House Party 2025
Swansea Arena Oystermouth Road, Bae Copr Bay, Swansea, Swansea, United KingdomThis half-dayer debuted in 2024, with Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard headlining and proceeds going to Music Venue Trust, and proved a success. Its consequent return is helmed by CVC, who’ve just headlined Cardiff’s Great Hall and here tackle a bigger venue still, with a supporting cast including Suns Of Thunder, Aderyn and Vain.
The Nightmares
Clwb Ifor Bach 11 Womanby Street, Cardiff, CardiffNewport emo-gothers The Nightmares release Fire In Heaven, their second album, the day before this show, and will no doubt perform the lion’s share of it. Extant since the late 2010s, the five-piece have fashioned a sound taking variously from anthemic indie, 80s sophistipop and the more grownup wing of American pop-punk.
John Barrowman
Venue Cymru Llandudno, ConwyThis show, which was most recently here less than 18 months ago, combines live orchestral music and classical Chinese dance (their slogan is “China Before Communism”) and if you buy one of these rather expensive tickets (£65-£118) the money will be funnelled back into the Falun Gong cult. As an impartial observer I would question …
There Will Be Snacks… And Middle Aged Lady Dancing
Elysium Gallery 210 High Street, Swansea, SwanseaAs per the name, not wholly unlike the event listed above, though in a smaller space and proclaiming to be “the culmination of some research looking at aging, gender and …
Band Pres Llareggub
Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Cardiff, South GlamorganNorth Wales’ Llareggub Brass Band – to use the Anglicised version of their name – close out the Cardiff University-hosted UniBrass 2025 with their dynamic fusion of traditional brass, Bronx-inspired …