live music
Intimate show down on the
coast for American sax man.
Dirty Alex The North Star,
Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029
2062 4050.
Greg Blackman & The
Band Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm,
£4. Info 029 2039 7933.
Playing as part of the Bustin’
Loose night.
Guns 2 Roses The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info
[email protected].
Tribute band.
Hard N Heavy Fest VII:
Stormbringer The Dolls
House, Abertillery. 6pm, free.
Info 01495 213300.
Herman’s Hermits Congress
Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm,
£18. Info 01633 868239.
Jaleo Flamenco Rhos Y
Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm,
£12. Info 01239 841387. Tapas
will be available in the interval
too. That’s livin’ alright!
Leighton Jones Kiwi’s,
Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2039
8965.
Michael Buble Tribute
Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm,
£35. Info 029 2070 5391. Max
Hutton gets his Canuck croon
on, soundtracking a five-course
meal as he does so.
Milestone + The Lash
+ Whiskey Lies Hobo’s,
Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info
www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
EP launch for the headliners.
Ruarri Joseph + Valleyers
Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm,
£7-£11. Info 01834 869323.
Cornish singer-songwriter who
surfers like.
Salvation Porter’s, Cardiff.
8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Seconds Apart +
Storyteller + Not My
Finest Hour + Junior Meze
Lounge, Newport. 7pm, £5/£3
adv. Info 01633 213161.
Sonic Rock Solstice
Penmaenau Farm,
Builth Wells. £75
Paper Aeroplanes,
(three days). Info
www.sonicrocksolplus support
stice.com. (Until
Climbing Trees, will Sun 22)
Swansea
have their acoustic International
niceness bolstered Jazz Festival
Various venues,
by the atmospheric Swansea. Info
07900 314245.
venue – St John’s
Today features
Saxophone Jazz
Church in Canton,
Workshop with Alan
Barnes (National
Cardiff – on Fri 6.
Waterfront Museum,
10.30am-12pm,
free); Trumpet Jazz Workshop
Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £5/£3.
with Bruce Adams (Dylan
Info 029 2039 1391.
Thomas Centre, 10.30am12pm, free); Midland Youth
saturday 21
Jazz Orchestra (Dylan Thomas
Abergavenny Eisteddfod
Centre, 12.15pm, £8); Remi
Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.
Harris Trio (Dylan Thomas
7pm, £7.50/free under-18s. Info
Theatre, 12.30pm, £8); Dick
01873 850805.
Pearce Quartet (National
Audio Pirates The Full Moon,
Waterfront Museum, 2pm,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
£8); Mornington Locket
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Sextet (Dylan Thomas Centre,
Battles Semi-Finals The
3.30pm, £8); Tipitina (Dylan
Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5. Info
Thomas Theatre, 3.45pm,
01443 687080.
£8); Jim Mullen Organ Trio
Brigyn Snails Deli, Rhiwbina,
(National Waterfront Museum,
Cardiff. £18 inc buffet. Info 029
5.15pm, £8); Pete Allen Jazz
2062 0415.
Band (Dylan Thomas Theatre,
Cardiff Philharmonic
7pm, £12.00); Nigel Hitchcock
Orchestra St David’s Hall,
Quartet (Dylan Thomas
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£22. Info
Centre, 7pm, £12); The
029 2087 8444. Performing
Skelton/Skinner Septet (Dylan
works by Gershwin,
Thomas Centre, 9.30pm, £12)
Mendelssohn and three more.
and Marcus Malone Blues
City Of Cardiff Brass Band
Band (Nationsl Waterfront
Royal Welsh College Of Music
Museum, 9.30pm, £12). (Until
& Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
Sun 22)
£10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391.
Taranga Percussion Cardiff
Curtis Stigers The Corran,
Central Library. 1pm, free. Info
Laugharne. 6pm, £50. Info
029 2078 0960.
www.liveatthecorran.com.
Roswell & The Lost Alien
Tribe, Metropolis, Electric
Moon, Narcotic Daffodils,
The Majestic, Counterhold,
The Astronauts (the early
80s DIY ones – cool), The
Cream People, John The
Baptist & The Second Coming,
Crossroads, Glow People and
Greg & Kev. (Until Sun 22)
Supernatural The Claude
Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff.
9pm, free. Info 029 2049 3896.
Swansea International
Jazz Festival Various venues,
Swansea. Info 07900 314245.
First of three days, for what is
the first ever SIJF. Today features South Wales Schools Big
Band Workshop and Concert
(Dylan Thomas Centre, 11am2.15pm, free); Eddie Parker
Quintet (Dylan Thomas Centre,
7pm, £10); Bruce Adams /
Alan Barnes Quintet (National
Waterfront Museum, 7pm,
£10); Jeff Lorber Fusion (Dylan
Thomas Centre, 9.30pm, £20);
Matthew Ford And His Trio
(National Waterfront Museum,
9.30pm, £10). (Until Sun 22)
Terry Neason Norwegian
Church Arts Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029
2087 7959. Celtic and country
songs – both original compositions and cover versions – plus
poems and general engaging
chatter. Neason has performed
at this venue a couple of times
before.
The Jazz Boys Porter’s,
Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
The Reflections Grand
Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm,
£16.50-£19.50. Info 01656
815995. Famous old British
pop/rock songs played by people who were in those bands,
but weren’t the well known
members.
The Tripp Ensemble Royal
Welsh College Of Music &
The Bellagio Boys Dolman
Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm,
£12.50. Info 01633 263670.
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