live music
Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12.50.
Info 0871 4720400. This band
are as much of a fixture at
this venue in the run-up to
Christmas as, well, Jarred
Christmas. Christ I love typing
the word Christmas.
Eric Hodges Memorial
Prize Royal Welsh College Of
Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm,
£7/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Handel’s Messiah St David’s
Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9.50£26. Info 029 2087 8444.
Conducted by Greg Hallam.
Lucas Lewis & Friends
Warehouse54, Newport. Info
01633 259144.
Owen + Pipedream Clwb
Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023
2199. Headliner is a US singersongwriter.
Railroad Bill Clwb Ifor Bach,
Cardiff. 10.30pm. Info 029 2023
2199. Playing as part of the
Itchy Feet night.
Scriber + Big Fin +
Rhodri Brooks Gwdihw,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029
2039 7933.
tuesday 10
Adriano Adawele Cardiff
University Concert Hall. 7pm,
£3.50-£10. Info 029 2087 4816.
Brazilian-born percussionist.
A Line Too Late +
Breathe In The Silence
+ Brookland Terrace +
Sticks and Stones The
Moon Club, Cardiff. £7.50. Info
info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Various post-hardcore bands.
Arek Mazurek Trio
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.
Info 029 2023 9253.
Christmas Carols & Snow
Songs St Donats Arts Centre,
Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm,
£6.50. Info 01446 779100.
James Walsh Clwb Ifor Bach,
Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £10. Info
029 2023 2199. Singer from
Starsailor.
Martha Reeves & The
Vandellas The Globe, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £20 adv. Info
[email protected].
Motown icons from the 60s.
Martha was a councillor in
Detroit from 2005-09. Rather
her than me.
Max Raptor + Attention
Thieves + We Are Fiction
+ Falling With Style Clwb
Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm,
£6. Info 029 2023 2199.
Nick Hennessy & Serious
Kitchen: The Whispering
Road Chapter Arts Centre,
Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 029
2030 4400. Storytelling meets
music in this show, based on
Scandinavian myths.
Preservation Rhythm
Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm,
£4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029
2034 0591.
The Acoustic Session
Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare.
8pm, £3. Info 0800 0147111.
The Electric Soft Parade +
The Dancing Years Buffalo,
Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029
2031 0312. Presented by Loose.
Wet Wet Wet + Blue
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.
7pm, £45/£40. Info 029 2022
4488. Don’t really feel like
these two bands have the same
audience, but unlike the people booking this tour I’ve never
really had call to think about
it, so yeah.
wednesday 11
Acoustic Jam Night The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509.
Beans On Toast The Garage,
Swansea. 8pm, £6 adv. Info
01792 475147. BOT has a
new album which should be
reviewed in this issue. Not necessarily in glowing terms.
CCVG Music Service St
David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm,
£6-£10. Info 029 2087 8444.
Featuring a choir of 250 school
kids plus eight ensembles from
the County.
Christmas Carol Concert
Ararat Baptist Church,
Whitchurch, Cardiff. 7-9pm,
£5. Info [email protected].
Featuring Côr Merched Canna,
Ysgol y Wern, Ysgol Pencae and
harpist Ben Creighton-Griffiths.
In aid of George Thomas
Hospice Care.
Christmas Coffee Morning
Concert The Met, Abertillery.
11am, £4. Info 01495 355800.
Entry price includes coffee and
a mince pie.
Christmas With The Siren
Sisters Parc & Dare, Treorchy.
1 + 7pm, £9/£8. Info 0800
0147111.
Coltrane Dedication The
Queens Head, Monmouth.
8.45pm, free. Info 01600
712767.
Community Samba Band
– Practise Dates Felindre
Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm,
£4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Concert & Cakes Coliseum
Theatre, Aberdare. 1 + 3pm,
£4. Info 0800 0147111.
Folk Session Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£4. Info 029
2034 0591. Hosted by Dan
James. Also on Wed 18.
John Lloyd Quintet
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.
Info 029 2023 9253.
John Shaw & Alan
Kirkpatrick Llanhilleth
Miners’ Institute. 8pm, £3. Info
01495 354674. A Llan Acoustic
night.
Liberty Big Band
Whiteheads Sports & Social
Club, Bassaleg, Newport.
8.15pm, £8. Info [email protected]. Christmas gig.
Price includes buffet.
Lynne Heraud & Pat
Turner The Windsor Hotel,
Pontyclun. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info
01443 226892. A Llantrisant
Folk Club night, also their first
Christmas party.
Mr Spoon The Parrot,
Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01237
236012.
Nigel Hitchcock Quartet
Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm,
£12/£8 members. Info 07802
912789.
Only Men Aloud Theatr
Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £25.
Info 01686 614555. Sold out.
Open Mic Market Street Club,
Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Pontypridd Acoustic Club
Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd.
8.30pm. Info 01443 491424.
On the second Wednesday of
every month.
The Clio Trio Foyer, Wales
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 5pm, free. Info 08700
402000.
The Electric Cwtch The Full
Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
[email protected].
thursday 12
A Christmas Concert Of
Seasonal Music And Carols
St David’s Hall, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £9-£14. Info 029 2087
8444. In aid of CLIC/Sargent.
Britten’s Five Canticles St
David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £7.
Info 029 2087 8444.
Dewi Griffiths The Old
Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.
Info 029 2066 6566.
Guest Band Night The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509.
Heavy Quartet Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029
2034 0591.
Jimjam Open Mic Session
The Claude Hotel, Albany
Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info
07557 505123.
Kitty Loves The 50s! Foyer,
Wales Millennium Centre,
Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info
08700 402000. Rock’n’roll, jive
and doowop.
Komatsu + Ten Year Trip
+ Heavy On The Ride The
Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
£4. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. Dutch
stoner rock band headline.
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner
Newport Fugitives Athletic
Club, Rogerstone, Newport.
8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A
Newport Folk Club night.
Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St
David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm,
free. Info 0844 8246171.
Mavron Christmas Concert
The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £6/£4.
Info 029 2048 3344.
Newport Cathedral Choir
The Riverfront, Newport.
7.30pm, £9/£7. Info 01633
656757.
Open Mic Night Lyceum
Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info
01633 858636.
Pan Cymru Allstars
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, free.
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