live music
Fingers Fuel Bar, Cardiff.
7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Community Samba Band
– Practise Dates Felindre
Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm,
£4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Cumbia Allstars + DnA
Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd.
7.30pm, £14/£12 adv. Info 0800
0147111. Horizons tour show.
Ebo Taylor + Alaw Borough
Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm,
£12/£10. Info 01873 850805.
Horizons tour show.
Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen
St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm,
£13/£12 adv. Info 029 2087
8444. See the Roots Unearthed
column.
Ghazalaw + Ballet Nimba
Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon.
7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01874
611622. Horizons tour show.
Go West + Huw & Cry
+ The Christians Grand
Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm,
£25-£29. Info 01792 475715.
BUZZ SEZ: quit living in the
past and come to...
*Grant Hart + Jimmy
Watkins + Orbits +
Bedford Falls The Moon
Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info
[email protected].
Halloween Concert Royal
Welsh College Of Music &
Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £7/£5.
Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring
the RWCMD Wind Orchestra.
Heads South Aberystwyth
Arts Centre. 8pm, £6-£12.
Info 01970 623232. Latin jazz
ensemble.
Hot Damn Le Pub, Newport.
8pm. Info 01633 221477.
James Kennedy Open Mic
The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm,
free. Info 029 2062 4050.
Les Tambours De Brazza
+ 9bach Pontardawe Arts
Centre. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv.
Info 01792 863722. Horizons
tour.
Live Lounge Wednesdays
Monkey Bar, Swansea. 7-10pm,
£2. Info 01792 480822.
*Matthew Pastkewicz +
Quiet Merauder + Jemma
Roper + Kostoglotov
Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info
029 2039 7933. Cool sounding
gig presented by Big Beat From
Badsville.
Monthly Sitters In Night
Jazzland, Swansea. 8pm, free.
Info 07802 912789.
Open Mic Market Street Club,
Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Rocket Joe Joe & The Old
Time Bangers Porter’s,
Cardiff. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Song And Tune Nights The
Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun.
7.30pm, free. Info 01443
226892.
Tryfan Dempseys, Cardiff.
9pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023
9253.
THURSDAY 31
Black Umfolosi Grand
Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm,
£12-£16. Info 01792 475715.
Danny Moss Junior Quintet
Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm,
£10/£7 members. Info 07802
912789.
Delta Sleep + Suffer Like
G Did Le Pub, Newport. 8pm.
Info 01633 221477.
Dewi Griffiths The Old
Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.
Info 029 2066 6566.
Gideon Conn + Donna
Maciocia + My Name Is
Ian Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5.
Info 029 2039 7933.
Heads South Gwyn Hall,
Neath. 7.30pm, £5-£9. Info
0300 3656677.
Jade Lee Quintet Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029
2034 0591.
Jamie Cullum St David’s
Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25£37.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
Jelly Roll Jones + Bones
Of St James 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.
Matt Cook Tempus Bar, St
David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 7pm,
free. Info 0844 8246171.
Morgan Szymanski Royal
Welsh College Of Music &
Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm,
£12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
Classical guitarist who is,
as his name suggests, from
Mexico.
Open Mic Night Lyceum
Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info
01633 858636.
Quitesnake The Factory,
Porth. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01443
687080. Whitesnake tribute
band.
Robbie Boyd The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info
[email protected].
Singer-songwriter and ex-busker with 500,000 YouTube views,
which to be honest I’m pretty
sure you can get by filming a
cat chasing a laser pointer.
SOW Acapella The Gate,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info
029 2048 3344. Vocal harmonising through a repertoire
which includes “classic rugby
songs”. Can’t wait to hear Four
And Twenty Virgins Came
Down From Inverness bathed
in a whole new light.
The Peter Komor Trio The
North Star, Cardiff. 7pm, free.
Info 029 2062 4050. Jazzy
Halloween special.
Wonderbrass The Moon Club,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
stage
TUESDAY 1
All’s Fair Muni Arts Centre,
Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £12/£9.
Info 0800 0147111. Frank
Vickery comedy, set during
WWII. (Until Sat 5)
Bert’s Magical Musical
Farmyard Gwyn Hall, Neath.
10am, £6/£5 schools. Info 0300
3656677.
Boeing Boeing Miners’
Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm,
£13/£11. Info 01495 227206.
Black RAT Productions’ play, on
tour to a bunch o’venues this
month. (Until Thurs 3)
Evita Grand Theatre, Swansea.
7.30pm, £16.50-£34.50. Info
01792 475715. Until Sat 5)
Greek Wales Millennium
Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £20.
Info 029 2063 6464. Music
Theatre Wales’ operatic adaptation of Steven Berkoff’s retelling of the Oedipus myth.
Happiness Repeats Itself
Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01970
623232. Dance production
based on the life of American
neurosurgeon Walter Freeman.
In Cardiff on Mon 7.
It’s A Family Affair...
Sherman Cymru, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £15-£22. Info 029 2064
6900. Alexander Ostrovsky’s
comedy, reprised here by a
cast who’ve done time in Twin
Town, Skins, Cutting It and
more. (Until Sat 12)
Macbeth Memorial Hall
Theatre, Barry. 1.30pm, £10/£8.
Info 01446 738622. Presented
by Pontardawe Arts Centre.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s
Nest Chapter Arts Centre,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11/£8. Info
029 2030 4400. Presented by
the Rogue Theatre Company.
(Until Sat 5)
ScriptSlam Heat 1
Pontardawe Arts Centre.
7.30pm, £5. Info 01792 863722.
To Sir, With Love New
Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9.50£25. Info 029 2087 8889. based
on the novel about being black
in postwar England. (Until
Sat 5)
Troyanne Chapter Arts Centre,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029
2030 4400. See Stage. (Until
Sat 5)
Vagabond Comedy Gwdihw,
Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029
2039 7933. Hosted by Jordan
Brookes. Also on Mon 15.
WEDNESDAY 2
All’s Fair Muni Arts Centre,
Pontypridd. 1 + 7.30pm,
£12/£9. Info 0800 0147111.
(Until Sat 5)
Avenue Q Dolman Theatre,
Newport. 7.15pm, £10. Info
01633 263670. Presented by
Venture Players. It’s risque, they
remind us. (Until Sat 5)
Boeing Boeing Miners’
Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm,
£13/£11. Info 01495 227206.
(Until Thurs 3)
Dandelion Theatr Mwldan,
Cardigan. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info
01239 621200. Patrick Jones’
latest play, which he talked
about in last month’s issue.
Evita Grand Theatre, Swansea.
2 + 7.30pm, £16.50-£34.50.
Info 01792 475715. (Until
Sat 5)
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