live music
sageboard.
X Factor Live Tour
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.
6.30pm, £33.50. Info 029 2022
4488. Featuring the vocal
stylings of Abi Alton, Hannah
Barrett, Luke Friend, Nicholas
McDonald, Rough Copy, Sam
Bailey, Sam Callahan and
Tamera Foster. (Until Thurs
27)
2038 7026.
Bartòk Sonata Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 1.15pm, £7/£5. Info
029 2039 1391.
Bridgend Big Band
Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm,
£10/£7 members. Info 07802
912789.
Colum Sands The Windsor
Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm,
£8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A
Llantrisant Folk Club night.
tuesday 25
Community Samba Band
*BBC NOW: Composition:
– Practise Dates Felindre
Wales Wales Millennium
Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm,
Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, free.
£4/£2 under-16s. Info
Info 08700 402000. Jac van
[email protected].
Steen conducts a programme
Dewi Griffiths Foyer, Wales
championing upcoming Welsh
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
composers.
Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 08700
Buska Acoustic Showcase
402000.
Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.
Diana Jones + David
7-10pm, £26. Info 01656
Llewellyn St David’s Hall,
815995.
Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10 adv.
CCVG Music Service St
Info 029 2087 8444. Nashville
David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm,
singer-songwriter.
£6-£10. Info 029 2087 8444.
Ellen Williams Foyer, Wales
Featuring nine Ensembles plus
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
a 250-strong children’s choir.
Bay. 1pm, free. Info 08700
Contemporary Voices:
402000.
Pianos, Winds And Fresh
Folk In The Foyer Royal
Air Cardiff University Concert
Welsh College Of Music &
Hall. 7pm, £3.50-£10. Info 029
Drama, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.
2087 4816. With Carla Rees’
Info 029 2039 1391.
digital acoustic ensemble,
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Rarescale.
Grand Theatre, Swansea.
Dylan Live Clwb Ifor Bach,
7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50. Info
Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2023
01792 475715.
2199. Jazz, beat poetry, hipHowler Clwb Ifor Bach,
hop, spoken word and visuals
Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029
combine in a performance
2023 2199. Minneapolis punky
based on Dylan Thomas’ visit
indie band whose album is out
to New York in 1952.
on the Rough Trade label the
Live Music Now Foyer, Wales
same week as this gig.
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Mikey Holden + Joe Dirt
Bay. 1pm, free. Info 08700
+ Misled Truth The Moon
402000.
Club, Cardiff. 9pm, £3. Info
Miles Kane Solus, Cardiff
[email protected].
University Students Union.
Reggae, hip-hop and poetry.
7pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2078
Nate Najar Dempseys,
1458. I have never knowingly
Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029
met anyone who likes this guy.
2023 9253.
Monthly Sitters In Night
Open Mic Market Street Club,
Jazzland, Swansea. 8pm, free.
Barry. 8pm. Info
01446 733863.
The UK’s leading rap Open Mic Night
NosDa, Cardiff. Free.
Info 029 2037 8866.
battle brand, Don’t
With a free drink for
Flop!, is coming to
all performers.
Salsa Celtica
Cardiff for the first
Aberystwyth Arts
time ever. The Globe Centre. 8pm, £9-£18.
Info 01970 623232.
is where MCs’ bars South Powys
will be deployed; Fri 7 Youth Music 2014
Theatr Brychieniog,
Brecon. 7pm, £6/
the date.
free under-18s. Info
01874 611622. On
tomorrow also.
The Electric Cwtch The Full
Info 07802 912789.
Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
Oxygen Thief Gwdihw,
[email protected].
Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029
The Manatees + Dora’s
2039 7933.
Fur Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £3.
Reaper In Sicily + A
Info 029 2039 7933.
World Defined + Clear The
Auditorium The Moon Club,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info
thursday 27
[email protected].
Alex Corlett Sextet Café
RIS are performing Islands in
Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info
its entirety, so if unlike me you
029 2038 7026.
didn’t have to look up what
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar,
Islands is, this could be the gig
St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm,
for you. Presented by GRAB.
free. Info 0844 8246171.
The Memphis Six Café Jazz,
Birth Of Joy + Howl +
Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS.
The Cosmic Nod The Moon
Info 029 2038 7026.
Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info
X Factor Live Tour
[email protected].
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.
Heavy psych stuff. Headliners
6.30pm, £33.50. Info 029 2022
are Dutch.
4488. (Until Thurs 27)
Black Cohosh The Full Moon,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
wednesday 26
Chroma Royal Welsh College
Acoustic Jam Night The
Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
1391. Contemporary classical
2509.
ensemble whose press photo
Arek Mazurek & Mark
is them standing in a big
Sambell Duo Café Jazz,
whitewashed converted barn
Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029
or something, which tells you
they’re not like other stuffy old
classical ensembles.
Dewi Griffiths The Old
Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.
Info 029 2066 6566.
Fathoms + Set To Break
Static Bar, Swansea. 6pm. Info
01792 467998.
Faustus Queens Hall,
Narberth. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info
01834 869323.
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Miners’ Institute, Blackwood.
7.30pm, £17.50/£16.50. Info
01495 227206.
Guest Band Night The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509.
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