LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS | MARCH 2020

SUNDAY 1 MARCH

Adam And The Hellcats + Altered Myths + Cancel The Transmission Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6-10.30pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Benefit show for the Huggard.
Alaw Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10/£1 kids. Info 01239 841387.
Battle Of The Bands Heat 4 Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £4/£3adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Featuring sets from Tom Auton & The Bottlebreakers, Fly by Night, King Cerulean and Solar Strides. The final is in Clwb Ifor Bach on Fri 20.
BBC NOW: Calan St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£43. Info 01792 475715. Welsh folkies join the orchestra to perform their new album of trad. arr. tunes Cân Cnawd Y Pridd.
Blaenavon Male Voice Choir Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 01873 850805. St David’s Day concert.
Blodau Papur + Mei Gwynedd Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862.
Buttonsville Trio Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Choirfest Jac’s, Aberdare. 1-5pm, free. Info 01685 879491.
David Ivory Paul Kirner’s Music Palace, Porth. 1.45pm, £7 adv. Info 07974 813445. A selection of songs, including some for St David’s Day, on the many organs in this mad sounding place.
Earl And Pearl The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
Francesca Dimech Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 3.30pm, £4. Info 01656 815995. Welsh language songs about climbing mountains, it says here.
Gabriela Montero Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £9-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital.
Gwyr Y Stac The Swigg, Swansea. 4-6pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Knight & Day Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm, £8. Info 01495 243252. St David’s Day afternoon concert.
Lastelle + Defeatist + I Am Gravity The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Lee Gilbert & Friends Park & Dare, Treorchy. 6pm, £12.50. Info 0300 0040444. St David’s Day concert.
Mark Fortnum Café Jazz, Cardiff. Info 029 2038 7026.
No Mean Biscuit Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07818 056599. Jazz.
Open Mic The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. With Dave Kenwrick.
Remi Harris Sunflower & I, Cardiff Bay. 4pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2048 4211. Gypsy jazz guitarist with a gig previewed in February’s issue. I didn’t know it started at 4pm then, but it does. Remi is also in Abergavenny on Sun 29.
Smash Fest The Moon, Cardiff. 2pm, £5.50 (today only). Info [email protected]. Final day of three for this loosely punky weekender, with sets Grand Collapse, Not Since The Accident, Next Year, Bogans, Lighthammer, Flavourmaid and Huni.
The Adicts + Pizzatramp The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Early 80s Britpunx with a running Clockwork Orange theme. They must have a fanbase at that ticket price but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a song of theirs, or anyone discussing them IRL.
The Goodfellers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Tobias Robertson The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 387925.
Your Wales Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3-8pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Multilingual musical performances in the Donald Gordon Theatre.

 

MONDAY 2 MARCH

Barnardo’s Cymru Young Supporters’ Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £8-£17. Info 01792 475715. Featuring choirs from schools across Wales.
Bond In Concert Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £21.50-£29.50. Info 029 2063 6464. A band called Session One doing James Bond themes.
Clwb Fuzz + Think Pretty + The Serotines The Moon, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £6 suggested donation. Info [email protected]. This is one of six gigs (so far?) here this month aiming to raise money for Clwb Y Bont and The Green Rooms, two venues in the Rhondda that got done over by the recent floods (see Music News Extra for slightly more on that). More bands TBC on most of these gigs too.
Groucho Club Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Live jazz, on here every Monday.
Kisstory Presents The Blast Off! Tour Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 5.30pm, £67.50 seats/£56.50 standing. Info 029 2022 4488. Featuring Nelly, Shaggy, Salt N Pepa, Mýa, Blu Cantrell, the UK Garage Allstars and host Fatman Scoop.
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.

 

TUESDAY 3 MARCH

Acoustic Tuesday The Apothecary, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Cardiff University Contemporary Music Group Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £15/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing works relating to the title ‘British experimentalism and its legacy’.
Charlotte Carrivick & Kieran Towers Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01646 651725. Appalachian string band duo.
Georgia Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Previewed on last month’s Music page and since sold out.
Heart And Soul Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £26.50-£46.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Soul, Motown and R&B tribute show.
Jim Bashford Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk duo who are also married, and not any kind of married either – they’re married to each other.
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £50-£185. Info 029 2022 4488. Musical theatre big dogs. Top price gets you several VIP perks including, it says here, “designated check-in and onsite event staff”. Hell yeah. Sold out though.
R Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff com. Every Tuesday.
PC World + Nylex + Beauty Parlour + Ex Cathedra The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Postpunk and noisy dance music, presented by Hotel De Marl.
Pete’s Old Pals Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Thomas Nicholas Band + The Distance The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. As in the guy who played Kevin in American Pie. In Merthyr on Thurs 5.

 

WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH

Alex Lockheart Group Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
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 fifth and they’re on every Wednesday until 25 Mar.
Femur + Dactyl Terra+ Dan Han Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
James Arthur Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £29.50-£99. Info 029 2022 4488. Singer-songwriter who seems to play here about every five minutes.
Liberty Big Band & Singers Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Jim Swidenbank.
Pengshui + Kid Bookie + Benji Wild Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Samantha Fish The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Blues-rock solo artist. Sold out.
Tassos Spillitopolis Swedish Band The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
The Acoustic Strawbs Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2062 6015. Proggy folk band, acoustical.
The George Michael Legacy Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50-£29.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show by the inelegantly named Wayne Dilks.
The Magpies Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk quartet.
The Silver Field + Seán Clancy & Andy Ingamells BBC Hall, Swansea Studios. 7-10pm, £7/£5. Info 01792 654986. Nawr presents some more of that good ass experimental sound, the headiners being a London duo who released an album on Tim Burgess’ label last year.
Thomas Nicholas Band The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 387925.

 

THURSDAY 5 MARCH

Flowvers + Motel Thieves + Kid Reddy & The Features + Tracy Island The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
Glass Jackets + Jack Perrett Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Herman’s Hermits Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01495 227206. In Porthcawl tomorrow; Carmarthen on Sat 7,
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01873 850805. One 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 Penally (Fri 6) and Porthcawl (Sat 7, part of the Cwlwm Celtaidd Festival).
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Jive Talkin’ New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25/£22. Info 029 2087 8889. Bee Gees tribute show.
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.
Rosalie Cunningham + Son Of Man Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £18.75 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Rosalie used to be the singer in Purson who did a neat, very poppy take on occult rock. Son Of Man are people from, would you believe, Man, among other 70s prog bands.
Soul Kinda Wonderful The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01633 656757. Drifters tribute.
The Abstract Open Mic Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Tragedy + I Am Drug + Democratus The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Enduring Bee Gees-in-a-metal-style tribute band headline.

 

FRIDAY 6 MARCH

Abba Forever Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 01873 850805. Tribute show.
Absolute Bowie Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute show.
Al Lewis Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01239 621200. Welsh singer-songwriter touring a new album.
Ani Glass + Twinfield Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Album launch gig for Ani.
Armonico Consort St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£25. Info 01792 475715. A performance of Bach’s Mass In B Minor, with soprano Elin Manahan Thomas.
Beano Naboo & The Real Keepers + Men On The Chessboard + Comfort State Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Crystalline + Veridian + Glass Heart + Beefywink The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Deathtraps McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Herman’s Hermits Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01656 815995.
Hot House Combo The Butterfly Collector, Barry. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07561 143114. Thirties style swing band Roots N All gig.
Huw Chiswell + Gruff Sion Rees Canton Liberal Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. Venerable Welsh-language singer-songwriter headlines a night promoted by Clwb Canna. This venue’s function room, which I assume this takes place in, is worth a look if you have a gig that’s not too heavy/raucous etc.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Penally Village Hall, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10-£12. Info 01834 844467.
Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Joe Kelly + Jack Ellis + Beth Davies The Westgate Hotel, Newport. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Jonas Blue Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. One of those dance-pop producers who has insanely high streaming statistics and top tier songwriting credits but no-one really knows who he is.
Li Harding with Gary Phillips Band The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night, now on every fortnight.
Like Pink! Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01495 243252. Pink tribute act.
Mark Davies Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues-rock.
Metal 2 The Masses: Heat 1 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Annual battle of the bands comp where the winner plays Bloodstock. Bands tonight are Altered Myths, The Autumn Killers, State Of Deceit, Fractvres and Grym. Heat 2 is on Fri 20, heat 3 on Fri 10 Apr, heat 4 on Fri 17 Apr, heat 5 on Fri 8 May and heat 6 on Fri 15 May.
My Darling Clementine Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Band who aren’t a tribute act per se but who are in this instance doing a set of covers of Elvis Costello’s country-ish songs.
Olivia Louvel Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. UK multimedia experimental musician performs a suite called Data Regina.
Owen Money’s Juke Box Heroes 3 The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01495 355945. In Merthyr tomorrow; Milford Haven on Fri 13; Cwmbran on Fri 20 and Sat 21.
Prima Nocte The Duke, Neath. 7.30pm. Info 01639 643892. Metal.
Rusty Shackle Hi Tide, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20/£15. Info www.cwlwmceltaidd.org. Playing as part of the Cwlwm Celtaidd (Wales’ Interceltic Festival) weekend.
Secret Base The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Syteria + Foreigner’s Son  The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info [email protected]. Headline band feature someone from Girlschool.
The Bakery + The Puss Puss Band + Oxbowlake Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
The Fizz Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £24.92 adv. Info 01639 763214. That’s early 80s pop icons Bucks Fizz with three original members: Mike Nolan, Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston. They’re only missing fourth member Bobby G, who is contracted to perform exclusively with his band Primal Scream.
The Manics-Phonics Experience Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07512 237983. Twin tribute band.
The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 8pm, £65/£55. Info 029 2022 4488. Mad to think that when I was a little kid, holograms were about 5cm wide and given away free in cereal packets to put on your bike spokes. Technology has come on in leaps and bounds since then.
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Myrddin & The 3 Welsh Tenors Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 0845 2263510. St David’s Day performance. Pick up your late slips, schoolkids!

 

SATURDAY 7 MARCH

4th Kind McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
4th Street Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Rock covers.
Aubrey Parsons The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Mariners tomorrow.
Black3lvis + Benji Wild + Martin Jones NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Brecon Music – A Celebration Brecon Cathedral. 7.30pm, £13. Info www.brecknocksinfonia.co.uk. In aid of South Powys Youth Music, this features the Brecknock Sinfonia conducted by Michael Bell, with Rachel Podger and the South Powys Youth Orchestra.
David Bowie / Queen Tribute Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Playing after the rugby.
Gut Bucket The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Herman’s Hermits Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 0845 2263510.
Hurtling + Hot Sauce Pony + I, Doris Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Promoted by Loud Women from London.
Illegal Eagles The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £30/£28. Info 01633 656757. Tribute band.
Islet + Despicable Zee + Melin Melyn Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. See Music.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Hi Tide, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20/£15. Info www.cwlwmceltaidd.org. Playing as part of the Cwlwm Celtaidd (Wales’ Interceltic Festival) weekend.
Kill 66 The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm. Info 01495 213300.
Landing Mané Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Senegalese musician who has been here before at least once and indeed is here in April too.
Lifesigns Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Prog/AOR group apparently formed as a result of a pub argument. Imagine if the Kray twins and George Cornell had settled their differences by becoming a popular beat combo and getting everyone in the Blind Beggar up and jiving.
Martyrials + Infinite Space Theory + Windshake + Oblong Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £3. Info 01792 301178.
Memphis Duo The Station Inn, Caerphilly. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2115 8964.
Owen Money’s Juke Box Heroes 3 Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 01685 722176.
Pastel The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Paul Carrack St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £42.50/£37.50. Info 01792 475715.
Pipedream Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rock covers.
Q The Music Show James Bond Concert Spectacular Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01646 695267. A band who do Bond themes. Not sure if this is the same band that’s in Cardiff on Mon 2. There was one in Llanelli last month as well but they are all billed under different names.
Sepulchre + Audioplague The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
Slash & Myles UK The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £6. Info 01495 247178. Tribute act to GN’R guitarist and his right-hand man.
The Groundnuts & Independents + Gonhill + Kneeon Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info www.elysiumgallery.com. Local punk bands play a birthday gig.
The Holland Quarter Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Hot House Combo Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07818 056599.
The Navarones The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01792 475147. Ska covers.
The Schmoozenbergs The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01497 821762.
The Second Waltz Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Sherlocks + Al Moses Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £19.60. Info 029 2023 5555. Mildly laddy indie bands.
The Upbeat Beatles Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01874 611622. Tribute band.
Torchbearer + Scarsun Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
University Singers: Galargerdd Verdi Requiem Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232.

 

SUNDAY 8 MARCH

Ålesund Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Norwegian band, sound quite trip-hoppy going on the description.
Aubrey Parsons Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
BBC Young Musician 2020 Keyboard Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. First of five category-specific finals between today and Thurs 12.
Burn The Fiddle The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Day At Night – The Doris Day Songbook Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2pm, £15.50. Info 01656 815995. Tribute show.
Filmores The Swigg, Swansea. 4-6pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Flood Relief Benefit Concert For Clwb Y Bont & The Green Rooms Jac’s, Aberdare. 12-9pm. Info 01685 879491. Those being venues in Pontypridd and Treforest respectively which got flooded during the storms last month. Bands TBC at the time of writing.
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 February), with an extra blues/acoustic session on the third Sunday too.
International Women’s Day Concert Cardiff University Concert Hall. 3-4.30pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. With performers and composers from Cardiff University School Of Music.
Little Concerts Urban Crofters, Roath, Cardiff. 3pm, £10 family ticket. Info 029 2115 4631. Interactive performances aimed at families with kids aged 10 and under, with musicians from the RWCMD and elsewhere. Venue seems to be run by a Christian group, getting a pretty evangelical vibe from their social media FYI.
The Invisible Orchestra The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 01743 860246. A 16-piece band who play a variety of styles that frankly sounds a little farfetched.
The James Oliver Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Primrose Piano Quartet Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 3pm, £5-£12. Info 01792 602060.
Victoria Klewin’s Swing Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing the monthly Hot Club Swing jam session.

MONDAY 9 MARCH

BBC Young Musician 2020 Woodwind Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£5. Info 029 2039 1391.
Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Joel Harrison Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Unland St Padarn’s Church, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 adv. Info www.
listentothevoiceoffire.com. Flute/violin/harp/electronics improv from Rhodri and Angharad Davies, Richard Craig and Dafydd Roberts.
White Riot + Bedface + Versify + The Catacombs The Moon, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £6 suggested donation. Info [email protected]. Ponty and Treforest flood fundraiser gig.

TUESDAY 10 MARCH

A 21st Century Perspective On Lizst Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performed by Jakob Fichert and featuring three interpretations of the composer’s Années De Pèlerinage.
BBC Young Musician 2020 Brass Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£5. Info 029 2039 1391.
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Lacertilia + Wonderbrass + Aniya Savage + Eleri Angharad + Laura Power + Lauren Evans The Moon, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £7 suggested donation. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Ponty and Treforest flood fundraiser gig.
Lunar Bird + Red Telephone + Laura Power Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected]. Single launch for headliners.
R Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash, also on Tue 17, Tue 24 and Tue 31 this month.
Rockers Reunion Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Two sets by Pierce Joyce’s Electronics And His Acoustic Friends and Saida. Also here on Tue 24, with a different lineup.
Susan Boyle + Jai McDowall St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £35.50-£58. Info 01792 475715. See Upfront for an interview with SuBo, a decade since her talent show musical birth.
The Script + Becky Hill Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £27.50-£99. Info 029 2022 4488. See Upfront, too, for an interview with The Script, answering the burning questions we all have about this group such as “who are you?” and “who are all the people going to your concerts?”
Victoria Klewin & Jim Barber Trio The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10 members. Info [email protected]. Brecon Jazz Club gig.

 

WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH

BBC Young Musician 2020 Percussion Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£5. Info 029 2039 1391.
Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Lewis Capaldi Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2022 4488. This has been sold out for ages so, as Lewis clearly doesn’t need me to boost his profile, I’ll use this space to highlight fellow fun-loving Glaswegian Romeo Taylor, who I saw play to about 20 people last night and who many are calling “the thinking person’s Lewis Capaldi”.
Matt Ford & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Matt Owens Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Singer-sgonwriter formerly of Noah And The Whale, who were, like, Tad to Mumford & Sons’ Nirvana or something.
NosDa’s Got Talent NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Hosted by Alcie Bella and Sophie Crabtree.
Powercut Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£8. Info 029 2039 1391.
R The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 25.
The South Wales Clarinet Choir & Treble C Peterston-Super-Ely Village Hall, Cowbridge. 6.15pm, £10/£5 under-16s. Info [email protected].

 

THURSDAY 12 MARCH

BBC Young Musician 2020 Strings Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£5. Info 029 2039 1391.
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £17/£13. Info 01639 843163. Tribute show.
Cabin Boy Jumped Ship + Red Method + Incursion Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Mike Farris + Hegsy And The Elements + Cardiff Methodist Community Choir + Llantrisant Male Voice Choir St Andrew’s Church, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £10-£15. Info 07713 120077. Fundraiser night for this church, headlined by Southern rock type Farris who used to be in a band called the Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies and is playing in Porthcawl tomorrow.
Movies, Musicals & More! Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.15pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 0040444. Featuring the Lewis Merthyr Band, Pendyrus Male Choir, Treorchy Comprehensive School Choir and Côr Y Cwm.
Parla Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Sefrial Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, free (donations welcome). Info 029 2039 9557. Jazz session featuring a potentially interesting-sounding Bristol quintet, followed by a jam.
Son Of Dave The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.
The J And J Orchestra Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
The Peach Fuzz + The Mondaines + Kmapango + Sun Spot The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. Presrnted by This Feeling.
Tomos Williams’ Electric Traw Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
UK Pink Floyd Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.

 

FRIDAY 13 MARCH

Bandicoot + TJ Roberts + Dactyl Terra Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv. Info [email protected].
BBC NOW: Beethoven Eroica Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5-£23. Info 01792 475715. Jonathan Bloxham conducts a programme of Beethoven’s third symphony, plus Metamorphosen by Strauss.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Sold out.
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07818 056599.
Dave Bush Quartet Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 9pm, £5. Info 07933 844234. Jazz.
David Keenan Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Sensitive young singer-songwriter.
Enuff Z’nuff + Emotional Debris The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info [email protected]. Glam metal survivors.
Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gabrielle Aplin + Emily Burns & Nick Wilson Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Singer-songwriterly stuff, interviewed at length in the Feb issue.
Idlechord + Elektrik + Frank Einstein Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
Jack J Hutchinson Band The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Jack Mac’s Funk Pack Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Jack Rutter Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Katy Hurt The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. UK country singer.
Man Bites Zombie + Deep Hum + No Murder No Moustache The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Mark Simpson & Richard Uttley Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Clarinet/piano recital of Simpson’s own compositions.
Mike Farris Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £7.50. Info 01656 815995.
Oh What A Night! Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £22 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Frankie Valli tribute.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes 3 Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01646 695267. Fifties hits performed by a band, The Bluejays.
Powerhouse Gospel Choir: Amazing Grace Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01792 863722.
Professor Bad Trip Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £13-£16. Info 01970 623232. New electroacoustic composition by the Wales New Music Ensemble.
Pure Diamond Exchange Hotel, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm-12am, £30. Info 029 2010 7050. Including a two-course meal and glass of champagne.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£51.50. Info 01792 475715. Thierry Fischer conducts a programme of Borodin, Mozart and Brahms, with guest violin soloist Tasmin Little.
Southbound McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Special Interest + Pink Grip + Shishu + Horrible Men Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Hotel De Marl with a ripper show of punk and hardcore. Headliners are from New Orleans and sound like a total blast live.
Stiff Little Fingers + The Professionals + TV Smith Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Belfast punks headline. They play here pretty much every year, though the supports don’t.
The Doors Alive The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
The Sensational 60s Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £29. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
The Wicked Jackals + Meansteed + Dominic Nation & The Dirty Dead Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3. Info [email protected].
Toploader Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £25. Info 029 2089 0862.
Trivax + Nomos + Blasfeme Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Black metal bands.
Twin Atlantic Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. Scottish rockers.
Up The Creek + Ofelia + Bryony Sier + Hazel & Grey Globetrotters, Pontypridd. 7pm, free (donations welcome). Info [email protected]. Benefit gig for fellow Ponty venue Clwb Y Bont.
Xhosa Cole Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. AmserJazzTime special with UK jazz saxophonist. See Music.

 

SATURDAY 14 MARCH

Brighouse & Rastrick Band Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01686 614555. Yorkshire brass band who reached no.2 in the singles chart in 1977. Mull Of Kintyre was no.1.
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £22.50/£17. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute show.
Creature Comfort Creature Sound, Swansea. 2-7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 301178. This is promoted by R*E*P*E*A*T and is being put on to mark the UN’s Anti-Racism Day. Better than working with SWP front groups like these guys normally do, I suppose. Anyway, the bands playing are Bloom!, Dominic Nation And The Dirty Dead, DTT, Inscape, Kikker, Memory Camp, News From Nowhere, Spaghetti Time, The Sandinistas and Tundra.
David Childs & Chris Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Euphonium/piano duo.
Elliot Oakley Porter’s, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info [email protected]. Playing after the rugby.
Guns 2 Roses The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddy! Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Buddy Holly tribute show.
Igam Ogam + Po-Lice + Ill Gotten Gains Vulcan Lounge, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free before 9. Info
[email protected].
Jake Bugg Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Notts lad-pop fella who flirted with arena act status but, it appears, was turned down.
Laura Benjamin The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Louise Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 029 2023 5555. As in Redknapp, but she’s not using her married name any more having been freed from the shackles of rapaciously greedy landlord Harry “I’m not a facking wheeler-dealer” Redknapp being her father-in-law.
Metallica Reloaded Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8. Info 07970 063107. Tribute band.
My Name Is Ian The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Rihab Azar & Luke Daniels The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01639 843163. Azar is from Syria and plays the oud; Daniels the UK and plays the accordion and melodeon.
Scarlet Rebels + Revival Black + Ravenbreed + I Am Gravity Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Skacasm Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01443 682388. Ska covers.
Skinflint McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
R Stereophonics + The Wind And The Wave Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £47.50. Info 029 2022 4488. On tomorrow also, both dates sold out.
Swansea University Orchestra And The Welsh Sinfonia Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01792 602060.
The American Four Tops The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
The Dirty Flamingos + Big Bambora + Just Drive + Two Til Twelve The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
The Jedis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Jive Aces Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01495 243252. Swing revivalists.
The Wicked Jackals + Meansteed + Grym The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Thunderstruck + Holy Diver UK Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. Tributes to AC/DC and Dio.
Wille & The Bandits + Troy Redfern The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £16/£14.50 adv. Info [email protected].

 

SUNDAY 15 MARCH

Abertawe Festival For Young Musicians Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7pm, £7/free under-19s. Info 01792 602060.
Atlas Empire + Strange Orchird The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
BBC Young Musician 2020 Semi-Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£5. Info 029 2039 1391.
Blues And Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Buffalo Summer + Pearler The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01495 247178.
Deborah Bonham + Jo Burt The Patriot, Crumlin. 1pm, £10. Info 01495 247178. Blues-rocker and little sister of the late John Bonham headlines afternoon show.
Faeland Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-pop quartet.
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£3 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Monthly jam session.
Jimmy Mac’s Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Otto + Apostle + Ophelia Xerri + Chew + Hayez + Dan Ham + DJ Jaffa + This Is Wreckage + Die! Chihuahua Die! + Icantdie The Moon, Cardiff. 3pm, £7 suggested donation. Info [email protected]. Ponty and Treforest flood fundraiser gig.
Paul Edwards The Swigg, Swansea. 4-6pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
The Adrian Jones Experience The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Jones is the singer in Excellent Skeleton, a psych type band, and will be doing a mix of songs and spoken word in solo guise here.
The Bay Rum Hounds Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
The Harrisons The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
The Music Of Star Wars And Beyond St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £17.50-£49.50. Info 01792 475715. As played by the London Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Inglis.

 

MONDAY 16 MARCH

Dick Hamer Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Elvis Costello & The Imposters + Ian Prowse Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £38.50-£82.50. Info 029 2063 6464. See Upfront.
Hyll + Altered Myths + The Desdemonas The Moon, Cardiff. 3pm, £6 suggested donation. Info [email protected]. Ponty and Treforest flood fundraiser gig.
Sløtface Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Norwegian pop-punk band.

 

TUESDAY 17 MARCH

Chris Wood St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£17. Info 01792 475715. UK folk-rocker.
Excellent Skeleton + Lighthammer + Old Samuel The Moon, Cardiff. 3pm, £6 suggested donation. Info [email protected]. Ponty and Treforest flood fundraiser gig.
Gaffa Tape Sandy + Beach Riot + Tiger Bay Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ivan Ilic St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 01792 475715. Lunchtime piano recital.
Moonshine Boulevard Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Sam Leak Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Sean Montgomery Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45pm, free. Info 01792 475715. Organ recital.
Seven Drunken Nights Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 01792 475715. A musical-or-maybe-it’s-really-more-a-tribute-band-with-a-bit-of-narration-between-songs type show, concerning The Dubliners.
The Riot Ensemble Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Vocal chamber music which is performed from various points around the hall; accordingly the evening is titled Vantage Point..

 

WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH

Abigail Pettican & Lloyd Cottrell Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2039 1391. Clarinet/saxophone duo.
AshesToAngels + A Night Like This + Inscape + Glass Heart + Faith Taker The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
*Banshee & Raymond MacDonald Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Monthly jazz improv night featuring MacDonald, founder of the Glasgow Improvisers’ Orchestra and general lynchpin of the city’s skronkier scene.
Broken Chanter + Randolph’s Leap + Moonsoup + The Gentle Good The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by Pop’n’Hops
Cardiff County And Vale Of Glamorgan Junior Music Festival St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £9-£13. Info 01792 475715.
Concerts & Cakes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £4.50. Info 0300 0040444. Presented by Live Music Now.
Covent + Thick Skin + Seven Stories High + Church Place Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 25.
Gary Potter The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Lleuwen Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 0845 2263510. Welsh folk-rocker.
Mike & Dylan James Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. Breton duo play a Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Chris Mercer.
Paul Dunmall/Phil Gibbs Quartet The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. UK free jazzers, on sax and guitar respectively, who’ve been collaborating for about 20 years.
Slide By Slide Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
The South Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £26. Info 0845 2263510. It’s The Beautiful South without the people you like in the band.

 

THURSDAY 19 MARCH

BBC NOW Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 01970 623232. Lesley Hatfield conducts a programme of Prokofiev, Mozart and Tchaikovsky.
Cardiff County And Vale Of Glamorgan Spring Showcase St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £9-£13. Info 01792 475715.
Fish + Doris Brendel Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £32.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Prog-rockin’ Scot who I will always write out as ‘Fish from Marillion’ despite knowing he has not fronted that band for some time, and that it would annoy him greatly. See Upfront for an interview.
Glass Heart + Aviira + Lead By Lies Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07970 063107. Playing as part of the Havoc club night
Haggard Cat + Calling Apollo + Icantdie The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Ian Bruce Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm, £8/£4 members. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night.
Judy Cook Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Monkjack Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
Pallet Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected]. Live bands and live art, both TBC in terms of identity.
Saving Grace De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 6.30pm, £29.50 adv. Info 01834 218228. Robert Plant’s latest band, working in a kind of folk-rock style.
Sheets Of Sound Blowing In The March Winds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Jazz quintet doing a John Coltrane tribute.
Sound Bar Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Electronic music showcase in the foyer.
The Doublecross + Divers + AJ Simmonds + Wolfpunch + Elastic Bandit The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info [email protected].

 

FRIDAY 20 MARCH

80s Live Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0300 0040444. Decade-specific covers.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”
Battle Of The Bands Final Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Bowie Experience 2020 The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
Cappella Fede Temple Of Peace, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing a 400th anniversary concert of the works of Isabella Leonarda.
Captain Accident And The Disasters + Timbali The Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £16/£12 adv. Info 01834 861212. Cardiff ska types headline. The pay on the door price is in fact, according to the poster, £15 plus £1 booking fee. Words no longer have meaning.
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra: Opera Spectacular! St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6.50-£25. Info 01792 475715. Michael Bell conducts a programme of orchestral selections and airas galore.
Clare Teal & Jason Rebello Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.45pm, £17.50/£5 kids. Info 01239 841387.
Clusterfuck + The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk + 6foot7 Market Street Club, Barry. 7pm, £5 (suggested donation). Info 01446 733863.
Corners Of Sanctuary McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Classic soul.
DiEnw Llanwrda Hall, nr Llandovery. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01550 720483. Playing the Llandovery Folk Dancing night. Bring some food to share say the organisers.
Georgia Ruth + Bardd Newport Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01834 869323. Welsh folk, presented by Span Arts.
Gwenllian Llyr Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Harpist.
Haunt The Woods Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Katie Lou + Jam Sullivan + Rowan Coombes The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Lindisfarne Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25/£24. Info 01656 815995. Folk-rockers of olde.
Look Mum No Computer Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Live electronics from a guy who seems to use a combo of modular synths and circuit-bent old toys.
Metal 2 The Masses: Heat 2 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. With sets from Black Pyre, SouthBound, Boxing Day Rage, King Kraken and Misanthropia.
Mike & Dylan James Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Monico The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
R Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes 3 Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £18. Info 01633 868239. On tomorrow also.
R Steve Harley Acoustic Band Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. On tomorrow also, both gigs sold out.
Palace + Chartreuse Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2023 5555.
Parachute For Gordo + Fort + Borrowed Atlas + Blue Amber The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by HyperPower.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly session with regular and guest performers.
Snake Oil And Harmony Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £18.50. Info 01685 879491. Hard rock featuring US guitarist Dan Reed and Danny Vaughn from Tyketto.
The Harcourt Players The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01497 821762. Performing a live soundtrack to 1920s silent movie Nosferatu.
Tootinskamoon Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 9pm. Info 07818 056599. Apparently they’re recording a live album at this gig.
Wannabe: The Spice Girls Show Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £23 adv. Info 01639 763214. Tribute band.
Welsh Camerata: Celestial Revelations St Mary’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info www.welshcamerata.org. Performing choral works by female composers from Hildegard of Bingen to Barbara Strozzi.
What? St Mary’s Church, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07717 416319. Jazz quartet likened to the classic ECM sound, and who feature the sometime duo Beresford Hammond, so colour me interested on both counts.
Yowl + Josh Ace + Gonhill Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info www.elysiumgallery.com.

 

SATURday 21 MARCH

Alden Patterson & Dashwood Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01970 633088.
Bob Marley Experience + Ecko Vybz Sound System The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15 adv/£20 VIP. Info 01633 533666. Tribute act headlines.
Cardiff Electronic Producer Showcase The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Celtic Pride Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Elektrik Live Orchestra Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 01443 490390. ELO tribute band.
Festival Heart Porter’s, Cardiff. 10pm. Info [email protected].
Gecko + Otto + Natty Paynter Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected].
Henry Marten’s Ghost The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Ignitemares + Vampire Money + Quorum The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Presented by Smash Mouse.
I’m Still Standing Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01873 850805. Elton John tribute.
Islands In The Stream Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01495 227206. A tribute to the music of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.
John Bramwell Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 863722. Singer from the band I Am Kloot. Website copy for this gig describes him as “the Mercury Prize nominee” and adds a blue badge to the corner of his photo saying “MERCURY PRIZE NOMINEE”, causing me to make a face like the one Gary Lineker did when Gazza started crying.
John Fairhurst The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01743 860246. Blues soloist. Rescheduled from last year.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7pm, £2 after 11. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Sat 28.
Kamikazee Millionaires McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Letz Zep Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute band.
Mae Bradbury + Mike Dennis NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Martin Harley Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01873 852690. Folky blues slide guitar type. In Barry tomorrow, though that one’s sold out.
Mishra Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £23 adv. Info 029 2062 0415. Indian-influenced folk duo. Price includes a buffet.
Monsters Of Mock Hangar 18, Swansea. 8.30pm. Info [email protected]. Tributes to Whitesnake, Def Leppard and Iron Maiden, in that order and played by the same band.
Neil Lockwood & The Blue Lights Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Neil Sedaka Tribute Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 07512 237983. Doesn’t seem to have a name.
Los Blancos + Pasta Hull + Pys Melyn + Twmffat + Sybs + Radio Rhydd Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 4.30-10.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Six hours of Welsh-language indie bands.
Moonshine The Swigg, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Philomusica Of Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232. Performing works by Gershwin and Ibert among others.
Rookery Kane The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Seinwedd Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £10. Info 01656 815995. Four choirs and Porthcawl Community Orchestra create a “soundscape of Wales” and there’s some photography and spoken word in the mix too.
Sidewinder Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rock covers.
R Sinfonia Cymru: The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3 +7.30pm, £3-£18 per performance (£30-£42 for all three). Info 029 2063 6464. Featuring performances of piano concertos 1 and 2 this afternoon; symphony no.2 and piano concerto 3 this evening; and piano concertos 4 and 5 tomorrow at 2pm.
Ska Monkeys Rhoose Community Centre, Barry. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Ska and 2-tone covers.
Swansea University Wind Orchestra Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01792 602060.
The Jukes The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
The Trials Of Cato The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50. Info 029 2048 3344. See Music.
This Way Up with Ian Ludbrook St Mary’s Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night.
U2 Baby The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Unholy Alliance The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm. Info 01495 213300.
Welsh Chamber Orchestra Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 01874 611622.
Wizards Of Noz St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. The Spring Bal of the Pentreffest Noz folk night.

 

sUNday 22 MARCH

Aleighcia Scott Irie Shack, Cardiff. 12pm, free. Info 029 2037 3272. Cardiff’s top reggae vocalist does a turn in this Cathays Caribbean joint for Mother’s Day. When I say free I mean that if you go in and buy a meal Aleighcia will come gratis.
Bowie Starman The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £12 adv. Info 01685 387925. Tribute act.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Clannad St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £33-£63. Info 01792 475715. Irish folkies on their last ever tour.
David Gray Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35-£99. Info 029 2022 4488. This tour is to mark 20 years since the release of White Ladder so he’ll be playing that in full. Just realised that, because that album got big in Ireland first for some reason, I’ve thought he was Irish the whole time. Although I did also know he lived in Solva for a bit. Hmm.
Flare Up The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. London band from the 80s. I believe they include a member who is a mate of this venue in some way.
Friendship + Kurokuma + Tides Of Sulfur + Grief Ritual + Victim Unit + They Live | We Sleep The Moon, Cardiff. 6-10.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Really strong bill of grind, doom, powerviolence and other chonky stuff from Cosmic Carnage and FHED. Headliners are from Japan.
Georgia Ruth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 5.45pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232. Album launch gig. She lives round here now apparently.
Ivan Ilic Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-10pm, £12. Info 01239 841387. Pianist.
Jean Louis’ Gypsy Jazz Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 12.30-2pm, £18 with food. Info 01239 841387. Playing to accompany a Mother’s Day lunch.
Jemma Krysa The Swigg, Swansea. 4-6pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Leeched + Godeater + Counterweight Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 6-9pm, £12/£8 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Sludgy hardcore band from Manchester, with an album recently out on the Prosthetic label, headline.
Magnum Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 5555. Proggy hard rock veterans.
Martin Harley Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07561 143114. Sold out..
Roving Crows Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Celtic folk.
SP3 The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Jazz.
The James Oliver Band Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Tumbling Dice Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Rock covers.

 

MOnday 23 MARCH

5ive + A1 + Damage + 911 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £25-£60.50. Info 01792 475715. Second tier boybands from 20 years ago on a package tour together. Top price is a VIP/meet and greet thing, and god knows your turn-of-the-millennium self would be furious at you for spurning that opportunity. There again life hasn’t exactly panned out like you hoped in general.
Elaina Hoss Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Jordi Davies Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
M Huncho Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £18.50. Info 029 2023 5555. A rapper who always wears a mask so no-one knows what his face looks like.
Top Brass Trio Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2.30pm, £4.50. Info 01656 815995. A Live Music Now afternoon show.

 

TUESday 24 MARCH

Jamie Cullum St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £38-£52.50. Info 01792 475715. Lite jazzman of the wireless, interviewed Upfront in this issue.
Plain White T’s + Harry Marshall Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Pop-punk relics of the early to mid 00s.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Two sets by Ollie Wyatt & Friends and Whatthehelliwell.
The John Davies Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Velvet Hands + Black3lvis + Sienna The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.

 

WEDNesday 25 MARCH

Amadou Diagne & Cory Seznec Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01646 651725. See Music.
Bloom! + Dan Ham + Riding Giants + Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by The Forté Project.
Gemini Anderson + Ruby Kelly + Holiday In The Mind The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. Presented by U&I Radio.
Gethin Liddington’s High Society Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. With guest vocalist Sarah Meek. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Joe Webb Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Live Dead ‘69 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Grateful Dead tribute band doing all of their Live Europe ‘72 triple LP.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Dr Bland’s Bad Batch.
The Chancellor’s Concert Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 6.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01792 602060. Swansea University’s Music Scholars perform classical solos, chamber music and jazz
Thee Hypnotics The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Fuzzy psych-rock band who trod the boards about 30 years ago and have reformed with what seems like minimal fanfare.
Thomas Cameron Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Tenor vocalist.

 

THURsday 26 MARCH

Afternoon In Paris Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£13. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Alaw Y Parlwr, Splott, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7-£10. Info facebook.com/yparlwr. Welsh folk band play homely sounding venue in a former library.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Cardiff University Symphonic Winds Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.15pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.
Daoirí Farrell Llanhennock Village Hall, Caerleon. 7.30pm, £15. Info www.caerleon-arts.org. Irish trad folk fave, presented here by the Caerleon Arts Festival.
Dutty Moonshine Big Band + Funke And The Two Tone Baby Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Boomtown Festival type stuff.
InVisions + Nightlives Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07970 063107.
Lyrical Miracles NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Monthly live hip-hop open mic night.
Otto Lunar Bird + Ell South + The Caspiens The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Pictish Trail + Savage Mansion Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Longrunning indie-folk project headlines.
Planet Earth II Live In Concert 2020 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £35-£55. Info 029 2022 4488. Featuring the City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and hosted by Liz Bonnin, with loadsa footage of sharks and that on a big screen.
Rhymney Millennium Mixed Choral Concert The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01495 355945.
Sinfonia Cymru: Enchant Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £3-£14. Info 029 2030 4400. First of four curated evenings looking to introduce audiences to music. This one’s curated by Stephanie Tress.
Soundwire + The Dix + The Distance + Two Til Twelve + Rainy Day Rainbow The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
The Bowie Collective St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.

 

friday 27 march

Banzai Pipeline Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178.
BBC NOW: London Afternoon Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2063 6464. Jamie Phillip conducts a programme of Briten, Vaughan Williams and Grace Williams (no relation, but she was taught by him).
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra And Chorus St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £9/£6. Info 01792 475715.
Côr Lleisiau Hardd Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510.
Dirty Laces +White Riot Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
From Gold To Rio Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Another of those tribute bands who combine two acts into one set, in this case Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran.
Ion Maiden Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info
enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Tribute band. In Cardiff tomorrow.
John + Arndales + Death Cult Electric Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Luna Bec + Nightingales Watch The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Marty O’Reilly + The Riverside Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 615952. Two American acts on a blues/folk/country tip.
Minas + Shlug + Nigel The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Ocaso Porter’s, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info [email protected].
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Oxbowlake The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Folk duo. In Newport on Sun 29.
Peggy Sue + Grip Tight Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Garage-pop outfit with a new album (reviewed in the Feb issue) headline.
Perfect Body + Twthpaste + Bloodshots + Charybdis Gentileza, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Four local bands playing this cafe as part of an exhibition launch from the Hiccup Collective. If you’re reading this before Fri 13 Mar, you can still submit work to [email protected].
Puzzle Tree + Frank Einstein + The Origin Of Machines Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £3. Info 01443 682388.
Some Might Say Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12/£10.50 adv. Info 07512 237983. Oasis tribute.
Talk Show + Panic Shack The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01495 213300. First of four Welsh dates for these two bands, respectively from Manchester and Cardiff; they’re also on Newport on Sun 29, Swansea on Mon 30 and a place on Tue 31 we can’t mention because it’s up north. OK, it’s Wrexham.
Telgate M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £6.50/£5 adv. Info 029 2047 3373.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
The People The Poet + Heavy Flames + Bedface Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
Ultimate Floyd The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Pink Floyd tribute.

 

saturday 28 march

808 State Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22. Info 029 2023 5555. See Clubs for an interview with this pioneering Manc electronica duo.
Brazil And Beyond: Brazil E Além The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm-2am, £6.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Barracwda presents a night of samba rhythms and similarly percussive rinseouts from other countries, courtesy of Barracwda, Samba Galez, Bloco B, N’Famady Kouyate plus DJs Ben-Jah and Sean Magee. Proceeds to go Oasis Cardiff.
Dali Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Dukey & The Howlers The Station Inn, Caerphilly. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2115 8964.
Handel’s Messish Brecon Cathedral. 7.30pm, £13. Info 01874 611622. Performed by the Brecon Cathedral Choirs and In Spiritu Chamber Choir.
Icarus Peel’s Acid Reign + Broken Lines Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07818 056599. Brace of psych bands, the headliners being no relation to UK thrash metal funsters Acid Reign.
Ion Maiden Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £9 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Joanne Shaw Taylor Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £29.50 adv. Info 01792 468892. UK blues-rock guitarist.
Kamikazee Millionaires + Rockhouse + Un-Pland + Metal Maidens The Patriot, Crumlin. 6.30pm, £6. Info 01495 247178.
Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20/£10 NUS or kids. Info llandaffcathedralchoralsociety.org.uk. With a programme featuring William Mathias’ St Teilo.
Malign + Depravity + Kold War + Counterweight Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 6pm, £6. Info 029 2037 3144. Metallic hardcore bands presented by Death Clock.
Mal Pope Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01982 552555.
Music For Lent Choral Concert St German’s Church, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 07966 288567. Featuring the Cantemus Chamber Choir directed by Huw Williams.
Never The Bride Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50. Info 029 2089 0862. London blues-rockers. Roger Daltrey says of the singer, “Nikki Lamborn has the best female rock voice since Janis Joplin and I know what I’m talking about, I knew Janis”. That’s a logical fallacy Roger. A Rogical fallacy.
Oliver/Dawson Saxon + Sidewinder The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 01685 387925. This is the touring version of Saxon without Biff Byford in it. I always initially read it like it’s a single guy called Oliver Dawson Saxon.
Pearl Jamm Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Tribute band.
Pontypridd & Cowbridge Choral Societies & Rhondda Symphony Orchestra Bethel Baptist Church, Pontyclun. 7pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Performing works by Parry, Brahms and Puccini.
Pyramid McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Retrospect Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 439166.
Rushed Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rush tribute.
Sepulchre + Greywall Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Shellyann Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £13.50. Info 01792 863722.
Six Sided Men NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Slipped Disco Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Stillhouse Junkies Str Mary’s Church, Barry. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All gig, apparently also part of the Barry Arts Festival but there is (at the time of writing) no other evidence online of this taking place in 2020.
The D Teez + Red Light Syndrome + Trackstar Pornstar The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Punk bands.
The Long Game + Slackrr + 6foot7 The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm, free. Info 01495 213300.
The Magic Of Motown Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £29. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
The Sounds Of Simon The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £15. Info 01495 355945. Simon & Garfunkel tribute.
The Troubadors The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
ThunderHammer Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. Hard rock tribute show.
True Strays The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762.
Twin Lizzy Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Thin Lizzy tribute.
Vrï + James Bower St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Classical/folk trio headline a gig presented by Newsoundwales.
Year Of The Rat Closing Party G39, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2047 3633. Live sets from Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Keys, Private World, Panic Shack and The Bug Club to mark the end of an exhibition here by the Rat Trap art collective (see Art listings for more).

 

sunday 29 march

Cardiff Polyphonic Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £12/£5 NUS/free under-16s. Info 029 2039 1391.
Defeatist + Lonesome + False Hope For The Savage Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Finding A Voice Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Showcase concert for the CoDI Text project, where six composers worked with two mentoring artists to develop their skills at composing with text. Book in advance please.
Flare Up + Mercy Of The Current + Mass Envy Jac’s, Aberdare. 5-8pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
Henry Marten’s Ghost The Swigg, Swansea. 4-6pm, free. Info 01792 466026.
Las Kellies + Callum Easter The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are some neato Argentinians on an ESG/Delta 5 tip. I put them on yonks ago.
Liv Austen + Eleri Angharad + Louise Parker Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Three solo UK country artists.
Mary Hofman & Richard Ormrod Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Music Club concert.
Misfit Pearl And The Oddfellows The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Nogo Abang Cardiff University Concert Hall. 3-4.30pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Cardiff University’s gamelan ensemble.
Oxbowlake Cellar Door, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 07930 857897.
Remi Harris Trio Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £13/£11/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.
Singing In The Seasons Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3 + 5pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Promenade performance with the WNO Community Chorus among others. Book in advance please.
Swansea University Big Band Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 602060. With a set celebrating 100 years of jazz.
Talk Show + Panic Shack Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
The D Teez The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
The Slow Readers Club The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Manc indie band whose album is reviewed in this issue.
Whitchurch Jam Session #124 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

 

MOnday 30 march

Circa Waves Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Glossy indie band who are reviewed in this issue.
Gethin Liddington Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Grace Petrie + Sarah McCreadie The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. This is a rescheduled gig from October when Grace booked two shows in here on one day but then lost her voice for the second. It’s sold out though.
Hayseed Dixie Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 01792 477710.
Talk Show + Panic Shack The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
The Who + Conor Selby Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £65-£90. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.

 

TUESday 31 march

Amy Wadge + James Smith St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£15. Info 01792 475715. String trio with a lunchtime performance of Beethoven and Ernö Dohnányi.
Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Sam Fender Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £25. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out. Sam was gonna play Cardiff University in December but cancelled cos he was poorly and now he’s doing places this size (and probably going up another level soon). What’s the deal when something like this happens because the uni must have lost an absolute fortune on bar takings.
Sinfonia Cymru St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 01792 475715. String trio with a lunchtime performance of Beethoven and Ernö Dohnányi.
Zoot Warren Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.