LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS | FEBRUARY 2020
SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY
All Ears Avow + Floorboards Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01792 468892.
Al Moses + Tiger Bay + Death Cult Electric + Wigwam The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£4 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are in Newport tomorrow.
Alula Down + Ellis Green + Neil Pulling On His Organ + Emma Coulthard The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Experimental music presented by Nawr. Alula Down are recommended, by me.
Beer Hunters The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Biffy McClyro The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute band gamely taking on the challenge of making their heroes’ already dire name even worse.
Boss Acoustic Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Desperado The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Eagles tribute.
Half Hour At The Hilton + Millllkie + Mason Bee M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.50 adv. Info 029 2047 3373. The latest night of electronic/leftfield music under the name Electric Soup.
Ian Shimmin The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Ion Maiden Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Tribute band.
Kamikazee Millionaires The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. Info 01685 387925.
Kano Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £30 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Leading light of London grime. Previewed in the Dec/Jan issue of Buzz.
Keepcadstockalive Fundraiser Barry Island Sports & Social Club. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01446 735173. Featuring live sets from Black Jam Circus, Second Chance, Stonehouse, Falling From Grace, Ben Nicholas, Me & Him, Dean Caldwell and Bro Radio.
Lleuwen Steffan Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm. Info 07818 056599.
Marky Dawson Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info 029 2038 7026. Described here as “a pocket-sized pop-up piano bar”.
Mighty Vipers + Cara Means Friend The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01743 860246.
Moretallica The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 247178. Metallica tribute.
Nirvanot + Foo Fakers Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01443 491424. Tributes to Nirvana (a bit cheeky when this venue already has a resident Nirvana tribute band) and Foo Fighters. Both are also in Pontypool on Sat 29.
Resurrection The Arch, Neath. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 07519 273859. Stone Roses tribute band.
Sepulchre + Moon Reaper The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
Soul Lotta Funk Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Super Marine + White Riot + Hertz Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
The Crackers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Tom Sutch Duo The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Tool Shed + Scarsun The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01495 213300. Tool tribute headline.
Tribeless + THiS + Wynt Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ultimate Floyd Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £8. Info 01685 879491. Pink Floyd tribute band.
SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY
Al Moses + The Rotanas + Hippodrone Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info [email protected].
A Lone Atomic Superman & Tudor Suganami + Finn Pelling & Gemini Andersen + Annabelle & Dylan M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 3-6pm, £4. Info 029 2047 3373. A Sunday Songfolk Sessions local acoustic artist showcase featuring three duos. The ampersands denote which ones perform together, the plus signs separate them. Hope that helps.
Cauldron + Moralslip + Phaze Two + Shallow Graves Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £6. Info 029 2037 3144. Hardcore and metal bands presented by Nuclear Family. Cauldron are from the Midlands and not the retro metal types who were around a while back.
Daisy Chapman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.
Henry Martens Ghost The Swigg, Swansea. 4pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Junior + Nightlives + Scavengers Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv/£6 for Progress Wrestling ticket holders. Info 029 2039 9557. This is presented by Tone Deaf Creatures and also serves as an afterparty for a Progress Wrestling show, which is in the Tramshed earlier in the day.
Justin Preece + Oxbowlake The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Playing the monthly open mic night hosted by Dave Kenwrick.
No Mean Biscuit Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Ponchtrain The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
The Mark Fortnum Group Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Leading a jazz jam session.
Wainwright & Williams Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07561 143114. Folky duo of Sloan Wainwright (brother of Loudon) and Brooks Williams play Roots N All gig. Sold out.
Zinc Bukowski + Disjoy + Nil + Glud The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Some fine rock and punk from various parts of south Wales here.
MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY
R Cardiff Welsh Traditional Music Session The Goat Major, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, free. Info www.sesiwn.com. Play, sing or just listen to an informal session of Welsh traditional music in the bar of this city centre pub every Monday.
Catrin Finch & Cimarrón St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14-£20.50. Info 01792 475715. Combo of Welsh harpist and Colombian joropo band. Finchy got married the other week and we had some publicity photos from the wedding emailed through, which felt a bit… optimistic?
Dave Cottle / Garry Phillips Band Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Live jazz, on here every Monday.
Outback Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Wildhearts + Backyard Babies + CKY Tramshed, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £29. Info 029 2023 5555. Rock bands from the Toon, Sweden and the States, none of them spring chickens.
TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY
Acoustic Tuesday The Apothecary, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Hot Strings Cafe Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Lil Mosey Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £24. Info 029 2023 5555. Rap newjack.
Matheus Prado Septet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Prado is a Brazilian who grew up in Spain, then studied at the Royal Welsh College.
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 info@porterscardiff com. Every Tuesday.
Orchestradventure! Beethoven Musical Supremo St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11am, £3-£7. Info 01792 475715. Kid-friendly performance by the RWCMD Symphony Orchestra.
Pedro Faria Gomes Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
Stone’s Throw: Lament Of The Selkie Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01873 850805. Live music with a theatrical element, written and performed by Rachel Taylor-Beales in collaboration with Lucy Rivers. In Ystradgynlais tomorrow.
The Bohemians Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01792 475715. Queen tribute band.
WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY
Amy Speace Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862.
Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Bridgend Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
R Bunkhouse Battle Of The Bands 2020 Preliminary The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected]. There are eight rounds of this BOTB, this is the first and they’re on every Wednesday until 25 Mar.
Clwb Fuzz + Twthpaste + Only Fools & Corpses Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Dave Jones Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Lyn Mackay Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45pm, free. Info 01792 475715. Piano recital.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Trystan Huw Clarke.
Royal Welsh College Harps Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing a tribute to John Thomas, who was a Welsh harpist.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5. Info 01633 656757. Lunchtime concert.
Stone’s Throw: Lament Of The Selkie The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01639 843163.
Teilhard Frost Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8pm, £13 adv. Info 01873 852690. Canadian old timey folk fella.
The BBC Big Band: The Music Of James Bond… And Beyond! Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £30. Info 0845 2263510.
Whiskey River Trio Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY
Beans On Toast The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Goofy folk-punk guy from southern England.
Bowie Experience Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £24.50. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute show.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Katielou Rands Cellar Door, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 07930 857897. Acoustic originals and covers in this micropub that looks really nice.
Kristiana Ignatjeva & Kumi Matsuo Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Cello/piano duo.
No Good Boyo Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £7.50. Info 01656 815995.
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.
R Open Mic Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Every Thursday this month.
The Blues Band Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £26.75. Info 01495 227206.
R The Carpenters Experience The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £17/£16.50. Info 01495 355945. Tribute show. On tomorrow also.
The Dead Freights + Fire Fences + Versify + Glass Violet The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
The Game Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £29.50. Info 029 2023 5555. One-time superstar rapper whose appeal has become more selective it would seem.
Tomos Williams Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY
Alexis Kings + Our City Fires Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£7 adv. Info 07970 063107.
A Night For Temucin Karagulle The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, pay by donation. Info [email protected]. Specifically a fundraising event for his funeral, the local resident having died on Christmas Day.
Bad Manners De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 8pm, £20 adv. Info 01834 218228.
Boyzlife St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50/£83 VIP. Info 01792 475715. One member each of Westlife (Brian ‘Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar)’ McFadden) and Boyzone (Keith Duffy) trot out hits by those bands. In Swansea tomorrow.
Children Of The Gravy McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 253648. Black Sabbath tribute.
Cynefin + Three Legg’d Mare Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 615952. Folk outfits.
Dead Mob + Icantdie + Counterweight + Throwing Knives McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 01633 253648. Hardcore and metal bands presented by Kick A Bin. This is in the basement of this venue.
Fastlove The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01633 656757. George Michael tribute. In Blackwood on Fri 21.
F Emasculata + Punch On! + Falaun + Salt Bath Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info [email protected]. X Files-themed hardcore band from Cornwall headline. Attendees are asked to bring something to give to a food bank.
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band Clarence Hall, Crickhowell. 7-10pm, £22 adv. Info contact@
woodfiredsummit.com.
Gwilym Bowen Rhys + Mari George Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £8-£10. Info 01970 623232. A Cicio’r Bar poetry and music nigh, hosted by Eurig Salisbury and Hywel Griffiths.
HMS Morris + Cotton Wolf + Rhodri Brooks Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 07982 624959.
Holiday In The Mind Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Isolation Cwrw, Carmarthen. 7pm, free. Info 01267 223230. Gothic/horror metal band.
Jeff Hooper Band The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night. As of this month these are only going to be fortnightly, rather than weekly as it was before.
Jonian Ilias-Kadesha & Fillippo Gorini Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Violin and piano duo.
Kacy & Clayton + Arborist City Hall, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £15. Info 07779 345279. Folk duo from Sasketchawan, promoted here by Boia Gigs
Luke De-Scisio The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Magic – A Kind Of ELO Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £21. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Our Man In The Field + Cara Ludlow Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2039 9557.
Papur Wal + Los Blancos + Ynys + Melin Melyn + Lewys + Bandicoot + Thallo + Tiger Bay Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 5-10.30pm, free. Info 029 2023 2199. Welsh Language Music Day gig. Also featuring DJ Dilys and DJ Garmon.
R Retrospect Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 439166. Also here on Sat 29.
Ron Geesin + CVC Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2030 4400. See Upfront for more on this gig featuring veteran Pink Floyd associate Geesin, who performed in Cardiff 50 years ago at a gig to raise funds to establish Chapter, plus locals CVC who sound like a band who might have done.
Roopa Panesar & Kaviraj Singh Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £7.50-£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Indian classical duo on the sitar and santoor.
Soultown USA Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 0300 0040444. Classic soul covers
Soul Train Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01873 850805. Pretty much the same thing as the event listed above.
Southbound + Scarsun + Zed Motel Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info 01685 879491.
The Calling + Psycho Village + Living Dead Stars + Paul Bartolome + Apathy Avenue Sin City, Swansea. 6pm, £20 adv. Info 01792 468892. Headliners are an American radio rock band who were briefly popular in the early 00s. Recent(ish)ly toured with Live and Lifehouse – now that’s what I’m talking about. In Merthyr on Sat 15.
The James Oliver Band The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Blues.
The Spectrums Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Synthpop/new wave cover band.
Tina Turner & Tom Jones Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £12. Info 01495 243252. “Join Tom Jones and Tina Turner for a jam packed night of entertainment at Newbridge Memo!” That’s all it says, and until I hear otherwise I will assume that’s all it needs to say.
Welsh Language Music Day M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info 029 2047 3373. Lineup TBC.
Whitney – Queen Of The Night Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01446 738622. Tribute show.
SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY
Beyond The Barricade St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27. Info 01792 475715. Songs from the musicals, notably Les Misérables.
Bowjangles Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01544 267163. String quartet who do pop songs, movie themes etc.
Boyzlife Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £31.50. Info 01792 475715.
Chameleon The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Dire Streets Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Dire Straits tribute.
Dog Heaven + Gonhill Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info www.elysiumgallery.com.
Duppy Busters Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Fight Like They Have The Green Rooms, Treforest. 2pm-12.30am, £3. Info 01443 841133. Metal alldayer in aid of Velindre Cancer Care, with sets from Confessions Of A Traitor, Lead By Lies, NO:IR, Seeker, Fractvres, Good Morning Vietnam, Surya, Copehill Down, Sydney Fate, Secrets Of Mariana, Garuda and CounterWeight.
Holiday In The Mind + Sean O’Brien + The Honest Poet Tramshed, Cardiff. 6pm-12am, free. Info 029 2023 5555.
James Alexander Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm. Info 01685 879491.
Jason Rebello Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Jazz pianist and session musician.
John Lewis The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Kamao Quartet Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5-£13. Info 01792 602060. Gypsy jazz group from London.
Laura Benjamin The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Magic – A Kind Of Queen Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £21. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band. I think it has passed me by until now that this band and the similarly-named ELO one (see yesterday) are one and the same, at least I assume they are.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7.30pm, £5-£12. Info 01792 602060. Performing their Legends Of Jazz set.
Pretty Cool The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Rhys Meirion Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £7.50-£12.50. Info 01970 623232. Noted tenor.
Scotch Corner Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388.
Sense & Sensibility Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2116 7920. A duo of Despina Homatidou (harpsichord) and Simone Laghi (violin) perform works by Mozart, William Jackson and more.
Stereosonics The Dolls House, Abertillery. 12pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01495 213300. Stereophonics tribute band playing after Wales v Ireland in the rugby (actual time not specified but the game should be done by about 4pm). Stereosonics are also in Swansea on Sat 29.
Stonehouse Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Theia + Verity White + The Unresolved The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
The Naked Citizens + Fred Snow + Madi Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
Tootinskamoon The Eagle Inn, Narberth. 9pm. Info 01834 860769.
Velvet Insane + Indya The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Zee Davine + Telgate + Panic Shack + Sarah McCreadie + Evrah Rose + Renn Hubbuck-Melly Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £7. Info [email protected]. Music and spoken word (the latter from the last three people listed here); headliner was until recently the singer in the band Queen Zee.
SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY
Anti-Flag + The Creepshow + Maid Of Ace The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Stalwart US punks headline.
BBC NOW: Passion Of Youth St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£43. Info 01792 475715. Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts a programme of Beethoven, Bruch and Walton.
Brew Monster Open Mic Brew Monster, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info [email protected]. New craft beer place on the high street with its debut unplugged session, hosted by Jim Webster.
Calling Apollo + Kite Thief + Crystalline + THC Dreams + We Need To Talk Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Ceredigion Schools Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.45 + 7.30pm. Info 01970 623232.
Dai C Thomas The Swigg, Swansea. 4pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Daniel John Martin & Dave Cottle Trio Langland Brasserie, Swansea. 7pm, £30. Info [email protected]. Presented by Swansea Jazzland. Price includes a two-course meal.
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 23 in February), with an extra blues/acoustic session on the third Sunday too.
Good Companions Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Keith James Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Performing his Cat Stevens tribute set.
Reclaimer + We Struck Gold + Good Morning Vietnam + Equinox The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Poppy hardcore presented by DFTS.
The Marc Davies Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Tom Gray & Jenny Jones Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £5/£3 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing the Hot Club Swing night here; also features a jam session.
MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY
Dick Hamer Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Marc Copland Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Seasoned jazzers.
The Three Tremors The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. This is pretty interesting for metal fans in a ‘god knows what it’ll be like’ way: a band featuring Ripper Owens aka not Rob Halford in Judas Priest, plus Harry Conklin of Jag Panzer and Sean Peck who is in some band with Ross The Boss from Manowar. They’re all vocalists so not sure how it works as a lineup.
TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY
Alan J Preston Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2pm, £7. Info 01633 263670. Songs from the 1950s and 60s.
Albion Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing works by Mendelssohn and Brahms.
Am Samstag + Sydney Fate The Duke, Neath. 8.30pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
Breabach Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 01874 611622. Scottish folk big band. In Cardiff on Tue 25, Builth Wells on Wed 26, Swansea on Thurs 27 and Cardigan on Sat 29.
Grangetown Bumps Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 01792 475715. Piano recital.
Kevin Lawlor Trio The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10 members. Info [email protected]. Brecon Jazz Club gig.
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 acts currently TBC. Also here on Wed 26, lineup also TBC.
WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY
Beth Hart + Kris Barras St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £48/£43. Info 01792 475715. Blues-rocker headlines. She played here a couple of years back and we interviewed her then.
Counterparts + Can’t Swim + Chamber + Static Dress Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Headliners are “Canadian hardcore legends” according to the blurb. Never heard of them myself but they seem to be some sort of genertic metalcore thing with a current lineup of [‘primary school teacher reading the register’ voice] Brendan, Alex, Kyle, Blake and Tyler.
Dave Jones Irish Quartet The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
Evil Scarecrow + Witch Tripper + Sentry The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. UK metal bands.
Golden Melodies With Craig & Jason The Met, Abertillery. 2pm, £8. Info 01495 355945.
Loathe + God Complex + Phoxjaw Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £14/£12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Tone Deaf Creatures.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Tomos Lewis and this evening is co-presented by the intriugingly named Big Bear Social Club.
Parish + White Riot + Paisley Park Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by The Forté Project.
Romeo Taylor + Ordeal By Roses + Penny Lope Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Headliner is an extremely ribald electropop Scotsman who also plays in an indie band, Rapid Tan. Actually it says here their last gig is this month. Hotel De Marl present this one anyhoo.
Royal Welsh College Piano & Percussion Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing Bartók’s Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion.
Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize Semi Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, £6-£12. Info 029 2039 1391.
Skymasters Little Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
R The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 26.
THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY
Battle Of The Bands Heat 2 The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Presented by Cardiff Live Music Society and featuring Bloom!, Fiasco, Kampango and Nathan Warnes. Heat 1 is in Fuel on Fri 31 Jan (in case you somehow see this before that date), heat 3 is in Tiny Rebel on Thurs 20 and heat 4 is in 10 Feet Tall on Sun 1 Mar.
Equinox Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, free (donations welcome). Info 029 2039 9557. Jazz night with the headline trio doing a hard bop set from 8-9pm, followed by a jam session.
Evade Escape + In The Cards The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Grits N’ Gravy String Band Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01646 651725. Irish bluegrass ensemble.
Hot Club Gallois Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Gypsy jazz and swing.
Iceland Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£43. Info 01792 475715. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts a programme of Bizet, Ravel and Prokofiev, plus the Icelandic Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
Katielou Rands Monusk Tapas & Wine Bar, Newport. 7pm, free. Info 07496 725246.
Kevin Lawlor Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Korason Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here. Entry is free but the pizza isn’t.
Tredegar House Folk Festival Fund Raiser Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm, £8/£4 members. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night, lineup currently TBC.
Vicki Swan & Johnny Dyer Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Wonderbrass Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY
Adam Walker & James Baillieu Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Flute/piano duo.
Bad Sam + Igam Ogam Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 221477. Singer launch for headliners.
Breadmakers Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Bye Bye Baby Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862. Frankie Valli tribute.
Cara Dillon Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £22/£20. Info 01970 623232. Irish folk-rocker.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Hawthorn Community Centre, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £10-£12. Info [email protected]. The first of several dates in this area billed as the Last Huzzah tour for Welsh folk ensemble. Said crop of dates go on until summer but this month they’re also in Solva (Sat 15) and Monmouth (Sat 22).
Jez Lowe Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Jimmy Mac’s Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
John Adams Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 8pm, £14. Info 01792 475715. Singer-songwriter.
Money For Nothing St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01792 475715. Dire Straits tribute band.
Mused The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Muse tribute.
Rachel Newton Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01792 863722. Harp-playing folkie who sings in English and Gaelic.
Shed Seven + The Twang Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £28.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. This gig was scheduled for December but Shed Seven vocalist Rick ‘Kwik Fit Fitter’ Witter was poorly.
Simon & Garfunkel: Through The Years Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01446 738622. Tribute show.
The Rezillos + Pizzatramp + Fatal Blow Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01685 879491. First Rezillos album rules.
The Shrinking Violetz + Aber Taiko Drummers + The Snooties + Plastic Sam’s Stagazer + The Squirts The Garage, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 01792 475147. Benefit concert for Prostate Cancer Morriston Hospital.
The Valentine Jazz Five Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01970 633088.
Toby Hay Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Instrumental guitarist from mid-Wales.
SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY
Back Street Symphony The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Brass Bands Championship 2020 Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 11am-2pm + 3-7pm, £7.50-£9.50. Info 01656 815995.
Cardiff Electronic Producer Showcase The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Coachellas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Colin Currie & Royal Welsh Percussionists Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 4pm, £7-£14. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing three works by Steve Reich.
Dark Valley + Who Knows Didley + The Autumn Killers Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info
[email protected].
Dave Cottle & Gary Phillips The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Exit Forty Nine Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Flats And Sharps The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762. Cornish bluegrass band.
Hagie’s Banging Rap Night Cwrw, Carmarthen. 8pm, free. Info 01267 223230. With Soldiers Of Monochrome, Culture Vultures and DJ Ffi Hagin plus more TBC.
Hue & Cry Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862. Sold out.
Junction 24 St Mary’s Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night.
Lipstick On Your Collar The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01633 656757. Thetrical live revue with hits from the 50s and 60s.
Mae Bradbury + Mike Dennis NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Mark Morriss + Nick Parker + The Doublecross St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Solo show from Bluetones frontman Morriss. Woodfired Summit present.
Paul Dark The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Risorius + Mat Troy + Doops + HMS Morris Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Soul Stripper Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. AC/DC tribute band.
The Calling The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £25/£20 adv. Info 01685 387925.
The Shivvers The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Weimar’s Dark Cabaret National Museum Cardiff. 3.30-4.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. RWCMD students perform Kurt Weill songs to honour the Weimar Republic-era LGBT movement, as it wasn’t called then.
SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY
Ben Huws The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
Blues And Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Gentleman’s Dub Club Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Live dub reggae outfit, still got the most cringeworthy press photos in the biz.
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Maz O’Connor Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Folkie.
Paul Dark Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Roosevelt Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The 45s The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
The Elvis Years Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £23.50/£22.50. Info 0845 2263510. With Mario Kombou as Elvis.
The High Sheriff Of Mid Glamorgan’s Musical Extravaganza Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £20-£30. Info 029 2039 1391. A celebration of young musical talent from solo vocalists, solo instrumentalists and choirs.
MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY
Rosie Flores Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Texan rockabilly guitarist who did sort of cowpunk/proto-alt-country stuff in the 80s. Not previously familiar with her but she sounds cool.
Skiltron + Ethereal Sin + Democratus + Prophecy The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are folk metal faves whose name sounds a bit like ‘stilton’.
Tommy Harris Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY
All That Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Dubioza Kollektiv The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Mashup party Boomtown type band from Bosnia.
Inhaler + Feet Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Two new UK rock groups on what must be the worst ever combo of names to tour together.
Quatuor Capriccio Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. String quartet.
Stephen King Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45pm, free. Info 01792 475715. Organ recital.
WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Napalm Death + Eyehategod + Misery Index + Rotten Sound + Bat Tramshed, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £23. Info 029 2023 5555. See Music for an interview with the headliners of this impressive touring jamboree of grindcore and sludge metal.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Ben Dain Smith.
Phil Thomas Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Royal Welsh College Brass Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing music for stage and screen
Royal Welsh String Soloists with Anthony Marwood Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Simon Spillett The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
The Estevans Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Indie.
The Siglo Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Trep + Endeavour + In Which It Burns + Throwing Knives Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
We Love Little Mix Grand Theatre, Swansea. 6pm, £17. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show..
THURSDAY 20 FEBRUARY
Apre + Plastic Estate + Polly Money Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.
Babymetal + Creeper Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £32.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Mad kawaii-metal-pop hybrid from Japan. See Upfront. Sold out!
Battle Of The Bands Heat 3 Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2039 9557.
BBC NOW: Conflict & Triumph Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2063 6464. Anu Tali conducts a programme of works by Dvorák and Sibelius. In Swansea tomorrow.
Griever + The Oklahoma Kid + Boxing Day Rage + Deadweight + Equinox UK The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Kate Gibson Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Morganway Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. MOR country band from East Anglia. Never heard of them before but I instantly recognised the stage they’re performing on in the photo used on Acapela’s website. Braziers Park in Oxfordshire, since you asked.
Slash Fiction + Nervous Rex + Trigger Warning And The Safe Spaces Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5.50. Info [email protected]. Queercore or perhaps queercore-adjacent bands from Sheffield, Bristol and Cardiff.
The Chicago Blues Brothers St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27. Info 01792 475715. Songs from lots of musicals including the Blues Brothers.
The ELO Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
Tobias Robertson The Stable, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721.
Working Men’s Club + Lazarus Kane Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.
FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY
Al Lewis Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232.
A Vision Of Elvis Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £26.40 adv. Info 0300 3656677. With Rob Kingsley as The Elf (Elvis Presley’s nickname).
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”
BBC NOW: Conflict & Triumph Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23/£15. Info 01792 475715.
Broken Lines + Paradise9 Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Psych bands presented by Dr Sardonicus, who do a festival of such sounds here every August. There’s another of theirs on here tomorrow, too, not for free.
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. In Aberystwyth on Fri 28; Carmarthen on Sat 29.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Classic soul.
Fahran + Ashen Reach The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Fastlove Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £26/£24. Info 01495 227206.
James Blunt + Ward Thomas Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £29.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Langkamer The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Myke Gray ft Kym Jennett Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Myke Gray was in Welsh hard rock band Skin and Kim Jennett is a sort of blues-rock singer from Manchester.
Red Telephone Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info derek@
rumneyfolkclub.co.uk. Monthly session with regular and guest performers.
Sam Lee The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £22. Info 029 2048 3344. UK folk type.
Shuck + Jaxson Payne + Glud The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 present the proverbial mixed bill of sludge punk, live drum’n’bass/IDM and banging hardcore punk.
Sigala Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Dance-pop cypher from Norwich equally at home in the UK pop charts, River Island’s PA system and your phone company’s tech support hold music.
Stereo Hearts + Spencer Segelov Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 01792 863722.
The Breakfast Club The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. Eighties tribute band.
The Diary Of One Who Disappeared Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Work by Janácek, performed by Nicky Spence (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano) and the Royal Welsh College Singers.
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
The Wall Of Floyd Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Pink Floyd tribute.
SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY
Alden Patterson And Dashwood The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Norfolk folkies.
Archfest The Arch, Neath. 2.30pm. Info 07519 273859. All-day music festival, albeit ones that seems to be organised around Wales v France in the rugby.
Boogiemen Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 491424.
Dressed To Kill The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 471888. Kiss tribute.
Hideaway Trio The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Ironed Maiden The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Iron Maiden tribute.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Narth Village Hall, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £10-£12. Info 01600 860664. Sold out.
Penelope Tree + Brightr Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 221477.
Pop Divas Live! Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 5-8pm, £15. Info 01495 243252. Performing a Little Mix tribute show.
Queen Symphonic St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £38-£49. Info 01792 475715. As in Queen the band. So what it sounds like.
Quo-No Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Status Quo tribute band. If you ask me they should be called Quo-Yes!
Rorke’s Drift Concert Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £10/£9. Info 01874 611622. Annual event featuring over 100 young musicians from the Army Cadet Force.
Sam Lewis + Bonnie Bishop Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 468892. Country soul fella. See Music.
Sendelica + Elfin Bow Band + The Mahatmas + Sonic Trip Project + Omnichron Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 4-11.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07818 056599.
Showaddywaddy Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01792 475715.
The Feens + White Riot + Two Til Twelve The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
The Fureys Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £23. Info 0845 2263510.
The Kenny Driscoll Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Trends Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Tribute Festival Tramshed, Cardiff. 2pm, £17.90. Info 029 2023 5555. Specific details are pretty thin for this but there are Beatles, Bowie, Queen and Fleetwood Mac tributes mooted.
Truckstop Honeymoon Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01970 633088. Bluegrass, jazz and rock’n’roll.
Wizards Of Oz The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178. Ozzy Osbourne tribute.
SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY
Chris Rees Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Eira/Snow The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
Generation + Bodyhacker + Enouement Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 3-6pm, £5. Info 029 2037 3144. Emo and noisy rock from Manchester and Cardiff in the afternoon and early evening.
Girl Ray Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. UK indie band.
Jordan Marks The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Malojian Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Northern Irish singer-songwriter, seen here last year supporting Jason Lytle.
Puzzle Tree + Riding Giants + Tarion Jac’s, Aberdare. 5-8pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
The 1975 + Beabadoobee Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £45. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.
The Worried Men Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Young Hearts + Gold Bloom + These Five Years + Penelope Tree + Foxbite Golden Lion Hotel, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01267 243909. Pop-punk type stuff.
MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY
Concerto Competition Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, £6-£12. Info 029 2039 1391.
Dominic Norcross Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Breabach St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£16. Info 01792 475715.
Henrik Jensen Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Jane Williams Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Simon Debruslais & Jakob Fichert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 01792 475715. Lunchtime recital from trumpeter and pianist.
WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY
Breabach Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01982 552555.
CAVMS Youth Orchestra + Gwent Youth Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Example + Sam Tompkins + Local + Livsey + Hayla Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £18.50. Info 029 2023 5555. UK pop-rapper. Nice to see a full undercard of locals listed.
Levellers Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 01874 611622. In Port Talbot tomorrow and Blackwood on Fri 28.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Dr Bland’s Bad Batch.
Smiling Tigers + Shovelface + Modern Neutrals The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. Presented by U&I Radio.
Sorcha Richardson Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Dublin singer-songwriter.
Tim Edey Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2062 6015. Veteran rock organist.
THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY
Bobby-Joe Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Breabach Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£14 Info 01792 602060.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Chris Batchelor’s Zoetic Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz trumpeter plus band.
Chris Farren Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01633 221477. US indiepop guy.
*Disjoy + Twthpaste + Only Fools & Corpses Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144.
Finn & The Jacques M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2047 3373.
Levellers Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 01639 763214. Sold out.
Lyrical Miracles Christmas Special NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Monthly live hip-hop open mic night.
Massicot + Slagheap + John Paul The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Cool booking featuring Swiss postpunx Massicot, Bristol horsey girls Slagheap and Sleaford Mods’ mate John Paul.
Motel Thieves + French Alps Tiger The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by Scruff Of The Neck.
Sarah Meek & The Sheek Quartet The Small Space, Barry. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Cardiff-based jazz singer plus backing group.
Tom Jenkins Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995. Acoustic Club gig.
Tom Mathias Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Violin recital.
FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY
As December Falls + 3ree + Sydney Fate Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £9.50 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Beth Rowley Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862.
Cowboios Rhos Botwnnog Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm,. Info 01970 633088.
Elkie Brooks Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01656 815995. Veteran UK blues-rock type.
Elles Bailey St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Folk blues type presented here by Woodfired Summit.
Guns 2 Roses The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01495 247178. Tribute band.
Ji & The Rainbirds The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Levellers Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01495 227206.
Lighthouse Family St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £28-£118. Info 01792 475715. You might not have noticed it but this group definitely got some sort of critical rehabilitation in the last few years. That may not be why this gig is sold out, but it is. Sold out, that is.
MR Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07818 056599. Current solo incarnation of Mark Roberts, ex of Catatonia.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Ramnastax Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Rock And Roll Revolution Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01646 695267. Fifties hits performed by a band, The Bluejays.
R Smash Fest The Moon, Cardiff. Free (Fri 28 only; full weekend £10; £5.50 per day). Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Loosely punky weekender with sets from Dog Chocolate, Pizzatramp, Grand Collapse, Havelocke, Sydney Fate, Not Since The Accident, Next Year, Bogans, The D Teez, Lighthammer, The Woodsman, 6Foot7, Next Year, The Tuffragettes, Boxcat, Sexy Pretty Things, Wager, Ignitemares, Sparky Renegade, On The Flipside, Half Hour At The Hilton, Fake Friends and Huni. No confirmation of running order yet but this evening is free entry. (Until Sun 1 Mar)
Songs We Love To Sing Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.30pm, £9. Info 01633 263670. Variety concert in aid of Centrestage Cymru.
St David’s Concert Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £12.50. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring Côr Lleisiau’r Cwm, Harmoni, Steffan Hughes, Catrin Soons, Joseph Cavalli-Price and Heddyr Gregory.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Fugitives The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. Info 01685 387925.
The Rollin Stoned Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute band.
Uproar Wales New Music Ensemble Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Showcase of electroacoustic composition.
Zoe Smith Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Welsh classical pianist, joined by soprano Jessica Robinson.
SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY
AC/DC UK + Guns 2 Roses + Motörized UK The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Three hard rock tribute acts on one bill.
Alaw Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01544 267163. Welsh folkies.
Anonymous Iconoclasts The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Breabach Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01239 621200.
Brother Ray Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Cân I Gymru 2020 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, free-£25. Info 01970 623232. Live Welsh singing competition shown live on TV.
Captain Starfighter & the Lockheeds Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Space rock tribute band, I think.
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510.
Dai C Thomas The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Dawson Smith & The Disaster Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
ELO Again St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
Foo Fakers + Nirvanot The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £21. Info 01834 861212.
Gwawr Edwards & Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01239 841387. Featuring Ceri Davies, from Wales’ International Academy Of Voice, plus Cor Crymych.
Hot 8 Brass Band Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. New Orleans brass band, presented by Clwb Ifor Bach. Play Cardiff about once a year, this is their biggest show here to date though I think.
Huw Chiswell Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £10 adv/£8 members. Info 01443 491424.
InWhichItBurns + Greywall + Scarfoot + Sydney Fate + Throwing Knives + Full Circle Creature Sound, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 301178. A birthday party for someone called Vinny, plus a venue fundraiser.
John Blek RAFA Club, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07779 345279. Folk-pop sort, promoted here by Boia Gigs.
Keys + Sock Cultvr Lab, Cardiff. 7pm, £20/£17.50 adv/£15 early bird. Info cultvr.cymru. Two local indie/psych type bands with a gig at this new “immersive cross-disciplinary space”, the USP being the addition of 360-degree visuals all over the dome in which it takes place.
Legion Promotions All Day Event Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 2-10.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from Necronautical, Agrona, Deus Mori, Ruadh, Marw, Misanthropic Existence, Hellfekted, Black Pyre, Sepulchre and Misanthropia.
Marika Hackman The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2048 3344. See Upfront for an interview. Clwb Ifor Bach are promoting this one. Fair play to Marika for wearing Bernard Manning’s underpants on the cover of her new album, also.
Meic Stevens Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2062 0415. Veteran Pembrokeshire folk-rocker, last seen saying – just saying – that the bus that takes his granddaughter to school in Cardiff has more Muslims riding it than white people. Time will tell if this gig, whose price includes a buffet, will move the needle back for Stevens.
Nawr Volcano, Swansea. Info 01792 464790. Featuring experimental music performers Rhodri Davies, Jenn Kirby, Rose Linn-Pearl, Dan Linn-Pearl and Daryl Feehely, no further details on what they’ll be up to precisely however.
NosDa Introducing 2nd Edition NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Local acts showcase, names TBC.
Passionate About Piaf! Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7.30-10.30pm, £13. Info 029 2071 2100. As in Edith, whose life and songs are paid tribute to here by Gwenno Dafydd.
Retro Electro The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. A tribute to the synthpop 80s.
St David’s Celebration Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £18.50/£16.50. Info 0845 2263510. With the Pontarddulais Male Choir, Elin Manahan Thomas, Côr Curiad, James Oakley and host Heddyr Gregory.
Stereosonics Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 468892.
Stray + The Groundhogs Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Two UK bands who’ve been going since the 60s, played a big part in making rock music heavier and louder, and have some serious jams in their locker. Groundhogs were good when I saw them a few years ago.
Tarantism + Efa Supertramp + Tracey Curtis Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01633 221477. Presented by the Green Gathering Campaign.
The Boogie Men The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
The Brwmys Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. Hosted by the Cardiff & Vale branch of the National Autistic Society.
The Darker My Horizon + The 501s + Silverkord The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
The Hicksters The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £5. Info 01685 387925. Americana/folk band from Aberystwyth.
The Mighty Vipers The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6. Info 01497 821762.
The Mysterines Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
The Offspin Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £8 adv/£13 VIP. Info 01685 879491. Offspring tribute band. No explanation as to what VIP tickets might offer.
The Police Academy & The Sting Operation Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. This is one band, paying tribute to The Police and Sting solo, but they do so in two separate sets. Sting first, then The Police.
The Vanderbilts Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Too Late For Tears Cross Keys, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643927.
Totally Tina The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24/£22. Info 01633 656757. Tina Turner tribute show.
True Gold – The Spandau Ballet Experience The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £15/£10 adv. Info 01792 475147. Tribute band.
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01656 815995. Another Tina Turner tribute show.