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Last Night Of The Proms Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £ 18 adv. Info 0845 2263510. Conducted by John Hywel Williams and featuring lots of different choirs etc. Sold out by the looks. Orchestral Matinee For Families Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3.30pm, £ 7. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Royal Welsh College Concert Orchestra and suitable for ages five and up. On tomorrow also. Plod The Factory, Porth. 7.30pm, £ 4. Info 01443 687080. Covers band. Quick Fifty The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Roosvelt The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Royal Welsh College Percussion Ensemble Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 10.30am, £ 7. Info 029 2039 1391. Show aimed at ages three and up. On tomorrow also. Sam Duckworth + Quiet Merauder + Joe Lewis Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £ 7 /£ 5 adv. Info 01633 221477. Headliner is better known as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. The Occasional Brass Ensemble Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 4. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Fat City night. The Porthcawl Ukelele Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2-4pm, free. Info 01656 815995. Fundraising gig for the HSP support group. Book in advance please.
SUNDAY 9 Alaw Acapela, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5- £ 10. Info 029 2089 1977. Celtic folk trio. Babar The Elephant + Jurassic Jury Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £ 7. Info 029 2039 1391. Bryn Terfel St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 22.50- £ 75. Info 029 2087 8444. Miss May Duo The North Star, Cardiff. 1-3pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. And every Sunday for the rest of June. Orchestral Matinee For Families Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3.30pm, £ 7. Info 029 2039 1391. Reaper In Sicily + Colours Of One + Breathe In The Silence Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 6. Info 029 2023 2199. Royal Welsh College Percussion Ensemble Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 10.30am, £ 7. Info 029 2039 1391. The Stage Show Centre Choir Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
MONDAY 10 Dead Belgian + Miss Maud’ s Folly 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 6. Info 029 2022 8883. Glowglobes + Belleville + Ellie Makes Music Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Low Sea Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2031 0312. Paul Watkins & Ian Brown Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £ 8 /£ 6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Cellist and pianist. Not the Stone Roses‘ singer’ Ian
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Brown, obv. Rihanna + David Guetta Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. £ 50 /£ 40. Info 08442 777888.
TUESDAY 11 BBC NOW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £ 8.50- £ 11.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Jac Van Steen conducts a programme of Otto Ketting, Bartók and Prokofiev. Geoff Eales Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. Hold The Suspect + Everknown The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 3. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Junior Proms 2013 Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £ 6 /£ 3. Info 0845 2263510. In Carmarthen right after this. Kickback Open Mic Night The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm- 12am, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Stagecoach Theatre Arts Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Song and dance numbers.
WEDNESDAY 12 Alan Coles Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Newport singersongwriter. Blanche Rowen & Mike Gulston Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Bon Jovi Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 4pm, £ 12.50- £ 25. Info 0845 3451400. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Felindre Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm, £ 4 /£ 2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon @ yahoo. co. uk. Dancing Queen The Concert Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 17.50 /£ 15. Info 01792 475715. Old time party hits what you sing along to. Fjords + Radstewart Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 5 /£ 4 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Fundraiser for Orkidstudio, which is a humanitarian charity. More bands are TBC and there are DJs until 3am too. Geoff Eales Quintet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm. Info 07802 912789. Jacco Gardner + The Keys + Third Party Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 6 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Swn present a Dutch maker of 60s-soaked psychedelic music whose name is very nearly the same as my stepbrother. James Kennedy Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Also on Wed 26. Junior Proms 2013 Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £ 6 /£ 3. Info 0845 2263510. On tomorrow also. Pontypridd Acoustic Club Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8.30pm. Info 01443 491424. On the second Wednesday of every month, and now in a new venue. Sam Crowe Group Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. Song And Tune Nights The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, free. Info 01443 226892. Every Wednesday except when there’ s a gig on. Terri Walker + Shakka + Shea + ShezAr + Miss D Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £ 6 adv. Info 0871 4720400. This is something called the Soul
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Acoustic tour, which accordingly has lots of UK soul acts. This seems like great value even if you just like Terri Walker. The Shelleys Llanhilleth Miners Institute, nr Abertillery. 7.30-10.30pm, £ 2- £ 5. Info 01495 354674. Playing the Llan Acoustic night. William Browne & Vicky Guise Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Young Kato + Bridges + Peasant’ s King Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info 029 2023 2199.
THURSDAY 13 Alex Haines Trio The North Star, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Catfish & The Bottlemen 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Playing as part of the On The Rocks night. Cat Southall Porter’ s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info @ porterscardiff. com. Colum Regan The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Dark Eyes The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Dennis Locorriere Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £ 20. Info 01873 850805. Dr Freud’ s Cabaret Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 8 /£ 6. Info 029 2030 4400. Launch of an album which started as a stage show, and uses famous Freud case studies as the basis for its songs. Charlotte Greig plus others TBC will appear. Gordie Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 8pm, £ 13 /£ 12. Info 01239 621200. Roots music from Canada’ s Prince Edward Island. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2041 8741. Junior Proms 2013 Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £ 6 /£ 3. Info 0845 2263510. Little Angels Solus, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £ 18.50. Info 029 2078 1458. Hard rockers from the 90s are back. Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St David’ s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Sankara + Noternimus + Ryan James The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Local prog band headline. Sendelica Labyrinth, Haverfordwest. Info 01437 760680. Welsh psychedelic wigout band. Skin + The Red White & Blues Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £ 17 /£ 15 adv. Info 0800 0147111. Hard rawk from a band with Ponty roots, popularish in the 90s and now backish. Statues Of Us + The Shaws Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Vin Garbutt Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
FRIDAY 14 Allan Yn Y Fan Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Altered‘ 80s Kiwis, Cardiff.
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9.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965. Eighties cover band. Andy Huntley The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Bonnie Raitt Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, from £ 33.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Escape The Fate Hobo’ s, Bridgend. 7pm, £ 13 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue. com. Metalcore type band, presented by Orchard. Extra Curricular + Cut Capers The Moon Club, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 6 adv. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Live dance gubbins from a band on the Finger Lickin’ label. The guy who runs Finger Lickin’ is the brother of Roxanna Panufnik, who was interviewed on April’ s live music page. Love those creative families. Gareth Gates The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £ 16. Info 01633 656757. Live and unplugged I might add. Gramercy Riffs The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Gower Folk Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 5pm, £ 7- £ 15( day)/£ 25- £ 55( weekend). Info 01792 850803. Today features MoltenAmba and a European dance music workshop.( Until Sun 16) Hip Route The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Maffia Mr Huws + Bromas Duke Of Clarence, Canton, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 10 adv. Info 029 2037 8033. Warmup gig of sorts for the Tafwyl festival in Cardiff Castle tomorrow. Matt Corby The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 8 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Swn present a singer-songwriter who moved from Australia to London, signed to Ben from Mumford & Sons’ label, and has been compared to Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley. Monkjack Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2034 1441. Phil Hare Chepstow Castle Inn. 7.30pm, £ 6 /£ 5 members. Info mickwidder @ aol. com. Chepstow Acoustic Club night. Superchango 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 10pm, free before 11. Info 029 2022 8883. Playing as part of the Fancy Footwork night. The Orchard + Forever Grace + Constructor + Down With The Enemy The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £ 5 /£ 3 NUS. Info 01237 236012. The St Pierre Snake Invasion + The Milk Race + Beasts Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2022 8883. Tom Hingley + The Boy Royals + Give Me Memphis Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Your man from the Inspiral Carpets headlines. We’ ll Die Smiling + Let’ s Talk Daggers Buffalo, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info 029 2031 0312. Jealous Lovers Club with more of that broody young person triangle t-shirt UK posthardcore they unjealously love. White Noize The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Who’ s Molly Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.45pm, £ 8. Info 01792 475715. Sold out. Wonderbrass Summer Party Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 8 /£ 6 adv. Info 029 2023 9253. |
SATURDAY 15 Abergavenny Eisteddfod Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £ 7.50 / free under-18s. Info 01873 850805. Songs and arias from Wales’ best musicals. Aubrey Parsons The Pelican, Ogmore-By-Sea, nr Bridgend. 9pm. Info 01656 880049. Clem Curtis & The Foundations Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 17.50 /£ 15. Info 01792 475715. Soul revue. * Fair Ohs + Kutosis The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 5 adv. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Fair Ohs are a London band who have just released their second album of‘ tropical’, maybe even‘ tribal’ postpunk indie stuff. Should be a fun gig. Ginger Baker’ s Jazz Confusion The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 17.50 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Baker gets really mad if you call him a rock drummer, so let’ s hope no-one does that tonight. Yes I read the Guardian, well spotted, it’ s the UK daily I least dislike. Gower Folk Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 10.30am, £ 16- £ 25( day)/£ 25- £ 55( weekend). Info 01792 850803. Today features MoltenAmba Jon Loomes, Jon Swayne & Becky Price, Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys, Cupola: Ward, Lori Watson, Rule Of Three, Alaw and Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party.( Until Sun 16) Miss May & The Magic The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Phoenix Singers Ladies Choir Cardiff Central Library. 1pm, free. Info 029 2078 0160. Pipedream + Masts Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Rhys, Rhodri A 3 Tenor Cymru Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, £ 7.50- £ 15. Info 01970 623232. Charity concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. * Right Hand Left Hand + Fist Of The First Man + Gwenno + The Jelas + R. Seiliog + Social Skills Dempseys, Cardiff. £ 6. Info 029 2023 9253. First-rate selection of acts from the nebulous leftfield, presented by Balderdash, The Joy Collective and Arth. Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’ s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info @ porterscardiff. com. Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. It’ s five minutes’ walk between the venues tops, come on guys you can do this. Supersonic 70s Show The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 17 /£ 16. Info 029 2048 3344. Glam / pop hits of said decade. The Company Of Fools The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm. Info 01497 821762. You are invited to pay what you want. The Crickettes Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £ 12 adv. Info 01656 815995. All-girl band playing 50s and 60s rock’ n’ roll and surf-rock. The Upbeat Beatles Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £ 17.50 adv. Info 01600 772467. Tribute band. Yr Ods + R. Seiliog + Y Reu Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7. Info 029 2023 2199. Zac Vernon The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. |
SUNDAY 16 Gower Folk Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 10.30am, £ 10- £ 20( day)/£ 25- £ 55( weekend). Info 01792 850803. Today features Cerddcegin, Polly Barrett, Jack Harris, Barrule, Saul Rose & James Delarre, Fàsta, Paul McKenna Band.( Finishes today) Miss May Duo The North Star, Cardiff. 1-3pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Moon Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Monthly jam session. There is free pizza. Sinfonia Newydd National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Violas + Wicket + Theo + Everknown Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 4. Info 029 2031 0312.
MONDAY 17 BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert One St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront for more on this weeklong competition. The Reinvention Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3. Info 029 2023 9253.
TUESDAY 18 BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert Two St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront for more on this weeklong competition. Cardiff Junior Schools Choir Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Elaina Hoss Quintet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £ 6. Info 08448 588521. A Jazz In The Bar concert. Featuring Dominic Norcross on baritone sax. Gareth Roberts Trombine Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. Georgia Mancio Trio The Swan, Abergavenny. 8pm. Info 01873 852829. Presented by Black Mountain Jazz. Immortal Technique The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 16 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. New York rapper liked by wake-up-sheeple activist types who don’ t listen to any other rap music. Maybe Lowkey, and I guess Public Enemy. Kickback Open Mic Night The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm- 12am, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Peter Doherty + Alan Wass The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £ 25 /£ 20 adv. Info 01792 475147. Gonna use this space to let anyone reading know that today( as in 18 June) is my birthday, feel free to email and wish me happy returns. Rhys Williams Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2039 7933. Singer-songwriter. Stacey Blythe & Helina Rees St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £ 6 /£ 5.50. Info 01446 779100. Folk duo.
WEDNESDAY 19 Ampersand Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert Three St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront for more on this week-
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