FRIDAY 1 MARCH

Addiction The Maltsters Arms, Pontypridd. Info 01443 485076. Reunited punk band from the late 70s.
Ammanford St David’s Day Concert Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 6.30pm, £12.50. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring Cor Meibion Dyffryn Amman, Catrin Soons, Neve Summers, Osian Clarke and Joseph Cavalli-Price.
BBC NOW St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£41. Info 029 2087 8444. St David’s Day concert featuring music by Arwel Hughes, Hoddinott, Mathias & Mansel Thomas.
Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Heat 3 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from Excursia, Grym, Beyond Sorrow, Ablated and Sounds Of Insane Music. Heat 4 is on Fri 8; heat 5 on Fri 29.
Claire Taylor The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events. Cwmbach Male Choir Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm. Info 01685 879491. St David’s Day concert.
Elliott Oakley Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Funke & The Two Tone Baby The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 5-11pm, £15 adv/£7.50 kids. Info 01743 860246. Ticket price also gets you a pizza and a dessert.
Godot St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. Playing the Pentreffest Noz folk night.
Gould Piano Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing works by Beethoven (ones apparently based on Welsh folk songs, as it’s St David’s Day) and Dvorak.
Grooveline Park Hotel, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 735589. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Heavy Heart + Quentin Suavé + Live, Do Nothing + Werecats + 100% Rabbit The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].  Punk and indie bands presented by DIY Cardiff.
Incursion + Ironvolt + Lead By Lies The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 841133.
Nigel Barker Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Blues-rock with a “band in a box” who appear on five video screens behind Barker.
Off The Record The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Paige Kenzie Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Paul Ashton City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Perpetua + ChuggaBoom + Voidcaller + Cry Of A Cynic + King Kraken Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Celtic Mosh metal night.
Pizzatramp + 6foot7 + Bigg Cathays Commtempathunity Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, free (donations welcome). Info 029 2037 3144. Punk and ska bands.
Rain Kings The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Roy G Hemmings Town Hall, Maesteg. 8pm, £23.50. Info 01656 815995. Classic soul revue from a founder member of The Drifters.
Science Bastard + Fader + World Vs World The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com. Rescheduled from February.
Steve Tilston The Angel, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night.
R Students Of Atlantic College St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £5. Info 01446 799100.  Afternoon cafe concert; price includes tea/coffee and cake. On every Friday this month, plus Sun 31 as a Mother’s Day special (£12 including tea and cake).
The Blues Band Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01600 772467.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Tragedy The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01633 533666. Perma-touring Bee Gees-in-a-metal-style tribute act.

 

SATURDAY 2 MARCH

2Rude + The Riff + Chordie Barry Island Saports & Social Club. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01446 735173. Mod and ska bands playing in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.
Alden, Patterson & Dashwood Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07818 056599. Folk trio.
As It Is + Modern Error + Wilderness Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £14 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Presented by Imperial Music.
Aubrey Parsons The Fox & Hounds, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2069 3377.
Bowie Starman Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01495 227206. Tribute show.
Celynen Silver Band Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 6.30pm, £5. Info 01495 243252.
Children Of The Gravy + Black Angus Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 01495 708022. Tributes to Black Sabbath and AC/DC. COTG are in Aberdare on Sat 16 and Abertillery on Sat 30.
Citrus Society + Jakey Boy Hughes The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01497 821762.
Coppercailie Nicholaston House, Penmaen, Gower, Swansea. 6pm. Info 01792 371317. Dinner and ceilidh for St David’s Day.
Cor Godre’r Aran Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7pm, £12.50. Info 01239 841387. St David’s Day concert from Welsh choir.
Côr Meibion Maesteg A’r Cylch Town Hall, Maesteg. 7pm, £10. Info 01656 815995.
Crystalline + The Roselles + Common People NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash.
Dabbla Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2009 5590. UK hip-hop guy, presented here by The Hold Up. Also featuring DJs Sumgii Beats, Alkemy and Auricom.
Deadwood Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Classic rock covers.
DS:UK Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01834 869323. Dire Straits tribute.
Fatherson + Vistas Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Sold out.
Flash Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Queen tribute band. Sold out.
Geraint Lovgreen + Dim Problem + IWCS Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01443 491424.
Gwalia Singers St Mary’s Church, Swansea. 7pm, £10. Info 01792 402080. St David’s Day concert, also featuring The Eclectics and the Mid Rhondda Brass Band. Compère will be Paul Tabram.
John Parricelli & Huw Warren Duo Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Jazz. First of two appearances by Warren at this venue in February.
King Goon + Red Telephone + Salvador Sanchez + String Theory The Bunkhouse, Swansea. Info [email protected]. These bands are playing as part of a multi-venue festival of sorts, called Nightworks, but there seems to be scant info about it out there.
Lowri Evans Ty Tawe, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 456856.
No Parkin Blues Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Paige Kenzie Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Punchline Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Ragsy The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Roath Folk Festival The Gate, Cardiff. 1-11.30pm, £24 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Featuring The Gentle Good, Nick Harper, The Backroom band, Three Cane Whale, Ivan Moult, VRi, James Bower and Colum Regan.
Sacrilege + Desolation Angels The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £3. Info 01495 247178.
Sara Ashley The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
St David’s Celebration Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £18/£16. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring the Morriston Orpheus Choir, Côr Lleisiau’r Cwm, Nikkila Thomas and Osian Clarke.
St David’s Day Gig The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Bands TBC.
St David’s Day Twmpath National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. With twmpath band Tawerin
The 501’s + Gluehorse + Fighting With Giants + We Used To See The Sky + Cheating Lights The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected]. Gluehorse are good.
The Band Of The Welsh Guards Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.45pm, £16. Info 01874 611622.
The Brotherhood The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
The Counterfeit Stones The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £22/£20 adv. Info 01495 355945. Rolling Stones tribute band.
The Manics-Phonics Experience Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07512 237983. Twin Welsh rock tribute band.
U2baby The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Ultimate Floyd + Deep Hum Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Pink Floyd tribute band supported by a band who are good and not a tribute band.
Urban Dun Differently 2 The Moon, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Hip-hop evening featuring open mic, cypher and spoken word spots. Performers: Starvz, Levi Johnson, Fran B, B Written, Razkid, Luke RV, Stsanza, Tasha TT, Kaytee Mashup, Izzy Jay & Effrt, Acloud, Dubzta, Scoops & ReadyMC plus host EZ Rah.
World Vs World Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Wrong Jovi The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £6. Info 01495 213300. Bon Jovi tribute.

 

SUNDAY 3 MARCH

Alterego Vibe Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178. A soulful acid jazz band form London whose event page makes prominent mention of their being sponsorted by a chain of holiday parks. Sadly I don’t have space to mention which one here.
Barbara Dickson Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £27/£26. Info 01656 815995. Multi-million selling recording artist, say the venue breathlessly. In Carmarthen on Fri 8.
Diversity Day St Andrew’s Church, Roath, Cardiff. 3.30-7pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07919 118209. Featuring sets from, in running order, the Alaw Quartet, Alix Edwards, Diaco Geravandi, Malgola, No (that’s one name with a comma in), Frances Smith, After Dark, Adrian Ó H-Éaluithe and Six Sided Men.
Eleri Angharad National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.
R Frankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. Every Thursday and Sunday this month.
Glas Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Jeremy Huw Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £14/£12.50. Info 029 2039 1391. Welsh baritone, accompanied by pianist Paula Fan.
Miss Kill + Telgate + Obey Cobra The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, pay by donation. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Fundraising gig for Women’s Aid.
Music Club: Beethoven Sonatas The Old College, Aberystwyth. 3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232.
Open Mic The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. With Dave Kenwrick.
Ragsy Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Rash Decision + Pizzatramp + Hack Job + System Reset Chatterton Arms, Pencoed. 4-9pm, free. Info 01656 860293. Punk and hardcore bands play late afternoon/early evening
R Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Also on Sun 17.
Shakin’ Stevens St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37. Info 029 2087 8444. The only socialist popstar that ever mattered.
R Steve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events Every Sunday this month.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Vinna Bee + My Girlfriend’s A Zombie + Massa Circles + Little Eris Jac’s, Aberdare. 5.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.

 

MONDAY 4 MARCH

R Acoustica54 Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 213161. Every Monday.
Efa Supertramp + Geigerzähler Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. Two folk-punk solo acts, in Cardigan tomorrow.
Elaina Hoss Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Playing the jazz night on here every Monday.
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£12.50. Info 01239 621200. Folk duo.
Hayseed Dixie Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £18.50. Info 01792 863722. In Aberystwyth tomorrow; Narberth on Wed 6.
Let’s Swim, Get Swimming + Flour Babies Undertone, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. In Newport on Fri 15.
R Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.

Ward Thomas St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £20.50-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Country-pop duo who we interviewed last month.

TUESDAY 5 MARCH

Blaenavon Male Voice Choir Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 01873 850805. A St David’s Day concert performance. For some reason the venues in these listings seem to be celebrating St David’s Day pretty much whenever they choose this month.
Bryan Adams Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £51.75. Info 029 2022 4488.
Daniel Lebhardt St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Piano recital.
Efa Supertramp + Geigerzähler Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm. Info 07818 056599.
Hayseed Dixie Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18.50. Info 01970 623232.
Juan Martin St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£18. Info 029 2087 8444. Flamenco guitarist, in Pembrokeshire tomorrow.
Peter Andre Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £29.50-£47. Info 01792 475715. Most recently seen in these listings within the name of my friends’ occult rave band, Godspeed You! Peter Andre, the real thing now returns with a tour celebrating 25 years in the music biz. Although according to Wikipedia not much of note happened for him in 1994 so I’m unclear how this was worked out.
Ron King’s Rhythm Aces Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Two sets by jazz ensembles, first the Maria Fox Trio and the Peter Johnson Band after that.
Trapper Schoepp + Adam Peachfuzz + Iolo Edger Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. American alt-country guy headlines. He has an album out this month which we got for review but didn’t. Sorry Trapper.
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
R Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
R Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Every Tuesday this month.
R Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.

 

WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH

A Night Like This + Winchester + I Digress The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info [email protected].
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 15.
R Bella & Gareth Blues Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 20.
CAVMS Youth Band & Torfaen Youth Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
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.
Gruffydd Wyn Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £23/£22. Info 0845 2263510. Welsh vocalist, was on Britain’s Got Talent. In Blackwood on Thurs 21; Maesteg on Fri 29..
Hayseed Dixie Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01834 869323.
Juan Martin Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10pm, £15. Info 01239 841387.
Lipstick On Your Collar Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23.50/£18.50. Info 01792 475715. Retro musical revue.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Only The Poets Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.
R Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday.
R Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. 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 a Day Of The Dude special whatever that means.
Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 384111. First Wednesday of every month. Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
Phil Donkin: Master Frown Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Sea Girls + Apre Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. New indie band of some sort.
Seamus Blake International Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Seren Winds The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. Cardiff wind quintet, presented by Live Music Now.
Skylab 3 Undertone, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Live electronica fella who lives in Cardiff and is signed to the Babygrande label.
Taylor Swift & The Divas Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £5.50-£8.50. Info 01239 621200. Shockingly, not in fact an appearance in Cardigan from global superstar Taylor Swift, but rather someone pretending to be her alongside a backing ensemble who offer music by women from the last 50 years of pop.

THURSDAY 7 MARCH

R Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, from £5. Info 029 2038 7026. Monthly showcase featuring two sets from musicians TBC.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Jeremiah Pip Smith The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
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; March’s is James Bower.
Para Alta + Vanilla + Sssnakes + Lead Coloured River The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
Simply Singers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. A capella vocal ensemble playing as part of Pizza Night here. The pizzas aren’t free.
Sinfonia Cymru & Sheku Kanneh-Mason Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2039 1391. Sold out gig with renowned UK cellist Kanneh-Mason as special guest.
Sophie Crabtree + Frankie Wesson + The Algal Bloom NosDa, Cardiff. 9-11pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. A Live By The River night presented by U&I Radio.
Sweet Caroline Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £22 adv. Info 01639 763214. Neil Diamond tribute.
The Root Doctors Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2062 6015.
Wille & The Bandits + The Rainbreakers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Cornish blues/funk/rock band headline. Bands like this only really exist in Cornwall but seem to be popular in many other places.

 

FRIDAY 8 MARCH

10cc St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £39.50/£35.50. Info 029 2087 8444. AOR pop royalty. Sold out.
AJ Tracey Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. London grime MC.
Barbara Dickson Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £28/£26. Info 0845 2263510.
BBC NOW: International Women’s Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2063 6464. Valentina Peleggi, conducts a programme of female composers including Clara Schumann and Augusta Holmès.
Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Heat 4 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from Incursion, Rapture’s End, Lead By Lies, Anal Floss Is Boss and From The Depths.
Burnout + Parla + Parkview + Crystalline + Bear Island Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Punk and alt-rock bands.
Chris Kelly The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Claire Taylor Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Doc & The Headshrinkers + Iron Gosling Creature Sound, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 301178.
Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gilbert De Greeve Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 852960. Recital by Belgian pianist.
Gunderson The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Islands In The Stream Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0300 3656677. Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers tribute.
Jon Boden & The Remnant Strings Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01792 863722. New band of UK folk favourite, ex-Bellowhead.
Just Drive + Carolines + Kingson The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2022 8883. EP launch for headliners.
Laura Jurd Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. UK jazz trumpeter with 14-piece Anglo-Norwegian band. Previewed in last month’s Music section.
Luke Daniels & Nancy Kerr The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01639 843163. Folk duo.
Madeleine Mitchell Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Violinist with a performance celebrating 100 years of female composers.
Mica Jane The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
MR + Los Blancos + Y Sybs Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. AKA Mark Roberts, ex of Catatonia. Sold out, though he’s also playing in Aberystwyth on Fri 29.
News From Nowhere + X-Twenty-Two + White Riot The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
Night Flight + Ralph Taylor + The Echo & The Always Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
Rain Kings City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Soundwire The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected]. Swansea psych/shoegaze band whose album was reviewed in the last issue.
St David’s Concert Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £7/£3 under-12s. Info 01685 384111. Featuring the Sing With Us Merthyr Tydfil Choir, Coed-y-Dderwen Community Primary School Choir and soloists Iori Haugen and Nathan Coles.
That Which Ate The Moon Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm. Info [email protected].
The Bryan Adams Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute act.
The Carpenters Experience Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £18. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute show.
The Carpenters – Voice Of The Heart Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £20.50/£18.50. Info 01495 227206. Also a tribute show.
The Dime Notes Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15/£12.50. Info 01600 772467. Swinging jazz 1920s style.
The Neighbourhoods + Guilty Rascals + Kasia Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Blink 182 tribute band headline.
R The Pollen Count The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events. Also here on Fri 22.
The Royal + Dead Luke Juliet + Epsilon + Profiler Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Metalcore bands.
The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Spectrums Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Classic synthpop covers. In Merthyr on Fri 29.
Tyketto + Kane’d Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £21. Info 0300 0040444. American cock rockers who broke out in the early 90s headline. Originally booked in the Pontypridd Muni, which closed in a blaze of ineptitude just before Christmas.
Windshake + Layman’s Terms + Finding Aurora The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com.
Wooze Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.

 

SATURDAY 9 MARCH

2 Tickets 2 The Gunshow Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Audiobooks Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Debut Welsh gig proper (they did a Spillers instore last year) for electropop curio duo featuring albino wildman David Wrench..
Bass 12 Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Beth Prior Collective + Fat Cat Sound The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01743 860246.
Brit Floyd St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £34.50/£104.50 VIP. Info 029 2087 8444. Pink Floyd tribute band.
Christopher Howe The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Claire Taylor Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Dirty Flamingos + Pondlife The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Dirty Sound Magnet Undertone, Cardiff. 6-9pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Psychedelic rock of some sort.
Frankie Weeson The Fox & Hounds, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2069 3377.
Geneveive The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3m, free. Info 01874 611622. Solo jazz/folk artist.
Independent Women”s Day Half Dayer Le Public Space, Newport. 4pm, £7. Info [email protected]. Featuring sets from She’s Got Spies, Heartwork, Bodyhacker, Rosehip Teahouse, Mogan and Live, Do Nothing.
Joanna Macgregor Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.45pm, £17. Info 01239 841387. Concert pianist performs works by Beethoven and Chopin among others.
Kamikazee Millionaires The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm. Info 01495 213300. Rock covers.
Kingson Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Mainly Madness Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Madness tribute band.
Mötley Crüde + Poizon The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. Glam metal tribute bands.
Motörheadache Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Motörhead tribute band.
Oceans + Ghosts As Alibis + Urfe The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com.
Reef Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 01792 468892.
Selena In The Chapel The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Sepulchre + Blind Divide + Raptures End + Garuda Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Showhawk Duo The Arch, Neath. 8pm, £13 adv. Info 07791 923214. Dance hits played acoustically.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £6-£17. Info 01633 656757. With cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
Stanley Strong Fairwater Hotel, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 3049. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Stiff Little Fingers Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Ulster punx of repute.
Swansea University Orchestra & Welsh Sinfonia Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 6.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01792 602060.
The Boogiemen Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Carpenters Experience The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tribute band.
The Lips + Access All Areas Jac’s, Aberdare. Free. Info 01685 879491. Playing after the rugby, which kicks off at 2.15pm.
The University Singers Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232. Performing Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
The Vibrators + The Lon Chaney 5 + Poetic Justice Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07970 063107. Punk oldsters.
T. Rextasy Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8pm, £23.50/£22.50. Info 01446 738622. T. Rex tribute band.
White Riot + Vanilla + String Theory + The Furns Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 301178.

 

SUNDAY 10 MARCH

Albino Frogs Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Annual St David’s Day Concert Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 5pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 0040444. With the Cwmbach Male Choir.
BBC Big Band Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £22.50-£32.50. Info 029 2063 6464.
Dame Area + Beauty Parlour + Trophic Cascade Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2039 9557. No less than THREE synth/vox electronic duos, Dame Area hailing from Barcelona and the other two from Cardiff.
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 24 in March), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 17) too.
Haunted By Ghosts + Finn + Simon Knight Jac’s, Aberdare. 5.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Regular gypsy jazz jam and performance club, led by Ben Crieghton Griffiths on harp this month.
Lee Gilbert & His Big Band Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 0300 0040444.
Nikolai Demidenko Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £8-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. Pre-lunch piano recital by esteemed Russian.
Padraig Lalor Browns, Laugharne. 5pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Paul Carrack St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £41.50/£36.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Singer from Mike & The Mechanics, who play here on Thurs 21.

 

MONDAY 11 MARCH

Cardiff County & Vale Of Glamorgan Junior Music Festival St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2087 8444.
Dick Hamer Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
John Doughty Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 1.30pm, £5/£1 dementia friendly/free carers. Info 01446 738622. Performing as part of the Concerts And Cakes series of lunchtime performances.

 

TUESDAY 12 MARCH

Calva Louise + Kid Capichi Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
Cardiff County & Vale Of Glamorgan Spring Showcase St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2087 8444.
Dave Cottle Trio The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10 members. Info info@
breconjazzclub.org. Also featuring Victoria Klewin this month. A Brecon Jazz Club event.
Elio Pace Presents Elvis Presley Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £24.50/£22.50. Info 01970 623232. Tribute act. In Newport on Wed 20.
Grangetown Bumps Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Iain Ballamy Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Lucy Russell & Sezi Seskir Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Violin and fortepiano duo performing works by Beethoven.
UFO Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Not sure who is actually in this incarnation of the German hard rock veterans and as this gig is sold out I shall assume that everyone who bought a ticket has checked that out for themselves.

 

WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH

Al Swinger Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night with a band paying tribute to Chick Corea.
George Ezra + Sigrid Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.
Judy Cook Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
No Violet + Charlie Says + Fioled The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Ben Dain-Smith.
Royal Welsh College Brass Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Robert Childs conducts a programme of Russian, Bulgarian and Romanian composers.
RWCMD Chamber Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Sister George Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Skyliners Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Smokepurrp + Jack Bruno + Don Krez + Richie Wess Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Miami rapper aligned to the Soundcloud rap movement, if you can call it that.
R The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 27.
Trep + With Eden In Progress + The 501s Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 07970 063107. Headliners are in Swansea on Sat 16.

 

THURSDAY 14 MARCH

Blue Planet II Live In Concert Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £40. Info 029 2022 4488. The live version of the Attenborough-helmed TV show. I’m not sure where best to put this but it’s an orechestra from Prague performing the music from the show in front of a huge screen of nautical footage.
Danielle Nicholls Band The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Godsticks Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Welsh prog-metallers.
Ian Stoutzker Prize: Semi-Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
Mark Purnell + Darren Baker Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
O’Hooley & Tidow Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01792 863722. Yorkshire folk duo. Need to see a gig by them at some point!
Rebecca Hurn The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
Red Rum Club + The Now + Caspiens The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected].
R Steve Edmunds The Lime Tree, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 620959. Presented by Nailed It Events. Also here on Thurs 28 this month. The Best Of Wham! Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
The Coral + Cut Glass Kings + Marvin Powell Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. The Ragdolls Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01834 869323. Frankie Valli tribute act who, it says here, have won the Best Frankie Valli Tribute Act award every year since 2014. Leading me to think that these guys should retire at the top, and all the other Frankie Valli tribute acts should also retire as they will never be as good as The Ragdolls.
The Sensational 60s Experience St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £30. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring Mike Pender, Chris Farlowe, Herman’s Hermits, The Swinging Blue Jeans, New Amen Corner and The Fourmost. In Swansea on Sat 16.
The Thom Voyce Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Thunder And Rain Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01646 651725. Folk/jazz duo. In Llandeilo tomorrow.

 

FRIDAY 15 MARCH

A4 Brass Quartet Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01873 850805. Performing works by Rossini, Strauss, Debussy and more.
Acoustic Sinners Park Hotel, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 735589. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Adwaith + Lewys + Eädyth Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Welsh language bands presented by Twrw.
BBC NOW: Elgar Enigma Variations Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£22. Info 01792 475715.
Black Grape Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. See Upfront for an interview with Shaun Ryder, juggling this band among his varied means of paying the bills.
Blak Twang + Ty + Rodney P Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Three big dogs of 90s/00s UK hip-hop on what they call the Kingdem Tour. This will make a lot of old heads very happy and fair play to them!
Daisy Chapman Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 07818 056599.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Soul.
David Gray St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32-£101.50. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront for an interview. Gig is sold out though! Apart possible from the top price ticket, a VIP thing. You don’t even get to meet Dave for that either.
Deaf Havana Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Norfolk rockers.
Deep Blue Something + The Riff Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 01792 468892. You know how many recipe blogs are obliged, for some copyright-related reason, to preface their recipes with a really long rambling story that  no-one cares about? The musical equivalent of that will be this band’s set before they play their hit single.
Harvey Jones + The Kelly Line + Rebecca Hern + Ellis Thomas The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Hells Bells The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. AC/DC tribute band.
I Digress + These Five Years + Garuda + WelterWeight The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 841133.
Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind + Heavy Flames + Nicotine Pretty Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01685 879491. Swampy garage rocker headlines.
Kenny Driscoll Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Les Barker Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night. See Music for more on Solasta, who are also in Cwmafan on Mon 18 and Pontyclun on Wed 20.
Let’s Swim, Get Swimming + Exploder + Last Hyena + Flour Babies Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info [email protected].
R Listen To The Voice Of Fire Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £10 adv per night. Info 01970 633088. Really neat double evening of British underground experimental tackle by promoters also called Listen To The Voice Of Fire. Tonight features Laura Netz, Itdreamedtome, Sharron Kraus and Bell Lungs; tomorrow boasts Hawthonn, The Kitchen Cynics and Ashtray Navigations.
London Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. With painist Catherine Milledge.
News From Nowhere + Curious Orange + Hobgoblin + David Ian Roberts The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected].
Paige Kenzie City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Paul Ashton The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rammlied Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107. Rammstein tribute band.
Ray ‘Taff Williams’ Stringfellows The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly night, usually on the third Friday.
Sonance + This Ends Here + Warrior Pope The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 present three bands from Bristol, variously in the post-metal/crust/doom way of things and all for free.
Sore Teeth + Drunken Marksman + Positive Reaction + System Reset The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £4. Info 01495 213300. Crust and hardcore bands, rescheduled from last month.
Spindle Ensemble The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Not heard of these before but they’re from Bristol and claim Moondog, Eric Satie and Mulatu Astatke as influences, so not a bad start.
Stayin’ Alive UK Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £19 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Bee Gees tribute band.
String Sisters Pencoed Library, nr Bridgend. 1pm, £6. Info 01656 815995.
The Albion Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£13 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing works by Bach, Haydn and Schumann.
The Italics The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.

 

SATURDAY 16 MARCH

Antarctic Monkeys The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Barry Steele & Friends: The Roy Orbison Story Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01874 611622. Tribute show.
Ben Ja Min The Fox & Hounds, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2069 3377.
Bottlekids + Deathtraps The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com.
Children Of The Gravy Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01685 879491.
CJ The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Darkside The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Pink Floyd tribute.
Fire Fences + Pinups + Rhys Davis & The Liberators + The Roselles The Moon, Cardiff. 7.20pm, freee. Info [email protected]. Playing after the rugby, for which the venue opens at 11am.
Forever Sabbath Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Black Sabbath tribute.
Glas Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Guns 2 Roses + Saints Of Los Angeles Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. Tributes to Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe.
Junior Conservatoire Foyer Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.45pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
KT Tunstall + Laurel + Gorran Tramshed, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm, £28.50 adv/£100 VIP. Info 029 2023 5555. The VIP package grants you the privilege of watching KT Tunstall soundcheck, and if you think a ton sounds like a bargain for such an experience, you’re not alone as it’s sold out.
Mellt Letterston Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £5. Info 01834 869323. Welsh language indie band, presented here by Span Arts.
Peter Knight & Jon Spiers Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.30pm, £12.50. Info 01239 841387. Former members of Steeleye Span and Gigspanner. In Pentyrch tomorrow.
Pipe Dream The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11-£22. Info 029 2039 1391. Two nephews of qawwali  figurehead Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan perform this mystical Sufi musical style on traditional instruments.
Rock And Roll Revolution Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01646 695267. Fifties musical tribute courtesy of a band called The Bluejays.
Shackleton Trio The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Folk.
The Big What?! Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Erin Bardwell Collective Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 615952. Ska band supported by a DJ set from Mr A.
The Jedis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Sensational 60s Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28 adv. Info 01792 475715.
The Stoned Roses The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
The Stray Pursuit + String Theory + Portraits + The Furns Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892.
The Zoots Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 01495 227206. Sixties cover band.
Token Women CMC Sports & Leisure Club, University Hospital Of Wales, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8 adv/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night.
Tony Wright Priory Centre, St Mary’s, Abergavenny. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info contact@
woodfiredsummit.com. Terrorvision frontman does his solo thing. Presented by Woodfired Summit.
Trep + Eden In Progress + Epic Fail + Excursia Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info [email protected].
White Riot + Finding Aurora + The Rivers Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £3. Info [email protected].

 

SUNDAY 17 MARCH

Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Alfie Boe + Hattie Briggs St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37-£177. Info 029 2087 8444. Classical crossover bloke. Top price gets you a “very limited opportunity to meet Alfie” which could be read either of two ways. On tomorrow also.
Cactus Haus + Fly By Night + King Cerulean + Unbranded The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026.
New Music From Ireland Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400. Featuring John Buckley, Frank Corcoran, Benjamin Dwyer, Jenn Kirby John McLachlan and Fergus Johnston.
Peter Knight & Jon Spiers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
Red Hot Riot + The Strays + The Bug Club Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm. Info [email protected].
Richard Henton Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Southside Johnny & The Ashbury Dukes Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
The Fugitives Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
ZilpZalp + Probably Not + Fallow + Better Than Mending Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2037 3144. Emo/screamo of the original skool type, plus some more post-hardcore-y stuff.

 

MONDAY 18 MARCH

Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8.30pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gypsy Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

 

TUESDAY 19 MARCH

Cardiff University Contemporary Music Group Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. With director Robert Fokkens.
Joanne Shaw Taylor Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.  Blues-rocker
Martin Taylor & Ulf Wakenius Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01792 863722. Duo of esteemed jazz guitarists.
Ólafur Arnalds St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £32. Info 029 2087 8444. Modern classical pianist. See Music for more.
Ollendorff / Hitchcock / Downard / Michel Group Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
The Camelia Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Shifters + My Name Is Ian + The Cool Greenhouse + Drunk Tourist The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Headliners are from Australia and do a wonky postpunk indie thing while TCGH sounds like Mark E Smith meets John Shuttleworth.

 

WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH

Capital City Jazz Orchestra with Chris Dean Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Elio Pace Presents Elvis Presley The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25.50/£23.50. Info 01633 656757.
Hollow Log Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £5. Info 01685 384111. Country blues.
John Illsley Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £22. Info 01600 772467. One of Dire Straits’ non-Knopfler quotient.
Kevin North + Stuffed Queens Jac’s, Aberdare. 8.30pm. Info 01685 879491.
One Small Step Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 10.30am + 1.30pm, £2. Info 01686 614555. John Barber and Sinfonia Cymru with a performance celebrating 50 years since the firtst moon landing.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Christian Punter.
Pete Oxley / Nicholas Meier Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
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.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Two sets by jazz ensembles, first the Alex Lockheart Quartet and What The Helliwell after that.
Slim Chance Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. Ronnie Lane’s band crack on posthumously, maybe with a Small Face-shaped hologram who knows.
The Jerseys Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £22/£19.50 kids. Info 0300 0040444. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS TRIBUTE ACTS???
The Lounge Kittens + Grant Sharkey The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. The first band at the Globe this month who aren’t a tribute band, although they are mainly noted for doing wacky covers. Love to live through a musical golden age.
WNO Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tomáš Hanus conducts a programme of Strauss, Mozart and Brahms.

 

THURSDAY 21 MARCH

3 Daft Monkeys The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £13 adv. Info 01792 475147. In Pentyrch tomorrow.
Andy Park The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Butterfly’s Wing Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01792 602060. Jazz quartet headed by vocalist Jacqui Dankworth.
Edgelarks Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Duo of Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin.
Fraccalvieri/Long Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gruffydd Wyn Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01495 227206.
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01874 611622. UK folk duo.
Mike & The Mechanics St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £42/£37. Info 029 2087 8444. MOR monsters.
Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier Quartet Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £11/£10. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Pi & Hash Showcase The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Steve Knightley Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £19. Info 01239 621200. UK folk perennial, frontman of Show Of Hands. In Builth Wells tomorrow; Pontardawe Sat 23.
The Christians The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Soft-poppers from the 80s.
The Pitchforks Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
The Wailers Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. As in ‘Bob Marley & The’. Sold out.

 

FRIDAY 22 MARCH

3 Daft Monkeys Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
A Night At The Proms St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.50-£24. Info 029 2087 8444. With the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra.
Battle Of The Bands The Hyst, Swansea. 6pm. Info 01792 654366. Presented by The Wave and StudentDigz.
Cardiff University Symphony Chorus & Chamber Orchestra Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £5/free NUS and under-18s. Info 029 2056 4554. Performing works by Haydn and Beethoven.
Chris Kelly City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Desert Storm + Made Of Teeth + Kong Lives The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Stoner and doom type bands.
DNA Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 863722. Welsh pop-vocal duo
Eclectic Shed Experience Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995. Acoustic Club gig.
Half Man Half Biscuit Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Still the GOAT when it comes to British whimsy. Not least because nearly all other things which can be described that way are foul and abhorrent.
Higher-On Maiden Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Iron Maiden tribute band.
Maesteg Amateur Operatic Society Spring Concert Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.15pm, £6-£8. Info 01656 815995.
Max Cooper Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2023 2199. See Clubs for more on this, largely cos that’s what Max is most readily linked with; this however will be a live/AV electronic set.
Paige Kenzie The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Steve Knightley Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £19. Info 01982 552555.
Sweet Ignitions + Awakening Savannah + Greenmailer + Lazarus Moon + Dark Valley The Green Rooms, Treforest. 7pm, £5. Info 01443 841133. A Meddwlfest gig.
The Bakestones + Anonymous Iconoclasts + Mojo Phono Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Soul.
The Daze Of Change + Oxbowlake The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected].
The Electric Swing Circus + Timbali Players + Dapper Cadavers Laser Station, Carmarthen. 8pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01267 235648. Live electroswing etc.
The People The Poet The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £6.50/£4 adv. Info 01685 387925.
The Point Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Toby Hay + David Ian Roberts The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Two leftfield folk guitartists. Toby is good, not au fait with David.
Wednesday’s Wolves + Velvet Circus The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
XY&O Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Reclusive dance-pop locals.

 

SATURDAY 23 MARCH

R Amy Wadge & Luke Jackson Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. On tomorrow also, both dates sold out.
Anonymous Iconoclasts + Wheniwas5 + Church & Puppets + Elliot Oakley NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Beyond The Barricade Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £24. Info 0845 2263510. Songs from the musicals.
Blood Red Saints Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388.
Cellar Darling The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Symphonic metal.
Chris John Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Dead At 27 + Soviets + Handsome Ape Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Dean Mack’s Award-Winning Elvis Tribute Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983.
From The Jam Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8pm, £22. Info 01446 738622. Bruce Foxton and helpers mod on.
Huw Warren & Adriano Adewale Duo Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. Welsh jazzman meets Brazilian percussionist.
Ian Cal Ford & The Brakemen Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07818 056599.
Ian McNabb Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Liverpudlian indie/pop veteran.
Jack Mac’s Funk Pack + Bass 12 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Jess Stevens The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, also here on Sat 30.
Matt Forde & The Foden’s Brass Band Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01686 614555.
Mike Dennis + Paul John Bailey The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com.
Mr Tea & The Minions The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. In Rhayader on Fri 29.
Mumbo Jumbo Llanbedr Village Hall, nr Crickhowell. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01873 812385. Folk.
Mynyddislwyn Male Choir 50th Anniversary Concert Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 6pm, £15. Info 01495 243252. Featuring guest showings from some youthful pop whippersnapper locals, Into The Ark and James Dean Bradfield out of the Manics!
Peter Jagger The Fox & Hounds, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2069 3377.
Philomusica: Music At The Movies Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232.
Ross Gurney Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Showaddywaddy Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01495 227206.
Someone Like You: The Adele Songbook Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £20/£19. Info 01646 695267. Tribute show. In Cardiff on Sat 30.
Son Of Man The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 387925. Spinoff from Welsh proggers Man.
Steve Knightley Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01792 863722.
The Boogiemen Jac’s, Aberdare. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
The Jokers The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £3. Info 01495 247178.
The Masterplan Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Walk Like A Man Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 0300 3656677. Frankie Valli tribute act.
Witch Tripper + White Raven Down + Black Tree Vultures + Left For Red + Fallen Temples + Who Knows Didley + The Phil Beddo Band The Dolls House, Abertillery. 4pm, £4. Info 01495 213300. Charity gig in aid of Mencap.
Whitney: Queen Of The Night Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26.50/£24.50. Info 01792 475715. Whitney Houston tribute show.
Who’s Next The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Who tribute band. The evening also features a DJ set from former Specials member/Prince Buster sideman Drew Stansall.

 

SUNDAY 24 MARCH

BBC NOW: Family Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2087 8444.
Junior Hacksaw Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Kamus String Quartet Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 2pm, £5-£15. Info 01792 602060.
My Baby The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. A “Dutch-New Zealand band from Amsterdam” playing “a mix of blues, country and funk”. Band descriptions you can smell.
Night At The Musicals Gwyn Hall, Neath. 6pm, £10. Info 0300 3656677. Featuring the Pelenna Male Voice Choir, The Sound Of Voices, Mini Voices and Serenata. In aid of the British Lung Foundation Singing For Lung Health Group.
Seven Stories High + Dead Restless The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Student Action For Refugees Fundraiser The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, pay by donation. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Presented by the Live Music Society.
The Bay Rum Hounds Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

 

MONDAY 25 MARCH

Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Panic! At The Disco Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £47.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.
The Slow Readers Club Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892.

TUeSday 26 MARCH

Blue Rose Code Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01873 850805. Soulful folk project from Scotland.
Busted Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £42.50. Info 029 2022 4488. They have a song on their new album in praise of Elon Musk, and why not? It isn’t like there’s any chance of it dating badly.
Droves + Gay Panic Defence + Shishu + Glib Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Two cool Scottish grindcore/powerviolence type bands on tour.
Firewoodisland + Long For The Coast + In The Goodship The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£7 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
Hot Strings Cafe Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344.
Kikker + When It Mattered + Multitap The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Kristin Hersh The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. See Music for an chat with this eternal legend.
The Fureys Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01239 621200. Irish folkies. In Brecon tomorrow, Neath on Thurs 28 and Monmouth Fri 29.
Vula Viel Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.
thefluteandtankard.com. See Music for more on this neat group who mix Ghanaian percussion, techno and tinkly post-rock. In Ystradgynlais tomorrow.

 

WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH

Concerts & Cakes Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 12.30pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.
ConunDrum Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 1.30pm, £5/£1 dementia friendly/free carers. Info 01446 738622. Performing as part of the Concerts And Cakes series of lunchtime performances.
Dave Jones Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Two sets by jazz ensembles, first the Maria Fox Trio and the Peter Johnson Band after that.
Ian Bateman with Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Idles + Crows Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Spiky topical rockers from Bristol headline. Gig sold out almost as soon as it went on sale.
Matt Cox & Lee Sigerson The Small Space, Barry. 8pm, £5. Info [email protected]. New bimonthly jazz night.
Moya Brennan Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.30pm, £18. Info 01239 841387. Clannad vocalist. In Pentyrch on Sun 31.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is The Freeway.
Phil Dando Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Siobhan McCrudden + Laura Power + Patronus The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9-11pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.
The Brother Brothers RAFA Club, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 01437 729517. Country/folk duo from Illinois. On Abergavenny tomorrow.
The Fureys Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £21/£20. Info 01874 611622.
The Undercover Hippy The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
Tom Russell Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £22 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. American country-rocker who started his career in the early 70s before finding a second wind, and an alt-country fanbase, from the late 90s onwards. Will be sold out by the time you read this, neat booking though.
Vula Viel The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £11/£9. Info 01639 843163.

 

THURSDAY 28 MARCH

BBC NOW Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 01970 623232. Kensho Watanbe conducts a programme of Tchaikovsky and Joaquin Rodrigo, with guest guitarist Thibaut Garcia.
Bodega Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Electric Eel Shock The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£7 adv. Info [email protected].
Gerry Cinnamon Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Glaswegian Britpop revivalist who has done that thing of being so fiercely popular in one place (Scotland) that eventually something has to give and he starts getting popular elsewhere. As such this is sold out.
Guns That Do Tricks Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. Loose musical collective with Cardiff mainstays Kris Jankins and DJ Jaffa at the helm.
He Writes The Songs: The Manilow Songbook Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £22/£20. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute show. In Porthcawl tomorrow.
Holding Absence The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Local post-hardcore emoters, album reviewed in this issue.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
John Nicholas The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
Modern Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
NCI Porthcawl Choral Evening Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £8-£15. Info 01656 815995.
Nick Dow Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Rachel Taylor-Beales + Dylan Fowler Bethesda Chapel, Narberth. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01834 869323. Two Welsh folk/roots artists.
Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir & Badinerie Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring a performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers, conducted by Adrian Partington.
The Bay Rum Hounds Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
The Brother Brothers Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8pm, £13 adv. Info 01873 852960.
The Fureys Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £24.19. Info 0300 3656677.
Zoe Wren Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night.

 

FRIDAY 29 MARCH

A Night At The Opera Canton Liberal Club, Cardiff. £5 adv. Info 029 2021 0741. Queen tribute band. Their last ever gig apparently. I guess no-one is interested in Queen these days.
R Big Mac’s Wholly SAoul Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Sold out, but an extra date has been added tomorrow.
Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Heat 5 Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from Levitas, Infernal Diadem, Eulogy, Fallen Temples and Cadacus..
Calypso City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Christopher Howe The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Daoirí Farrell The Angel, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night with Irish folkie Farrell, who is in Cardigan tomorrow and Builth Wells on Sun 31.
Elder Druid + Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters + Lacertilia The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
Gassed Up + Azazel Warehouse 54, Newport. 7.40pm, £8 adv. Info 01633 213161. Crush Hate Fest present a grime/metal crossover outfit and a beatdown hardcore band with a death metal style logo.
Glenn Tilbrook Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Sold out.
Gruffydd Wyn Town Hall, Maesteg. 8pm, £20.50/£45.50 with meet and greet. Info 01656 815995.
Health + Bliss Signal Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Polished noiserockers from the Bay Area headline. They have a new album just out.
He Writes The Songs: The Manilow Songbook Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01656 815995.
Kelly’s Heroes The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Lanyi Cardiff University Concert Hall. 3-4pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. Cardiff University’s West African drumming ensemble (I did not know they had such a thing but am pleased they do) perform end-of-year concert.
Lee Calaway Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Mal Pope Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Stories and music from Radio Wales presenter and singer-songwriter.
Mansant + Neil & Louise Thomas Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Mark Morriss Priory Centre, St Mary’s, Abergavenny. 7pm, £11 adv. Info contact@
woodfiredsummit.com. Bluetones frontman does his solo thing. Presented by Woodfired Summit.
MR Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10-£14. Info 01970 623232.
Mr Tea & The Minions + Candy Mountain The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01743 860246.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Palm Tree Antics The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Raters Jazz Night & Dinner Celtic Manor, nr Newport. 7pm, £49. Info 01633 413000. Live jazz and a four-course meal with a cocktail.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£41/free under-16s/each additional child £5. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring works by Elgar and Beethoven.
Sister Bodhi + Harri Davies St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 07960 820645. EP launch gig for a duo of two Welsh solo musicians, Jodie Marie and Bella Collins.
The Brothers Blue Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues Brothers tribute.
The Firm Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Fureys Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01600 772467.
The Rubies The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Rumblestrutters Jack Murphys, Swansea. 1-4pm. Info 01600 772467.
The Spectrums The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925.
The Switch Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Worried Men Park Hotel, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 735589. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Throwing Knives + The D Teez + Ill Fate + Blunt Trauma Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Punk bands.
Vanilla + The Government + Motel Thieves Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £3. Info 01792 301178.
Waterloo Live The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01495 355945. Abba tribute band.
Wolf Jaw + Static Fires The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].

 

SATURDAY 30 MARCH

Ail Symudiad Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm. Info 07818 056599.
Andrew Harley + Well Seasoned The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 6.30pm, £10. Info 01639 843163. Vocalist-cum-impersonator supported by a swing trio. Raising money for Ystradgynlais AFC Juniors and Penrhos Youth Centre.
Black Angus Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. AC/DC tribute.
Bootleg Blondie Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 863722.
Cantaloop Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. UK funk band.
Children Of The Gravy The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 213300.
Daoirí Farrell Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£14. Info 01239 621200.
DiElle The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £16/£13. Info 01633 656757. Folk-pop trio.
Excellent Skeleton + Penny Rich + Sophie Crabtree NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Explosive Light Orchestra Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £18.50/£18. Info 01656 815995. ELO tribute band.
Fragment Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Gaz Brookfield + B-Sydes Snails Deli, Cardiff. 7pm, £22 adv. Info 029 2062 0415. Singer-songwriter. Price includes a buffet.
Henry Marten’s Ghost The Fox & Hounds, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2069 3377.
Illegal Eagles The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25/£24. Info 01633 656757. Eagles tribute band.
Jeff Hooper Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Swing classics.
Lindisfarne Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £24.50/£23.50. Info 01656 815995.
Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£7.50 NUS. Info 029 2056 4554. Performing Mozart’s Mass In C Minor and Ian Lawson’s One World Cantata.
Nikki Pope The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Not The Sex Pistols + Deathtraps + Terminal Rage + Raptures End The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm. Info 01495 247178. Tribute band headline.
Orchards Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199.
Phil Murray & The Dogz The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Ziggy-era Bowie tribute set.
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs + Obey Cobra Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Geordie sludge rockers with a gig that sold out way in advance because they get played on 6 Music. Check socials for resales, or get on the guestlist by going back in time and letting the singer kip on your sofa, like I did.
Rick Buckler The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info info@
bunkhousebar.co.uk. Ex-member of the Jam.
Sara Ashley Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Someone Like You Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
Supreme Queen Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01495 227206. Queen tribute band.
The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk + CVC + Rainbow Maniac Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. EP launch gig for the headliners.
The Doors Alive The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
The History Of Rock Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £23.50/£20.50. Info 01834 869323. Classic rock covers.
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 Side Effects The Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 785420. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The UB40 Experience The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £11/£9 adv. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
Winger Records Showcase The Garage, Swansea. 8pm-3am, £5. Info 01792 475147. Hip-hop from west Wales in the form of Culture Vultures, Zhubat, Boofy, Just Conrad, Applied Science, WheezeTeam, Cyanne, SA Collective, Dope Biscuits, Defects Of The Dock and Huntu.

 

SUNDAY 31 MARCH

Aubrey Parsons The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £8/£3. Info 029 2087 8444. Performing Karl Jenkins’ Llareggub and Dvorák’s From The New World.
Chube Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig for Cardiff jazz fusion duo.
Daoirí Farrell Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £14/£13. Info 01982 552555
Galya Kolarova & Eva Steinaa Great Hall, Bay Campus, Swansea University. 2pm, £5-£12. Info 01792 602060. Pianist and oboist respectively.
Kaz Hawkins Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All gig for an Ulster soul vocalist. Sold out.
Live Music Society Environmental Fundraiser The Moon, Cardiff. 5-11pm, pay by donation. Info [email protected].
Moya Brennan Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £27.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
Owen Money & The Travelling Wrinklies The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 387925. “Owen started his career with pop group The Bystanders who had hits in the 60s on the Pye label – which was fortunate because if you didn’t like the music you could always eat the record!” In awe at Owen thinking this is funny enough to be used in his official bio.
Sauna Youth + Trash Kit + Rattle + Robert Sotelo Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Belting lineup of acts from London label Upset The Rhythm, who are touring to celebrate 15 years in the game.
Whitchurch Jam Session #116 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.