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Prosperina + When Worlds Collide Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2022 8883. Fairport Convention Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £ 17. Info 01873 850805. Gareth Gates Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £ 15. Info 0300 3656677. Hannah Woolmer & Daniel Roberts Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Hey Vanity + Burn The Fleet Bogiez, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5 adv. Info contact @ bogiez. com. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2041 8741. Lipstick On Your Collar Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £ 8. Info 0845 2263510. Songs from the 50s and 60s.( Until Sat 11) Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St David’ s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Miles Behind The North Star, Cardiff. 7-9.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Nothington + Hell Money + Hipflask + Adam Peachfuzz Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 7. Info 029 2039 7933. Another punky STHC gig. Headliners are from San Fran and some of them used to be in Tsunami Bomb, if you recall them at all. Octave Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £ 8 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Musical theatre and showtunes. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Sinfonia Cymru Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 029 2039 1391. Conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Spicer The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Symphony Of Sound & Song Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 7pm, £ 8- £ 15. Info 0800 0147111. Featuring performances from theatrical performer Peter Karrie, Pendyrus Choir, Treherbert & District Band plus winners from the recent Mayor’ s school choir competition. The Keys The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. This is the French expat Keys I think. The Mitch Laddie Band + Laurence Jones Band The Scene Club, Swansea. 8pm, £ 8 adv. Info info @ thesceneswansea. com. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival: Gala Opening Event St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £ 12 /£ 10 adv. Info 0844 8700887. Subtitled‘ Discovering New Music’, the opening event of a fest you can read more about Upfront features performances from Raimondas Sviackevicius, Ruth Wall, Graham Fitkin and Mexico’ s Onix Ensemble. Whistling Wind + Lady Nade + Matthew Joseph Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3. Info 029 2023 9253. * William Tyler + Hiss Golden Messenger 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 /£ 8 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Gathered In Song and The Factory present a double bill of American folk guitarists. Tyler( who’ s played with Silver Jews and Lambchop) is in the, |
lazy comparison alert, John Fahey tradition; HGM is a bit... smoother than that.
FRIDAY 10 Andy Huntley The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’ s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Cowbridge-based singer performs here every Friday. Bad Manners + Captain Accident & The Disasters The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 15 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. BBC NOW Family Night St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 18 /£ 12.50( for one adult and up to two children). Info 029 2087 8444. Grant Llewellyn conducts a selection of the Orchestra’ s favourite popular classics. Cardiff & Vale College Students Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Common Tongues + Billy The Kid + Gareth Bonello Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3. Info 029 2023 9253. Explosive Light Orchestra The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 15 /£ 12. Info 029 2048 3344. ELO tribute. Fidelio Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £ 8 /£ 6 adv. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival concert. Freeman Street The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 4. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 3. Info 029 2034 0591. A Blues Dragon night. Guns 2 Roses The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £ 8 adv. Info 01443 687080. Hats Off To Led Zeppelin Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 8pm, £ 12 adv. Info 0800 0147111. * King Tuff + Joanna Gruesome + Chain Of Flowers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Cheerful fuzzballs on the Sub Pop label headline. This is quite a fuzzy buzzy bill all round in fact. Lipstick On Your Collar Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £ 8. Info 0845 2263510.( Until Sat 11) Lunchtime Recital Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1pm, £ 6. Info 01633 868239. With trumpeter Paul Jones. McFly Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 27.50. Info 029 2022 4488. This is a tour to flog a best of album and is subtitled Memory Lane. Nine years in the game! Even some [ thinks ] inbred pedigree dogs don’ t live that long. Misled Truth Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Local rap-rock trio. Monkjack Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2034 1441. My Donegal Shore Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info 01633 868239. Daniel O’ Donnell tribute. In Neath tomorrow. Olion Byw Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Folk duo. Onix Ensemble Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £ 12 /£ 10 adv. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival concert. Prosperina + Zinc
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Bukowski + Sump The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £ 5. Info 01792 475147. Launch party for Prosperina’ s new single, which has the somewhat ominous title God Vs Darwin. Reaper In Sicily + With Best Intentions + From Her Eyes + Acadia Hobo’ s, Bridgend. 7pm, £ 4 /£ 3 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue. com. Renthouse Groove The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Seconds From Ruin The Hog And Hosper, Pontypool. 9pm. Info 01495 758597. Suggs The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £ 24.50. Info 01633 656757. Madness bloke does another of his spokenword-with-musical-accompaniment shows. Tafjah Allstars The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Talmai + Rufus Mufasa No. 1 Sports Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 4254. Talmai are launching an EP. This venue used to be called Rococo until recently. The Afternoons + Rhodri Brooks & The Terracott Army + Eugene Capper Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2031 0312. The Gomms The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. The Kast Off Kinks The Scene Club, Swansea. 8pm, £ 12 adv. Info info @ thesceneswansea. com. Tribute band. The Printmakers feat. Norma Winstone Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 13 /£ 10. Info 029 2039 1391. First concert in this year’ s AmserJazzTime Festival, which runs until Sun 12 – see Upfront for more. The Shamones + Truth Seeking Conspiracy The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £ 4 adv. Info 01237 236012. Ramones tribute band.
SATURDAY 11 Blackhouse The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Bon Giovi The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Bon Jovi tribute band. Clare Teal Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £ 15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Playing as part of her 2013 tour, which she’ s modestly titled Purveyors Of Sunshine. Dirty Alex The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Freeman Street The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Giles Robson & The Dirty Aces Borough Blues Club, New Panteg RFC, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £ 10 /£ 8. Info 01633 483238. James Taylor Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 029 2039 1391. King & Country Hobo’ s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info www. hobosmusicvenue. com. An Altervision night. Kit Downes Quintet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 029 2039 1391. Kitty’ s Little Big Band Cowbridge Comprehensive School. 7-10pm, £ 10 adv. Info community @ rotary1150. org. Swing and blues, 1940s style. Kookamunga The Full Moon,
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Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Lady Dog Walker The Hog And Hosper, Pontypool. 8pm, free. Info 01495 758597. Let’ s Hang On Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £ 18. Info 01646 695267. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons tribute. Lipstick On Your Collar Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £ 8. Info 0845 2263510.( Finishes today) Maddie Jones Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.“ May” hem The Factory, Porth. 1pm, £ 4. Info 01443 687080. Top quality scare quotes portend a full and eclectic bill of bands: Josh Evans, Evan Gardner, Maddie Jones, RAWR, John MOuse, Darren Meredith, The Broadcasts, The Bleeding Noses, The Echo And The Always, Bankrupt Pug, Twice My Size, Climbing Trees and more TBC. Montgomery Music Festival Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £ 6. Info 01686 614555. Patrick Larley conducts a programme of Mozart and Andrew Carter. My Donegal Shore Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £ 10. Info 0300 3656677. Only Boys Aloud Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £ 15. Info 01873 850805. * Opium Lord + Spider Kitten + Sedelus + Hogslayer + Homoh + Gorgantuan Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 6. Info mail @ givemefuel. co. uk. Lots of sludge and doom metal bands. Paper Aeroplanes Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £ 9 adv. Info 01834 861212. Pete Roe + Hot Feet The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 7 adv. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. London folk sort headlines. Seems to be on that Mumfords flex. Maybe that’ s your bag. Raimondas Sviackevicius Ffotogallery, Penarth. 4.30pm. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival concert. Recluse + Shadow Of The Sun + Zinc Bukowski Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’ s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info @ porterscardiff. com. Sarah-Jane Davies Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £ 15. Info 01874 611622. Soprano. Sarah Owen Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. * Souleance Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 4. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Fat City night. See Music. St Christopher Chamber Orchestra All Saints Church, Penarth. 7.30pm, £ 12 /£ 10 adv. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival concert. St Christopher Chamber Orchestra Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.15pm, £ 8 /£ 6 adv. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival concert. Steve Hackett St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 26.50 /£ 24.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Suggs Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 24.50 /£ 20.50. Info 01792 475715. |
Sweet Baboo + R. Seiliog + John Mouse Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 5. Info 029 2023 2199. Baboo has a new album out, this is part of his tour promoting it. The Accidentals Choir Cardiff Central Library. 1pm, free. Info 029 2078 0160. The Big Reunion Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6pm, £ 30. Info 029 2022 4488. Featuring 911, Atomic Kitten, B * Witched, Five, Honeyz and Liberty X. I watched Atomic Kitten at the V Festival, in a past life, and I have to say they were total shite. Sorry, poptimists. This is sold out by the way. The Post Newport Condition City Campus, Newport. Free. Info 01633 432432. Creative Sound & Music Students from the University Of Wales, Newport present music from What!?, Royston, Caramelou, Mother Bear, Redux, Woven, A Life In Letters, Jack Of The Suburbs, Sicology, Lolatron, Beijing Bandits, Septus, No Chance, Husk, Yugen Dome: The Shadow Elders Of The Cybernetic Cave, Absolutely Mint, Little Owl, Knowledge Jams Trio, Boris A Bono, Friend Of A Friend and Between Waves. The Real Thing Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £ 20. Info 01600 772467. UK soul veterans. Their You To Me Are Everything is aired in this office maybe once a month. The Switch King William IV, Barry. 9pm. Info 08714 329005. Ultimate Eagles Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.45pm, £ 19.50 /£ 18. Info 01600 719401.
SUNDAY 12 Al Lewis Acapela, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5- £ 10. Info 029 2089 1977. Attack! Attack! + Gavin Butler Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £ 10 adv. Info 01443 491424. This is the last ever Attack! Attack! show, it says here. If you order a ticket from their Bigcartel page you get a free T-shirt. Or maybe it isn’ t free. Discuss. Dance Gavin Dance + Closure In Moscow + Affiance + Violet + Falling With Style Hobo’ s, Bridgend. 6pm, £ 12.50 /£ 10 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue. com. Julie Doiron + Ewan McGrath + Scriber Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5 /£ 4 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Doiron used to be in Eric’ s Trip, an American band who were on Sub Pop during the label’ s classic era, the mid-90s. Leighton Jones The North Star, Cardiff. 1-3pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Also on Sun 26. Leona Lewis Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 35- £ 55. Info 029 2022 4488. Les Barker The Greyhound Inn, Oldwalls, Gower. 8.30pm, £ 6. Info 029 2023 6689. A Halfpenny Folk Club night. Mark Lockhart: Ellington In Anticipation Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 029 2039 1391. New proiect inspired by the music of Duke Ellington. Neon Quartet + Neil Yates Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 029 2039 1391. Seconds From Ruin Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2031 0312. Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm,
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£ 10 /£ 7. Info 01633 656757. Solstice String Quartet Fonmon Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3.30pm, £ 25 /£ 20 adv. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival concert. Sunday Mass The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Teacher’ s Pet Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10am, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Piano concert. The Ultimate Eagles The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 18.50 /£ 17.50. Info 029 2048 3344.
MONDAY 13 A New Old Fashioned Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3 /£ 2.50. Info 029 2034 0591. Curtis Stigers Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 22.50 /£ 19.50. Info 01792 475715. He looks less like he did 20 years ago than, to give a random example, I do. David Cooper Orton The Sanctuary, University Hospital Of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff. 1.10pm, free. Info david. c. orton @ gmail. com. Ambient guitar / looping lunchtime gig from Penarth-based musician. Dimensions + Hogslayer + Chaos Trigger Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Global Music Maker Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Owen McGarry + The Skunk Boy Project + Stewart Hume 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 2. Info 029 2022 8883. An Acoustic Showcase gig, so it’ s safe to say that Stewart Hume won’ t be‘ cranked up really high’ this evening. Please RT this joke, I need validation. The Winter Tradition + Fjords Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2031 0312.
TUESDAY 14 Albert Lee & Hogan’ s Heroes The Globe, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 18 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. Bella Hardy St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 13 /£ 12 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. A Roots Unearthed gig. Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £ 20 adv. Info 0871 4720400. See Music. Farthingale Ensemble National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11.30am, £ 10 /£ 8.80 adv. Info 029 2039 7951. Performin works by Brahams and Metcalf. Kevin Figes Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. Kickback Open Mic Night The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm- 12am, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Levellers Coal Exchange, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £ 21.50 adv. Info 029 2049 4917. Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £ 18 /£ 14. Info 0300 3656677. New Georgia Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4.50 /£ 4. Info 029 2034 0591. Xuefei Yang Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 029 2039 1391. Esteemed classical guitarist.
WEDNESDAY 15 Allan Yn Y Fan Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info
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