listings
Rockin’ Chair, Wrexham. 7pm, £10. Info
therockinchairwrexham@gmail.com. Lots of local acts followed by the Nineteen Forever indie disco. Eurekas The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
themooncardiff.com. G4 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15- £24.50. Info 01792 635432. Vocal harmony bois, doing a Christmas-themed set obv. I Am Drug + Shlug + Sweatbox Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2064 4176. Noisy south Wales alt-rock bands. Our Last Goodbye + Harbour Way + We The Sun + Dead Noize Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07980 925449.
SLADE Tramshed, Cardiff, Sat 17 Dec. Tickets: £27.50. Info:
tramshedcardiff.com
Rhiannon Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2062 6015. Fleetwood Mac tribute. Skacasm + Burning Sky Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £8. Info 01685 882198. Ska cover band headline. The Anonymous Iconoclasts Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, fre. Info
facebook.com/ rhostiocoffee. The Wurzels The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 07590 471888. What kind of person goes to see The Wurzels the day before Christmas Eve? A legend of banter, of course. Tinty & The Bucket Hats + Stickman Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Charity gig in aid of Kidscape.
SATURDAY 24 DECEMBER
The James Oliver Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. First of two gigs here this evening... The Jedis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.
...this being the second.
MONDAY 26 DECEMBER
4th Street Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £6. Info 01685 882198. Rock and pop covers. FRIDAY 30 DECEMBER
Only Rainyday Rainbow + Dirty Flamingos + Monet Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07980 925449. The Soul Miners Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2062 6015. Soul covers.
SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER
Kamikazee Millionaires The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178. NYE show, maybe get there early, or not, it’s up to you.
MONDAY 1 JANUARY
WNO Orchestra: Return To Vienna Great Hall, Swansea University. 4pm, £5-£21. Info 01792 602060. David Adams conducts a programme of Strauss, Korngold and more.
The Guy That Gets The Girl + The Spectrums + Guardians Of Public Morality Jac’s, Aberdare. 2-9pm, £10. Info 01685 882198. Covers bands tackling 90s rap-rock, 80s synthpop and 70s glam/punk respectively. Sold out though.
THURSDAY 5 JANUARY
WNO Orchestra: Return To Vienna Great Hall, Swansea University. 4pm, £5-£21. Info 01792 602060. David Adams conducts a programme of Strauss, Korngold and more. In Bangor tomorrow; Newtown on Sat 7 Jan; Cardiff on Fri 13 Jan.
FRIDAY 6 JANUARY
Cuffs + Sweatbox Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. Indie band whose name looks and sounds too much like ‘Guffs’ for their own good, supported by a band whose name sounds too much like… wait, they actually are called Sweatbox. The Bluesters Rhostio, Cardxiff. 8pm, free. Info
facebook.com/rhostiocoffee. Blues.
WNO Orchestra: Return To Vienna Pontio, Bangor. 7.30pm, £5-£20.50. Info 01248 382828.
SATURDAY 7 JANUARY
A Vision Of Elvis St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26.50. Infoi 029 2087 8444. With Rob Kingsley as Elvis. Blues Central Cwmbran Rugby Football Club. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 483238. A Borough Blues Club night. Life Of A Hero + Breathe Fire The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Sound & Vision Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10.. Info 01685 882198. Bowie tribute band.
868239. Sixties musical nostalgia, also featuring tributes to Hank Marvin and Cliff Richard.
WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY
David Boulton Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 8.30pm, £8. Info 01443 222182. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
THURSDAY 12 JANUARY
Rule The World Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862. Take That tribute band.
State Of Deceit + Nightlives + Collapse The Void + Black Water Chemistry + Nomad Lizard Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4176. Various rock and metal bands. WNO Orchestra: Return To Vienna Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 4pm, £18.50/£17/£5 under-16s. Info 01686 948100.
SUNDAY 8 JANUARY
Chantel McGregor Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Blues-rock type, toured with Joe Bonamassa.
TUESDAY 10 JANUARY
The Union Gap Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01633
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EMF The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 07590 471888. Indie-dance panflashes from early 90s Gloucestershire. They released an album in spring 2022. Did you know that? Your answer may bear relation to the fact this has been downsized from the Tramshed to the Globe.
FRIDAY 13 JANUARY
Aaron Akugby & Zeynep Ozsuca Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.1.5pm, £7. Info 029 2039 1391. Lunchtime trumpet/piano recital. British Lion + Coney Hatch + Airforce Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01792 468892. Steve Harris’ sideline from Iron Maiden, supported by, in Coney Hatch, a fairly obscure Canadian band who toured with Maiden in 1983. Freight Train Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7-£14. Info 029 2039 1391. A combo of Irish folk, blues and jazz via vocals, piano and percussion.
Lonesome Ace Stringband The
Returning with their packed catalogue of unadulterated rock’n’roll hits, just in time for the Christmas period, Wolverhampton glam icons Slade hit Cardiff’s Tramshed for what they’re calling an Ultimate Christmas Party. This must be the band’s favourite time of year, what with the success of Merry Xmas Everybody – one of six chart-topping singles to their name – and the chance to toast the season with the band themselves is just too good to miss! Catch Slade as they make Cardiff one of their five UK stops before Christmas.
Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £14. Info 01834 861212. Bluegrass and old timey stuff.
Patchwork Samuel + Faith Parry Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info facebook. com/rhostiocoffee. Singer-songwriter showcase.
The Rocket Man New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50. Info 0343 3100041. Elton John tribute. In Blackwood on Sat 14 Jan. UK Pink Floyd Experience The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 0345 2263510. Tribute show. In Cardiff on Sun 15 Jan.
Voodoo Room Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Band paying tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Cream.
WNO Orchestra: Return To Vienna Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£18.50. Info 029 2039 1391.
SATURDAY 14 JANUARY
BBC NOW: Disney’s Fantasia In Concert Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 3pm, £10-£20/£5 kids or NUS. Info 01792 635432. A screening of the 1940 movie with orchestral accompaniment. Bootleg Blondie Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band. Idlechord + Lansano Drive + Baby Blue Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
facebook.com/rhostiocoffee. Indie locals. Kinky Wizzards + Adam ‘Longbody’ Jenkins + Ophelia’s Beard Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £6. Info 029 2064 4176. Noodly jazz-rock type band headline. Lords Of Ruin + Big Dirty + The Philo Beddoe Band The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £8. Info 01495 247178. Presented by Grumpy Clown. The Inaudibles + RY + Pezlo 7 Cwrw, Carmarthen. 8pm, free. Info 07534 4904453. Indie-dance, house and nu-disco. Might be better thought of as a club night, but not got much info to go on sorry. The Rocket Man Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £25.75. Info 01495 227206.
SUNDAY 15 JANUARY
BBC NOW: Disney Fantasia In Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £26.50. Info 029 2087 8444. A screening of the 1940 movie with orchestral accompaniment.
MONDAY 16 JANUARY
Queen Extravaganza St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £49.50/£31.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show, rescheduled from January 2022. In Llandudno tomorrow. uThe 1975 Cardiff International Arena. 6.30pm, £58.80. Info 029 2022 4488. Two dates here (on tomorrow also) for cod- intellectual neo-pop band.
TUESDAY 17 JANUARY
Huw Wiggin & Noriko Ogawa St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £31.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Sax/piano recital. Juan Martín St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2087 8444. Flamenco guitarist. Roots Unearthed concert. Queen Extravaganza Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £21.50-£49.50. Info 01492 872000. uTalon Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01646 695267. Eagles tribute band, here for two nights.
WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY
Thomas Truax + Pagan Wanderer Lu The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info
themooncardiff.com. Oddball indieish stuff, rescheduled from a few months back.
THURSDAY 19 JANUARY
Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Blues-rock guitarist. See Music.
The Ska Taffs The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10. Info 01495 758597. Ska and 2-tone tribute.
UK Pink Floyd Experience New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 0343 3100041.
1 pair of tickets to Slade,
Sat 17 Dec, 7pm Scan to enter
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