LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS | DECEMBER 2019-JANUARY 2020
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER
R Adam Reeves The Pod, Newport. 12pm. Info 01633 535440. Also here on Sun 8 and Sun 15.
Air Drawn Dagger + The Tribeless + Livin’ Cheap The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£4 adv. Info [email protected].
Christmas Afternoon Tea Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2.30pm, £10. Info 01633 263670. Music from Newport Operatic Societies.
Elder Druid + Barbarian Hermit + Satlan + Kong Lives Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 07970 063107. Stoner and doom stuff.
R Frankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
New Oxford Consort Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 3pm, £18. Info 01873 850805. Christmas classical concert.
Nick Harper Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 07818 056599. UK folk-rocker with a show whose concept relates to the mid-60s, when his dad Roy was part of the London folk scene and invited celebs and future celebs to his flat to hang out. Nick would have been a baby then so not sure how much of it he would remember properly.
Nigel Davies + Izzy Grace The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Now! That’s What I Call The 80s Live St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £27.50-£44.50. Info 01792 475715. A band with backing singers plays hits of the decade; Gary Davies hosts.
Red Light Rebels + Bottlekids Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Two punk bands who have a new split single.
Robin Green Piano Quartet Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Performing works by Brahms and Fauré.
R Steve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
The James Oliver Band Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
The Kords The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm. Info 01685 387925.
The Marc Davies Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
R We’re Going On A Bear Hunt – The Film: Live In Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £10/£5 schools. Info 029 2039 1391. Screening of kids’ film (based on the book) soundtracked by the Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra. On tomorrow also, at 10am and 12pm.
MONDAY 2 DECEMBER
Black Tongue Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 468892. Some sort of metal band.
Bridgend Music Service Christmas Gala Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £9.50-£13.50. Info 01792 475715.
Excellent Skeleton + The Bloodshots + Dusty Cut + Taff Trail Rambler + Suganami Jones + Gemini Anderson The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm, £8. Info [email protected]. Fundraising event in aid of striking Cardiff University & College Union workers.
Gethin Liddington Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Live jazz, part of a lineup of acts here every Monday.
TUESDAY 3 DECEMBER
Acoustic Tuesday The Apothecary, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers. Recently moved from its long-term one in Riverside to this wee cafe in Canton.
Alex Merrit Group Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Björn Again Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £27.50-£30. Info 01970 623232. Abba tribute band, perhaps the original one indeed. In Cardiff on Tue 17.
*Blanck Mass + Violet Grace & Frans Gender Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Solo project of Ben from Fuck Buttons, previewed in the Nov issue. Support act are a drag duo rather than musicians, which is neat.
Bootsnake + Paul Rosser & Tricycle + Shippy & Gerhard Olive’s Attic, Treforest. 7-9pm, free. Info 01443 400725. Playing the opening of an art exhibition for Gerhard Kress (see the Art listings).
Contemporary Music From South Africa Cardiff University Concert Hall. 6.45-9pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
Craig Ogden + Manchester Camerata St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£43. Info 01792 475715. Classical recitals as part of the International Concert Series.
Lady Bird + Para Fiction + Bloom! Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
Mikey Kenney Band Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8pm, £13 adv. Info 01873 852690. Folky fiddle player.
R Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash, normally every Tuesday but only today, Tue 10 and Tue 17 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.
The West End At Christmas Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.15pm, £16/£14. Info 01874 611622. Songs from the musicals. In Abertillery on Thurs 12; Neath Fri 13; Ystradgynlais Sun 15 and Carmarthen Tue 17.
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER
Beak> + The Hysterical Injury Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Bristol proggy psych band featuring Geoff out of The Portisheads. Sold out.
Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
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.
Hopkins/Hammond Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night with a Bristol group who feature two members called Hammond, one of whom plays the Hammond organ. Her favourite sandwich filling is ham and cheese as well.
Jazz Christmas Party Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 491424. Featuring a workshop at 7.20pm, then an open mic from 8.30.
Lovelight Christmas Concert All Saints Church, Barry. 7-10pm, £6 adv. Info www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk. Featuring Barry Sing With Us Choir, vocalist Patsy Hunt and Treading the Boards theatre school.Hosted by Jane Hutt AM.
Mark Porter & All Star Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
Martin Carthy The Muse, Brecon. 7.30pm, 38 adv. Info 07806 775973. Brecon Folk gig.
Mike Sanchez & The Portions + John Lewis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 029 2062 6015. R&B piano thumper headlines.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Ben Dain-Smith.
Richard Digance Llanhennock Village Hall. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info [email protected]. Comedy folk-rock veteran. Do you pronounce his surname like ‘dig ants’ or ‘die gants’? Presented here by Caerleon Arts Festival.
R Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Two sets by Olive Grinter & Friends and The Metro Gnomes. Also here on Wed 22 Jan, with acts TBC currently
Sinfonia Cymru String Quartet The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5. Info 01633 656757. Lunchtime concert.
Sirkis / Bialas IQ The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
Skid Row + The Quireboys + Crashdïet + Hollowstar Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25. Info 029 2023 5555. Moderately poodly hard rock foursome. Weirdly I only became aware of the existence of Crashdïet a few hours before typing this listing, because the main guy from Ghost used to be in them.
St Agnes Fountain Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk group with various notables from the UK scene.
Tantric + Attic Theory + Valhalla Awaits + Bloodhounds + Cease To See The Sun The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 6.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Louisville hard rock band headline.
The Stray Pursuit + The Luka State + The Now + White Riot Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 468892.
Town And Gown Carol Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Hosted by the Churches and University Christian Union. Book in advance please.
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22-£26. Info 01792 475715. Tina Turner tribute show.
THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER
50 Shêd O Santa Clôs Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. Welsh Christmas songs played by a nine-piece band. In Aberystwyth on Sun 15.
Beabadoobee + No Rome + Oscar Lang The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 471888. Theee acts signed to the Dirty Hit label tour together. Strong suggestion that Beabadoobee is going to be really big by this time next year, or more to the point someone who’s chosen to use that stage name will be.
Calan Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01239 621200. Welsh folk with a Christmas slant today. In Builth Wells tomorrow; Aberystwyth on Thurs 12.
Cardiff University Symphonic Winds Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
Chloe Harding Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
R Christmas On Broadway Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £18/£16. Info 029 2039 1391. With the Royal Welsh College Musical Theatre Soloists and Royal Welsh College Concert Orchestra. On tomorrow also, at 2.30pm and 7.45pm.
Devin Townsend Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 6pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Metal polymath, previewed in last issue’s Music section.
Dominic Nation & The Dirty Dead + Vanity Kills The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk.
G4 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01792 475715. Christmas songs from vocal quartet..
R Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano. Also on Fri 20 this month, with a more Christmassy theme.
Jo Fooks + Saxes 4 You Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Well that’s very kind of her! Actually this is a Spanjazz night featuring trad jazz saxophonist Jo supported by a jazz trio from Llanelli.
Mangata The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
R Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info [email protected]. Monthly open mic night with a different guest each month; December’s is Dan’s People. Also on Thurs 16 Jan, special guest TBC.
R Open Mic Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Every Thursday this month.
Sarah Brown The Pod, Newport. 9.45pm. Info 01633 535440.
Steve Tilston & Friends Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Superchoir Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
The Bootleg Beatles St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37.50/£35. Info 01792 475715.
The Rotanas + Super Marine + Paisley Park + The Stray Pursuit The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Presented by This Feeling.
West Park’s Christmas Concert 2019 Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1.30 + 6pm, £3-£6. Info 01656 815995.
WSTR + Led By Lanterns + UMA Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER
3 Hwr Doeth + Kim Hon + Dienw Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Abba Forever Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
AmserJazzTime Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Last one of the weekly jazz sessions in the foyer for 2019.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Blood Church + Incursion + Sepulchre Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
Burning Ferns + La Forme Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Calan Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01982 552555.
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8-£25. Info 01792 475715. Celebrating 25 years of their A Night At The Movies concerts, where they do famous film themes etc.
Cath Jones City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Christmas At Broadway Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01446 710386. Featuring Hollie Clark, Leighton Rafferty and Pixie Perez.
Christmas At Llandaff Cathedral Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10. Info cityhospice.org.uk. A City Hospice fundraising event featuring Affinity Choir, Gabalfa Community Choir, CytSain Choir and Ben Creighton Griffiths.
Claire Taylor The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
DC Spectres + Deathtraps + The Groundnuts & Independents The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm. Info 01495 213300. Headliners are a Birmingham garage rock band.
Elephant Sessions Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Indie-folk from the Scottish Highlands.
Green Haze Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £6 . Info 01685 879491. Green Day tribute band.
Gruff Rhys Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01970 623232. One of four Welsh dates, the others being in Llangollen tomorrow, Bangor on Thurs 19 and Crickhowell on Fri 20 (that one’s sold out though).
Harmonies Revised The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
I’m Still Standing The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £18. Info 01834 861212. Elton John tribute. “Note: This is a standing event” says the venue’s website.
Justin Crowe The Pod, Newport. 9.45pm. Info 01633 535440.
Last Orders + No Pulse + Positive Reaction The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Hardcore bands.
Live/Wire Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. AC/DC tribute band.
Mangata The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Mr Hate The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925.
Off The Record Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
Redhouse Cymru Christmas Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7-11.30pm, £5. Info 01685 384111. Seasonal songs from Tenovus Sing With Us choir, The Bandits Jazz Band and Osian Llewelyn Edwards.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Festive Brass St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 01792 475715.
Sheelanagig Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. UK folk group hosted by Wave Promotions.
Simon Trigg Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Steeleye Span Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01873 850805. UK folk-rockers touring to celebrate 50 years in the game. In Cardigan tomorrow.
The D Teez The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Gentle Good Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. 8pm, £10. Info 01544 267163.
The Riff The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Last ever gig from local indie band.
R The Verge Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 439166. Also here on Fri 13, Fri 20 and Sat 28.
Think 182 Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Blink 182 tribute band.
Tinc Y Tannau + Jo Thomas + Larch + Truly Kaput The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Eclectic weirdness presented by Nawr. Class looking bill!
Turin Brakes + Kevin Pearce The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Acoustic show for the headliners, sold out already.
Unplugged Club Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, £3. Info 07818 056599.
SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER
Acoustic Sinners Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
All Day Christmas Carnage 2 The Moon, Cardiff. 3-12pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Alldayer presented by Cosmic Carnage, following up one last December as the name suggests and with an even better lineup (imo)! Luminous Bodies, Michael, Bodies On Everest, Human Leather, The Death Of Money, Sans, Punch On, Obey Cobra and The Bloodshots is what’s in store.
Arrival Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Abba tribute band. Sold out. In Newtown on Fri 20.
Aubrey Parsons The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Beans On Toast + Tensheds The Garage, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 01792 475147. Folk-rock fella who usually plays Swansea and/or Cardiff about this time of the year.
Between The Breaks Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info www.elysiumgallery.com. Bristol folk-rock band.
Bob Dylan Reimagined The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £8/£5 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute show.
*BodyVice Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £8. Info 029 2030 4400. The final event in Tactilebosch’s UnderTheCounterCulture programme, which was otherwise in November, this is a project helmed by Natalie Sharp that combines live electronic music and sensory full-body suits.
Candy Mountain + The Algal Bloom Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178. Blues and folk.
Chris Kelly The Pheasant, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 653614.
Christmas With Elvis Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 01873 850805. Keith Davies from Abergavenny ‘is’ Elvis here.
Côr Meibion Llanelli Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510. Festive choral renditions.
Dafydd Iwan + Dafydd Pantrod Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 07818 056599. It’s a while since I’ve listed Dafydd Iwan in here! He seems to have been playing gigs this autumn though. Presented by Cymdeithias.
Deuces Are Wild Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
E11even + Kill By Mouth The Masons Arms, Llanelli. 7.30pm. Info facebook.com/masonsllanelli. Headeliners are in Swansea on Thurs 12; support are in Swansea on Fri 27.
Faux Fighters The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm, £8. Info 01495 213300. Foo Fighters tribute.
Headshot + Bedface + Angri Kidd The Aman Tavern, Aberdare. 6pm. Info 01685 874938.
Hip Route NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Hypophora +Nightlives + Profiler + Mother Vulture Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £6/£4 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Idlechord + Kasia The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Jack Mac’s Funk Pack The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £7. Info 01497 821762.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, also on Sat 14 and Sat 21 this month.
Kows + The Beast With A Million Eyes + The Image Of All + Glyn Preston The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01743 860246. Mid-Wales bands presented by Sesiwn:Session.
Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Muna + Fake Laugh Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are from LA and have hurdled the barrier of me not having heard them to sell this gig out.
Penny Arcade Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Philomusica Of Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232. Performing Stravinsky’s Firebird.
Pipe Dream The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Punchline Black Boy, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 299469.
Rhondda Symphony Orchestra Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £6-£14. Info 029 2063 6464. With a centrepiece rendition of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
Rusty Nutz + Kikker + These Thrilling Lies Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info
[email protected].
Scouting For Girls Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2023 5555. Jusat looking at some press pics of this band and it’s astonishing how unphotogenic they are. Not minging really, just cannot put on a face for the camera if their life depended on it.
Simon Trigg The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Skip Curtis Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Local singer-songwriter, also a member of dance-pop band XY&O.
Smiling Tigers + Red Rooster Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Steeleye Span Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01239 621200.
The 4th Kind Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 439166.
The Big Fat Blues Band The Hanbury, Swansea. 5-7pm, free. Info 01792 641804.
The Promise Of Christmas St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£14. Info 01792 475715. Carols and songs backed by an orchestra.
The Schmoozenbergs The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01834 861212. Swing/gypsy jazz.
The Somethings Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £4. Info 01685 879491. Britpop covers.
The Striplights The Pod, Newport. 9.45pm. Info 01633 535440.
R Tobias Robertson The Stable, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721. Also on Fri 13, at 7pm.
Tommy Allen Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Ultimate Leppard Hangar 18, Swansea. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Def Leppard tribute band.
Welsh Camerata Church Of St Mary Of The Angels, Talbot Street, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info www.welshcamerata.org. Performing more upbeat music from Spanish and Aztec street processions in the concert’s first half, then liturgical Spanish music in its second.
Wizards Of Oz Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Ozzy Osbourne tribute.
Zion Road Mischief’s, Cardiff Bay. 8-11pm, free. Info 029 2045 6111. Reggae and ska covers.
SUNDAY 8 DECEMBER
Andy Fairweather-Low & The Lowriders Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01873 850805.
Aubrey Parsons Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Brutality Will Prevail + Guilt Trip + Mass Worship + Asidhara Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Metalcore and the like.
Carols At Taliesin Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 5 + 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 602060. Presented by Parklands Church. Book in advance please.
Christmas Show Paul Kirner’s Music Palace, Porth. 2.30pm. Info 07974 813445. Seasonal songs, presumably performed on one or more organs, as the Music Palace is full to bursting with various types of said instrument. Looks great in there going on the photos!
City Voices Cardiff Christmas St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£14. Info 01792 475715. Festive concert in aid of Headway Cardiff.
Deadthrone + Grievance + Wovenlung The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected].
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 22 in December, then Sun 12 Jan and Sun 26 Jan), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 15 Dec; Sun 19 Jan) too.
Frosty Jacs Festival 2019 Jac’s, Aberdare. 1-8pm, £3 adv/free kids. Info 01685 879491. Family-friendly day with various childrne’s activities plus live music from Tun, Bedface, Mustard Allegro (not heard that name for a while!), Casual Overload, ShovelFace, Kasia, Calamity, Hannah Hannah, Metal Maidens and Lewis Chubbs Owens.
Hot Club Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing the Hot Club Swing monthly gypsy jazz jam night.
Prognosis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Prog covers band.
Swansea Philharmonic Choir Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01792 475715. A 60th anniversary concert no less.
The Australian Pink Floyd Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £42.25. Info 029 2022 4488. Rescheduled from last month, when the band had to cancel on the day because the singer was ill.
The Big Gospel Choir Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Christmas concert.
The School + Rosehip Teahouse + Piney Gir + Penny Lope The Moon, Cardiff. 6-10pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected]. All ages indiepop gig.
MONDAY 9 DECEMBER
Carmarthenshire Music Service Christmas Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £9/£7. Info 0845 2263510.
Conor O’Rourke The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Hafren Community Choir Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, free (charity donations requested). Info 01686 614555.
Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Metro Gnomes Tramshed, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2023 5555. New jazz session held in the Waiting Room bar here.
Only Men Aloud St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £30-£38. Info 01792 475715. Joined here by John Owen-Jones and Sophie Evans. In Swansea on Wed 11; Newbridge on Fri 13.
R Talon Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01873 850805. Eagles tribute band. On tomorrow also.
The National + Jenny Lewis Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £39. Info 029 2022 4488. First standalone Welsh date for the headliners.
Treorchy Comprehensive School Annual Christmas Concert Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7pm, £4-£6. Info 0300 0040444.
TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER
Against The Current Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
R Banshee Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Monthly jazz improv session. Also here on Tue 28 Jan.
BBC NOW: Winter Afternoon Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm. Info 029 2063 6464. Gergely Madaras conducts a programme of Glazunov and Tchaikovsky. Sold out though.
Hot Club Gallois The Muse, Brecon. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Brecon Jazz Club gig..
Nurdle Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz organ trio.
Pete’s Old Pals Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £45-£70. Info 029 2022 4488. Featuring Jules Buckley and The Heritage Orchestra, Andy Baxter, Beverley Knight, Becky Hill, Robert Owens and Nic Fanciulli.
Spectral Voice + Tides Of Sulfur + Cryptworm Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £11. Info 07970 063107. Doomy death metal band from the States headline. Good booking by Eradication.
Synlakross The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info [email protected]. Spanish metal band.
The Sunsets Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Presented by Rockers Reunion.
The Ten Tenors St Andrew’s Church, Roath, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £20. Info 07713 120077. Charity concert aiming to raise money for a defibrillator machine in this area of Roath.
Welsh Language Carol Concert Beulah URC Church, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £5/£2.50 kids. Info cityhospice.org.uk. A City Hospice fundraising event.
WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER
Alex Lockheart Quintet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Alffa + Lewys + Tiger Bay Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
BBC Chorus Of Wales & WNO Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£43. Info 01792 475715. Performing Handel’s Messiah.
Clark Tracey Quintet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £15. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Dr Feelgood + The James Oliver Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2062 6015.
Lee Gilbert Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Swing artist does festive set.
Llantrisant Folk Club Christmas Party No.1 Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892.
Only Men Aloud Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £31-£39. Info 01792 475715.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Jim Swidenbank.
Skyliners Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Tennis System + Big Thing The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected].
The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Faim The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Some kinda new pop-rock group.
Tom Auton & The Bottlebreakers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER
A Christmas Concert Of Seasonal Music & Carols St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11-£14. Info 01792 475715. Joined here by John Owen-Jones and Sophie Evans. In Swansea on Wed 11; Newbridge on Fri 13.
Calan Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01970 623232.
Christmas At The Mansion House Mansion House, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10. Info cityhospice.org.uk. Festive songs performed by Welsh Opera stars and led by Gareth Rhys-Davies. A City Hospice fundraising event.
Christmas Carol Concert National Museum Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. With the Museum choir.
E11even + These Thrilling Lies The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Jack Yardley Quintet Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 8pm, free (donations welcome). Info 029 2039 9557. Jazz group, followed by a jam session.
Jon Crespo & Friends The Small Space, Barry. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Jazz.
Josdh Beddis Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Majid Derakhshani & Mah Ensemble National Museum Cardiff. 7pm, £25-£40. Info 029 2039 7951. Derakhshani is an Iranian classical composer and tar player, here with his ensemble of santour, oud players etc. What a great booking (by Fizzi of all people)!
Man Forever + Jaxson Payne The Moon, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. See Music. Finishing before the Skapa Collective gig.
Mediaeval Baebes Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Longrunning a capella/madrigal/trad music type band.
Neon Waltz Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Only Men Aloud + Sophie Evans Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £27. Info 01600 772467.
Skapa Collective + 6foot7 + Kings Alias The Moon, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, pay by donation. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. This is a foodbank fundraiser gig, also featuring Roddy Moreno DJing. Put some suitable food in a box when you come in, I think is the plan. Starting after the Man Forever gig.
Skinny Lister The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888.
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.
Stanley Strong The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
The Chats + Bad//Dreemz + Crocodylus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are an Australian garage punk band who harness the meme potential of being stereotypically Australian and have sold this gig out by doing so.
The Low Anthem TacticleBOSCH Lounge, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £9 adv. Info [email protected]. Rhode Island indie rockers play a venue which you can find in the Capitol Shopping Centre on Queen Street. They’ll share its space with an exhibition, Performativity, a collab between TacticleBOSCH and Korean art collective Crazy Multiply.
The Mavron Quartet Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7-8pm. Info 029 2116 7920.
The Rob Lear Band + The Eclectic Shed Experience + Roy Zeal + Andrew Clode + Mac Perritt Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm, £8/£4 members. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night, also a fundraiser for the 2020 Tredegar House Folk Festival.
Traditional Xmas Brass Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER
Abba Mania Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £22 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Thrillingly described as “a special concert presentation, which celebrates the music of Abba in a respectful and enjoyable way”.
Acoustic Sinners The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
R Al Lewis St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £20/£17 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Annual Christmas concert by Welsh folkie (presented by Newsoundwales), and as in previous years it’s on tomorrow also. Tonight is sold out and Sat 14 might be by the time you read this.
Ant Trouble Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01495 708022. Adam Ant tribute.
BBC NOW: Christmas Celebrations St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£43. Info 01792 475715. Pete Harrison conducts a programme of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and more.
Bjorn Belief The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01834 861212. Abba tribute.
Bruce Anderson The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Carols Around The Piano Virgin Money Lounge, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £5. Info 029 2052 4150. City Hospice charity night hosted by Wyburn & Wayne with performances from Foxey La Fey and Claire Brown.
Chloe & Friends The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Claire Taylor Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Guns 2 Roses Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm. Info 01685 879491. Tribute band. In Cembran on Sat 11 Jan.
Helldown + King Kraken + State Of Deceit The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Jimmy Mac’s Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Kid Klumsy The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm. Info 01495 213300.
King Goon + Kikker + DTT + Spaghetti Time Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3/£2 adv. Info 01792 301178. Presented by R*E*P*E*A*T in aid of the Save Creature Sound campaign.
R Los Pacaminos Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. On tomorrow also, both sold out.
Mistletoe Mania Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 01873 850805. With Abergavenny Borough Senior and Youth Bands plus guests Croesyceilog Male Choir.
N.A.S.H. + Red Rooster + The Sweet Exchange The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Only Men Aloud Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £28. Info 01495 243252.
Palmist + Sentry + I Digress + Scavengers + Ignitemares Golden Lion Hotel, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01267 243909.
Perfect Body + Red Telephone + Clwb Fuzz Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Local shoegazey band with their first gig in a while I think.
Sam Fender + Brooke Bentham Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Brace of Geordie singer-songwriters. Sold out.
Scarsun + Crisis Talks + Cosmic Bambina McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 7pm, free. Info 01633 253648. Presented by Neon Goat.
Stanley Strong City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Stile Moderno Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing works by Montiverdi, Cavalli and Strozzi.
Suspiciously Elvis The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute show.
Tales In The Shade + Lucy Atkins + Sexy Pretty Things The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Tayne + Eva Bartok + Ghosts As Alibis + Who Are The Monsters? The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Glory Of Christmas Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7pm, £4-£8. Info 0300 0040444.
The Kilpecks + Emi McDade The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01497 821762.
The Orange Circus Band + Little Folk The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 475147.
The Shallowsouls + Black Emerald + Dominic Nation & The Dirty Dead + Beyond Oblivion Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by The Dead Souls, who are unrelated to erstwhile promoters of punk gigs in Newport, The Dead Souls Collective. Whippersnappers of today I ask ya.
The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The West End At Christmas The Met, Abertillery. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16/£14 adv. Info 01495 355945.
Those Damn Crows Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 475444. This is a rearranged date but I’m not sure when from.
Valley Folk Club Xmas Party Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01792 425231. Specifically billed as “carolling and crumpets with John Kirkpatrick”, indeed John is reprising this at Llantrisant Folk Club on Wed 18.
Yr Ods + Llwyd Owen Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER
3 Daft Monkeys Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 615952. ‘World’/folk band playing a night that also has a cabaret element and is hosted by Beyond Compere.
Backstreet Symphony Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Classic rock covers.
Baggy Trousers The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Madness tribute.
BBC Wales: Carols For Christmas St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £10. Info 01792 475715. Conducted by Adrian Partington and featuring the BBC National Chorus Of Wales plus solo performers.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16. Info 029 2023 5555.
Bubblewrap’s 10th Birthday Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Alldayer for local indie label, with sets from Right Hand Left Hand, Quodega, HMS Morris, Cotton Wolf, My Name Is Ian, Sock, Quiet Marauder, Georgia Ruth, The Gentle Good and Ivan Moult.
Cath Jones Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Cats In Space + Hand Of Dimes Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 01792 475444. See Music.
Christmas Concert Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01239 841387. Featuring Ceri Davies, from Wales’ International Academy Of Voice, plus Cor Crymych.
Choral Society Christmas Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232. With a programme including Fauré’s Requiem.
Claire Taylor Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Dead Wood + King Kraken The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Dermot Kennedy Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Irish singer-songwriter. Sold out.
Edison Junction Band The Pendragon, Thornhill, Cardiff. 8.45pm. Info 029 2061 0550. Album launch gig.
Juice & Dave Parsons St Mary’s Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night.
Ka Ska Souls Band West End Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 735739. Ska and soul covers.
Made In Tennessee Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01873 850805. Nashville country tribute show.
Motörized UKThe Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Motörhead tribute
Nadolig Big Band Christmas Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2063 6464. With Canolfan Berfformio Cymru and the Rhys Taylor Band.
Pi & Hash Christmas Gig NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Popty-Ping Christmas Party Le Public Space, Newport. 6.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Local indie label with some bands they’ve released records by (I think): Big Thing, Campfire Social, Chroma, Red Telephone and Trecco Beis. Running order TBC, probably not alphabetical like that list.
Red Dragon The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Not fully sure if this is a band with the same name as the venue they’re playing or someone filling the wrong field in on the booking schedule.
Sepulchre + Greywall + Captain Meatshield Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info
[email protected]. Metal.
Shellac + Beige Palace Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Chicagoian rockist clangers return to Cardiff after fine Tramshed show in 2016.
Take That Tribute Night The Savoy, Barry. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07746 514901.
Talking Bird Collective The Pod, Newport. 9.45pm. Info 01633 535440.
Taynee Lord & The Crookes The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6. Info 01497 821762.
Tenacious G Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tenacious D tribute band.
The Bella Collins Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8.30pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Big What?! Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Bon Jovi Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
The Dai Robs Christmas Show Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £9. Info 01686 614555.
The Fugitives The Albion, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 0743.
The Great Christmas Proms – Symphony And Sound At Christmas Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £20. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring the Hywel Girls’ Choir & Hywel Boy Singers, Angelicus Celtis, the British Sinfonietta, organist Huw Tregelles Williams and conductor John Hywel Williams.
The Kamuzinda Players Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01873 852690.
The Tomos Williams Quintet Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 6.30pm, £12.50/£10. Info 01970 633088. Jazz from the 1960s/Blue Note era.
The Undecided Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 439166.
The West End At Christmas Gwyn Hall, Neath. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 0300 3656677.
True Strays Snails Deli, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2062 0415. Blues-rock duo. Price includes a buffet.
Ultimate Floyd Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 708022. Pink Floyd tribute.
Woahnows + Super Lemon Days + Human Heat + Clwb Fuzz + Live, Do Nothing The Moon, Cardiff. 5pm, pay by donation. Info [email protected]. Fifth birthday gig for promoters DIY Cardiff. Proceeds to Solidarity Not Silence.
Wolcum Yole! – A Festival Of Christmas Music Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/free kids. Info llandaffcathedralchoralsociety.org.uk. With a programme featuring Brittens A Ceremony Of Carols, Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia On Christmas Carols and Domine Jesu by Mark David Bowen.
SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER
50 Shêd O Santa Clôs Theatr Arad Goch, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £15. Info 01970 617998.
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Adam And The Hellcats + Altered Myths + Dan Lambert The Moon, Cardiff. 6.30-10.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Fundraiser gig for The Huggard.
Bury Tomorrow + Employed To Serve + Blood Youth Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. UK metal headliners performing an album in full for whatever reason.
Georgia Fearn Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Gower Chorale: Handel’s Messiah Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7pm, £20. Info 01792 475715.
In The Cards + Glass Heart Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 07970 063107.
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Nine Lessons & Carols St Hilda’s Church, Griffithstown. 6pm, £8. Info 01633 868239. Presented by Lleisiau Torfaen Voices.
Pretty Vicious + CVC + Sweet Ignitions The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £9 adv. Info 07590 471888. Merthyr indie band headline.
Royal Scam Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Steely Dan tribute.
Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-rock.
Sarah Meek/Dave Cottle Trio Langland Brasserie, Swansea. 7pm, £30. Info [email protected]. Presented by Swansea Jazzland. Price includes a two-course meal.
The Brwmys The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
The Neathmare Before Christmas 2 The Duke, Neath. 5pm, £3. Info 01639 643892. Food bank fundraiser gig presented yb Nuclear Family, with various hardcore and metal bands: Mantlet, Grief Ritual, Hold Tight, WelterWeight, Shallow Graves, Instruments Of Torture, Only Fools And Corpses and Kold War.
The Overtones St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £25.50-£102. Info 01792 475715. Vocal harmony nan faves. Top price is for VIP guff.
The Sixteen St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£25. Info 01792 475715. Performing traditional carols as part of this venue’s International Concert Series.
The West End At Christmas The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01639 843163.
Zervas & Pepper Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All gig. Sold out.
MONDAY 16 DECEMBER
BBC NOW: Christmas Celebrations Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23/£15. Info 01792 475715.
Deadwood + Doghouse Gassy’s, Cardiff. 7pm, free (donations welcome). Info 029 2023 2608. French electro-blues duo headline.
Dick Hamer Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Penglais Musicians: A Christmas Celebration Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7pm, free (donations welcome). Info 01970 633088.
Shed Seven + The Twang Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £28.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. “Thank you for booking us. It is a tribute to this great city that a man who once urinated all over a jukebox in this building’s upstairs bar could win back your trust” – Rick Witter of Shed Seven
TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER
R A Christmas Cracker Concert The Met, Abertillery. 2pm, £5. Info 01495 355945. Christmas songs from the movies performed by the pupils of St Mary’s RC School in Brynmawr. On tomorrow also.
Björn Again St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £28-£68. Info 01792 475715. Top price = VIP.
Ceredigion Schools Orchestra Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.45 + 7.30pm. Info 01970 623232.
The Wessex New Orleans Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The West End At Christmas Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 2pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510.
WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER
All That Cabaret: Christmas At The Musicals Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Broadway, West End etc songs.
Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Bandaoke Xmas Special Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”
Chicago Blues Brothers Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20-£24. Info 01970 623232.
Christmas Carols with Tredegar Orpheus Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 355945.
Concerts & Cakes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £4.50. Info 0300 0040444. Relaxed lunchtime concert aimed at people living with dementia.
Geraint Watkins & Friends + The Red Hot Pokers + Sister Bodhi Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2062 6015.
Jeff Hooper Entertains Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society Christmas party; price includes a buffet.
Katielou + Boxcat + Holiday In The Mind The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio promotion.
Llantrisant Folk Club Christmas Party No.2 Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892.
String Sisters Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 1pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510. Violin/viola duo play Live Music Now lunchtime concert.
The Cottle Brothers Langland Brasserie, Swansea. 8.15pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Presented by Swansea Jazzland.
The People The Poet + Fireroad + Lego Man Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER
An Operatic Christmas The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £10. Info 01685 387925. With Sam Oran, William Branson, Lorena Paz Nieto, Lewis Geston and Laurie O’Brien.
Bad Manners Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £17. Info 029 2023 5555. They’re another band who always play here round this time.
Christmas By Candlelight Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510. Performed by Chamber Orchestra Of Wales.
Enrico Tomasso Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Jazz.
Georgia Paterson The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Indigo May & Côrdydd Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.
Keys + HMS Morris + Kidsmoke + DD Darilo The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2048 3344.
Lyrical Miracles Christmas Special NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Live hip-hop open mic thing. Also on Thurs 30 Jan (not a Christmas special).
R McLusky* Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. One of two quasi-reunion (hence the asterisk) gigs here for noisy Cardif rockers of a bygone decade. On tomorrow also; that one was announced first and sold out, this one still has tickets available as of mid-November.
Patrick Sheen Singers The Met, Abertillery. 2pm, £5. Info 01495 355945. Christmas songs.
Saving Grace Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £27. Info 01686 614555. Folk-rock group fronted by one Robert Plant.
String Theory + Vain + The Dirty Flamingos The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
The Caspiens + Cosmic Bambina The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info info@
themooncardiff.com.
The Magic Of Motown Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, from £36.30. Info 029 2022 4488. Tribute concert that tours doughtily all year round but is in a Welsh venue this size for this first time, I think.
The Pitchforks Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Billed as their farewell show. Farewell, The Pitchforks.
Well Seasoned The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £10. Info 01639 843163. Air Ambulance fundraiser gig played by local swing trio.
FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER
Alter Bridge + Shinedown + Sevendust Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £45. Info 029 2022 4488. Trio of enduring American rock types.
Arrival Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01686 614555.
Claire Taylor City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Classic soul.
Democratus + Blind Divide + Fallen Temples + King Kraken + King Ibex Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. EP launch gig for headliners.
Finding Aurora + Wynt + Kid Reddy Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Flash + Wrong Jovi The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tributes to Queen and Bon Jovi. The latter are in Ebbw Vale tomorrow.
Goose The Pod, Newport. 10pm. Info 01633 535440.
Gruff Rhys Clarence Hall, Crickhowell. 7-10pm, £20 adv. Info [email protected]. Woodfired Summit and Clwb Ifor Bach present sold out gig.
Holy Moly & The Crackers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Or the Xmas Crackers as they have opportunistically rebranded themselves here
Hornettes Christmas Cracker Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £12.. Info 01970 633088.
Mantaraybryn Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Meln Melyn + Risorius The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info [email protected].
My Name Is Ian + Tales In The Shade + Sophie Crabtree NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Pizzatramp Le Public Space, Newport. 6pm. Info [email protected]. Playing this venue’s Christmas party, so more bands and other jollity TBC I daresay.
Reverend James And The Swingtown Cowboys Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info derek@
rumneyfolkclub.co.uk. Monthly session with regular and guest performers.
SicKnot Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01495 708022. Slipknot tribute. In Swansea tomorrow.
The Balkaneers + Coppercailie Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info www.elysiumgallery.com. Fundraising gig for Extinction Rebellion, so they can send more Christmas cards to the police.
The Electric Swing Circus The Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £12-£16. Info 01834 861212. Electroswing.
The Soulman The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
The Spectrums + Farenheit 451 Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Synthpop and postpunk covers respectively.
The Stoned Roses The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
R The Valli Boys Barry Island Sports & Social Club. 7.30pm, £30. Info 07595 497225. Frankie Valli tribute, presented by Mack Events. On tomorrow also.
The Wurzels + The Skimmity Hitchers The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15.50 adv. Info 07590 471888.
SATURDAY 21 DECEMBER
Anonymous Iconoclasts The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Bass12 Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Black3lvis NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Black Angus The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm. Info 01495 213300. AC/DC tribute. In Cardiff on Fri 27.
Cardiff & Vale Music Service The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344.
Cwmbach Male Choir Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 0040444.
Dirt The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178. Alice In Chains tribute.
Electric Swing Circus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Fleetwood Bac The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band. Sold out.
Goldie Lookin Chain Newport Centre. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£10 jobseeker special. Info 01633 656757. Hometown date following a long November tour. The jobseeker thing is a nice gesture even if partially done as “a bit”.
Jools Holland And His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £42. Info 029 2022 4488. You can set your watch to this gig. Well, your calendar at least. Last Saturday before Christmas in this venue every year.
Juicy Lu & The Sherbert Pips The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. Info 01685 387925.
Melvana + Fistful Of Rage Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01443 491424. Tributes to Nirvana and Rage Against The Machine.
Milk + Panic Shack + Dactyl Terra + Yammerer Jacob’s Market, Cardiff. 9pm-4am, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 0939. Also featuring Blue Honey DJs, which I imagine would account for the late finish.
Paul Dark The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Personality Crisis + The Crudes + Not Since The Accident The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Christmas foodbank fundraiser gig, so bring some appropriate scran as well as beer money.
Sgarmes & Friends Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £5/free under-12s. Info 01970 623232. A Christmas singalong concert whose proceeds go to Bronglais Hospital.
SicKnot The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5-£10. Info [email protected].
Simon Trigg The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Stanley Strong Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Stars In Their Eyes Christmas Edition Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm. Info 01633 221477. Twice-yearly (generally) evening of one-off cover bands for charity.
Supersonic 70s Christmas Special Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862.
The Raiders Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8.30pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
Winter Eradication 2019 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 2-11pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. An all-black metal alldayer with the following: Arvas, Agrona, Deadwood Lake, Black Pyre, Levitas, Dark Doom, Cistvaen and Fatalist.
Wrong Jovi Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 708022.
SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER
Cantemus Chamber Choir St Augustine’s Church, Penarth. 7.30-10pm, £7-£14. Info [email protected].
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Christmas By Candlelight 2019 Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Annual concert featuring the Chamber Orchestra of Wales and conductor Alwyn Humphreys.
Paul Dark Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Soul Train The Neon, Newport. 6pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Soul tribute show.
The Fugitives Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 23 DECEMBER
A Candlelit Christmas Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16.50/free under-14s. Info 01792 475715. Featuring Alwyn Humphreys with Ros Evans, the Chamber Orchestra Of Wales Chorale and accompanying musicians.
Afternoon In Paris Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
TUESDAY 24 DECEMBER
360 Degrees Cockett Inn, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
The Fugitives The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 3526.
The James Oliver Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5-7.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
THURSDAY 26 DECEMBER
Sid And The Skatterbrains The Master Mariner, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 700122. Ska covers
Slade UK The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
FRIDAY 27 DECEMBER
Acoustic Sinners City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Black Angus Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107.
Calypso The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Celtic Pride Hangar 18, Swansea. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Fnools + Sloonf Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Fnools are a sort of experimental indie band from the locale; methinks the support act may be related to themn in some way.
Metallica Reloaded The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 247178. Tribute band.
Not Since The Accident The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. EP launch gig.
Sepulchre + Kill By Mouth The Hanbury, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 641804.
Soul In Motion Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Poorboys Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Playing in the bar area I think.
SATURDAY 28 DECEMBER
Acoustic Sinners Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Breathe Fire The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Claire Taylor Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Dactyl Terra The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Hotdog Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Playing in the bar area.
John Lewis + The Escobars Pyle Royal British Legion Club, Bridgend. 7.30pm. Info 01656 740210. Playing the monthly Pyle Rock N Roll Club night.
Lighthammer + Eaten By Owls + WolfPunch The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Presented by Smash Mouse.
Scopyons The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £9/£7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Scorpions tribute band.
Surreal Panther Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01443 682388. Steel Panther tribute.
The Bryan Adams Effect The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute show.
The Soul Miners Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2062 6015.
SUNDAY 29 DECEMBER
Parish + White Riot + Bedface + Riding Giants The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by intriguingly named new promoters Your Daughter.
Steve Page Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Tumbling Dice Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 30 DECEMBER
The Steve Williams Band Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER
Ba And The Resolutions Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, free. Info 01633 221477.
Bayside Boogiemen Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20/£30 with a pizza. Info 029 2089 0862.
Cadence The Maltsters, Llandaff, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 3096.
Dr Bland’s Bad Batch NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2037 8866.
Hunter From Fremonte + The Bloodshots The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm-6am, £5. Info [email protected]. As you can infer from the stated opening times, the Moon’s NYE party has a bunch more TBC beyond those two bands.
Jed Jameson & The Jedis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm-1am, £8 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Also featuring Central Line Disco DJing.
Salut The Depot, Cardiff. 7pm-2am, from £15. Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk. A multi-award-winning showband apparently. This evening also boasts funk cocktails and soul vibes.
Ska Monkeys The Savoy, Barry. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07746 514901. Ska covers.
The Patsy Mac Electric Band The Pendragon, Thornhill, Cardiff. 10pm-12am. Info 029 2061 0550.
The Point West End Club, Barry. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01446 735739. Rock’n’roll covers.
The Trends Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Soundtracking this venue’s NYE party.
Young Garbo The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £10-£15. Info 01497 821762. Also featuring a DJ set by Max Galactic.
WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY
Dizzy Lizzy + Flew Fighters The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01685 387925. Thin Lizzy and Foo Fighters tributes.
Helen Ensor Morgan Mariners, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Llantrisant Folk Club Surivvors’ Night Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm. Info 01443 226892.
Whitchurch Jam Session #121 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
FRIDAY 3 JANUARY
Deadwood The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. Info 01685 387925. Rock and metal covers.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
SATURDAY 4 JANUARY
6foot7 + Not Since The Accident + Nigel Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 07970 063107.
Ion Maiden The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Iron Maiden tribute.
Kamikazee Millionaires Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388.
Mo Zowayed Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Retrospect Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 439166.
Trevor Babajack Steiger Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Who Knows Didley? + Smiling Tigers + Beyond Oblivion The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info [email protected]. Birthday gig for this venue, not sure which birthday though.
WNO Orchestra: A Journey To Vienna Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7pm, free. Info 01792 602060. David Adams conducts a programme of Offenbach, Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak and Strauss. In Cardiff on Thurs 9.
SUNDAY 5 JANUARY
Johann Strauss Gala St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £18-£39.50. Info 01792 475715. Conducted by John Rigby and featuring soprano Lizzie Holmes.
MONDAY 6 JANUARY
Groucho Club Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
TUESDAY 7 JANUARY
Pillow Talk Band Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
WEDNESDAY 8 JANUARY
Magpie Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Newport City Swing & Jazz Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Pillow Talk The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
THURSDAY 9 JANUARY
Risca Male Choir Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £10.75. Info 01495 227206. Performing Disney songs. In Cwmbran on Sat 11.
WNO Orchestra: A Journey To Vienna Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21/£16. Info 029 2039 1391.
FRIDAY 10 JANUARY
Khamira Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Indo-Welsh jazz ensemble play a set of Miles Davis compositions from the 1970s, ie his rock-nodding stuff like Bitches Brew. Promising!
Luke Jackson Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862.
Machiavellian Art + Squalor Fan + Horrible Men + Haq123 The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage & Lesson No.1 present three Birmingham area bands plus Newport’s Horrible Men. Haq123 include two tweenage boys in their lineup and are strongly recommended.
Subhumans + The Blunders + Disjoy Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Anarcho-punk veterans headline. First gig in Cardiff for yonks, I think, though they play elsewhere in south Wales quite often.
The Dream Kollective The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
SATURDAY 11 JANUARY
Alcie Bela + Brad Dickenson NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Come and Sing – Haydn The Creation Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff. 10am, £12/£6. Info [email protected].
Graveyard Johnnys + Doc & The Headshrinkers + Henry & The Bleeders Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2062 6015. This is a 50th birthday party for someone called Donna but it seems to be open to anyone who likes psychobilly type fare.
Guns 2 Roses The Waterloo, Cwmbran. 9pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 485206.
Risca Male Choir Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01633 868239.
The Adam Hussain Show The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 387925. Goldie Lookin Chain member, performing here with quasi-member Graham The Bear.
The British Carpenters Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £16. Info 01495 243252. Tribute show.
The Music Of Prince St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£25. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
The Satellites Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Punk covers.
Welsh National Opera: A Journey To Vienna Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 4pm, £16.50/£15. Info 01686 614555. With guest soprano Mary Williams.
Who’s Next + The Small Fakers The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Who and Small Faces tributes.
SUNDAY 12 JANUARY
One Day Scratch Orchestral And Choral Event St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 4.30pm, free. Info 01792 475715. The premise of this is that you turn up (having booked in advance) and form part of an orchestra or choir, then perform later that day. Or you can just watch.
Rookery Kane Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Simply Dylan Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £24.50. Info 0871 4720400. “A tribute to Bob Dylan, not a Bob Dylan tribute.” I too enjoy inventing semantic distinctions.
The Bottom Line + Bronnie + Seven Stories High + The Camel Show The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
The Meadows + Force Of The Tide Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 07818 056599. Celtic folk.
MONDAY 13 JANUARY
Nekrogoblikon + Harbinger + For I Am King Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Metal bands. Headliners play “goblin music”.
TUESDAY 14 JANUARY
Kristian Borring Acrobat Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Lauren Zhang St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 01792 475715. Piano recital.
Mainly Two + George Fu + Thomas Ang St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £3-£10. Info 01792 475715. A violin duo and two solo pianists.
Petrol Girls Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. See Music.
Ruth Bowen & Friends The Muse, Brecon. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Brecon Jazz Club gig..
WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY
Cup O’Joe The Butterfly Collector, Barry. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All gig featuring trio of bluegrass-playing siblings.
Damian Wilson & Adam Wakeman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2089 0862.
Morriston Big Band with Jenny Jones Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Alcie Bella.
Savoy Brown Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. UK blues-rock veterans.
The Mowgli’s + Liimo Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
THURSDAY 16 JANUARY
Genesis Visible Touch The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute show.
The Johnny Cash Roadshow St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26.50/£24.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
FRIDAY 17 JANUARY
Back To Bacharach St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£25.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
Cat’s Claw Llanwrda Hall, nr Llandovery. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01550 720483. Playing the Llandovery Folk Dancing night.
Ed Dowie Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Singer-songwriter. Used to be a member of Brothers In Sound, some proper early-00s landfill there. No relation to Iain.
ELO Encounter Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.
Kathryn Williams & Michele Stodart + Peiriant + Kirsty Bohata The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01497 821762. Second edition of the Bright Field events here.
Monmouth Big Band Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01600 772467.
Reg Meuross Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night.
*The Bellrays + Los Pepes Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info [email protected]. The Bellrays are/were an amazing souled-out garage rock band who still tour a bunch. Missed their last few SW gigs, should put that right really!
SATURDAY 18 JANUARY
Bowiexp Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10. Info 01685 879491. David Bowie tribute show.
Dai C Thomas Mariners, Laugharne. 8pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Insane Clown Posse + Dope D.O.D Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 029 2023 5555. See Music. Woop woop!
Islands In The Stream Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27. Info 01792 475715. Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers tribute show. In Newport on Sat 25.
Koma + Saliva + Shishu + Ordeal By Roses Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2037 3144. Hardcore, punk and noise from south Wales, London and Leeds. Find me here tickling the funnybone of all in attendance by requesting that Saliva perform their 2002 hit single and Nickelback collaboration Hero.
Mike Dennis Showcase NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. ‘Showcase’ means, I think, that he’ll be performing himself and inviting other to also.
Sydney Fate + Portraits + Scarsun + I Digress Workmens Hall, Caerphilly. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2088 2268.
The East Pointers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Canadian folk-rockers.
The Marley Experience The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. Bob Marley tribute.
The Smyths The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Q: What album’s anniversary are this tribute band running into the ground this time? A: Meat Is Murder.
SUNDAY 19 JANUARY
Beethoven: The 1808 Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£25. Info 01792 475715. Two-parter starting with the WNO Orchestra and continuing with the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus Of Wales.
Dai C Thomas Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
MONDAY 20 JANUARY
Catrin Finch And Cimarrón Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £18/£17. Info 01239 621200. Welsh harpist Catrin Finch met with Colombian joropo band. In Brecon on Tue 28; Aberystwyth on Wed 29; Swansea on Fri 31; Cardiff on Tue 3 Feb.
TUESDAY 21 JANUARY
Afuriko Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Fusiony Afro-jazz duo. I think we wrote about them in 2017 but I don’t feel like checking right now.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £10-£17. Info 01792 475715. With guest soloist Nikki Iles. CCJO are in Newport tomorrow.
InMe The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info [email protected].
The Society Of Women Organists St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 01792 475715. Specifically Anne Marsden Thomas and Ghislaine Reece-Trapp.
WEDNESDAY 22 JANUARY
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Dragon’s Breath Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Sophie Crabtree.
Slipknot Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £52.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Masked metal men. Sold out very quick this one.
The 50th Flying Burrito Bros Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute set to American country-rock pioneers, who formed, er, 51 years ago.
The Classic Rock Show St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29/£39 Gold Circle. Info 01792 475715. Tribute night. “A real gem of a rock show – sore throat guaranteed!” Hope they play stuff off Disgrace To The Corpse Of Sid.
THURSDAY 23 JANUARY
BBC NOW: Jazzical Tales Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2063 6464. David Danzmayr conducts a programme including Duke Ellington’s take on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite. In Swansea tomorrow.
Billy Bremner’s Rockfiles Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. A tribute to Rockpile by a former guitarist in the band. Not to be confused with the one-time Leeds United hatchet man, who helpfully died in 1997 to make the two easier to distinguish.
Paisley Park + White Riot + The Rivers + Memory Camp + Natasha Roberts The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Roberto Ruisi & Sten Heinoja Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01873 850805. Violin/piano duo.
Some Guys Have All The Luck: The Rod Stewart Story The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01633 656757. Tribute concert.
The Elvis Years Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. With Mario Kombou as Elvis.
FRIDAY 24 JANUARY
A Vision Of Elvis St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29/£27. Info 01792 475715. With Rob Kingsley as Elv.
Band Of Friends Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute to the late Rory Gallagher, now featuring Brendan O’Neill on drums. No relation to the contrarian op-ed writer, so expect normal sized foreheads and few attention-seeking statements.
BBC NOW: Jazzical Tales Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23/£15. Info 01792 475715.
Bombay Bicycle Club + The Big Moon + Liz Lawrence Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £29.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Bombay Bicycle Club are another of those landfill indie bands who have in fact became and remained genuinely popular without you or anyone you know liking them.
Burns Night Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27. Info 029 2039 1391. Annual event featuring a concert with musicians David Grubb, colin Bryce and Corben Lee, plus a Burns supper, a ceilidh and a whisky.
R Elvis: The Legend Lives On Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £17.75. Info 01495 227206. With Gordon Davis. On tomorrow also.
Elvis v Jerry Lee Lewis: The Showdown! Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Fans of both Elvis and events with a colon in the title are spoilt for choice tonight.
Endorphinmachine The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £20/£16 adv. Info 01834 861212. Prince tribute.
Fleetwood Bac The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01633 656757. Tribute band.
Mud On The Tyres The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Paul Jones & Dave Kelly Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01600 772467.
Sodomized Cadaver + Agrona + Democratus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Local metal showcase, on an evening out all the way from Fuel on the other side of the street.
The D Teez + Addiction + Flavourmaid The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Specials Ltd + 2rude The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Specials tribute band plus a general ska/2-tone support.
SATURDAY 25 JANUARY
ACAB Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. This Cardiff cover band have been going for nearly 30 years and I have long taken pleasure at how there’s a MOR pub act with this name. According to their Facebook cover image it stands for ‘All Colours Are Brothers’. Lovely stuff.
Blind Divide + State Of Deceit + King Kraken, Neckbrace + Beyond Oblivion Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07970 063107.
Bon Jovi Forever The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, 312/£10. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
Cat’s Claw with Mic Spencley St Mary’s Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night.
Endorphinmachine Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10. Info 01685 879491. Prince tribute show.
Fleetwood Bac Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16.50 adv. Info 01792 475444. Fleetwood Mac tribute band.
Islands In The Stream The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01633 656757.
Killer Queen Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £30.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Tribute band.
Merry Hell Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-rock band from north-west England. People from The Tansads. I sort of remember that name.
Motörheadache Sin City, Swansea. 7.40pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 468892. Motörhead tribute band.
Oye Santana The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 471888. Santana tribute.
Something About Simon Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01646 695267. Paul Simon tribute show.
The Barebacks The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Ultimate Coldplay The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £15/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
Volume Forever Alldayer Part Deux The Moon, Cardiff. 3-11.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Kicked In The Face and featuring Live, Do Nothing, Conformist, Sous Les Paves, Italia 90, Jaxson Payne, Lung and more TBC.
SUNDAY 26 JANUARY
Amigo The Devil 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. “Challenging the expectations of traditional #folk, #country music purists, and #rock #extreme #metal fans alike with his morbid, yet oddly romantic, take on folk that has amassed a dedicated and cult like fanbase.” Mate.
Bronwen Lewis + Shelley Fairplay National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Two Welsh harpists performing on St Dwynwen’s Day. Fairplay is on at 1.30pm; Lewis at 2.30pm.
Eclectic Shed Experience Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Joseph Moog Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £16-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital just before lunch.
Martyn Joseph Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £17/£16. Info 01982 552555. In Cardigan on Thurs 30.
Peter Gill Presents: The Wit And Songs Of Noel Coward Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.
Roam Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].
MONDAY 27 JANUARY
The Interrupters + Buster Shuffle Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. Ska/2-tone stuff.
TUESDAY 28 JANUARY
Banshee Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Monthly jazz improv session.
Catrin Finch And Cimarrón Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £19/£17. Info 01874 611622.
Martyn Joseph St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£19.50. Info 01792 475715.
Raging Speedhorn + Desert Storm + Sigiriya + Suns Of Thunder The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. UK sludgy metal bonanza.
Vant Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY
Bruno Heinan & James Kitchman Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Piano/guitar jazz duo.
Catrin Finch And Cimarrón Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18-£22. Info 01970 623232.
Constellation Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Dr Bland’s Bad Batch.
Tim Baker Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Former frontman of Hey Rosetta!, who it says here sold 10,000 tickets to their last five gigs. Never heard of them.
THURSDAY 30 JANUARY
Ashanti + Ginuwine + Mario Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £29.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. American r’n’b bumper crop. These artists may not be in their golden era, but are any of us really? Mr Bibs and B.Written DJ.
Colossal Squid Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Solo project of the drummer from UK math-rock band Three Trapped Tigers.
Cutting Teeth + Raiders Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01633 221477. Presented by Imperial Music.
European Union Chamber Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£43. Info 01792 475715. These cats love to rock up in this area just as we’re ‘supposed’ to be exiting the thing in their name. Classic banter, European Union Chamber Orchestra!
Fairport Convention Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01874 611622.
Five Finger Death Punch + Megadeth + Bad Wolves Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £40. Info 029 2022 4488. The favourite metal band of American divorced dad burnouts headlines over Megadeth, who are far more ‘legendary’ but probably need the money. This one’s already sold out!
Immersed! Festival 2020 Tramshed, Cardiff. 12pm, £10 adv/£7 NUS (£8 adv/£5 NUS early bird). Info 029 2023 5555. Hosted by the University Of South Wales and in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, this will feature music industry talks from 12-4pm, and the following acts all day thereafter: Year Of The Dog, Nightlives, Al Moses, Bloom!, Clwb Fuzz, Suleiman, Elina, Versify, Otto, Dan Ham, Shlug, Yasmine And The Euphoria, Sonny Winnebago, Carlen, Church Place and French Alps Tiger.
Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. See Upfront, I believe.
Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£24. Info 029 2039 1391.
Lyrical Miracles NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Martyn Joseph Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £17/£16. Info 01239 621200.
Tom McConville + Michael Biggins Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
FRIDAY 31 JANUARY
Blackheart Orchestra + Siobhan McCrudden Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12. Info [email protected]. Trip-hoppy type band headline.
Catrin Finch And Cimarrón Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01792 602060.
Egyptian Blue + Sinead O’Brien Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Co-headline tour, so it’s literally impossible to predict which act might headline on the night.
Flash Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Queen tribute.
Kaiser Chiefs + Razorlight + Life Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50-£45. Info 029 2022 4488. Landfill indie that rose up from below. Sold out!
Man Of Moon Undertone, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Indie-psych two-piece, playing here as part of Independent Venue Week – the week whose aim is to swim against the tide of small venues closing their doors.
Michael® Starring Ben St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26-£30. Info 01792 475715. The registered trademark in the name of this tribute to disgraced entertainer Michael Jackson is to distinguish it from Michael, a London rock band who play The Moon in Cardiff on Sat 7 Dec.
MR Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. AKA Mark Roberts, ex of Catatonia. Gig is already sold out.
Nuadha Quartet The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Monmouth jazz group.
Resurrection + Oas-is The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Stone Roses and Oasis tributes.
The Musical Box Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 8pm, £27-£50. Info 01792 475715. Gabriel-era Genesis tribute band.
Tom McConville & Michael Biggins Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night.
Wonderland Returns M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2047 3373. Three live bands as part of Independent Venue Week.