Buzz August 2016

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“There will be plenty of opportunities to get hands-on during the midnight sky observing sessions”

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There’s never been a better time to throw together a food and drink guide for south Wales, so that’s what we’ve done. Flavourful, mouthwatering, quirky and award-winning – and that’s just our choice of adjectives. Plus Pride, Green Man, Brecon Jazz and – finally! – the mighty Status Quo

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Noting Keiron Self’s review of David Brent: Life On The Road in this issue, I started typing an entry implying Ricky Gervais was a blowhard with an offputtingly combative approach to atheism. Somehow, though, he gained remote access to our server and replaced it with a list of his awards and annual income

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Cardiff’s City Road, recently immortalised in an odd if entertaining BBC documentary, is further lauded as a bountiful place to eat your dinner. NB: when we suggest you “grab your sombrero” and pay a visit to venerable Mexican joint El Paso, we only endorse this if you too are an authentic non-appropriating Mexican

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I enjoy editing a section which, despite being general interest, can include a review of the new album by American black metal band Inquisition, but I also love to be extremely hacky and say things like “Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith? Sounds like a typical Friday night in Cardiff!”

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Ten kitchen accessories of varying usefulness, the niche factor peaking with the ‘sushi bazooka’. “That sounds like a euphemism!” you chortle. For what, I ask. “Dunno,” you mumble, “it just sounds rude doesn’t it.” People like you are cheapening the good name of smut by not thinking before you speak, I reply before striding into the sunset

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Worst band names in this issue, Throwfest metalcore misogyny special edition: I Killed The Prom Queen, Feed Her To The Sharks, She Must Burn, The Browning, Machete 187, Create To Inspire, Grumble Bee

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Q. In what film does the lead character “lose his mojo”? A: Print Media’s Last Stand: The Case Of The Missing Dadrock Magazine Subscription

Narberth and Neath nailing nightlife, a homespun bizarro-world weekender in Hollybush, Appalachian old timey fiddling up in Martletwy and pleasant, pheasant-packed family theatre in St Donats.

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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.

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BRIEFLY

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Castell Roc History meets popular culture with this summer’s Castell Roc festival in Chepstow Castle, when the doors will once again be opened for 10 days of musical celebration. This year’s event has an impressive lineup and will see big names take to a stage situated amongst the stunning remains of Chepstow Castle. The likes of Jools Holland and The Proclaimers [pictured] will be playing, making this Castell Roc’s biggest festival to date, but the wide variety of acts ensures that there’s something for all musical tastes, with appearances from country duo The Shires, Mick Fleetwood-endorsed tribute band Fleetwood Bac as well as Queen homage The Bohemians. Add to this The Wurzels’ Sausage & Cider festival – which opens the event – and tickets for Castell Roc becomes a great idea for summer.

SUPER SOCCER! The Welsh Super Cup has long been a chance for budding young football stars to showcase their talents in the hopes of one day playing professionally. This year is expected to be no different – the UK’s longest running football tournament is back and between Thurs 4 and Sun 7 Aug, teams will flock to Llanrumney playing fields to take part.

The Super Cup boasts an impressive record of now globally famous past participants, including the likes of Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen.

Castell Roc, Chepstow Castle, Thurs 18-Mon 29 Aug. Tickets: prices vary per event.

Info: www.castellroc.co.uk

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Victorian Festival

Journey back in time to the era of extravagant dresses and fine literature with Llandrindod Wells’ Victorian Festival this August. Established in 1981, the festival remains a date for the diary as the town of Llandrindod Wells is transformed year after year into a Victorian wonderland of historical discovery and extraordinary activities.

Monday’s British Raj-themed buffet and ball is sure to wow, whilst the Charlie Chaplin show is a unique way to keep the whole family entertained for an afternoon.

In addition to the many Victorian-themed events taking place throughout the week, each day sees the opportunity to meet and greet an imitation Queen Victoria (sometimes with bonus Albert). Other highlights of the week include a slightly unseasonal performance of A Christmas Carol, the suffragette demonstration and of course the Victorian Grand Ball – complete with a three-course meal. The week will finish in spectacular fashion with the Victorian firework display – a fitting way to end a truly magical week of Victorian fun.

Victorian Festival, various venues, Llandrindod Wells, Mon 22-Fri 26 Aug. Tickets: prices vary per event. Info: www.victorian-festival.co.uk BUZZ 4

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1299! Cardiff Castle’s medieval architecture provides the perfect backdrop for this year’s Medieval Melee – an opportunity to leave the 21st century behind and experience life as it once was. Become experts in all things medieval with cooking, weaving and weapon making demonstrations and watch on in awe at the falconry display. Meanwhile, the spectacular battle between brave armed knights is to be the focal point of the event – watch these brave warriors engage in a fierce battle to be the last man standing as the crowd cheers on.

Pembrokeshire County Show

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Wales’ largest three-day agricultural show is back and as always, there’s an abundance of activities and events to get involved in. Thrillseekers can expect to be captivated by the exhilarating tricks of world-famous stuntman the Kangaroo Kid and amazed by the talents of the White Helmets motorcycle display team, while the monster truck team is sure to wow (if not terrify). Those looking for something a little calmer can get themselves involved in all the fun of a day at the races with the Shetland Pony Grand National, or indulge in a spot of shopping over at the food, craft and horticultural stalls. There’s also the opportunity to get competitive with a range of competitions including the dog show as well as the craft and horticultural events. The show is definitely one to bring the whole family to and there’s plenty for younger visitors to do – a visit to the family play zone is highly encouraged.

Pembrokeshire County Show, Haverfordwest, Tue 16-Thurs 18 Aug. Tickets: £8-£19. Info: www.pembsshow.org

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Powerboat P1 Superstock

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Witness the exhilarating spectacle of high-speed water racing whilst in the beautiful Cardiff Bay. The P1 Welsh Grand Prix Of The Sea returns to Cardiff this year and once again promises not to disappoint. The penultimate round of the P1 SuperStock and AquaX UK championships will see both powerboats and jet skis take to the water in an exciting battle for first place – watch on in awe as the magnificent P1 Panther takes to the water and speeds around the bay at over 70mph. In addition to the thrills of watching the race on the water, back on land there’s plenty more to get involved in. Craft stalls and live music are sure to add to the sense of occasion and make for a truly memorable day. The event is free to watch and anyone down Cardiff Bay on thre final two days of the August bank holiday is in for an extraordinary day out.

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Solarsphere

Powerboat P1 Superstock, Cardiff Bay, Sun 28 + Mon 29 Aug. Admission: free. Info: www.p1superstock.co.uk

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Solarsphere is back and once again the marriage between great live music and fascinating astronomy is expected to make for an exciting weekend. Over the course of the three-day festival, live music from bands such as Civilian Zen (back for another year) and the likes of young musician Charlie Leavy will provide the soundtrack for an astronomy marathon where enthusiasts and curious minds alike will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and feed their curiosity. Talks will cover a wide range of subject fields, from constellations to life on other planets, and there will be plenty of opportunities to get hands-on during the midnight sky observing sessions. As always, there’s a variety of activities for younger festival goers to get involved in such as the paper rocketmaking (and launching!) workshop, as well as Friday night’s sci-fi fancy dress party – with a prize for the best dressed participant.

Solarsphere, Penmaenau Farm, Bulith Wells, Fri 12-Mon 15 Aug. Tickets: £20-£45. Info: www.solarsphere.events BUZZ 5

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STREET FOOD CIRCUS

After a panic among foodies that the pop up gathering at Street Food Circus still hadn't arrived, we can all breathe a sigh of relief as it returns. For over a month, Cardiff will once again gorge itself silly under a circus big top. Co-founder and organiser, Something Creatives’ Simon Thomas, speaks with Luke Owain Boult about what we can expect this year.

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Why the change in location to Sophia Gardens?

The land has been sold to developers as prime real estate. We wanted a close to City Centre location and Sophia Gardens felt like a good fit for our movable street feast to popup next.

How would you describe the atmosphere of previous Street Food Circus events?

We create a magical atmosphere that feels like a music festival. The whole event is very communal and laidback, and the only thing that is serious is the food. All of our traders go the extra mile to create dishes that are next level when it comes to quality. The whole event takes place in and around a circus big top.

Which pop-ups will be there?

Which are your favourites?

Oh there’s loads, you can see our whole lineup on our site. As for my favourites, that’s a tough one. It depends on how I’m feeling.

I’m looking forward to trying some of our visiting traders from further afield this year like the Infamous Cheese Truck and Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen, plus I’ll be bringing our favourite

boozy ices Wavey Ices to SFC.

What’s new for this year?

New for this year is Street Food Thursdays, when we’ll be open from 6-11pm each Thursday evening. On Sundays, we’ll now be open from 12-6pm for brunch and lunch. We also offer grazing menus, which is where each trader will do a smaller £5 tasting dish. Our themed areas are The Block, The Farmyard, and Singha Street, while we have bespoke bars like the Applecart Craft Cider Bar, the Singha Asian Beer Bar, and the Cocktail Bar. Milgi will also have intimate pop-up supper clubs with online booking.

You've been hinting about some special surprises. Any clues about these for our readers?

Well the cat might be out the bag by now but if you head to our site, you’ll find our Feast Clwb supper clubs where you can book for a pop-up food experience with some great chefs and cooks from around Wales.

Street Food Circus, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, every Thurs, Fri, Sat + Sun from Thurs 18 Aug until Sun 25 Sept. Info: www. streetfoodcircus.co.uk

Tuesday 1 November Mawrth 1 Tachwedd

Tuesday 8 November Mawrth 8 Tachwedd

Lucy Porter

Philharmonia Orchestra

Rebecca Ferguson

The Overtones & Jay James

Stewart Lee

Kevin Bloody Wilson

Friday 18 November Gwener 18 Tachwedd

Monday 14 November Llun 14 Tachwedd

Friday 2 September Gwener 2 Medi

Josh Widdicombe

Concert of the Unexpected: A Celebration of Roald Dahl Starring Michael Sheen & Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday 22 October Sadwrn 22 Hydref

Friday 4 November Gwener 4 Tachwedd

Friday 21 October / Gwener 21 Hydref

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BOOK NOW Monster Jam Principality Stadium, Cardiff Sat 3 Sept Tickets: £13-£60 Info: www.principalitystadium. wales -

The Mousetrap New Theatre, Cardiff Tue 27 Sept-Sat 1 Oct Tickets: £10-£140 Info: 029 2087 8889 www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk -

The Luna Cinema at Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle Fri 16-Sun 18 Sept Tickets: £13.50-£26 www.thelunacinema.com

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SOUTH WALES SECRET #68 The Bush Inn

Co-founder of Mack Events, the company behind GlastonBARRY, Ross Mackintosh reveals his South Wales Secret.

“Mack Events was talked about over 10 years ago between Matt [Blumberg] and I, over a beer when we were just out of our teens,” starts Ross when asked about the beginnings of Mack Events. “We’re cousins who grew up in Barry and are only a year apart in age.

We always talked about putting on a music festival and calling it GlastonBARRY. Fast forward 10-plus years, I was living and working in Seville as an aircraft engineer and Matt in Cardiff as a teacher. We opened Mack Events when I transferred back to the UK and our first few events were evenings with sporting legends. This gave us a legit look and people started to take notice of what we were doing. We then did the first GlastonBARRY at a theatre and sold it out.

The little dream became a reality.”

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is? “Barry has so many qualities: the beautiful beaches, Porthkerry and Romilly Park, some amazing restaurants and of course Marco's Cafe. I think Barry is thriving events wise – the Vale Council do an amazing job with the Barry Island Weekenders, which include Cinema By The Sea and Isle Of Fire. All four years of GlastonBARRY have sold out; we had over 5,000 people attending over the weekend this year, which is a far bigger capacity than any previous years.”

He then reveals his South Wales Secret: “The Bush Inn. It’s a beautiful pub and it’s one of mine and my wife’s favourite places.”

The Bush Inn, St Hilary. Info: 01446 776888 / www.bushinn-sthilary.com; Mack Events. Info: www.mackeventspresents. com

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Abba Mania St David’s Hall, Cardiff Fri 16 Sept Tickets: £17-£20 Info: 029 2087 8444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk -

Ronan Keating Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Sat 10 Sept Tickets: £41.30 www.ticketmaster.co.uk -

Wifi Wars Tramshed, Cardiff Fri 9 Sept Tickets: £11-£16.50 www.tramshedcardiff.com

Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru a Cape Town Opera yn cyflwyno Wales Millennium Centre and Cape Town Opera present

Dathliad o fywyd Nelson Mandela wedi’i adrodd yn fyw ar lwyfan drwy gerddoriaeth a chân A celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life, vibrantly retold on stage through music & song

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FOODIE GUIDE Pizza Tipi

Bakeries, beers, pop-ups, street food and more. There's no denying that Wales has transformed itself into a hub for foodies, and with new culinary delights constantly popping up, we've put together a guide to help you find the best. It's too late to get to work on that summer body anyway.

BAKERIES

BRØD

126 Wyndham Crescent, Cardiff The only one of its kind in Cardiff, this Danish bakery will give you a truly authentic experience. With traditional Danish Rugbrød and Spandauer you get a Danish experience, and save a few pounds over plane tickets to Copenhagen. If you fancy sitting down and enjoying these treats, well you’re in luck as they have a coffee shop to accommodate. Can’t stay too long? Well don’t worry, because they also offer takeaway carriers for people who want an experience to go.

Info: www.thedanishbakery.co.uk

NATA & CO

118 Clifton St, Cardiff 96 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay Home to the famous pastel de nata, this traditional Portuguese bakery offers something you can’t get in a close radius (the closest being London). Due to a demand of these products from people who have experienced them before, co-founder Mr Brito decided to bring them to us in Wales, and we’re glad he did. Rich and delicious in flavour, and easy on the eye to boot, these treats certainly don’t disappoint, with one of their breads made with sausage meat. What more of an excuse do you need?

Info: 07455 337053 / www.nataandco.co.uk

COCORICO PATISSERIE PETTIGREW TEAROOMS AND BAKERY

Tearooms: Bute Park & Arboretum, Castle St, Cardiff Bakery: 595 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff Pettigrew Tea Rooms is located at the front of the idyllic Bute Park. With flowers in bloom most of the year, you can enjoy this quaint little tearoom for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner events throughout the year. Whether it is a baby shower, book launch, christening or just a relaxing pitstop, it can cater to every need. Its sister bakery also has delicious cakes and breads on offer. Located by Canton’s Victoria Park, artisan bakers and specialist patissiers make it impossible to walk past their shop without going in for a try.

Info: 029 2023 5486 / www.pettigrew-tearooms.com BUZZ 10

55a Whitchurch Rd, Cardiff Dreamt up in a village just north of Provence, called Suze-la-Rousse, creator and founder Laurian Veaudour, knew he wanted to make Wales his home after visiting for a rugby match in 1999. Shame to say we lost that one, but we gained a truly magnificent patissier. Trained at Tain l'Hermitage where world class chocolate and wine is produced, Laurian is a master at what he does. Making the cakes into true works of art he ensures you can’t help but be drawn to them. Being such a highly trained patissier, it was only time for demand to increase and people wanting his products for their special day, in which he creates astonishing tiered, never before seen, masterpieces.

It really is every bit of a real continental experience.

Info: 029 2132 8177 / www.cocoricopatisserie.co.uk

BOOZE AND BREWERIES TINY REBEL

Unit 12A, Maesglas Industrial Estate, Newport Newport-based brewery Tiny Rebel has made a lot of noise on the brewing scene since it started in a garage in 2008. Brad and Gazz, two friends who came up with the brand and “got pretty good at it,” decided that maybe they should “take it a step further”. Since then, they’ve created 34 products, of which 26 are limited releases and eight continuous. They include ale, lager, cider and stout to name a few, each with unique names.

From such homegrown beginnings, we can expect to see more greatness from Tiny Rebel in the future.

Info: 01633 547378 / www.tinyrebel.co.uk

PIPES

183A Kings Rd, Cardiff Pipes offer some of Wales’ best lagers, ales and IPAs. Brewed as nature intended, they use only the best ingredients and processes. Being just a small brewery based in Pontcanna, their products are aimed mainly at Cardiff and the surrounding areas. Launching in 2008 as Bare Naked Beer, from the start they made a point of using no preservatives or additives in the production.

Another tick in the favour of Pipes is that the brewery offers a Bar Open event on the first Saturday of each month, allowing people to sample what’s on offer. This is a clever idea of giving customers an opportunity to purchase right from the brewery and cut out the middle man.

Info: 07776 382244 / www.pipesbeer.co.uk

PADRIG JONES We ask Jones, head chef at Amser, for his tricks of the trade, and where his ideas for menus come from.

How do you come up with the ideas for a menu?

I read a lot about food and recipes, and I eat out as often as I can to see the food trends. Then I experiment, using what's as local as possible and seasonal. At Amser the menu ideas come from all the different cultures we have in Cardiff.

What common mistakes do amateur chefs make?

Trying to do too much and be too complex.

Try one-pot dishes and work from there.

Any simple tips for starter chefs?

Look at what food you like, find a good restaurant that cooks that food and ask them for a job! Do it for a couple of years and get a good grounding then move on to somewhere else better.

What's the secret to the perfect crème brûlée?

Full of vanilla, smooth and just set with a beautiful crisp snap of a caramel on top.

Amser, Yr Hen Lyfrgell, Working Street, Cardiff. Info: 07342 354356 / www. yrhenlyfrgell.cymru

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OTLEY BREWING BUNCH OF GRAPES RESTAURANT

Unit 39, Albion Industrial Estate, Cilfynydd Road, Pontypridd / Ynysangharad Road, Pontypridd Since 2005, this family-run brewery has brought their beer-making ideals to an increasingly wider public.

They have 12 beers, ales, bitter and IPAs, all of which are undeniably delicious. The three brothers, one cousin and one son who make up the team continue to brew up a storm in Pontypridd; you can find Otley on tap across the UK, as well as Cardiff’s Brewfest this summer (The Depot, Fri 26-Sun 28 Aug). The amalgamation of ex-licensees, a builder and an Ibiza barman really show brewing at its finest, and they’ve scooped awards to back this up, including recently being named in WalesOnline’s Top 50 Restaurants and CAMRA Pub Of The Year.

Info: 01443 480555 / 01443 402934 / www.otleybrewing. co.uk

PURPLE MOOSE

Madoc Street, Porthmadog Celebrating everything Welsh, this brewery really does have its roots firmly embedded within its product range. Names like Ysgawen, Calon Lân, Glaslyn Ale and Snowdonia Ale adorn their crisp and colourful bottles.

This refreshing brand offers a ‘real experience’ around their brewery for customers who want more of a faceto-face interaction. Purple Moose have even more of a reason to celebrate recently, since they have now started distribution to Asia selling two of their brews to China. This award-winning brewery, sat in the gateway to Snowdonia, shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.

Info: 01766 515571 / www.purplemoose.co.uk

LLANERCH VINEYARD

Hensol Stunning scenery, luxury dining and a tour of a vineyard.

No we’re not about Tuscany, but here in Wales’ very own Llanerch vineyard. With their own Cariad wine and sparkling wines made from grapevines planted in 1986 and harvested on the property’s extensive vineyard, it is very much a place you will fall in love with. Their sparkling Blush range is a popular favourite, and we can see why they attract so many visitors every year. Each year they harvest 8-12 tonnes of grapes and produce 10,000 bottles of stunning Cariad.

Info: 01443 222716 / www.llanerch-vineyard.co.uk

DELIS WALLY’S DELI

38-46 Royal Arcade, Cardiff Standing firmly since 1947, Wally’s originally catered to the increasing demand from Eastern European immigrants wanting Polish cooked meats and pickled Hungarian salamis, German-style sausages and European-style bread. Since then Wally’s has seen three generations and been the one-stop shop for products you can’t get anywhere other than on the continent.

Not once over its 69 years since establishing have they lost their sense of identity, with it still dedicating 25% of their store to their native food and drink. For anyone who enters their store it is always a great experience as every sense is taken over with amazing smells and eyecatching foods.

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DELI A GOGO

3 Penlline Rd, Cardiff Deli A GoGo really is deserving of its award-winning status. Featuring a takeaway, wholesale and delicatessen, you can see why it’s picked up such rave reviews. Its salt beef sandwich, which was the winner of the South Wales Echo’s 2013-2014 food award, is still a popular favourite amongst repeat customers.

That’s not all they’ve won awards for: their Monte Cristo sandwich, which uses Welsh cured ham and big eye Swiss cheese lightly grilled, really is impossible to resist. Specialising in not just providing the finest produce from around the world, but also selling local Welsh produce, from cheese to wines, Deli a GoGo do a fantastic job of showing Cardiff the best culinary delights Wales has to offer. Their reasonably priced breakfasts are also a delight.

Info: 029 2061 0956 / www.deliagogo.com

CANNA DELI

200 Kings Road, Cardiff Another patriotic Welsh cafe and deli, Canna Deli (named after its position in Cardiff’s Pontcanna Mews) offers cocktails, tapas, cakes, sandwiches and tea or coffee – to name a few. With so many treats on offer could we possibly dare try all of them? Oh yes we Canna!

Shameless puns aside, it really does pride itself on its award-winning Welsh produce without bordering on the cliché. Making such simple things taste so sophisticated and delicious, it’s a real gem of a deli. As delis go, this one’s up there with the best.

Info: 07767 726902 / www.facebook.com/ cannadeliofficial

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POP-UPS AND RESTAURANTS

MOJO THE FOODBAR STREET FOOD CIRCUS

One of Newport’s most sophisticated establishments and winner of the OpenTable Diners’ Choice 2016 award, Mojo The FoodBar is ideal for all manner of fine dining events. With a team of worldclass mixologists and knowledgeable wine staff, an innovative cocktail menu, and a huge selection of gins and champagnes, there’s enough to whet your whistle if you fancy an elegant evening out. Priding itself on its distinctive style and exclusive upmarket ambience, Mojo also offers a range of haute cuisine menus using local ingredients. From lighter lunch and afternoon tea menus, to dinner and taster menus, their creative chefs endeavour to invent new food experiences by mixing traditional Welsh cuisine with an experimental attitude.

If you’re in the mood for an evening feeling like Gatsby, accompanied with excellent service and an abundance of cocktail and food menus, then look no further than Mojo. With a smart casual dress code, inventive menus and a vision to provide an image of wealth and success, they in a way represent the changing face of Newport itself.

TINY REBEL We speak with Bradley Cummings, the co-founder and commercial director of Newport’s Tiny Rebel brewery, about how they got started.

What gave you the idea of stepping out and making your own beer?

My brother-in-law Gareth learnt about homebrewing from his grandfather, and he got me interested. We brewed in my dad's garage, gave the beer to friends and family and received great feedback. It got to the point where we were brewing beer we'd drink over beers in pubs and shops, so we set to work on a business plan.

You have a brew named Cwtch. Is it important for you to incorporate elements of Wales?

We're proud of being from Wales, and have incorporated little elements into some products like Cwtch and Clwb Tropicana, but we're not defined by being from Wales – our focus is brewing great beer.

You’ve taken your products to countries like Denmark and Australia – do your products compete well with theirs?

We've now exported to more than 20 countries, and the reaction has been phenomenal. We get reviews and check-ins from as close as France and as far away as Japan! We recently filled a whole container of Cwtch to go out to Australia. That's a whopping amount of beer!

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Mojo The FoodBar, Clarence Place, Newport. Info: 01633 449948 / www. mojothefoodbar.com

MEAT AND GREEK The brainchild of a Welsh-Greek Cypriot family, dreamt up at a family barbecue, this venture has completely taken off gracing food events around Wales. Serving up traditional souvlaki and no messing around, it doesn’t matter if you aren’t a meat eater, they also have amazing creamy houmous to feast on. This Greek-Cypriot pop-up, with traditional recipes, offers such a raw eating experience they’re gaining more demand than ever. Luckily for us, their fast growth ensures you’ll be sure to see them at food festivals all over Wales more regularly.

Info: www.meatandgreek.co.uk www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk

STREET FOOD CIRCUS

HANG FIRE SMOKEHOUSE The Pumphouse, Hood Road, Barry

KNIFE AND FORK

The Conway, 58 Conway Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff The Pilot, 67 Queens Road, Penarth The Old Swan Inn, Church Street, Llantwit Major The Discovery, Celyn Avenue, Lakeside, Cardiff Knife And Fork Food have made a big mark on the industry since they have started this food empire, with the combing forces of Sharon Noakes, Sean Murphy and Serge Luceau steering it at the helm. Since establishing they have grown into four venues, each offering individual exquisite food. Venues that spread across Cardiff, Penarth and the Vale are home to Michelin star chef Stefan Nilsson, who has trained in Sweden, Spain and France before moving to Cardiff; he works alongside some of the best chefs Wales has to offer to ensure every visit is as good as can be.

Info: www.knifeandforkfood.co.uk

Located a short drive from the centre of Cardiff, near the docks in Barry, Hang Fire Southern Kitchen (from the brains behind pop-up legends Hang Fire Smokehouse) pays homage to all-American BBQ dining. They offer up foods that aren’t usually associated with fine dining, but they somehow make them appear incredibly sophisticated. Perhaps it’s because they pack so much rich flavour into every inch of their food, or because the presentation has more to it than the usual throw-it-on-theplate approach. This restaurant is definitely one to book in advance of your visit.

Info: www.hangfiresmokehouse.com www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk

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PORRO

22 High Street, Llandaff, Cardiff Porro, which opened in 2015, is the second venture from the people who brought Cardiff the Potted Pig. Chefs Tom and Gwyn met 10 years ago whilst cooking for Cafe Cibo in Pontcanna and have always had a love on Italian cooking, so they decided to work on a hand crafted menu of beautiful Italian cuisine. The extensive menu includes every dish you’d expect from a high quality Italian restaurant, from mouthwatering pasta dishes, to fillets of sea bream. Look out for a new Porro with a big sunny garden opening soon at 57 Wellfield Road, Cardiff.

Info: 029 2056 5502 / www.porrocardiff.com

STREET FOOD CIRCUS

LA CUINA PURPLE POPPADOM TUKKA TUK Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff

185a Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff

Michelin Guide and Good Food Guiderecommended Welsh curry house of the year 2013, the Purple Poppadom offers delicious nouvelle Indian cuisine courtesy of chef patron Anand George and head chef Siddhartha Singh. This brilliant restaurant on Cowbridge Road East has an extensive menu offering all the traditional Indian favourites with their own cleverly presented twist, and now their Tukka Tuk pop-up will be serving up their specialties in Cardiff's Street Food Circus. The vast range of aromatic spices and mouthwatering flavours make it a true taste explosion. This place really does give you value for money, well earning its reputation as one of the top Indian eateries in Wales.

Info: 029 2022 0026 / www. purplepoppadom.com www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk

SCIENCE CREAM

28 Castle Arcade, Cardiff Something you’d expect to see on a physics programme, this intelligent ice cream shop offers a completely different take on your usual vanilla or chocolate flavours. This liquid nitrogen ice cream, despite what you may think, is completely safe.

Making you feel like you’re actually stepping into a laboratory, it’s great for children or anyone who wants to release their inner child. You may have already seen their pop-up events gracing places like the Depot, Street Food Circus and other exciting events around Cardiff, and if you have you’ll no doubt have marvelled at the innovation of it all. Along with the traditional tried and tested flavours, they also offer little twists like rhubarb ripple and caramelised peanut butter.

Release your inner geek!

Info: 029 2037 2391 / www.sciencecream.co.uk

11 King's Rd, Cardiff La Cuina, which specialises in Catalan cuisine, originated in the foothills of the Pyrenean Mountains.

Chef and founder Montserrat Edwards comes from Catalonia, moving to the UK 20 years ago; her culinary journey started peeling potatoes for the family and ha now ended up at this beautiful Catalan restaurant on Kings Rd Cardiff. Their food is freshly made using traditional ingredients and methods sourced from both Catalonia and Wales. Examples from the menu include scallops wrapped in pancetta with squid ink rice, Secreto Ibérico – a regionallyprized cut of pork – and mountain lamb.

Info: 029 2019 0265 / www.lacuina.co.uk

STREET FOOD CIRCUS

THE PEMBROKESHIRE BEACH FOOD CO DUSTY KNUCKLE PIZZA

The Printhaus, 70 Llandaff Road, Cardiff This pizza company, a one-time pop-up which moved to Canton in the spring and has already upgraded its location (to the back of Canton’s Printhaus) due to high demand, they offer the best handcrafted pizza with a choice of toppings. There truly isn’t a pizza place quite like this one: with the rustic cooking methods and presentation, and the new outdoor eating experience, it can really conjure up a feeling of being in an Italian pizzeria.

Info: www.dustyknucklepizza.co.uk

BANGKOK CAFE

207 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff Offering a no-fuss approach to ordering your food, Bangkok Cafe is where East meets West, with ingredients sourced locally and herbs and spices being imported from Thailand. Being natural and eschewing all flavour enhancers or added preservatives, this restaurant offers impressive food offering a taste sensation in its genuine dishes. It has everything on offer from curries and noodles to stir fries and grills. Not being too adult-specific, it also has a great children’s menu with less overpowering, more universally enjoyable flavours.

This restaurant is one for all palates.

Info: 029 2034 0455 / www.bangkokcafe.co.uk

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Pembroke Dock Another treat to expect this summer at Cardiff’s Street Food Circus is Pembrokeshire’s Beach Food Company. This quirky pop-up serves marine-plucked favourites including fish and chips, crab, lobster and other seaside delights, and it’s once again bringing the beach to you. All their ingredients are sustainably sourced by themselves, such as their hand-foraged seaweed from the beaches of south Wales. They proved to be a success among festival-goers at Glastonbury, and if you’re not sure seafood isn’t your cup of tea, their cleverly assembled flavours may have you rethinking your stance.

Info: 01646 278101 / www.beachfood.co.uk

ZOE’S GHANA KITCHEN Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff An exciting new pop-up this year in Cardiff, and something quite a bit different form the usual street food vendors you see. If you want to get your West African food fix then you just have to pop in to see Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen – you won’t be disappointed.

Pitched somewhere between a chop bar and contemporary dining, they promise to delight with Ghanaian cuisine. Expect menu options like pulled goat wraps, grilled lamb cutlets with Zoe’s homemade peanut sauce, and Zoe’s jollof-spiced chicken.

What more of a reason do you need?

Info: 07494 746907 / www.zoesghanakitchen.co.uk www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk

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GOURMET GORRO’S TOP PICKS @GourmetGorro www.gourmetgorro.blogspot.com One of Cardiff’s most respected food bloggers Gourmet Gorro lets us know his top places to grab a bite around the city.

Hang Fire Southern Kitchen The best American-style BBQ Wales has to offer.

Hood Road, Barry. Info: www. hangfiresouthernkitchen.com

THE CHEESE TRUCK

Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff From signature grilled cheese sandwiches, to gooey fondue fries, to intriguing Stilton and dark chocolate brownies, this pop-up is a gift from the cheese gods themselves. If you’re a cheese lover (and let’s face it, most people are) this is a pop-up you’ll find impossible to resist. Even better, it’s free-range and sourced directly from farmers. The truck can usually be seen pitched up Maltby Street Market in London, but luckily they’re making the journey to come and see us.

Info: 07825 838530 / www.thecheesetruck.co.uk

BROTHER THAI

Pop up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff Fancy being whisked away to Thailand this summer?

Brother Thai does just that. Taking inspiration from Leonardo DiCaprio’s film The Beach, the food promises you the opportunity to escape with Thai cuisine.

Recipes like hot fresh Indian paratha bread topped with pad krapao gai and panang chicken curry are particular favourites. Well versed in the pop-up scene already, don’t expect Brother Thai to feel the heat – rather, to weather the expected demand for custom.

Info: www.facebook.com/brotherthaicardiff'

The Hare And Hounds Ingredient led, unfussy cooking with dishes like crispy pork cheek with pickled apple.

Lanblair, Cowbridge. Info: 01446 774892 / www.hareandhoundsaberthin.com Kumar’s Their cauliflower Manchurian and lamb veechu parotta are two of my favourite comfort food dishes in the city.

129 City Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2021 4569 Bar 44 Great for spending a day guzzling bowls of jamón croquetas and platters of jamón ibérico de bellota.

15-23 Westgate Street, Cardiff. Info: 029 2009 0444 / www.bar44.co.uk The Early Bird If you’re looking for a killer breakfast in Cardiff then get the Hulk Smash followed by a cinnamon swirl.

38 Woodville Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2132 0520 / www.earlybirdbakery.co.uk

CALABRISELLA 154 Cowbridge Rd East, Cardiff Heralded as one of the best Italian restaurants in Cardiff, Calabrisella is known for its local Calabria dishes of traditional pizza and pasta. People who come from all over love the food back and, indeed, are frequently repeat customers. Expect traditional, timehonoured menu selections like pasta pomodoro, pasta amatriciana and wood-fired pizzas with margherita, Americana and campagnola toppings. This is place where you can eat, drink, have fun with your friends and enjoy the essence of the south of Italy. A good sign when the local Italian community eat here regularly.

You could almost be in Italy!

Info: 029 2022 5839 / www.calabrisellacardiff.com

ARTIGIANO

16 Working Street, Cardiff Artgiano espresso and wine bar is part of a little chain which also has locations in Reading, Cardiff, Exeter and London, and is a great place to go after work with friends or a stop off point for some prosecco. They offer a good range of craft beers and a great selection of wines, with tempting coffees made to order. Their light food options and nibbles like paninis and tapas are perfect if you’re just popping in or don’t have time for a sit down meal. It’s a brilliant alternative to an afternoon in a stodgy pub. Why not pop in to enjoy one of their jazz or live music nights?

Info: 029 2039 9951 / www.artigiano.uk.com

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GOPAL’S CURRY SHACK THE PICKLED BRISKET

Pop up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff Regulars to the street food scene, The Pickled Brisket are travelling to Cardiff this summer. The Bristol-based sandwich shop is known for food with a twist; for people who expect a bit more from their sandwiches, these guys don’t disappoint. Hailed as one of the top sandwich shops in Bristol, since coming into being last year they have established themselves with aplomb, and will be making a welcome appearance this side of the bridge.

Info: 07961 123005 / www.thepickledbrisket.co.uk

Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff With their entire menu being vegetarian and most of it vegan, this will be a big hit for people who don’t get catered to as much as meat-eaters. Gopal’s serve a range of curries, snacks, sweet treats and drinks. Their best-selling dishes include aloo tikki chat and south Indian sweet potato, red pepper and coconut curry.

This regularly seen curry shack has gained momentum as well as fans on the festival and street food scene and we can certainly see why, their popularity is partly down to the fact that they offer an alternative that can be enjoyed by everyone because they’re just so good.

Info: 07968 111442 / www.gopalscurryshack.co.uk

THE CLINK

HMP Cardiff, Knox Road, Cardiff The Clink’s more-or-less unique selling point is the work it does in teaching skills to prisoners housed here, with the aim of rehabilitation. Considered among Cardiff’s top 10 restaurants by many, there’s much more to this joint than the curio factor. The current menu featuring dishes such as herb-crusted pork loin steak with turned potatoes, baby vegetables, dried apple, roasted garlic, crackling and sage sauce; or, from the starter menu, duck liver pâté with crostini and blackberry and thyme jelly.

Info: 029 2092 3130 / www.theclinkcharity.org

THE POTTED PIG

27 High St, Cardiff The Potted Pig, co-owned by Jahan Abedi, Tom Furlong, Cerys Furlong and Gwyn Myring, is a place for real foodies. The menu, focused on dishes from Britain, France and New York, include the likes of rabbit with cider; pan-fried Cefn Llan farm duck breast; salt-baked celeriac mash, roasted beetroot, bacon and walnuts, and even the occasional whole pig. All food is locally sourced and delivered daily, the menu changing regularly according to what’s fresh and in season.

Info: 029 2022 4817 / www.thepottedpig.com

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MOSAIC

11 St. Helen's Road, Swansea Swansea bar-cum-bistro-restaurant Mosaic are at pains to highlight their menu’s inventiveness and affordability, likewise its combination of “local and exotic ingredients together”. Specialising in tapas, expect choices like garlic mushroom and grana padano bruschetta, a cured meat selection with dips and flatbreads, and baked mushroom with hummus, sunblush tomatoes, passata and goat’s cheese. Be sure to book, as they fill up fast and we can see why: welcoming staff, tasty food and a simple ethos of “coffee, food, comforts... and wine!”

Info: 01792 655225 / www.mosaicswanseauk.com

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Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff Llanelli boys Ieuan Harry and Jeremy Phillips are reinventing pizza from the back of their truck, Smokey Pete. They’ve been cooking up a treat with their carefully crafted artisan pizza in their wood-fired oven. Friends for over 20 years, Ieuan and Jeremy make Neapolitan-style pizzas without any rolling pins, just good old hand-thrown bases. With 24-hour long-fermented dough and specially picked ingredients, they’ll be a welcome addiction to Cardiff this summer.

Info: www.facebook.com/ffwrnespizza

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BARAVIN

Llys Y Brenin, Terrace Rd, Aberystwyth Baravin is a new restaurant with a suitably modern feel in Aberystwyth, serving pizza, grills, pasta, salads and fish, catering to whatever you fancy. The beautiful design of the venue and exquisite dishes offer views of the sea while you enjoy courses whose reputations have travelled as far as South Africa – a diner from there loved it so much he implored people to visit Baravin for their beautiful pizzas! Brilliant service, freshly made food and carefully selected ingredients ensure this place won’t show any signs of slowing down soon.

Info: 01970 611189 / www.baravin.co.uk

THE CAFÉ AT NUMBER FOUR Queen Street, Carmarthen A crab cocktail of crab mayonnaise, tomato jelly, avocado, wild cresses and flower and brioche croutons? Welsh Black shin of beef, caramelised shallot and Perl Las glaze, wilted spinach, roast butternut puree, veal and truffle reduction? Or maybe roast fillet of sea bass with Llansteffan samphire and Café de Paris butter? If you need more convincing, then the Café’s website teems with food porn-worthy pictures.

An intimate restaurant with stylish decor.

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STREET FOOD CIRCUS

BASE + BARLEY

155 Queen Street, Cardiff Sister pizza shop and bar to Artigiano, Base + Barley also have shops in Reading, Cardiff, Exeter and London, specialising in sourdough pizzas and craft beers. They claim that their pizzas can hold their own in the back yards of Napoli, and that their beer is up there too. They feature beer hand-brewed in small batches by local yeast masters who love their barley and hops like their own mother. With great deals sure to lure unsuspecting passers-by in, this is the perfect place to kick back with a brew and a pizza. A recommended place to hang out.

Info: 029 2034 3081 / www.baseandbarley.com

MIGHTY SOFT SHELL CRAB

Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff The Mighty Soft Shell Crab started in 2009 just by adding a crab starter to a menu in a little boutique hotel. Moving onto a pop-up location to fill a spot at a street food event, a foodie movement was born. It was a hit with people like celebrity chef Valentine Warner, who even requested their chilli sauce recipe. Their hot and crispy soft shell crab tempura with sweet chilli sauce finished with crème fraiche was a huge success and made them a big hit on the street food circuit. Be prepared to see people clawing (so sorry) at their food.

Info: 07837 515017 / www.themightysoftshellcrab.com

The Bearded Taco is the love child of Sian and Jake, hailing from Cardiff and California with a few other countries in between. Their tacos are as immaculately put together as Jake’s moustache, mixing international flavours and served up on handmade, gluten-free corn tortillas. A brilliantly put together gin and tonic tempura avocado served with honey and lemon slaw, smothered in chipotle aioli, is just one of the tasty rustically made treats on offer this year when these guys make their debut at Street Food Circus in Cardiff this August. It’s not just the eyecatching colours of the locally sourced ingredients that draw you in, but also the aroma from the international blend of spices that make them so damn irresistible!

Info: 07856 678694 / www.facebook. com/thebeardedtaco www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk

MILGI POP-UP

Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff The only restaurant you have to book for this year, in fact it’s essential; Milgi’s sky yurt sit-down supper club restaurant is new for this year. Usually situated on City Road, this exciting restaurant – which serves Moroccan platters, butternut squash burgers and beer-battered halloumi – will be here to offer a proper contemporary dining experience. It’s not just their food that’s brilliant but also their tasty refreshing traditional cocktails and crisp white wines and full reds.

Info: 029 2047 3150 / www.milgicardiff.com

Open since 2011, the The Potted Pig proudly serves a varied and constantly changing menu of modern British food, locally sourced from across South Wales and prepared daily on site. With a new talented team of chefs under Head Chefs and co-owners Tom Furlong and Gwyn Myring, the menu continues to change regularly and bring the best seasonal produce to Cardiff.

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ABERGAVENNY FOOD FESTIVAL

Various venues across Abergavenny, Sat 17+Sun 18 Sept.

Tickets: prices vary per event From fairly small-scale beginnings in 1999, this annual weekend festival has built itself up into the most prestigious, and populous, gathering of food enthusiasts in Wales. Its reputation now cemented, the Abergavenny Food Festival is now able to attract some of the best known chefs and culinary bigwigs around. Previous years have seen appearances from your Raymond Blancs and Rick Steins, to name only two; for 2016, the town’s Borough Theatre will host talks by names such as Monica Galetti (Masterchef: The Professionals) and Jane Baxter, founder of Riverford Field Kitchen. The names in lights are by no means the sole attraction, though: expect foraging trips to the nearby countryside, guides to food production, workshops for kids, live music in the evening, the increasingly popular Rude Health Rants (a chance for punters to speak their brains about food culture) – and a vast array of market stalls offering all manner of local and international fare.

Info: 01873 851643 / www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com

KNIFE & FORK FOOD We speak with Sharon Noakes, the Director of the fine dining brand Knife & Fork Food about sets them apart from other restaurants.

How has your combined knowledge helped the growth of Knife & Fork?

The three Knife & Fork Food directors, myself, Sean Murphy and Serge Luceau, come from completely different, but complimentary backgrounds. Between us, we have a wealth of knowledge ranging from cooking with some of the country’s best chefs, overseeing large staff teams, HR and operational management. What this means is that we’re able to share our experiences, learn from each other.

How does the dining experience in any Knife & Fork restaurant set you apart?

We pride ourselves on serving delicious and imaginative food that changes week on week, but additionally always stay true to the pub classics which we know are so popular. Our customers can be reassured we make everything ourselves, apart from our bread.

Since the company has expanded into multiple venues has it managed to keep hold of the qualities you have always held?

With each new venue we’ve opened we have used our previous experiences to get the business up and running and to build up a loyal customer base. But equally we’re not afraid to try different things in each individual venue because we know it’s not ‘one size fits all’ in this industry.

The Conway, 58 Conway Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff; The Pilot, 67 Queens Road, Penarth; The Old Swan Inn, Church Street, Llantwit Major; The Discovery, Celyn Avenue, Lakeside, Cardiff.

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LITTLE BAO PEEP

Pop-up at Street Food Circus, Cardiff This pop up serving Taiwanese steamed buns (bao) and other treats from the East is returning to Cardiff this August. They bring the East to the West with their explosively tasty lamb dumplings, Sriracha sauce and carrot pickle. Their dishes are tasty little delights with a little twist. Colourful, delicious and with an edge – everything you’d expect from Taiwanese food. A great addition and a break from the usual stodge.

Info: www.facebook.com/littlebaopeep

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MOKSH

Mermaid Quay, Bute Crescent, Cardiff Bay Beautifully presented dishes with delicious Indian ingredients in Moksh is the reason why so many people travel to experience them. The plates themselves are a work of art, with adornments like colourful edible flowers typical boosts of the aesthetic.

Warm, friendly staff welcome you into this modern restaurant with well designed furnishings, a choice setting for sensational Indian fusion cuisine – and if you let them know you like it spicy they will even handspice the dish for you.

Info: 029 2049 8120 / www.moksh.co.uk

MADEIRA

2 Guilford Crescent, Cardiff Everything you’d expect from a Portuguese restaurant, this family-run business offers authentic Portuguese cuisine such as deep-fried scampi with garlic, lulas (squid) à Portuguesa, swordfish, chicken a Portuguesa and a selection of steaks. Highly rated among new and old customers alike, both branches of Madeira have gained a great reputation within the restaurant community. Its rustic, classically Portugese decor helps set the scene when you enjoy their traditional menu of amazing food.

Info: 029 2066 7705 / 01792 470000 / www. madeirarestaurante.co.uk

Tramshed’s resident mixologist Ben Newby talks us through how to make the perfect sloe smoked negroni.

It’s a subtle sweet and smoky treat with a hint of bitter orange made from a combination of Sipsmith Sloe and London Dry gins, Gancia Americano and Punt E Mes sweet vermouth.

Single Serve Recipe: • In a mixing glass add: • ½ part Sipsmith Sloe Gin • ½ part Sipsmith London Dry Gin • 1 part Gancia Americano (or similar product, Aperol, Campari) • 1 part Punt E Mes Sweet Vermouth (or similar) • Ice • Stir with barspoon until chilled • Strain into flip-top bottle • Using a smoking gun, smoke with Applewood • Strain into old fashioned glass over ice and garnish with flamed orange The Waiting Room at the Tramshed, Clare Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com

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STATUS QUO Rhys Matthews speaks with Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi about ego, Live Aid, and changes in the music industry.

W

hen I called Francis Rossi, he answered the phone with a high pitched voice, saying: “Hello is Becky there please?” But I’d done my research and was aware he likes to play practical jokes, so I responded by saying “She’s not sorry, who’s calling?”

I felt proud for catching him out and he said “I almost had you for a split second and then you knew it was gobsh*te. I did it to a guy once and he put the phone down, and went round his house thinking his daughter had been messing with the phone."

Francis seems to be in good spirits, chatty and very funny. Before I can even ask my first question he starts telling me about his theory on swearing and different levels of offense, Weetabix, selling gig tickets and how he’s been dealing with some "sh*t" to do with his kids, the youngest of which is (he thinks) 20 but he says they "never go away".

After a five-minute rant he says "right, we better get to work, I've got to go into the studio in a minute".

After we chit chat for a few more minutes, I finally get around to asking the first question:

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What was the biggest change in the music business since he started?

“It used to be called ‘hype’ I think. But now it's all about marketing, whether we should be blaming the Spice Girls period, but generally everything is about marketing. Even Glastonbury, it's just a gig in a field.

We are all bollocksing each other. Everybody says the things they think will sound good, rather than what they actually feel. Sorry, they should have let someone else do this. I bet when you get off you're going to say ‘I'm not talking to him again.’”

I’m quite enjoying it, I reply. “I just can't stop once I get going,” he laughs.

Is there anything Francis misses about the early days? “Not really, other than the camaraderie. But life was different then anyway – we were trying to escape a post-World War Two, black and white bombsite world that we were in. But then you get to my age and you think – well hang on, this is not what I thought the promise was.

“When I was in Catholic primary school aged seven, I asked Mrs Sullivan, ‘what happens when we leave school?’ She said, ‘Well if you do well in school, you

get a good job, then you work until you're about 65 and then you can do all the things you couldn't do when you were working.’ Liar! ‘And then you get a place next to God.’ I was seven years old, thinking… that doesn't sound right.

People think that when you've got this much money you stop working, but I was thinking the other night ‘How am I going to finance myself for the next 20 years?’ Even if I've saved enough, there’s the pension thing they keep pissing with. So it goes back to Mrs Sullivan and the lies we've all been told.”

Rossi then hints that one of his best memories was Live Aid. “Most of us turned it down. Oddly enough, that summer we weren't doing anything and Bob [Geldof] called and we thought ‘Oh go away Bob.’ Within the next two or three weeks he approached us again and we said ‘Look Bob, we're not getting along, we're not working.’ He said, ‘It doesn't matter what you sound like.’ And I've subsequently found out, he said that to everybody. So to his credit, he did pull that together. There was a lot of jockeying for position. That showbiz bullshit of pretending we're all friends... it's only so long as I'm bigger than you.

"We had to play places like Abergavenny Town Hall"

But in retrospect it was a fantastic vibe.”

Why does Francis think that bands from his generation have stayed so popular? “Maybe it's because there's such a saturation of music – it can be everywhere, and it's not as special as it was when we were younger. But also, the older bands knew how to die on their arse, and I'm pretty sure the X Factor generation don't, they got on there, they get through and it's all fabulous.

“You know, but when we were young, we had to play places like Abergavenny Town Hall, and it was horrible, but you just did this stuff. But I listened to a Travis track the other day and I thought ‘Oh bloody hell, that is marvellous.’ And then there are people like Ed Sheeran, who I hear in passing and I think he's marvellous, the little git. I'd like to have him terminated, who needs that kind of competition?”

He then starts to talk about their new album Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits. “I know a lot of the time, people are negative about their back catalogue, but that is who we are. Those songs are who we are.

There's a track called All We Really Wanna Do, it's written in a semi-bluesy kind of way, and that's one

of my favourites. I have a lot of favourite songs, but I'm one of the first people to put Status Quo down, for many reasons. In our business, people are really great at over inflating the ego.

“I was watching someone the other week, who I know rather well, on an interview. I can't tell you who it is. But he was asked on TV, ‘How did you arrange this with this artist?’ And he said: Well, I called him up...’ Lies!” he laughs. If I wanted to contact anybody, even if they're friends of mine, and I have their number, if it's about work, there's protocol, you go via management and so on. So when you hear someone on telly saying ‘I called them up.’ They didn't, they're lying. We want people to think we all love each other.

But we're all in competition, we're all insecure little showoffs really. And we think ‘I'm better than him’, even though we say ‘Oh he's fantastic, we had a great

time working together’. They probably didn't even see each other – they probably stayed in their own dressing rooms.

“I wanted this so desperately, the thing I do now, but I've done it so long, maybe it's made me jaded. But I enjoyed talking to you, it was very nice of you to let me waffle on.”

Status Quo, Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Sat 6 Aug; Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli, Sat 27 Aug. Tickets: £35. Info: 01291 420241 (Caldicot) / 01554 783900 (Llanelli) / www.statusquo.co.uk

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MADNESS Well known for ska hits like Baggy Trousers and House Of Fun, Madness continue to be a favourite today. Madness lead singer Suggs speaks with Amanda Hunt about smashing up venues, The Young Ones, and embarrassing uncles at weddings.

Showing no sign of slowing down, the sound of Madness is still lighting up music festivals, palace rooftops and the forthcoming Can’t Touch Us Now Christmas 2016 tour. “Over the last five years we’ve had Buckingham Palace, the closing of the 2012 Olympics and it’s been great!” Madness frontman Suggs tells us. “It’s been a privilege for a band that's been around for as long as we have to be offered so many things.”

As with any musical movement, a certain dress code is necessary to identify the person to the sound. The 2 Tone style was unique: sharp and snappy with clean lines, polished boots and shirts that required a great deal of ironing. Are there any original Rudys still going to Madness gigs?

“Yeah! You see these little grandchildren that have been dressed up by the grandads in all that gear. Sometimes it’s a bit worrying because you see these old guys who were obviously around in 1979 and haven’t danced like that for 30 years. You start to worry that there might be a few collapses in the front row.”

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want to get up and be stupid? “It has something infectious and when we started playing that kind of music, we knew we were onto something different. I get a lot of kids coming up to me saying stuff like ‘Oh my God, on the weekend I was so embarrassed because I was at a wedding and I’ve never seen my dad dance before. Night Boat To Cairo came on and my dad and uncles all jumped up dancing like they were 18 again!’ Young kids seem to really identify with the stupidity. I think that's still attractive to kids today.”

In the early 80s The Young Ones rocked our television sets. Contentious, funny, intelligent and totally outlandish, it naturally followed that Madness would make a guest appearance – not once but twice. “It was pretty exciting and it was what they called ‘Alternative Comedy’ in those days,” Suggs recalls. “They knew we were fun and they just said – do you want to come on play a song. So we thought we would do Our House with a load of policemen and smash up all their police vans. They said yeah fine, no problem – so there we were singing Our House, a lovely song about family life, while standing on the roof

of a police van throwing polystyrene bricks at each other... Again, those programmes were made a long time ago but have lasted the test of time as well.

“Certainly in the early days of the band, a lot of venues got smashed up. A lot of it was youthful enthusiasm. Sometimes you’d get two gangs, one from one town and one from the next, and they decided to choose a Madness concert to sort out their differences.”

Suggs was pleased to announce that Madness’ new album, Can’t Touch Us Now, is due for release on Fri 21 Oct and can be pre-ordered on their website. Before that, though, the boys will be performing at Cyfartha Castle this month.

“I’m very much looking forward to coming to Merthyr! I’ve never played there before but I have got a few friends that live there and if the people I know are anything to go by it will be very colourful...” Suggs laughs.

Madness, Cyfartha Castle, Merthyr Tydfil, Fri 19 Aug. Tickets: £47. Info: 0300 3656677 / www.madness.co.uk

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GREEN MAN In late August, the Brecon Beacons will transform into a dynamic hub of performing arts. No longer just an idyllic Welsh landscape, the sound of poetry, comedy, theatre, literature and music will fill the countryside. Past headliners have included Doves, Neutral Milk Hotel and Fleet Foxes as its renown continues to grow. Into its 14th year of showcasing the best folk and indie music, Green Man is now a heavyweight in the British festival scene.

You can head to Babbling Tongues for some comedy and literature as you join in the celebration of the spoken word. Dubbed as the festival-within-a-festival, check out the Walled Garden, an intimate area surrounded by 12-foot-tall walls. For the ultimate music experience though, the Mountain’s Foot is the place to be as the festival’s headliners perform beneath the staggering Sugar Loaf and Crug Hywel mountains. If you’re still found wanting more come the end of the night, then Far Out has you covered. With exotic music and DJ sets that go from dusk until dawn, the party never really stops in the Welsh wilderness.

Judging from their lineup, this year looks to be as impressive as ever, with over 100 comedy and music acts already confirmed. Bill-toppers among the catalogue of talent available across the weekend are James Blake, Laura Marling, Scottish indie icons Belle And Sebastian and the huge gospel-meets-psychedelia outfit Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, all fitting Green Man’s experimental aesthetic.

Along with Unknown Mortal Orchestra, White Denim and Kamasi Washington and many others billed for the weekend, Green Man’s reputation for selecting eclectic acts looks to be valorised.

Should you ever get tired of music, Green Man has ample talent at their disposal ranging through every performing art. Head over and watch Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert for a laugh, or catch films as varied as Pixar’s Inside Out to 1920s classic Metropolis. There will also be a new addition to the Green Man index of areas as 2016 sees the introduction of Back Of Beyond, a space dedicated to Wales’ most talented performers, ranging from dancing to circus acts. CONOR KNIGHT Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park Estate, Brecon Beacons, Thurs 18-Sun 21 Aug. Tickets: £175. Info: www.greenman.net

PHAROAHE MONCH “Satan,” answers Pharoahe Monch with little explanation when asked what surprised him most about working in the music industry. A product of New York City’s infamous Queens borough – also the hometown to many pioneers in rap and hip-hop, from Run DMC to A Tribe Called Quest and 50 Cent – Monch’s rap career dates back to the late 1980s, when he was half of underground duo Organized Konfusion, but 1999 single Simon Says and its parent album Internal Affairs launched him to a kind of stardom.

“I aspire to work with too many artists to name one, I’d love to collaborate with all genres,” he muses when talking about who he’d like to work with in the future. “I’m behind on collaborations – I really need to catch up.”

Monch describes himself as a “very private” individual despite his previous album PTSD, of which he says: “That was the first time I got introspective in my writing. Usually I write metaphorically. I think it’s the depth of music and lyrics that’s the reason for my longevity.”

He’s recognised as being one of the most skilled lyricists in hip-hop by many of his peers (Eminem for one) – a rapper’s rapper, if you will. How long does it take him to create a new song from the writing process all the way through to putting the final touches, until it can be released?

“Sometimes I’m satisfied with it immediately but most times I treat songs like a script, and I don’t mind verses or bars ending up on the cutting room floor. I cut and paste a lot. Of late they’ve been complete ideas; after the idea is written I’ll create layers.

“I’ve got loads of new goodies and tricks up my sleeve,” he tells us; “I promise it’ll be the best creations of my life.” Perhaps we have some more exciting collaborations to look forward to from him.

Finally, an encouraging message for Pharoahe Monch heads this side of the border: “The Welsh crowds are amazing. I love Wales.” NATALIE POWELL Pharoahe Monch, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 12 Aug. Tickets: £16.50. Info: 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net BUZZ 28

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PRIDE CYMRU Rainbow flags at the ready – Pride Cymru is back! Cardiff’s annual LGBT community event is set to return to the city centre this month and will once again fill the capital with all the noise, colour and extravagance that the pride marches are so famous for. Since its debut in 1999, initially called Cardiff Mardi Gras, Pride has returned annually to Cardiff (barring a single year off, in 2008) and over the years has gained support from the likes of John Barrowman and Charlotte Church.

Whilst Pride Cymru is pitched as a day (and night) of partying, as well it might be, the organisation also hopes to convey a more serious message. Its stated aims have always been to tackle LGBT-related hate crime, highlight the discrimination which remains an issue for many in the community, promote equality and embrace diversity.

As the profile of the event has been raised over the years, Pride Cymru has been utilised as a platform for activism on a more global scale. In 2003, Amnesty

International used the event to raise awareness of the oppression of those living in countries where same sex relationships were still forbidden and since 2010, Pride Cymru has become a charity with a central objective of removing all types of discrimination.

The success of 2015’s instalment of Pride Cymru, when thousands joined in with the now-traditional march from Churchill Way and revelled in the joyful atmosphere of the occasion in Cooper’s Field, has acted as encouragement for the organisation of a bumper Pride this year. As per usual, the field will be transformed into a colourful party zone complete with live acts (among them singer-songwriter Heather Peace and 90s pop survivors B*Witched), a disco-centric DJ arena, fairground rides and food and drink stalls. Prior to Pride starting in earnest, Years & Years will kickstart the weekend of Pride with an open-air concert in Cooper’s Field on Fri 12 Aug (see p.46 for a preview) – setting the tone for what is sure to be one of the most colourful events in Cardiff’s calendar. ELEANOR JOHNSON Pride Cymru, Cardiff, Sat 13 Aug. Info: www.pridecymru.co.uk

SONGHOY BLUES “The show at Green Man last summer was one of our favourite gigs ever,” explain Malian desert blues band Songhoy Blues when asked about their 2015 debut at Greenman Festival. “The crowd were so welcoming and energetic and we really feed on that, we love to make people dance so don't expect to stand still!”

Songhoy Blues previously escaped from harsh conflict in the north of Mali, where music making was made an illegal act by Islamist militants until 2013. “We left our homes in the North because we knew that we couldn't live without music. Touring the world has been incredible but whilst we’re sleeping in hotels, our friends and family aren't so lucky.”

How, then, do they feel about the importance of music in times like today? “Whether it’s blues, punk or dance music, music has always helped people to express their dissatisfaction with the status quo. We look around us today – the Black Lives Matter movement in the US, the debate in the UK over the EU, conflict in the Middle East – I think amongst that, music is incredibly important as a mouth-piece for people to speak their minds or to protest in a peaceful way.

“Our experiences living in Mali during the conflict there really brought home how lucky we were to be able to make music at all. It's not something that you ever expect to be prohibited. We hope that as a result our music is just joyful, and if that comes across as an expression of hypnotic freedom then great!”

Songhoy Blues are currently working on their second album, with plans to record later this year. “This one will be more ambitious in terms of bringing together a lot of other styles that we've always loved but perhaps weren't able to express on the first album.

“We love music from around the world: American blues, hip-hop, reggae. But our first love will always be the grooves and hypnotising riffs in Malian music. It’s the music that's most natural for us to make.” NATALIE POWELL Songhoy Blues play the Green Man Festival, Brecon on Sun 21 Aug. Tickets: £175 (weekend pass). Info: www.greenman.net BUZZ 30

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BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL Celebrating its 33rd anniversary this year, the Brecon Jazz festival is hoping to create something unique, exciting, and most importantly new. Moving away from the operational difficulties and practicalities of the festival in past years, this year the festival has downscaled and is more community led, favouring imagination and intimate settings.

Headliners for the weekend include Tina May & Wales Latin Jazz Ensemble; the Teddy Smith Big Band, where dancing is encouraged and impossible to resist; and the helpfully-named Smooth Celtic Jazz, which sees Dublin meet Wales to create a unique and culturally distinct sound.

Welsh talent such as Kizzy Crawford [pictured] will have an opportunity to grow as the festival includes many local bands, who will perform in a variety of spaces, ranging from iconic spots of beauty to transgressive urban street scenes.

This year the festival is focusing on different perspectives of the jazz industry and its history. Festival and celebration will still take centre stage but for the first time, wellbeing is also being catered for with workshops focusing on alternative uses for music, like therapy.

The Women In Jazz art exhibition, showing at the Guildhall, hopes to shine a light on the women who have made such an impact on the progression of jazz. The exhibition will showcase how women have added to and transformed both the sound and dynamics of the genre, and will highlight aspects of the genre which are often overlooked.

On Sunday, jazz will be combined with film as they will be showing old footage of jazz greats – including footage from Rhode Island Jazz Fest 1959 with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and the Jazz Messengers. Whilst visitors listen and watch jazz heroes, there will also be food to accompany the evening.

So, even if you are not a lover of traditional jazz, the exciting variety at this year’s festival means that there will be something for everyone and a guaranteed opportunity to discover something new. ELOUISE HOBBS Brecon Jazz Festival, various venues, Brecon, Fri 12-Sun 14 Aug. Tickets: prices vary per event. Info: www.breconjazz.club

FESTIVAL NO. 6 Nestled away in the picturesque Italianate village of Portmeirion, Festival No. 6 is a weekender like no other in arguably one of the most stunning festival settings in the world.

Debuting in 2012, it was named after No.6, Patrick McGoohan’s character in the classic 1960s TV series The Prisoner, filmed in Portmeirion. While No.6 was always trying to escape ’The Village’, rest assured you won’t want to leave Portmeirion this September.

No. 6 revellers make the annual pilgrimage to lose themselves in the smorgasbord of cultural delights: from watching a band in the lush colourful gardens, catching a comedian in the Gatehouse, enjoying a string ensemble in the historical Town Hall, strolling down to the estuary to catch some sea shanties to cutting loose to a DJ set in the late night Studio No.6.

This year’s festival will see Oasis legend Noel Gallagher, indie-pop Bastille and indietronica ensemble Hot Chip headline. Welsh icons Super Furry Animals, who were persuaded to return from a five-year hiatus last year by their ever-loyal fanbase, The Coral co-founder Bill Ryder Jones, and Blossoms, seen supporting The Stone Roses this summer, also join the impressive line-up. As well as SFA, the festival is showcasing a wide range of Welsh talent: Cardiff’s Gwenno, harpist Catrin Finch, the heart-stirring Brythoniad Welsh Male Voice Choir, Llandeilo’s Ysgol Sul, the oft-dubbed ‘Welsh Bob Dylan’ Meic Stevens and Dolgellau indie-pop outfit Swnami.

But the festival showcases far more than music alone. The literature, poetry and talks stage will host punk poet and social commentator John Cooper Clarke, while Ricky Tomlinson will be in conversation with Jonny Vegas about Ragged, the Vegas-directed film based on Ricky’s experiences as a political prisoner in the early 70s. Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder will be talking – for the first time in this environment – about his unique approach to lyrics, whilst FN6 favourite Irvine Welsh returns on the 20th anniversary of the movie Trainspotting.

Last but not least, speech-splicing satirists Cassetteboy will be bringing the political mockery – we’ll be very impressed if the duo have managed to keep up with ever-changing recent affairs. ELEANOR MCKEON Festival No. 6, Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Thurs 1-Sun 4 Sept. Tickets: £140-£205. Info: www.festvalnumber6.com BUZZ 32

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Buzz’s photography section is a collaboration with Ffotogallery to showcase Welsh photographers and their work.

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Photographers are invited to submit galleries by emailing (or sending via Dropbox) 5-15 pictures, numbering in the order they would like them to be displayed, along with a title of the gallery, and a subtitle.

If you want more direction, and information on the prizes, please take a look at our site www.buzzmag.co.uk Selected photographers will win exhibition space at a renowned gallery, a feature in Buzz, be featured as our Facebook and Twitter cover pictures, and prizes courtesy of Ffotogallery. This month's theme was 'Oddities'.

August's theme is 'New Beginnings'

If you have any queries, please email editorial@buzzmag.co.uk or go to www.buzzmag.co.uk

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R I C H A R D C P E N D R Y Jaydon Martin sits down with Richard C Pendry, ex-military negotiator turned author to discuss his debut book Damascus Redemption and the new journey he has taken with writing about his experiences in conflicts in Syria and Helmand province.

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an you take me through the reason you chose to write the book?

The book came to me when I was visiting Palmyra, which is the ancient city in the middle of Syria that’s had a lot of press attention recently, as it was captured by Islamic State.

It was quite a surreal experience, in as much as when I was visiting the place the scene of the story just came to me, I spent the next year sort of kicking it around.

Then a year after that which was in September 2009 I started to write the story. I finished the story in mid 2011 when I was actually working in Helmand province in Afghanistan.

You’ve had quite a varied career path, what do you think the hardest thing is?

Well the most I’ve ever written was in school. I thought to myself how am I going to write this book?

So I Googled it and found a method online called the Snowflake Method. You start with the basic concept, then after building it into a couple of pages of A4 you work on your characters. When I actually started to write, the characters took shape and they sort of drove the story for me. At the end of the process there was a nice story for the reader.

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What do you want people to take away with them when reading the book?

What I want people to come away with is to get their mind to think, it’s a thought process, if I can get people to actually think about Iraq, and early Christianity then I think I’ve achieved my aim.

Do you think it’s important to try and engage people in geopolitics, even in a subtle way?

Yes. I think using the vehicle of a novel I’m allowed to tell a story. It doesn’t involve individuals, it involves true life events and it’s just my interpretation of those events. It’s about how it impacts modern day society, or Christianity, or even early Christianity.

Can you take me through your work; I believe you still work in the Middle East?

Well, I have a consultancy business and the main thrust of that is building resilience in organisations in challenging environments, so I’ve spent a lot of my time in Iraq, Afghanistan, East and West Africa, Somalia and South Sudan, all the places which have challenging environments. I do a lot with aid and development organisations and I’ve worked with the United Nations.

I try to combine my two interests, my job which I absolute love, because I go to all these amazing places with all these wonderful people and then I combine that with writing. I use the characters I find adapt them to the environment that I’ve got or the thing that I’m writing about at that time.

Do you think that this book has made you want to keep writing?

Absolutely, the second book is already in my head. I’ve got some projects that I’m finishing off this year. I’ll be starting to write the second book at the beginning of next year. I’ve set myself a deadline of November 2017 for it to be published so I’m just kicking around some ideas at the moment. Most of it is already in my head, I just need a couple of months to sit down and put it into a Word document.

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by Keiron Self

DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD ****

THE SHALLOWS ****

Dir: Ricky Gervais (15, 96 mins) Ricky Gervais’ career has been a rollercoaster. The success of The Office and Extras propelled him to Hollywood, where after a string of hit-and-miss films, he has returned to an old favourite. Whether this is an effort to re-ignite his mojo and further investigate a character or a cynical money making ploy is open to question. At the end of The Office we were left feeling sorry but happy for David Brent as he stood up to his bullying friend and had apparently found love – a satisfying conclusion for that character. Fifteen years later, we’re in mock-doc territory again as Brent hits the road and attempts to refashion himself as a rockstar. Working as a travelling salesman, he cashes in retirement funds to send band Foregone Conclusion around the country complete with session musicians and protégé rapper Doc Brown. Self-penned songs like Please Don’t Make Fun Of The Disableds don’t exactly set the crowds alight and soon Brent is at odds with his band. Whether this will add up to comedy gold or comedy egg is up for grabs, Gervais’ persona is certainly far different than it was 15 years ago. What it will be is interesting. Yeah? Opens Aug 19

Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra (12A, 86 mins) Jaws in the shallow end. This brief shark thriller riffs on its fishy roots as Blake Lively battles off a great white shark in her bikini 200 yards from the shore. Lively has made a pilgrimage to a secret beach, visited by her recently deceased mother, as she comes to terms with her death in some backstory to give depth. A surfer who dropped out of medical school, Lively can look after herself when the toothy beast inevitably comes a calling after a session on the waves. With suspenseful shooting by director Collet Serra and cinematographer Flavio Martinez, this makes much of Lively’s body and its battle against the elements, whilst also catering to a teenage boy audience. After an initial bloody attack, she finds herself stranded on a rock, trying to work out how to get back to shore as the shark circles. She has a wounded seagull for company on said rock, who provides a lot of humour amidst the growing tension. A lean B-movie surprisingly well executed, The Shallows grips with its pared-down primal premise. Lively is sparky as the bait and the shark, although CGI is still a massive threat and the camerawork keeps events on a knifeedge. Don’t go back into the water. Opens Aug 12

NERVE ***

MECHANIC: RESSURECTION ***

LIGHTS OUT ****

Dir: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman (12A, 96 mins) A game of internet truth or dare gets way out of hand as Emma Roberts finds herself embroiled in a deadly game with real consequences. Initially goaded by friends to spice up her life, Roberts becomes part of Nerve, where people can either play or watch. These watchers get the players to do whatever they want, for cash. It starts out harmlessly enough as Roberts kisses Dave Franco and takes a ride into the city with him; they steal some clothes, but then events escalate. They become prisoners of the game, like a social media experiment gone very wrong, and end up fighting for their lives, beating the game being the only way to avoid death. Fast, funky and a bit silly, Nerve is nevertheless an entertaining thriller with some strong support in Orange Is The New Black regulars Kimiko Glenn and Samira Wiley. Opens Aug 11

Dir: Dennis Gansel (15, 90 mins) Who’d have thought a so-so Statham starrer of 2011, already made as a 1970s Charles Bronson vehicle, would have warranted a sequel five years later? Probably not many. And while the public may not have been clamouring for more adventures with assassin Arthur Bishop, they’ve got some, and Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Alba have joined the mix. Pulled out of retirement, the Stath has to complete three impossible assassinations across the globe to save love of his life Alba, after she’s kidnapped by Sam Hazedine. People are killed left, right and centre, Tommy Lee Jones an initial target before teaming up with Statham as he murders across the continents. Utter, well-executed nonsense, with added kudos from Jones and Michelle Yeoh, this is still basic bone-crunching fodder for Statham fans with some nasty violence. Opens Aug 26

Dir: David F. Sandberg (12A, 81 mins) Expanded from an effective three-minute short, this is essentially like the Blink episode of Doctor Who. A family is haunted by a creature who only appears when the light goes out. She’s Diana, a ‘friend’ Maria Bello’s Sophie had picked up whilst being on a psychiatric ward. Now this friend wants to control her and her family, son Gabriel Bateman and daughter Teresa Palmer. It’s up to the family to face down this entity via some ingeniously tense light-related scare inducers. Shocks are constant, the scary manipulation is ever present and the primal fear of seeing something in the dark is a brilliant hook on which to base this pared down horror, shepherded by fright guru James Wan (The Conjuring). Guaranteed to make you lose your popcorn, this is a no-frills film of creepy peekaboo. Opens Aug 19

ALSO RELEASED AUGUST 2016: NINE LIVES (PG) Kevin Spacey gets turned into a cat. Yes. Kevin Spacey turns into a cat. Christopher Walken is in it too. Meow! PETE’S DRAGON (PG) A remake of a not so classic Disney film, starring Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard and a furry dragon. Game Of Thrones this ain’t. MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES (15) Zac Efron takes off his shirt a lot again in this weak comedy as he and his brother Adam Devine pair up with Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza to go to a wedding in Hawaii. They are soon at the women’s mercy. Meh. THE WAVE (15) A Norwegian tsunami drama that delivers in disaster and character terms. WIENER-DOG (15) The latest from misanthrope Todd Solondz follows a dachshund from owner to owner in a shaggy dog collection of stories.

SUICIDE SQUAD ***

POPSTAR – NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING ***

Dir: David Ayer (12A, 130 mins) After the disappointing, po-faced and turgid Batman v Superman, DC Comics wheel out their next project for cinematic dominance over Marvel. This may stand a better chance of delivering as it’s not directed by Zack Snyder. Instead David Ayer, director of Fury, takes the helm as a secret government agency decides to use some supervillains to protect the public good. A very dirty nearly-dozen if you will. Chief amongst them are Margot Robbie’s fan favourite, the sledgehammerwielding Harley Quinn; Will Smith’s Deadshot; Jai Courtney’s Captain Boomerang and Cara LeDevigne’s Enchantress as well as the man-eating half-crocodile, sword-swirling Katana, the fiery El Diablo and a bloke who is good with knots.

Viola Davis’ Amanda Walker is going to use these criminals to fight for good, and if they step out of line they are killed under the watchful eye of Joel Kinnaman’s Rick Flagg. Within this anti-Avengers mix are Jared Leto’s take on the Joker and Batman himself – if Ben Affleck can ungrump himself for a moment. Whether director Auyer can bring some fun back to the DC genre is open to question. Maybe we need a break from superheroes/villains? Opens Aug 5

Dir: Akiva Schaffer/Jorma Taccone (12A, 87 mins) A popstar parody that mostly hits the right notes, if not really delivering a crescendo of satirical orchestration... that’s enough torturous music-related puns.

Andy Samberg reteams with the Lonely Island comedy crew with another film akin to the sporadically amusing but ultimately not funny enough Hot Rod. Samberg plays Conner Friel (4real) a singing egotist surrounded by a huge entourage about to release his second solo album, following a stint with 90s pop band the Style Boyz. Album sales don’t exactly hit the roof and Conner’s life disintegrates.

Some superbly staged rock concert footage has Conner singing his songs, to often raucous effect. Ultimately, though, he has to abandon the team of yaysayers around him and make sure he follows the advice of close friends Owen (Jorma Taccone) and Lawrence (Akiva Schaeffer). Along the way there are many jokes involving celebs, Seal gets attacked by a wolf, Mariah Carey, Martin Sheen and Ringo Starr are game and comedy hard-hitters Sarah Silverman, Will Arnett and Bill Hader also show up for some yucks. Popstar may have an obvious target but it mainly works by revelling in its absurdity. Dope. Opens Aug 26

HELL OR HIGH WATER ****

BEN HUR **

BAD MOMS ***

Dir: David Mackenzie (15, 100 mins) A Texan crime tale with heft from the writer of Sicario, Tye Sheridan, and directed by David Mackenzie, the Brit behind Starred Up and Hallam Foe. Chris Pine and Ben Foster are brothers, small-time bankrobbers who steal from one particular branch of financial institution. Their robberies are small and the brothers are successful, with Pine being the smarter of the two.

Their activities attract the attention of Jeff Bridges’ lawman who hunts the pair down with his Native American partner, played by Gil Birmingham. Events spiral out of control as Bridges closes in on the pair, leading to tension, tragedy and a very satisfying thriller.

The plot twists with economy, the dialogue crackles and Pine and Foster have a great chemistry. Bridges is as superb as ever and the Texan landscape is beautiful and elegiac. Great, solid storytelling. Opens Aug 26

Dir: Timbur Bekmambetov (12A, 120mins) Here’s a film we didn’t need. Another reworking of the classic Lew Wallace story, already done well in 1959 with Charlton Heston as the high-born prince thrown into slavery and out for revenge. Jack Huston plays Judah Ben-Hur, falsely accused of treason by adopted brother and Roman officer Messala, a sneering Toby Kebbell. Ripped from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Ben swears vengeance, and after years at sea in chains he gets his chance, by joining the chariot race in the Roman arena. It’s the centrepoint of the original and here is done with kinetic style and spectacle, but as you don’t care for the characters, it’s all rather ho-hum. Morgan Freeman shows up for some money and chariot training as Huston and Kebbell wheel it out amidst Christian redemption. Spectacular in parts, yes, but ultimately... so what? Opens Aug 26

Dir: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (15, 90 mins) Aiming to do a Hangover for the ladies, Bad Moms collects a lot of funny women together and amps up the language and improv for a scattershot comedy of empowerment. Mila Kunis is apparently a frowsy single mum doing the best for her family and trying to hold down a high powered job. On top of all this stress, she has to be a perfect mum in the eyes of the local school PTA, headed by the fascistic Christina Applegate. Eventually she reaches breaking point and decides to be a bad mother with the reserved Kristen Bell and blowsy Kathryn Hahn, take on the Stepford Wives clones and start enjoying life rather than trying to be perfect. The women behave badly, Hahn in particular has a fantastically foul-mouthed time and if Kunis isn’t particularly believable as a put-upon mum, there’s still some fun to be had with some funny women. Opens Aug 26

THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER (15) The rise of fascism in the 1920s is given a chilling perspective in this drama of a young boy coming of age with evil intentions. Ominous. SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (PG) Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s novel gets dusted off again for another cinematic outing as two groups of children have to put aside their differences for the greater good. Kelly MacDonald, Andrew Scott and Rafe Spall are the grown-ups. CELL (15) John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson co-star in this Stephen King adaptation about a zombie threat activated by a mobile phone call.

JULIETA (15) Pedro Almovadar’s latest boasting superb performances as a mother tries to confront her broken life and estranged daughter.

food/drink STEINBECK AND SHAW Another new bar has arrived in Cardiff as Shoreditch-inspired bar Steinbeck and Shaw opens its doors. Blurring the lines between bar and club, they have a reputation for high standards (let’s see how long that lasts in Cardiff on a Saturday night), with personal direct service to private tables. With guilty pleasure food on sale in the day and a huge line up of drinks available for when it transforms into a club when the sun goes down, it’ll keep protect Cardiffians from hunger, and sobriety.

Steinbeck and Shaw, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2023 3854 / www. steinbeckandshaw.co.uk

OUTBACK RESTAURANT OPENS

KAYA FESTIVAL

The Outback restaurant recently opened in Canton, and is Cardiff’s first Australian themed restaurant.

Owner Ciprian Craciunescu has over nine years’ experience as a chef and has crafted his menu from his travels around Australia. There'll be native bush food as well as Australian cuisine, with a hint of Italian and British cuisine. The menu will include wild boar, kangaroo steaks, venison and ostrich meat, with Australian mountain peppercorns and salt.

The Outback, 149 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff

Chelsea Brownhill takes a look at the sonic and culinary treats on offer at Port Talbot's world music festival.

As Maya Angelou once said, “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” And so, just in time after the recent unpleasant cultural clashes around the world, the Kaya Festival is arriving in Port Talbot to spread a little happiness and once again teach the world how special cultural diversity is.

Kaya is a family-friendly festival that celebrates the world of music and culture, by blending together a mixture of African, Jamaican, European, Latin and Caribbean music alongside providing a multitude of workshops, arts, food stalls and activities. These inspiring workshops include a storytelling workshop (perfect for young’uns), a mad science workshop (perfect for mad’uns) and a drumming workshop (perfect for noisy’uns).

Kaya also provides young people with their very own youth zone, which features an enticing stage offering a platform for young bands. The festival will also showcase a tantalising range of diverse food stalls with something for everyone; Portuguese BBQ, piri piri chicken, flame grilled meat and even gluten-free and vegan food.

This wonderful festival showcases art and culture from Mexico to Wales and everything in between. In previous years Kaya has worked alongside some of the most influential artists and musicians from around the world, but are also incredibly proud to help support young and up-and-coming local acts and performers. In 2015 they had over 150 musical acts across four stages, including performers such as Tinchy Stryder and Lee Scratch Perry; this year’s headline acts include Don Letts, Asian Dub Foundation, Jerry Dammers, Craig Charles, Judge Jules & Paul Trouble Anderson.

Hosted in the idyllic, fairytale setting of Margam Country Park, tickets to this event are selling fast. You can book for either one-day, or camp there for the entire weekend and experience all of the wonderful experiences this festival has to offer.

Kaya Festival, Margam Country Park, Port Talbot, Thurs 4-Sun 7 Aug. Tickets: £79. Info: www.kayafestival.com

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GINSTOCK RETURNS Celebrating all things gin this August, Depot Cardiff welcomes back Ginstock. It will be packed with the finest UK gin producers, along with five street food traders to keep you going throughout the day. There’ll be live music, more than 30 gins and sumptuous street food vendors. As if that wasn’t a big enough excuse, Cardiff’s Bump ‘n’ Grind resident DJs will be hosting a Depot Gin‘n’Juice garden party.

Release your inner Snoop Dogg!

Ginstock, Depot, Cardiff, Sat 6 Aug. Tickets: £5. www.depotcardiff.com

CHERRY BRANDY SOAKED CARROT CAKE WITH LIME CHEESE FROSTING Pizza Tipi

OF THE BEST PLACES ON CITY ROAD One of Wales’ and Cardiff’s most multicultural and varied streets, City Road’s culinary highlights get analysed by Anica Whitmore.

KASPA’S Kaspa’s is the place we thought we could only dream of. Crafted specifically for those who enjoy a little naughty indulgence, this is a one-stop-shop of hot and cold heavenly desserts. Be it a fruity sundae, a triple chocolate crepe or a large banoffee waffle you fancy, there is bound to be something to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Kaspa’s, 103-105 City Rd, Cardiff. Info: 029 2046 0490 / www.kaspas.co.uk

MILGI Milgi is a vegetarian food haven which uses all organic produce and seasonal ingredients to create healthy, mouthwatering recipes. As well as being an ambassador for plant-based eating, with the occasional arts and music event and a cosy fairy-lit Yurt to the rear, Milgi is also the ultimate chillout spot. So grab a cocktail menu and kick back with friends whilst enjoying the cool atmosphere.

Milgi, 213 City Rd, Cardiff. Info: 029 2047 3150 / www.milgicardiff.com

LILO GRILL HOUSE Offering authentic Lebanese cuisine, Lilo’s menu is jam packed with flavoursome chargrilled meat platters and mezzas of all sizes, and an extensive selection of fruit juice and fresh smoothies, making it perfect for a get-together with all the family. Lilo’s has an idyllic décor which oozes a traditional Middle Eastern atmosphere of relaxation for a fantastic dining experience.

Lilo Grill House, 76 City Rd, Cardiff. Info: 029 2049 5390 / www. liloexpresscardiff.co.uk

CHILLI BASIL Small by appearance but seriously big on flavour, Chilli Basil provides all of our favourite Thai dishes at an affordable price. The menu uses fresh ingredients and spices to create classic dishes including Thai green curry, sweet and sour king prawns and the ultimate pad thai. With the option to eat in or takeaway, Chilli Basil is ideal for a quick lunch or a sit down meal.

Chilli Basil, 232 City Rd, Cardiff. Info: 029 2048 2233 / wwwchillibasilthaifood.co.uk

EL PASO If you’re on the hunt for a Mexican restaurant jam-packed with tasty ingredients, fabulous portions and a vibrant, energetic atmosphere, then El Paso is your place.

Friendly service and a selection of authentic Mexican dishes make El Paso the ideal host for large birthday meals, so grab your sombrero and visit for a delicious chimichanga – you won’t be disappointed.

El Paso, 120 City Rd, Cardiff. Info: 029 2046 2054 / www.elpasogrill.co.uk pic. Jeremy Segrott

Words MICHAEL BELL www.mikeyandthekitchen.wordpress.com @mikeyandthekitchen Summer parties call for a baked treat on the kitchen counter, but a treat that’s refreshing for the guests to eat and calming to bake for the host.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE CAKE:

250g carrots

250ml cherry brandy

250ml vegetable oil

250g caster sugar

1 orange

Pinch of salt

3 eggs

250g self-raising flour

100g pistachio nuts FOR THE FROSTING:

300g full fat cream cheese

75g icing sugar

Juice of 2 limes METHOD 1. Finely grate the carrots into a Tupperware box with a grater before pouring over the cherry brandy, allowing to soak for a minimum of 3 hours.

2. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line/grease a 23-inch springform tin.

3. Combine the oil, sugar, orange zest and salt in a large bowl (or do as I do and lazily use an electric mixer).

4. Add the eggs one by one and continue to mix until well combined.

5. Sift the flour into the mixture, folding with a spoon to create a beige batter.

6. Remove the soaked carrots from the brandy and pat dry in a colander with kitchen towel before slowly folding into the batter.

7. Place the pistachios into a ziplock bag and bash with a blunt object to create shards – not too vigorously as you want a nice mix of both chunks and dust.

8. Fold the nuts into the mixture, reserving a handful for the frosting, and continue to stir until combined.

9. Pour this into the lined tin before placing in the oven for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean if you pierce the sponge.

10. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

11. For the frosting, combine all of the ingredients and gently stir to create a thick, glossy paste and allow to cool and harden in the fridge until the sponge has cooled completely.

12. Once both have cooled, spread the frosting on its surface before sprinkling over the retained pistachios.

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AGRIC ULT UR A L C OURS E S W ITH HUMBL E BY N AT URE

AUGUST FOODIE FOCUS Words JANE COOK www.hungrycityhippy.co.uk

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ugust kicks off with a celebration of all things gin. The Gin Stock festival is back at Cardiff’s Depot for the second time on Sat 6 Aug. Promising more than 30 types of gin from a range of producers, a selection of them will also be on-site to offer tasting tips and information about the history and heritage of their distillations. Tickets are £5, and available from www.depot.eventcube.io.

On Sat 13 Aug, the Lostlands Rooftop Cinema is heading over to Penarth for a special screening of cult-classic Jaws, on the roof of the Fig Tree overlooking the pier. Caterers are yet to be confirmed, but there will be a fully licensed bar available, and tickets cost £10, available from www.fatsoma.com/Lostlands.

After the success of last year, the Street Food Circus is returning to Cardiff – this time at a new location in Sophia Gardens. Boasting a circus big top for communal dining, along with 20 rotating artisan food trucks and themed bars featuring the finest local craft ales and beers, the event will run every weekend from Thurs 18 Aug. The Absolutely Fabulous Vegan Festival is popping up again in Cardiff on Sun 21 Aug, this time at 2 Shakespeare Street, in Roath. Expect the usual round-up of the city’s finest vegan food producers offering their very best cruelty-free fare. Entry fee is £1 and payable on the day.

At the end of the month, it’s back to the Depot for another booze-fest: this time it’s the second annual Brewfest, a celebration of more than 25 breweries, which is hosted in collaboration with Otely Brewing Co. and Tiny Rebel Brewing Co. Tickets are £5 (which includes a free commemorative Brewfest glass), available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/ cardiffbrewfest.

Humble By Nature was created and developed by Kate Humble and her husband Ludo Graham in 2010 after they found out that a charming Monmouthshire farm was being sold off into small farming lots, which the couple decided they just couldn’t let happen. Wanting a place for their smallholding animals, they decided that the farm would be perfect for them, and felt it like it was too important an asset to the area, to farming and to the community to just let it go into disrepair.

After much-needed renovation, it’s now run as a place to showcase rural skills, cookery and learning, sustainability and new technology.

It’s also a hub for all things agricultural, offering courses in beekeeping, where you learn sustainable ways to keep bees (which is becoming increasingly important) or smallholding and animal husbandry courses where you can learn sheep-shearing, smallholding animals and lambing. Perhaps aquaponics is more your thing? Here you can learn the essentials you need to get growing healthy food sustainably for your home, school or community.

Food and cookery courses teach you foraging and the wild tastes of hedgerow, cooking on a wood fire, bread making, and pork butchery, curing and sausage making. They even offer singing – it is Wales after all.

They have three different types of accommodation to stay on the farm during courses or just a romantic getaway, in The Hayloft, The Piggery or the ironically self-titled The Humble Hideaway.

If you fancy a wedding among the animals they can cater for you, offering beautiful rustic dining in either their long barn and vintage tent on the front lawn, marquee in the front field and their grand yurt in the front field. Their beautiful grounds and natural relaxing surroundings make it the perfect setting for this down-to-earth establishment.

Humble By Nature, Penallt. Info: 01600 714595 / www.humblebynature.co.uk

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MR VILLA’S FISH & CHIP RESTAURANT AND OYSTER BAR

pic Naotake Murayama

THÉ POT

3-4 Bron-Y-Mor, The Knap, Barry. 01446 730662 / www.mrvillasbarry.com Food **** Atmosphere *** With plenty of good, established cafes to choose in the area, The Knap at last has a restaurant to go to since the demise of Hedley’s. The Knap is a beautiful location, and with access to the beach, a boating lake and parks, it’s the perfect setting for a decent restaurant. Mr Villa’s was welcomed by the locals when it opened at the tail end of last year, as previous restaurants run by the owners had been exceptional. My first visit to Mr Villa’s was just before Christmas and my hopes were dashed – it was dreadful. Poor service, miserable staff, mediocre food and ‘mood’ lighting that could be seen from Minehead.

On a recent return visit, albeit begrudgingly, I was expecting much of the same. However, I was surprised to find happy staff, clearly new or trained chefs and a more relaxing ambience. Still no background tunes though. Many people would rather not go back to a restaurant than make constructive criticism, which defeats the object of improvement; we all want a pleasurable dining experience and hopefully restaurateurs take note.

The starters of fishcake and moules marinière were ample and fresh. Mains arrived in the form of hake beurre blanc and I am reliably informed the homemade chicken and leek pie were excellent. The side of chips, homemade and plentiful, and perfect crispy onion rings were equally as satisfying. The desserts are made by the owner’s wife who also runs a catering business; the rice pudding was fabulous with a perfect bronzed skin on top, no synthetic additions here.

Mr Villa’s has improved since my last visit but there are still issues: food takes a tad longer to arrive than it should and the cement floor is less than welcoming. The establishment may have suffered poor reviews when it first opened and still has a couple of niggling issues, but it appears that they have taken on board comments made and making a real effort to offer what customers want, and customers are benefitting.

ANTONIA LEVAY

55A Whitchurch Road, Cardiff. 029 2061 1204 / www.thepotcafe.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere **** After two years of Thé Pot Café’s success on Crwys Road, the team behind the French bistro have expanded their operations. Thé Pot Café is now Arty’s Kitchen, a Welsh café serving up rarebit and Welsh cakes, while their new premises on foodie street Whitchurch Road is a little slice of France in Wales. Its premises are what estate agents may call ‘cosy’, but its charming décor creates a relaxed dining room ambience, and although it was busy when we arrived, it didn’t feel crowded in the slightest.

We first order seared scallops and French onion soup. They were both quickly served, with the scallops beautifully presented on top of a truffle-infused pea puree, and the soup managing to get the delicately sweet flavours just right.

After a satisfying entrée, our whistles whetted by their large selection of wines, our main courses were brought out: Welsh lamb rump over creamed leeks, bacon and creamed potatoes, and a medium-rare steak with triple-fried chips and a peppercorn sauce. The lamb was beautifully cooked, pink and juicy, with a rich red wine jus. The chips which accompanied the hearty steak were possibly the best I had ever had, with a soft crisp batter that almost resembled that of a churro.

To finish, what could be better than a chocolate torte and a glass of cognac? Both were warming for the soul, with the cognac being the perfect companion for the rich torte. What stands out most for the restaurant is its relaxed ambience, which is a fantastic venue for a Frenchy evening. If you fancy a breakfast, brunch, lunch, or drink, then they also offer lighter breakfast and lunch menus.

LUKE OWAIN BOULT

SOCIETY STANDARD

79-81 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff. 029 2061 1556 / www.societystandard.co.uk Food *** Atmosphere *** Whitchurch Road is fast becoming the foodie epicentre of Cardiff, with a melting pot of different cultural cuisines running up and down the street. The Society Standard is the newest bar/kitchen to appear, bringing a relaxed and stripped-back style along with a locally-sourced menu.

The bar is stocked with local ales and ciders, as well as Double Standard, the Society Standard’s own IPA. The wide cocktail selection, too, is filled with classic cocktails given a modern twist.

Now to what everyone wants to know: how was the food? First of all we went for the Rack ‘Em Up Ribs, which are glazed with a sticky BBQ sauce and served with sautéed pickled cabbage and spiced skinny fries. The rib portions are big, which is always a plus, and the smoky BBQ flavour combined with the tender pork is mouthwatering.

The second dish we tried was the vegetarian spinach dahl, which infuses courgette pakora, tomato chutney, chargrilled spring onions and coriander yogurt.

The dahl was full of flavour and has a nice little kick at the end – to me, this was the real standout dish and definitely worth checking out.

Frankly, when it comes to the desserts you won’t be blown away. A coconut panna cotta, especially, was not great. Otherwise, though, the meal and experience you get at Society Standard will ensure you a great night filled with good food, drinks and hopefully laughter with friends.

JAYDON MARTIN

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BEEP

Elysium Gallery, Swansea Fri 5 Aug-Sat 3 Sept BEEP, which stands for the Biennial Exhibition of Painting, is a large-scale contemporary international exhibition. The exhibition takes place every two years and this year’s theme is exploring notions of perception, memory and belonging grounded in a place, space or time through the medium of paint.

BEEP was conceived by artist and Elysium Gallery director Jonathan Powell out of a desire to bring a regular series of grander contemporary painting exhibitions to Wales.

The point of BEEP is to celebrate contemporary painting by bringing some of the best work around the globe to Wales. Because of the support they give to imaginative artists, awareness will be brought to painting on the whole, including traditional formats and testing new media in relation to painting.

This year there will be two prizes. The main winner will receive £1000 and a solo exhibition with Ellysium Gallery, and will be chosen by two judges, both professional and respected artists and art organisers.

The People’s Prize winner will receive £200 and will be chosen by the visitors to the exhibition.

Admission: free. Info: 07980 925449 / www. elysiumgallery.com (MM)

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THE WONDERCRUMP WORLD OF ROALD DAHL

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Fri 12 Aug-Sat 31 Dec To mark the centenary of one of the greatest children’s writers of all time, the Wales Millennium Centre is set to capture some of Roald Dahl’s best and most memorable work in an interactive and immersive exhibition experience.

Fresh from London’s Southbank Centre, The Wondercrump World Of Roald Dahl promises to provide a new perspective on the much loved writer. The exhibition has been created using archived materials from the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, but the tour will give you a rare opportunity to experience these unique objects outside their traditional glass cases.

In the exhibition, visitors are able to discover where he got his inspiration for his most famous characters, and it is surprising and enlightening to discover how closely they are linked to Dahl’s own life. The journey begins by taking the audience through the early life of Roald Dahl, from his boarding school in Weston-Super-Mare to his early days in the RAF. This section is especially poignant as Dahl’s history is so intertwined with Wales. If you simply step outside the centre, you will be on Roald Dahl’s Plass, which was opened in the millennium and was created in honour of the writer who was born in the city.

As visitors are guided through the exhibition, they can see the impossible spaces in Dahl’s books come to life. They are taken away from the everyday and into a unique world of magic and intrigue. The exhibition gives the opportunity for guests to visit the fantastical forests of Mr Fox, wander through Matilda’s magic library and even get a glimpse of James Giant Peach.

The impressive and ambitious tour is comprised of interactive instalments which allow visitors to be creative and imaginative, making their own world from personal experience and memory, intertwined with the world of Dahl.

Even though the exhibition is created for a younger audience, much like Roald Dahl’s writing, it is suitable for children of all ages. A journey through the exhibition will create nostalgia as you dust off childhood memories and travel to a place altogether more exotic, bizarre and most importantly, magical.

Tickets: £8-£9. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk ELOUISE HOBBS

F22 PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION GLASS BEACON PROJECT Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay Until Sun 4 Sept F22, aka Mike and Dave, are returning to the Norwegian Church after a successful exhibition earlier this year. These two photographers met at university in Luton, where their shared love of different photographic techniques allowed them to grow an impressive body of work, which they now regularly exhibit.

The pair draw inspiration for their work from different places: Mike takes his inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick whilst Dave is inspired by landscape photographers Ansel Adams and Galen Rowell. Their relationship flourished due to their joint love of the experimental; their name is even drawn from the photographic method of taking a photograph on the smallest aperture setting.

Their photoshoots take place outdoors and they are inspired by the movement of nature and how light can greatly affect the mood and atmosphere of a shot. When they travel to location, they are equipped with a variety of cameras, both SLR and DSLR. Their latest exhibition captures beautifully eerie scenes and many create an uncanny recognition. By creating scenes that mirror an obscure memory it creates both an interesting and unique exhibition.

Admission: free. Info: 029 2087 7959 / www.norwegianchurchcardiff.co.uk (EH)

National Waterfront Museum, Swansea Sat 27 Aug-Sun 27 Nov After years of the arts course moving around University Of Wales campus for construction reasons, the arts, glass and industrial design department will be back in their original location in the newly refurbished ALEX building. To celebrate this, the staff had decided to create a glass arts project to scatter light both inside the new building and outside into the city of Swansea.

A bloodline of past students’ design has been created to show the past with the current. The idea is to show how past students are a part of the university’s history and have helped mould the structure of the education and social experience in the courses.

Located in the building’s four-sided square tower, the glass is designed to serve as a beacon, a metaphorical ‘crown’ for the building to represent both its history and resurrection; a visual statement of continuity and change.

Visible from all round the city, the double height tower room houses a meeting space specifically chosen so that all users of the building can enjoy it. The colourful glass beacon will be a shining example, literally, of the rich tradition and ongoing excellence in stained and architectural glass training at this university.

Admission: free. Info: 029 2057 3600 / www.museum.wales/swansea (EG)

ANNE-MIE MELIS: A NEW NICHE FOR NATURE

Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen Sat 6 Aug-Sat 15 Oct This is the final installation in a four-part series exploring the types of flora that grow where water meets land. Anne-Mid Melis drew inspiration from the River Towy and the riparian zone, the area where a body of water meets the earth. Her pieces have tried to capture the plant life that grows along the riverbank and how it survives.

This delicate balance between the life and death of the flora, perched precariously on the riverbank, creates questions about both the plants’ nature and the balance of mother nature, as inevitably only the adaptable will survive. In A New Niche For Nature, Melis combines both natural and traditional materials to create sculptures and drawings, but she also encompasses new media and technology to create a contrast with her subject. By utilising new technological techniques, she is able to create moving images which capture the atmosphere and fluidity of the transitional scenes.

Fascinated by the rare, endangered and brilliant flora, the exhibition captures their state of flux. They appear exposed, almost naked, on the riverbank, and this fragility is beautiful. Yet, in reality these plants were in a fierce underground fight for light, nutrition and ultimately, survival.

Admission: free. Info: 012 6722 2775 / www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk (EH)

stage

NO MAN’S LAND New Theatre, Cardiff Mon 29 Aug-Sat 3 Sept Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart reunite on stage for a tour of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land following their hit run on Broadway. This production received acclaimed reviews at the Cort Theatre in New York, where it ran in repertory with Waiting For Godot. Now the duo are touring the UK, including Cardiff’s New Theatre before a short London run.

McKellen and Stewart are long-time friends themselves and have brought their friendship to their previous theatre outings, also giving fans a wealth of light-hearted social media posts, in which the duo do everything from cooking a lobster to going to a funfair. While their ongoing adventures probably didn’t hurt ticket sales, the genuine friendship and bond between the two is clear, and makes their performance something truly special. The chance to see two greats of British stage and screen together is something not to be missed.

The play follows two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, who meet in a pub in Hampstead and get increasingly drunk as the evening wears on. No Man's Land itself is a classic, and one which perhaps some audiences would normally find intimidating.

With the lure of these great actors, a more varied audience will no doubt be attracted to the play, which is a great thing as Pinter, one of the greats of playwriting, is one not to be overlooked. Those who might be intimidated by this play needn’t worry: it’s a funny, engaging and entertaining piece which has audiences hooked from the get-go.

Returning to direct this dynamic piece is Sean Mathias, having also directed the duo in Waiting For Godot. Joining them on stage will be Owen Teale and Damien Molony, a pair of young actors who can more than hold their own against the more famous leads.

Tickets: £11-£65. Info: 029 2087 8889 / www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk EMILY GARSIDE

DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

Oystermouth Castle, Swansea, Thurs 4 Aug; Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan, Tue 9 Aug; Abergavenny Castle, Thurs 11 Aug; St Donat’s Castle, Mon 29 Aug Roald Dahl’s classic Danny The Champion Of The World is a story about a young English boy and his father William who live in a gypsy caravan and earn their income off their filling station and poaching pheasants from Mr Hazel’s wood. When his father fails to return, Danny, who fears the worst, goes looking for him by driving an Austin Seven to Hazel’s wood, and finding his father trapped by his ankle, which has broken. They have a magnificent plan to embarrass Mr Hazel with his annual poaching event that he hosts for lords, dukes and barons. In a story which sees Danny being the mastermind behind the whole plan, they decide to drug the pheasants and take them to the vicarage to hide them. However, all does not go to plan...

In their 25th year, stage company Illyria have managed to secure the rights to perform their fifth Dahl title. The Cornwall-based Illyria tour Britain putting on shows; this one visits four locations in south Wales this month and is extra authentic thanks to the appearance of actual pheasants! This story is well suited to the outdoor design of this theatre company. The event will also go ahead rain or shine, so bring suitable clothing.

Tickets: £4-£13. Info: 01792 636000 / 01239 621200 / 01873 850805 / 01446 799100 / www.illyria.uk.com (NP)

GOING POSTAL

The Gate, Cardiff Sat 20 Aug “Moist Von Lipwig is a conman, forger and trickster, always on the lookout for the next big game. Until one of his many personas has a run-in with the law and is hanged to within an inch of his life.” So begins Going Postal. Monstrous Productions are back with another Terry Pratchett adaptation raising money for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Terry Pratchett was and remains one of the world’s best loved fantasy writers, noted for his comic touch. In Going Postal, he tells the story of a man who sees his world crumble as his life catches up with him.

Before Moist Von Lipwig is hanged, he’s saved by the cunning Patrick Havelock Vetinari who gives him an alternative of either working in the post office that has lots of undelivered mail from the past 20 years, or walking out the door that would lead to a fatal drop. Needless to say, Lipwig accepts the job.

Monstrous Productions’ last Terry Pratchett production was a big success, staging Pratchett’s Eric, and no doubt this will be another hit. Monstrous have been bringing Pratchett’s Discworld to The Gate for a few years now and each one has been gathering momentum, raising over £16,000 for such a brilliant cause, Alzheimer’s Research.

Tickets: £8. Info: 029 2048 3344 / www. thegate.org.uk (NP)

MANDELA TRILOGY

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Wed 24-Sat 27 Aug In this colourful celebration of the man who touched the hearts and minds of people around the world, Cape Town Opera dramatise Nelson Mandela’s life on stage in two hours and three acts, asking audiences to revaluate everything they know about the South African icon.

The opera follows the uplifting story of Mandela’s transformation from freedom fighter to president. It’s laden with a soundtrack of upbeat jazz and swinginfluenced songs fused with musical styles more familiar in contemporary opera, as well as a mix of Xhosa folk music that grounds the production in its South African roots.

From tribal initiation rites on the banks of the Mbashe River, through the heady and rebellious jazz-fuelled days in Sophiatown, to incarceration and reflection on Robben Island and finally beyond, to freedom, this is the story of one of the world’s most iconic figures.

Performed by a company of over 60 South African performers, with music by Peter Louis van Dijk and Mike Campbell, a script written and directed by Michael Williams, and performed by the world renowned Cape Town Opera company, Mandela Trilogy is as much a musical treat as it is historically informative.

Tickets: £14-£53. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk (EG)

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Grand Theatre, Swansea Tues 23-Sat 27 Aug Bill Kenwright presents a new production of the classic musical The Sound Of Music, which is making its way to Swansea after rave reviews. Its lavish staging tells the true story of the world-famous singing family, the von Trapps, from their romantic beginnings and search for happiness, to their thrilling escape to freedom in Switzerland from Nazi Austria at the start of WWll. However, it can be a little too much over the top, and if merry singing is something that turns your stomach then it probably isn’t for you.

It’s a stage production that divides peoples’ opinions. The Sound Of Music is great for someone looking for an easy to watch production, but not so much for someone with more of a refined taste in shows. But if you’re looking for a good old singalong with memorable song, then great! It claims to ‘enchant the young and the young at heart.’

With Lucy O’Byrne playing the lead role of Maria, once portrayed by the great Julie Andrews, she certainly has big shoes to fill.

Luckily, her singing is up to scratch in this rendition, singing high octavo songs and such famous songs. The brilliant set also delights, encapsulating every aspect of the original with a newer, fresher appearance.

Tickets: £19-£39.50. Info: 01792 475715 / www.swansea.gov.uk/ swanseagrandtheatre (NP)

THE HAÇIENDA – CARDIFF

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Memorex @ Tramshed, Cardiff Sun 28 Aug Here’s Memorex again, whose Cardiff nights have more and more focused on gritty techno as oppose to the classic house and tech-house that they made their name with.

Ben Klock is the muscular face of Berghain, Berlin’s techno mecca – it’s no exaggeration to say he’s the most recognisable figurehead of ‘real’ techno worldwide, alongside Marcel Dettmann, who Memorex brought over last year. He has a deep understanding of techno’s diversity, able to lay waste to enormous warehouses and festival arenas as well as dark, smoke-filled basements the world over. Klock made his name playing endurance-testing afterhours sets, and that stamina and experience shows in his ability to create narrative and extreme dynamics even in the shorter performances demanded of an A-list DJ. These skills and his formidable reputation gave him the opportunities to create a Fabric CD in 2012 and win BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Of The Year award in 2015.

His time lately has been dominated by the live circuit, but he also has a solid discography in terms of production mainly through the Berghain-affiliated Ostgut Ton label. He’s also an in-demand remixer, taking on work by Kerri Chandler, Depeche Mode, Robert Hood and Kenny Larkin. Then there’s his label Klockworks, running for 10 years now. After this, it’s hard to see which techno royalty there is left for Memorex to book.

Tickets: £15-£25. Info: 029 2023 5555 (GTDC) BUZZ 44

Tramshed, Cardiff Fri 26 Aug Manchester comes to Cardiff this August bank holiday, in a massive, sun-drenched lineup of house pioneers who go back over 30 years, with a clutch of A-grade DJs spanning both sides of the Atlantic, plus a host of longtime Cardiff favourites. The northern city’s most iconic nightclub, The Haçienda may now be a distant memory turned into a block of flats, but its legacy is kept alive via nights like this one.

Two Chicago legends are in attendance, the first of which, Marshall Jefferson, goes back to the very beginning of house music as we know it. Marshall Jefferson’s first releases, on the pioneering Trax label, emerged in the mid-80s, and he was a early creator of what became known as acid house, creating the blueprint for pretty much all dance music that came afterwards. Derrick Carter [pictured], one of the true Chicago pioneers, is known as a stalwart DJ to this day, able to rock the floor for many hours whether with high energy house or sweaty, headspinning disco. He’s still a very credible producer, though if you’re of a deeper mindset, check his psychedelic Sound Patrol releases from the 90s.

Graeme Park represents Manchester and the club this night pays tribute to. When acid house began to transform UK club culture in the late 80s Park was a Haçienda lynchpin, and he continues to carry the torch. Jon DaSilva might be less known than the rest, but, though less trumpeted, he was a powerful force in his time; Wales’ own Sasha, who we covered last month, says he was “the most influential DJ in my career.”

Covering the second room are local names like Craig Bartlett, Dave Jones, Gareth Hopkins and Darren Stewart. Hopefully this night should bring everyone out, from teenage to the almost middle-aged.

Tickets: £20/£18. Info: 029 2023 5555 GWYN THOMAS DE CHROUSTCHOFF

CRITICAL CONDITION

The Queens Hall, Narberth Sat 27 Aug Pembroke Dock’s Critical Condition unveils a beats-and-rhymes one-off in Pembrokeshire’s central nightspot the Queen’s Hall. The headline act is Bedford’s boom-bap hip-hop duo Filthy Funk [pictured], otherwise known as Dotz and Peterz, who are preparing to release a new EP after their Funkin Hell album that came out in March.

They take influence from classic hip-hop with a UK feel reminiscent of Four Owls, with the taut production of Scotland’s CRINK providing a sharp and energetic foundation for the pair’s grime-tinged vocal delivery.

Dotz in particular comes with an athletic flow that should be sure to impress west Wales’ young MCs and hip-hop heads – he’s previously been applauded as the UK Jump Off Battle Rap Champion, and he’s won awards for his last couple of albums, with Phili and most recently for his Filthy Funk outing with Peterz. Check the duo’s SB:TVdebuted single Burn ‘Em Up on Youtube for a sample of their rollie-smoking, breathless, bass-kicking style.

Filthy Funk have had a full summer of touring all over the UK, so this is quite a coup for Narberth. Support comes from the terrifyingly named E.Coli, along with young scenesters Teej, Ketchum, Decibel Imprint and Late Knight, and it’s a 16-and-over show so keep a look out for West Wales’ young microphone stars freestyling in the smoking area.

Admission: £12/£10 adv. Info: 01834 861212 (GTDC)

PATRICK TOPPING

Memorex @ The Arch, Neath Fri 5 Aug We don’t often get to feature club nights outside Cardiff and Swansea (and sometimes Aberystwyth), so it’s pleasure to give some column inches to a Neath nightspot. Praise is due to the hardworking chaps at Cardiff’s Memorex outfit though, as they team up with Neath’s Solo after a successful gig last month featuring Lauren Lo Sung, and they’re spreading the love westwards again with not just any local DJ, but tech-house royalty Patrick Topping.

Last year the Geordie became seriously hot property in clubland, with his fifth Beatport number one in his category, and touring some of the world’s biggest festivals – from South America’s Creamfields stop-off to Australia’s Stereosonic, not to mention Detroit’s legendary Movement festival and a residency at DC10 in Ibiza. In just a couple of years, his brain-fried, shuffling beats, creaking bass and head-frazzling sampling has travelled round the world, and is showcased at its best on tracks like Sussed and the Hot Creations smash Get Beasty.

He’s received the seal of approval from house royalty in Voicemail, a typically sassy collaboration with Chicago’s Green Velvet, where the latter’s penchant for spoken-word vocals get an injection of Topping’s rowdy, rolling beats and bass. This is a chance to catch a proper star of modern house music in a Welsh town that will surely provide a grateful, sweaty reception.

Tickets: £15/£12. Info: 01639 635377 (GTDC)

SISTER NANCY

Meze Lounge, Newport Sat 3 Sept A proper late night reggae session takes place in Newport, going on till 5am at that old favourite, the Meze Lounge. Don’t be confused by the venue’s name – it’s unlikely that middle eastern snacks will be the main fare on offer here, as this dancehall reggae legend seems to have been booked by local Carribbean food franchise Irie Shack. Sister Nancy was the first well-known female dancehall DJ, but she’s known best for her soundystem classic Bam Bam, the dancehall smash that pitted her lyrically playful performance against Ansell Collin’s classic Stalag 17 ska riddim.

Sister Nancy – born Ophlin Russell – is now approaching 60, releasing her first single all the way back in 1980 and following in her brother Brigadier Jerry’s footsteps as a Kingston superstar. She apparently now works as an accountant in New Jersey, so it’s exciting to see her still performing all the way back in the UK. Her big classic still gives off reverberations in all different areas of culture, from Canadian ragga-jungle producer Krinjah’s influential 2001 remix to its sampling by Kanye West in Famous, currently trending for its part in the downfall of Taylor Swift’s career, not to mention its inclusion in the soundtrack of dictatorbothering Hollywood comedy The Interview.

Seeing it played out live in Newport is an opportunity not to be missed – “Sister Nancy she a one inna three million.”

Tickets: £8 early bird. Info: 01633 259144 (GTDC)

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ANNA AND ELIZABETH

Burnetts Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire Thurs 11 Aug American country duo Anna And Elizabeth are set to arrive in Wales this August, bringing with them the emotion and soul that is so often synonymous with their style of old time country music. The pair have plans to tour for the majority of the remaining portion of 2016, starting with the UK, Norway and Ireland this summer. It’s going to be an important few months for the duo, as Anna And Elizabeth’s album Sun To Sun is also out this month (Fri 5 Aug, to be precise).

Their musical style could be considered marginal in the modern pop landscape, yet their performances are poignant and emotionally provocative. Their soulful close harmonies and the inclusion of moments of solo voice without accompaniment from the usual banjo, fiddle or guitar work to create a captivating performance. An interesting addition to their performances is the use of ‘crankies’ – handmade scrolling pictures which are used to enable the pair to tell the stories behind their music. When all this comes together, it’s a spectacle that very quickly draws you in.

Anna and Elizabeth’s performance, combined with the setting of Burnett Hill Chapel’s 19th century architecture, promises to be a unique take on a genre of music less appreciated than most.

Tickets: £10. Info: 01646 651725 (EJ)

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YEARS & YEARS

Party In The Parc @ Coopers Field, Cardiff Fri 12 Aug Going from strength to strength, British festival favourites Years & Years are bringing their oneof-a-kind electropop sounds to the capital as part of Party In The Parc. This is the first time Cardiff has hosted such an event, which is being organised by the people behind Pride Cymru.

Made up of frontman and keyboard player Olly Alexander, bass guitarist Mikey Goldsworthy, and keyboardist Emre Türkmen, Years & Years are a British electronica trio who have more than put their stamp on the UK music charts in recent years, and this event will be a great excuse to hear their hit single King and a host of others from their chart-topping album Communion in a hopefully baking summers day in Coopers Field.

Lead vocalist Olly Alexander is slowly becoming an important voice of a generation, most recently via his inspiring LBGT-themed speech at Glastonbury; the accompanying video for their new single, Worship, sees him once again make a bold and powerful statement about sexuality. Something I’m sure will be a welcoming message to the capacity crowd at the brand new event.

Lu Thomas, Party In The Parc co-founder and chair of the Pride Cymru committee, says: “We’re excited to be bringing this amazing band to our vibrant capital city which marks a whole weekend of music and celebration.

"All profits from ticket sales will go towards funding Pride, which has become a huge showcase event for the LGBT+ community in Wales and the South West, so it’s essential we keep this event sustainable for the future.

"Party in the Parc will hopefully raise vital funds towards this while giving people a great night out this summer.”

Additionally, a whole host of homegrown British acts are set to join the bill as support.

Electronic duo Maribou State, singer-songwriter Izzy Bizu, cool five-piece band Nimmo and Jax Jones will also be performing and adding to the lineup.

Tickets: £29.95-£50. Info: 029 2087 2087 OWEN SCOURFIELD

HUB FESTIVAL

Various venues, Womanby Street, Cardiff Fri 26-Sun 28 Aug Cardiff’s annual inner city takeover returns, spanning Womanby Street venues including The Full Moon, The Moon Club, Fuel, Clwb Ifor Bach, Four Bars at Dempseys, Urban Tap House and the City Arms, plus the Busker's Revenge Pirate Ship and an outdoor stage. The music curation is aided by the knowledge of the peeps at Bubblewrap Collective, Young Promoters Network and the Blue Honey crew amongst many others – it’s a real family affair. There are plenty of Cardiff favourites on the lineup, from party-happy skankers Junior Bill, fresh from a showing at Boomtown, to the sleazy rockabilly blues of Johnny Cage And The Voodoogroove.

The biggest draw is Richard Dawson [pictured]: a wonderful, unique singersongwriter who might change the way you feel about folk music, if that’s what you can describe him as. His performance at Camarthenshire’s Dinefwr festival back in 2014 laid waste to the genteel crowd with a set of truly raw songs that veered between beautiful acappella works of throaty, poetic discordance and distorted guitar mangling.

Check out the lineup to find plenty of other excellent bands, from Ffug to Featherjaw, and plenty of names you might not know.

And if you really can’t find anything that hits the spot, there’s a beer festival, roving performing artists and street food aplenty.

Tickets: £20 weekend/£10 per day. Info: info@thefullmooncardiff.com (GTDC)

MINISTRY

Tramshed, Cardiff Tue 16 Aug The biggest surprise of the announcement of this Cardiff date is that Ministry were even still treading the boards. It’s been a long while since the industrial metal combo’s breakthrough record – 1992’s Psalm 69 – during which time they’ve seen the departure of long-time bassist and songwriter Paul Barker and the death of guitarist Mike Scaccia in 2012.

Despite seemingly putting Ministry to rest after 2007’s The Last Sucker the band’s frontman and sole mainstay since their formation in 1981, Al Jourgensen, announced their comeback just four years later; not the most hotly anticipated reunion of a successful 1990s band, but one that had their loyal fans chomping at the bit. In this case these diehards were lucky because it wasn’t just festival appearances that followed, but the eventual recording new music which materialised in the form of 2012’s Relapse and the following year’s From Beer To Eternity – if there’s one thing you can rely on Ministry for, it’s a pun-based album title.

Industrial metal and the bands that played it reached something of a peak in the early 90s and anything recorded by them since then has sounded a little dated, as if they hadn’t updated their equipment since splashing out on the MPC2000 – so expect this tour to be something of a trip down memory lane than a musical plan for the future.

Tickets: £20. Info: 029 2023 5555 (BG)

UNORTHODOX PARADOX

Hollybush, nr Hay-On-Wye Fri 26-Sun 28 Aug Microfestivals in vast swaths of countryside are one of the few saving graces of an otherwise underwhelming UK summer season. Let us introduce you to one such gem, in its sixth year but in the idyllic surrounds of Hollybush for the first time.

Unorthodox Paradox is cosy and intimate, but with a plethora of talent and activities on show – a unique and compelling experience is up for grabs, more than living up to its name.

Festival organiser Neil Spragg set it all up in 2011 with the aim of curating a stage of acts that are “offering something new and unusual”. Neil aims to “appeal to people who have a similar open mind and desire to experience new music”. A welcome change of pace from festivals that are becoming so overcrowded and environmentally irresponsible it’s hard to prick up the impetus to pay through the nose to wallow in filth and strain your eyes to make out the distant silhouette of a band.

Acts featured include Modified Toy Orchestra, Worldservice Project, The Scaramanga Six [pictured], Colossloth, Tube Jerk, Ichi, Clowwns and Stereoscope amongst many others. Welsh favourites Right Hand Left Hand and Mank will make an appearance as well, and as Neil says, if you leave with “several favourite new bands... I see my job as done!”

Tickets: £35 weekend/£15 per day/free under-16s. Info: paradox@sirreal.biz (CPI)

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reviews albums ASYLUMS **** Killer Brain Waves (Cool Thing) If you’re a listener of Radio 1, chances are you’ve heard a few of these tunes already. Five tracks of this debut album have already hit airwaves and playlists across the country and beyond. Asylums have also hit the road with veterans Ash and Nothing But Thieves. On the whole, a sarky, catchy, energetic ensemble of a record with a nod here and there to Britpop heroes of the past. Second Class Sex and The Death Of Television are definite ones to check out. OS

BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH *** After The Rain (Dirty Hit) The fourth album from Leftwich is simple yet effective in trying to portray his new found peace with himself. The tracks flow nicely into one another, so if you prefer an album with more peaks and troughs then this probably isn’t for you. Its attempt to capture you via its lyrics falls a little short and comes off as somewhat wishy-washy but After The Rain still delivers on the acoustic front with soft melodies and beats. If it helps, then it’s a good album for the car. NP

CAPTAIN ACCIDENT **** Wake & Break (Clumsy Productions) The fact that the sun is shining and I’m sipping a rum cocktail whilst listening to Wake & Break probably adds a star to the rating automatically.

Captain Accident (Adam Parsons and co) have conjured up some of the most laid back, easylistening reggae you’re likely to hear this side of the Severn Bridge. Along with the more energetic Junior Bill, CA have cornered the South Wales reggae scene and with tunes as catchy as Many Moons and Earn Your Stripes it’s easy to see why. BG

CONSTERDINE **** Electronic Organism (Sunshine Heart) Formerly part of seminal electronic dub crew Zion Train, West Wales’ Colin Consterdine was later known as Powersteppers, and has pioneered forward-thinking music in Wales. His first solo album under this name applies his mastery of

the weight and rhythm of stepper’s style dub to something new, drawing on trance, EBM, acid, trip hop and more to create a clutch of emotive, psychedelic riddims. During many magnificent moments I picture Plaid jamming with Eat Static while King Tubby stands at the desk. GTDC

tunes favoured by the Reid Brothers, but what makes this album stand out from the crowd are its unexpected twists; the breakdown in Call On The Gods sees Anika invoking a wild Molly Bloom-esque stream of consciousness babble. These folks are on to something special, take note. AJ

COWTOWN ****

HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND *****

Paranormal Romance (Happy Happy Birthday To Me)

Sharpener (self-released)

LISA HANNIGAN ****

This band prove once more that they offer the slickest, most inventive brass arrangements of both original tunes and covers in the UK. Straight off the bat this album thrills and captivates, with unflinching momentum that persists throughout.

The subtle use of electronics on this recording adds strange and refreshing qualities to their sound. Whilst it’s easy to criticise brass bands for sounding too similar these guys completely negate any typical stigma with well-crafted compositions, full to the brim with musicality. CPI

At Swim (Play it Again Sam)

Paranormal Romance has more hooks than Leatherface’s secret lair and they’re infinitely more fun to get stuck deep into your head.

There’s an economy of songwriting where simple looping guitars, bass and drums provide a snappy backdrop for the vocals to work their way into your consciousness. There’s a punk attitude of restrained chaos throughout, and there are elements of Thee Oh Sees, Be Your Own Pet and Devo in their sound. I imagine they’re an absolute blast to see live. GM

DESCENDENTS **** Hypercaffinum Spazzinate (Epitaph) All those really jacked, beaming, slick’n’powerchordy pop-punk bands owe their existence to the Descendents (even the ones who don’t know it) but no-one ever managed to actually sound like them. This is their third album in 20 years – they formed almost twice that long ago – and it finds them well on form, variously sappy and bitter and goofy over quicksharp, hyper-melodic punk rock with their formative Beach Boys obsession still most evident. Oh, and ‘spazz’ has less offensive connotations in the US, I understand. NG

HIEROGLYPHIC BEING ****

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Jamal Moss loves playing in the red, there's no two ways about it. Live he plays at scalp-shakingly loud volumes and on record his songs can be so blown-out as to make the listener pity the presumably punctured bass bins. Thankfully, for those who enjoy unruptured ear drums, this new album from Hieroglyphic Being is light on the punishing distortion that can sometimes hamper his work, instead he offers an album of chunky, off-piste techno with an acid tang that harks back to Detroit’s golden era. AJ

For All We Know (Little Tokyo/RCA)

INQUISITION ****

THEE OH SEES *****

Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith (Season Of Mist)

A Weird Exits (Castle Face)

There seems to be a general consensus that songs these days do not truly reflect the struggle and strife of current life. Maybe this is about to change: Michael Kiwanuka’s recent album and Ed Harcourt’s Furnaces both reflect on stark reality and inner turmoil. Harcourt has enlisted the help of producer Flood for the dark and brooding Furnaces and the result is a Bad Seeds-meets-NIN sound that enhances Harcourt’s voice on his darkest and most ambitious album yet. DN

EXPLODED VIEW *****

LACERTILIA ****

Exploded View (Invada)

We’re Already Inside Your Mind (Red Sun Sounds)

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Recent Invada Records discovery Anika strikes out with a new project and the results are mesmerising.

Musically, Exploded View have forebears from the nervy spook of early Clinic to the type of feedback-wrangling over ear-bending

One look at the psychedelic artwork or at song titles like Fire Up The Engine Of God tells you plenty about what to expect from Cardiff’s Lacertilia.

GAMES REVIEWS MANDAGON *** Blind Sky Studios, PC The latest creation by Blind Sky Studios is Mandagon, a beautiful platform puzzler where you explore a world inspired by Tibetan mythology. In a similar vein to indie games like Monument Valley, Thomas Was Alone and Limbo, it is simple in gameplay, and uses graphical and sound design to wow gamers, with stunning results. While the game itself is rather short and not challenging enough, it more than makes up for this in its style. LOB

POKÉMON GO *** Niantic, iOS, Android With Wales going Pokémon mad and marketing firms doing whatever they can to exploit it, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Pokémon Go was the greatest game ever released. While it is certainly a bold, and undoubtedly fun, foray for Nintendo into the nonJapanese mobile market, and an exciting use of technology that taps into people’s nostalgia, it falls a little flat. Sure, it’s extremely fun to run around collecting Pokémon, but the game seems to be a success because of nostalgia, not its rehashed gameplay. LOB

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On previous releases, Hannigan was still in the shadow of Damien Rice, and then aping the good work of Jesca Hoop and Gemma Hayes.

Since Passenger, Hannigan has toughened up through her icy cover of Danny Boy for Fargo.

The National's Aaron Dessner seems to have given Hannigan more confidence in her bearings despite the dislocation theme, with the panoramic Fall, the stately Prayer For The Dying, the rustic Tender and Ora, and the more electronic Barton showcasing a maturing talent. CS

The Disco’s Of Imhotep (Ninja Tune)

With an album name as long and majestic as this, Inquisition need some balls of steel to back up the grandiosity of the title.

Luckily, the black metal two-piece have had over 20 years to hone their chops to blast out some surprisingly catchy and intricate music. There is no respite or time for rests in any of these songs and a wall of tremolo picked guitars, double bass drumming and blastbeats make for a very dense listening experience. GM

ED HARCOURT ****

You just know they’re going to sound like Monster Magnet! A tad derivative they may be, but Lacertilia do their chosen style extraordinarily well: gargantuan, bluesy riffs, howled vocals about weedwarped mental states and an inventive, powerful rhythm section combine to produce an impressive debut. HR

After a couple of EPs, Nao’s lengthy debut could be perceived as either somebody who likes to give fans good VFM, or an artist uncertain of their sound. Recent hit Bad Blood is a standout, its pause between the sound-flood chorus repeated on Girlfriend. The floaty Blue Wine with Nao ‘breaking into slow motion’ has a certain Massive Attack-circa-Protection feel, and the grungy funk of Trophy pays tribute to Aaliyah with the lyric “age ain’t nothin but a number”. CS

Fuelled by twin drummers, Oh Sees founder John Dwyer tears into his first solo 50 seconds through the band’s 11th album proper. Later on, there’s some beastly riffage on Ticklish Warrior and Gelatinous Cube, a shot of amphetamine rockabilly punk pulping The Cramps with Feelgood and the Dead Kennedys. R2D2 burbles a morse code to the motorik groove of Jammed Entrance and Crawl Out.. bears a curious resemblance to Sly Stone’s Que Sera... performed by The Doors on acid.

Vital. CS

PETER BRODERICK ***** Partners (Erased Tapes) Sparse and restrained, even by Broderick’s standards, the John Cage-inspired Partners is a fragile classic. Instrumentation is restricted to lightly played piano, vocal interference is minimal.

Vast expanses of space lie between notes, played so delicately as to barely disturb the air. Vocals are added for texture, not communication; only on closer Sometimes does Broderick unleash a beautiful voice. Breathtaking. HR

VARIOUS **** I Ka Ching 5 (I Ka Ching) One of Wales’ finest record labels proves its sizable merit with a curious compilation of music from its many talented artists. A fifth birthday celebration for the label, this selection incorporates a broad range of styles from upcoming and established Welsh groups. Standout tracks include the haunting electronic of Yr Ods’ Tonfedd Araf, R Seiliog’s hypnotic remix of Sen Segur’s Lemoned Cymylog and the bonkers pop antics of Texas Radio Band’s Y Cudd. Stick it on and indulge yourself. CPI

VARIOUS **** I’m A Freak, Baby (Cherry Red) Following the recent Sharon Signs To Cherry Red, another thematic bumper collection in which this label get to compile a song with their name in the title. This time it’s Cherry Red by The Groundhogs (which still sounded great live the other week, even by a scratch lineup of the band),

a totemic example of the 1968-72 era British rock underground that’s celebrated here over three CDs, 48 songs and four hours. Hardcore collectors of this stuff will probably scoff at the (future) rock royalty included here – Deep Purple, The Yardbirds, blues-era Fleetwood Mac – but nuts to ‘em, it helps to give the whole thing context. Moreover, there are songs here that have never actually been released, beyond intensely private circulation at the time of recording. Got one of the four acetate copies of Barnabus’ 1971 LP? What about the demo by teenage Black Sabbath superfans Iron Claw?

‘Course not. Hippies, yobs, anarchists, greasers, Lemmy – you’ll find all these entities here, as well as some of the sickest proto-metal guitar ever to pop valves. NG

THE WONDER STUFF *** 30 Goes Around The Sun (IRL) If it’s Miles Hunt and your granny on bongos, it’s a Wonder Stuff record. The title refers to the fact that the band is now in its thirties and despite not troubling the charts for over 20 years, they’ve put together a dozen tunes worth humming. Despite Hunt’s best efforts, The Wonder Stuff have never really been edgy and this record is as middle-of-the-road indie as it gets, but it’s worth a listen or two for reminiscence purposes. BG

singles THE BUG **** The Box / Iceman (Ninja Tune) Kevin Martin’s productions as The Bug frequently featured London grime MCs while the genre was deemed outrè and commercially flat, so he’s fully entitled to have D Double E (boasting cheerfully on The Box) and Riko Dan (patois-heavy invocations on the grotesquely bass-heavy Iceman) on either side of this 12”. As ever, a welcome return. NG

HOMES **** Black Gold (Outback) Honest, humorous lyrics with a soft rock beat, Homes’ debut single holds your attention from start to finish. Dylan Morgan’s vocals are effective in carrying the theme of not giving up with raw effortlessness; his power, however, doesn’t draw you away too much from the slightly addictive instrumental sounds. NP

KAISER CHIEFS *** Parachute (Fiction) I predict a change in direction! Not exactly the kind of material you’d expect from Ricky Wilson and co, but this track from their forthcoming sixth album may have already turned a few heads when matching song to band.

Hints of Take That, dare I say it, but Wilson’s distinct vocal keeps it on track. OS

LITTLE FOLK *** Volume 1 (self-released) Up for a little bit of country? Swansea-based Little Folk release this Americana-inspired debut four-track EP to round off a busy year of gigs and tours. Already picked

up by BBC Introducing, this four-piece multiinstrumentalists have big things in their sights. {Music City} and {Eleanor} make for toe-tapping easy listening. OS

THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL *** The End Of The Lane (Mega Dodo) Whimsical Chicagoan psychedelic rock band submit two songs of whimsical, not noticeably Chicagoan, psychedelic rock to UK label Mega Dodo for a collectorbait 7”. There’s some nice whirlygig keyboard and whomping alt-rock drums and Neil Gaiman did a crude sketch of what appears to be a bucket full of piss for the cover art. NG

THIS MONTH’S DVD PICK BATMAN V SUPERMAN 12A (Warner Bros.)

Comic book philosophers have argued over the question of who would win in a fight between Batman and Superman for decades, but there’s one thing that this film does settle: the loser is the audience. Like communism and bathing in milk, the concept of this film sounds great, but in practice it doesn’t really work. Batman and Superman fight (because of reasons) and Lex Luthor is up to his old tricks. It’s disappointing, full of holes, hard to follow, and gimmicky. **LOB

RIVAL CONSOLES **** Night Melody (Erased Tapes) The new EP from London’s electronica wizard Ryan Lee West is so named because it was conceived over the long winter nights. Whilst I can’t speak for winter yet I imagine listening to it in this context would be rewarding: its swirls of ambience and intricate percussion are the perfect soundtrack. CPI

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR 12A (Universal) What’s worse than a sequel nobody asked for? A film that is somehow both a prequel and sequel that nobody asked for. The Huntsman: Winter’s War looks very good, but its plot is generally messy, and in all honesty rather boring, while the acting is just... weird. Really weird. In this sequel, two warriors try to hide their forbidden love as they fight against the Ice Queen and her sister. **LOB

THEN THICKENS *** Heaven Alive (Hatch) A darker, more intimate offering than you may be used to even if gloomy alt-rock is your usual cup of tea. Frontman Jon-Lee Martin, also of Kong, looks to have dug to some depths on this offering. Taken from 2015’s album Colic, make sure you’re in the right frame of mind for this. OS

demos CRYSTAL BALLOON facebook.com/crystalballoon This trio are variously based in Chepstow and Portishead, which presumably means they can claim to be ‘local’ depending on which regional publication they’re pitching to, and has also reminded me that there’s a metal band from Bristol called Mortishead. That’s the kind of thing that makes my world go round. Something I can’t say of The Wheel, Crystal Balloon's first formally released song, which sounds like a less edgy Lightning Seeds and comes with an incident-free ‘official video’. NG

THE ARKLAY thearklayuk.bandcamp.com Another of these solo projects (“more of a band with one member than a solo project,” says The Arklay via email, but I’m not entering that world of syntactical pain) where the individual in question is non-forthcoming with their name. The vocalist on these three songs does have one, though: Jackson Downs, who roars in anguished style over a heavily-processed melange of metal and electronica. Nameless Song is the riffiest, Six the danciest, James Franco songwhere in the middle, which you can’t often say of James Franco. NG

K SHOP 18 (Bulldog) This Sweeney Todd-inspired horror translates the concept into a modern setting, in a British kebab shop plagued by our binge drinking culture. Son of the owner of a kebab shop Salah (Ziad Abaza) gets revenge on the drunks after his father is killed in a fight with boozers.

He kills customers he considers punishable, and feeds them to dining drunks. An interesting concept, but the script and acting generally let it down. **LOB

RIVER 15 (Kaleidoscope) Rossif Sutherland stars as a doctor working in Laos in this CanadianLaotian co-production. After intervening in the rape of a local woman by an Australian, and accidently killing him in the process, he goes on the run from the local cops. It’s nothing new, but it has a good pace as a thriller, with some tense moments, and stunning shots of Laotian scenery. ***LOB

SHARK LAKE 15 (Soda) “But he’s called Dolph, not Dolphin sir. Dolph Lundgren and sharks simply wouldn’t fight each other in the wild. It makes no sense.” I imagine words along these lines were spoken during the pitch for this bizarre film. Hollywood’s favourite Swede Dolph Lundgren is pitted against a shark he accidently released (whoops!), much to the annoyance of local swimmers in this horror/thriller. Just why? *LOB

THE JUNGLE BOOK PG (Disney) Old meets new in this visually impressive remake of the Disney family favourite The Jungle Book. It has a decidedly different feel to the original, which had a far more vibrant quality to it with jaunty animation and catchy songs. None of that here, thank you very much, but it still has a brilliant cast and remarkable use of CGI, while weaving an interesting story. ****LOB

JENOVESE facebook.com/jenovese Remaining in the world of compressed heavy rock with synths, the nucleus of Jenovese is a husband and wife who enlisted four pals to further their bombastic, anthemic vision. Their debut EP sounds much more professional than that blithe coming together implies, too, with Emma Rees wailing emphatically over chunky goth-metal riffs. Bass and drums cranked up in the mix, Jenovese amplify their metal credentials but work in an essentially pop framework, and would probably go down well in mainland Europe. NG

SOUTHBOUND 18 (The Orchard) From the creators of the anthology horror film V/H/S, Southbound tells terrifying interlocking stories of five travellers on a deserted American highway. The film hurls you done a surreal and disturbed road filled with nightmares. Being a massive horror fan, this film threw me back to a classic slasher and gore style while never falling into the clichés that usually kills most modern horror.. ****JM

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Swansea’s Monkey Bar, open in the city since 1998, is under threat in its Castle Street location thanks to proposed developments. The two-floor venue has weathered a few storms over the years, but remains one of Swansea’s top locations for alternative/underground clubbing. However, Castle Garden Developments, which owns the building they’re based in, have applied to turn Monkey into a restaurant, and have served the club an eviction notice accordingly. At the time of writing, this dispute remains a matter for the courts, but equally Monkey are keepin’ on keepin’ on, so until further notice expect them to be in full swing come student season Fri 7 Oct sees the launch of a new International Concert Series at St David’s Hall in Cardiff. Running until Fri 2 June, it begins with a performance

by Manchester’s 158-year-old Hallé Orchestra and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. Further to this, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and pianist Alice Sarah Ott appear on Fri 18 Nov; the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra on Sat 1 Apr; interpretations of Philip Glass and Steve Reich from the Grand Band on Tue

23 May; and Eric Whitacre conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the final concert of the season The town of Lorient in Brittany, France hosts its 46th Interceltic Festival next month. It’s the biggest of the many festivals whose ethos and programme is based around the shared cultures of Europe’s Celtic regions, and takes a liberal approach to Celticness too: Australia is its ‘country of honour’ this year. Among the globally-famous names on the bill, such as The Corrs and Joan Baez, are a crop of Welsh artists including Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Carreg Lafar and Siobhan Owen. Dancers from the Welsh folk tradition can also be expected to show. Lorient Interceltic Festival runs from Fri 5-Sun 14 Aug and a remarkable 750,000 people are expected to pass through Colin Consterdine, a west Wales-based musician whose CV includes all manner of cosmically-inclined projects (stints in Zion Train and Sendelica, plus his own project Powersteppers) has two new albums on the immediate horizon.

One, Electronic Organism, is immediate

enough that we’ve reviewed it two pages back. The other, Comfort & Curiosity, is out in late September on a limited CD – or digitally right now – and features seven tracks of pretty, impressionistic pieces centred round keyboard melodies. Equal parts ambient electronica and minimal composition, fans of Brian Eno and Roedelius are directed to consterdine. bandcamp.com, where both albums are available to hear in full It’s been a busy 2016 for Trampolene [pictured], goodtime indie practitioners from Swansea who’ve appeared on the verge of actual popularity for the last two years or so, and who played their biggest gigs to date in May as support to Pete Doherty. Additionally, Trampolene frontman Jack Jones has been taken under Doherty’s crumpled and odorous wing by becoming The Libertines’ ‘tour poet’, wherein he opens gigs by reading poems on subjects such as Brexit and ketamine.

The Libertines have returned the favour on Trampolene’s new EP, Pocket Album Four, which is out on Fri 12 Aug and features a poem of Jones’ read by Doherty and his three bandmates. Trampolene also play Swansea’s Scene Club on Fri 30 Sept

ONE TO WATCH...

LEWIS & LEIGH

You could say there’s an international language of folk music: songs that made their way across the world and were adapted to different dialects, tongues, ethnicities.

With that in mind, a collaboration between a north Walian man and Mississippi woman isn’t too outlandish a prospect, and indeed Al Lewis (resident in Cardiff) and Alva Leigh (currently living in Oxford) make it sound breezy on Ghost, their debut album. They may, however, be the first outfit to earnestly tap into the cultural meeting ground between Wales and the American South.

Ghost’s first two songs dive right into this, There Is A Light finding the duo talking about their rural family homes, and the abandonment thereof. Sparse and vocal-led, it improbably resembles a modern country version of Low; it’s followed by Rubble, in which Lewis details Thatcher’s decimation of the Welsh coal industry and Leigh mulls her home state post-Hurricane Katrina. From hereon in, subject matter is more generalised – relationships, regret, ambition – but marks Lewis & Leigh out as a finely matched duo.

You may already be familiar with Al Lewis in his, largely Welsh language, solo guise; he sings exclusively in English here, and is often a bit more radio-friendly pop-rockin’ (Heart Don’t Want) but often exhibits a familiar folky tenderness. Leigh has released two EPs and an album (2014’s Modern Love Songs, released shortly after the pair began co-writing), which you’re less likely to have heard, but her voice is rich and spirited, and ought to land with a wide spread of folk/Americana enthusiasts. www.lewisandleigh.com

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one louder PLEASED to conclude, via the results given by one of the popular search engines, that no-one has come up with the term ‘classdar’ before me. Surprised, too, given people’s inexhaustible keenness for clunky, disagreeable portmanteau words. ‘Classdar’, which I am already growing tired of, is like ‘gaydar’ but for people’s social class. How finely tuned is yours? Can you tell a person’s background, or indeed their present life situation, by a passing interaction with them? And, once possessed of this knowledge, what do you do with it?

My interest in this issue is one of self-interest, at least partly.

Throughout my adult life living in this part of the world, and not the one where I grew up, I’ve managed to maintain a situation where, excepting my family and maybe a few other people, no-one has any real idea about my background. You might suggest that they don’t care either, but the important thing is that it prevents them from using it as a basis to judge me – meaning I can be judged solely on my presence and deeds, both of which are consistently bad.

British people, in addition to being (stereotypically, but largely accurately) obsessed with class, also consider themselves to have a well-trained classdar. This commonly manifests itself in point-scoring jarheads using excessively broad brushes to paint large groups of people as middle class and/or affluent, on the basis of their first name or speech patterns or newspaper of choice or music taste. All of which are relevant to one’s class, and none of which are the smoking guns they’re frequently treated as.

It’s further complicated by the shifting nature of labour in modern Britain, and the level of reward for it. There isn’t a definitive answer to the question of where decently-off, self-employed plumbers and the like fit in, or the millions of people working in call centres and similar jobs which didn’t really exist 30 years ago. I suspect there to be a reluctance to consider this among many people otherwise eager to look at society through a class prism, because an admission that the dividing lines are no longer rigid and ordered might be interpreted as “class doesn’t matter”. Which is untrue and unhelpful, but no more so than asserting that people who spend their day being sworn at over the phone by owners of malfunctioning digiboxes occupy a lofty position of privilege.

The impetus for thinking about all this, aside from some of the more obvious ones (post-mortem and analysis of the EU referendum; the current condition of the Labour Party and its six-figure strong list of new members), was a conversation I had in a bar last month. It was about Canton, the region of Cardiff where both this publication and this writer are based, and the view that it’s essentially classless – unable to be accurately pegged as either a working or middle-class community. It has an art centre [pictured] and a craft beer shop and several places to buy cheap veg on the turn and several more to use a fixed odds betting terminal. And for all the grievous, widening inequality in an increasingly grim UK, these supposed class signifiers are a lot more muddled together than many would have you believe, and go some way to causing classdars everywhere to malfunction.

Speculate amongst yourselves whether these bands say ‘dinner’, ‘tea’ or ‘supper’: THE FLATMATES (Moon Club, Cardiff, Wed 3 Aug), HARRINGTON SAINTS (Le Pub, Newport, Thurs 4), SENDELICA's psych festival The 14th Dream Of Dr Sardonicus (Cellar Bar, Cardigan, Fri 5-Sun 7), WAR ON WOMEN, THE BELLAMYS and PINK GRAPEFRUIT (Le Pub, Sat 6), RYLEY WALKER (The Globe, Mon 8), SUUNS (Globe, Wed 24) and Down 4 Life Fest, a slew of tuff hardcore bands including BUN DEM OUT (Cathays Community Centre, Sat 27).

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BOOK OF THE MONTH

THE FAMILY MAN T.J. Lebbon (HarperCollins)

Set in the beautiful Monmouthshire countryside, this dark and bloody thriller is something of an oxymoron: from dinner parties and school runs to suspenseful car chases and a bloody rampage across the Welsh landscape, T.J. Lebbon creates a suspenseful chase/actioner. As a renowned author he wrote the horror/supernatural Pay The Ghost, the film adaption of which starred Nicholas Cage; his debut thriller The Hunt is a prequel to The Family Man, in which some of the characters return, but does not spoil the read if you haven’t read the first one.

Lebbon takes the reader through the idyllic lives of Emma and Dom and their young daughter Daisy as they go about their normal day to day business. Dom leads a relatively boring life: he regularly cycles, meets up with his mate for cross-country rides and drinks in the pub, and that’s about as exciting as it gets.

He begins to realise he is dull, and embarks on a crazy, out-of-character event which leaves him and his family in mortal danger from a relentless, sadistic gang of thugs. The picture Lebbon paints of the Welsh country side is picturesque against the subsequent violent aftermath that Dom and Emma endure is both shocking and utterly convincing.

How a normal family can be thrown into abject horror and come into contact with the violent underbelly which exists is terrifying. Fans of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, or Harlan Corben, will love this fast-paced thriller and will recognise many of the locations across Wales. EMMA CLARK Price: £7.99. Info: www.harpercollins.co.uk

COUSIN BAZILIO

I’LL SELL YOU A DOG

Eça de Queiroz (Dedalus)

Juan Pablo Villalobos (And Other Stories)

Cousin Bazilio was a popular novel when it was first released in 1878, first published in Portugal and then translated around the world. Margaret Jull Costa, a translator much praised and enjoyed in the past, has done a fantastic job of re-creating the parody, contradictions and marital politics that this book portrays. Sprawled across 440 pages, the romantic hypocrisy of 19th century Lisbon is shown through the vivid characters of Luiza, the air-head wife, Jorge, the outwardly devoted husband, Leaopoldina, the openly sexual source of gossip and many other sexually confined and confused characters.

The scrutiny of the servants reveals the lewd underbelly of respectable life as their sins are scattered across the adulterous characters.Blackmail, sentimentality and lust – secrets the characters pretend they don’t have. MM Price: £12.99 Info: www.dedalusbooks.com

Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos' third comedic novel is a hilarious, clever, and at times meta tale following the life of a 78-year-old retired taco seller (Teo) and his recent adventures in his new residency – the retirement home. The narrator suggests Holden Caulfield for an older generation – as his accomplice says, “We’ve got nothing to lose, we’ve barely got any future left.” It’s refreshing to read a tale from the perspective of the older generation, especially one that's an easy read with a light, witty tone. Although the tale is translated from Spanish, it still contains a large amount of what one could call dry British humour. Alongside starting the revolution, we follow Teo as he revolts against the formidable cockroaches in his home, and his neighbour Francesca, powered by her cult-like literary salon. I’ll Sell You A Dog is an ingenious, funny tale, told by a protagonist who most certainly did not want to write a novel. CB Price: £8.99. Info: www.andotherstories.org

THE SEAMSTRESS AND THE WIND César Aira (And Other Stories) A journey through the plains of Patagonia sets the scene for this intriguing and innovative story. Aira weaves a fantastical tale of a missing boy and the subsequent turn of events in Patagonia as both his mother (the seamstress), the wedding dress she is working on and his father set out on a surreal road trip to discover his whereabouts, uncovering a variety of bizarre goings-on. The novel may be short in length but the rich storytelling eclipses any shortcomings from the prolific Argentinian writer. Having written around eighty novels, this is one of a few to be translated into English. Providing a magical and fantastical story, at times the storyline becomes a perplexing account which is inevitably polished with clever and amusing twists. RH Price: £7.99. Info: www.andotherstories.org BUZZ 52

@mabjones If you want to develop yourself as a writer, it would seem that August is the month to do so.

Have you ever wanted to write for TV or film, or write a novel? On Sat 13 Aug, you can spend a few hours with one of the UK's top TV drama writers and find out how it's done. Rob Gittins has written for most of the UK's top-rated TV drama series for the last 30 years, including EastEnders, Casualty, The Bill, Soldier, Soldier and Heartbeat.

Join this creative writing workshop at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea for guidance and tips on creating your own stories for show. A snip at just £7! See www.dylanthomas.com for more information.

Also on Sat 13 Aug, highly acclaimed, awardwinning writer Jo Mazelis will be leading a creative writing workshop at the Llangwm Literary Festival in Haverfordwest. The focus here will be on introducing participants to the skills needed to write creatively. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with language, in prose fiction as well as poetry, and will gain a greater understanding of how language works and of the devices and techniques used by writers. This workshop takes place at Llangwm Rugby Club from 9am.

The next day, on Sun 14 Aug, writer Martin Locock will be running a poetry workshop on Poetry of the Senses at the Ceridwen Centre, Llandysul, Ceredigion from 9.30am-4.30pm.

Participants will explore how to capture their responses to sound, scent, taste and touch in their work “to provide an immediacy of experience”. This workshops costs £35, including lunch and refreshments. Email mlocock@gmail. com to book.

And, once you’ve written some prose or poems, why not try them out at the mic? Poet Mike Jenkins has been hosting the popular Open Mic Night at the Imperial Hotel in Merthyr for what seems an age. Get yourself there on Wed 24 Aug and join this friendly bunch to share work. Mike will also be launching his latest book, Nobody’s Subject. The literatainment begins at 7.30pm, and is entirely free.

Enjoy your literary learning and see you next month!

The solemn light behind the barns, The rising moon, the cricket's call, The August night, and you and I— What is the meaning of it all!

From August Moonlight by Richard Le Gallienne

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With the summer holidays looming and a highly stressful few months, we think it’s time for a little break. From the surreal to serene, there’s plenty to help you get your mojo back. Why not choose from one of these beautiful places to recuperate?

TREFLOYNE MANOR Tenby, Pembrokeshire 01834 842165 / www.trefloyne.com Tenby is a favourite among tourists in Wales.

Famous for its typical Victorian seaside town revival architecture, old town castle walls, and beautiful beaches, it’s a pearl in Pembrokeshire’s coastline and Wales’ answer to Santorini. If you find that the town’s promenades and narrow Tudor streets aren’t your cup of tea, then your answer could lie just two miles away in Trefloyne Manor. Located in the grounds of an 18-hole golf course with views of the beautiful west Welsh countryside, the manor is ranked one of the best areas to stay in the area.

Visits to nearby Saundersfoot and Amroth have great places to eat and relax, like the Mooring and Ocean Restaurant, which has stunning views of Tenby’s harbour. Nearby fishing excursions, coasteering (jumping off of cliffs into the sea), Oakwood theme park, and sea kayaking trips are great for the more adventurous, while daytrips to the beautiful monastery on Caldey Island (famous for its chocolate and perfumes) are ideal for those with a less intense approach to life.

SEIONT MANOR Llanrug, Gwynedd 0845 0727550 / www.handpickedhotels.co.uk Nestled in the Snowdonia countryside and just a few miles from Caernarfon, Seiont Manor is an 18th century estate with a sophisticated ambiance. This former farmstead is associated with luxury in Gwynedd, with 150 acres and surrounding farmland to make you feel like you’ve really got away from it all.

While it’s a lovely place to have a swim, or just relax with traditional Welsh afternoon tea, its proximity to the Snowdonia National Park is ideal for adventurous types. From there, it’s easy to get to Llanberis to begin your ascent of Snowdon, be it by train or foot. If that’s a little bit too easy for you, then sports centre Plas y Brenin offers stunning climbs in the wilderness. Nearby Caernarfon, Bangor and Llandudno are great places to spend the evening, with plenty on in Caernarfon’s Galeri, Bangor’s Pontio and Llandudno’s Venue Cymru, while sailing trips through the Menai Strait are a great way to experience the north Welsh coast. For history buffs, Caernarfon’s old town walls (dating from 1285) are recognised by UNESCO as some of the finest examples of European mediaeval BUZZ 54

architecture, and the stunning Caernarfon Castle is an imposing and fascinating landmark, said to be an imitation of the Walls Of Constantinople.

PORTMEIRON Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd 01766 770000 / www.portmeirion-village.com Designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975, Portmeirion aimed to prove that human settlements and developments do not need to be opposed to nature and beauty. Inspired

by Italian architecture and overlooking the stunning Afon Dwyryd, Portmeirion has attracted and inspired tourists, writers, musicians and film makers since its foundation. Noël Coward wrote Blithe Spirit while staying in Portmeirion, and – probably most famously – it was used as the set for 1960s TV mystery thriller The Prisoner. The tourist village also has a hotel with beautiful views into Snowdonia that can relax and exhilarate. Opening in 1926, Hotel Portmeirion was the focal point for the village. It was originally built in 1850 as the original mansion of Aber Iâ, and first described by Richard Richards in 1861 as “one of the most picturesque of all the summer residences to be found on the sea-coast of Wales.”

While you could easily while away a few days in Portmeirion alone, visits to nearby Harlech Castle would be ideal for history lovers, the Castle Fish & Chip Shop in Criccieth for a typical seaside treat, and Abersoch for a day at the beach on the Llyn Peninsula, affectionately referred to as the Welsh Riviera. Blaenau Ffestiniog may be a bit of a trek, but a chance to ride on the Welsh Highland Railway is not one to be passed up, while Zip World offers chances to go trampolining in caves or ride the northern hemisphere’s longest zipline.

FFOREST FARM Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran 01239 623633 / www.coldatnight.co.uk/ fforest-farm Fforest Farm spans 200 acres near the River Teifi Gorge, which is a few minutes from the town of Cardigan and an array of beaches on the west Wales coast. On entering the grounds, you will be greeted at the same lodge where you’ll be eating breakfast and dinner; Fforest also have their own pub, the Bwthyn, serving local ales and beers. Spend your days wandering the nature reserve where you can see deer, or retreat to the vegetable garden to sit, relax and take

in your breathtaking surroundings. After all that, why not steam up in their very own on-site sauna? Fforest offer accommodation in any one of multiple structures: cabins, beautifully designed domes or their Crog lofts, where you can enjoy the feeling of being in a boutique hotel with a touch of the outdoors and somewhere you can sleep under the stars at night and your own peace of quiet.

LLANGOED HALL Llyswen, Powys 01874 754525 / www.llangoedhall.co.uk Formerly known as Llangoed Castle, the Llangoed Hall Hotel is a 17th century country house hotel in the Wye Valley. Built within 17 acres of beautiful gardens, with a true country house feel to it with roaring log fires and fine art-welcoming guests, the hotel is tucked away just on the edge of the Brecon Beacons.

The nearby town of Hay-On-Wye is famed for being the National Book Town of Wales and is a must visit for bibliophiles, with over 20 bookshops in a town with only 1500 residents, while Richard Booth’s Bookshop Café is good spot to grab a coffee and book, and Tomatitos is ideal for tapas. Builth Wells, famous for its annual Royal Welsh Show, Europe’s largest agricultural show is also nearby, and the surrounding countryside is perfect for leisurely and scenic walks.

HARBOURMASTER HOTEL Aberaeron, Ceredigion 01545 570755 / www.harbour-master.com Originally the home of a harbourmaster in 1811 and later a whaler’s inn, the Harbourmaster Hotel in the small seaside town of Aberaeron hosts is a Grade II listed building, notable for its distinctive French blue painted exterior. The hotel is also famous for its seafood restaurant, which becomes a hub for the town during the Aberaeron Seafood Festival, and was awarded with a Cesar Award by the Good Hotel Guide.

With views over Aberaeron’s harbour, the hotel is a great place to get away from it all and breathe in the sea air as you tuck into some local seafood.

While Aberaeron itself is quite small, its location of the Ceredigion coastal path makes it a must stay for hikers. It’s also around 15 miles from Aberystwyth, which has more pubs per square mile then anywhere else in the UK. It’s also home to the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the beautiful National Library, and a wealth of restaurants, like Pysgoty, Ultracomida and Y Ffarmers.

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GOLDEN OLDIES RUGBY FESTIVAL The world’s longest running veteran rugby tournament is due to arrive in the home of Welsh rugby this August and it’s expected that the capital will provide the ideal setting for a week of fun, friendship and fraternity. Established in 1979, the festival aims to provide a tournament through which the over-35s can continue to enjoy their favourite sport – without any of the pressures that a game of rugby can cause.

The Golden Oldies events always place emphasis on camaraderie – they promote enjoyment of both rugby and the companionship of those who share a common interest in the game. The event is open to all veterans, president’s grade, old boys and golden oldies rugby teams – even groups of friends who are just eager to showcase their talents and get involved.

The biennial festival brings together rugby teams from across the globe who come to join in with the friendly atmosphere that the organisation is keen to nurture through its events. From its beginnings in 1979 – when only 14 teams from the USA, Canada and New Zealand entered the tournament – the festival has grown to attract teams from all over the world and has recently included four women’s grades in the competition due to increasing demand. The five men’s grades and four women’s grades allow the event to cater for rugby enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.

The Golden Oldies festival is set to make full use of Cardiff’s spectacular sporting facilities, with the event timetable crammed full with a variety of sporting, sightseeing and once in a lifetime opportunities which are sure to make for an unforgettable festival. The opening and closing parties are due to take place in Wales’ iconic Principality Stadium – two memorable evenings of food, drink and entertainment. In addition to this, there’ll be an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest scrum, an opportunity for 32 teams to play in the Cardiff Arms Park. ELEANOR JOHNSON Golden Oldies Rugby Festival, Cardiff, Sun 21-Sun 28 Aug. Tickets: prices vary per event. Info: www.europeangoldenoldiesrugby.com

WORLD BOG SNORKELLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

In the picturesque Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells lies the infamous Waen Rhydd bog.

The waters lay dank, dark and tantalise only the few crazy souls who once a year compete to swim through a 120-yard deep filled trench. Welcome to the wondrous world of bog snorkelling.

Bog snorkelling is one of those pastimes that many people will pass off as being outlandish, and quite frankly they’d be right. This August, the annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships is due to take place and there are no signs of the event waning in popularity.

Now in its 31st year, competitors from all over the world will once again descend upon the Powys town in an attempt to swim the bog in the fastest time possible. However, there are conditions: you must have a snorkel and flippers but under no circumstances, are there to be any conventional swimming strokes. So crawl, fly or breast stroke are not permitted – however, to make things more enjoyable, competitors can wear a wetsuit, go in fancy dress or even don a lovely pair of budgie smugglers.

The competitors are split into men, women and junior race catagories, with the fastest recorded time currently boasted by 33-year-old Kirsty Johnson from Lightwater in Surrey. She set the record back in 2014 with an astounding time of 1 minute 22.56 seconds.

See how much fun there is to be had in Llanwrtyd Wells? So swap the ambition of snorkelling the crystal clear waters of the Maldives, set aside the dream of swimming around the Great Barrier Reef. Who needs all that when you can get some mud, dirt and unknown matter under your nails.

If it is too late to enter the 2016 Championships, then please be sure to visit Llanwrtyd Wells on this ridiculous day. AMANDA HUNT World Bog Snorkelling Championships, Llanwrtyd Wells, Sun 28 Aug. Info: 01591 610666 / www.green-events.co.uk BUZZ 56

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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 3-Sun 21 Aug Tickets: £18-£55. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk (BA) Four months into their UK tour, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will be soaring into the Wales Millennium Centre to spread oodles of joy and whimsy to the people of Cardiff. Based on the 1968 film, the show tells the story of barmy but loveable inventor Caractatus Potts and his children as they discover an old, magical car. Joined by the beautiful, sharp-witted Truly Scrumptious, they travel to the fictional land of Vulgaria to save their grandpa.

Whether under attack from pirates, imprisoned by the notorious Child Catcher or outwitting the foolish Baron and Baroness Bomburst, the intrepid adventurers and their faithful flying car foil absurd plans and wreak havoc. Full of iconic songs including Toot Sweet and My Old Bamboo, this firm family favourite oozes the right amount of ridiculous with inspiring dance numbers and good old fashioned fun.

Since its box office record-smashing West End debut in 2002, musical theatre buffs and fans of the film alike have revelled in the catchy songs and infectious feelgoodness. With an all-star cast including West End favourites Lee Mead and Carrie Hope Fletcher, plus familiar faces Claire Sweeney and Shaun Williamson (Eastenders), an afternoon spent with your fine, four-fendered friend will not be a wasted one.

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art Aberglasney House & Gardens

Llangathen, Carmarthenshire. Free.

01558 668998 / www. aberglasney.org Elaine Graham A coastal landscape painter born in Vancouver and currently working in West Wales. (Until Thurs 11 Aug) Jayne Russell Paintings of Aberglasney itself from a regular exhibitor here. (From Fri 12 until Thurs 25 Aug) David Cowdry Second exhibition of 2016 from a west Wales painter whose inspiration comes from the natural world around him. (From Fri 26 Aug until Thurs 1 Sept)

Aberystwyth Arts Centre

University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. Free. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre Jeremy Moore ‘Bird/Land’ Panoramic photographs, framed in sets of three, in which birds and their surroundings are integral to each image. (Until Sat 27 Aug) The Eye Video work by Robert Mapplethorpe, Bandaloop, Nick Olson and Lilah Horwitz,

Philip Stockton and The Mouarf Sambre. (Until Sat 10 Sept) Flora Work by national and international artists, shown both in and outside the gallery itself, positing flowers as powerful commentators in art. (Until Sat 17 Sept)

Albany Gallery

74b Albany Road, Cardiff.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2048 7158 / www.albanygallery. com Summer Exhibition A mixed and changing exhibition of new work by established and emerging artists.

(Until Sat 13 Aug)

Andrew Lamont Gallery (Theatr Brycheiniog)

Canal Wharf, Brecon. Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Free.

01874 611622 / enquiries@ brycheiniog.co.uk / www. brycheiniog.co.uk Ten Years Of Brecon Fringe Festival Photographs, t-shirts, posters and programme covers spanning a decade of Brecon Fringe Festival. (From Fri 5 until Wed 31 Aug)

Andrew Logan Museum Of Sculpture Berriew, nr Welshpool, Powys. Open Sat + Sun 12-4pm. £3/£1.50 kids.

01686 640689 / www.

andrewloganmuseum.org 25th Anniversary Exhibition August bank holiday special for this rather groovy-looking museum, set up by countercultural sculpture Britart gezzer Logan.

There’ll be all manner of events harking back to its opening in 1991. Oh, and this is located further north than Buzz should rightfully cover but it looks fun and the person doing their PR asked nicely OK. (From Fri 26 until Sun 28 Aug)

Arcadecardiff

Queens Arcade, off Queen Street, Cardiff. Usually open Wed-Sat 12.30-5.30pm. www.arcadecardiff.co.uk Lee Williams ‘100 Ships’ Installation which explores the movement of ships in and out of Welsh ports – related to, but different from, Williams’ recent Cargo exhibition at Swansea’s Elysium Gallery. (Until Sat 13 Aug)

Attic Gallery

37 Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Tue-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10am4.30pm. Free. 01792 653387 / www.atticgallery.co.uk Summer Group Show New work from over 50 artists represented by the gallery, mostly Wales-based or inspired by Wales. Paintings, sculpture, glasswork, pottery and original

WALTER WAYGOOD & HUW ALDEN DAVIES: WHERE WILL I BE Ffotogallery, Penarth, until Sat 3 Sept Admission: free. Info: 029 2070 8870 / www.ffotogallery.org Two Welsh documentary photographers separated by approximately a generation, but united by a keen eye for the oddities of the mundane and an ability to bring characters to the fore in their work. Walter Waygood began capturing scenes around Blaenavon and Merthyr in the late 70s; he was present and correct when the miners’ strike tore those communities asunder a few years later, and recently moved back to Merthyr after some 20 years living in England. Huw Alden Davies, meanwhile, is in his early 30s. Prince, the title of his half of the show, focuses on Tumble – the Carmarthenshire village where he grew up and still lives – and his father’s relationship with that village. Prince is also available in book form, but Ffotogallery offer a chance to see the shots in full-sized glory.

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Barker Gallery / Torfaen Gallery

Pontypool Museum, Park Buildings, Pontypool. MonSat 11am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm.

Free Wed/Sun 2-5pm. 01495 752036.

Donald Calway Exhibition of paintings. (Throughout August) Colour Vibrations Vision Arts presents a collection of mixed media work by eight well known Torfaen artists: Masae Takeuchi, Mark Medcalf, Jane Dorset, Patricia Clifford, Valerie Stewart, Joanne Price, Gillian Clayton and Aurelia. (Until Thurs 27 Oct)

Broadleaf Books

16 Monk Street, Abergavenny. Daily 10am5pm. Free. broadleafbooks16@gmail. com Jeff Nuttall ‘Quite Suddenly Your Smile Is An Architecture’ Archive show of books and publishing projects from an influential poet, artist and musician best known for his 1968 text Bomb Culture. Nuttall lived in the Black Mountains and died in 2004. (Until Sat 6 Aug)

Castle Fine Art

& Nicholas Pope ‘Sticky Intimacy’ Sculpture, drawings and glass models from three artists from three different generations, each aiming to be ‘un-monumental’ while tackling themes of gender, sexuality, failure, rejection, loss and shame. (Until Sun 8 Sept) Lorna McIntyre Art In The Bar exhibition for which Scottish artist Macintyre has taken a series of photographs of Nicholas Pope’s house and studio in Herefordshire. (Until Sun 25 Sept)

Craft In The Bay

The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff. Mon-Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Free. 029 2048 4611 / www. makersguildinwales.org.uk Shelley Doolan Glass-maker based on the Gower Coast, showing her glass sculptures as Guest Maker. (Until Sun 28 Aug) Weave Summer show featuring 24 artists, each featuring a weaved element in their designs. (Until Sun 11 Sept) Jennifer Hall Specialising in earthenware, Jennifer creates pottery whose warm colours and simple hand-painted decoration enhances the enjoyment of eating and drinking from them. (From Tue 23 Aug until Sat 15 Oct)

St David’s Dewi Sant, Cardiff Mon-Fri 9.30am8pm, Sat 9.30am-7pm, Sun 11am-5pm. Free. 029 2213 0100.

Dan Lane ‘Every Piece Of Me’ Also known as Mechanica, Lane is an acclaimed assemblage artist who uses pieces of machinery to create sculptures. All pieces on show here are for sale. (From Sat 27 Aug until Sat 3 Sept)

Dylan Thomas Centre

Cardiff Story

Elysium Gallery

The Hayes, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Free. 029 2078 8334 / museum@cardiff.gov.uk Representing Butetown: The Caribbean Elders Project Exhibition spotlighting some of the people and community groups who have taken part in the Representing Butetown project – an effort to “listen, see and engage with the Elders of our community” – between 2013 and 2016.

(Throughout August) When We Were Young: Growing Up In Cardiff Discover how young people’s experiences of work, rest and play in the city have changed, and find out how they’ve remained the same. (Throughout August) Cardiff Remembers Find out about First World War objects and discover the stories of the people behind them. (Until Sat 31 Dec) Durga As part of the Durga Puja Festival, the chance to see a new set of clay images of the Hindu Goddess Durga and her four children. (From Mon 8 until Sat 20 Aug)

Chapter Gallery

Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. Tue, Wed, Sat + Sun 12-6pm; Thurs + Fri 12-8pm. Free.

029 2030 4400 / www. chapter.org Katie Cuddon, Emma Hart

Somerset Place, Swansea.

Daily 10am-4pm. Free.

01792 463980 / dylanthomas.lit@swansea.gov. uk / www. dylanthomas.com Love The Words Ongoing, permanent exhibition dedicated to Dylan Thomas, with lots of interactive features and voiceovers from people including Prince Charles and Richard Burton.

16 College Street, Swansea.

Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free. www. elysiumgallery.com Marja Bonada ‘Pendulum Paintings’ The results of a live performance create the body of work for this exhibition, in which Bonada attempts to find a way to visualise the Earth’s rotation. (From Sat 13 until Sat 27 Aug)

Erwood Station Gallery

Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells. Daily 10.30am-5pm.

Free. 01982 560674 / www. erwoodstation.com Summer Exhibition Contemporary applied craft, paintings and sculpture by over 50 of the very best artists working in Wales and the UK today. (Until mid-September)

Ffotogallery

Turner House, Plymouth Road, Penarth. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm. Free. 029 2070 8870 / turnerhouse@ ffotogallery.org Walter Waygood & Huw Alden Davies ‘Where Will I Be’ Exhibition featuring two Welsh photographers whose work is rooted in the place they come from, the south Wales valleys, and revolves around their immediate family, friends and a colourful cast of local characters. (Until Sat 3 Sept)

Fountain Fine Art

6-8 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff.

Tue-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.fountainfineart.com Original Artist Posters Rare original posters from major exhibitions by Matisse, Picasso, Miro and Chagall et al. plus mixed work by gallery artists. (Throughout August)

Fountain Fine Art

Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www. fountainfineart.com Summer Group Show Mixed exhibition from the gallery artists including David Grosvenor, Martin Llewellyn and Nick Holly. (Throughout August)

Futures Gallery

Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay. Daily 10.30am-4pm.

Free. 0845 010 5500 / www. pierhead.org When We Were Young: Growing Up In Cardiff Discover how young people’s experiences of work, rest and play in the city have changed, and find out how they have remained the same.

(Throughout August) Mini Art Club Colourful artworks produced by the young children of the Mini Art Buds and the young people’s diverse Art Group. (From Mon 8 until Fri 19 Aug)

G39

Oxford Street, Roath, Cardiff. Saturdays 11am5.30pm. Free. 029 2047 3633 / post@g39.org *Carl Slater ‘Miss America’s Trip to Technoland’ New installation work seeking to draw parallels between religion and rave culture, using found footage and recordings from public and private archives. Hopefully including that YouTube clip where the congregation’s writhing freakouts are set to jump-up drum’n’bass. You know the one. First part of a series of events titled Does That Include Us? (Until Sat 20 Aug)

Y Galeri, Caerffili

Lower Ground Floor, The Visit Caerphilly Centre, The Twyn, Caerphilly. Tue-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2132 2570 / www.ygalericaerffili. co.uk Barry Lewis Infamous local sculptor, specialising in large-scale animals made of reclaimed metal parts and the like, returns with another menagerie for summer. He also has a 15-foot dragon, made out of 100 satellite dishes, outside Caerphilly Castle. A lot of artists would attach a load of sociopolitical guff to this in an attempt to get it in a posh nob gallery, but I think Barry just likes making dragons out of satellite dishes. (Until Sat 13 Aug) Summer Exhibition Work by established and emerging Welsh artists plus a profile of wall hung and freestanding glass. (From Tue 9 Aug until Sat 3 Sept)

Gallery/Ten

23 Windsor Place, Cardiff.

art Free. www.gallery-ten.co.uk Summer Annual seasonal exhibition featuring all manner of Gallery/Ten represented artists. (Until Sat 20 Aug)

The Gate

Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am-9pm.

Free. 029 2048 3344 / info@ thegate.org.uk Timothy Ware ‘Colour Fields’ Ware, an art teacher working in south Wales, is influenced by artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Yves Klein Ware, and experiments with different materials to explore the principle of canvas-based work. (Until Wed 3 Aug)

The Gate / Y Gat

Pentre Road, St Clears, Carmarthenshire. Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 9am-3pm.

Free. 01994 232726 / thegate@carmarthenshire. gov.uk Beverly Michael, Julia Hutchby & Barbara Hutchby ‘Three Of A Kind’ Beverley specializes in textile pictures, many featuring coastal themes; Julia uses acrylics and collage to create rural landscapes and animal portraits; Barbara also uses acrylics to depict local rural scenes. (Until Sat 3 Sept)

Grand Pavilion

The Esplanade, Porthcawl.

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01656 815995 / www.grandpavilion.co.uk Porthcawl Art Society Celebrating their 50th anniversary with a selection of their finest art on display in the café bar. (Until Sun 11 Sept) Summer Exhibition Annul show highlighting the varied creative skills of Porthcawl residents. Work can be submitted but the deadline may have passed by the time you read this. (From Mon 8 until Sun 14 Aug)

Guildhall

Lion Street, Brecon. Free.

01874 622884 / brecon. guildhall@btinternet.com Women In Jazz In conjunction with this year’s Brecon Jazz festival, a three-day showing from The Jazz Collection, which comprises comprises many thousands of audio/visual records, photographs, journals and periodicals. (From Fri 12-Sun 14 Aug)

The Hours Bookshop

15 Ship St, Brecon. Tue-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01874 622800 / www.the-hours. co.uk Re-Awaening New work from Tanya Rotherfield, Viv Albiston and Amanda Rose.

(Until Tue 30 Aug)

In The Eyes Of The Animal

Bute Park, Cardiff. Daily 8am-7pm. Free. www.butepark.com In The Eyes Of The Animal Family-friendly (as long as all the family are five or older) virtual reality experience created by Marshmallow Laser Feast. Attendees are given sculptural virtual reality

headsets, with which they can view the natural habitat from the perspective of a range of creatures. Or they can get wrecked and break in at night like my mate did with Tape, the equivalent show in Bute Park last year. (Until Thurs 4 Aug)

King Street Gallery

33 King Street, Carmarthen.

Free. 01267 220121 / gallery@kingstreetgallery. co.uk Josef Herman Prints and drawings from several periods of Herman’s life, including previously unshown pieces from the seminal period of 11 years when the artist was living in Ystradgynlais. (Until Wed 10 Aug) High Summer Show New and diverse work by the Gallery’s members.

(Until September) Nigel Wood, Rebecca de Winter & Seren Stacey New work from three artists who the KSG have deemed “extraordinary”. (From Fri 12 until Wed 31 Aug)

Little Man Coffee Co.

Ivor House, Bridge Street, Cardiff. Free. 07933 844234 / www.littlemancoffee.co.uk Philip Morgan ‘Black Coffee Blues’ Solo exhibition by distinctive, graffitiinfluenced Welsh artist. (Until Fri 5 Aug)

Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre

St. David’s Rd, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am5pm. Free. 01633 483321 / www.lgac.org.uk Anna Noel ‘The Language Of Clay: Part One’ The first of three solo exhibitions of work by three Wales based ceramic artists. (Until Sat 17 Sept) Lessons Learned Artwork from students in the gallery’s 2016 Criw Celf and Criw Celf Bach programmes.

(Until Sat 17 Sept) Swag & Tassel Craft showcase from a luxury British handbag and accessories label. (Until Sat 17 Sept) Wilna Venter Jewellery showcase of Venter’s wearable objects which challenge traditional perspectives of jewellery. (Until Sat 17 Sept) Lee Wright Reduction linoprints from an oil painter and printmaker based in the Brecon Beacons. (Until Sat 17 Sept)

M.A.D.E. Gallery

41 Lochaber St, Cardiff.

Wed-Sat 10am-6pm. Free.

029 2047 3373.

Summer Open Art Prize Works from selected artists in any medium based in south Wales. The winner will be rewarded with a solo exhibition in 2017. (Until Sat 27 Aug)

Martin Tinney Gallery

18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@artwales. com Summer Show Selected by Wales’ leading artists past and present, for sale from £50 to £40,000. Gwyn John, Ceri Richards, Kyffin Williams.

Gwilym Prichard. Shani Rhys James, Wilf Roberts, Harry

Holland, look just think of a Welsh establishment artist and they probably have something here OK. (Until Sun 28 Aug)

Mission Gallery

Gloucester Place, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free.

01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk Micki Schloessingk ‘Earth, Fire And Salt’ Handmade, wood-fired and salt-glazed pots. An exhibition in The Language Of Clay: Part One initiative, and a Mission Gallery National Touring Exhibition. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Graduate Showcase Featuring exceptional work in Visual & Applied Art, Design and the Moving Image. Work will be selected from various degree shows around the UK and New Designers.. (Until Sun 4 Sept)

Monmouth Museum

Priory Street, Monmouth.

Mon- Sat 11am-1pm + 2-5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free.

01600 710630.

The Story Of Rockfield Infamous recording studio, also based in Monmouth, is celebrated here in the form of photos and other memorabilia from its innards. (Throughout August)

National Museum & Gallery

Cathays Park, Cardiff. TueSun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / www.museumwales.ac.uk/ cardiff War’s Hell!’ The Battle Of Mametz Wood In Art Discover the art and poetry created by those who witnessed this battle – one of the bloodiest of World War I – first-hand and the work it later inspired. (Until Sun 4 Sept) The Attraction Of Onlookers: Aberfan – An Anatomy Of A Welsh Village New York-based artist Shimon Attie shows a video installation and photographs of the community, 50 years after the disaster that claimed 144 lives, supporting their desire to move on from this tragic event. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Augustus John In Focus A selection of paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints by this important Welsh artist. It will focus on images of his family, friends and celebrated sitters as well as his fascination with gypsy culture. (Until Fri 30 Sept) Treasures: Adventures In Archaeology Major exhibition showcasing artefacts from Egypt, Rome and more, with some Indiana Jones content to boot. Admission is £7, £5 concessions or free for under-16s. (Until Sun 30 Oct) Quentin Blake: Inside Stories Timeless illustrator of, most notably, kids’ books (and even more notably Roald Dahl books) is rewarded with a majot show here. See Art. (Until Sun 20 Nov)

National Waterfront Museum

Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea.

Daily 10am-5pm. Free.

01792 638950.

Wales By Rail During the

1930s and 1960s, major railway companies promoted Welsh towns and cities as the place to visit on colourful, eyecatching posters. View some of them from the Amgueddfa Cymru collections. (Until Sun 9 Oct) Glass Beacon The University of Wales Trinity St David present design work, samples and finished images of a large glass commission for the tower of the new ALEX Design Exchange building in Swansea. (From Sat 27 Aug until Sun 27 Nov)

paintings. (From Mon 15 until Sat 20 Aug)

Oriel Canfas

Glamorgan Street, Canton, Cardiff. Tue-Fri 1-4.30pm, Sat 10.30am-4.30pm. 029 2066 6455 / www. orielcanfas.co.uk Alexandra TrowbridgeMatthews & Adrian Paul Metcalfe ‘Of Stone And Water’ Recent work by two painters inspired by the canals of Venice. (Until Sat 27 Aug)

Has anything interesting ever happened to you in connection with a spoon? No? Well, a visit to the consistently innovative Oriel Davies, in Newtown, could be the impetus you need to change that state of affairs.

Elizabeth Brickell's exhibition Moving On (until Mon 29 Aug) features an array of replica spoons, cast in latex and laid on the gallery's floor in stark, minimalist fashion.

Newport Museum & Art Gallery

Oriel Davies

Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Daily 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2087 7959 / www. norwegianchurchcardiff.com F22 See Art for a preview of this exhibition by two Welsh photographers, who seem to hire the gallery two or three times a year to display it.

(Until Sun 4 Sept)

The Park, Newtown, Powys.

Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm.

Free. 01686 625041 / enquiries@orieldavies.org Radical Craft: Alternative Ways Of Making Show featuring 34 artists who express their creativity beyond the bounds of convention.

Miniature sculptures are carved into toothpicks; vehicles are made from recycled scrap; a bridal headdress is made from wrapped and embellished fabric. (Until Mon 29 Aug) Elizabeth Brickell ‘Moving On’ A collection of spoons, of varying size and dimension, each spoon clearly pronouncing its individuality and heightened by its recreation in thin latex. I wish this exhibition had been called Me And My Spoon instead. (Until Mon 29 Aug)

Off The Wall

Oriel Joanna Field

John Frost Square, Newport.Tue-Fri 9.30am5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm.

Free. 01633 656656 / museum@newport.gov.uk Your Gallery In June, the public were asked to choose their favourite paintings from over 200 works in the Museum’s collections in storage. This exhibition is the result. (Until Sat 20 Jan)

Norwegian Church Arts Centre

The Old Probate Registry, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff. Tue-Fri 9.30am5.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm.

Free. 029 2055 4469 / art@ galleryoffthewall.com Mixed Summer Show A chance to catch up on earlier exhibitions, highlighting our most popular artists as well as showcasing some new ones.

(Until Tue 6 Sept)

Oriel Bach

4 Dunns Lane, Mumbles, Swansea. Mon-Sat 11am4pm. Free. 01792 361012 / www.orielbach.com Mike Crafer Paintings from a local Gower artist. (Until Sat 13 Aug) Ann Thomas / Rachel Jones Two concurrently-running exhibitions of

Torch Theatre, St. Peter’s Road, Milford Haven. Free.

01646 695267 / www. torchtheatre.co.uk Royston Packer ‘Through My Lens’ Nature and wildlife photography by the Pembrokeshire-based Packer.

(Until Sat 27 Aug)

Oriel Lliw

Herbert St, Pontardawe.

Free. 01792 863722 / www. pontardaweartscentre.com Criw Celf 2015/16 Work by year 5 and 6 students from Neath Port Talbot and Swansea. A Mission Gallery exhibition.. (Until Fri 5 Aug)

Oriel Mwldan

Bath House Rd, Cardigan.

Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Free.

01239 621200 / helena@ mwldan.co.uk Morgan Griffith (Sonomano) & Jo Hinchcliffe ‘The Dental Cosmos’ Griffith uses found images to create unnerving collages, shown here alongside kinetic assemblages, created especially for Oriel Mwldan with his collaborative partner Jo Hinchcliffe. (Until Sat 6 Aug) Antonia Dewhurst: ‘Hearn/Iron’ A project setting out to record, through photography, video, sound and sculpture, what remains of the currugated iron structures that have dotted the Welsh landscape for over a century.

(From Sat 13 Aug until Sat 1 Oct)

Oriel Myrddin

Church Lane, Carmarthen.

01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk Anne-Mie Melis ‘A New Niche For Nature’ Melis is a multi-disciplinary artist who uses conventional media, and digital technology to create drawings, sculptural work, intervention and moving images. This exhibition focuses on the River Towy and in particular the point at which land and water meet. (From Fri 5 Aug until Sat 15 Oct)

Oriel Q

The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www. orielqueenshallgallery. org.uk 10 Years Of Iron At Carmarthen School Of Art Pictures of the processes and people involved, as well as sculptures which have been cast using the college’s furnaces. Oriel Fach: Films of performances of iron casting.

3D area: assorted ceramics and jewellery by students and well-known artists. (From Sat 6 Aug until Sat 10 Sept)

Oriel Y Bont

University Of South Wales, Pontypridd. Mon-Thurs 8.30am-5.30pm, Fri 8.30am-5pm. Free. 01443 480480 / www.gallery. southwales.ac.uk Towards Abstraction? Art In South Wales Since 1960 An exhibition of works from the university art collection.

(Until Fri 18 Nov)

Penarth Pier Pavilion

The Esplanade, Penarth.

Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

029 2071 2100 / info@ penarthpavilion.co.uk Geraint Evans ‘Edgeland’ Recent Royal Drawing School alumnus Evans presents a focal installation comprising sculpture and sound, with a burnt-out car as the central piece. (From Fri 5 until Mon 29 Aug)

Redhouse

Old Town Hall, High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. Free. 01685 384111 / info@ redhousecymru.com Anthony Rhys ‘1868’ A depiction of that same year in Merthyr Tydfil’s history, seen through the experiences of local people and at a time when it was Wales’ biggest town. Bare-fist boxers, child BUZZ 59

clubs workers, town drunks, meanspirited officials, illegal pig keepers and bad singers all feature. No snarky punchlines here, please. (Until Sat 27 Aug)

Pritchard, presents a set of paintings which bring together human and animal forms in surreal fashion. (From Fri 5 Aug until Sun 18 Sept)

Swansea College Of Art

49 High Street, Crickhowell.

Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

01873 812495 / www. towergallery.co.uk Changing Nature Philippine Sowerby, a sculptor in wood, is joined by guest painters Jane Bennett and Alan Young.

Also showing work by all members of the Usk Valley Artists’ Co-operative. (Until Sat 10 Sept)

Dynevor Campus, De-La Beche St, Swansea. Free.

01792 481285 / www.uwtsd. ac.uk/art-design BEEP AKA Biennial Exhibition Of Painting, meaning it should be called BEOP, this is Wales’s only large-scale contemporary international painting exhibition, taking place at different venues every two years. It’ll be in Wrexham from Fri 7 Oct until Fri 5 Nov, and Cardiff from Wed 16 Nov until Fri 23 Dec. (From Thurs 4 Aug until Sat 3 Sept)

Swansea Grand Theatre

Singleton St, Swansea. MonSat 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 475715 / www. swanseagrand.co.uk BEEP See listing above for the details; this is a quick visit to the Grand and will be shown on three levels.

(From Tue 2 until Fri 8 Aug) Swansea Festival Of Stitch A celebration of textile, art and stitch taking place at various other Swansea venues also. (From Tue 9 until Fri 26 Aug)

Swansea Museum

Victoria Road, The Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 653763 / www. swanseamuseum.co.uk How Jazz Came To Wales Celebrating 30 years of Jazz Heritage Wales, founded in 1986 by Swansea pianist and researcher Jen Wilson. (Until Sun 2 Oct) Tellin Tales ContexArt present a showcase that forms part of the Swansea Festival Of Stitch.

(From Fri 5 until Fri 19 Aug)

Taliesin Arts Centre

Singleton Park, Swansea.

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 12pm-6pm and performance evenings 6pm8.15pm. Free. 01792 295526 / www. taliesinartscentre.co.uk Threads Of The Unexpected Itchy Fingers presents a textile exhibition inspired by Roald Dahl. Part of the Swansea Festival Of Stitch. (From Sun 7 Aug until Sat 17 Sept)

Tapestri Cafe Bar & Bistro

Llys Glas (Old Police Station), Orchard Street, Swansea. 01792 469787 / www.tapestri.co.uk Alice’s Adventures In Swansea Swansea Festival Of Stitch exhibition from members of the Wednesday Stitchers textile group. (From Fri 5 until Fri 19 Aug)

Tenby Museum & Art Gallery

Castle Hill, Tenby. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, £4/£3/£2 kids.

01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum.org.uk Ceri Pritchard ‘The Strange Edge Of Reality: Paintings 2012-2016’ Ceri, the son of painters Claudia Williams and Gwilym BUZZ 60

Tower Gallery

Tower Gallery

Oriel Y Parc Landscape Gallery & Visitor Centre, The Grove, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Free. 01437 720392 / info@orielyparc. co.uk Elly Morgan Exhibition of recycled art. (Throughout August) Linda Norris Skokholm Island study exhibition. (Throughout August)

Velindre Hospital

Whitchurch, Cardiff. Open 24/7. Free. 029 2075 2251.

South Wales Art Society – Permanent Rolling Exhibition Members’ works are available to view in the corridors and restaurant of the hospital at any given time.

20% of all sales go to the hospital.

Victoria Fearn Gallery

6B Heol y Deri, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 9.30am5.30pm, Sun 10am-3pm.

Free. 029 2052 0884.

Summer Exhibition Mixed exhibition featuring paintings alongside contemporary applied art. (Until Sat 3 Sept)

Wales Millennium Centre

Bute Place, Cardiff Bay. Free. 029 2063 6464 / www. wmc.org.uk The Wondercrump World Of Roald Dahl Large-scale interactive experience celebrating Cardiff-born author’s centenary, featuring artefacts from the Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre, original manuscripts and handwritten letters, plus “a large dash of magic and a sprinkling of mischief”. (From Fri 12 Aug until Sat 14 Jan)

Waterloo Tea Gardens

5 Waterloo Gardens, Penylan, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 8am-9pm, Sun 9am-6pm.

Free. 029 2045 6073 / www. waterlootea.com Natie Marie ‘Tiny Stories Mostly At Night And Sometimes With Robots’ Exhibition of illustration work, in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Cymru.

(Until Mon 8 Aug)

Wendrich Art House

Temple Gallery, 1 Brickyard Cottages, Llanelli. 12-5pm.

Free. 01792 295526 / www. wendricharthouse.com Open Studio Artists Harry and Nicola Wendrich display work in their tranquil garden studio, including a display of Temple Crafts including meditation aids, incenses, astrological birth charts and calendars. The opportunity to hear “the Music of the Plants”

is also offered. (Every Sunday until Sun 28 Aug)

Workers Gallery

99 Ynyshir Road, Ynyshir, Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm or by appointment. Free. 01443 682024 / wood4tt@gmail. com BIGsmallART Nation Group show by local and national ACEO artists of original art and limited edition prints and photographs. All artwork for sale. (Until Sat 27 Aug) Emma Bevan ‘Ffolkyffelt’ Work displayed on the Mates Beyond wall. (Until Sat 3 Sept)

clubs 10 Feet Tall

11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / thisis10feettall@yahoo.co.uk Fridays Soulection 9pm3am, £3 after 10. Soul, boogie and the like from Blue Honey DJs. Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10.

Funk, neo-soul and Motown with music from James Morgan-Rees & Alex Moxham.

Sundays 10 Feet Tall Industry Night 5pm-3am, free. 50% off all drinks for industry staff with this venue’s Industry card, alongside late-night Blue Honey DJs.

Aperture Boat Party

Techniquest, Cardiff Bay (meeting point). Boat sailing round the Welsh coast and Bristol Channel. aperturednb.eventbrite. co.uk Fri 5 Aperture 7.15pm, £15 adv. Another evening of drum’n’bass on a boat, from Aperture residents. Afterwards they’ll be going to Buffalo to skank the night away there.

The boat is limited to 120 places.

The Arch

11 Commercial Street, Neath. 01639 635377 / www. thearchnightclub.com Fri 5 Memorex & Solo 10pm-4am, £15/£12. Hot Creations’ Patrick Topping headlines over Scott Kerr, Haematoma, Sam Balla, Sean Morris, Wayne Hannigan, Ben Parkin, Sinky and JV.

The Attic

5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. www.facebook. com/theatticswansea Sun 28 Criminal Hype & Friends Bank Holiday Day & Night Party 3pm-3am.

Upfront house tackle over a main room and a roof terrace, with a lineup TBC.

Blind Tiger

49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.

Fridays Shake It Off Alternative anthems, poppunk, hardcore and guilty pleasures. Saturdays Koncept & Friends House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights. Sun 28

The NPclubhop Summer Getaway Bank holiday special night across this venue, Courtyard, Meze and Warehouse 54.

Buffalo

11 Windsor Place, Cardiff.

Open Mon-Thurs 11am-3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com Mondays Bump & Grind 10pm-3am, £4/£3 before 11.30. 90s r’n’b/hip-hop night. Fri 5 Aperture 10pm-4am, £10 adv/£8 early bird. Monthly drum’n’bass blowout, with artists TBC. Follows the early evening boat party (see above). Fri 12 Color Festival Launch Party 10pm-4am, £3 adv.

Featuring Taylor Jones, Buffalo residents and more TBC. Saturdays The Shake Up 10pm-4am, £3. Pop, chart, house, r’n’b funk and soul from residents over two floors.

Plus, when you order a drink from the bar you roll a dice and, if you roll a double, it’s half price. My commiserations to this venue’s bar staff for having to put up with this.

Carmarthen Showground

Llysonnen Road, Carmarthen. 01267 232141.

Sat 6 Sonic Festival Presents Warehouse Project 7pm, £10. House and techno from Modaa, Matt Knight, Teri Simmonds, Taz Meah, Kieran Lansley and Adam Why. This does take place in a (huge) warehouse but doesn’t appear to be affiliated with the Manchester clubbing brand The Warehouse Project.

Club Oxygen

1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, from £5. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy. Saturdays 10pm-6am. Room 1: ED, progressive, big room, electro, deep and house. Room 2: r’n’b, bassline, garage and hip-hop. Plus big name guests TBC. Sat 13 Warehouse 11pm-5am, £12 adv. Toolroom Records’ Mark Knight makes another appearance here for some upfront tech-house type fun.

Clwb Ifor Bach

Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net Fridays (bottom) Zerox 10.30pm-3am, £4/£3 NUS. A “party jukebox” night. With DJs, though, not an actual jukebox. Fri 26 Lamerica 18th Birthday 11pm-4am, £10 adv. Featuring a reunion set by Craig Bartlett and Dave Jones, as well as Gareth Hopkins, Darren Stewart and more TBC. It’s an afterparty of sorts for the night at the Tramshed too (see listing to the right). Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5.

Three floors of fun: The Vinyl Vendettas’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop and Mr Potter's proper disco. Sat 27 features a non-hostile takeover by 90s indie specialists Modern Life Is Rubbish, following the gig by Space.

Sun 28 Submerge 4pm-4am.

Linking up with Hub Festival, tickets for which are £10 a day or £20 for three days, local dub/step promoters serve up 12 hours of deep bass whomp – in the Clwb courtyard early on and upstairs later. Dubkasm headline, with The Reggiments, Effigy, Tom Bateman and Jamanoli & Ul Tra early on; Halcyonic, Nanobyte, Blokeye and Pedeadstrian in the evening.

Courtyard

48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”.

Fridays The Kickstart / Terrace Session Classic anthems, downstairs, Mr Ifsta plus allstar residents up on the roof terrace. Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays Sunday Sessions DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights.

Sun 28 The NPclubhop Summer Getaway Bank holiday special night across this venue, Blind Tiger, Meze and Warehouse 54.

Dempseys

Castle Street, Cardiff. 029 2023 9253 / www. dempseyscardiff.com Thursdays (downstairs) Twisted By Design 9.30pm2am, free. Weekly night along the lines of the Saturday lineups. Fridays (downstairs) Blah Blah Blah 10pm-3am, free. Gary Twisted offers up Motown, indie, rock’n’roll, reggae and “no cheesy pop”.

Saturdays 9pm-3am, free.

Rock’n’roll, funk, soul, party tunes yadda yadda, selected

by Chris PJ Martin. Sat 20 Fabulous 9pm-2am, £4. Mod, ska, reggae, indie, R&B, funk, boogaloo and northern soul, running here for the mods since the 90s.

Eddie’s

4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co Wednesdays WTF 9pm2.30am. Drinks deals and the DJing presence of Chris Lee and Wayno. Fridays Stock Exchange 9pm-3am. Toby Ellis and TTD are the DJs as the drinks rise and fall in price according to some pseudo-stock exchange thing, inviting you to be the ‘Wolf Of Quay Street’. Topical reference. Saturdays The Main Event 9pm-3am. Three floors, three DJs, one venue.

Amazing but true.

El Rio

19-21 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 765411.

Fri 12 Powerjam 10pm.

Raucous-sounding hard dance bash out west with Alex Kidd, Rob Davies and Intense, plus more TBC.

Fuel

5 Womanby Street, Cardiff.

07970 063107 / www. facebook.com/fuelcardiff Thursdays FUBAR 10pm2am. Rock, metal and alternative clubnight. Fridays + Saturdays Rock and metal anthems each weekend, plus

special guests when such types are in town.

The Full Moon / The Moon Club

Womanby Street, Cardiff.

029 2037 3022 / info@ thefullmooncardiff.com Fridays Gigantic Free.

Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hiphop, indie, reggae, soul until 3am. Sat 6 Killing Moon 11pm, £4. Night celebrating 80s alternative music.

Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Free. DJ Puddlefunk with bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between.

Sat 13 Hells Bent Pride Cymru Special 11pm-4am.

Alternative gay club night returns for one night only!

Until the next time perhaps.

Sat 20 The Hold Up 9pm-3am. Monthly hip-hop night with acts TBC. Sat 27 Ultimate Power 11pm-4am, £4. Regular night of power ballads and silliness.

Glam

Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2022 9311 / info@ glamnightclub.co.uk Mondays The Fest 10pm3am, £3.50. Two floors of charts, dance and student anthems (room one) and r’n’b, hip-hop, urban and funky (room two). Thurs 18 A-Level Results Party 10pm-5am, £8/£6. With special guest Scotty T off of Geordie Shore, who claims to have got two A*s in his A-levels. Which is probably better than you did or will do. Fridays Smack. 9pm3am. This night has moved from, er, some other Cardiff club, I can’t be arsed looking up which one. Saturdays Vanity 9pm-3am, £5-£10.

Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Sun 28 Kisstory 10pm-3am, £8-£12. Featuring sets from DJ Luck & MC Neat, Wideboys, DJ Swerve and The Mike Delinquent Project.

Gwdihw

6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk Fri 19 Modula x One Good Thing 9pm, £4. Wobbly, headnodder boogie stuff from local label Modula Beats.

Fri 26 Pleasuredome 9pm-2.30am, £5/£3 before 11.

Conroy, Deemo and Teoman play the electronic music of the 80s. Sat 6 Blue Honey 9pm, £3. Modern disco, electro, house and boogie with a set from Tom Bateman of Groove Theory. Sat 13 Cosmogramma 9pm, £5/£3 adv. With a live set from Anchorsong (Tru Thoughts Records) and DJ sets from Blue Honey and DJ Veto.

Sat 20 Mise En Bouche 9pm. DJing from Gidge and Toclifrench. Sat 27 Hully Gully 9pm, £4. Details TBC. *Sun 28 Delete 1-10pm, £20/£17. The last Delete car park party of the summer features two big headliners in Ryan Elliott and Mike Huckaby, plus locals/residents Matt Owen, Marc Parsons, Lee Graves, Lewis James and Aled Wynne.

Karma

75 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

clubs Fri + Sat 8pm-6am. karmaclubcardiff@gmail. com Sat 13 Lashes presents Origin-L 8pm-6am, £10/£7 adv. Pride Cymru afterparty featuring house and techno from headlining DJ Lisa Lashes. plus Jax, Robbie Lewis, Madame Twisted & Scott-E.

Kazbar

Market Street, Llanelli. www.houseofrasta.com Fri 5 House Of Rasta 9pm3am, £5. Roots reggae night featuring Gloucester’s Tafari Warriyah, Ras Head and MCs Bigga B and Idren Natural.

Ladybird

41 St Mary St, Cardiff. 029 2066 5500 / info@ ladybirdcardiff.com / www. ladybirdcardiff.com Wednesdays Cheeky 10pm-4am, £2. Tickets are £2, drinks (some of them) are £2 and there are two rooms of music. Thursdays Propaganda 10pm-4am, £4. UK-wide indie night’s Cardiff wing. You can tell it’s the Cardiff one becuse they list Stereophonics first on the list of bands likely to be played. Thurs 18 A-Level Results House Party 10pm6am, £5/£3 early bird. As a mother, I consider this club’s invitation for my child to party until 6am celebrating his C in media studies to be highly

irresponsible. Fridays Mi Casa 10pm-4am. House and techno every week, often with some pretty big names. They never announce them in time for these listings though. Fri 5 is a Summer House Party featuring a live saxophonist.

Saturdays Solution 10pm4am. A night whose flyer has a big photo of a model in her bra and pants. Sundays Sunday Project 7pm-3am, free with guestlist. Free industry night offers floor fillers and house classics.

Laser Station

Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen.

01267 235648 / www. laserstationwales.com Fri 26 Mash Up vs Fat Lace 8pm-4am. Drum’n’bass special with Pricey, Oli Oli Oli, Gemini Twinz, Spit and Synapse (Mash Up) Jake Radar, Kryptix and Optimystic (Fat Lace).

The Mackintosh Sports And Social Club

Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. 029 2049 4697 / www.mackintoshsportsclub. org Sat 6 The Saturday Social 7.30pm-12am. Acid house, new wave, funk, electro and techno from Phil Dread and other DD residents plus guest DJ Pascal Klein.

Mary’s

89 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Mon-Thurs 4pm-2am, Fri 4pm-3am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-1am. 029 2066 8647 / www.maryscardiff. co.uk Fri 12-Sun 14 Proud Mary Pride Weekend special events.

Fri 12 features US drag performer Latrice Royale; Sat 13 has the Freemasons, a Lady Gaga impersonator and a bunch of cabaret acts; and sun 14 features Shirley Bassey tribute Rachel Roberts, the Gay Men’s Chorus and Dr Bev. Sundays Mary’s Mad Sundays 12pm-1am, free.

Cabaret and cocktails with Mary Mac.

Metros

Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www. metroscardiff.com Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £5. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Thurs 11 Tunnel Club Reunion 9pm2am, £5 adv. Pride weekend comeback for Cardiff’s top gay club of the mid-80s. Follows up a similar night at the same time last year, which raised £1600 to enable local LGBT groups to have a presence at Pride Cymru; they’ll be hoping to replicate that for 2017. Fridays Freespirit 9.30pm-3.30am, £3 with flyer before 10.30pm. Drinks promos, no dress code. Rock, punk, metal and alternative beats. Saturdays Cherry

Bomb 9.30pm-3.30am. Indie, electroclash (!) and good time rock’n’roll.

Meze Lounge

6 Market Street, Newport.

01633 259144 / www. facebook.com/ theloungenewport Fridays The Friday Night Project Signature cocktails and a selection of retro-centric grooves from the 80s, 90s and 00s. Fri 12 Hard Alliance 10pm-4am, £8. Hard dance poppin’ off at this revived club. Lineup: Cally, Denzo & Wotsee, Stu Grady, Ray Raw, ASBO Aaron vs MNL, ODE (gabba set) and Gee & Atom. MCs: Wotsee, Jay P, Bazza, Ode and Morty.

Sat 6 Chip 10pm-5am, £10.

Grime-pop favourite, formerly Chipmunk, is the special guest tonight, and is presented by The NPclubhop. *Sat 3 Sept Wat A Bam Bam 10pm-5am, £8 early bird.

Legendary Jamaican dancehall deejay Sister Nancy is the guest here. Magic booking!

Peter Ice is the host, Aleighcia Scott and Bucky Ranks are the supports, sounds are provided

by Uprising, Raggamuffin, Love Harmony, Ecko Vybz and Bad Indian. Sun 28 The NPclubhop Summer Getaway Bank holiday special night across this venue, Blind Tiger, Courtyard and Warehouse 54.

Minskys Show Bar

Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128 / www.minskysshowbar.com Fridays & Saturdays 8pm1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.

Missoula

84-86 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 1315 / www. missoulabars.co.uk/ missoulacardiff Fridays Unfunkinbelievable Half price drinks from 5-10pm.

What I find ‘unfunkinbelievable’ is that there’s a club night called ‘Unfunkinbelievable’ in the year 2016. Saturdays ‘Miss’ Behaviour Music, cocktails, party. All these things are found here.

Mocka Lounge

ANCHORSONG Cosmogramma @ Gwdihw, Cardiff, Sat 13 Aug Admission: £5/£3 adv. Info: 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk Not certain who’s behind new promo vehicle Cosmogramma, but they seem to be giving it to you straight: they’re named after a Flying Lotus album, and their headline act this month is a Japanese producer who cooks up complex, jazzy, spiritual-sounding electronic marvels on the hoof using just a keyboard and an MPC sampler. The results, as showcased on Anchorsong’s two albums for Brighton label Tru Thoughts, aren’t a million miles from Flying Lotus’ subtler work: polyrhythmic beats and blissful melodic tinkling, slippery synth parts and wisps of vocal. Ceremonial, his second LP from earlier this year, finds the producer taking on the influence of 70s African music, so there should be fodder for dancing while you marvel at his ability to perform this live.

Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com Thursdays The Social Affair 9pm-3am. Over-25s night with chart hits through the ages. Fridays Timeless DJ Dan Nicholas plays r’n’b, funk, disco and old skool.

Just old skool. Saturdays Decorum Soulful and upfront house, plus funk, disco etc, from Sinky and Styles.

Sundays VIP Chris Evans (My Playhouse) plays club classics, funky house and r’n’b.

Monkey Bar

13 Castle Street, Swansea.

01792 480822 / www. monkeycafe.co.uk Wednesdays Drop 10pm4am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, house, garage, jungle and grime. Fridays Dime 10pm6am, £5/£3 before 12 or with

a Kon Tiki stamp. Hip-hop, grime, house and drum’n’bass.

Saturdays Get Busy £3 with a Kon Tiki stamp. Funk, soul, hip-hop, Motown, boogie and party.

Pulse

3 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

029 2064 1010 / www. pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue.

Wednesdays Warped 10pm-4am. Join DJ Craig W

This time last year, Cardiff rock club Metros was transformed back into its previous incarnation, 1980s-era gay club the Tunnel, for one night only.

The place was packed out with nostalgic ex-scenesters and raised £1600 for charitable, LGBT-related purposes. On Thurs 11 Aug, they'll be doing it all over again.

Mozarts

Walter Road, Swansea.

01792 649984 / www. mozartsswansea.co.uk Fri 5 Hip-Drop 8pm-3am.

Mod, Stax, reggae and northern soul. Fri 12 Yum Yum Club 8pm-3am. Funk, soul, reggae, disco and hip-hop. Sat 6 Rewind 8pm-2.30am, free before 12. Nineties revival night.

The Neon

Clarence Place, Newport.

01633 533666 / www. theneon.co.uk Sun 29 Ministry Of Sound 9.30pm-3am, £10 adv. Unkillable club brand is farmed out to Newport with big house sets from Dan Grey, Richi and Cabal.

Popworld

96 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am.

029 2023 5825.

Mondays Candy Pop Karaoke 9pm, free. Does what it says in the tin I guess.

Wednesdays Giggle Free before 12. Student night.

Thursdays Poptails.

9pm-3am. Non-stop pop with DJ Lyndon and 2-4-1 cocktails deals. Fridays + Saturdays Until 3am. Drinks deals from 5-11pm (Fri) and 3-8pm (Sat).

Popworld

Wind Street, Swansea. MonFri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.

Mondays Cheapskate 9pm-3am, free. Tunes from the 90s and 00s. Fridays + Saturdays Ain’t No Party Like A Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4 (Fri)/£3-£5 (Sat).

Pryzm

Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2023 3854 / www. pryzm.co.uk/cardiff Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3am. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff.

Saturday is in conjunction with Jongleurs comedy club, which also takes place here.

on a journey through time with the best hits from the last two decades. Fridays Pulsetastic 10pm-5am, £4/£3. With live PAs once a month. Saturdays Pop Til You Drop 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long. Sat 13 Pulse Street Party 6pm, £15 adv.

Part of Pride Cymru weekend, the ticket price gets you access to the festivities in Bute Park as well as to Pulse itself.

The Queens Hall

High Street, Narberth.

01834 861212 / www. thequeenshall.org.uk Sat 27 Critical Condition 8pm-1am, £12/£10 adv.

Hip-hop, drum’n’bass and jungle from Filthy Funk & Flo, E-Coli, Teej & Ketchum, Declbel Imprint, Late Knight and a DJ competition winner.

Revolution

Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk Fridays + Saturdays 9pm3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.

The Robin Hood

16 Severn Grove, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 029 2037 8829 / www.robinhoodbar.co.uk Sat 6 + Sat 3 Sept Mod For It Free. Every first Saturday of the month, DJ 45 presents an evening of 60s/70s beat, rhythm & blues, soul, ska, 80s/90s Britpop and 2-tone.

Room 112

3-6 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Thurs 9pm-3am, Fri + Sat 10pm-4am. 029 2066 7996 / www.room112.net Fridays Bedrock 9pm-4am, £10/£5 before 12. R’n’b, hip-hop and dancehall.

Saturdays Pillow Talk 9pm-4am, £10. Old skool r’n’b, hip-hop, house and decadent partying is this night’s deal.

The Scene

Plymouth Street, Swansea. events@thesceneclub.co.uk / www.thesceneclub.co.uk Sat 6 + Sat 3 Sept Dead BUZZ 61

events Of Night 10pm-3am, £3.

Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Sat 13 Dogruff 10pm-5am. Minimal techno specialists with a lineup TBC.

Sin City

Dilwyn Street, Swansea.

01792 468892 / www. sincityclub.co.uk Tuesdays Hustle 10pm3am, £3/£2 before 12.

Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop.

Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night. Fridays Monsters Of Rock 10pm-3.30am, £4/£2

sion. The UK's leading private karaoke experience each day of the week. Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 10pm-3am, £5/£3.50. Exclusive midweek student party, now transferred from Revolution. You don’t need NUS to get in though.

Fridays Tic Toc 10pm-3am, £4. Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.

Tramshed

Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555/ www.tramshedcardiff.com

A night of conscious roots reggae in Llanelli? You betcha, pal. The people you want to thank are named House Of Rasta, and you'll find them at the town's Kazbar on Fri 5 Aug, with Gloucester sound system Tafari Warriyah being joined by Ras Head, Bigga B and Idren Natural.

House Of Rasta also have nights in Cardiff's Moon Club in September and October. before 12.30. Indie in room 1, metal in room 2. Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.

Soda

St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www. sodacardiff.com Thursdays Thursday Club 10pm, £4. Live music, live DJ and live games. Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, really the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that.

Splott Warehouse

Titan Road, Cardiff. www. splott-warehouse.co.uk Sat 27 The Color Festival 2pm, £32 adv. Main stage: Basement Jaxx, Chris Lorenzo, SKT, Random Mandem, The Goldenboy and Rewire & Varski. Concrete Junglists x Bullion stage: Dillinja, Mampi Swift, Millie Collins, Casey Jones and Benji B. Mayfair Sessions stage: DJ Russke, Jordan Valleys, Jigga, Monique B b2b Dan Willow, Mr Bibs, Sole and a headliner TBC. Plus the throwing around of coloured powder paint that is the dubious premise for this event.

Tiger Tiger

Friary House, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff. Open Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-12.30am. 029 2039 1944 / www.tigertigercardiff.co.uk Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £2.50 per sesBUZZ 62

Fri 26 The Hacienda 7pm12am, £20/£18. Manchester’s iconic block of flats The Hacienda, which was also a nightclub at some point, is celebrated here by way of DJ sets from Derrick Carter, Marshall Jefferson, Graeme Park and Jon Da Silva. See Clubs. *Sun 28 Memorex 2-10pm, £15-£25. Rugged techno jock Ben Klock is set to deliver a three-hour set here, and you can read about it/him in Clubs. Haematoma, Scott Kerr, Sinky, JV, Kofi Tarris and Murder are also in room 1, while the bar area has Lukas Alexander, Coño Frito, Mikki Wings and Rhys Bowler.

Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)

11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com Fri 5 Axiom 10pm, £3. House and techno. Fri 12 Castle Nights 11pm, £5. Techno. Fri 19 + Sun 28 Selecta 11pm, £7/£5. Leeson, Onslaught and Woo Ha serve up classic garage and grime. Fri 26 Temple 10pm. Monthly drum’n’bass night, lineup TBC as always. Sat 20 FlowCase 2pm, £4. All-day beatbox competition, including loopstation and tag team showcases. Sat 20 Gangster’s Paradise 11pm, £5/£3 before 11.30. Pre2010 hip-hop and r’n’b night.

The Vaults

The Old Natwest Bank, 113116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com Sat 28 Memorex: The After Party 10pm-5am, £20 adv.

Continuing the fun from the Tramshed earlier, where Ben Klock headlines, Paco Osuna is the big name down in the dungeon. Haematoma, Scott

Kerr, Murder, Sinky and JV are also in room 1; room 2 boasts Lukas Alexander, Coño Frito, Mikki Wings and Rhys Bowler.

Mr Sass & Friends control the Banking Hall.

Warehouse 54

Cambrian Rd, Newport.

01633 259144 / www.wh54. com Friday Aloha! Live sessions and drinks deals early on; club classics from residents later. Saturdays Old Skool Saturdays R’n’b, hip-hop and urban classics from Mr Ifsta and others. Sat 20 Luck & Neat 10pm-4am. One-time chart-bothering UK garage duo visit Newport. Sun 28 The NPclubhop Summer Getaway Bank holiday special night across this venue, Blind Tiger, Courtyard and Meze.

Wow Bar

4 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com Wednesdays Wish You Were Here Free. Student night with “inflight entertainment” from Lambrini Rampage and Mary Golds, plus music from DJ Krys. Thursdays The Night With No Name Free.

DJ Craig and Mary Golds offer “mad games and crazy entertainment.” Fridays The Greatest Show In The City Free b4 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week. Saturdays The VKend Free b4 11. With DJs Craig and Krys. You can get cheap deals in VK. £6.50 for a fishbowl. £6 for a jug of WKD. Settle down now, kids.

Sundays The Cuckoo Club Free. DJ Krys plays the tunes until late.

Highmead House, Lisvane, Cardiff. Info 029 2075 1158.

For Grade 3 to vocational level. These classes are by special application only at various points in the month – not on specific days, hence listing them here. To apply write to admin@indiadancewales.com with previous dance experience and reason for wanting to join India Dance Wales.

Newport Badminton Club Pill Millennium Centre, Newport. 7.30-8.30pm. Info 07789 965285. One of the largest badminton clubs in South East Wales. Monday club nights have coaching with Carissa Turner, the current Ladies Welsh number one, for juniors and then senior club members.

Official Guided Tours – Every Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £5/£4.

Info 029 2063 6464. Tours of the centre running daily for one hour. Advance booking recommended.

Ruff Folk Dance Club St Andrew’s Methodist Church Hall, Birchgrove, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info 029 2051 3440. With Ian Lewis.

Salsa Classes Missoula, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Beginners for the first hour, then improvers/intermediate.

St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm. Info 01446 799100. Choir rehears-

als.

Tai Chi: Health Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am. Info 029 2020 6042.

Tango Dancing Argentine Barocco, Cardiff. 8-10.45pm, £3/£1. Info 029 2023 7332.

Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7-9pm. Info 07734 557767.

Learn traditional Korean karate; beginners welcome.

Yoga Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.301.15pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

On tomorrow also.

Yoga With Valerie Price St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9.30pm. Info admin@yoga-works.co.uk.

6.30-8pm: intermediate; 8.109.30pm: beginners.

EVERY TUESDAY

A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

7-11pm. Info 01495 243252.

Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

7-8.30pm, £10. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Tuesday to Thursday.

Advanced Belly Dance Cardiff Central Youth Club, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 5.306.45pm, £6/£30 for six sessions. Info 07872 306745.

With Steph.

Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm.

Info 07790 167560. Every Tuesday and Friday.

Beth’s Buns Pilates Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7.15-8.15pm, £5. Info 029 2048 4880.

Bring It Pong 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. New weekly session of table tennis, with two tables in the main bar (little known fact: table tennis is one of the best games to play while drinking).

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 6pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Boxing-based highintensity workout with a house soundtrack. First session free.

In this gym every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Gitananda Yoga St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd.

7-8.30pm, free. Info 01443 408065.

Glam Dram St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

7pm. Info 01446 799100.

Amateur theatre company for adults.

India Dance Wales – Bharatanatyam Classes Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5-6pm. Info 07410 977427. Beginners’ class.

India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.30-8pm. Info 029 2075 1158. From beginners to grade 2 and for all ages and abilities.

Jazz Workshops For Beginners Atradius Offices (4th floor), Cardiff Bay. 6.208pm, £10. Info 07806 625717.

All instruments and ages

events EVERY MONDAY

Bharatanatyam Dance Classes For Adult Beginners Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 8.15-9.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158.

Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting The Plum Tree, Canton, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392. A friendly social group offering the chance to “liven up your social life and meet new friends” through a varied events programme including theatre, live music, walks, badminton, table tennis and pub nights. More info at www. cardiffivc.org.uk.

Cardio Climb Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6.30pm, £5. Info 029 2048 4880. High intensity workout combing cardio and climbing.

Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07952 752823. Led by Pauline Down and taking place most Mondays; ring ahead to check.

India Dance Wales Classes

FFOREST GATHER 2016 Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, Mon 15-Mon 22 + Mon 22-Mon 29 Aug Tickets: £125 per week/£80 11-17 years/£60 4-10 years/free under-4s.

Info: 01239 623633 / www.fforestgather.co.uk Located minutes from the town of Cardigan, the Fforest Gather Festival is back for its second year, offering families an opportunity for an intimate unique experience of a festival. With only 500 people and 500 acres of rural land, this festival offers an intrinsically family-friendly, but refreshingly different, summer holiday. Included in your ticket price are beer and cocktail classes, arts and crafts, den making, wild swimming, cooking with fire and DJs offering the soundtrack to the evening gatherings. A particular highlight is Phil Minton’s Feral Choir, offering workshops for people who wish to express freedom through vocal experiments. Act fast – there are only 100 tent pitches available and limited accommodation.

events welcome.

Karate Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15-8.15pm. Info 029 2087 7959. With Emma Robins.

Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5.

Info 029 2022 8883. Learn African samba here.

Laughter Yoga Llandaff North Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.15-8.15pm, £5 (suggested donation). Info www.sparklylaughter.co.uk.

“No experience required, no stretching and no mats needed,” promise the organisers.

Learn To Rock’n’Roll 50s Style JK Club, Neath Rd, Briton Ferry. 8-10.30pm, £5.

Info 07400 080101. Hosted

by Frank, who also runs a similar class in Pencoed each Thursday. Lessons are from 8-9pm; there’s a disco from 9-10.30.

Life Drawing 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Hosted by Cardiff Life Model.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea.

6-10pm. Info 01792 475147.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today: Youth Ground Skills – Jedi (11+, 4.15-6pm); Youth Circus Padawans (age 9-11, 4.306pm); Hula Hoop (6-7pm); Performance (7-9pm); Circus Mishmash (6-8pm); Beginners Aerial L1 (8-10pm) and Static Trapeze L2 (8-10pm).

Off Centre Silver Dragon, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Adult drama group meeting weekly to develop performance skills.

Official Guided Tours – Every Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £5/£4.

Info 029 2063 6464.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info kalavathi@ omstudio.co.uk.

Salsa Classes Kapu, Cardiff.

7.30-10.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Beginners’ class starts 7.30pm; improvers 8.30; bachata 9.30.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £5.

Info 07949 270618. Every Tuesday. Beginners 7.15-8pm; Improvers 8.30-9.30pm; dancing 9.45-10.30pm.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales. com. Every Tuesday and Friday. This one visits Big Pit Mining Museum of Wales and Brecon Beacons National Park (including BBNP visitors centre).

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Continuation St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff.

6.30-7.30pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Yoga Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30 + 6.45-8pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

Yoga Classes Om Studio,

Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £9. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. With Kalavathi Devi.

Yoga Share M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 5-7pm, £4 (suggested donation). Info 029 2047 3373. Led by Ashtanga practitioner Sarah Cleary.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

7-8pm, £5. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth.

8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk. Mixed level class.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm.

Info 07891 712344. Led by Irene Davies, as is...

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

7-8.30pm, £10. Info 029 2048 4880.

A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252.

Beginners Belly Dancing Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 6.157.20pm, £6/£30 for six sessions. Info 07872 306745 / info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. With Steph.

Ceroc Dance Class Dockers Club, Swansea. 7.45pm-12am, £6/£8 freestyles. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

City Of Cardiff Rotaract Meeting Refectory Cafe, Windsor Place, Cardiff.

6.30pm. Info 07768 108394.

An 18-30s community group that integrates young professionals, students and refugees through community projects and social events.

Creepy Carmarthen The Guildhall, Carmarthen (starting point). 7pm, £7.50/£5.

Info 01267 231557. Take a trip through Carmarthen’s ‘horrible history’ and meet murderers and their victims; visit the sites of grisly executions; discover dark secrets from bygone days - and find out where ghosts walk. Every week until Sept 28.

Drop-in Exploring Drawing Workshop Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, Rhondda. 7-9pm, £10. Info 01443 682034. With tutor Chris Williams.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Wake Up Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.15-8am, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / sarasclasses4@gmail.com.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today: Youth Acrobatics Jedi (11+, 4.15-6pm); Adult Acrobatics (6-8pm); Creative Aerial L3+ (8-10pm).

Official Guided Tours – Every Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £5/£4.

Info 029 2063 6464.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth.

8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. With Hayley.

Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreational Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8-10pm,

£5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Day tours from Cardiff, every Wednesday and Saturday. This one visits Caerleon, Caerwent, Tintern Abbey, the Wye Valley, Abbey Mill Craft Centre and Raglan Castle.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am, 1-2.15pm + 7-9pm, £9/£8. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Yoga Trwy Gyfrwng Y Gymraeg Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm.

Info admin@yoga-works. co.uk.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

7-8pm, £5. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50. Info 07914 683534.

Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.

EVERY THURSDAY

Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

7-8.30pm, £10. Info 029 2048 4880.

Alexander Technique & Yoga M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11.30am-1pm, £16/£80 for six sessions. Info 029 2047 3373.

Art Club Penarth Pier Pavilion. 4.15-5.15pm, £5. Info 0844 8700887. Creative fun for 5-11-year-olds with tutor Becky.

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351.

Bingo Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

Biodanza Bishop Of Llandaff High School, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com. “A fusion of music, movement and feeling” taught here by Antoinette Lorraine.

Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Learn break dancing styles, uprock, freezes and power moves. For ages 8-18.

Ceroc Dance Class Lysaght Institute, Newport. 7.3010.45pm, £8/£6 NUS. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 6pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209.

Hosted by Laura Bradshaw.

Hard Côr Japan Room, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Join the Centre’s urban choir who blend choral singing with hip-hop. Every Thursday and Saturday; contact takepart@wmc.org.uk for further details.

Hatch The Riverfront,

Newport. 4.30pm, £8 per session/£60 per term. Info 01633 656757. New youth theatre programme organised by the Tin Shed Theatre Co. Learn To Rock’n’Roll 50s Style Pencoed Rugby Club.

8-10.30pm, £5. Info 07400 080101. Hosted by Frank.

Lessons are from 8-9pm; there’s a disco from 9-10.30.

Newport Badminton Club Newport Active Living Centre.

7.30-9.30pm. Info 07789 965285.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today: Flying Trapeze L1/2 (6-8pm); Static Trapeze L2 (6-8pm); Ropes & Silks L2 (6-8pm); Static Trapeze L3 (8-10pm); Ropes & Silks L3 + 4 (8-10pm).

Official Guided Tours – Every Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £5/£4.

Info 029 2063 6464.

Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / sarasclasses4@ gmail.com. Every Thursday.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1. Info 029 2037 8866.

With money, beers and pizza to be won.

Salsa Buena Class Little Shop Of Calm, Cowbridge.

8.30-10.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651. Beginners 8.30pm; improvers 9.30.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5. Info 07949 270618. Beginners 7.158pm; improvers 8.30-9.30pm; Rueda 9.45-10.30pm.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. Salsa, bachata, zouk and kizomba.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Thursday and Sunday. This one visits the Gower, Swansea Bay, Parc-Le-Breos, the Dylan Thomas Centre and more.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042. 6.30-7.30: Tai Chi/ Qigong; 7.45-9.15: Tai Chi Short Form.

Tai Chi / Qigong St Albans Church Hall, Splott, Cardiff.

10.30-11.30am. Info 029 2020 6042.

The Alexander Technique M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11.30am-1pm, £16.

Info info@yogaskies.co.uk.

Small group class hosted by Mike Young.

Yoga Classes Cardiff Steiner School, Llandaff North, Cardiff. 6-7.15 + 7.15-8.30pm, £8/£6.50. Info info@yogaskies.co.uk. Hosted by Mike Young.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.308.45pm, £9/£8. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

11am: Mums & Baby yoga; 7.30pm: Pregnancy yoga.

EVERY FRIDAY

Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm.

Info 07790 167560.

Bingo Lingo The Depot,

Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www. depotcardiff.co.uk. This is now on every Friday and features street food, a wheel of fortune and “rubbish prizes”.

Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm.

Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai. co.uk.

Cardiff Table Tennis Community Club Upper Hall, Sport Wales, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 01446 412352. Featuring 16 table tennis tables; players of all ages and abilities are welcome.

Children’s Tap/Ballet Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10.30-11.30am.

Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.4511.45am, £72/£48 (12 weeks).

Info 01446 401209.

Little’ns Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.25am + 10.30-11.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Newport Photographic

10am: kids; 11am: adults; 12pm: private tuition.

Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

10-11.30am, £15. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Saturday and Sunday.

Family Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

12, 2 + 4pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Saturday and Sunday.

Family Saturdays Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464. Craft workshops for kids and parents.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff.

9.30am. Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Hard Côr Sony Room, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11am, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff.

Q. Why did the curious gin drinker go to Cardiff nightspot 10 Mill Lane early on a Thursday evening? A. To attend one of their FREE masterclasses, named Gintroduction, which guides you through the history and taste of gin, every week until Thurs 26 Sept.

Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm.

Info 01633 400685.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today: Youth Aerial Jedi (11+, 4.156pm); Aerial Conditioning (6-7.30pm); Flying Trapeze Taster (6-8pm).

Official Guided Tours – Every Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £5/£4.

Info 029 2063 6464.

Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina.

10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332. No experience or partner required.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff. 1-2pm. Info 07891 712344. With Irene Davies.

EVERY SATURDAY

African Drumming Sessions Penarth Pier Pavilion. 10.30-11.30am, £5.

Info 0844 8700887.

Ballroom Dancing Class Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

10am kids / 11am adults, £4 per class. Info 01685 384111.

10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Today: Youth Circus Wookies (age 7-9, 10-11.30am); Youth Circus Ewoks (age 5-7, 10.30-11.30am); Youth Circus Padawans (age 9-11, 11.30am1pm).

Performance Academy Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

10am-1pm, £10. Info 01685 384111. Offering professional theatre and performance coaching in dance, acting, musical theatre and singing.

Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Sewing Workshops Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 10am-1pm. Info 01633 673739. Hosted by Ellery Design – see www.ellerydesign.com for details of how to book and/or contact them.

St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, free.

Info 029 2019 0036. Selling artisan foods, vintage clothing, antique furniture and bric-a-brac.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

8-9.30am, £8. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

With Kalavathi Devi.

BUZZ 63

events EVERY SUNDAY

BAFTA CYMRU AUG 2016

This month is Android In La La Land month for BAFTA Cymru. We will be screening the new Gary Numan biopic, which was produced and directed by Welshman Rob Alexander and funded in part by Ffilm Cymru Wales at two screenings this month. The first will be followed by a Q&A with Rob at Chapter Arts Centre on Wed 10 Aug, and then swiftly followed by another chance to see the feature documentary at the Green Man Festival (Thurs 18-Sun 21 Aug) as part of their cinema programme.

We will also be working with BBC Cymru Wales on an event to celebrate 30 years of Casualty, with a special event screening exclusive content with a live score from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Earlier in the month, we are coordinating an exciting new venture called Sinemaes, which will offer the 150,000 guests attending the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny 50 events over eight days.

Highlights include preview screenings of new film and television projects made in Wales, interactive workshops for budding screen actors and composers and a chance to watch silent films from the archive with live accompaniment from the likes of H Hawkline. The full programme is available to browse on www.eisteddfod.org.

Keep Thurs 1 Sept as a date in your diary to find out who has been nominated in this year’s British Academy Cymru Awards across performance, production and craft categories. Tickets for the event – which anyone can attend and rub shoulders with the industry people nominated – are £90 each and include a Champagne Taittinger drinks reception, ceremony and afterparty until 2am with live bands and DJ. Come and find out more about what has been made in Wales in the past year.

Find out more here www.bafta.org/ wales BUZZ 64

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351.

Bridgend Undercover Car Boot Sale Multistorey Car Park, Bridgend Town Centre.

7am-12pm, free (selling cars £6; selling cars with trailers £10). Info 01656 661338.

Cabaret And Showgirl Dancing For All Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 11am12.30pm. Info 07872 306745.

With Steph. Beginners and mixed ability class. More info at www.cardiffcabaretclub. com.

Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

10-11.30am, £15. Info 029 2048 4880.

Cooper’s Quiz Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Hosted by Ben Cooper.

Draw Somebody’s Sunday Body Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 1.30-3.30pm, £7.50.

Info 07830 381930. Hosted by Cardiff Life Model.

Family Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

12, 2 + 4pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880.

Farmers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Welsh producers sell their wares every week at this brand new market.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre.

6-10pm. Info 01792 863722.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Today: Youth All Skills Jedi (11+, 12-2pm) and Youth Performance Jedi (11+, 2-4pm).

Official Guided Tours – Every Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £5/£4. Info 029 2063 6464. *Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Always worth a trip.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Weekly session featuring a mixture of competitive and co-operative games.

MONDAY 1

Caged Paper Birds Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321. Holiday workshops for kids aged 5-13, running until Fri 26.

Firing Demo National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am-3.30pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. Mission Gallery present a special demonstration that shows the process of firing clay pots in our purpose built garden fire pits.

Get Involved:

Performance At The New Theatre – Workshops Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 10am, free.

Info 029 2039 1391. Arts Active, Community Music Wales, Earthfall, Literature Wales, Criw Celf and NoFit State have combined to create a cabaret/ variety style performance, by 14-25-yearolds and playing at the New Theatre on Fri 5 and Sat 6.

Workshops are free but you have to register in advance via Eventbrite (put the event title in the search box).

(Until Thurs 4) Gwd Mondays: Musical Bingo Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

Holiday Memory Drop-In Family Craft Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Making letters and postcards.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. Summer holiday kids’ activity. (Until Sat 13) Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Sat 6) Meat Free Mondays Arboreal, Cowbridge. 7pm, £18. Info simon@ theherbivore.co.uk. Fourcourse supper club using local produce. Book in advance please.

Miners’ Fortnight Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 12-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3650. Come along and enjoy activities for the whole family including trails, soft play, dressing up and games. (Until Fri 5) Mwldan Summer School: The Magic Balloon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am4pm, £45 (five days). Info 01239 621200. Sessions for 8-11-year-olds working with a professional director to develop theatre skills, culminating in a performance at the end of the week. (Until Fri 5) Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3.

Info 029 2057 3550. Two activities per week, featuring things like making pottery, jewellery or pizza, or trying archery or gladiator fighting.

Also on Wed 3, Wed 10, Fri 12, Tue 16, Thurs 18, Mon 22, Wed 24 and Wed 31.

NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Padawan Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 10am-4am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Aimed at ages 9-11. (Until Fri 5) Poetry Open Mic The Capel, Bargoed. 7-10pm, free. Info 01443 830272. With guest reader John William.

Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event. Also on Wed 3, Sat 6, Mon 8, Wed 10, Fri 12, Sat 13, Mon 15, Wed 17, Fri 19, Mon 22, Wed 24, Fri 26, Sat 27 and Wed 31.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. To celebrate

100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl, this new science theatre show is inspired by the work of the Cardiff-born author. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Find out more about some familiar constellations, the planets, how stars are born and how they die, on every day through the summer holidays. (Until Sun 4 Sept) What Ya Got? 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Open mic night incorporating music, poetry, storytelling, comedy, cabaret etc. Also on Wed 15.

Write On Writers Morganstown Village Hall.

6.30-8.30pm. Info 07512 235758. An open group of writers who encourage others to write and also critique work. Here every first and third Monday of the month.

TUESDAY 2

Get Involved: Performance At The New Theatre – Workshops Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 10am, free.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Thurs 4) Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) K’Nex Trains, Tracks & Bridges National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 6) Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Sat 6) Meet The Animals With BB Taylor Ely Library, Cardiff. 12pm, free. Info 029 2087 3800. Stories, fun and the chance to meet some real animals with children’s author Taylor, who is at a few other Cardiff libraries today, then a bunch more on Tue 23.

Meet The Animals With BB Taylor Llanedeyrn Library, Cardiff. 4pm, free.

Info 029 2073 1428.

Meet The Animals With BB Taylor Radyr Library, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2078 0996.

Meet The Animals With BB Taylor Splott Library, Cardiff. 5pm, free. Info 029 2046 2522.

Miners’ Fortnight Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 12-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3650. (Until Fri 5) Miniature Story Books Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Mwldan Summer School: The Magic Balloon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am4pm, £45 (five days). Info 01239 621200. (Until Fri 5) Newport’s High Street; A Look At Its Origins And Development Ye Olde Murenger, Newport. 3pm, free. Info 01633 263977.

One of Newport Museum’s bi-monthly Down Your Local sessions held in this jarhouse.

NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Padawan Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean

Way, Cardiff. 10am-4am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. (Until Fri 5) Quentin Blake: Inside Stories Family Workshop National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

(Until Thurs 4) Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stinky Flicks Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.30am2.30pm, £40 (five days). Info 029 2030 4400. Five-day course where people aged 9-13 investigate the history of the ‘gimmick’ within the cinematic tradition and work in collaboration to design and deliver a unique event based around Tim Burton’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

(Until Fri 6) Willow Weaving Plus Archery Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am. Info 01639 881635. Events for kids.

WEDNESDAY 3

August Craft Club Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff.

6-9pm. Info 07933 844234.

Hosted by Simple Knots Craft Club. It’s not obvious from the description if this is for adults, children or both.

Bat Walks National History Museum, St Fagans. 9pm, £5.

Info 029 2057 3500. Every Wednesday evening this month, albeit with slightly different start times each time.

Birds Of Prey St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am, £5.

Info 01446 799100. Eagles, vultures, alcons, hawks, kites and owls all appear, handled ably by Falconry UK Crafty Fun For Children Oystermouth Castle Keep, Swansea. 11am-3pm, free.

Info 01792 636000.

Crafty Summer Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334. Family craft day.

Every Wednesday this month.

Felt Creatures Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Get Involved: Performance At The New Theatre – Workshops Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 10am, free.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Thurs 4) Have A Go Printing Sessions The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff. 5-8pm, free.

Info 029 2022 0349.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) K’Nex Trains, Tracks & Bridges National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 6) Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Sat 6) Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

events 10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3.

Info 029 2057 3550.

Mwldan Summer School: The Magic Balloon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am4pm, £45 (five days). Info 01239 621200. (Until Fri 5) National Play Day – Go Play! Belle Vue Park, Penarth. 3-7pm, free. Info 01446 700111.

NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Padawan Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 10am-4am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. (Until Fri 5) Quentin Blake: Inside Stories Family Workshop National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

(Until Thurs 4) Reminiscence Monthly Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, free.

Info 029 2078 8334. Come to the museum and share your memories of Cardiff, on the first Wednesday of every month.

Sheep Trekking – Day Walk To Ilyn Y Fach Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £65/£45 under-16s. Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stinky Flicks Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.30am2.30pm, £40 (five days). Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Fri 6) Zoolab Animal Olympics Margam Park, nr Port Talbot.

11am-3.45pm, £9/£6 kids.

Info 01639 881635. Find out what physical things animals can do in comparison to humans.

THURSDAY 4

Football: Welsh Super Cup Llanrumney Playing Fields, Cardiff. Info 08456 761166.

Reputedly the UK’s longestrunning football tournament, this has age categories from under-6 to youth (16 and over). Go to www.welshsupercup.com to find out more.

(Until Sun 7) Get Involved: Performance At The New Theatre – Workshops Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 10am, free.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Finishes today) Gintroduction 10 Mill Lane, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2115 1015. Gin tasting masterclass, every Thursday until 26 Sept. Yes, it really is free to drink posh gin!

You need to book in advance though.

Hedgehog Helper Morning Venue TBC, nr Builth Wells. £20. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event. Also on Wed 10, Wed 17 and Sat 20.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) Kaya Festival Margam Country Park, Port Talbot.

11am, £35/£119 weekend inc camping and parking/ under-16s free. Info www. kayafestival.com. Festival of world music and arts, they

say. There’s all manner of activities, dance, cabaret, massage, acupuncture, yoga, fire show, kids’ activities... and lots of live music and DJs which starts in earnest tomorrow. (Until Sun 7) K’Nex Trains, Tracks & Bridges National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 6) Lush Workshop Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar.

11am-3.30pm, £9. Info 01495 353370. Sessions of 45 minutes in which kids can make soaps, bath bombs etc with the help of popular high street store. If your child is good enough at it they may even get the chance to be moved overseas, along with the rest of Lush’s operation.

Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Sat 6) Masterclass: Classic Meat Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am4.30pm, £195. Info 01443 222716.

Miners’ Fortnight Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 12-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3650. (Until Fri 5) Mwldan Summer School: The Magic Balloon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am4pm, £45 (five days). Info 01239 621200. (Until Fri 5) NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Padawan Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 10am-4am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. (Until Fri 5) Quentin Blake: Inside Stories Family Workshop National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

(Finishes today) Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stinky Flicks Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.30am2.30pm, £40 (five days). Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Fri 6) The Green Gathering Piercefield Park, Chepstow. £100 weekend/£75 age 16-17/£55 under-16s/under11s free (four days). Info www.greengathering.org.uk.

Music, speakers, poetry and films with an ethical, organic and holistic bent, over four days. Lineup to include And The Waters, The Antipoet, Anna Beecher, Blanty, Bea Everett, Bob Hillary And The Massive Mellow, Bones, Brockley Forest, Bruce Neil, Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw, Catron O’Neill, The Colossal Perverts Of Jazz, Creedy, Dansi, Declan Millar, De Fuego, Dohnut (“formerly known as Eating Disorder,” notes the festival website), The Don Bradmans, The Don Fox Scandal, Dub The Earth, Dub Thieves, Edd Donovan & The Wandering Moles, Ed Dowie, The Electric Brains, Fast Decline, Georgia Palmer, Geraint John Jones, Gilli Bloodaxe, Glastonbury Inter-Celtic Collective, Glowglobes, Hannah M Teasdale, Hayereyah And The Human Bridge Band, Here

& Now, Hoopy Frood, Iron Eye, Iza Moon, Jaynii Group, Jazz Gnome Assassins, Jenn Hart, John Fairhurst, John Hegley, Johnny Solstice & The Doctor, Josh Robins, Kangaroo Moon, The King Driscolls, Little Sparrow, Lovinda Hart, Luke Concannon, Magic Bus, Marcus Moore, Mice In A Matchbox, Midnight Shelley, More Ice & Honey, Multiklunes, Neil Pike, Next Fix, Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, October, The Original Smirkins, The Outsiders, Pagan Love Cult, The Parachute Club, Pip Mountjoy, Phil Freizinger & Friends, Phil Ram, Presence Theatre, Rosie Swaine, Satori Vibes, Seize The Day, Sika, Sinnober, Tarantism, Tess Of The Circle, Tetchi, 3 Daft Monkeys, Trevor Carter, Twister, Ukejam, The Ukrainians, Viney, Voice DNA, The Wierdstring Band, Woof & Wilde and Ys. God, that took forever to type out.

(Until Sun 7)

Friday of each month.

Football: Welsh Super Cup Llanrumney Playing Fields, Cardiff. Info 08456 761166.

(Until Sun 7) Holiday Comic Book Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Drop-in family craft workshop.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) Kaya Festival Margam Country Park, Port Talbot.

11am, £35/£119 weekend inc camping and parking/ under-16s free. Info www. kayafestival.com. Featuring these live acts and DJs today: Asian Dub Foundation, Don Letts, Paul Trouble Anderson, Ma’Grass, The Scribes, I Set The Sea On Fire, Karl Phillips, Urband Soul, Des Mannay, Lee Blackmore, Mike Dennis Band, Moonshine Moonshine,

"If animals were in the Olympics how would they do?" ask Zoolab, by way of an introduction to their Animal Olympics event at Margam Park, Port Talbot, on Wed 3 Aug. Don't answer it literally, but do join them in pondering the strength and speed of insects, gastropods etc.

235609. A community and family Olympic sports festival.

Pipes Brewery Pale Ale Showcase Pipes Brewery, Pontcanna, Cardiff. £15. Info 07776 382244. A showcase for seven of Pipes' individually hopped pale ales, made with these hops: Mosaic, Citra, Cascade, Amarillo, Sorachi Ace, Summit and Hallertau Blanc. For the price you get a half of each beer plus a bratwurst.

Royal Imperial Wrestling – Tequila Sunrise 5 Naval Social Club, Port Talbot.

6.30pm, £6/£4 kids. Info 07538 991947.

Sheep Trekking – Forestry Trail Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £45/£35 under-16s. Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stinky Flicks Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.30am2.30pm, £40 (five days). Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Fri 6) The Green Gathering Piercefield Park, Chepstow. £100 weekend/£75 age 16-17/£55 under-16s/under11s free (four days). Info www.greengathering.org.uk.

(Until Sun 7) Workshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 1-5pm. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

Adult bikes on sale from £60; kids’ bikes from £10.

On tomorrow also, and every Friday this month.

SATURDAY 6 Zoo Animal Jewellery Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

FRIDAY 5

Basketball: Celtic Cup Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

3-9pm. Info 0300 3004923. A Federation Of Disability Sport event. (Until Sun 7) Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (threemonth trial membership).

Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk. Meeting here on the first Friday of each month.

Clay Beetles And Butterflies Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Edge Festival Various venues, Solva, Pembrokeshire.

3pm, prices vary. Info www. edgefestival.co.uk.

Celebration of art, music, sport etc which debuted last year. Today features various readings in the literature tent from 3-9pm; a Nocturnal Nature Walk starting at 8.30pm in the Lower Solva car park; and live music from Rick Berry And The Retrospex in the Green Scar from 9pm. (Until Sun 7) Farmers Market High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. Free.

Info 01685 725106. Quality produce from no more than 50 miles away, on the first

The Fused, The Occasional Orchestra, DB Big Band, Emmanuel Okuni Annang Ghanaian Drumming, Holiday In The Mind, The Dharma Violets, Efa Supertramp, The Moon Birds, Dope Biscuits, Rye Milligan, The Chalk Outlines, The Broadcasts and more TBC. (Until Sun 7) K’Nex Trains, Tracks & Bridges National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 6) Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Sat 6) Masterclass: Classic Stocks & Sauces Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am-4.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716.

Miners’ Fortnight Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 12-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3650. (Finishes today) Mwldan Summer School: The Magic Balloon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am4pm, £45 (five days). Info 01239 621200. With a performance at 4.30pm. (Finishes today) NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Padawan Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 10am-4am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. (Finishes today) Road To Rio Newport International Sports Centre.

11am-4pm. Info 01633

Absolutely Fabulous Vegan Food Festival The Queens Hall, Narberth.

11am-5pm, £1//free kids. Info 029 2070 9292.

Art Walk Mission Gallery, Swansea (starting point).

11am-2pm, free. Info 01792 652016. Adult workshop.

Walk across the city, and return to the gallery to develop drawings further.

Basketball: Celtic Cup Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

9am-7pm. Info 0300 3004923.

(Until Sun 7) Brecon County Show The Showground, Watton, Brecon.

7.30am-6pm, £10/£5 kids/free under-5s. Info 01874 611881.

Over 200 trade exhibitors bringing you British farm produce, tractors and farm machinery, cars and garden equipment.

Cocktails N Crates Cardiff Speaker Hire, Dumbals Road, Cardiff. 2.30-11pm, £6.50/£4.50 adv. Info 029 2009 5590. All-day festival of, er, stuff. Main stage: eight live bands, a video wall, bar and cocktail shack with local craft beers. Acoustic stage: open mic with local songwriters, BBQ, rodeo bull and an outside seating and smoking area.

Craft Fair Coffee Cove Cafe Bar, Barry Island. 10am3.30pm, free/£10 to set up a stall. Info 07948 399111.

Every first Saturday of the month.

Darkened Rooms: Fantastic Mr Fox / Moonrise Kingdom Norwegian Church

Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2087 7959. Roald Dahl-themed double bill from ‘movie screeings in unusual locations’ specialists. It says here to visit www. darkenedrooms.com for more info, but wasn’t listed on there when I looked.

Eclectic Crafters Centenary Hall, Maryport Street, Usk. Info eclectic. crafters@gmail.com. Craft fair held on the first Saturday of each month.

Edge Festival Various venues, Solva, Pembrokeshire.

9am, prices vary. Info www. edgefestival.co.uk. Featuring activities on the football field all day, including a fairground, live music, football tournaments and a battle of the bands. (Until Sun 7) Football: Welsh Super Cup Llanrumney Playing Fields, Cardiff. Info 08456 761166.

(Until Sun 7) Geekedfest Newport Centre.

9am-6pm, £10 adv/£4 kids (VIP £35/£25 kids; VIP weekend (£65/£45 kids)).

Info 01633 656757. Film,TV and comic book convention with lots of special guests including Patricia Quinn from Rocky Horror. On tomorrow also.

Gin Stock II The Depot, Cardiff. 1-11pm, £5. Info 029 2034 1199. Featuring over 30 gins and some street food traders.

Handmade Arts And Crafts Market Tabernacl Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-4pm. Info uniquefairs@gmx.co.uk.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) Kaya Festival Margam Country Park, Port Talbot.

11am, £35/£119 weekend inc camping and parking/ under-16s free. Info www. kayafestival.com. Featuring these live acts and DJs today: The Selecter, Jerry Dammers, Judge Jules, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Dub Marta, Kiziah & The Kings, Lucan Mills, Millie Manders, Steel City Rhythm, The Stiff Joints, Tree House Fire, Zion Road, Applied Science, Turna Phrase, Frankie Knight, Hekky, Jack City, Otis Mensah, Roughion, Awoogah, Back To Verona, In By Ones, Ish-Brother, Mono Sideboards, Monoking, October Drift, Paul Fletcher Band, Ryan Young Music, The Balkaneers, The Homesteads, The Velcro Teddy Bears, The Broadcasts and more TBC. (Until Sun 7) K’Nex Trains, Tracks & Bridges National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Finishes today) Living Histoery Weekend Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 12-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3650.

Step back in time and find out about the lives of coal miners during WWII. On tomorrow also.

Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Finishes today) Masterclass Special: Seafood Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan.

BUZZ 65

events 9.30am-4.30pm, £195. Info 01443 222716.

Mindfulness And Life Drawing N Block, Llandaff Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University. 10am-3pm, £170 (two days). Info 029 2041 6070. Through combining the increased focus attained by mindful meditation techniques with the development of drawing skills, this course aims to improve students’ ability to draw the human figure. With Ed Jeavons; on tomorrow also.

Open Haus The Printhaus / The Boneyard, Canton, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 0349. Monthly open studios here, an opportunity to meet the artists and makers in this creative community. On the first Saturday of every month.

Roald Dahl Family Day Paget Rooms, Penarth. Info 029 2070 0721. Thematic cinema screenings and interactive activities.

Saturday Craft Workshop For Adults Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10.30am1pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stinky Flicks Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.30am2.30pm, £40 (five days). Info 029 2030 4400. (Finishes today) The Green Gathering Piercefield Park, Chepstow. £100 weekend/£75 age 16-17/£55 under-16s/under11s free (four days). Info www. greengathering.org.uk. (Until Sun 7) Vintage & Antiques Fayre Clarence Hall, Crickhowell.

Info 07977 846509.

Wes Anderson Adventure Day Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay (meeting point). 3.15pm. Info 029 2087 7959. Darkened Rooms presnt

Info 0300 3004923. (Finishes today) Cardiff Storytelling Circle Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

8pm, £4. Info 029 2030 4400.

Cwmbran Craft Fayre Our Lady’s School Hall, Cwmbran.

1-4pm. Info cwmbran_ crafts@hotmail.co.uk. Every first Sunday of the month.

Dragon Pro Wrestling – Crouching Panda, Hidden Dragon Rodney Parade, Newport. 6-9.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 07748 810095.

Featuring Mike Bird, The Wild Boar, Panda Cub, Big Grizzly, Beano, The Pure Breed, Nixon Newell, Danny Jones, Wonderboy, Cal Adams and many more.

Edge Festival Various venues, Solva, Pembrokeshire.

9am, prices vary. Info www. edgefestival.co.uk. Featuring a kayak trip with marine biologist Lou Luddington and a Guided River Walk with National Park Ranger Ian Meopham (meet at the Lower Solva car park at 9am and 2.30pm respectively); a touch rugby tournament (main field, 3pm) and Kevin Tomlinson, On The Edge (Memorial Hall, 7pm). (Finishes today) Family Boardgaming Day Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

11am-3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Hosted by Rules Of Play.

Football: Welsh Super Cup Llanrumney Playing Fields, Cardiff. Info 08456 761166.

(Finishes today) From The Mouths Of Babes Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

10.30am, free. Info 029 2030 4400. A gallery talk for kids by kids.

Geekedfest Newport Centre.

11am-5pm, £10 adv/£4 kids (VIP £35/£25 kids; VIP weekend £65/£45 kids). Info 01633 656757.

Gower Show 2016 Penrice Castle Park, Reynoldston, Gower. 9am-6pm, £10/£5 kids/ free under-5s. Info 07470 494806. Traditional agricultural show aimed at families.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Bedwellty House & Park in Tredegar plays host to the Eden Education Centre and the good Danes of the Lego corporation on Thurs 11, with kids invited to make and programme a Lego model. The theme will be the Olympics, which'll be well under way by this date. showings of Fantastic Mr Fox, The Moonrise Kingdom and The Life Aquatic at venues which you will be informed of on the day.

Workshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info www.cycletrainingwales. org.uk.

SUNDAY 7

Basketball: Celtic Cup Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 9am-4pm.

BUZZ 66

(Until Sat 13) Kaya Festival Margam Country Park, Port Talbot.

11am, £35/£119 weekend inc camping and parking/ under-16s free. Info www. kayafestival.com. Featuring these live acts and DJs today: Craig Charles, General Levy, Nessi Gomes, Boubacar Kafando & Zaama Nouma Band, Amira Khier, Field Marshal, Rony Rosado & The Mexican Brothers, Samba Tawe, Ahnuh Valentine,

Arnivore, Four Authors, Little Folk, Moongazer, Smiling Ivy, Evil Turkeys, Gramercy Park, Hands Off Gretel, Heroics, Juju Nations, Maia, The Dapper Cadavers, The Harry McIntosh Project, The Maitree Express, The Marks Cartel, Wheneyesmeet, Akula Klass and more TBC. (Finishes today) Living Histoery Weekend Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 12-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3650.

Mindfulness And Life Drawing N Block, Llandaff Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University. 10am-3pm, £170 (two days). Info 029 2041 6070.

Open Studios & Hangover Lounge Spit & Sawdust, Cardiff. 2-6pm, free. Info 029 2049 4741.

Piggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £25/£10 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092. Take a pair of friendly Kune Kune pigs (from New Zealand, look a bit like Ewoks) for a walk, then return to the smallholding for refreshments. Every Sunday this month.

Quarterly Quiz Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.309pm, £1 to enter. Info 07933 844234. In collaboration with Clocktower Theatre Co and featuring prizes.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) The Green Gathering Piercefield Park, Chepstow. £100 weekend/£75 age 16-17/£55 under-16s/under11s free (four days). Info www.greengathering.org.uk.

(Finishes today) Weber Essential Course Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 5-9pm, £99. Info 01443 222716. A Grill Academy course.

MONDAY 8

Cloud Decoders National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Drop in to make a decoder to help you identify the main cloud types. (Until Sat 13) Elliecoptor Hoops Hula Hoop Class Plasnewydd YMCA, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £5.

Info elliecoptor@hotmail. com. Second Monday of every month.

Holiday Memory Drop-In Family Craft Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Making photo frames.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

(Until Sat 13) Joy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.309pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07412 346054. On the second and fourth Monday of every month.

Mwldan Summer School: Lost In Space Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am4pm, £55 (five days). Info 01239 621200. Sessions for 12-16-year-olds working with a professional director to develop theatre skills, culminating

in a performance at the end of the week. (Until Fri 12) Royal Sillhouettes Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept)

TUESDAY 9

Cloud Decoders National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) Crafty Worms National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Explore a variety of worms in and create your own crafty worm to take away. (Until Thurs 11) Drop In Den Building Margam Park, nr Port Talbot.

11am-3.30pm. Info 01639 881635.

Felt Masterpieces Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am-2pm, £6. Info 01792 652016. Learn felting using merino wool.

Football Fun Day Victoria Park, Cadoxton, Barry. 11am3pm, free. Info 01446 700111.

Hockey: Mixed Nationals Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

10am-4pm. Info 029 2033 4981. On tomorrow also.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

(Until Sat 13) Meet The Curator: Natural Sciences National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951.

Mwldan Summer School: Lost In Space Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am-4pm, £55 (five days). Info 01239 621200. (Until Fri 12) Philosophy Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2048 3344.

Second Tuesday of every month.

Restoration Wigs And Moustaches Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran.

10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Spirituality Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2048 3344.

Second Tuesday of every month.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Summer Science National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

11.30am, 1pm + 3pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. Join CBBC’s science communicator Jon Chase to learn about the fascinating Science of Summer and how to make a cloud in a jam jar. Suitable for age 7 and over. (Until Thurs 11) Swansea Festival Of Stitch Workshop: Becky Adams Swansea Museum. 10am-4pm.

Info lesleydianathomas@ gmail.com. Create your own fabric keepsake book usig applique stitch, layers of fabrics or rubber stamps.

Welcome To The Hellmouth: An Interactive Buffy The Vampire Slayer Quiz Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £2. Info 029 2039 7933.

WEDNESDAY 10

Athletics: Welsh Masters Open Swansea University Athletics Track. 6.45-9pm, £5.

Info www. welshmastersathletics.co.uk.

Bat Walks National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.45pm, £5. Info 029 2057 3500.

Cloud Decoders National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) Country Games Day Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. Traditional games for kids including a gurning competition. Bit hardcore for the middle of the week! Plus storytelling and puppet shows.

Crafty Summer Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Crafty Worms National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

11am, 1pm + 3pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951. (Until Thurs 11) Creative Crowns Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Ffranki’s Summer Disco Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 10.30am, £6/free adults. Info 0845 2263510. A day of kids’ activities.

Hedgehog Helper Morning Venue TBC, nr Builth Wells. £20. Info 01874 749092.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

(Until Sat 13) The Herbivore 024: British Summertime Kemi’s, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7pm, £25.

Info simon@theherbivore. co.uk. Five-course vegan supper club featuring summer fruit and veg from local growers at its peak. Book in advance please.

Hockey: Mixed Nationals Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

10am-4pm. Info 029 2033 4981.

Masterclass Special: Classic Fish Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am-4.30pm, £195. Info 01443 222716.

Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3. Info 029 2057 3550.

Mwldan Summer School: Lost In Space Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am-4pm, £55 (five days). Info 01239 621200. (Until Fri 12) RSPB: Bringing Nature To Families Llanrumney Hub, Cardiff. 2.30-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2078 0994. Free event for children of all ages. On tomorrow also, in two more of the so-called hubs.

Scriveners Writers’ Group Royal Exchange, Brynmawr.

8pm. Info 01495 753629.

Established group aiming to provide constructive criticism, help, advice and guidance to its members. Also on Wed 24.

Sheep Trekking – Day Walk To Ilyn Y Fach Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £65/£45 under-16s. Info 01874

749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Summer Family Fun Day Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 11am-3pm, £3. Info 01495 353370.

Summer Science National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

11.30am, 1pm + 3pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. (Until Thurs 11) Swansea Festival Of Stitch Workshop: Bethan Ash Swansea Museum. 10am-4pm.

Info lesleydianathomas@ gmail.com. Create improvised textile art using freeform collage.

Vale Of Glamorgan Agricultural Show Fonmon Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan.

6.30am-6pm, £12/£10 OAP/£5 kids. Info 07513 141698. Hosted by The Vale Of Glamorgan Agricultural Society and featuring over 200 trade stands.

Zoolab: Speedy The Snail Margam Park, nr Port Talbot.

11am-3.30pm. Info 01639 881635. Get hands-on with snails, snakes, lizards and tarantulas.

THURSDAY 11

Animal Magic Mask Making Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am-4pm. Info 01639 881635.

Card And Collage Castles Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Cloud Decoders National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) Crafty Worms National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Also on from Tue 16-Thurs 18. (Finishes today) Essential Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 9pm, £8. Info 07538 878609. A walk through woodlands, ruins and graveyards, at a cheaper price than normal.

Also on Tue 16, Thurs 18, Tue 23, Thurs 25 and Sun 28.

Gintroduction 10 Mill Lane, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2115 1015.

Howl Mozarts, Swansea.

8pm, free. Info 01792 649984.

Poetry open mic, every second and third Thursday of the month.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

(Until Sat 13) Juke Open Mic G39, Roath, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info 029 2047 3633. One-off Juke evening in this gallery (part of its Tu Fewn programme), featuring performances from Patick Jones and Sara Annwyl.

Lego Experience Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar.

10.30am-4.30pm, £8. Info 01495 353370. Programme a Lego model and complete challenges, with an Olympics theme of some kind.

Masterclass: Seafood Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am4.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716.

events Mwldan Summer School: Lost In Space Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am-4pm, £55 (five days). Info 01239 621200. (Until Fri 12) RSPB: Bringing Nature To Families Rumney Hub, Cardiff. 2.30-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2233 0661.

RSPB: Bringing Nature To Families St Mellons Hub, Cardiff. 11am-12pm, free. Info 029 2078 0992.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Sport In The Park Beechwood Park, Newport.

11am-4pm, £3 per child/£5 family pass/free adults. Info 01633 235609. The first of three sporting activity-based events in Newport parks this month, the others being on Sat 18 and Sat 25.

Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Summer Science National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

11.30am, 1pm + 3pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. (Finihses today) Swansea Festival Of Stitch Workshop: Amanda Hislop Swansea Museum. 10am-4pm.

Info lesleydianathomas@ gmail.com. Use fabric and layers of papers to create unique surfaces for stitch.

FRIDAY 12

Animation Studio Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am-2pm, free. Info 01792 652016.

Workshop for all ages.

Busy As A Bee Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 12 + 2pm, free. Info 01639 881635.

Interactive shows hosted by two bees, Bouncy and Bumble.

Ceramic Coat Of Arms Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Chapter Sewcial: Alice Through The Looking Glass Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.45am-3.30pm, £22.50. Info 029 2030 4400.

Kids can watch the movie named and also make related accessories from fabric.

Cloud Decoders National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sat 13) Dinky Dragons Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334. Family fun day for 0-5-year-olds on the second Friday of every month.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

(Until Sat 13) Masterclass: Pasta Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am4.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716.

Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3. Info 029 2057 3550.

Mwldan Summer School: Lost In Space Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 10am-4pm, £55 (five days). Info 01239 621200. With a performance at 4.30pm. (Finishes today) Red Kite Bash Various locations, Llanwrtyd Wells. Info 01591 610270. A fun bike ride through the hills and forests of the region, with distances

of 14 to 25 miles. (Until Sun 14) Solarsphere Penmaenau Farm, Builth Wells. 12pm, £45. Info office@solarsphere. events. Annual festival combining astronomy and music in a family-friendly yet somewhat psychedelically-inclined manner. Tonight there’s dark sky observing from midnight, and kids’ activities early on, while in the middle live music comes from Charlie Leavy, Civilian Zen, Steel Threads, Bell Hagg Orkestar and Poisoned Electric Head. (Until Sun 14) Sheep Trekking – Forestry Trail Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £45/£35 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stitching Stories Drop-in Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Part of Swansea Festival Of Stitch. Also on Fri 19.

Summer Ceilidh The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £3.

Info 01497 821762.

Workshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 1-5pm. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

SATURDAY 13

Anthony Rhys: Q&A Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

2pm, free. Info 01685 384111.

Talking about his exhibition 1868.

Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

On tomorrow also, plus Sat 20 and Sun 21.

Caerwent Craft Fayre Caerwent Village Hall, Monmouthshire. 2.30-4.30pm.

Info cwmbran_crafts@ hotmail.co.uk. Every second Saturday of the month.

Car Boot Sale Whitchurch Hospital Grounds, Cardiff.

9.30am-1pm, free/£7 to set up a table. Info info@gthc.org. uk. A George Thomas Hospice Care fundraising event.

Ceramic Jewellery Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am1pm, £30. Info 029 2048 4611.

With Christine Gittins.

Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow.

8.30am-1pm, free. Info 01291 626370. Every second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Cloud Decoders National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Finishes today) Champagne & Strawberries Evening Reception Pontypool Museum. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 752036. Also featuring an art auction.

Chepstow Agricultural Society Show Chepstow Racecourse. 9am-5pm, £4-£10.

Info 01291 622260.

Cottage Craft Fair Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 475715.

Drop-In Knotwork & Beadwork Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. £5 per session.

Info 029 2048 4611. With Suzen Millodot every month.

Essential Bike

Maintenance Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £65. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

Farmers’ Market Twyn Community Centre, Caerphilly. 9.30am, free. Info 01656 658963. Every second Saturday of the month.

Forge Music Japan Room, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11.30am-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Activities and opportunities for people aged 14-19 to play music with others. Also on Sat 20.

Grand Medieval Mêlée Cardiff Castle. £2-£6. Info

Cardiff Mini Club with a day that starts at Cardiff Gate Services for a run into town, if you’re a club member, and ends outside the Wales Millennium Centre where the motors will be parked up until 4pm.

Mumbles Produce Market Seafront Car Park, Mumbles.

9am-1pm, free. Info 01792 361012. Every second Saturday of the month.

Newport Craft Fayre The Gallery, Newport Indoor Market. 9am-4.30pm, free.

Info 01633 656656. Every second Saturday of the month.

Open Hearth Miners

Despite your withering tweets in which you referred to it as both 'sportball' and 'bread and circuses for the masses', Premier League football will once again begin this month.

In south Wales, it appears in the form of Swansea City v newly-promoted Hull City (Liberty Stadium, Sat 20). In the Championship, Cardiff City face Queens Park Rangers (Cardiff City Stadium, Sun 14) and Blackburn Rovers (Cardiff City Stadium, Wed 17).

029 2087 8100. All-day event featuring demonstrations of falconry, plus medieval games and family activities. On tomorrow also.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

(Finishes today) Ice Hockey: Pre-Season – Cardiff Devils v Medvescak Zagreb Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm. Info 029 2038 2001. These two teams are playing tomorrow also, then there’s three more friendlies on Sat 20, Sun 21 and Sat 27.

Information Lecture About Spiritual Healing Through The Teaching Of Bruno Groening Syndicate Room, Holiday Inn, Cardiff.

11am-1pm, free (donations accepted). Info 07738 533322.

Led by speaker Michael McArdle and followed by a similar event in Newport (see below).

Information Lecture About Spiritual Healing Through The Teaching Of Bruno Groening Newport Centre.

3-5pm, free (donations accepted). Info 07738 533322.

Makers Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Masterclass: Classic Desserts Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan.

9.30am-4.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716.

Mini In The Bay 2016 Cardiff Bay. 9am, free. Info www.cardiffminiclub.co.uk.

Theatre, Ammanford. 2.30pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.

Explore the world of traditional storytelling with The Hearth Storytellers in a relaxed family setting.

Photography Club Mission Gallery, Swansea. 10.30am2pm, £6. Info 01792 652016.

Adult workshop with Rachel Leahy.

Pride Cymru 2016 Churchill Way + Coopers Field, Cardiff.

10.30am-9pm, £10 adv/£7 kids/£14 multi-entry. Info 029 2087 2087. Featuring a parade from Churchill Way to Coopers Field, then the traditional jamboree in the park featuring performances from Heather Peace, B*Witched, Joe & Jake, Danny Beard, Jordan Gray, Adam All, Kara Van Park and Leighton Jones.

Red Kite Bash & Cider Cycle Various locations, Llanwrtyd Wells. Info 01591 610270. Today also features intermittent checkpoints where one drinks cider, either Ralph’s or an unnamed keg option. (Until Sun 14) Red Kite Photography Day Venue TBC, nr Llandovery. £85. Info 01874 749092.

Spend the day with awardwinning photographer Gareth Scanlon, learning about wildlife and photographing Red Kites. A Good Day Out event.

Rob Gittins: The Working Life Of A Screenwriter – A Workshop For Adults Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

1.30-4.30pm, £2.30-£7. Info 01792 463980. Fella who’s written for Eastenders, Casualty, The Bill and a

bunch more talks about the trade, and its tricks.

Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092.

Solarsphere Penmaenau Farm, Builth Wells. 9am, £45.

Info office@solarsphere. events. Featuring dark sky observing, kids’ activities, workshops, talks, comedy from Owen Niblock and live music from John The Baptist, Gareth Jones, V0id, Alien Stash Tin, Babal and The Hawklords.

(Until Sun 14) Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Museum Ghost Walk National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.45pm, £15. Info 029 2057 3500. Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings.

Also on Fri 19, Sat 20, Fri 26 and Sat 27.

Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Talk At 4 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4pm, free.

Info 029 2030 4400. Richard Higlett and Thomas Williams host a guide to the current art exhibition here.

Vale Of Glamorgan Housing & Visible Services Family Fete Upper Gladstone Gardens, Barry. 12pm, free. Info 01446 700111.

SUNDAY 14

Art Taster Workshops Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 3-5pm, £6,.50. Info 01495 353370.

Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

Diddy Rascals Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 2-5pm, £8/£5 kids/free under 18 months. Info 01633 868239.

Daytime rave for young children. Like a grownup rave it has DJs, but unlike a grownup rave there’s also face painting, balloons and goody bags.

Festival Of Dogs Carmarthen Showground. £7/£4 kids/free under-2s. Info info@festivalofdogs.co.uk.

Featuring a dog show, raffles to win tickets to Crufts, falconry demonstrations, photography sessions, free training and behaviour advice, bouncy castles and fair rides. Please tell me those last two are for the dogs! I’m pinning all my hopes on this being the case.

Football: Sky Bet Championship – Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 3pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Grand Medieval Mêlée Cardiff Castle. £2-£6. Info 029 2087 8100.

Help And Healing On The Spiritual Path – Medically Verifiable The Grand Hotel, Swansea. 11am-1pm, free (donations accepted). Info 07738 533322. A lecture about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening. Also on Tue 23.

Ice Hockey: Pre-Season – Cardiff Devils v Medvescak Zagreb Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Makers Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Marina Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Meet Mr Trevithick National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-3.30pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. AKA the man who invented the world’s first steam locomotive.

Penydarren Steam Loco National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-3.30pm, free.

Info 01792 463980.

Piggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £25/£10 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092.

Police Awareness Activity Day National History Museum, St Fagans. 10am5pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Young people are invited to learn about the work of the famous emergency service whose good work is sadly spoiled by the bad apples in their midst. There’ll also be demonstrations by the support teams, who will perhaps then kettle themselves for several hours afterwards.

Porthcawl Miniature Railway National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. I guess all these railway-based events here are part of the same event, really, but I’ve typed them all out now.

Pre-Loved Popup Fair National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980.

Red Kite Bash Various locations, Llanwrtyd Wells.

Info 01591 610270. (Finishes today) Solarsphere Penmaenau Farm, Builth Wells. 9am, £45.

Info office@solarsphere. events. Featuring dark sky observing from 10pm, kids’ activities, workshops, talks, comedy form Dan Mitchell and live music from Solar Flame, Devon Bird, Freekshow, Anubis and Helen Arney. (Finishes today) Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Weber American Barbecue Course Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan.

10am-2pm, £129. Info 01443 222716. A Grill Academy course.

MONDAY 15

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

Two week-long family friendly gatherings with emphasis on engagement, exchange and fun, they say. Features workshops, talks, walks, performances and activities for adults and kids alike. A full programme of info will appear at www. fforestgather.co.uk in due course, I’d imagine (Until Sun 21) Gwd Mondays Quiz Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933.

Holiday Memory Drop-In Family Craft Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Making someBUZZ 67

events thing called a story suitcase game.

Join In The Games Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11.30am3pm, £3. Info 01639 881635.

Run around games, parachute games and two person giant Twister.

Quilling Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Rock School Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. Summer course where kids can learn instruments, how to be in a band etc. (Until Fri 19) Rope Machine National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Try your hand on a replica 19th century ropemaking machine that twists long threads into a perfect twine. (Until Sun 21) Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Summer Camp Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. This is aimed at ages 6-11 and will feature various games, instruments, iPads etc. (Until Fri 19) Velotech Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £450 (four days). Info www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk. (Until Thurs 18) What Ya Got? 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.

Write On Writers Morganstown Village Hall.

6.30-8.30pm. Info 07512 235758.

TUESDAY 16

Crafty Worms National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

11am, 1pm + 3pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951. (Until Thurs 18) Essential Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 9pm, £8. Info 07538 878609.

Fantastic Felt Plus Archery Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am-4pm. Info 01639 881635.

Favourite Fairy Tales Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 11am-3pm, £3.50.

Info 01495 353370. Kids’ event hosted by Fiona Angwin.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Sun 21) Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3. Info 029 2057 3550.

Pembrokeshire County Show County Showground, Withybush, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. 7.30am, £8-£19. Info 01437 764331.

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also a prominent photo of a monster truck on the website.

(Until Thurs 18) Photography Studio Mission Gallery, Swansea.

11am-2pm, free. Info 01792 652016. Photograph your own tiny Lego Adventure and filter via Instagram. Please bring your own camera.

Rock School Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Until Fri 19) Rope Machine National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792

Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-1pm, £30/£15 under18s. Info 029 2048 4611. With Christine Gittins.

Children’s Poetry Workshops Cwtsh, Newport.

11am-1.30pm, £5. Info paulchambershaiku@gmail. com. Exploring haiku poetry and the Revolting Rhymes of Roald Dahl. With Paul Chambers; also on Wed 24.

Crafty Summer Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Crafty Worms National

The Art Of Haiku Cwtsh, Newport, Tue 16 Aug Taught by Paul Chambers.

Paul takes class again Sat 20, both of which cost Just twenty-five quid.

Want to find out more?

Paul's on paulchambershaiku @gmail.com.

463980. (Until Sun 21) Sculpture Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran.

10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Summer Camp Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Until Fri 19) Swansea Festival Of Stitch Workshop: Smith & Jones Swansea Museum. 10am-4pm.

Info lesleydianathomas@ gmail.com. Knit either the shawl or mitts from the new ‘Severn Collection’.

Tea Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2-4pm, £4. Info 01656 815995. Also on Tue 30.

The Art Of Haiku Cwtsh, Newport. 6-9pm, £25 (two sessions). Info paulchambershaiku@gmail. com. A practical introduction and exploration of the art of haiku poetry, including a haiku masterclass and a weekend “haiku walk” in Newport’s Bellevue Park.

With Paul Chambers. Also on Sat 20.

Velotech Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £450 (four days). Info www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk. (Until Thurs 18)

WEDNESDAY 17

Bat Walks National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.30pm, £5. Info 029 2057 3500.

Beach Fun Day Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. Family activities which, despite the name, are not actually dependent on it being beach weather.

Ceramic Jewellery – Mother & Daughter Day

Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

11am, 1pm + 3pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951. (Until Thurs 18) Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Sun 21) Football: Sky Bet Championship – Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff.

7.45pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Hedgehog Helper Morning Venue TBC, nr Builth Wells. £20. Info 01874 749092.

Masterclass: Pastry Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am4.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716.

Miniature Clothes Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Museums Friends Lecture National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10.30am, £10. Info 029 2039 7951. ‘The Archaeology Of Sustainable Agriculture’, by Erika Guttmann-Bond.

Pembrokeshire County Show County Showground, Withybush, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. 7.30am, £8-£19. Info 01437 764331.

(Until Thurs 18) Rock School Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Until Fri 19) Rope Machine National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sun 21) Sheep Trekking – Day Walk To Ilyn Y Fach Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £65/£45 under-16s. Info 01874 749092.

Spice Preview Night Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

Info 07429 598414. A chance

for you to go along and see what you might get out of this adventure, activity, sports and social group.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Summer Camp Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Until Fri 19) Swansea Festival Of Stitch Workshop: Mandy Nash Swansea Museum. 10am-4pm.

Info lesleydianathomas@ gmail.com. Experiment with a selection of wool pieces to create a variety of textures in felt using resists and fabric.

The Great Zoolab Bug Hunt Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am-4pm, £3. Info 01639 881635.

Velotech Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £450 (four days). Info www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk. (Until Thurs 18)

THURSDAY 18

Charity Rioja Gala Dinner Chapel 1877, Cardiff. 7pm, £39. Info 029 2022 2020. Five courses of Spanish food and three glasses of wine, in aid of Welsh Hearts.

Crafty Worms National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. (Finishes today) Cut Out Patterns Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Essential Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 9pm, £8. Info 07538 878609.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Sun 21) Flower Power Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am-4pm, £3.

Info 01639 881635. Learn the art of origami.

Gintroduction 10 Mill Lane, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2115 1015.

Gwyl Pontardawe Festival Various locations, Pontardawe.

Info www.pontardawe.org.

Featuring live music, dance, a street market and other activities across eight venues and four outdoor stages. (Until Sun 21) Howl Mozarts, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 649984.

Masterclass: Vegetarian Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am4.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716.

Minecraft & Animation Workshops Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 10.30am4.30pm, £8/£15 for both workshops. Info 01495 353370.

Suitable for ages 7+.

Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3. Info 029 2057 3550.

Pembrokeshire County Show County Showground, Withybush, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. 7.30am, £8-£19. Info 01437 764331.

(Finishes today)

RawFfest The Riverfront, Newport. 5pm, £50/£15 per day. Info 01633 656757. Fourday interactive arts event aimed at and programmed by young people. Today includes an introductory session (5-6pm), twmpath (8.30-10pm) and silent disco followed by a silent twmpath (a world first, claim the organisers, and they’re probably right) (8.30-10pm). More info at www.rawffest.wales. (Until Sun 21) Rock School Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Until Fri 19) Rope Machine National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sun 21) Sport In The Park Rogerstone Welfare Ground, Newport. 11am-4pm, £3 per child/£5 family pass/free adults. Info 01633 235609.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 5-10pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

Back, and in a bigger locatrion than last year, this will feature a few dozen trucks, stalls etc.

On from Thursday to Sunday until Sun 25 Sept.

Summer Camp Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Until Fri 19) Swansea Festival Of Stitch Workshop: Sheila Davies Swansea Museum. 10am-4pm.

Info lesleydianathomas@ gmail.com. Explore colour by applying paint and stitch to create a sumptuous background.

Velotech Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £450 (four days). Info www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk. (Finishes today)

FRIDAY 19

Badminton: Para Champs Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

12-10pm. Info 0845 0454301.

(Until Sun 21) Children’s Day Oystermouth Castle, Swansea. 11am, £3/free adults. Info 01792 636000. Including a gender binary-tastic Pirates & Princesses fancy dress party.

On tomorrow also.

Elementary Didgeridoo Festival Baskerville Hall, Hay-On-Wye. £65 weekend/£25 kids 10-15/free under-10s.

Info www.elementarydidgefest.co.uk. Three days of didgeridoo-themed music, workshops, performance and jamming. Main stage: The DeadEyes, Karssen & Jefferson and a headliner TBC. (Until Sun 21) Essential Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 9.30pm, £11.50.

Info 07538 878609. By Cardiff History & Hauntings. On tomorrow also, plus Tue 30.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Sun 21) Gwyl Pontardawe Festival Various locations, Pontardawe.

Info www.pontardawe.org.

(Until Sun 21) Karen Wilson Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv.

Info 029 2025 0731. Spirit medium.

Merthyr By The Sea Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

1-7pm, free. Info 01685 384111. An artificial (albeit sandy) beach gets put in the town centre, with activities to be had. On tomorrow also.

Monoprint T-Shirts Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am-2pm, £6. Info 01792 652016.

Museum Ghost Walk National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.45pm, £15. Info 029 2057 3500.

Origami Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

RawFfest The Riverfront, Newport. 11am, £50/£15 per day. Info 01633 656757. Today includes an opera workshop running in 90-minute slots throoughout the day; Q&A with Phil George, Chair of Arts Council Of Wales (11.30am12pm); singer-songwriters playing outdoors from 12-6pm; a short story workshop (1-2.30pm); a scratch performance inspired by an early Roald Dahl short story (slots from 2-4pm); a film-making workshop (3-4.30pm); Clare Potter on “the dark side of Tredegar House” (5pm); an adaption of a new graphic novel, The Bargoed Miracle (7pm); and Shuffle Live, an eclectic music programme (8-10pm). (Until Sun 21) Rock School Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Finishes today) Rope Machine National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sun 21) Sheep Trekking – Forestry Trail Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £45/£35 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092.

South Wales Pirate Festival 2016 Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 10am5pm, £5.50/£4 kids. Info 01291 420241. Just so’s you know, this is aimed at actual children, not manchildren.

(Until Sun 21) So You Think You’re Smart? Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Quiz night, every third Friday of the month.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stitching Stories Drop-in Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 5-10pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

Summer Camp Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10am-3pm, £25 adv (five days). Info 01495 243252. (Finishes today) Workshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 1-5pm. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

SATURDAY 20

Artist Talk: Geraint Evans Penarth Pier Pavilion. 1.45pm,

events free. Info 0844 8700887.

Relating to Evans’ exhibition which is showing here this month.

Badminton: Para Champs Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

12-10pm. Info 0845 0454301.

(Until Sun 21) Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

Brecon Craft Fair Market Hall, Brecon. 9am-4.30pm.

Info 01495 753782.

Children’s Day Oystermouth Castle, Swansea. 11am, £3/free adults. Info 01792 636000.

Elementary Didgeridoo Festival Baskerville Hall, Hay-On-Wye. £65 weekend/£25 kids 10-15/free under-10s.

Info www.elementarydidgefest.co.uk. Main stage: Akot, Zalem, Inta Africa and Soma.

Outdoor stage: Adam Scriven, Aboriginal Dance Troupe, Harry West, The DeadEyes, Jonny Cope and an open mic slot. (Until Sun 21) Essential Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 9.30pm, £11.50.

Info 07538 878609.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Sun 21) Football: Barclays Premier League – Swansea City v Hull City Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 3pm. Info 0870 400004.

Forge Music Japan Room, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11.30am-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Gwyl Pontardawe Festival Various locations, Pontardawe.

Info www.pontardawe. org. Today features the Pontardawe Summer Festival Of Music & Dance. (Until Sun 21) Healing And Health – Is This A Dream In Our Day And Age? Syndicate Room, Holiday Inn, Cardiff.

10.30am-5.30pm, free (donations accepted). Info www. bruno-groening.org/english.

A day of lectures about early 20th century German mystic and healer Bruno Groening.

Plus a documentary film, The Phenomenon Bruno Groening – On The Tracks Of The Miracle Healer.

Hedgehog Helper Morning Venue TBC, nr Builth Wells. £20. Info 01874 749092.

Ice Hockey: Pre-Season – Cardiff Devils v Banska Bystrica Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

On tomorrow also.

Merthyr By The Sea Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

1-7pm, free. Info 01685 384111.

Nantgarw Craft Fair Nantgarw China Works. 11am3pm, free. Info deb_0001@ hotmail.co.uk. Every third Saturday of the month.

Photography: Capturing The Natural World Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £120.

Info 01600 714595.

Pirate Weekend National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. On tomorrow also.

Presidential Lecture National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info

01792 463980. By Justin Champion and organised by the Historical Association, Swansea Branch.

RawFfest The Riverfront, Newport. 11am, £50/£15 per day. Info 01633 656757. Today includes an introduction to dance and movement from NDCWales (11am); a short story workshop (1-2.30pm); Ballet With Attitude (3-4.30 and 5-6.30pm); a dance piece from Volcano Youth Company (3pm); Torch Youth Theatre’s Tales From A Small Town (6pm); Penygraig Youth Theatre’s Changed (7.30pm); and a perform,ance

by Hummadruz The Black Light Theatre Of Wales (9pm).

(Until Sun 21) Rope Machine National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sun 21) Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092.

South Wales Pirate Festival 2016 Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 10am5pm, £5.50/£4 kids. Info 01291 420241. (Until Sun 21) Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 2-10pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

The Art Of Haiku Cwtsh, Newport. 11am-2pm, £25 (two sessions). Info paulchambershaiku@gmail. com.

SUNDAY 21

Absolutely Fabulous Vegan Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club. Roath, Cardiff.

11am-4pm, £1/free kids. Info 029 2070 9292.

Art Taster Workshops Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 3-5pm, £6.50. Info 01495 353370.

Attack! Pro Wrestling – Thank God It’s Not Winter Slam Walkabout, Cardiff. 6pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2072 7930. Indy wrestling faves with what they claim is their biggest show ever, and all wrapped up before Summerslam starts on TV – which you can watch in this bar too.

Badminton: Para Champs Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

12-10pm. Info 0845 0454301.

(Finishes today) Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

Cardiff Creative Writers Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff.

6pm, free. Info 07830 381930.

An open forum to discuss work, new reads, author news etc. Third Sunday of each month.

Digital Pattern & Screen Printing Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am-2pm, £15.

Info 01792 652016. With Tim Stokes and Terri Saunders.

Elementary Didgeridoo Festival Baskerville Hall, Hay-On-Wye. £65 weekend/£25 kids 10-15/free under-10s.

Info www.elementarydidgefest. co.uk. Main stage: Alchemist Wardrobe, Didgebeat George & Snowy, Wildwood and a jam session. Outdoor stage:

Aboriginal Dance Troupe, Wildwood, Chris Puleston and friends, Steve Frost and various open mic slots. (Finishes today) Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

The second week of activities starts tomorrow and goes on until Mon 29. You can go to both weeks if you’re really mad for it. (Finishes today) Gwyl Pontardawe Festival Various locations, Pontardawe.

Info www.pontardawe.org.

Today features the Mynydd Gellionnen Folk Service in Gellionnen Chapel (10.30am) and a Valley Folk Club Showcase in Pontardawe Rugby Club (2-5pm).

(Finishes today) Ice Hockey: Pre-Season – Cardiff Devils v Banska Bystrica Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Mumbles Charity Champagne Day Oystermouth Castle, Swansea.

5pm, £5. Info 01792 636000.

Jazz.

Pantomime Auditions Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

2-6pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Hosted by the Rubber Chicken Players, who will be putting on a production of Sleeping Beauty around Christmas (I presume).

Piggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £25/£10 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092.

Pirate Weekend National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

RawFfest The Riverfront, Newport. 11am, £50/£15 per day. Info 01633 656757. Today includes a NoFit State Circus workshop (11am-12.30pm) followed by a performance at 1pm; Ranters’ Corner, where people are invited to speak their brains about stuff (without being sweary or offensive) for five minutes at a time (12-2pm) and a fashion show, I Design Dreams (2pm).

(Finishes today) Rope Machine National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Finishes today) South Wales Pirate Festival 2016 Caldicot Castle & Country Park.

10am-5pm, £5.50/£4 kids.

Info 01291 420241. (Finishes today) Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 12-6pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

The Big Swansea Food & Drink Festival Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 10am. Info 01792 475715. Food stalls, music, demos, crafts etc.

The Phenomenon Bruno Groening – In The Footsteps Of The Miracle Healer The Grand Hotel, Swansea. 10.30am-5.30pm, free (donations accepted).

Info 07738 533322.

MONDAY 22

Comedy Dress Up Llantarnam Grange Arts

Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Mon 29) Hatch Youth Theatre Summer School The Riverfront, Newport. 1-4pm, £60 (five days). Info 01633 656757. Daily workshops including skills in gameplay, live performance and storytelling whilst using different theatrical genres and styles along the way. (Until Fri 26) Joy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.309pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07412 346054.

Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Various locations, Llandrindod Wells.

Info 01597 823441. Annual event in this town celebrating Victorian history and culture, because why not. There are various activities around town plus one major one each day; today is a British Raj-themed evening with a buffet. (Until Sun 28) Medieval Fun Week Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. Era-specific family activities. (Until Sun 28) Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3. Info 029 2057 3550.

NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Jedi Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 9.30am-5.30am,

in a show for parents on the Friday. (Until Fri 26) Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092.

Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept)

TUESDAY 23

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Activity Workshop St Mellons Hub, Cardiff. 4pm, free. Info 029 2078 0992.

Creative writing with a Willy Wonka theme.

Olympics Activity Workshop Whitchurch Library, Cardiff. 2pm, free.

Info 029 2062 8951. Creative writing with an Olympic theme, aimed at ages 7-12 approximately.

Cricket: County Championship – Glamorgan v Sussex SSE SWALEC, Cardiff. 11am. Info 029 2040 9380. (Until Fri 26) Essential Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 8.45pm, £8. Info 07538 878609.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Mon 29) Hatch Youth Theatre Summer School The Riverfront, Newport. 1-4pm, £60 (five days). Info 01633 656757. (Until Fri 26) Help And Healing On The Spiritual Path – Medically Verifiable The Grand Hotel, Swansea. 7-9pm, free (donations accepted). Info 07738 533322. This month’s final Bruno Groening-themed

South Wales' brashest, frankly zaniest and surely most popular indy wrestling venture, Attack!

Pro Wrestling, have their biggest show ever (they claim) in Cardiff bar Walkabout on Sun 21 Aug. It's titled Thank God It's Not Winter Slam and after it finishes, punters can watch WWE's Summerslam event on one of Walkabout's many big screens.

£75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Aimed at kids over 11. (Until Fri 26) Phizzwizarding Dream Jars Roald Dahl Inspired Drop-in Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. First in a week of workshops and activities inspired by Roald Dahl.

Redhouse Performance Academy Summer School Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

9.30am-4.30pm, £75 (five days). Info 01685 384111. A week of singing, dancing and acting workshops with a Roald Dahl theme. Workshops are tailored around individual student abilities and culminate

lecture, so probably a good place to note that I consider this guy’s work to be complete quack garbage to the point where I feel a bit icky about even putting these listings in.

Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Various locations, Llandrindod Wells.

Info 01597 823441. Today features a tea dance (3pm, Hotel Commodore) and a performance of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens’ great-great-grandson (Albert Hall, 7.30pm). (Until Sun 28) Masters Of Invention Poetry Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

1-3pm, £2. Info 01792 463980.

Medieval Fun Week Gower

Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. (Until Sun 28) Meet The Animals With BB Taylor Cathays Library, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2078 5580.

Meet The Animals With BB Taylor Llanrumney Hub, Cardiff. 3.15pm, free. Info 029 2078 0994.

Meet The Animals With BB Taylor Rhydypennau Library, Cardiff. 12pm, free. Info 029 2075 4657.

Meet The Animals With BB Taylor St Mellons Library, Cardiff. 4.30pm, free. Info 029 2078 0992.

NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Jedi Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 9.30am-5.30am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. (Until Fri 26) Painting Studio Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am-2pm, free. Info 01792 652016.

Pirate Pandemonium Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 11am-3pm, £6.50.

Info 01495 353370.

Redhouse Performance Academy Summer School Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

9.30am-4.30pm, £75 (five days). Info 01685 384111.

(Until Fri 26) Roald Dahl Dream Jar Workshop Llanedeyrn Library, Cardiff. 2.30pm, free.

Info 029 2073 1428.

Small Book Of Humour Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) The Imagination Of Roald Dahl: Storytelling Workshops For Families National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

(Until Thurs 25)

WEDNESDAY 24

Bat Walks National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.15pm, £5. Info 029 2057 3500.

Chapter Sewcial: The Secret Life Of Pets Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.45am3.30pm, £22.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Make a mini felt dog or cat as well as watching the movie.

Children’s Poetry Workshops Cwtsh, Newport.

11am-1.30pm, £5. Info paulchambershaiku@gmail.com.

Crafty Summer Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Crazy Puppets Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran.

10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Cricket: County Championship – Glamorgan v Sussex SSE SWALEC, Cardiff. 11am. Info 029 2040 9380. (Until Fri 26) Edgeland: Walk And Talk Penarth Pier Pavilion. 2pm, free. Info 0844 8700887. A guide to the art exhibition currently showing here.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Mon 29) BUZZ 69

events Hatch Youth Theatre Summer School The Riverfront, Newport. 1-4pm, £60 (five days). Info 01633 656757. (Until Fri 26) Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Various locations, Llandrindod Wells.

Info 01597 823441. Today features A Child’s Journey with Gerald Dickens (Dickens Wine Bar, 7.30pm, sold out) and a Servant’s Ball (Royal British Legion, 7.30pm).

(Until Sun 28) Medieval Fun Week Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am3.45pm, £3. Info 01639 881635.

THURSDAY 25

Cricket: County Championship – Glamorgan v Sussex SSE SWALEC, Cardiff. 11am. Info 029 2040 9380. (Until Fri 26) Essential Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 8.45pm, £8. Info 07538 878609.

Fforest Gather 2016

The gardens on Barry Island seafront play host to Cinema By The Sea, two outdoor cinema screenings, at the end of August. Star Wars: The Force Awakens kicks off at 8.30pm on Sat 27, and Dirty Dancing is on at the same time on Sun 28.

Both are totally free as well!

workshops lasting 90 minutes.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Sport In The Park Caerleon RFC, Newport. 11am-4pm, £3 per child/£5 family pass/free adults. Info 01633 235609.

Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 5-10pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

Swansea Bay Beer & Cider Festival Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 5-11pm, £5/£3 CAMRA members. Info 01792 475715. Featuring 100 or so real ales and some 60 ciders and perries, plus live music and food. (Until Sat 27) Taith Iaith National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Monthly session for Welsh learners.

The Imagination Of Roald Dahl: Storytelling Workshops For Families National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

(Finihses today)

FRIDAY 26 10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. (Until Sun 28) Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3. Info 029 2057 3550.

No Book Ever Ends... Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Self-led activities inspired by Roald Dahl. On tomorrow also, and Sun 28.

NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Jedi Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 9.30am-5.30am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. (Until Fri 26) Open Mic Night Imperial Hotel, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, free. Info 01685 722555. With Mike Jenkins.

Redhouse Performance Academy Summer School Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

9.30am-4.30pm, £75 (five days). Info 01685 384111.

(Until Fri 26) Sheep Trekking – Day Walk To Ilyn Y Fach Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £65/£45 under-16s. Info 01874 749092.

Scriveners Writers’ Group Royal Exchange, Brynmawr.

8pm. Info 01495 753629.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Stargazing & AstroPhotography Evening Dark Sky Reserve, Brecon Beacons. £55. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event.

Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Tea Dance Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 2.30pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.

The Imagination Of Roald Dahl: Storytelling Workshops For Families National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

(Until Thurs 25) Zoolab Habitats Margam BUZZ 70

The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Mon 29) Hatch Youth Theatre Summer School The Riverfront, Newport. 1-4pm, £60 (five days). Info 01633 656757. (Until Fri 26) Jokes And Japes Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Various locations, Llandrindod Wells.

Info 01597 823441. (Until Sun 28) Medieval Fun Week Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. (Until Sun 28) Monmouthshire Show Monmouthshire Showground, Redbrook Road, Monmouth.

8am-7pm, £4-£14. Info 01873 890365. Agricultural family show. Apparently this has been held on the last Thursday of the month every year since the late 1600s... but will change dates in 2017.

I for one have been outraged about this ransacking of British tradition ever since I learned of it, two minutes ago.

No Book Ever Ends... Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

NoFit State Youth Circus Summer School: Jedi Cardiff Central Sports And Community Centre, Ocean Way, Cardiff. 9.30am-5.30am, £75/£50. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. (Finishes today) Redhouse Performance Academy Summer School Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

9.30am-4.30pm, £75 (five days). Info 01685 384111.

(Until Fri 26) Simon Sparkles Magic School Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 10.30am4.30pm, £8. Info 01495 353370. Interactive kids’

*Cardiff Brewfest The Depot, Cardiff. 12-11pm, £6/£12 weekend. Info www. cardiffbrewfest.co.uk. Threeday showcase for UK craft brewers, hosted by Otley and Tiny Rebel and also featuring Cloudwater, Moor, Weird Beard, Pipes, Marble and Beavertown, with lots more TBC. (Until Sun 28) Clay Crowns Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran.

10am-3pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01633 483321.

Cricket: County Championship – Glamorgan v Sussex SSE SWALEC, Cardiff. 11am. Info 029 2040 9380. (Finishes today) Desert Island Picks: Eugene Fisk The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £3.

Info 01497 821762.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Mon 29) Follow Your Dreams Dream Ball & Gala Award Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff.

7pm-2am, £49.50/£89.50 VIP. Info 01443 218443. Charity evening hosted by Heart FM’s Jason Harrold, with VIP guests including Rhys Webb from the rugby, Lee Selby from the boxing and Melanie and Jamie from the Britain’s Got Talent.

Four Bars Swing Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2023 9253. Featuring a lindy hop class for beginners, followed by dancing to classic swing tracks.

Gintroduction 10 Mill Lane, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2115 1015.

Graphic Illustration Mission Gallery, Swansea.

11am-2pm, £6. Info 01792 652016. Design a comic book.

Hatch Youth Theatre Summer School The Riverfront, Newport. 10am5pm, £60 (five days). Info 01633 656757. Features a live performance to finish.

(Finishes today)

Haverfordwest Beer & Cider Festival Haverfordwest Castle. 5pm.

Info www.facebook.com/beerciderfestival. There are lots of beer fests this weekend, here’s one in west Wales. It concentrates on Welsh brewers/cider makers, likewise with the food on offer. (Until Sun 28) Ideas Books: A Roald Dahl-Inspired Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980.

Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Conway, Cardiff. Free.

Info 029 2022 4373. Bank holiday weekend event showcasing various ale/craft beer producers, as are all the ones below. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Discovery, Lakeside, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2075 5015. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Old Swan Inn, Llantwit Major. Free. Info 01446 792230. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Pilot, Penarth. Free.

Info 029 2071 0615. (Until Mon 29) Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Various locations, Llandrindod Wells.

Info 01597 823441. Today features a Grand Victorian Costumed Ball (Metropole Hotel, 8pm). (Until Sun 28) Make A Mini Matchbox Suitcase National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Mon 29) Medieval Fun Week Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. (Until Sun 28) Museum Ghost Walk National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.45pm, £15. Info 029 2057 3500.

Pirate Day Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 12.30 + 2.30pm, £9/£6 kids. Info 01639 881635.

Redhouse Performance Academy Summer School Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

9.30am-4.30pm, £75 (five days). Info 01685 384111.

(Finishes today) Sheep Trekking – Forestry Trail Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £45/£35 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 5-10pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

Swansea Bay Beer & Cider Festival Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12-11pm, £5/£3 CAMRA members. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 27) Workshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 1-5pm. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

SATURDAY 27

Bogsnorkelling Triathlon Waen Rhyd bog, Llanwrtyd Wells. 11am. Info 01591 610270. Featuring an eightmile run followed by two lengths of the 60-yard peat bog trench and then a 12-mile mountain bike ride.

Cardiff Brewfest The Depot, Cardiff. 12-11pm, £6/£12 weekend. Info www.cardiffbrewfest.co.uk. (Until Sun 28) Cinema By The Sea

The Gardens, Barry Island seafront. 8.30pm, free. Info 01446 704737. Screening Star Wars: The Force Awakens. On tomorrow also.

Crickhowell Craft Fair Clarence Hall, Crickhowell.

10am-4pm, £10 to set up a table. Info 01495 524764.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Mon 29) Football: Sky Bet Championship – Cardiff City v Reading Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 3pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Haverfordwest Beer & Cider Festival Haverfordwest Castle. Info www.facebook.com/ beerciderfestival. (Until Sun 28) Ice Hockey: Pre-Season – Cardiff Devils v Tilburg Trappers Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm. Info 029 2038 2001. Tilburg is a nice place.

Very clean. Arguably bland.

But nice.

Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Conway, Cardiff. Free.

Info 029 2022 4373. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Discovery, Lakeside, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2075 5015. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Old Swan Inn, Llantwit Major. Free. Info 01446 792230. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Pilot, Penarth. Free.

Info 029 2071 0615. (Until Mon 29) Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Various locations, Llandrindod Wells.

Info 01597 823441. Today features a Swingin’ Speakeasy (Glen Usk Hotel, 8pm). (Until Sun 28) Make A Mini Matchbox Suitcase National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Mon 29) Maker Of Mischief, Master Of Horror, Inventor Of Monster: A Workshop For Adults Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10am-1pm, £2.30£7. Info 01792 463980. With Rebecca Parfitt.

Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Mon 29) Margam Model Boat Club Margam Park, nr Port Talbot.

Info 01639 881635. Model Boats of all types, with demonstrations on the New Pond.

(Until Mon 29) Medieval Fun Week Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. (Until Sun 28) Mountain Bike Bogsnorkelling Waen Rhyd bog, Llanwrtyd Wells. 1pm.

Info 01591 610270.

Museum Ghost Walk National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.45pm, £15. Info 029 2057 3500.

Pig Street Craft Fair The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10am4pm, free. Info enquiries@ pigstreetcrafts.co.uk. Selling original arts and crafts.

Roald Dahl Family Fun Day Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334. Featuring face painting, gallery trails, craft

sessions and story time.

Sheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-17s. Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 5-10pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

Swansea Bay Beer & Cider Festival Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12-11pm, £5/£3 CAMRA members. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) Talk At 4 Yn Gymraeg Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

4pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

Art exhibition guide in Welsh.

SUNDAY 28

Cardiff Brewfest The Depot, Cardiff. 12-11pm, £6/£12 weekend. Info www.cardiffbrewfest.co.uk. (Finishes today) Cardiff Harbour Festival / P1 Welsh Grand Prix Of The Sea Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2087 2087.

Markets, live music and family entertainment on dry land; powerboat racing on water. On tomorrow also.

Cinema By The Sea The Gardens, Barry Island seafront. 8.30pm, free. Info 01446 704737. Screening Dirty Dancing.

Essential Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 8.45pm, £8. Info 07538 878609.

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Until Mon 29) Guided Tour: Dylan’s Swansea Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea (starting point). 10.30am-12.30pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 463980.

Presented by Fluellen.

Haverfordwest Beer & Cider Festival Haverfordwest Castle. Info www.facebook.com/ beerciderfestival. (Finishes today) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Conway, Cardiff. Free.

Info 029 2022 4373. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Discovery, Lakeside, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2075 5015. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Old Swan Inn, Llantwit Major. Free. Info 01446 792230. (Until Mon 29) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Pilot, Penarth. Free.

Info 029 2071 0615. (Until Mon 29) Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival Various locations, Llandrindod Wells.

Info 01597 823441. (Finishes today) Make A Mini Matchbox Suitcase National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Mon 29) Makers’ Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Mon 29) Margam Model Boat Club Margam Park, nr Port Talbot.

Info 01639 881635. (Until Mon 29)

live music Medieval Fun Week Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. (Finishes today) Ministry Of Modified Carmarthen Showground.

11am. Info 01267 232141.

Supposedly this is the biggest modified car show in Wales.

If you yourself are into this whole scene, cars are convoying to the venue with meeting points at Swansea, Pont Abs services, Cross Hands and Carmarthen.

National Vegetable Society Show – Welsh Branch National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. On tomorrow also.

No Book Ever Ends... Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Piggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £25/£10 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Street Food Circus Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 12-6pm. Info www.streetfoodcircus.co.uk.

World Bogsnorkelling Championships Waen Rhyd bog, Llanwrtyd Wells. 10am.

Info 01591 610270. Annual event here in mid-Wales which attracts hundreds of participants.

Worthington Darts Champion Of Champions 2016 St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

10am, £10. Info 029 2087 8444. Says here this is a “play-off between 256 darts champions,” not totally sure how that works if I’m reading that right.

MONDAY 29

Fforest Gather 2016 The Lodge, Fforest Farm, Cwmplysgog, Cilgerran, £125 per week/£80 11-17-yearolds/£60 4-10-year-olds/free under-4s. Info 01239 623633.

(Finishes today) Gift And Craft Fair Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. £40 to ste up a 12-foot table/£25 for a 6-foot table. Info 01639 881635.

Holiday Memory Drop-In Family Craft Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Making a merry-go-round.

Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Conway, Cardiff. Free.

Info 029 2022 4373. (Finishes today) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Discovery, Lakeside, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2075 5015. (Finishes today) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Old Swan Inn, Llantwit Major. Free. Info 01446 792230. (Finishes today) Knife & Fork Beer Festival The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. (Finishes today) Knights Of Arkley Family Fun Day Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 10am, £7/£5. Info 01639 881635.

Make A Mini Matchbox Suitcase National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Finishes today) Makers’ Market National

History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Finihses today) Margam Model Boat Club Margam Park, nr Port Talbot.

Info 01639 881635. (Finishes today) National Vegetable Society Show – Welsh Branch National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Pill Carnival Alexander Road, Newport (starting point). 12-7pm, free. Info 07951 445762. Featuring this year’s Carnival Queen, various floats and walking entries for the procession. plus a funfair, live music and DJs, cheerleaders, dance groups and more.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept)

TUESDAY 30

Cardiff Harbour Festival / P1 Welsh Grand Prix Of The Sea Cardiff Bay. Free.

Info 029 2087 2087.

Essential Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 8.45pm, £11.50.

Info 07538 878609.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Tea Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2-4pm, £4. Info 01656 815995.

WEDNESDAY 31

Bat Walks National History Museum, St Fagans. 8pm, £5.

Info 029 2057 3500.

Crafty Summer Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Elliecoptor Hoops Hula Hoop Class Plasnewydd YMCA, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5.

Info elliecoptor@hotmail. com. Last Wednesday of every month. 9-10pm is a practise session/hoop jam.

Games Wales 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Monthly social meetup for video game developers.

Museum Activity Lucky Dip Days National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

10am-12pm + 2-4pm, £3. Info 029 2057 3550.

Natural History Lunchtime Talk National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. With Dr Lucy McCobb.

Sheep Trekking – Day Walk To Ilyn Y Fach Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £65/£45 under-16s. Info 01874 749092.

Splendiferous Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 4 Sept) Zoolab Food Webs Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am4pm, £3. Info 01639 881635.

live MONDAY 1

Alun Gaffey + Cpt. Smith + HMS Morris + Efa Supertramp Abergavenny Football Club. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info www.cymdeithas. cymru. Eisteddfod-related gigs running until Sat 6, featuring various Welsh language bands.

Bel Blue Octavo’s Book Cafe & Wine Bar, Cardiff Bay. 5-7pm, free. Info 029 2049 1220. Album launch gig for Cardiff singer-songwriter. It’s preceded by a boat ride up the River Ely on Cardiff Bay-based open boat, the Daffodil. Bel also appears elsewhere in Cardiff on Thurs 11.

Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Every Monday.

Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Local singersongwriters perform in the main bar every week.

National Eisteddfod Of Wales: Noson Llawen Abergavenny Pavilion.

4pm, £20/£10 kids. Info 0845 4090900. Featuring Rhydian Roberts, Katy Treharne, Trystan Llyr and Gwydion Griffiths, Band Pres Llareggub, Ifan Gruffydd, South Wales Rugby Clubs United Choir (Côr Y Dreigiau, Côr Y Gleision, Côr Y Gweilch and Côr Y Sgarlets), Miriam and Elan Isaac and Non Parry, Dyfan Roberts, Olion Byw and the Bro Taf Dancers and Choir.

Roxy Musique Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 01834 869323. Roxy Music tribute.

Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.

In fact they’ll be playing two sets, or a very long set with an interval if you prefer. We previewed this in the July issue.

Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Now on every Tuesday.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday.

Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Scotch + Little Folk Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933. Headliners are sadly not the 1980s italo disco group of that name, but instead a Dutch band promising “Balkan boogie”.

WEDNESDAY 3

Acoustic Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

7-11pm, free. Info 01685 384111.

Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info james@thebunkercardiff.com. Every Wednesday.

Amy Walton Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.3011pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Carina Round + She Makes War The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info 07590 471888.

National Eisteddfod Of Wales: Llwyfan Y Maes Castle Meadows, Abergavenny.

4pm, £4-£10. Info 0845

4090900. Featuring Candelas plus a battle of the bands. *De La Soul + Jeru The Damaja Newport Centre.

7pm, £29.50. Info 01633 656757. Hip-hop legends.

They played Coopers Field a decade or so back and I thought they were a bit bunk, but people have told me they’ve been good otherwise.

This is also the first show by Hypernation, who have some more goodies planned for later in the year, so deserve yer support. And look, they announced Jeru for support too! Cor. Eden + Skep + Jambyls + Yr Elvis Cymraeg Abergavenny Football Club.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info www. cymdeithas.cymru. Also featuring Welsh karaoke and DJ Carl Morris, whom experts are predicting will have a go on the karaoke himself.

Greg Sterland Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

This is the last Dempseys jazz gig here until Tue 30.

Les Barker Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club.

7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.

Musicfest: Afternoon Recital Old Hall, Old College, Aberystwyth. 2pm, £5. Info 01970 623232. A showcase of compostions from the the National Youth Orchestra Of Wales’ composers course.

Final event of this year’s

Musicfest, which otherwise took place in July.

Newport City Jazz & Swing Band with Ian Phillips Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12.50/£2.50 under25s. Info 029 2087 8444. Ilan Volkov conducts a programme including a world premiere of Helen Grime’s Snow.

Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.

People Poems + Geraint John Jones + Mark Mathew Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.

Sam Gomm + Jack Perrett + Art Bandini NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by U&I Radio.

The Flatmates + Expert Alterations + The Bellamys The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Indiepop, presented by Daytrip.

Tom Auton + Ally Mcneilly + Jamie Miller

TUESDAY 2

Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers. ¡Ay Carmela! + Van-illa + Baby Arms + Georgia Paterson The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Indie rock bands galore.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Catrin Finch Abergavenny Pavilion. 8pm, £22/£11 kids.

Info 0845 4090900. Eisteddfod concert titled Serenestial: Adventure Through Time And Space.

Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk. Every Tuesday.

Dock 83 + Glass Harbour The Bunker, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3. Info james@ thebunkercardiff.com. Melodic hardcore. *Low Tramshed, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Fantastic band play Cardiff for the first time.

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS Singleton Park, Swansea, Fri 2 Sept Tickets: £32.50. Info: 0844 8440444 / www.orchardentertainment.co.uk Erstwhile Oasis guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher is bringing his current band, High Flying Birds, to Swansea’s Singleton Park at the start of next month. Formed in 2011 following Oasis’ breakup, they’ve since had hits including AKA... What A Life!, The Death Of You And Me and Dream On. Joining them on the bill at this open-air show will be Frightened Rabbit, former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes and rising Welsh stars Pretty Vicious. “Noel’s a huge name in music, and getting great reviews for his current shows,” says Pablo Janczur, director of the show’s promoters Orchard Entertainment. We’re sure this will be another great show for them, too.

BUZZ 71

live music The Moon Club, Cardiff.

5.30pm, £10 adv/£15 VIP. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Headliner is a singer-songwriter from Cardiff who won Open Mic UK 2014 and who recently finished his A-levels. Wish I could charge people a fiver to talk to me in my home town.

THURSDAY 4

Candelas + Yr Ods + Swnami Abergavenny Pavilion. 4pm, £12. Info 0845 4090900. Presented by Huw Stephens and accompanied by the Welsh Pops Orchestra, conducted by Owain Llwyd.

Not sure if that means they’re going to be playing along to the pleasant indie rock of the named bands.

Georgia Paterson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 7pm, free. Info 01873 853613.

Harrington Saints + Layman’s Terms + Pizzatramp + Trigger McPoopshute Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Streetpunk type band from the Bay Area, over here to play the Rebellion Festival, headline.

James Kennedy The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 07557 505123.

Open mic every Thursday with a different main act – indeed, much like the JimJam night that ran here for a very long time, before the pub cancelled those nights and replaced them with a carbon copy of that format. Classy!

National Eisteddfod Of Wales: Llwyfan Y Maes Castle Meadows, Abergavenny.

4pm, £4-£10. Info 0845

4090900. Featuring Band Jazz Rhys Taylor, Adran D, Yws Gwynedd, Yr Eira and Alun Gaffey.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm.

Info 01633 858636. Every Thursday except when there’s a guest on.

Pi & Hash Snowcase The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free.

Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com.

TeenScream The Moon Club, Cardiff. 3pm, £10 adv/£15 to attend soundcheck. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Young performer showcase with acts TBC. Speaking as someone who has sat through hundreds of soundchecks without playing music himself, I can guarantee that the experience will prove more than worth the add-on price.

Wilson + American Graffiti + Elite Days + Adventure Days Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2022 8883.

FRIDAY 5

AD/HD The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £6/£5 adv.

Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

AC/DC tribute.

Anonymous Iconoclasts The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Anthony Moulton The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2030 3947.

Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Cat Southall Band Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613.

live review THE MACCABEES

Chris John The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.

Lazy Habits Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8 adv.

Info 01792 468892. Live hiphoppers.

Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.

Los Bastardos Finlandeses The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, £5. Info 01495 247178.

National Eisteddfod Of Wales: Llwyfan Y Maes Castle Meadows, Abergavenny.

4pm, £4-£10. Info 0845 4090900. Featuring Huw Chiswell A’r Band, Band Pres Llareggub, Swnami, Y Reu and HMS Morris.

National Youth Orchestra Of Wales St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£5 under25s. Info 029 2087 8444.

National Youth Orchestra Of Wales – Young Composers St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5. Info 029 2087 8444.

Nomad Collective Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.

Paige Kenzie The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9pm, free. Info 01446 773592.

Paul Dark Lamb & Flag, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 857611.

Punchline The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.

Right Hand Left Hand + Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks + Parcs + Pipedream + The Kut + Ivan Moult Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5. Info 029

Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union, Wed 13 July

2023 2199. Two-floor launch gig for Holy Hell, a new indie DJ night in this venue.

Roughion + Ani Glass + JJ Sneed + Abergavenny Football Club. 7.30pm, £8 adv.

Info www.cymdeithas.cymru.

Live electronic special also featuring DJs Wuwzer, Rufus Musafa and Gwenno & Pat. Simon Trigg Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.

Siôn Russell Jones + Brookes + Joe Bayliss The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Charity gig for the Alzheimer’s Society.

The 14th Dream Of Dr Sardonicus International Psychedelic Festival Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7pm, £45 adv (three days). Info 07818 056599. Sendelica, Fruits De Mer records and the UFO Club with another edition of this wibbly wobbly west Walian psych weekender.

Tonight is a “social chillout psychedelic club night” with two live sets TBC plus a disco.

(Until Sun 7) The Lips Kiwis, Cardiff.

10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Thornafire + Agrona + Dread Bolt + Bangover + Wolvencrown + Evisarize The Duke, Neath. 8pm. Info 01639 643892. Extreme metal.

Headliners are from Chile.

Toot De Musique Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026. New weekly house band (on every Friday except Fri 26) tackling hiphop-meets-jazz fusioneers from Robert Glasper, Gretcher

Parlato and Jill Scott to Erykah Badu, D’angelo and Lauryn Hill.

Truefest Baskerville Hall, nr Hay-On-Wye. £95 (three days). Info www.truefest.co.uk.

This is one of two festivals to emerge from what was previously Troyfest. It continues with a broadly similar ethos, and a lineup like so: Broken Brass Ensemble, Solo Banton & The Uppercut Band, Anchorsong, Jenna & The G’s, Pink Oculus, K.O.G. & The Zongo Brigade, Lazy Habits, The Allergies, Afriquoi (DJ), The Future Dub Project, Eva Lazarus, Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove, Madame Electrifie, First Degree Burns, Afro Cluster, DJ Cheeba, Rumpsteppers, Ratcatcher, Don Leisure, Junior Bill, Bobbie Johnson, Monty Carlo, Tree House Fire, Yumi & The Weather, Captain Accident & The Disasters, Arthur Foxaque, Greg Blackman, Hipicat, Maddie Jones, Inc.A, F-Block, Barlow, Nanobyte, Wonderbrass, Timbali, Peaches & Cream burlesque, Jimanoli, Mike Dennis, Harri Davies, Mansfield Green, Blue Honey DJ’s, Ravelston, The Reggiments, Oisin, Ecklectic Mick,Hookline & Sinker, The Railway Sleepers, Featherjaw, Papa Jam & Lady Fyah, MC Little Tree, Tim Haslam, The DMT Experiment, Flameholder, Francesca’s Word Salad, Let’s Dance- A Bowie Tribute, Spinx, Marty McFly, Quiet Marauder, The Barefoot Bandit, Boris A Bono, Worm Disco Club, Lady Layton, Chili Shakers,

Ben Britton, Tendons, Grand Tradition and Puppet Alan Watts. (Until Sun 7)

SATURDAY 6

Aubrey Parsons + ESP + Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers The Barn, Pontyclun. 1, 4 + 7pm, free.

Info 01443 222333. Respective stage times listed.

Blackjack Zero + Live Rounds + Doomcrow The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info gigs@thedragonffli. com.

Bob Delyn + Brython Shag + H Hawkline Abergavenny Football Club.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info www. cymdeithas.cymru.

Cat Southall Band Lamb & Flag, Abergavenny. 9pm, free.

Info 01873 857611.

Chris John The Fairwater, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2033 3049.

Continents Hobo’s, Bridgend.

7.30-10pm, free. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. Local metalcore band.

Epsilon + Mudlark + Head Of The Bear + A Night Like This Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 07970 063107. EP launch show for headliners.

Junior + Fierce Morgan Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.

Last Edition The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Lee Calaway The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free.

Info 01656 654753.

Leo Green – Sounds Of The 50s Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18-£21.

Indie quintet The Maccabees visit Cardiff for the first time since 2012 for a warm-up gig, prior to headlining Latitude Festival at the weekend. Their debut album Colour was released in 2007 to critical acclaim and since then they’ve steadily paced their career. Over four albums and nine years, they haven't lost what makes them The Maccabees.

With the cover of 2015 album Marks To Prove It as their backdrop, they fluidly move from soft indie rock to newer, heavier material. However, the sound feels too big for Y Plas (its quality was poor, especially towards the back of the venue; at times, the vocals were almost inaudible) and, despite the impressive lighting, the atmosphere feels lethargic and claustrophobic at times.

Maybe The Maccabees feel Y Plas is too small for them, maybe they’re saving their energy for festival antics at the weekend, but they begin to fly through their set as if ticking off a checklist. It takes some time for frontman Orlando Weeks to liven up but when he does, the crowd bounced off his energy. The crowed swayed en masse to Somewhere To Go but just as it felt we had woken up the set comes to a finish, the band thanking the crowd and departing.

With Wales’ success at Euro 2016 still looming in the air, the crowd burst into a chorus of the Icelandic Thunder Clap to coax the band back on stage – and it works. The Maccabees return with a perfectly planned encore: 2015 hit Marks To Prove It, the simply dainty Toothpaste Kisses and finishing with the anthemic Pelican.

These are smart guys and even smarter musicians who knew exactly what they were doing. Purposely keeping the energy levels subdued for the most part of their set meant that when they finally brought the energy up the tiniest of notches they instantaneously had the crowd in the palm of their hands and begging for more. words DENIECE CUSACK photos EMMA LEWIS

JUST ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER: THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN (Tramshed, Cardiff, Fri 2) GREEN JELLY (The Scene Club, Swansea, Sat 17; The Globe, Cardiff, Mon 19) BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH (The Gate, Cardiff, Fri 23) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER: THE DIVINE COMEDY (Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Fri 7) FIFTH HARMONY (Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, BUZZ 72

live music Info 01656 815995.

Monkey See Monkey Do Hen Dderwen, Sketty, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631.

National Eisteddfod Of Wales: Llwyfan Y Maes Castle Meadows, Abergavenny.

4pm, £4-£10. Info 0845 4090900. Featuring Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Geraint Løvgreen, Plu, Rhys Gwynfor and Anelog.

Oasish Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £11. Info 029 2023 2199. Tribute band.

Paul Dark Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613.

Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2.

Info 029 2038 7026. Every Saturday.

Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Split Whiskers Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran.

7.30pm, £7/£5. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues club gig.

Status Quo + Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Caldicot Castle & Country Park. £35 adv. Info 01291 420241. See Upfront.

The 14th Dream Of Dr Sardonicus International Psychedelic Festival Cellar Bar, Cardigan. £45 adv (three days). Info 07818 056599. Today and tomorrow feature sets from (schedule TBC) Twink, Sendelica, Soft Hearted Scientists, Ax & Sunhair, The Telephones, The Electric Stars, Consterdine, The Jack Ellister Band, Ted Selke, DJ Wally Stagg and a few more TBC. (Until Sun 7) The 4th Kind Kiwis, Cardiff.

10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Acoustix The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2031 1319.

The All Nighters The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

9pm, £5. Info 01685 387925.

Eight-piece northern soul band.

The Midnight Ghost Train + Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard + Estuary Blacks + Tradish The Moon Club, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £10. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Headliners are from Kansas and play hard rock. MWWB are from Wrexham and are good. Pity My Brain present.

Truefest Baskerville Hall, nr Hay-On-Wye. £95 (three days).

Info www.truefest.co.uk. (Until Sun 7) *War On Women + The Bellamys + Pink Grapefruit Le Pub, Newport.

8pm, £10/£9 adv. Info 01633 221477. Headliners are a Baltimore punk band who describe themselves as “early Metallica meets Bikini Kill”.

Not sure how that combo would stack up but it’s piqued my interest, although I won’t be here for the gig. Go in my place maybe.

Whitesnake UK Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £11. Info 01495 708022. Tribute band.

Wright Hear Wright Now The Twelve Knights, Margam.

9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.

SUNDAY 7

Alex Kirk & Laura Bonar The Old Station, Tintern.

1-4pm. Info 01291 420241.

Music On The Platform session.

Odyssey Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff.

7pm, £24.75. Info 029 2025 0731. Yep, this is the disco/ funk Odyssey who emerged in the late 70s. I know I write things like that as a joke sometimes but it really is.

From Native New Yorker to the village containing the only thermal spring in Wales – what a journey it’s been.

Ohhms + Bast + Haast’s Eagled + Cold Hands The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£6.50 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Doom and sludge type bands.

Summer Bandstand Concert Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 3-5pm, free.

Info 01495 353370. Also on Sun 14.

The 14th Dream Of Dr Sardonicus International Psychedelic Festival Cellar Bar, Cardigan. £45 adv (three days). Info 07818 056599.

(Finishes today) The Dickies The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Infamous, cover version-friendly US punk band.

The Red Hot Pokers The Earl Haig Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Upbeat Beatles Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry.

5pm, £16/£15. Info 01446 738622. Tribute band. Note the early start (and presumably finish) time.

Truefest Baskerville Hall, nr Hay-On-Wye. £95 (three days). Info www.truefest.co.uk.

(Finishes today)

MONDAY 8

Clay + We’re No Heroes + Fossette The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£3 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. *Ryley Walker The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Solo set from one of the breakout names of the psych-folk/70s folk/revival/ American Primitive/whatever scene of the modern era. I rate this guy a lot.

Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

TUESDAY 9

Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Hayseed Dixie The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 07730 432166.

Playing their more or less annual south Wales gig. Q: What do you call a cover-happy bluegrass band who post all your personal info online? A: Hayseed Doxxie! I just came up with that joke as a result of making a typo.

Open Mic The Globe At Hay,

Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Trombones For Two Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

WEDNESDAY 10

Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info james@thebunkercardiff.com.

Clarinet Maestros: Ken Peplowski & Julian Stringle Jazzland, Swansea.

8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Dominic Griffin Band + Aeddan Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933.

Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. Second Wednesday of every month.

Gethin Liddington’s Goodkatz Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@ dancebands.plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With host Grace Hartrey. Free drink for performers.

Rory Indiana + Calling Apollo + Attix + A Night Like This Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 07970 063107.

Willis Earl Beal The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Strange but likeable outsider music-y fella from the States who was signed to XL Records for a bit.

THURSDAY 11

Anna & Elizabeth Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. See Music.

Bel Blue + Dave And The Daggers + Pippa Irving + Will Ford The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

Dessa Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.

MC with the US indie-rap type collective Doomtree.

JimJam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is Spellbound.

Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.

The Arcadian Collective Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth.

8pm, £3.50-£7. Info 01834 869323. Six-piece Spanjazz group play a Spanjazz night.

The Tommy Harris Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5.

Info 029 2038 7026. With a tribute to Dexter Gordon.

Tomos Lewis The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 07557 505123.

Worriedaboutsatan Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. Post-rock/electronic crossover types. xBishopx The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info james@thebunkercardiff.com.

Floridian hardcore combo, described here as “Infest meets Terror and at times Napalm Death with some Eyehategod flavor sprinkled in.” We’ll see about that.

FRIDAY 12

Art Themen, Andy Nowac, Ashley John Long, Martin

Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. See Upfront.

Proud Voices – A Marriage Of Convenience Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2030 4400. The South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus and Songbirds Choir combine to help launch Pride weekend.

Rachel B The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9pm, free. Info 01446 773592.

Rhys James The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.

Steve Finn The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029

Once, there was Troyfest: a weekend of costumes, jolly music and partying in Hay-OnWye's Baskerville Hall. Then it split into two parts: Big Love Festival, which was in May, and Truefest, which is at the same venue from Fri 5-Sun 7 Aug. Dozens of live acts, DJs and other entertainment is in the offing, £95 for a weekend ticket.

Fisher The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool.

8.30pm, £10. Info 01495 763752. Playing this venue’s monthly jazz night.

Brian Breeze The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free.

Info 01792 516194.

Chris John The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free.

Info 01639 882381.

From The Jam + Talisman + Ffug Cardigan Castle. 6pm, £22 adv. Info 01239 621200. Presented by Theatr Mwldan.

Geoff Eales Trio Castle Hotel, Brecon. 6pm, £8. Info info@breconjazzclub.org.

Opening gig of this year’s Brecon Jazz, which is scaled down from previous years yet has been rescued from possible oblivion, so that’s good.

See Upfront.

Hatstand Collective Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 07818 056599. Cardigan folk group.

I Am Drug + Denim Snakes The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£3 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Two bands from Barry.

Kizzy Crawford Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01874 611622.

Opening performance of Brecon Jazz Futures, a series of gigs at this venue over the weekend.

Paige Kenzie Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.

Peaness + Shop Girls The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Indiepop band from Chester headline. Daytrip present and also DJ. Pearl Jamm Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 07970 063107. Tribute band.

Pharoahe Monch Clwb Ifor

2070 8675.

Teddy Smith Big Band Castle Hotel, Brecon. 8.15pm, £25. Info info@breconjazzclub.org. Brecon Jazz gig.

The Cassettes + Anonymous Iconoclasts + Gage The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The Replicas Kiwis, Cardiff.

10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Toot De Musique Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026.

Viking Fest IV Ebbw Vale Institute. 12.30pm, £22/£20 adv/£40 weekend. Info 01495 708022. Hard rock and metal, baby! Today: Ferocious Dog, The Amorettes, Knock Out Kaine, Black Neon Knights, Psycho Kiss, Mick O’Toole and White Noise Radio. (Until Sun 14) Years And Years + Maribou State + Izzy Bizu + Nimmo + Jax Jones Bute Park, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £29.95-£50 adv. Info 029 2087 2087. Precursor event to Cardiff Pride in this very field tomorrow. See Music.

SATURDAY 13

Anchorsong Gwdihw, Cardiff.

9pm, £5/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. Live sampler-driven electronica.

Asterope Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 4pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Caravela Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 6pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622.

Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Chris Summerill Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Dennis Rollins’ Velocity +

Nerija Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 9.30pm, £15. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Dowally Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 11am, £7.50. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

GSD Ensemble Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622.

Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

GSD Quartet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622.

Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Henry’s Funeral Shoe + The Sick Livers The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Holly Joyce The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free.

Info 01656 654753.

Jazz Jam Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 12.30pm.

Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Kevin Jones The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.

Only Men Aloud Cardigan Castle. 6.45pm, £22 adv. Info 01239 621200. Presented by Theatr Mwldan.

Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2. Info 029 2038 7026.

Sandwitch + Brenig Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £5.

Info 07818 056599. Folk.

Sandwitch are playing their last gig before moving to Germany.

Simon Trigg The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free.

Info 01639 882381.

Surreal Panther Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £7/£6 adv.

Info 01443 682388. Steel Panther covers. “A tribute band doing a tribute band sounds interesting,” as Richard Ellis has observed on the Facebook event page.

The Deadnotes + Cold Reading Le Pub, Newport.

8pm, £3. Info 01633 221477.

The Decoy are also listed as playing but they seem to be double-booked so I ‘unno.

The Decoy + The Lash The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm, £2. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

The Philo Beddoe Band The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm.

Info 01495 247178.

The Show Stopping Charity Gala Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7pm, £10. Info 01792 863722. Featuring Swansea-born violinist Christopher Watkins plus vocalists Todd Adamson and Sherilyn Hamilton-Shaw.

Tina May & Wales Latin Jazz Ensemble Guildhall, Brecon. 8.15pm, £14. Info info@breconjazzclub.org.

Brecon Jazz gig.

Trefor Owen Quartet Guildhall, Brecon. 2.15pm, £9. Info info@breconjazzclub. org. Brecon Jazz gig, featuring vocalist Megan Thomas.

Viking Fest IV Ebbw Vale Institute. 12.30pm, £22/£20 adv/£40 weekend. Info 01495 708022. Featuring: Phil Campbell’s All Starr Band, Absoluta, Massive Wagons, Dante Fox, Lifer, Spiral Dive, Crowsaw and Pilgrim. (Until Sun 14)

SUNDAY 14

3 Miles Per Hour The Old

Sat 8) WE ARE SCIENTISTS (Clwb Ifor Bach, Sat 8) KANO (Tramshed, Sun 9) TWIN ATLANTIC (Cardiff University, Sun 9) AKALA (Monkey, Swansea, Tue 18; Clwb Ifor Bach, Wed 19) FEEDER (Tramshed, Wed 19) PETER ANDRE (The Neon, Newport, Sat 22) ANVIL (The Globe, Sun 23) BASTILLE (Motorpoint Arena, Mon 31) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER: THE SOUTH (Princess BUZZ 73

live music Station, Tintern. 1-4pm. Info 01291 420241. Music On The Platform session.

Artephis Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 6pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Bahla Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 4pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Brownfield, Byrne Quartet with Trish Clowes Guildhall, Brecon. 6pm, £12.

Info info@breconjazzclub.org.

Brecon Jazz gig.

Dani Sicari & The Easy Rollers Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 11am, £7.50. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Film & Buffet with AshleyJohn Long Muse Arts, Brecon. 12-3pm. Info info@ breconjazzclub.org. Brecon Jazz gig.

Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Also on Sun 28.

Leiko Quintet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622.

Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Smooth Celtic Jazz – Dublin Meets Wales Muse Arts, Brecon. 8.15pm, £7. Info info@breconjazzclub.org.

Brecon Jazz gig.

Summer Bandstand Concert Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 3-5pm, free.

Info 01495 353370.

Tendons Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 6.30pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

The Wurzels + Trenchfoot + Raptor + Mor Ladron Y Borth + Drawing Of The Three Market Hall, Brecon.

3.30pm, £20. Info 01874 611622.

Viking Fest IV Ebbw Vale Institute. 1pm, £12/£10 adv/£40 weekend. Info 01495 708022. Featuring: Fireroad, Bad Touch, Triaxis, The Johnstown Flood, Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters, Trayus and Kill 66. (Finishes today) Wonderbrass Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 4pm, £7.50. Info 01874 611622.

Brecon Jazz Futures gig.

Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk. *Ministry + Devildriver Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

See Music. There’s at least a

If you're a fan of the contemporary Welsh language rock scene, or even its elder statesmen, you may already be planning to attend the Crug Mawr Festival, which is in the village of that name near Cardigan from Fri 26-Sun 28 Aug. If not, it features Geraint Jarman, Ail Symudiad, Ffug and HMS Morris among others. decent chance that Ministry are gonna be entertaining as long as Al Jourgensen is there, right?

Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Phil Wall’s Jazz Cardinals Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

WEDNESDAY 17

Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.

Kimberley Steaks + Don Blake + Splitsville + Middle Distance Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2039 7933.

Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

Wolfpack + Carbine + Strike Back + Flatline + Conspire The Bunker, Cardiff.

7pm, £8 adv. Info james@ thebunkercardiff.com.

Beatdown hardcore gubbins, headliners from France.

Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info james@thebunkercardiff.com.

Alan Wormald with Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Arrival UK Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01792 475715.

Abba tribute band.

Clare Hingott with The Graham Watkins Trio Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Gwd Jams Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £3/free for performers. Info 029 2039 7933.

Monthly open jam session.

Laura-Beth Salter & Jenn Butterworth Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club.

7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.

Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Scout Killers + Saint Apache The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166. In Cardiff tomorrow.

TUESDAY 16

THURSDAY 18

MONDAY 15

AC/DC UK Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01792 475715.

Tribute band.

Community Samba Band –

*Green Man 2016 Glanusk Park Estate, Brecon Beacons. £175 weekend/£20 5-12-yearolds/under-5s free with a ticket. Info info@thegreenmanfestival.co.uk. Opening night of this festival, which might be sold out by the time you

Are You Experienced?

Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01792 475715. Jimi Hendrix tribute band.

read this (the NUS and teen tickets definitely are) features Wild Beasts, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Cigarettes After Sex, Flamingods and Meatraffle. (Until Sun 21) James Kennedy The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 07557 505123.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.

Scout Killers + Saint Apache Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

7pm. Info 07970 063107.

Spirit Family Reunion + Christopher Rees + Jelly Roll Jones + Joe Kelly The Moon Club, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8/£7 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

American gospel/folk sorts headline.

The Wurzels + The Thatchers Chepstow Castle.

6.30pm, £15/£12 under-16s.

Info 0300 3656677. Opening event of this year’s Castell Roc, a series of concerts here until Mon 29. This one also features a wide selection of local ciders and gourmet sausages to accompany the bumpkin soundtrack.

FRIDAY 19

2 Tickets 2 The Gunshow Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Castle Rocks! Oystermouth Castle, Swansea. 5pm, £5.

Info 01792 636000. Live music from The Contenders, Stu’s Gastric Band, The Riff, The Somethings and more TBC. Fleetwood Bac Chepstow Castle. 6.30pm, £15 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Fleetwood Mac tribute band play Castell Roc gig.

Green Man 2016 Glanusk Park Estate, Brecon Beacons. £175 weekend/£20 5-12-yearolds/under-5s free with a ticket. Info info@ thegreenmanfestival.co.uk.

Main stage: James Blake, White Denim, Jason Isbell, Conan Mockasin, Miracle Legion, Meilyr Jones, Phil Cook & The Guitarheels, The Oh Hellos and Rising Winner.

Far Out stage: Lush, Floating Points, Kamasi Washington, Suuns, Juliana Barwick, The Membranes, Palace Winter and Oliver Coates. Walled Garden: Kiran Leonard, Wesley Gonzalez, Kelly Lee Owens, Throws, Gun Outfit, Emma Pollock, Trevor Sensor and Steven James Adams.

Plus late night/After Dark sets across the weekend (schedule TBC) from Factory Floor, Fat White Family, Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon, Blanck Mass, Vessels, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Huw Stephens, Pete Paphides, Tom Ravenscroft and Adam Walton. A comedy tent, science stage, kids’ activities and talks are no doubt on the agenda too. (Until Sun 21) James Kennedy Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613.

Kevin Jones Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.

Madness + Pretty Vicious + Upbeat Sneakers Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. 4pm, £47 adv. Info 0300 3656677. See Upfront.

Magic Of Motown Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25.50/£24.50. Info 01656 815995.

Nicky Taliesin The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9pm, free. Info 01446 773592.

Paige Kenzie The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free.

Info 01639 882381.

Pale Angels + Stay Voiceless Le Pub, Newport.

8pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 221477. Transatlantic punk band headline.

Secret Rule + Digital Criminals + Blank Atlas The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm, £2. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Ska Party The Full Moon / The Moon Club, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £9/£7.50 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Two-floor jamboree of ska and related bouncy fun from these acts: The Toasters, Junior Bill, 6foot7, Conners & The Con Men and more TBC. Plus DJs Stereoripe and Tribal Hooligan.

Steve Finn The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.

Toot De Musique Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026.

Totally Tina Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01792 475715. Tin Turner tribute act, featuring dancers and a six-piece band.

Trenchfoot The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £3.

Info 01497 821762. Folk combo with a WWI theme.

VIPs The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.

Who’s Next + The Small Fakers The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Two mod-friendly tribute bands.

SATURDAY 20

Bloodflower + We’re No Heroes + Sister Gracie + The Riff Pontardawe Arts Centre. 6pm, free. Info 01792 863722. Homecoming show for Bloodflower, a Wales-formed

indie band currently based in London.

Eradication Open Air ‘16 The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 1pm, £10/£15 both days. Info 01685 387925.

Extreme metal festival with an interesting lineup.

Playing over two days, running order mostly TBC: Diamond Head (Saturday headliners), Primitive Graven Image (Sunday headliners), Sadist, Sodomized Cadaver, King Leviathan, Eradikator, Wode (this band are great), Verdelet, Necrosadistic Goat Torture, Warlord UK, Agrona, Reign Of Erebus, Insurgency, Warpath, Plague Rider, Formicarius, Horrified, Vehement, Perdisian, Burial, Overthrow and Natas. On tomorrow also.

Graham Watkins Quartet with Clare Hingott + Steve Williams Trio Oystermouth Castle, Swansea.

5pm, £5. Info 01792 636000.

Jazz.

Green Man 2016 Glanusk Park Estate, Brecon Beacons. £175 weekend/£20 5-12-yearolds/under-5s free with a ticket. Info info@ thegreenmanfestival.co.uk.

Main stage: Laura Marling, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Tindersticks, Cate Le Bon, The Unthanks, Ryley Walker, Yorkston Thorne Khan, Claire Maguire and Deep Throat Choir. Far Out stage: Battles, Jagwar Ma, Michael Rother, Dungen, Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Beak>, Formation, Fews and Sea Pinks. Walled Garden: Pictish Trail, Joan Shelley, The Weather Station, Trader Horne, The Magnetic North, BC Camplight, Mothers, Ardyn and I See Rivers. Casey & Ewan’s Crystal Massage Tent: H. Hawkline, Laura J Martin, Farm Hand, Tender Prey and Droor. (Until Sun 21) Holly Joyce The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free.

Info 01639 882381.

JukeBox Porter’s, Cardiff.

9pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Kevin Jones The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free.

Info 01656 654753.

Kill 66 Rhondda Hotel, Porth.

7pm, £4. Info 01443 682388.

Metal covers band.

Mike Dennis The Full Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Owen Money: A Night With Welsh Legends The Neon, Newport. 8pm, £12.50-£25.

Info 01633 533666. Tributes to Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey.

Paige Kenzie The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2031 1319.

Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2. Info 029 2038 7026.

The Firm Kiwis, Cardiff.

10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Shires Chepstow Castle.

6.30pm, £20 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Castell Roc gig.

T. Rextasy Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £19.50/£18. Info 01792 475715. T. Rex tribute band.

Welsh Floyd Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £10.

Info 01685 384111. Pink Floyd

tribute. If you can think of any Floyd songtitles given an hilarious Welsh twist, please tweet them to absolutely anyone but Buzz.

SUNDAY 21

Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

Jazz in the bar.

Eradication Open Air ‘16 The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 1pm, £10/£15 both days. Info 01685 387925.

Green Man 2016 Glanusk Park Estate, Brecon Beacons. £175 weekend/£20 5-12-yearolds/under-5s free with a ticket. Info info@ thegreenmanfestival.co.uk.

Main stage: Belle & Sebastian, Warpaint, Julia Holter, Songhoy Blues, Slow Club, Gengahr, Daniel Norgren and Margaret Glaspy. Far Out stage: Grandaddy, Ezra Furman, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Besnard Lakes, Kevin Morby, The Moonlandingz, All Them Witches and Exploded View.

Walled Garden: Amber Arcades, Sam Lee & Friends, Malcolm Middleton, Whitney, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Black Peaches, Bill Baird, Still Parade and Haiku Salut.

(Finishes today) MC Devvo The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Nataley Simpson The Old Station, Tintern. 1-4pm. Info 01291 420241. Music On The Platform session.

The Damage Done The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £6/£5. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Neil Young tribute.

The Marc Davies Band The Earl Haig Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Morriston Orpheus Male Voice Choir & Caradog String Quartet St Donat’s Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan. 2.30pm, £17.

Info 01446 799100. Afternoon picnic concert in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The Proclaimers Chepstow Castle. 6.30pm, £25 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Castell Roc gig with the brotherly Scottish duo who we featured in our June issue.

Throwfest 2016 Clwb Ifor Bach / Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 1pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Three-stage metal and hardcore alldayer with an impressive lineup if this is yer bag. Upstairs at Clwb Ifor: I Killed The Prom Queen, Hacktivist, Broken Teeth, The Browning, Continents, Feed Her To The Sharks, Cold Hard Truth, She Must Burn (noticing a recurrent theme in the band names here), Grove Steet Families and Belial.

Downstairs: Knuckledust, Your Demise 2004, Empires Fade, 50 Caliber, Lock & Key, Murder Circuit, When We Were Wolves, Realm Of Torment, To Kill Achilles and Machete 187. Fuel: Create To Inspire, Empire, Bad Sign, Foes, Holding Absence, Grumble Bee, Divides, Junior and Dream State.

Valley Folk Club Showcase

Royal Theatre, Port Talbot, Wed 2; Tramshed, Sun 6) JAKE BUGG (Cardiff University, Thurs 3) MICHAEL BALL & ALFIE BOE (Motorpoint Arena, Thurs 3) KADAVAR (Clwb Ifor Bach, Mon 7) IAN HUNTER (Tramshed, Tue 7) KRISTIN HERSH (Clwb Ifor Bach, Thurs 10) PHRONESIS (Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 12) LORDI (Scene Club, Sun 13) MONO + ALCEST (The Globe, Tue BUZZ 74

live music Pontardawe Rugby Club.

2-5pm, free. Info huwpudner@ntlworld. com. Part of the Pontardawe Festival. Held in a marquee outside the club.

MONDAY 22

Citizen + Big Jesus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £14.

Info 029 2023 2199.

Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933.

Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.

Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

TUESDAY 23

Arch Enemy + Soilwork Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £19.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Two bands at the less extreme end of extreme metal, shall we say, on tour together.

Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The Quicktime Dixieland Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

WEDNESDAY 24

Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info james@thebunkercardiff.com.

Guardalavarca De Cuba Jazzland, Swansea. 8.3011pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With host Tony Hands. Free drink for performers.

Suuns The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Gently experimental indie-rock band from the States.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story Chepstow Castle.

6.45pm, £15 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Castell Roc gig.

THURSDAY 25

JimJam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is the Monte Dons.

Matthew Frederick + Danielle Lewis West Coast Arts, Penally, Tenby. Free. Info 01834 219128.

Old Hat Jazz Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.

Poetic Justice + Failed State + Low Blows +

TenPlusOne Gwdihw, Cardiff.

6pm, £3.50. Info 029 2039 7933.

The Bohemians Chepstow Castle. 6.30pm, £15 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Queen tribute band play Castell Roc gig.

The Hot Seats Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725.

Hillbilly band from Richmond, VA. Tobias Robertson’s Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Tomos Lewis The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 07557 505123.

FRIDAY 26

Bella Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026.

BPM Festival The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Charity weekender for the British Heart Foundation. Today features Doll Rockets, Black Water Chemistry, When Worlds Collide, Raise The Alarm, Technè Skin and The 3rd Degree. (Until Sun 28) Calypso The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9pm, free. Info 01446 773592.

Crug Mawr Festival Caeau Oernant Fields, Crug Mawr, nr Cardigan. 6pm, £15/£25 both days. Info 01239 621200.

Two-day festival on a Welsh language rock tip. Schedule TBC, but these lot will be playing: Geraint Jarman, Y Bandana, Ail Symudiad, Ffug, Bromas, Fleur De Lys, Welsh Whisperer, HMS Morris, Ysgol Sul, Iwan “Iwcs” Roberts, Lowri Evans, Patrobas, Uumar, Cpt. Smith, Breichiau Hir, Y Galw, Mobinagi, I Fight Lions, Trwbz, Tymbal, Yr Angen, Roc Cana, Dafydd Davies, Raffdam, Mabli Gwynne Tudur, Chroma, Chwalfa, Platform 1, Cyflafan, Hyll, DJ Bry and more TBC. On tomorrow also. *Hub Festival Various venues, Womanby Street, Cardiff. £10/£20 for three days. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

The return of this zillion-band weekend of amusement.

Running order TBC (Richard Dawson is playing on the Saturday, that much I know) but here’s who’s billed so far: The Wave Pictures, Richard Dawson, Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove, Junior Bill, Crinkle Cuts, Ani Glass, Hipicat, Desert Storm, We’re No Heroes, Sigiriya, Cowboy And The Corpse, Climbing Trees, Maddie Jones, Featherjaw, Lacertilia, Quiet Marauder, Harri Davies, Fingertrap, Heil Zila, Goan Dogs, Clay Statues, Tendons, Roughion, Boris a Bono, Pizzatramp, My Name Is Ian, Rainbow Maniac, Tides Of Sulfur, Tommy & The Trouble, Winter Coat, Shop Girls, Heavy Flames, Aaronson, Bryde, Luk, Hvnter, Matthew Frederick, The Marks Cartel, Meilir, Vails, Homes, Johnstown Flood, Kookamunga, Seas of Mirth, Punks Not Dad, Van-illa, Thee Manatees, Dave Morris & The Knock, Hodad, Grand Tradition, This Is Wreckage,

Local Enemy, Esuna, Old Samuel, Dead In The Water, La Forme, The Irascibles, Sophie Lynch & The Special Friends, Fountainhead, Soviets, Great Revelations, Nuclear Lullaby, Rozelle, Everything By Electricity, Keto, Chloe Foy, Joe Bayliss, Grace Hartrey, The Fused, Alex Stacey, Cameron Trowbridge, The Sonny Bond Duo, Welcome Back Delta, Eleri Angharad, Ellie Parris, Capra Mamei, Ofelia, Think Pretty, Sam Fowke, Blood Lips, Matt Troy, Fran Murphy, Mark Curtis, Fran Smith, Fritz O’Skennick, Clive Oseman, Mario Fiorrillo Umberto, Terri Hoskings, Gareth Davies, Natasha Borden, Will Ford, Ellie Powell, Goergia Paterson, To Bear Sir, New Cowboy Builders, Castles, Tree House Fire, Ffug, The Brwmys, Naomi Rae, Sous Les Paves, Lily & White, Twisted Ankle, Zac White, Himalayas, Fosette, Hip Route, Rogue Jones and Adrian Jones.

Venues: The Moon Club, The Full Moon, Castle Emporium, Clwb Ifor Bach, Four Bars, Dempseys, City Arms, Urban Taphouse, Fuel, Busker’s Revenge Pirate Ship and an outdoor stage. (Until Sun 28) Mewithoutyou + Yndi Halda The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Post-hardcore and post-rock.

One Night Of Queen Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18.50-£20.50. Info 01656 815995. Performed by Gary Mullen And The Works.

Organ Recital National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

Rachel B The Cornwall, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 3947.

Sunshine Cab Co The Twelve Knights, Margam.

9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.

The Big Tribute 2016 Lovesgrove, Aberystwyth. 5pm, £20/£44 weekend. Info 01970 623232. Annual festival which today features tributes to Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Kings Of Leon, Guns N’ Roses and Muse. There are lots of different ticket packages for people bringing kids, too many to list here in fact. (Until Sun 28) The Blues Band Chepstow Castle. 6.30pm, £18 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Castell Roc gig.

The Fevers The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.

The Happenings Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Jokers + Revival The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm. Info 01495 247178. *Unorthodox Paradox Hollybush Campsite, nr HayOn-Wye. £15/£35 weekend/free under-16s. Info paradox@ sirreal.biz. Delightful-looking festival just inside the Welsh border, whose music policy leans towards weird pop and outsider proggy underground stype stuff. Confirmed so far: Modified Toy Orchestra, Worldservice Project, The Scaramanga Six, Colossloth, Clowwns, Crayola Lectern, Ichi, Sproatly Smith, Zofff, Joel Harries, Night Trips,

Mummy, Arch Garrison, Stereoscope, The Gathering Doubt, Tube Jerk, 7shades, Michael Valentine West, Bellyeyesmile, Right Hand Left Hand, Lucky, Emily Jones, Polymorphic Love Orchestra and Mank Music.

Plus DJs, family entertainment, comedy, spoken word, sound and art installations, woodland pyromancy, proper campfires, food and swimming. (Until Sun 28)

SATURDAY 27

2 Tickets 2 The Gun Show Black Boy, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 299469.

5th Rhos Y Gilwen Proms Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.15pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387.

Featuring Katerina Nazarova (violin) and Olga Sitkovetsky (piano) performing works

by Ravel, Prokofiev and Beethoven among others.

BPM Festival The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Today features The Johnstown Flood, Smiling Tigers, The Caspians, Stay Voiceless and Greenmailer. (Until Sun 28) Crug Mawr Festival Caeau Oernant Fields, Crug Mawr, nr Cardigan. 12pm, £20/£25 both days. Info 01239 621200.

Dictaphone Devil The Halfway, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2066 7135.

Down 4 Life Fest #2 Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff.

2pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 029 2037 3144. Burly hardcore on the all-day menu here.

Lineup: Bun Dem Out, Desolated, United Blood, Tempers Fray, Full Strength, Restrict and Slow Zone.

Everyday Heroes The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm. Info

Killer State Park Hotel, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 735589.

Moongazer The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free.

Info 01639 882381.

Paige Kenzie The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free.

Info 01656 654753.

P.S.B.T. + The Electric 80s Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly.

7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07512 237983. Pet Shop Boys tribute band headline.

Resident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £2. Info 029 2038 7026.

Scotch Corner Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 682388. Rock covers band.

Simon Trigg The Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.

Smokestack Lightning Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Space + Alex James & The Sound Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £15.

Info 029 2023 2199. Jaunty Liverpudlians associated with Britpop’s twilight years headline. Support band are nothing to do with Alex James from Blur, indeed no-one in the band is even called Alex James. Bit weird.

Status Quo + Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli. 6pm, £38.50 adv. Info 01554 783900. See Upfront.

Summer Ball Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01656 815995. Black tie event with live music from the Ross Mitchell Band & Singers.

The Big Tribute 2016 Lovesgrove, Aberystwyth. 5pm, £26/£44 weekend. Info 01970 623232. Today features trib-

Cardiff bar/venue Gwdihw has an intriguing night on Tue 30 Aug, titled Cavaleerosity. It's a vehicle for new/up and coming/ underground artists on an electronic or experimental tip ("metamodern pop music", say the promoters); of the seven acts on the bill, terrific Cardiffbased footwork-influenced producer Loftmind is our pick.

01495 247178.

Front Country St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 8pm, £12. Info 01446 799100. Bluegrass band.

Hub Festival Various venues, Womanby Street, Cardiff. £10/£20 for three days. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

(Until Sun 28) Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Chepstow Castle. 6.30pm, £39.50 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Castell Roc gig.

Marc Almond is in Jools’ band in some capacity.

utes to Prince, Blondie, Pink, Meatloaf, Tom Jones, Oasis and Queen. (Until Sun 28) The Bon Jovi Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Tribute band.

The GLAM Gala Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£22. Info 029 2087 8444.

Music from the movies, performed by The Glam Reunion orchestra and choir The Kenny Driscoll Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Sex Pistols Experience

Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2025 0731. Tribute band.

Unorthodox Paradox Hollybush Campsite, nr HayOn-Wye. £15/£35 weekend/free under-16s. Info paradox@ sirreal.biz. (Until Sun 28) Villagers Tramshed, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Folk-rockers from Ireland back in these parts.

SUNDAY 28

Bruce Anderson The Plough, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017.

Aubrey Parsons + Nicky Taliesin Rose & Crown, Porthcawl. 4 + 6pm, free. Info 01656 784850.

Da Iawn Fest 2 Undertone, Cardiff. 12pm, £9. Info 029 2022 8883. Punk and indie alldayer from the DIY Cardiff peeps. Onsind, Personal Best, Bedford Falls, Harker, Break-Ups, Pipedream, Bicycle Thieves and Rungus (plus more TBC) are the folks who’ll entertain ya.

Death By Disco The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8pm.

Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

The final day of the BPM Festival, not sure if there are other bands playing as well.

(Until Sun 28) Finding Fiona Plas Derwen, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853144.

Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.

Henry Marten’s Ghost The Halfway, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2066 7135.

Hub Festival Various venues, Womanby Street, Cardiff. £10/£20 for three days. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

(Finishes today) Jan & Ian The Old Station, Tintern. 1-4pm. Info 01291 420241. Music On The Platform session.

Suggested Friends + Charmpit + Van-illa Undertone, Cardiff. 2pm, £3.

Info 029 2022 8883. Matinee show of indie fun presented by Odd Box and Going Concern.

The Big Tribute 2016 Lovesgrove, Aberystwyth.

5pm, £26/£44 weekend.

Info 01970 623232. Today features tributes to Bryan Adams, Ed Sheeran, The Beach Boys, Lady Gaga, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi and Coldplay. (Finishes today) The Jukebox Kiwis, Cardiff.

10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Tide + New Hope Club + Josh Taylor The Globe, Cardiff. 6pm, £9.80 adv. Info 07590 471888. Think the headliners might be a boy band of some sort, but I’m only going on the photo of them here.

The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain Chepstow Castle. 6.30pm, £24 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Castell Roc gig.

Also features several stalls selling ukuleles and gear for them.

Twrw Trwy’r Dydd Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 4pm, £8/£5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. A day of (I would expect) Welsh language bands and DJs, details TBC.

15) PANIC AT THE DISCO (Motorpoint Arena, Fri 18) JACK GARRATT (Cardiff University, Sat 19) DEACON BLUE (St David’s Hall, Tue 22) BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE + KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (Newport Centre, Thurs 24) THE HUMAN LEAGUE (St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sat 26) THE DAMNED (Tramshed, Sun 27) ALTER BRIDGE + VOLBEAT + GOJIRA (Motorpoint Arena, Mon 28) BUZZ 75

stage Unorthodox Paradox Hollybush Campsite, nr HayOn-Wye. £15/£35 weekend/free under-16s. Info paradox@ sirreal.biz. (Finishes today)

MONDAY 29

5th Rhos Y Gilwen Proms Day 2 Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-9pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387.

Featuring Katerina Nazarova (violin), Tin Hugh (cello) and Olga Sitkovetsky (piano).

Bowie Experience + Mötorheadache Chepstow Castle. 6.30pm, £16 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Castell Roc gig featuring two tribute acts to dead fellows – “very different people that share a remarkably similar story,” as the promoters put it. I think they’re talking about an obsession with Nazi iconography.

Calypso The Twelve Knights, Margam. 2pm, free. Info 01639 882381.

Gwd Mondays: Folk Sessions Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

Internal Suffering + Omnipotent Hysteria + Oncology + Laceration + Sodomized Cadaver Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Solid death metal loineup, headliners coming from Colombia.

Like A Lion The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free.

Info 01792 516194.

Listener + Rope + Frank Thomas + Zaru Jonson Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.

Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.

Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

TUESDAY 30

Cavaleerosity Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2039 7933. This one’s a bit of a mystery but describes itself as “metamodern pop music” and features the following: Aftersun, Jaguarmin, Brik Phro, Fflovers, Loftmind, Jhonny TapeCunt and The Darth Vader Experience, Cardiff’s no.1 Darth Vader tribute act. I suspect all this to be at least partly the work of irony boys.

Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, free. Info 07802 912789.

Jonny Keeley Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Acoustic colo artist.

Open Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Paul Towndrow & Steve Hamilton Duo Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

The Devon Allman Band + Texas Flood The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv.

Info 07730 432166. Southern BUZZ 76

rock stuff from the son of Gregg Allman, out of the Allman Brothers.

WEDNESDAY 31

Acoustic Open Mic Night The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info james@ thebunkercardiff.com.

Allan Yn Y Fan Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club.

7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.

Berry Ray Bank Holiday Charity Memorial Night Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

stage MONDAY 1

Allan O Diwn Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01873 850805.

One-man show in Welsh about Emyr Roberts’ early 80s journey to pop success (of a sort).

On tomorrow also.

TUESDAY 2

Allan O Diwn Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01873 850805.

Cappuccino Girls 2: The Paradox Of Choice Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510.

Sequel to Mal Pope’s womenbe-shopping musical, which catches up with the girls five years on and enjoying highflying careers in this and that.

(Until Sat 6) Death Toll Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16. Info 01792 475715.

Thriller written by James Cawood and presented by Talking Scarlet. (Until Sat 6) Lost Library: Border Country Abergavenny Library (starting point). 11am, free.

Info www.lostlibrary.name.

Walking theatre performance, finishing at the Visual Arts area of the National Eisteddfod festival site, which is part of a project raising the profile of libraries. (Until Sat 6)

WEDNESDAY 3

Block Milford Haven Marina.

4.30 + 7.15pm, £6/£5. Info 01646 6952673. A NoFit State Circus production, in conjunction wih Motionhouse and the Torch Theatre.

Cappuccino Girls 2: The Paradox Of Choice Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510. (Until Sat 6) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16.50£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

Automobile-themed musical starring Lee Mead and Claire Sweeney among others. (Until Sun 21) Costas Lukaris Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm. Info 029 2023 5091.

Alternative and character comedy.

Death Toll Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16.

Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 6) Legally Blonde The Musical Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01446 738622.

Presented by Billboard Ensemble. (Until Sat 6) Lost Library: Border Country Abergavenny Library (starting point). 11am, free.

Info www.lostlibrary.name.

(Until Sat 6) Twelfth Night St Dogmaels Abbey, Cardigan. 8pm, £10/£8.

Info 01239 621200. Courtesy of the Abbey Shakespeare Players. (Until Sat 6)

THURSDAY 4

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Oystermouth Castle, Swansea. 7.30-10.30pm, £6-£14. Info 01792 636000.

Presented by Illyria. In Abergavenny on Tue 9; Cardigan on Thurs 18.

Block Cardigan Castle. 5 + 7.45pm, £6/£5. Info 01239 621200. Family show presented by NoFit State Circus and lasting around 45 minutes.

Cappuccino Girls 2: The Paradox Of Choice Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510.

(Until Sat 6) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16.50-£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 21) Danny The Champion Of The World Oystermouth Castle, Swansea. 2-4pm, £4-£8. Info 01792 636000.

Family adaption of R. Dahl’s story, presented by Illyria.

In Cardigan on Tue 9; Abergavenny on Thurs 11; St Donats on Mon 29.

Death Toll Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16.

Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 6) Fame! Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £6-£12. Info 01656 815995. Musical presented by The Performance House Seniors. On tomorrow also.

Family Planning Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £8/£6.

Info 01685 384111. CAST Theatre Company present this Frank Vickery play. (Until Sat 6) Laffty Devil Comedy Night Crafty Devil Cellar Shop, Llandaff Road, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@ craftydevilbrewing.co.uk.

Third in a series of monthly comedy nights in this Canton bottle shop. Features a ‘comedy speakeasy’ where the audience talk about whatever the audience suggest.

Legally Blonde The Musical Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01446 738622.

(Until Sat 6) Lost Library: Border Country Abergavenny Library (starting point). 11am, free.

Info www.lostlibrary.name.

(Until Sat 6) The Big Friendly Author Central Library Hub, Cardiff.

Free. Info 029 2038 2116.

One-man play about Roald Dahl. In Fairwater tomorrow.

Twelfth Night St Dogmaels Abbey, Cardigan. 8pm, £10/£8.

Info 01239 621200. (Until

Sat 6)

FRIDAY 5

Cappuccino Girls 2: The Paradox Of Choice Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6 + 9pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510.

(Until Sat 6) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £19.50£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Chris Kent + Anthony J Brown + Craig Murray + Mark Olver Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£7.50 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also.

Death Toll Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16.

Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 6) Fame! Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £6-£12. Info 01656 815995.

Family Planning Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £8/£6.

Info 01685 384111. (Until Sat 6) Legally Blonde The Musical Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01446 738622.

(Until Sat 6) Lost Library: Border Country Abergavenny Library (starting point). 11am, free.

Info www.lostlibrary.name.

(Until Sat 6) Noel James + Ali Hancock + Samuel Lloyd + David Forentin + Al Gordon + Jethro Bradley + Chris Chopping The Gravity Station, The Moon Club,

Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Standup comedy in the new bar area. This has been rescheduled from July, so might not have all the listed comedians still performing.

Performance: New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2087 8889. Themed variety show featuring young people aged 14-25, devised in workshops held from Mon 1-Thurs 4 (see Events listings). On tomorrow also.

The Big Friendly Author Fairwater Hub, Cardiff. Free.

Info 029 2078 5583.

Twelfth Night St Dogmaels Abbey, Cardigan. 8pm, £10/£8.

Info 01239 621200. (Until Sat 6)

SATURDAY 6

Anton & Erin Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7pm, £25. Info 01792 475715. Dancers off the telly, dancing.

Cappuccino Girls 2: The Paradox Of Choice Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510. (Finishes today) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £19.50-£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 21) Chris Kent + Anthony J Brown + Craig Murray + Mark Olver Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.95/£10 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Death Toll Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2 + 7.30pm, £9.50-

£16. Info 01792 475715.

(Finishes today) Family Planning Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £8/£6.

Info 01685 384111. (Finishes today) Higgledy Piggledy Pie Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

2pm, £6-£12. Info 01656 815995. Kids’ show presented

by Noisy Oyster Theatre.

Kevin McCarthy + Sean Meo Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £16. Info 08700 111960.

Legally Blonde The Musical Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01446 738622.

(Finishes today) Lost Library: Border Country Abergavenny Library (starting point). 11am, free.

Info www.lostlibrary.name.

(Finishes today) Performance: New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2087 8889.

Street Theatre Weekender Barry Island Promenade.

12pm, free. Info 01446 704757. On tomorrow also.

Twelfth Night St Dogmaels Abbey, Cardigan. 8pm, £10/£8.

Info 01239 621200. (Finishes today)

SUNDAY 7

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £19.50-£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 21) Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday.

SWARM Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 11 Sun -14 Aug Tickets: £10/£8. Info: alan@wearefio.co.uk / www.wearefio.co.uk “You’ve got a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life,” bellowed David Cameron to parliament last year. It’s this ill-considered quote that inspired the title of Swarm, a site-specific piece of theatre made with a combination of amateur community performers and professional actors. Set in the midst of a civil war, characters are vying to escape the conflict to a land of relative peace; they need to prove their credentials to be given the chance, to stand out amongst the proverbial swarm of would-be refugees. Devised by London and Cardiff-based theatre company Fio, Swarm seeks to offer commentary on the hot-button issue of migration to Britain, the often poisonous discourse around it, and the human faces behind the headlines.

stage MONDAY 8

Caterpillar Comedy Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933. Open mic standup night hosted by James Dunn.

TUESDAY 9

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Abergavenny Castle.

7pm, £12/£10. Info 01873 850805.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16.50£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Danny The Champion Of The World Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 6pm, £9-£13. Info 01239 621200.

Gulliver’s Travels Oystermouth Castle, Swansea.

2-4pm, £4-£8. Info 01792 636000. Outdoor theatre adapted for the stage by The Pantaloons.

Jekyll & Hyde Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16. Info 01792 475715.

Another drama double bill by Talking Scarlet. (Until Sat 13) Street Theatre Weekender Barry Island Promenade.

12pm, free. Info 01446 704757.

WEDNESDAY 10

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16.50£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25-£28. Info 01970 623232.

Rock’n’roll musical of note.

Lee Brennan is in the lead role until Sun 21; Gareth Gates will take his place thereafter. (Until Sat 27) Jekyll & Hyde Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16. Info 01792 475715.

(Until Sat 13) Ruddigore Abergavenny Castle. 7pm, £14/£12. Info 01873 850805. Gilbert & Sullivan musical, presented

by Illyria and Abergavenny Borough Theatre.

The Tempest Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Shakespeare, presented by Boom Productions. (Until Sat 13)

THURSDAY 11

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16.50-£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 21) Danny The Champion Of The World Abergavenny Castle. 3pm, £7.50. Info 01873 850805.

Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Jekyll & Hyde Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16. Info 01792 475715.

(Until Sat 13) Josh Widdecombe Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £18. Info 01600 772467. Soldout gig for Devonian comic. *Swarm Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info alan@ wearefio.co.uk. Site-specific theatre performance set in a time of civil war. It’s presented by Fio and takes its title from the revealing collective noun David Cameron used to describe Middle Eastern migrants last year. (Until

Sun 14) The Tempest Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. (Until Sat 13)

FRIDAY 12

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £19.50£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25-£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Jekyll & Hyde Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50-£16. Info 01792 475715.

(Until Sat 13) Owen O’Neill + Scott Bennett + Noel James + Tim Clark Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£7.50 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also.

Swarm Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info alan@ wearefio.co.uk. (Until Sun 14) The Sleeping Beauty New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£21. Info 029 2087 8889.

Presented by English Youth Ballet and featuring around 100 local dancers. On tomorrow also.

The Tempest Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. (Until Sat 13)

SATURDAY 13

Angie Belcher + Tony Davidson + Drew Taylor + Nick Hiscott Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info 01443 491424. Clwb Comedy night, also a fundraiser for GTFM. Cerys Nelmes + Thanyia Moore + Joe Rowntree Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £16. Info 08700 111960.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £19.50-£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 21) Circus Weekender Barry Island Promenade. 12pm, free. Info 01446 704757. With NoFit State Circus. On tomorrow also.

Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. Next show is on Tue 16. (Until Sat 27) Jekyll & Hyde Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2 + 7.30pm, £9.50-£16. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) Owen O’Neill + Scott Bennett + Noel James + Tim Clark Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.95/£10 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Swarm Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2 + 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info alan@ wearefio.co.uk. (Until Sun 14) The Sleeping Beauty New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10£21. Info 029 2087 8889.

The Tempest Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. (Finishes today)

SUNDAY 14

Alice: A Wonderland Adventure Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 2-5pm, £10.

Info 01291 420241. Outdoor thwatre presented by Caldicot Musical Theatre Society.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30pm, £19.50£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Circus Weekender Barry Island Promenade. 12pm,

free. Info 01446 704757.

Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

Swarm Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info alan@ wearefio.co.uk. (Finishes today)

Hamlet Lampeter House, Narberth. 7.30pm, £6-£12.

Info 01834 869323. Open-air Shakespeare.

FRIDAY 19

Andy White + Andrew Watts + David Hadingham + Leroy Brito Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£7.50

If you visit Pontypridd's cheap'n'cheerful Clwb Y Bont on Sat 13 Aug, you will be rewarded with a quadruple dose of standup comedy, from Angie Belcher, Tony Davidson, Drew Taylor and Nick Hiscott. It's a fundraiser for GTFM, Ponty's community radio station, and while you're at it you'll be giving a wee boost to Clwb Y Bont itself – it's been in the financial doldrums a bit of late, but is more or less unique in the town and deserves support.

TUESDAY 16

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16.50£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25-£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27)

WEDNESDAY 17

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16.50£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Going Postal The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6.

Info 029 2048 3344. Terry Pratchett is adapted for the stage once again, by Monstrous Porductions and in aid of Alzheimer’s research.

(Until Sat 20) How Time Flies Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £10/£8. Info 01970 623232. Archaeologythemed family production staged in the Chapel Court part of this venue.

Marty McDonald’s Toy Machine Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

2pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 0845 2263510.

THURSDAY 18

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £9-£13. Info 01239 621200.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16.50-£49.50. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 21) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Going Postal The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Sat 20)

NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £19.50£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 21) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Going Postal The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Sat 20) Tales Of Peter Rabbit And Benjamin Bunny Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 2.30pm, £9/£6 kids. Info 01639 881635.

Kids’ production of Beatrix Potter’s stories, adapted by Michael Whitmore.

Wartime Women – The Khaki Cabaret Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510.

WWII-set one-women show featuring Fiona-Jane Weston.

SATURDAY 20

Andy White + Andrew Watts + David Hadingham + Leroy Brito Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.95/£10 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Bluestocking Lounge Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 8pm, £15.50. Info 01792 475715. Burlesque from regular promoters of such in this venue, with performers including Whisky Falls.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £19.50-£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 21) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Going Postal The Gate, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £8/£6.

Info 029 2048 3344. (Finishes today) James Redmond + Pierre Hollins + Geoff Boyz Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from

£16. Info 08700 111960.

SUNDAY 21

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30pm, £19.50£53.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Finishes today) Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 6pm, £25-£28. Info 01970 623232. Next show is on Tue 23. (Until Sat 27) Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

TUESDAY 23

Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25-£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) The Sound Of Music Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £19-£39.50. Info 01792 475715. Lucy O’Byrne stars in this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical classic. (Until Sat 27)

WEDNESDAY 24

A Completely Professional Person Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £6.50. Info 01656 815995. Lunchtime theatre presented by Fluellen.

Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Jordan Brookes + James Dunn Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933.

Edinbrugh preview show from Brookes; presented by Caterpillar Comedy.

Mandela Trilogy Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12.50-£46.50.

Info 029 2063 6464. Nelson Mandela’s life vibrantly (ask me sometime about my opinions on the word ‘vibrant’) retold on stage in two hours and three acts. (Until Sat 27) National Youth Dance Wales Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2064 6900. New creative dance pieces programmed by NYDW Artistic Director, Kerry Nicholls.

The Sound Of Music Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £19-£39.50. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 27)

THURSDAY 25

Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Mandela Trilogy Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12.50£46.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sat 27) Then And Now... And Something Else Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £10/£8.

Info 01970 623232. Castaway Community Theatre present ba comnpendium of some of their best-loved shows over the years. On tomorrow also.

The Sound Of Music Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £19-£39.50. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 27)

FRIDAY 26

Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25-£28. Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 27) Mandela Trilogy Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £17.50-£51.50.

Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sat 27) Nathan Caton + Trevor Crook + Johnny Candon Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£7.50 NUS. Info 0871

4720400. On tomorrow also.

Then And Now... And Something Else Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £10/£8.

Info 01970 623232.

The Sound Of Music Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £19-£39.50. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 27)

SATURDAY 27

Footloose Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £25-£28. Info 01970 623232.

(Finishes today) James Redmond + Nick Wilty + Pierre Hollins Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £16. Info 08700 111960.

Mandela Trilogy Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £17.50£51.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Finishes today) Nathan Caton + Trevor Crook + Johnny Candon Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.95/£10 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Street Theatre Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Bank holiday family weekender. The inside and outside of the Centre will feature street theatre acts showcasing their stuff. (Until Mon 29) The Men Of Sweyn’s Ey The Britannia, Llanmadoc, Swansea. 7-9pm. Info 01792 386624. Informal trad Welsh dancing.

The Sound Of Music Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £19-£39.50. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today)

SUNDAY 28

Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

Pandora’s Magical Box Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

2pm, £7.50. Info 01656 815995. Show aimed at ages 5+.

Street Theatre Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Mon 29)

MONDAY 29

Danny The Champion Of The World St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

3pm, £12/£7.50. Info 01446 799100. Taking place outside on the Top Lawn.

No Man’s Land New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£60. Info 029 2087 8889.

Harold Pinter play with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in the lead roles, which is probably the most heavyweight thesp combo to appear here for a while. See Stage.

(Until Sat 3 Sept) Street Theatre Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Finishes today)

TUESDAY 30

No Man’s Land New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£60. Info 029 2087 8889.

(Until Sat 3 Sept)

WEDNESDAY 31

Aliens Love Underpants Grand Theatre, Swansea.

12.30 + 3pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. Kids’ show based on a book.

No Man’s Land New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£60. Info 029 2087 8889.

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TWO TICKETS TO MADNESS IN CYFARTHFA CASTLE

Madness, the pioneering ska/2-tone band from Camden who’ve been British pop icons since the late 70s, are bringing their catalogue of irrepressible hits to Merthyr Tydfil’s Cyfarthfa Castle on Fri 19 Aug. The likes of Our House, House Of Fun and Driving In My Car will be in the offing if you can answer this

by Wed 17 Aug: Q. How many members of Madness are there?

TWO TICKETS TO CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG This world-famous musical, about an eccentric inventor, his extended family and a magical automobile, checks into Cardiff Bay’s Wales Millennium Centre from Wed 3-Sun 21 Aug. Bringing time-honoured song and dance routines, and an all-star cast of Lee Mead, Claire Sweeney and Michelle Collins. Two tickets can be yours if you can answer this question by Mon 8 Aug: Q. Which author wrote the original novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

TWO TICKETS TO NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS

Former Oasis guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher is bringing his current band, the High Flying Birds, to Swansea’s Singleton Park on Fri 2 Sept. Formed in 2011 this band has had hits like AKA...What A Life!, The Death Of You And Me and Dream On. Scoop a pair of tickets by answering this: Q. What is the name of Noel’s brother?

TWO ADULT TICKETS TO THE GATHER FESTIVAL

TWO MEAL VOUCHERS TO PORRO

Porro is a high quality Italian restaurant in Llandaff, Cardiff which, since opening last year, has offered up mouthwatering pasta, meat and fish dishes, as well as amazing pizza. An acclaimed dining experience can be on the plate of you (plus one) if you can answer this question: Q. What region of Italy does pizza originate from?

TWO MEAL VOUCHERS TO BOTTOMLESS BREAKFAST AT MOJO (NEWPORT)

Casual fine dining, elegant interior and professional service, Mojo in Newport is a modern little restaurant offering world class mixologists and a fine dining experience. Their prosecco breakfast is a sophisticated twist on the classic – win two vouchers for it by answering this: Q. In what film does the lead character “lose his mojo”?

Wood-fired, handmade pizza from Cardigan’s Pizza Tipi is coming to this year’s Fforest Gather Festival from Mon 15-Mon 22 Aug, then Mon 22-Mon 29 Aug. An intimate 500-capacity festival in its second year, expect art, music, play for kids and quality food and drink. Two tickets for the Mon 22-Mon 29 Aug stretch can be yours if you answer this by Fri 19 Aug: Q. What is the name of the biggest forest in Wales?

TWO TICKETS TO STREET FOOD CIRCUS' FEAST CLWB

Cardiff Street Food Circus is returning to Cardiff for its second year, following a hit launch in 2015.

Offering cuisine from all around the world, you can feel like you’re on a culinary tour of the globe while in the comfort of Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens. Win two tickets to Feast Clwb on dates selected by Street Food Circus (see page 6) by answering this question: Q. How many vendors (including bars) will be at this year’s Street Food Circus?

Please email your answers, name, address, Twitter username (if you have one) and contact number to competitions@buzzmag.co.uk by Wed 31 Aug unless another date is stated.

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