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matter, it’s on the first Saturday and Sunday of July (ie, on tomorrow also), August and September. Ghost Hunt Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Caerphilly. 8pm-2am, £45. Info 01443 412248. Presented by Haunted Rooms and taking place here on the first Saturday of each month.
FRIDAY 22 JULY
ABERYSTWYTH STREET FOOD FESTIVAL Aberystwyth Marina, Fri 22-Sat 24 July Tickets: FREE/£4 VIP. Info:
streetfoodwarehouse.co.uk
Lit On The Lawn Priory Hotel Gardens, Caerleon. 11am-5pm, £10. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event held in a marquee and featuring Jane Fraser, Rob Penn, Steven Lovatt, Jon Gower and Abigail Bergstrom. Comedian Arthur Smith is here in the evening and you can get tick- ets to both for £20. Shon Faye Premiere Cinema, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £6. Info 029 2022 9836. Final event of the month-long Queer Fringe Festival, featuring a chat with writer of the book The Transgender Issue among vari- ous other credentials. Storytime with Lauren Ace All Saints Church. 2-3pm, £3. Info
griffinbooks.co.uk. Penarth Literary Festival event featuring kids’ author from south Wales.
SUNDAY 3 JULY
Just Dance Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, £15 /£12 unwaged. Info 029 2030 4400. Ecstatic dance classes, also on Fri 5 Aug.
Street Food Warehouse’s spring and summer UK tour includes a weekend in Aberystwyth – why, if you wish to travel to the location by yacht, you can park it right by the Marina, hoist yourself to dry land and commence sampling an array of travelling vendors. These include Amore Pizza Amore (pizzas), Clark’s Kitchen (halloumi fries), Fire & Flank (steak), The Little Donut Deli (doughnuts, and yes I’m playing the ‘UK spelling’ card there) and The Spanish Buffet (paella).
uAberystwyth Street Food Festival Aberystwyth Marina. 11am-11pm, free. Info
streetfoodwarehouse.co.uk/aberyst- wyth. With a bunch of trucks, stalls etc on the waterfront. It’s free but you need to book a ticket to enter. (Until Sun 24 July)
SATURDAY 23 JULY
uBig Splash Newport city centre. Free. Info 01633 656757. Two days of family-friendly theatre, music, work- shops and arts and crafts taking place on Newport’s streets, and in Le Public Space in the case of some of the music. These are some of the things and people you can see: Barracwda, Books!, Ceri-Ann Arian, Dave’s Cone Show, Dwndwr Y Dwr, Falconry Dismay (great name), Great Insect Games, Grumpy Unicorns, Hippochondriac, Honeymoon Balloon, HOOF, How To Defeat Monsters (And Get Away With It), Pete Anderson’s Unstable Acts, Roo’d, Seed, The Curious Case Of Aberlliw and The Pigeons.
SUNDAY 24 JULY
Superstars Of Welsh Wrestling Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. 5-9pm, £14/£11 kids. Info 01745 332414.
Lit On The Lawn: Comic Verse Priory Hotel Gardens, Caerleon. 2-5pm, £7.50. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event; prizes up for grabs for performers.
MONDAY 4 JULY
ClwstwrVerse City Hall, Cardiff. 9.30am-6pm, free. Info 029 2251 1434. All- day event aiming to “shine the spotlight on media innovations made in Wales,” specifi- cally the screen and news sector.
THURSDAY 7 JULY
uLlangollen 2022: Daytime In The Pavilion Llangollen Pavilion. 8.30pm-5pm, £16 per days/£6 kids. Info 01978 862001. Three days of competitions, showcases etc. The 8.30am opening time is for school groups; it’s 12pm otherwise. (Until Sat 9 July)
FRIDAY 8 JULY
uPenarth Art Fair Penarth Pier Pavilion. 6pm, free. Info 07955 436216. Local artists, sculptors, galleries and collectives can sell their work directly to the public here. (Until Fri 10) uVintage For Victory Whitchurch Library Gardens, Cardiff. 10am-9pm, £50 weekend. Info
vintageforvictory.co.uk. “Set in the past it celebrates all that was great from the 1940s 50s & 60s,” says this returning three-day festival, which has live music from swing and rock’n’roll bands, classic vehicles and vintage clothes stalls among other stuff. (Until Fri 10) The Cellar Bards The Cellar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Monthly spoken word night.
SATURDAY 9 JULY
Walk For Parkinson’s: Snowdon At Sunset Snowdon. 5.30pm, £20. Info 0800 1386593 /
parkinsons.org.uk/walksnowdon. Guided evening walk to the summit of Snowdon, following the Llanberis Path and descending by torchlight. In aid of Parkinson’s.
Miss Universe Great Britain 2022 The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £37.50. Info 01633 656757. Beauty contest, the winner of which ‘represents’ Great Britain in another beauty contest. Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £20. Info 0345 2263510. The premise of this is you watch an episode of Murder, She Wrote and par- ticipate in solving the mystery as it goes.
THURSDAY 14 JULY
GRAFT Supper Night National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 6.30pm, £15. Info 0300 111233. Billed as “a space
TUESDAY 26 JULY
Oliver Bullough Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01873 852690. Conversations At The Chapel event with the author of a book, Butler To The World, about the dirty money that flows through Britain. Tory MP Andrew Mitchell, formerly implicated in lobbying and tax avoidance scandals, has donated an approving blurb, as has Margaret Hodge, who benefitted from a tax loophole used by the family company in which she held shares. The absolute neck on these appall- ing people.
THURSDAY 28 JULY
to explore ideas and issues of food, climate, land, community and culture, curated by GRAFT lead artist Owen Griffiths”. You get to eat food as well as talk about it, to be clear.
FRIDAY 15 JULY
An Audience with Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. 7.30pm, 324. Info 01745 332414. One-time bouncer to the stars talks about that career. Darryl Jenkins The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £10. Info 01834 861212. Spirit medium. uEisteddfod Powys 2022 The Stiwt, Wrexham. 7pm, £10. Info 01978 841300. Delayed two-day event comprising three sessions over today and tomorrow: Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. If you’re wondering why Eisteddfod Powys is taking place nowhere near Powys, there’s an exhaustive explana- tion on the Stiwt website.
SATURDAY 16 JULY
Bougie Drag Brunch Depot, Cardiff. 12-4pm, £49.95. Info 029 2022 0491. This features several drag queens (currently TBC) plus bottomless cocktails for 90 min- utes, DJ Jolene Dover and street food. Chepstow Festival Of Arts Various locations, Chepstow. 9.30am-4pm, free. Info 07538 463041 / chepstowfestivalarts.
co.uk. Billed as “an eclectic mix of per- formance artists such as rock bands, folk groups, rappers, puppeteers, dance groups, choirs and many more,” multiple points through the town centre will be filled with visual art also. See Art. Jolene Jackson-Lockwood Tivoli , Buckley. 7pm, £20. Info 01244 546201. Spirit medium.
Penarth Downhill DerbyPenarth Seafront. 2-5pm, free. Info penarthtown-
council.gov.uk. Highly respectable annual event describing itself like so: “Organisers especially welcome homemade go-kart rac- ers who’ve never taken part before. Anyone can enter, including under-16’s, as long as the kart is human powered, homemade and able to stop!”
Powys Pride 2022 Temple Gardens Green / Mid Wales Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells. 12-11.30pm, free daytime/£12.50 evening. Info
powyspride@gmail.com Afternoon/early evening: a parade, dance, music, comedy, crafts, readings, talks and kids’ entertainment. Evening: drag shows from Polly Amorous and Pixie Perez; a Britney tribute show from Lucy Rose; and a DJ set from Madame Twisted to finish. Two Mr Ps In A Podcast The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01633 656757. Onstage version of a popu- lar podcast about the teaching biz.
SUNDAY 17 JULY
It’s My Shout Celebration 2022 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Welsh film-related awards night for a company celebrating 20 years in the game. Wales’s Strongest Man Cardiff International Sports Campus. 12-4.30pm, £25. Info
ultimatestrongman.tv. Family- friendly show, assuming your family enjoy seeing big fellas blowing their cheeks out while lifting boulders (as mine do), this is part of a qualifying tour for the UK’s Strongest Man championships. There are loads of price points depending on your adult/kid status and where your seat is.
MONDAY 18 JULY
Howl At The Moon The Moon, Cardiff. 7-11pm, free. Info
themooncardiff.com. Poetry/spoken word open mic.
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An Audience with Michael Franzese Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff. 6pm, £100. Info 07955 270870. This guy’s USP is that he used to be a mafia big cheese, and is now a motivational speaker, though I imagine he’ll be talking about mafia stuff more than motivational speaking. Tickets start at £100 for this, although you do get a three-course meal and afterparty for that price, before you make your little jokes about extortion and so forth.
FRIDAY 29 JULY
An Evening With Tony Bellew New Selwyn Samuels Event Arena, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £40. Info 07583 927641. Retired boxer talks about this and that. Encanto Outdoor Cinema Experience Bute Park, Cardiff. 12-4pm, £14.50. Info
adventurecinema.co.uk. Disney movie screen in the park courtesy of Adventure Cinema.
SATURDAY 30 JULY
Darts: A Night Of Champions Depot, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £30. Info 029 2022 0491. With Gezzy Price, Jonny Clayton, Luke Humphries, Mark Webster and Robert Thornton among the competitors. There are VIP as well as regular tickets but both seem to be sold out.
For The Love Of Nature National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Carmarthenshire. 10am-5pm, £15.15. Info 01558 667149. Talks from industry specialists in the field of nature and design, plus demonstrations, workshops, and interactive sessions. Vintage, Antique & Makers Market The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10am-4pm, free. Info 01834 861212. Hosted by Mischievous Cow Events.
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