Cardiff.
Mavron Quartet St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444.
Saving Grace Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 0845 2263510. This is Robert Plant’s new band, I guess along folk-rock kinda lines, and seems to have been trialled for a couple of months in venues about this size. At the time of writing I don’t think hardly anyone had noticed it had been announced but that might change.
WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL
Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Concerts And Cakes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £4.50. Info 0300 0040444.
Concerts And Cakes Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 12.30pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.
Etienne Manchon Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Keith Little Quartet feat. Jane Williams Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
Kevin Grenfell Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Jazz trombonist with band.
Mairearad Green & Anna Massie Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Christian Punter.
Two Til Twelve The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk.
Young Garbo + Rubber Jaw The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. This Feeling and Creation23 present a fundraiser for Musicians Against Homelessness.
THURSDAY 18 APRIL
Alex Goodyear Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
BBC NOW: Easter Oratorio Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2063 6464. Conducted by Jonathon Heyward and Jonathan Cohen.
Ben Haenow The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Fes + Peaks + Hops Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
Fetty Wap + Peter Jackson Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £30.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. New Jersey rapper, still a bit of a one-hit wonder really but does get points for describing his own music as “ignorant r’n’b”.
Fleetwood Bac Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07512 237983. Tribute band. In Carmarthedn on Sun 21.
Georgia Paterson The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Hear Lies + Wine Morals + Cease To See The Sun + Callum James The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
InDynamics + Hypophora Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Headliners are from Sussex and feature a drummer, Jack Wrench, who shares his name with a tool whose instructions for use include some of the most homoerotic turns of phrase I’ve ever seen.
John Gibbon All Stars Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £11/£10. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Jungle Rot + Ultra-Violence Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Wisconsin death metal band headline.
Lowkey + Awate Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. British wokerap don Lowkey, having booked then postponed dates here in July and September, tries for the third time.
Midge Ure Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £22.50/£21.50. Info 01656 815995. Performing songs and talking about his life etc also.
Milky Wimpshake + My Name Is Ian + Pagan Wanderer Lu + The Metatrons + Schande The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Warmup gig for Wales Goes Pop!, which starts tomorrow in The Gate. Milky Wimpshake are good and I think this is their first Cardiff gig in 20-something years active.
Stefflon Don Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. UK dancehall/grime/pop MC on a tour rescheduled from last November.
That’ll Be The Day St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £24-£28.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Rock’n’roll nostalgia revue.
The Americas + CVC + Beano Naboo & The Real Keepers The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented by Hoyfest.
The Feel Good Factory Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Little Mix Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 6pm, £17 adv. Info 01792 475715. Tribute act
The Meadows Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night.
Tim Holehouse + Thomas Vincent + The Uptown Portrayer Punk Poet + Robo Chomo + Mr Grizzly Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3 suggested donation. Info 01792 301178. Punky folk type stuff.
Whenyoung Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
FRIDAY 19 APRIL
Agrona + Cerebral Enema + Anal Floss Is Boss + Cranial Separation + Blind Divide Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
Bronwen Lewis National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.
Claire M The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Claire Taylor City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Coda Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Led Zeppelin tribute.
Creeds Cross Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01646 695267. Celtic trad/pop crossover fodder.
Curtis Lee + Harri Pain + Lily Webb + Sam Tomlins The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Pi & Hash.
R Dementia Awareness Festival The Dolls House, Abertillery. 5pm, £10 Fri 19 and Sat 20/£8 Sun 21. Info 01495 213300. Three-day event in aid of Dementia UK. Today features The Midnight Dogs, Psycho Kiss, The Electric Shakes, This Elegant Chaos, Scarlet Rebels, Smithgrind and Kinstrife. Sat 20: A Joker’s Rage, Tarot Rats, Tomorrow Is Lost, Beneath The Divine, Weston RD, Electric Rebels, Lazarus Moon and Excursia. Sun 21: Steve Ignorant’s Slice Of Life, Ambition Demolition, The Bitten, Dead Objectives, Deathtraps, Drunken Marksmen, Hacksaw, State Of Decay, TenPlusOne and Terminal Rage. (Until Sun 21)
Get The Blessing Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ida Wenøe & The Wren Songbook Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8-10.30pm, £10. Info 01239 615952. Indie-folk stuff.
Jukebox Bandits Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Kearney’s Jig + System Reset + Stitched Up + That Which Ate The Moon Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2037 3144. Punk type bands, presented here by Crush Hate.
Mangata Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Martin Carthy Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £8. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night with a bona fide legend of the game.
Mike Platt And The Noise Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Rock vocalist who was on The Voice apparently
Nick Byrne + Lazarus Moon + The Revelators The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com.
Nova Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749.
Quay Street Band Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599.
Restorations + Tom May & Roger Harvey + The Violent Hearts Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Pop-punkish band from Philly headline.
Ross Gurney The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Sarah Birch + Joel Morgan + The Warbirds Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07982 624959. Album launch gig for local indie/folk artist Birch, also a member of Lost Tuesday Society.
R Steve Harley Acoustic Trio Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. On tomorrow also but sold out on both dates.
The Heavy Quartet Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Local rockin’ jazz combo who I thought had stopped playing live.
The Oasis Experience Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01834 869323. Tribute band.
The Riff The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
The Solid Silver 60s Show Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22-£34.50. Info 01792 475715. Featuring Peter Noone, Brian Poole and Dave Berry with Vanity Fare
The Songs Of Queen Starring Tom Chaplin St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £42.50-£62.50. Info 029 2087 8444. While I had already taken on board the news that the guy out of Keane had managed to reinvent himself as a faux Freddie, it wasn’t until now that I knew he (well not him specifically, I guess) was attempting to charge north of £60 for it.
The Stevie Wonder Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute show.
R TMR Rockfest The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Three days of live bands for no entry fee. Today: Gorilla Riot, The Black Hands and Black Whiskey; Sat 20: Skam, Revival Black and The New Breed; Sun 21: Scarlet Rebels, Fugitive and Hatfield Rising. (Until Sun 21)
Treorchy Male Choir + The Parc & Dare Band Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7pm, £13/£11. Info 0300 0040444.
R Wales Goes Pop! The Gate, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £48 weekend/£17 per day/free under-12s. Info 029 2048 3344. Bringing indie’s best and brightest to this venue as with every Easter weekend, 2019 goes like this. Today: a headliner TBC (replacing Estrons), She Drew The Gun, Bryde, Say Sue Me, The Wendy Darlings, Mr Ben & The Bens, Kidsmoke, Tugboat Captain, Kermes and Asha Jane Music. Sat 20: The Nightingales, Vic Godard & Johnny Britton With The Subway Sect, Go-Kart Mozart, Charmpit, Simon Love & The Old Romantics, Big Thing, The School, Oh Peas!, Rosehip Teahouse, Live, Do Nothing and She’s Got Spies. Sun 21: Tracyanne And Danny, International Teachers Of Pop, Virginia Wing, Tigercats, The Cornshed Sisters, Accü, Mikey Collins, All Ashore! and HANA2K. Kids under 12 are free but you need to book their ticket. (Until Sun 21)
SATURDAY 20 APRIL
Airrace + Psycho Kiss Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].
All You Need Is Love St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £31.50-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Beatles tribute featuring the National Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £21-£34.50. Info 01792 475715. Frankie Valli tribute.
BoxCat The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. A birthday gig for someone called Beth.
Darkside Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Pink Floyd tribute.
Democratus + State Of Deceit + Trep + Stitched Up + Infernal Diadem Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07970 063107.
Eden’s Curse + Mob Rules + Degreed Ebbw Vale Institute. 6pm, £15 adv. Info 01495 708022. AOR hard-rock/metal stuff, sadly not heralding the return of Leeds hardcore band Mob Rules to action.
Fastlove Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £26.50/£25.50. Info 01656 815995. George Michael tribute.
Glas Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Ian Shimmin Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
John Fairhurst The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by Pi & Hash.
Lemondaze + Picsel + The Sandinistas + Tundra + Soundwire The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. These bands, minus Soundwire, all feature on a Record Store Day flexidisc released by the R*E*P*E*A*T label.
Mangata The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Neckbrace The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected]. South Wales metal band from the early 00s (if my memory is right), reunited.
Novana + Bottlekids The Globe, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Nirvana tribute band headline.
Oxbowlake Ocean Lounge, Porthkerry, nr Barry. 7.30pm. Info 01446 711538.
Punchline Black Boy, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 299469.
Quo-No UK Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Status Quo tribute band.
Richard Ashcroft Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £38. Info 029 2022 4488.
Style Councillors + Ska Monkeys Barry Island Sports & Social Club. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 01446 735173. Tribute/cover bands.
R The Big Sesh NosDa, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Two days of live music for nowt. Today: Rainbow Maniac, Charlie Says, Hang 11, Fioled, Night Lives, Sophie Crabtree & Beatbox Hann, Esio, Lucy Atkins and Vinna Bee. Tomorrow: Jo Jo & The Woods, Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy, Elliot Oakley, King’s Alias, The Freeway, Bryony Seir, Ben Dain-Smith, Ruby Kelly and Kid Reddy & The Features.
The Drystones Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01873 850805. Folk duo.
The Marc Davies Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Spectrums Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 01685 879491. Eighties electropop cover band.
The Troggs Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. British r’n’b protopunks play big posh house out in the wilds. Appear to feature no original members, although the band did form 55 years ago in fairness.
Ut + Disjoy Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. See Music for more on this gig, headlined by UK-via-NYC no wave clanging veterans. This is a great booking, don’t sleep on it!
Zero Talent + Last Tree Squad The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £5. Info 01743 860246. Ska, punk, dub etc.
SUNDAY 21 APRIL
360 Degrees The Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free. Info 01656 785420.
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Dead Ringers Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749.
Evil Turkeys Chatterton Arms, Pencoed. 9pm, free. Info 01656 860293.
Fleetwood Bac Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £18/£16. Info 0845 2263510.
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026.
Ka’s Ska Souls Band West End Club, Barry. 5-8pm, free. Info 01446 735739. Ska and soul covers, reasonably.
Negative Space + Scrap Brain + Basic Dicks + Disjoy + Glib + Slow Murder Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 suggested donation. Info 029 2037 3144. Punk, hardcore and noise, the headliners from London and debuting in Cardiff. Six out of six great acts!
One Eighty Two + Green Haze The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Blink 1982 and Green Day tribute bands.
Panic Station Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Primo Duo The Pod, Newport. 6.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Showhawk Duo The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. Trance/rave hits played on acoustic guitars. Kill me.
Tattsyrup + Mike Dennis + Imprints The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com.
The Big Gospel Choir At Easter Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
The Navarones + Inner City + The 5:15 + Aeddan Jac’s, Aberdare. 4pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 879491. Ska and mod bands.
The Specials Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £40 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Titans of 2-tone return to Wales in a slightly smaller venue than previously.
Weybourne Chester Bingley Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
MONDAY 22 APRIL
Arms Aloft + The Penske File + Guerilla Poubelle + Hot Mass + Honest Thieves Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 6-11pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Punk and indie presented by DIY Cardiff and STHC.
Dream State + Parting Gift + Nightlives Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Slicker-than-yer-average Swansea metallic rockers headline.
Gypsy Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Lolfapalooza Open Mic Afternoon Caffi Lolfa, Burry Port. 3pm, free. Info 07532 062010.
Teleman The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Indie.
The Carpenters Story The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £22/£21. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
The Troubadours Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 4-7pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Rock covers.
Woven Man + Urfe + Sunnylea + Windshake + Static Fires The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3. Info [email protected].
TUESDAY 23 APRIL
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is The Freeway.
Rakta + Deafkids + Artefact The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. Hotel De Marl present two brilliant psychedelic punk bands from Brazil and the first gig in ages by Welsh goth legends Artefact.
Richie & Rosie Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 852960. Multi-genre folk duo.
Stella Donnelly + Sofia Bolt Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Sold out.
The Keith Little Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL
Bad Manners Town Hall, Maesteg. 7pm, £20. Info 01656 815995.
Bilk Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 468892. Youthful Essex indie band.
Cardiff University Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Diane Cluck The Moon, Cardiff. 8.30-10.30pm, £9/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. American folk-rock sort who I’d not thought about in a while.
George St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £39.50-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444. As in Michael, as in a tribute, backed by the National Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Seems to be a tribute act trend (based on this month’s listings anyway), getting an orchestra in so you can charge opera-type prices.
Jake Morrell Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Country rock type from Norfolk.
Kelly Sisters Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01874 611622. Harp duo.
Nick Byrne + Taffy Was A Thief + The Mondaines The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9-11pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.
Simon & Tom Gardner with Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Todd Sharpville & Friends + Bella Collins Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2062 6015. British bluesman whose biblically long bio includes a bit where he gets banned from seeing his kids, consequently winning the support of Fathers 4 Justice before being let out of the psychiatric ward early thanks to an intervention by Leo Sayer.
White Riot + Finding Aurora + LoveButter + Motel Thieves The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected].
THURSDAY 25 APRIL
7am + French Alps Tiger + Fuzz Club The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. This weekend marks two years since this venue reopened as a co-op type setup, and they have three free gigs starting with this one.
Alabama 3 The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Acoustic set.
Beatrice Rana St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Concert pianist performs works by Chopin, Ravel and Stravinsky.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Si Barron Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Tina May Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Jazz vocalist.
FRIDAY 26 APRIL
Aleighcia Scott Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Welsh reggae vocalist, class in this reporter’s opinion.
Big Lad + Sans + Monics Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm, £6. Info [email protected]. The Shonk present London noiserock-meets-breakcore duo Big Lad, who played Cardiff twice last year and were class both times.
Bringing In The May: Songs And Stories For Summer Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2116 7920. Folk music by Blanche Rowen and Mike Gulston; poetry by and Cath Little.
Cadence The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Cats In Space Ebbw Vale Institute. 6pm, £15 adv. Info 01495 708022. People from UK hard rawk bands do powerpop type stuff.
Charlie Landsborough Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. Gig by a fella billed here as Britain’s premier country singer, and who is retiring after this tour. Appears to have had most success in Ireland, not totally surprisingly.
Daz Cortina Globetrotters, Pontypridd. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Faers + Tom Auton NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash.
Ian Shimmin City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Kingson The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Little Thief Warehouse 54, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 213161. Bristol indie band.
Lost In Thought + Fractions + Boxing Day Rage The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info [email protected].
Mal Pope Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510.
Metallica Reloaded Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Tribute band.
Nikki Pope Academy Espresso Bar, Barry. 8pm, free. Info 07557 773723.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Ramnastax + Mango Factory The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Rhythm Of The 90s The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Old skool dance anthems covered by a live band.
Second Chance Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Soup Presents Fullee Love Collective Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £16. Info 029 2023 2199. Soup is one of the members of Jurassic 5, who individually seem to find their way to this venue quite often.
Suede + BC Camplight Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £37.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
Swyn St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07960 820645. EP launch gig for Welsh folk-rock duo.
Teddy Hunter + Beresford/Hammond + Peiriant + Jenn Kirby The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Welsh, or Wales-based, experimental artists hosted here by Nawr.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Soul.
The Shakes The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
The Wall Of Floyd Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Pink Floyd tribute.
Thrill Collins + My Name Is Ian + Sophie Crabtree + Beatbox Hann Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
T. Rexstacy Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £23. Info 01873 850805. T. Rex tribute band
Wilko Johnson + Glen Tilbrook Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Two survivors – in a very real sense, in Johnson’s case – of the southern English 1970s pub rock scene.
SATURDAY 27 APRIL
Aberystwyth Choral Society Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232. Performing Haydn’s Creation.
All Dead, All Dead + The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk + String Theory The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Gig in aid of Parkinson’s UK.
An Orchestral Rendition Of Dr Dre: 2001 Tramshed, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £21.90/£20.90. Info 029 2023 5555. “Note: Dr Dre will not be attending this event.” The people who do these orchestral gigs always add this disclaimer but it never fails to amuse me.
Bon Jovii The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £6. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
Claire M The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
David Ian Roberts + Toby Hay + Haress The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm. Info 01743 860246. Leftfield folk type stuff, particular recommendation for Haress who are from Shropshire and whose new album is superb.
Hullabaloo Hangar 18, Swansea. 8pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
I Am Drug + Hippodrone + Nigel + Dactyl Terra + Comfort State The Moon, Cardiff. 5pm, free. Info [email protected].
Incursion + Blind Divide + In Which It Burns + Beyond Oblivion Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected].
Jake And The Jellyfish + Toodles & The Hectic Pity Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Jumpin’ Jimmy & The Nice Guys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Kamikazee Millionaires The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Pizzatramp + Grandmother Suplex + Stitched Up + No Pulse + Positive Reaction Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £5. Info 01443 491424. Punk and hardcore bands from south Wales, Bristol and the Peak District.
Radio Platfform Presents Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Local talent showcase, not sure exactly what kind of thing we’re talking though.
Rhys Davis & The Liberators + Six Sided Men + Christian Punter + Aiden Keryn NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Rodney Branigan Snails Deli, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2062 0415. American singer-songwriter. Price includes a buffet.
Serenata Italiana Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387. The John S Davies Singers present an evening of Italian songs.
Session Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Sheelanagig Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
The Hold Up: Inner City Cypher Oner Signs, Cardiff. 1-5pm, free. Info 029 2037 1231. Monthly hip-hop session inviting MCs, beatboxers, DJs etc down to jam.
The Now Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599. New local band who seem like wholly generic MOR ladrock but that rarely stopped anyone getting popular.
The Point The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Tootinskamoon + Nik Turner & His Fantastic All Stars Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 01239 615952. Night titled Captain Rik’s Memorial Bash and also featuring DJ sets from Marc Daf, Uncle Funk, Shanna, Sparx and Vinyl Richie.
SUNDAY 28 APRIL
Chris Rees Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Cor Aduniad Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6pm, £8. Info 01633 868239. Welsh choir.
Gareth Roberts Quartet Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.
Indian Queens + Inscape + French Alps Tiger + Dirty Flamingos The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Headline band are seemingly named after a village which I used to drive through on the way to the beach as a kid.
Jason Staddon + Ben Huws + Pay The Man + Craig Johnson + Ben Blance The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Harmoni Cymru fundraiser for music performances in hospital wards.
Kid Ink + Big Tobz + Rory Fresco + Julian Alexander Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26. Info 029 2023 5555.
National Youth Wind Orchestra Of Wales Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2063 6464.
The Blackheart Orchestra Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Trip-hoppy type duo, played Cardiff last year I think.
Whitchurch Jam Session #117 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 29 APRIL
Flook The Druidstone, Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01437 781221. UK folk band, in Cardiff tomorrow..
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £47.50/£41. Info 029 2087 8444. Pink Floyd man plays Pink Floyd’s early stuff with the help of non-Pink Floyd men. Sold out.
R Thriller Live Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£40. Info 01792 475715. West End-popular theatrical Michael Jackson homage, proof were it needed that absolutely nothing – nauseating testimony, the tide of popular opinion – can stop this venue’s hunger for booking tribute acts. On at 5pm and 8.30pm on Fri 3 May; 4pm and 8pm on Sat 4 May. (Until Sat 4 May)
TUESDAY 30 APRIL
Amber Cross + Blind River Scare + Ilana Held Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info [email protected]. Country and folk-rock.
Flook St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£19. Info 029 2087 8444. Presented by Roots Unearthed.
Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344.
Johanna Warren The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
Joe Webb Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Russell Watson Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £35/£30. Info 01970 623232.
The Panama Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Unthanks Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £21. Info 029 2023 5555. See Upfront for more on this latterday folk family.
Topette Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 863722. See Music.