live music
session. Info 01633 656757.
Building The Wicker Man
National History Museum, St
Fagans. 11am-1pm + 2-4pm,
free. Info 029 2057 3500.
(Finishes today)
Burning The Wicker Man
National History Museum, St
Fagans. 4pm, free. Info 029
2057 3500.
Catwalk Batwalk Small World
Theatre, Cardigan. Info 01239
615952. One-day workshop in
which kids aged 6 and up can
create a Halloween inspired
costume or accessory.
Children’s Latin/Ballroom
Classes Memorial Hall,
Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info
01495 243252.
Circuit Training Boulders, St
Catherine’s Park, Cardiff. 6.457.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info
0845 0347791.
Climbing Class For Adults
Boulders, St Catherine’s Park,
Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info
0845 0347791.
Contemporary Dance –
Beginners The Gate, Cardiff.
6-7pm, £5.50/£5 (£48/£42 12
weeks ). Info 029 2048 3344.
Every Thursday until 12 Dec.
Developing Your Portfolio
Howard Gardens, Cardiff. 4.306.30pm, £175 (10 weeks). Info
029 2041 6628.
Drop-In Dye Day Craft In
The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am4.30pm, £5. Info 029 2048 4611.
With Catherine Lewis.
Family Ghost Walk Cathedral
Close, Llandaff (meeting point).
6.30pm. Info 07538 878609.
Found In Translation YMCA,
Swansea. 11am-4pm. Info 01792
516900. (Until Fri 1 Nov)
Funkypump Fitness
Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 +
6.30pm. Info www.
funkypumpfitness.co.uk.
Halloween Cardiff Castle. Info
029 2087 8100.
Halloween Art Cart National
History Museum, St Fagans.
11am-1pm + 2-4pm, free.
Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Sun
3 Nov)
Hand Drumming Group
Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff.
6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info
01446 401209.
Heritage Of Steel Hallows
Eve Party Ebbw Vale Institute.
7pm, £5. Info 01495 708022.
See Music News Extra. Why
there? See it and find out!
Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils
v Hull Stingrays Ice Arena,
Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £6-£17.
Info 029 2038 2001.
Hand Building & Surface
Decoration For Pottery
Howard Gardens, Cardiff. 6.308.30pm, £165 (10 weeks). Info
029 2041 6628.
Little Bleeders Film Making
Course Chapter Arts Centre,
Cardiff. 9.30am-3.30pm, £15.
Info 029 2030 4400. (Finishes
today)
Llandaff Ghost Walk
Haloween Special City Cross,
Cathedral Green, Llandaff
(meeting point). 6.30pm, £25
adv. Info 07538 878609.
Mario Petrucci & Charles
Bennett Dylan Thomas Centre,
Swansea. 7.30pm, £6/£4.20.
Info 01792 463980. Brace of
acclaimed poets.
Mario Petrucci Workshop:
Elements Of Surprise Dylan
Thomas Centre, Swansea.
2-4.30pm, £9/£7. Info 01792
463980. Poetry workshop, in
advance of the above.
Music Geek Monthly Chapter
Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3.30pm,
free. Info 029 2030 4400.
NoFit State Circus Classes
And Courses Prince Of Wales
Building, John Street, Cardiff.
Info 029 2022 1330 / www.
nofitstate.org.
Painting In Oil & Acrylic:
Beginners/ Intermediate
Howard Gardens, Cardiff.
7-9pm, £130 (10 weeks). Info
029 2041 6628.
Pilates Kings Road Studios,
Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 /
[email protected].
Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.
8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037
8866.
Rome’s Enemies National
Roman Legion Museum,
Caerleon. 11am-4pm, £2. Info
029 2057 3550. (Until Fri 1
Nov)
Salsa Classes La Tasca,
Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50
NUS. Info 07949 270618.
Salsa Dancing Classes
Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.
8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029
2023 6689.
SeeWales Sightseeing Day
Tour: Golden Gower National
Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
(pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5
off if you present this magazine.
Info 029 2022 7227 / www.
seewales.com.
Spooky Night At The
Museum National Waterfront
Museum, Swansea. 6pm, £2.
Info 01792 638950.
Spooky Science Techniquest,
Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.
(Until Sun 4 Nov)
Spooky Spectacular Beaufort
Theatre, Ebbw Vale. 2pm, £5/£2
adults. Info 01495 355800.
Star Tours Techniquest,
Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.
(Until Sat 3 Nov)
Sustainability: Past, Present
& Future National History
Museum, St Fagans. 11am +
1 + 3pm, free. Info 029 2057
3500.
Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi
Albert Road Church &
Community Centre, Penarth.
6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020
6042.
Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi
St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm.
Info 029 2020 6042.
Taith Iaith National Museum
& Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free.
Info 029 2039 7951.
The Asian Food Awards City
Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £65/£600
for a table of 10. Info 07734
309420. Price includes a drinks
reception, entertainment and
lots of high end Indian food.
The Big Draw With
Pete Fowler Foyer, Wales
Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.
10.30am-4.30pm, free. Info 029
2063 6464. (Until Sun 3 Nov)
Tour: Llys Rhosyr & Bryn
Eryr National History Museum,
St Fagans. 3-4pm, free. Info 029
2057 3500.
Traditional Cooking National
History Museum, St Fagans.
11am-1pm + 2-4pm, free. Info
029 2057 3500. (Finishes today)
Wallace’s Warning Signals
National Museum & Gallery,
Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info
029 2039 7951. (Until Sun
3 Nov)
Weird Science National
Waterfront Museum, Swansea.
12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792
638950. (Until Sun 3 Nov)
Where’s Wallace? National
Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.
11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info
029 2039 7951. (Until Fri 1
Nov)
Zumba Chepstow Conservative
Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.
live
music
TUESDAY 1
*Aun + The Cosmic Nod
+ Svntreader + To The
Lovers, Farewell The Moon
Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info
info@thefullmooncardiff.
com. Canadian spacerock duo
headline a rad bill also featuring heavy psych jamming and
gloopy dark electronics.
Capital City Jazz Orchestra
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.
Info 029 2023 9253.
Martyn Joseph + Paper
Aeroplanes Borough Theatre,
Abergavenny. 8pm, £12/£10.
Info 01873 850805. Two-act tour
of south and west Wales.
The Anglo-Welsh Stompers
Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm,
£4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029
2034 0591.
The Dangerous Summer
+ Verses + Caesars Rome
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023
2199.
The Illegal Eagles St
David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
£22.50/£20. Info 029 2087 8444.
Tribute band.
Vivid Viv The Andrew Buchan,
Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029
2021 2509. Acoustic blues night,
every Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY 2
4th Street Traffic +
Paladins + Carbon +
Amarylis The Moon Club,
Cardiff. 6.30pm, £6. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Acoustic Jam Night The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509. Every Wednesday.
Amigos Revolucion De Cuba,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2000
8444. Every other Wednesday;
also on Wed 16 this month.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff.
8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Blackhawk Big Band
Whiteheads Sports & Social
Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm,
£8. Info malc@dancebands.
plus.com. South Wales Big Band
Society gig.
Community Samba Band
– Practise Dates Felindre
Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm,
£4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every
Wednesday.
Eddie Walker The Windsor
Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm,
£8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A
Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Funeral For A Friend Great
Hall 2, Cardiff University
Students Union. 7.30pm, £17
adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Any
of you on that #thinspo kick,
FFAF are leading by example...
because they’re not as big as
they used to be!
Great Cynics + The Smith
Street Band + Forrest
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.15pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023
2199. Melodic indie/punk stuff.
James Kennedy Open Mic
The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm,
free. Info 029 2062 4050. Also
on Wed 16 and Wed 30.
Jim Lockey & The Solemn
Sun + The People The
Poet Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.
7.30-10.30pm, £7. Info 029
2023 2199.
John Cooper Clarke Glee
Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.50.
Info 0871 4720400.
*Merciless Precision + Sete
Star Sept + OAP + Desalvo
Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £5. Info
01633 221477. Grindcore and
general heaviness. The real gold
here is Japan’s Sete Star Sept.
Open Mic Market Street Club,
Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Every Wednesday.
Royal Welsh College Big
Band Royal Welsh College
Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.
1.15pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029
2039 1391.
Sam Leake/Alex Merritt
Quartet Dempseys, Cardiff.
8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Simon Spillett With The
Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland,
Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7
members. Info 07802 912789.
Sinfonia Cymru The
Riverfront, Newport. 1pm,
£5/£4.25. Info 01633 656757.
Lunchtime classical recital.
Spear Of Destiny Bogiez,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info
[email protected].
THURSDAY 3
Adriano Adewale &
Benjamin Taubkin
Pontardawe Arts Centre.
7.30pm, £9/£7/£1 kids. Info
01792 863722.
BK & Dad Aberystwyth Arts
Centre. 7.45pm, £2-£4. Info
01970 623232. See this month’s
One To Watch.
Carlo Fraccalvieri The North
Star, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info
029 2062 4050. Playing the
weekly Jazz, Blues & A Bit Of
Food night.
Dewi Griffiths The Old
Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.
Info 029 2066 6566. Live flamenco guitar every Thursday.
Eddie Walker The Angel
Hotel, Llandeilo. Info
llandeiloacoustic@preceptor.
co.uk. Folk.
Faustus Newport Fugitives
Athletic Club, Rogerstone,
Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633
897923. A Newport Folk Club
night.
Gerard Cousins Norwegian
Church Arts Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 7.30pm, £10/£5 NUS, kids,
OAPs and unemployed. Info
029 2087 7959. Welsh classical
guitarist.
Hackensack Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2034
0591.
Jelly Roll Jones The Andrew
Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free.
Info 029 2021 2509.
Jimjam Open Mic Session
The Claude Hotel, Albany Road,
Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557
505123. Every Thursday.
Kids In Glass Houses +
Cartel + Propellors Great
Hall, Cardiff University Students
Union. 7.30pm, £15.25 adv. Info
029 2078 1458.
Lee Thompson’s Ska
Orchestra The Globe, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £18 adv. Info
[email protected].
Mad Dog McRea Queens Hall,
Narberth. 7.30pm, £9/£7. Info
01834 861212. Devonian gypsystyle party band.
Martyn Joseph + Paper
Aeroplanes Aberystwyth Arts
Centre. 8pm, £7-£14. Info 01970
623232.
Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St
David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm,
free. Info 0844 8246171. Singersongwriter, here every Thursday.
Neil Innes The Garage,
Swansea. 8pm, £12 adv. Info
01792 475147. Him out of The
Rutles.
Open Mic Night Lyceum
Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info
01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk
Club night. Every Thursday.
Pan Wales Allstars
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, free.
Info 029 2023 9253. Playing a
Celtic Ceilidh session.
Rougemont School Foyer,
Wales Millennium Centre,
Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029
2063 6464. Choir and orchestra.
Sinfonia Cymru Acapela,
Pentyrch, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.
Info 029 2089 1977.
Stalin’s Street Party The Full
Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
[email protected].
Stereoripe +
CloseMindedGirl + To
The Lovers, Farewell +
Now Wash Your Hands +
Gindrinker Buffalo, Cardiff.
7pm, £3. Info 029 2031 0312. A
GenrexGenre gig of noisy music.
The Dan Band Sin City,
Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792
468892. Three men who do
covers of songs sung by women.
Please sign my online petition
to have all humour outlawed.
The Doublecross + The
Brookes The Moon Club,
Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com. This
evening also features talks etc
about marine conservation.
The Manatees Porter’s,
Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
FRIDAY 4
Afrocluster Gwdihw, Cardiff.
9pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
Playing as part of the Sure
Shot night.
Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029
2039 1391. Every Friday in the
foyer until Dec 13.
Anthony Strong Taliesin Arts
Centre, Swansea. 7pm, £13/£11.
Info 01792 602060. New young
jazz superstar on the block.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s,
Cardiff. 10.30pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Aubrey Parsons Tempus
Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff.
6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.
Cowbridge-based singer performs here every Friday.
BBC NOW St David’s Hall,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£29.
Info 029 2087 8444. Thomas
Søndergård conducts a programme of Poulenc’s Gloria
and Shostakovich’s Symphony
No 8.
Bite The Buffalo + Brothers
+ Howl + The Stampezie
Dempseys, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
£tbc. Info 029 2023 9253.
Headliners make garagey indie
and grew up in Zambia. Gig is
presented by Rockpie.
Captain & The Buchaneers
The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot,
Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071
0615. On the first Friday of each
month.
Dead Wolf Club + Sweet
Benfica + Miss R Smith
Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£3.
Info 029 2031 0312. Presented
by Red Medicine.
Faustus Theatr Mwldan,
Cardigan. 7.30pm, £13/£13. Info
01239 621200. Previewed this
gig in last month’s issue.
Fingertrap The Full Moon,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Gramercy Riffs The Yard,
Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029
2022 7577.
Larry Miller Band The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info
[email protected]. In
Ebbw Vale tomorrow.
Mark Pontin Band Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2034
0591. Blues.
Martyn Joseph + Paper
Aeroplanes Grand Pavilion,
Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £13/£12.
Info 01656 815995.
Monkjack Poet’s Corner,
Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029
2045 8714.
Open Night The Ivy Bush,
Pontardawe. 8.30pm, free. Info
[email protected]. A
Valley Folk Club night, on the
first Friday of every month. All
welcome.
Richard Digance
Llanhennock Village Hall,
Caerleon. 7.30pm, ? ?15 adv.
Info 01633 420369. Hosted by
Caerleon Events.
Singers, Players & Listeners
Night Chepstow Castle Inn.
7.30pm, £2.50/£2 members.
Info [email protected].
Chepstow Acoustic Club night.
Swinging At The Cotton Club
St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of
Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £19/£17.50.
Info 01446 799100.
The Devil Wears Prada +
Dead Harts + Napoleon
Great Hall 2, Cardiff University
Students Union. 7.30pm, £13.50
adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
The Jive Aces Gwyn Hall,
Neath. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info
0300 3656677.
They Say Jump + Cut
Capers The Moon Club, Cardiff.
8pm, £5. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
London-based ska/reggae type
band headline.
Three Bonzos & A Piano
Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.
7.30pm, £13/£8. Info 01873
850805.
Trevor Pinnock: Journeys
Through Music Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info
029 2039 1391. Harpsichord
recital.
Tuff + Shameless Bogiez,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info
[email protected]. Brace of
old poodle rock bands.
SATURDAY 5
Andy Fairweather-Low &
The Low Riders Pontardawe
Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £20/£18
adv. Info 01792 863722.
Bonobo Solus, Cardiff
University Students Union.
7.30pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2078
1458. Downtempo electronic
fellow. Not really my bag, lots of
other people’s though.
Claire Hammond Piano
Recital Miners Theatre,
Ammanford. 7.30pm, £10/£8.
Info 0845 2263510.
Cymric Choir Princess Royal
Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm,
BUZZ 69