live music
The Bon Jovi Experience
Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry.
7pm, £17.50/£16.50 adv. Info
01446 738622.
*The Fish Police Mozarts,
Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792
649984. This band are from
London and are here as part
of a tour arranged by Constant
Flux, which supports bands
from the learning disabled
music scene. Don’t have a
huge amount of other info
about the gig but Constant
Flux is a cool operation for
sure.
The Hoax The Globe, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £15 adv. Info
[email protected].
UK blues-rock band.
The Indecision The Full
Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
[email protected].
The Searchers The
Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm,
£20. Info 01633 656757.
The Sounds Of Motown
Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm,
£35. Info 029 2070 5391.
Performed by Richmond Soul
and also featuring a five-course
meal.
Tim Crahart Band Café
Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029
2038 7026. Blues.
Wooden Arms Foyer, Wales
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 08700
402000. Classical indie band
from Norwich.
SATURDAY 12
Abi & The Bomb The Yard,
Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029
2022 7577.
Band Night Theatr Gwaun,
Fishguard. 7pm, £5/£3 NUS.
Info 01348 873421. Night
showcasing new bands, TBC at
the time of writing.
Bleech The Moon Club,
Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Cities + Broken Fires +
The Albatross Project The
Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £4
adv. Info 01792 475147.
Enraged Static Bar, Swansea.
6pm. Info 01792 467998. Rage
Against The Machine tribute.
Ezio The Chattery, Swansea.
7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01792
473276. Acoustic pop-rockers.
Don’t hear as much as you
used to about them being one
of Tony Blair’s favourite bands.
Wonder why.
Fasta Benj + The Newly
Deads + Drunk Uncle The
Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info
01237 236012.
Got It Covered Kiwi’s, Cardiff.
Free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Jo Harman Beaufort Theatre,
Ebbw Vale. 8pm, £12.50/£10.
Info 01495 355800. Blues
Club gig.
Johnny Trashed + Keith
The King Elvis Workmen’s
Hall, Caerphilly. 7pm, £3. Info
07512 237983. Two tribute
acts.
Keith James Norwegian
Church Arts Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 8pm. Info 029 2087 7959.
Setting the poetry of Dylan
Thomas to music.
Lapis Lazuli The Full Moon,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Leon Stawicki Cardiff
Central Library. 1pm, free. Info
029 2078 0960. Pianist.
Lloyd Cole The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info
[email protected].
Madcaff Small World Theatre,
Cardigan. 4pm. Info 01239
615952. Open cafe event
showcasing the talents of local
musicians and dancers who
are or have been affected by
mental illness.
Oas-Is The Factory, Porth.
7pm, £6 adv. Info 01443
687080.Tribute act.
Porthcawl Jazz Festival
Various venues, Porthcawl.
Info 01656 815995. Today
features Colourscape (Dock St
car park, 11am-4pm); Liberty
Street Jazz Band (Trecco
Bay, 1-2.30pm); Keith Little
(Ship & Castle, 1-2pm); Jeff
Meredith Quartet (Brentwood
Hotel, 1.30-2.30pm); Davide
Logiri Quartet (Grand Pavilion,
2-3pm); Dick Hamer Quartet
(Glamorgan Holiday Hotel,
2.30-3.30pm); Keith Little
(Ship & Castle, 3-4pm); Mock
Thee Knot (Brentwood Hotel,
3.30-4.30pm); Porthcawl Rock
Club (Grand Pavilion, 4-5pm);
Liberty Street Jazz Band (The
Waterfront, 4-5pm); Simon
Desorgher’s Free Spirits
(Glamorgan Holiday Hotel,
6-7pm); Mock Thee Knot
(Lorelei Hotel, 6-7pm) and the
Big Chris Barber Band (Grand
Pavilion, 7.30-10pm). (Until
Sun 13)
Rock IT 2014 Congress
Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm,
£15/£13.50. Info 01633 868239.
Quasi-musical rock’n’roll tribute show.
Salvation Porter’s, Cardiff.
Info [email protected].
Songchain: Cylchcanu
Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm,
£10-£14. Info 01834 869323.
Soul Invasion Hamptons,
Penarth. 7.30pm, £35. Info
029 2070 5391. Another soul/
Motown night, another fivecourse meal.
Sounds Of Harlow Gwdihw,
Cardiff. 9pm, £3. Info 029 2039
7933. Playing as part of the
Fat City night.
St Donats Atlantic Chorale
St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of
Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £12/£10.
Info 01446 779100. Performing
Handel’s Messiah.
Tim Cronin The North Star,
Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029
2062 4050.
We’ve Only Just Begun: The
Carpenters Story Coliseum
Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm,
£18.50. Info 0800 0147111.
Tribute show starring Toni Lee
as Karen Carpenter. Doesn’t
seem to have anyone playing
the other guy, what’s his name.
Ian Carpenter.
Winter Mountain Snails
Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. £18
inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415.
Folk duo.
Young Singer Of The Year
Competition Taliesin Arts
Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.
Info 01792 602060. In association with Dunvant Male Choir.
SUNDAY 13
Aubrey Parsons Merlin’s
Bar, Celtic Manor, Caerleon.
8pm. Info 01633 413000. Also
on Sat 19.
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar,
St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm,
free. Info 0844 8246171.
Dave James & Friends
The Greyhound Inn, Oldwalls,
Gower, Swansea. 8.30pm. Info
01792 850803. A Halfpenny
Folk Club night.
Dominic Kirwan Savoy
Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm,
£18.50. Info 01600 772467.
Guests & Open Mic The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509.
James Hollingworth The
Queens Head, Monmouth.
8.45pm, free. Info 01600
712767.
Johnny Flynn & The
Sussex Wit Glee Club, Cardiff
Bay. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 0871
4720400.
Panic Room The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info
[email protected].
Welsh prog band, on a family
tree with Karnataka, Mostly
Autumn etc.
Porthcawl Jazz Festival
Various venues, Porthcawl. Info
01656 815995. Today features
a Jazz Service (Trinity Church,
11am-12pm); Colourscape
(Dock St car park, 11am-4pm);
Graham Watkins Quartet with
Clare Hingott (Brentwood
Hotel, 1-2pm); Cal Newman
(Ship & Castle, 1-2 + 3-4pm);
J Word (Glamorgan Holiday
Hotel, 2-3pm); Afternoon
In Paris (Brentwood Hotel,
3-4pm) Digby Fairweather and
the John Patrick Trio (Grand
Pavilion, 3-4pm) and the
Cardiff University Big Band
(Grand Pavilion, 7.30-9pm).
(Finishes today)
Requiem: Grant Gordon +
Spencer McGarry + Rowan
Blake Talbot Dempseys,
Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029
2023 9253. Gordon, a former
member of The Divine Comedy,
fuses modern rock and medieval classical music here.
Two Piece Sweet The North
Star, Cardiff. 1-3pm, free. Info
029 2062 4050.
MONDAY 14
Acoustic Approach Foyer,
Wales Millennium Centre,
Cardiff B ^K