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despite clearly having very little clue where or who he is on any given day. But enough about the current President of the United States, folks!! (Note for the historical record, I wrote this when the concert was first announced in 2020.)
Bunkhouse Battle Of The Bands Quarter Final 2 Bunkhouse, swansea. 6pm, £5. Info 07716 767651. Featuring sets from Fluff Tongue, Curious Oprange, 100 Acre Wolf and Grey FLX. Creed Bratton The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £16. Info 07590 471888. Fella from The Office (US) does music, though with some comedy still also. This has been rescheduled from February 2022 and I think is sold out. Morriston Orpheus Choir St Cadoc’s Church, Caerleon. 6.15pm, £15. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival event.
THURSDAY 7 JULY
Adam Ant + Laurie Black St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £40.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Pop survivor with a gig rescheduled from March 2022. Aled Jones & Russell Watson Llangollen Pavilion. 7.30pm, £48/£37. Info 01978 862001. First event of this year’s Llangollen International Eisteddfod, which runs until Sun 10 July. Jones and Watson have a new duo album, Back In Harmony. Capital City Jazz Orchestra Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2062 6015. Longrunning local big band. Dave Jones Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 213200. Swansea Jazz night.
DD Darillo + Mojo Jr + Elijah Thomas Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Boy Azooga sideproject on a psych-pop tip. De Temps Antan The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £14. Info 01639 843163. Québécois trad music ensemble. Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Gwynedd a Môn Annual Concert Pontio, Bangor. 7pm, £9. Info 01248 382828. Featuring showcase performances by the school’s String Orchestra, Woodwind Ensemble, Harp Consort, Senior Brass Band and Junior Brass Band. Petrol Girls + Boxcat + Terrapins Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01633 221477. Punk band from south-west England.
The Catacombs + Pacifica + Frakard + Chris Kelly The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info
themooncardiff.com. Indie bands presented by This Feeling. The Next Agenda + Nigel Clark Hangar 18 Music Venue, swansea. 7.30pm, £8. Info 07984 664008. Headliners are a retro 60s psych style band. Nigel Clark is the singer out of Dodgy. Voodoo Room Memo Arts Centre, Barry. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 01446 738622. Hendrix, Cream and Eric Cl*pton are all paid tribute here.
FRIDAY 8 JULY
Andy Cutting Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 730pm, £8. Info 01443 222182. British folkie who specialises in the melodeon. A Llantrisant Folk Club event. Anoushka Shankar & Manu Delago Llangollen Pavilion. 8pm, £26-£42. Info 01978 862001. Llangollen International Eisteddfod concert for member of sitar dynasty and cohort Delago. Beach Boyz Tribute Band Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £19. Info 01600 772467. A tribute to the Beach Boys. Not to the Beach Boyz, as the name might imply. In Milford Haven tomorrow. Cantorion O Fri Cardigan Castle. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01239 621200. Featuring Trystan Llyr Griffiths, Shân Cothi and Welsh Of The West End in a pop classical bonanza.
Genesis Connected Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 0300 3656677. Tribute show. Jam Night The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Monthly session. James + Lightning Seeds + The K’s Rhyl Events Arena. 5pm, £45. Info 01745 332414. Two UK indie stalwarts plus more youthful support from The K’s. Josh Geffin & Jimmy Grayburn The
NILE RODGERS & CHIC / ANNE-MARIE /
PAUL WELLER Singleton Park, Swansea, Fri 29-Sun 31 July Info:
orchardlive.com
Three discrete concerts, in practise, but together comprising a hectic weekend in Swansea’s Singleton Park under the promotional yoke of Welsh event company Orchard Live. We begin on Fri 29 with disco/ funk icon Nile Rodgers, no stranger in this land to an open-air party; he and the present-day incarnation of his band Chic will crowdplease at the highest-grade level (tickets: £52.50). Sat 30 takes a turn for the poppier with Anne-Marie, so expect the park to be populated by young’uns and their dutiful folks (tickets: £42.50) and, to close out the weekend, Paul Weller [pictured] doing his Paul Weller-esque thing (tickets: £52.50)
Rhyl Events Arena. 5-10pm, £45. Info 01745 332414. Family-friendly folk-soul fella headlines; we interviewed him last month.
Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society Llandaff Cathedral. 7.30pm, £20/£10 NUS. Info 029 2056 4554. Featuring the world premiere of A Spiral Round The Sun by Ben Heneghan (a member of LCCS) and The Durufle Requiem. Midding + Ex Agent + Splint Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners recently changed their name from Clwb Fuzz. Showaddywaddy Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01656 815995. Meta-nostalgic Leicester rock’n’roll. Rescheduled from May 2021. Six Sins Till Sunday + Trep The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Rock bands from Plymouth and south Wales.
The 501s + Ortario + 39 Broad Street The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 247178. Hard rock. uThe Big Free Various venues, Caerleon. 11am-11pm, free. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival present live music (mostly), theatre and art stuff today and tomorrow. Go to
caerleon-arts.org for the full rundown; venues are The Bell Inn, The Festival Meadow, St Cadocs Church Hall, the Hanbury Arms Quay. The Scribes + Blue City CDF + Risk1 + Applied Science + SW Smith The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info
themooncardiff.com. Local hip-hop presented by Bard Picasso. Tits Up The Cellar, Cardigan. 8pm. info 07818 056599. Feminist punk band from west Wales. Treorchy Male Choir The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0345 2263510. Rescheduled from… a date before this one.
Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01597 811226. Two folk-rock solo artists. King Goon The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
themooncardiff.com. Ska-ish band from Swansea. Luther The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 0345 2263510. Luther Vandross tribute show. uOff The Beaten Track – Rudry Music Festival Rudry Parish Hall, Caerphilly. £49 adults/£25 13-17-year- olds/£10 4-12-year-olds/under-4s free. Info
facebook.com/otbtfest. Two-day festival featuring acts on the folk and country side of things. Schedule TBC but here’s who’s playing: Dan Donnelly & Jon Sevink, 3 Daft Monkeys, Gaz Brookfield, Jess Silk, Gwenifer Raymond, Dirty Vertebrae, Matthew Frederick, Cara Means Friend, Neev, Rob Lear, Gavin Osborn and Hazel & Grey.
One Night Of Adele Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01597 258118. Tribute show. Paloma Faith Chepstow Racecourse. 2.15pm, £40. Info 01291 622260. Playing a set after the racing here, which is included in the price. We interviewed quirky Paloma in the June issue. Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics Cardiff Castle. 5pm, £45. Info 029 2022 0491. Featuring The Heritage Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley, doing string-laden renditions of dance classics. Sam Sweeney The Druidstone, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £15. Info 01437 781221. UK folk violinist, also of Bellowhead among others. The Hoosiers Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields, Neath. 6-10pm, £8.80/£5 under- 16s/free under-5s. Info 0300 3656677. Headlining the first evening of the NRT Festival; more acts TBC. There’s also a funfair plus food stalls etc. The UK Pink Floyd Experience Grand
Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show. Throwing Knives + Bad Shout + After The Event The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Punk type bands. Trident Waters Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01633 221477. Don’t know anything about this band band but they look like some hairy rawk dudes. Zervas & Pepper Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 029 2089 0862 Smooth retro-pop duo from south Wales.
SATURDAY 9 JULY
Abba Arrival Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £25. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute show. Atomic Kitten Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields, Neath. 5pm, 8.80/£5 under-16s/free under-5s. Info 0300 3656677. Headlining the second evening of the NRT Festival; more acts TBC. Beach Boyz Tribute Band Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01646 695267. Choir Of The World, Dance Champions & Pendine International Voice Of The Future 2022 Llangollen Pavilion. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01978 862001. Choral finalists compete for the Choir Of The World and the Pavarotti Trophy, plus the 2022 Dance Champions and International Voice Of The Future are awarded.
Depot In The Castle Cardiff Castle. 12-10pm, £50/£10 6-12-year-olds/£5 1-5-year-olds. Info
depotinthecastle.com. A day of family-friendly music and more, with Rag’n’Bone Man, Faithless (DJ set), Melanie C, Lola Young, Alfie Templeman, Toploader and Gracey. Firewater Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Hard rock covers.
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UK Pink Floyd Experience Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01686 614555. Tribute show. Welsh Proms: Masterpieces Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£42. Info 029 2087 8444. With conductor Owain Arwel Hughes, pianist Llyr Williams and the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales. The opening event of 2022’s week of Welsh Proms here. Windshake Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07980 925449. Indie band who live in Bristol.
SUNDAY 10 JULY
Bad Manners + Evil Turkeys + Fidget & The Twitchers Jac’s, Aberdare. 2pm, £20. Info 01685 882198. 2-tone survivors headline. Note that this is a matinee show, if you’re going.
Cameron Saint Quartet Rhostio, Cardiff. 2-4.30pm, free. Info
facebook.com/ rhostiocoffee. Jazz.
Carmarthen Symphonic Wind Band National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Carmarthenshire. 1-3pm, £15.15. Info 01558 667149. Playing under glass among the foliage; also here on Sun 14 Aug and Sun 11 Sept. Chapter Four Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz quartet play in Chapter’s bar area. Le Vent Du Nord Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk band from Québec. Llanfest Llangollen Pavilion. 11.30am, £26. Info 01978 862001. Final day of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod and there’s a variety of daytime entertainment (£12 for that only) plus an evening concert with Amber Run, Kizzy Crawford and Elles Bailey.
The Hindenburgs Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5pm, 33. Info 029 2062 6015. Teatime gig by local band. Tom Grennan + Ella Henderson Rhyl Events Arena. 4pm, £37.50. Info 01745 332414. Singer-songwiter type headlines. Welsh Proms: Family Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3-5pm, £12.50. Info 029 2087 8444. With conductor Michael Bell and the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra.
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