EVERY MONDAY
R NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.
nofitstate.org. Classes for various age groups on every day; check the website for full details.
R Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff. Info 029 2048 8854 / [email protected]. Classes for various skill levels on every day; check the website for full details.
EVERY TUESDAY
R Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine’s Park, Cardiff. 6.30-7.50pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Tuesday to Thursday.
Beginners Ballet Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15-7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Covering key ballet principles including developing core strength, improving posture, basic steps, flexibility and coordination. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales.
Beginners Contemporary Dance Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-8.45pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Exploring the basic principles of contemporary dance through a set of exercises. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales.
English Conversation Group For Beginners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified English language teacher.
R Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219. With Lesley Walker. Also on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Djembe Drumming Workshops Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 6.30-9.30pm, £5/£3. Info
[email protected]. 6.30-8pm: beginners (£3); 8.15-9.30pm: intermediate/ advanced (£5). Drop-in classes.
Welsh Conversation For Learners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 10am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified Welsh language teacher.
EVERY THURSDAY
Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £4/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www.brawlers.co.uk. With Cardiff roller derby team Tiger Bay Brawlers; fully coached and with veteran skater lead. Also on every Sunday.
Singing For Lung Health Bridges Centre, Drybridge House, Monmouth. 11am-12pm, £3. Info 03000 555555. New singing group set up by the British Lung Foundation and open to anyone living with a lung condition.
Yinyasa Yoga Class Cathays Community Centre. 1.05-1.55pm, £5. Info
facebook.com/victoriauceleyoga.
EVERY FRIDAY
Bingo Lingo The Depot, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk. Features street food, a wheel of fortune and “rubbish prizes”.
English Conversation Group For Advanced Adult Learners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified English language teacher.
Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.
EVERY SATURDAY
Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.
EVERY SUNDAY
Cooper’s Quiz Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info [email protected]. Hosted by Ben Cooper.
Draw Somebody’s Sunday Body Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 1.30-3.30pm, £7.50. Info 07830 381930. Hosted by Cardiff Life Model.
Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £3/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www.brawlers.co.uk. Uncoached session hosted by Tiger Bay Brawlers.
Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Always worth a trip.
Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Weekly session featuring a mixture of competitive and co-operative games.
MONDAY 1 APRIL
R Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival Various venues, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £5 for most events (some free). Info 029 2087 2087. Annual multi-venue, activity-packed celebration of words returns. It takes place in Cardiff Story, City Hall, Cardiff Central Library and the Old Library Gallery. Full listings are at www.cardiffkidslitfest.com, and include readings, workshops, interactive sessions, guest appearances from authors etc. The majority of events are on today and tomorrow, with one to three per day from Mon 1-Fri 5. (Until Fri 5)
R Coedlan: High Ropes National History Museum, St Fagans. 10.15am-4.30pm, £10. Info 029 2057 3500. Obstacle course for anyone over six years old and 110cm tall, here until the autumn. (Until Thurs 31 Oct)
R Drums For All Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 12.30-1.30pm, £5/£4. Info 07875 090946. Dementia-friendly music making sessions.
R Have Fun / Meet New People Grangetown Community Choir Cornwall Street Baptist Church Hall. Grangetown, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 per session/£80 for 12 sessions. Info
[email protected]. With Pauline Down, every Monday until 8 Apr.
TUESDAY 2 APRIL
An Audience with Anfield Legends Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £32/£31/£67 meet and greet. Info 01792 475715. Anecdotes, banter and implacable accents from medal-winning ex-Liverpool FC players John Barnes and Jan Molby, plus Neil Ruddock who also played for Liverpool. In Cardiff tomorrow.
Board Games The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-11pm, £3.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Hosted by Rules Of Play on the first Tuesday of every month.
R Life Writing Peak, The Old School, Crickhowell. 2-4pm, £55 (six weeks). Info 01873 811579. Course hosted by Renée Stanton, teaching people how to write about their own experiences. Every Tuesday until 9 Apr.
R Piggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £25/£10 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Take a pair of friendly Kune Kune pigs (from New Zealand, look a bit like Ewoks) for a walk, then return to the smallholding for refreshments. Also on Sun 7, Fri 12, Tue 16, Sat 20, Tue 23 and Fri 26 this month.
Swansea Learning Festival Event: Guided Tour Of The Dylan Thomas Exhibition Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 11am-12pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Book in advance please.
R Uplift Singing Sessions Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 12.30-1.30pm, £5/£4. Info 01874 611622. With Tanya Walker. Every Tuesday this month.
WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL
R Adult Workshops Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. A class for people of all abilities to create art in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Also on Wed 10 this month.
An Audience with Anfield Legends Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £32/£31. Info 029 2063 6464. Sold out.
R Drawing And Painting with Daisy Penarth Pier Pavilion. 10.30am-12.30pm, £30 (two sessions). Info 07852 824393. Taster sessions; also here on Wed 10. All details also apply to the Caerphilly evening classes, listed below
R Drawing And Painting with Daisy The Old Library, Caerphilly. 7-9pm, £30 (two sessions). Info 07852 824393. Also here on Wed 10.
Drink & Draw The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £3.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Learn drawing skills with artist Rachel Rasmussen, every first Wednesday of the month.
R Museum Yoga National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 6.30pm, £7.50. Info 029 2057 3600. Every Wednesday this month.
Psychic Sally Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £22 adv. Info 01639 763214. Spirit medium.
Reminiscence Monthly Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, free. Info 029 2034 6214. Come to the museum and share your memories of Cardiff, on the first Wednesday of every month.
R Scriveners Writers’ Group The Badminton Club, Ebbw Vale. 8pm. Info 01495 309863 / [email protected]. Also on Wed 17 this month.
THURSDAY 4 APRIL
A Woman’s Work Symposium Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9.30am-12.30pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. Diffusion Festival event.
Bridgend Writers’ Circle Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7pm, free. Info 01656 815757. Meeting here on the first Thursday of every month.
R Dinky Donkey Walking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Spend a couple of hours with a pair of Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys. Also on Sat 6, Sun 7, Tue 16, Sat 20, Sun 21 and Wed 24 this month.
Introduction To Geology National Museum Cardiff. 1-4pm, £90. Info 029 2039 7951. Five lectures, every Thursday until 4 Apr (ie finishing today).
Kemi’s Storytelling Suppers Kemi’s, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2037 2055. Monthly gathering starting up again after summer, this edition featuring guest storyteller David Pitt talking about tea. Price includes food.
Lowri’s Little Lambs National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre. 10.30-11.45am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Monthly activity sessions for under-5s.
Marcus Du Sautoy Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01792 602060. Lecture about AI and related topics by someone who is Oxford University Professor For The Public Understanding Of Science.
R T-Shirt Printing The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £140 (four sessions). Info 029 2022 0349. With Tom, every Thursday this month.
Words Art Music Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, nr Porth. 7-9pm, free. Info 01443 682024. Words from the RCT Creative Writers Group, art from Lucy Jane Purrington and music from Christian Punter.
FRIDAY 5 APRIL
R Bingo Lingo The Depot, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk. Features street food, a wheel of fortune and “rubbish prizes”. Every Friday this month.
Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www.cardiffivc.org.uk. Meeting here on the first Friday of each month.
Diffusion Launch Party Shift, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info [email protected]. Featuring performances from Kurt Laurenz Theinert, R. Seiliog and X-Ray Audio. Book in advance on Eventbrite please.
Francis Rossi Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £25.50. Info 01656 815995. Spoken word show titled I Talk Too Much, the sort of top shelf humour you will have come to expect from the waistcoat-wearing Status Quo man. Sold out! Of course.
Glynn Vivian At Night Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 5-8pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Afterhours activities with a licenced bar.
R Laugharne Weekend Various venues, Laugharne. £100 (three days). Info
[email protected]. Annual literary and culture festival, taking place across several venues in this small Carmarthenshire town. Will probably be sold out by the time you read this but here’s who’s performing: Tracey Thorn, Annie Nightingale, Robin Ince, John Lanchester, John Cooper Clarke, Stephen Morris, Jackie Kay, Alan Johnson, Hollie McNish, Damo Suzuki, Jeremy Dyson, Luke Wright, Deborah Frances White, David Kynaston, Kate Hamer, Nikesh Shukla, Gwenifer Raymond, Carys Eleri, Stuart Cosgrove, Fiona Banner, Will Ashon, Ed Vulliamy, James Hawes, Martin Rowson, Charlie Connelly, David Stubbs & Stephen Mallinder, Rhys Mwyn & Alan Holmes and Nick Revell. (Until Sun 7)
Little Mice Club: Springtime National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am-12pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Drop-in activities for small children.
R Yin Yoga Class Natural Health Service, Swansea. 7.30-9pm, £8/£4 for your first class. Info facebook.com/victoriauceleyoga. Yoga class designed to balance out the stresses of the modern world. Here every fortnight; also on Fri 19 this month.
SATURDAY 6 APRIL
AbFab Vegan Fayre Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 3.30-7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Cruelty-free food, clothes, makeup etc. Launch event in this venue I think.
Ar Lafar National History Museum, St Fagans. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. National festival for Welsh learners and their families with quizzes, crafts, tours and film.
Ar Lafar National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre. 11am-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. As above.
Art About Town: Urban Sketching And Printmaking Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-3pm, pay what you can. Info 01656 815757. Monthly art workshops with Claire Hiett.
Botanical Illustration Peak, The Old School, Crickhowell. 10am-3pm, £45. Info 01873 811579. Debbie Devauden will guide you through the various techniques to achieve detailed and accurate botanical painting.
R By Order Of… The Depot, Cardiff. 5-11pm, £22.50 adv. Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk. New night which jumbles together various 1920s cultural signifiers (Peaky Blinders, Prohibition, flapper girls) with little apparent interest in historical accuracy. You have to dress up appropriately and then pay extra on top of the ticket price for “traditional newspaper-wrapped fish and chips” etc. Every Saturday until 20 Apr, then on Sun 21 Apr also.
Craft Fair St Mary’s Church, Swansea. 10am-4pm. Info [email protected].
Dewch i Ganu National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Join musician Delyth Jenkins and learn Welsh through song.
Enfys Craft Fair St. Francis Millennium Centre, Barry. 10am-4pm. Info 01446 792149. Every first Saturday of the month.
In Conversation BayArt, Cardiff Bay. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2065 0016. Participants in the Paper Exchange exhibition that opens here today talk about their work in both English and Mandarin.
Introduction To Textiles Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am-4pm, £25. Info 01792 652016. Adult workshop featuring processes such as hand stitching, fabric manipulation, feltmaking, printing, weaving, applique, embroidery and tapestry.
Mini Mono Workshop The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff. 1-5pm, £35. Info 029 2022 0349. One-day course on the first Saturday of every month this year.
PAN-musicale 2.0 / Afro The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 5pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Second in a series of events in which attendees will “focus upon the music of a particular territory or genre, share authentic food together and engage in open cultural conversation.” Bring your own playlist of (I assume) African music if you like.
R Sheep Trekking Crai, Brecon Beacons National Park. £35/£25 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Take a sheep for a walk on a lead in a 200-acre organic farm. A Good Day Out event. Also on Sat 13 and Wed this month.
Swansea Comic And Gaming Convention Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 10am-6pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 475715.
R Talk At 4 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. This month concerning the exhibition currently running here, Freya Dooley’s The Song Settles Inside Of The Body It Borrows. Also on Sat 20.
Vintage Kilo Sale Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 10am-6pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Designer labels at £15 a kilo.
SUNDAY 7 APRIL
Attack! Pro Wrestling: My Sacrifice III Walkabout, Cardiff. 6.45-10.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07896 999546. The return to Walkabout for wild and woolly wrestling venture, plus after it’s done you can watch Wrestlemania on the big screen in here. See Sport for a chat with some Attack! bods.
Illustration & Indie Publication Fair Milk&Sugar, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, free. Info www.
pigeonmakesart.co.uk. Billed as a celebration of the independent arts, underground print, small presses, journals and illustration; presented by Pigeon, who is a Cardiff-based artist and not a real pigeon.
Parent & Child String Art M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 12-2pm, £20. Info [email protected]. Lark Design Make craft workshop.
MONDAY 8 APRIL
Cardiff Humanists Event Cardiff Quaker Meeting House, Charles St, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £2/£1. Info www.cardiffhumanists.co.uk. A talk on mindfulness by Dr Stephen Stanley from Cardiff University.
R Philosophy In A Cafe Steen’s Cafe, Windsor Place, Cardiff. 2-4pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2023 1723. Every second and fourth Friday of the month. Today: ‘How do we find meaning in life?’; Fri 22: ‘Philosophy – is it evolving in its purpose, does it have a purpose?’
TUESDAY 9 APRIL
R Contemporary Conversations Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Session to provide a supportive environment for people with an interest in creating art work and discussing contemporary issues. Book in advance please. Also on Tue 23 this month.
Kumihimo Jewellery M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 1.30-3.30pm, £20. Info [email protected]. Lark Design Make craft workshop.
Leonardo – Anatomical Mindfulness Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 2.30pm, £8. Info 01874 611622. Arts Society Brecknock lecture by Daniel Evans.
Music Networking The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Book in advance (via Eventbrite) please.
Quantum Physics For Beginners The Vaults, Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7-9pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2048 7602. Funzing talk by Michael Brooks.
Smut Slam Cardiff: Bloom AJ’s Coffee House, Cardiff. 8pm, £7-£10. Info 029 2045 1588. This is a “dirty storytelling open mic – based on real life, real lust, real sex” and is hosted by “professional perv” Cameryn Moore. I recently watched a clip of an elderly man with a big white beard at an open mic in a cafeteria, reading what sounded like pornogrind lyrics to a confused audience, so maybe this will be like that.
The World of Graham Sutherland & John Piper Queens Hall, Narberth. 11am. Info 01834 869323. Lecture by Valerie Woodgate with the West Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Society.
WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL
Ant Middleton St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £37/£30/£87.50 VIP. Info 029 2087 8444. The return to Cardiff of ex-SAS TV tuff guy is already sold out, although if a no-deal Brexit has transpired by this date, perhaps some people will return their tickets in light of Ant’s galaxy brain prediction (“it would force us into hardship and suffering, which would bring back British values of loyalty”) and what this would actually mean in reality.
Bridgend History Society Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7pm. Info 01656 815757.
David Ryland Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6.30pm, £10. Info 01633 868239. Floral demonstration.
How To Profile A Serial Killer The Vaults, Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7-9pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2048 7602. Funzing talk by Glenn Wilson. Title relates to the forensic psychology type of profile, not the sort you might find in a broadsheet Sunday supplement.
Strong Young Minds The Muse, Brecon. 7pm, £5/£2 friends and members. Info [email protected]. Brecon & District Mind present a talk by Kaye Berry, chief executive of Herefordshire-based mental health charity the CLD Trust.
THURSDAY 11 APRIL
R Abergavenny Writing Festival Various venues, Abergavenny. 10.30am, pricers vary per event. Info abergavennywritingfestival.com. Various lectures, discussions, workshops etc, from authors, publishers etc, for adults, kids etc. Full details at the festival website. (Until Sun 14)
R Tuneless Choir Cardiff Aspire Fitness, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 first session/£7 drop-in/£40 for eight weeks. Info 07745 683723. Choir, led by Mei Gwynedd, for people who want to sing but can’t carry a tune. Also on Thurs 18 this month.
FRIDAY 12 APRIL
Pop Up Ponty Streetfood Market Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, free. Info 01792 863722..
R RHS Flower Show Cardiff Bute Park, Cardiff. 10am-5.30pm, £11-£15. Info 029 2087 8100. Annual celebration of plants and flowers and shrubs and blooms and so on. (Until Sun 14)
Volunteer Open Day City Hospice, Whitchurch Hospital Grounds, Cardiff. 10am-12pm, free. Info [email protected].
SATURDAY 13 APRIL
R A-maze-ing Fun Spring Maze Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, free. Info http://thereddragoncentre.co.uk. Daily kids’ event over the Easter period, with no less than six Easter eggs to find within the maze. (Until Sun 28)
An Older Swansea: The Town Before Industry Transformed It Swansea Museum. 2.30pm, free. Info 01792 653763. Royal Institution Of South Wales lecture by Gerald Gabb.
Charity Craft Fair Community Hall, Neath. 10am-4pm. Info ariancrafts@
hotmail.co.uk. In aid of Neath Port Talbot Cancer Challenge.
Diffusion 2019 Markers’ Fayre Shift, Cardiff. 11am-4.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Artists, producers, makers and designers given a chance to showcase their work.
Dino – After Hours National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 4.30-6.15pm, £7.50. Info 029 2057 3600. Follow-up event to the one listed below, for older kids by the sounds.
Dino Day National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Various dinosaur-themed activities.
R Easter Fun! Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. Featuring various Alice In Wonderland-themed kids’ activities plus lots of Histor’s Eye-esque egg puns. (Until Sun 28)
Exhibition Talk: Paul Cabuts Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, nr Porth. 1-4pm, free. Info 01443 682024. Talk relating to Cabuts’ Diffusion Festival exhibition (see Art listings for this gallery), also featuring a discussion by the South Wales Project documentary photography collective.
Funky Craft Fayre Ostreme Centre, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am-4pm. Info [email protected]. Second Saturday of every month.
R Golden Egg Trail National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Kids’ activity featuring the task of finding eight golden eggs around this galleries here. (Until Sun 28)
R Good Morning Family Yoga National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am, £4/£1.50 kids. Info 029 2057 3600. Also on Sat 27.
R Here In This Spring Self-Led Activities Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free (£3 suggested donation). Info 01792 463980. Including creative writing activities, make a mini comic, puppets, games, reading corner, crafts and dressing up costumes. Also on Sun 14, Wed 17, Thurs 18 (10am-1pm), Fri 19-Sun 21, Tue 23, Wed 24, Thurs 25 (10am-1pm), Fri 26 (1-4pm), Sat 27 and Sun 28.
Macramé M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 10.30am-12.30pm, £25. Info [email protected]. Lark Design Make craft workshop.
Nimble Fingers Craft Fayre Victoria Hall, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free. Info 07790 298913. On the second Saturday of every month.
Saturday Workshop Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10.30am-1pm, free (suggested donation £3). Info 01792 516900. Family workshop, on this occasion with a Victorian explorer theme. Sounds colonialist and problematic to me frankly!
Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 2 + 7pm, £18/£14. Info 029 2087 8444.
R St Fagans Makers Market National History Museum, St Fagans. 10am-5pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Meet the makers and find out more about their crafts (they’d probably like it you buy something too) as they run workshops and demonstrations. (Until Sun 28)
Street Food And Live Music Kings Road Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 4-10pm, free. Info 07773 348655. Every second Saturday of the month until October.
R Traditional Fairground National History Museum, St Fagans. From £1 per ride. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Sun 28)
Tribe Peak, The Old School, Crickhowell. 2-4.30pm, £3. Info 01873 811579. Monthly workshop for young artists (age 7-11) and their families.
Ynyswen Craft Show Ynyswen Welfare Hall, Treorchy. 9am-4.30pm, £5 to set up a table. Info 01443 520299.
Young Makers Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Turn your drawings into professional quality animation puppets and three-dimensional theatre sets. Book in advance please.
Watercolour Workshop Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-4pm, £12. Info 01656 815757. With Bryan Shambler.
Welsh Wrestling Maes Manor Hotel, Caerphilly. 6.30-8.30pm, £10 adv. Info 0121 472 6688. Charity evening aiming to raise money for a local child named Awstin who needs money for surgery unavailable on the NHS.
SUNDAY 14 APRIL
An Audience with Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01646 695267. Ex-bodyguard to celebs and SAS bloke talks about those things. Oh and it’s hosted by an endurance challenge guy for good measure. Sold out.
Balloontastic Science Show National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1 + 3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Hosted by Becky Kitter from Cbeebies.
Beginners Basketmaking National History Museum, St Fagans. 10am-4.30pm, £75/£60. Info 029 2057 3500. With Clare Revera.
Coptic Book Binding M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 12-2pm, £20. Info [email protected]. Lark Design Make craft workshop.
Marina Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Monthly event selling handcrafted goods and fresh food.
Open Spine With Decorative Stitch Bookbinding Workshop Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £85. Info 029 2048 4611. With Carole King.
The Collective Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01873 853613. Poetry session with Philip Rush, John Cloves and John Nicol. Also here on Tue 30, with different poets.
MONDAY 15 APRIL
R Art About Town: Easter Holiday Workshops Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-1.30pm, pay what yuu can. Info 01656 815757. (Until Thurs 18, then from Tue 23-Thurs 25)
R Craft It, Sow It, Grow It! National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Decorate a plant pot and sow a seed ready for the summer. (Until Mon 22)
TUESDAY 16 APRIL
Anna Pavord Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01873 852960. Talk by Dorset-based gardening writer.
Birds Of Prey Flying Demonstration St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am + 1.30pm, £9/£7.50 kids. Info 01446 799100.
Book Club The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Third Tuesday of every month.
Easter Craft Club M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 10am-3.30pm, £35/£30 per extra sibling. Info 029 2047 3373. Half-terms workshop for ages 7-12, hosted by Lark Design Make.
Here In This Spring Stationery And Cards Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free (£3 suggested donation). Info 01792 463980.
Jack The Ripper: The Real Truth Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01873 850805. Another lecture by retired copper Trevor Marriott, who has been looking into this case since 2002 and also coming to places like this to talk about it.
Museum Guided Tour National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.
Self-Led Activities Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 11am-4pm, £5. Info 01792 516900. Drop-in family sessions. Also on Thurs 18-Sat 20 and Tue 23-Sat 27.
Synaptic Island Listening Session #11: Earworms Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Spinoff event from the Freya Dooley exhibition currently showing here (see Art listings). Hosted by London DJ collective Synpatic Island, this event is open to women, trans and non-binary people. Book in advance please.
WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL
Art Festival Day Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 11am-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900.
R Family Crafts Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 10am-3pm, £1. Info 029 2034 6214. Easter holiday activities, also on Wed 24.
R Lambing Day Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons National Park. £90/£45 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Spend a day on an organic Welsh Hill Farm at lambing time. A Good Day Out event. Also on Mon 22 and Wed 24 this month.
THURSDAY 18 APRIL
Darts: 2019 Unibet Premier League Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6pm. Info 029 2022 4488. All sold out, think you can get VIP tickets though.
It Will Glow – Fools Paradise The Depot, Cardiff. 6pm, £23.50 adv. Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk. The return of an event featuring talks by creatives, music and street food. The music is by Iversen and the ‘creative’ is Oobah Butler, aka the fella who gamed Tripadvisor’s rating system with a fake restaurant in a shed and has since done various other banterous law-of-diminishing-returns type stunts.
LBT+ Speed Dating Night Beelzebubs, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Charity night in aid of Cardiff-based LGBT+ domestic violence service Rainbow Bridge.
Open Space: Kate North & Gareth Davies Central Library Hub, Cardiff. 5.45pm, free. Info 029 2038 2116. Booklaunch for North’s short Davies’ story collection Punch and novel Humans, Being. Book in advance please.
R Sock Bunnies National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre. 12-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Kids’ activity where you can make a rabbit from a sock. On tomorrow also.
FRIDAY 19 APRIL
R Civil War Comes To… Caerphilly Castle. 11am-4pm, £5.30-£8.90/free members, disabled people and their companions. Info 0300 0256000. Family-friendly battle reenactments and so forth. (Until Mon 22)
Llandovery Folk Dancing Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery. 7.30pm. Info www.llandoveryfolkdancing.co.uk. An International Circle Dancing evening with caller Chris Yemm.
R The Big Museum Easter Trail National History Museum, St Fagans. 10am-3pm, £3.50. Info 029 2057 3500. Clue-solving activities for kids ages 4+, as is the case with the two Easter Trails listed below. (Until Mon 22)
R The Big Museum Easter Trail National Museum Cardiff. 10am-3pm, £3.50. Info 029 2039 7951. (Until Mon 22)
R The Big Museum Easter Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am-4pm, £3.50. Info 029 2057 3600. (Until Mon 22)
The Cardiff Postcard Fair Penylan Community Centre, Cardiff. 10am-3.30pm, £1. Info [email protected]. Annual event hosted by the South Wales Postcard Club.
SATURDAY 20 APRIL
R 15th Century Life Tretower Court, nr Crickhowell. 10am-4.30pm, £4.40-£7.30/free members, disabled people and their companions. Info 01874 730279. Spend a day in the life of the Tudors. (Until Mon 22)
Brecon Craft Fair Market Hall, Brecon. 9am-4.30pm. Info 01495 753782. Every third Saturday of the month.
Easter Market Caldicot Town Centre. £15 to set up a pitch (£20 indoors). Info www.caldicottownteam.co.uk.
Life As A Monk Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire. 10am-4.30pm, £4.40-£7.30/free members, disabled people and their companions. Info 01291 689251. Tour of the abbey hosted by Brother Thomas.
R Pig Street Craft Fair The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10am-4pm, free. Info
[email protected]. Selling original arts and crafts here most months until Christmas.
R Reenactment Event Tretower Court, nr Crickhowell. 10am-4pm, £4.40-£7.30/free members, disabled people and their companions. Info 01874 730279. Fashion shows, singing, historical crafts, medieval justice, archery and people fighting for your entertainment. Sounds like modern day life in a damned nutshell!! (Until Mon 22)
Vintage Kilo Sale YMCA, Swansea. 10am-4pm, £3/£1.50 after 12. Info 01792 652032. Designer labels at, again, £15 a kilo.
SUNDAY 21 APRIL
Pontcanna Plant Fair Kings Road Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 07773 348655. Rare and unusual plants and flowers. Also here on Sun 19 May, Sun 16 June and Sun 15 Sept.
R Teenage Electronic Music Making M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 10am-3pm. Info 029 2047 3373. Hosted by PYKA, participants will use sampled field recordings, play and develop soundtrack compositions into performed works. Nice. (Until Tue 23)
MONDAY 22 APRIL
Jurassic Dinosaurs In The Park Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. £7.65/£5.95 kids. Info 01639 881635.
TUESDAY 23 APRIL
Ekphrastic Writing Group The Gate, Cardiff. 7-45-9.30pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Readings and discussions. On the fourth Tuesday of every month.
R How To Make A Cloud In A Jam Jar… And Other Cool Experiments! National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11.30am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. With Jon Chase from Cbeebies. Book in advance please. (Until Thurs 25)
R Lord Bute’s Extraordinary Clock Tower Cardiff Castle. 6pm, £8.50. Info 029 2087 8100. Lecture by Matthew Williams, in the tower’s 150th year. On tomorrow also.
WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL
Oriel Science Cafe National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.
Welsh Wrestling Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £12/£9. Info 01633 868239. The Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl also have this listed as being there on this date. I guess in theory they could do two promos in one evening but not sure they would? In Barry on Sat 27 anyway.
THURSDAY 25 APRIL
R Cloud Collages National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre. 12-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Drop-in craft session. On tomorrow also.
R RawFfest Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £20 (weekend pass). Info 029 2063 6464. Wales’ national youth arts festival, in Cardiff for the first time and promising live music, theatre shows, art installations, radio, broadcasts, opinions and debate, filmmaking, dance workshops, writing den, body art, blogging, opera, drama workshops, poetry, film screenings and fashion. Go to www.rawffest.wales for the full programme. (Until Sun 28)
Taith Iaith National Museum Cardiff. 12.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Welsh learners session.
FRIDAY 26 APRIL
An Evening with Robbie Fowler Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £25-£50 VIP. Info 029 2240 4901. Following on from Jimmy Bullard’s ‘evening with’ here last month, here’s former Liverpool and Cardiff player Robbie, although the two have nothing else in common of course.
R Camera Workshops National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11.30am + 2pm, £3.50. Info 029 2057 3600. Build a basic camera, and learn the art of taking pictures and darkroom techniques. Aimed at ages 8+; on tomorrow also.
Exposure Wrestling Pontnewydd Workingmans Club, nr Cwmbran. 6pm, £8 adv/£5 kids. Info www.exposurewrestling.com. Featuring Lucky Bowden, Casey Wild and more. The first of three straight nights from this franchise; tomorrow they’re in Llantwit Fadre, Sun 28 in Caldicot.
The Cellar Bards Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07818 056599. Poetry night.
SATURDAY 27 APRIL
All Hallows Spring And Easter Vintage And Craft Fayre All Hallows RC Church, Miskin, nr Pontyclun. 12-4pm, £15 to set up a table. Info 01443 204830.
R A Medieval Weekend Caerphilly Castle. 11am-4pm, £5.30-£8.90/free members, disabled people and their companions. Info 0300 0256000. Archery, swords, armour etc. Hosted by Bowlore. On tomorrow also.
Back To Basics Course The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £60. Info 029 2022 0349. One-day course, on the last Saturday of every month this year.
R Book Swap National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. On tomorrow also.
Craft Fair St David’s Church, Neath. 10am-4pm. Info [email protected].
Exposure Wrestling Tynant Club, Llantwit Fadre. 6pm, £8 adv/£5 kids. Info www.
exposurewrestling.com.
R Leonardo, Bodies & Bones… National Museum Cardiff. 12-4pm, £3.50. Info 029 2039 7951. Have a go at drawing your own skeleton and chat with medical students from Cardiff University School of Medicine. On tomorrow also.
Life Drawing Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-4pm, £5. Info 01792 516900. Also on Sat 30.
Margam Park Chilli Festival Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 10am-5pm, free. Info 01639 881635.
Miss Inspiration 2019 Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6.30pm, £15/£12 under-12s. Info 01633 868239. Beauty pageant.
Rugby Union: Judgement Day VII Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £15-£25. Info 08442 777888. See ther Sport section for a brief preview of this one.
R RulesCon Board Game Festival Angel Hotel, Cardiff. 10am-10pm, £14/£8 per day. Info rulesofplay.co.uk. Hosted by Rules Of Play and on tomorrow also.
Sid Kidwell Memorial Lecture National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. By Gerald Gabb and titled ‘Swansea, The Little Town By The Tawe’.
St Fagans Real Food Market National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. With Riverside Real Food.
Vintage Kilo Sale St Catherine’s Church Hall, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am-5pm, free. Info 07923 142285. Designer labels at £15 a kilo, on monthly here.
Vintage Kilo Sale Treforest Community Centre. 10am-4pm, free. Info 07923 142285. Selling vintage gear at £15 per kilo.
Wedding Fayre St Donat’s Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan. 11am-3pm, free. Info 01446 799100.
Weekend Adult Workshop: Floriography Etching Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am-1pm, £5. Info 01792 516900. A class for people of all abilities to create art in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
Welsh Wrestling Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7pm, £12/£9 under-16s. Info 01446 738622.
SUNDAY 28 APRIL
Exposure Wrestling Severn View Social Club, Caldicot. 6pm, £8 adv/£5 kids. Info www.exposurewrestling.com.
Pontcanna Brocante Kings Road Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 07773 348655. Vintage flea market, every last Sunday of the month until October.
Seedling Swap Bute Park, Cardiff. 11am-2pm, free. Info [email protected]. Hosted by Green City. Book in advance please.
Vertigo Pro Wrestling: Perfect Storm 3 Jac’s, Aberdare. 2.30pm, £9/£6 kids. Info 01685 879491.
MONDAY 29 APRIL
Caring For The Carers Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2063 6464. Panel discussion presented by the Clod Ensemble and held in the Preseli Room.
TUESDAY 30 APRIL
Explore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Discuss authors and books old and new, the theme this month being biographies.
The Collective Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01873 853613. Poetry session with Mike McNamara, Ann Drysdale and Gareth Writer-Davies.
Willow For The Garden Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-12.30pm, £8. Info 01656 815757. Learn how to weave an obelisk plant support for climbing plants.