listings SUNDAY 15 MAY
Nabba Mr & Miss Wales The Riverfront, Newport. 1-9pm, £22.. Info 01633 656757. Bodybuilding contest, quali- fying for the Britain-wide finals. Wales On Wheels National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 0300 1112333. Vehicles of all kinds gather on the Museum Green & Dylan Thomas Square for a celebration of rolling Wales.
MONDAY 16 MAY
Bob Harris & Danny Baker New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37. Info 03433 100041. Whispering’ Bob and ‘Shouting’ Danny team up for an evening of cheeky anecdotes from their time in music, broad- casting and music broadcasting. From Homer To Hip Hop + Mel Perry Cwrw, Carmarthen. 7pm, £5. Info 01267 223230. Poetry night headlined by Pete Bearder, a UK poetry slam champion.
FRIDAY 20 MAY
An Evening With Liverpool Legends Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £33. Info 01492 872000. Namely John Aldridge, Ronnie Whelan and Steve McMahon. Mold Book Festival Quiz Caffi Isa, Mold. 8pm, £5. Info 01352 757903. Entry is £5 per team and proceeds will go to the Mold Book Festival fund. Tom Slater & Jeremy Keenan: Illusory Contours Cultvr Lab, Cardiff. 8pm, £7.50. Info 07910 491565. The third and final AV installation in a series of such at this venue in May. This one aims “to explore how AV technologies affect the perceived boundaries between digital and physical spaces, embodiment and disem- bodiment.” See Upfront.
SATURDAY 21 MAY
Repair Café Canton Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Bring along small electrical items, clothing, IT, toys, ornaments, small furni- ture, bikes or jewellery and the Reapir Café volunteer team will look at repairing them. On the third Saturday of each month. The Night Sky Show Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £29. Info 01492 872000. Accessible astronomy-based show hosted by Adrian West.
MONDAY 23 MAY
An Evening With Shane Williams Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £24.20. Info 01639 763214. Welsh rugby icon talks.
TUESDAY 24 MAY
Tessa Hadley Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01873 736430. Conversations At The Chapel event with the author of a well received new novel, Free Love.
THURSDAY 26 MAY
uHay Festival Various venues, Hay-On- Wye. Tickets priced per event. Info 01497 822629 /
hayfestival.com/wales. Back in person after two digitally-limited years, Hay returns to its regular 10-day stretch with hundreds of events (talks, debates, concerts, workshops etc) in various tents. Full details, and they’re very full natch, are on the festival website. (Until Sun 5 June) Lates: Animal National Museum Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £15. Info 0300 1112333. Music, games, food and drink, for an adult audience, to celebrate the opening of this museum’s Wildlife Photographer Of The Year exhibition.
FRIDAY 27 MAY
uWild World Festival The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. £175.00. Info 01497 821762 /
wildworld.live/festival-hay. Very hippyish sounding festival taking place in this venue’s main building and gardens over four days. Music, theatre, poetry, storytell- ing, comedy, film, performing art, work- shops and talks are promised. Headliners
are Banco De Gaia (Fri 27), Baka Beyond (Sat 28), The Undercover Hippy (Sun 29) and Lady Nade (Mon 30) but there are a hundred-plus acts on the poster so go to the website. (Until Mon 30)
SUNDAY 29 MAY
Flow & Feast Depot, Cardiff. 4.45-7pm, £25. Info 029 2022 0491. I think the prem- ise of this is that you do yoga to a deep house DJ set (by DJ Spice) and then drink some botanical cocktails. Ifor ap Glyn + Clare E. Potter Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 7.45pm, £10. Info 01352 344101. Two Welsh poets.
live SUNDAY 1 MAY
Big Joe Bone The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Blues. Flash The New Crown, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £12. Info 01685 387925. Queen tribute.
Fleetwood Bac The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £19.25. Info 01639 843163. Tribute show. Matthew Frederick Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2089 0862. Singer- songwriter, also in the band Climbing Trees. Metronomy Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £24. Info 029 2023 5555. Indie synthy pop band from the West Country somewhere. Interviewed in the April issue. Red Rum Club The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 07590 471888. Indie. Smote + Lung + Maes Y Circles The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 present psych, sludge metal and kosmische type stuff. That’ll Be The Day Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7pm, £27.50. Info 01492 872000. Nostalgic rock’n’roll tribute show which is now 35 years old. The AC/DC Experience Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2064 4176. Tribute band.
The Meadows + Platform 1 The Cellar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10. Info 07818 056599. Folk and country acts. Yr Eira + Chroma + Tara Bandito + Lloyd & Dom James + Mantis + Malan Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 4-10pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Various (mostly) Welsh language bands over afternoon and evening, presented by Twrw Trwy’r Dydd.
MONDAY 2 MAY
James And The Cold Gun + Crashface + Telgate Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Local alt-rock duo headline. uLittle Mix Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £52. Info 029 2022 4488. With a tour titled Confetti in the wake of an album of the same name; here for three nights and rescheduled from May 2021. (Until Wed 4)
TUESDAY 3 MAY
Jon Langford & His Men Of Gwent + Fnools + Guto Dafis Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 221477. Country rock from Mekons member Langford.
Stone Broken + Mason Hill + The Fallen State Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £17.50. Info 029 2078 1458. UK hard rock bands. Rescheduled from April 2021 and January 2022. I think the supporting bill has changed since then also. Tommy Harris Quintet Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info 01633 893227. A South Wales Big Band Society night. Walking On Sunshine Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6.30pm, £9. Info 01633 868239. Showcase by the Katie Vallis School Of Music. William Reynolds Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 121.45-1.30pm, free. Info 01792 635432. Lunchtime organ recital.
WEDNESDAY 4 MAY
BBC NOW: John Williams 90th Birthday Celebration Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 635432. Blockbuster soundtrack maven is toasted orchestrally. Blue VioletClwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Alt-pop duo.
Boardman Ferla Duo The Riverfront, Newport. 1-2pm, £6.50. Info 01633 656757. Piano/mezzo soprano duo play lunchtime concert. uFOCUS Wales Various venues, Wrexham. £55.00 weekend pass. Info
focuswales.com. Annual (in good times) mult-venue weekend town centre festival in Wrexham, bigger than ever this year with some 300 acts playing apparently. You’ll be wanting to go to the website to see who they are then. There are various grades of weekend pass, plus day passes for Fri 5-Sun 7 available, and many of the larger gigs have individual tickets for sale. (Until Sun 7)
Grant Sharkey The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Folk-rock played on double bass. Janet Price Opera Prize Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring members of the David Seligman Opera School. Kristin Hersh Electric Trio + Fred Abong Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £22.50. Info 029 2023 2199. It’s Kristin Hersh! She was or maybe still is in Throwing Muses and she rules. Fred Abong is also a Muses alumnus, the bass player if you want hard facts. Lloyd Cole Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Sophistipop singer with a show initially booked for 2020 and I think sold out. Sister Cookie Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. London soul singer in the live band/old skool style. Previewed in the April issue of Buzz. The Atom Age + Pizza Tramp Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Oakland garage punks headline.
The Longest Johns The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14. Info 07590 471888. Sea shanty guys who had a viral hit. The Rivers + Basic State + Pacifica The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Indie.
THURSDAY 5 MAY
Architects Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £44.60. Info 029 2022 4488. Metalcore band from Brighton. I always forget I saw them play to about 30 people, likely on account of it being quite forgettable, but they’re probably my most applicable ‘before they were famous’ band in that respect. BBC NOW St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£43. Info 029 2078 8444. Pete Harrison conducts an evening of film music. Charlie J The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info
info@themooncardiff.com. EP launch show (delayed from April 2022) for local hip-hop MC. Ogun, Manlikevision, Blue City CDF and DJ Jaffa also feature on the night.
Crystalline + Eurekas Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are from Cardiff and this is the first time I’ve heard of them. Good for them.
Dutty Moonshine Big Band + Funke & The Two Tone Baby Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Brace of goofy festival-y bands. Rescheduled from April 2021. Grace Petrie + Soft Lad Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £16.50. Info 01792 863722. Left-wing folk-rocker. They’re using a quote about her in the tour spiel attributed to Buzz Magazine, but I have no recollection of seeing it before. Might be a different Buzz. Or my memory is shot. In Aberystwyth tomorrow. Hello Again The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01633 656757. Neil Diamond tribute, rescheduled from, er, a date before this one.
Keepers Brew Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 8pm, £8. Info 07984 664008. Hippyish dance-rock crossover featuring an ex Ozric Tentacles person. The Valli Boys UK The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01495 355945. Frankie Valli tribute. Tom Lumley & The Brave Liaison + The Rivers + 100 Acre Wolf Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8. Info 07716 767651. Indie.
FRIDAY 6 MAY
A Beautiful Noise Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £28.60. Info 0300 3656677. Neil Diamond tribute show. Al Lewis + Côr Cywair Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01239 621200. Easy-going Welsh singer-songwriter performs alongside a choir. He’s touring an album based on the short stories of Kate Roberts, and has been waiting nearly two years to do so, also. In Aberystwyth tomorrow; Caernarfon on Fri 13. Atmospheres 2022: Future Music Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Live installation performance incorporating field recordings and powered by bicycle. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Galeri, Caernarrfon. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01286 685222. Two of the most prolific occupants of Buzz’s listings turn up here again. In Swansea on Sat 7 May; Machynlleth on Sat 28; Cardigan on Sun 29. David Live Acapela, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862. Bowie tribute. EXTC Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £17.50. Info 01792 468892. This is Terry Chambers from XTC doing their songs. I think this was postponed from earlier in the year. uFfli Stock 6 The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Two days of live bands at this rock venue. Fri 6 (6pm doors): Red Rooster, The Dark Valley, After The Event, The Leon Daye Band, Ivor Beynon Lord Of Steel and Dropping Like Flies (main stage); Huw James, Nigel Davies, Celticana and Navale (Acoustic Corner). Sat 7 (2pm doors): Trep, NASH, The Situation, Tarion, The Autumn Killers, Cluster, These Thrilling Lies and The Night School (main stage); Save Our Ships, Vinna Bee & The Apiary, Betty J Williams, Nick Byrne, Rob Pennington, Rowan Combs, Keiron Robbins and Katielou (Acoustic Corner).
Grace Petrie Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £13. Info 01970 623232. Jackson Lucitt + Eurekas + Dylan Cai Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5.50. Info 07716 767651. Acoustic indie. Madassa Soul Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £11. Info 07950 471888. Postponed since 2020.
Matt Ford & The Power Of Gower Band The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £16.50. Info 01792 213200. A Swansea Jazz gig for a big band guy who recorded the music for the 2017 Tesco Christmas ad. I’m sure you all remember it.
Monmouth Big Band Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £10. Info 01600 772467. With guest sax player Dan Newberry. My Octopus Mind + Esuna + Peach + Nine Lives + Maes Y Circles The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Bristol psych band headline.
Natalie Roe Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £5. Info 029 2039 1391. Atmospheres 2022 performance of Mindset, a new album by RWCMD student Natalie Roe. Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes III Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01656 815995. Rescheduled from April 2021.
Pearler + Crippled Hillbillies + Smiling Tigers The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01495 247178. Hard rock bands.
Robin Hitchcock Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 2199. British psych-pop songwriter of note and longstanding cult appeal. The Carpenters Story Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 01745 332414. Tribute show. Rescheduled from March
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