Buzz Magazine August 2014 | Page 7

COWBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL Cowbridge Music Festival returns for a fifth year with loads of enjoyable classical acts. Festival Camerata opens the festival on Wed 10 Sept, with pieces by Tchaikovsky and Bach, helped by the atmosphere and acoustics of the venue – the Holy Cross Church. Also playing at the festival is the comic and pianist Hyun-ki Joo (with his curiously named show One Carry-on Bag Only), welsh pianist Llyr Williams, and European quartet Chiaroscuro Quartet – led by violinist Alina Ibragimova. For a taste of Jazz make sure to catch King Candy And The Sugar Push who will be bringing some swing to the festival with the help EVENT of Pupini Sister vocalist Kate Mullins on Fri 19 Sept. In between concerts the musicians will be attending schools where they will be encouraging children to pursue music and showing them what it has to offer. So bring some friends and take in some good music, and enjoy the friendly environment of the Cowbridge Music Festival. Cowbridge Music Festival, various venues across Cowbridge, Wed 10Sat 20 Sept. Info: 01446 773824 / cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk. pic: KEITH MORRIS MUSIC EYEING UP THE EISTEDDFOD Wales’ oldest cultural festival (it’s over 150 years old – to put that in perspective, the first National Eisteddfod was held in the same year that Abraham Lincoln became president) comes around again, this time making its home in Llanelli. Welsh music will be getting its fair share of the limelight during the Eisteddfod’s mini music festival Maes B; where singer-songwriter Al Lewis and his band will be bringing his modern folk tunes, Cardiff band Colorama will be blasting out their upbeat psychadelia and indie lovelies Swnami shall be hitting the stage. The festival will also have plenty more musical performances, as well as all sorts of activities centred on dance, the arts and literature. If you’re still pretty new to the world of the Welsh language there will also be a centre for Welsh learning on site, so you can brush up on more than your ‘cwtch’s and your ‘popty ping’s. The National Eisteddfod Of Wales, Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli, Fri 1-Sat 9 Aug. Tickets: individual concerts £6-£18 / day ticket £10-£15 / eight-day ticket £30-£100. Info: www.eisteddfod.org.uk MEDIEVAL MELEE EVENT Weapons at the ready: step back in time 700 years with the Grand Medieval Melee and enter a world full of swordfighting, soldiers, maidens and table games. Visitors to Cardiff Castle will get to experience a working medieval village and be greeted with the sights, sounds and smells of the age in question. Among some of the sights will be re-enactments of battles, where ferocious knights will have their strengths and talents put to the test. Within the village, life seems to run as normal as maidens help their soldiers prepare for battle and perform their everyday chores of cooking and weaving. The more adventurous members of the audience will be able to have-ago at archery or sit back and listen to some story-telling. Regardless of whether you’re a history fan or not, the Melee should at least have all the excitement of a good old fashioned swordfight. Grand Medieval Melee 2014, Cardiff Castle, Sat 16 + Sun 17 Aug. Tickets £2-£6. Info: www.cardiffcastle.com BUZZ 07