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£18. Info
www.focuswales. com. Playing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
Nothing But Thieves Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £32.50. Info 029 2022 4488. One of those UK rock bands who aren’t punk, metal, emo, hard rock or pop exactly but seem pretty popular. Genres are dead grandad! Skindred + Royal Republic Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £23.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Newport rockers headline. Stealing Sheep Memorial Hall, Wrexham. 7.30pm, £12. Info
www.focuswales.com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
The Breath St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham. 6pm, £16. Info www.
focuswales.com.
Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
The Hanging Stars + Burning Ferns Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. Sad indie stuff.
The Hostels + Basic State + Coaches + Cluster The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30-11pm, £7. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Presented by This Feeling. Cluster are not the respected German experi- mental group but in fact “2 music-obsessed brothers from just outside cardiff playing indie rock loud!” The Joy Formidable + Graeme Park Memorial Hall, Wrexham. 6.30pm, £17. Info
www.focuswales. com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival. Billed online as being a late show but also says it opens at half six, which isn’t at all late. The Slow Readers Club + Sad Boys Club The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30- 11pm, £17.50. Info 07950 471888. Remember The Seal Cub Clubbing Club? Where are they now? Not on this tour. Tina May’s 52nd Street Heroes The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info
www.swanseajazz.co.uk. Featuring vocalist May with the Dave Cottle Trio. A Swansea Jazz night. Virginia Wing Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Droney psych- ish stuff, not bad.
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Abba Forever The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £23. Info 0345 2263510. Tribute show. Rescheduled from March 2021. AmserJazzTime Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Live jazz in the foyer, every Friday until 10 Dec. Free entry but book in advance please.
Billie Marten + Talisk + Henge Llwyn Isaf, Wrexham. 3.30pm, £12.50. Info
www.focuswales.
The Nightingales
Le Public Space, Newport, Fri 29 Oct. Tickets: £10. Info: 01633 256326 /
lepublicspace.co.uk Long-delayed Newport date for The Nightingales, Birmingham postpunk band of more than 40 years’ standing. Their spiky rhythms, literate words and boozy aura is often talked about in the same breath as The Fall, and while vocalist and sole constant member Robert Lloyd is far from a household name, a recent Sky documentary on him presented by Stewart Lee helped to shine a light.
Dressed To Kill Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 7-11pm, £15.50. Info enquiries@hangar18mu-
sicvenue.co.uk. Kiss tribute band.
Fleetwood Bac Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01792 477710. Fleetwood Mac tribute band.
FOCUS Wales: Saturday Pass Various locations, Wrexham. £35. Info
www.focuswales.com. This pass offers access to all live performances, plus conference events and film screenings, on FOCUS Wales’ final day. These include Dresden Wolves (The Parish, 3pm) and Jacob Elwy A’r Trwbz (Saith Seren, 5.30pm), plus all individually ticketed shows.
Fontanals-Simmons, Glynn & Ventris Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 5pm, £15. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival concert featuring two performances, at 5pm and 7.30pm. Tickets are £1 for children and students Georgia Ruth Ty Pawb, Wrexham. 6pm, £12. Info
www.focuswales.com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival. Geraint Lovgreen A’r Enw Da Hwb Cymraeg, Wrexham. 6pm, £10. Info
www.focuswales.com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
Bowie Experience Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £25.30 Info 0300 3656677. Tribute show. Catrin Finch St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham. 6pm, £22.00. Info
www.focuswales.com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
Flamingods Peunod, Wrexham. 6pm, £11. Info
www.focuswales.com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
FOCUS Wales: Friday Pass Various locations, Wrexham. £35. Info www.
focuswales.com. This pass offers access to all live per- formances, plus conference events and film screenings, on FOCUS Wales’ second day. This includes Deyah + Henge plus more TBC (Llwyn Isaf, 3.30pm); Bob Vylan + Haviah Mighty (Ty Pawb, 6pm); Elis Derby (Saith Seren, 6pm) and Neighbours Burning Neighbours (The Parish, 6pm), plus gigs with indi- vidual tickets available. Gizmo Varilas Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7.95. Info 07377 414204.
Rescheduled show for Spanish pop artist who lived in Cardiff at some point recently. God Damn The Centenary Club, Wrexham AFC Racecourse Stadium. 5.30pm, £7. Info
www.focuswales. com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
HMS Morris Hwb Cymraeg, Wrexham 6pm, £7. Info
www.focuswales. com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Fuzzy indie punk band who are London-based Italians. Richard Hawley Llwyn Isaf, Wrexham. 7.30pm, £33. Info
www.focuswales. com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival. Moved from William Aston Hall, which is currently closed.
King Cerulean Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £6.25. Info 029 2023 2199. Local funk-pop. Logicaltramp Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £19.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Supertramp tribute band. Rescheduled from April 2021. Ocaso Porters, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info www.
porterscardiff.com. Latin/ Cuban band. Pete & Bas The Globe, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £14. Info 07950 471888. This is two elderly white guys from London who are grime MCs apparently. I for one am very happy for them. Rescheduled from March 2021.
Qlowski Clwb Ifor Bach, 63
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute band. Rescheduled from May 2021. Simply Rod Jac’s, Aberdare. 7-11.30pm, £14. Info 01685 882198. Rod Stewart tribute. The Jerseys The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £22. Info 01834 861212. Frankie Valli tribute.
The Piatti Quartet United Free Church, Cowbridge. 5pm, £15. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival concert feauring two performances, at 5pm and 7.30pm. Tickets are £1 for children and students.
The Rheingans Sisters Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £14. Info 029 2039 1391. Folk duo, also touring to a few other Welsh venues.
The Trials Of Cato The Gate , Cardiff. 7pm, £13.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Anglo-Welsh folk trio, delayed from last spring I think. Wasted Death + Shishu + Conqueror Worm The Moon, Cardiff. 8-11pm, free. Info info@themoon-
cardiff.com. Cosmic Carnage presents various punk and hardcore stuff. Headliners include Wayne Adams of Petbrick etc.
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And So I Watch You From Afar Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01792 468892. Belfast post-rock band. I think it would be funny if they were browbeaten into changing their name because it sounds creepy and then had to release a po-faced statement about doing so.
Band Pres Llareggub Peunod, Wrexham. 6.30pm, £10. Info
www.focuswales. com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival. Bronnie The Centenary Club, Wrexham. 3pm, £7. Info
www.focuswales. com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival.
Gruff Rhys + Nik Colk Void + Don Letts Memorial Hall, Wrexham. 6pm, £20. Info www.
focuswales.com.Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festival. Jilted Generation The Globe, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £12. Info 07950 471888. Prodigy tribute.
Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy + The Flying Spider Revival Co Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 221477. Country rock fod- der I think.
Kelly Lee Owens + Tim Burgess Llwyn Isaf, Wrexham, 3.30pm, £18. Info
www.focuswales.com. Performing as part of this year’s FOCUS Wales festi- val. Kelly Lee Owens is in Cardiff on 25 Nov. Mischa & His Merry Men The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762. Seven-piece band, not sure what sort of music they play but they look like hippies. Rescheduled from February.
Night Flight Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 6.30- 9.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. They’re from London and possess joyful melodies.
Oasis Maybe + Ellis Mason Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10. Info
www.thebunkhouseswan-
sea.com.Oasis tribute band. Parla + Cuffs The Moon, Cardiff. 7-11pm, free. Info
info@themooncardiff.com. Local post-hardcore type bands.
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