listings MONDAY 20 JUNE
Barry Manilow + Curtis Stigers Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £44.. Info 029 2022 4488. In the photo used on the venue website to try and publicise this gig, Barry has a skin tone akin to Alan Brazil. Rescheduled from June 2021. Elvis Costello & The Imposters Swansea Arena. 7pm, £53.90. Info 0333 0092540. Guitar pop fave with his first Swansea gig in a long time, I think, although he has played Cardiff a few times recently. Hit Like A Girl + I Feel Fine + Sleep Outside Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 221477. Indie/ punk/emo stuff I guess. James McVinnie St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2087 8444. Modern composition type guy from London who has worked with Squarepusher a bunch as well as performing with Philip Glass on multiple occasions. Rescheduled from January 2022.
TUESDAY 21 JUNE
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info 01633 893227. A South Wales Big Band Society night. Jesse Malin + James Mattock Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 221477. Countrified singer- songwriter headlines. He has played Wales loads in his time but not sure if Le Pub before Mitski Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £27.50. 029 2078 1458. American alt-rock breakout star and ‘bestie’ of zoomers everywhere with what I think is a debut Welsh gig. And a sold-out one.
Laura Veirs Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £25. Info 029 2089 0862. US indie-country musician. See Music. Lea Salonga St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £30.50-£88. Info 029 2078 8444. Musical theatre fave and Disney perennial debuts in Cardiff. Violet Skies Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. South Wales electro-soul-ish singer-songwriter. I recall that when she first started out she was very pointedly anonymous, to the extent of being basically impossible to write about, but seems to have left that gambit behind.
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE
Dionne Bennett Theatr Clwyd, mold. 7.45pm, £10. Info 01352 344101. Live soul show with Dionne Bennett on vocals backed by a Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama band. In Aberystwyth on Fri 24; Caernarfon on Sat 25. Stick To Your Guns Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15. Info 01792 468892. Metalcore band who’ve been going for a while now. The Felice Brothers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 2199. US folk-rockers. The Upbeat Beatles The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show, rescheduled from February 2022.
WNO Orchestra: A Midsummer Celebration Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing works by Mendelssohn and Owain Llwyd.
THURSDAY 23 JUNE
Alan Barnes / Bruce Adams The Garage, swansea. 8.30pm, £15. Info 01792 213200. This is billed as the opening concert of the Swansea International Jazz Festival 2022, which apparently runs until Sun 26 June but has pretty much no other info about itself out there at the time of writing.
CLEVELAND WATKISS Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Fri 10 June Tickets: £8-£16. Info:
rwcmd.ac.uk
Jazz vocalist Cleveland Watkiss and his band will perform their Great Jamaican Songbook show at the RWCMD, as part of its AmserJazzTime festival. The show highlights the pioneering sounds of Jamaica, including ska, reggae or dub, and Watkiss’ earliest musical memories. Celebrating the golden era of roots music, and heavily rhythm-focused, the show explores Jamaica’s history of sound and pays homage to artists like Delroy Wilson and Gregory Isaacs.
from June 2021.
Martin Simpson + Sheelanagig The Druidstone, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-10.30pm, £25. Info 01437 781221. Two revered UK folk acts comprise the first day of the Druidstone Folk Festival, which is really more like three gigs in a row but good stuff if this is your bag.
Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize: Final Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, 36. Info 029 2039 1391. Annual prize named after major RWCMD patron. Sun Records: The Concert The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30-9.30pm, 326. Info 01633 656757. Rock’n’roll tribute show.
The Foundations The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £23. Info 0345 2263510. Sixties popsters soldier on. The Magic Of Motown Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £29. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show. The Unthanks Pontio, Bangor. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01248 382828 Returning northern English folk duo. They’re in Cardiff in July also. See Music. Tim Burgess + Dean McMullen Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01633 221477. Solo show from Charlatans frontman. Sold out though. Tom Petty Legacy Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute show. uUnorthodox Paradox Caerau, nr Anglesey. £90. Info 07821 722231. Festival of strange music and related fun things in a hamlet in Anglesey. The following names are confirmed: Bending Shapes, Cursor Miner, Deliquescent Crystals, ExP, Craig Fortnam, HAQ123, Kendo Nagasaki, Mr Vast, Modern Nature, My Octopus Mind, The Nature Centre, Paddy Steer, Pram, Llyn Y Cwn, Bethany Hopkins, Emily Jones, Chloe Herrington, Magick Temple, Thick Richard, Paul Morricone, The Owl Oscillation, Gary Williams and Van Gogh Find Yourself. (Until Sun 26)
SATURDAY 25 JUNE
7-10pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Australian indie band.
Hey Colossus + Obey Cobra + Gluehorse The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info
themooncardiff.com. Launching the Cardiff Psych & Noise Fest, though priced separately, this brings southern England rock geezers Hey C back to the Moon for a doubtless loud rinseout. Les Musicals The Riverfront, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29. Info 01633 656757. Mark Pontin Group + Five Points Gang + Ayesha Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2062 6015. Blues-rock and more. On Tour With Elvis Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01492 872000. Tribute show with Michael King as Elvis.
One Night Of Queen Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, 320. Info 0300 0040444. Queen tribute band. Rescheduled from 2021.
FRIDAY 24 JUNE
Angel Dust + Drug Church The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13. Info 07590 471888. Brace of US bands in the hardcore/metal/ alt-rock realms. Angel Dust played here a few years ago. Future Teens Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Boston indie band.
Good Morning Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.
Adam Walton + Tom Emlyn + Rhys Underdown + Daisy Birch-Jones Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3. Info 07980 925449. “Alternative acoustic sounds” presented by R*E*P*E*A*T. Anything For Love: The Meat Loaf Story Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30- 10.30pm, £32.50. Info 01492 872000. Tribute show. Steve Steinman, who is in the eponymous role, is unrelated to Jim Steinman, indeed his actual surname is Murray. Shades of the song The Ballad Of Richard Iommi by Furnaceface (look it up I guess).
Bronwen Lewis Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm. Info 0300 3656677. Welsh language folk-popper. Sold out gig!
Spiers & Boden Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £22. Info 01792 863722. UK folk duo. In Caerleon on Sat 25.
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2078 8444. Michael Bell conducts a programme of Gareth Wood, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Rescheduled from six days beforehand due to, it says here, “the ongoing situation with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak”. What’s going to happen on June 18? Guess we’ll find out. uCardiff Psych & Noise Fest The Moon / Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. £26. Info
themooncardiff.com Three days of weird/cool bands in the Moon and the top and bottom floors of Clwb Ifor Bach, not necessarily defined as either psych or noise but just roll with it. If you bought a ticket for this in 2020 it’s still valid, by the way, and many of the bands planned for that one will be playing this weekend. Starts round teatime on Fri 24; around lunchtime on Sat 25 and Sun 26. (Until Sun 26)
Cyngerdd Cyhoeddi Eisteddfod Llyn Ac Eifionydd 2023 Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01758 704088. This features Dafydd Iwan, John Eifion, Cor yr Heli, Einir a Gwenda, Gwenan Gibbard, Cor Telynau Gogledd Cymru, Mali Fflur, Megan Llyn, Cai Fon and Disgyblion Ysgol Glan y Mor.
Dionne Bennett Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01970 623232. Dr. Feelgood Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2062 6015. Protopunk band with no OG members, Sugababes-style.
Amelia White Trio + Robbie Kavanagh Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm,, £10. Info 01633 221477. Americana type from Nashville. Buck & Evans The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £10. Info 07479 667164. Local blues- rockers. Cardiff Ardwyn Singers & Rhondda Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2087 8444. Performing Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana as well as pieces by Elgar, Brahms et al. Dionne Bennett Galeri, Caernarfon. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01286 685222. Gladys Knight Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, £52.60. 029 2022 4488. Soul legend, sans Pips here.
Jack Rutter + Sam Sweeney Band + Eliza Carthy Trio The Druidstone, Pembrokeshire. 7pm, 325. Info 01437 781221. Druidstone Folk Festival gig. Lost In Music: One Night At The Disco Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 0345 2263510. Disco tribute show. MacTallica The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info 01495 758597. Metallica tribute band.
I See Rivers + Jodie Marie Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2039 9557. Indie folk type stuff. Islands In The Stream Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01495 227206. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton tribute show. Rescheduled from March, then October 2021. Limehouse Lizzy The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 07950 471888. Rescheduled
Nearly Dan The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £16. Info 07950 471888. Steely Dan tribute band. Rescheduled from June 2021 and February 2022. Oh What A Night! Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01646 695267. Frankie Valli tribute. Retreat From Moscow Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. This is a Cardiff band who were around in the late 70s/early 80s and have reformed to do a new album. Drummer Greg Haver went on to a music production career. Richard & Adam Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £25. Info0300 3656677. Former BGT winners crack on. Santrofi Neuadd Dwyfor , Pwllheli. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01758 704088. Ghanian octet who did an album I liked a couple of years ago. Reckon this’ll be good! Spiers & Boden St Cadoc’s Church, Caerleon. 7pm, £20. Info 01633 4301194.
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