listings
Newport. 1pm, £6.50. Info 01633 656757. Lunchtime performance. The Bootleg Beatles St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50-£41.50. Info 029 2087 8444. These guys play this venue about the same time every year. Fair play to them.
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The Plague Doctors The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Proggy jazz band who wear sort of plague masks, you know with the beaks.
THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER
Alan Barnes Octet The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £15. Info 07802 912789. Performing a newly composed jazz suite, Copperfield, with a Charles Dickens theme it says here. A Swansea Jazz night. Constellation Big Band Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 7pm, £15. Info 01834 861212. Jazz, presented by Narberth Jazz. Mared Williams A’r Band Pontio, Bangor. 8pm, £15. Info 01248 382828. Welsh-language singer-songwriter. Organ Recital Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45pm, free. Info 01792 635432. With Philip Aspden. Sassafras Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. Local rockers from the 70s. The Cure + The Twilight Sad Cardiff International Arena. 6pm, £41.05-£74.95. Info 029 2022 4488. Goth legends. Think this may be sold out but read our fangirl top 5 article Upfront! The Wandering Hearts Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Americana pop trio. Sold out! Trevor Whiting with The Craig Milverton Trio Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. Jazz. Valley Rock Voices Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £16.50. Info 0300 3656677. Local choir who sing rock songs.
FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER
2 Rude The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm, £10. Info 01495 213300. Ska covers. In Newport on Fri 16 Dec. Chris Summerill Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, free. Info 01685 882198. Local folk-rocker. Dark Valley + Urfe + The Black Vultures The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Stoner and doom rock.
Dub Pistols Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01597 258118. Live dance hybrid combo, who’ve been at it for over 25 years. In Cardiff on Fri 16 Dec.
Eurekas + The Rogues + Danny Mellin Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 221477.
Hand Of Dimes + The 501s + Joe Kelly The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £12. Info 01495 247178. Welsh hard rockers headline.
Junior Hacksaw Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
facebook.com/rhostiocoffee. Local blues-rockers. Made Of Teeth + Pizzatramp + The Sewer Cats + System Of Slaves + System Reset Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 221477. Punk and metal bands play benefit show for striking postal workers. See Music. Nash + Valley Boy Zero + Sydney Fate + Save Our Ships + Virtue In Vain Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 7pm, £4. Info 07984 664008. Single release show for headliners.
Pseudo Cool + Idlechord + Hidden Shackles Cwrw, Carmarthen. 7pm, £5. Info 07534 4904453. Sia Ahmad & Raymond MacDonald + Rhiannon Lowe + Rosey Brown Shift, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info shiftcardiff. org. Experimental music from Australian/ Scottish duo Ahmad and MacDonald, plus two locally-based supports. Supersonic 70s Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Decade-specific tribute show. Sold out.
The Bon Jovi Experience Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £14. Info 01244 546201. Tribute band.
The Leighton Jones Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Playing in the bar area.
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The Bunkhouse, Swansea, Sat 17 Dec. Tickets: £12.50. Info:
thebunkhouseswansea.com
In February, Swansea’s Dream State witnessed the departure of their vocalist CJ Gilpin and guitarist Rhys Wilcox, with last original member Aled Evans deciding to bring in a new group of musicians. The revamped version of this alt-rock quartet released single Taunt Me in October – to the pleasant surprise of their fans – and will begin their new chapter this December with a hometown show at the Bunkhouse. With support on the evening from Glass Heart, it’s been a long-awaited return for Dream State but a new era is in sight.
Wales and the Massed School’s Choir. Defects + Rxptrs Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2064 4176. UK rock band playing a gig rescheduled from October 2022.
Glitchers + Kikker + Ignitemares Bunkhouse, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07716 767651. Punk bands. Entry is on a pay- what-you-can-afford basis. Prognosis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5pm, £3. Info 029 2062 6015. Prog covers.
The Showhawk Duo Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 029 2023 5555. They’re calling it “Acoustic Rave for the Jilted Generation”. I am simply the messenger in this case. The Snowman Gwyn Hall, Neath. 12.30pm, £15. Info 0300 3656677. Screening of the film with a live orchestra. In Llanelli on Sat 17 Dec. uWestlife Cardiff International Arena. 6.30pm, £58. Info 029 2022 4488. On tomorrow also.
TUESDAY 13 DECEMBER
The Sun Kings The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info
themooncardiff.com. Local Latin- flavoured combo. Tom Jones & Elvis Presley Tribute Show Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2062 6015. Featuring Rob Dee and Victor Andrews respectively. Welsh National Opera Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9.50-£48. Info 029 2087 8444. Conducted by James Southall.
SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER
Aber Choral Society Bach: Christmas Oratorio Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232 Conducted by David Russell Hulme. Carols, Hymns & Pimms Clarence Hall, Crickhowell. 7pm. Info 01873 811573. Featuring The Bryn Singers and Cantorion Phoenix, with Crickhowell Town Band accompanying; conducted by Dian Winter. Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01597 811226. Locally- sourced musos fronted by the big CC on what it says here will be their last ever tour. They mostly seem to play festivals though so not sure if that means they’re knocking this band on the head. This date is near to Church’s new educational retreat or whatever it is, sold out right after going on sale, and precedes a Cardiff show on Wed 21 Dec. Read an interview Upfront! City Voices Cardiff: Peace, Love & Joy St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £7-£18. Info 029 2087 8444. With special guests the Forget-Me-Not Chorus. Elvana Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50. Info 029 2023 5555. It’s a tribute to Elvis, but also to Nirvana, which says a lot about society.
Fury + King Kraken + Gypsy Pistoleros + Molly Karloff + Tyrannosaurus Nebulous Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 5pm, £10., Info 01685 727475. Presented by the Rock & Roll Circus Radio Show.
Goldie Lookin Chain + JPH + CrazeTheJack Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7pm, £16. Info 01792 477710. Christmas gig from Newport jesters. Ignite Symphony Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing works by Strauss and Wagner.
Made In Liverpool Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2089 0862. Beatles tribute.
Rogora Khart Westgate Hotel, Newport. 6pm, £5. Info
facebook.com/ thewestgatehotel. Also featuring DJ Gypsy Bob’s Gypsy Balkan Disco. Roosevelt Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Playing in the bar area. Scopyons + The Clan Tivoli, Buckley. 7pm, £10. Info 01244 546201. Scorpions tribute band headline. Snatch It Back Cwmbran Rugby Football Club. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 483238. A Borough Blues Club night. Soul In Motion Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2062 6015. Soul and disco covers. Strictly UB40 Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10. Info 01685 882198. Tribute band. The Blunders + Dropping Like Flies The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info 01495 758597. Punk. The Brwymys Rhostio, Cardi9ff. 8pm, free. Info
facebook.com/rhostiocoffee. Folk-rock.
The Rotanas Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info
linktr.ee/buffalocardiff. Local indie sorts.
The Siglo Section Porter’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info
facebook.com/ porterscardiff. Big band music. The Worried Men + Blind Man’s Bluff The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm, pay by donation. Info 01495 213300. Blues-rock type stuff. This is a foodbank fundraiser gig so entry fee is a donation of either cash or food. Tom Blackwell Blue Sky Café, Bangor. 7pm, £12. Info 01248 355444. Northern English singer-songwriter. UK Subs + GBH + Menace The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 07590 471888. Trio of enduring punk gumbies here.
SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER
A Traditional Festival Of Nine Lessons & Carols St Gabriel’s Church, Cwmbran. 6.30pm, £8. Info 01633 868239. Presented by Lleisiau Torfaen Voices and the Congress Theatre. Carols For Christmas St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £20/ £5 NUS or under-26s. Info 029 2087 8444. Adrian Partington conducts the BBC National Chorus Of
Blue Amber + Unity + Frankie Parris Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info
linktr.ee/ buffalocardiff. Leftfield indie and hip-hop. Bublé Christmas By Candlelight Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22.50- £45. Info 01792 635432. Tribute show to Michael B. Charlie J + Titan Teeth + Mojo Jnr Bunkhouse, Swansea.
7.pm, £5. Info 07716 767651. One of three launch gigs for Cardiff hip-hop artist’s new EP. Seth Lakeman Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01239 621200. English folk-rock stalwart. In Cardiff tomorrow. Welsh Chamber Orchestra Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01407 763361. Featuring works by Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams and Schubert. WNO Opera Gala Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2039 1391. A celebration of opera led by Carlo Rizzi.
WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER
BBC NOW: Swingin’ Christmas Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10- £20/£5 kids or NUS. Info 01792 635432. Andrew Cottee conducts a programme of festive faves with guest vocals from Louise Dearman and Matthew Ford. In Cardiff tomorrow, plus Cottee is interviewed on p.78 of this issue. Chiefly Ourselves Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 8.30pm. Info 01443 222182. A Llantrisant Folk Club Christmas party. Dark Valley + Mercy Of The Current + Dropping Like Flies Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm. Info 01633 221477. Metal and punk.
Leslie Maynerd Quartet + Uskulele Jazz The Muse, Brecon. 8pm, £10. Info 07791 654799. A Brecon Jazz evening also featuring a jazz jam after these two acts. Seth Lakeman & Alex Hart Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862. Sold out.
THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER
Band Of Friends + James Oliver Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Inffo 029 2062 6015. Rory Gallagher tribute show featuring some of his old bandmates. BBC NOW: Swingin’ Christmas St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2087 8444..
Charlie J + Kiddus + Aisha Kigs + Fig The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info
themooncardiff.com. Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £12. Info 07802 912789. A Swansea Jazz night.
Small Miracles Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Local indie band. Tone Deaf Creatures present. The Honest Poet + Ogun Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01633 221477. Poetic hip-hop type stuff. The Native + Sterling Press Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50. Headliners toured with Bastille recently. Tredegar House Folk Festival Fundraising Concert Newport Fugitives Athletic Club. 8pm, £5. Info
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