MONDAY 1 JULY
Gwent Music Summer Showcase Concert 2019 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50-£12.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
London Concord Ensemble St Peter’s Church, Newton, Gower, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info [email protected]. First event in this year’s Gower Festival, classical performances in churches (mostly) until Sat 13. This group are also performing tomorrow and Wed 3.
Tommy Harris Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Playing the jazz night which is here every Monday.
R Westlife + Keelie Walker + The Rua Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £60. Info 029 2022 4488. On tomorrow also.
R Window Sessions 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free Info 029 2022 8883. New acoustic night, hosted by Tomos Lewis and on every Monday.
TUESDAY 2 JULY
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Graviton Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. UK jazz group led by pianist Andrew McCormack.
R John Barrowman St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £27.50-£57.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Musical hit numbers and cost anecdotes from showbiz staple. On tomorrow also, that date having been added due to demand, although both seem to still have tickets on sale at the time of writing.
London Concord Ensemble St George’s Church, Reynoldston, Gower, Swansea. 2.30pm, £10. Info info@
gowerfestival.org.
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.
Ron King’s Rhythm Aces Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 3 JULY
Algiers + Silent Forum + New Haunts Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Intense postpunk band from the States (albeit partly UK-based I believe) headline, and were previewed in the June issue.
Brecon Town Concert Band + The Cosmopolitan Music Society Of Edmonton Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £8.50/£6.50. Info 01874 611622. Film and stage music.
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.
London Concord Ensemble Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 6.45pm, £20/£15. Info [email protected].
Love Featuring Johnny Echols The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. Psychedelic rock icons ploughing ahead without their late frontman Arthur Lee.
Marky Dawson Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Martin Curtis Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Noson Jazz Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm. Info 01443 491424. Monthly jazz 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 Joe Kelly.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5. Info 01633 656757.
Skymasters Little Big Band with Jane Williams Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
Welsh National Opera: Summer Opera Classics The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £20/£17. Info 01633 656757.
Ysgolion Ceredigion Schools Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £7/£4. Info 01970 623232.
THURSDAY 4 JULY
Calling Apollo + Raiders + Delayed Departure + Bear Island Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. South Wales rock bands. Raiders feature Sean Smith of The Blackout, who is also DJing here on Sat 6.
Castell Coch Choral Society Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Soundtracking pizza night here.
Ciaron Elm + Calum Ward NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Crows Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night.
Gladys Knight Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, £45. Info 029 2022 4488. Soul legend, no Pips.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Mumtaz Jafri + Will Ford Gentileza, Cardiff. 7-9pm, free (donations welcome). Info [email protected]. Two solo musicians perform in this cafe/artspace, found in Duke Street Arcade.
Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info [email protected]. Monthly open mic night with a different host each month. July’s is Thoby Davis and there’s a special guest TBC also.
R Open Mic Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Every Thursday this month.
Simon Trigg The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
State Of The Union Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night featuring a duo of Broosk Williams and Boo Hewardine.
Veronica Spergia & Max De Bernardi The Angel Inn, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night. Veronica and Max are in Barry on Sat 6.
Young Garbo + Vanilla + Two Til Twelve + Beano Naboo & The Real Keepers The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
FRIDAY 5 JULY
2Rude + Ka’s Ska Souls Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £15.50. Info 01495 243252. Tribute bands.
Bootleg Blondie Town Hall, Maesteg. 8pm, £15.50. Info 01656 815995. Tribute band.
Boy Azooga + Katy J Pearson Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Featuring Boy Azooga in their original solo incarnation, ie Davy Newington on his tod. Pearson is their/his new labelmate on Heavenly Records.
Catfish + Trevor Babajack Steger The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01743 860246. Blues.
Cath Jones Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Chris Kelly The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Christian Li & Gordon Back St Peter’s Church, Newton, Gower, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@
gowerfestival.org. Gower Festival performance.
Drew Bryant The Cross Keys, Dinas Powys. 9pm, pay by donation. Info 07713 608814.
Grant Sharkey The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
R Gwyl Gwenlli 2019 Synod Inn, Llandysul, Ceredigion. 7pm, £20 both days/£25 with camping. Info 01559 370861. Two-day festival of Welsh language music, mostly but not wholly rock bands. Today features Mari Mathias, Mellt, Hwntws, Bois Y Gilfach and Jess, plus an Adwaith DJ set. Tomorrow opens at 12pm and features Gwilym, Newshan, Alffa, Ani Glass, Mari Mathias, Dafydd Pantrod, Los Blancos, Chroma, Bwca, Ail Symudiad, Cantorion Clwb Rygbi Crymych and H A’r Band, plus DJ Gwen. Plus street food etc.
In Which It Burns + We Come From Ashes + State Of Deceit The Duke, Neath. 8pm. Info 0300 3656677.
John Howes & Friends Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night.
Maet Live And The Never Neverland Express The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. Meat Loaf tribute.
R Meddwlfest Midsummer Masque The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6-11.30pm, £5 per night. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com. Two-evening charity event in aid of Gofal. Tonight features Death By Disco, Enemo-J, Grym and two more acts TBC, Sat 6 features Point Of Extinction, Chemikill, Lazarus Moon (with guest performance by Metal Maidens), Who Knows Didley? and Sepulchre.
Nell Bryden Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. “Darling of BBC Radio 2” as it says on the poster.
Rain Kings City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Scarsun + Eulogy Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm. Info 01685 879491.
Shellyann Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 863722. Swansea singer-songwriter who was on the telly in some capacity, I think, and is in Cardiff on Sun 7.
Simon Trigg The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Stay Voiceless + Hatepenny + Red Light Syndrome The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm. Info 01495 213300.
Summer Showcase St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2056 2022. Songs from musicals, popular standards etc.
The Algal Bloom The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £6 adv/£9 with copy of EP. Info 01495 247178. EP launch gig.
The Bohemians Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01656 815995. Queen tribute band.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Mike Ross Band The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £12. Info 01497 821762. Presented by Mid Wales Rhythm & Blues Club.
The Stranglers + Ruts DC Caerphilly Castle. 5pm, £37.50. Info www.orchardlive.com. Brace of punk veterans, presented here by Orchard who are doing four more concerts at this castle between now and Sun 14.
Unplugged Club Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07818 056599. Acoustic music session.
Wars + Homelands + Voidcaller + Sydney Fate Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07970 063107. Presented by Two Punks and Bandit Music PR.
Wine Morals Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Local band play a show in this venue’s Hometown Shows series, which is running all summer.
WNO: Summer Opera Classics Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £16.50/£15. Info 01686 614555. Conductor Harry Ogg conducts the orchestra plus soprano Joyce El-Khoury and baritone Jason Howard.
SATURDAY 6 JULY
Addiction + Vinna Bee + Head Noise Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £3.50. Info 01443 491424.
Almost P!nk The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tribute act.
Aubrey Parsons The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Baggy Trousers The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Madness tribute band.
Bandoliers Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Budgie tribute.
Cadence The Pheasant, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 653614.
Children Of the Gravy Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £4 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Black Sabbath tribute band.
Children’s Concert Gowerton School, Gower, Swansea. 1pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Gower Festival performance in aid of Save The Children.
Chris Kelly Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
City Voices Cardiff Top Hits St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £5-£14. Info 029 2087 8444. Classic pop songs performed by a choir.
Community Chorus Summer Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Hims And Arias Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Male voice choir, punny name.
Hollie-Anne The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Incursion + Recall The Remains + Nebula State + Led By Lies Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 07970 063107.
John Otway Priory Marquee, Caerleon. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, every Saturday this month.
Junior Conservatoire Advanced Course Summer Festival Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.45 + 5pm, free afternoon; £7/£3.50 evening. Info 029 2039 1391. Recitals in the foyer first, followed by a concert from 5pm.
Live/Wire Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £20/£16 adv. Info 01834 869323. AC/DC tribute band.
Llyr Williams St Peter’s Church, Newton, Gower, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Gower Festival performance.
MeatLoud Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Meat Loaf tribute act playing in aid of charity Holibobs.
Mishka Shubaly + Who Are The Monsters? + Red Light Syndrome The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Headliner is an American musician and writer who played here last year.
Obey Cobra + Mook + Zinc Bukowski Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07982 624959. Quality rocking from Cardiff, Swansea and Pontypridd.
Papa Gee The Tea Shop, Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen. 1.30-3.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Rewired Music.
Pi & Hash Showcase NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Public Service Broadcasting + Boy Azooga Caerphilly Castle. 5pm, £35. Info www.orchardlive.com. Retro visual indie rockers plus local luminaries in support.
Rhoose Summer Music Milburn Park, Rhoose, nr Barry. 12-11pm, from £15. Info www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk. Live music from The Britpop Boys, 2 Rude, Brother Steve, Jumpin’ Jimmy & The Nice Guys, Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers plus DJ Lou-E.
Single Mothers The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Canadian indie punk band.
South African Music & Dance Extravaganza The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £14/£12. Info 01639 843163. Brecon’s Regimental Museum Of The Royal Welsh commemorate the visit of King Goodwill of the Zulu nation to Ystradgynlais.
Stray Pursuit + The Luka State + The Zinvandels + Diggs Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig, although The Luka State are from Cheshire.
Summer Blues Festival Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 12pm. Info 01633 483238. Presented by the Borough Blues Club and featuring sets by Will Killeen, Workshop Band, Albino Frogs, Stompin’ Dave, the Marc Davies Band, Blues Central and the Mike Ross Band.
The Brightoners The Buck Sports Bar & Grill, Barry 7pm, free. Info 01446 736333. Mod tribute band.
The Mariachis The Depot, Cardiff. 6-11pm, £10. Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk. “These guys bring the party mexican style by bringing you pop classics with a mehico twist!”
The Mean Mistreaters Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599. Blues and jazz.
The Roy Orbison Story In Concert Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £23.50. Info 0845 2263510. With Barry Steele as Roy.
The Siren Sisters Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 2.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510.
The Smyths The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 471888. The hook this time is the 35th anniversary of Hatful Of Hollow.
The Stompers Jazz Band + Cambrensis Concert Band Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5 NUS and kids. Info 029 2022 1380. Concert in aid of VSO and Space4U Cardiff.
Veronica Spergia & Max De Bernardi + The Bay Rum Hounds West End Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 735739.
Welsh Camerata: Affairs Of The Heart St Andrew & St Teilo’s Church, Cathays, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info www.welshcamerata.org. Summer concert directed by Andrew Wilson-Dickson
SUNDAY 7 JULY
Aubrey Parsons Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
R Dave Cutter The Tea Shop, Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen. 1.30-3.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Rewired Music. Cutter is also playing here on Sun 21.
Flogging Molly Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. LA folk-punk band who’ve been going for nearly 20 years, can’t recall them playing south Wales before though. What I can remember is that the singer used to be a member of 80s spandex rockers Fastway. I did initially call Flogging Molly ‘faux-Irish’ when typing this listing but it turns out he is actually from Dublin.
R Frankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
Lea Salonga Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £29.50-£57.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Filipino musical theatre fave with a concert rescheduled from March.
Open Mic with Dave Kenwrick The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Please Mind Your Head IX Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 12pm, £8.75. Info 029 2023 2199. The ninth edition of this annual benefit gig for Headway Cardiff, this year featuring sets from Zervas And Pepper, Threatmantics, My Name Is Ian, Zabrinski, She’s Got Spies, Inanna Meets The Dawn, Surreal Kinnock and Gindrinker.
Shellyann The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888.
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.
Tongwynlais Music Academy Musical Soiree Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.80/£6 under-17s. Info 029 2089 0862.
MONDAY 8 JULY
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Priory Hotel Festival Marquee, Caerleon. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event.
Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2071 2100.
Dude Trips + Scavengers + Foxbite + Timberwolves Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£3. Info 07970 063107. Presented by Rarity.
Gypsy Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Fiasco The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4/£3 NUS. Info [email protected].
Jessica Robinson & Llywelyn Ifan Jones Siloam Baptist Church, Killay, Gower, Swansea. 2.30pm, £10 Info [email protected]. Gower Festival performance featuring soprano and harpist.
John Owen-Jones Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 6.30pm, £26.50. Info 01495 243252. West End fave.
TUESDAY 9 JULY
Banshee Therapy Session Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Monthly jazz improv session.
Cluster Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 5.30pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring kids from various schools in the area.
Grangetown Bumps Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Itoldyouiwouldeatyou + Floorboards + Kingkhan The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Headliners are doing a warmup gig for the 2000trees Festival. Beers Over Tears present.
Lleuwen St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2087 8444. A Roots Unearthed gig for Welsh folk-rocker.
Ray d’Inverno / Tony Woods Quartet The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10 members. Info info@
breconjazzclub.org. A Brecon Jazz Club event.
Wales International Academy Of Voice St Cenydd’s Church, Llangennith, Gower, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Gower Festival performance.
WEDNESDAY 10 JULY
AVA Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Ambient classical sort of stuff from a piano/violin duo.
Bridgend Big Band & Singers Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Cloud Nothings + Drahla + Human Heat Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. See Music for a preview of the headliners.
Dan Cassidy & James Hickman Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01646 651725. US/UK folk duo.
Hana2k + Macy + Foxxglove Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. A Forte Project gig.
Holding Absence + Raiders + Welterweight The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk. Headliners are doing a warmup show for 2000trees Festival.
Ji Liu St Peter’s Church, Newton, Gower, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Gower Festival performance.
Morriston Orpheus Choir St Cadoc’s Church, Caerleon. 6.15pm, £12. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event.
Noson Werin Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm. Info 01443 491424. Monthly folk 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 Alcie Bella.
¡Que Asco! + Papur Wal + Surreal Kinnock + TJ Roberts The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Presented by Libertino and Maiden Voyage.
R The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 24.
THURSDAY 11 JULY
Adam Print & Melanie Stevens Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Soundtracking pizza night here.
Carducci Quartet St Rhidian & St Illtyd’s Church, Llanrhidian, Gower, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@
gowerfestival.org. Gower Festival performance.
R Folk On The Lawn Tintern Abbey Mill, nr Chepstow. 7pm, free (donations welcomed). Info [email protected]. Annual SW weekender of folk, folk-rock, bluegrass, country and other related styles. Today is an evening gig with The Gentle Good plus Avital Raz. Fri 12: Faeland, Mud On The Tyres, The Boxwood Chessmen, Avital Raz and Dennis Remme (River stage); The Hicksters, Melanie Pegge, Anna My Charlotte, Ste Halliwell and Caim (Bar stage). Sat 13: The Hittites, Autumn Dawn Leader, The Face That Boils Itself, Melanie Pegge, Jelling Spillemandslaug, The Hicksters, The Adventures Of Bert And Henry, We Are Muffy, Caim and The Rob Connolly Band (River stage); The Warbirds, Jig Of Slurs, The Hittites, Spencer Segelov, Town Musicians Of Bremen and Jelling Spillemandslaug (Mill stage); The Boxwood Chessmen, Louis Rive, The Darren James Band, Leon Gormley, Blind River Scare, Sally Thompson, Freya & Matt and Avital Raz (Bar stage); Fi Angwin, The Ed Lofstedt Assembly, The Warbirds, Ste Halliwell, Jon Matthews and Louis Rive (Filling Station stage). Sun 14: We Are Muffy, The Ed Lofstedt Assembly, Darren James Band, Molly’s Kiss and Spencer Segelov (River stage); MG Boulter, The Face That Boils Itself, Blanid and Blind River Scare (Mill stage); Molly’s Kiss, Nic Puccaco, Jon Airdrie & The Enablers, Fi Angwin and Sally Thompson (Bar stage); Caim, The Rob Connolly Band, Leon Gormley, Julie’s Band, Anna My Charlotte and Freya & Matt (Filling Station stage). (Until Sun 14)
IATB Ensemble The Dog House, Caerleon. 6.30pm, £8. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event featuring eclectic jazz combo.
Into The Groove Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. Madonna tribute.
James Kennedy The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Money For Nothing Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £2. Info 01639 763214. Dire Straits tribute.
R Neath Music Festival Various locations, Neath. 11am-9pm, free. Info 07774 265090. This apparently features over 100 acts across four days and three stages; the stages are Charlies Bar, New Street square and Angel Square but none of the acts are confirmed as I write. (Until Sun 14)
Songwriters Network Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info
[email protected]. Meetup and jam type night, every second Thursday of the month.
Wonderbrass Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
FRIDAY 12 JULY
360 Degrees City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
R 6 Hands Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Jazz guitar trio of John Williams, John Etheridge and Gary Ryan. On tomorrow also, both dates sold out.
A Different Thread The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01497 821762.
Aled Rheon + Dam Lambert + Finlay Pelling The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2048 3344. Folk-rockers times three.
All Saints Chepstow Racecourse. 4pm, £22-£32. Info 0844 2491000. Famously easy-going and non-volatile 90s girl group sing the hits in between bouts of men beating horses to make them run faster.
Arrest! Charlie Tipper + Helen McCookerybook + The January Dead Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. Benefit gig for Hope Not Hate and Stand Up To Racism.
Arrival Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £24. Info 0845 2263510. Abba tribute band. In Pentyrch on Sat 20.
Calypso The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Cath Jones The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. R&B.
R Hiraeth 2019 Bryn Bettws Lodge & Bike Park, Gyfylchi Farm, Pontrhydyfen. £8 per day/£30 weekend including camping. Info [email protected]. Three days of music at a mountain biking centre. If you’re there for the weekend you can camp or sleep in log cabins. Today’s lineup: The Sandinistas, Carolines, Anonymous Iconoclasts, Chopsy and Matthew Frederick. Sat 13L Fire Fences, Rhys Davis & The Liberators, Wynt, The Breakfast Club, Taffy Was A Thief, Farenheit, Bedface and The Hat & The Fiddle. Sun 14: Kamikazee Millionaires, Ravenbreed, Surrge, Kinstrife, Cripplecreek, Head Noise and Wager. (Until Sun 14)
Hyll + Y Sybs + Haze + Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. EP launch for the headliners. Also features DJ Garmon.
Jarzino The Bell Inn, Caerleon. 8.30pm, £8. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event.
John Newman Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. The man behind summer smash Love Me Again, it says here. I have never heard of this song or this person. Apparently it was a number one six years ago.
John Nicholas St Illtud’s Church, Llantwit Major. 7pm, £7. Info 01446 792439. Singer-songwriter sort.
Motel Thieves + The Rotanas + String Theory + French Alps Tiger The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Nile Rodgers & Chic Cardiff Castle. 5.30pm, £55.50/£80 VIP. Info 029 2034 1199. First of two big concerts hosted by the Depot venue (that’s their phone number), the other being tomorrow. See Upfront.
Oliver Wass & Huw Wiggin Clyne Chapel, Mayals, Swansea. 2.30pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Gower Festival performance.
Party At The Park Tredegar Park, Newport. 4-10.30pm, £35-£49.50 adv. Info www.
partyattheparknewport.co.uk. Featuring Sister Sledge, Gabrielle, T’Pau and Omar, plus a Rum & Reggae Stage hosted by Irie Shack.
Pembroke + Dead Mans Pick + Katie Rands The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
R Rudry Music Festival Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly. £46 both days/£15 Fri 12 only/£35 Sat 13 only (£23 youth both days/£7.50 Fri 12 only/£17.50 Sat 13 only). Info 07740 192879. Festival of pleasant music, arts, crafts, spoken word and nature activities. Playing today: Easy Stride Band, Resonant Rogues, Junior Bill and Dave Morris And The Knock. Tomorrow: Captain Accident & The Disasters, Funke & The Two Tone Baby, Rainbow Maniac, Gaz Brookfield, Katell Keineg, VRi, The Rumblestrutters, Siobhan McCrudden and Matthew Frederick.
Scarsun + Sentry + Garuda + Reggie Satanas And The Dim Panico The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm. Info 01495 213300.
Sepulchre + Rapture’s End + Harbour Way The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 0300 3656677. Headliners are in Swansea tomorrow.
Simon Trigg Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Slingshot Dakota + Fresh + Ropehip Teahouse + Soft The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Rosehip Teahouse are profiled in the Ones To Watch section this issue.
Thank You For The Music Cardigan Castle. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 01239 621200. Abba tribute. One of several gigs Theatr Mwldan are promoting at Cardigan Castle this month; KT Tunstall is tomorrow, for example.
The 1990’s The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Britpop tribute band play Definitely Maybe by Oasis in full.
The Phoenix Choir Of Wales + The J Birds + Jonathan Lycett Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5-£12. Info 01792 602060.
The Wicked Jackals + Dominic Nation & The Dirty Dead Creature Sound, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 301178.
The Woo Town Hillbillies Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599.
The Zutons + The Subways Caerphilly Castle. 4pm, £35. Info www.orchardlive.com. See Upfront for a Zutons interview.
Toploader + Bedface The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 387925.
True Gold Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Spandau Ballet tribute band.
Twisted Ankle + Salt The Snail + Maines + Little Islands Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
We Come From Ashes + Black Lakes + Excursia The Lion, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 630886.
SATURDAY 13 JULY
Alice In Londonland The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 387925. Alice Cooper tribute.
Bandicoot + Al Moses Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 468892. Presented by Beacons and Swansea Music Hub.
Black Angus Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107. AC/DC tribute.
Black Stone Cherry Caerphilly Castle. 5pm, £39.50. Info www.orchardlive.com. Sold out.
Blind Divide + In Which It Burns + Greywall Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 301178. Metal.
Brenig The Tea Shop, Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen. 1.30-3.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Rewired Music.
R Caerleon Arts Festival: The Big Free Various venues, Caerleon. 12.40pm, free. Info 01633 430194. Bands (and a few dance groups, landscape painters, writing groups and bell ringers) at The Bell Inn, Hanbury Arms and on the Festival Field all day today and tomorrow.
Depot In The Castle Cardiff Castle. 12pm, £42.50/£21.50 under-18s/£5 under-12s. Info 029 2034 1199. Featuring live sets from Clean Bandit, Tom Odell and Circa Waves, plus street food from Brother Thai, Dirty Bird, Bearded Taco etc and various family-friendly activities.
James Kennedy The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Kamikaze Test Pilots + Teenage Mutant Single Mothers + Grym + Harbour Way The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
KT Tunstall Cardigan Castle. 8pm, £25 adv. Info 01239 621200.
Led Hendrix Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. A tribute to Led Zeppelin… and… Jimi Hendrix.
Lisa Jenkins The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Massa Circles + Vinna Bee + Surreal Kinnock The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Welsh acts paying tribute – I assume in the sense of covering the music but not positive – of the soundtrack to the movie A Clockwork Orange.
Megadeth UK Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Tribute band.
Parti Ponty Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 5-11pm, £3. Info 01443 491424. Featuring sets from Glain Rhys, Danielle Lewis, Alffa, Gwilym and four bands created in workshops led by Mei Gwynedd.
Punk Rock Alldayer The Crown Inn, Abertillery. 2-11pm, free. Info 01495 321710. Featuring Grand Collapse, Pizzatramp, Sick Pins, Ill Fate, Deathtraps, System Reset, Trigger McPoopshute, Social Experiment, Red Light Syndrome and X Twenty Two
Sepulchre + Voltane + Infernal Diadem Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Sir Karl Jenkins Seventy-Fifth Birthday Gala St Mary’s Church, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£25. Info [email protected]. Gower Festival closing performance featuring Côr Caerdydd, the Chamber Orchestra Of Wales and Catrin Finch.
Stereophonics + Tom Grennan + Gruff Rhys + Fireroad Singleton Park, Swansea. 3.30pm, £45 adv. Info stereophonics.com. Sold-out gig marking 20 years since Stereophonics’ first stadium gig (I think), at Swansea’s now bulldozed Morfa Stadium. The set apparently included a run through As Long As We Beat The English while audience members waved Welsh flags, sparking a debate in the NME that suggested such combative patriotism was irresponsible at a time when there had been rumours of KKK activity in the Valleys. 1999 really was better than Prince ever dreamed it might be.
Stuart Townend & Cambrensis St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£11 under-16s. Info 029 2087 8444. Christian singer-songwriter backed by a choir.
Up Shot + Penny Rich + Heavy On The Ride + Tacet NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
SUNDAY 14 JULY
Affinity Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Billed as a celebration of music from America.
Côr Heol Y March Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £12/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Children’s choir based near Cowbridge.
Elinor Bennett Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Welsh harpist.
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 July), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 21) too.
Garbage + Du Blonde Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £35 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Wisconsin avatars of 90s alt play their first Welsh gig for 21 years, one month and eight days. Look it up! I did.
Groove Armada + Jean Jacques Smoothie Caerphilly Castle. 5pm, £40. Info www.orchardlive.com. See the June issue for an interview with (one of) Groove Armada.
Laura Power + Yasmine And The Euphoria + Pay The Man Jac’s, Aberdare. 5.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Headliner is playing in Pontypridd on Fri 19; Cardiff on Sun 27.
Pete Mathison Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Tom Gray & Gary Phillips Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing Hot Club Swing, the monthly gypsy jazz jam night.
Too Many Zooz The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888.
MONDAY 15 JULY
Beyond Words: Hit The Right Note Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £12-£22. Info 029 2022 4488. Performance by a choir of 1000 young local people.
Dom Norcross Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Only Boys Aloud Academi + Rubicon Dance Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5 + 8pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Music/dance dual showcase.
Tyrannosaw + The Woodsman + Zed Motel The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
TUESDAY 16 JULY
Open Mic Penarth Pier Pavilion. 6.30-10.30pm, free. Info 029 2071 2100.
Rhydypenau Primary School Annual Summer Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Syd Lawrence Orchestra Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £22/£20. Info 0845 2263510.
The Final Slide Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 17 JULY
Akode The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Free jazz from England and Sweden featuring semi-regular performer at this venue Alan Wilkinson.
Beach Boyz Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band. In Milford Haven tomorrow.
R Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 31.
Cardiff And Vale Music Service Summer Showcase Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
David Cross Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. Former King Crimson member with a band including David Jackson of Van Der Graaf Generator. I saw this band – might not have all the same members here, but definitely the two Davids – last year and it was really good.
Forever Came Calling + These Five Years + Cue The Bad Guy The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Jonathan Wilson Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. American singer-songwriter bloke, seems popular with your Uncut magazine types.
Keys + Los Blancos + Sock The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info [email protected]. Welsh indie bands presented by Libertino.
Mrs Ackroyd Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Olly Chalk / Sam Ingvorsen / Gwylim Jones Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
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.
Pete Long & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Reverend James & The Swingtown Cowboys Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
Rory McCloud Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm. Info 01646 687635. Worldly folk fella.
THURSDAY 18 JULY
Beach Boyz Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £20.50-£22.50. Info 01646 695267.
Crywank + The Menstrual Cramps + Live, Do Nothing The Big Top, Cardiff. 6pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Indieish stuff presented by Club Babe.
Danielle Nicholls Band The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Massy Ferguson + Peter Bruntnell + Robertson Matthews Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Americana kinda stuff, the headliners coming from America and naming themselves after a tractor.
Pi & Hash Showcase The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever + Thyla Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie psych band from Melbourne headline. This sold out ages ago mind.
Rory Mcleod West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £10. Info 01446 735739.
Sarah Meek with Dave Cottle Trio Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night paying tribute to Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
Shootin’ The Crow Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995. Americana type stuff. Says it’s sold out on the website, not sure if they actually mean that tickets aren’t available as it’s free.
Simon Proffitt & Ash Cooke Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 8pm. Info 01970 633088. “Twin guitar improvisations dealing with non-tonal playing and extended technique” from these two stalwarts of the Welsh expeirmental underground.
The Bon Jovi Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26/£24. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
The Calennig Show Band Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night.
FRIDAY 19 JULY
Aiden Hatfield + Crystalline + String Theory Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 07970 063107.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”
Black3lvis + When Worlds Collide + The Honest Poet Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Newsoundwales.
Broken Lines + The Fens Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
Bruce Anderson Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Classic soul.
Duchess Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060. NYC vocal trio inspired by the likes of The Andrews Sisters.
Fistful Of Rage + Casual Overload Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01443 491424. Rage Against The Machine tribute band headline.
Gender Roles The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented by Beers Over Tears.
Geraint Jarman Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01656 815995. Rangy Welsh language rock veteran who doesn’t play live too often these days I don’t think.
Grooveline West End Club, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 735739.
Hollie Anne City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
James Kennedy The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Laura Power + Gracie + Christian Punter Globetrotters, Pontypridd. 8.30pm, £3. Info [email protected].
Lewis Barfoot The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01497 821762.
Mad For Britpop The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Britpop covers band playing as part of an indie clubnight that’s on until 2am, so could be playing any time
Moon Biscuit + Inanna Meets The Dawn + Indigo Haze M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2047 3373. New night curated by Teddy Hunter, titled Paper Boat.
Neptune’s Daughters The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm-1.30am. Info [email protected]. Open mic night.
News From Nowhere Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Phil Beer St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info derek@
rumneyfolkclub.co.uk. Playing the monthly Rumney Folk Club night.
Piano-oke The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 654366. With Bobby Cole, architect of Titanic-themed musical The Queen Of The Ocean which I am thrilled to note is returning to this venue in November.
Punchline The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Revival + Excursia + Finding Aurora + A/M Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252.
The Physics House Band + False Hope For The Savage + Death Cult Electric Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Proggy post-rockers from Brighton headline. Their latest release has a guest spot from Stewart Lee.
The V.U. Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 01685 879491. Velvet Underground tribute band.
Torpor + Surya + They Live | We Sleep The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Doom metal and hardcore bands presented – for free, mark you! – by Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1. Saw Torpor last year and they were great, can’t wait to clock ‘em again.
Whole Lotta Led Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Unplugged gig from Led Zeppelin tribute band.
SATURDAY 20 JULY
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Arrival Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £24. Info 029 2089 0862.
Bon Jovii Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 491424. Tribute band.
Celtic Pride Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Rock covers.
Dai C Thomas The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Ethereal + Agrona + Black Pyre Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107. Black metal bands from England and Cardiff.
Feels Like Summer Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 3pm, £48/£25.50 under-18s/free under-5s. Info
feelslikesummer.co.uk. Featuring the June issue’s cover stars Bananarama plus Bonnie Tyler, S Club, Liberty X, Mr Motivator and Grltlk. Plus a retro roller disco, gin and prosecco bars and various food stalls.
Fishguard Music Festival Opening Concert St David’s Cathedral. 7.30pm, £15-£30. Info 07474 072118. There are several events between today and Fri 2 Aug, not all of them in Fishguard as you can see. Islwyn Evans conducts Bryn Terfel, pianist Llyr Williams and harpist Hannah Stone.
Graham Nash Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £32-£150. Info 029 2063 6464. See Upfront for a chat with the man who is neither Crosby, Stills or Young. Top price here is a Soundcheck Experience Package; I’d be interested to see stats on how many punters, having forked out £100 or more to watch a soundcheck, go on to repeat this transaction.
Harmonies Of The Revised Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig.
Kenfig Hill Male Voice Choir Annual Concert Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £10. Info 01656 815995.
Lifer + Beneath The Divine + Trigger Mcpoopshute+ SmithGrind The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, £2. Info [email protected]. Cancer Research charity night.
Rock Bottom The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178. UFO tribute band
Roxy Magic Band Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Roxy Music tribute band.
Rushed Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rush tribute.
R Sondheim On A Summer’s Evening Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Vocalist Tim Reynolds and pianist David George Harrington celebrate musical theatre don Stephen Sondheim. On tomorrow also.
The Bunkhouse Hootenanny The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 3pm, £11 adv/£6 early bird. Info [email protected]. Folk and country festival across two stages, the only acts confirmed so far though are Lost Tuesday Society, Little Folk and Holy Home Video
The Korgis The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Pop-rock band from the 70s, feel like the sort of thing you’d flip past in used record shops a hundred times and never look at but apparently they have a fanbase who have insisted they play south Wales.
The Lizzy Legacy The Dolls House, Abertillery. 9pm. Info 01495 213300. Thin Lizzy tribute band, who also do related acts including Black Star Riders and Gary Moore
Three Dead + Claytoride + Amber Lights NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Welsh Proms 2019: One Small Step St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£42. Info 029 2087 8444. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts a programme including Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Wagner. It’s 50 years to the day since man pretended to land on the moon so the Proms are hitching their wagon to that.
SUNDAY 21 JULY
Ben Walker Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk guitarist.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Cripplecreek + Bad Reputation Jac’s, Aberdare. 6pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Rock covers.
Dai C Thomas Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Junior Bill The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01497 821762.
Louise Claire Marshall with The Jon Crespo Trio The Small Space, Barry. 7pm, £25. Info [email protected]. Jazz.
Mid Wales Opera Gala Gregynog Hall, nr Newtown. 6pm, £15. Info 01686 614555. Concert featuring young singers from Wales International Academy Of Voice plus pianist Charlotte Forrest.
The Eclectic Shed Experience Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm. Info 07818 056599.
Welsh Proms 2019: Family Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £12.50/£7.50 under-16s/free under-5s. Info 029 2087 8444. Michael Bell conducts the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra; Derek Brockway and Behnaz Akhgar present.
Witterquick + Minus Alive Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107.
MONDAY 22 JULY
Adwaith + Telgate + Surup The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £5. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Presented by Libertino.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra & Clare Teal St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50/£8.25 under-16s. Info 029 2087 8444. Welsh Proms event.
Fitzwilliam String Quartet St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event.
Goldies Cymru Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £2. Info 01656 815995. Particpatory singalongs for people in their 50s and older
Handyside & Langshaw Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Welsh Proms 2019: Organ Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2087 8444. With organist Elin Rees.
TUESDAY 23 JULY
100 Years Of Venice Church Of The Holy Martyrs, Mathry, Haverfordwest. 2pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event.
All That Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Geoff Eales Theatr Gwain, Fishguard. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event subtitled 100 Years Of Jazz Piano.
Massive + Gorilla Riot Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7-10pm, £10 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Hard rock twosome, the headliners being from Australia.
Planet The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
Soundworks Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1-2pm, £7.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Arts Active present a performance for adults and young people with physical and learning difficulties.
Welsh Proms 2019: Classical Extravaganza! St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£42. Info 029 2087 8444. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts a programme of Brahms, Handel, Verdi and more, for massed choirs and organ.
WEDNESDAY 24 JULY
Billy Bragg Cardigan Castle. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 01239 621200. The left-winger’s friend, the skateboarder’s foe, hear William sing tales of capitalist woe.
Bunkhouse Battle Of The Bands 2019 Grand Final The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £7/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. Featuring sets from Exit To Main Menu, Cheating Lights, String Theory, Two Til Twelve and Inscape.
Catrin Finch St Mary’s Church, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 2pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event.
Concerts & Cakes Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 12.30pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Lucy Atkins.
Septura Brass Septet St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event.
Sienna Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2039 9557.
Slide By Slide Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Sugar Rush + Adults Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. Pop-punk and indie type shenanigans..
Uniform + Bad Breeding The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Great booking by Slush Puppy here, a two-pronged tour of NYC industrial punks Uniform and anarcho-influenced UK band Bad Breeding.
Welsh Proms 2019: Brass, Voices & Organ St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£42. Info 029 2087 8444. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts a programme of Wagner, Bach, Kark Jenkins and more.
THURSDAY 25 JULY
Annabel Thwaite & Matthew Jones St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event with piano/violin duo.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Dean Friedman Priory Centre, St Mary’s, Abergavenny. 7pm, £30 adv. Info contact@
woodfiredsummit.com. Pop-rock solo man who has played the region Buzz covers a bit this year already. Woodfired Summit are presenting this gig..
Hot 8 Brass Band Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £17 adv. Info 01792 468892. New Orleans funky brass group who specialise in covers and play south Wales quite a lot.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Mellt + Wigwam + Spector Haul The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10. Info [email protected]. This is a gig raising funds for young people to travel to Patagonia, as some are wont to do when earnest and Welsh.
The Magic Of Motown Cardigan Castle. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 01239 621200. Tribute show.
Welsh Proms 2019: Folk Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6.50-£24.50. Info 029 2087 8444. With The Spooky Men’s Chorale.
FRIDAY 26 JULY
360 Degrees The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Amanda Cook & Bibi Heal St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£8. Info 029 2056 2022. Classical guitar and soprano. Part of the Cardiff Guitar Festival, which is at Chapter Arts Centre apart from this concert and runs until Sun 28.
Blue Amber Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Calypso City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Chris Kelly Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447.
Dan Messore Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Edison Junction Band The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Ghost Train Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Glas The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
GlastonBARRY Juniors Romilly Park, Barry. 4-8.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01446 737339. Preceding the GlastonBARRY proper, which runs tomorrow and Sun 28, this is aimed at young pop fans and includes tributes to Rihanna, Little Mix and Ed Sheeran.
Guilty Pleasure The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Hempolics Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01834 869323. Crossover reggae type band.
Hippodrone + Dactyl Terra + That Which Ate The Moon Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Local psych/post-rock bands.
Icaris Duo Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance.
I Set The Sea On Fire The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Kidsmoke + Red Telephone + Plastic Estate Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie stuff. Headliners are from Wrexham.
Let’s Hang On Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01792 475715. Frankie Valli tribute act whose name seems particualrly resonant when I find myself looking at this theatre’s listings each month.
Musicfest 2019: National Youth Brass Band Of Wales Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01970 623232. First event of this year’s Musicfest, which runs until Sat 3 Aug. This concert is conducted by Philip Harper.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Oye Santana Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £20. Info 01874 611622. Santana tribute act.
Roderick Williams, Susie Allan & Jenny Agutter Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £20 adv/£5 under-26s/£1 under-16s. Info 01239 841387. Fishguard Music Festival event. Agutter, your dad’s favourite, reads poetry over a performance of Schubert.
Rxptrs + Cope + Boxing Day Rage + The Reality The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk.
R Steelhouse Festival Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, nr Ebbw Vale. £95 weekend/£60 Fri 27 + Sat 28 or Fri 27 + Sun 29. Info www.steelhousefestival.com. Stalwart hard rock and metal fest. Fri 26 is the ‘real heads’ launch and featurers Those Damn Crows, Massive Wagons, The Rising Souls and Blackwater Conspiracy. Sat 27: Thunder, The Temperance Movement, Gun, Crobot, The Wild!, Hollowstar and Ryders Creed. Sun 28: Thin Lizzy, Living Colour, Uriah Heep, Dank Jones, Tax The Heat, The Amorettes, Wille & The Bandits and Liberty Lies. See Upfront. (Until Sun 28)
Sydney Fate + Dead At 27 + Exit To Main Menu Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info 07970 063107.
Sylvia Hallett + Rhodri + Davies + Pat Morgan + Rhys Trimble The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Experimental music presented by NAWR.
R That’ll Be The Day 2019 Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01646 695267. Rock’n’roll nostalgia. On tomorrow also.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Magic Of Motown Cardigan Castle. 6.30pm, £25 adv. Info 01239 621200. Tribute show.
The Small Fakers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2062 6015. Small Faces tribute band.
The Total Stone Roses Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 384111. Tribute band.
The Trenchtown Experience Chepstow Racecourse. 3.45pm, from £20. Info 0844 2491000. Bob Marley tribute act enliven a day at the races.
Too Late For Tears Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Rock covers band playing two sets, interspersed with 75 minutes of standup comedy from acts TBC.
Toploader + John Adams Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £25. Info 029 2089 0862.
Vanilla Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig.
Welsh Proms 2019: Movies & Musicals St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£42. Info 029 2087 8444. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts a programme of movie soundtracks, musical hits and whatever Bohemian Rhapsody is in this context, with Sophie Evans and the Welsh National Opera Orchestra.
Who’s Next Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 879491. Who tribute band.
World Vs World + Swamp Thief The Duke, Neath. 8pm. Info 0300 3656677.
X Twenty-Two + Igam Ogam + The Fist + Blunt Trauma The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm. Info 01495 213300. A farewell gig for the headliners, who are moving to Brighton to go to university. All of them? That’s what it seems to say.
Your 80s Live Show Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. Songs from 1980s movies, in aid of the Wales Cystic Fibrosis Centre and also a fully signed show.
SATURDAY 27 JULY
Access All Areas + Neon Ballroom + The Strip Lights + Best Served Chilled The Green Lady, Caerphilly. 7pm, free. Info 029 2135 8743.
BKS + Throatpunch + Deathtraps + Die! Chihuahua Die! + Positive Reaction The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Punk, hardcore and crossover thrash bands presented here by DFTS.
Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon + Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard + Adwaith Cardigan Castle. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 01239 621200. Presented by Huw Stephens and also featuring a DJ set by him.
Chris Kelly Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Derek Gripper & Tunde Jegede Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance.
Diafol Fest 2019 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £8. Info 07970 063107. Featuring Parting Gift, God Complex, Invisions, The Uncharted, As Flames Rise, Cutting Teeth, Awakening Hyperia, Familiar Spirit, I Am Gravity and Sentry.
Dylan Fowler & Gillian Stevens Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance.
Extremely Dan Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 01792 475715. Steely Dan tribute band.
Fell Out Boy The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 387925. Fall Out Boy tribute.
R GlastonBARRY Romilly Park, Barry. 1-9pm, £37.50 adv/£15 kids. Info 01446 737339. Featuring, over two days, tributes to Queen, Abba, Oasis, Kings Of Leon, AC/DC, Blondie, Bruno Mars, U2, The Police, Take That, The Kinks, Frankie Valli, Stereophonics, UB40, The Rolling Stones, The Bee Gees, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Madness, The Specials and Bryan Adams. See Upfront for more. On tomorrow also.
Grooveline The Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free. Info 01656 785420.
Ian Lynn Palmer The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721. Country rock fella plays the pizza joint under the Admiral building.
Into The Valley 19 District Club, Pontypridd. 3-11pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01443 402550. Punk and ska from Roddy Radiation, Skacasm, Millie Manders And The Shutup, The Special Brew, Tenplusone, WDSMN and Addiction.
James Kennedy Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Justin Crowe The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Last Night Of The Welsh Proms St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£42. Info 029 2087 8444. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts “a feast of beloved classics in an atmosphere of fun and frolics”, also featuring Wynne Evans off the advert.
Laura Power + Bryont Sier + Tim Brooks + Martin Jones NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Live Music Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Musicfest 2019: Gala Opening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £24/£22. Info 01970 623232. Conducted by David Russell Hulme and featuring the Sinfonia Cambrensis.
Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics Singleton Park, Swansea. 5pm, £55.70 adv. Info orchardlive.com. Dance staples performed by the Heritage Orchestra. There’s an afterparty in Sin City also.
Petty Crinimals Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tom Petty tribute band.
She’Koyokh Letterston Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event with a seven-piece Eastern European trad music ensemble. Playing tomorrow (at breakfast time) in Fishguard.
The Bob Marley Experience De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7.30pm, £16 adv/£10 under-16s. Info 01834 218228. Playing something titled the Tenby Indoor Reggae Festival 2019, which as short, tragic stories go beats “For sale: baby’s shoes, never worn” by precisely one word.
The Claire Jones Concert Ensemble St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2087 8444. Afternoon recital headed up by Welsh harpist.
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 Jam’d Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £16 adv. Info 01834 869323. Jam tribute band. The poster for this spells the venue name with three Es so it reads like it’s being read out by a boxing announcer.
The Songbirds Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £15/£10 under-16s. Info 0845 2263510. Music from the musicals, movies etc.
Trigger Thumb + Fort + Common Spit Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
SUNDAY 28 JULY
Advanced Student Showcase Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance, featuring music composed by Gerard Cousins. Book in advance please.
Claire Jones Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 3pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 475715. Welsh harpist accompanied by percussionist Chris Marshall and students from Jones’ Concert Ensemble.
Gerard Cousins Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance.
Harmonies Of The Revised + The Rotanas + Thelixx Jac’s, Aberdare. 5.30-8pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
Henry Dent Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Jess Glynne + Nina Nesbitt + Hannah Grace Singleton Park, Swansea. 4pm, £49.50 adv. Info orchardlive.com. Presented by Orchard Live.
Musicfest 2019: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Conducted by Damian Iorio and featuring the National Youth String Orchestra.
Musicfest 2019: Lunchtime Recital The Old College, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232. A flute/viola/harp trio.
National Youth Brass Band Of Wales Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
Rob Luft Band Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance.
She’Koyokh Lower Town Quay, Fishguard. 8am, free. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event. The band will be playing on a quayside while people eat breakfast in the cafe there.
Soundtrack 2.0: Get Carter The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Musicians TBC paying tribute to the music from this movie, which is by UK jazzer Roy Budd.
The Bevvy Sisters Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387.
The Shirt Tail Stompers Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.
The Unravelling Wilburys Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.
Whitchurch Jam Session #118 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 29 JULY
Dick Hamer Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Helicon + Soundwire + Excellent Skeleton The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info [email protected].
Llyr Williams St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £1-£20. Info 07474 072118. Piano recital, specifically one part Lizst to five Chopin. Fishguard Music Festival event.
Musicfest 2019: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the 24-strong Claire Jones Harp Ensemble.
Musicfest 2019: Lunchtime Recital The Old College, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232. Featuring Blackweir Brass.
TUESDAY 30 JULY
Cerddorfa WNO Orchestra St David’s Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £1-£25. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event.
Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344.
Josh Schofield Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Also featuring Christos Stylianides on trumpet.
Kate Nash The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. See Music.
Musicfest 2019: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the Sacconi String Quartet and saxophonist Kyle Horch.
Musicfest 2019: Lunchtime Concert The Old College, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232. Music for two saxophones and a piano.
Traditional Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
White Denim + Boy Azooga Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. American indie types plus on-the-up-still-I-think local support. See Music.
WEDNESDAY 31 JULY
Black Tongue Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Doomy metal from Hull.
Dave Jones Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
hefluteandtankard.com. Jazz combo from the region, and subject to some acclaim.
Matthew Byrne Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. Byrne is Canadian.
Musicfest 2019: Evening Orchestral Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £24/£22. Info 01970 623232. Conducted by Toby Purser and James Henshaw and featuring trumpeter Clara Falkowska.
Musicfest 2019: Lunchtime Concert The Old College, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the Solem Quartet.
Nightlives + No:ir + Peaks Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £6/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Electro-punk, “prog/rap metal” and melodic hardcore presented by Tone Deaf Creatures.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Dr Bland’s Bad Batch.
Skyliners Big Band with Jane Williams Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Welsh National Opera Chamber Ensemble St Mary’s Church, Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event.
