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long competition. Christian Forshaw The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, free. Info 01633 656757. Saxophone recital as part of the Lower Machen Festival. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Felindre Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm, £ 4 /£ 2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon @ yahoo. co. uk. Georgia Mancio / Nigel Price Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm. Info 07802 912789. Roy Harris The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, £ 8 /£ 5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. Harris is playing an 80th birthday gig. Bllimey! * Scout Niblett Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 9 /£ 8 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Scout is sporadically great, including on her new album. There are also Joy Collective DJs at this.
THURSDAY 20 2 Fathoms Deep The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Concert Four St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront for more on this weeklong competition. * Bobby Conn Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Chicagoan indie showman. Always a good time with Bobby. Climbing Trees + Winter & Williams + Les Frotteurs Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Dave Cottle Trio Gwyn Hall, Neath. 6.30pm, free. Info 0300 3656677. Eddie Walker Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. Falling With Style + When We Were Wolves Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2023 2199. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2041 8741. Lady Nade The North Star, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Leighton Jones The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St David’ s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. * Melt Yourself Down 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 6 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. This band have folks in from Acoustic Ladyland and Zun Zun Egui. I think I prefer them to both of those. Upfront jazz punk tackle a la Pigbag, kinda. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Rory McLeod Whitchurch Rugby Sports & Social Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 12 adv. Info 029 2061 2477. Slowly Rolling Camera Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 8- £ 12. Info 029 2030 4400. New project featuring Dave Stapleton and Deri Roberts among other local musicians, influenced by various eclectic soundtrack / soundscapey artists. Talon Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £ 18.50. Info 01646 695267. Terry Neason Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £ 12 /£ 10 adv. Info 029 2070 3351. A Scottish diva who sings pop songs old and
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new, from Piaf to Snow Patrol. Unforgettable Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 15- £ 18. Info 01792 475715. More singalong vintage hits.
FRIDAY 21 6fears7 The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Amy Wadge Miners Institute, Blackwood. 8pm, £ 11 /£ 8. Info 01495 227206. Barb Wire Dolls Bogiez, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 7 adv. Info contact @ bogiez. com. Punk band who formed in Greece and now live in LA. You may find it hard to believe given their name, but the singer is a woman. BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Song Prize Final St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2087 8444. Chris Summerill Kiwis, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965. Colorama + Fast Fuse Pontardawe Inn. 8pm. Info 01792 864949. A Menter Iaith night. Eddie Walker The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm, £ 6. Information huwpudner @ ntlworld. com. A Valley Folk Club night. Freeman Street The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Ghost Mice + Perkie + Some Sort Of Threat + Olive Anne The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5 adv. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Headliners are a folky, punky acoustic American duo. When I saw them years ago they made a point of playing entirely unamplified. How d’ you like them apples, Edison! Harmonie Universelle The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Powys. 7.30pm, £ 15 /£ 7.50 under-18s. Info 01686 207100. First event of this year’ s Gregynog Festival, which mostly takes place in Powys venues and features various esteemed classical and early music acts. This is a German ensemble directed by Florian Deuter. Hehfu + The Milk Race + So Sexual Buffalo, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info 029 2031 0312. Launch gig for Hehfu’ s new single. So Sexual, while also being a description of the band on after them, are a quartet from Liverpool. Iron Eye Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 3. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Devil’ s Gun night. John Lennon’ s Original Quarrymen Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £ 13 /£ 11. Info 01873 850805. I thought this was going to be a tribute band with a deliberately misleading name but it actually is the three members of Lennon’ s pre-Beatles skiffle band. Kent DuChaine The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £ 6- £ 10. Info 01497 821762. Blues. Limehouse Lizzy Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £ 12 adv. Info 01834 861212. Millennium The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Monkjack Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2034 1441. Salvation 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 10pm, free before 11. Info 029 2022 8883. Playing as part of the Fancy Footwork night. Sonic Rock Solstice
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Penmaenau Farm, Builth Wells. £ 70( three days). Info www. sonicrocksolstice. com. Another return for this festival inspired by Hawkwind and their attendant dropout culture. Across three days( lineup TBC): The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Nine Below Zero, Astralasia, Here & Now, Mick Farren & The Deviants, Psychedlic Warlords, Pre-Med, Leatherat, Lastwind, Anubis, Gunslinger, Dr Hasbeen, Nik Turner, Wraithchild, Harvey Bainbridge, Electric Moon, Durban, BB Blackdog, Chumley Warner Bros, Jiezuberband, Glow People, Mother of Six, Shanklin Freak Show, Tribe Of Cro, Tang, Underground Zero, Keith Christmas, Crucified Twins and Tanglemist.( Until Sun 23) Talon Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £ 20. Info 0845 2263510. The Birmingham Blues Brothers Hamptons, Penarth. £ 34. Info 029 2070 5391. Featuring a five-course dinner and a blues tribute show. The Smokin’ Aces The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.
SATURDAY 22 Aubrey Parsons Merlin’ s Bar, Celtic Manor, nr Newport. 9pm, free. Info 01633 410318. Bee Gees Fever The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Tribute band. Buble Fever Scott Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £ 15 /£ 12.50. Info 01633 868239. Freeman Street The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Hard N Heavy Fest 5 The Dolls House, Abertillery. 3pm. Info 01495 213300. Two-day metal fest. This is the first day and features Fell On Black Days, Deathbullet, Reign Of Fury, Cambion, Doomchild, Upevil, Cyclotron, Charcoal Sun, Beggarmans Beard and The Doghouse Gypsies. Iestyn Davies & Thomas Dunford The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Powys. 7.30pm, £ 20 /£ 10 under-18s. Info 01686 207100. Recital of lute song. Islet + Sweet Baboo + Alex Dingley + Trwbador St Peters Hall, Carmarthen. 8pm, £ 12 /£ 10 adv. Info 01267 235511. Old Town Festival showpiece gig – see below for the free lineup. Just Bongo + Solid Airbag The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £ 6 /£ 4 adv. Info 01792 475147.“ Four times 80s Battle Of The Bands winners” according to the poster, not sure if this is some joke I’ m not party to. Mahan Esfahani The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Powys. 2.30pm, £ 10 /£ 5 under- 18s. Info 01686 207100. British keyboard music from the 17th century. Midmad Festival Arts Centre, Aberystwyth. Free. Info 01970 623232. Outdoors festival of eclectic music, this year including The Bahgdaddies, Pigbag(!) and the winners of the Bandslam competition. Mid Wales Chamber Orchestra Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £ 14.50 /£ 12.50. Info 01874 611622. Nicola Harris & Jayne Thomas St Edward’ s Church, Blenheim Rd, Pen-y-lan, Cardiff. 11-11.45am, £ 2. Info events @ stedward. roath. org. uk.
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LIVE @ SINGLETON PARK Singleton Park, Swansea, Sun 30 June. Tickets: £ 4- £ 8. Info: 01792 637300 Singleton Park has hosted many fantastic events in the past few years. Until 2006, the venue accommodated Party In The Park, a festival of popular chart act performances, whilst the dance-based Escape Into The Park still remains popular choice for clubbing fanatics. This year, the Swansea Bay festival has announced a new event to take place in Singleton Park,‘ Live @ Singleton Park’. Opening its doors at 2pm, the festival will play host to different comedians and musicians across the city. Local performers and tribute acts will appear under a big-top marquee: local outfit The Fevers, soul / Motown revue Soul Jam and Take That 2, a tribute to Take That as you might imagine. With an unconfirmed headliner the event still holds some mystery, and looks to be a great afternoon out( weather permitting).
Soprano plus accompanist. Old Town Festival Town centre, Coffi Bar & St Peters Hall, Carmarthen. Free. Info 01267 235511. Over two days the following bands will be playing across five town centre stages: Georgia Ruth, Alex Dingley, Trwbador, The Dapper Cadavers, Fasta Benj, Mr Huw, Wil Jones, Freshold, Y Bromas, Charli Bicknell, Delyth Mclean, Three Smiles Wide, Sling-Shot, White Doves, Chambles, Tymbal, Cinema Of Ray, The Winters, Gildas, Jack A Rosie, Eleri Wood-Bevan and more TBC. On tomorrow also. See Music. Ricercar Consort The Music Room, Gregynog, Newtown, Powys. 4.15pm, £ 15 /£ 7.50 under-18s. Info 01686 207100. Belgian ensemble making its debut in Wales. Rock’ n’ Roll Alldayer 200 Club, Newport. 2pm-3am, £ 15. Info 07866 152543. Featuring Gene Gambler & The Shufflers, The Killer Dillers, Livestock Davies & The Lowdown Snakes and The Rhythm Slicks, plus DJs Simon Flint, Chris Parker, Simon Moon and Karl From Swindon. Sonic Rock Solstice Penmaenau Farm, Builth Wells. £ 70( three days). Info www. sonicrocksolstice. com.( Until Sun 23) Soothsayers Memorial Hall, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £ 8.50 /£ 7.50. Info 01239 615952. Roots reggae, jazz, funk and afrobeat band from London. Stars In Their Eyes Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £ 5. Info 01633 221477. This summer’ s instalment of one-off cover bands for charity. Symphonica Tywi National Botanic Garden Of Wales,
Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 7.30pm. Info 01558 667130. Midsummer concert in the Great Glasshouse. Tafijah Allstars The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Talon Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 8pm, £ 18.50 /£ 17.50. Info 0800 0147111. Eagles tribute. The Bohemians Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 15- £ 18. Info 01792 475715. The Cavern Beatles Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £ 18. Info 01873 850805. Unlike The Quarrymen( see yesterday’ s listing) this actually is a tribute band. Thomas Ford Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. Blues. Tim Barry + Sam Russo + Bedford Falls Buffalo, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £ 7 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. STHC present a gig headlined by the singer from Bay Area punk veterans Avail. Viv Hinds-Payne Cardiff Central Library. 1pm, free. Info 029 2078 0160. Blues.
SUNDAY 23 BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Final 2013 St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 6.45pm.
Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring BBC NOW and conductor Jun Märkl. Clockwork Radio + The Echo & The Always Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Glen Manby Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar. Hard N Heavy Fest 5 The Dolls House, Abertillery. 3pm. Info 01495 213300. Today features Hangfire, Black Wolf, Hellbound, Trigger McPoopshute, Deadmansugar, The Bambi Killers, Toadstool, Hypothesis, Forbear and Defy All Reason. Life In Cold Climates + Remembering August + James Clode + Maddie Jones Gwdihw, Cardiff. 4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. A Summer Sundae Sessions afternoon gig. Martin Rossiter Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 14. Info 029 2023 2199. You got it toots, the guy out of 90s band Gene. The Factory in Porth have Echobelly and the singer from The Bluetones playing about six weeks after this. Coupled with the Labour government that will make Britain booming again when it’ s elected in two years’ time, it feels like 1995.
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