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Barry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves

May 19, 2022

With Goodsheds delivering both quality and variety, Barry is fast gaining a reputation for more than just fish and chips.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

LA CUINA: Cardiff’s Catalan hotspot is a local tapas treat

May 17, 2022

All things told, it’s obvious why La Cuina is the sort of local independent restaurant bustling with contented diners on a Saturday night.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

Wales Festival Guide 2022: every major, unmissable event

May 7, 2022

With festival season now underway in Wales, Buzz presents our comprehensive guide to the array of weekenders, all-dayers and general rave-ups across Wales in 2022.

Category: Features, Festivals, Life Region: Wales-Wide

BikePark Wales aim to make Downhill Mountain Biking more accessible with a TICKET TO RIDE

April 21, 2022

Ticket to Ride from BikePark Wales opens up the sport to all in an easy and accessible way.

Category: Life, Sport Region: South Wales

SWANSEA COMIC & GAMING CON: a welcoming geeky weekend for all

April 14, 2022

Wales is lacking Elysiums for geeks, gamers and fans. Luckily, Ricky Webber, Adam Wilmot and Simon Kendrick have managed to work together to sate our hunger, creating Swansea Comic & Gaming Convention.

Category: Gaming, Reviews Region: West Wales

ALEX GOOCH’s new Cardiff cafe takes his award-winning bakery to new heights

April 8, 2022

Alex Gooch has gone from strength to strength, but his new fully-fledged café with indoor seating in Cardiff takes his baking to another level.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

Living off the land, or “get off my land!” – Ray Mears has some thoughts

April 5, 2022

Ray Mears is once again stepping out of the screen and going on tour, titled We Are Nature - which includes dates in Aberystwyth and Brecon.

Category: Environment, Interviews Region: Mid Wales

Wales’ grassroots music venues reflect two years after lockdown – in their own words

April 2, 2022

Laura Fedeli speaks to the people who’ve kept small Welsh venues running, through the good and bad times, and finds out how they did it as restrictions took over.

Category: Community, Features, Music Region: Wales-Wide

The future of esports in Wales – from the Welsh Masters to the Commonwealth Games

March 31, 2022

Ahead of the Welsh Masters, Hannah Collins spoke to Esports Wales' Founder John Jackson about the tournament, as well as the future of competitive gaming in Wales.

Category: Features, Gaming, Sport Region: Wales-Wide

A fun little time filler but WHO PRESSED MUTE ON UNCLE MARCUS? isn’t the most inventive game

March 24, 2022

Thanks to the pandemic, any mention of an online quiz and we all run to the hills, screaming “no!” Here, though, you’ve got no choice, given one of your fellow contestant is a murderer.

Category: Gaming, Reviews Region: South Wales

LA PANTERA’s “unauthentic” tacos stand up to the real deal

March 19, 2022

A welcome antidote to the spread of Taco Bell, La Pantera proudly proclaims to be the “home of the unauthentic taco” in Cardiff.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

CLIMATE CLASH CYMRU: making live music more sustainable

March 14, 2022

Taking place on 29 March, Climate Clash Cymru is an event dedicated to innovations in live music for tackling the climate crisis.

Category: Environment, Music Region: South Wales

Wellbeing in Wales: why spring is the best time for New Year’s resolutions

March 12, 2022

The winter months can work against our wellbeing plans; spring, though, is a special time to rejuvenate and get into the swing of things.

Category: Life, Outdoors, Travel, Well-being

The Welsh, women-run businesses changing tea, coffee – and the world

March 8, 2022

Hannah Collins speaks to the women who founded EISA Tea Co and Jenipher’s Coffi, who offer a more ethically conscious alternative in a hot drink industry where backgrounds are frequently murky.

Category: Environment, Features, Food & Drink Region: Wales-Wide

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS release unheard track from the archives feat. Rhys Ifans in support of SAVE THE SEVERN Campaign

March 4, 2022

SFA: Left in band archives for almost thirty years, the Bandcamp-only, one-week release emerges in support of the Save The Severn campaign

Category: Environment, Music Region: Wales-Wide

Dydd gŵyl dewi hapus! – celebrating St. David’s Day in Wales with Michael Sheen, RWCMD and more

February 28, 2022

Led by Michael Sheen's Margins to Mainstream, there are a whole of host St. David's Day celebrations - new and old - occuring across Wales this week (and month).

Category: Community, Culture, Features, Music, Outdoors Region: Wales-Wide

Buzz on Tour!

February 21, 2022

Yes, you read that right, we’re going on tour! Between March the 17th and 24th, the Buzz team will be travelling the length and breadth of Wales and we’re keen to meet people that have unique and interesting stories to tell about Welsh culture.

Category: Buzz Magazine, Community, Culture

“Band-based spaces can be very male, white, straight and cis” – the Cardiff music workshop platforming inclusivity

February 9, 2022

Launching this month, Pitch In Cardiff is a music workshop scheme centered around making more room in the "stale male" band scene for marginalised people.

Category: Community, Interviews, Music Region: South Wales

A walk in Wales: why Pen Y Fan is becoming a hiking (and Instagram) favourite

January 28, 2022

10Adventures' Richard Campbell explains why Pen Y Fan is one of the best walks in Wales you can do - whether you're an ambitious hiker, Insta addict... or both.

Category: Features, Travel Region: Mid Wales

Trees have feelings too in environmental arthouse parable, TAMING THE GARDEN

January 27, 2022

Arthouse political critque Taming the Garden is a strange, sometimes frustrating film about one man’s arrogant determination to shape his environment.

Category: Environment, Film, Reviews

Take a unique tour through north Walian history – ancient and modern – with REAL GWYNEDD

January 26, 2022

From “Roman” steps to 80s postpunk, Anhrefn's Rhys Mwyn will make you keen to explore the northwest of Wales in new travel book, Real Gwynedd.

Category: Books, Reviews, Travel Region: North Wales

Are manicures good for wellbeing? At this family-run Cardiff salon, results speak for themselves

January 25, 2022

Emily Edwards checks out a Cardiff Hair Salon who have embraced manicures during lockdown, not only as part of their beauty menu - but as a wellbeing treatment for locals.

Category: Features, Well-being Region: South Wales

Powys’ highest rated place to eat is, believe it or not, a former bank

January 13, 2022

Formerly Knighton's Midland Bank, The aptly named Banc is Powys' top place to eat, according to Tripadvisor - and maybe, now, Ben Woolhead.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: Mid Wales

11 unique, boredom-busting things to do safely in Wales this January

January 8, 2022

Beat the January - and Omnicron - blues in Wales with these one-of-a-kind places to eat at, engage with or explore in saftey.

Category: Art, Culture, Dance, Food & Drink, Life, Outdoors Region: Wales-Wide

Barry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves

LA CUINA: Cardiff’s Catalan hotspot is a local tapas treat

Wales Festival Guide 2022: every major, unmissable event

BikePark Wales aim to make Downhill Mountain Biking more accessible with a TICKET TO RIDE

SWANSEA COMIC & GAMING CON: a welcoming geeky weekend for all

ALEX GOOCH’s new Cardiff cafe takes his award-winning bakery to new heights

Living off the land, or “get off my land!” – Ray Mears has some thoughts

Wales’ grassroots music venues reflect two years after lockdown – in their own words

The future of esports in Wales – from the Welsh Masters to the Commonwealth Games

A fun little time filler but WHO PRESSED MUTE ON UNCLE MARCUS? isn’t the most inventive game

LA PANTERA’s “unauthentic” tacos stand up to the real deal

CLIMATE CLASH CYMRU: making live music more sustainable

Wellbeing in Wales: why spring is the best time for New Year’s resolutions

The Welsh, women-run businesses changing tea, coffee – and the world

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS release unheard track from the archives feat. Rhys Ifans in support of SAVE THE SEVERN Campaign

Dydd gŵyl dewi hapus! – celebrating St. David’s Day in Wales with Michael Sheen, RWCMD and more

Buzz on Tour!

“Band-based spaces can be very male, white, straight and cis” – the Cardiff music workshop platforming inclusivity

A walk in Wales: why Pen Y Fan is becoming a hiking (and Instagram) favourite

Trees have feelings too in environmental arthouse parable, TAMING THE GARDEN

Take a unique tour through north Walian history – ancient and modern – with REAL GWYNEDD

Are manicures good for wellbeing? At this family-run Cardiff salon, results speak for themselves

Powys’ highest rated place to eat is, believe it or not, a former bank

11 unique, boredom-busting things to do safely in Wales this January

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