LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS | MAY
WEDNESDAY 1 MAY
R Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Also on Fri 17.
Battle Of The Bands Semi Final 2 The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Featuring sets from Exit To Main Menu, I Digress, String Theory, Above The Machines and Cheating Lights.
R Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 15.
Ben Thomas / Davide Logiri Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Bruno Heinen Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Concerts And Cakes The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757.
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
European Union Chamber Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444. “What would be good here is if I stood by the bar pre-concert and shared a few wry quips about Britain’s ongoing relationship with the European Union” – you.
Freschard + Stanley Brinks The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8/£6.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Two French indie-folkies club together.
Liberty Big Band with Ben Jenkins 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. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Joe Kelly.
Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 384111. First Wednesday of every month.
Pontypridd Jazz Club Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm. Info 01443 491424.
Sam Sweeney Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01239 621200. Former member of Bellowhead, plus band, making WWI-themed folk music.
Sarah Birch + Joel Morgan + The Warbirds Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Indie/folk artist, also a member of Lost Tuesday Society.
Talisk Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Scottish folk band. In Ystradgynlais tomorrow.
R Thriller Live Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£40. Info 01792 475715. West End-popular theatrical Michael Jackson homage. On at 5pm and 8.30pm on Fri 3; 4pm and 8pm on Sat 4. (Until Sat 4)
WNO Orchestra: Northern Lights Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50/£14.50. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing works by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.
THURSDAY 2 MAY
Alden Patterson & Dashwood Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01970 633088. Folk trio.
Christopher Howe The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Gwilym Bowen Rhys Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. North Wales folkie.
Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, from £5. Info 029 2038 7026. New jazz musicians’ showcase.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Latenight Honeymoon + The Roselles + Sienna UK + The Now The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£24. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital featuring works by Debussy and Grieg.
Nubiya Garcia + Darkhouse Family Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Cool exemplar of UK jazz’s new school headlines. Previewed on last month’s Music page also.
Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info [email protected]. Monthly open mic night with a different host each month.
Oran Bagraidh Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01239 621200. This is a poem, set to music from myriad Celtic folk musicians, dating from about 1300 years ago and in a language, Galloway Gaelic, which only survives in the form of this poem.
Out Cold + Melwood + Medway + Lake Sycamore + Welterweight The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3. Info [email protected]. Headliners are definitely not the class American hardcore band of the same name.
Peter Karrie Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01970 623232. Musical theatre favourite, who used to appear in these listings basically every month in about the mid-00s but has gone off my radar since. Welcome back Pete.
Tony Furtado + Ron Block The Angel Inn, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night.
Talisk The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 843163.
The Broadway Irregulars Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 491424. Trad jazz.
The Wedding Present Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. What album are these indie stalwarts celebrating the anniversary of this time, you ask? Bizarro. Its 30th.
FRIDAY 3 MAY
R 22nd Anniversary Weekender The Patriot, Crumlin. 6pm, free. Info 01495 247178. That anniversary being of this venue. Here are all the bands playing, schedule TBC: Gin Annie, Hell’s Addiction, Chasing Dragons, Buffalo Summer, Devilfire, Scarlet Rebels, Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters, Theia, At The Sun, Tomorrow Is Lost, The Howling Tides, Revival Black, Kikamora, White Raven Down, Shyyne, Ravenbreed, Surrge, Liberty Slaves, Parisha Soul, Bad Dog, Weston Rd and Black Tree Vultures. (Until Sun 5)
Acoustic Sinners The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
R AmserJazzTime Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Weekly jazz sessions in the foyer, every Friday until 28 June.
Anna Popovic + Ben Poole The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Blues-rock guitarists.
A Vision Of Elvis Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £24. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute act.
Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Semi Final 1 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. The second semi is on Sat 18.
Calypso The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
Crocodile Rock Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 6.30pm, £21.50. Info 01495 243252. Elton John tribute act.
Daniel Hall & The Prestige 6 Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz orchestra, kicking off a weekend of live performances here under the umbrella Atmospheres 2019.
ESP The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Faith – The George Michael Legacy Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £23.50-£35. Info 0300 0040444. Tribute act. Top price is a VIP meet and greet presumably aimed at people who think it’s the real, somehow still alive George Michael.
R Ffli Stock 5 The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, pay by donation. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com. Three alldayers, starting today with Crisis Talks, Psychic Junk, World Vs World, Gruda and Igam Ogam, plus The Revelators, Hugh James, DV and Nigel Davis in the Acoustic Corner. Sat 4: Dead At 27, Trep, Greenmailer, Foxbite, Kinstrife, Rhys Davis & The Liberators and Who Knows Didley?, plus Joe Kelly, Kid Reddy, Ian Lynn Palmer, Laura Power and Tom Crow in the Acoustic Corner. Sun 5: Stay Voiceless, Sweet Ignitions, Mirages, Beyond Oblivion, The Rivers, Second Hand Arms Dealer and Lead Coloured River, plus Vinna Beee, The Kelly Line, Pay The Man, Tom Roynon-Blake and Katie Rands in the Acoustic Corner. (Until Sun 5)
Fistful Of Rage + Anti-Crust Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 01685 879491. Rage Against The Machine tribute band headline.
Frankie Wesson + Tarion + Puffer Abergavenny Labour Hall. 7pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Album launch gig for headliner.
Idge Logan Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Islet + Psycho Betty Radnorshire Ales Microbrewery, New Radnor, Powys. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01544 350456. Cool Welsh tripsters Islet back playing gigs, this one being in a village near where most of them now live. Poignant detail about New Radnor: “In the 2001 census, the population of 410 was split evenly between male and female. The population at the 2011 census was 409.”
*Legends Of Reggae Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £24.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Featuring Big Youth, Max Romeo, Eek A Mouse, The Mighty Diamonds, Yellowman and Sir Coxsone Outernational. This is actually dead cheap for a bill of wall-to-wall icons, admittedly none of them spring chickens.
Local Enemy The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Motel Thieves + Fire Fences + Wine Morals + Harbour Way Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected].
Nightlives + Drip Fed Empire + Lung Money The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 841133.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Paul Ashton The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Ross Gurney City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Skunkadelic & DJ Veto + D-Low + Redbeard + Daniel Rowntree + Shawgz + Beatbox Hann Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm. Info 029 2063 6464. Local hip-hop showcase.
Stealing Sheep Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie synthpop from Liverpool.
Sore Teeth + Drunken Marksman + System Reset + Throwing Knives + Positive Reaction The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £4. Info 01495 213300. Punk, crust, hardcore etc.
Sweaty Palms + Twthpaste + Horrible Men Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
The Andro Sisters St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. Playing the Pentreffest Noz folk night.
The Blow Monkeys Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £24 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Soul-poppers from the 80s.
The Fretless Pennar Hall, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm. Info 01646 621942. Canadian folk band.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Legend Of Springsteen Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 8pm, £24.20 adv. Info 01639 763214. Tribute show. To Bruce. Are there any other famous or even noteworthy Springsteens?
The Riff Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
The Upbeat Beatles Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £23. Info 01970 623232. Tribute band.
SATURDAY 4 MAY
Backwater Roll Blues Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Benedict Benjamin +Alice Robbins Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Singer-songwriter, ex of the band Peggy Sue, headlines.
Black Angus The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £7/£6 adv. Info 01495 213300. AC/DC tribute.
Borders + The Human Veil + MTXS + Sydney Fate Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 07970 063107.
Bruce Juice Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 468892. Springsteen tribute.
Casio Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Claire Taylor Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Craig Ogden Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.45pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Guitar recital.
Disco Divas Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £19/£18. Info 01495 227206. Triple-threat tribute to Diana Ross, Joni Sledge and Donna Summer.
Dylan Champagne + Jon Sims + Freddie Hill Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. Three performances of new compositions.
Francesca’s World Salad + Jeff Japers Globetrotters, Pontypridd. 7pm, £4/£3 adv. Info [email protected]. Music, comedy and indeed musical comedy.
Helldown + King Kraken + Captain Meatshield The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Hollywood Undead Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. LA nu-metal band who have seemed to maintain a serviceable career despite having no obvious distinguishing features.
John Lennon UK Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute act.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, every Saturday this month.
Letz Zep The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
London Calling The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Clash tribute.
New Harmony Singers Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01633 868239. Featuring Caroline Sheen, a West End singer.
Mojo Phono + Windshake Creature Sound, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 301178.
Motörheadache Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Motörhead tribute band.
Nine Lives Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rock covers.
Punchline Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631.
Pwer Festival Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 3pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Alldayer with sets from Vukovi, Rews, Soeur, Chroma, Bellevue Days, Death And The Penguin, These Five Years, Nightlives, Sienna, Catalan!, Fort and Peaks.
Rachel B The Pheasant, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 653614.
Rhythm Thieves The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Trance-dance-folk-rock, they claim.
Showaddywaddy Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £25.80. Info 0300 3656677.
Simon Trigg The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Sylvia Villa Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. Music for solo dance and mixed ensemble.
The Italics Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
The Sisterhood The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
The Tony Breen Band The Roath Park, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 1961. Tom Jones Tribute The Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free. Info 01656 785420.
Vinna Bee + Massa Circles The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Wall Street Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Pop covers.
Whitehall Parade NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
SUNDAY 5 MAY
Catfish & The Bottlemen Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.
CVC + Rainn Byrns + Showbox Orchestra Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 9pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. This is presented by the band Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard but does not feature a performance by them.
Darren Eedens & The Slim Pickins NosDa, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
R Frankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
Henry Dent Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Joey Landreth RAFA Club, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01437 729517. Country/folk type from Winnipeg.
*Nekra + Terra Soror + Glib + Strong Arm Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Hardcore and punk bands from London and Cardiff presented by Hotel De Marl.
Open Mic with Dave Kenwrick The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Robert Plane Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. Works by Boulez, Reich and Luciano Berio.
Royal Scam Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Steely Dan tribute.
Spirit Of Boogie + Superfreak Jac’s, Aberdare. 3pm, £5. Info 01685 879491. Headliners’ set will include, it says here, an attempt to break their own record for the most number of people onstage at once. Er, good luck!
R Steve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
The 4 Of Us Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Acoustic rockers, big in Ireland in the early 90s.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
The Maddisons Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749.
Trailand Etzroth Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. New work for string septet and field recordings titled Above The Stars.
Vessel & Rakhi Singh Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2039 1391. A collaboration inspired by Janácek’s string quartet Intimate Letters, performed here by the Singh Quartet.
Wheatus The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01685 387925. Description on the event page for this simply says “Wheatus”, and they make a fair point. In Swansea on Wed 22.
MONday 6 MAY
Backtrax Wales The Tea Shop, Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen. 1.30-3.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Rewired Music.
Dick Hamer & Dave Cottle Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Playing the jazz night on here every Monday.
Jimmy Mac’s Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Blues/rock/soul.
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £26.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute band.
The Wildhearts Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. UK rock troopers.
TUESDAY 7 MAY
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Janet Price Opera Prize Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Katherine Jenkins + AJ Brown St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £31.50-£57. Info 029 2087 8444. Not often you see a classical artist, if Jenkins still counts as one, with a support act.
Minas + Teddy Hunter + Dead Method The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv. Info [email protected]. EP launch gig for headliner.
R Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash, every Tuesday this month.
R Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
RWCMD Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz featuring sets from the Clem Saynor / Timothy Boomer Group and the Thom Voyce Quintet.
The John Davies Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY
Aberystywth University Concert Band Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £2-£6/free schoolchildren. Info 01970 623232.
Anfu Hague Quintet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Atrium University Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Ell South + Eleri Angharad + Natty Paynter Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. A Forte Project gig.
Halfnoise Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Some so-called alt-pop-rock from Zac Farro, who formed this band after leaving Paramore but is now back in Paramore again.
John Doyle Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Lleuwen A’r Band Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. In Aberystwyth tomorrow.
Logiri/Thomas Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Monmouth Big Band with Gareth Roberts Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Sophie Crabtree.
Press Club + Human Heat + Peachfuzz Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac Grand Theatre, Swansea. 8pm, £36.50/£26.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
Sam Brookes Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Solo folk-rocker.
Sam Lee’s Singing With Nightingales Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 8pm, £15/£14. Info 01982 552555. UK folk singer with a concert themed around English woodland in some way.
Sara Trickey & Daniel Tong Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7.30pm, £5-£12. Info 01792 602060. Violin/piano recital.
Sharon Shannon & Seckou Keita Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 01792 863722. Acoustic music from Ireland and Senegal.
Slowthai The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £0.99. Info [email protected]. Slowthai is an oiky rapper from Northampton who I’ve yet to actually hear but seems pretty interesting/different. Moreover, he would otherwise play much bigger venues than this, and not for under a pound, although I think you have to preorder his album to get a ticket.
THURSDAY 9 MAY
Acoustic Sinners The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
All Them Witches + Swedish Death Candy Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. American psych/hard rock types headline. Gig is sold out, didn’t know they were that popular.
BBC NOW: Mozart & Bartók St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£41. Info 029 2087 8444. Jac Van Steen conducts.
Heather Peace The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50 adv. Info 07590 471888.
John Connolly & Rob Van Sante Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
John Reischman And The Jaybirds Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060. Mandolin player and his band.
Kumar Chopra Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Lleuwen A’r Band Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232.
Songwriters Network Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info
[email protected]. Meetup and jam type night, every second Thursday of the month.
R Steve Edmunds The Lime Tree, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 620959. Also here on Thurs 23 this month.
Summer Of Love Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £23.50/£22.50. Info 01656 815995. Sixties covers.
Tom Auton + Finding Aurora + The Rumble + Hang11 The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info info@
themooncardiff.com.
William The Conqueror + Big Thing Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Americana type band headline
FRIDAY 10 MAY
Abba’s Angels Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £29 adv. Info 029 2048 7602. Tribute band. Tickets price includes a two-course meal and glass of champagne.
BBC NOW Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£22. Info 01792 475715. Jac Van Steen conducts a programme of Mozart, Beethoven and Bartók.
Bob Fox + Will Pound & Eddy Jay + Brooks Williams + The Paul Lloyd Nicholas Band Concert Marquee, Tredegar House Folk Festival, Newport. 7.30pm, £18/£17. Info [email protected]. Opening concert of the Tredegar House Folk Festival, which features folk dance, song and music over three days.
Drahla + Sleep Eaters + Private World Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners’ new album is out today and reviewed in this issue.
Eleri Angharad + Ian Lynn Palmer + Laura Power The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected].
Flash Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info [email protected]. Queen tribute. In Aberdare on Fri 24.
Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. Iconic soul shouter plays a gig co-promoted by Woodfired Summit and Penarth Soul Club.
Hullabaloo Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £15/£13 adv. Info 01834 869323. Muse tribute band.
Kyle Falconer Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Singer from The View, famous to millions for having an album called Which Bitch?.
My Octopus Mind + Mike Dennis The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com.
Organsm Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. A very badly named band, unless the venue spelled ‘Organism’ wrong in which case it is slightly less bad.
Real Magic The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 01495 355945. Queen tribute band.
R Revival Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £17/£16. Info 01633 868239. Abba tribute. On tomorrow also.
Sarah Birch + Joel Morgan + My Girlfriend’s A Zombie + Dunkie Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm. Info 01685 879491.
Sentry + Fangs + Voidcaller + Led By Lies Le Public Space, Newport. 6.30pm, £5/£3.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Metal bands.
Session The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Sex Gang Children Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £17 adv. Info 07970 063107. Cult goth-rockers perform their 1983 album Song And Legend in full.
Spiro Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk quartet.
Stanley Strong The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Supernaut + Molly Karloff The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01495 247178. Black Sabbath tribute band headline.
Sweet Adelines International Quartet Of Nations 2019 Convention: Quartet Contest St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £32.50. Info 029 2087 8444. The best in women’s a capella barbershop singing from the UK and Netherlands, no less. First of three such contests, the other two being tomorrow.
R Thank Abba For The Music Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £19.50/£18.50. Info 01646 695267. Tribute show. On tomorrow also.
The Dirty Youth The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £9 adv. Info [email protected].
The Groundnuts & Independents + Deathtraps + TenPlusOne Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178. Punk bands from south Wales.
The Italics City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
The Kennedy Soundtrack + Maddison + Jugganote The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Early-00s nu-metal locals, now regrouped, headline.
The Satellites Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Punk covers.
Tim Parkinson & Siwan Rhys + Viridian BBC Hall, Alexandra Road, Swansea. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info www.rwan.cymru. Nawr present a premiere of a piano composition by Angharad Davies, performed by Parkinson and Rhys..
SATURDAY 11 MAY
Alaw + Patty Gurdy + The Hut People + The Rob Lear Band + Morfa Concert Marquee, Tredegar House Folk Festival, Newport. 7.30pm, £20/£19. Info [email protected]. Tredegar House Folk Festival concert.
All Ears Avow Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Safe Gigs For Women fundraiser presented by Beers Over Tears.
Arcadia Roots The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £7. Info 01497 821762.
Back To Bacharach The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25/£24. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
Buck And Evans The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Blues-rock band who are from Cardiff but don’t seem that keen to make a point of this. Not that I’m saying that’s bad on their part.
Captain Accident & The Disasters + Fat Cat Sound The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01743 860246. Ska/reggae.
Chris D Bramley + Joe Kelly NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Deadwood The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £3. Info 01495 213300. Classic rock covers.
Dewdropper + The Ecelectic Shed Experience + The Leila Dee Band + Phoebe Rees Concert Marquee, Tredegar House Folk Festival, Newport. 12pm, free. Info [email protected]. Tredegar House Folk Festival concert.
Eden Roots Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Reggae.
Filthy/Gorgeous Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Georgia Paterson The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Hey Pixies + Zed Motel Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Pixies tribute band – that’s a niche – headline.
Isobel & Alan The Tea Shop, Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen. 1.30-3.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Rewired Music.
Justin Crowe The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Luke Jackson Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. UK singer-songwriter.
Malum Sky + Epsilon Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£4 adv. Info 07970 063107. Local metal bands playing as part of the SXSWales series of events this week.
Meddwlfest: Matriarchy Creature Sound, Swansea. 3-11pm, £10. Info 01792 301178. Benefit gig for Gofal, so named because it consists of “(predominantly) female fronted music”: namely The Loved And Lost, Scarsun, Sydney Fate, Poison Crow, Powderhead, Raised By Wolves, 9xDead, Rapture’s End and Urfe.
Montgomery County Music Festival Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £12/£6. Info 01686 614555. Classical/choral recitals.
*Omar Souleyman + Threatmantics Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 2199. See Music for a preview of Syrian legend Omar’s debut Welsh gig. Joy Collective DJs between bands also.
No Future Festival Tramshed, Cardiff. 2-10.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Punk bands mostly of a 70s and 80s vintage: Cockney Rejects (first Welsh gig in decades?), UK Subs, Discharge, GBH, 999, Vice Squad and Criminal Mind.
Paul Young Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 8pm, £44.50/£32. Info 01792 475715. Tour to celebrate 35 years since the release of Paul’s album No Parlez, vinyl copies of which can be bought for as little as 10p on Discogs.
Phoxjaw + The King Is Dead + Calling Apollo The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
Punchline Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Rock’n’ Roll Paradise Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01495 227206. Songs from the 50s and 60s, selected by a jukebox but performed by humans. I assume.
Rusty Shackle Priory Centre, St Mary’s, Abergavenny. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info contact@
woodfiredsummit.com. Welsh folk-rockers, presented by Woodfired Summit.
Silent Forum + Perfect Body + Red Telephone + The Bloodshots The Big Top, Cardiff. 6pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Local indie bands playing as part of the SXSWales series of events this week.
Stanley Strong Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Sweet Adelines International Quartet Of Nations 2019 Convention: Chorus Contest St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11.30am, £32.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
Sweet Adelines International Quartet Of Nations 2019 Convention: Showcase Of Champions St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8.15pm, £22.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Hip Priests + DC Spectres + Deathtraps Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Garage punk type stuff.
The Johnny Cash Roadshow Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01874 611622. Tribute show.
The Jokers The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £4 adv. Info 01685 387925. Classic rock band.
The Navarones Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01443 491424. Ska/2-tone.
The Oasis Experience + Happy Mondaze The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01633 533666. Tribute bands.
The People The Poet + Fire Fences Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
This Is Wreckage + BloodSlugs + Science Bastard + Clay Statues The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info [email protected].
Trouble County + Souljacker + Jesse’s Divide The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01495 247178.
Ultimate Floyd Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07512 237983. Pink Floyd tribute band.
Who’s Next The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £13/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. Who tribute band.
Who’s Who Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01685 384111. Another Who tribute band, playing after the scooter rally here (see Events listings).
SUNDAY 12 MAY
Blaenavon The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Indie band, not from Blaenavon or anywhere near.
Broken Glas Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Calan + Frank Hennessy + Belshazzar’s Feast + Jez Lowe Concert Marquee, Tredegar House Folk Festival, Newport. 3pm, £20/£19. Info [email protected]. Final Tredegar House Folk Festival concert.
Cédric Tiberghien Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £8-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. Pre-lunch piano recital, lunch being on offer afterwards in the cafe.
Emma Stevens Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-pop solo artist.
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 26 in May), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 19) too.
In Time For Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing the monthly Hot Club Swing night.
Kenny Driscoll Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Man Bites Zombie + Herad Noise + Intergalactic Electronic Mermaids Jac’s, Aberdare. 5pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
Shawn James + Cormac Neeson The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £11 adv. Info [email protected]. James is a “songwriting guru and melodic riff merchant” while Neeson is also a member of The Answer.
Sorry Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. London indie band who recently toured with Shame. Contrition and I Will Do Better Going Forward were unavailable on the given dates.
Tenements + Good Morning Vietnam + Garuda + Sydney Fate + Lead By Lies + Exit To Main Menu Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £7 adv . Info 07970 063107.
Year Of The Dog + Gemma And The Owls + Moc Isaac The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4-£7. Info [email protected]. Playing as part of the SXSWales series of events this week.
MONDAY 13 MAY
Advent Sorrow + Agrona + Levitas + Cistvaen Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 07970 063107. Black metal, the headliners coming from Australia.
Atrium University Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Dom Norcross Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Mammoth Penguins The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Indiepop band from Cambridge. This is an all ages show, for all you Mammoth Penguins-lovin’ tweens out there.
Men I Trust Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13. Info 029 2023 2199. [looking around to make sure everyone can hear] Men I Trust? I guess there’ll just be an empty stage at this gig, right!?
TUESDAY 14 MAY
Alun’s Birthday Bash Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Don’t know who Alun is but he’s got a bunch of local jazz names playing.
Artmagic The Big Top, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. This is a duo featuring Richard Oakes from Suede and Alison Moyet sideman Sean McGhee. They have an album out around now which seemed partway interesting when I listened to it a couple of days back.
Bem Thomas / Julian Martin Quartet The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10 members. Info info@
breconjazzclub.org. A Brecon Jazz Club event.
Dboy + Nigel Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are a garage punk band from Ontario with a schtick that seems decidedly sub-Turbonegro.
Frank Hennessy Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2116 7920. Professional Cardiffian sings songs and makes merry in this venue’s billards room.
James Yorkston The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £14 adv. Info [email protected]. Scottish folkie, very much settled in a stylistic nook nowadays really but always quietly good.
Liam Byrne & NASduo St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£3 NUS. Info 029 2087 8444. Byrne plays the viola da gamba, the NASduo bass clarinet and percussion. Sounds potentially good.
Matthew And The Atlas The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Sad boi indie MOR stuff, looks to be sold out.
Mini Mansions + Sons Of Raphael Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2023 2199.
Paul Carr St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Organ recital.
Samuel Jack Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. New soul-pop voice.
The Holiday 6 Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
WEDNESDAY 15 MAY
All That Cabaret Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Songs from the musicals.
Andy Panayi with Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
BA Johnston + Cruel Prank + Lt Meat Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliner is a Canadian folk-rocker with an evident zany streak, who has played Le Pub before and become a cult fave therein.
Banshee Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz jam session, leaning towards the freer end of the style it says here.
China Bowls + Comfort State + The Strands Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Jeff Hooper & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Ian Lynn Palmer.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Pleased to announce the ‘worst band names of the issue’ contents entry will be returning this month.
Reverend James & The Swingtown Cowboys Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
The Churchfitters Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01646 651725. Bluegrass group from Newcastle.
THURSDAY 16 MAY
Alex Goodyear Bop Septet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Andy Hague Quintet Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Dean Friedman The Hyst, Swansea. 8pm, £28. Info 01792 654366. American pop-rock veteran, also in Pentyrch tomrorow.
Henry Marten’s Ghost The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Jason Lytle Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Low-key piano-and-vox set from Granddaddy frontman. Neat booking but sold out.
Jinski Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995. Geordie folk duo.
Little Bird + Heaven Knows + Wildfire Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Little Bird are better known as south Wales emo band Casey, who are splitting up after touring this month; this is their last local gig and is already sold out. Why it’s being advertised under a different name I have no idea.
FRIDAY 17 MAY
Bjorn To Rock Celtic Manor, nr Newport. 7pm, £35. Info 01633 413737. Abba tribute band. Price includes dinner.
Blue Evolution Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2039 9557. EP launch gig.
Body Type + Krush Puppies + Fuzz Club Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.
Cancel The Transmission + Atmos + Foreigner’s Son The Patriot, Crumlin. 8.30pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Claire Taylor The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Old school soul.
Dean Friedman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £28 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra + Molara Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £14-£18. Info 01834 869323. Also featuring DJ Eugene.
R Devauden Festival Hood Memorial Hall, Devauden, nr Chepstow. 6pm, £20 weekend/£13 kids (£12/£7 kids Fri 18; £16/£9 kids Sat 19). Info [email protected]. Two-day family-friendly fest. Today is headlined by Rusty Shackle, while tomorrow is topped by Tankus The Henge.
Echobelly Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Britpop B-leaguers play acoustic set.
Faith No More Or Less + Temporary Chaos Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £5. Info 01443 491424. FNM tribute band headline.
Hippodrone + Twthpaste + Nigel + Kikker Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk.
Jack Blackman The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Another of the seemingly inexhaustible supply of earthy and soulful singer-songwriters with ‘Jack’ and ‘man’ in their names.
Julie Murphy The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Welsh folkie.
Killer Queen St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2087 8444. Queen tribute band.
La Villa Strangiato The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Rush tribute band.
Little Villains + King Kraken + Miss Kill The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. This is the band who Phil Taylor from Motörhead formed with some younger bucks including one of Vails a decade or so back. Phil is dead now but the band are playing some gigs anyway.
Mal Pope Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01646 695267.
Popestars Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info 07970 063107. Tribute to Ghost, as in the spooky Swedish hard rock band.
Ross Gurney Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly night, usually on the third Friday.
Sara Ashley The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Session City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Siberian Meat Grinder + Grand Collapse + Pizzatramp + Migraines Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are a crossover thrash band from Moscow. Sound very zany.
The Allergies Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 468892. Live hip-hop stuff featuring Andy Cooper from Ugly Duckling in this incarnation.
The Manfreds Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £21.50 adv. Info 01792 863722.
The Orange Circus + The Last Southern Ghost The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 475147. Country and bluegrass.
The Rivers + Diggs + Malakites + Harmonies Of The Revised Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
The Sharpeez + Glas The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01495 355945. R&B and blues-rock.
The Woodsman The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm. Info 01443 841133.
West Coast Eagles Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07512 237983. Eagles tribute band.
Wet Wet Wet Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. This is a Pellow-less version of the group FYI.
Young Garbo + Bear Island + The Mondaines The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
SATURDAY 18 MAY
Abertillery Rock & Blues Weekend The Met, Abertillery. 2pm, £15 adv. Info 01495 355945. Featuring, in chronological order, Dawson Smith & The Disscenters, Gerry Jablonski & The Electric Band, The Cadillac Kings and Full House (playing Frankie Miller).
Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters + Scarlet Rebels + The Black Tree Vultures Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected].
Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Semi Final 2 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.
CJ Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Crisis Talks Le Public Space, Newport. 8.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Single launch gig.
Do Not Panic Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Hawkwind tribute.
Flatworld The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Eastern European style folk.
Funky Love Posse The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Glas The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Helen Ensor Morgan The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Iconic Eye + Atlas The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
John Etheridge’s Sweet Chorus Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060. Classical-meets-prog-meets-other-stuff guitarist who was in a late-70s incarnation of Soft Machine as well as various other, more marginal UK rock bands.
Lost Tuesday Society + Greenmailer The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Low Down Dirty Dog Blues Band The Tea Shop, Carmarthen Park, Carmarthen. 1.30-3.30pm, free. Info
[email protected]. Presented by Rewired Music.
Marcus T The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Meddwlfest: Pentaphonic Creature Sound, Swansea. 3-11pm, £5. Info 01792 301178. Benefit gig for Gofal, featruring sets from And The Sky Darkened, King Kraken, Trep, State Of Deceit and Scarsun.
*Michael Chapman Bluestone Brewing Company, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 820833. UK folk guitarist and minor legend plays a venue which is actually a huge marquee on the side of a brewery.
Mused The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £9/£7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Muse tribute band.
Never 42 Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £20.50/£18.50 adv. Info 01834 869323. Level 42 tribute band play a gig whose cash-in-hand price is as fiddly and annoying as a Mark King bass solo.
Newtown Male Voice Choir Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01686 614555.
Night Machine The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £3. Info 01495 213300.
Red Hot Chilli Pipers Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
Rhiannon The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01639 843163. Fleetwood Mac tribute band.
Rob Lear + Yasmine Davies + Ben Dain-Smith NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Sara Ashley Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Ska Monkeys Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 8.30pm, £5.50 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Ska and 2-tone covers.
*Slomatics + Made Of Teeth + Estuary Blacks + Kong Lives The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 with some doom metal and sludge bands. Headliners are from Ireland, in Cardiff for the first time I think, and very rarely available to be watched for free I can tell you!
The Hallé St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444. An International Concert Series event where Sir Mark Elder conducts a programme of Smetana, Sibelius and Berlioz.
The Manfreds The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01633 656757. Some sort of derivative of Manfred Mann.
The Pintados + Hay Ventura Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Rock and pop covers
SUNDAY 19 MAY
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Becki Biggins Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Fairground Organ Performance National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-12pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival event featuring eight pieces written by Welsh composers for fairground organ.
Fara Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk quartet from the Orkney Isles.
Helen Ensor Morgan Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026.
Kasia + Common Spit + Belle Mellor + Seaside Witch Coven Jac’s, Aberdare. 5pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
KSI & Randolph Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £23.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. I know a nine-year-old that likes these guys. Not sure if they’re age appropriate. Not that I’m grassing him up or anything.
Michael Ball St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £42.50-£62.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Sold out.
Not Since The Accident + BoxCat + The Woodsman + Eaten By Owls + Aaron Hopkins The Moon, Cardiff. 6-10pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Playing as part of a zine-making workshop which is listed in Events.
Pharis & Jason Romeo Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All gig for Canadian folk husband’n’wife.
Prognosis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Prog tribute band.
The Orpheus Singers National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11.30am, free. Info 029 2057 3600.
MONDAY 20 MAY
Alaw St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2087 8444. Welsh folk band play Roots Unearthed gig.
Alex Lahey Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Australian singer-songwriter.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gethin Lidington Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
*Gwenifer Raymond + Cara Cullen The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Very cool Brighton-based, Wales-orginated folk guitarist headlines.
TUESDAY 21 MAY
Montague / Downes / Goller Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Pharis & Jason Romero Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 852960. Canadian folk duo.
Rita Ora Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £32.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Sandbox Percussion Primary Schools Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11am-12pm, £3. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Sopranos Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Vacation + Ssssnakes + The Boneless Ones Exist Skatepark, Swansea. 7-10pm. Info 01792 474095. Punk bands. Headliners are from Cincinnati and do kinda pop-punk meets JAMC noisepop stuff maybe, or “the punk rock Beatles on acid” as the promoters put it. Not sure if there’s a price for this, might be a donation thing.
Viagra Boys + Squid Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Postpunk band from Stockholm headline.
Year Of The Knife + Chamber + Cauldron + Watch Me Die Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Hardcore bands presented here by Nuclear Family.
WEDNESDAY 22 MAY
Bullets & Octane + Idestroy + Pearler Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 468892. Glam metal stuff.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Charlie Says.
RWCMD Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz featuring sets from the Isaac Hamilton Quartet and Hivemind.
Swingcopation Big Band with Phil Lee Thomas & Dianne Horan Hill 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 29.
The Hut People Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night featuring insturmental duo, one of whom is ex-Beautiful South. Garry Hammond, since you asked.
The Wonder Stuff Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
Tom Baxter Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Pop-rock singer-songwriter.
Wheatus Coyote Ugly, Swansea. 7pm, £16.50 adv. Info 020 84784888.
Year Of The Dog + Christian Punter + Harvey Jones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. A Forte Project gig.
Zoe Francis & The Jim Mullen Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
THURSDAY 23 MAY
Chris Hodgkins International Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
R Eradication Festival 2019 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 4pm, £35 weekend/£15 Thurs 23 only/£20 per day all other days. Info 07970 063107. Extreme metal festival returns. Today: Fleshcrawl, Sodomized Cadaver, Body Harvest, Ascaris, Infected Dead, Democratus and Total Consumption. Fri 24: Raised By Owls, Avslut, Monstrance, Sectesy, Bloodthread, Strangle Wire, Mist Of Misery, Seprevation, Live Burial, The Crawling, Anoxide and Anal Floss Is Boss. Sat 25: Avulsed, Fleshless, Azziard, Warlord Uk, Necrosy, Mutilated Judge, Casket Feeder, Zealot Cult, Blind Divide, Ablated, Mortis Cruentus and Nomos. Sun 26: Rimfrost, The Sickening, The Infernal Sea, Ass Deep Tongued, Inferia, Agrona, Oncology, Burial, Wolfbastard, Crimson Throne, Mortishead, Atonement and An Endless Path. (Until Sun 26)
Gong + The Ed Wynne Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 07590 471888. Spacerock prog icons whose main dude Daevid Allen died a few years ago, but Gong are kicking on cos it’s what he would have wanted.
*Oh Sees + Prettiest Eyes + Heavy Lungs Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £23.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Heavy Cali psych-punks, release albums all the time, always good value playing live.
Soul Legends St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £24.50-£32,50. Info 029 2087 8444. Just a night of covers, except Lemar is one of the vocalists.
Stanley Strong The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Vida + Pastel + The Stray Pursuit Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie bands presented by Hoyfest.
FRIDAY 24 MAY
Albini Frogs The Garage, Swansea. 8.45pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Andy Cutting Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night.
Anne-Marie Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £26.50. Info 029 2022 4488. The person who had that song about early 00s nostalgia that made American Pie seem like Finnegan’s Wake. And I guess lots of other popular songs too, as this is sold out.
Athena + Steffan Rhys Hughes + Chôr Ysgol y Strade Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £14/£13. Info 0845 2263510. Various Welsh classical/choral sorts.
Belshazzar’s Feast Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.45pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387. Folk.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £15. Info 01495 243252.
R Cardiff Psych & Noise Fest The Moon, Clwb Ifor Bach + Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 6pm, £26 weekend/£15 per day/free today only. Info [email protected]. See Music for a preview of this great weekender, which debuted last year. Today is in The Moon only, is open to all and features USA Nails, Dead Arms, Lacertilia, Wylderness, Rough Music and Fuzz Club. Sat 25, from 2pm: Islet, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Kapil Seshasayee, Gravves, Emily Breeze, El Goodo, Memory Of Elephants, Olanza, Slumb Party, Ratatosk, Jemma Roper, Cvc, Stereocilia, Aaronson, Conqueror Worm, News From Nowhere, Conformist, Blue Amber, Smudges, Kate Wood, Shishu, Free Beer & Bacon, Bad Vibes, Jaxson Payne and Karmen Field. Sun 26, from 2pm: Raketkanon, Haiku Salut, Teeth Of The Sea, Sly & The Family Drone, Gallops, Death And Vanilla, Ill, 20 Guilders, Sendelica, Meadows, Perfect Body, Lunar Bird, Telgate, Mute Group(s), Obey Cobra, Moe, Bruxa Maria, Sock, Borrowed Atlas, This Is Wreckage, Twin Siblings, Vieon, Massa Circles and Made Of Teeth. (Until Sun 26)
Classic Intensions The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
R Fishguard Folk Festival Various venues, Fishguard. Free. Info [email protected]. A series of sessions, live performances and dance showcases, in the following venues (and possibly others): Ffwrn, Town Hall/Library, The Royal Oak, Bennetts, Theatr Gwaun, TS Skirmisher, the Ship Inn, the Yacht Club, Peppers, Mannings and the Gwaun Valley Brewery. Main performances, all at Theatr Gwaun and £12 adv/£6 under 17s: Jim Moray and Folklaw (Sat 25, 2.30pm); The Trials Of Cato and Andy Cutting (Sat 25, 7.30pm); The Melrose Quartet and Hannah James (Sun 26, 7.30pm); Alaw and Kim Edgar (Mon 27, 12pm). (Until Mon 27)
Flash + Codewalkers Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Queen tribute band – headline.
Glas City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Graham Fitkin Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Piano recital of Fitkin’s own compositions, as part of Vale Of Glamorgan Festival.
Higher-On Maiden Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Iron Maiden tribute band.
Kat Jones Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Marcus T The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
R Merthyr Rising Festival Penderyn Square, Merthyr Tydfil. 1pm, £50/£25 per day. Info www.merthyrrising.uk. See Roundup for a… roundup of this festival’s proudly leftist ethos. Here’s who’s appearing: Sugarhill Gang, Cast, Black Grape, Lowkey, Vant, Brushy One String, Neville Staple Band, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Electric Swing Circus, The Sandinistas, The Kar-Pets, Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Red Rum Club, Hang11, Du Bellows, The Now, Carolines, Hana2K, Thee Deadtime Philharmonic, Stay Voiceless, Son Of Man, The Moon Birds, Knitwear Junkees, Year Of The Dog, Charlie Says, Young Garbo, The Mondaines, The Rotanas, The Pagans S.O.H, Adrenaline Animals, Chris King, Craig Thomas, Bryony Sier, Killjoys, Jack Mason & The Martyrs Boys, Al Moses, Diggs Galliers, The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk, Bute, Rhys Davis, Tracy Island, Acid House Therapy, Police Rave Unit, Pastel Official, Belle Mellor, Bedface, Attila The Stockbroker, Barnstormer 1649, Public Order. (Until Sun 26)
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds + Gaz Coombes + Boy Azooga Cardiff Castle. 5-10.30pm, £45. Info 029 2087 8100.
Punchline The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
¡Que Asco! + Paraskenia + Riding Giants The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Storm Chorus Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599. Gothic folk duo who Mojo magazine described as a cross between Nick Cave and Shirley Collins, which I fear may be a case of writing them a bigger cheque than they’re capable of cashing.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Cureheads The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. Cure tribute band.
SATURDAY 25 MAY
2 Tickets 2 The Gun Show The Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free. Info 01656 785420.
Acoustic Sinners Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Addiction The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Reformed late-70s punks.
Carus Thompson + Jim Blair + Christian Smith NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Cath Jones The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Cory Band + Only Men Aloud St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Playing/singing songs from movies and musicals.
David Juritz & Sarah Briggs Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.45pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Violin and piano recital.
ELO Encounter Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.
Fleetwood Bac The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Glas Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Higher-On Maiden Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Iron Maiden tribute.
Hollowstar + Florence Black Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01495 708022.
Madness Ffos Las Racecourse, Carmarthenshire. 3pm, £40. Info 0844 2491000. Madness are touring racecourses this summer, for whatever reason, including two in this area: this one, then Chepstow on Sat 8 June.
#MotherTongue Tramshed Tech, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £12/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 5555. The words of women from South African townships blend with music for voice, clarinet, cello, percussion and harp to explore motherhood and family. Curated by Abel Selaocoe and presented by Sinfonia Cymru. This sounds neat!
Open Mic Eagle Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £16.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Alt-rap type, played Cardiff not too long ago.
Owen Money & The Travelling Wrinklies Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £18/£16.50 adv. Info 01834 869323.
The Hold Up: Inner City Cypher Oner Signs, Cardiff. 1-5pm, free. Info 029 2037 1231. Monthly hip-hop session inviting MCs, beatboxers, DJs etc down to jam.
The Magic Of Motown 2019 Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.15pm, £27. Info 01446 738622. Tribute show.
The Masterplan Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm. Info 01685 879491. Oasis/Noel Gallagher tribute.
The Murderburgers + Traverse + Honest Thieves Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Pop-punk.
The Navarones + Skacasm + The Underclass + Evil Turkeys Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 3.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Ska and 2-tone bands, plus guest DJs throughout the day.
UKBlondie Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info enquiries@
hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Tribute band.
SUNDAY 26 MAY
Howard Jones St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £20-£101.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Synthpop survivor now sporting a vegetation-rich ‘Shearer’s Island’. Top price is VIP.
Karmen Field NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Los Blancos + Breichiau Hir + Papur Wal + Eadyth + Kim Hon + Melin Melyn Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 4pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2023 2199. Various Welsh language bands presented here by Twrw.
Madison Violet Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Canadian MOR pop duo.
National Urdd Eisteddfod 2019 Opening Concert Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, from £5. Info 029 2063 6464.
Sarah & Danny Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Snatch It Back West End Club, Barry. 5pm. Info 01446 735739. Blues.
The Omega Blend Hobo’s, Bridgend. 8pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
The Sex Pistols Experience + Addiction Jac’s, Aberdare. 6pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tribute band headline.
Whitchurch Jam Session #118 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 27 MAY
Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Revulsion + Shallow Graves + Asidhara Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 07970 063107. Hardcore bands presented here by Greyscale. Asidhara write their name in Sanskrit but this crappy version of Indesign can’t deal with the caret on a Welsh W let alone something from another alphabet.
Ryan McCombs The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk. Guy from the bands Soil and Drowning Pool plays an acoustic set.
Spice Girls + Jess Glynne Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 5pm, £60.50-£291. Info 08442 777888. That range of tickets in full, cheapest first: reserved seats/wheelchair platform, standing/unreserved seats, Official Platinum, Zigazig ah VIP Standing, Spice Circle Premium Pitch Standing and Spice Up Your Life VIP (Spice Circle) Standing..
The Crackers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
TUESDAY 28 MAY
*Argument? + Pissy + Livid + Shishu Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2037 3144. Hotel De Marl present some punk and hardcore bands, three debuting here and one being marv’lus locals Shishu.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £14/£7 NUS. Info 029 2087 8444.
Choralia Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Choral classics from various periods
Death By Shotgun + All Better Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Gwilym + Wigwam + Hebenw Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344.
Moonshine Boulevard Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Olly Murs + Rak-Su Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Rachel Head 6tet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Saara Aalto Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £35/£80 VIP. Info 0871 4720400. Alumnus of X Factor and Dancing On Ice as well as various musicals.
The Futureheads The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Jabby bouncy postpunk indie from north-east England, and indeed from the late 00s, except they’re back!
WEDNESDAY 29 MAY
Albert Lee And His Band Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £20. Info 01600 772467.
Fairport Convention Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01646 695267.
Gethin Liddington’s Goodkatz Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig. Price inclues a buffet
Make Them Suffer + Lotus Eater Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £12 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Matheus Prado Septet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
MG Boulter + Matthew Frederick + Ian Lynn Palmer Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Singer-songwriterly Americana type stuff.
Mouth Of Words Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s guest host is Sophie Crabtree.
Paul Divers + Head Noise + Blunt Trauma The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9-11pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.
Thea Gilmore Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Singer-songwriter who plays in south Wales every 18 months to two years I reckon.
THURSDAY 30 MAY
Andy Hague Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Candelas + Y Cledrau + Lewys Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Fairport Convention Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £27.50 adv. Info 01792 863722.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Jive Talkin’ Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23/£12 kids. Info 01792 475715. Bee Gees tribute.
Little Mix Experience 2019 Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 5.45pm, £13.50. Info 01446 738622. Tribute band.
Nigel Barker Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178. Americana-ish solo artist.
Owen Shiers Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01970 633088. Folk singer with a set drawn from his project, Cynefin, which aims to discover the musical landscape of Ceredigion/west Wales. Sounds up my alley.
Rachel K Collier Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
The Kingdom Choir St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27-£37. Info 029 2087 8444.
Winter Wilson Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night.
FRIDAY 31 MAY
2 Tickets 2 The Gun Show The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Acoustic Sinners The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Capra Mamei Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Conducting Showcase 2019 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring RWCMD conducting students Christopher Holley, Heejun Lim and Stefano Boccacci.
Dead Ringer For Love Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. Tribute to Meat Loaf and Cher. Hard to know what will offend Meat Loaf more, the venue writing his name ‘Meatloaf’ or the guy playing him looking like Robbie Coltrane.
Dressed To Kill Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Kiss tribute band.
Fairport Convention Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £28 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
R Fire In The Mountain 2019 Cwmnewidion Isaf, Cnwch Coch, Aberystwyth. 12pm, £135 weekend/£55 teens/£40 2-12-year-olds/£5 under-2s. Info www. fireinthemountain.co.uk. The return of this purposely small-scale festival on a folk, bluegrass etc tip, and emphasises jam sessions, workshops etc. Lineup (schedule TBC): Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, Chance McCoy, Ye Vagabonds, The Po’ Boys Cajun Band, Côr Meibion Machynlleth, Fishclaw, Whiskey Moonface, Ichi, Rachael Dadd, Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip, The True Strays, Truckstop Honeymoon, Diddly Squat, Cynefin, Interstate Express Band, The Firecrackers, Nick Hart, The Odd Folk, Cable Street Rag, The Gin Bowlers, Carreg Bica, Cut A Shine Barn Dance Band, Luke & Lisa, Remix Reeling, Solana, James Patrick Gavin, Hardwicke Circus, The Yellow Belly Stragglers, The Old Time Wasters, The Drystones, Johnnie Glaz String Band, Tree And Wood, Big Chimney Barn Dance, Alabaster dePlume, Noemie Ducimetiere, Junior Bill, The Hicksters, Joe And Jolene, Juju & Heg, Boogaloo String Band and The Mermerings. (Until Sun 2 June)
Forever Abba The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £11/£9 adv. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
Graham Larkby + Dave Illingworth Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night.
Iron Altar The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 841133. Metal band playing Swansea tomorrow.
Ishmael Ensemble + Waldo’s Gift Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
Judiciary + Vamachara + Cruelty + Road Mutant + Frantic State Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Hardcore bands from the US and UK, presented here by Nuclear Family.
Kat Jones City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Leather And Lace Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01873 850805. Hard rock covers.
Mark Porter Swing Band Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £12. Info 01495 243252.
Ministry Of Sound – The Annual Classical St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50-£58. Info 029 2087 8444. A bunch of old dance hits played by a 50-piece orchestra and hosted by Judge Jules.
No Disrespect Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Pizzatramp + Clay Statues + Oblong Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Punk and postpunk.
Punchline The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
The Blues Sisters Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Rotanas + Al Moses + Motel Thieves The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Zervas & Pepper + Ivan Moult St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-10pm, £15/£12.50 adv. Info 07960 820645. Album launch gig for soft-rockin’ headliners.