THURSDAY 1 MARCH
Aberystwyth Lions Club Charity Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01970 623232. Featuring Shân Cothi, Aberystwyth Silver Band, Aberystwyth Male Voice Choir, Meibion Y Mynydd and the Aberystwyth Tenovus Choir. In aid of Blood Bikes Wales and local charities.
Aubrey Parsons Brewhouse & Kitchen, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2037 1599. This venue is the new version of what was the Mochyn Du in Sophia Gardens. I shall continue to call it the Hüsker Dü, as I used to.
BBC NOW: St David’s Day St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£40. Info 029 2087 8444. Grant Llewellyn conducts a programme of all-Welsh composers, including Karl Jenkins and Alun Hoddinot. Featuring Catrin Finch on harp as well.
Blaenavon Male Voice Choir Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 01873 850805.
Calva Louise + Rainbow Maniac + Bandicoot + Carolines The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Presented by This Feeling.
Caroline Spence + Bryony Sier + Rebecca Parfitt + Emily Green Tiny Rebel Brewing Co., Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01633 547378. Nashville singer-songwriter, presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers. Parfitt and Green will be doing spoken word sets.
*Chouk Bwa Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. A blend of drums, poetry and trance from Haiti. Sounds cool!
Chris Kelly The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
RFrankie Weeson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. Every Thursday this month.
RHackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, from £5. Info 029 2038 7026. A night dedicated to the fresh and the new jazz, normally monthly but also on Thurs 29 this month.
Horizons St David’s Day Gig The Senedd, Cardiff Bay. 7-9pm, free. Info 0300 200 6565. Featuring performances by Adwaith, Hannah Grace, Mellt, Reuel Elijah & Mace and Roughion (DJ set).
Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Monthly singalong around the piano.
John Nicholas Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. In Llandeilo tomorrow.
Levi+ + AKA Mr B + Curious Orange NosDa, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. A Live By The River night presented by U&I Radio.
Martin Simpson Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 01792 863722. Folk guitarist.
Oh Carol! Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01656 815995. A musical tribute to Neil Sedaka.
Paul Potts Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £33. Info 01639 763214. If you have a St David’s Day, and Max Boyce can’t help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire Paul Potts.
*Richard Dawson + Accü Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07982 624959. This is the magnificent R. Dawson’s first ever Swansea gig, put on by his sometime musical partner Rhodri Davies as Nawr, and is way sold out. If you can get a ticket, get a ticket!
Royal Welsh College Brass Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. St David’s Day celebration concert.
Saints, Songs And Celebrations Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 6.30pm, £4.50-£7. Info 01792 475715. Music and entertainment courtesy of over 300 local schoolkids.
Sinfonia Cymru & Gábor Takács-Nagy Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.45pm, £16/£12. Info 01686 614555. In Newport tomorrow.
RThriller Live New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50-£36.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Bells and whistles Michael Jackson tribute show. On at 4pm and 8pm on Sat 3. (Until Sat 3)
FRIDAY 2 MARCH
Argrph + Lastigband + Bitw Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Battle For Byline Heat 5 The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Puzzlingly named battle of the band contest, this week featuring Carolines, World Vs World, Death By Disco and Eulogy.
Blood Red Saints Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Hard rock.
Broken Brass Ensemble + Jack Mac’s Funk Pack Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Also featuring a DJ set from Ben-Jah Meakin.
Capra Mamei + The Man & The Lake Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. Headliners do a kind of klezmer/folk thing
Cardiff University Contemporary Music Group Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. Part of something called the Festival Of Contemporary Music For All.
Cloudbusting The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 471888. Kate Bush tribute.
Doc & The Headshrinkers The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01267 231012. Playing Newport on Thurs 8.
Ffug + Upbeat Sneakers + Jack Perrett + Windshake The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info [email protected].
Georgia Paterson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
John Nicholas The Hangout, Llandeilo. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 01558 823535.
Lee Mason & Lowri Evans Llangathen Village Hall, nr Aberglasney. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01558 668866. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night.
Lost Tuesday Society + Estuary Blacks + Neil Pulling On His Organ Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07982 624959.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Heat 1 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from We Come From Ashes, The Seventh Circle and Incursion, competing to play at Bloodstock this year. Heat 2 is on Fri 9, heat 3 Fri 23.
Olivia Gomez & Ben Pinnow Maesteg Town Hall. 1pm, £6.50. Info 01656 733269. Vocal/piano duo.
Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Paul Dark Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Sepulchre + Cry Of A Cynic + Second Sons The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
Simon Trigg The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Sinfonia Cymru Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2039 1391. Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts a programme of Mozart, Bartok and Huw Watkins.
Stone Broken + Jared James Nichols + The Bad Flowers The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £13 adv. Info 01443 490390. Blues-rock and hard rock.
The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
The Illegal Eagles Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25/£23. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
The Oasis Experience Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm. Info 01495 708022. Tribute band.
The Shakes The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Totally Tina St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21.50-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Tina Turner tribute set.
Wissam Boustany & Aleksander Szram Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391. Flute/piano duo.
Wod St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. A Pentreffest Noz folk night, with a music/dance workshop from 7.30pm and live music from 9.15.
SATURDAY 3 MARCH
Aberfan – A Tragic Anniversary Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£9.50. Info 01970 623232. The University Singers perform works by Karl Jenkins and Mendelssohn. Conducted by David Russell Hulme.
RAcoustic Duos The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235. Local acts here every Saturday.
Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell + Dead Shed Jokers + Deaf Horse Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Pity My Brain with a gig headlined by hairy hard rock band, a little bit cosplay but some good tunes as it goes.
A Foreigner’s Journey Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 01495 708022. A tribute to both Foreigner and Journey.
Alive & Kickin Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free. Info 01656 785420. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Annual St David’s Day Concert Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 0300 0040444. With Cwmbach Male Choir.
Anthony Moulton The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Aubrey & Paul The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. Playing in sibling venue Browns tomorrow.
Carnifex + Aversions Crown + Oceano + Disemtomb Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm. Info www.
hobosmusicvenue.com. Deathcore gubbins I believe
Celynen Silver Band Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 6.30pm, £5. Info 01495 243252.
Chris Kelly Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Côr Godre’r Aran Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-10.30pm, £12. Info 01239 841387.
Dead In The Water Co-Lab NosDa, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2037 8866. I think this is a pre-arranged jam type night with various local musicians, headed by Meirion from Dead In The Water.
Digital Criminals + This Elegant Chaos + Fear Me December The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7-11.30pm, £4. Info 01685 387925.
Echoic + Kill The Ideal + Lazarus Moon + Ian Lynn Palmer The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm, £3. Info 01495 213300.
Fidelio Trio Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Also a Festival Of Contemporary Music For All event. In Abergavenny on Wed 14
Henry Marten’s Ghost Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
*Hey Colossus + Guide Dog The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Terrascope present one of the UK’s finest psych-rockers, who were last here about a year ago I think.
Hollow Log Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 07818 056599. Bluies and poetry.
Jason Price The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622. Live music here every Saturday afternoon.
RJon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £2 after 11. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Sat 10 and Sat 24.
Let’s Hang On Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01792 475715. Frankie Valli tribute.
Nick Harper West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £12. Info 01446 735739.
Ninth Gate The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.
No Parkin Blues Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £7/£5 members. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.
Obsession Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. UFO tribute band who do the Strangers In The Night album all the way through. Niche!
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes II Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute acts and comedy. In Blackwood on Fri 16 and Sat 17, Milford Haven on Sat 24, Cwmbran on Thurs 29 and Fri 30; Penarth on Sat 31.
Ozzbest + Hellbent Forever The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tributes to Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest.
Pendyrus Male Choir Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £18/£16. Info 0845 2263510. St David’s Day special.
Right Hand Left Hand + False Hope For The Savage + Target:Ohio Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info [email protected]. Local postrock bands team up for an evening of instrumentalism.
Roxy Magic Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Roxy Music tribute. Described as “awesome” by Otis Ferry, a word he normally reserves for seeing a fox chased around a field and dismembered by dogs.
Sex Pistols Experience The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Tribute band.
Shop Girls St Canna’s Ale House, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 07890 106449. Actually a solo show from James, this singer of this Cardiff band, in this micropub run by a man of the cloth. The full band are in Roath on Wed 7 however.
Sinfonia Cymru & Gábor Takács-Nagy The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £6-£17. Info 01633 656757.
Smiley & The Underclass The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. London dub-punk band.
Soul Lotta Funk Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
StereoIronics + Maniac Street Preachers + Tom Canning Jac’s, Aberdare. 6pm, £8. Info 01685 879491. Tributes to the Stereophonics, the Manics and Tom Jones,
Tattsyrup Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £4. Info 01443 491424.
The Clone Roses + Oaceis The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tribute bands touring under the umbrella ‘The Sounds Of Manchester Live’.
The Fens The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
The Jets + John Lewis + Deadbeat Deluxe + James G Creighton + The Kingshakes + The Bulltown Boys + Doc & The Headshrinkers Mackintosh Sports Club, Roath, Cardiff. 3pm, £22/£18 adv. Info 029 2049 4697. Rockabilly alldayer.
The Xcerts + Airways Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Up The Creek The Last Resort, Swansea. 9pm. Info [email protected].
SUNDAY 4 MARCH
Al Steele & Friends The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07590 471888. Al seems to be an Australian musician performing live for the first time. His Friends include the band Born To Win, comedian Boyd Clack and James Warren from The Korgis.
Ante-Inferno + Deadwood Lake The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892. UK black metal.
Aubrey & Paul Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Barb Jungr Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Performing her Bob Dylan tribute set.
*Euros Childs + Totem Terrors + Threatmantics + Gindrinker The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £11/£9 adv. Info [email protected]. This is a fundraiser gig for Parkinson’s UK and features some off the finest indie or indie-adjacent fare in Cardiff. It’s even got the original Totem Terrors lineup back for one night only!
Hold Up!! Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 8pm-2am. Info 029 2009 5590. Hip-hop, rap and grime from live acts and DJs, on every first Sunday of the month.
Open Mic Jac’s, Aberdare. 4pm, free. Info 01685 879491.
Papa Gee + The Low Down Dirty Dog Blues Band The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01267 231012.
Patsy Cline & Friends Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £18.50 adv. Info 01834 869323. Tribute show starring Sue Lowry as Patsy, with guest appearances from ersatz Jim Reeveses and Hank Williamses also promised.
RSteve Tarner Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. Every Sunday this month.
The CVC + Amy May Ellis + Selena In The Chapel Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. This is a sort of showcase gig for Sweet Pea, a new all-female record label. Not sure if that refers to the people who run it, the acts they release or both, but sounds like a good thing either way.
The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675. Open mic night presented by Nailed It Events.
The Pickups Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Sunday Sessions: Rare Octavo’s Wine Bar, Cardiff Bay. 2-4.30pm, free. Info 029 2049 1220. Acoustic set.
Tamsin Whaley-Cohen Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01239 841387. Chamber violinist.
MONDAY 5 MARCH
Electric Six + Jack Ellis + Mutant Monster The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Michigan funsters E6 play their annual Cardiff gig. In fact this one was rescheduled from December so maybe they’ll play twice this year.
Fredo Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Newjack grime star. Not heard his music, gig is sold out, listings editor feels old.
RLive Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Here every Monday.
The Grahams + Christopher Rees The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12.50 adv. Info [email protected].
RUkulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
TUESDAY 6 MARCH
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2087 8444. Wife-and-husband folk duo.
RChamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Foyer performances, every Tuesday until 22 Mar.
RCommunity Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Devon Coffey Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Acoustic folk from Shrewsbury.
Engegård Quartet St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2087 8444. Norwegian group perform works by Haydn and Greig on a pay-what-you-feel-like basis.
Moonshine Boulevard Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
*Once And Future Band + The CVC + Guide Dog + Spencer McGarry Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Headliners have an EP reviewed in this issue, by me. I was actually thinking that it sounded focus-grouped to appeal to Spencer McGarry while listening to it, so good to see him on the bill.
ROpen Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Every Tuesday this month.
ROpen Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Every Tuesday.
ROpen Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday.
RStereophonics + Ten Tonnes Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £44.50. Info 029 2022 4488. See Upfront. On tomorrow also but both dates look to be sold out.
RThe Handsome Family Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Endlessly great gothic country duo, plsy Cardiff about once a year and it’s still not enough IYAM.
The Sensational 60s Experience St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring Herman’s Hermits, New Amen Corner, The Fortunes, Mike Pender and Mike D’Abo.
Trio Anima Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Chamber ensemble play as part of a month-long series of concerts, Celebrating Debussy.
WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH
RBandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Also on Fri 16.
Concerts & Cakes The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. Pedal harp and cello recital.
Cory Seznec Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725.
David Ferris Septet feat. Maria Väli Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Ferris is a composer based in Birmingham; Väli is a member of the Estonian Voices vocal group.
Dom Pipkin Smokin’ Boogie Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026. New Orleans style piano blues.
Intimate Voices: Royal Welsh College Guitars Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391.
Jam Night The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, free. Info 01267 231012.
Jeff Hooper & Chris Dean Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. Playing the Music of Matt Monroe and Nat King Cole. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Joe Webb Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
John Mills Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Classical guitar recital.
*Litovsk + Krondstat + Deadlines Undertone, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Slush Puppy with some postpunk action. Headliners are from Brittany.
Martha Ffion Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Me & The Moon Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
ROpen Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.
ROpen Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday. Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Every Wednesday this month, with a different host each week; today it’s Sophie Crabtree.
Saint Agnes + Think Pretty + Dirty Boots The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Think Pretty are playing here in two days also.
Shop Girls The Roath Park, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 1961. Playing a new live music night here every Wednesday.
THURSDAY 8 MARCH
Belle & Sebastian Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £30-£40. Info 029 2063 6464. Indie icons, in Aberystwyth tomorrow.
Chainsaw Castration + CxBxFxIxHxFxLxFxRxE Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 07970 063107. That’s Catastrophic Blunt Force Intracranial Haemorrhage Fluid Leaking From Ruptured Eardrums. I for one am concerned about the potential audience split with this and the Belle & Sebastian gig.
Danielle Nicholls Band The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Doc & The Headshrinkers + Darren Eedens Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info [email protected].
Flight Brigade + Dusty Cut + Fountainhead The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliners are in Hay-On-Wye on Sat 10.
Mark Fortnum Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, free. Info 01685 384111.
The Echo & The Always + Codewalkers + Nuclear Lullaby + Hvnter Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Rumble + Pitchforks Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Sensational 60s Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26.50/£24.50. Info 01792 475715. Decade-specific tribute show
Waterparks Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Some sort of pop-punk band with brightly coloured clothes.
FRIDAY 9 MARCH
*Acid Cannibals + Vails + Think Pretty The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Cosmic Carnage and L:esson No.1 present a gig headlined by a new Glasgow band, featuring James from The Cosmic Dead. They rock hard, come along!
BBC NOW: Brahms 1 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£20. Info 01792 475715. Thomas Søndergård conducts a programme of Brahms, Meldelssohn and Dvorak.
Belle And Sebastian Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £35/£30. Info 01970 623232.
Bowie Experience The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show.
Chapel Row + The Rivers Jac’s, Aberdare. 8pm, £1. Info 01685 879491.
Chris Kelly Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Flash Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Queen tribute.
Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Hannah Williams & The Affirmations Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £13. Info 029 2023 2199.
Joe Bonamassa Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £69. Info 029 2022 4488. Blues-rock fella.
Justina Gringyte & Iwan Teifion Davies Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391. Mezzo soprano and pianist. Justina has a little dot over the E in her surname that this font doesn’t think exists. Sorry Justina.
Kane’d + Stoneface The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178. Headliners are described by the promoters as “three gorgeous powerhouse rock chicks with an all-male backline”.
Marcus T The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Martin Harley & Daniel Kimbro Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £14/£5 NUS. Info 01792 863722. Blues, roots, folk etc.
Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Heat 2 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from Cranial Separation, Anal Floss Is Boss and Aspire.
No Hot Ashes + Getrz + North Parade Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
Santa Cruz The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Second Sons + Blackjack Zero Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178.
Slippery Slope The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Stiff Little Fingers + Ruts DC Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. Punk bands of a late-70s vintage.
The Albion Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Chamber quartet.
The Fureys Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £20. Info 01686 614555. In Llanelli tomorrow; Abergavenny Sun 11.
The Masterplan Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 8pm, £6. Info 01495 243252. Oasis tribute.
The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Jazz.
The Stevie Wonder Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute act.
Whitney – Queen Of The Night Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23.50/£21.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.
*Wonderbrass + Claude Deppa Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Locals Wonderbrass are joined by Deppa, a jazz trumpeter ex of Jazz Warriors and Brotherhood Of Breath. Good pedigree for any British jazz heads, that.
You’ve Got A Friend In Me The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, £5. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com. Benefit gig for an eight-year-old named Thomas, featuring these bands: Calling Apollo, Stay Voiceless, Soviets and Who Knows Diddley??; and, in the Acoustic Corner, Ian Jay, Rob Pennington and Huw James.
SATURDAY 10 MARCH
Abba Mania Maesteg Town Hall. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01656 733269. Tribute show.
And Finally… Phil Collins Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £19/£17. Info 01874 611622. Tribute act. I saw a photo of Phil holding two kittens earlier today. Looked like it was from the 80s. Context not provided.
Caro + Mellow Gang Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Chris Kelly Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Concert For Emerging Artists St. Edward’s Church, Westville Road, Cardiff. 3-5pm, free. Info [email protected]. Rock, jazz, folk, poetry etc from Francesca & Friends, an eclectic mix of semi-professional musicians helmed by Francesca Rigaud.
Excellent Skeleton + The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
Flight Brigade The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Florence Black + Ryders Creed + Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01685 384111. Local hard rock lineup.
Holding Absence + Loathe + Parting Gift + Modern Error Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Emo-rockin/metalcore type bands. Top two on the bill have a split EP out.
Honey + Stay Voiceless + Kiss Me,Killer + Ghosts As Alibis + Not Since The Accident The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info [email protected].
ICS: Soundbites St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2087 8444. Chamber music.
Into The Ark Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £12.50. Info 01495 227206.
Jo Harman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
London Calling + The Ramonas The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tributes to The Clash and The Ramones.
Massive Wagons + Henry’s Funeral Shoe + Those Damn Crows Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 468892.
Mr Tea & The Minions The Last Resort, Swansea. 10pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
Pigfoot Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. UK jazz quartet.
Pretty Vicious + Brand New Friend Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Hearing the headliners are set to be the next big thing; waiting for confirmation on that, and also what year it is.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Simon Trigg The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Spaceheads + Mwstard Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 615952. Jazz/electronica combo from Manchester way, bolstered here both by Rucksack Cinema’s live video backdrop and the fine Mwstard in support.
Splat The Rat + Sophie Crabtree NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Trad folk group from Swindon headline.
Stop Stop The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178. “The wild life story of Jacob A.M., band leader, bassist and singer, is real movie material…” [incredibly tedious band bio follows]
Submotion Orchestra Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 029 2023 5555. Live electronica/dub/Big Chill/one of three evenings out this year for ex-raver couples with two small children type music.
TellTale The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
*The BellRays + Graveyard Johnnys + Deathtraps Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Veteran, and absolutely class, blues-punk band headline. First ever Newport gig I think. Might be sold out by the time you read this, but not definitely.
The Coyotes The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm,. Info 01495 213300. Country-rock band.
The Fureys Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £21. Info 0845 2263510.
The Goat Roper Rodeo Band + Lee Southall St Donats Art Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01446 799100. UK Americana band who we previewed some time back, plus a founder member of The Coral in support.
The Hindenburgs Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. I see what you did there, Led Zeppelin tribute band.
The Hotsteppers Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Magic Of Motown Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 8pm, £26. Info 0300 0040444. Sold out. In Barry on Fri 16 though.
The Navarones Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Ska covers.
The Royal Valentine Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 7530.
The Somethings Jac’s, Aberdare. 8pm, free. Info 01685 879491.
Vela Trio + Alfie Swan Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £6/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing the Cosmogramma night.
Vierne & Langlais – Messe Solennelle Tabernacle Chapel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5. Info [email protected]. Two French composers’ work, presented here by The Archive Ensemble.
Warlord + Valafar + Democratus + Sound Of Insane Music The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info [email protected]. Metal.
Windshake + Vanilla + String Theory + The Furns Creature Sound, Swansea. 6pm. Info 01792 301178.
SUNDAY 11 MARCH
Aubrey Parsons Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose. 6.30pm, free. Info 01446 710386. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Canvas + Young Kings + The Decoy + Miami Monroe The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01267 231012.
Choral Evensong Church of St Andrew & St Teilo, Cathays, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm. Info 029 2049 5699.
ContraBand Dyffryn Gardens, Vale Of Glamorgan. 12-2pm, free after normal admission charges. Info 029 2059 3328. Performing music from the 13th to 17th centuries.
Faustus Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01239 841387 Welsh tenor. Ticket price includes supper.
RFolk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Every second and fourth Sunday of the month (also on Sun 25 in March), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 18) too.
Illuminate Shining Light On The Work Of Women Composers And Performers Cardiff University Concert Hall. 2-4pm, £8/£5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. A title as didactic as it is unwieldly as its message is good, this will feature new works by five emerging female composers: Angela Elizabeth Slater, Gemma Mcgregor, Blair Boyd, Sarah Westwood and Carol J Jones.
James Alexander Jac’s, Aberdare. 8.30pm, free. Info 01685 879491.
Llinos Browns, Laugharne. 5pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Niladri Kumar & Sukhvinder Singh Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £10-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Indian masters of the sitar and tabla with a concert logically titled Morning Ragas.
Stavsband Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Blues-rock trio playing after the rugby.
The Fureys Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £21. Info 01873 850805.
MONDAY 12 MARCH
Cardiff County And Vale Of Glamorgan Junior Music Festival St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £7-£11. Info 029 2087 8444.
Keri Godliman Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.
Maciek Pysz & Jean Guyomarc’h Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026. Monthly night. Pysz and Guyomarc’h are in Brecon tomorrow, and will be joined by Ashley John Long on double bass.
TUESDAY 13 MARCH
Cardiff County And Vale Of Glamorgan Spring Showcase St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £7-£11. Info 029 2087 8444.
Maciek Pysz & Jean Guyomarc’h The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 07791 654799. Brecon Jazz night. Pysz and Guyomarc’h will be joined by Matheus Prado on double bass.
Roy Howatt Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Another concert in ths Celebrating Debussy series from this pianist.
Shoreline + Blankets + Quention The Mark Undertone, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Team Beard present two German bands and one Welsh band, all dealing in melodic/gruff punk.
The Keith Little Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Lost Box Of Stories Pontardawe Arts Centre. 10.30am + 1.30pm. Info 01792 863722. Interactive kids’ show in which John Webb, Charlie Mafham and the musicians of Sinfonia Cymru take a journey around the world.
WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH
All Time Low + Creeper Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £32.50. Info 029 2022 4488. I think we have an interview with these guys Upfront in this issue, check it out, or if it’s not there check out the stuff which is.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With host Bella Collins.
Cardiff University Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Caves + Hot Mass + Little Baby Sharks + Big Whoop Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. DIY Cardiff promote two gigs this week, and this is the first of them.
Fidelio Trio Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01873 850805.
Hiby-Bardon-Hession The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. This venue’s regular programme of jazz and blues occasionally dips into proper horse-scaring European free jazz. Such as this trio, who played here iun 2016 and are back tonight.
ICS: Pre-Performance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2087 8444.
Jim Mullen Organ Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 07802 912789.
Joy Town Gypsies The Roath Park, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 1961.
Karen Cargill Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18/£16. Info 029 2039 1391. Mezzo soprano.
Pilgrims’ Way Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Royal Welsh College Composers Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8.
Swr Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£41. Info 029 2087 8444. Sir Roger Norrington conducts three Beethoven pieces.
RThe Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 28.
The Big Gig – Semi-Final 1 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. £5. Info 07970 063107. First of two battles of the bands, the other being at Cathays Community Centre on Sat 17, before a final at Clwb Ifor Bach on Thurs 5 Apr.
The Leylines The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info [email protected].
THURSDAY 15 MARCH
Barlowcree Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
BBC NOW: Haydn & Mozart Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 01970 623232.
Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles + Tracy Island + Penny Rich + Hoult Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Billy used to be the singer in Catfish & The Bottlemen, but don’t hold it against him. Equally, don’t have sex with him for this reason alone.
Concerto Competition – Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391.
Georgia Paterson The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Hot Club Gallois Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 7.30pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.
Jazz Jam Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Keith Little Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.
Matheus Prado Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Mic Night The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, free. Info 01267 231012.
Pi & Hash Showcase The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Saskia Griffiths-Moore + Jack Cookson + Lucas Drinkwater Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
Seiniau Cymru Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510.
Skid Row + Toseland Y Plas, Cardiff Iniversity Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Poodle metal Americans who don’t have their proper singer in the band any more.
That’ll Be The Day St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50-£27. Info 029 2087 8444. Nostalgia.
The King Is Back Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28/£23. Info 01792 475715. Elvis tribute show, with Ben Portsmouth.
The Wailers Tramshed, Cardiff. 6pm, £23.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Bob Marley’s old band, featuring three proper members. Sold out.
Yves + Big Thing + Bandicoot Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
FRIDAY 16 MARCH
182 Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £2. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Blink 182 tribute.
Andy & Gos Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Antarctic Monkeys The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Anthony Moulton The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Beats Not Bombs Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm-4am, £2.50. Info 01792 301178. Benefit gig for Unity Group Wales, serving the homeless in Swansea, featuring live music from Windshake, Hobgoblin (“bluesy funk rock”, not for lagerboys I presume) and Inscape, then DJ sets from Funktion Tek, Ruin and Heft plus Mcs Saykridd, T-Rev and Matenj.
Best Of Local Bands Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 8pm-2am, £5/£3 before 10. Info 029 2009 5590. New monthly showcase gig
Blackjack Zero + The Dirty Deluxe + When I Was 5 The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info [email protected].
Casey Buffalo, Cardiff. £9 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Cardiff neo-emo group play a show on the release date of their second album. This gig is presented by Spillers Records, and tickets are only available from their shop or website.
Ceri Ridge Trading Company The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. London dub-punk band.
Chamber Philharmonic Europe Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £18. Info 0845 2263510.
Classics For All St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6.50-£23.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Michael Bell conducts a programme of Haydn, Vaughan Williams and Brahms.
Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Seven-piece soul band.
Echo Town The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info [email protected].
Highjinx Ceilidh Band Llanwrda Hall, nr Llandovery. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info llanwrda.org.uk.
Huw Williams Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £8. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Jack Calloway & His Dance Band Bootlegger, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Dancehall hits from the 1920s and 30s. I gotta sneaking suspicion that his surname isn’t really Calloway.
Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy + Glass Jackets + Bryony Sier Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Blues vocalist type headlines.
Markus Stockhausen & Florian Weber + Elliot Galvin Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz double bill; Stockhausen is German, Galvin British.
*Oshh + WH Dyfodol Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Evening of what I assume will be Welsh language music, featuring the return of synthpunk legend Y Pencadlys under his real name of WH Dyfodol! Keen to see what comes of this.
ROwen Money’s Jukebox Heroes II Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 01495 227206. On tomorrow also.
Pop-Up Bowie Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £18/£15. Info 01686 614555. Tribute show.
Remi Harris Trio Cafe Vista, Tenby. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01446 738622. Jazz guitarist Remi is in Fishguard tomorrow and Brecon on Sun 18, then a couple more dates in April.
Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7pm, £3.50/£1.50 for performers. Info [email protected]. Monthly night.
Sidewinder District Club, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 402550.
Skinny White Boy The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
STC Musical Society Sing Along Cinema: Mama Mia The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 533666. Live onstage performances from the STC, with a screening of the Abba songbook movie, with the intention of you singing along.
Tamsin Waley-Cohen Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391. Violinist, accompanied by Huw Watkins on piano.
The Ed Sheeran Encounter Show Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07818 056599. Tribute act.
The Magic Of Motown Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8pm, £26 adv. Info 01446 738622.
*The Number Ones + Neurotic Fiction + Van-illa Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 3658. The powerpoppy end of punk rock on show here, with the headliners coming from Dublin and playing Cardiff for the first time I think..
The Stranglers + Therapy? Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £27.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Sold out. If you can’t get a ticket but are in the area come to the Number Ones gig instead, it’s only a few hundred yards away and will offer just as many tunes for a fraction of the price.
The Wombats Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Chirpy indie goofs. Gig sold out several weeks in advance. Another of those bands you never meet any fans of but are actually dead popular.
Those Damn Crows + Tomorrow Is Lost + Ravenbreed The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01495 247178.
Welsh Camerata: Lamentations St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2056 2022. Interpretations of the Lamentations Of Jeremiah. In Swansea tomorrow.
SATURDAY 17 MARCH
Aubrey Parsons The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Blur2 + The Verve Experience + Pulp’d The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. This is called the Britpop Reboot Tour and will feature three tributes to bands of the era, as well as lots of 41-year-old men wearing Berghaus, standing at the bar and insisting that Corbyn secretly voted Leave.
Cat’s Claw + Whiskey River Boys + Morfa Whitchurch Rugby Sports & Social Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2061 2477. St Patrick’s Day gig.
Cripplecreek Jac’s, Aberdare. 8.30pm, free. Info 01685 879491. Playing after the rugby.
Dub Righters Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178. Punk/reggae from London.
Gimme Some Lovin’ Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01834 869323. Soul covers.
Junior Conservatoire Foyer Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.45pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Louise Halliday Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose. 6.30pm, free. Info 01446 710386. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Marcus T Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Metal Gods The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Eighties metal tribute band.
Michaela Fedeckzo The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
Miles Ahead Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Moon Goose + Inclines The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Nightwatchers + Wall Undertone, Cardiff. 6-9pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. DIY Cardiff with an early evening show headlined by a French garage band who would probably be confused if you pronounced their name Nigh Twat Chers as a sort of joke.
One Wild Night The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178. Bon Jovi tribute.
RPaloma Faith Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35/£110 VIP. Info 029 2022 4488. See Music for a preview which describes Paloma as quirky, as required by UK law. Today’s show sold out so they added an extra one, which isn’t sold out at the time of writing.
Philomusica Of Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£9.50. Info 01970 623232. With a programme including Hamilton Harty’s Irish Symphony.
Remi Harris Trio Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 7.30pm, £12/£6 kids. Info 01348 873421.
Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bandits Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Simon Trigg Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
The Big Gig – Semi-Final 2 Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. £5 adv. Info 029 2037 3144. The second segment of the semis which started in Fuel on Wed 14.
The Idris Consort St Edward’s Church. Roath, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info stedward.roath.org.uk. Recitals of works by Bach, Brahms and Mendelssohn.
The Marc Davies Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Playing after the rugby.
The Mighty Vipers Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Ska band from Barnsley, which I don’t even need to check to be 100% certain they call Skarnsley.
Turner Street Crash Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Welsh Camerata: Lamentations All Saints Church, Oystermouth, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 369971.
Welsh Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Also featuring international guitarist Saki Kato.
SUNDAY 18 MARCH
Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
Beauty & The Beast In Concert Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £32-£67.50. Info 029 2063 6464. As in, the Disney movie on a big scren with a live orchestra accompaniment.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Dobermann Jac’s, Aberdare. 8.30pm, £2. Info 01685 879491. Italian hard rock band.
Florian Mitrea Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 3pm, £10/£1 under-21s. Info 01239 621200. Piano recital.
John Lill Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £16-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital featuring works by Mozart, Prokofiev, Schumann and Chopin.
Mary Hofman & Richard Ormrod Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Violin and piano duo.
Moya Brennan Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £24 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Former singer in Clannad.
Remi Harris Trio Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £14.50. Info 01874 611622.
Richard Staines Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Samarkind + Gabriella Jones The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 247178.
Status Fear Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. A sort of comedy cabaret steampunk metal band from London.
MONDAY 19 MARCH
BulletBoys + Enuff Z’Nuff Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Two 80s glam metal bands.
Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
*Sunwatchers + Infinity Forms Of Yellow Remember + Salt Bath Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2022 8883. Lesson No.1 with a show headlined by a jazz-punkin’ Brooklyn combo who have made one of the albums of 2018 – not just my view, but that of Lesson No.1 too. Supports are also class.
TUESDAY 20 MARCH
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444.
Lunchtime Concert Cornerstone, Cardiff. 1.10pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. New monthly concerts in this Charles Street venue, presented by the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama. Sarah Meek The Open Hearth, Pontypool. 8.30pm. Info [email protected]. A Jazz At The Open Hearth night. Vocalist Sarah’s band includes Guy Shotton, Aidan Thorne, Dick Hamer and Martin Fisher.
Students Of Atlantic College St Donats Art Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100.
The John Davies Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH
Bella & Gareth Blues Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Goodbye, Old Me + Sharkteeth Grinder Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178. Metal and hardcore.
High Contrast Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Live set from Cardiff drum’n’bass type, not sure what he does in this capacity but maybe Kristian will tell you on the Clubs page.
Matt Ford & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Omega Two The Roath Park, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 1961.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With host Thoby Davis.
Rozelle Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Dance-pop presented by Juxtaposed and All My Friends.
Sara Grey & Kieron Means Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Steven Wilson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £26.50-£46.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Porcupine Tree fella, latterly trying his hand at glossy 80s clever-pop a la Peter Gabriel. The show is sold out.
The Bachelors Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 1pm, £12.50. Info 0300 0040444. Vocal soft-pop faves of the 1960s.
The Furrow Collective Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Folk quartet who include Alasdair Roberts among their number. See Music.
THURSDAY 22 MARCH
Cardiff University Symphony Chorus & Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 029 2087 8444.
Daniel Newberry Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Faith: The George Michael Legacy Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £22. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute show. In Swansea on Sat 31.
Ian Shimmin The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
NC Sessions Nolton Corner, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 655015. Live acoustic acts, every third Thursday of the month.
Regime + Codewalkers + Lemfreck The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected].
Siriol & Talfan Jenkins Pisga Chapel, Narberth. 7.30pm, £9/£8. Info 01834 869323. Jazz/classical crossover performed on piano and sax.
Tera Melos + Tangled Hair Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.
FRIDAY 23 MARCH
Absolute Bowie Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2070 0721. Tribute show.
Alaw Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Welsh folkies.
Battle For Byline Final The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info [email protected]. Featuring Smiling Tigers, Cancel The Transmission, Lazarus Moon and I am assuming others because the heats haven’t finished at the time of writing.
BBC NOW: La Mer St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£40. Info 029 2087 8444. Jac van Steen conducts a programme of Debussy, Mozart and Messiaen.
Ben Evans & The Valli Boys Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 0845 2263510. Frankie Valli tribute.
Bryn Fôn A’r Band Jubilee Club, Pontardawe. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 863142.
Calypso The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Capra Mamei Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Catholic Action Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Scottish indie band.
Dan Reed + Crowsaw + Those Damn Crows + The Boom Sons The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01495 213300.
Hannah Solly + Tom Hughes The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.
Jimmy Osmond Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £32.25. Info 01639 763214.
Like A Lion The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
London Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391.
Madonnatron + Melt Dunes + Telgate + Hollow Mask + Big Whoop The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Marcus T Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Heat 3 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from Epsilon, Severed Illusions and Nigel.
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip + Give Me Memphis Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].
Saint Of Sin The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.
Snake Davis Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Session saxophonist’s solo set.
Stipe The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. REM tribute band. Just my two pence guys, but while Michael Stipe was clearly the most recognisable member of the group, their image to the world at large is of a four-person entity where everyone made important contributions. So to name the band after the singer gives a misleading impression.
The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Circuit Symphony + Atomic Supermen + Replaced By RobotsJac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5. Info 01685 879491.
The Ragdolls Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 01834 869323. Europe’s premiere Frankie Valli tribute act, they say, thumbing their nose at the bafflingly large amount of others who tread the boards.
Thirty Seconds To Mars Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £32.50-£45. Info 029 2022 4488.
Turin Brakes Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. Longstanding acoustic rockers. We gave their album a nice review in the last issue.
Whitney: Queen Of The Night Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01495 227206. Tribute act.
SATURDAY 24 MARCH
Anonymous Iconoclasts NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Album launch gig.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Drill Hall, Chepstow. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 01291 627122.
Black Dyke Band Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, £15/£6 kids. Info 01686 614555.
Bootleg Blondie Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.
Buffalo Summer + Pearler + The Ginger Lizard Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Burning Ferns + Spencer Segelov Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
Cory Band Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £6-£12. Info 01970 623232.
Cynnal Y Fflam Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510. Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn present songs from the musicals, in Welsh.
Elaine Delmar Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Jazz vocalist with a Great American Songbook set.
Elena Piras + Laura Bradshaw St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2056 2022. Gaelic folk singer headlines this charity gig for Care & Repair Cymru.
Explosive Light Orchestra Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £18.50/£16.50. Info 01874 611622. ELO tribute band.
Feelgood Experiment Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Live jazzy soul presented by Cosmogramma.
Ferocious Dog + Nick Parker + The Blims Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Folk-punk band headline.
Greeenmailer + Heavy On The Ride + Mook Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01792 301178.
Holly Hollyoak The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 533666.
Kat Jones The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Let’s Sing For Lincoln St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£13.50 under-16s. Info 029 2087 8444. Fundraising gig for a Welsh child with cerebral palsy, the intention being to pay for an operations in the US. The evening will include Hywel Girls Choir & Hywel Boy Singers, plus Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalists Angelicus Celtis.
Lunatics Lost The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Mammothfest Best Band 2018 Welsh Heat 1 The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 01639 643892. Featuring Blind Divide, Godkilla, Enmerkar and Sounds Of Insane Music, plus guest headliners Dygora. Heat 2 is on Sat 31, heats 3 and 4 on Sat 7 and 14 Apr.
Niall Horan + Julia Michaels Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £29.50. Info 029 2022 4488. On the day I input this listing, and apparently apropos of nothing, the Capital FM website have done an interactive quiz titled “Would Niall Horan Snog You, If You Went On A Date Together?” I just did it and it said we are “probs going to get married”, also Playbuzz have ‘probs’ now harvested info from me somehow. Anyway this gig appears to be sold out.
Normanton Street The Flora, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2115 1016. Brighton funk type band play a night hosted by Roughion.
Out Of Hand CMC Sports And Leisure Club, UHW campus, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £8 adv/£5 kids. Info 029 2039 4207. A RUFF Ceilidh night.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes II Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £18/£16.50. Info 01646 695267.
Punchline Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Pure Purple The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm. Info 01685 387925. Deep Purple tribute.
Ragsy The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
R!ches The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6. Info 01497 821762.
Road To Remission The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, pay by donation. Info [email protected]. Cancer Research UK fundraiser featuring sets from The Decoy, Red Telephone, Hypophora, Sienna UK and The Helters.
Roxy Musique The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Russell Watson Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25.50-£35.50. Info 01792 475715. In Cardiff tomorrow.
Scopyons + Hellbent Forever Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £13 adv. Info 01495 708022. Tributes to The Scorpions and Judas Priest.
Space Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £16. Info 029 2023 2199. Liverpudlian Britpoppers, play this region about once a year I reckon.
Spirit Of The Dragon Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. Taiko drumming.
The Beatles Go On Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 01685 384111. Tribute band.
The Big What!? Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Fens Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2031 0312.
The Hindenburgs Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Led Zeppelin tribute band.
The Hornettes Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 07818 056599. Motown covers band.
The Pix’n’Stix Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 9pm. Info 029 2070 7530.
The Reflex Party Band + The Spectrums Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491.
The Sidewinder Band The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178. Rock covers.
The South Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £27.50/£25.50. Info 01656 815995. Beautiful South songs, played by some of the members.
True Strays Snails Deli, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2062 0415. Blues duo. Price includes a buffet.
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £18.50/£16.50. Info 01600 772467. Rebel Dean with a tribute to Shakin’ Stevens. Although it’s not really a Shakey tribute show unless it’s a Communist Party benefit gig. Maybe this is and they’ve kept that quiet because it’s in Monmouth.
Wylderness Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
SUNDAY 25 MARCH
Chop Idols Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 2pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.
Gary Hall Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.
Gwenno Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 2pm, £8 adv. Info 01970 633088. See Music.
Majestic 4 + The Thrillionaires Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5. Info 01685 879491.
Martin Simpson Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry. 6.30pm, £15 adv. Info www.
hangfiresouthernkitchen.com. Blues duo. A Roots N All gig.
Russell Watson Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £23-£45. Info 029 2063 6464.
System Scare The Moon, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Glenn Miller Orchestra The Riverfront, Newport. 3pm, £23.50/£22. Info 01633 656757.
Whitchurch Jam Session #106 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm. Info 029 2062 6015.
MONDAY 26 MARCH
Albert Lee + Glas Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Blues-rock legend. Sold out.
Balance + Animal Club + Shallow Graves + Hunger Strike Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £6. Info 029 2037 3144. Hardcore from Birmingham, Belgium and ‘local’.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Young’uns Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16. Info 0871 4720400. UK folk combo.
TUESDAY 27 MARCH
Beth Prior Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555.
Blackweir Brass Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1pm, £5/£7.50 with tea and cake. Info 01874 611622.
Cycles Of Trio Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7-£9. Info 029 2031 0312. Japan’s hottest jazz fusion trio, according to one blurb.
James Gough Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45-1.30pm, free. Info 01792 475715. Lunchtime organ recital.
Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07802 912789.
Steve Graham’s Sandringham Six Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026..
WEDNESDAY 28 MARCH
Absent Fathers + Swyn + Glove + Rosey Cale Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Allan Yn Y Fan Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm. Info 01495 227206. Celtic folk band from Wales. Not sure of the ticket price for this one as it’s not listed on the venue’s website.
BBC NOW: Contemporary Evenings Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £11-£13. Info 029 2063 6464. Performances of works commissioned for this orchestra in its 90-year history.
Bible Black + Blue Evolution + The Bakestones The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.
Dodie Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. YouTube-famous singer-songwriter.
Fall Out Boy Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £32.50-£42.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.
Forever In Blue Jeans Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01792 475715. Country and rock’n’roll tribute show.
Ivan Moult + The Gentle Good + Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Album launch gig for singer-songwriter Moult.
John Kirkpatrick Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £8/£6. Info 01970 623232. Folk, presented here by Folkus.
Matt Wates Sextet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 07802 912789.
Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With host The Sam Antonio Freeway.
Skyliners Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.
THURSDAY 29 MARCH
Bedford Falls + Navajo Ace + Pink Grapefruit + Knowbetter The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Album release show for Bedford Falls.
Brwydr Y Bandiau Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2023 2199.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Fleetwood Bac Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07512 237983. Fleetwood Mac tribute band.
Glas Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 301178.
Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Juan Martin Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060. Flamenco guitarist.
No Violet + Esuna + Cult Of Hands The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
uOwen Money’s Jukebox Heroes II Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. On tomorrow also.
Tankus The Henge The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. I don’t know much about this band but associate them with the kinda hippy festival circuit. Possibly becuase their name reminds me of Ozric Tentacles.
The Bay Rum Hounds Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.
The Rolling Stones Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £22/£21. Info 01970 623232. Tribute band.
FRIDAY 30 MARCH
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235. Astroid Boys Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
Aubrey Parsons + 360 Degrees The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events. Aubrey: 3-6pm; 360 Degrees: 7-9.30pm.
Barbara Black Band + Papa Jupe’s Taurus Club The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info gigs@
thedragonffli.com.
Chloe & Luke Academy Espresso Bar, Barry. 7pm, free. Info 07557 773723.
Classic Intensions The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.
uDementia Aware Fest The Dolls House, Abertillery. £4 per day. Info 01495 213300. Three-day rock event hosted by The Rock N Roll Circus Radio Show. Today’s lineup: The Dukes Of Bordello, Red Spektor, Empyre, Lifer, Everyday Heroes, Fifteen English Pounds, Quiet The Thief, The Boom Sons, Eleven and Lazarus Moon. Sat 31: Traitors Gate, Fireroad, In Search Of Sun, Burnt Out Wreck, Kikamora, Core Of iO, Beneath The Divine and Beyond The Break. Sun 1 Apr: Bad Sam, Pelugion, Terminal Rage, Devil’s Playground, The Bitten, Deathtraps, Tenplusone, Eight Great Fears, Soxpunk and The Deadpig Project. (Until Sun 1 Apr)
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Fleetwood Bac Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £18.50/£16.50. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute band.
Godkilla + Sepulchre + The Devolved The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892.
Heather Jones Ty Tawe, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 456856.
Henry Marten’s Ghost Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events.
John Otway + Cool Beans + Head Noise + Thursday Night Music Club Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5. Info 01685 879491.
Jonathan Nicholas + Merlin’s Beard Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £5. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.
Kissing Pink Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Larger Than Life! The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Like A Lion The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Marcus Malone & Innes Sibun Band St James Club, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789. Presented by Swansea Jazzland.
Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Pip Blom + Sports Team + The Kicks The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.
Resurrection The Vault, Swansea. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 465300. Stone Roses tribute.
Ruzz Guitar’s Blues Revue Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.
Snake Oil & Harmony Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 07970 063107. Duo of Danny Vaghn (Tyketto) and Dan Reed (Dan Reed Network).
The Big Busk 2018 Le Public Space, Newport (starting point). 12pm, free. Info [email protected]. The premise of this is that Newport musicians tour the city’s independent shops playing music. I guess you find out precise details on the day.
The Blue Carpet Band + Deadfly + Gemini Jets Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178. London garage punk band headline.
The Haggis Horns Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01834 869323. Live funk group who have previously served as Mark Ronson’s horn section.
The Sabbath Years The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01495 247178. Black Sabbath tribute band.
Treorchy Male Choir Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 7pm, £13/£11. Info 0300 0040444.
RWales Goes Pop! The Gate, Cardiff. 1.30pm-1am, £49/£17 per day/free under-12s. Info 029 2048 3344. See Music for more on the latest of these delightful indiepop weekenders. Today features Sweet Baboo, Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, Peaness, Drahlan Charmpit, Purs and The Echo And The Always (main room); Jemma Roper, Thee Manatees and Private World (cafe), plus DJs until 1am. Sat 31: headliner TBC, Kero Kero Bonito, Desperate Journalist, Personal Best, Axolotes Mexicanos, She Makes War and The School (main room); Buzzard, The Yearning and one more TBC (cafe) plus DJs until 1am. Sun 1 Apr: Shonen Knife, Brix & The Extricated, Goat Girl, Colour Me Wednesday, Bad Parents and El Goodo (main room); Adwaith, Perfect Body and Think Pretty (cafe) plus DJs until 11pm. (Until Sun 1 Apr)
SATURDAY 31 MARCH
Acoustic Sinners Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Afternoon In Paris Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-10.30pm, £1. Info 01239 841387.
Andy Park Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.
A Night Of Queen Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £18.50. Info 01600 772467. Tribute band.
Aubrey Parsons The Sycamore Tree, Colwinston, nr Cowbridge. Free. Info 01656 652827. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Bass 12 Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Cantemus Chamber Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £8-£20. Info 029 2039 1391.
Country Folk The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.
Darkside The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 533666. Pink Floyd tribute band.
Dub Pistols The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Faith – The George Michael Legacy Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01792 475715.
Ian Shimmin The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Inner City + The Gutter Sluts + Tenplusone Jac’s, Aberdare. 2pm, £5. Info 01685 879491. This is one day of a mod, ska and punk weekend. Inner City are a Jam tribute band, not to be confused with the late 80s dance group.
*Jally Kebba Susso & Band The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762. Gambian kora player.
Kaytannau The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Lewis Leighton The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. Playing in sibling venue Browns tomorrow.
Mammothfest Best Band 2018 Welsh Heat 2 The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 01639 643892. Featuring Tides Of Sulfur, Levitas, Anal Floss Is Boss and Cry Of A Cynic, plus guest headliners Ascaris.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes II Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2070 0721.
Rock N Soul Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose. 6.30pm, free. Info 01446 710386. Presented by Nailed It Events.
Rushed Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Rush tribute band.
Sabrina Banaim Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.
Sion Russell Jones Academy Espresso Bar, Barry. 7pm, free. Info 07557 773723.
Snakehips Tramshed, Cardiff. 8pm-1am, £14. Info 029 2023 5555. A duo from London who make kind of blog house (is it still called that?) combined with retro r’n’b and hip-hop I guess. They are huge on Soundcloud, in terms of play counts at least, and are now trying to turn that into a live tour.
Sweet Tooth + These Five Years + Penelope Tree + Second Self + Nigel The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected]. Charity gig raising money for Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness.
The Barefoot Bandit The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
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 Jokers The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm. Info 01685 387925.
The Manic-Phonic Experience The Patriot, Crumlin. 7-10pm. Info 01495 247178. Tributes to two popular Welsh rock bands, one of whom are interviewed in this issue and one of whom aren’t.