live music
Ten+1 + Clay Statues Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883. Thoby Davis The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Tom Williams Band The Bell Inn, Caerleon. 2pm. Info 01633 422656. Y Bandana 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 029 2022 8883. North Walian indie band headline a Methu Dawnsio night.
MONDAY 18 Friends Electric Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 8pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01443 485934. *Foot Village + Bitches + Zinc Bukowski + Yajé Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Loose and Lesson No.1 present this bill of joyous noisiness. Foot Village played in 2009 and got a rotten turnout because there were 1,000 other gigs on the same day. Tonight this is not so. Open Mic Poets Corner, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2049 3526.
TUESDAY 19 Kickback Open Mic Night The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm- 12am, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Kryophere + Here Lies The Enemy + Districts + All To Ruin Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2034 5144. Metal. Live Music Night The Promised Land, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2039 8998. Norman Thatcher’s Ragtime Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3.50. Info 029 2034 0591. Pro Corda Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Chamber music. Survivalists + The Mememes + Warsaw Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883. The Ukelele Project Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.45pm, £7.50-£12.50. Info 01874 611622.
WEDNESDAY 20 Arek Mazurek Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2034 0591. Polish guitarist plays bebop and hard bop. Candy Claws + Evening Chorus + Winter Villains Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2034 5144. Indie bands, presented by Flux=Rad. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Penmaes School, Brecon. 6.30-8.30pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info 01874 625422. Gaudy Orde Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Jeff Hooper & Trio Burleigh Academy, Newport. 7pm, £8. Info 01633 262002. Kevin Figes Trio Queens Head Inn, Monmouth. 8.45pm. Info 01600 712767. Mike Collins Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2023 9253. With guest Lee Goodall. Open Heart Mic Tony’s Kitchen Gallery, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 3671. Open Mic Night Milkwood Jam, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 477577. Open Mic Night Nos Da, Cardiff. 8-11pm, free. Info 029
2037 8866. Open Mic Night The Hawaiian, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2049 3337. Open Space The Gate Arts Centre, Roath, Cardiff. 8-11pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Open mic night on the third Wednesday of every month. Rachel’s Last Dance Cardiff Arts Institute. 8pm, free. Info 029 2023 1252. A No Sweat night. Song And Tune Nights The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, free. Info 01443 226892. The Living Daylights + Great Cynics + Dividers + Pipedream + Forrest Mozart’s, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 649984. Swansea Collective present another packed bill o’punk. The Two Hats Boleros Bar, Caerleon. 9pm, free. Info 01633 422822. The Ukelele Project Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Blysh Festival show. Three Counties Youth Symphonic Wind Band Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £7/£4. Info 01970 623232.
THURSDAY 21 David Nash La Tasca, Cardiff. 8.30-10.30pm. Info 029 2023 0087.
Electric Arms + Robin Morgan Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. The Eruption Button com- bine a fuzzy indie band from Portsmouth and a standup comedian .from Cardiff. First Blood + Ninebar Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Hardcore bands. Hard Pan Trio + Belied Gunaiko Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 029 2023 9253. This is presented by The Rusty Trombone Of God and will be music of the free and experimental nature. Both these bands feature members of Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides, who played here last year. Jazz Jam Night Queens Head Inn, Monmouth. 8.45pm. Info 01600 712767. David Nash La Tasca, Cardiff. 8.30-10.30pm. Info 029 2023 0087. Jazz Night La Brasserie, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2023 4134.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2041 8741. Jon Sloman & Friends + Leighton Jones The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2045 2151. Sloman used to be in Uriah Heep, apparently, and a bunch of other bands Open Mic A Shot In The Dark, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2047 2300. Open Mic Night The Promised Land, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8998. Rocketnumbernine + Zwolf + Location Baked Buffalo, Cardiff. 9pm-4am, £3. Info 029 2034 5144. Metal. Live electronica, presented by Signature. Rocketnumbernine feature ex-members of Rothko, if that rings any bells with you. Sam Coombes Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2034 0591. Presented by Cardiff Jazz Society. SDR + Mad Hatter 2.0 + Ruins Will Rise Metros, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 20399 9942.
Steve – Captain Of The Funhouse The Rockin Chair, Cardiff. 8-11pm, free. Info 029 2064 4150. Traditional Jazz Bands Mumbles Conservative Club, Swansea. 8.30-11pm. Info 01792 361302.
FRIDAY 22 Abertillery Blues Festival Abertillery Park. £20/£15 Blues Club members (£40/£30 Blues Club members both days). Info 01495 355800. Featuring Hideaway Trio, Giles Robson & The Dirty Aces, Never The Bride and The Hamsters. Best Friends Forever + The Middle Ones Buffalo Lounge, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2034 4822. Headliners are an indie-pop band from Minneapolis. They seem to be on the Plan-It-X label, more normally associated with beardy folk anarchists who travel everywhere by pushbike. Blue Steele Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2034 0591. A Blues Dragon night. Camelia Jazz Band The Riverside Tavern, Newport. 2pm, free. Info 01633 666699. Contemporary Guitarist La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info 029 2023 0087. Encore Acoustic Duo Nos Da, Cardiff. 8.30-11.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Freshold The Parrot Music Bar, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01267 235511. Gower Rock Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Swansea. 5pm, £5 (£25 weekend). Info 01792 371206. Today features (on one stage only) Dirty Revolution, The Funkensteins, Galanastra, The Stiff Joints, Rugfire and Chineapple Punks. (Until Sun 24) Ian Parker Milkwood Jam, Swansea. 8pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01792 477577. Acoustic singer- songwriter type. Kymo The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Live Music The Ship Inn, Barry. 8pm, free. Info 01446 729060. New Exhibition Of Noise Outside Mocka Lounge, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2022 1295. Only Boys Aloud + Sophie Evans Parc & Dare Theatre, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01443 773112. Like Only Men Aloud, but younger. You prob- ably worked that out, I know. Skin Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £18/£16. Info 01443 485934. Another more or less hometown show from this semi-poodle (and semi-hard rock – a hardoodle, you might say) band who have returned from the 90s. Smokin Aces Park Inn, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free. Info 029 2034 1441. The Gentle Sea Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 3.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Swansea country-folk band play as part of the Free:30 Sessions series. The Grit Meze Lounge, Newport. 7.30pm, £4. Info 01633 259144. Punky rockabilly band. The ZZ Tops The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2045 2151. Top Shelf Jazz Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
SATURDAY 23 Abertillery Blues Festival
Abertillery Park. £30/£24 Blues Club members (£40/£30 Blues Club members both days). Info 01495 355800. Featuring Bluesy Susie, Luke Doherty Band, Pat Grover and The Hawks, Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges, Hokie Joint and Mike Sanchez. Castell Roc Chepstow Castle. 6.30-11pm, £5 adv. Info 01291 627122. The return of a festival that was previously called Rock In the Dell. Today it features Crazy Cavan And The Rhythm Rockers, Graveyard Johnnys, Major Tom, Chasing The Crow and 3’s A Crowd. On tomor- row also. Chains Of Hate + Jack Knife Fight + No Choice The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2045 2151. This is a birthday party for Physical Graffiti, which is a tattoo place on City Road in Roath. If you want tickets you have to call into the shop. Conductors + Super Cute Voices The Parrot Music Bar, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01267 235511. Doofer The Rockin Chair, Cardiff. 8-11pm, £3. Info 029 2064 4150. Evita + Giants + Golden Tanks The Green Rooms, Treforest. 5.30pm, £6. Info 07890 909164. With more bands TBC. Gower Rock Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Swansea. 12pm, £12.50 (£25 weekend)/£7 kids (£12.50 weekend). Info 01792 371206. Today features We/Are/Animal, The Blims, Ringolevio, The Keys, Nucleus, The Method, Houdini Dax, Bigfoot, Last Tuesday Society and Shweet (main stage); Providence, Dewi Griffiths, Stewart Alexander, Pete Braven, Redwillow Soul, Albavida, Martin Goddard And The Lights Of Zetar, Thistledown and Andy Jones (acoustic stage). (Until Sun 24)
Gregg Pritchard Super Soprano Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.45pm, £8/£6. Info 01792 475715. Accompanied by pianist Kirsten Sondergaard. Kookamunga Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. Nine-piece jazz-funk outfit.
Musicfest: Opening Concert Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 6.30 + 8pm, £15. Info 01970 623232. Featuring a reception followed by a performance from harpist Catrin Finch. See Roundup for a bit more on Musicfest. Ponty’s Big Weekend Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd. 3-9.30pm, £15 adv. Info 08000 147111. Today features The Wanted and more TBC. You an read about it Upfront. It is on tomorrow also, with Paul Potts and more. Rare Thing Cardiff Central Library. 1-2pm, free. Info 029 2078 0160. The Lay Lows The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. The Roseville Band Buffalo, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £4. Info 029 2034 5144. Tylwyth Teg + Stew Alexander Nos Da, Cardiff. 8.30-11.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.
SUNDAY 24 Acoustic Open Mic Night Buffalo Lounge, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2034
4822.
Buffalo Cider Festival Closing Party Buffalo, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2034 5144. Rowan Liggett presents a selection of acoustic acts TBC. Castell Roc Chepstow Castle. 6.30-11pm, £5 adv. Info 01291 627122. Today features Hells Bells (AC/DC tribute), Rusty
Bay. 4pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
MONDAY 25 Dolly The Show Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01792 475715. Bells ’n’whistles’n’dancers tribute show in honour of Ms Parton.
Musicfest: Beethoven’s
Fri 22-Sun 24 is the weekend of the Gower Rock Festival in Swansea. Located in the Gower Heritage Centre, there will be a main and an acoustic stage; you can get weekend
or day tickets and some of the better known bands playing include We/Are/Animal, Dirty Revolution and The Keys.
Shackle, Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix tribute), Riot Act; and Doods On Stools. Gideon Conn & Band Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Gower Rock Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Swansea. 12pm, £6 (£25 week- end)/£4 kids (£12.50 week- end). Info 01792 371206. Today features The Mudskippers, The Gentle Sea, Sera And The Elements, Jets to Zurich, Lights And Clockwork and I Scream For Crow (main stage); Chris Woodman, The Blue Rhondda, Roger Henderson, Ian James, Guy And Cerys, The Felix Subway, Nick Byrne And The Turning, Emmett Grogan, Radiogramme and Esther Kane (acoustic stage). (Finishes today)
Musicfest: Catrin Finch’s Harp Masterclass Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 2.30pm, £6. Info 01970 623232. Musicfest: Evening Concert Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £14. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the Solstice String Quartet, John Ireland Sextet and Gareth Churchill Clarinet Quintet. Musicfest: Jazz In The Foyer Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 7.15pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Musicfest: Tiddly Prom Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 2.30pm, £6. Info 01970 623232. Musicfest: Young Artists’ Recital Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £10. Info 01970 623232. Oakdale Silver Band Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon, Torfaen. 2.30pm, free. Info 01495 790311. Ponty’s Big Weekend Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd. 3-9.30pm, free. Info 08000 147111. Today features Paul Potts, Sophie Evans, Natasha Marsh, All Angels. Book tickets in advance please. Sir Anthony Hopkins In Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £20-£35. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront. Thoby Davis The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Tom Williams Band The Bell Inn, Caerleon. 2pm. Info 01633 422656. Zen Hussies Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Cello Works Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 6.30pm. Info 01970 623232. Featuring Nicholas Jones and his inter- national cello class. (Until Fri 29)
Musicfest: Double Reed Masterclass Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 2.30pm, £5. Info 01970 623232. Musicfest: Evening Concert Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £14. Info 01970 623232. Works by Debussy, Ravel and John Metcalf.
Musicfest: Lunchtime Concert Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £10. Info 01970 623232. Open Mic Poets Corner, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2049 3526.
TUESDAY 26 Jazz Cafe The Gate Arts Centre, Roath, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3. Info 029 2048 3344. Last Tuesday of every month. John Blek & The Rats Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £2. Info 029 2039 7933. Kickback Open Mic Night The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm- 12am, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Live Music Night The Promised Land, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2039 8998. Mitchell Museum 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2022 8883. Musicfest: Beethoven’s Cello Works Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 6.30pm. Info 01970 623232. (Until Fri 29) Musicfest: Cello Masterclass Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £5. Info 01970 623232. Musicfest: Evening Concert Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £14. Info 01970 623232. Featuring works by Rubenstein, Faure and Beethoven. Musicfest: Lunchtime Concert Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 1.30pm, £10. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the Solstice String Quartet. Norman Thatcher With John Scantlebury Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3.50. Info 029 2034 0591. Town + Straight Lines + The Dead Beggars Club Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.
WEDNESDAY 27 Alexander Comana + Ffred
14) Y&T (Millennium Music Hall, Sat 15) NEW MODEL ARMY (Cardiff University, Sun 16) BILL WYMAN’S RHYTHM KINGS (Grand Theatre, Swansea, Mon 17) JOE BONAMASSA (Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Tue 18) ED SHEERAN (Cardiff University, Wed 19) KATY PERRY (Motorpoint Arena, Wed 19) KATY B (Cardiff University, Fri 21) CAPDOWN (Millennium Music Hall, Sun 23)
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