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folkies touring to celebrate the anniversary of their debut album.
MON 25 OCTOBER
Amber Run Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 5555. Soft focus weepy pop band. Brecon Baroque Festival Orchestra Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01874 611622. Rachel Podger leads this orchestra for a celebratory Festival finale in a programme including works by Corelli, Bach and Albinoni. Fairport Convention Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £28. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-rock pioneers. They’re one of those bands where the current incarnation, which one is minded to assume to be cobbled together from god knows where, is in fact the longest-running one by some distance. Rescheduled from May 2021 and also sold out. JLS Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £34.95. Info 029 2022 4488. THREE dates for regrouped boyband, one tomorrow and the other on Sun 31 Oct; rescheduled from November/December, then June. What’s Love Got To Do With It? Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01492 872000. Tina Turner tribute.
TUES 26 OCTOBER
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. Daniel O’Donnell Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £42.50. Info 01492 872000. Isn’t he lovely. Henge The Globe, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £15. Info 07950 471888. There are two UK rock bands (that I know of) called Henge; one are good and one are not. In the spirit of encour- aging music venues’ tills to ring once more, however, I won’t say which one this is. JLS Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £34.95. Info 029 2022 4488. Level 42 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £34.50. Info 029 2087 8444. With the brutal, glassy-eyed effi- ciency Level 42 are known for, this gig has been rescheduled for exactly one year after its original booking.
Monmouth Big Band with Gareth Roberts Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info 01633 893227. South Wales Big Band Jazz night. Spiers & Boden Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £10. Info 01970 623232. Folk duo, previ- ously both in Bellowhead.
Tickets are between £10 and £20.
WED 27 OCTOBER
BC Camplight The Globe, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £15. Info 07950 471888. North American alt-folk guy on the Bella Union label. Rescheduled from May 2021.
£12. Info 029 2039 1391. French clarinettist. Country Stormz Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £10. Info 029 2089 0862. Country-rock band.
Billy Nomates Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £10. 029 2023 2199. I still haven’t really heard this person’s music but she is on the last Sleaford Mods album and is possibly in that style sort of?
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £24. Info 029 2089 0862. Harp and kora duo. Rescheduled from March 2021. Jamie Smith’s Mabon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01239 621200. Welsh folk band farewell tour.
Newport Electronic Music Open Night Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, free. Info 01633 221477. Debut night hosted by Linus, of bands such as Atomçk, offering a chance for people who make music with synths etc to show off their cre- ativity.
Poly-Math + Codices + Fort Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 07377 414204. RWCMD Symphonic Brass: Modern Brass Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Daniel John Martin The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info www.swansea-
jazzland.co.uk. Performing with the Dave Cottle Trio. A Swansea Jazz night. Ferocious Dog + Jake Martin The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30-11pm, £17.50. Info 07950 471888. Folk-punk types. Rescheduled from March 2021.
Haunt The Woods Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 07377 414204. Holding Absence Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7-11pm, £15. Info 029 2078 1458 South Wales rock band with their biggest local date, to date.
London Grammar Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £39. Info 029 2022 4488. Dancey MOR pop band.
FRI 29 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.
Sixties Gold Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £38. Info 01492 872000. Featuring The Tremeloes, Herman’s Hermits, The Merseybeats, The Marmalade, PJ Proby, Steve Ellis, Dave Berry, Gerry’s Pacemakers and Mamas & Papas UK. The Abel Selaocoe Sessions Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391. South African cellist. The Ataris + Slimboy The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £17.50. Info www. thebunkhouseswansea. com. Millennial pop-punk band, rescheduled from November 2020. The Mission Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Goth rock big dogs, close friends get to call them The Mish. TV Priest Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £6.50. Info 029 2023 2199. London shouty indie band who somehow signed to Sub Pop Records before releasing any music. Just like Nirvana!
THURS 28 OCTOBER
Cardiff Live Music Society Presents The Moon, Cardiff. 7-11pm. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Lineup TBC. Carlos Ferreira Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm,
Billy Joel Songbook New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 0343 310 0041. Tribute show starring Elio Pace. Chain Of Flowers + Private World Clwb Ifor Bach. 7.30-10.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Two moody and cool postpunk-influenced bands from Cardiff. David Live Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Bowie tribute. Rescheduled from January.
TGR Halloween Weekend The Green Rooms, Treforest. 5pm. Info 01443 841133. Live music, burlesque and more TBC.
The ELO Show Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £22. Info 01686 614555. Tribute show.
The Nightingales + Kamura Obscura Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £10. Info 01633 221477. Midlands post- punk band who formed in the 80s and recently had a documentary made about them, presented by Stewart Lee.
The Peach Fuzz + Zee Davine & The Unholies + Murder Club Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. Varied indieish bands, the top billed two both from Liverpool. Vega + Raider Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £12. Info 01685 882198. Hard rock. We Love Little Mix 2021 Memo Arts Centre, Barry, 6pm, £15. Info 01446 738622 Tribute show.
SUN 31 OCTOBER
White Flowers The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30-11pm, free. Info info@themoon-
cardiff.com Shoegazey experimental duo. Zoe Rahman Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £15. Info 029 2039 1391. Highly rated jazz vocalist. This is the first event in what the venue are calling The Grand Weekend.
SAT 30 OCTOBER
Big Girls Don’t Cry Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30-10pm, £17.50. Info 01792
475715.Frankie Valli tribute. Billy Bragg St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £28. Info 029 2087 8444. New UK/Ireland tour for the non-left wing person’s idea of a left wing musician. Catherine Milledge & Roger Owens Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano duo.
Clannad St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £33. Info 029 2087 8444. Veteran Irish folkies. Enya was in them but isn’t now. Rescheduled from March. Gabriela Montero Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama. 11am, £16. Info 029 2039 1391. Venezuelan pianist playing as part of the Steinway International Piano Series. JLS Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £34.95. Info 029 2022 4488. Last of three dates for regrouped boyband, the others being/having been on Mon 25 and Tue 26 Oct; rescheduled from November/December, then June.
Elizabeth Bass Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.1.5pm, £6. Info 029 2039 1391. Harp recital. Gabe Is A Unit + Goat Major + Lurcher The Queens Hall, Narberth 8pm, £9. Info 01834 861212. Local bands play- ing at part of Music Venue Trust’s #REVIVELIVE scheme.
Kris Nock Big Band Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 263670. Letz Zep Earl Haig Memorial Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 7.30- 11pm, £16. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute band. Russell Watson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50. Info 029 2087
8444.Retrospective concert from popera singer, 20 years since his debut album apparently. Rescheduled from March 2021. Tempesst Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30- 10.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Folky psych- pop.
Dawn Hardwick Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2039 1391. Described as a “pianist without limits”, and play- ing works by John Psathas and Graham Fitkin here. Dire Streets Acapela, Cardiff/ 8-10.30pm, £18.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Dire Straits tribute band. Rescheduled from February. Mr Tea & The Minions The Globe At Hay, Hay- On-Wye. 8pm, £8. Info 01497 821762.
Rats In The Kitchen Earl Haig Memorial Club, Whitchurch. Cardiff. 7-11pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. UB40 tribute band. Rick Astley Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £33.35. Info 029 2022 4488. Billed as Rick’s Greatest Hits tour, so while I don’t know the precise number of hits he’s had I assume this will only feature the greatest of them. Rescheduled from May 2021. Oh yeah, since I wrote this listing he has sung some Smiths songs live or something so I guess that will be a thing here unless his crowd have no interest in The Smiths which seems quite likely. Showaddywaddy Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £26.40. Info 0300 3656677. Rock’n’roll revival band.
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The Courettes + Keys + Alice Hubble The Moon, Cardiff. 2-11pm, £8. Info info@themoon-
cardiff.com. Halloween gig with more bands TBC. The Hooten Hallers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8-10.30pm, £15. Info 029 2089 0862 Blues/rock/alt band from Missouri, could be alright. Rescheduled from October
stage FRI 1 OCTOBER
uAberystwyth Comedy Festival Various venues, Aberystwyth. Ticket prices vary per event. Info www.
abercomedyfest.co.uk. Three days of sets, many of which are works in progress. See the festival website for more. Fri 1 Oct: Jonny Pelham: Optimism Over Despair, Queens Road Bowling Club, 9pm, £8; Frank Foucault: Songs, The Cambria, 9pm, £8; Stuart Laws: Putting Zoo, Arad Goch Stiwdio, 7pm, £8; Athena Kugblenu: Mash Up, Queens Road Bowling Club, 7pm, £10; Stuart Goldsmith: A Shared Illusion, Castle Theatre, 7pm, £10; Kiri Pritchard- Mclean, The Royal Pier, 7pm, £8; Tarot: Cautionary Tales, Arad Goch, 9pm, £11; Sara Barron: Suffer Fools, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 9pm, £8; Olga Koch: Homecoming, Arad Goch, 7pm, £13. Sat 2 Oct: Lou Sanders, Commodore Cinema, 5.15pm, £8.50; Josh Widdicombe: Bit Much…, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 8pm, £20; Nick Helm, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 9.45pm, £14; Clwb
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Carco (kids’ show), Theatr Arad Goch, 1.30pm, £5; Marky Jay’s Failfailwin, Castle Theatre, 1.30pm, £5, Tudur Owen: Cawl Potsh, Castle Theatre, 9.30pm, £8; Comedy (Translation Provided), Castle Theatre, 5.15pm, £8; Christmas & Hobbit: Beats, Balls and Funny Bits; A Beatbox and Comedy Mash Up, Castle Theatre, 11pm, £10; The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show, Castle Theatre, 3.30pm, £5; Steffan Alun: S Club Steffan, Arad Goch, 9.30pm, £10; Colin Hoult: The Death Of Anna Mann, Castle Theatre, 9.30pm, £9; Rich Wilson: Mynd i Mewn i’r Ddraig, Queens Road Bowling Club, 9.30pm, £8; Pope Lonergan: Incontinence Pad Disposal, The Cambria, 7.30pm, £8; Angela Barnes: Hot Mess, Castle Theatre, 7.30pm, £8; Chloe Petts: Transience, The Cambria, 1.30pm, £8; Mike Wozniak: Zusa, Queens Road Bowling Club, 1.30pm + 7.30pm, £8 (sold out); Carys Eleri: DISCORET!, Arad Goch, 11pm, £10; Priya Hall: What It Is, The Cambria, 9.30pm, £8; Rose Johnson: Queen Of Farts, The Cambria, 5.30pm, £8; Robin Morgan: Trophy Wife, Queens Road Bowling Club, 5.30pm, £8; Jen Brister, Castle Theatre, 5.30pm, £8; Jenan Younis: Jenanistan, The Cambria, 3.30pm, £8; Alison Spittle: Wet WIP(e), Queens Road Bowling Club, 3.30pm, £8; Cerys Bradley:
Sportsperson, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 5.30pm, £8; Dan Cook: Loud Bit, Quiet Bit, Loud Bit, Quiet Bit, Arad Goch, 3.30pm, £8; Sheeps: Sheeps At Aberystwyth, Arad Goch, 3.30pm, £10; Sophie Duker, Arad Goch, 7.30pm, £8; Tudur Owen: Dim Pwysa’, Arad Goch, 7.30pm, £8; Sunil Patel: Faster Horses, Arad Goch, 5.30pm, £9; Jordan Brookes: This Is Just What Happens, Arad Goch, 5.30pm, £8; Joe Lycett: Joe Lycett’s Work In Progress Pissy Pity Party, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 7.30pm, £9 (sold out). Sun 3 Oct: Nick Helm: Masterworks In Progress, Castle Theatre, 3.30pm, £8; Loz Because’s Failfailwin, Castle Theatre, 1.30pm, £5; Eleanor Tiernan: This Show Is Beneath Us All, Arad Goch, 7.30pm, £8; Robin Morgan, Priya Hall & Leila Navabi: Here To Judge LIVE!, Arad Goch, 3.30pm, £8; Christopher Bliss: Bonanza In Progress, Arad Goch, 1.30pm, £8; Annie McGrath: Secret Artists… LIVE!, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 1.30pm, £9; Esyllt Sears: Absolutely Not, The Cambria, 7.30pm, £8; Yuriko Kotani, Queens Road Bowling Club, 5.30pm, £8; Rosie Jones: Unapologetic, Arad Goch, 3.30pm, £9; Amy Gledhill, The Cambria, 3.30pm, £8; Jack Barry: Jack To Reality, Queens Road Bowling Club, 3.30pm, £8; Richard Stott: Dog, Arad Goch, 5.30pm, £8; Jessica
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