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going since I think the 90s. The Syd Lawrence Orchestra New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £30. Info 0343 3100041. Big band jazz hits galore. Rescheduled from March 2021. The Total Stone Roses + Oaysis Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15. Info 01792 468892 Two tribute bands. The Waterboys St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £39.50 Info 029 2087 8444. Mike Scott and band do their windy Celtic rock thing.
MON 18 OCTOBER
Ilker Arcayürek & Simon Lepper Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391. Award-winning tenor sings Schubert, with piano accompaniment. Paloma Faith Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £46.60 Info 029 2022 4488. Touring her latest album Infinite Things. Vukvoi + Press To Meco The Globe, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £11. Info 07950 471888. Heavy band from Ayrshire.
TUES 19 OCTOBER
Bruno Heinen Trio with Heidi Vogel Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 8.30- 11pm, £10. Info 029 2049 6802. Jazz. Features a vocalist from the Cinematic Orchestra and, more nota- bly (imo) a guy who drums with Pharaoh Sanders, or has done.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £17. Info 02920 878444. With guest saxophonist Alex Garnett.
Chamber Tuesdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Live string, wood- wind and brass ensembles in the foyer, every Tuesday until 7 Dec. Free entry but book in advance please. Django Django Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 5555. Indie band. Paul Carr St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1-2pm, £6.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Lunchtime organ recital.
Skyliners Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info 01633 893227. South Wales Big Band Jazz night.
Sugar Horse + Lung The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30- 11pm, £5. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Sludgy rock acts.
WED 20 OCTOBER
Jo Thomas Pontio, Bangor. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01248 382828. First of two guest musicians performing here under the Electroacoustic Wales banner. Thomas is in fact a Bangor Uni graduate and has gone on to be a big cheese in UK sound art etc Marvin Muoneké
Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 029 2049 6802 Jazz. Nadia Sheikh + Yasmine & The Euphoria + Ragsy + Inland Murmur The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £8. Info info@
themooncardiff.com. Ocean Wisdom Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 5555.
One Night In Dublin Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30-10pm, £20. Info 01792 475715. Dubliners tribute show. Ryan Young & Chris Amer Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8.00. Info folkclub@
folkwales.org.uk. Scottish folk duo. Price £5 for Llantrisant Folk Club members.
Resonant Pasts, Sonic Futures: The Next Chapter Pontio, Bangor. 1.15-2.15pm, free. Info 01248 382828. Free lunch- time concert presenting new sonic art works by stu- dent composers at Bangor University.
THURS 21 OCTOBER
Adam Stanovic Pontio, Bangor. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01248 382828. Second of two guest musicians performing here under the Electroacoustic Wales banner. Stanovic “will present a selection of sonic art works, transporting us to real and imagined spaces, including a journey through a rather surprising machine.” Albert Lee Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £21. Info 01600 772467. Veteran blues-rock guitarist. Bad Boy Chiller Crew Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £11. Info 029 2023 5555. I don’t think I know what sort of music this is but I approve of it just based on the name. Billy Ocean St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £28. Info 029 2087 8444. Enduring UK pop-soul figure.
Dennis Rollins & RWCMD Jazz Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2039 1391 Top trombonist rocks out with the students here. Go Now: The Music Of The Moody Blues Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £24. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band. Rescheduled from June 2021.
Lance Ellington & The Power Of Gower Little Big Band The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £15. Info www.swanseajazzland.
co.uk. A Swansea Jazz night.
The Swansea Fringe Festival 2021 Various venues, Swansea city cen- tre. £25 (weekend pass). Info
www.theswanseaf-
ringe.com. Enormous bill of acts across a stack of Swansea independent ven- ues, although there doesn’t seem to be a list of which ones. Here’s who’s play- ing. Music: 3 Hwr Doeth,
Aisha Vaughan, Alexander Carson, All Dead, All Dead, Altered Myths, Brainzaps, Breichiau Hir, Broken Fires, Bryony Sier, Cactus Haus, Carolines, Catherine Elms, Celavi, Ci Gofod, Codewalkers, CrazeTheJack, Culture Vultures, Daisy, Dan Bettridge, Dan Jordan & The Warbirds, Darren Eedens & The Slim Pickins, Deceptives, Desert Life, Desert Storm, Eleri Angharad, Felix Subway, Fever Jaw, Fluff Tongue, French Alps Tiger, Head Noise, Heavy Flames, Heavy On The Ride, Hemes, Hunter From Fremonte, HWDU, Incurzion Audio, Jack Perrett, Joe Easton, Just Juniper, Kate Newnham, Keys, Kikker, King Goon, Kneeon, Laura Jazmyn, Lazarus Moon, Lifer, Lifting Gear Engineer, Los Blancos, Lost Tuesday Society, Mahouts, Man, Marieke Vink, Martyn Kinnear, Mass Envy, Mines, Mojo Jnr, Nigel Davies, OG Titanteeth, Only Fools & Corpses, Orphan Dinosaur, Pale Bastard, Papur Wal, Pastel, Patrick Jones, People & Other Diseases, Primitive Soul, Pseudo Cool, Ria Plays, Roughion, Sarah Birch, Side Show, Sigiriya, Sisters O Sisters, Sons of Owen, Sophie Crabtree, Soundwire, Static Fires, Stickman, Sugarmoon, Suns of Thunder, Super Marine, Swamp Thief, Swan Hill, Sweet Benfica, Tanglejack, The Bad Electric, The Marks Cartel, The Mudd Club, The Orange Circus, The Rusty Nutz, The Vulcan Straight, They Live | We Sleep, Tom Emlyn, Tommy Jenkins, Trampolene, Two Til Twelve, WheezeTeam, William Poyer & The Saddle Rats, World Vs. World, You Can’t Say Dallas Doesn’t Love You, Zacthelocust and Zhubat. Comedy: Paul Dennis, Phil Green, Drew Taylor, How To Win A Pub Quiz, Louise Leigh, Four’s A Crowd, Will Preston, Dai Davies, Kris Davies, Pauline Eyre and The Last Days Of The Chilli Festival. Poetry and spoken word TBC. Tickets are £8 for Thurs 21 and £12.50 for the other days. Tugboat Captain + Quiet Marauder + Sonny Winnebago + Aderyn The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30-11pm, £5. Info info@themooncardiff. com Winterfylleth + Mork Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £16. Info 029 2023 2199. UK black metal.
FRI 22 OCTOBER
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. Brecon Baroque Festival 2021: Shaping
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The Baroque Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 3pm, £10-£18. Info 01874 611622 Performances of works by Schütz and Buxtehude, featuring vio- linist Rachel Podger. Two performances today, at 3pm and 7.30pm.
Children Of The Gravy Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5. Info 01685 882198. Black Sabbath tribute.
Old Sea Legs The Globe At Hay, Hay-On- Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762. A solo fella from Dublin, real name Ian. Oye Santana Memo Arts Centre, Barry. 8pm, £16. Info 01446 738622. Santana tribute. Sham 69 Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. Oiky slogan punks of old. This is the version of the band with Jimmy Pursey in. I think. Rescheduled from February.
Clearwater Creedence Revival Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50. Info 029 2048 7602. Tribute band, rescheduled from April 2021. Fort + Stealth Cat + Who Are The Monsters? The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Math rock etc. Goan Dogs Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £10. 029 2023 2199. UK indie band whose album is titled Call Your Mum. Gweneth Ann Rand & Simon Lepper Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391. Soprano with a perfor- mance themed around racial injustice. Le Vent Du Nord The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £11. Info 01639 843163. Québec folk band powered by the hurdy- gurdy. I love a hurdy-gurdy me, not familiar with this band though. Leon Stanford Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Solo show from a member of Ponty band The People The Poet. Mark Morriss + Nigel Clark + Chris Helme The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30- 11pm, £17.50. Info 07950 471888. The singers of The Bluetones, Dodgy and The Seahorses respectively. Martin & Eliza Carthy Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £21. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk icon and his daughter, no slouch in the iconic status herself it could be noted. Rescheduled from last November.
The Scribes + Applied Science + Andrew Ogun Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01633 221477. Toploader + Jack Perrett Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £16.50. Info 01656 815995. Touring to note 20 years since their debut album. Might be 21 now since everything got bumped by a year. Could look it up but I’ve blocked most of that era of history from my mind thanks. Oh, this has been rescheduled from April 2021.
SAT 23 OCTOBER
Alpha Male Tea Party + False Advertising Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 07377 414204 Math- rock sort of stuff.
Asidhara + Intent 2 Kill + Nothin’ But Enemies McCann’s Rock & Ale Bar, Newport. £8. Info 01633 253468. Rad crossover metal/hardcore band from Cardiff headline. Brecon Baroque Festival 2021: Alio Modio Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 12.30pm. Info 01874 611622. Bach keyboard music performed by the Fretwork ensemble. This is sold out however. Brecon Baroque Festival 2021: Mostly Johann Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 5.30pm, £18. Info 01874 611622. Music for strings, chamber organ and oboe from Bach and other German Baroque com- posers. Two performances today, at 5.30pm and 8pm. Häxan + Mad Haven + Ashen Reach Motorsport Lounge, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01492 872000. Rock bands pre- sented by Venue Cymru but not situated there. Hue & Cry Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £23. Info 029 2089 0862. Scotpop veterans Ian Hue and Ian Cry celebrate 30 years since one of their albums. Rescheduled from February.
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-10pm. Info 01239 841387. Husband-wife Britfolk duo.
Sixties Gold St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £41. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring sets from The Tremeloes, Mamas and Papas UK, Herman’s Hermits, The Marmalade, The Merseybeats, PJ Proby, Steve Ellis, Dave Berry and Gerry’s Pacemakers. The History Of Soul The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £20. Info 01834 861212. Tribute show.
Laura Power + Pay The Man + Catching Newts The Green Rooms, Treforest. 6pm, £5. Info 01443 841133. Man + All Dead, All Dead + Keys + French Alps Tiger + Deceptives + Static Fires Sin City, Swansea. 5pm, £12.50. Info 01792 468892. Welsh prog band headline a large bill as part of the Swansea Fringe. Maniac Street Preachers + Stereoironics The Globe, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £13. Info 07950 471888. Two Welsh rock tribute bands. Mark Harrison Band The Globe At Hay, Hay- On-Wye. 8pm, £6. Info 01497 821762. Described
as “quirky” by Radio 2 apparently.
Newton Faulkner Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25. Info 029 2023 5555. Folk-pop bloke.
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £34.50. Info 029 2022 4488. The two members of The Beautiful South who could perhaps be named by the man on the Clapham omni- bus, hence them playing here while the remainer of the band play as ‘The South’ in various provincial theatres. Rescheduled from April 2021.
Riskee & The Ridicule + Bottlekids + Lighthammer The Moon, Cardiff. 8-11pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Headliners are a sort of grime/punk crossover apparently.
Steeleye Span Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £29.15. Info 01792 863722. Folk-rockers on their 50th aniversary tour. Systeria Y Llew Coch, Machynlleth. 7.30- 10.30pm, free. Info 07516 087524. This band feature someone who used to be in Girlschool.
The Bootleg Beatles Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30-10.30pm, £31.50. Info 01792 475715. The Foos Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5. Info 01685 882198 Foo Fighters tribute.
SUN 24 OCTOBER
Al Stewart New Theatre, Cardiff. 8pm, £41.50. Info 0343 3100041. Scottish folk-rock type. Black Marble Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £14. Info 029 2023 2199. Gloomy syn- thpop American who the guy inputting these listings happens to like a lot. See Music.
Brecon Baroque Festival 2021: Walk On The Wild Side Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 5.30pm, £12. Info 01874 611622. The Society Of Strange And Ancient Instruments and Steven Player present The Trumpet Marine Project. Looks cool!
Coco & The Butterfields The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30-11pm, £14. Info 07950 471888. Don’t know what sort of music this is. They look like posh hippies in their photos. Jamie Smith’s Mabon Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01982 552555. Much- delayed farewell tour for Welsh folkies. Mal Pope Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862. Public Service Broadcasting Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7-11pm, £29. Info 029 2078 1458. Mannered indietronica band who release an album a month- prior to this gig. See Music. Turin Brakes Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2023 5555. Indie-
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