MONDAY 1 OCTOBER
uAcoustica54 Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 213161. Every Monday.
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 468892.
uLive Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Here every Monday.
Steeleye Span Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £24.50/£22. Info 0845 2263510.
uUkulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Adrift Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Baby Bushka Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4-£6. Info 029 2039 7933. A Kate Bush tribute band comprised of eight American women from San Diego.
Candles – Piano Music Of The 20th And 21st Centuries Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Performed by Késia Decoté.
Cleopatrick + Rainbow Maniac Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.
uCommunity Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Elin Manahan Thomas & Jocelyn Freeman National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 7.40pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2057 3600. Soprano/piano duo, as part of Swansea International Festival.
Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £3 (suggested donation). Info 029 2048 3344. On the first Tuesday of every month.
John Owen-Jones Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01656 815995. In Llanelli tomorrow; Carmarthen on Sun 7.
Mike Harries – The Early Years Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Tribute to a Cardiff jazz scene veteran who passed away not long ago.
uOpen Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.
uOpen Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Every Tuesday.
uOpen Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday.
uPi & Hash Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Every Tuesday this month.
Stephen Power Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45pm, free. Info 01792 475715. Organ recital.
The Bluetones + Jordan Allen The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21 adv. Info 07590 471888.
WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER
Alex Woods Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
*Angharad Davies & Lee Patterson + Susan Matthews & Ian Holloway Swansea Studios, University Of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info www.rwan.cymru. NAWR and the Swansea International Festival present two duos: Welsh violinist Davies with sound artist Patterson, plus ambient composers Matthews (based in Carmarthen) and Holloway (Swansea).
Ani Glass + Hana2k + Dead Method + Chew Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Forté Project and Focus Wales.
uBandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Also on Fri 19.
uBella & Gareth Blues Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 17 and Wed 31 this month.
Bennett Wilson Poole + Dan Bettridge Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliner sounds like one posh person but is actually three individual people of indeterminate background.
Black Foxxes Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Actually a solo acoustic set from the band’s frontman Mark Holley. Rescheduled from August and sold out now I think.
Brandom Reilly + John Nicholas + Pay The Man Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info www.
hobosmusicvenue.com. Acoustic set from a member of The Movielife.
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.
John Owen-Jones Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0845 2263510.
Last Hyena + The Decoy + Excuses + Fort Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2039 7933.
Monmouth Big Band & Singers Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Nick Costley The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night, now in a new venue but still taking place 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 Christian Punter.
Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 384111. First Wednesday of every month.
uOpen Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.
Pizzatramp + Stupid Brick + No Pulse + Die! Chihuahua Die! The Chatterton Arms, Pencoed, nr Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 860293. Punk and hardcore bands. Stupid Brick is a proper name from the south Wales pop-punk vaults… looks like they just put out an album though!
Royal Welsh College Chamber Players Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5. Info 01633 656757.
The Now + The Collision + The Kaizens + Vanilla + Vain The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. This place is a new bar/live music venue and they seem to have a fair bit on this month.
*Voivod + Bio-Cancer The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Canadian thrash metal legends headline. We previewed this gig last month.
THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER
Abbamania Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 0300 0040444. Tribute band.
Acoustic Sinners The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Baby Jools And The Jazzaholics Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.
BBC NOW: Season Opening Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£41. Info 029 2087 8444. Tadaaki Otaka conducts a programme of Vaughan Williams and Mussorgsky.
Breichiau Hir + Wigwam + Carma Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Brightr + Heartwork + Pay The Man + Little To Nothing + Kayleigh Morgan + Kurt Jones The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Charlie Says + Sienna + The Collision + The Kaizens + Lead Coloured River Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 07970 063107.
uFrankie Weeson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. On every Thursday and Sunday this month.
Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, from £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Jennifer Ku Cardiff University Concert Hall. 1.05pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Piano recital.
Kokoshka Trio Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Music Club classical performance.
Onyx Brass Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz.
Phil Amos Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Soundtracking pizza night here, so strictly speaking it’s free when you order a pizza.
Siobhan McCrudden + Bryony Sier + Yasmine Davies NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. A Live By The River night presented by U&I Radio.
The Kicklips + The Riff + Violet Walk + Bear Island The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Indie bands presented by This Feeling.
Zoe Mulford & Tom Kitching Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER
Allan Yn Y Fan Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510.
Armonight The Duke, Neath. Free. Info 01639 643892. First of five Welsh dates for this Italian band; the others are in Swansea and Bridgend tomorrow, then Bridgend again and Maesteg on Sun 7. Busy bees.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Cadence The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Calypso The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Chris Kelly Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
uDeeds Not Words The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 5pm, free (donations welcomed). Info [email protected]. Two-day event for women’s rights (not sure if in a charitable or merely highlighting sense). Today features Charlie Says, Scarsun, Fioled and Beyond Oblivion (main stage); Vinna Bee, Chelsie Smallman, Selena In The Chapel and Stacie Maria Davies (acoustic stage). Sat 6: The KillJoys, Crystalline, Lunar Bird, Jemma Roper, Revello Drive and Box Cat (main stage); Little Eris, Katie Lou Rands, Emma Twomlow and Layla John (acoustic stage).
Dire Streets Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Dire Straits tribute band.
Dr Feelgood The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888.
False Hope For The Savage + Poisonous Birds + Fort Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info 029 2039 9557. Ppost-rock bands, presented by Tone Deaf Creatures.
Flash The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Queen tribute.
Gaz Brookfield + Jake Martin Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly. 7pm, £6/£5. Info 07740 192879.
John Owen-Jones Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01874 611622. Musical theatre sort with songs off his new album.
Like A Lion The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
*Lovely Wife + Snakes Don’t Belong In Alaska + Made Of Teeth + Pathogenesis The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 with a bill of doomy noiserock, heavy psych, sludge punk and power electronics. Something for everyone!
Miloš Karadaglic Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22-£37. Info 01792 475715. Classical guitar crossover babe.
Natalie Clein Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Cello recital.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Paul Ashton City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Radio Amore Volcano, Swansea. 10pm, £10. Info www.volcanotheatre.co.uk. Swansea International Festival event helmed by Welsh composer Charlie Barber and presenting itself as a “mixtape” of baroque and contemporary classical.
Rhys Davis + Hang 11 + Chopsy The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, £4. Info 01495 247178.
Rock For Heroes Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01633 868239. Rock covers, in aid of Help For Heroes.
Sixties Gold St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring The Searchers, The Merseybeats, The Fortunes, PJ Proby, Steve Ellis and Vanity Fare.
Sssnakes + The Rivers + Angri Kidd + Jack Mason Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 491424.
Steve Turner & Helena Torpy St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. Playing the Pentreffest Noz folk night, with a music/dance workshop from 7.30pm and live music from 9.15.
Tenacious G + Breakdown Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01685 879491. Tenacious D tribute band.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Hard Aches Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Australian punk band presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.
The People The Poet + The Devil In Virginia + Tom Jenkins Globetrotters Bar, Pontypridd. 7pm, free. Info facebook.com/globesbar. This is part of Link Fest, which apparently takes place across multiple Ponty venues from today until Sun 7. There’s another evening gig here tomorrow, then an alldayer on Sunday, all presented by Staylittle Music.
uThe Swansea Fringe Various venues, Swansea. 5pm, £20 weekend/£12 per day. Info theswanseafringe.com. Citywide lineup of music plus various other word- and art-based things. Today (all listings in chronological order):
Bunkhouse: Sarah Birch, Late Night Picture, Swim, The Sandinistas and Picsel. Cinema & Co: Listing Gear Engineer, Dead Method and Paul Hazel.
Grand Hotel: poetry slam showcase, Caral Halliwell and Clare Ferguson-Walker.
Hangar 18: Swansea University Live Music Society takeover, Art Bandini and Flowers For Freaks.
The Hyst: Dan Phelps, Delyth & Angharad and a Poets On The Hill takeover.
The Last Resort: Dead Crow, Rufus Mufasa, Craze The Jack, Dogruff DJs and Roughion.
Morgans Hotel: Matthew Frederick, Tom Emlyn, Will Power and Christian Punter.
The Perch: Laura Benjamin, Jeris and Late Night Punchlines. Sin City: Greenmailer, Heavy On The Ride, Sienna, Pearler, Hot Mass and Buffalo Summer.
Tech Hub Cafe: Troy Boyz and The Ghastling.
The White Swan: a Piano Party with Billy Lee Williams.
YMCA: Dogfight.
Sat 6 (from 10am):
The Bunkhouse: Papur Wal, Red Telephone, Los Blancos, La Forme, Cities, Keys, Breichiau Hir and All Dead All Dead.
Cinema & Co: Diary Of The Last Man screening and Voices Of Swansea.
Creature Sound: Inscape, Haemaria, Sepulchre, Ravenbreed, Woven Man, Reclvse, Godbomber and Made Of Teeth.
Crowleys: Throwing Knives, Eva Bartok, Xtwentytwo, Iron Gosling, Curious Orange, People And Other Disases and Tenplusone.
Dylan Thomas Centre: Young Writers Squad (age 11-16) sessions.
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery: Where I’m Coming From and a Silent Art Disco.
Grand Hotel main bar: Owen Felstead, Orphan Dinosaur, James & Mai Rees, Sian Richards, Ellis Thomas, Rosey Cale, Joe Kelly, Laura Benjamin, Kid Reddy & The Features, Bryony Sier, Chris Noir, Fountainhead and Big Scott (DJ set).
Grand Hotel restaurant: The Whirligig Of Time, Campion, Collins & Davies, The Manics (“a show with mental health issues”, presumably no relation to the rock band), Rosie Wilby’s Is Monogamy Dead?, Killer Wales Showcase and Pigsty Jubilee.
Hangar 18: Hot Red Chili Peppers.
Morgans Hotel: Rosey Cale, Ed Bayes, Rachel Rimmer, Ben Luc and Dai C Thomas.
The Perch: Ade Owen, Moose and Late Night Punchlines.
Sun 7 (from 11am):
The Bunkhouse: Ravenbreed, Death By Disco, Welterweight, Peaks, I Digress, Seven Stories High, I Am Gravity, Calling Apollo, A Night Like This and Acres.
Cinema & Co: a panel called More Poetry Is Needed, a Parthian poetry showcase and The Glass Aisle.
Grand Hotel main bar: Harvey Marv, Natalie Jones, The Ninja Reflex, Yasmine Davies, Dave Morris, Tanglejack, Tobias Robertson, Sarah Birch and Eclectic Mick (DJ set).
Grand Hotel restaurant: Hancock & Hooper, The Comedy Geek Sketch Show, Sarah’s World, Up The Antics Jokeshow Roadshow and Shandy.
Hangar 18: King Kraken, Who Knows Didley, Beyond The Break and Departed.
The Hyst: Ray Parton, Edie Bens, Aiden Keryn, Emi McDade, Emilie Merry, Eleri Angharad, Natalie Jones and Laura Benjamin.
Morgans Hotel: Niugel Philip Davies, Paul Edwards, Ron Savory and Liz Crippin.
Sin City: Chris Stringer & The Rocketeers, Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy, News From Nowhere, Jack Ellis, Shoot The Town, Mulder, The Now, King Goon, Pastel and The Riff.
Tino’s: Tendons, James Bower, Tremolo Ghosts, Rhys Williams and Jebbers.
The Perch: Seren-Jane, Dan Stockton, Dead Crow, The Rock Projects, Daisy Birch-Jones, Sonic Youth Band and Syncopators, plus a Late Night Punchlines comedy session. (Until Sun 7)
uUpbeat Sneakers + ABM + Al Moses Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £10/£6 adv. Info 01685 384111. Local ska band play two nights here, on tomorrow also. ABM is local social media microcelebrity Andrew ‘Biggie’ Morris, not sure what he’ll be doing exactly.
Who Knows Didley + Catalysts Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07970 063107.
SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER
uAcoustic Duos The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235. Local acts here every Saturday.
Armonight The Hanbury, Swansea. 5pm, free. Info 01792 641824.
Bass12 Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
BBC NOW: Karl Jenkins Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18-£30. Info 01792 475715. Featuring Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace plus the world premiere of his new Lament For Syria.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, £14.50 adv. Info 01495 243252.
Bowie Experience St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 029 2087 8444. With Lawrence Knight as DB.
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
Deuces Are Wild Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Glenn Hughes Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Hard rock icon, featured recently in Buzz ahead of his Steelhouse Festival headline appearance, is back in Wales to perform his Deep Purple set.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Higher-On Maiden Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £8. Info 07970 063107. Iron Maiden tribute band.
Hullabaloo Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Muse tribute.
Jean Toussaint Allstar 6tet Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01792 602060. Top jazz sax man. In Cardiff on Fri 19.
Jimmy Mac’s Band Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.
uJon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Standards, funk and Latin tunes, every Saturday this month.
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-rock duo.
Mangata Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Mike Dennis + Madcap The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Naomi Heap The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Neville Staple Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. UK ska/2-tone don.
Ofelia + James Bower + Colenso Jones Globetrotters Bar, Pontypridd. 7pm, free. Info facebook.com/globesbar.
Penny Arcade The Pheasant, Bridgend. 4.30pm, free. Info 01656 653614. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Ranka Chanka The Garage, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 475147.
Soothsayers + DuBiod & D-Selekta The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01743 860246.
Stereo Hearts The Vault, Swansea. 10pm. Info 01792 465300.
Strange Bones Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Sun Records: The Concert Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50/£20. Info 01792 475715.
Tarion The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
The Best Of Wham! Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8pm, £23.50/£21.50. Info 01446 738622. Tribute show that even claims to feature a Pepsi & Shirlie section.
The Coyotes + Crippled Hillbillies The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 213300.
The Guy Tortora Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Tom Auton + The Algal Bloom + Brad Dickenson NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Pi & Hash music showcase.
*TredFest 2018 Kidz R Us, Tredegar. 4-11.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07884 071414. Alldayer of rock, indie, punk and experimentalish stuff down Rhondda way. Main stage: Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove, Henry’s Funeral Shoe, The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk, Chroma, The Vega Bodegas and Charlie Says. Stage 2: Gindrinker, Head Noise, Atomic Supermen, Deep Hum and Massa Circles.
Tree House Fire Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7-10pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Turin Brakes Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01792 863722.
Vinna Bee The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Warwick Johnson The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01443 490390. Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson of Black Star Riders play an acoustic duo set.
SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER
Armonight Liquid Lounge, Maesteg. 6pm, free. Info: search on Facebook because this place doesn’t seem to have a phone number or anything else.
Armonight Riverside Tavern, Bridgend. 6pm, free. Info 01656 657755.
Bigfoot Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Hard rock band from Wigan.
Blaenavon Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Indie band with no affiliation to the Welsh town of the same name.
Blair Dunlop Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.
Cardboard Fox West End Club, Barry. 7-10.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01446 735739. Folk and bluegrass band from Devon.
Dai C Thomas Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Diamond Head + Killit The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01443 490390. Early-80s pioneers of NWOBHM, the acronym that takes longer to say than its full-length version. But not, crucially for me, to type.
Dirty Sound Magnet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2038 7026. A band who apparently scooped the title of Best Swiss Rock Song 2017. Seems to be a proggy psych-rock type thing, unusual for this venue but could be fun.
John Owen-Jones Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0845 2263510.
Larger Than Life! Three Arches, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2075 3831. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Morriston Orpheus Choir Supporters’ Association Young Welsh Singer Of The Year Competition Great Hall, Swansea University Bay Campus. 4pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 295665. Swansea International Festival event with a £2,000 purse for the winner.
Mothership Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0871 4720400. Led Zeppelin tribute band.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Staylittle Music Alldayer Globetrotters Bar, Pontypridd. 1pm, £3-£5. Info facebook.com/globesbar. Featuring music from Toby Hay & Jim Ghedi, Bella Collins & Gareth Evans, Aled Rheon, Bryony Sier and Matthew Frederick, plus poetry from Milieu poets Mark Blayney, Rebecca Parfitt, Rhys Milsom, Ellen Davies, Mike McNamara, Ben Smith and Zillah Bowes.
uSteve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events Every Sunday this month.
The AC/DC Experience The Patriot, Crumlin. 6-9pm. Info 01495 247178. Tribute band.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Red Hot Pokers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 8 OCTOBER
*Accü + R. Seiliog Swansea Studios, University Of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea. 7pm, £7 adv. Info www.rwan.cymru. The last of four concerts presented by NAWR and the Swansea International Festival, featuring two Welsh solo artists with both experimental and pop leanings.
Childcare + Lazy Day The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8/£7 adv. Info [email protected].
Daniel O’Donnell St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37-£46.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Billy Joel Songbook Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £22.50-£24.50. Info 01970 623232. Tribute act.
TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER
Anne Page St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Organ recital.
Coheed And Cambria Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £27.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. The emos’ favourite prog band, pretty much, played here in 2012 (I wrote “two or three years ago” then before going to check… oh god) and are back with a new album just out.
Graham Parker & The Goldtops Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
Jess Gillam & Friends St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 8444. Youngish saxophonist.
Kenneth Hamilton Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS or under-18s. Info 029 2087 4816. Piano recital, primarily Chopin, by the Head Of School here.
Mandy Starr Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2pm, £7. Info 01633 263670.
Rockers Reunion Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Sam Rapley Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Surreal Kinnock + Scott Lavene + Shop Girls Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Breath Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Irish folk duo, albeit based in Manchester.
The Jon Davies Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER
Bridgend Big Band & Singers Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Concerts & Cakes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £4. Info 0300 0040444.
Grace Petrie + Natty Paynter The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £12/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. New-skool protest folkie headlines.
Jodie Marie & Bella Collins The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm. Info 01267 231012. Blues duo.
Lewis & Dav The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Los Blancos + Eädyth + Telgate Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Forté Project showcase gig.
Massive + The Rocket Dolls Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 07970 063107. Australian hard rock band.
Maya Youssef Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£15. Info 01239 621200. Syrian qanun player, was in Cardiff last month.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Brad Dickenson.
Parsons & Dark Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.
Postcards From Spain Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Roger Argente presents music influenced by his Spanish roots and the golden era of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
Rascalton Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 468892. Scottish indie band
Rob Harbron & Emma Reid Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Anglo-Swedish folk duo.
uRoyal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Jazz Students Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Performing two sets. Also here on Wed 24
Sinfonia Cymru & Caroline Pether Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2039 1391. In Newtown on Fri 12.
uThe Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 24.
The Proclaimers + Jack Lukeman St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £34.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Enduring Scotpop duo supported by my favourite Anonymous mask lookalike.
THURSDAY 11 OCTOBER
Andy Fairweather Low And The Hi Riders Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01600 772467. Andy’s band are normally called the Lo Riders but on this occasion they have a brass section and Hammond organ player.
Anthony Moulton The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
DnA + Vrï The Angel, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night.
False Heads The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Opening time is for the Wales v Spain game which’ll be screened in here, then the band are on after.
Finding Aurora + Carolines + Parish + Parla + Chopsy Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. EP launch for the headliners.
Ga Ga Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01239 621200. Queen tribute band.
Greg Sterland Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jive Talkin’ Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £21.50/£30.50. Info 01639 763214. Bee Gees tribute.
Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£24. Info 029 2039 1391.
Nathan Bell Drovers Music Venue, Puncheston, nr Haverfordwest. 7.30pm. Info 01348 881469. Americana solo artist.
Neil Innes + Gaudy Orde Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Blowout present a grand wizard of British surrealism, ex of The Rutles, Bonzos etc.
Radio Amore Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 852960. Described as “a live mixtape of British and Italian music from baroque to the present day”. Sounds pretty neat.
Robin Nolan Trio The Hyst, Swansea. 8pm, £15. Info 01792 654366. Gypsy jazz.
Say Sue Me + Perfect Body + Los Blancos Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Headline band are from South Korea and I seem to recall sound a bit like Yo La Tengo, so that’s good.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £6-£17. Info 01633 656757. With director Caroline Pether.
Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888.
uSteve Edmunds The Lime Tree, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 620959. Presented by Nailed It Events. Also here on Thurs 25
The Magic Of Motown St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32/£29. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Orb + System 7 Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. See Upfront for an interview with Alex Paterson from The Orb.
The Sherlocks + Trampolene Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Laddy indie bands.
Who Saves The Hero? The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Wildwood Jack The Unicorn, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 751304. Playing the monthly Upstairs At The Unicorn folk night.
FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER
Adam Bomb Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 879491. Hard rock band who I think have been touring for a few decades, unless this is a different Adam Bomb.
Acoustic Sinners City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Benjamin Appl & Simon Lepper Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Lieder recital.
Bleed From Within + I Fight Bears + Conflicts + Cutting Teeth Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £12 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Cara Dillon Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862.
Chris Kelly The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Christopher Howe The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Deathtraps + Tenplusone + Wager Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. Free. Info [email protected]. Punk bands.
Fastlove Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. George Michael tribute. Sold out.
Jagger & Kenzie Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
James Clode Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm. Info 01646 687635. Folk.
Jimmy Mac’s Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Motown’s Greatest Hits The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24/£22. Info 01633 656757.
Pity The Foo + Hullabaloo The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm. Info 01495 247178. Tributes to Foo Fighters and Muse.
Rory Jackson Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Michael Jackson tribute act, nicknamed The Dance Machine.
Scarlet Rebels + Reece The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Shackleford + Sweet Diego + SKIV + Swan Prince + Swaktang The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Sinfonia Cymru & Caroline Pether Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 01686 614555.
Table Scraps + All Dead, All Dead + Tyrannosaw The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Bohemians Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07512 237983. Queen tribute.
The Cavern Beatles Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £21.50 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Tribute band.
The Pollen Count + Sarah Birch The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £5. Info 01267 231012.
The Rubies The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Rumble + Bottlekids + Bronwen Davies The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 01495 227206. It’s just a cover band though really, isn’t it.
Van Morrison St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £47-£77. Info 029 2087 8444. According to the tour blurb it’s 50 years since Van released Astral Weeks, although they wisely refrain from speculating about whether he’ll play anything from it.
Whitesnake UK Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01495 708022. Tribute band.
Wolfgang Flür Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £16.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Kraftwerk percussionist in their best years (unless you’re a Krautrock nerd and/or contrarian). See Upfront.
SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER
Allan Yn Y Fan The Function Room, Llanidloes. 7.30pm, £6 adv/£3 kids. Info 01686 412817.
Anonymous Iconoclasts The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Aubrey & Paul The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Black Angus Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. AC/DC tribute.
Carmarthen Male Voice Choir Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 6.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510.
Celtic Pride Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £4. Info 01685 879491.
CVC + Ramnastax The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Funke And The Two Tone Baby Snails Deli, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2062 0415. Some one-man band hippy-indie festival thing. Price includes a buffet.
Gus G The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01443 490390. Metal guitar sideman, for Ozzy Osbourne among others, strikes out solo style.
Hang 11 NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Jagger & Kenzie Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Jason Price The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
Kamikazee Millionaire The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Kee Marcello The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm. Info 01685 387925.
Let’s Hang On 2018 Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £22/£21. Info 01873 850805. Frankie Valli tribute.
Logicaltramp Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Supertramp tribute band
Macka B Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. UK reggae geezer who recently discovered the rejuenating properties of viral videos.
Megadeth UK Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
Naked Citizens + Spencer Segelov The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Album launch gig for a new Cardiff band made up of people from Railroad Bill and Wonderbrass, plus a long list of guest musicians.
Nikki Pope The Heath, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 4207. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Panic Station Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Port Talbot Cymric Choir Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £12. Info 01639 763214.
Punchline Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Sex Pistols Experience The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
Sidewinder The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 213300.
Simon Trigg The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Allergies Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 10pm, £10. Info 01970 623232. Live hip-hop group with Andy Cooper from Ugly Ducking on vocals here. Presented by WaxWurx.
The People The Poet + WYNT + Tom Jenkins Beddau Rugby Club, nr Pontypridd. £4 adv. Info 07540 151398. Charity gig in aid of Jax’s Journey.
The Roy Orbison Story Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £20.50. Info 01633 868239. With Barry Steele as Roy.
The Stoned Roses The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute band play a night also featuring Fools Gold DJs until 2am.
The Tony Breen Band The Roath Park, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 1961. Country/rock/Americana.
Tinc Y Tannau Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01239 615952. Folk/classical duo.
Westerman Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Sensitive acoustic indie stuff.
SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER
uFolk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Every second and fourth Sunday of the month (also on Sun 28 in October), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 23) too.
Aubrey & Paul Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Estrons Llanelli Library. 4pm, £8 adv. Info 01554 744327. Cardiff indie band play a Get It Loud In Libraries gig as part of a UK tour promoting their new album, which wasn’t sent to us in time for review.
Glas Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Regular Gypsy Jazz jam and performance club.
Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. UK blues-rock/R&B veterans. In Swansea tomorrow.
Party Fears + Wheniwas5 Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
RWCMD Chamber Orchestra & Nicola Benedetti Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3.30pm, £15-£22. Info 029 2039 1391. In-house orchestra joined by violinist
Stepback! 90s Concert Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, £45. Info 029 2022 4488. Featuring Peter Andre, B*Witched, Blazin’ Squad, East 17, Booty Luv, Big Brovaz and more TBC.
MONDAY 15 OCTOBER
Chatham County Line Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £17.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Alt-country of some sort.
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration Cardiff University Concert Hall. 6-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. A journey through Chinese folk music organised by the Welsh Government, the Cardiff Confucius Institute and the School Of Music Book in advance please.
Coasts Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. A farewell tour for a band I never even had a chance to say hello to.
Dermot Kennedy Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. R’n’b-influenced sadlad singer-songwriter from Dublin.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Echo & The Bunnymen St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £21.50-£77. Info 029 2087 8444. Scouse indie veterans with a new album which is reviewed in this issue. Top price is a VIP ticket which gets you a seat near the front and a few bits of tat like you might expect Michael Flatley or someone to fleece his fans with.
Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly The Hyst, Swansea. 6.30pm, £18. Info 01792 654366.
Tomorrow Calling Today Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £5.50. Info 0845 2263510. Acoustic singer-songwriter showcase nights.
TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER
Ancient Shapes + The Violent Hearts + Human Heat Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliner features Daniel Romano who is quite popular in Canada I think.
Chickn + Flowers For Freaks + Hunter From Fremonte The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Headliners are a Greek band on a 70s style psych/prog tip apparently, could be good.
Chinese Orchestra Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 6pm, £3-£10. Info 01792 475715. Hailing from Shandong University, specifically.
Glasvegas The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Remember these guys?
Greg Sterland Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Hawthorne Heights Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
Jon Foley’s Merry Men Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
London Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Alondra de la Parra conducts a programme of Glinka, Chopin and Tchaikovsky.
Orion String Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing at the Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert. which takes place here annually.
Students Of Atlantic College St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100.
The Feeling Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. See the boxout.
WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER
Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Banshee Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz improv/open jam session.
Gabrielle DuComble The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Gwyneth Herbert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 029 2039 1391. UK jazz fave with an audiovisual performance titled Letters I Haven’t Written.
Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. In Narberth on Fri 26.
Joan Armatrading St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £34.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Veteran UK singer-songwriter, a regular in these pages and touring without a band for the first time apparently.
Matt Ford & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, with the musicians performing a special Sinatra/Basie set.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is 3MPH.
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers + Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 07970 063107.
Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing works by American composer Frank Ticheli.
THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER
Drenge + Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. One of the standalone gigs as part of the Swn Festival.
Gabrielle Ducomble & Nicolas Meier Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 7.30pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Jackson Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £17.50-£21.50. Info 01792 475715. As in Michael, as in a tribute by someone merely called CJ.
Lorraine Baker’s Eden Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Rising UK jazz drummer, playing as part of a quartet.
Siblings Of Us + Fioled + Head Noise The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Italics The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Wood Burning Savages + Echoic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Toots And The Maytals Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Reggae veteran. Sold out.
Treorchy Male Choir & Lloyd Macey Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £17/£15. Info 0300 0040444. Performing their annual autumn concert.
We Are Scientists The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. American indie band with a lolrandom sense of humour.
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER
Abba Mania Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01656 815995.
Brecon Baroque Festival: A Guardian Angel Brecon Cathedral. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01874 611622. One of a series of events happening around Brecon until Mon 22; this features Voces8 and Rachel Podger performing works by composers including Tallis and Bach.
Brecon Baroque Festival: Evensong Brecon Cathedral. 6pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
Calypso Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
China Crisis The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888. Eighties pop smoothies.
Chris Kelly The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Coco & The Butterfields Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862.
Composers Of The First World War: A Commemoration St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.50-£24. Info 029 2087 8444. Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra presents a concert of works by composers who served in WWI.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Soul.
Funky Love Posse The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Free gig as part of Made In Roath. Book in advance please.
Go Now! The Music Of The Moody Blues Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band featuring Gordy Marshall, who was their drummer for 25 years.
Hogjaw + Henry’s Funeral Shoe Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01495 708022. Arizona-based rock band headline.
Jean Toussaint Allstar 6tet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. We previewed the Swansea date of this tour in the last issue but didn’t mention this one because I didn’t know about it. Sorry RWCMD/Cardiff/Jean etc.
*Karine Polwart Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01792 863722. Scottish folk envelope-pusher. See Music.
Louise Halliday The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Mangata City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Money For Nothing Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £23.50/£21.50. Info 01446 738622. Dire Straits tribute.
Natalie Holmes The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Off The Record The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Professor Elemental + Curious Orange + Ananas Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07982 624959. One of the main people to blame for ‘chap-hop’ is still going not only plays live here tonight, earlier in the day he is also charing £20 to have afternoon tea with him at The Front Room, a cafe in Mumbles.
Royal Air Force In Concert Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £26.50-£32.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Plus compere Aled Jones.
uRudry Autumn Festival Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly. £61 (three days). Info [email protected]. Hosted by the people behind Pentreffest Noz, this will feature dance and music workshops plus live dance/music performances. Artists this year will include Cecilia (Belgium), Duo Talec Noguet (Brittany) and Josefina Paulson ( Sweden)plus dance tutors Sylvian Sahli, Sonia Almeida and Pat Goodacre. (Until Sun 21)
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7pm, £3.50/£1.50 for performers. Info [email protected]. Monthly night.
Russell Watson Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £45.50. Info 0845 2263510. A new show titled Canzoni D’Amore. In Aberystwyth on Sat 20.
*Sly & The Family Drone + Cruel Prank + Gluehorse The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. First Cardiff date in a couple of years for the headliners, Supports are from Newport and Bristol and debut here; Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 co-present; not affiliated with Swn but will be timed so attendees can pop in if they like.
Soul In Motion Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £16. Info 01633 868239. Soul covers band.
uSwn Festival Various venues, Cardiff. £20 today only/£25 Sat 20 only/£35 both days/£60 full pass. Info www.swnfest.com. Don’t think we’re going to get the full band/venue breakdown in time for print but Swn is happening in these venues this year: The Big Top, Blue Honey Night Cafe, Buffalo, Clwb Ifor Bach, Fuel, Gwdihw, Kongs, The Moon Nosda, O’Neills, Off Track Café, The Old Market Tavern, Tiny Rebel and Undertone, in addition to standalone gigs in Cardiff Uni and Tramshed.
Acts playing today: The Go! Team, Boy Azooga and Gaz Coombes (in the Tramshed), The Blinders, Bo Ningen, Farm Hand , Goat Girl, Great News, Heavy Rapids, Low Island, Mellt, Rascalton, Suuns, Vive La Void and Yassassin.
Sat 20 features the following: 77:78, Accü, Adwaith, Al Moses, Alfa Mist, Andromeda Jones, Annabel Allum, Another Sky, Argrph, Bandicoot, Bitw, Boniface, Boy Azooga, Breichiau Hir, Bugz In The Attic, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Carolines, Carw, Cassia, Castorp, Chartreuse, Christian Punter, Cosmo Sheldrake, Cousin Kula, Cowtown, Cpt. Smith, CVC, Dead Method, The Death Of Money, Dream Wife, Drenge, Drunk Yoga DJs, Ed The Dog, The Effect, Esther, Estrons, Fling, Frown Upon, The Gentle Good, Giant Party, Greta Isaac, Grey Hairs, Griff Lynch, GRLTLK, Gwenno, Halo Maud, Hana2k, HMS Morris, Honey Hahs, I See Rivers, Islet, Keeva, Keir, Knowbetter, L.A. Salami, Lewys, Los Blancos, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Marged, Martha, Mellow Gang, MRPHY, My Name Is Ian, The Mysterines, Night Flight, Oh Peas!, The Orielles, Perfect Body, The Pitchforks, Pizzagirl, Private World, Queen Zee, Red Telephone, RedFaces, Right Hand Left Hand, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, RYD, Sam Evian, Scott Xylo, Silent Forum, Snapped Ankles, Sock, Spinning Coin, Y Sybs, Talkshow, Tamu Massif, Teddy Hunter, Tigress, Tracy Island, Wasuremono, Wild Cat Strike, The Witching Hour, Ya Yonder, Yves, Zabrinski and Zac White.
The Sabbath Years Hangar 18, Swansea. 8pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Black Sabbath tribute band.
The Velveteers + Radio Rays The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected].
Wissam Boustany & Aleksander Szram Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Flute/piano duo.
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER
Blind River Scare The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
Brecon Baroque Festival: A Heav’n Below The Plough Chapel, Brecon. 1pm, £10/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. English devotional songs and Italian sacred music
Brecon Baroque Festival: Bach’s Angels Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £22/£20/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. With Rachel Podger and the Brecon Baroque ensemble.
uBrecon Baroque Festival: Cafe Paradiso The Muse, Brecon. Free. Info 01874 611622. Pop-up performances here all day.
Cadence Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Crush Hate Crime 2018 Warehouse 54, Newport. 2-11pm, £18 adv. Info 01633 213161. Annual alldayer aiming to highlight the rise of hate crime via punk, hardcore and metal sets. These are by Discharge, Grove Street Families, Pizzatramp, Disorder, Dead Hands, Hunger Strike, They Live | We Sleep, Hold Tight, Burnout, Drunken Marksman and Hippodrone
D’Alma Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Dire Streets Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01873 850805. Dire Straits tribute.
Doctor And The Medics + Bloodshake Chorus Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £15/£12.50 adv. Info 01685 879491.
Elvana Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. A Nirvana tribute fronted by an Elvis impersonator. Think this is featured in Roundup.
Freya Ridings The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. London keyboard-and-vocals singer-songwriter. Her dad is the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig, which makes her Peppa. Probably why this is sold out.
Georgia Patterson The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Green Haze Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Green Day tribute band.
Holy Diver Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected]. Dio tribute band.
Junior Conservatoire Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.45pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Taking place in the foyer.
Kelly’s Heroes Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862.
Level 42 + The Blow Monkeys St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £37/£31.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
Lucy Spraggan + Callum Beattie Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. X Factor contestant who seems to have done better of her own accord than she did on the show.
MeatLoud Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01834 869323. Meat Loaf tribute.
One Eighty Two The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm. Info 01685 387925. Blink 182 tribute.
Redfern, Hutchinson & Ross The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01497 821762. Blues-rock
Rhiannon Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01495 243252. Fleetwood Mac tribute band
Russell Watson Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £30-£35. Info 01970 623232.
Ryders Creed + These Wicked Rivers + The Wicked Jackals The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178.
Soul Stripper The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01495 213300. AC/DC tribute.
The Coyotes + Flying Spider Revival The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected].
The Heavy Hallows Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.45pm, £11. Info 01495 708022. Tribute band.
The Heist Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rock covers.
The Shakes Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Walk Like A Man Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £23.50/£21.50. Info 01495 227206. Frankie Valli cover band.
Wheniwas5 Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178.
Wonderbrass The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Made In Roath-related gig featuring new material for this Cardiff big band institution.
SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER
Brecon Baroque Festival: Festival Eucharist Brecon Cathedral. 11am, free. Info 01874 611622. With the Brecon Cathedral Choir.
British Horn Society Festival 2018 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 10.30am, £15/£10 British Horn Society members/£5 under-18s. Info 029 2039 1391.
Cardiff University Jazz Society Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
European Union Chamber Orchestra Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 4pm, £10-£20. Info 01873 850805. An ensemble who, in between performing works by Vivaldi, Bach and Barber among others, might just generate a few rather trenchant political quips from Monmouthshire’s finest saloon bar wits!
Martin Turner The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Ex-Wishbone Ash man performs Wishbone Ash’s first album.
Only Men Aloud Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4pm, £26.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464.
Oratorio The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Prognosis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Thecityisours + As Everything Unfolds + Icantdie Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10/£7 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Metalcore bands with variously broken and functioning space bars.
The Luck Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.
Tom Walker + Maisie Peters + Sody Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. One of those very mildly urban singer-songwriters they grow in a lab and who also sell out gigs in advance, as has happened here.
Woolfey Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Whitney – Queen Of The Night St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£27. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show.
MONDAY 22 OCTOBER
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Brecon Baroque Festival: Archangelo Corelli And Other Angels Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £16/£14/free under-18s. Info 01874 611622. Final concert of this festival.
Bry The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Irish singer-songwriter.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
Our Girl Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Sensitive acoustic indie stuff.
Paul Young Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £34 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Sold out.
The Camelia Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
*The Guests + Jemma Roper + Private World + Trophic Cascade The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info [email protected]. Synthpop and postpunk four wonderful ways, with the headliners hailing from Philadelphia and featuring two members of hard rock heroes Sheer Mag.
WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER
Alternative Open Mic The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Paradiso’s Musicbox.
Caro Emerald St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27-£101. Info 029 2087 8444. Retro jazz-popper whose own bio describes her as “gorgeous and stylish” in its first sentence.
Churchfield Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
DB Big Band & Lee Gilbert Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Eivør + Ayowa The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Faroe musician headlines, we’ve a wee thing about it in Roundup.
Emma Blackery Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.
Mark Bassey with Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
New Music For People And Machines Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£3. Info 029 2030 4400. Showcase for current composition students at the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Jim Swidenbank.
Smokey Brights + The Lucky Strikes Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected].
The Carrivick Sisters Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Why Don’t We Newport Centre. 7.30pm, £25/£27.50. Info 01633 656757. Boy band of some kind.
THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER
Alaw Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Dave Jones Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Katy Treharne with The Abertillery Male Voice Choir & Blaina Town Band The Met, Abertillery. 7pm, £10. Info 01495 355945.
*Melvins + Jon Spencer Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £28 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. See Music.
Michael Bolton St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £28.20-£238.20. Info 029 2087 8444. White soul hunk who is now also a social activist apparently. This concert is fully sold out, even the top-tier VIP stuff which gets you a photo with Mike.
Nervous Twitch Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £6.50 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, from £35. Info 029 2063 6464. Sold out sorry.
The Marble Tones + Keith Thompson The Drill Hall, Chepstow. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01291 627122. Blues gig in aid of Eden Gate homeless charity.
Tom Robinson The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. Touring to commemorate 40 years since his Power In The Darkness LP.
FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER
American Hitmen + Blackjack Zero Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. Info [email protected]. Headliners’ unique selling point is that they’re all former Marines.
Ben Evans And The Valli Boys Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £15/£14. Info 01633 868239. Or Ben Evan’s And The Valli Boy’s, as the venue website greengrocerishly lists this Frankie Valli tribute act.
Catrin O’Neill Ty Tawe, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 456856. Playing a Tyrfe Tawe acoustic evening here.
Christopher Howe The Plough, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Dan Messore Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Digital Criminals + This Elegant Chaos + Flowerpot The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01495 247178.
Dominic Nation & The Dirty Dead + Windshake + Hobgoblin Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £3. Info 01792 301178.
Dub Pistols + Skacasm + The Refusal Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 879491.
Emma Lohan + Julian’s Reluctant Skafterparty Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 615952.
ESP The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Failed State + Nicotine Pretty + Disruptive Influence The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected].
Fat Barry’s Ghoul Band Gwyn Hall, Neath. 8pm, £10.75 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Halloween-themed concert.
Geraint Roberts & Caradog Jones Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Gideon Conn Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Gitta De Ridder + John Charles The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Henry Marten’s Ghost City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Nebosja Zivkovic Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Percussion recital.
One Of These Days Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862. Pink Floyd tribute.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Paradiso’s Musicbox Homeless Fundraiser The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, pay by donations. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Featuring sets by This Is Wreckage, Ghosts As Alibis, And The Sky Darkened, Kasia and Incursion.
Public Service Broadcasting Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01792 863722. Second of five Welsh tour dates (the first was yesterday in Bangor) for the inferior PSB. In Blackwood tomorrow, Newport on Sun 28 and Pontypridd on Mon 29.
Punchline The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rammlied Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107. Rammstein tribute.
Roy Orbison & The Travelling Wilburys Experience Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £22.50/£20. Info 01686 614555. Tribute show.
Schubertiade: Folk Music Of Wales Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 841387. First of three Schubertiade events here, the others being on Sat 27 and Sun 28. Today features Angharad and Delyth Jenkins on violin and harp plus a programme of folk-influenced chamber music compositions.
Sid And The Skatterbrains The Master Mariner, Gibbonsdown, Barry. 9pm. Info 01446 732300. Ska and reggae covers.
Sid Goldsmith & Jimmy Aldridge Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01834 869323.
Stratus Fear Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Amy Winehouse Experience AKA Lioness Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Tribute act.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Soul.
The Carpenters Experience Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01600 772467. Tribute show. In Abertillery tomorrow.
The Shakes The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Three Cane Whale The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. Folk.
Ultimate Bowie The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute show.
Unwelcome Guests + Human Heat + Honest Thieves Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, £5. Info 029 2037 3144. DIY Cardiff present some melodic punk from the States and nearby.
What The Floyd Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01874 611622. Pink Floyd tribute. In Narberth tomorrow.
SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER
10×10 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Ten works by new/established Welsh composers, performed by contemporary music ensemble Uproar.
Archfest The Arch, Neath. 3pm. Info 07791 923214. Annual alldayer with sets from -Elphies Kingdom, The Something, The Electric Company, R-Y-G and The Soulskunks.
BBC NOW: Music For The Fallen Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2063 6464. Adrian Partington conducts the first complete performance of Mass Via Victrix (1914-1918) by Charles Villiers Stanford.
Bristol Ceilidh Quartet Morganstown Village Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night.
Chilren Of The Gravy The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178. Black Sabbath tribute.
Chris Kelly Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
*David Byrne + Benjamin Clementine Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Erstwhile Talking Heads man arrives here on his American Utopia world tour.
First Annual Halloween Fest The Dolls House, Abertillery. 4pm, £5 adv. Info 01495 213300. Punk and metal from The Caspiens, Drunken Marksman, Sweet Ignitions, Trigger McPoopshute, Social Experiment, Red Light Syndrome and System Scare.
Frank – Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01633 656757. Sinatra tribute starring David Alacey.
Free Beer Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Hamell On Trial + Ruth Theodore Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected].
Hells BellsWorkmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. AC/DC tribute.
Her-Osmith The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Aerosmith tribute with a woman on vocals.
*Hotel De Marl Halloween Covers Show The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2021 2509. People from local punk type bands do one-off sets covering one band, all for charity. Think the long-running Stars In Their Eyes nights in Newport Le Pub.
Jamie Smith’s Mabon St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2087 8444. A Roots Unearthed gig.
John Paul The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Killer Queen Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £23.50. Info 01970 623232. Tribute band.
Knotslip Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £8. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Slipknot tribute band.
Lotus Eater + Harbinger + LifeLust + Sentry Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Michaela Fedeczko The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
Nearly Dan The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Steely Dan tribute band.
Nerys And The Soul Traders West End Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 735739.
Oxjam Cardiff 2018 The Moon / Tiny Rebel / Gwdihw, Cardiff. 12pm, £6 adv. Info 07891 580349. Annual multi-venue charity alldayer in aid of Oxfam. Lineup like so. The Moon: The Witching Hour, The Last Ankle, Yasmine Davies, Big Thing, 6foot7, Bryony Sier, Carolines, Aaron Douglas, The Devil In Virginia, The Pitchforks and The Moon Birds. Tiny Rebel: Rain Maker, Lighthammer, To Bear Sir, Codewalkers, Stay Voiceless, Handsome Ape, Elliot Oakley, The Rotanas, Rhys Davis, The Brwmys and John Mouse. Gwdihw: Wynt, Asha Jane Band, Art Bandini, Loralie, Burning Ferns, Laura Power, Conformist and George Glew.
Penny Arcade Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Public Service Broadcasting Miners Institute, Blackwood. 8pm, £20.50 adv. Info 01495 227206. Sold out.
Purple Zeppelin Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £17/£16. Info 01633 868239. Dual tribute to Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. Also it’s funny because the band name sounds sort of like something you might call a penis.
Ragnarock (AD: Year One!) Ebbw Vale Institute. 3-11.45pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 01495 708022. Featuring sets from Bad Touch, Skam, The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk, Mick O’Toole, Saints Of Arcadia, Blackjack Zero, Reece and Wheniwas5.
Ralph McTell Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £25/£22. Info 029 2039 1391. In Swansea tomorrow; Cardigan on Mon 29.
Schubertiade: Llyr Williams Piano Recital Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £15. Info 01239 841387. Performing works by Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt.
*Sons Of Kemet Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Cutting-edge London jazz biz. See Music.
Soul Stripper + King Kraken Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. AC/DC tribute band headline.
Stonehouse McCann’s Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 9pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
The Annual Royal British Legion Charity Gala Concert Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £18. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring Shân Cothi, Dunvant Male Choir, Côr Seingar and more.
The Big What?! Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Blues Sisters Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Carpenters Experience The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £16. Info 01495 355945.
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 Kate Bush Song Book Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute act. Sold out.
The Shakes The Heath, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 4207. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Stoned Cherries + Viv Bell + Hugh Knight The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
What The Floyd Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £20/£15 adv. Info 01834 869323.
SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER
ClownSmashEverything Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Punk band from Norwich.
Cryptic Street The Moon, Cardiff. 5pm, £5. Info [email protected].
Glas Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Jessica Dandy & Dylan Perez Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Music Club concert featuring a contralto/piano duo.
Luna Rossa Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2089 0862.
Public Service Broadcasting The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £21. Info 01633 656757.
Rag Mama Rag Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All gig.
Ralph McTell Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12-£23. Info 01792 602060.
Rupak Kulkarni & Gurdain Rayatt Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £6.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Indian classical flute and tabla duo.
Schubertiade Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01239 841387. Featuring performances bgy Côr Teifi, Gwawr Edwards, Llyr Williams and conductor Henry Ward. Final of three Schubertiade events here.
The Dave Jones Quartet Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig, with the band paying tribute to Kenny Kirkland.
Whitchurch Jam Session #111 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
WNO Family Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £7-£18. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring a Halloween theme.
Yellow Days The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888.
MONDAY 29 OCTOBER
Acoustic Open Mic Curado Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2034 4336. New event on the last Monday of every month and hosted by Bella Collins.
Brecon Town Band & The Salvation Army Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622.
Public Service Broadcasting The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01443 490390.
Ralph McTell Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01239 621200.
TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER
Dusty Cut Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2039 7933.
Jazz Jam Session The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night with the Dave Cottle Trio.
Owen Jolly Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Acoustic singer-songwriter.
Phil Wall’s Jazz Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Sworn Enemy + Stranded + Hunger Strike Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 07970 063107. Rough tough buff US hardcore band headline.
Trish Clowes Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Notable UK jazzer with selections from her album My Iris.
WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER
BC Camplight Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
Dunkie + The Flying Spider Revival + Vella The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.
Haggard Cat + Bitch Falcon Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented by Blowout.
Henge The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01743 860246. Psych-funk band who dress up like aliens and are reviewed in this month’s album section. A DJ set from Earthdoctor also features.
Jason Moran Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. An audiovisual jazz tribute to James Reese Europe, whose military band the Harlem Hellfighters helped to bring jazz to Europe 100 years ago.
*King Crimson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £72/£57. Info 029 2087 8444. Prog legends led by Robert Fripp. Played here a few years ago and it ruled, yeah it’s pricey but you get bang for your buck.
Llantrisant Folk Club Halloween Special Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892.
Nigel Price Organ Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
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.
Perfect Body + Hippodrone + The Bloodshots Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. Forté Project showcase gig.
Royal Welsh College Brass Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
