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8.30pm. Info 01443 491424. On the second Wednesday of every month, and now in a new venue. Song And Tune Nights The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, free. Info 01443 226892. Every Wednesday except when there’ s a gig on. Taking Hayley Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £ 10 /£ 8. Info 029 2023 2199. The Dai Bach Band Hambury Arms, Caerleon. 9pm, free. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Festival event.
THURSDAY 11 Arek Mazurek Trio The North Star, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Beat Mark Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2022 8883. Blushing Melons Llanhilleth Miners Institute, nr Abertillery. 7.30-10.30pm, £ 2- £ 5. Info 01495 354674. Playing the Llan Acoustic night. Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Hadouken! The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 13.50 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Reminder that despite forming with the most flashin-the-pan musical vision imaginable, Hadouken! have not only survived fashion’ s vagaries but are still hugely popular with people younger than you. Hats Off To Led Zeppelin The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £ 9 adv. Info 01792 475147. Tribute band. In Milford Haven tomorrow. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2041 8741. Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St David’ s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Mrs Ackroyd Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm, £ 8 adv. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Pan Wales Allstars Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3 /£ 2 NUS. Info 029 2023 9253. Twmpath night presented by Cardiffrinj. The Radio Nasties The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. The Rum Puppets + Lost Tuesday Society + Huwie Price + Tomos Lewis The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. EP launch for the headliners. Union Jill Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night. Willie Garnett With The John Gibbon Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 6 /£ 5. Info 029 2034 0591.
FRIDAY 12 Abertillery Blues Festival Abertillery Park. £ 25 /£ 20 Blues Club members(£ 40 /£ 32 Blues Club members both days). Info 01495 355800. Featuring Vincent Flatts, Mick Pini, Joe Harman & The Company and Mud Morganfield. On tomorrow also. Alabama 3 The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 15 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Acoustic set. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar,
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St David’ s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Bloodshot Dawn + Triaxis + Reign Of Fury + Fell On Black Days Bogiez, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info contact @ bogiez. com. This is a touring four-band bill called the Headbangers Balls Charity Event. It’ s called that because it celebrates five years since Reign Of Fury vocalist Bison Steed recovered from testicular cancer. Blues Central The Bell Inn, Caerleon. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 430194. Canja Rave + Howl + Landslides The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 4. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Headliners are Brazilian and play garage rock. Chain Ska 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm-4am, free before 11. Info 029 2022 8883. Playing as part of the Fancy Footwork night. I daresay the band will be on some time after 11 Dark Patrick + Vinna Bee The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info 01237 236012. Headliners are from the Ukraine. Escape December + The Indegenerates + Set Aside + Three Beneath Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Pop-punk kinds bands. Folk On The Lawn Tintern Abbey Mill, nr Chepstow. 8-10pm, free( donations welcomed). Info info @ folkonthelawn. com. First of three days for this popular folkish fest features an evening concert from Gaudy Orde and Platform 1.( Until Sun 14) Hats Off To Led Zeppelin Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £ 16. Info 01646 695267. Leeroy Stagger + Redlands Palomino Company + Blind River Scare Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Canadian alt-country bloke headlines. Limehouse Lizzy Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8pm, £ 12 /£ 10 adv. Info 01446 738622. Money For Nothing Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £ 15 adv. Info 01600 772467. Dire Straits tribute. Monkjack Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2034 1441. Monkjack The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. * Nameless + Science Bastard Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 7 /£ 5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Nameless were a band who played SW a lot in the late 90s / early 00s and combined postpunk, industrial and goth. They were fun. They have reformed to play a oneoff show. Public Service Broadcasting Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 8 adv. Info 01792 468892. See Music. Singers, Players & Listeners Night Chepstow Castle Inn. 7.30pm, £ 2.50 /£ 2 members. Info mickwidder @ aol. com. Chepstow Acoustic Club night. Smokey Smothers & The Mellow Fellows Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 4. Info 029 2034 0591. Blues. Super Chango The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. The ELO Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 18 /£ 17. Info 01792 475715. |
SATURDAY 13 Abertillery Blues Festival Abertillery Park. £ 35 /£ 28 Blues Club members(£ 40 /£ 32 Blues Club members both days). Info 01495 355800. Featuring Marcus Bonfanti, The Nightporters, Henry’ s Funeral Shoe, Grainne Duffy, The Blockheads and Lucky Peterson. Acoustic Sessions Shot In The Dark, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2047 2300. Amy Dickson The Gate, Cardiff. 3pm, £ 15 /£ 10. Info 029 2048 3344. Classical saxophonist touring a new album. Cadstock 2013 Victoria Park, Cadoxton, Barry. 1pm, free. Info 07809 551465. Two-day music festival featuring( running order TBC) Freeway, The Underdogs, Outback, The Hindenburgs, Circle Of Fire, Seafall and more to come. On tomorrow also. Captain Accident & The Disasters + Tree House Fire + Will Tun & The Wasters Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Album launch for Captain Accident. Chris Summerill The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Côr Lleisiau Hardd Annual Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £ 20. Info 0845 2263510. With special guest John Owen Jones. Dan Bettridge & Friends St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £ 6 /£ 5. Info 01446 799100. Acoustic singer-songwriter from Ogmore. Folk On The Lawn Tintern Abbey Mill, nr Chepstow. 10am-10pm, free( donations welcomed). Info info @ folkonthelawn. com. River Stage, openers to headliners: Allan Yn Y Fan, Stark, The Hittites, David Gibb & Elly Lucas and Matt Lingraad. Mill Stage: Rose Among Thorns, John Shaw & Alan Kirkpatrick, Red Shoes and Dragon’ s Breath. Bar Stage: Kay Davies( playing harp at breakfast), Dennis Remme, Jim Godfrey & Ralph Burden, Brenigm Gwas Y Neidr, Rumney FC & Newport FC and an evening concert with Blushing Melons, The Hittites and April Maze.( Until Sun 14) Miss May & The Magic Porter’ s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info @ porterscardiff. com.” Rogora Khart Bolero’ s, Caerleon. 8.30pm, free. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Festival gig. Serenata Cardiff Central Library. 1pm, free. Info 029 2078 0960. Showaddywaddy Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 18.50 /£ 16.50. Info 01792 475715. The Company Of Fools The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm. Info 01497 821762. You are invited to pay what you want. The Courteseans + The Kix + Fire Fences + Mixalydia The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £ 4 adv. Info 01443 687080. Headliners are described as playing“ sexually provocative rock / indie”. The Scribes Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 3. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Fat City night. The Small Fakers The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 12 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Small Faces tribute. Violas + Nanook Of The |
PLEASE MIND YOUR HEAD IV Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sun 7 July Tickets: £ 5. Info: 029 2023 1299 / www. clwb. net In aid of charity Headway and arranged by Buzz contributor Justin Evans, the fourth annual edition of the Please Mind Your Head half-dayers should be as cheerful and rocking as the previous three. Headliners Right Hand Left Hand, like most of the bill from Cardiff, explore loops, haunting gutar riffs and minimalism, with a new album to showcase following 2011 debut Power Grab. Little Arrow [ pictured ] also released their first album recently, and pack beautiful melodies and offbeat style. Totem Terrors formed on a postpunk foundation but render the genre fresh and innovative; they too have a new debut album, Repeat Play Torrent Rar. Alex Dingley, Quiet Marauder, Gindrinker and Francesca’ s Word Salad, plus DJs in between bands, complete the lineup.
North + RGB + Sion Parton Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Violentango The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Y Bandana + Sen Segur + Bromas + Kizzy Crawford Pontardawe Inn. 8.30pm. Info 01792 864949. Gwyl Y Gwach Festival gig.
SUNDAY 14 Abertillery Blues Festival Fringe The Dolls House, Abertillery. 4pm, free. Info 01495 213300. Featuring the Mark Pontin Band, Luke Doherty Band and Chris James Band. Cadstock 2013 Victoria Park, Cadoxton, Barry. 1pm, free. Info 07809 551465. Dinosaur Pile-Up + Max Raptor + Tiger Cub + This Is Wreckage Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 8 /£ 7 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Folk On The Lawn Tintern Abbey Mill, nr Chepstow. 10am-10pm, free( donations welcomed). Info info @ folkonthelawn. com. River Stage, openers to headliners: The Shelleys, Blushing Melons and Gramercy Riffs. Mill Stage: The April Maze, Fountainhead and Lee Jones. Bar Stage: Kay Davies( playing harp at breakfast), Platform 1, Peter Gowan, Tinpots and Rumney FC & Newport FC.( Finishes today) Introducinglive The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. A band who cover rock-friendly electronic albums in their
entirety are having a timely go at Discovery by Daft Punk. Hard to know how much like a‘ club night’ this will be, but you’ ll be able to read more about it in Clubs. Moon Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Jam session with beer and pizza. Free beer and pizza? Dunno. Scriber + Wooden Arms + Shiny Tiger 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2022 8883.
MONDAY 15 Room 94 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £ 7. Info 029 2023 2199. Some kind of poprock band. I think this is why this and the Taking Hayley gig( Wed 10) start so early, so attendees don’ t stay up past their bedtime. The Collective Big Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. The Monday Swing Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3 /£ 2.50. Info 029 2034 0591. Y Bandana + Sen Segur + Y Bromas Undertone,
Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4 /£ 3. Info 029 2022 8883.
TUESDAY 16 Hot Club Gallois Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4.50 /£ 4. Info 029 2034 0591. Keith Little Quartet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £ 6. Info 08448 588521. A Jazz In The Bar concert. Peter Fielding & Friends St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £ 6 /£ 5.50. Info 01446 799100. Classical recital including the Mozart Clarinet Quintet. Ryan MacGrath Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 10 /£ 7. Info 029 2030 4400. Canadian indie-folk singer. The Ragdolls Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 12.50- £ 17. Info 01792 475715. A tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
WEDNESDAY 17 Ampersand Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Also on Wed 17.
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