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Sunday 1
9Bach + Twelfth Day Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£14. Info 01239 621200.
Before The End Fest The Parrot, Carmarthen. 2.30-11pm, £10. Info 01267 231012. Hardcore, metalcore etc featuring sets from High Hopes, Death Remains, Zephyr, Arizona, Dream State, Old Boy, Disparity, Into The Depths, Without Shores and Calling Apollo.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Potters, Newport. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01633 223311.
Bryan Adams Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £42.50/£35. Info 029 2022 4488. This might be sold out.
Calan Mai National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Bands and performers from across Wales, plus the chance to try out clog dancing.
Dizzy Lizzy The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £6 adv. Info 01685 387925. Thin Lizzy tribute.
Ensemble Cymru Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30pm, £3-£9. Info 01970 623232.
Gigspanner Millennium Memorial Hall, Laugharne. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 01267 236885. Popular UK folk group, performing here as a quintet.
Guns Or Roses + Flew Fighters The Welfare, Ebbw Vale. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. Tribute bands.
Indoor Music Festival The Bunker, Cardiff. 2pm. Info [email protected]. This is of course an alldayer, not a music festival, but either way it features both original acts and covers bands, as well as food stalls.
London Concertante: The Four Seasons Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £21-£26. Info 029 2063 6464. Chamber orchestra perform Vivaldi.
Mermaid Quay Music Fest Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2048 0077. Four days of gratis live music, further details TBC. On tomorrow also.
Terri Bramah & Steve Payne The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
The Bohemians Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Queen tribute band.
The Wurzels + Skimmity Hitchers The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Went to Bristol a few weeks ago to see earsplitting noise group Consumer Electronics. As part of the, er, stage banter Philip Best mentioned a Wurzels album which says it’s “dedicated to westcountry terrorists” in the sleevenotes. This doesn’t actually exist, right?
Twrw Trwyr Dydd Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 4pm-3am, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 2199. Featuring sets by HMS Morris, Castles, Anelog, Ysgol Sul, Cpt Smith, Alun Gaffey, Chroma and DJs Elan & Mari.
Welsh National Opera Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £7.50-£48. Info 029 2087 8444.
Wonderbrass Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
Monday 2
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Every Monday.
Calan Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-9.45pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387. Welsh folkies, in Ystradgynlais on Fri 6, Tredegar House the day after that and Brecon on Sun 22.
Grown Up Music The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Jam session presented by Pi & Hash.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Every Monday.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Presented by U&I Radio. Every Monday.
Mermaid Quay Music Fest Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2048 0077.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Local singer-songwriters perform in the main bar every week.
Perpetua & Perception Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
Tuesday 3
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Into The Ark + Luna Tides + Alex Stacey Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01633 221477. First of six local dates in May for this acoustic duo.
La Mouche Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. French jazz combo.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Now on every Tuesday.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Phil Wall’s Jazz Cardinals Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
The Erato Piano Trio St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.75-£6.75. Info 029 2087 8444.
Wednesday 4
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected]. Every Wednesday.
Adam Parsons Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Frontman of ska-punk band Captain Accident.
Atmospheres 2016 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, prices vary. Info 029 2039 1391. One-day series of performances as follows: Anthony Webb: Songs from Nature & Jason Savory, Songs Of Mortality (11am, £7/£5); Elinor Evans, The Craighouse Suite (12pm, £7/£5); Harriet Grainger, Crosspaths (1.15pm, £7/£5); Tic Ashfield, The Collier’s Son (2.15pm, £7/£5); Amanda Stuart, Lost (3pm, free); Sion Parke Sturrock, Sound + Form (4pm, £7/£5); Kina Miyamoto & Roanna Castle, Spirit Stories Double Bill (5pm, £7/£5); David Harris & Lewis Furber, Baroquiem (8pm, £7/£5) and Robert Singer, We Will (9.30pm, free).
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Also on Fri 20.
Bella & Gareth + The Rifleros + Smokestack Lightnin’ NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2037 8866. A U&I Radio night.
Blue Note Bistro Sessions Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6-9pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Smooth/mellow jazz while you eat your tea, every Wednesday this month.
Chepstow Community Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Icaris Duo Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £5.50 adv. Info 01656 815995.
Into The Ark + Delyth Mclean + Bryony Sier Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 8pm, £6. Info 0800 0147111.
Jazz Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. First Wednesday of every month.
Jazz Wednesdays Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144. In-house live jazz band every week.
Mandolin Orange + Josh Oliver + Aled Rheon Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Matt Ridley Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Maverick Sabre Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Unplugged set by a hip-hop crossover guy who I vaguely recall having a hit once.
Mostly James Taylor + Scuffed Up Boots Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £8.50 adv. Info 01656 815995. Cover artist, supported by non-cover artist. Always makes me irrationally annoyed when I see a lineup like this. Should probably get over it, I know.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Jazz Students Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Also on Tue 10.
Sadie & Jay Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488. One of the two warring factions of UK pop-reggae hitmakers UB40. As of Fri 15 Apr no-one has complained about the incredibly offensive turn of phrase used by Ali Campbell in the interview we ran last month.
Water & Wine + Newton Country + The Man In Washington + Sally Robin Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
Thursday 5
Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2038 7026. Pay scale is based on how generous you’re feeling. No pressure, like.
Into The Ark + Rebecca Hurn + Kaycee Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is Sicknote Steve.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Every Thursday except when there’s a guest on.
REPCo: Profile Piano French Music Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£3. Info 029 2039 1391.
Soviets + Stay Voiceless + Bandicoot + Kamino Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07970 063107.
*Tacocat + Oh Pals + Neurotic Fiction The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Daytrip and the Joy Collective with a gig headlined by Seattle womenz with a recently released (and good) album.
The Johnny Cash Roadshow Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £19. Info 01873 850805.
The Skints The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 07590 471888. This is rescheduled from March, when the band had to cancel due to an issue with the power… something that happens to many of us in Tory Britain, folks! As a result I’m not sure if there are tickets on sale. Ring them your bloody self.
Tigana + Silver’s Got Strings + Desert Fevers + Yellowcaek Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. Presented by Xpress Radio and Juxtaposed.
Voes + Jon Lilygreen + Tobias Robertson Le Pub, Newport. 7pm, free. Info 01633 221477.
Friday 6
999 + Ten Plus One + The Guardians Of Public Morality The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £9 adv. Info [email protected].
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Benjamin Francis Leftwich Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Sold out.
Benn Willis The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Bruce Anderson Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Danny Vaughn & Dan Reed Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107.
Calan The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 843163.
Frank Kelleher Prize Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Galactic Funk Militia The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. With a name like that these guys should make pounding high concept Detroit techno. I’m going to put my neck on the line and guess that they don’t.
Inc.A + Solana Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. A night of what Gwdihw call Balkan Boogie.
Into The Ark + Ofelia + Bryony Sier Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 468892.
Jack The Biscuit Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Jason Donovan St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50/£28.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Touring his 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons.
Lewis Cook And His Swing Trio Urban Bar And Kitchen, Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel And Spa, Cardiff. 6.30-8pm, free. Info 029 2043 5000. Also performing here on Fri 13 and Fri 27.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Neat Mentals The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm. Info 01495 213300. German band who proclaim to play “Punk/Punkrock 77/Punk Schwedenrock”.
Oh, What A Night! Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01633 868239. The New Jersey Boys present a tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
Open Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. A Valley Folk Club night.
Pentreffest Noz St Fagans Village Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2023 2970. Monthly folk night, having a fundraising event here.
Rob Barbour The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.
Showaddywaddy Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01646 695267. Chart botherers from the 70s here for a faintly bizarre three-night residency, as a result of which they will miss their hometown side Leicester City’s crucial and/or triumphant game at home to Everton tomorrow. That’s showbiz. In Llanelli on Fri 13, Neath on Sat 14. (Until Sun 8)
Steady Hands + Helen Chambers + Kelly Kemp Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477.
Steve Finn The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Suns Of Thunder The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166. Swansea stoner rock band who have a new split 7”, with Desert Storm.
The Billy Joel Songbook Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £22.50/£20. Info 01656 815995. Performed by Elio Pace.
The Burning Crows + Fireroad +The Attix + Hide Your Eyes The Welfare, Ebbw Vale. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected].
The Happy Creatures Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Thoby Davis Duo West Coast Arts, Penally, Tenby. Free. Info 01834 219128.
Tredegar House Folk Festival Tredegar House, Newport. £30 weekend/individual performances vary in price. Info 01633 246241. Folk dance, song and music over three days. Running order TBC but this is who’s playing: Calan, Jez Lowe And The Bad Pennies, Lowri Evans, Will Pound & Eddy Jay, Winter Wilson, Barron Brady, Cairns-Howarth, Flats And Sharps, Morfa, Phil Millichip and Roy Zeal. Dancing displays come from teams including Alingsas Folkdansgille (Sweden) and Veselka (the Ukraine). (Until Sun 8)
Unplugged Acoustic Monthly Group Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07818 056599.
Saturday 7
Andy Lewis Duo Pontyclun RFC. 7.30pm. Info 01443 226892.
April Greenhalgh + Carly Holmes + The Welsh Guitar Duo Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599. Poetry and music.
Bal Du Printemps Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 841387. An evening of French dance and music.
BBC NOW: Symphonic Stories Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50-£18. Info 01792 475715. Otto Tausk conducts a programme of Dvorák, Bartók, Smetana and Kodály.
Ben Willis The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Chastity Belt + Tuff Love Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-9.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Seattle-based millennial grrrls headline.
Choir Of The Year 2016 Auditions St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 9.30am + 2.30pm, £12/£8. Info 029 2087 8444.
Darkside Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £17 adv. Info 01600 719401. Pink Floyd tribute.
Dawson Smith & The Dissenters Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £8/£6 members. Info 01633 483238. A Borough Blues Club gig.
Deadwood The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178.
Dominic Kirwan Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £18.50/£17.50. Info 01874 611622.
Eduardo Niebla St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £14/£13. Info 01446 799100. Flamenco guitar whiz.
Emma Ruth The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Gwanwyn’s 10th Year Celebration Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12-6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Featurin these performers: Ukulele Nights (12pm), Only Menopause Allowed (1pm), Heavy Quartet (2pm), Renè Griffiths (3pm) Tystion (surely not the Welsh language rap group????) (4pm) and Kitty’s Little Big Band (5pm).
Huw M + Ysgol Sul + Adwaith The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm. Info 01267 231012.
Into The Ark + Ofelia + Danielle Lewis Castle Inn, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, free. Info 01239 820742.
James Kennedy The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Jonathan Parkin The Gate, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5. Info 029 2048 3344. Guitar recital.
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Acapella, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. Award-winning folk duo.
Kazabian The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Kasabian tribute.
Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Metal To The Masses South Wales Heat 4 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £4 adv. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from Proscenium, A Broken Dynasty, Magnu, Dethias and Junk DNA.
Mountgomery County Festival Choir Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £12/£6 NUS. Info 01686 614555.
Motorkill + Mr Hate Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 01495 708022. Motörhead tribute band jump in Lemmy’s grave.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01495 227206. On tomorrow also.
*Palehorse + Ghold + Hunger Artist Undertone, Cardiff. 6-9pm, £6. Info 029 2022 8883. Noisy sludge metal type stuff, with two bands from London and one from Bridgend. Presented by Lesson No.1 and FYB. Please note the early start and finish time!
Powerslaves Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Iron Maiden tribute.
Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2. Info 029 2038 7026. Every Saturday.
Ruby & The Valentines The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144. Playing as part of the Live:Lounge night here.
Showaddywaddy Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01646 695267. (Until Sun 8)
Smiling Ivy The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Superfreak Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Brew + Butterfly Collective + Evil Turkeys Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2025 0731. Ska type bands play a benefit gig for the Specialized Project.
The Johnny Cash Roadshow Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20.50/£18.50. Info 01792 475715.
Tom Hingley Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 6.30pm. Info 01646 687635. Inspiral Carpets bloke.
Tredegar House Folk Festival Tredegar House, Newport. £30 weekend/individual performances vary in price. Info 01633 246241. (Until Sun 8)
UK Subs + Department S + Foreign Legion + Pizzatramp Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Punk veterans.
Vails + Hail Zilla + Gulah The Moon Club, Cardiff. 9pm, £3. Info [email protected]. Headliners are launching a new record, which is nice as I quite like them.
sunday 8
Benjamin Creighton Griffiths, Tatiana Eva-Marie & Adrien Chevalier Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Gypsy jazz and swing concert.
Cerebral Effusion + Omnipotent Hysteria + Sodomized Cadaver + Atonement + Vile Inscription + Derisive Entity + Body Harvest + Dread Bolt Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 4pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Death metal and the like.
Elasea + Ghosts As Alibis + Writing On The Skyline + Celestial + Within Asteria The Scene Club, Swansea. 6.30pm, £4 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Also on Sun 22.
Into The Ark + Delyth Mclean + Bryony Sear Llys Meddig, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, free. Info 01239 820008.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01495 227206.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Lunchtime concert.
Sarah Smith Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £5/£4 musicians. Info 029 2038 7026. Hot Cluv Swing night.
Showaddywaddy Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01646 695267. (Finishes today)
Spiro Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Bristol folk veterans.
The Bennies + Throwing Stuff + Pizzatramp + Trivial Dispute The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Punk bands. Throwing Stuff is quite an amusing name.
The Blueswater + Kirk Morgan & The Docktown Pearls Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Heavy Quartet The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Tredegar House Folk Festival Tredegar House, Newport. £30 weekend/individual performances vary in price. Info 01633 246241. (Finishes today)
monday 9
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
David Cooper-Orton The Sanctuary, University Hospital Of Wales, Cardiff. 1.10-1.55pm, free. Info [email protected]. Lunchtime concert by experimental/ambient guitarist from Penarth.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Mal Pope Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Songs and stories from Welsh songwriter. The true story behind the stage show Cappuccino Girls is promised – finally an end to all those filthy lies.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Paul Young Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Eighties smooth-popster plays the hits, with Orchard the promoters here.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
tuesday 10
Artesian Quartet St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.75-£6.75. Info 029 2087 8444.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info
Il Divo Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £26-£126. Info 029 2022 4488. The top tier price is “up close and personal”.
Latvian Radio Choir All Saints Church, Penarth. 7.30pm, £15/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. First event of the Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music 2016, which runs until Fri 20 in various venues.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Jazz Students Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Ryan McGarvey + Texas Flood The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07730 432166. Promoted by a new name on the block, House Of Rock’n’Blues, and that is what you can expect from this gig music-wise.
Spartan + King Leviathan + Hostile UK Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107.
The Rumjacks The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £14 adv. Info [email protected]. Celtic folk-punk from Australia apparently.
Wetpainttt + Zed Motel + Lucas Woodland Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 NUS. Info 029 2039 7933.
wednesday 11
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Alice Neary And Matthew Jones: Music & Silence St Illtud’s Church, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £15/£3 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event.
Billy Ocean Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Eighties chart soul hitmaker, now white of hair and terse of email interview.
Blue Note Bistro Sessions Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6-9pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Burum The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Folk-influenced jazz with a Welsh flavour. I like these guys.
Dave Morris & The Knock Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Evening In Paris Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. Second Wednesday of every month.
Jazz Wednesdays Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Kristian Borring & Bruno Heinen Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Milk Teeth + Black Foxxes + Eat Me Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Monmouth Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Tim & Rhona Dalling Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725.
thursday 12
Band Of Friends The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. The music of Rory Gallagher, played by pals and ex-bandmates.
BBC NOW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £12/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event. Edwin Outwater conducts a programme of music by Mark David Boden, Guto Puw and Peteris Vasks.
Burum Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Digital Criminals + Crisis Talks Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Eliza Neals & The Narcotics + Gentleman Joe Kelly’s Pharmacy 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Blues-rock.
*Future Of The Left + The St Pierre Snake Invasion + Adam Betts Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Harriet Earis Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £8/£6. Info 01970 623232.
Jazz Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Presented by Dan Messore. Also on Thurs 19.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This week’s guest band is Wide Open Spaces.
John Nicholas + Kirk Morgan + Jack Ellis Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Acoustic fellows.
Magnum Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Hard rock survivors.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
Open Mic Night The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool. 7.30pm. Info 01495 763752. This month’s edition of the Open Hearth Acoustic night, on the second Thursday of every month.
Russell deCarle Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. £12 adv. Info [email protected].
Tibetan Monks: Sacred Dance & Music St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01446 799100.
Tim Garland Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. UK jazz saxophonist launches a new album.
Try The Pie + Two White Cranes + Winter Coat + They Is They Is They Is The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Indiepop and lo-fi jollies.
friday 13
Andreas Borregaard & Quatuor Tana Bay Art, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, £8/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event.
Aubrey Parsons The White Horse, Coychurch, nr Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 652583.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Ebbw Vale Institute. 8pm, £13.50 adv. Info 01495 708022.
Caves + Personal Best + Doe + Shit Present The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Punk and indie bands from round the way.
Chris Kelly Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
Clay Gods + Magnu + Stay Voiceless The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Danielle Lewis + Eve Rowlands Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. A ChapterLive gig.
ESP The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Gerry Cross The Mersey Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18.50-£20.50. Info 01656 815995. Gerry out of the Pacemakers songs songs and tells stories.
Lazy Habits + Pretend Poets + Jango Haze The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Lewis Cook And His Swing Trio Urban Bar And Kitchen, Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel And Spa, Cardiff. 6.30-8pm, free. Info 029 2043 5000.
Magenta The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Welsh proggers.
Meilyr Jones + Accu Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Former frontman of the band Race Horses headlines.
Mike Dennis The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Octave Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Musical theatre live in the Grieg Room.
Oques Grasses + Grace Hartrey & The Garden Party Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2030 4400. Catalan reggae-pop crossover band headline; Newsoundwales promote.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 0800 0147111.
Paul Dark The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.
Pull The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Russel deCarle Trio Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 8-10.30pm, £14/£12 adv. Info 01646 687635.
Showaddywaddy Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £21/£19.50. Info 0845 2263510.
The Burning Hell + Simon Love & The Old Romantics Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. TBH’s latest album was reviewed in Buzz’s last issue. Simon Love was (and occasionally still is) the frontman of The Loves.
The Happenings Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Harriet Earis Trio Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01792 863722. Welsh harpist who recently released a nice EP with American psych-folkie Sharron Kraus.
The Jive Aces Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01874 611622.
The Siren Sisters Pontardawe Arts Centre. 2pm, £7. Info 01792 863722.
Tim Crahart Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Troy Redfern Band The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £3. Info 01497 821762. Blues.
Upbeat Sneakers Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477.
Wicked Faith + Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters + In Requiem Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07970 063107.
saturday 14
A Gala Evening Of Music Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £15. Info 01873 850805. With opera artists Fflur Wyn, Richard Allen and David Kempster, pianist Jeannette Massocchi at the piano and male voice choir Synergy.
Atomic Blondie + UK Ramones The Neon, Newport. 8pm, £16/£14 adv. Info 01443 490390. Brace of punk-era tribute bands.
Burum Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01239 615952.
Cedar Hill Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. American bluegrass ensemble.
Chris John The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Côr Curiad Llanelli + Collabro Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm. Info 0845 2263510. Charity show in support of Ty Brygnwyn Hospice, Llanelli.
Darbuka Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. playing as part of the Awesome Tunes From Africa night.
Ensemble Cymru Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 029 2030 4400. Featuring guest harpist Elizer Netzer.
Fell Out Boy + 182 The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Fall Out Boy and Blink 182 tributes.
Firewoodisland The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Band with an EP reviewed in this issue.
Future Sailors + The Riff + The Moonbirds Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £6.50 adv. Info 01685 384111. Afterparty for the Scooter Rally that took place earlier today (see Events listings).
Gabriel Marshall The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Performing the songs of UB40 and Bob Marley.
Grant Sharkey & Friends The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
*Half Man Half Biscuit Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 0117 9259273. God damn I love this band so much. You know all those ‘musical comedy’ acts, well their collected output has less amusement than one HMHB album.
Junior Conservatoire Foyer Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Lazy Habits + Skunkadelic + Dirty Alex 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Live hip-hop presented by Starving Artists.
Malcolm Holcombe & Jared Tyler West End Club, Barry. 8pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07561 143114. Folk and blues.
Marc Angel The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Metal To The Masses South Wales Semi Final 1 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £4 adv. Info 07970 063107. Featuring sets from the winners of previous heats. The next semi-final is on Sat 21.
Miss May & The Magic Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Mr Hate The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm. Info 01685 387925. Rock covers.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01495 355800.
Paul Dark The Pontygwindy, Caerphilly. 9pm, free. Info 029 2088 4321.
Quatuor Tana & Andreas Borregarrd Ewenny Priory, nr Bridgend. 7.30pm, £15/£3 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event featuring workd by Steve Reich, Kalevi Aho and Peteris Vasks.
Recreations + Sean McGown + Rob Lynch Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01633 221477. Recreations used to be called Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly.
Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2. Info 029 2038 7026.
Sam Crow The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178.
Showaddywaddy Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £19. Info 0300 3656677.
Slipknowt + Helldown The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 07730 432166. Slipknot tribute.
Stephen Simmons & Tamsin Quin + Blind River Scare Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 673739. A Down By The River night of music.
Steve Finn The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Tashi Lhunpo Monks Queens Hall, Narberth. 6.45pm, £11 adv. Info 01834 869323. Chants, mantras, music and dance from Tibet.
The Andy Lewis Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Blades The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144. Playing as part of the Live:Lounge night here.
The Dublin Legends Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £21-£24. Info 01656 815995. Featuring a bunch of people who were in The Dubliners.
The People The Poet + The Broadcasts + Vince James Undertone, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Sixteen Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival event.
The Smiths Indeed Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Tribute act.
Willow Robinson Band The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £3. Info 01497 821762. Blues.
sunday 15
Andy Black + Creeper Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 0117 9259273. This is the singer from Black Veil Brides, supposedly on an 80s goth tip.
Dan James The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Glas The Bridge, Ebbw Vale. 3pm, free. Info 01495 302171.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Naomi Rae + Harri Davies + The Strands Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933.
Penarth Chamber Music Festival Launch Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion. 11am, £10. Info 0844 8700887. The festival itself is in July; tonight Lucy Gould, David Adams and Alice Neary will be performing Mozart’s Divertimento in Eb k.563 for string trio.
That’s What I Call Pop Music! Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6pm, £8 adv. Info 01633 868239. Presented by the Katie Vallis School Of Music.
The Best Of BBC Ten Pieces St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £15-£35. Info 029 2087 8444. Highlights from a project aimed at inspiring a generation of children to get creative with classical music.
monday 16
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Emma Pollock + Laura Elizabeth Johnson The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Headliner used to sing in Scotch indie winners The Delgados.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Collective Big Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
tuesday 17
Ben Thomas & Julian Martin Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £7. Info 01874 611622. Trumpeter and pianist play music from films and telly. Brecon Jazz Club gig.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Huw Warren Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Josh Groban Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £50. Info 029 2022 4488. Pleasant pianist plonks away.
Landscapes + Capsize + Giants Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Memory Of Elephants + Esuna + Your Protected + Twisted Ankle Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
New Orleans Hot Potatoe Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Quantic + Matuki + Hipicat Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. See Music.
Simon Lewis & Sharon Richards St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100. Cafe concert.
Sinfonia Cymru Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 3pm, free. Info 0845 2263510. String quartet recital.
Spinning Coin Castle Emporium, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07961 257529. Scottish indiepop band, presented here by The Joy Collective and Max out of Joanna Gruesome. It’s BYOB too, and one of the Bs stands for Buckfast.
wednesday 18
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
As It Is + With Confidence + Jule Vera The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £11/£10 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Bella Collins & Gareth Evans Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £18 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415.
Blue Note Bistro Sessions Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6-9pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
*Brian Wilson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8.15pm, £55/£45. Info 029 2087 8444. Sold out I believe.
Bryan Corbett with Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Ensemble MidtVest All Saints Church, Penarth. 7.30pm, £15/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event.
Gwd Jams Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3/free for performers. Info 029 2039 7933. Monthly open jam session.
Jazz Wednesdays Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£39.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
My Name Is Ian Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Nap Eyes Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Robert Court & Jose Zalba-Smith St Augustine’s Church, Penarth. 1pm, £8/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event.
Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01495 227206. Welsh singer/pianist and ex-Only Man Aloud.
World Service Project Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
thursday 19
Broadway By The Bay Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. A selection of South Walian musical theatre performers sing an array of Broadway songs. (Until Sat 21)
Classic Rock USA Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £18.50/£17. Info 01874 611622. Hits by the likes of Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams, who is not from the USA.
Daoirí Farrell + Chris Jones Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£10. Info 01239 621200. Folk singers from Ireland and Wales.
Empire + We Are Carnivore + Stay Voiceless + Unforgottable Adventure Days The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Garrett Klahn Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Former frontman of mid-90s emo faves Texas Is The Reason.
Glass Giants Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ian Skelly & Jose Zalba-Smith Penarth Pier Pavilion. 1pm, £8/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event.
Jazz Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This week’s guest band is All Else Fails.
Konstantinos Zikos Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Local Enemy + Discount Columbo + Luna Tides Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933.
Martin & Eliza Carthy Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.15pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. In Pontardawe tomorrow.
Normanton Street + Junior Bill + Frankie Stew + Harvey Gunn 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6-£8. Info 029 2022 8883. A QM Records takeover, featuring DJ sets after from Normanton Street and Blue Honey.
Old Strafford The Brunswick, Swansea. Free. Info 01792 465676.
Parmela Attariwala & Shawn Mativetsky Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, £15/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event.
The Aguilar Blumenfeld Project The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
The Freewheelers Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £4-£7. Info 01834 869323. A Spanjazz night.
The Moreton Roadshow Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
*The Nightingales + Ted Chippington + Mwstard! The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Veteran British postpunks headline, suported by infamously obtuse alternative comedian and excellently upbeat Pembrokeshire punk band (one of them is promoting this gig). Great!
friday 20
1000 Scars + Helldown + Ironclad The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892. A Death To The Duke night of metal bands.
3amp Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Argyle Goolsby And The Roving Midnight + Cryptkeeper 5 + Magnu + Dominic Nation & The Dirty Dead Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142. Punk rock and death rock. Two top-billed bands are from the States.
Ballsdeep + Among The Dead + Beneath The Divine + Fallen God The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
BBC NOW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £15/£3 NUS. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music event, indeed the last one for this year. Edwin Outwater conducts a programme of music by Peteris Vasks and John Metcalf.
Bobby Jo The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Broadway By The Bay Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. (Until Sat 21)
ESP The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
Featherjaw + Homes + The Doublecross Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Fort Hope Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 468892. Newish UK rock band who have what might be the cheesiest press biog I’ve ever read. And I’ve read thousands of these things.
John Nicholas The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.
Juan Martin Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01792 602060. Flamenco guitarist.
Keith James Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £13/£10. Info 0845 2263510. Performing songs by John Martyn and Nick Drake.
Kings Ov Leon The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.
Legend Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 8pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Bob Marley tribute, playing one month too late to ‘toast’ the famous date of 4/20. Which it is on the day I’m typing this. By total coincidence.
Limehouse Lizzy The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £13 adv. Info 01792 475147.
Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £18/£16 adv. Info 01792 863722.
Night At The Opera Ty Mawr, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2075 4456.
Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £15.50 adv. Info 01656 815995.
Paul Ashton The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Quitesnake Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 07970 063107. Whitesnake tribute band.
Red Jam Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Cafe A Go Go night.
Robin & Bina Williamson Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
Ruz Guitar’s Blues Review Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Samoans Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £4 adv. Info 029 2023 9253. Local alt-rock faves unveil a ‘clutch’ of new songs in this rare headline show.
Sebastion Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.
*September Girls + The Echo And The Always + Artefact The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. An Irish shoegaze indie treat for you from the headliners.
Squirrel Hillbillies The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info
[email protected]. Valley Folk Club night.
Strut Your Stuff The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £20 adv (two days). Info 01685 387925. Two days of funk and R&B, with Brother Strut, Antimatador and The Moon Birds playing live today.
Surplus Fest Presents The Spring Gathering Porthkerry Leisure Park, Rhoose, Vale Of Glamorgan. 6pm, £35 weekend/£20 age 12-17/free under-12s. Info [email protected]. Welsh hippy/free festival spirited folks do a weekender in the VoG, a sort of precursor to their larger event in July. Bands playing over the weekend (schedule TBC): Tarantism, Kilnaboy, The Majestic, The Firepit Collective, Mercurius Rising, Dub The Earth, Joytown Gypsies, Dantanna, Skunkadelic & DJ Veto, Garden Folk, JC’s Hopeless Sinners, Captain Accident And The Disasters, Flat Stanley, Tree House Fire, John Player Specials, Dope Biscuits, Thoby Davis, Lou Noble and Turna Phrase (main stage); Doozer Mcdooze, Dan Kemp, Brewer’s Daughter, Chuck SJ Hay, Joe Yorke, Cosmo, Efa Supertramp, Taffy Twp, Dead In The Water and a free jam session/open mic (Stumble Inn acoustic stage). (Until Sun 22)
The Bee Gees Story: Nights On Broadway Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £16.50. Info 01686 614555.
The Jazz Envoys The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01495 763752. Playing this venue’s monthly jazz night.
The Kast Off Kinks Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £20/£19. Info 01495 227206. Tribute band.
The Kate Bush Songbook Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
The Riff The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 07730 432166.
T Rexstasy Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50. Info 01873 850805. Tribute band.
saturday 21
9Bach The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Welsh folksters.
ABACAB Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01443 682388. Genesis tribute.
Abba Mania Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £18.50/£17.50. Info 0845 2263510. Tribute act.
An Evening With Elvis Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01873 850805. Or, more truthfully, Keith Davies from Abegavenny pretending to be Elvis.
Balsamo Deighton Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
Bon Giovi + Just For Kicks The Welfare, Ebbw Vale. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info
[email protected]. Bon Jovi tribute band.
Broadway By The Bay Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. (Finishes today)
Celtic Pride The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178.
Chris John The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Chris Kelly The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Cory Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £14. Info 029 2039 1391.
Dave Bilbrough Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £6.50 adv. Info 01685 384111. Christian rock/worship music fella. In Abergavenny tomorrow.
Deadbeat Deluxe The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Devauden Festival Hood Memorial Hall, Devauden, nr Chepstow. 6.30-11pm, £10 adv/£5 kids/free under-5s (£10-£16 both days). Info
[email protected]. First of two days of this mini-fest, with sets by Rusty Shackle, Little Folk, Ofelia, Morfa, Chwarae Teg and Big Sky. On tomorrow also.
Dictaphone Devil The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144. Playing as part of the Live:Lounge night here.
Dire Streets Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01495 243252. Dire Straits tribute.
Dorje Le Pub, Newport. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01633 221477. Rock band from Brighton.
Ensemble Midtvest Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 602060.
Fort Hope + Go Primitive + Nineteen Fifty Eight Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info www.
hobosmusicvenue.com.
Glen Darren & The Krewkuts Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 7pm-12am, £7. Info 029 2025 0731. Playing South Wales Rock’n’Roll Club’s Rock’n’Roll Dance.
Into The Ark + Alex Stacey + Ofelia + CWCW Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01495 227206.
Julie Murphy Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 615952. Welsh folk musician launches a new album, Every Bird That Flies.
Killer Queen St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute band.
Limehouse Lizzy Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £14.50 adv. Info 01834 869323.
Metal To The Masses South Wales Semi Final 1 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £4 adv. Info 07970 063107.
Outspaced: A Celebration Of 21 Years Of Super Furry Animals Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Featuring No Thee No Ess, Titus Monk, HMS Morris and Gindrinker covering SFA songs. There’ll also be appearances from DJ Guy, Ric Rawlins and Harvest DJs, plus an afterparty somewhere TBC until 3am.
Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2. Info 029 2038 7026.
SeaFall Mackintosh Institute, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 07929 264165. A BoomSwinger Bluegrass Club gig.
Seven Stories High The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166. EP launch gig.
Sophie Hansen The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Strut Your Stuff The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8.30pm, £20 adv (two days). Info 01685 387925. After Dark Fonksters and the Bayside Boogiemen play live today.
Surplus Fest Presents The Spring Gathering Porthkerry Leisure Park, Rhoose, Vale Of Glamorgan. 6pm, £35 weekend/£20 age 12-17/free under-12s. Info [email protected]. (Until Sun 22)
The Big What!? Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
The Kenny Driscoll Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Will Young Chepstow Racecourse. 3.30pm, £39 adv. Info 01291 622260. That price gets you a day of races, two drinks and a set by Youngy, right after the last race. Hopefully they won’t take him round the back and shoot him if he sings a bit off key.
sunday 22
Andy Nowack Trio The King’s Arms, Abergavenny. 7.45pm, £10/£8. Info 07958 612691. A Black Mountain Jazz night.
Belleville Swing The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Bring Him Home Gala Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2087 8444. With Osian Wyn Bowen, Jodi Bird, Liz Tiley and Morgan Westcott, all of whom have starred as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables.
Calan Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £12. Info 01874 611622.
Dave Bilbrough Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 6pm, £6.50. Info 01873 850805.
Devauden Festival Hood Memorial Hall, Devauden, nr Chepstow. 11am-11pm, £1from £7 (£10-£16 both days). Info
[email protected]. Today features sets by The Neville Staple Band, Grace Hartrey, Vince James, Gentleman Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy, Cwcw, Gwent Music Celtic Band, The Bug Club, Taffy Was A Thief, Clyde Jefferson Band, The Echo & The Always, Hot Knife Club, The Rumble, Devon Castells, Maddie Jones and a Rock Choir.
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
JP Hoe Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Only Men Aloud Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 5pm, £23/£18. Info 0800 0147111.
Surplus Fest Presents The Spring Gathering Porthkerry Leisure Park, Rhoose, Vale Of Glamorgan. 6pm, £35 weekend/£20 age 12-17/free under-12s. Info [email protected]. (Finishes today)
Toundra + Scumbag Familiar + False Hope For The Savage Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Spanish post-rockers headline.
monday 23
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Rae Spoon + Truly Kaput + Eirlys Rhiannon + Amo Rex Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 07830 381930. Singer-songwriter from Canada, who I recall first playing Cardiff nine or so years back, headlines. Birkenstomp present.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
tuesday 24
Beth Porter & The Availables Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933.
Busted + Wheatus + Emma Blackery Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £41.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Chris Rand Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info
Issues Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. US metalcore band.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Open Mike Eagle + Milo + Mike Dennis The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6.50 adv. Info [email protected]. See Music.
Sundara Karma + Inheaven Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
The New Georgia Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
wednesday 25
Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info [email protected].
Blue Note Bistro Sessions Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6-9pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Blues Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. Last Wednesday of every month.
Bright Light Bright Light Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
InMe + Press To Meco + Orca The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Jazz Wednesdays Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Judith Nijland Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, free. Info 07802 912789. A jazz tribute to the music of Abba would you believe.
Juliette Bell + Sleepy House + The Bakestones The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8.30pm. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio gig.
Little Arrow Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Ollie Brice Quintet Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
The Hot 8 Brass Band Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 468892.
The Hut People Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
The Magic Of The Musicals Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1pm, £6. Info 01633 868239.
Welsh Singers Competition St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.25pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2087 8444. See Roundup.
thursday 26
Blaze Bayley The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £5. Info 01685 387925.
Chaos Trigger Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144.
Dancing Years + Why We Love + Parcs + Daniel Eagle Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2039 7933.
Gareth Roberts Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This week’s guest band is The JimJam Band.
Murder Murder + Darren Eedens Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 029 2022 8883. Headliners are a Canadian bluegrass band who sing murder ballads. Fun!
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
*Power Trip + Venom Prison + Deceit + Judgement + Interrogation The Bunker, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £10. Info [email protected]. Headliners are a crossover thrash band from Texas whose last album was on Southern Lord. This should be pretty blistering.
Prolong The Agony + A Plea A Promise + Faces Of Eve + Giving In To Ghosts + Doomcrow The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30, £5. Info 01267 231012.
That’ll Be The Day St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Nostalgia song and dance variety blah.
The Paper Moon Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50 adv. Info 01656 815995. Jazz Club night.
Tobias Robertson’s Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Veronica Spergia & Max Di Bernadi with Toni Cresci Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. Info [email protected].
friday 27
Alaw Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £5/£13. Info 01873 850805.
Alexander O’Neal Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Soul icon performing with a full live band.
Babajack Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info [email protected]. First event of the Blossoms Blues Festival, which is in fact three blues gig here over the weekend.
Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Blind River Scare + Tom Crow Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. A ChapterLive gig.
Calypso The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.
Children Of The Gravy Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 07512 237983. Black Sabbath tribute.
Dave Bowen The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.
ESP The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.
Fishguard Folk Festival Various venues, Fishguard. 6-11pm, free. Info [email protected]. The first day of the 17th edition of this fest features free performances from Fishguard Folk Singers (Ffwrn), Gale Force (Ship Inn), Owainsdottir (Ship Inn), Mike Greenwood (Pendre Inn), Wild Geese (Yacht Club), The Vagrants Crew (Ship Inn), Quarto (Ffwrn) and Mike Chant (Ffwrn). (Until Mon 30)
Jive At Five Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Leeroy Stagger + The Redlands Palomino Company + Joe Kelly Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Canadian singer-songwriter headlines.
Lewis Cook And His Swing Trio Urban Bar And Kitchen, Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel And Spa, Cardiff. 6.30-8pm, free. Info 029 2043 5000.
Men On The Chessboard Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2023 2199. Single launch for local pop-rockers.
Organ Recital National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
Solid Gold 70s Show Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01792 475715.
*Strange Daze Festival The Full Moon / The Moon Club / Fuel Cardiff. 6pm, £10/£25 weekend. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Great new Womanby Street weekender spanning psych, punk and less categorisable noisy stuff. Today these acts are playing: Bob Log III, Sly And The Family Drone, Mugstar, Lacertilia, Woven Skull, Totem Terrors, My Name Is Ian, Cybernetic Witch Cult, The Sonny Bonds Duo, Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks, Melltith, Akb’al (acoustic) and DJ Owen Gigantic. (Until Sun 29)
Tecwyn Ifan Ty Tawe, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 456856.
The Big Tav Chill Uplands Tavern, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 458242. Three-day festival, today featuring (in chronological order) Steve Williams Trio, Phil Cooper, Padraig Lalor and Juzu Kings. (Until Sun 29)
The Cellar Bards Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
The Chills The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. New Zealand jangly indie veterans, part of the first wave of Flying Nun Records bands in the early 80s. See Music.
The Lushtones Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Woodentops Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Semi-popular 80s indie band, who had a ‘dance element’ pre-Stone Roses too, back on the circuit. Could be a bit of clash with The Chills, this.
Tonepot + Eulogy + Static Fires The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Trampolene The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166.
saturday 28
Alaw + Les Barker Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 3.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. A Fishguard Folk Festival concert – the first of two today, then there’s another on Sun 29 and Mon 30.
Back To November The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Bob Log III + John Mouse Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01633 221477. Weirdo blues-rock dude, around for over 20 years in various forms, headlines.
Bulletfest The Dolls House, Abertillery. Free. Info 01495 213300. Two-day metal fest for nowt. Today features Lifer, Line Of Fire, A Vulgar Picture, The Darkhorse, Crowsaw, Eyes Of The Raven, Beneath The Divine, Ironclad and Democratus. On tomorrow also.
Chris Summerill Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Dan Walsh Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £8-£12. Info [email protected]. Blues.
Eric Bibb Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25.50-£27.50. Info 01656 815995. Blues-rock big shot.
*Extraction Music Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-10.30pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400. Various noise/drone/improv acts with a gig in aid of a refugee charity. Sets from Yol, Kevin Sanders, Form Constants, Clive Henry, Marlo De Lara, Deej Dhariwal, Murray Royston Ward, Seth Cook & Dominic Lash and Howlround. DJ sets from Charlie Romijn, The Joy Collective and Celestial Communications.
Fishguard Folk Festival Various venues, Fishguard. 10am-11pm, free. Info [email protected]. Featuring Heb Enw Morris & The Vagrants Crew (Town Square), an open mic session (Ffwrn), HiJinx (Ship Inn), Mike Greenwood (Yacht Club), Wild Geese (Ffwrn), workshops with Rapsqullion and Kitty Greenwood (Skirmisher), Polly Morris Band (Ffwrn), Puffin Brass (Ffwrn), Sandwitch (Pendre Inn and Yacht Club), Rob Lear (Ffwrn), Polly Morris (Ship Inn), Rapsquillion (Yacht Club), Fiddlebox (Ffwrn), Vagrants Crew (Ffwrn), Gary & Helen Hopwood (Ship Inn) and Mike Chant (Ffwrn). (Until Mon 30)
Ian Cal Ford Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599.
Maia Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £6-£12. Info 01834 869323. Span Arts with a band who claim to have invented “sci-fi folk”.
Manic Street Preachers + Super Furry Animals + Public Service Broadcasting Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 5pm, £55/£39.50. Info 0844 8156665. See Upfront.
Matt Cook The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.
Milford Haven Town Band 2016 Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £10/£7. Info 01646 695267.
My Name Is Ian West Coast Arts, Penally, Tenby. Free. Info 01834 219128.
Never Found Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm, £5 Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Night At The Opera Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. Queen tribute.
On The Rocks The Lounge, Newport. Free. Info 01633 259144. Playing as part of the Live:Lounge night here.
Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2. Info 029 2038 7026.
Section Boyz Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Breakout grime crew given the double-edged sword that is the approval of Drake.
Son Of Man + Deke Leonard + Bigfeat The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07730 432166. Welsh prog survivors.
Steve Doolan The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753.
Steve Finn The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.
*Strange Daze Festival The Full Moon / The Moon Club / Fuel Cardiff. 4pm, £10/£25 weekend. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Today features Spectres, Yucatan, Hippies Vs Ghosts, Cleft, Hipicat, David Mysterious, Lux Aeterna, Homes, Scott Howells, Stearica, Purple Heart Parade, Nevsky Perspective, Soundwire, Silent Forum, Boris a Bono, Sous Les Paves, Disjoy, Lupo Rosso and special headliner announced on the day. Ooh! People from Daytrip, Holy Boredom, Cosmic Cauldron and Five Dollar Shake DJ. (Until Sun 29)
Superchango Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
The Big Tav Chill Uplands Tavern, Swansea. 12pm. Info 01792 458242. Outside stage from 12pm: Swansea String Band, Lazarus Carpenter, Sian Richards, Cornfield & Keally, Steve Hollis, Paul Rees, Siwan Thomas Howells and Ben & Niomi. Inside stage from 7pm: Chris Chapel, Sicknote Steve, Little Folk and Johnny Seven. (Until Sun 29)
Thee Damage Done The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
The Hut People + Bright Season Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 3.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. A Fishguard Folk Festival concert.
The Jokers The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £3. Info 01495 247178.
Welsh Beatbox Championships Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 12pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. The list of details for this is approaching novel length, but here’s the crux: “Beatboxers will battle it out to compete to become The Welsh Beatbox Champion in the following categories: Main Solos, Loop Station, Tag Teams (2 vs 2 simultaneously).”
sunday 29
AC/DC UK + Powerslaves The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. AC/DC and Iron Maiden tribute bands.
Alaw Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2089 0862.
Aubrey Parsons Atlantic Hotel, Porthcawl. 12pm, free. Info 01656 785011.
Bulletfest The Dolls House, Abertillery. Free. Info 01495 213300. Today features Left For Red, Black Bullets, Pizzatramp, Ded Orse, Master Charger, Smiling Tigers, The Day Of Locusts, Bag Of Bones and Scarsun.
Deadwood The Welfare, Ebbw Vale. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Twin tribute to Metallica and Iron Maiden.
Fishguard Folk Festival Various venues, Fishguard. 11am-9pm, free. Info [email protected]. Featuring a walk led by Gary Jones (starting at the Town Square), a workshop led by the Foxglove Trio (Skirmisher), Gale Force (Ship Inn), Nick Scott (Ffwrn), Vagrants Crew (Yacht Club), HiJinx (Transitions Cafe), Rapsquillion (Ffwrn), a bluegrass session (Bennett’s Navy Tavern), Caffl (The Railwaymen’s Club), Three Legg’d Mare (Ffwrn), The Foxglove Trio (Ffwrn), Rapsquillion (Ship Inn), Mike Greenwood (Pendre Inn), The Meadows (Ffwrn), Owainsdottir (Yacht Club), Dave Jones & Ashley-John Long (Peppers) and Gary Jones (Ship Inn). (Until Mon 30)
*Owiny Sigoma Band + Albert Bisaso Ssempeke The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01639 843163. See Music.
Public Image Ltd Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26.50 adv. Info 0117 9259273. John Lydon and bandmates bring revived post-Pistols project back to Cardiff.
Red River Blues The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.
Rich Cottell Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £10. Info 0871 4720400. Westcountry singer-songwriter.
So You Want Punk???? You Got It!!!! The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 4pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Featuring Wonk Unit, Trigger McPoopshute, Pizza Tramp and many more TBC.
*Strange Daze Festival The Full Moon / The Moon Club / Fuel Cardiff. 4pm, £10/£25 weekend. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Today features Flamingods, Shit And Shine, Gulp, Houdini Dax, Arrows Of Love, The Proper Ornaments, Thomas Truax, Charles Howl, Threatmantics, Tender Prey, Milk, The Dharma Violets, Masts, Jemma Roper, Beach Fatigue, Hodad, Albatross Archive, Mute Group(s), Dead In The Water and Head Noise. People from Lesson No. 1, Harvest, God Is In The TV and Five Dollar Shake DJ. (Finishes today)
Sunjay Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £8-£12. Info [email protected]. Last gig of the so-called Blossoms Blues Festival.
Talisk + James Findlay Ffwrn, Fishguard. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. A Fishguard Folk Festival concert.
The Aguilar Blumenfeld Project Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599. American blues-rockers.
The Big Tav Chill Uplands Tavern, Swansea. 12pm. Info 01792 458242. Outside stage from 12pm: Eleri Angharad, Tansy Rees, Jordan Shamsaee, Jack Beynon, Gethyn Leaves, Abbie Jebbers and Tom Emlyn. Inside stage from 7pm: Chocoholics, Jerris And The Beats, Sarah And The Coppertops, Curious Orange and Up The Creek. (Finishes today)
monday 30
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Blackbeard’s Tea Party + Rheged Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 12pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected]. A Fishguard Folk Festival concert.
Fishguard Folk Festival Various venues, Fishguard. 11.30am-4.30pm, free. Info [email protected]. Featuring The Vagrants Crew (Library), Sandwitch (Library) and a closing ceremony at the Ffwrn. (Finishes today)
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
*Shellac + Helen Money Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Cardiff residents, at least the ones unwilling to travel the short distance to Newport to see them in 1994, have been waiting 23 years for Shellac to play here. Now their wishes have been answered in the form one of three UK dates for the esteemed Chicagoan ur-rock trio. I’m going to knock into you at this.
The Hunna Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. UK rock band who sold out their recent gig here. This one doesn’t appear to be sold out at the time of writing, however.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
tuesday 31
Alex Davies Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Acoustic local.
Dan Messore Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
David Ian Roberts + Toby Hay Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. Folk.
Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2048 3344. Last Tuesday of every month with the venue’s professional house jazz trio.
Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, free. Info 07802 912789. Also featuring a drum workshop by Clark Tracey beforehand.
Lowri Porter & Lada Valešolvá St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.75-£6.75. Info 029 2087 8444. Violin and piano duo.
Martin & Eliza Carthy St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £17/£16 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. A Roots Unearthed gig.
New Year’s Day Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Sugarhill Gang + Grandmaster’s Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Scorpio Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 0117 9259273. It’s not entirely clear to me which origninal members of these two pioneering rap groups feature in their current lineups. Melle Mel and Scorpio, I suppose, but Grandmaster Flash doesn’t, despite the name. Hmm.
Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.
Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Ronnie Scott’s Allstars Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £16.50-£21.50. Info 01792 475715.
Zebrahead + Junior The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info 07590 4718.