SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

Between The Trees Candleston Campsite, nr Bridgend. £70 weekend (£30 under-18s); £20 Sun 1 Sept (£5 under-18s); £5 weekend/£1 per day under-5s. Info betweenthetrees.co.uk. Three-day festival (started on Fri 30 Aug, finishes today) of wholesome indie/folk/pop music plus natural science and art-based events including film screenings. Today features live music from Luke Jackson Trio, Toby Hay, The Trials Of Cato, The Black Feathers, Aled Rheon, Eve Goodman and Bella Collins & Gareth Evans.
Claire Victoria Duo Jazz Lounge, Kings Head, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info blackmountainjazz.co.uk. Wall2wall Jazz Festival gig, one of three today (plus a workshop) on its final day.
Dog Chocolate + Boxcat The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Headliners are on the Upset The Rhythm label and play postpunk I guess you’d call it.
Floorboards + These Five Years + Wishing Wolf + Northshore Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info [email protected].
R Frankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month.
Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Monthly gypsy jazz jam night.
Judge Smith & Dave Brakeman Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. The Wyrd Wonder presents a duo who feature Van Der Graaf Generator founding member Smith.
King Yellowman & The Sagittarius Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Jamaican reggae icon. Not sure when he added ‘King’ to his name.
Loud Applause Rising Stars + Crescendo + Melodynamic The Orangery, Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 2-5.30pm, £15/£10 under-18s. Info 01639 881635.
National Youth Choir Of Wales Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 4pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
Open Mic with Dave Kenwrick The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Paul Dark Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Ragsy National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 1.15pm, free. Info 01558 667149.
Renewal Choir Melville Centre, Abergavenny. 4.15pm, £15. Info blackmountainjazz.co.uk. Wall2wall Jazz Festival gig.
Roosevelt Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
R Steve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month. Tango Jazz Melville Centre, Abergavenny. 2pm, £15. Info blackmountainjazz.co.uk. Wall2wall Jazz Festival gig.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.
The Proclaimers Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £36.50 adv. Info 01792 475715.

 

MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

Elaina Hoss Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Playing the jazz night which is here every Monday.
Unlimited Voices Choir National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01558 667149.

 

TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

3hattrio Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm. Info 01646 687635. Folk.
Acoustic Tuesday The Apothecary, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers. New venue, moved from its long-term one in Riverside to this wee cafe in Canton.
Best Of That’ll Be The Day Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27.50/£24.50. Info 01792 475715. “Prepare for a nostalgia extravaganza.” Oh I will.
Bruno Heinen Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
India Electric Co Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01495 227206. UK folk duo.
R Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash, every Tuesday this month.
R Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Ron King’s Rhythm Aces Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

 

WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

Afternoon In Paris The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
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.
Frazer/McIntosh Band Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Michael Blachfield Trio The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. Playing a Concerts And Cakes afternoon show here.
Noson Jazz Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm. Info 01443 491424. Monthly jazz club 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 Christian Punter.
Skunk Anansie Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £27.50. Info 029 2078 1458. See last month’s issue of Buzz for an interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie.
Steve Price Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday.
The Root Doctors Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2062 6015.
Under The Driftwood Tree The Big Top, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. First gig in several years for this ‘mellow’ Cardiff folk-rock band.

 

THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER

Bryony Sier + Christina Thatcher Gentileza, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free (donations welcomed). Info [email protected]. A singer-songwriter and poet respectively.
Christopher Howe The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Cynefin The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2048 3344. Welsh folk act.
Demonic Resurrection + Sodomized Cadaver The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Indian metal band headline.
R Dennis Duffin Café Jazz, Cardiff. 1-2.30pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Canadian jazz guitarist, on tomorrow also.
Emily Hinshelwood & Delyth Jenkins Mission Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 652016. Album launch gig for this duo, a poet and a Celtic harpist respectively.
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
Jodie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente Cuffern Manor, Roch, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01437 710071. Folk duo.
John Kirkpatrick Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. UK folk singer.
Kathy Davies Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info 029 2038 7026.
Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info [email protected]. Monthly open mic night with a different host each month – for September it’s Six Sided Men.
R Open Mic Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Every Thursday this month.
Rats + Just Drive + Tracy Island + Wynt The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Presented by This Feeling.
Sasami Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. LA-based musical polymath headlines. According to someone from her label she is also very funny.
Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26.50/£24.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show.
Susanna Warren Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995.
Taking Care Of Elvis Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27/£25. Info 01792 475715. ETA courtesy of Ben Portsmouth.
The Rocket Man Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £23. Info 0300 3656677. Elton John tribute

 

FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

9xDead + Rapture’s End + Urfe McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Acoustic Sinners The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Ar Ol Tri Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Cardigan choir perform with tenor Ceri Davies, for whom this concert is a benefit to help finance studying.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Dactyl Terra + Surreal Kinnock The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Duncan Chisholm Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060. Scottish folkie, did the music for Good Will Hunting.
Ed Force One The Lion, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 630886. Iron Maiden tribute band.
Fallen Temples Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252.
R Gower Bluegrass Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 11am, £30/£27 (weekend); £7/£6 (Fri, Sat daytime or Sun); £12/£10 (Sat evening); £20/£17 (Sat all day). Info 01792 371206. Featuring, over three days (schedule TBC): The Often Herd, Alden, Patterson & Dashwood, Blossom Hill, One Tree Hillbillies, North Drive, Bow Legged Skeeter, Whitefern Mountain String Band, Outlaw Sisters, The Moretons, Western Edge, Jack Dawgs, Gwynnnie & The Old Mumblers and Brandywine Cloggers. (Until Sun 8)
Heriot + Grief Ritual + Voidcaller Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £7. Info [email protected]. Metal.
Honest Thieves + Dangers Of Love + High Praise + Live, Do Nothing + Dear Anyone Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2039 9557. DIY Cardiff with a gig of pop-punk and indie; headliners are launching a 7” and you get a free copy on the door so that’s proper VFM.
Jess Gillam Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Opening concert of this year’s Cowbridge Music Festival, which runs until Sat 21; you can read more in Music and get more detail at cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk.
John James The Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night.
Mitch & The Millipedes Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 01685 879491. Adam Ant tribute band.
Monkjack Cwmcarn Hotel, Monmouthshire. 9pm, free. Info 01495 270239.
Motel Thieves + Carolines + Feed Me Milk + Finding Aurora Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig featuring local bands.
Off The Record Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
OrganFest 2019: Gerard Brooks Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2087 8444. Opening event of OrganFest, which takes place at various locations until Sun 8 and presented by St David’s Hall.
Paul Ashton City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Paul Potts Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £33. Info 01639 763214. A couple of nights ago, in my friend’s car, I sang “Paul Potts” over the “Pol Pot” refrain on Holiday In Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys. An old joke? Maybe, but it never feels old.
Punchline Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Sodomized Cadaver + Democratus + Ablated + Sepulchre + Cerebral Atrophy Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £6.66 adv. Info 07970 063107. Extreme metal bands. Can I suggest charging £6.67 on the door for truly unbeatable banter.
String Theory + Vanilla + Tundra + Fire Fences Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £3/£2 adv. Info 01792 301178.
The Bay Rum Hounds Butterfly Collector, Barry. 8pm, free. Info 07542 673794.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Marley Experience The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. Bob Marley tribute.
The Monmouth Band with Wynne Evans Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 772467.
The Rolling Stones Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01792 475715.
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £20/£18. Info 01834 861212. Covers.
Ultimate Eagles St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £26.95. Info 029 2087 8444. “Not a tribute band, these are real musicians with real talent” – Daily Mail. Countercultural media publication Buzz is here to tell you that they are in fact a tribute band.
Warwound + Drunken Marksman + Social Experiment + State Of Decay Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01443 491424. Punk and hardcore bands. Headliners were a little known 80s group who reformed a while back with members of The Varukers and Stempin’ Ground. Opening two bands on this bill are in Neath tomorrow.
Wonk Unit + Nigel + System Reset The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. Punk bands.

 

SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER

4th Annual Mod & Ska Festival Tramshed, Cardiff. 5pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Featuring The Ska 45s, The Brightoners, Future Sailors, Ska Monkeys and Gingerino’s Boss Sounds.
BigFoot + Ravenbreed + Foreigner’s Son + Tribeless Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Hard rock bill, the headliners touring for the last time.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Mount Pleasant Community Hall, Pontnewydd. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01633 770255. In Pontyclun on Sat 14; Chepstow on Sat 21.
Blondie And Ska Tribute Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £4.50 adv. Info 029 2023 3658.
Borders + We Struck Gold + Water Chemistry + Throwing Knives + That Which Ate The Moon Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30-10.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected].
Boxcat The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Claire Taylor Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Darkside De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 8pm, £15. Info 01834 218228. Pink Floyd tribute
Gimme Abba The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Guilty Pleasure Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Higher-On Maiden Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Iron Maiden tribute band.
Hot Club Gallois The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 3344. Gypsy jazz.
Hot Red Chili Peppers The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band.
Hullabaloo Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 243252. Muse tribute.
John Verity Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig with a former guitarist in Argent.
R Jon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, every Saturday this month.
Konketsu The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Llyr Williams Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital.
Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Matt Blumberg The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Nathan Carter Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £31. Info 0845 2263510. New Irish pop favourite, going to confidently state he’s big with the mammies without actually looking it up.
Nova The Crows Nest, Llanyravon, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 864380.
OrganFest 2019: David Briggs Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2087 8444.
OrganFest 2019: Gerard Brooks St John The Baptist Church, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £7. Info 029 2087 8444.
OrganFest 2019: Mr Majeika And The Magic Organ St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11am, £5-£10. Info 029 2087 8444.
Out Of The Black McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Owain Whatley The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721. Acoustic session in the pizza joint under the Admiral building.
Pure Purple The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01495 213300. Deep Purple tribute.
Rain Kings Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
State Of Decay + Social Experiment + Positive Reaction The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 0300 3656677.
Stonehouse Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
Tattsyrup Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01443 491424. Ska and reggae classics.
The Doors Alive Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.
The Manfreds Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £24/£23. Info 01656 815995.
Trio Durand Millet Raillard St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. A Pentreffest Noz folk night. In Cardigan tomorrow.
Ultimate Classic Rock Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £106/314. Info 01633 868239. Covers.
White Riot + The Pitchforks + All Dead All Dead + Clwb Fuzz Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig.

 

SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER

Ernie Halter Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £13. Info 029 2089 0862. Singer-songwriter with a soulpatch on his chin and soul influences in his bio. Main claim to fame is that Justin ‘Beiber Fever’ Beiber covered one of his songs.
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 29 in September), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 15) too.
Gaz Whelan Jac’s, Aberdare. 6pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01685 879491. Drummer of Happy Mondays plays an acoustic set. Dunno if that means he’s on the bongos or what. Also features a DJ set from Gareth Hopkins.
Jamie Grey Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Remembering Glen Campbell Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £22/£20. Info 01874 611622. Tribute show.
Royal Scam Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Steely Dan tribute
The Remi Harris Duo Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance.
Trio Durand Millet Raillard Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm. Info 07818 056599.

 

MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

Al Moses + Rainbow Maniac + Young Garbo The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 07590 471888. Presented by This Feeling.
*Brotzmann/Leigh + Halftone Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Great booking (in conjunction with Nawr)! Peter Brotzmann is a Dutch free jazz beast and Heather Leigh is a noodly psych type from the USA, and they’ve been playing together for a few years now.
Gimme Some Lovin’ Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Nine-piece soul cover band.
Groucho Club Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

 

TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

Jeffrey Howard St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Organ recital.
Martin Simpson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£17. Info 029 2087 8444. UK folk-rocker plays a Roots Unearthed gig.
Open Mic Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7-10.30pm, free. Info 029 2071 2100.
Rob Luft & Dave O’Higgins Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
The Keith Little Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Young Artists’ Recital Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital with Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano) and Trystan Llyr Griffiths (tenor).

 

WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

Atsuko Shimada with The Greg Sterland Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Danbert Nobacon & Kira Wood Cramer + Tracey Curtis Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Nobacon, if that is his real name (it isn’t), used to be in Chumbawamba and now lives in the States, where he met Cramer.
Jazz Supper I Cellars Restaurant, The Bear Hotel, Cowbridge. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01446 774814. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event with music by the Caley Groves Duo; price includes food..
Los Pacaminos Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2062 6015. Global Promotions present the Tex-Mex styled project of 80s pop star Paul Young. In Abergavenny on Sat 14.
Mark Porter, Paul Sawtell & Rhythm Group Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Naomi Rae + Asha Jane + Alice Meixner Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. Presented by The Forte Project.
Noson Werin Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm. Info 01443 491424. Monthly folk night.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Sophie Crabtree.
Peach Fur + PsySo The Big Top, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.
Pete Murray Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Australian singer-songwriter. More popular there than here I guess.
R The Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 25.
The Lonesome Ace String Band Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01646 651725. Canadian old timey music. In Hay tomorrow; Abergavenny on Fri 19.
You Win Again Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 01495 227206. Bee Gees tribute.

 

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

Afro Celt Sound System Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Danceable world music kind of thing.
Beach Boyz Tribute Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01656 815995.
Jersey Beats Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £22/£21. Info 01633 868239. Frankie Valli tribute.
Rebecca Evans & Friends National Museum Cardiff. 7.15pm, £15-£18. Info 029 2039 7951. Welsh soprano accompanied by harpist Catrin Finch and pianist Michael Pollack.
Songwriters Network Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info
[email protected]. Meetup and jam type night, every second Thursday of the month.
Tallies + Red Telephone The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info [email protected].
The Aronowitz Piano Trio Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital.
The Bay Rum Hounds Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
The Blue Touchpaper Tapes Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Performing a Coltrane set.
The Lonesome Ace String Band The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01497 821762.
The Mersey Beatles Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01446 738622. Tribute band.
Tobias Robertson The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721. Jazz and soul covers, every second thursday of the month until December.

 

FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER

101% Pantera Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Tribute band. In Swansea on Sat 21.
Beatles For Sale + Another Abba + Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £750 for a table of 10. Info 07920 063721. Tribute act night in aid of the Forget Me Not Chorus. I assume there must be another ticket option than the one given above but I can’t find it
Bernie Marsden + The Kris Barras Band Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Former Whitesnake guitarist headlines.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 01656 815995.
Budapest Cafe Orchestra Cowbridge Town Hall. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance.
Dead Memory McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 9pm, free. Info 01633 253648. Thunder tribute band, in Swansea tomorrow.
Defeatist + Homeland + Amorla Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557.
ESP City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. R&B.
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862.
Geraint Lovgreen A’r Enw Da Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Welsh language rock veteran.
Green Haze The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Green Day tribute.
Hana2k + Hvnter + Dead Method The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Kearney’s Jig + Tie Fighter Pilot + Second In Line + Fatal Blow The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 213300. Punk bands.
Last Great Dreamers + Trep + Excursia The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
Leggy + Personal Best Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Punky powerpop stuff from the US and UK respectively. Leggy played this venue a few years back and will no doubt be holding out for a repeat of that evening.
Pixies + The Big Moon Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Alternative rock sorts return to this venue after a few years. I reviewed the one before it and different people I know literally said it was the best gig they’d ever been to, and the worst. Both very weird opinions if you ask me!
Rain Kings The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Spouky Kids + Korn Again + Stiff Bizkit The Globe, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tributes to Marilyn Manson, Korn and Limp Bizkit.
Stanley Strong Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Talon Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £24.50/£23.50. Info 01874 611622. Eagles tribute.
The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
What’s Love Got To Do With It? St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25-£30. Info 029 2087 8444. Tina Turner tribute show.

 

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

AC/DC UK Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 708022. Tribute band.
Backbeat Soundsystem Newport Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £11-£15. Info 01834 869323. Live reggae act presented by Span Arts.
BBC Proms In the Park Singleton Park, Swansea. 7pm, £18 adv/£8 under-17s/£5 under-13s/free under-4s. Info 01792 637300. Film and TV favourites, classical pieces and traditional Welsh songs performed by the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus Of Wales, plus special guests ABC (as in the pop group), Andrei Kymach and Xhosa Cole.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Pontyclun RFC. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info info@
globalpromotionscardiff.com.
Brother Ray Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Darlhouse Family + Kiddus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Live band show from local beatheads DHF. Also features a DJ set by Esther.
Dead Memory + Ortario + Static Fires + Harbour Way + The Dirty Flamingos Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are described here as “Entertainment Rock from Germany”.
Fiddle Festival Of Wales 2019 Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. £5/£3. Info [email protected]. Featuring workshops, competitions and an evening concert.
Full Dark No Stars The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Glossolalia M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2047 3373. Live performance meshing spoken word, mysticism and music, from Max Unity & Lou Noble plus DJ Mylo & Andy Bongo. Raising awareness for CAMFED, a charity supporting female education in Africa.
Hideaway Trio The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
HurleyFest IV Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2062 6015. Charity gig in aid of MDNA and The Stroke Association, featuring Grounded, Huw James, Bryn Chapman, Rhys Davis & The Liberators, The Bakestones and John Nicholas.
Jack Perrett The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 11.30pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected]. Newport ladrocker. That does seem a very late start time but it’s what the Facebook page says.
Jazz Supper II The Ballroom, The Bear Hotel, Cowbridge. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01446 774814. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event with music by the Tom Berge Trio; price includes food..
Karmen Field + Downard + Livin’ Cheap NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Last Tree Squad + TUF Kingdom The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01743 860246.
Los Pacaminos Priory Centre, St Mary’s, Abergavenny. 7pm, £20 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by Woodfired Summit.
Marged Hall And Anne Denholm Cowbridge Library. 5pm, free. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event.
Martyrials The Duke, Neath. 7pm. Info 0300 3656677. Glam/synthpunk band from Bristol.
Mentallica + Flew Fighters Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Two tribute bands.
Mugwumps The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 01792 654366. Charity gig in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust.
News From Nowhere + King Of Despair + Rhys Underdown Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info www.elysiumgallery.com.
Porthcawl Male Choir Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £15. Info 01656 815995.
*Rainbow Grave + Shishu + This Is Wreckage + Ordeal By Roses The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 present some full-scale earslaughter of the (in order of appearance) sludgepunk, hardcore, noiserock, power electronics type. Headliners feature Napalm Death founder member Nik Bullen.
Rammlied Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Rammstein tribute band.
Simply Jackson The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10 adv. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com.
Skacasm Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01443 682388. Ska tribute band.
Skinflint McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
Stanley Strong Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
The Bellagio Boys The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
The Christians Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Eighties pop outfit. Played here on the second Saturday of last September too, maybe they just have an identical tour schedule each year. Anyway this is sold out.
The Gallerys Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Kent indie band. Misspelling of name their own.
The Greatest Hits Of Motown Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
The Hotknives + Tootinskamoon Cathays Sports & Social Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 029 2022 0906. Ska bands plus guest DJ Matthew Morgan.
The James Taylor Quartet Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060.
The Navarones Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 439166.
The Total Stone Roses + Oaysis Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Mancunian monkey walk ladrockin’ tribute band… then another.
UK Foo Fighters Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Tribute band.
Young Musicians Of South Wales Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 11am, free. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event.

 

SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Gypsyfingers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Folky trip-hop type band featuring Mike Oldfield’s son Luke. I would have expected Mike to give his kids some wacky celeb names but seemingly not.
Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jazz Brunch Oscars, Cowbridge. 11am, £20 adv. Info 01446 774814. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event; price includes food.
Jimmy Mac’s Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Magical Music Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £15. Info 01656 815995. An evening in support of the RNLI, presented by Styeve Spears and featuring the Dave Hughes Orchestra & Singers
Mallory Knox + Just Drive Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Pop-punk outfit, graced with a four-star review in the last issue of Buzz, headline.
P90 Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Syrian Dreams Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance featuring qanun player Maya Youssef.

 

MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

Saxes 4 You Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
The Chesterfields + Arrest! Charlie Tipper Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Indiepop presented by Cheap Sweaty Fun and also featuring DJ Tim Hall
The Pale White Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. In Swansea tomorrow.

 

TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

Burum Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Welsh folky jazzers with a set of new music called The Merthyr Blues.
Hozier St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37.50/£32. Info 029 2087 8444. Irish soul-pop bloke who had that really annoying single a while ago, you know the one. Mavis Staples is on his new album.
King’s X + Trope Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. American proggy hard rock band who come to promience in the 80s headline. They got called Christian rock but don’t reckon they are themselves.
Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Pale White Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 468892.
The Velveteers + Excellent Skeleton + Livin’ Cheap The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected].
Thingunijigs Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01446 773824. Twmpath. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event.

 

WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Camp Cope + Witching Waves Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Punky alt stuff from Australia, plus Witching Waves who are playing Cardiff in a few days (as I write).
Colum Sands Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Concerts And Cakes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £4.50. Info 0300 0040444.
Esben Tjalve Sextet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Hello Again Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. Neil Diamond tribute show.
Jeff Hooper & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Keith Little Quartet feat. Jane Williams Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info [email protected]. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Alcie Bella.
Soul Kinda Wonderful The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01633 656757. Drifters tribute band.
Tenebrae Consort Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance.
Victoria Clewin with The Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.

 

THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

Childcare Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.
Codewalkers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here.
Gareth Hall Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone In concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50-£88. Info 029 2087 8444. With the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
I Fight Lions + The Decoy Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30-10.30pm, £5. Info [email protected].
JCM – In Memory Of Jon Hiseman Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Hiseman, who drummed in several UK blues-rock, jazz-rock and jazz bands, founded this trio before dying last year, but the other two members are carrying it on which is, quite literally, what he would have wanted.
Keith James Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01646 695267. Performing his Cat Stevens tribute set.
Lagerstein + Footprints In The Custard Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07970 063107. Pirate metal bands. In Swansea on Tue 24.
Manchester Collective Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing a set titled Sirocco.
Moonshine Boulevard Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
MTXS + Bleach + Msry + Profiler + Fangs + Deadweight The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Hardcore and metal.
On The Shores Of The Danube Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £13 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital featuring great classical pieces composed in Vienna.
Robin Laing Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
Siobhan McCrudden Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995.

 

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

Allan Yn Y Fan Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery. 7.30pm, £10/£5 under-17s. Info 01550 720232. A Llandovery Folk Dancing night.
uAmserJazzTime Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Weekly jazz sessions in the foyer, every Friday until 6 Dec.
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night.
uAn Evening Of Queen Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 6-9.30pm, £29.50/£26. Info 0333 6663366. Tribute show with West End stars. On tomorrow also but both dates sold out.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”
Bon Giovi Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band.
Calypso The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Celebrating Clara Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £13 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital of work by Clara and Robert Schumann plus Brahms.
Claire Taylor City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Creedence Clearwater Review Town Hall, Maesteg. 8pm, £16.50. Info 01656 815995. Tribute band.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Classic soul.
Ensemblebash Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Percussion quartet.
Hello Again: The Story Of Neil Diamond St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26/£23.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show.
Keith James The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £10. Info 01497 821762. Performing his Nick Drake tribute set
Neptune’s Daughter The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Oddly named open mic night.
Pizzatramp + Hold Tight + Nigel + Youthanasia The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, pay by donation. Info [email protected]. Fundraiser gig for this venue.
Plastic Mermaids Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly session with regular and guest performers.
The Caspiens + Sweet Ignitions + Stay Voiceless + Greenmailer Abergavenny Labour Hall. 7pm, £5. Info 01873 853291.
The Crazy Kats Brass Ensemble Carnegie House, Bridgend. 8pm, £8. Info 01656 815757.
The Lonesome Ace String Band Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8-10pm, £14 adv. Info 01873 852960.
The Lurkers + Tenplusone + Addiction Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 07970 063107. UK punk veterans headline.
R The Penallt Folk Festival The Inn At Penallt, Monmouth. 5pm, £30 weekend/£40 with camping/£15 per day. Info 01600 772765. Inaugural festival here, on for three days. Schedule like so. Today: Pwca, Don’t Tell Johnny, The Fiery Celtic Trio Burn The Fiddle and a late Bar Session. Sat 21: Morning Session, The Widders Boarder Dance Troop, Snow On The Mountain, Who’s Hands Are These, Mice In A Match Box, Double Measure, Rohan, Pretty In Pink and Bar Sessions run by Daniel B James and Donald Stewart, plus Black Beards Tea Party headlining. Sun 22: Drum Workshop by Dave Boston of Black Beards Tea Party (£10 for ticket holders/£12 others), then Katie And Felix, Those Whiskey River Boys and a ‘survivors session. in the bar. (Until Sun 22)
The Trials Of Cato Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk trio who sometimes sing in Welsh but who formed in Beirut.
The Ultimate Classic Rock Show Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £16/£14. Info 01639 763214.
R The Welsh Rockabilly Fair Hi Tide Inn, Porthcawl. £87.50 weekend/£43.75 under-16s. Info [email protected]. This might be sold out by the time you read this but either way there’s a bunch of bands plus DJs, a fairground and a place to camp (this needs to be booked ahead though). Bands: The Hillbillies, Wildfire Willie, The Sureshots, John Lewis, The Hayriders, The Deadshots, The Deville Rebels, The Beefy La Slap Trio, The Bullets, The Retrobates, The Meekats, The Starlight Trio, Saint Dom & The Sinful, The Crawlin’ Kingsnakes, Ashley’s Midnite Blues, Fat ‘N’ Furious and resident DJs. (Until Sun 22)
Wish Upon A Star Charity Show Jac’s, Aberdare. 6pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Featuring James Alexander Walters, January Rees, Angelo Scaccia, Tony Gordon, Rae Goman and Ruby Kelly.

 

SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

101% Pantera + Boxing Day Rage The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].
Afterglow Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2089 0862. Genesis tribute band who only do the Phil Collins-era stuff and who explain their reasons for doing so in a vaguely narked, defensive tone.
And The Sky Darkened + State Of Deceit + Sepulchre + Good Morning Vietnam + Greywall Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07970 063107.
Anonymous Iconoclasts + The Bakestones + Goodbye Polar Bear + Hannah Hannah NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Bar Stool Preachers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Pity My Brain present rollicking punk band. I saw them supporting Cock Sparrer, whose singer is by a remarkable coincidence the dad of this band’s singer.
Bass12 Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Drill Hall, Chepstow. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 01291 628552.
Cadence Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.
Carnival Of The Animals Cowbridge Comprehensive School. 11am, £10 adv/free kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival family performance.
Ceri James Band The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
CJ Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Dessie Magee The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01497 821762.
Don’t Stop Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £3.50 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Fleetwood Mac tribute.
Ellis Thomas & Will Duerden St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 2-3.45pm, £8. Info [email protected]. Recital as part of this year’s Tenby Arts Festival, which is in various locations around town until Sat 28.
Everyday Heroes The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 247178.
Fast Love Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £28.75. Info 029 2022 4488. George Michael tribute act. Has some of his old band members but it’s still mental to me that this can fill arenas.
Fisherman’s Friends St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £35/£27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Cornish folk crooners who had a movie made about them.
Genesis Connected Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01686 614555. Tribute band.
Julian Bliss Jazz Septet Cowbridge Comprehensive School. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival closing performance, a tribute to Benny Goodman.
Justin Crowe The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440.
Natalie Evans + Bonniesongs + ST Manville + Mantaraybryn The Dojo, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 07773 348655. Indie-folkish stuff presented by Tone Deaf Creatures. This venue is in Kings Road Yard which houses the Pipes brewery and various independent shops etc.
Paul Dark + Acolustic Sinners + Get Ready! Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 1.3-pm, free. Info 01873 853613.
Pearl Jam UK Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 5555. Tribute band.
Stavzband Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
Stipe Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01685 879491. REM tribute.
Supreme Robbie + Absolute Adele De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7pm, £16. Info 01834 218228. Celebrating the first night of this year’s Tenby Arts Festival with tributes to Robbie Williams and Adele.
The Autumn Killers + Pentire The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2 adv. Info [email protected].
The Cravats + The Charlemagnes Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are an avant-garde punk combo dating from the late 70s. They did a single on Crass Records so are sort of linked with anarcho punk, but not really. Anyway this could be fun!
The Great Cowbridge Singalong Cowbridge Town Hall. 2.30-4.30pm, free. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event.
The Magic Of Motown Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £26/£24.50. Info 0845 2263510.
The Switch McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
*The Volume Forever Alldayer The Moon, Cardiff. 3-11.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Great lineup presented by Kicked In The Face for FREE! Features Esuna, Live, Do Nothing, Human Heat, Haast’s Eagled, Obey Cobra. Fort, Comfort, Bodyhacker and Onkalo. Going to use this space to recommend you see Comfort who are a brilliant queer synthpunk duo from Glasgow
The Woodsman + The Bitten + Addiction The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Toby Walker West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All present fingerstyle guitarist.
Tredegar Town Band with The Band Of The Welsh Guards Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
Twelve Knights The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Valli Boys Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01495 243252. Frankie Valli tribute.

 

SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

Alcatrazz + The Jokers + Evyltyde Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hard rockers fronted by Graham Bonnet headline.
BBC NOW: Scenes & Stories Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 3pm, £15/£13.50. Info 01686 614555. Jaume Santonja conducts a programme of Mussorgsky, Grieg and Sibelius.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Chow! Church House, Tenby. 9pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Tenby Arts Festival event.
*Drab Majesty + SRSO + Private World Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Woozy goth-rock band from LA headline. Played the Moon last year and sold the venue out. Slush Puppy present this time.
I Have A Voice Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6pm, £8. Info 01633 868239. Choral music from Lleisiau Torfaen Voices.
Kongero Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-9.45pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387. A cappella folk trio from Sweden.
No Mean Biscuit Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
*The Ex + Rhodri Davies + Slagheap Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Dutch avant-punks and general inspirations headline.
The Gentle Good Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Local folk-rocker.
The James Oliver Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The New Orleans Hot Potatoes Imperial Hotel, Tenby. 12-3pm, £18. Info [email protected]. Tenby Arts Festival concert; price includes a two-course meal.
Tiny Moving Parts + Microwave The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Pop-punk.
Trinity Singers St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 6.30-8.30pm, £14. Info [email protected]. Tenby Arts Festival event.
Whitland School Choir & Band St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 2-3.30pm, £6. Info [email protected]. Tenby Arts Festival event.

 

MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

Aitch Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 5555. One of the new rappers they have nowadays. Upgraded from the Globe and now sold out here.
Ed Rees Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2.30pm, £3.50. Info 01656 815995.
Handyside & Langshaw Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Jacuzzi Boys The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Floridian garage punk type band.

 

TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

Alexander Ullman St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 7.30-9.15pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Piano recital; part of this year’s Tenby Arts Festival.
Bryony Dunn + Jemma Krysa + Joss Malcolmson The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Dave Jones Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz.
Fetty Wap Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £30.50. Info 029 2023 5555. US nu-trap rap fella. Rescheduled from a few months back.
Hot Club 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.
Lagerstein + Footprints In The Custard + Democratus The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].
Royal South Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £13. Info 029 2089 0862. Ppo-country trio from Nashville.
Sophie Evans Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £25. Info 029 2087 7959. Songs from the musicals sung by someone who is known for starring in them. In Treorchy on Thurs 26 and Fri 27.

 

WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

An Evening With Lesley Garrett The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01633 656757. Songs and patter from British soprano.
Big Nothing + Dangers Of Love Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30-10.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Melodic punk shenanigans from Philly and London.
Concerts And Cakes Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 1pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.
Dave Jones Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Dr Bland’s Bad Batch.
Royal Welsh College Symphonic Brass And Percussion Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Sonny Winnebago + Otto + Holiday In The Mind Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by The Forte Project.
Spear Of Destiny Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £18. Info 029 2023 2199. Anniversary tour for their album One Eyed Jacks, a concept work about overly partisan Swansea City supporters.
Static-X + Soil + Wednesday 13 + Dope Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Oh, so you like early 2000s second division nu-metal do you? “Eh… maybe a little.” Well here you go, here’s ALL OF IT IN THE WORLD! “Oh no.”
Steffan Morris St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 7.30-9.15pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Tenby Arts Festival concert.
The Phil Dando Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.

 

THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

Aled Jones & Russell Watson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £31.50-£57. Info 029 2087 8444. Two classical singers your gran has heard of join forces.
Andy Fairweather-Low & The Hi Riders Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01600 772467.
Blake Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £23. Info 0845 2263510. Corny crooner boyband do songs from movies/musicals on this tour.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Catalan! + Memory Of Elephants + Fort Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Post-rocky type stuff. Headliner is a guy who used to be in Axis Of from Northern Ireland.
Côr Meibion Tâf Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Celebrating the start of the Rugby World Cup.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Folk bloke with jokes brings his amiable NYC strums back to this venue.
Jive Talkin’ Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 01639 763214. Bee Gees tribute band.
R Sophie Evans Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £28. Info 0300 0040444. On tomorrow also.
Tenby Male Choir St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 8-9.30pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Tenby Arts Festival concert.
The Dust Coda + Daxx & Roxane Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07970 063107. Hard rock.
The Three Degrees Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0300 0040444.
The Valli Boys The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £20. Info 01792 654366. Frankie Valli tribute act. Ticket price includes a mixed platter of all kindsa gabagool.

 

FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

Acoustic Sinners Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447.
A Foreigner’s Journey The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tribute act covering both Foreigner and Journey.
Andy Fairweather Low & The Hi Riders Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2070 0721.
BBC NOW: Autumn Afternoon Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2063 6464. Andrew Gourlay conducts a programme of Debussy, Judith Weir andf Wagner.
Carreg Bica Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 615952. Twmpath dance night.
R Cwmaman Music Festival Various venues, Cwmaman, nr Aberdare. Free. Info cwmamanmusicfestival.co.uk. Annual rock weekender across various pubs and clubs in this valleys village. Today has three bands – Barely Serious, The Woodsman and Tenplusone – in the Aman Tavern. Saturday and Sunday looks like this. Shepherds Arms: Stephen John, Pete Jagger, Mahouts, Secret Faces, Carolines and Fireroad (Sat); Sunshine Maniac, Heathens, Tun, Angri Kidd, 3MPH and Dr Blands Bad Batch (Sun). The Falcon Inn: Curly & The Gandy Dancers, Hannah, 4 Brothers, Matthew Swords, Louise & The Feathers and Trevor & The Sprouts (Sat); Codi, The Puss Puss Band, Fiddlers Elbow, Gaudy Orde, Mud On The Tyres and Parcel Of Rogues (Sun); Aman Tavern: Brightr, Anonymous Iconoclasts, Shovelface, Common Spit, Feverjaw and Wager (Sat); Lost Twenties, Super Marine, Crystalline, Mitch & The Millipedes and Skacasm (Sun). The Globe Inn: Rob Lear, Dunkie, Haunted By Ghosts, The Real Goners and Taffy Was A Thief (Sat); Silvertip, Thomas Davies, The Lonely Hearts, Jabz, Hang 11 and The Heavy Flames (Sun). Top Club: Matthew John Clark, Hey! Ventura, Tom Auton, The Sam Johnson Band and Jamie Mccardle (Sat). (Until Sun 29)
D’Alma Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
R Dollfest 6 The Dolls House, Abertillery. £3. Info 01495 213300. Two days of rock, punk and metal. Today: The Bitten, Face Up, Terminal Rage, System Reset and Trigger McPoopshute. Tomorrow: The Midnight Dogs, The Senton Bombs, The Philo Beddoe Band, Psychobabylon, Nunchucker, Who Knows Didley? and Red Light Syndrome.
Horn Trios: Brahms & Ligeti Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391.
Hot Strings Cafe The Brewery, Tenby. 7.30-9.30pm, £15. Info [email protected]. Tenby Arts Festival concert.
Jon Boden Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01239 621200. Former Bellowhead singer. In Builth Wells tomorrow; Cardiff on Sun 29.
Los Blancos Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £6.75. Info 029 2023 2199. Welsh language indie band launch new album.
Lotus Tribe + Beano Naboo & The Real Keepers Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400. Two newish south Wales bands, presented hered by Newsoundwales.
Mangata The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Out Of The Black + Eulogy The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected].
Pastel + Getrz The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info [email protected].
Penny Arcade Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.
Punchline City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913.
Rope + Rough Music + Bodyhacker Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Various local noisy rock bands. Rope have just released their second album.
Sam Lee + Richard King The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01497 821762. The first in a series of planned events curated by music journo Jude Rogers, featuring folk-rock sort Lee and author King, plus DJ sets from Sproatly Smith and Jus’ Jay plus another live act TBC, I think.
Simply Re-Red Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 8pm, £20. Info 01633 868239. Tribute act from “the creators of” Eagles cover band Talon, not sure if this just means the members or some hypothetical shadowy background figures.
Slipped Disco Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01495 243252. Disco tribute band.
Son Of Man + Buffalo Summer + The Philo Beddoe Band Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 475444.
Tales In The Shade The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues, jazz and soul.
The KT Bush Band Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. This is Kate Bush’s band from the late 70s, just before she got signed. They did covers and a few songs that ended up on her first album.
The Modulators Black Lion, Llandaff, Cardiff. 9pm, free.Info 029 2056 7312.
The Night Cafe Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50. Info 029 2023 5555. UK indie band of some sort, released an album recently.
Tuulikki Bartosik Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2087 7959. Estonian accordionist, performing here with pianist Timo Alakotila.
Uburen + Sepulchre + Shadowflag + Black Pyre Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.15pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 301178. Black, death and thrash metal in varying portions, the headliners hailing from Norway.
Vistas + Kawala + Chroma Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 5pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. This is a Freshers’ Friday party, and as such you have to be a student to go, although not a Cardiff Uni one necessarily. Grl Tlk DJs also feature.

 

SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

Acoustic Sinners Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Bee Gees Fever Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £18/£16. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band.
Black3lvis + When Worlds Collide Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7. Info 029 2030 4400. EP launch gig for local funk-rock type band.
Cara Dillon Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862.
Children Of The Gravy West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01446 735739.
Coltrane Dedication Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm. Info 01970 633088. Jazz.
Fallen The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Evanescence tribute band.
Fighting With Giants The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Filthy/Gorgeous Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Goodwick Brass Band De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7.30-10pm, £18. Info 01834 218228. The final Tenby Arts Festival concert of this year, also featuring the Bella Voce Singers.
Helen Ensor Morgan The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free.Info 01656 785420.
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Gothy rock’n’roll garage, presented here by Pity My Brain.
Jon Boden Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01982 552555.
Kamikazee Millionaires The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Kings Of Lyon Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tribute band.
Luca Brasi + Middle Distance The Big Top, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. First gig in several years for this ‘mellow’ Cardiff folk-rock band.
Martin Turner The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info [email protected]. Wishbone Ash fella.
Massa Circles + Twin Siblings The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Two cool experimental acts play as part of an exhibition launch here
Nearly Dan The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Steely Dan tribute band.
Punchline Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.
Sera Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £6/£4. Info 01443 491424.
Six Sided Men + The Ninety One Two Three’s + Rowan Coombes + Molly Ann NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
Stickman + The Rotanas + Cease To See The Sun Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £11. Info 0845 2263510. Rock bands presented by Cadno.
Thank Abba For The Music The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24/£23. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
The Butcher’s Dog Show The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 01497 821762.
The Imposters McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648.
The Navarones + Gingerinos The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £6. Info 01792 475147. Ska.
The Oasis Experience Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute band.
Trep + The 501s + Ortorio + Haemaria The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].

 

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

Creed Bratton The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Actor on the US Office, who plays a character also called Creed Bratton. He was also one of literally dozens of musicians to play in pop-rock band The Grass Roots, and has picked up his musical career post-acting.
Helen Ensor Morgan Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Ingrid Fliter Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £8-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital of works by Beethoven and Chopin.
Jon Boden Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862.
The Fitzwilliam Quartet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 3.30pm, £15/£7.50 under-25s. Info 01874 611622. Also featuring live painting onstage by ‘music painter’ Maryleen Schiltkamp.
Tiger Bay Brawlers Fundraiser The Moon, Cardiff. 6-10pm, pay by donation. Info [email protected]. With acts TBC.
Victoria Klewin Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.
Whitchurch Jam Session #119 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

 

MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

Belinda Carlisle + Emergency Tiara St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £35-£57.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Pop colossus of yore, touring to mark 30 years since her Runaway Horses album. It’s got (We Want) The Same Thing on it which is quite a good song. Also I have no idea who Emergency Tiara are but I really like their name.
Brecon Town Band Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 6.30pm, £8.50/£6.50. Info 01874 611622.