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£ 8 /£ 6 adv. Info 0844 8700887. Vale Of Glamorgan Festival concert. Sleeping With Sirens + The Word Alive + Our Last Night Solus, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £ 12 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Sold out. Stacey Kent & Her Musicians Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 16 /£ 15. Info 01792 602060. St David’ s Praise St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2087 8444.“ A Christian celebration of Pentecost Cambrensis Choir,” it says here. The Blims Buffalo, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £ 4. Info 029 2031 0312. The Fureys & Davey Arthur Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £ 18 /£ 16. Info 01873 850805. The Salvation Army International Staff Band Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £ 10 /£ 6. Info 0845 2263510. The Smoking Hearts + When We Were Wolves + Constructor + Judgement Hobo’ s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £ 7. Info www. hobosmusicvenue. com. The Switch The Handpost, Newport. 9pm. Info 01633 259306. Tom Crow Cardiff Central Library. 1pm, free. Info 029 2078 0160. Trebor Edwards Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7.30pm, £ 10. Info 0845 2263510. Welsh tenor.
SUNDAY 19 Cardiff Coffee Concert National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11.30am, £ 10 /£ 8.80 adv. Info 029 2039 7951. With the Farthingale Ensemble. Dirty Revolution + New Town Kings The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Launch party for the new DR album. Funke & The Two Tonne Baby + Scout 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 3. Info 029 2022 8883. Lucy Rose + Peter & Kerry Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £ 12 adv. Info 0871 4720400. Miss May The North Star, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. * Mount Eerie + Winter Villains + Andrew Paul Regan Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 9 /£ 7.50 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Shape Records present the debut Welsh show for Mount Eerie, aka Phil Elvrum plus helpers. His fanbase is very much an indie one but he seems to be trying out this near-black metal thing lately, which might jar with the supports a bit. RWMCD Guitar Department National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Sunday Mass The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Thoby Davis The North Star, Cardiff. 1-3pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050.
MONDAY 20 * Purling Hiss + Chain Of Flowers + Rough Music Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 7 /£ 6 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Purling Hiss are from the States and make gnarly overdriven basement rawk with a sunny powerpop side. Their new album is great.
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Sion Russell Jones + Tomos Lewis + Rhodri Brooks Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2023 9253. Spiers & Boden St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 13 /£ 12. Info 029 2087 8444. A Roots Unearthed gig. The Monday Swing Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3 /£ 2.50. Info 029 2034 0591. Then Jerico The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 19.50 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com.
TUESDAY 21 Aubrey Parsons St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £ 6 /£ 5.50. Info 01446 799100. Casimir + Stalin’ s Street Party + Tarsiers Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2031 0312. Chris Hyson Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. Dick Williams Six Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4.50 /£ 4. Info 029 2034 0591. Hamilton Loomis Band The Club, Morriston, Swansea. 8pm, £ 8 adv. Info info @ thesceneswansea. com. Moved from The Scene Club. Jonathan Biss St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £ 6.50 /£ 5.50 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. Piano recital. Kickback Open Mic Night The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm- 12am, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Matthew Barley Around Britten The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 15 /£ 12. Info 029 2048 3344. Musician paying homage to Benjamin Britten’ s creativity and innovation. Nathan Riki Thomson & Subsonic Ensemble Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 01873 850805. Radio Nasties + Howl + The Redchords Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 3. Info 029 2022 8883. Senses Fail + Marmozets + Handguns Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Will Barnes Trio Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £ 6. Info 08448 588521. A Jazz In The Bar concert.
WEDNESDAY 22 Ampersand Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Chris Summerill The Cottage, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2033 7195. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Felindre Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm, £ 4 /£ 2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon @ yahoo. co. uk. Dope Body Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 5. Info 029 2022 8883. Baltimore band who are like a gnarlier Les Savy Fav. Great Cynics + The Cutups + Nathan Detroit + Pipedream Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info 029 2039 7933. More punk rock from STHC, their third event here this month. Mark Knopfler Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 41. Info 029 2022 4488. MC Lars + Dual Core + Straight Jacket Legends + MC Kal Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Mike Oldfield’ s Tubular Bells For Two St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 19.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Not featuring Mike Oldfield. The two in
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question are called Daniel and Aidan, and they’ re Australian. Pete Oxley / Nicolas Meir Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm. Info 07802 912789. Robert Mitchell Solo Piano Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 7 /£ 5. Info 029 2023 9253. Song And Tune Nights The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, free. Info 01443 226892. The Fall The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 20 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. If the last Fall gig in Cardiff is anything to go by that’ s about a pound for every minute Mark E Smith is onstage. The Summer Set + Action Item + Natives Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10. Info 029 2023 2199. This Is The Kit + Scriber The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Playing the Pangea night. Woody Pines + Brookfield Knights The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 10. Info 01792 473276.
THURSDAY 23 Barrie & Ingrid Temple Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night. Cedric Watson The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £ 10 /£ 9. Info 01639 843163. Delta Sleep Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 4. Info 029 2022 8883. Encore Acoustic Duo Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Heavy Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 6 /£ 5. Info 029 2034 0591. Hot Club Gallois The North Star, Cardiff. 7-9.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Jake Morley + Dan Bettridge The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 4. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2041 8741. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £ 12 /£ 10. Info 01874 611622. Hip-hop / folk / afrobeat. We previewed them once. John Owen-Jones & Natasha Marsh Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £ 20. Info 01639 763214. One-time Phantom joins up with a soprano. Kinky Wizzards The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. 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. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Oxjam Launch Party Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933. With a bunch of live bands and stallholders TBC. Public Service Broadcasting + Wicket Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £ 10. Info 029 2023 2199. PSB’ s album is reviewed in this issue. Sara Lapport Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. The Specials Newport
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Centre. 7pm, £ 35. Info 01633 656757. The Who Numbers The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £ 6 adv. Info 01792 475147. Who tribute band. Three Blind Wolves + Shy & The Fight + The Adelines + Brothers Dempseys, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 4. Info 029 2023 9253. Presented by God Is In The TV. Headliners are Scottish and recently supported Frightened Rabbit. Virgil & The Accelerators + Mark Pontin Group The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £ 8 adv. Info info @ thesceneswansea. com. Blues.
FRIDAY 24 * Alasdair Roberts + The Gentle Good + Ratatosk The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £ 8 adv. Info 01237 236012. Excellent lineup of folk and folk-derived fare. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’ s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. BBC NOW St David’ s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10- £ 27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. François- Xavier Roth conducts a programme of Webern, Mozart and Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra. Big Band Big Night Cardiff Story, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info 029 2078 8336. Music, dance and things 1940s-60s. Book in advance please. Fleetwood Bac The Scene Club, Swansea. 8pm, £ 12 adv. Info info @ thesceneswansea. com. Tribute band. Foul Body Autopsy Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Funq 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 10pm, free before 11. Info 029 2022 8883. Playing as part of the Fancy Footwork night. Houdini Dax The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. EP launch gig. Hulk City The Hog And Hosper, Pontypool. 9pm. Info 01495 758597. Joe Longthorne Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £ 18- £ 21. Info 01656 815995. John James Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £ 5 adv. Info 01792 863722. An Acoustic Meeting Ground night. Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 4. Info 029 2039 7933. Josh Bevan The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Junior Hacksaw Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 3. Info 029 2034 0591. A Blues Dragon night. Kizzy Meriel Crawford Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Logicaltramp Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £ 15. Info 01600 772467. Monkjack Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2034 1441. Neath Port Talbot College Students Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Ramon Goose + Tim Crahart Band West End Club, Barry. 8pm, £ 7. Info 07792 088341. Rock Anthems Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £ 15 /£ 13. Info 01633 868239. As performed by Ga Ga, normally a Queen tribute band.
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Rhys Taylor & RT Dixieband Acapela, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5- £ 10. Info 029 2089 1977. Roosevelt The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Safehouse The Old Library, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Salvation The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. The Blockheads The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 17 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. As in Ian Dury And The. The John Lewis Trio + Railroad Bill Ex-Servicemen’ s Club, Penarth. 7.30-11.30pm, £ 6 /£ 5 adv. Info riffsandquiffs @ gmail. com. Rockabilly and skiffle, also featuring a Riffs & Quiffs DJ set. The May Duo Salt, Cardiff. Bay 10pm, free. Info 029 2049 4375. Touch Trust Concert Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. A variety of musical styles including classical, jazz and folk. WNO Singing Club Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1 + 3.30pm, £ 5 /£ 3. Info 029 2039 1391.
SATURDAY 25 3amp The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Abba Mania Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale. 7.30pm, £ 17.50. Info 01495 355800. Adran-D Masonic Hall, Barry. 8pm, £ 7. Info dot @ porthceri. co. uk. Welsh prog-folk band playing as part of the Barry Arts Festival, which runs until Sat 2 June. If an event is in Barry until then it’ s probably part of it. Bristol Reggae Orchestra Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Catrin Aur Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £ 15 adv. Info 01239 841387. An Italian collection of songs and arias. Chris Summerill The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Joshua Caole + Tom Lukas The Royal Oak, Cardiff. £ 3. Info 029 2047 3984. May’ s edition of these monthly gigs, which are broadcast live online. Green Dragon String Quartet St Edward’ s Church, Blenheim Rd, Pen-y-lan, Cardiff. 11-11.45am, £ 2. Info events @ stedward. roath. org. uk. Paul Israel Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 12pm, £ 4- £ 8. Info 0845 2263510. Piano recital. Prince Fatty ft. Horseman + Captain Accident & The Disasters The Moon Club, Cardiff. 9pm, £ 10 adv. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Live reggae headlined by a fella who’ s currently on the Mr Bongo label. Random Hand + Anti- Vigilante + The Karma Party Bogiez, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 7 adv. Info contact @ bogiez. com. Ska-punk threesome. Richard James + The Gentle Good Acapela, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 5- £ 10. Info 029 2089 1977. Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Screamin’ Abdabz The Hog And Hosper, Pontypool. 8pm, £ 3. Info 01495 758597. The Computers The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £ 7 /£ 6
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adv. Info 01237 236012. The Hotel Ambush + Set To Break + To Catch A Killer + Concepts Of Fiction Hobo’ s, Bridgend. 6pm, free. Info www. hobosmusicvenue. com. The Kommitments The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £ 10 adv. Info theglobevenue @ gmail. com. A tribute to The Committments, who were themselves a tribute band, also not real. The Switch The Bell Inn, Pontypool. 9pm. Info 01495 769185. The Thingumijigs St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £ 2- £ 8. Info 01446 799100. Ceilidh in the Tythe Barn. The Trio Porter’ s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info @ porterscardiff. com.
SUNDAY 26 Acromis International Brass Event Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Bulletfest 2013 The Hog And Hosper, Pontypool. 3pm. Info 01495 758597. With these bands: Gods Of Hellfire, Lifer, Deathbullet, Hategauge, Doomchild, Stan Smith, Legions Burn, Beggarmans Beard, Smithgrind and Trigger McPoopshute. Choral Day With Jeff Howard St Francis Millennium Hall, Barry. 10.30am-3pm, £ 8. Info dot @ porthceri. co. uk. A mix of choral pieces which you are invited to take part in singing. Cloud Busting The Factory, Porth. 2pm, £ 5 adv. Info 01443 687080. Kate Bush tribute. Free For Alldayer The Full Moon / Moon Club, Cardiff. 4pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. Rock and metal. Some 20 bands will feature in total. Glen Manby Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar. Joey Fourr + Mowbird + Furrow + My Name Is Ian Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6pm, £ 6. Info 029 2030 4400. Playing as part of Diffusion Festival’ s Publishing Weekend. Journey + Whitesnake + Thunder Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £ 45. Info 029 2022 4488. Leighton Jones The North Star, Cardiff. 1-3pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Miss May The North Star, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. NYTH Porter’ s, Cardiff. Info info @ porterscardiff. com. Allday festival of bands TBC. It will cost something to get in, not sure how much though. Paper Aeroplanes + Farao Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £ 9 adv. Info 0871 4720400. Renegade Sounds 10 Feet Tall + Undertone, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 8883. Alldayer which is in 10 Feet Tall until 10pm, then Undertone until 4am. Bands, DJs and entry price still TBC though. Sarah Ellen Hughes Quartet The Swan, Abergavenny. 1pm. Info 01873 852829. Presented by Black Mountain Jazz. Sunday Mass The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info @ thefullmooncardiff. com. The Spokes The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022
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