LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS | OCTOBER 2019
TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER
Acoustic Tuesday The Apothecary, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers. Recently moved from its long-term one in Riverside to this wee cafe in Canton.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £7-£14. Info 029 2087 8444. With special guest Stan Sulzmann.
R Chamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Showcase of chamber ensemble work, in the foyer every Tuesday (apart from Tue 22 Oct) until Tue 26 Nov.
Kenneth Hamilton Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Eric Hodges Lecture Recital performance.
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.
Red Rum Club Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Two sets by the Ross Hicks Trio and Rosewater.
Solarek Piano Trio St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Lunchtime concert.
Static Fires + Solcura + Hobgoblin + Urfe The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected]. The first of 31 gigs here during ‘Rocktober’, as they’re calling it. Well done on supporting live music, typed the listings editor through gritted teeth.
The Old Malthouse Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER
Aeddan Williams 7 Wind Orchestra Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Bruce Watson Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
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.
Lo-Pan + Peter Greene The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Ohio stoner rockers headline.
Man + Edgar Broughton Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Welsh prog veterans headline. I want to know more about Edgar Broughton, specifically what kind of resemblance they bear to the band who did hard rock bangers galore in the early 70s, but no info forthcoming here.
Phoenix Morby + Kezia Gill Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. UK country acts
Pulled Apart By Horses + Baba Naga Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info [email protected]. Boisterous Leeds rock band headline.
Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Say Sue Me + My Name Is Ian + Pagan Wanderer Lu Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are Korean and sound a lot like Yo La Tengo from what I recall.
Sinfonia Cymru Wind Trio The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5. Info 01633 656757. Lunchtime recital.
St Pierre Snake Invasion + Cassels Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Noisyish rock band from Bristol who have been around for ages headline.
R Swansea International Jazz Festival 2019 Various venues, Swansea. Info 01792 475147. Annual event hosted by Swansea Jazzland.All gigs at the Garage unless specified. Tonight The Alan Barnes Octet (8.30pm, £15). Tomorrow: Nicholas Meier World Group (8.30pm, £10). Fri 4: Jakatak (7pm, free); Hamish Stuart Band (9pm, £20). Sat 5: Welsh Guitar Duo (Bar Saint James, 12pm, free); Ray Taff Williams Band (2pm, £10); Dick Hamer Quartet (Noah’s Yard, 4pm, free); Li Harding/Gary Phillips band (Uplands Tavern, 4.30pm, free); Chris Ingham Quartet (6.30pm, £12.50); Tristan (9.45pm, £10). Sun 6: Saxes 4 You (Bar Saint James, 12pm, free); Daniel Martin & Dave Cottle Trio (2pm, £10); Sarah Meek Quartet (Noah’s Yard, 4pm, free); Albino Frogs (Uplands Tavern, 4.30pm, free) and Laurence Cottle Big Band (8pm, £25). (Until Sun 6)
Teen The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9/£8 adv. Info [email protected].
Tell Tale Tusk Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01646 651725. Folk trio.
The DB Big Band with Lee Gilbert & Clare Hingott Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER
An Audience With Lesley Garrett Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01656 815995. Songs and chat.
Band Of Friends + The James Oliver Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888.
BBC NOW St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£43. Info 029 2087 8444. Richard Fames conducts a performance of Verdi’s Requiem.
Gary Numan Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Back in Cardiff, this time on a tour called
(R)evolution which uses a truly nasty font on its poster.
Georgia Paterson The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Lyerr + Kid Reddy & The Features + Hang11 + King Ibex The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling. Mike Peters Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £18. Info 0300 0040444. Acoustic solo tour from Alarm frontman. In Crickhowell on Fri 18 and Sat 19.
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 – for October it’s Francesca’s Word Salad.
Richard Hawley Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £27.50. Info 029 2078 1458. See last month’s issue of Buzz for an interview with this Sheffield native.
The Blackheart Orchestra Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Trip-hoppy duo, have played Cardiff before.
Two Door Cinema Club + Sports Team + Fuzzy Sun Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488.
FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER
2 Rude Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01633 439166. Ska/2-tone covers.
R AmserJazzTime Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Weekly jazz sessions in the foyer, every Friday until 6 Dec.
Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Feat The Hi Riders Soul Revue Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01874 611622. In Porthcawl tomorrow; Blackwood on Thurs 24; Pontardawe on Fri 25.
Bandicoot + Sock + Mellt + Clwb Fuzz Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Various local indie upstarts.
Bell Lungs + Truly Kaput BBC Hall, Swansea Studios. 7-10pm, £8/£6 adv. Info rwan.cymru. Ambient vocal loop type fare from Scottish headliner, plus queer folk-pop from TK.
Blur2 + Pulp’d Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tribute bands, both playing in Cardiff tomorrow.
Bute + Jack Perrett + Class Violet + Glue Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199. More local indie upstarts.
Cadence The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Calypso The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Candy Mountain + Josh Beddis The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
David Ford Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Singer-songwriter.
Deference + Dreameater + Downfall The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm. Info 01443 841133.
*Gassed Up + MTXS + Instruments Of Torture + Grief Ritual + Positive Reaction + Youthanasia The Moon, Cardiff. 5pm, free. Info [email protected]. This was going to be two gnarly hardcore gigs, one here and one in Fuel, but they smushed them together instead of having them clash. Nice.
Marc Davies Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Mynd I’r Gap Ceilidh Constitutional Club, Blaenavon. 7.30pm, £3. Info Paul Ashton Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Reflections The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Rock and pop covers.
Rhodri Davies Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Skronky harp geezer performs music by Yoko Ono among others.
Second Chance + Grooveline + Black Angus + Tumbling Dice + The Hindenburgs Barry Island Sports & Social Club. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07595 497225. This is the Neil Lewis Annual Memorial Concert.
Superjam The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8.30pm. Info 01685 387925. Reggae.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
R The Swansea Fringe Various venues, Swansea. £25 weekend/£12.50 per day. Info www.theswanseafringe.com. Previewed in Music last month, here’s the full lineup. Today: Sin City: Trampolene and The Riff; Elusium: Hvnter, Dead Method, Agiris and Mogan; No Sign Wine Bar: Ellis Thomas, Rory Clark, Catherine Elms and Samuel Owens; The Perch: Double Or Nothing and Ade Owen; Cinema & Co (comedy): Alex Love and Paul James; Hangar 18: Carolines, The Stray Pursuit, Zepher, Red Telephone, My Girlfriend’s A Zombie and Jonathan Nicholas; Bunkhouse: Estuary Blacks, Prosperina, Suns Of Thunder, Breichiau Hir, Sybs and Cities (main stage); Lifting Gear Engineer and Synchronymous (Parlour stage); Crowleys: Motel Thieves, Miki Dollarude, Taxi Rank, 100% Rabbit and Cactus Haus; YMCA: Noname Cabaret; Basekamp: Live Poets Society; Bar Americanos: The Matt John Band; Crosskeys: Katie & Co; Pump House: Ragsy; Creature Sound: Jspeakz with Starvz, Murkage and AKA Chkz; The Swigg; The Rubies. Sat 5: Glynn Vivian: Georgia Fearne; Elysium: The Balkaneers, Lost Tuesday Society; Rag Foundation, Little Folk, Tommy Jenkins, Coppercailie, Danielle Lewis, Sarah Birch, Frankie & The Yetis, Eleri Angharad, Aiden Keryn, Orphan Dinosaur and Daisy Birch-Jones; The Hyst: Endar, Kidsmoke, Codewalkers, Rosehip Teahouse, Esther, Gwilym, Y Cledrau and Hana2k. Volcano (comedy): The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, Jake Baker, Simon Caine, Dylan Jones & Dai Davies, CJ Hooper, Rough As and Sheep & Mash; Bunkhouse: Vanilla, Soundwire, The Sandinistas, Fire Fences, White Riot, Patrick Jones & Quark, Dominic Nation & The Dirty Dead, Geraint Rhys, Bloom, Pierre Donahue, Kikker and Two Til Twelve (R*E*P*E*A*T stage); Christian Sayers, Dunkie, Sarah Birch, Chris Stringer and Rhys Williams (Parlour stage); Crowleys: Iron Gosling, Keys, Crystalline, Windshake, Oblong, Only Fools & Corpses, Kim Hon, Que Asco!, Pete Greene, Blue Amber, Papur Wal and Lazarus Moon (Crowleys); Jam Rock: Badaboom Soundsystem; The Perch: Soulskunks and Laura Benjamin; No Sign Wine Bar: Tom Emlyn, Dunkie, The Last Southern Ghost and Desert Life; The Cross Keys: Elphies Kingdom; The Queens: Off The Record. Sun 6: Elusium (comedy): Jeff Japers, Michael Brunstrom, Andy Barr and The Ministry Of Absurdism; No Sign Wine Bar: The Warbirds, Point Of View and Hawthorn Avenue; Volcano (comedy): Drew Taylor, Sarah Bridgeman, Daf Rhys & Zach Williams and Paul Scoble; The Perch: King Goon and Darren Eedens & The Slim Pickins; Hangar 18: Pearler, Heavy Flames, Hang11, The Rusty Nutz, Nigel, Greenmailer, Sweet Ignitions, Swamp Thief and Trep; The Bunkhouse: Colours Of One, Inscape, All Dead All Dead, Calling Apollo, Drip Fed Empire, Sydney Fate, Wynt, Smile at Strangers, Icantdie and The Midweek Revival (main stage); Benluc, Liv Kneath, Rhys Williams, Tom Emlyn and Melody Shaddick (Parlour stage); Crowleys: Hawthorn Avenue, Tanglejack, Matthew Frederick, Lunar Bird and Nigel Davies & The Good Companions; The Swigg: Fonz & The Poet; Jamrock: open mic. (Until Sun 6)
The Whiskey River Boys Cathays Conservative Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07940 004958. Blues band hosted by the Blues Dragon Club, promoting their first gig for a good few years (and with more planned if this goes well).
Three O’Clock Club El Siecos, Newport. 9pm, free. Info twitter.com/esiecos.
Ultimate Bowie The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute show.
R UWC Atlantic Cafe Concert St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3-4pm. Info 01446 799100. Also on Fri 11 and Fri 18 this month.
Year Of The Dog Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER
Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Feat The Hi Riders Soul Revue Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01656 815995.
Anonymous Iconoclasts The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Ant-Trouble + Addiciton Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01443 491424. Adam Ant tribute band headline.
Blodau Papur Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01970 633088. Welsh language rock band, promoted here by Clwb Ifor Bach. In Clwb itself on Fri 11; Cardigan on Sat 12.
Blur2 + The Verve Experience + Pulp’d The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Three tribute bands touring as The Britpop Reboot.
CVC + Holiday In The Mind + Rainbow Maniac Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Single launch for headliners.
R Frankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
Gwyl Werin Soar Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 10am, £3-£10. Info 01685 722176. Welsh folk alldayer with music from Vri, Kizzy Crawford, Deuair, Gwilym Morus Baird, Olion Byw, Y Daplas, Hen Gan, Rhiain Bebb & Huw Roberts and Avanc. Plus clog dancing, info stalls, kids’ activities etc.
Hashtag Acoustic The Pheasant, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 653614.
Hue & Cry Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £22. Info 0300 3656677.
Indigo May Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 6pm, £12. Info 01685 384111. Vocal duo. Price includes a drink.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, every Saturday this month.
Jumpin’ Jimmy & The Nice Guys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Kit & Aaron The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2048 3344. Folk duo who both also play in Sheelanagig.
Lindisfarne Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £25.50. Info 0845 2263510.
Miss June Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2039 9557. American punk band promoted here by Clwb Ifor Bach.
The 501s + Heavy On The Ride + Split DeathThe Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
The Mau Maus + Picture Frame Seduction The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01495 213300. Early 80s UK punk bands, reunited. The Mau Maus were (are!) from Sheffield and were super fast for the time, like US hardcore fast. What are they like now? No idea.
Rhiannon Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Fleetwood Mac tribute band. Sold out.
Richard & Adam Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £19-£39.50. Info 0300 0040444. In Newport tomorrow; Neath on Sat 19; Carmarthen on Sun 20.
Rocky Road Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
Samuel Walters The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
R Steve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
Super Marine Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01495 227206. Blackwood indie band launch a single, Decadent Flowers. That title and their promo photo (all four members wearing shades, snapper lying on the floor to take the pic) gives off a proper Fast Show Indie Club vibe.
The Dualers Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. London reggae ensemble who are playing arenas next years and as such have already sold this out. Suspect that someone thinks they’re going to be the new Madness.
The Fugitives The Albion, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 0743.
The Red Hot Pokers Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £16. Info 01639 843163.
Thunder: Unplugged & Unscripted Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01656 815995. Danne and Luke from UK hard rock faves do a Q&A type session and play some Thunder songs acoustically.
Tiny Leaves + Sharron Kraus + Tyler Keevil + Ivan Moult + Phil Jones Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Combo of musicians (Leaves, Kraus, Moult) and writers (Keevil, Jones).
Toby Hay + C Joynes The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01743 860246. Instrumental folk guitarist Toby has a new album, being launched here.
Tool Shed + Scarsun Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 07970 063107. Tool tribute band headline.
Trystan Llyr Griffiths The Queens Hall, Narberth. 6.15pm, £16. Info 01834 861212. Welsh tenor doing a charity concert for this venue itself, which is looking for a cool half-million to do refurb.
Unite Against Hate Jac’s, Aberdare. 5pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01685 879491. Featuring Häxan, Pelugion, Peaks, Deadaudiosaints, Cosmic Ninja, Ironvolt, Surrge and The Angry Badgers. A similar alldayer is in Swansea on Sat 26.
Wannabe Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01446 738622. Spice Girls tribute band star in musical theatre show.
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0845 2263510. Tina Turner tribute show.
Whitehall Parade The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3 adv. Info 01685 387925.
Zervas & Pepper Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER
Anne Niepold & Riccardo Tesi Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7pm, £15.40/£5 under-25s. Info 01792 863722. Accordion duo.
Arcade Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Edinburgh folk duo.
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir & Sinfonie Orchester Schöneberg Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £22/£11 NUS. Info 029 2063 6464. Featuring a performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and the vocal of Welsh operatic star Anagharad Lyddon. In St Davids on Sat 12.
Eclectic Shed Experience Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Jack The Biscuit Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
MOCSA Young Welsh Singer Of The Year Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 4pm, £12. Info 01792 602060. Competition final, also featuring performances by the Morriston Orpheus Choir.
Penguin Cafe St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32/£29. Info 029 2087 8444. Minimalist classical ensemble, founded by the son of Simon Jeffes of Penguin Cafe Orchestra to carry on his legacy.
Richard & Adam The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £23.50-£46.50. Info 01633 656757.
Swim Deep The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Indie.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
Wolfpeake + Tom Auton + Lazy Machine + Fly By Night The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4 adv or NUS. Info [email protected].
MONDAY 7 OCTOBER
Daniel O’Donnell + Mary Duff Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £37-£46.50. Info 01792 475715.
In The Cards + Scavenger + DTT The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info [email protected].
Les Musicals St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25/£57.50 VIP. Info 029 2087 8444. Singing musical faves, a duo of Jonathan from G4 and Jai McDowall from Britain’s Got Talent. In Newtown on Fri 11; Swansea Sat 12.
R Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Here every Monday, schedule TBC this month
TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER
A Burial At Sea + Fort + Excuses Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Jazz Torque Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Raymond Clarke Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Recital of three Rachmaninov pieces.
Rockers Reunion Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
Thunder & The Giants + Static Fires The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected].
Vella The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Will Young St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37.50-£52. Info 029 2087 8444.
WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER
Alessi’s Ark + Natty Paynter + Alice Meixner The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected].
Dan Newberry Quintet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £7-£12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Focus Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Dutch proggers, come to south Wales oftenish. In Pontardawe tomorrow.
Hvnter + Dead Method + Agiris Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. A Forte Project gig.
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£43. Info 029 2087 8444. Yuri Simonoc conducts a programme of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Khachaturian.
Passionate About Piaf Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Edith Piaf tribute show by Gwenno Dafydd.
Phoebe Rees Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Royal Welsh College Harps Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Sugar Thief + The Estevans + Hourglass + The Kicklips Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by This Feeling.
Superglu + Killjoys Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected].
R The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 23.
The Boalch / Beraha Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
These Thrilling Lies + Livin’ Cheap + Miki Dollarude The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected].
The Siglo Big Band MD Matt Lush & Vocalists Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER
Bel Blue & Friends St Illtud’s Church, Llantwit Major. 7-9pm, free (donations welcome). Info 01446 792439. This is taking place on World Mental Health Day and is a benefit show for youth suicide prevention charity Papyrus.
Carwyn Ellis & Rio ‘18 The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Colorama founding member indulges his taste for Brazilian music. Previewed in last month’s issue.
Chloe & Friends The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Focus Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01792 863722.
Gender Roles Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.
Jack PC Quartet Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2039 9557. Jazz group who live in London but formed in Cardiff.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01873 850805. Welsh folk ensemble.
*John + Zinc Bukowski + Think Pretty + Godbomber The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage with a noisy rock bill. Headliners’ album is reviewed in this issue.
Kris Drever Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Scottish folk-rocker.
Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25/£23. Info 01792 475715.
uLooped 2019 NosDa, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Not two but three days of loop pedal-using musicians, following on from a similar event last year timed with a weekend of gigs by Ed Sheeran, inventor of the loop pedal. Starts from 2pm on Sat 12. (Until Sat 12)
Mark Lockheart & Guests Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. UK jazzer with an ensemble including Alice Leggett and Laura Jurd.
Rachel Taylor-Beales: Stone’s Throw Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12.50. Info 0845 2263510. Gig-theatre adaption of Welsh folk-rock artist Taylor Beales’ recent album Stone’s Throw. In Cardiff tomorrow and Sat 12; Haverfordwest on Wed 16.
Ross Gurney The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Smile At Strangers + Cease to See The Sun + Dead Crow + DTT + Swim + Hayleigh Smith The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Songwriters Network Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info
[email protected]. Meetup and jam type night, every second Thursday of the month.
Tankus The Henge Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
The House & Garage Orchestra Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20.50. Info 029 2023 5555.
The Rheingans Sisters Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Folk duo.
R Tobias Robertson The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721. Acoustic session in the pizza joint under the Admiral building. Also here on Thurs 17, Sat 19 and Sat 26 this month.
Wonderbrass Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER
Amber Run + Stereo Honey Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Wimp-pop band from Nottingham who have just released a thematic album all about… love. Heavy concept!
American Hitmen Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, from £3. Info [email protected]. Salt Lake City band who played Swansea a while back. Their main selling point seems to be that they’re squaddies.
Big Boy Bloater & The Limits Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07970 063107. Blues-rock guy.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £15. Info 01495 355945.
Blodau Papur Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
Bruce Anderson The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Calypso Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
Chroma + Melly + Sybs + I Fight Lions Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01685 879491. Menter Iaith night.
ELO Again Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £17/£16. Info 01633 868239. ELO tribute band.
F.Emasculata + Rotting Monarchs + Positive Reaction + Throwing Knives The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01495 213300. Headliners are Cornish and their songs are about the X Files, so get 50% of my approval.
Flash Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Queen tribute, sold out.
Issues + Lotus Eater Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are an Atlanta band “known for their combination of metalcore, nu-metal, pop and r’n’b”. They called it crabcore in my day.
Jimmy Mac’s Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Lee Gilbert Miners Institute, Blackwood. 1pm, £7.50. Info 01495 227206. Rat Pack renditions for this dementia-friendly lunchtime concert.
Les Musicals Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01686 614555.
Megan Dixon Hood The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Midge Ure Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £27.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Playing Vienna by Ultravox and bits of Visage by Visage, apparently.
Nathan Bell Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm. Info 01646 687635. Folk.
*N’famady Kouyaté’s The Successors Of The Mandingue M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. Info 029 2047 3373. Kouyaté is from Guinea and plays the xylophone-like balafon, which he’ll be doing here as leader of a band he assembled after moving to Wales. Tomorrow daytime he’ll also be playing solo at the Roath food market which is a couple of streets away from here.
Nikki Pope The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Organsm Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Paul Ashton The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
R Rachel Taylor-Beales: Stone’s Throw Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. On tomorrow also.
Rocket Man Celtic Manor, nr Newport. 7pm, £35. Info 01633 413737. Elton John tribute. Price includes a three-course meal and a drink on arrival.
Ross Gurney Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Savitri Grier & Yundu Wang Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
The Icicle Works The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21 adv. Info 07590 471888. Alt-pop Scousers from the 80s back playing.
The Jackson Pollock The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Italian garage punk band.
The John Hackett Band Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01982 552555. Prog rock fella, brother of Genesis’ Steve.
This River City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER
A Band Called Malice The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Jam tribute.
Alice Cooper + The Stranglers + MC50 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £48. Info 029 2022 4488. See Upfront for an interview with Alice. Gig be sold out tho! MC50 is Wayne Kramer doing MC5 songs with a backing band including Brendan from Fugazi, who would be great to meet in 1987 via a time machine and tell him he’d be touring with Alice Cooper in the future.
A Night With The Stars Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £15/£13. Info 0845 2263510.
Back To Bacharach Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01873 850805. Tribute show.
Beatles For Sale Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tribute band.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £24.50/£22.50. Info 01495 227206. Frankie Valli tribute.
Black Flag + Total Chaos Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 029 2023 5555. American hardcore progenitors, or rather guitarist/crazy cat man Greg Ginn plus an assembly of younger ringers, play Cardiff for the first time.
Blodau Papur Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 8pm, £12. Info 01239 621200.
Bright Shiners The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01497 821762. A capella singing group.
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir & Sinfonie Orchester Schöneberg St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £22/£11 NUS. Info 029 2034 4626.
Cagework + Icehead Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Deadwood + The Ginger Lizards Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, from £4. Info [email protected]. Headliners are doing a dual Metallica/Iron Maiden tribute set.
Duppy Busters Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Reggae and ska.
Eleri Angharad The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Frenzy Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Psychobilly.
Gimme Some Lovin’ The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01792 475147. Soul.
Gindrinker + The Perverts The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Two long-running arch shouty noisy rock bands from Cardiff and Bristol respectively.
Hollie-Anne The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Kast Off Kinks Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01874 611622. Tribute band.
Les Musicals Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £17.50-£65. Info 01792 475715. Top price is VIP shenanigans.
Made In Liverpool Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Beatles tribute band. Sold out.
*Massa Circles + Lecu M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.50 adv/£12 with EP Info 029 2047 3373. See One To Watch in this issue for a writeup on Massa Circles.
Motörized UK The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm,. Info 01495 213300. Motörhead tribute band.
N’famady Kouyaté Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Playing here for two hours while the weekly market is on.
Nick & Cheryl The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
No Violet + Clt Drp + Twisted Ankle The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Ross Gurney Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Sidewinder The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Rock covers.
Smiling Tigers The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 0300 3656677.
Sounds Of Simon St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 01446 799100. Simon & Garfunkel tribute.
Stanley Strong Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
The Fleetwood Mac Songbook The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
The Rotanas + The Luka State + Papa Jupe’s Taurus Club The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
The UB40 Experience The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tribute act.
The Undecided Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm, free. Info 01633 439166.
Universal Translators + Paul Keddle & Calling Card The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £4 adv. Info 01743 860246.
Warlord + In Which It Burns + Excursia Creature Sound, Swansea. 8pm, £5. Info 01792 301178. Headliners are a thrash/death metal band who originated in early-90s Birmingham.
You Win Again The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01633 656757. Bee Gees tribute show.
SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER
Convictions + Familiar Spirit + Glass Heart + Exit To Main Menu + Boxing Day Rage The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Eleri Angharad Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
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 27 in October), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 20) too.
Funke & The Two Tone Baby + Isembard’s Wheel + Alcie Bella The Moon, Cardiff. 4pm, £8/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. More acts TBC.
Headie One Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. North London newjack rapper.
John Hackett Band + The Kentish Spires Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Prog from Steve Hackett out of Genesis’ brother.
Junior Hacksaw Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Rachel Starritt Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Playing as part of the Hot Club Swing monthly gypsy jazz jam night.
Shu-hua Chen & Jennifer Ku Cardiff University Concert Hall. 3.4.30pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin and Milhaud.
MONDAY 14 OCTOBER
Ben Luc The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Cut Glass Kings The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4.50 adv. Info [email protected].
Sonat Vox + Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir St John The Baptist Church, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07890 481599.
Supreme Queen Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £21-£25. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER
R Albert Lee Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Blues-rocker, on tomorrow also and sold out both days.
All Dead, All Dead The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected].
Banshee Therapy Session Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz improv open session.
Clare Hammond Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Recital of piano pieces by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Gubaidulina, Hilary Tann, Rhian Samuel and Rachmaninov.
Ibibio Sound Machine + Rina Mushonga Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. London-based band who do kinda Afrobeat with a modern sheen, and who are somwwhat surprisingly signed to uber-indie US label Merge. See Upfront.
Keifer Sutherland Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £30. Info 029 2023 5555. Holloywood actor tries this ‘music’ thing out and sells out this gig while doing so.
Nicholas McCarthy St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Lunchtime concert from someone billed as a “left-handed pianist” here, as a one-handed pianist in most other places – that being rather more to the point – and “the one-handed gay concert pianist” by Attitude magazine.
NOLA’s Legacy Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
PP Arnold Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. UK soul mainstay.
The Hip Fire + Wine Morals + Ginger Jam The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected].
WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER
Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Augmented Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, with the Orchestra performing film, radio and TV themes.
Bang Bang Romeo Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. This band were in Cardiff a while back, supporting P!nk in the stadium. I don’t know much about them though.
Bloodshot Dawn + Infected Dead + Becomes Astral Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Hession / Beck / Lash Trio The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Skronky jazz improv trio featuring three UK musicians who appear here in various forms quite often.
Hope & Social Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232. In Abergavenny on Sat 19.
Johnny Lloyd The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Solo fella who used to be in Tribes.
Karen Sharp Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £8-£15. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Lighthammer + The Ninety One Two Threes The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Alcie Bella.
Paul Booth Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Rachel Taylor-Beales: Stone’s Throw Ysgol Caer Elen, Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 01834 869323. Presented here by Span Arts.
Reverend James And The Swingtown Cowboys Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
Sixties Gold 2019 Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £37. Info 01792 475715. Featuring Herman’s Hermits, The Merseybeats, The Marmalade, Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders and Steve Ellis. In Cardiff tomorrow.
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER
Akmi Duo Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Sax/piano duo performing the Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert, which takes place here every October.
Anna Ryder Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night featuring an auxiliary Fairport Convention member. Talking of convention, she writes her name annA rydeR but I frown on that sort of thing I’m afraid..
Cantorin Creigiau Singers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here
Dave Jones Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Dub Pistols The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Lairy live dance act, popular in the 90s.
*Eyehategod + Billyclub + Tuskar Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £16.50. Info 029 2023 2199. First Welsh gig in forever for chaotic sludge metal headliners, brought here by Snuff Lane from Bristol.
Lionel Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £20. Info 01633 868239. Lionel Richie tribute act.
Oddity Road + Hunter From Fremonte + Parish Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.
Sentry + I Am Gravity + I Fight Bears + Scottcantswim + Youthana$ia The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Sixties Gold 2019 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Italics The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
The Roselles The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
The Struts + King Nun Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £19.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Retro rock type lads headline.
Treorchy Male Choir Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 0300 0040444.
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”
Bardd Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232. Welsh quartet featuring a former young poet laureate, a champion beatboxer and two multi-instrumentalists. In Newtown on Sat 19; Llanelli on Fri 25.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band + Ellie Rose McGuire The Village Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 07493 773407. In aid of the Follow Your Dreams charity.
Bruce Anderson Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6.50-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. American special with Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin etc.
Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night.
City Of London Sinfonia & Llandaff Cathedral Choir Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2056 4554.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Classic soul.
Diamond Head + Pearler + Traitors Gate Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 475444. NWOBHM sorts headline, Big Day promote.
Die! Chihuahua Die! + Dusteroid + Lighthammer + That Which Ate The Moon Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
*Estuary Blacks + The Death Of Money + Obey Cobra The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Three good and heavy bands for £0.
European Union Chamber Orchestra Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01873 850805. Performing works by Grieg, Mendelssohn and Dvorak. Keep your bad patter to yourself please.
Goose The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Idge Logan The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
In Which It Burns + Greywall + Led By Lies The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Top-billed two bands are in Neath on Fri 25.
Ladies Love A Superhero Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 491424.
Leaether Strip + DrakenWerks Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107. First ever Welsh gig for headliner who’s been going for 30 years and is big on that EBM goth fetish scene. Never checked him out TBH.
Lleuwen + Kizzy Crawford + Eädyth + Delyth A Bethan Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £12. Info 01685 722176.
Los Blancos + Sybs Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07818 056599.
Madassa Soul Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Mason Hill + King Kraken + Who Knows Didley? + Scavengers The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected].
R Mike Peters Clarence Hall, Crickhowell. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info contact@
woodfiredsummit.com. Presented by Woodfired Summit. On tomorrow also; today’s date was added due to demand.
Miss Kill + Boxcat + Faster On Fire + Ignitemares + Stay Voiceless Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5 suggested donation. Info [email protected]. Benefit show for Solidarity Not Silence.
Peter Moore Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Trombonist.
Re-Take That Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band in a “fully interactive singalong experience” which means they have the lyrics on a screen.
Ross Gurney City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly session with regular and guest performers.
Rusty Shackle Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862.
Sarah Brown The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721.
Skalet Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Ska covers.
R Swn Festival Various venues, Cardiff. £65 weekend/£22.50 Fri 18 + Sun 20/£27.50 Sat 19. Info www.swnfest.com. Taking place in Clwb Ifor Bach, Jacob’s Market, Kongs, 10 Feet Tall, The Moon, Tramshed, Fuel, O’Neills And The Old Market Tavern, the day-by-day breakdown is like this. Today: Bloxx, Charlotte Adigery, The Comet Is Coming, Cruelty, Easy Life, Flamingods, Gruff Rhys, Himalayas, Josiah Konder, Just Mustard, Krush Puppies, Nilufer Yanya, Rainbow Maniac and Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam. Sat 19: 3 Hwr Doeth, Alien Tango, Big Joanie, Big Thing, Bilge Pump, Black Country, New Road, Bodyhacker, Brand New Friend, Bryde, Campfire Social, Chroma, The Claque, Clwb Fuzz, Conchur White, Darren Eedens & The Slim Pickins, Dehd, Denuo, Devon, Dylan Cartlidge, Eadyth, Egyptian Blue, Elsa Hewitt, Emma McGrath, Fatherson, Feet, Foxxglove, Free Love, Grace Lightman, Gwilym, Haze, HMLT, Hotel Lux, Housewives, The Howl And The Hum, Hyll, Indian Queens, Jack Perrett, Jerskin Fendrix, Jockstrap, John Mouse, Kidsmoke, Lauran Hibberd, Lice, Liz Lawrence, Lunar Bird, MR, Obey Cobra, Owain Felstead, Papur Wal, Pengshui, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Porridge Radio, Ritual Cloak, Rosehip Teahouse, Ruthie, Sam Calver, Scavengers, Self-Esteem, She Makes War, Sick Joy, Silverbacks, Skating Polly, Skinny Pelembe, Social Contract, Sonny Winnebago, Super Marine, Swimming Tapes, Tacet, Telgate, Threatmantics, Thyla, Tiny Deaths. Tom Ravenscroft, Trudy And The Romance, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Ynys and Zooni. Sun 20: Alffa, Amber Arcades, Ani Glass, Asha Jane, Audiobooks, Bambara, Bess Atwell, Bill Ryder-Jones, Casi, Chastity Belt, County Line Runner, Creatures, Do Nothing, Dry Cleaning, Elis Derby, False Hope For The Savage, Far Caspian, Francis Lung, Gaffa Tape Sandy, Ghostlawns, Heavy Lungs, Honest Thieves, Katy J Pearson, Kim Hon, Lazarus Kane, LMNC, Macy, Melin Melyn, Modern Habits, The Murder Capital, Natty Paynter, Orchards, Pagan Wanderer Lu, Patawawa, Plastic Estate, Pozi, Raf Rundell, Rosie Lowe, Rozi Plain, Saint Agnes, Scalping, Seazoo, Shadowlark, She Drew The Gun, Slagheap, Squid, Stats, Twin Peaks, Vistas, Working Men’s Club and Wych Elm. (Until Sun 20)
Tangerinecat + Clusterfuck + Saint Bernardette The Big Top, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented by Cute Owl. Will Cardiff police once again take umbrage at a band with a naughty word in their name playing this venue? Time will tell.
The Cult Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £37.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. See Music.
The Italics The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
The John T Davies Singers Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Performing at the first first of three events in the Schubertiade series of concerts here.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £20.50/£19.50. Info 01656 815995. Tribute show.
The Zinfandels + The Penny Drops + Scott Howell The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER
9bach Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01239 621200. Welsh folkies. In Cardiff on Tue 22; Aberystwyth on Wed 23.
Affinity Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. A performance of American music.
All Dead, All Dead + Cease To See The Sun + Twotiltwelve + Gen And The Degenerates The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Amanda Palmer St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £26. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront.
Bardd Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £11. Info 01686 614555.
Brian McFadden Soul Jam + Bryony Sier The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30-10.30pm, £16 adv. Info 01685 387925. As in your man from Westlife, here to sing an extra soulful version of his song Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar) and perhaps others also.
China Crisis Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Sold out.
Chris Roberts St Edward’s Church, Cardiff. 11am, £3. Info stedward.roath.org.uk. Guitar recital.
Crannog St Mary’s Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night, the first of a new season and in a new venue for them.
Crawlback The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
R Crush Hate Fest Le Public Space, Newport. 12.30-11pm, £35 adv/£20 per day. Info [email protected]. See Music for more on this one. Today features Strange Bones, Street Soldier, Strike Back, Lifer, Fatal Blow, Wolf Cellar, Shallow Graves, Vision Quest, Sentry, Fangs and Kold War; Sun 20 has GBH, SickOnes, Rash Decision, A-Heads, Instruments Of Torture, Nigel, Disjoy, Positive Reaction, That Which Ate The Moon, Lesser Known Character and Ill Fate.
Dr Diablo And The Rodent Show + Doghouse + Unquiet Dead, Instincts + Kitsch N Sinc Inkspot, Cardiff. 9pm-4am, £10 adv. Info 029 2049 0254. Billed as a gothic horror night.
Ed Force One The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £3. Info 01495 247178. Iron Maiden tribute.
Forever Sabbath Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Black Sabbath tribute band.
Frith Piano Quartet Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £17 adv. Info 01239 841387. Second of three Schubertiade concerts here.
From The Jam + The Vapors Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £27.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Jam tribute band, focusing on the Setting Sons album on this tour, headline with new wave one-hit wonders in support.
Hells Bells Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 243252. AC/DC tribute band.
Hope & Social Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18/£14. Info 01873 850805.
James Arthur Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £29.50-£99. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.
James Kennedy Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Jenny Sturgeon + Jonny Hardie Bluestone Brewing Company, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 820833. Two solo folk artists.
John Fairhurst The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01743 860246. Blues-rock guitarist.
Morriston RFC Male Choir Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 7pm, £25. Info 01792 602060.
Paul Cowley Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07818 056599. Acoustic blues.
Paul Simon’s Graceland Live Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £32. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show with the part of Paul played by “viral YouTuber” Josh Turner.
Retrospect Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 9pm, free. Info 01633 439166.
Richard & Adam Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £23/£48 VIP. Info 0300 3656677.
Ross Gurney The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Royal British Legion Charity Gala Concert Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 6.30pm, £18. Info 0845 2263510.
Simon Trigg Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Smash Mouse Sessions The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
S.O.S Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Rock covers.
The Big What!? Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Luke Doherty Band The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6. Info 01497 821762.
The Rocket Man Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01495 227206. Elton John tribute.
The Valli Boys Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Frankie Valli tribute.
Yasmine & The Euphoria + The Brwmys + Alcie Bela NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Ben Frith & Heidi Rolfe Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 2.30-4pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Final of three Schubertiade concerts here with this piano duo.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Coast To Coast + Lapyear + The Camel Show + Boxcat The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected].
Debashish Bhattacharya Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Slide guitarist who takes a raga approach to folk/blues, or perhaps vice versa. I like him!
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jubal’s Lyre St Edward’s Church, Cardiff. 3-5pm, £5. Info stedward.roath.org.uk. Concert performance of Handel’s pastoral opera Acis And Galatea.
Judith Owen Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862.
Panic Station Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Paul Hayes Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7-10.30pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599. Folk.
Richard & Adam Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £20-£45. Info 0845 2263510.
The Best Of John Williams St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £17-£49. Info 029 2087 8444. The London Concert Orchestra perform a bunch of film scores.
The Jukes The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 2pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Lunchtime jazz.
The Slocan Ramblers Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All gig featuring Canadian bluegrass band, sold out however.
Wishbone Ash Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0300 0040444.
MONDAY 21 OCTOBER
Gilad Heksalmann Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Ike Willis & Zappatika Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01443 682388. Frank Zappa tribute band lead by Willis, singer and guitarist in his actual band from 1978-88. Might be sold out by the time you read this.
Pay The Man + Heartwork + Christian Sayers + Callum James + Jazz Phelps The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Greatest Love Of All St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37.50-£47.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Whitney Houston tribute show with the National Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
The Sherlocks Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 029 2023 5555. UK indie band whose album is reviewed in this issue.
TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER
9bach + Adwaith Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2023 2199.
Aquilae Trio Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing pieces by Ravel, Debussy, Arlene Sierra, Max Mitchell, Gubaidulina, William Frampton and Saint-Saëns.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Two sets by the Tom Harvey Trio and Whatthehelliwell.
Faustus Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01792 863722. UK folk trio who have all been in other noted folk combos. See Music. In Cardigan tomorrow; Builth Wells on Thurs 24.
John Davies Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Ma Bessi’s Blues Troupe Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01970 623232. A narrated show with live music about blues legend Bessie Smith. In Rhos Y Gilwen tomorrow.
Rip It Up The 70s St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25.50-£42.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Clunkily titled evening of decade-specific singing and dancing from gymnast Louis Smith, Rachel Stevens, Lee Ryan and Melody from the Pussycat Dolls. Only Rachel was alive in the 70s, for just over 18 months.
Sarah Morrow & Dave Cottle Castle Hotel, Brecon. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Brecon Jazz Club gig.
The Music Of Cream The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER
9bach Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £14.50. Info 01970 623232.
Black3lvis + Hang11 + Lazy Machine Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Presented by The Forte Project.
Coltrane Dedication The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Faustus Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£13. Info 01239 621200.
*Kapil Seshayee + Kate Wood The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners is Scottish and makes folktronica for want of a better term.
Ma Bessi’s Blues Troupe Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387.
Michael Blanchfield Trio Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 12.30pm, £5 adv. Info 0845 2263510. Concerts & Cakes lunchtime show.
Mike De Souza Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Sophie Crabtree.
Peatbog Faeries Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Techno-folk from Skye. Sold out.
Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £52. Info 029 2022 4488. Back, in hologram form.
Sarah Morrow with DC Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £7-£12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Swingcopation Big Band with Phil Lee Thomas & Diana Horan Hill Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
The Goldhawks Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01792 475715. Performing all of Tommy by The Who.
The Selecter Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £36. Info 029 2023 5555. Icons of 2-tone on a 40th anniversary tour also featuring a DJ set by Rhoda Dakar.
The Survival Code + Embers + Idle Crooks & Englishmen + Luna Kiss + Kayleigh Morgan The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Van Morrison St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £48-£78. Info 029 2087 8444.
Youngblood Brass Band + CVC Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199.
THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER
All Strung Out Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Feat The Hi Riders Soul Revue Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £23.75. Info 01495 227206.
An Evening Without Jake Thackray Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01600 772467. Tribute to Thackray himself, from John Watterson.
A Night Of Melody & Song The Met, Abertillery. 7pm, £10. Info 01495 355945. Featuring Katy Treharne, Abertillery Male Voice Choir and Blaina Town Band.
A Time Remembered: Bill Evans 90th Anniversary Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Tribute to jazz pianist who would have been 90 in August.
Black Star Riders + Stone Broken + Wayward Sons Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £29.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Popular hard rockers.
Carolines + Make Friends Music + Tracy Island + Big Character The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
Dave McPherson + Lego Man + Elastic Bandit The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. InMe singer headlines.
Faustus Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 8pm, £15/£13. Info 01982 552555.
Festival Evensong Brecon Cathedral. 6pm, free. Info 01874 611622. Opening event of the annual Brecon Baroque Festival, runing until Mon 28.
Hang Massive The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Anglo-Swedish duo who play the hang, or handpan, with an electronic backing.
Killjoys + Idle Crooks & Englishmen + The Survival Code + Luna Kiss + Sweet Ignitions Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Livin’ Cheap The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Sarah Morrow & Dave Cotle Trio Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Shanghai Shuffle Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Jazz.
Stanley Strong The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Wildwood Jack Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER
Ailsa Tully + Gillie The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Feat The Hi Riders Soul Revue Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01792 863722.
Bardd Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12/£8. Info 0845 2263510.
Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Sold out.
Brecon Baroque: Zelenka Brecon Cathedral. 6.45pm, £15/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque Festival concert.
Bruce Anderson The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Clive Gregson The Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night.
Clusterfuck + Lovely Wife Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. This is promoted by The Shonk and claims to celebrate 60 years of the Noise Abatement Society, however at least one of these bands are very loud so I think this may be a cheeky gesture.
Fat Barry’s Ghoul Band Gwyn Hall, Neath. 8pm, £11. Info 0300 3656677. Local soul covers ensemble with a Treehouse Of Horror-esque rename for the Halloween period
Glas Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Harriet Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. UK singer.
*Hotel De Marl Halloween Covers Show II The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 6-11pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Gig in aid of the Wallich with one-off bands covering Bowie, The Jam, the Beach Boys, The Buzzcocks, The Beatles, Minor Threat, Bruce Springsteen and Gwen Stefani. The 2018 edition of this was lots of fun FYI!
Idge Logan Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447.
In Which It Burns + Greywall + Infernal Diadem The Duke, Neath. 8pm. Info 0300 3656677.
Just Bongo The Hyst, Swansea. 8pm, £6. Info 01792 654366.
Leather & Lace Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £22.50/£21.50. Info 01656 815995. Power ballad covers.
Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 0300 0040444.
London African Gospel Choir Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25. Info 029 2023 5555. Performing Graceland by Paul Simon.
Lulu Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £40/£35. Info 01970 623232. In Cardiff tomorrow.
Margarita Garcia Escarpa Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Classical guitarist.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Pom Poko + Orchards Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ross Gurney The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.
Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra & Chorus St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£6 under-25s. Info 029 2087 8444. Performing works by Tchaikovsky, Fauré and RWCMD graduate Sarah Jenkins, a recent composition titled And The Sun Stood Still.
Sean Maloney The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Meat Loaf tribute act, in Swansea on Thurs 31.
Stanley Strong City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Tenacious G + Portraits The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5-£10. Info [email protected]. Tenacious D tribute.
Terry Neason Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. “Ballads, belters and poetic banter” in the words of the poster. Not wholly familiar with Terry but she has played here before I think.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues, jazz and soul.
The Carpenters Experience Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £17.50. Info 01600 772467.
The Caspiens + Sober The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
The Communicators Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Ska covers.
The King Duo Carnegie House, Bridgend. 8pm, £8. Info 01656 815757. Acoustic guitar.
The Kut The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Tom Hingley & The Kar-Pets Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01685 879491. Inspiral Carpets fella rocks on.
Who’s Next The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £18. Info 01834 861212. Who tribute band play a Quadrophenia-themed club night, also featuring a DJ set by Drew Stansall of The Specials.
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER
Addictive Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free.Info 01656 785420.
A Foreigner’s Journey Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0300 0040444. Folks… it seems to me that in the era of Brexit and Trump, we should spend less time thinking about tribute bands covering the music of Foreigner and Journey, and more time thinking about actual foreigners and actual journeys.
BBC NOW: Bruckner, Mass Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2063 6464.
Bohemian Rhapsodies The Plough Chapel, Brecon. 1pm, £10/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque Festival concert.
uCaffe Bohemia Brecon Cathedral. 10.30am-4.30pm, free. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque Festival drop-in event, on tomorrow also.
Clive Gregson Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07818 056599. Singer-songwriter who founded the band Any Trouble in the early 80s.
Elio Pace’s Billy Joel The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £31/£29. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
Filthy/Gorgeous Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Fire Fences + Tom Auton + Plastic Estate Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Fleetingwood Mac Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.
Gilbert O’Sullivan Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm. Info 01656 815995. Pleasant folk-rocker of old. Sold out!
Goldie Lookin Chain Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £15. Info 01970 623232.
Grace Petrie + Evrah Rose + Sarah McCreadie The Moon, Cardiff. 2 + 7.30pm, £14/£12 adv. Info [email protected]. Two shows for folky rabblerouser Petrie, the evening one having sold out well in advance. Rose is the matinee support act; McCreadie the evening one.
*Hag + Black Shape + Business Dudes + Salt Bath Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2037 3144. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 with some weird noiserock of varying shapes and sizes. BYOB!
Hailbails Pyle Royal British Legion Club, Bridgend. 7.30pm. Info 01656 740210. Playing the monthly Pyle Rock N Roll Club night.
Henry’s Funeral Shoe + Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard + Dead Shed Jokers Priory Centre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by Woodfired Summit.
Hoodoo Blue The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Huw Warren & Mark Lockheart Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7.15-8.45pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Piano/sax jazz duo.
James Kennedy Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Link N Park The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
Luke Philbrick And The Solid Gone Skiffle Invasion NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Lulu St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £35-£45. Info 029 2087 8444.
Metal Gods Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Tribute to NWOBHM and other 80s metal.
My Name Is Ian + Sock The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Pete Way Band + Burnt Out Wreck Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. One of the guys from UFO headlines.
Punchline Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free.Info 01792 203631.
Sinfonia Cymru Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12-£18. Info 029 2039 1391. With guest soloist James Crabb, who plays the accordion would you believe. Give him a quarter and he’ll be dancing for hours!
Skindred + Those Damn Crows + Tigress + Who Knows Didley? + Fallen Temples + Tribeless Cwmbran Stadium. 4-11pm, £25 adv. Info 01633 627101. An afternoon/evening big gig here, titled Stadium Rocks and presented by Torfaen Leisure Trust.
Stars In Their Eyes: The FFAF Fundraiser Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm. Info [email protected]. One-off cover bands playing to raise money for a terminally ill Funeral For A Friend fan – see tomorrow’s gig listings for that band’s own shows.
SYML Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
The Bloodshake Chorus + Man Bites Zombie Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491.
The Crackers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm . Info 029 2062 6015.
The Navarones Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £7. Info 01443 491424. Ska covers.
The Three Bohemians Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £18/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque Festival concert.
Unite Against Hate Festival The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 4-11pm, £10/£7 adv. Info [email protected]. Featuring Lifer, Dead At 27, King Kraken, Scarsun, Inscape, Stay Voiceless, WelterWeight, InAir and Scavengers.
SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER
Cascade + Basement Club + Super Marine + Jetski Babylon Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107.
Echoes Of The Danube Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £20/£18/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque Festival concert.
Festival Eucharist Brecon Cathedral. 11am, free. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque Festival event.
R Funeral For A Friend Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Two of three reunion gigs, the other being in London, by Bridgend rock faves, back together briefly and on tomorrow also.
Gary Hall Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Henge + She Robot The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 5.30pm, £10 adv/£6 under-16s. Info 01743 860246. Popular-at-festivals type band who dress up as wacky space aliens.
NSG Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 029 2023 5555. New UK rap collective of some sort.
Radio Banska Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig for Spanish-influenced fusion jazz outfit.
Oxjam Cardiff 2018 The Moon / Bootlegger / Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 5pm-1am, £6 adv. Info 07891 580349. Annual multi-venue charity alldayer in aid of Oxfam. Confirmed so far, schedule TBC: Blossom Caldarone, Cactus Haus, Crystalline, Codify, Clique, Doc & The Headshrinkers, Frakard, Jack Mac’s Funk Pack, Ladies Of Rage, Lubi J, Missy G, Oh My Rosh, Orikal, Point Of View, Ransom, Risorius, Slipped Disco, The People The Poet and Yasmine And The Euphoria.
Richard Digance Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Comedy folk singer type.
The Crawling + Tides Of Sulfur + Mines The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Sludge and doom metal.
The Welsh Guitar Duo Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, £8/£6. Info 07818 056599.
Treppenwitz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Whitchurch Jam Session #120 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
WNO Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £10-£43. Info 029 2087 8444. Tomáš Hanus conducts a programme of Smetana, Debussy and Dvorák.
MONDAY 28 OCTOBER
Al Stewart Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £38.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Folk-rocker type.
Following The Danube Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £20/£18/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. The final Brecon Baroque Festival concert for 2019, featuring music by Benda, Zelenka, Biber and Mozart.
Like Giants + Angerona The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
*Ty Cerdd St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£3 NUS. Info 029 2087 8444. Experimental composition from Rhodri Davies, Angharad Davies and Tim Parkinson.
TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER
Grangetown Bumps Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Inglorious Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16. Info 029 2023 5555. Hard rock..
Lakes + Brightr + Solstice CC Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Primrose Quartet Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performing various Brahms and Schumann pieces.
Quentin Collins Sextet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER
Andrew McKay & Carol Etherton Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Blanket + Estuary Blacks + Peter Greene The Vault, Swansea. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01792 465300. Presented by Pity My Brain.
Brightr + Lakes The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Bunker The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £7-£12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Gethin Liddington’s Twelve Ten Quintet with Sarah Meek Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Marky Dawson Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Rock’n’roll piano thumper in a Jerry Lee style.
Martha Tilston Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862.
Mojo Phono + Lazarus Moon + Ben Luc The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £6. Info 01792 654366.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Dr Bland’s Bad Batch.
Rob Smith’s Breadmakers Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Robyn Hitchcock Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £16.50. Info 029 2023 2199. UK psych whimsy ledge. See Upfront.
Rowan Rheingans Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01982 552555. UK folk artist, also in the band Lady Maisery. In Machynlleth tomorrow, and in Abergavenny on Thurs 7 Nov.
Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing two pieces by John Mackey.
Soft Machine Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. How did I not know until now that Karl Jenkins, as in the big cheese Welsh composer, was in Soft Machine in the 70s? Well, he’s not in this lineup, but all the other members who played on some live album with him are.
Spector The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Bookish indie band who I’d not thought about for some time.
The Albion Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391.
Weeed The Moon, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5. Info [email protected].
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Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Georgia Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£24. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital.
Mr Ben & The Bens + Sun Drift + Bedface The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Indie.
Rowan Rheingans The Tabernacle, Machynlleth. 7.30pm. Info 01654 703355.
Sean Maloney Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Sons Of Pitches Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01686 614555. Popular a capella quintet.
The Extons + Motel Thieves + The Stray Pursuit The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
The Flyboys The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01633 656757. Swing group who cover modern pop hits.
The Music Of Bond St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50-£42.50. Info 029 2087 8444. All the themes you know and maybe love, performed by an orchestra.