Buzz July 2017

WHAT’S ON JULY 2017

SUMMER GETAWAYS Where to play in Wales

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“Should prove interesting for hardened veg-heads”

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Following our guides to festivals, DIY activities and food in the three previous issues, this section leads with a four-pronged Getaway Guide, showing you how to have an Adventure, an Experience, absorb History and Culture or simply Unwind. Is this our way of beginning to reposition Buzz as a listicle-driven publication? Not that I’m aware of!

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See folks, I’m reading Keiron Self’s reviews and they’ve got all these new actors nowadays and I’m like, what’s with all the porn star sounding names? ‘Ashleigh Cummings’, ‘Armie Hammer’, ‘Woody Harrelson’. And as for AnnJewel Lee Dixon. What’s her sister called, AnneDiamond Nigel Winterburn? Hey, is this thing on?

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News, reviews, recipes, columns and a section that was initially called ‘5 Places To Eat Well To Get Into Shape For Summer At A Very Short Notice’ but failed to pass the ‘if you need oxygen halfway through saying it out loud, it’s too long’ test

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If you expect July to be a big mess o’seasonally-themed art exhibitions and Shakespeare performed outdoors and clubs dragging their PAs out to the back yard and cute boutique-y music festivals out in the sticks, then you clearly have your finger on the pulse and should write this damn magazine yourself

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The Sweet Apple and (especially) Sheer Mag albums are both cracking if you like 80s powerpop with a weird fuzzy undertone. If anything I think their respective reviewers underrate them... as is their right

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We’ve written holiday destination capsule guides for London, Rome and Ibiza, and it sure put them on the map! If you are one of those one-upmanship hipster types who had already heard of those places, however, maybe a writeup on Flat Holm island and its interactive historical theatre show might shut your rattle

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Speedway returns to the Millennipality Stadium, as it does every July, and our writeup on it is basically identical to the one we run every year, but I don’t care because speedway is class. Fly jackets and more airhorns than a DJ Drama mixtape

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Worst band names in this issue: Jack Mac And The Funk Pack, The Word, Good Foxy, Monte Dons, Fearless & The Brave, Three Fat Cyclists, Petulance and Radio Cheese

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Now also featuring the Did You Know? section, which this month features a cool factoid about the pioneering canning work of the Felinfoel brewery. Huw Edwards tweeted about cracking open a can of Double Dragon the other day after his broadcast went tits up. Can't imagine how rough it tastes out of a tin but fair play to him all the same

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PARC TREFTADAETH CWM RHONDDA TAITH PYLLAU GLO CYMRU Diwrnod hwyl i'r teulu cyfan mewn pwll glo go iawn yng Nghymoedd y De. Mwynhewch Daith yr Aur Du gyda theithiau tywys o dan ddaear, ewch â'r plant i ardal chwarae'r Parth Ynni ac ymlaciwch a bwytewch yng Nghaffi Bracchi.

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LIDO PONTY LIDO CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU Nofiwch yn ein pyllau twym beth bynnag yw’r tywydd! Plymiwch yn y prif bwll sy 25 metr o ddyfnder er mwyn nofio o ddifrif neu nofio'n hamddenol. Mwynhewch yn y pwll gweithgareddau a manteisio ar y gweithgareddau hwyl - cychod llaw, byrddau padlo, olwynion sorbio a’r teganau gwynt mawr. Mae'r pwll sblash ar gyfer ein hymwelwyr bach ac iau. Mae ffynnon dŵr siâp ymbarél yn y pwll y bydd eich plant yn dwlu arni. Galwch heibio i Gaffi Glan-y-dŵr, Chwarae’r Lido neu dewch â phicnic ac eistedd yng ngerddi gwych Parc Coffa Ynysangharad.

www.lidoponty.co.uk

PARC GWLEDIG CWM DÂR ABERDÂR Bwydwch y hwyaid ar y llyn llachar ym Mharc Gwledig Cwm Dâr a dewch â’ch sgwter neu feic ar hyd y llwybrau – cewch chi adeiladu cestyll tywod yn y parc hefyd! Ewch i Gaffi Cwtch am damaid blasus neu goffi. Mae rhywbeth at ddant pawb yng Nghwm Dâr.

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Y BATHDY BRENHINOL LLANTRISANT Beth am ymweld â Phrofiad y Bathdy Brenhinol? Dyma gyfle i chi ddarganfod y bobl ac achlysuron tu ôl i'r arian yn eich poced. Beth am fathu darn o arian?

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Am ragor o ddiwrnodau i'w cofio For more great days out...

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RHONDDA HERITAGE PARK WELSH MINING EXPERIENCE A great day out for the entire family at an authentic South Wales Valley coal mine. Enjoy the Black Gold Experience with its underground guided tour and learn about the international story of Welsh coal. Take the children to the Energy Zone play area and relax & refuel at Caffe Bracchi.

www.rhonddaheritagepark.co.uk

LIDO PONTY NATIONAL LIDO OF WALES Jump into our 3 heated pools whatever the weather!

Plunge into the 25 metre main pool for a serious swim or a few leisurely lengths. Get drenched in the activity pool and enjoy the fun activities which include hand boats, stand-up paddle boarding, zorbing wheels and the large inflatables For our smaller visitors, the splash pool is complete with an umbrella water fountain that your little ones will love. Round off your day at the Waterside Cafe, Lido Play or picnic in the glorious gardens of Ynysangharad War Memorlal Park.

www.lidoponty.co.uk

DARE VALLEY COUNTRY PARK ABERDARE Feed the ducks on the magnificent lake at Dare Valley Country Park and scoot, bike or walk along the scenic trails - you can even make sandcastles in the park! Pack a picnic and explore, or relax with a delicious bite to eat at Cafe Cwtch. There's something for everyone at Dare Valley!

www.darevalleycountrypark.co.uk

THE ROYAL MINT EXPERIENCE LLANTRISANT Visit The Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant and discover the people and events behind the coins in your pocket - you can even strike your own coin.

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CEGAID O FWYD CYMRU 2017 Dydd Sadwrn 5 - Dydd Sul 6 Awst 11am - 5pm Parc Coffa Ynysangharad, Pontypridd Mae gw ˆ yl fwyd Cymru flynyddol yn dychwelyd bydd seidr o Gymru, hufen iâ, caws sy wedi ennill gwobrau a llawer yn rhagor!

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BIG WELSH BITE 2017 Saturday 5th - Sunday 6th August 11am - 5pm Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd The annual Welsh food festival returns - featuring Welsh cider, ice-creams, award winning cheeses and so much more!

FREE ENTRY FOR TWO DAYS OF FAMILY FUN

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MUSICFEST This year Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s MusicFest celebrates its 30th year running. MusicFest is an exciting hybrid of classical music festival and international summer school which offers a week of classical music training, appreciation, and performance. The fest will provide the opportunity to participate in a week long intensive course in a range of instruments such as violin, cello, viola, saxophone and flute. Additionally, courses in jazz, percussion, classical vocal and clarinet are offered; Vocal Pedagogy lessons are also on offer for budding singers that wish to improve their skills. With such a wide range of activities and opportunities, Aberystwyth Arts Centre promises an immersive week in the world of music and instrumentation.

MusicFest, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Sat 22-Sun 30 July. Tickets: price varies.

Info: 01970 612034 / www.musicfestaberystwyth.org

SWANSEA VEGAN FESTIVAL Growing upon previous years, the Swansea Vegan Festival offers the chance to try out and learn about various elements of vegan living. In keeping with the principles of its founders, the event promises to inform and inspire the public about veganism, as well as offering plenty of vegan food. A full-on celebration of veganism, the festival also covers vegan clothing, lifestyle products, and healthcare. A kids’ area and free entry for under 12s reflect the ‘open for all’ vibe, with last year’s ‘Kids Zone’ including a charity workshop making patchwork blankets for stray dogs. This sense of importance is also shared with a sense of fun, the 2016 festival having ales and ciders on sale, and a ‘Vegan Speed Dating Spectacular’. For those whose interest in veganism stems deeper than what’s for lunch, the festival offers guest speakers and discussion groups which are scheduled to be announced. Should prove interesting for hardened veg-heads and the curious alike.

Swansea Vegan Festival, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Sat 15 July. Admission: £2.

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TIDDLY PROM The annual children’s prom is back again this summer, an event put on

by Arts Active for a fun family day out in Cardiff city centre, and this year they’re performing Bert’s Magical Musical Farmyard from Sat 22-Sat 29 July, with some in English and some in Welsh. The venue, St David’s Hall, even created a new performance area specifically for the Welsh Proms, which are a great way for young children to develop an interest in music.

Tickets: £7.50.

Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshall.co.uk

MEET THE KNIGHTS AT CARDIFF CASTLE Explore Cardiff Castle by traveling back into history. This encounter features storytelling from Dylan Adams and an archery display. Additionally, there’s also a ‘have-a-go archery’ session where you get the opportunity to let your arrows fly. Interested in going back into time and spending a day with chivalrous knights? Well, pop on down to the castle for a fun-filled day.

The knights are available to meet on Sat 22 and Sun 23 July.

Tickets: £12.50 (free for key holders).

Info: www.cardiffcastle.com

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ROYAL WELSH SHOW The Welsh agricultural event of the year returns once more, the fourday programme covering your usual agricultural fare (cattle, shearing competitions etc.) and more high-octane feats of derring-do including falconry, a quad-bike stuntman, and a stand-up dressage expert.

The display schedule remains mostly the same for each day, but the parachute display by the RAF Hawks is only available MondayWednesday. Other highlights include a daily brass band, and a vintage vehicle display (complete with costumes and commentary) being wheeled out during Tuesday, and again on Wednesday night. Stressing that there is something for everyone in the show, a sport village each day offers children the chance to play the regular football, rugby and netball, alongside alternative options including fencing, trampolining, judo, and even an assault course. Meirion Owen and his ‘Quack Pack’, border collies and ducks working together, seems particularly delightful, and secures a uniquely Welsh peculiarity to the festivities.

Royal Welsh Show, Llanelwedd, nr Builth Wells, Mon 24-Thurs 27 July. Admission: £5-£26. Info: 01982 553683 / www.rwas.wales

CARDIFF GUITAR FESTIVAL The best way to improve one’s talents and skills is to learn from the best, and this month’s Cardiff Guitar Festival provides the opportunity to watch and learn from some of Britain’s finest and accomplished players. A Festival Pass for advanced player provides access to three days of workshops, lunchtime concerts and a masterclass from both Graham Devine and Eden Shell, as well as entry to their concerts on Friday and Saturday. The festival also provides performance opportunities, guitar ensembles and improv workshops for budding young guitarists, with its U18 Festival Pass – activities designed to improve skill and confidence for young musicians. Sky Arts' guitar star contestant Sam Rodwell also provides performances for this event. One-on-one tuition is available from a range of highly qualified musicians, making Cardiff Guitar Festival an unmissable opportunity to highlight or improve one’s knowledge of classical guitar.

Cardiff Guitar Festival, Capel Salem and Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wed 26-Sun 30 July. Tickets: £55-£130 full pass / individual concerts vary. Info: www.cardiffguitarfestival.com

NEATH COMEDY FESTIVAL The Neath Comedy Festival gathers the best of international comedy acts to a range of intimate venues in the town. This year’s festival boasts the likes of Patrick Monahan, winner of ITV’s Show Me The Funny and Ignacio Lopez, a former contestant of said show, for the opening night of the festival. Canadian comedian Tony Law is to take on The Duke Of Wellington pub venue on Thurs 6 (8pm, £7 adv) with his quirky comedy previously seen on Have I Got News For You and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Craig Campbell’s anecdotal humour is also set to take the stage of the Miner's Welfare Hall on Sat 22. With performances from Ian Cognito, Matt Price and Noel James, alongside an array of additional comedians, Neath Comedy Festival guarantees to provide laughs, or at least insight into the type of comedy that you enjoy.

Neath Comedy Festival 2017, various venues, Neath, Thurs 6-Thurs 27 July. Tickets: £7-£13. Info: facebook.com/ neathcomedyfestival BUZZ 7

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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.

S A X O N Lead singer of legendary pioneering heavy metal band Saxon, Biff Byford, speaks with Luke Owain Boult about performing at Ebbw Vale’s Steelhouse Festival and the band’s plans for the future.

“It was raining,” replies Saxon lead singer Biff Byford when asked about the last time the band played Ebbw Vale’s Steelhouse Festival in 2013, which they’ll be doing again this year. Although he insists that’s not a bad thing, when its location sets it apart.

“The festival site is high up the mountain so on a good day it's an idyllic setting, and on a bad day it's quite sinister up there, which is great. I like it. Metal festivals like this are a good way to see bands, meet friends, and have a party. I used to go back in the 60s and 70s...

I saw Led Zeppelin. Festivals are also a great way to connect with a new audience.”

English heavy metal outfit Saxon rode the wave to fame after they formed in the late 70s as one of the leaders in the new wave of British heavy metal along with the

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likes of Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Motörhead.

Biff in fact teamed up with the surviving members of Motörhead as part of a tribute to Lemmy, although when asked about if we could expect to see more collaborations he said: “I haven’t heard anything about future projects with them.”

Biff then talks about the new bands playing at the festival. “There’s a similar spirit to Saxon. The sole aim for any new band is to play shows and write songs, like us. Making new music is the life blood of Saxon, so I work hard on keeping the band together and relevant.” A fact proven by the grouping having released a new album pretty much every other year since the late 70s. With such a large repertoire, how do they decide on a setlist?

“With festivals, it's difficult to have too varied a song list but we try to please as many people as possible.

Our album tours are usually the place we can play more of the newer stuff. It's always a surprise to hear about everyone’s different favourite era of the band.

Every person has a different opinion on which albums and songs they prefer, so we just leave it up to the fans.” I mention how I got into Saxon myself around 2009 with Labyrinth and the Battalions Of Steel track.

“We’re playing Battalions at the moment!”

Steelhouse Festival, Tafal Y Hafod Farm, Ebbw Vale, Sat 29 + Sun 30 July. Tickets: £50-£85. Info: www.steelhousefestival.com

Bowie Experience 14.07.17

Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra The Glory of Strauss & Elgar 15.07.17

Superstars of Welsh Wrestling 02.09.17

Lulu All About the Music 13.10.17

Jon Richardson Old Man 28.09.17 & 01.10.17

Joss Stone in Concert with Orchestra 15.10.17

Jon Ronson’s Psychopath Night 16.11.17

The Spooky Men’s Chorale 12.07.17

Miranda Sings 25.09.17

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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.

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SECRET SPACES: ROCH CASTLE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF WALES

St David’s Hall, Cardiff Sat 5 Aug Tickets: £5-£14 Info: 029 2087 8444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk –

OLLY MURS

Singleton Park, Swansea Sat 12 Aug Tickets: from £43.45 Info: 0843 5573674 www.ticketmaster.co.uk –

Leigh-Ann Regan, director of theatrical talent agency Regan Management and Larca Casting, speaks with Buzz about life in showbusiness and how to ace auditions.

Could you describe what Regan Management does?

We are one of the UK’s leading theatrical talent agencies representing a large percentage of actors in Wales and the UK. We have over 200 actors on the books. As an agency we negotiate actors’ contracts, help them find work, auditions and castings and ensure that they get the best possible deal in each job they undertake.

What’s the best way of finding fresh talent?

The key to this job is passion and spotting talent everywhere. When I was in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival a few years ago I spotted Tom Mackley who was an undiscovered talent at the time. I signed him and he’s now playing the lead in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child in the West End. I’ve also set up acting for screen workshops in my offices in Cardiff Bay where anyone who wants to be an actor can attend to train with some of the biggest names in the industry.

Tell us a bit about the Cardiff Bay studio and the LARCA workshops.

They’re basically weekly workshops where industry stars train future talent.

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The workshops, which are open to anyone who wants to be an actor, invite the best film, TV and casting directors across the UK to train new and established actors in Wales who want to make it to the big (and small) screen.

What tips would you give actors in an audition?

Smile when you walk into a room, make sure you look the part and always know your lines if you’ve had the script in advance.

If you could only suggest one place to visit in Wales to someone who had never visited, where would you pick and why?

Roch Castle in Haverdfordwest. It’s a 12th century castle converted into a six-bedroom luxury hotel. It’s near the beautiful Pembrokeshire coastal path and the lovely town of St David’s. My partner and I stayed there last year and it was amazing as there is no staff on site after a certain time and so you get your own key to the castle making you feel like you own it!

Info: www.reganmanagement.co.uk / www.larcaworkshops.co.uk

TOO MANY ZOOZ

The Globe, Cardiff Wed 16 Aug Tickets: £20.35 Info: 07590 471888 www.theglobecardiff.com –

GREEN MAN FESTIVAL

Glanusk, Brecon Thu 17-Sun 20 Aug Tickets: SOLD OUT – Available on resale Info: info@greenman.net www.greenman.net –

THE SKATALITES

The Globe, Cardiff Wed 23 Aug Tickets: £20 Info: 07590 471888 www.theglobecardiff.com –

HORACE ANDY

Tramshed, Cardiff Thu 31 Aug Tickets: £22 Info: 029 2023 5555 enquiries@tramshedcardiff.com

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GETAWAY GUIDE

The summer sun's high in the sky and calling you to come out to play. We’ve come up with a handy guide to help you discover Wales and make the most of the weather.

EXPERIENCES Surf School - Pic: Visit Wales

Compiled by LYNDA NASH

CHEPSTOW STAMPEDE

RESIDENTIAL WELSH COURSES

Price: £30. Info: 01291 622260 / www. chepstowstampede.com

Price: £130-£496. Info: 01758 750334 / www.nantgwrtheyrn.org

BOG SNORKELLING

ESCAPE ROOMS

Chepstow Racecourse The countdown is on for an event that will suit all ages. Test your strength and endurance as you tackle ditches and mud pits on the 5k or 10k course on Sat 21 Oct. Scale steep banks and man-made horse hurdles in the picturesque surroundings of Chepstow Racecourse and Piercefield Park.

Waen Rhydd Peat Bog, Llanwrtyd Wells If getting down and dirty is your thing, Britain’s smallest town is hosting the World Bog Snorkelling Championships again this year on Mon 28 Aug. In this simple sporting event, serious competitors use flipper power to ‘swim’ two lengths of a 60-yard trench. The less competitive can don a costume and take part in the novelty category. If you’re not fond of muddy water or the smell of decaying organic matter, spectating may be your preferred option.

OUTER REEF SURF & SUP SCHOOL

Pembroke If you’re cool with getting wet, Pembroke has the water for it. Learn to surf and stand-up paddleboard.

Lessons run daily until the end of October with qualified instructors eager to help you catch a wave.

Info: 01646 680070 / www.outerreefsurfschool.com

Info: www.green-events.co.uk

Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda If you’re over the age of 10 and looking for an adrenaline rush, why not take to the sky and slide down the fastest zip line in the world at over 100mph.

Enjoy a stunning view as far as Anglesey and the Isle Of Man, then chill out in the picnic area or take a quarry tour.

Price: £70. Info: 01248 601444 / www.zipworld.co.uk BUZZ 12

Zip Line - Pic: Visit Wales

ZIP WORLD VELOCITY

Llithfaen, Pwllheli Prefer to use your brain not your brawn? Then why not learn Wales’ mother tongue on a tailor-made course in the stunning Nant Gwrtheyrn heritage site. Whether you’re a beginner or an improver, practise your conversational skills with the locals and enjoy Welsh food and entertainment.

Cardiff Become a sleuth and work against the clock to solve the clues in 60 minutes in a real-life escape game.

Get locked in ‘The Tomb’, Sherlock Holmes’ office, or endeavour to steal precious artefacts in ‘The Heist’.

A great group activity – could you think logically and work as a team to make it out in time?

Price: £16-£27. Info: 029 2167 9700 / www. escaperoomscardiff.co.uk

Four Falls Walk - Pic: Phil Dolby

FOUR FALLS WALK

ORIGINAL OUTDOORS

Info: www.breconbeacons.org

Price: £50. Info: 01824 703121 / www.originaloutdoors.co.uk

PENARTH PIER

PITCH MY TENT

Brecon Beacons If you fancy a gentler and less muddy activity that’s free for the whole family, why not stroll through waterfall country on the Four Falls Trail. Take an audio trip back in time and find out what life was like for the men and women who worked in the gunpowder trade. Discover the National Park’s hidden rocks, hill forts, mine works and caves and see if you can locate the entrance to the fairy kingdom...

Maes Gwyn, Rhewl, Ruthin Those of you who love eating and whose taste buds are open to suggestions might like to experience an alternative way of sourcing food. On a one-day Foraging And Wild Food Course you will scour the Ruthin fields, woodland and hedgerows for the season’s edible plants. Skilled instructors will guide you through the laws of foraging, and back at base you’ll be shown how to prepare your assortment and to create a flavoursome meal.

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Penarth The seaside is always a perfect place to kick your legs back, relax and enjoy the cool sea breeze. Although commonly overlooked, Penarth’s Victorian pier offers a picture-perfect way to enjoy the waterfront. For more activities, stop by the Penarth Pier Pavilion to take part in locally hosted exhibition and activities which include music festivals and theatre showings or grab a bite at a local café along the promenade after your relaxing seaside stroll.

Gower, Swansea There’s no better way to unwind than a getaway to the beautiful Welsh countryside. Pitch My Tent offers luxury camping holidays along the breath-taking coastline of Gower Peninsula and even provides all the camping essentials needed. This means setting up the tent and providing a comfortable living space. So, whether you’re looking to glamp or have a traditional camping experience, Pitch My Tent promises a stressfree staycation by the stunning Oxwich Bay where you can explore the surrounding nature reserve and enjoy a refreshing swim in the sea.

Info: 029 2071 2100 / www.penarthpavilion.co.uk

Pontypridd Lido Ponty, the National Lido of Wales offers three outdoor heated pools and lots of water activities to keep the kids entertained. Book online to enjoy the fully restored 1920s Lido and all its activities – including paddle boats, giant inflatables, water zorbing balls and a splash pool for smaller visitors.

Alternatively take a leisurely dip in the 25m pool and soak up the sun on a deckchair. Make a day of it with a bite to eat at the Waterside Cafe or picnic in the stunning surroundings of Ynysangharad War Memorial Park.

LAKE VYRNWY HOTEL & SPA

Lllanwddyn, Powys Escape the busy city and head to Lake Vyrnwy for a breath of fresh air. This nature- surrounding getaway is perfect for those looking for time to unwind, rejuvenate and relax. Settled next to Lake Vrynwy, the retreat not only provides guests with a beautiful view but various water sports and activities that help to reconnect with nature. For those looking for more peace and serenity, try the pampering packages that include a range of exceptional spa treatments and massages.

Pitch my Tent

LIDO PONTY

Info: 07985 942265 / www.pitchmytent.co.uk

Info: 01691 870692 / www.lakevyrnwy.com

Info: 030 0004 0000 / www.visitrct.wales

SNOWDONIA SHEPHERD HUTS

Gwynedd, North Wales Inspired by the well-known village of Portofino, Portmeirion brings the picturesque Italian seaside town to north Wales. Other than the iconic architecture, scenic surroundings and luscious greenery, Portmeirion offers a variety of activities fit for all ages. Explore the unique village with by taking breath-taking walk or train tour or stop by the food and craft fair for thrifty homemade souvenirs and delicious delicacies. Tucked away in the countryside, this serene Welsh-Italian village will transform into your ideal home away from home.

Plas yn Rhos, Conwy Hidden away from the hustle and bustle of city life, Snowdonia Shepherd Huts is tucked up in the hills above Conwy Valley. An upgraded, more tasteful version of traditional camping, the shepherd huts are essentially a tiny home placed against the picturesque backdrop of Snowdonia National Park. All huts offer full amenities complete with a hot sauna, luxurious feather duvet and pillows and a lambswool double mattress, making this one of the most relaxing and luxurious staycations you will ever have. The large space of greenery that surrounds the huts also makes this an ideal place for exploring and adventure.

HUMBLE BY NATURE

Info: 01766 770000 / www.portmeirion-village.com

Info: 01690 710067 / www.snowdoniashepherdshuts.co.uk

Info: 01600 714585 / www.humblebynature.com

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Penallt, North Monmouth Get your hands dirty with a hands-on relaxation at Humble by Nature. Located in the Wye Valley, Humble

by Nature offers visitors a unique way to relax and connect with nature by providing courses that teach rural skills, cookery and everyday life on a farm. From classes teaching how to bee-keep, shear a sheep or some home butchery skills, the working farm represents a slower and more wholesome lifestyle. So, pick up your boots and head to Humble by Nature with an open mind for a day with adorable baby animals and delicious homemade meals.

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ADVENTURE Compiled by ANWEN WILLIAMS

SKYDIVE SWANSEA

Swansea Skydive Swansea gives you the chance to free fall from up to 12,000 feet. If you're looking for a real adrenaline rush, free falling at 120mph should do it. There are a few different jumps to choose from. The Tandem Skydive is the ideal jump, which falls from 12,000 feet – however, there is a Ground Rush Skydive, which falls from a lower height of 7,000 feet and is popular among those who want to try the jump at a lower price before taking part in the higher jump.

Price: £160-£230. Info: 017 9220 7035 / www.skydiveswansea.co.uk

Coasteering - Pic: Visit Wales

Windsurfing - Pic: Visit Wales

PEN Y FAN HIKE

Brecon Beacons An especially popular choice during the summer is climbing Pen Y Fan. With four ways to climb it, you can control how much of an adventure you want this one to be. The incredible scenery from the top is an extremely rewarding end to the climb. The routes vary in their difficulty, and are dog friendly, making it a great day out for the family.

Price: free.

Info: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

COASTEERING

CARDIGAN BAY WINDSURFING

Price: £40-£75.

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Price: £48-£205.

Info: www.cardiganbaywatersports.org.uk

Pembrokeshire Coasteering features a mix of activities for the ultimate water adventure. With a bit of shore scrambling, cave exploring and rock jumping, this adventure is perfect for families as well as adrenaline junkies. Coasteering is available in some of the most beautiful places in Wales, so you’ll be able to discover incredible wildlife and scenery while doing it. Coasteering is available in west Wales and on the Glamorgan Coast, so it’s worth having a search around near you.

CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL WHITE WATER

Cardiff As one of Cardiff’s top tourist destinations, CIWW is one of the only adventure experiences situated in the city itself. If you're looking for a fast-paced adrenaline filled experience, give this one a go. With a number of different river flows available, adventurers of all levels can enjoy this one. Here you can try white water rafting, kayaking, hydro speeding and hot-dogging.

Price: £40-£55. Info: 029 2082 9970 / www.ciww.com

New Quay A range of fun and exciting water sports are available along the Welsh coast, and one of the most exhilarating is windsurfing. Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. You can try a two-hour taster session, or a two-day course which consists of a mix of land and water based sessions to help you master all those important skills. Cardigan Bay is especially popular for water activities due to its dolphin and seal residents.

SAILING IN CARDIFF

Cardiff Bay Less than two miles from the city centre is Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre. Sailing courses include a choice of anything from a gentle cruise to a high speed ride, with a number of boats to choose from.

There are a wide range of courses to choose from, including starter courses, basic skills courses, better sailing, seamanship skills and racing courses. If you have already completed RYA Level 2, you have the choice of undertaking supervised sailing by yourself.

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Chepstow, Monmouth There’s no denying that Tintern Abbey is stunning.

Many an artist and poet have seen its magnificent walls and skeleton arches and been amazed. A ruin perched in solitude upon the banks of the Wye, the remains of 400 years of worship ended by the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. Even without knowing its story, one can feel the tribute to faith present in the Gothic stonework; you can stand by its pillars and hear centuries of Cistercian chanting, and feel decades of spiritual devotion endured in pious existence.

Newport An Iron Age turned Roman fortress turned Norman stronghold, seized during the Welsh rebellions and the English Civil War, and according to Geoffrey Of Monmouth, one of the most powerful cities in the Briton of Welsh king Arthur: Caerleon is absolutely dripping with history, like the Romano-Celtic remains in the village of Caerwent. The National Roman Legion Museum preserves the baths, amphitheatre, and Isca Augusta barracks, with a fun range of Romano-Celtic activities to enjoy year-round (ever wanted to try chariot racing?).

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St Fagans, Cardiff Within the grounds of St Fagans stands testament to every period of Welsh history since the Celts; a live museum, housing over 40 buildings from many different eras (local children will tell you tales of the Victorian School) including a Celtic settlement and a retro village (look for the old sweetshop). Craftsmen demonstrating their working days and the houses and allotments, sometimes all on the same street, give you an insight into centuries of Welsh people trying to enjoy their lives while making ends meet.

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Pontypridd The search for ‘black gold’ in our valleys sparked the Industrial Revolution and the coal hauled from the mines of Rhondda Cynon Taf was transported worldwide.

Explore the international story that unfolded in the Welsh Valleys at the Rhondda Heritage Park. The guided underground tour, interactive exhibitions and Energy Zone play area make for a fascinating day out for all ages. On Sat 29 and Sun 30 July, celebrate Miner's fortnight on their urban beach.

Info: 014 4368 2036 / www.visitrct.wales

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Machynlleth, Powys Owain Glyndwr very nearly secured independence from the English back in the 14th and 15th century, and remains the father of modern Welsh nationalism.

The town of Machynlleth is the ancient capital of Wales, where Glyndwr held his parliament due to the absence of an English castle, a symbol of oppression.

Nowadays, the building upon this site is a museum to Glyndwr and his legacy. This focal point in Welsh history should be a Mecca for proud Welshmen and history buffs alike.

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BIG PIT NATIONAL COAL MUSEUM

Blaenafon, Torfaen With so much ancient history in Wales, it’s easy to forget how coal and the pursuit of industrialisation changed the nation dramatically. The Big Pit is Wales’ premier tribute to the industry that still defines many Valleys communities, and briefly turned Cardiff into a global powerhouse. Visitors can find themselves 300 feet below ground in an actual mineshaft for the underground tour, and see firsthand the remnants of the industrial machine that built the British superpower.

Admission: free. / Info: 0300 1112333 / museum.wales/bigpit

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SKINDRED Luke Owain Boult speaks with Skindred lead vocalist Benji Webbe about playing Steelhouse Festival and how to protect live music in Wales.

What have you got planned for your Steelhouse set?

Destruction, beats, pain, sex, terror, all of the classic ‘dred anthems and plenty of twists and turns and a few mashups that we are known for. There’s no band like Skindred: love us or hate us you cannot deny we bring it live every time and it doesn’t matter if it’s in a club or a festival at the top of a mountain. We are Mike Tyson in his early years, whoever you put in front of us we will knock the fuck out.

Are you working on any new material?

Always, always, always. We’re a creative band of brothers and writing never stops for us as we always try to be better.

Where do you draw inspiration from?

Planet Earth, my friend. It’s been an inspiration to me from the day we were born and it will continue to offer us inspirations vast and wide.

What do you think it is about your live shows that people love so much?

From the very early days I’ve always enjoyed myself on stage. Fuck, I’ve been sat in a van cramped up for five hours and got to a club with 18 people in it and I always thought no matter what, I’m going to enjoy myself and I think that spirit is contagious. It pours from the stage to the audience. We never perform just another gig, we perform every show as a celebration of life.

Are you working on any other projects?

I¹ve just finished my first ever full-length reggae album that you can order online from my website, Spotify, iTunes and a few other places like that, but, if I were you I’d get the hard copy. It’s got some great artwork worth having in your collection.

If you want to hear the true roots of where my vocal inspiration comes from you¹ve

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got to get that album. It’s called I Haven’t Been Nicking In Ages. I’ve always wanted to do a record that was straight-up reggae, that had real summer vibes perfect for BBQs. I guess a little part of me thinks I’m black or something!

Are there any other bands at Steelhouse you're looking forward to seeing?

I like to catch most of the bands that we play with, support or headliners, but I’m quite excited to see a Welsh band called Florence Black. I believe they’ve got the goods and I’ll be there to catch them if I can. We’re playing a festival the night before in Germany, so we’re going to get on the tour bus as soon as our set’s finished and hightail it to Wales.

There's been a lot recently about threats to live music in Wales. What do you think the best way of protecting these venues and live music in Wales is?

It’s the same all over the country, it turns my stomach that venues that gave birth to the biggest bands in the world aren’t protected, but shut down for one piece of nonsense or another. Rock‘n‘roll ain’t noise pollution, it’s an industry that brings millions of pounds worth of revenue into the country. L\ocal councils need to wake up to the fact that they’re killing the opportunities of tomorrow’s superstars to play and learn the craft and they’ll never get to play in a dirty horrible dingy club.

What will you be doing after your set at Steelhouse?

Going to church and getting pissed, but maybe not in that order.

Steelhouse Festival, Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale, Sat 29 + Sun 30 July. Tickets: £85 both days/£50 per day. Info: www. steelhousefestival.com

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GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN

Rachael Hutchings speaks with Goldie Lookin Chain’s Rhys Hutchings about their plans for a new record and touring.

GLC have been consistently releasing new videos and songs in the past few years. What’s the plan for the follow-up album to Pill Communication?

We’ve finished recording the new album and it's really good. Well, I would say that!

I think Kings Of Caerleon was a really coherent album: some of the stuff we have put out have just been a collection of songs and not really an album with a sound, but Kings Of Caerleon was meant to be a crafted album and the new album is like that – crafted. It was going to be a disco album because I sampled and made a lot of disco beats, but there's only two or three disco tracks on there now. There is also a banging Craig David rip-off, or should I say homage, on there too.

What’s the funniest story you have from years of touring and making music?

We borrowed a few golf buggies at the Isle Of Wight festival and almost set off all the fireworks. When we were about to go onstage with Super Furry Animals, Billy was so drunk he rapped into a beer can instead of a mic. When we were playing before Toploader we had a stage invasion, broke the stage and they had to cancel the show. The best story, though, is the one about 2Hats going on holiday every year with the guy out of Kasabian. They bumped into each other in the airport, were going to the same resort and hooked up for drinks, but it got embellished to the point that they were thinking of buying a static caravan in west Wales together.

Who is the biggest pain in the arse when on tour?

Graham The Bear is a massive idiot on tour or just about anywhere. He really wants to do a song about a stag do and he needs to use the toilet every 10 miles when we go on tour. He has the most annoying dog called Eric which he has to take up to his mum's house before he can come to rap club. So basically, you have to give him a weeks' notice if you want to record anything. I keep blocking him on my phone and have to add his number again every time we do a gig.

Do you think that Wales will make it into the 2018 World Cup? Would you be interested in writing an official track for them if they did?

Too right, this is the best chance Wales have ever had! The Manic Street Preachers did the last one and it sucked. We are super ready to do a tune when they qualify. FA Wales do seem to have a bit of beef with us though, since that David Beckham incident.

Which GLC member is most likely to do something stupid and get themselves in a scrape?

Mystikal or Billy Webb are most likely to get themselves in trouble. We played a gig in Manchester and Mystikal was getting the train after to stay with a mate who lived one stop away. There was free bar, he fell asleep on the train, woke up in Bangor, had a fight with a taxi driver and nearly got arrested by the British Transport Police.

Billy once got lost at a festival in Switzerland and as we were about to leave for the airport he turns up on the back of a horse drawn cart – he had had the best time.

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Who are your biggest influences and role models – musically or otherwise?

Personally, it's Sammy Davis Jr. Musically Al Bowlly and The Dust Brothers.

If you could collaborate with anyone, who would GLC want to work with?

We were planning on doing a cover of Run DMC’s Walk This Way about 10 years ago, with The Darkness. I was talking to them the other day and we said we might actually finally do it once they had finished recording their album.

Legends of GLC: Goldie Lookin Chain, Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields, Neath, Fri 7 July. Tickets: £5. Info: www.youknowsit.co.uk

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ASPERGER’S ARE US

Noah Britton from Asperger’s Are Us, an American comedy troupe whose members are all on the autism spectrum, speaks with Luke Owain Boult about their upcoming tour and life after the Duplass Brothers documentary.

“We formed on the North shore of Massachusetts, USA in the summer of 2010 after New Michael Ingemi, Jack Hanke, and Ethan Finlan graduated from an acting/comedy summer camp where I was their counsellor,” starts Noah when asked about the group’s origins. “We joke to each other constantly, in the associational way that autistics do, and sometimes these jokes are good enough to say ‘hey, let’s make that a sketch!’, but sometimes New Michael and I write by ourselves, and will sit there and try to figure out the worst possible surprise for a child, or the most wholesome reason to register as a sex offender.”

Noah, like the rest of the troupe, is astoundingly funny, highlighting the importance of comedy in helping some on the autism spectrum to form bonds with others when the condition can make it difficult. Noah defines the group’s mix of heavy satire and surrealism as “Dark absurdist deadpan with a bit of wordplay thrown in”, creating almost Python-esque results, although when I asked about their source of inspiration he replied, “Bibendum the Michelin Man”. He continues “There’s a little improvisation, when we do crowd-work, or forget a line, but we’ve always felt that improv, like jamming in a band, should still be known as ‘practice’ rather than ‘performance’.”

Last year saw the release of the warmly-received Asperger’s Are Us documentary, which followed the troupe as they bonded and got ready for a big show. “We now drive around in individual helicopters rather than sharing one larger one,” Noah jokes. “Seriously, it’s why we got to tour Europe! Thanks a lot to all the people who saw the movie and asked us to come here!”

Have they been surprised by the reception they’ve received? “Oh yes! When our first interview came out in March 2011 we had no idea how popular we’d become. It wasn’t until many years later that we realised it was for the wrong reasons, and we’ve spent a long time since trying to clarify that we’re just a particular Aspie style of comedy, rather BUZZ 22

than some kind of charity or amateur comedians people see out of guilt.”

How would Noah like society at large to view autism?

“First, we’d want the autism spectrum to be defined more clearly. When the DSM V came out and eliminated Asperger’s, it was a step in the wrong direction, because they gave up trying to differentiate us. The light spectrum contains red and orange (among others), and these are distinct variations that most people can recognize, but at a certain point they become indistinguishable and called redorange. So it is with Asperger Syndrome and other forms of autism. Just because Asperger’s is sometimes not a hard cutoff doesn’t mean it NEVER is.

“We think Asperger’s is a cultural and psychological difference like being an INTJ on the Myers-Briggs scale is. INTJs can be too quick to judge or make decisions without considering alternatives first, but that doesn’t mean they have a disability, despite the problems that personality trait causes. That said, a whole lot of people with autism need a whole lot of help, and all of us need concrete explanations when we misunderstand neurotypical social norms, prepare time for changes, and a means of insulating ourselves from overwhelming sensory input.”

To end, I ask what plans they have after their tour, and their message to those coming to see them in Wales. “Passing away. Then a US tour for a month and some more video projects. Bring money! Come buy our shirts!”

Asperger’s Are Us, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 6 July.

Tickets: £10. Info: 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net; Gwyn Hall, Neath, Fri 7 July. Tickets: £10.

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WELSH PROMS Alec Evans takes a look at the pomp and ceremony to expect at the musical extravaganza that is this year’s Welsh Proms.

One of the highlights of Cardiff’s musical calendar, the Welsh Proms is back for 2017.

A staple of the Welsh music scene since 1986, it provides the city with eight days of the highest standard of classical music in the surroundings of St David’s Hall.

The central focus of the Welsh Proms is approachability for people of all ages, even those who are less familiar with orchestral music. “My job is to present music and different programmes to people,” explains artistic director and conductor Owain Arwel Hughes CBE. “Once people come along and hear what a symphony orchestra does, they can see and hear so many things happening, with the combination of instruments that make the sounds.”

He points to concerts such as the opening night’s Classical Extravaganza, a collection of shorter orchestral favourites by composers such as Fauré and Verdi. “They’re very accessible works by great composers, it shows off all different styles of music and encapsulates what the Welsh Proms has been about over all the years.”

An ever-changing phenomenon, we can expect a number of things from the 2017 season that we haven’t seen at the festival in the past. The Welsh Proms always commemorates important anniversaries, and this year it’s the turn of film composer John Williams, whose 85th birthday year is celebrated with a Night At The Movies concert, featuring his works ranging from Schindler’s List to Star Wars.

It’s also Classic FM’s 25th birthday, with a celebration of works from young composers.

This means we can expect to hear some Oliver Muxworthy alongside symphonic masterpieces by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. Hughes is a strong believer that the festival, which has previously featured commissions by Welsh composers like Matthias and Hoddinott, has an important role to play in providing a platform for composers who are less well known. “Paul Mealor at the moment has written a couple of works for me, and really is one of the outstanding Welsh composers that’s emerging.”

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written for the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Aberfan tragedy, and Bernard Kane Jr’s Mr Dahl, a work for Roald Dahl’s centenary. Hughes says, “Works aren’t usually done in isolation, there’s a reason for them and the public enjoy that.”

Also expect a strong set of performers, be that some of the UK’s very best orchestras like The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Welsh National Opera Orchestra, soloists including pianist John Lill and euphonium player David Childs, or The Cory Band and Massed Male Choir, all under the baton of Owain Arwel Hughes. The festival is also nothing if not varied; outside of traditional classical proceedings, there’s a folk prom, a jazz prom and regular Tiddly Proms, the latter a fringe event focused particularly on young children.

Engaging the younger generations, Hughes believes, is a key part of the future of music.

He reminisces, “I remember one young girl tugging at my leg and handing me a sweet at an early family prom. That girl grew up, came to the Proms, and is now married and bringing her own kids. That’s what it’s all about as far as I’m concerned.”

The week closes with The Last Night Of The Welsh Proms, a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra grand finale with a Welsh spin on its BBC Proms counterpart; Gareth Wood’s Songs Of Wales sit side-by-side with works like Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance. Despite some similarities to the BBC Proms, Hughes reinforces that the Welsh Proms are a different thing altogether, an almost entirely self-funded project in contrast to the BBCsponsored nature of the London counterpart.

For anyone unable to make it to Cardiff, you can hear the Welsh Proms broadcast on Classic FM. As anyone who has experienced a St David’s Hall concert can agree on though, there’s nothing quite like being there in person.

The Welsh Proms, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sat 22-Sat 29 July.

Tickets: £7.50-£32. Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.welshproms.com

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DANIEL SIMONSEN “I joined the student theatre in Bergen as a way to try to get over stage fright, and that eventually led to me trying standup,” starts Norwegian comedian Daniel Simonsen. “I think the Norwegian comedy scene is very good. It’s small but there’s lots of talent and many people I know can make a decent living from it there. I’m not completely part of the whole scene as I kind of started for full in London but I perform in my hometown of Bergen a few times a year.”

For those unfamiliar with Simonsen’s work, his deadpan self-deprecating style has won him rave reviews and awards for his appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since then, he’s had his own miniseries, toured with Simon Amstell, and had a reoccurring role on the Vic and Bob sitcom House Of Fools as Erik.

What similarities are there between British and Norwegian comedy? “It’s hard to tell but I think it's slightly different. Maybe the standup is a bit more gag-based in the UK. But British comedy is very popular in Norway. They would show all your comedy shows on TV like everything from Monty Python, The Office or Da Ali G Show. In general, I think Norwegians have a great sense of humour. Growing up we would always joke and laugh a lot out in the streets.”

“It’s a mix of new and old stuff for a show I’m doing at The Camden Fringe in London in August,” he says about his new show. “At least for now that's what I think it will be. There seems to be a lot of stuff relating to teenage years. So, everything from skateboarding to people trying to avoid swimming because they are not stoked on their own bodies. Usually, something has to happen and then I talk about it on stage.

“So life and the world around me inspires me. I also find watching great artists in any art form highly inspiring. Currently improvisation plays quite a big part in the show. I used to be very stuck on the wording but lately I’ve been trying to work it out more on my feet.” LUKE OWAIN BOULT Daniel Simonsen, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Mon 31 July.

Tickets: £6. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

THE ADDAMS FAMILY Having debuted in America in 2009, the musical comedy The Addams Family is finally being produced in the UK, arriving in Cardiff at the beginning of August.

The story focuses on the now grown-up Wednesday Addams, having fallen in love with a sweet young “normal” American boy. With his family set to meet the Addams, presumably some fish out of water gags involving Les Dennis’ Uncle Fester, and a certain sentient severed hand, will ensue from the clash of these two very different family groups.

Not carrying any plot threads from the television programme of the 60s, nor the Barry Sonnenfeld-directed films from the 90s, the musical is instead based on the original characters who debuted in the comic strips of Charles Addams in 1938.

The story then, featuring an older depiction of Wednesday in the throes of love and belting out Broadway tunes, may prove jarring for those expecting the musical to be more in keeping with previous adaptations they have seen.

Reviews have been somewhat mixed so far, with some papers criticising the flimsy plot. Indeed, the storyline does seem a little thin for a two-act musical featuring 20 songs. A performance of When You’re An Addams on a recent episode of Tonight At The London Palladium failed to impress: the choreography felt slightly awkward, and a lack of chemistry between Samantha Womack’s Morticia and Cameron Blakely’s Gomez was apparent.

Still, director Matthew White has experience in helming these kinds of loud Broadway-style shows, having worked on productions of West Side Story and Little Shop Of Horrors. The musical director, Andrew Hilton, will be working on a new production of Young Frankenstein in London this September, so the Gothic atmosphere of the show should be well handled. With Hilton and White having previously collaborated on a recent UK tour of The Producers, hopefully their track record together will pay off in a successful show. EDWARD LEE The Addams Family, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Tue 1-Sat 12 Aug. Tickets: £16.50-£39.50.

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MAGIC BUTTERFLY VR EXPERIENCE

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The Welsh National Opera is bringing a free, no booking required virtual reality experience to Cardiff Bay. Situated in a shipping container, it offers an opportunity to be immersed in Magic Butterfly, a VR reimagining of scenes from The Magic Flute and Madam Butterfly. The installation will be placed outside the Millennium Centre for four weeks before the shipping container is taken to Llandudno.

Returning to Cardiff from Sat 23 Sept-Sat 14 Oct, its tour culminates in an appearance at the V&A in London in January 2018.

Utilising Google Daydream technology, the experience will combine the use of motion capture, animation, and music to create a responsive VR session. Building from WNO’s 2016 digital light installation WNO Field, the company seems to be putting money where their mouth is in bringing opera into the 21st century. With the award-winning augmented reality and VR production agency REWIND hired to develop Magic Butterfly, it should be a rather polished experience.

The content of the experience is split into two rather different sessions. The first portion of the proceedings seems to stress the emotional reaction to opera through experiencing the visual and auditory power of an opera performance, featuring a recording of Un bel di from WNO’s own production of Madam Butterfly. The second half seems to focus on the physicality of opera. It is a more interactive fare, a recording of How soft, how strong your magic sound from The Magic Flute accompanying lion taming in a magical forest.

The differences in these two sessions showcase varied aspects of an operatic experience, and seem to appeal to various demographics. This is ultimately the driving force behind the project, being less an overt advertisement for the work of the WNO and more an effort to introduce what opera stands for to new audiences across the country. It should be a good time to experience some free VR, free opera, and perhaps feel a little more cultured upon leaving. EDWARD LEE Magic Butterfly VR Experience, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Fri 14 July-Fri 11 Aug. Admission: free. Info: 029 2063 5000 / www.wno.org.uk

CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS

Shining over a century of British comedy are the Footlights: the Cambridge University theatrical society that counts among its alumni some of the finest, and even the most groundbreaking, comic minds ever to have lived. Monty Python, Douglas Adams, The Goodies, Mitchell and Webb, Armstrong and Miller, Fry and Laurie, Mel and Sue... the list of household names that began life as theatricallyminded youths within the university is intimidating. Come July, shuffling their feet on a stage in Cardiff, will beam a new generation of Footlights.

Embarking on their international tour, the BAFTA and Oscar nominees of tomorrow will be stopping by Cardiff’s Glee Club to perform their newest oddball showing

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Dream Sequence. Expect intelligentlycrafted nonsense cut with the hilariously unpredictable: at their home turf of the ADC Theatre, offbeat sketches and skits regularly meet impromptu stand-up and singing, so those in attendance must prepare themselves to be completely unprepared. As current member and Dream Sequence performer Henry Wilkinson offers cryptically, “The best part is the interval.”

With the coming and going of students from the university comes leagues of potential new talent and an ever-shifting focus of discipline and ideas, the only constant being the incredible reputation of their output.

Among the temperament of the current lineup is an appreciation for diligent method in madness, a fervent order to chaos. “We want to be sensitive to the rhythms of the show,” says director Ellie Warr, explaining an ordered filing system of sketches ranging extensively from Surreal to Calm Down and Nightmare.

Regardless of heritage, simply placing giggly young adults together in a room with pen and paper overnight is never guaranteed to yield a comedy classic for the ages.

“It’s been a really long time in the making,” says Footlights performer John Tothill, referring to a writing process that began back in January. JASON MACHLAB Cambridge Footlights: Dream Sequence, Glee Club, Cardiff Bay, Tue 4 July. Tickets: £12. Info: 0871 4720400 / www.glee.co.uk

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O’r afalau yn y berllan i’r moch yn y tylciau, bydd yr Amgueddfa’n llawn blas a bwydydd traddodiadol o Gymru a thu hwnt.

A firm favourite in the St Fagans calendar – our Food Festival brings together the finest local producers and mixes them up with a feast of family fun and foodie treats.

See the Museum come to life with the traditional tastes of Wales as well as a few more exotic flavours.

Dros 80 o stondinau bwyd, diod a chrefft

Over 80 food, drink and craft stalls

Gwledd o weithgareddau i’r teulu

A feast of family fun

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EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEWS A month before the start of the world’s largest arts festival, Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre are showing a series of previews from well-established names in the Fringe. Kicking off the previews on Sun 9 July is Brendon Burns And Colt Cabana Do Comedy & Commentary To Bad Wrestling Matches. The Perrier Award winning comedian Brendon Burns joins forces with American professional wrestler Colt Cabana for the fifth year to watch, commentate and laugh at bad wrestling, with previous highlights including Kenny Omega fighting a sex doll for 15 minutes.

Running from Mon 10-Thurs 13 July, south Wales performance artist duo Mr & Mrs Clark perform F.E.A.R., a critically acclaimed autobiographical one-man show that focuses on the constructed fear society, religion and family that’s instilled into us

from childhood, asking the question: does the world want us to feel safe? By the alligator (crocodile?) mask the performer’s wearing I’m going to guess no.

From Tue 25-Fri 28 July, Dirty Protest, an awardwinning Welsh theatre company, present Sugar Baby, which tells the story of a small-time Cardiff cannabis dealer. Written by Alan Harris, this one-man comedy about dealer Marc trying to live up to his family’s expectations sees him disguise his cannabis plants with fake tomatoes at an allotment as he has to bail out his father to a loan shark, who he’s also involved in something of a love feud with.

On Wed 26 and Thurs 27 July, Notional Theatre present Well-Thumbed, which focuses on the filthiest (or most enjoyable, depending on your world view) parts of English literature, from the Bible to

D.H. Lawrence and Jane Austen. Brendon Burns returns on Fri 28 July, this time with comedian Craig Quartermaine in Race Off, a debate between the duo, who feel that the post-Trump and Brexit world needs a nuanced debate beyond “everything’s racist” and “racism doesn’t exist”.

Award winning Norwegian comedian Daniel Simonsen finishes things off on Mon 31 July with his preview show, sampling new material and improvisation on his painful teenage years. LUKE OWAIN BOULT

Classic cars and bikes and the military vehicles of yesteryear will join the mighty Spitfire and Hurricane alongside a Vintage Carnival of traditional sideshow acts for the whole family. As a weekender that

looks just as stylish as it sounds a right laugh, Vintage For Victory should be a doozy. Just don’t mention the war.

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Edinburgh Fringe Previews, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sun 9-Mon 31 July.

Tickets: £6-£12. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

VINTAGE FOR VICTORY In aid of Cancer Research UK and the pursuit of jolly good fun, Vintage For Victory is a throwback bonanza with a 1940s, 50s, and 60s theme. Dress-up is a must: gals and chaps are expected to go nuts with the fashion explosions from their favourite decade on offer. On the weekend of Sat 15 and Sun 16 July in the Library Gardens of Whitchurch Village, a legion of dandies, greasers, and hep cats will meet a sea of petticoats, big hair, and miniskirts.

The selection of retro-style bands and acts playing over the weekend are there to keep a toe-tapping, head-bopping, hip-shaking rhythm to a day filled with nostalgia about the good old days (just nobody mention the mass inequality, debt and national trauma from two devastating wars, a backdrop of racial tensions and lacking rights for minorities; just focus on the nice bits, like bunting) – good food with delicious food vendors, and vintage fashion racks and goods stalls. For those unafraid to lose their seat, beginner’s jiving lessons should pound some style into gifted shakers and dad-at-a-wedding shufflers alike. The names on the dance hall line-up will have vintage fans grabbed – the lovely Elle And The Pocket Belles, the twisting and hooting Rocket Joe Joe And The Old Time Bangers, the roaring soul of The Big What?! Band, and gentleman rap from Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, just a taster of an all-killer line-up ready to whisk you back to more innocent (read less affluent) times.

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Vintage For Victory, Library Gardens, Whitchurch Village, Cardiff, Sat 15 + Sun 16 July. Tickets: £15.

Info: www.vintageforvictory.co.uk

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DR SARAH BEYNON Luke Owain Boult speaks to Dr Sarah Beynon, scientist and founder of Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm about bugs, eating them, and being named as one of the Wales Year Of Legends’ Legendary People.

What is it that the Bug Farm does?

I founded Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm in 2013, with the strapline ‘Conservation through research, innovation and education’. The Bug Farm is a way of linking academic science, farming and education all at one site. Our work focusses on the importance of life in the undergrowth (namely invertebrates, or 'bugs') which underpins all our farming systems.

We put our research into practice on our 100-acre working farm and tell people all about it via our visitor attraction and on their plates in onsite cafe and restaurant, Grub Kitchen.

Year in Wales at the FSB Worlpay Business Awards.

The restaurant also serves more traditional, local and conservation-grade fare, including produce from our own farm.

We want diners to understand how to eat more sustainably and ethically whilst enjoying great flavours and innovative dishes. Think black ant crusted goat’s cheese and Bug Farm heritage beetroot salad and gourmet bug burgers, finished off with a mealworm-infused panna cotta and top-quality coffee and you’ll get the flavour of the restaurant!

How does it feel to be named as one of the Year Of Legends campaign's legendary people?

Extremely honoured and humbled to have been named, and to sit alongside so many extraordinary Welsh people. It did make me laugh that my father's comment was: “Surely you're not old enough to be a legend Sarah?”! I am thrilled that our research and vision is considered to be important and that as a result of this campaign, more people will be aware of just how awesome invertebrates are.

What do you think is behind people's aversion to bugs?

A lack of knowledge and the generally negative portrayal of them in the media and in our language.

Computer bug, tummy bug, you're bugging me... all negative terms using the word 'bug'. News stories about giant house spiders, bed bugs and wasps are commonplace, but where are the stories about spiders being awesome, parasitoid wasps helping us to control crop pests without chemicals, or dung beetles saving the UK cattle industry £367 million each year by removing dung from pastures?

Could you tell us a bit more about the Grub Kitchen?

Grub Kitchen is the award-winning onsite cafe and restaurant at the The Bug Farm, run by my partner, and top chef Andy Holcroft. It has been hailed as the UK's first restaurant specialising in eating insects (known as entomophagy) and was recently recognised as the Most Innovative Business Of The

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What's something fascinating about the bugs at the Bug Farm that they may not know?

Really, the question is what is not fascinating about bugs! Did you know that our leafcutter ants are exceptionally strong? They can carry leaf disks that would be the equivalent of us carrying an elephant

over our heads? Dung beetles can roll balls of dung that would be like us playing football with a ball that weighed the same as three and a half double decker buses full of people! Or how about that scorpions glow fluorescent blue under UV light and no-one really knows why!

A way to get even the most hardened bug-phobe to respect bugs is to ask them if they like chocolate.

Well, we wouldn't have chocolate without midges, as they pollinate the cacao tree, so try hating bugs now!

What local bugs do you think are most interesting and why?

Our local bugs are just as fascinating as their tropical relatives, you just need to know where to look for them, as they're often not quite as large and flashy. A human-sized tiger beetle would be able to run faster than the speed of sound, while ladybirds 'bleed' through their knees when they feel threatened. Victorians used to chew ladybirds, as this 'insect blood' was found to relieve toothache!

Our bees and other insect pollinators pollinate the food we eat, while our ground beetles will eat slug eggs! The best way to meet our native fauna is to turn your garden into a wildlife garden: plant flowers for pollinators, leave piles of dead wood and stones for ground beetles, and dig a small pond to meet the invertebrate monsters of the deep.

Info: www.thebugfarm.co.uk / Twitter: @thebugfarmUK

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by Keiron Self

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES ****

Dir: Matt Reeves (12A, 120 mins) The apes return after their Rise and Dawn with a full-on war against humankind which may bring us full circle to Charlton Heston’s original 1969 film, as the apes threaten to overrun the planet. Following the rather good Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Andy Serkis’ mo-capped Caesar defeated a challenge to his leadership, now he faces down Woody Harrelson’s vengeful Colonel who intends to wipe his intelligent ape kin off the face of the Earth. After enduring heavy losses with his simian brethren, Caesar has a moral quandary to face, does he become as murderous as his human aggressors or find the middle ground. Caesar takes a human girl under his wing, much to the surprise of his followers whilst the humans slaughter at will. As with the preceding movies and the original take on Pierre Boulle’s novel, this has plenty to say about the nature of humanity, whilst also delivering on epic battles. Larger in scale than its predecessors, this still manages to balance CGI with story in a satisfying way and with returning director Matt Reeves at the helm, the storytelling is assured. Classy monkey business.

Opens July 12

THE LAST WORD **

Dir: Mark Pellington (15, 108 mins) Shirley MacLaine adds some gravitas to this somewhat cheesy comedy drama as Harriet Laurel, a control freak who’s prevented herself from embracing life with her acid tongue. She employs Amanda Seyfried’s obituary writer to write her obituary before she dies.

Trouble is no one has a good word to say about her. So, MacLaine sets about making changes, reconnecting with a daughter (Anne Heche) that she hasn’t seen in 20 years, taking a poor inner-city child to rehabilitate (AnnJewel Lee Dixon) and becoming a radio DJ. This formulaic whimsy culminates in some touching moments as MacLaine assesses her life but what surrounds it is such cosy and obvious feel good swill that it doesn’t have any real force. This is MacLaine’s film: most of the other parts are one note including Seyfried’s unlikely surrogate daughter. Undemanding schtick lifted from dross by the still spry 82-year-old MacLaine. Opens July 7

THE BIG SICK ****

THE BEGUILED ****

Dir: Sofia Coppola (15, 94 mins) Sofia Coppola’s assured remake of the 1971 Don Siegel directed original starring Clint Eastwood has already won her plaudits at the Cannes Film Festival. Set during the American Civil War, Colin Farrell’s wounded Union soldier McBurney shows up in enemy territory, a girl’s seminary school in the South where sexual tensions soon simmer and boil over with violent results. The school is run by headmistress Martha (Nicole Kidman) and Edwina (Kirsten Dunst) and on discovering their wounded soldier they decide to do the Christian thing and help the enemy. Kidman does not hand him over to the Confederacy, as all are beguiled by this solitary male presence amidst their femininity, particularly the apparently precocious Alicia (Elle Fanning). However, when Farrell transgresses with one of the women in his midst, a violent outcome is assured. The cast are top notch in this seething melodrama, Farrell is equally as beguiled by his carers as they by him.

There is a strong feminist re-imagining of the original film and Thomas P Cullinan’s original novel, with Coppola handling the shifts from awkward hilarity to vengeance with skill. Played to the hilt in a dreamy Southern landscape, The Beguiled is very beguiling. Opens July 14

Dir: Michael Showalter (15, 119 mins) An initial culture clash romantic comedy turns into something far more resonant while not stinting on laughs in this excellent debut from writers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon. It’s your classic Pakistani guy meets American girl who falls into a coma and based on Nanjiani and Gordon’s real-life relationship. Nanjiani stars as a stand-up comic who falls for a heckler played by Zoe Kazan who subsequently contracts a mysterious illness. She is induced into a coma and Nanjiani finds himself bonding with her parents, an excellent Holly Hunter and Ray Romano, as his own family try to force an arranged marriage on him. Sensitively played with some daring jokes about race, this has heart as well as humour, managing to balance the mawkish with mirth and subtle political statements. Michael Showalter’s direction allows the cast and script to shine, making The Big Sick not bleuurgh at all. Opens July 28

STRATTON **

Dir: Simon West (15, 95 mins) Duncan Falconer’s series of novels about SBS hardass Stratton are brought to the screen by hack action director Simon West, who gave us the riotous Con Air, the dubious Tomb Raider and the execrable Expendables 2. Superman’s Henry Cavill was initially cast but replaced by the strangely always employed Dominic Cooper with straight to DVD results. Cooper, woefully miscast, plays the titular agent tasked to stop a biological threat released by drone over the city of London. A curiously accented Connie Nielsen is his boss and ex-Harry Potter alumnus Tom Felton, token American Tyler Hoechlin and Gemma Chan round out the ensemble as his team mates, battling funnily accented Thomas Kretschmann. Poorly scripted and executed with a bland leading man, messy action sequences and a cast that look a bit embarrassed, Stratton is a mess rather than a franchise starter.

Opens July 28

ALSO RELEASED JULY 2017: RELOAD (15) Action from India, with the usual blend of violence and romance. THE MIDWIFE (12A) Catherine Deneuve shines in this drama about a midwife who is contacted by her father’s old mistress. Yes, it’s French. TOMMY’S HONOUR (PG) Jason (son of Sean) Connery directs this tale about the history of golf. A classy cast including Sam Neill and Peter Mullan shout “Fore!”. DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE (15) Documentary about that auteur and master of the unsettling and baffling David Lynch and his creative process. There may be log ladies.

CITY OF GHOSTS (15) Stirring documentary following a group of activists battling against ISIS once their homeland of Raqqa was taken over. Sobering stuff. LITTLE BIRD’S BIG ADVENTURE

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING ****

Dir: Jon Watts (12A, 130 mins) After an unnecessary, dull reboot with Andrew Garfield replacing Tobey Maguire in the spider suit, Marvel’s enduring superhero has been handed back to Marvel Studios. This means the web-crawler can now interact with all the other superheroes in the burgeoning interconnected franchises as witnessed in Captain America Civil War, where Tom Holland’s take on the arachnid avenger was a highlight. We are spared another retelling of the origin story and leap straight into the action with Peter Parker finally being played by an actual teenager. He already has his powers, been bitten by that radioactive spider and is under the tutelage of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark. He’s desperate to impress and be a part of the Avengers, but Stark wants him to remain a friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.

Which he does... sort of. Michael Keaton’s vengeful businessman Adrian Toomes won’t allow that, however: utilising discarded technology from the detritus of various battles, he has created a supervillain persona – the Vulture, one of SpiderMan’s enduring foes in the comics. With warmth, wit and old-fashioned fun, SpiderMan does battle, Holland nailing the character and providing laughs as well as thrills in a rousing instalment. Spidey senses are very much a-tingle. Opens July 5

SONG TO SONG **

Dir: Terrence Malick (15, 129 mins) The director of Badlands and The Thin Red Line returns with another ponderous, over hashed tale of meandering characters, this time meandering in the music scene of Austin, Texas. To The Wonder and Knight Of Cups, Malick’s most recent films, have had plenty of twirling camerawork and listless characters you can’t really care for. This, unfortunately, is more of the same, following Rooney Mara as a listless estate agent, Ryan Gosling as a pure of heart musician and Michael Fassbender as a dodgy producer. Two love triangles broadly intersect, with Natalie Portman shining in one of them as we follow these beautiful people laughing together and being bored and breaking up and not much else. The attempts at profundity seem laboured despite the best efforts of the cast, but the fluid structure ultimately frustrates. Malick is a gifted film-maker who seems to have neglected storytelling for navel-gazing. Opens July 7

HOUNDS OF LOVE ****

DUNKIRK ****

Dir: Christopher Nolan (12A, 118 mins) War films don’t come much more epic than this. Christopher Nolan, director of the Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar, turns his considerable skills towards this tale of heroic mass evacuation, a pivotal moment in 1940 during World War II. Four hundred thousand Allied troops were stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk as the German army advanced, but between 26 May and 4 June, 338,000 were rescued, aided by ordinary fishing boats and pleasure boats that came to offer their help to the Navy and the Air Force. Piloting one of those boats is Mark Rylance, who has to deal with Cillian Murphy’s cowardly soldier, while in the air Tom Hardy once again wears a mask to muffle his voice for Nolan as a Spitfire pilot engaging in dog fights with the Luftwaffe, whilst acting newcomers Harry Styles (off of One Direction) and Fionn Whitehead are amongst the young soldiers waiting to be saved. Kenneth Branagh is also on ensemble duties as a naval commander in the defeat that was also a victory. Shot with customary verve by Nolan, this will be a war movie with intelligence as well as action and a slice of history made heartstoppingly real, imbued with real Dunkirk spirit. Opens July 21

Dir: Ben Young (18, 108 mins) Gruelling abduction drama from Australia that veers into torture porn territory but manages to subvert and add depth to what could have been mere exploitation.

Apparently normal couple Evelyn and John White played chillingly by Emma Booth and Stephen Curry abduct 17-year old Vicki, an excellent Ashleigh Cummings. It’s not the first time they’ve brutalised and killed, but it may be their last as the captor/captive relationship takes disturbing turns with Cummings exploiting cracks in her captor’s relationship and using them to her advantage. Grim and brimming with tension from the off, director Young’s film continually unsettles. The performances of the central trio are unnervingly intense, the camerawork ratcheting up the fear with its languid long movements and the twists of the plot providing no formulaic answers. If you can bear it, this is a top-notch thriller, don’t go expecting a version of the Kate Bush song. Opens July 7

CARS 3 ***

Dir: Brian Fee (PG, 109 mins) After the disappointing spy-based bloat of Cars 2, this franchise seemed to very much have a flat tyre, whether this back to basics Rocky-esque sequel will re-inflate said tyre is based on the mechanics of this threequel. Owen Wilson once again voices Lightning McQueen, the red car desperate to prove himself in the changing world of racing. Following a dramatic crash, he has to start again from the beginning, using new technology and the support of old friends to enter the Piston Cup race and beat off the arrogant stylings of Storm, voiced by Armie Hammer. It’s all very familiar stuff – state-of-the-art CGI and racing footage cannot disguise the fact that Pixar need to stop doing so many sequels and come up with the original ideas that once made them trailblazers in family entertainment.

Still, vroom, vroom. Opens July 14

(PG) A sparrow thinks he’s a stork in this so-so animated family adventure... you know, for kids. MONSTER ISLAND (PG) More so-so CGI stuff with a boy who turns into a monster. Dire and predictable. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (PG) Based on the phenomenally successful superhero books, two kids hypnotise their headmaster into believing he’s a superhero. Voices of Kevin Hart and Ed Helms do shouting amidst the lacklustre laughs. GIRLS TRIP (15) Raucous road trip to New Orleans yields life lessons and romance for four friends in formulaic comedy drama with Jada Pinkett Smith and Regina Hall. FRESIA (12A) Multi-narrative family drama that interweaves Muslim family life and radicalisation via Islamaphobia and prejudice.

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OUTDOOR EATS What with the lovely weather and the British inability to build well-ventilated buildings, Elouise Hobbs makes the most of the summer and lists some of the best places to grab a bite to eat in the great outdoors.

OAST, SAUNDERSFOOT

THE FIG TREE, PENARTH

What more could you want from an outdoor eatery than a beautiful beach metres away, award winning food and comfy chairs? That is exactly what Coast offers, as well as tasty snacks and great ice cream.

Once a beach shelter when Queen Victoria was still on the throne, this restaurant has been fully restored and has become a favourite spot to stop off on the promenade for somethings to eat. The inside is large and decorated with throwbacks to its history without feeling old-fashioned. However, on a sunny day, the outside seating area is where you want to be. Shielded from the wind by a colourful roof, it’s a great place to enjoy one of their freshly prepared seafood dishes while looking out over the ocean.

Info: 01834 810800 / www.coastsaundersfoot.co.uk

PIZZA TIPI, CARDIGAN This unique spot is located under a bridge and next to the River Teifi in Cardigan and feels like it wouldn’t be out of place in the pages of a design magazine.

The tipis look beautiful as the sun sets over the river and once the evening starts getting cooler, you can snuggle up to one of the open fires. And we haven't even started on the food – the wood-fired handmade pizzas are made fresh to order and can be enjoyed with salad, coffee, cake, or if you would prefer a local craft beer or wine.

Info: 01239 612259 / www.pizzatipi.co.uk

DYLAN’S, CRICCIETH This is one of two restaurants by the same owners; both offer extensive menus with an emphasis on homemade and local produce. Recommendations include their homemade cakes to their sourdough pizzas and seafood platters which are made to share.

From the restaurant, you get stunning views of Criccieth and the water, especially at sunset.

Info: 01766 522773 / www.dylansrestaurant.co.uk

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Info: 029 2070 2512 / www.thefigtreepenarth.co.uk

LANGLAND’S BRASSERIE, SWANSEA Priding themselves on providing the best tastes and quality from locally sourced products, Langland’s Brasserie has created quite a reputation. Located right on the beach – you can take a few steps and be on the sand – they not only have a wonderfully tasty menu, they provide the experience of enjoying food at the beach without having to pick sand out of the main course.

Info: 01792 363699 / www.langlandsbrasserie.co.uk

Taking a slice from the Just Eat/Deliveroo market, UberEATS has launched in Cardiff. All payments (including fixed delivery charge of £2.50) and order tracking are done via the specific UberEATS app. While their 30 minutes average delivery time is attempting to one-up their competitors, the only way UberEATS seems to genuinely differ from them is in having no minimum spend requirement for a takeaway order.

Their current delivery area in Cardiff is restricted to Cardiff Bay, the city centre and the districts on its outskirts, so make sure to check the shaded map on their site before getting too excited about them delivering to you.

Info: www.ubereats.com/cardiff

CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL Back for this summer, the festival promises its usual mix of samples, stalls, and street food. The regular areas of the festival will be in full effect, Roald Dahl Plass taken up with the stalls from food producers across Wales and the globe for you to purchase goods from. For a spot of lunch there is the Street Food Piazza, just outside the Plass and stretching along by the Pierhead building.

And that’s not to forget the drink, including the champagne bar on the water’s edge. While the festival has nothing overtly new announced for this year, it remains a dependable and quintessential start to the Cardiff summer.

Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff Bay, Fri 14Sun 16 July. Admission: free. Info: 029 2087 2087 / www.cardiff-events.com

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PLACES TO GET FIT FOR SUMMER AT SHORT NOTICE Too late to stun the public with your summer bod after a winter of gorging on shepherd’s pie? Lorria Sahmet screams ‘NO!’ and provides this healthy list.

CRUMBS KITCHEN

Prep for the summer weather with a relaxing meal at Crumbs. With cafes in both Cardiff and Swansea, the family-run business dishes up vegan and vegetarian food made with organic ingredients. Start the day fresh with fluffy scrambled eggs and work your way down their delectable menu. Also worth trying out is their pick and mix salad bar.

33 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff / 2 Gwydr Square, Swansea Info: www.crumbskitchencardiff.co.uk

THE MOOS

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day and The Moos have found the way to make it better and healthier. Set up as a grab-and-go café, the coffee and juice bar has delicious juices and smoothie bowls packed with fruits and superfoods. The café also has a vegetarian take on a pulled pork bun along with paninis, salads and wraps.

112 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff Info: www.themooscoffeeandjuice.co.uk

MILGI

Plant-based eating doesn’t only have to be salads and grains. Cardiff’s Milgi invents unique vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes that are packed with flavour and healthy nutrients. From traditional Sunday roasts to favourites like smashed avocado on toast, plus delicious guilt-free desserts, Milgi takes healthy eating to a whole new level.

213 City Road, Cardiff Info: 029 2947 3150 / www.milgicardiff.com

THE PLAN CAFÉ & BAR

Nourish your mind and stomachs at The Plan’s Café and Bar. Tucked away in the centre of Cardiff and away from the busy streets, the small but quaint café serves up irresistible dishes by the surrounding relaxing atmosphere. With their generous portions and tasty flavours, welcome the warm weather with a refreshing tea from their extensive collection or have a nibble of their range of burgers, sandwiches and baguettes.

28-29 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff Info: 029 2039 8764 / www.theplancafecardiff.co.uk

QUAY STREET KITCHEN

Quay Street Kitchen fixes up some of the best sandwiches around. Not to be missed is their grilled cheese on sourdough along with their homemade soups, made fresh every day. As a healthy ‘food to go’ outlet, the café’s ‘Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bread’ pun represents the café’s support for local independent suppliers.

Quay Street, Cardiff Info: 029 2934 4900 / www.facebook.com/quaystsandwichbar

HAZELNUT AND ORANGE BROWNIES Words FFIONA MILLS

INGREDIENTS PESTO • 375g white caster sugar • 75g cocoa powder • 275g salted butter, melted and cooled • 4 large eggs

• 100g self-raising flour • 100g plain chocolate, chopped into small chunks • 100g hazelnuts, skins on • 1 medium orange, washed

METHOD 1. Preheat the oven to 180/160°C fan. Place the hazelnuts on a baking tray and toast in the oven for approximately 10 minutes or until their skins blister.

2. While the nuts are toasting, grease a 12 x 9 inch / 23 x 30cm traybake and line with baking paper.

3. Once the hazelnuts are done, place them in a tea-towel, cover and leave for 10 minutes. The steam helps to loosen the skins, which should mostly come off after rolling them around in the tea-towel.

4. When the hazelnuts are (mostly) blanched, chop them chunkily.

5. Next, place all of the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and combine thoroughly.

6. Beat in the eggs and cooled, melted butter. Stir in the chocolate chunks, chopped hazelnuts and the zest of the orange, as well as the juice of half of the orange.

7. Place the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Pop in the oven for around 40 minutes, or until a skewer placed into the cake comes out mostly clean (this will ensure the brownies remain {slightly} gooey).

8. Leave the brownies to cool in the tin before turning out and cutting into 12 pieces.

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Tafwyl

DEPOT IN THE PARK

J U LY F O O D I E FOCUS

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Words JANE COOK www.hungrycityhippy.co.uk

ward-winning Cardiff blogger Jane Cook ( o f h u n g r y c i t y h i p p y. c o . u k ) r o u n d s u p f i v e of this month’s most interesting, must-tr y food & drink events that the city has to offer.

Tafwyl at Llandaff Fields – Sat 1 + Sun 2 July This year, Cardiff’s Welsh arts and culture festival will take place in Llandaff Fields, featuring a mix of the biggest names in Welsh culture and sport. Food promises to be a huge part of this year’s celebrations, with the Milgi pop-up restaurant joining for the first time, more street food stalls and lots of tasting sessions in the food and drink marquee. Guests include Imran Nathoo (from Masterchef), Purple Poppadom, Curado Bar and Science Cream. Entry is free; for more info see tafwyl.org R’n’b Class And A Glass at Tramshed – Sun 2 July Enjoy a fun, high intensity workout to an old-skool r’n’b soundtrack, and then reward yourself with a refreshing post work-out glass of bubbles , with the option of staying on and buying brunch, too. The ‘Tramshred’ series of music-led exercise classes even feature a live DJ. For tickets, visit: www.fatsoma.com/class-and-a-glass Cardiff Gin Club at Lab 22 – Thurs 6 July Run by food bloggers and gin lovers Nicky Batchelor and Llio Angharad, Cardiff Gin Club aims to showcase the best of craft gin

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in Wales, the UK and further afield, in the Welsh capital. Tickets for the first ever event are £25 a head which includes a cocktail on arrival, a gin masterclass with Brockmans Gin, some tasters and a goodie bag. For tickets, visit: cardiffgin.club Roath Yard Pop Up off City Road – Sat 22 + Sun 23 July After the success of the June event, this block party-style event will return to the disused dairy on Roath’s City Road, bringing together a variety of the city’s best street food traders along with street art installations and a vintage kilo sale.

For more information see: www.streetfoodcardiff.com

A brand new festival, Depot In The Park focuses on two things: live music and street food. From Depot, the hosts of the Street Food Social and Bingo Lingo, they will be bringing some of their own events to the festival, including Ginstock, Taco & Tequila, and Pizza & Prosecco. Marketed as an old-fashioned event aimed at families, the tickets are on sale now.

DEPOT was established in a former warehouse on Dumballs Road in 2015 and has since built up a reputation for hosting creative events and celebrating the city’s expanding foodie traditions. Similar in style to foodie venues in London, New York, and Barcelona, and with a similar ambience to Budapest’s ruin bars, DEPOT has gone from strength to strength in Cardiff.

Fom secret speakeasy pop-ups to food festivals that have engaged with the city’s diverse communities, it seems natural then to take the next step and venture out of the warehouse with a festival to celebrate this spirit.

POP UPS The Pork Society That Fish Guy Ffwrnes Pizza Doughboys Pizza The Early Bird Brother Thai Science Cream South Street Kitchen Viva La Toasted + more TBC LIVE ACTS

Yuko Harris at Waterloo Tea Penarth – Sat 29 July The final in a series of three ‘seasonal Japan’ supper clubs promises guests a chance to enjoy four small side dishes, cooked fresh using vegetables, a meat or fish main dish, a plate of vegetable sushi rolls or rice and a bowl of traditional miso soup. Tickets cost £18 a head and are available at: www.waterlootea. com/collections/gifts/products/yukothecommon-may-june-july

Soul II Soul The Sugarhill Gang The Hackney Colliery Band Greg Wilson The Mariachis SSE SWALEC, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Sat 5 Aug. Tickets: £15-£30.50. Info: 029 2034 1199 / www.depotcardiff.com

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SEAFOOD SHACK

MEZZA LUNA

REGENCY 59

City Road, Cardiff. 029 2047 2772 / www.mezzalunacardiff.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere ***** Lebanese and Moroccan restaurant Mezza Luna, opposite the Roath Park Inn, is surely one of the best not just on City Road, but in the country, a point proven by it recently being named in the British Kebab Awards as the best kebab house in Wales.

Upon entering we were greeted by friendly staff and a smart, well-designed layout, and were shown to our table and we choose from the wide choice of hot and cold mezze, as well as some za’atar and olive oil dip with Lebanese flatbreads to tide us over. We go for warak inab (stuffed vine leaves), cheese sambousek (cheeses in fried filo pastry) and sujuk (beef sausage) and halloumi.

I also select a lovely Lebanese white wine (Domaine Wardy Clos Blanc, 2012), the inclusion of the region’s rich history of beer and wine is proudly shown off, something that no other Middle Eastern restaurants really seem to do in the city. The mezze are the perfect size – not too big to fill you up should you decide to have a main, but not too small to leave you feeling like you haven’t had your money’s worth.

For mains, I go for the meshawi (mix grill, featuring lamb, beef, and chicken), while my dining partner goes for shish taouk (chicken kebab). The meat is cooked to a superb standard – soft, tender, and beautifully flavoured – and the shish taouk with aioli is one of the finest bites to eat in the city.

To finish, I opt for Arak Touma, a traditional anise spirit similar to ouzo along with a halva chocolate brownie. An unparalleled Middle Eastern food experience in Cardiff. LUKE OWAIN BOULT

High Street, Cardiff. 029 2167 5746 / www.seafood-shack.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere ***** Despite taking inspiration from the food shacks in Florida and California, Seafood Shack shows off the seafood that plays an important part in Wales’ cuisine, and is underrepresented in the Welsh capital. Situated in the former location of Cranes, its transformation is the first thing to strike you. It features a ‘shanty tavern’ with a range of cocktails, beers, spirits and wines; a nautically-themed restaurant with both traditional and innovative dishes; a champagne and oyster bar, and I heard mention of a takeaway area as well.

My dining partner and I are swiftly shown our table and browse the extensive wine list: we go for a reasonably cheap one, but are astounded by the quality of the wine. The Menai Mussel Pot – taken from an area internationally famed for its seafood, and especially its mussels – is prepared in a white wine and cream sauce that compliments their delicate flavour. My partner’s woodland garlic mushrooms are well flavoured with just the right level of garlic.

Next up, the mains. We are told the menu is limited due to them not wanting to rush the launch (this is in mid-June), but there’s still a large selection to choose from. My partner chooses salmon on the ‘plancha’, a type of grill, served with white wine sauce and chips from the Victorian chip bar, mushy peas and tartar sauce. I couldn’t resist the lobster burger, made using sustainable lobster from Tenby: quite a sight to behold, topped with crispy calamari and guacamole. This wasn’t a way I’d ever have thought of preparing lobster, but it’s juicy and, despite my expectations, there isn’t too much going on on the plate.

The Seafood Shack is an ambitious celebration of our seafood heritage, not too pricey and is a good venue for a variety of occasions. LUKE OWAIN BOULT

Cross Street, Abergavenny. 01873 859962 / www.regency59.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere **** Billed as a modern take on both Nepalese and Indian cuisine, Regency 59 is an unassuming restaurant in the centre of Abergavenny. Located next to the market, it focuses on using locally sourced ingredients.

Invited to select our own table by friendly and efficient staff, we’re able to enjoy our meal in relative privacy in the initially quiet restaurant. The evening menu largely consists of a range of Indian food, although there are options tailored for British palettes. The range, wisely not exhaustive, focuses on a selection of food that values quality over quantity. Provided with complimentary poppodoms and chutneys as we perused the menu, we opt for onion bhajis and vegetable samosas to start. The bhajis, thoughtfully presented in a wire pot enabling them to remain crisp, are wonderful. Delicately spiced, and freshly made, the portion is generous but not overwhelming. The samosas, again presented well, are complemented with Greek yogurt, although this overpowers the seasoning slightly.

Our palettes cleansed by the mango sorbet provided, we quickly move on to our mains.

Ordering the Sugar Loaf special daal (a saag daal), with lemon rice, lamb rogan josh with mushroom rice (an off-menu option) and a garlic naan to share, we are gifted additional poppodoms to enjoy. The portion sizes are again generous, and wellpresented; the daal is simply seasoned, allowing for a gentle build of spice and flavor.

The naan is particularly tasty, with a good amount of garlic allowing for a welcome strong flavor. Too full for dessert, we finish our meal there, although perhaps next time we may opt for the chocolate cake or ice cream.

An enjoyable experience, with attentive but never intrusive service, Regency 59 has much to recommend itself. A succinct, and thoughtful menu, the restaurant aims to provide fresh, creative food and does so well. SIOBHAN DENTON BUZZ 39

art

S.W.P.A.: A SUMMER EXHIBITION Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay Mon 10-Sat 21 July The Norwegian Church opens its doors to a contemporary fixture, the fittingly titled Summer Exhibition by Welsh artist collective S.W.P.A. featuring a variety of mediums and visual styles, but finding a common theme in the beauty of south Wales in the summertime.

Posts from as early as Spring, where the first strokes of burgeoning summer can be starkly seen against the otherwise permanent freezing raincloud Wales houses most days of the year, capture the works of the artists in progress as they simultaneously battle sodden clothes and sunburn in places of outstanding natural beauty. Silvia Hughes-Williams, while on location in Dyffryn Springs, displays her vibrant ink pieces, simultaneously technically neat and joyfully flowing as a tease of what is to come.

Sue McDonagh, on the other hand, is shown to use a tamer palette of pastel colours in her impressionist paintings, a collection of works on toddlers curiously investigating the beach being an example. Through paint one retains the sense of a late afternoon, the air beginning to turn cold, but the adventures being far from over. The works would bring a tear to the eye of anyone who grew up on the beaches of Wales.

Admission: free. Info: 029 20787 7959 / www.norwegianchurchcardiff.com (JM) BUZZ 40

JOSEF HERMAN (1911-2000): CONFLICT AND SANCTUARY

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Until Mon 28 Aug When people have been fleeing conflict and war, Wales has been a welcoming beacon.

The realist painter Josef Herman was born into a poor Jewish family and with his father being a cobbler, the theme of manual labour always resonated with him. Leaving Poland because of anti-Semitic persecution, Herman sought shelter in the UK during WWII, eventually settling in Ystradgynlais for more than 10 years.

The close-knit coalmining community made him feel welcome. The émigré acquired the nickname ‘Joe Bach’ for his small stature. Herman loved observing working people – including fishermen and grape pickers – but he became most acclaimed for his studies of coal miners.

In 1951, Herman was commissioned to paint a mural for the Festival of Britain.

The six-panel piece is entitled Miners, which is in the permanent collection and on display here; it depicts six men resting above ground after their shift, the scale of the painting shows Herman’s deep respect for them and their dignity. In 1962, he won the gold medal for art at the National Eisteddfod; in 1981, he was awarded an OBE and was elected to the Royal Academy Of Arts in 1990.

Alan Holland and Bryan Halliday are local aficionados of the artist. “He was able to capture a culture that was diminishing, the essence of their life and his affinity with them,” says Holland. Halliday thinks Herman “presented [the people and miners] honestly, with a degree of compassion. No frills.” With his representational style Herman concentrated on shape and form. His paintings, rich in rusts, orange, gold and red, show his affinity with masters like Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Goya.

John Upton, former Education Officer at GVAG, has written: “Although often dark, his paintings have a warm glow to them and this is achieved by underpainting light, bright colour then building up slowly with darker tones so that the life of the picture radiates from within.”

Admission: free. Info: 01792 516900 / www.glynnviviangallery.org RHONDA LEE REALI

DANIELLE SULLIVAN: BLODEUWEDD

Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay Mon 10 July-Sun 1 Oct Those visiting the foyer of the Craft In The Bay Gallery on Danielle Sullivan’s first day of residency will be met immediately with a garden of intricately beautiful, magical paper flowers. The next day, should a visitor return to the church and step through its front doors again, they might be amazed to see that the paper flowers have grown overnightbuds into blossoms, stems outstretched, leaves branching out, as if seeking light.

Rhondda paper artist Danielle Sullivan plans to install, and then over five days ‘grow’, a stunning garden of intelligently-designed and delicatelystructured flowers, a wild garden of art based on the nine wildflowers that were combined by the magicians Gwydion and Math to create the fairest maiden of them all, Blodeuwedd, from the Mabinogi legend.

Recycling paper from books in Welsh text, Sullivan will craft her own take on meadowsweet, bean, primrose, nettle, chestnut, broom, oak, cockle, and hawthorn, in the hopes of recreating the spirit of the ancient myth. In workshops held on Sat 15 July from 2-4pm, and Sun 16 from 1-4pm, visitors can learn to make paper flower sculptures.

Admission: free. Info: 029 2048 4611 / www.makersguildinwales.org.uk (JM)

AGATHA CHRISTIE: A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS

National Museum Cardiff Until Sun 3 Sept Wales’ best-known museum is putting on an exhibition for one of the most popular, and widely published, writers of all time, Agatha Christie. The display will include many items from her personal belongings to her personal letters to friends and relatives as well as photographs of the woman who inspired so many but lived a very much private life.

Taken largely from her personal collection, these pieces are rarely on display, and show how Agatha the child grows into the internationally acclaimed author who is still studied in classrooms around the world. Each image in the collection is accompanied by a personal quote that has been taken from both her personal letters and published works. This helps to capture her feelings and thoughts from a young age as she grows into a young woman who married, twice, and becomes a famous writer travelling the world and going on thrilling adventures.

All the photos sit alongside a timeline marking key milestones in her life including the first performance of the world’s longest running play, The Mousetrap, and the publication of definitive works such as And Then There Were None and Murder On The Orient Express.

Admission: free. Info: 0300 1112333 / www.museum.wales/cardiff (EH)

I MIGHT WANT TO SMILE

Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea Until Fri 22 Dec When you imagine Dylan Thomas’ later life, it’s hard to see the humour and laughter of the young boy who attended Swansea Grammar School.

This collection has been curated to show the humour of his work and make everyone laugh. It brings together pieces from the National Library Of Wales alongside pieces from the Dylan Thomas Centre to create a collection of pieces that have never before been seen together.

It includes poems from his school days to his later prose writing, as well as many doodles and drawings, to show how much he enjoyed creating pieces for people to enjoy. For the first time ever, the collection will also display a spoof of Under Milk Wood written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall for the BBC’s That Was The Week That Was. As some of the pieces are taken from his earlier life, the collection has a feeling getting to know Dylan Thomas personally, as many of these pieces were never meant for public display. Some of the best pieces include drawings he did as a child at school, which look like many other drawings by children, but even at a young age his wit and humour shine through the simple drawings.

Admission: free. Info: 01792 463980 / www.dylanthomas.com (EH)

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STREET SCENE

Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Mon 3-Wed 5 July Based on the 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of the same name by Elmer Rice, Street Scene was composed by Kurt Weill in 1946, with poet/author Langston Hughes supplying lyrics. Set in a New York City Eastside tenement over two swelteringly hot days, a plot including young love and marital infidelity comes to a boiling point. Weill called this American opera – a hybrid of traditional European opera and American musical theatre – and scoured the city to come up with ideas.

“This piece is just as relevant as ever,” says director Martin Constantine. “It’s his response to the America of the 1940s.

The central argument revolves around those who dream ‘The American Dream’, and those who refer to the past; themes that resonate from the recent American election. The set is dominated by the house, which can be seen as a cage, harbouring or crushing the dreams of those within it.”

“To question whether it really is an opera is to miss the point. What matters is that it is vividly done,” explains conductor Wyn Davies. “It has a blues number, a jazz number, a song and dance sequence, big scale romantic music. It’s hugely challenging for the performers as it’s stripped back to the bare words and emotions. There is nothing to hide behind.”

Tickets: £12-£20. Info: 029 2064 6900 / www.shermancymru.co.uk (RLR) BUZZ 42

GREASE

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Mon 17-Sat 29 July The world’s most popular musical is back in Cardiff this summer, just in time for some Summer Lovin’. Straight from the West End, this electrifying rendition of the film which defined the 70s, starring boyband The Wanted’s Tom Parker in his stage debut as Danny Zuko, is set to be a perfect, exciting summer holiday pick-me-up.

Described as the original high-school musical, this brand new tour will visit over 20 venues around the UK concluding in December later this year. This hit musical is also featuring even more fresh-faced talent in the form of EastEnders star Louisa Lytton as Rizzo and BBC’s Over The Rainbow winner Danielle Hope as Sandy, so this production will be filled with talent and vivacity. Danielle Hope is no stranger to the stage, having also played Eponine in a recent production of Les Miserables, The Sound Of Music and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

As for Over The Rainbow, she beat 9,000 other hopefuls for the starring role of Dorothy and won the 2011 Broadway World UK Award for Best Leading Actress In A Musical. She was also nominated for the whatsonstage.com Theatergoers Choice Award for Best London Newcomer.

Furthermore, a guest appearance from Jimmy Osmond – who can boast over 50 years of experience in showbusiness – as the Teen Angel will take us back to the 1950s feelgood vibes that Grease proudly brings wherever it goes. Grease is the perfect musical for a bop and a singalong to all the definitive songs from the original soundtrack, as well as other classic 50s tunes. The show will feature iconic hits such as You’re The One That I Want and Greased Lightning.

There are both evening and matinee performances available over the 10-day run, meaning that the show is suitable and accessible for all age groups and audiences, giving everyone the chance to step back in time, don a stylish leather jacket, and see Danny and Sandy’s love blossom all over again.

Tickets: £13-£44. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk RACHAEL HUTCHINGS / SARAH BOWDIDGE

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Oystermouth Castle, Swansea Wed 26 July One of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies comes to Oystermouth Castle this July. Presented by Illyria, a group of five actors who uniquely perform Shakespeare’s plays completely uncut, the play depicts two sets of identical twins, separated at birth. While the group adhere to Shakespeare’s text, they bravely update the setting and location to Mexico, complete with a 5-piece Mariachi band to provide the music, promising a truly unique production.

As in all of Shakespeare’s comedies, a tale of mistaken identity and numerous humorous coincidences set the narrative in place. Illyria are now in the 26th year of open-air touring, and have cultivated an international reputation for their inventiveness and quality of performance. Rather notably, Illyria’s artistic director has published numerous articles on verse-speaking, leading to various scholars praising the excellent nature of the group’s authentic Elizabethan presentation.

With the multiple roles shared by only five actors, part of the performance’s distinctive nature stems from the audience’s enjoyment of wondering how each role will be fulfilled with such a small cast.

Tickets: £6-£38. Info: www.swansea. gov.uk/oystermouthcastle (SD)

BRENDON BURNS AND COLT CABANA DO COMEDY AND COMMENTARY TO BAD WRESTLING MATCHES

Tiny Rebel, Newport, Fri 8 July; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sun 9 July Whilst he may be more well known for his searingly personal stand-up comedy, which over the years has veered from laceratingly confessional to furiously political to sweetly heartfelt, any convicted fan of Brendon Burns’ work will also know that the Aussie comic is also a die-hard wrestling fan who’s as likely to tail off mid-gig into a conversation about his favourite wrestlers as he is to admit to his worst failings, and make fun of both. Along with Colt Cabana, an indie wrestler on the US circuit, the duo work their way through a series of notoriously terrible wrestling matches, attempting to commentate their way through them and make some sense of the madness – previous entries include fights with a bear and a Kenny Omega enduring a 15-minute bout against a sex doll, and audiences are encouraged to bring their own videos!

Having spent five years doing the show in Edinburgh, refining their chemistry and presumably sitting through a fair share of godawful, head-thunderingly stupidly bad wrestling, Burns and Cabana are taking their show on tour around the UK. Admission: £10/£8. Info: 01633 216538 (Newport); 029 2030 4400 / www. chapter.org (Cardiff) (FT)

OUT OF ORDER

Grand Theatre, Swansea Mon 3-Sat 8 July If you're looking for the perfect postelection antidote then Out of Order needs to be at the top of your theatre list this month. Ray Cooney's 1990s farce is proof that jokes at the expense of elected officials never get old. Just as Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey's antics in Yes Minister are as relevant as they were over 30 years ago, Out Of Order could have been set on this spring's campaign trail. The aptly named junior government minister Richard Willey drops his secretary into deep water in order to save his own skin. The hapless George Pigden, played by Shaun Williamson, takes the flack for his boss's infidelity and everything else that gets thrown his way over two acts of uproarious comedy.

Cooney has been hailed as ‘the master of farce’ and with good reason. His plays have been a huge success in the West End where his most famous offering, Run For Your Wife, had a nine-year run. This tour promises to be a huge success with familiar faces from Only Fools and Horses and ‘Allo ‘Allo setting the comedy bar very high. Out Of Order isn't trying to be biting political satire but with all the lies, identity crises, bed-hopping and multiple entrances and exits, it may start to feel like it.

Tickets: £15.50-£27. Info: 01792 475715 / www.swansea.gov.uk/ swanseagrandtheatre (JPD)

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SUBMERGE SOUNDSYSTEM LAUNCH

Inkspot, Cardiff Fri 28 July The big news with Cardiff’s Submerge crew, whose playlists tend towards dubstep, jungle and other musics with ribsticking bass frequencies, is that their bespoke soundsystem is complete and ready to foist on the world. Accordingly, at the end of July they’ll drag it into Inkspot – the arts centre venue in a former church over Splott way – and put it through its paces with some seriously strict heads conducting the tests.

The two marquee names on the bill both come from Bristol, and drink deep from its history of bass culture and multiracial sonics. In the case of RSD [pictured], in fact, he’s done a lot to shape that history – as Rob Smith, he was one half of Smith & Mighty in the 1980s and 90s. The duo’s spin on dub, hip-hop, soul and house presaged and influenced Massive Attack and Portishead among many others, while his solo releases have embedded him into the dubstep scene which, again, his earlier productions anticipated.

Joining RSD in the main room will be Halcyonic & G Roots, a duo who describe themselves as, simply, “soundsystem music”. They’re slated to deliver a quasi-live set here, with a succession of dubplates fortified by trilling melodica and live saxophone (courtesy of Tailored Sound). The second room is on a junglist tip and features Ital Lion among others.

Tickets: £10/£8. Info: 029 2049 0254 (NG) BUZZ 44

Delete @ Gwdihw, Cardiff Sun 30 July When writing about music, beware the danger of getting caught up in the moment.

A lag of days, or even weeks, between you hitting ‘send’ and your verbiage being distributed to the wider world may make it seem outdated and irrelevant. A common blooper is when a review hails a song as being “just in time for summer,” or words to that effect, except by the time it makes it to print it’s started pissing down again, because we live in Britain.

It’s an understandable impulse, though, when the weather has so much to do with how we consume sounds. I’m writing this next to a window full of beautiful cloudless sky and my next door neighbour’s parasol, and listening to Sonja Moonear (who I’ll get to shortly, don’t worry, I’ve got 350 words) ahead of her first ever appearance in Cardiff, an outdoor alldayer round the back of Gwdihw. The set is the most important factor, of course, but only a little more than the setting.

Hailing from rural Switzerland, Sonja currently lives in Geneva and earns her keep partly from DJing, partly from her day job as a sound engineer for French-language TV station Radio Télévision Suisse. With this in mind, it perhaps makes sense that her approach to minimal techno is detailed, precise and rewards patience – not, however, the one-paced greyscale chug that often gives minimal a bad name. Wading into the Swiss rave scene (such as the Mental Groove collective) as a 90s teenager, before long she got a taste for mixing and production herself.

A big break arrived in 2002, when she was booked at Berlin’s Panoramabar to play seminal minimal shindig Perlonized; it turned into an epic deck-sharing session with the rest of the bill, including Ricardo Villalobos, and Sonja’s recognition factor mushroomed from there. She’s played on every continent where techno packs ‘em in, intermittently releases 12”s on her Ruta5 label, and recently teamed up with Carl Craig on a double mix album for the Cocoon stable. Her set for Delete should be a blissful centrepiece of a day which also features Marc Parsons, Matt Owen and Kofi Tarris.

Tickets: £18. Info: 029 2039 7933 NOEL GARDNER

SNEIJDER

Delusion @ Sin City, Swansea Sat 8 July Trance still does pretty brisk trade in Swansea, nearly 20 years after its commercial high water mark. Delusion’s last promotion, over the May bank holiday, took global trance favourite Ben Nicky into the city’s Scene club for two consecutive sold-out nights. Turned out that that was the swansong for the Scene, however, so they’ve rocked up at stalwart Sin City for their next event – headlined by Sneijder, a Northern Irish DJ who touts a techy take on vintage trance and receives love from laser-reaching sorts.

A recognised name since late last decade, Sneijder – real name Andrew Liggett; the story behind the pseudonym isn’t explained, but may well be a hat tip to trance’s Dutch roots – DJed hardcore and psytrance as a youngster before getting his head turned by Ferry Corsten in the late 90s. His productions walk the narrow path where one can be euphoric yet not cheese-covered; driving without onedimensional monotony. That seems to be the general thrust of a Sneijder DJ set, too: the tech-trance rhythms are apparent, but with way more unabashed hands-in-theair moments than you’d expect from the purists of that subgenre.

All in all, this night should more than sate trance heads from Swansea and beyond.

Sin City will have two rooms open for this one, with the second space hosted by local techno crew Con7rol.

Tickets: £12. Info: 01792 468892 (NG)

CHIMPO / BLACK JOSH

Paranoize @ Undertone, Cardiff Sat 8 July Paranoize seem like they’ve captured the essence of Cardiff clubbing in a way: no narrow genre restrictions, cheap entry fees and a commitment to upfront sounds.

Previous nights have leaned towards drum’n’bass, grime and bass music – for this instalment, expect all that and more from twin Manchester threat, Chimpo and Black Josh.

Chimpo first got attention in the mid-00s, with a rush of releases on Manc dubstep label Contagious, but these days is probably best known as a DJ. His sets are prime bedlam inducers, flipping between trap, dancehall, jungle, r’n’b and anything else with a bass pulse. In spirit, and sometimes in sound, the Chimpo vibe kinda evokes Diplo, in his pre-EDM icon heyday.

Chimpo is the ‘host’ of Ape Tape, 2016’s album-length effort from Black Josh [pictured], and both are members of sprawling MCR hip-hop collective Levelz.

Josh is primarily an MC, with a style that evades categorisation – not grime, not UK hip-hop, loosely recalling American rappers like Danny Brown but with his northern accent ringing through clear as glass, dirty as mud. It’s a reasonable bet that Josh and Chimpo will team up at some point during this evening, raising the pressure on a night that also features sets from Random, Gavin Woo, Boston and others.

Tickets: £8. Info: 029 2022 8883 (NG)

SHAF HUSE

Hedone @ The Duke, Neath Sat 29 July The mission of Hedone, who came into being last year, is to bring respected names in underground house and techno to an alehouse in Neath. This isn’t exactly the easiest path to a fortune imaginable, so let’s give them their dues and note that in July, they actually have two nights at The Duke. First off, on Sat 8, Italian decks duo Di Chiara Brothers pay a visit to spread some tech-house cheer about the place; then, at the end of the month, Shaf Huse from Milan flies a similar path to nudge punters towards August.

Shaf, real name Mauro Frisari, is a relative newcomer to the house scene, but quickly picked up attention for his shuffling, deepmeets-tech kinda productions – notably Mavado, which was a major hit on the scene last summer, and selected by famed Ibiza nightspot Circoloco as the anthem for their closing season. Most recently, he’s issued thumping, Public Enemy-sampling build-and-releaser Jeruda.

Not much indicates that a Shaf Huse set is going to be altogether subtle, but it’s a Saturday at the end of July fergodsake – its purpose, or part of it, will be to catapult people into a mammoth sesh that they spend the following week regretting. Dean Morgan, Sean Morris and Nathan Lazda are among the supporting DJs assisting with this.

Admission: £8. Info: 01639 643892 (NG)

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The festival comprises two-days of performances in genres such as folk, Americana and acoustic roots. Climbing Trees, a five-piece multi-instrumental multi-vocal ensemble from Pontypridd, are set to perform on Friday. Following their recent album, Borders, Between The Trees is one of many festival performances set for the band this year.

Friday’s lineup also includes Ofelia, runners-up in the Big Gig competition last year, and Mahouts. Saturday’s performances include Marc O'Reilly, Firewoodisland and familial alt-rock collective Flight Brigade.

Festival goers can also given the opportunity to participate in interactive science experiments and spoken word; graffiti and stencil artist Anthony J Smith invites attendees to join in on a group mural, as well as witness a demonstration of his spray can skills.

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Tramshed, Cardiff Fri 7 July Words like legend are banded around all too frequently but in the case of Mavis Staples they hold true. Even the often used moniker ‘the queen of blues’ doesn't really do justice to her musical status: she is living, breathing history. During her 60plus years of making music – as a member of vocal family band The Staple Singers, she turned professional in 1952, barely into her teens – Staples has trailblazed genres, weaving her way into the very fabric of gospel, soul, blues, funk, R&B, folk, rock and hip-hop. She's also an actress, appearing in many films and TV shows, and in 2015 was the subject of Mavis!, an HBO documentary about her life and work.

If you haven’t seen it already seek it out, if for no other reason than to hear the greatest love story never told between her and Bob Dylan.

Mavis is, furthermore, an icon of the civil rights movement; in the 1960s The Staple Singers, the band that included her siblings and father, became an unofficial voice of the movement. Their songs, already hugely popular in the African-American community, became a vehicle to share messages of fairness and equality. Moving into the 70s, The Staple singers led the soul power movement, with hits like I’ll Take You There selling millions, while the following decade Prince enticed her out of semi-retirement – penning two albums for her, 1989’s Time Waits For No-One and 1993’s The Voice.

Fast forward to the 21st century and Mavis’ musical prowess has earned her a whole heap of new fans. Her 2010 album You Are Not Alone, produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, won a Grammy for Best Americana Album. Her latest full-length, last year’s Living On A High Note, is a joyful record boasting songwriting credits from Nick Cave, Neko Case and many other greats. Mavis Staples is still performing at 76 with as much energy as ever; her voice is as soulful, deep and strong as it’s always been and her messages of love and equality, peace and happiness are loud, clear and very necessary.

Tickets: £35. Info: 029 2023 5555 GRACE TODD

MARTIN CREED: TALK AND SONGS

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Sat 22 July Few musicians can claim to have had their work performed across the land in the way Martin Creed can. The Wakefield-born, Glaswegian-raised artist’s piece All The Bells In A Country Rung As Quickly And Loudly As Possible For Three Minutes marked the opening of the 2012 London Olympics and featured Big Ben and members of the public as collaborators.

Creed’s Cardiff show promises to be somewhat more intimate, an opportunity for him to air last year’s LP Thoughts Lined Up. That title has some self-deprecating irony about it: there’s little in his appearance – paint-splattered suit; fuzzy explosion of hair – or his interviews that suggests a neatly ordered mind. Creed’s 2016 exhibition What You Find saw him creating artwork out of detritus, and on songs like Understanding his Moldy Peaches-style shoestring punk-folk has a similarly scrappy, junkyard feel to it.

For Creed, art and music are an attempt to make meaning out of life’s messy reality. If at times it seems as though the man who achieved tabloid notoriety for winning the Turner Prize with a light going on and off is making it up as he goes along, that’s because he often is. As one song puts it, What The Fuck Am I Doing? Visit Chapter to find out.

Tickets: £14. Info: 029 2030 4400 (BW)

HEALTHY MIND ALLDAYER

Gwdihw, Cardiff Sun 16 July A fundraiser gig stretching from 2-11pm, Healthy Mind is splitting its takings 50-50 between the charity organization Cardiff Mind, and the donationsrun Hospital Radio Glamorgan. The lineup confirmed so far covers various experimental forms of genre. The main focus is groups of performers playing styles of punk (Nicotine Pretty, Falling Stacks), electro (Little Rêd, Ani Glass), and indieish pop (Aeddan [pictured], My Name Is Ian). In addition, genremergers The Irascibles will perform their ‘bluesabilly’ (urban blues, African beats and country swing), while Mike Dennis will both be performing his ‘violonica’ (string-heavy hip-hop) and MCing the open mic slots available throughout the gig.

With the award-winning Hospital Radio Glamorgan providing music as a therapeutic tool 24/7 for the patients and staff of the University Hospital Of Wales, it’s only fitting they receive a gig with this level of variety and dedication.

With the event’s organiser having helped create 2013’s Cardiff Mind Fest, the gig also seeks to raise money for Cardiff Mind, an organization which assists the mental health of Cardiff residents. Other features of the gig include a prize raffle with goodies from local businesses, and open mic slots allowing people to showcase their talent.

Tickets: £10. Info: 029 2039 7933 (EL)

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Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff Thurs 27 July The essence of Junior Bill is an amalgam of world and period influences: reggae beats, 80s punk delivery, Portuguese rap, great guitar work and electronic elements, often shared in the space of one track. Listening to each track of theirs is a genuine discovery, and through the sheer vitality of their output, you are bound to find something to love.

What will undoubtedly be a unique, energised gig, Above Your Station will include an overarching narrative via lighting, sets, actors, as well as support from Mike Dennis and Featherjaw. A crowd funded project, Junior Bill is seeking to transform the gig into a concert film to promote their sound and style to a wider audience.

A £7 donation on their PledgeMusic campaign lands you a ticket to the gig, all pledge tiers including the eventual film and music download of Above Your Station. Various unique opportunities are on offer, including a personalised song, attending a rehearsal/away gig, and even having the band play your living room.

Having only recently discovered Junior Bill, I am fascinated to see what they can get done with a longer visual format, and what these street-level young artists can achieve in the future.

Tickets: £7 (includes film download).

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reviews albums ALGIERS **** The Underside Of Power (Matador) Multi-racial band Algiers are currently supporting Depeche Mode on their stadium tour, and now seems like a good time to introduce them to a wider audience, as they are about to release their rather stunning second album The Underside Of Power. Algiers tackle socio-political themes head on within their songs: there is no empty posturing or prisoners taken. With a post-punk influenced gospel sound that rattles and shakes like a Curtis Mayfield and Suicide soundclash, Algiers mean very serious business. DN

ALPHA MALE TEA PARTY **** Health (Big Scary Monsters) On their third LP, Liverpool-based power trio Alpha Male Tea Party flaunt their considerable technical prowess, but never at the expense of visceral impact. Sure, there are tricks, twiddles and time signature shifts aplenty, but they’re all in the service of songs that will appeal to metalheads wanting a Merseybeating as much as to math-rock chinstrokers.

As ever, the tracklisting makes for entertaining reading, Carpet Diem and Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am being the pick of the bunch. BW

BELL X1 ** Arms (Belly Up) Arms, the seventh studio album by popular Irish trio Bell X1, is nine tracks of smooth vocals, and mellow music – enjoyable enough for a sunny afternoon. No real surprises here though, apart from the uncredited child crying “Mum" a minute into Bring Me A Fireking. Arms is slow and steady but the songs never really take off. Bell X1 were nominated for a Choice Music award four years running – not sure Arms will be joining the list. LN

CARDOPUSHER **** New Cult Fear (Boysnoize) Now based in Barcelona, I imagine the Venezuelan-born producer’s name stems from the effect of his music on the blood flow – this is certainly not a soundtrack for dinner parties or family drives. Outside of the techno-driven majority, Mind Eraser is a squelching, offbeat trip, Rigid Body Dynamics sounds like a funky Sega nightmare, and closer TYC pulsates with waves of bleeps and beyond. Comprised of 12 warped, thumping, acid-heavy tracks, New Cult Fear is a record for small, dark spaces, best delivered late, late at night. DH

CELTIC FROST

DAN CROLL ***

PETER PERRETT ***

Reissues (BMG)

Emerging Adulthood (Communion)

How The West Was Won (Domino)

You can’t throw the goat to Switzerland’s greatest ever metal band Celtic Frost without their frontman, perennial drama llama Tom G Warrior, throwing a bucket of cold water. The issue with these reissues of four of the first five Celtic Frost albums (one, misguided glam metal effort Cold Lake, is missing because they’ve disowned it) is that Tom’s sleevenotes put the boot into original label Noise, and BMG edited them for legal reasons. Ho hum.

Interested parties are left with some fancy packaging, bonus tracks, remasters and immense, inspired extreme metal majesty.

Trying to pinpoint a genre of music for this album is pretty tough. An underlying pop sensibility is clear, but as Dan has confessed, his aim is to “approach pop from an unusual angle”.

That he does indeed. New single One Of Us is a memorable, trademark indie-pop number, while Swim takes on a meatier beat. Bad Boy changes tone as well, upbeat and instantly gets you toetapping. Something for everyone, no doubt. OS

Waiting until the age of 65 to release your debut solo album seems to have worked out pretty sweetly for the former frontman of The Only Ones. Despite being on something of a hiatus for most of the past 35 years, his nasal trademark snarl lends itself well to this collection of country-tinged tunes which sound not unlike Perrett jamming with Pavement in their prime. A worthy listen for those who were disappointed by the no-show of a rumoured Only Ones reunion. BG

Morbid Tales (1984 *****) is primitive, sludgy hardcore-flecked wilin’ out with Into The Crypts Of Rays and Procreation (Of The Wicked) on, thus essential. To Mega Therion (1985 *****) ramps up the grandeur and technique but is still a hamfisted racket by the standards of most mid-80s overground metal; the world caught up with Frost in time, and this LP is now solid canon. Into The Pandemonium (1987 ****) opens with a cover of 80s alt-pop band Wall Of Voodoo and a bonus track here desecrates Dean Martin, except not that much.

In between, a tortured gothic slickness creeps in, and even a token nod to hip-hop. Vanity/Nemesis (1990 ***), their final album before splitting, continues the pop sensibility with Bowie and Brian Ferry covers; the band chug rather than thrash now, if not Metallicaesque then analogous to their evolution. NG

CHRISTOPHER REES **** The Nashville Songs (Red Eye Music) Christopher Rees pairs lyrics about melancholy, mistakes and memories with some boppy beats and body- swaying tunes. There’s variety here too, from vintage country to rockabilly with the twangs of Welsh guitarist John Lewis. Home At Last has a distinct Don McClean feel – not a bad thing – while the ballad If You Had A Choice shows Rees’ ability to be philosophical without sounding trite. For a country album, The Nashville Songs is, on the whole, quite an upbeat affair. LN

CIRCLE **** Terminal (Southern Lord) Combining Judas Prieststyle codpiece metal with Krautrock should have been put into action as soon as both parts coexisted, but the world had to wait until Circle came along – in the early 90s if you lived in Finland, most likely the 00s for anyone elsewhere. Terminal, the latest of their 50-plus (!) albums, has riffs of swelling pomp, operatic vocals, fuzzy psych organs and plinky experimental jam excursions. Closer Sick Child is like Daniel Higgs singing for Rainbow, which is extremely my aesthetic. NG

DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD *** Brilliant Light (Loose) Danny & The Champions Of The World have a wonderfully slow country rock sound. Arguably their strongest song on Brilliant Light, their sixth studio album, is Consider Me with its powerful bassline, although the calmingly slow and soft Bring Me To My Knees runs it close. The album gives off a Summer Of 69 vibe and general springtime feeling, but the combination of electric strings and trumpets lends an extra jazzy touch in places. MM

DJANGO BATES ** Saluting Sgt. Pepper (Edition) Teaming up with today’s quintessential big band jazz ensemble, the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, the titular off-the-wall jazz composer has fundamentally unleashed his jazz all over the seminal Beatles album and pop culture staple. If you happen to like busy music with plenty of flair and flourish and you’re absolutely enamoured with the Fab Four and every musical tie-in under the sun, then this is definitely for you. On the flipside, you might find it, trite, utterly contrived and completely unnecessary. CPI

LITTLE BARRIE *** Death Express (Non Delux) Guitarist to the stars Barrie Cadogan is back with bassist Lewis Wharton and drummer Virgil Howe for studio album number five. On the whole, a very grungy, garage rock styled offering with plenty of chilled psychedelic aspects; tracks prove a little samey but not taking away from some catchy riffs and licks. Ultra Violet Blues and new single Produkt head the ranked list of this 20-track album; definitely one for fans of Primal Scream, Paul Weller and the like. OS

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART *** The Echo Of Pleasure (Painbow) This is the fourth outing from Kip Berman and his occasional helpers, and their brand of fuzzy MBV-esque melancholic pop seems to be in zero danger of changing tack. A product of the Myspace generation, TPOBPAH play straight-down-the-line indie rock love songs and have one of the most apt names in the business. Teaser track Anymore is the highlight and if you’re in for the long haul then the frequent changes in tempo are a nice antidote to the somewhat rigid instrumentation. BG

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING ***** Every Valley (PIAS) After 2015’s The Race For Space, the social history soundtrackers have come back down to earth and taken on a topic much closer to home: the decline of the coal industry in south Wales. Every Valley is by any measure a quite exceptional record: well-researched, painstakingly crafted, emotive, impassioned. James Dean Bradfield features (of course), but the best moments are the Mogwai-channelling All Out and You + Me, a poignant bilingual duet of defiance. Sorry, I seem to have something in my eye. BW

RIDE **** Weather Diaries (Wichita) After two decades the shoegazers are back! And even a bit political. Though there’s a couple of meh tunes, it’s a very good mix of familiar pop/new wave/ psych/garage with some refreshing electro weaving through. With echoing, jangly and distorted guitars and gorgeous harmonies

by Mark Gardener and Andy Bell, you hear The Cure and The Church influences big-time and even the under-appreciated Comsat Angels. Dance to Lannoy Point, Charm Assault and Cali and dream Home Is A Feeling and White Sands. RLR

SHEER MAG **** Need to Feel Your Love (Static Shock) Sheer Mag’s debut LP is like a best of MTV rock circa 1981. Meet Me In The Street and Rank And File evince the New York Dolls as fronted by Poly Styrene, and there’s rollerdisco rock on the title cut. Pure Desire showcases sublime Blondiesque chord changes, while two firecrackers of new wave powerpop perfection are in the hook-filled Just Can’t Get Enough and the tight rhythms of Expect The Bayonet, with “If you don’t give us the ballot, expect the bayonet” capturing the zeitgeist. CS

GAMES REVIEWS RIME ***

Tequila Works, PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One On the surface, Rime is absolutely stunning, decorated with astonishing Wind Waker-esque animation and a beautiful score by David García Díaz. Its story is originally intriguing; a young man washes up on a paradise island and with the help of a magical fox sets out after a mysterious man in a red cape he sees there. However, beneath its breath-taking exterior, Rime is a fairly unoriginal and short puzzler that doesn’t really make full use of its beautiful animation and just feels a little empty. Not challenging at all, but some may like that. LOB

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Terrible Toybox, PC, Xbox One From the team behind the 1990 classic The Secret of Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park is its spiritual successor and has a very similar feel to games from that era, both in terms of graphics and gameplay. The game begins with a man murdered and left in a creek, and it’s your task to solve the case in the charmingly bizarre town, in a similar way to Twin Peaks. The game is detailed and features complex puzzles and a complex world. With a well-thought out story, this really is very, very good fun indeed. LOB

SWEET APPLE ***

CAKEHOLE PRESLEY *****

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Sing... sees Sweet Apple return for album number three, sounding more subdued and downbeat than they did on the sunshine stomps of Love & Desperation or The Golden Age Of Glitter. Not that they’ve abandoned their MO altogether – She Wants To Run sounds like Tom Petty covering Hüsker Dü and would have fit neatly on either prior album, while J Mascis’s glorious guitar tone will never change – but this is a more melancholic affair that lacks the vim of previous outings. HR

TERENCE PARKER **** GOD Loves Detroit (Planet E) Detroit, typically identified as the birthplace of techno, delivered us Terrence Parker – a stalwart of US house, now releasing a third album. The title cut is a born-and-bred summer track, along with Latter Rain (After The Storm Mix), whilst tracks like Bassment Beatz and Let’s Go show Parker’s versatility. The piously titled party album has a wonderful ability to blend genres and merge classic stylistic choices while maintaining the tempo of contemporary house (if not setting it). CP

VARIOUS *** Silhouettes And Statues – A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 (Cherry Red) When putting this compilation together it’s clear that those in charge weren’t overly bothered about the consequences it may have on a listener’s mental health. Dark, dreary and depressing, for a casual fan of the genre this could quite possibly turn into the most hellish six hours of their life.

For devotees of this dramatic and often bizarre world of gothic rock though, it’s the next stage in the haunting but enduring journey: five discs of obscure album tracks and B-sides from 85 artists covering various stages of the success spectrum.

Accompanied by copious amounts of rare photos, biographies and production notes from the artists themselves, it’s a further education for those already emotionally invested in this scene of the 70s and 80s. The reforming in recent years of a number of the bands featured suggests a renewed thirst for this post-punk subgenre. That being said, newer fans will likely find this intense, monster collection far too niche to stomach. GT

singles ABI FLYNN *** Ambiguous (Tru Thoughts) If you haven’t already heard of Ms. Flynn, you will. The songstress wows with old-school and nu-soul sounds on her debut EP. She’s fab doing smoky jazz and r’n’b to boot with dub/ hip-hop flavours. Having more material than just different versions of the three songs would have earned a higher rating, though. RLR

BEN LUKAS BOYSEN **** Golden Times 1 (Erased Tapes) Delicate, wistful piano melodies and sharp, brazen electronics combine to slowly hypnotise as they are pushed to the fore in each track. There’s something very purifying about this style of music where it’s easy to let the dense textures wash over you and transport you to a zone not quite fixed in reality. CPI

There are songs you just want to hear more of. A gentle Americana intro gives way to a relentless, processed, punky bassline. From that point on Cakehole Presley have you right where they want you: drifting away in a beautifully crafted soundscape, full of sonic surprises. Pretty much perfect. JPD

THEE MANATEES **** Slow Grind Fever (North Of Chepstow) With their brooding stripped-back blues noir, Thee Manatees may be more at home in America’s deep south than Wales’, but it’s still refreshing to hear this accomplished trio in action. Both tracks here show little progression from their excellent 2015 debut, but if it ain’t broke... BG

SOUP J5 **** All Around The World (Najla Music) Using his 25-plus years experience in the music industry, Soup (founding member of iconic, goldselling hip-hop group Jurassic 5) is out on his own and gone solo. I’d be surprised if this ear catching summertime jam isn’t already filling dancefloors worldwide – this flat-out funky swagger is very hard to dislike. OS

demos HOTEL DEL SALTO facebook.com/hoteldelsalto Likeable solo fodder from a Carmarthen resident, J Francis, who I very dimly recall performing under that name some years back. Hotel Del Salto’s Stand For Your Right is experimental bedroom pop – perhaps not literally, but stylistically – built from muffled vocals, a drum machine threatening to crumble to dust, and a junkshop’s worth of riffs, drones and beats interlayered until gauzy and toasted. The drum breaks echo Beck’s Mellow Gold and I think I might detect an indiemo (that’s indie meets emo) influence guitar-wise. NG

LO PAN lopancardiff.bandcamp.com Tom Wallace plays bass for Masts, a Cardiff group whose other members are nearly all called Tom too.

While they’ve mostly been inactive lately, Wallace – as Lo Pan – has burrowed into his solo nook of jazzy, instrumental hip-hop, the sort of thing filed under ‘blunted beats’ in 1995 by record shops that no longer exist. Beat Soup Vol 2, his latest collection, has a deft way with a boom-bap rhythm and a snaky vinylcrackle jazz sample that is worth cueing up alongside your favourite DJ Krush and Attica Blues tracks, if you have any. NG

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THE HANDMAID'S TALE MGM Television (available on All 4) Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale depicts life in a patriarchal, dystopian society where women have no rights, and are placed into restrictive, abusive roles. Offred (a wonderful Elizabeth Moss), as a handmaid, is sent to live with the commander and his wife, forced to proffer her reproductive services at a time when the birth rate is low. An engaging, intelligent series that encourages analysis and feels prescient today. ****SD NERVE Lionsgate (available on Netflix) You’re either the Watcher or Player. Either way, you’re involved.

This film is about a truth or dare game that anyone can play, but you can only pick dare. It pushes its Players to their limits, searching through their online profiles to find their weaknesses.

The movie reflects common worries – that anyone can get hold of your information and exploit it – making you question what you would do in the same situation. ****MM JANE THE VIRGIN CBS Television (available of Netflix) In the style of a telenovela, this hilarious show explores the life of a Catholic and Hispanic woman. Jane’s normality changes when a doctor accidentally artificially inseminates her, leading to one crazy storyline after another. Although this is an American show, the link to telenovelas is undoubtable.

Both joking at their dramatic nature and joining in with the exaggerated atmosphere, the writers balance the cultural background with the new American setting. *****MM DESIGNATED SURVIVOR ABC Studios (available on Netflix) If you're a little sick and tired of the brilliant miserablism of House Of Cards et al. then Kiefer Sutherland's latest could be right up your Pennsylvania Avenue. Pitched somewhere between The West Wing and 24, Designated Survivor matches White House politicking with FBI action.

The shockingly brilliant premise of a post-terror attack capitol allows the writers to imagine what a cooperative political landscape could look like, given the opportunity to blow it all up and start again. *****JPD THE NEON DEMON Space Rocket Nation (available on Netflix) Flawed yet intoxicating, The Neon Demon follows Jesse (Elle Fanning), an ingénue flung into an increasingly horrific representation of modelling in LA. With underdeveloped narrative elements, it is the style here which truly shines.

The cinematography and soundtrack exude a disturbing sensuality, the moments of both beauty and terror a fascinating watch. The performances are mostly bland yet excel in the physical department, Fanning remaining a striking presence throughout. While the themes and motifs are barely developed past the surface level, the piece still warrants a watch. Though certainly not for everyone, it makes for rewarding viewing. ****EL

WASABI facebook.com/wasabicymru Although it’s not clear what purpose a record label serves for a one-song digital single, Wasabi’s Blah Blah Blah has been released by Goldie Lookin Records. I assume this is connected in some way to the group Goldie Lookin Chain, whom the song in question couldn’t sound less like. It’s gently psychedelic Welsh-language indie (the accent suggests a band from the north) with cute bleepy synth bits and the boisterous feel of bands who get released on the I Ka Ching label instead. NG

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Alta Vista Productions (available on Netflix) A delectable slice of classic gothicism, Hollywood legend Roger Corman’s adaptation of Poe’s short story revels in its heady mix of ancestral trauma, forbidden chambers, and premature burial. Amidst the poor supporting performances and plodding dialogue of early sections, the atmosphere and location (heavy on the cobweb-littered secret passageways) keeps the film afloat. The visuals are engaging throughout, with impressive use of lighting, colour, and some gorgeous matte paintings. As the eponymous pit and pendulum arrive in the finale, Vincent Price’s deranged performance excels. Descending into a tale of Freudian insanity, the film’s great elements rise to the surface and cap it off with creepy aplomb. ****EL

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The production is at Swansea’s Taliesin Arts Centre from Tue 7-Fri 10 Nov “Reissue, repackage, repackage,” sang overrated racist Morrissey in the late 80s, and not only are the Super Furry Animals continuing to do just that, the expandedand-then-some version of their 1997 LP Radiator comes with a previously unheard cover of another Smiths song of his, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side. Eight minutes of cartoon acid techno that actually bears almost no resemblance to the original, it’s included among a wealth of bonus tracks added to Radiator’s 14-song duration, including 1998 EP Ice Hockey Hair, 11 B-sides and 12 pre-album demos. Kliph Scurlock, exFlaming Lips drummer and SFA superfan, was in charge of archiving and remastering, as he was with debut LP Fuzzy Logic. It’s released on Fri 28 July Cardiff’s Swn Festival is back for autumn 2017, a decade after it first began, and with a slightly tweaked format. As well as the weekend stretch of the festival, which will be from Fri 20-Sun 22 Oct in a variety of venues, the organisers will lead up to it with several gigs over the preceding month.

It starts off in Swansea, in fact, with oiky ska punks The Skints hitting the Sin City club on Fri 22 Sept; thereafter, the desert jams of Timbuktu’s Songhoy Blues fill the Tramshed on Sat 23. Aussie singer-songwriter Jen Cloher visits Clwb Ifor Bach on Sun 1 Oct, The Amazons rock Tramshed indieishly on Mon 9 and Clean Cut Kid tops things off at Clwb on Mon 16. The Swn lineup proper will begin to be unveiled in July Amy Wadge [pictured], a south Wales musician best known as a songwriter for the stars – most notably Ed Sheeran – has expanded her oeuvre into musicals, with the upcoming Eye Of The Storm featuring a selection of Wadge-penned numbers. Produced by Welsh company Theatr na nÓg, Eye Of The Storm is set in the Welsh valleys but is described as a ‘country musical’, Wadge’s credits also including songs for several US country big hitters. It’s about a girl, Emmie, whose ambition is to become a ‘storm chaser’ but who also has to care for her unwell mother. Accordingly, Theatr na nÓg hope to promote the idea of girls entering the workforce in STEM

South Wales’ Venom Prison were featured on this page nearly two years ago on the basis of their debut EP, and their brand of churningly heavy, feminist-themed hardcore-informed death metal (not ‘deathcore’, OK kids?) has only got better since then. Metal Hammer, a UK magazine that went under circa Christmas 2016 before being given a Christlike resurrection in January, clearly agrees – in June, they voted them Best New Band at their annual awards ceremony, the Golden Gods. On the basis of last year’s Animus album and their live shows since then, it’s well earned in this reporter’s view A DJ on Radio Wales since the early 90s, Adam Walton has given airtime to more new Welsh music than every other station in the world combined. That’s probably an exaggeration, but not by much. Now, though, it’s Walton’s turn to offer his art up for the DJs (ditto bloggers, monthly news columnists and other kingmakers of the musical world) to assess: The Immediate, a trio from Mold in which he sings and plays guitar, have just released their debut album Manbuoy. Thirteen songs of fuzzy guitar-slinging with British wryness and American heft, fans of Guided By Voices in their more polished late90s period might enjoy it. They’re ironically named, too: The Immediate released one single in 1996 then split, Manbuoy arriving over 20 years later

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GUIDE DOG

Porthcawl rock band People In Planes never quite achieved active commercial success, quietly disbanding in the early 2010s with a fourth album languishing unfinished, but they toughed it out for well over a decade regardless. They did this using three different names over their lifetime: before People In Planes, they were known as Tetra Splendour, and before that they formed as Robots In The Sky. Now, three-fifths of People In Planes – guitarist Peter Roberts, drummer John Maloney and keyboard player Ian Russell – have returned as Guide Dog. It’s an unequivocally different band to PIP, but continues their enthusiasm for breezy, uptempo guitar music with a sprayjob of loosely psychedelic oddness.

Guide Dog’s debut album, Lovely Domestic Bliss, is out this month on Hi-Vis, their own label (in times past, before the record industry had completely disintegrated, People In Planes were on mooktastic US imprint Wind-Up, thus labelmates with Creed and Evanescence). As it says in very large type on their website, “grunge is back!”: Roberts’ vocals have a weathered, gravelly tone that lends extra heft to songs like introductory single I Am The Daddy and Egos With Genitals. Lyrically, he favours arch social commentary and imagery rare in rock songs, with modern phenomena like vape-sticks and uploaded selfies getting namechecked.

Elsewhere, Guide Dog touch on more postpunkish styles – Works Do distinctly recalling Future Of The Left – blowy synthpop and dramatic prog-indie wonkiness. It’s a fairly diverse listen, but the trio’s individual stamp runs through it, and if you’re keen they’ll be officially launching it at Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach on Fri 14 July. www.iamtheguidedog.com BUZZ 50

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HAROLD Wilson famously said “A week is a long time in politics,” but if he had worked at a monthly magazine rather than being prime minister of Great Britain, he would surely have instead said, “A week is a long time in monthly magazines.” Between this issue’s final sign-off of copy and its arrival in our sweaty paws, anything horrific or hilarious could have happened to make my ramblings seem trite and irrelevant. That’s the risk you take as a monthly column writer, folks!

It’s been a rough month for topical British columnists.

Nearly all who mulled the issue of the June 8 general election predicted – often framed as a statement of blunt certainty – that Labour were going to get a 1980s-style bodying. You must have seen some of them: there was that insufferable blowhard who is wrong about everything, the weirdly aggressive ranty tosspot, the obsequious Tory mouthpiece, the one who had came to the heavy-hearted conclusion that Labour were crap and disastrous, etc. Every one of them a self-clowning oven.

Of those who vocally stuck by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour even at its lowest ebb – and not many can truthfully claim to be in this group – there is a general consensus that these columnists are eternally discredited. Planty of them had already averred that Donald Trump would receive a similarly comprehensive drubbing in November last year; some, too, that Britain would never vote to quit the European Union. It’s baffling, many say, that these alleged experts haven’t been demoted, or stepped down from, their position. Indeed, it’s almost as if the publications they write for care less about whether their opinions are good or accurate, and more about whether people are actually reading them.

Even so, there are literally dozens of columnists whose rollerderby name is Mia Culpa right now, if you get me, and the chastened “oopsy! looks like I goofed!” brand of op-ed rhetoric has quickly morphed into its own genre. Again, this wouldn’t be so necessary if they hadn’t spent most of the last two years framing a prospective Conservative landslide as being night-following-day inevitable. Which, in turn, is the dominant style because brash insistence gets one’s voice heard more easily than measured reflection, and even if opinion-peddlers ‘learn from their mistakes’ in the short term, there is no chance of this changing.

Er, I mean I don’t anticipate this changing.

This is of course easy for me to say, because although One Louder is a regular opinion column of sorts, the secret of its success is its readership of exactly zero people. Even if you think you’re reading this sentence right now, it’s actually a fever dream from which you will soon wake up in quite a puzzle, if not a puddle. In the interests of faux camaraderie, however, I will note that in Buzz’s May issue, I stated that “my General Election viewing experience [will be] awful, dispiriting and shit,” while in the December issue I threw up my hands thus: “It is time to stop harbouring dreams of being one of those people who analyses polls, data and consumes the testimony of internationally read experts, and join the people who just predict the worst case scenario in any event without any deeper insight.

They are invariably proved right.” Ha ha! Are they bollocks! And election night was a proper stoater! Let’s do it again sometime soon.

July’s live music treats include the last ever Stars In Their Eyes covers night in Newport Le Pub’s current building (Sat 1); PORRIDGE RADIO and OH PEAS! (Gwdihw, Cardiff, Tue 4); THINK PRETTY and more (The Moon, Wed 5); CHORUSGIRL (Gwdihw, Tue 25); SKATING POLLY (The Moon, Thurs 27) and COWTOWN (Clwb Ifor Bach, Fri 28). NOEL GARDNER

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BOOK OF THE MONTH

TIME OF LIES Douglas Board (Lightning Books)

This book is dedicated to the memory of the murdered MP Jo Cox and, despite the fact it’s been a year since her death as well as the myriad political issues we’re currently facing, there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to read this book. Douglas Board manages to create a riveting satire about the British government that’s so insightful it’s scary.

Considering our current situation that nobody could have predicted, it’s both funny and startling to see close to the bone Board’s writing strikes. Set in the not-so-distant future of 2020 the story is a disturbing projection of our present political climate that, at times, may not seem too far-fetched. Chanting the mantra, “Britain’s Great! End of!”, the latest Prime Minister, Bob Grant, is a representative of the people and isn’t afraid of being thought of as unsavoury.

After all, he has a dubious past and even his own brother hasn’t spoken to him for over a decade. This brother is actor, Zack, who will come to have the biggest break of his life when he’s called upon to impersonate his brother as part of a special mission to prevent total chaos befalling Britain.

Scattered with cultural and popular references, the novel embraces all aspects of Britishness from Coronation Street to Meccano. Board has clearly done his homework and provides a great overview of the state of affairs of government and politics and those that work in the sector. There’s a fine line between life and art and, in this tale, the boundaries are certainly blurred when juxtaposed with our present reality.

LUCY MENON

Price: £8.99. Info: www.eye-books.com

BLUE SELF-PORTRAIT

Noémi Lefebvre, translated by Sophie Lewis (Les Fugitives) Weaving between the past and present, this is a lyrical tale from French novelist Noémi Lefebvre and translated by Sophie Lewis. Taking its name from the painting that has succeeded in haunting the narrator – Arnold Schoenberg’s portrait – the novel takes the form of a monologue; narrated with intensity by the main character following a romantic encounter with an America-German pianist in Berlin.

The form proves difficult to decipher at times as the character relayesthe narrative with such speed, moving to different stages in quick succession. Despite this, it’s conveyed in the right tone for effect and at times provides the occasional humorous interlude. Ultimately, this marks itself out as a unique account, including themes of passion and obsessiveness, and would be most suited for those looking for a challenging next read. RH Price: £10.99. Info: www.lesfugitives.com

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Even in July, poetry doesn’t sleep, stop, or take a summer holiday. Begin the break then, by Discovering The Sonnet, at Bedwas and Trethomas Community Centre on Tue 4 July at 1.15pm. Attendees will get to hear lots of well-known examples of this traditional poetic form, as well as read their own efforts in the welcoming open mic atmosphere. More information can be obtained from Dinnella Shelton via sheltdmm@ aol.com or 07967 363849.

Over in Swansea, the Dylan Thomas Centre are hosting a one-off event with author and publishing professional Julia Forster, who will host a workshop on carving out your very own writing career. This will look at the practical, financial and emotional aspects of being an author, and will offer hard-won perspective, advice and solutions for both newcomers and established authors alike over the course of a three-hour session.

Tickets are £4-£10 and available from the DT Centre directly. The workshop itself takes place on Sat 8 July from 1.30pm.

Sam Knee (Cicada)

Sam Knee’s previous books have mostly been picture-led, pleasingly presented hardback affairs interspersed by a few paragraphs of social context here and there. Memories Of A Free Festival (which takes its title from a David Bowie song, written about one he played in 1969) follows this pattern, tracing the history of the British underground music festival from the beatnik jazz gatherings of the late 1950s to the abrupt, violent stop forced by the infamous ‘Battle Of The Beanfield’ in 1985. There is a far more comprehensive history to be written of this movement, and Memories... isn’t it, but the photos Knee’s sourced compensate greatly. One right at the end, of people dancing to the screeching racket of Bristolian punk band Disorder while Stonehenge stands stoic in the background, had me smiling for hours. NG Price: £16.95. Info: www.cicadabooks.co.uk

TRANSITION

Rhys Milsom (Accent Press) This collection of poems explores family, Welsh identity and disconnected emotions. Although all of the poems seem to touch at least one of those themes, The West Coast of Wales captures them all. It shows how people have become disconnected and unemphatic to the world around them. This is a common idea in today’s society and is usually blamed on the advancement of technology, however Milsom blames nothing but human nature. If anything, the description and inclusivity of nature suggests that humanity’s inability to feel emotions for things that are not attached to them is part of the earth’s natural balance as well as our own narcissistic personalities.

Many of the poems in this collection are from an extremely personal focal point. Because of this, although the texts are beautifully crafted, they did not create an opening for others to join in and experience these ideas collectively. MM Prince: £9.99. Info: www.accentpress.co.uk BUZZ 52

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Also on Sat 8 July, Literature Caerleon offer up a plethora of poets and writers in its annual Lit On The Lawn event. Featuring Adrian Masters, Derek Johns, Kate Hamer, Cynan Jones, Tom Bullough, Attila the Stockbroker, Patrick Jones, and myself (spot the number of Joneses), this sixth installment of the festival is bound to be bags of fun, with an intriguing range of views and voices. Tickets cost £20 for the day and evening, or £10 day or £15 evening. They are available online at www.caerleon-arts.org or in person from Caerleon Post Office and Diverse Records.

Open Space at Cardiff Central Library also continues into the summer months with Christina Thatcher, Natalie Ann Holborow, and Rhian Elizabeth readings on Thurs 20 July from 5.45pm. The event is free but tickets should be obtained in advance, so either contact the library or search for tickets on Eventbrite.

So, once again, there’s a lot of literary activity still to choose from. Anything else you hear of, please do Tweet and let me know about it! Have fun and see you again in August.

“Sweet July, warm July!

Month when mosses near the stream, Soft green mosses thick and shy, Are a rapture and a dream.”

- July by George Meredith

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SUMMER BREAKS When offices get too hot and the kids are on holiday, we all need a place to escape. So, with the temperatures starting to rise, Elouise Hobbs provides a collection of getaways which take only a few hours to reach from South Wales and will ensure you make the most of the short summer months.

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All you need to do is jump on the train and you’ll be in the big city in a few hours. There are so many fun outdoor activities in the summer; from the rooftop summer series at Somerset House, to a performance of Shakespeare at Regent Park Open Air Theatre to swimming in the Lido at Hyde Park. Although this can be a pricey escape, there are lots of free activities, especially for families. A visit to one of the six royal parks is always a great way to spend an afternoon and if the weather decides to turn, there are always the various free museums and galleries located across the city which offer a perfect slice of culture and put on special events throughout the summer.

Info: www.visitlondon.com

Outside of the week where music fans from across the world flock to this small town to see all the biggest and best names in music, Glastonbury is seen by many as the spiritual heart of England, with thousands of years of history sprawled around the town’s streets. You can spend the day looking for the 2,000-year-old trees, named Gog and Magog, take a trip to Glastonbury Abbey and even climb the Tor at sunrise. Make time to take a trip to the Chalice Well, which is surrounded by beautiful gardens and orchards, and when you get to the water, which many believe has healing properties, you get the opportunity to have a drink and experience the magic for yourself.

Info: www.glastonbury.co.uk

One of Wales’ best-known holiday towns, the little seaside and harbour resort is just a short drive from South Wales and looks like it has been taken straight from the front of a postcard. The walled seaside town has lots of colourful buildings, painted everything from pastel to bright colours, and they look beautiful (and definitely Instagram worthy) in the summer sunshine. The traditional seaside spot has all the usual delights from some of the best fish in chips in Wales, to ice cream and fudge. Most importantly, they have some beautiful sandy beaches which can provide hours of fun for people of all ages.

Info: www.visittenby.co.uk

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THE GOWER What’s better than a sandy beach? Wales is home to some of the finest beaches in Europe and this is particularly true in the collection of beaches in the Gower. This is a perfect destination for a day trip or a mini-break with plenty of walks and views to take in, caves to explore and castles to visit. You could also try out your surfing skills (or get some lessons) as people travel from miles around to ride the waves of this choppy piece of sea.

Info: www.visitswanseabay.com ROME

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Arguably one of the most beautiful places to go hiking in Wales, this area has become popular across the country for its breathtaking views and good quality camp sites. The option of camping means that this can be a really cheap summer getaway with lots left over for adventures. From exploring the hidden waterfalls to hiring a bike for the day and taking in the scenic trails to bumping into wild horses or even booking a lesson, there’s an endless list of things to do.

Info: www.visitbrecon.com

Old-fashioned windmills, Dracula hunting, amazing parks and hipster coffee shops – there’s not much more you could want from a summer city break in the Romanian capital. Less popular than many other capitals, it means that you have more time and freedom to visit the sites without being mobbed by eager tourists who want to get the best shot with their selfie sticks. You will also get a lot more for your money when you change your sterling in to the local currency, the Romanian lei: it works out about five to £1, meaning that you can easily spend less than £100 on a weekend here.

Info: www.romaniatourism.com

TENERIFE Tenerife has a slightly longer flight time than its other European counterparts but you can be enjoying beautiful sunny weather and two cocktails for five euros in just under four hours with flights direct from Cardiff. Located off the coast of Africa, you’re almost guaranteed hot weather and the Island caters perfectly to all tastes, providing immaculately kept beaches and offering tours and classes for the more adventurous. Although known by many for the great nightlife, the old town is steeped in history and the white sand beaches make for a relaxing day. Due to its proximity to Africa, they offer deep-sea fishing and day boat trips where you can watch dolphins and porpoises dive and swim right next to your boat.

Info: www.visitingtenerife.com

REYKJAVIK For those people who don’t want a traditional (or necessarily hot) summer getaway, Reykjavik is a really great choice. Only a few hours away by plane, the Icelandic capital has a lot to offer that you can’t experience anywhere else in the world. It’s known for its thermal pools and spas, as well as for being one of the best places in the world to get the opportunity to see the northern lights yet what most visitors miss is a visit to the Hallgrimskirkja Church, which should be on everyone’s list. They also have a great nightlife but make sure to make the most of the various happy hours otherwise the night can end up being pricey.

Info: www.visitreykjavik.is

Throw your coins into the Trevi Fountain, walk the cobbled streets and enjoy some of the best ice cream around in Italy’s capital: Rome. The city is home to over 3,000 years of history and you’ll never be short of things to do and explore. Guided tours offer the opportunity to learn all the history of the place but if you prefer to go at your own pace, then you can download an app that will also guide you around the city. Places not to miss include the Colosseum, which even today captures the power of the Roman Empire, and the Vatican City, home to gems such as Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes and St Peter’s Basilica.

Info: www.rome.info

IBIZA Known to many as the ultimate party place, the Island has a lot more to offer than just nights out.

Throughout the summer, this small Spanish Island attracts some of the best DJs and artists from around the world so make sure to visit its most famous venue, Pacha, as it is definitely worth frequenting one of their sought-after events. When you wake up in the morning, you realise that there’s actually a lot more to discover than first impressions suggest. Cala Llonga has one of the largest golden sand beaches on the island and the old town and port is actually a UNESCO World Heritage Site revered for its beauty and history.

Better yet, it is only a short flight direct from Cardiff airport.

Info: www.ibiza.travel

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A T H E AT R I C A L T O U R O F FLAT HOLM ISLAND Stephen Springate travels to Flat Holm Island to find out more about its history, with the help of a theatrical troupe to bring it all to life.

As everyone begins to gather on the pontoon at Mermaid Quay for the whiteknuckle RIB boat trip over to Flat Holm, the drama seems to already have started.

There are many frantic calls from the ringleader Steve, head of Spectacle Theatre and our hanky-wearing guide for the day, to his missing actors, getting more and more desperate as it gets closer to departure time. No latecomers will be entertained lest we miss the tide and landing on the island becomes impossible.

What follows is an awkward and uncomfortable tussle with the three unprepared technicians who have shown up to help meet and greet the audience as Steve badgers them into filling in for the missing actors.

The techies are certainly more eloquent than the average tech assistant you find behind most productions and it soon (presumably) seems to become apparent that this increasingly painful to watch exchange doesn’t mark the possible cancellation of the event, but is in fact the first act of the interactive theatre-cumdaytrip experience we’ve all signed up for. Either that or the technicians were magnificently well prepared for the itinerary of the trip.

With everything resolved, the audience dons their life jackets and we make our way across the bay to the barrage. With a short stop at the barrage for Steve to heckle some poor members of the public with his malfunctioning megaphone, we are off out onto the waves of the Bristol Channel and the rocky mounds of Flat Holm slowly looming up at us: an absolute highlight of the trip.

The small island halfway between Wales and England is home to a fascinating history starting with occupation in the Bronze Age, and has played parts including an Anglo-Saxon Christian retreat, a landing post in the Viking invasion of Wales, a quarantine zone for cholera ridden sailors, a Victorian gun battery and an anti-aircraft post during World War Two. Various pieces of the island’s ruined past intermingle today, and the tour manages to spectacularly bring some of these derelict husks back to life in a sympathetic and atmospheric manner carried out

by Steve’s expert storytelling and his band of actors.

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detailing the daily grievances of life on the island. He makes references to his view out the window, making us realise we are stood in the exact same spot he wrote the letter 75 years ago, and mentions a song playing on the radio that never failed to raise morale throughout the posting. Without warning, the very song blares out of a hidden source, thrusting the audience straight back into that very brief snapshot of time currently being visited. We don’t have long to take this in though, before the air raid sirens go off and we are ushered out of the cottage and onto another area of the island.

Perhaps where the experience lacks is that between the location based performances there isn’t much more to the experience than a gentle amble from location to location; it currently feels like a brilliantly done guided tour with theatrical elements, but if the drama was kept up for the whole of the event then it would truly feel like an immersive theatre experience. However, when you’re in such a unique setting with spectacular panoramic views and a strong sense that you’re far removed from the mainland on all sides, it’s hard to find a reason why this is necessarily a bad thing.

Put on by Spectacle Theatre with help from the Unity Cymru theatre company, this experience provides a fantastic opportunity to see a fascinating location with an extremely fun boat ride there and back to boot. The tour has clearly been thoroughly researched and is passionately presented by Steve, who is a playful and engaging host who holds the audience’s attention from start to finish. Some of the various pieces put on by the actors throughout the islands various locations were nothing short of spine-tingling, and the free time given at the end to explore the island before the boats came to take us back was much appreciated. For those who have ever been curious to visit the island, there isn’t a better opportunity to take than this one.

Theatrical Tour of Flat Holm Island, Sat 15 July. Tickets: £34.

Info: www.bayislandvoyages.co.uk

sport GLAMORGAN CRICKET ROUND UP July sees the beginning of the domestic T20 Blast and a particularly jam-packed schedule for the SSE SWALEC stadium, with barely a moment’s respite from June’s cricket season belter. Home side Glamorgan kick-off proceedings on the first day of the tournament (Fri 7 July) with a skirmish against Hampshire, who yielded a victory last year to the only Welsh team in the tourney by five wickets. The side will hope to improve upon their impressive progress in last year’s Blast, where they were unfortunately knocked out in the quarter-finals by a hardy Yorkshire side.

A healthy position in this year’s rankings would be a welcome climax to the stellar career of Captain Jacques Rudolph, who announced his retirement with the end of the tourney – Glamorgan’s quarter-final achievement was their first in over a decade, and Rudolph is keen that their successes continue following his departure.

“The last four years at Glamorgan have been special and I’ve enjoyed playing for the club along with developing a spirit and culture with Robert Croft and Hugh Morris that I believe will help the club in years to come,” he’s said.

The SSE SWALEC will see four more qualifying games this month alone against South Division teams. Glamorgan take Somerset on Sat 15 July, then Sussex and Essex in quick succession on Fri 21 and Sun 23 respectively. The Somerset game should be a tense one: the SSE SWALEC will be looking to redeem itself for the lack of favours it did its home team when Glamorgan were trounced by 170 runs in May during the Royal London. Indeed, the Somerset side have proved an intimidating presence on the field in the year so far. Whether the home side can break their momentum, even in the spirit of Captain Rudolph’s final hurrah, should make for exciting viewing.

The last home game during July will be on Fri 28 July, versus Surrey – who, at the time of writing, have chased a string of steamrolling victories straight into their third successive One Day Cup Final. As far as Welsh cricket goes, the month is an absolute screamer. JASON MACHLAB

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Tickets: from £10. Info: 0870 2183835 / www.glamorgancricket.com

2017 ADRIAN FLUX BRITISH FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX For the 17th year in a row, the Speedway Grand Prix comes to the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The Grand Prix’s strong history with Cardiff guarantees a well-handled event, further solidified by the stadium’s recent deal to host the Grand Prix until 2021 at the earliest. The heavy numbers game involved in preparing the stadium (taking 400 man hours to lay 3,500 tonnes of track) certainly contributes an impressive atmosphere to the event and transformation of the stadium. The 500cc bikes themselves imbue the races with intensity, power-sliding around corners with no brakes and having acceleration faster than an F1 car.

In being the sixth round of the World Speedway Championship, the sense of competition among its global line-up of racers is palpable. The 16 riders compete in heats of four at a time, and with world champions here, it truly is anyone’s game. Last year’s world champion Greg Hancock is seeking to keep that title in his grasp. With other racers having recovered from injuries and seeking to regain glory from past losses, there’s a true sense of urgency in the line-up. British favourite Tai Woffinden returns this year, and having won two world titles in 2013 and 2015, it waits to be seen whether he can go full throttle once more and come out on top.

With 23 heats, the event is full of races and certainly feels grand. This is reinforced by the family-friendly Fanzone on the City Hall Lawn, open between 11am and 4pm and with free admission. With a fireworks display, racing bike simulators, and special guests including certain racers and Capital FM’s Matt Lissack, the event is really trying to pull out all the stops. There are many different seating plans available around the stadium, which vary greatly in price. Additionally three separate VIP packages are available, and although their particular offerings vary, they all provide exclusive seating areas which can get you closer to the action. While the winner is anyone’s guess, two things are for certain: the atmosphere will be hot, and rubber will burn! EDWARD LEE Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Sat 22 July. Tickets: £19-£110.

Info: 0844 8471881/ www.speedwaygp.com

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GLASTONBARRY Romilly Park, Barry, Sat 29 + Sun 30 July Tickets: £25. Info: 01446 737339 / www.mackevents.co.uk Those that can’t afford a Glastonbury ticket this summer (perfectly understandable) could instead spend £25 and see a far more impressive line-up of musical royalty than the famous Pyramid Stage will ever host... provided they leave their glasses at home.

This month Barry once again hosts GlastonBARRY, a tribute festival for tribute acts in Romilly Park, boasting some of the biggest names of stars you may not be able to see without either taking out a small, personal loan or waking the dead (RIP Mr Bowie). Every year sees an ever-changing roster of some of the most convincing and musically-talented contemporary copycats the world has to offer, some of them even famous in their own

right. The festival itself has grown from a cheeky little venture in the Memo organised by two cousins for locals, to one of the biggest tribute festivals in the UK, which sees visitors flying in from around the globe.

Between the set-lists of golden oldies and friendly Barry folk, GlastonBARRY is sure to be a joy for those of us into drunken singalongs and tear-jerking nostalgic classics, swaying their lighters in the cool summer air. Perhaps even better than seeing four bands your girlfriend has heard of with 100,000 unwashed peers. Who’s to say?

See Absolute Bowie, Purple Rain, The Stevie Wonder Experience, Oasish, AC/DC UK, The Jamd, and many more besides on the last weekend of July.

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art Aberystwyth Arts Centre

University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. Free. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre World Illustration Awards 2016 Featuring work from the UK to USA, South Korea to France, and covering practice including books, design and editorial, to reflect the diversity within the industry. (Until Sun 9 July) Ben Boswell ‘David And Margaret Frith’ Boswell has been photographing the Friths, who are both potters, since the 1980s. This is the first exhibition in the Ceramics In Context series. (Until Sun 23 July) The Photographers’ Wall Rolling programme featuring work from members of the B&W photography courses and Open Access sessions, displayed outside the Arts Centre’s Darkroom.

(Until Sat 31 Aug) *Radical Craft Artworks by historically renowned artists associated

with ‘outsider art’, plus contemporary self-taught artists who see themselves as facing barriers to the art world for reasons including health, disability, social circumstance or isolation. (Until Sat 2 Sept) Teresa Jenellen & Sarah Byfiel ‘Maid / Mother / Crone’ An investigation of the enduring appeal of the female characters of the Mabinogion and their resonance with the notion of the modern woman.

(From Sat 15 July until Sat 23 Sept)

Albany Gallery

74b Albany Road, Cardiff.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2048 7158 / www.albanygallery. com Summer Exhibition A changing exhibition of new work from more than 50 established and emerging artists. (From Thurs 6 July until Sat 9 Sept)

Andrew Lamont Gallery (Theatr Brycheiniog)

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

01874 611622 / enquiries@ brycheiniog.co.uk / www.

brycheiniog.co.uk Hilary Powell ‘Farewell Rock’ New work documenting the last coal miners of south Wales, and the landscape and culture they both worked in and created. (Until Mon 3 July)

Arcadecardiff

Queens Arcade, off Queen Street, Cardiff. Usually open Wed-Sat 12.30-5.30pm. www.arcadecardiff.co.uk Simon Fenoulhet Light installation show with video footage, continuing Fenoulhet’s exploration of light as a medium through which we see the material world as well as a more recent interest in natural light in all its variations. (Until Sat 8 July)

Ardent Gallery

High Street, Brecon. MonSat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free. 01874 623333 / www. ardentgallery.co.uk Summer Exhibition 2017 Show featuring over 60 new artists displaying a diverse range of techniques, mediums, approaches and subject

matters. (From Thurs 6 July until Thurs 3 Aug)

Art Central

Barry Town Hall, King Square, Barry. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm. Free. 01446 709805.

Raymond Martinez WelshSpanish artist who has previously worked in London and Italy, and has now returned to his roots in the Vale. (Until Sat 2 Sept)

Attic Gallery

37 Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Tue-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10am4.30pm. Free. 01792 653387 / www.atticgallery.co.uk Gareth Thomas Solo show featuring paintings of Wales and Provence. (Until Sat 8 July)

Barker Gallery / Torfaen Gallery

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

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

See You In The Park In August Images of the awardwinning Pontypool Park from

the museum and private collection. Plus local artists work for sale. (Until Sun 15 Oct)

Boundary Art

3 Sovereign Quay, Havannah Street, Cardiff.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 029 2048 9869 / www. boundaryart.com Juxtaposition Original work of Welsh artists Arnold Lowrey and Alistair Tucker, alongside Eastern artists Ping Gang Cheng and Yuet Yean Teo, The aim of the show is to promote not only the difference between East and West, but also the differing sectors within these cultures. (From Sat 22 July until Sat 30 Sept)

Cardiff Story

The Hayes, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am4pm. Free. 029 2034 6214 / museum@cardiff.gov.uk Celebrating LGBT Cardiff Discover some of the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from Cardiff, and add your own history. (Until Thurs 31 Aug) From Wembley To Wales: Celebrating Cardiff City’s 1927 FA Cup Victory Discover the stories behind the objects at this rare opportunity to see original artefacts from Cardiff City’s 1927 FA Cup match. (Until Mon 4 Sept)

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 Peter Finnemore ‘Between The Lines’ Art In The Bar exhibtion, in conjunction with the Diffusion Festival; Finnemore presents photographic work, using newsprint as a source to provide an alternative interpretation of journalistic accounts. (Until Sun 30 July) Megan Cope & Helen Johnson Via video work and painting respectively, Cope and Johnson interrogate notions of identity, power and social history to explore the colonial relationship between Australia and Britain. (Until Fri 24 Nov)

Chepstow Museum

A MILLION MUTINIES LATER: INDIA AT 70 Ffotogallery, Penarth, until Sat 22 July Admission: free. Info: 029 2034 1667 / www.ffotoallery.org This exhibition is a sort of postscript to the Ffotogalery-organised Diffusion festival, which ran throughout May at various venues; it’s also part of a scheme called Dreamtigers, a Cymro-Indian cultural exchange with the Delhi Photo Festival being the corresponding organisation. Aiming to shed light on the evolution of both Welsh and Indian national identity, A Million Mutinies Later features work by 14 modern-day artists from India (not exclusively photographers, as is usually the case with Ffotogallery). The sometimes blurred lines between the ‘real’ India, and the country that exists in the imagination – be that through stereotypes, nostalgia or efforts to charm tourists – will be explored in this exhibition, if not strictly defined.

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Gwy House, Bridge Street, Chepstow. Mon-Sat 11am5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free.

01291 625981 / www. monmouthshire.gov.uk/ Hidden In The Lining – Krishna In The Garden Of Assam, The Tales Of Two Textiles Specially created partnership exhibition with the British Museum exploring the origins, stories and meanings of silk woven temple textiles from 17th century north-east India. (Until Sun 3 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 Voices From The Edge: Murmurations Works by five visual artists – Emma Prentice, Michal Iwanowski, Prue Thimbleby, Ticky Lowe and Claire Cawte – who

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spent two years working with residents of care homes across Wales. (Until Sun 9 July) Fragmented Immersion Ceramics by this year’s graduates of the BA Art Practice Degree course at the University Of South Wales. (Until Sun 23 July) Jodie Hatcher Woven vessel forms made from thin copper strips. I like the look of these!

(Until Sun 27 Aug) Danielle Sullivan ‘Blodeuwedd’ Installation of paper flowers, located in the foyer space of the gallery. (From Mon 10 July until Sun 1 Oct) Myths & Legends Summer show inspired by the national campaign within Wales to celebrate the Year Of Legends.

(From Sat 15 July until Sun 27 Aug)

Denise Yapp Contemporary Art

Mill House, Whitebrook, Monmouth. Free. 01600 860950 / info@deniseyapp. com Marissa Weatherhead Landscapes and still lifes painted with a figurative approach from an artist born in London in 1962. (Until Sat 8 July)

Dylan Thomas Centre

Somerset Place, Swansea.

Daily 10am-4pm. Free.

01792 463980 / dylanthomas.lit@swansea. gov.uk / www.dylanthomas. com I Might Want To Smile Dylan Thomas’ work is full of humour, from his early Swansea Grammar School poems to later prose writing, such as A Story. This exhibition of such work brings together loan material from the National Library Of Wales alongside items from our own collection. (Until Fri 22 Dec)

Elysium Gallery

16 College Street, Swansea.

Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free. www. elysiumgallery.com Tom Banks ‘Cul-De-Sac’ Paintings depicting a nocturnal walk through an unknown suburban housing estate, consisting of scaled down replicas of real homes. (Until Sat 29 July)

Ffotogallery

Turner House, Plymouth Road, Penarth. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm. Free. 029 2070 8870 / turnerhouse@ ffotogallery.org A Million Mutinies Later – India At 70 Diffusion Festival-related exhibition whose photos explore contemporary India as an idea and a space, as seen through the works of lens-based Indian artists. (Until Sat 22 July)

Fountain Fine Art

Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www. fountainfineart.com Summer Group Show A mixed exhibition of new work from the Fountain Fine Art gallery artists. (Until Sat 29 July) Sian McGill solo exhibition of 25 expressive new landscapes of Wales, held in the Upper Gallery. (From Sat 8 until Sat 29 July)

art Futures Gallery / Oriel Gallery

Pierhead Building / Senedd, Cardiff Bay. Daily 10.30am4pm. Free. 0845 0105500 / www.pierhead.org Cardiff Street Photography Discover the social history of Cardiff through photographs of the city and its people. Presented

by Cardiff Story. (Until Thurs 6 July) Myra Thomas Paintings. (From Mon 3 until Fri 14 July) Performance Recent work by the Vale Of Glamorgan Artists group concerning performance, in dance, drama, music and politics; expressed in paintings, ceramics, prints, photographs and sculpture. (From Tue 11 July until Fri 4 Aug) Window Into Pembrokeshire Work by military veterans and members of the community working together to overcome mental illness and social exclusion through art. (From Mon 17 until Mon 31 July)

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 Bert Evans ‘A Flourish of Colours’ New work by Port Talbot artist Evans including paintings inspired by Armed Forces Day. Also on display is a summer exhibition of work inspired by coastal vistas plus a profile of Gill Bramley. (Until Sat 22 July) Barry Lewis ‘Summer Menagerie’ Lewis, who sculpts animals figures from metal and junk, returns for another of his regular Caerphilly shows. He is joined by makers including Jan Beeny and Nina Lazarou who share his interest but work in other media such as ceramics, glass, wire and wood. (From Tue 25 July until Sat 2 Sept)

Galerie Simpson

222 High Street, Swansea.

Free. 07714 327523 / www. galeriesimpson.com *Something In The Air Hosted as part of the Troublemakers Festival which is based in Volcano, this is a semi-retrospective show about the life and work of Swanseaborn Class War founder and mad anarchist bastard Ian Bone. Produced with the archivist collaboration of Catrin Saran James and Karl Morgan from Swansea Museum. (Until Fri 28 July)

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Alexandra Rd, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm, Free.

01792 516900 / www. swansea.gov.uk/glynnvivian Elizabeth Price ‘In A Dream You Saw A Way To Survive And You Were Full Of Joy’ Price, a former Turner Prize winner, curates an impressive Hayward Touring exhibition which features work from over 50 artists including Becky Beasley, Guy Bourdin, Henry Moore, Bridget Riley and Francesca Woodman. (Until Mon 28 Aug) Josef Herman ‘Conflict And Sanctuary’ a selection of works by Herman from the Gallery collection, and two

new gifts of the artist’s work.

(Until Mon 28 Aug)

IAP Fine Art

15 Church Street, Monmouth. Wed-Sat 11am5pm. Free. 0844 5611833 / www.iapfineart.com Chris Gollon ‘Man In The Long Back Coat’ Recent paintings, many inspired by song lyrics from Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Eleanor McEvoy. This exhibition coincides with the Monmouth Festival, where Kaleidomorphism One, Gollon’s film collage made in collaboration with JABOD, will be shown at Monmouth’s Savoy Theatre from Fri 28 July-Thurs 3 Aug. (From Thurs 20 July unril Sat 5 Aug)

King Street Gallery

33 King Street, Carmarthen.

Free. 01267 220121 / gallery@kingstreetgallery. co.uk Summer Show New and diverse work by the Gallery’s members. (Until Fri 7 July)

Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre

St. David’s Rd, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am5pm. Free. 01633 483321 / www.lgac.org.uk Rare Visions Multi-artist exhibition by The Welsh Group, showing the disparate and wide-ranging work, processes and practices. (Until Sat 29 July) Embellished Forms An exhibition of ceramic work by participants in Criw Celf Mawr, a series of workshops for children.

(Until Sat 29 July) Melissa Yarlett Bespoke pieces of jewellery using recycled silver combined with enamel and hidden stones. (From Sat 10 June until Sat 29 July) David Haswell Highly textured paintings of the Welsh landscape presented with contrast and bodering on the semiabstract. (Until Sat 29 July) The Little Wren House Factory Craft showcase from Anne Morgan’s ‘Coast’ collection, which is influenced by her passion for the coastline and combines her own work and found objects. (Until Sat 29 July)

M.A.D.E. Gallery

41 Lochaber St, Cardiff.

Wed-Sat 10am-6pm. Free.

029 2047 3373.

Pick Of the Degree Shows The gallery’s selection of the cream of this year’s crop across institutions and visual arts courses in South Wales.

(From Thurs 6 until Sat 22 July)

Martin Tinney Gallery

18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@artwales. com Sally Moore Barry-born painter who won the Welsh Artist Of The Year award in 2005, and whose notably detailed painting style means that exhibitions of new work are rare. This one features 12 unseen canvasses with a surrealist feel. (Until Sat 8 July) Dick Chappell, Vivienne Williams & Richard Barrett Three artists – one

born in Derbyshire in the 50s, one in Swansea in the 50s and one in Cardiff in the 60s – present work. Chappell is perhaps the best known of the three as a result of David Bowie owning some of his work, and it selling at auction last November for a record price. Although I can’t find that price anywhere. (From Wed 12 until Sat 29 July)

Mission Gallery

Gloucester Place, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free.

01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk Raising The Bar Work by Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Carmarthen further education students, followin masterclasses held at Mission Gallery and Swansea College Of Art, UWTSD. (Until Sun 16 July) Blaenymaes Primary School Makers Project Work resulting from a project which allowed children to look at the work of artist William Brown and to take their images to a stage where they could be developed into items for retail. (Until Sun 6 Aug) Daniel Trivedy Work in the [...] space based on the artist’s return trip to the area of the former migrant camp in Calais known as the Jungle.

(Until Sun 6 Aug) Mission Is 40 Stories and memories from this history of this gallery, set up in 1977 as Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery. (From Sat 29 July until Sun 17 Sept)

National Museum Cardiff

Cathays Park, Cardiff. TueSun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / www.museumwales.ac.uk/ cardiff Agatha Christie: A Life In Photographs Lots of photos of Agatha Christie, or taken by Agatha Christie. And why not?

It’s curated by the Christie Archive Trust and Agatha Christie Ltd with support from the Colwinston Trust. (Until Sun 3 Sept) Gillian Ayres Celebratory exhibition for one of Britain’s best known abstract artists. Previewed in Art last month. (Until Sun 3 Sept) Dinosaur Babies Family-friendly exhibition bringing together some of the world’s most amazing finds of dinosaur eggs and embryos. (Until Sun 5 Nov) Bacon To Doig: Modern Masterpieces From A Private Collection The collection in question belonging to Ian and Mercedes Stoutzker. and featuring two Francis Bacon paintings as well as works by Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and Grayson Perry among others. It’s on loan here for nearly a year, as well.

(Until Wed 31 Jan)

National Waterfront Museum

Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea.

Daily 10am-5pm. Free.

01792 638950.

Visions Of Industry See images from this museum’s archive and discover the importance of photographs to tell the story of Wales’s industrial past. (Throughout July) Ignacio Acosta ‘Chile

And Swansea – A Journey Of Copper’ An artistic exploration of links between Chile and Swansea through the circulation of copper ore in the 19th century. (Throughout July)

National Wool Museum

Dre-fach Felindre, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 0300 1112333.

For Freedom And Empire A look at how the slate quarrying communities of Wales responded to the call to fight in WWI. (Until September)

Newport Museum & Art Gallery

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

Free. 01633 656656 / museum@newport.gov.uk The Newport College of Art Paintings and sculptures from the collections of this allery which were created by artists associated with the Art College. (Until Sat 23 Dec)

Norwegian Church Arts Centre

Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Daily 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2087 7959 / www. norwegianchurchcardiff.com Crumlin Creatives Starting as a mosaic group several years ago, this collective soon discovered that they enjoyed each other’s company as well as the creative arts. (From Mon 3 until Sun 9 July) SWPA Summer Exhibition Contemporary paintings and prints from SWPA, namely Sylvia Hughes-Williams, Beth Giles, Sue McDonagh, Liz Lloyd, Louise Clough, Marie Louise Jones and Anthony Hughes. (From Mon 10 until Sun 23 July) F22 Photographs

by Mike and Dave. This shows here pretty regularly and the blurb still has the cringeworthy line about how the pair “met through a joint love... of photography!”. (From Mon 31 July until Sun 3 Sept)

Off The Wall

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

Free. 029 2055 4469 / art@ galleryoffthewall.com Andrew McCutcheon & Aiden Myers Joint show for two abstract artists.

(Throughout July)

Oriel Canfas

Glamorgan Street, Canton, Cardiff. Tue-Sat 12-4pm.

029 2066 6455 / www. orielcanfas.co.uk Elfyn Lewis ‘Brynhyfryd’ Recent paintings by popular Welsh artist. (From Tue 11 until Sat 29 July)

Oriel Davies

The Park, Newtown, Powys.

Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm.

Free. 01686 625041 / enquiries@orieldavies.org Katie Surridge ‘Who Lives In A Hole Like This?’

Exhibitiing as part of Litmus, a new programme for early career artists in Wales and the Welsh Borders. Surridge’s metal sculptural work riffs

on the history of coal mining in Wales by considering the analogy with animal burrows, and performing live actions such as strapping two spades to her arms and digging in the ground. Sounds like a larf. (Until Wed 19 July) Navigations: Art As Research The result of a three-year artist’s residency programme that focused on the waterways and canals across Wales, Germany and Venice. Seven international artists – Mo Abd-Ulla, Nicky Coutts, Andrew Dodds, Alan Goulbourne, Mair Hughes, Cheon Pyo Lee and Dan Rees – reflect on the nature of progress, decline, globalization and time. (Until Wed 19 July)

Oriel Mwldan

Bath House Rd, Cardigan.

Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Free.

01239 621200 / helena@ mwldan.co.uk Hannah M Morris & Owain Griffiths ‘Trails/Olion’ An exploration of ideas of travel and leisure, looking in particular at the way in which we respond to and interact with landscapes. See Art. (Until Sun 6 Aug)

Oriel Myrddin

Church Lane, Carmarthen.

01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk Pam Longobardi & Diana Heise ‘Oceans: Surface/ Below’ Two American artists who use environmental mapping to consider the effects of plastic contamination, industrial fishing and habitat degradation within the world’s oceans. Part of the Ephemeral Coast series of exhibitions and events. (Until Sat 8 July)

Oriel Q

The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www. orielqueenshallgallery. org.uk Summer Open And Auction Annual fundraiser for the gallery. Up to three works may be entered and all work must be for sale. Show ends in an auction on Sun 30 July from 2pm.

(Until Sun 30 July)

Pontypridd Museum

Bridge Street, Pontypridd.

Mon-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

Free. 01443 490748 / www. pontypriddmuseum.cymru Pontypridd Art Society 2017 Annual exhibition showcasing art by members of the Pontypridd and District Art Society. (Until Sat 29 July)

Redhouse

Old Town Hall, High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. Free. 01685 384111 / info@ redhousecymru.com Young People’s Art Exhibition Work from two local schools projects inspired by the work of, respectively, Josef Herman and Cedric Morris. (From Fri 7 July until Sat 20 Aug)

The Riverfront

Bristol Packet Wharf, Newport. Mon-Sat 10am8pm, Sun 10am-6pm. Free.

01633 656757.

Wales In Colour Series of

paintings looking at various Welsh cities, towns and landscapes to capture the country and its identity. (Until Sat 15 July) Plant Photography Work created in workshops here throughout April, led

by João Bento. (Until Mon 17 July)

Swansea Grand Theatre

Singleton St, Swansea. MonSat 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 475715 / www. swanseagrand.co.uk Gowerton School Work by pupils at said school. (From Tue 4 until Fri 14 July) Paul O’Donovan Second exhibition of work here. (From Tue 4 until Fri 14 July) Esther Ley ‘Art In Crisis’ (From Tue 11 until Fri 21 July) Sue Mann ‘Feasting On Light’ (From Tue 18 July until Fri 11 Aug) Llwchwr Arts (From Tue 25 July until Fri 11 Aug) Stitches Coven (From Tue 25 July until Fri 11 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 Margaret Hastings ‘How Fallen, How Changed’ Margaret studied Illustration at Swansea College of Art as a mature student, graduating in 2014. She works in the medium of rust and this is her first solo exhibition. (From Fri 7 July until Sat 12 Aug)

Tenby Museum & Art Gallery

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

01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum.org.uk Aneurin Jones & Meirion Jones Sales exhibition of work by father and son duo, both leading figures in contemporary Welsh art. (Until Sun 13 Aug)

Theatr Hafren

Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am5.30pm. Free. 01686 625007 / www.thehafren.co.uk Rosie Robinson Posthumous work by a local artist born in Welshpool and based in or near Newtown. Robinson worked with staff and community artist Ingrid Maugham to produce these pictures, and died last year aged 58. (Until Fri 28 July)

Tower Gallery

49 High Street, Crickhowell.

Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

01873 812495 / www. towergallery.co.uk Michael Howard Recent landscape paintings focus on the hills and mountains that surround the artist’s home near Brecon. Also showing, work by the Usk Valley Artists Co-operative. (Until Sat 2 Sept)

Tower Gallery

Oriel Y Parc Landscape Gallery & Visitor Centre, The Grove, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Free. 01437 720392 / info@ orielyparc.co.uk Enchanted Landscapes: BUZZ 61

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clubs Pembrokeshire In Myth & Legend More or less self-explanatory collection of artwork from Amgueddfa Cymru collections. (Until Sun 17 Sept) 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.

sis10feettall@yahoo.co.uk Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis. Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk. Fri 7 + Fri 4 Aug Hey Mary 10.30pm, £5. Cardiff’s top gay/queer/drag/etc night.

Normally on the first Friday of every month, but not this time it appears. Fri 28 That Good Night 10pm. Leftfield electronic tackle with a live set from Beauty Parlour plus DJs Jessie B and It’s Dando.

Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.

Victoria Fearn Gallery

Blind Tiger

Velindre Hospital

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

Free. 029 2052 0884.

Summer Exhibition Mixed show including paintings along with contemporary applied arts and crafts. (From Fri 7 July until Fri 8 Sept)

Wales Millennium Centre

Bute Place, Cardiff Bay. Free. 029 2063 6464 / www. wmc.org.uk Nigel Pugh ‘Creating Sanctuary’ a series of new photographic portraits and texts documenting volunteers working with refugees across Wales. Displayed to coincide with Volunteers’ Week (Thurs 1-Wed 7 June) and Refugee Week (Mon 19-Sun 25 June).

(Until Sun 2 July)

The Welsh Quilt Centre

Town Hall, Lampeter.

Tue-Sat 11am-4.30pm.

Free. 01570422088 / www. welshquilts.com As Good As It Gets A celebration of Welsh quilts made by quilters from the south Wales valleys especially for a luxury market, including aristocracy and distinguished hotels, from 1921 to 1939 during a time of economic hardship. (Until Sat 4 Nov)

Workers Gallery

99 Ynyshir Road, Ynyshir, Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm or by appointment. Free. 01443 682024 / wood4tt@gmail. com Gayle Rogers & Chris Williams ‘Windswept’ Sculptor Williams and plein air artist Rogers bring together work created on site and also as a response to the changing landscape. (From Thurs 13 until Sat 22 July)

Workshop Wales Gallery

Manorwen, Fishguard.

Daily 10am-5pm. Free.

01348 891619 / www. workshopwalesgallery.co.uk Tim Fudge Pembrokeshirebased artist known for his depcitions of the Celtic regions of the UK, with a show of new work that focuses on the sea.

(Until Sat 15 July)

clubs The Big Top / 10 Feet Tall

11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / thiBUZZ 62

49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.

Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session.

Fridays Koncept & Friends 11pm, £3-£5. House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights. Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5. Underground and cutting edge club music promised. Sat 15 is the Official Colour Clash Afterparty; Sat 22 is the NPCLUBHOP Summer Ball and has a headline set from DevelopMENT.

Blue Honey Night Cafe

Quay Street, Cardiff. 07512 247712 / facebook.com/ bluehoneynightcafe *Thurs 27 Biryani Jazz 7-11pm, free. DJ Don Leisure plays cosmic/free/Afrocentric jazz – Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Pharaoh Sanders and so on. You can also eat a biryani while listening. This sounds well good!

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. Thurs 13 Stickylemons 10pm-3am, £6 adv. Drum’n’bass/jungle from Devilman, Skamma, Beatbox Fozzy and Uprising Raggamuffin. 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.

Club Oxygen

1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, free. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy. Saturdays 10pm-6am, £5/free before 1.

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 7 Time Flies Summer Party 10pm-4am,

£25/£20 adv. TF’s latest timewarp back to the 1990s is a bumper one, with Seb Fontaine, Tall Paul, Brandon Block, Alex P, James Merritt, Shane Morris and Paul Cahill featuring. I am going to take this opportunity to mention Brandon Block’s autobiography, which is a trashy and remarkable memoir of frankly implausible drug use. Fri 14 Show Me What You’ve Got 10.30pm, £4. This is a karaoke night rather than a club one per se, but the venue have put it in their club listings and have almost nothing else club-like going on this month.

Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm4am, £5. Three floors of fun: The Vinyl Vendettas’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop and Mr Potter's proper disco. Sun 2 Tafwyl Afterparty 10pm, free. With Gareth Potter DJing.

Courtyard

48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

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

Fridays Spotlight Sessions / The Kickstart 5pm, £3/ free before 9. Urban and club anthems and drinks deals.

Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal which also includes entry to Blind Tiger, Meze Lounge and Lambaba. Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sat 15 is the Official Colour Clash Afterparty, featuring a headline set from Kiss FM’s Majestic; Sat 22 is the NPCLUBHOP Summer Ball. Sundays Sunday Shisha Sessions 8pm, free.

DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights.

The Duke

Old Market Street, Neath.

01639 643892.

Sat 8 + Sat 28 Hedone 8pm-2am, £8. Two nights of chunky summer house vibes this month. Sat 8 is headlined

by Di Chiara Brothers and also features Nathan Lazda, Sam Balla, Dean Morgan, Rhys Howells, Simon (Criminal Hype), Sean Morris and Sam Jones. Sat 29 is headlined by Shaf Huse and also features Dean Morgan, Sean Morris, Nathan Lazda, Blake Parker, Rhys Howells, Sam Balla and Sam Jones. See Clubs for more on that last one.

Freerotation Electronic Audio/Visual Festival

Baskerville Hall, Hay-OnWye. Members only event. www.freerotation.com Fri 7-Sun 9 Freerotation £125 adv (sold out). Wales’ finest house/techno/electronic festival. With acarefully regulated member system that means it’s almost pointless listing this... but not quite, because it may help you dream. Lineup (DJs and live acts): Aboutface, Afrikan Sciences, Alex Downey, Andrew James Gustav, Amy Amor, Bambounou, Batu, Ben UFO, Blawan, Bruno Pronsato, Burnt Friedman, Cary Grace, Chris Farrell, Christina Wheeler, Cubic Space Collective, Dan Bean, DJ Bone, DJ Bus Replacement Service, Don’t DJ, Duckett,

Earthdoctor, Escorting Sarah, Fade 2, Glenn Schofield, Grimes Adhesif, Gwenan, Howes, Ilmajaam, Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being, Jane Fitz, J-lab, Joe Ellis, Juju & Jordash, Karenn, Lawrence, Leah Floyeurs, Leif, Lovelacem Magic Mountain High, Mark Hand, Matt Pond, Monoak, Mono-poly, Move D, Myles Serge, Mr. G, Neel, Objekt, October, Old Shady Grady & The Neighbourhood Character, Onlyz & Winkles, Pangaea, Patrice Scott, Pearson Sound, Peverelist, Portable, Radioactive Man, Ramzi, Reflektor, Resom, Rick Nicholls, rRoxymore, Russ Gabriel, Sam Watson, Saoirse, Sebastian Mullaert, Shawn Rudiman, Shlømo, Simo Cell Simon Lynch, Steevio & Suzybee, Steffen Bennemann, Steve Legget, Suade Bergemann, Superhand, Surgeon, Sven Weisemann, The Transcendence Orchestra, Tom Demac, Tom Ellis, Tripcode, XDB, Yamma (Cary Grace & Basil Brooks) and Zip. Plus visual artists /\rt-S, Avery Bright Light, Becky Bee, Eye4anEye, KL30, Kumpa, Limbic Cinema, Marylou, Mash Cinema, Verdigris, Seanie Louise Smith, Suzybee, The Moth Factory, VJ Vesta, Yagama and Zeke.

Fuel

5 Womanby Street, Cardiff.

07970 063107 / 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 Garage

47 Uplands Crescent, Swansea. 01792 475147 / http://www.whitez. co.uk/#garage Sat 1 + Sat 5 Aug Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/ alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.

Sat 1 Strictly Techno 9pm-3am, £10 adv. Featuring Antwerp DJ Amelie Lens plus Strictly Techno residents. Sat 8 Acidosis Part 2 10pm3am, £5/£3 before 11. The followup to a a night whose first part was eight years ago, apparently. Emma Jayne, Fraz, Dj Sioux, Suss Twins, Rixxy and Chapter plsy techno, drum’n’bass, breakbeat and acid techno.

Glam

Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2022 9311 / info@ glamnightclub.co.uk Mondays New Quid On The Block 10pm-3am, £2/£free before 11. A mashup of chart, r’n’b, cheese and dance across two floors. The name is to commemorate the launch of the new pound coin, which in time you may also be able to use to purchase this nightclub. Mon 10 + Mon 17 MNG Graduation Special 10pm-3am, £2 adv. Three rooms of studenty celebration, with some reality show stars promised. Saturdays Vanity 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Sat 1 Groove 4-10.30pm, £8-£15 adv. The second of Glam’s

summer rooftop parties with headliner Theo Kottis plus various local residents. Sat 1 White Label Ents 10pm4am, £8-£15 adv. Later on inside, meanwhile, UK garage lads Heartless Crew arrive with a bunch of local DJs in tow.

Gwdihw

6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 /

u – repeated

Sat 15 Dancehall Nice Again 10pm-6am. Dancehall, reggae, bashment and soca from Young Lion, Big Crumb, Don Dee, Tony V Sound and DJ Moko. Fri 21 Digidol 10pm-6am, £5. Drum’n’bass from Cardiff veteran DJ MOD, Jesus (from Barry, it says here), Tom WareAudio Autopsy b2b Ketchum, Soluble Sounds, Iolo and Jam. The promoters also promise £1

Pontypridd's only 'proper' dance club, Platform 11, seems to have a good thing going with its semi-regular numbered nights. On Sat 15, they'll be up to 005 (as they style it), and the all-day party will be headlined

by UK house/techno big dog Darius Syrossian. www.gwdihw.co.uk Fri 14 Gwdihw Brass Takeover 9pm, £4/£3 adv.

With a live set from Bass 12.

Fri 21 The Hold Up 9pm.

Hip-hop from DJs Alkemy, Jaffa and Auricom. Fri 28 Pleasuredome 9pm, £4/£3 before 11. Electro, synthpop, italo disco, new wave, funk and more. Sat 1 Shanti Launch Party 9pm, £4.

Reggae, dancehall, soca and tropical club music from F-Block and Shanti Squire.

Sat 8 Sure Shot 9pm, £3.

Funk, soul, boogie, disco and hip-hop from Veto and Miles Day. Sat 15 Tone Pagoda 9pm, £5/£4 adv. Hip-hop from Jungle Brown, with Beatboxx Hann, DJ Click and Triz. *Sun 30 Delete 1pm-2am, £18 adv. See Clubs for more on this epic sesh, headlined

by Swiss minimal miss Sonja Moonear. Marc Parsons, Matt Owen and Kofi Tarris complete the backyard bill, and from 10pm-2am the party moves inside.

Inkspot

The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www. inkspotartsandcrafts.com *Sat 8 Groove Theory x Rotary Club 4pm-3am, £6-£10. Long old party featuring two of Cardiff’s top house/disco/other good stuff promoters. DJs: Giovanni Damico (Lumberjacks In Hell), Kofi Tarris, Mikey H plus Hully Gully, Rotary Club & Groove Theory DJs. *Fri 28 Submerge Soundsystem 10pm-4am, £6-£10. Dubstep, dub and jungle with, as the event name suggests, this promo crew’s own soundsystem in use for the first time.

RSD from Bristol headlines the main room over Halcyonic & G Roots, Tom Bateman and Blokeye. Room 2 features Ital Lion, Ul Tra, Jimanoli, Benny Bootleg, Kalo and Effigy.

Karma

75 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Fri + Sat 8pm-6am. karmaclubcardiff@gmail. com

Jagerbombs all night. My ventricles are rupturing just thinking about it.

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 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 Mon 3 Blink 182 Afterparty 10pm-4am, £2. An unofficial afterparty I might add. Stereo Brain play poppunk, ska and other appropriate sounds. Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £5. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. 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 / facebook. com/mezeloungenewport Fridays Panic! Alternative anthems, pop-punk, hardcore and guilty pleasures. Fri 14 Back To The 80s 10pm4.30am. Richie Moulton, Neil Young and Carl Bassett play 80s club anthems. This is an afterparty for the Billy Ocean show in Rodney Parade.

Saturdays Rock You! 10pm, £3-£5. A selection of anthems across the decades plus party/ covers bands each week. Sat 15 is the Colour Clash Festival official afterparty. Sat 22 Reggae Summer 9pm-5am, £10. With UK reggae don Tippa Irie plus Papa Crook, Sun I Tafari, The Lockdown Band, Aleighcia Scott and The Hiya Vibes Band plus special

clubs guests.

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

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.

The Moon

Womanby Street, Cardiff.

029 2037 3022 / info@ thefullmooncardiff.com Wed 26 Womanby’s Clubbing 5.30-8pm. Monthly clubbing events for adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. Run in partnership with Student Volunteering Cardiff. Thursdays Twisted Thursdays Until 3am, free.

Gary of Twisted By Design fame gets a regular Thursday night gig again, playing indie and alt-rock tunes after bands finish here. Fridays Gigantic Free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae, soul until 3am.

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

Sun 23 Diffdo Featuring a live set from dubstep-ish producer Stereoripe, plus DJ sets from Diffian and Ben Jah.

Penarth Ex-Servicemens Club

69 Windsor Rd, Penarth.

029 2070 7530 / www. penarthexservicemensclub. co.uk Sat 29 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12.30am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Also at this venue in September and November this year.

The Pit

The Strand, off Wind Street, Swansea. facebook.com/pg/ thepitswansea

Sat 1 + Sat 5 Aug Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/ alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.

Moved from its previous home (one of several) in The Garage.

Popworld Lots of cocktails, 2-4-1 offers and, naturally, pop music. Fridays + Saturdays Ain’t No Party Like A Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4 (Fri)/£3-£5 (Sat).

Platform 11

Pryzm

High Street, Pontypridd.

Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www. platform11.co.uk Sat 15 005 2pm-3am, £15 adv. Big house hotshot Darius Syrossian is the headline act, but there’ll presumably be a packed undercard with 13 hours of rave time to fill.

Popworld

96 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

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

029 2023 5825.

Mondays Pop Rocks 9pm.

A night of what they call alternative pop but their examples (Green Day, Blink, Linkin Park) seem to suggest will be pop-punk and nu-metal.

Ah, it’s all just names at the end of the day. Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party 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.

Tuesdays Timewarp Music from the 1980s and dance competitions. Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1.

Thursdays Destination

Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2023 3854 / www. pryzm.co.uk/cardiff Mondays House Party 10pm-3am, £4 “Imagine the greatest ever house party, with 2000 mates, the best drink deals, the freshest tunes and craziest entertainment you could ever imagine!” I... I can’t. Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3am, £4. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff. Saturday is in conjunction with Jongleurs comedy club, which also takes place here. Fridays Smack. 9pm3am. Weekly student event described by one enthusiast as “lit Friday nights with chilled fam bams and regular bants”.

Pulse

3 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

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

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

The Rainbow Rooms

12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07563 111225 / www.the-rainbowrooms.com Sun 1 Logic Presents Hed Kandi 9pm-4am, £10 adv.

With Eibhlin Flynn plus more DJs TBC.

Revolution

Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk Tuesdays Mode 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Popular student night returns. Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.

Room 112

DEVILMAN Stickylemons @ Buffalo, Cardiff, Thurs 13 July Tickets: £6. Info: 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com A few grime MCs started off at drum’n’bass raves, before grime properly existed – Dizzee Rascal comes to mind prominently – but it’s exceedingly rare for anyone to maintain a foot in both genres. Birmingham’s Devilman is the high-profile exception, calling himself the ‘drum’n’bass father’ and getting headline bookings at nights like this (Stickylemons, ran by Slim Teng, is chiefly dedicated to d’n’b and jungle) but initially making his name as one of the few recognised grime MCs from outside London in the early 00s. Scholars of grime clashes and beefs should be familiar with his enduring rivalry with Skepta; fans of gross horrorcore-type lyrics might get their kicks from Spitfire and the like. Skamma and T-Bone v Dubmatt are among the supporting cast tonight.

3-6 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

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

Saturdays Fusion 9pm4am, £10/£5. Afrobeats, r’n’b and dancehall.

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 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. Sat 8 Delusion 10pm4am, £12. Swansea’s top

trance night of the moment Main room: Sneijder, Rhys Thomas, Callan Christie and Dan McShane. Room 2 is hosted by Con7Rol and features Lloyd Haines, Taz Meah, Vedra & Rinaldi, Alex Eley & Jamie Morgan and Scott Phillips.

Small World Theatre

Bath House Road, Cardigan.

01239 615952/ www.smallworld.org.uk Sat 29 Move On Up 8pm, £5. Mr. A plays greats from his collection of 45s and 33s.

“No mixing, no scratching, no overdubs ... just Detroit Soul, New Orleans Funk, West Coast Wah-wah, Harlem Shuffle and New York Disco.” is promised.

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.

Tiger Tiger

Friary House, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff. Open Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-12.30am. 029 2039 1944 / www. tigertiger-cardiff.co.uk Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £2.50 per session. The UK's leading private karaoke experience each day of the week. Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 10pm-3am, £5/£3.50. Exclusive midweek student party. 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.

Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)

11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com Fri 14 La Fiesta 10pm4am. Salsa, reggaeton, some bachata and Spanish rock.

Fri 21 Selecta 10pm, £5/£3. Classic garage night.

Fri 28 Temple 10pm.

Monthly drum’n’bass night, lineup TBC. Sat 1 Flatline 10pm. Drum’n’bass, 140 and bassline from local DJs. Sat 8 Paranoize 10pm-4am, £8 adv. See Clubs for more on this fun-sounding night, which features Chimpo, Black Josh, Ransom, Sub:Stance, Gavin Woo, Warcharm, Boston and host MC XL. Sat 15 Rotary Club 11pm-4am. Residents night. Sat 22 Helium 10pm, £5. Techno, house and disco.

Residents showcase night

The Vaults

The Old Natwest Bank, 113116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com Fri 14 Cellar Door 10pm5am, £12 adv. Techno in room one, house and disco in room 2 and cartoons/chillout in room 3.

Warehouse 54

54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

Fridays The Good Time Social Club 11pm, £3. Laid back beats and live sessions to kick off the weekend. Entry fee also grants you entry to Courtyard, Blind Tiger, Meze Lounge and Labamba.

Saturdays Viva R’n’b and club classics. entry fee, again, gets you into all the clubs listed above. Sat 15 is the Official Colour Clash Afterparty; Sat 22 is the NPCLUBHOP Summer Ball Sundays The Sunday Sessions 8pm.

Allstar residents in session.

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 before 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week. Saturdays The VKend Free before 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.

events EVERY MONDAY

Ballet The Gate, Cardiff.

6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Beginners 6-7pm; intermediate 7-8; advanced 8-9.30. Runs until Mon 10 July.

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.

6.30-7.15pm, £5. Info 029 2048 4880. High intensity workout combining cardio and climbing.

Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Ages 4-6 4pm; 6-8 4.45; grade 1 5.45; grade 3 6.45. Runs until Mon 10 July.

Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial

BUZZ 63

* – recommended

events 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 every Monday during term time.

Drop-in Meditation And Mindfulness Classes The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

7-8.30pm, £5/£3 unwaged.

Info 01792 458245. New weekly class led by Mike Garside, Resident Teacher of Dharmavajra Kadampa Buddhist Centre in Swansea.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales.

6am-8pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Boxing-based high-intensity workout with a house soundtrack. Today’s lineup looks like this. Ware-house, Swansea: Bootcamp 6-7 + 10-11am; Funkypump 5-6 + 6-7pm; Warehouse ABC 5-7pm.Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 5-5.45pm.

Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Funkypump 6-7pm. First Choice Fitness, Llantrisant: Funkypump 6-7 + 7-8pm.

Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Funkypump 6-7pm. Elympia Fitness, Ely, Cardiff: 6.15-7.15pm.

Funkypump Fitness, Carmarthen: Funkypump 6.157.15pm.

Making Music The Gate, Cardiff. 6-10pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Learn how to play improvised rock and pop grooves and basic chord sequences. Beginners 6pm; improvers 8pm. Runs until Mon 10 July.

Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 6.158.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. 7-11 years old: 6.15-7.15pm; 12 and up: 7.15-8.30pm. Runs until Mon 10 July.

Newport Badminton Club Bettws Active Centre, Newport. 7-8.30pm. Info 07789 965285. One of the largest badminton clubs in south-east Wales. Also on Thursdays.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate. org. Today’s schedule looks like this. 4.30-6pm:Youth: Wookies (7-9 years); Youth: Padawans (9-11 years).

6-8pm: Aerial Hoop Level 4, Static Trapeze Level 3. 7.459.45pm: Aerial Hoop Level 2, Aerial Hoop Level 3, Static Trapeze Level 4.

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.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

10.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50.

Info 029 2048 3344. Gentle fitness for the first hour, general for the second two. Runs until Mon 10 July.

Qigong Class The Sunhouse, Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff.

6-7.15pm, £5. Info 07779 151916. More at www. bringingbalance.co.uk.

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

Info 029 2051 3440. With Ian Lewis.

Salsa Classes Horse & BUZZ 64

Groom, Cowbridge. 8-10pm, £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 rehearsals.

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.

Acrobalance The Gate, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £7/£5.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Combining elements of partner lifts, poses and transitions that involve two and sometimes more people. Runs until Tue 11 July.

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.

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

Info 07790 167560. Every Tuesday and Friday.

Beginners Show Girl & Burlesque Dancing Market House Dance Studio. Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £6. Info www. cardiffcabaretclub.com. With Steph.

Belly Dance Market House Dance Studio. Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £7/£30 for five sessions. Info www.cardiffcabaretclub.com.

With Steph.

Contemporary Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £5-£6.50.

Info 029 2048 3344. Beginners 6-7pm; intermediate 7-8. Runs until Tue 11 July.

Drum’n’Bass Workout Adamsdown Day Centre, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £6. Info cardiffdrumnbassworkout@ gmail.com. New weekly event wherein you can do a high intensity workout to high intensity d’n’b (with a bit of jungle).

Extend The Gate, Cardiff.

10am, £3. Info 029 2048 3344.

Exercise to music, aimed at over-60s and people with a disability. Runs until Tue 11 July.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales.

6am-8.15pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Ware-house, Swansea: TRX & Kettlebell 6-7am; Buggy Blast 10.30-11.30am; HIIT 1.151.45pm; Funkypump 5.15-6 + 6-7pm; Funkypump Kidz 5.15-6pm; White Collar Boxing Training 6-7pm; Funky Pump Lite 7-8pm. Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 6.30-7.15pm.

Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Bootcamp 6-7am. Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Bootcamp 6.15-7.15pm; Bags

7.15-8.15pm. Ufit, Cardiff: Funkypump 6-7pm. Daleon Fitness, Merthyr: Funkypump 6-7pm.

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

Irish Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 6.15-8.15pm, £6.50/£5.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Taught by Riverdance and former Lord Of The Dance cast member Nicola Dempsey.

6.15-7.15pm: advanced; 7.158.15pm: intermediate; 8.159.15: beginners. Runs until Tue 11 July.

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

All instruments and ages welcome.

Karate Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15-8.15pm. Info 029 2087 7959. With Emma Robins.

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 Kenfig Hill Rugby Club, Bridgend. 8-10.30pm, £5.

Info 07400 080101. Hosted

by Frank. Lessons are from 8.15-9pm; there’s a disco from 9-10.30. First dance lesson free.

Life Drawing Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £7.50. Info 07830 381930.

Hosted by Cardiff Life Model.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea.

6-10pm. Info 01792 475147.

Music Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.45-10.30am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Energetic music and movement class. Runs until Tue 11 July.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate. org. Today’s schedule: 4.156pm: Jedis Ground Skills (11+). 5-6pm: Youth: Ewoks (5-7 years). 6-7pm: Hula Hoop. 6-8pm: Supervised Training, Creative Circus.

7.45-9.45pm: Mixed Aerial.

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.

Pilates: Beginners The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Runs until Tue 11 July.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info kalavathi@ omstudio.co.uk.

Qigong & 24 Step Form St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-7.45pm. Info 07772 657692.

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.

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).

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.

7-8.30pm, £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.

Zhan Zhuang Qigong Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.30-

u – repeated

1.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. New weekly class, ZZQ being an ancient Chinese health system based on a series of static postures.

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.

Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm,

TROUBLEMAKERS FESTIVAL Various locations, High Street, Swansea Thurs 13-Sun 16 July. Admission: mostly free, some events ticketed.

Info: www.volcanotheatre.co.uk The good folks behind Volcano have been tireless in their efforts to jazz Swansea up with forward-thinking theatre, provocative live action and informative talks and workshops. The Troublemakers Festival is perhaps their most ambitious gambit yet: located on Swansea’s High Street (as is their building, a former branch of Iceland), it’s a mixture of ticketed events featuring people like Mark Thomas, film screenings in Cinema & Co., and a wide variety of come-and-go free events just off, or even right on, the street itself. Notable events include artist Lee Campbell, who has £500 to give away in exchange for impromptu performances, and a talk at Galerie Simpson with veteran anarchist provocateur Ian Bone, but there are dozens more happenings over four days.

events £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757. Runs until Wed 12 July.

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.

Drop-in Exploring Drawing Workshop Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, Rhondda. 7-9pm, £10. Info 01443 682034. With tutor Chris Williams.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales.

6am-8pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Ware-house, Swansea: Bootcamp 6-7 + 10-11am; Bag Circuit 5-6 + 6-7pm; Warehouse ABC 5-7pm; Abs 7-8pm. Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 6.30-7.15pm.

Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Bootcamp 6-7pm. First Choice Fitness, Llantrisant: Funkypump 6-7 + 7-8pm.

Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Funkypump 6-7pm. Funkypump Fitness, Carmarthen: Funkypump 6.157.15pm.

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.156.30pm, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. 5-10 years old: 4.15-5pm; 11-14: 5-5.45pm; 14-18: 5.45-6.30pm. Runs until Wed 12 July.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate. org. Today’s schedule: 4.156pm: Youth: Jedi Acrobatics (11+); 6-8pm: Adult Acrobatics.

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

Info 029 2063 6464.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

7-7pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Beginners session 7pm; advanced 8pm. Runs until Wed 12 July.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth.

8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. With Hayley.

Qigong Class The Hub Community Centre, Llandaff North, Cardiff. 2-3pm. Info 07772 657692.

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.

Toddler Time Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 10-11am. Info 01685 384111. Pre-school stories, rhymes and crafts for toddlers.

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.

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.

American Line Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 1.15-3pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2048 3344. Runs until Thurs 13 July.

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. 6.15-7.15pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. Learn break dancing styles, uprock, freezes and power moves. For ages 8-18.

Runs until Thurs 13 July.

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 Various venues across south Wales.

6am-8.15pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Ware-house, Swansea: TRX & Kettlebells 6-7am; Buggy Blast 10-11.30am; HIIT 1.151.45pm; Funkypump 5-6 + 6-7pm; White Collar Boxing Training 6-7pm; Funkypump Lite 7-8pm. Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 6.30-7.15pm.

Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Bootcamp 6-7am. Ufit, Cardiff: Funkypump 6-7 + 7.15-8.15pm. Elympia Fitness, Ely: Funkypump 7.158.15pm. First Choice Fitness, Llantrisant: Funkypump Lite 6-7pm. Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Funkypump 6-7pm. Funkypump Fitness, Carmarthen: Funkypump 6.157.15pm.

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. 4.30-6.30pm, £8 per session/£60 per term/£220 per year. Info 01633 656757.

New youth theatre programme organised by the Tin Shed Theatre Co. Age 5-8 4.305.30pm; 13-21 5-6.30; 9-12 5.30-6.30. Runs until Thurs 13 July.

Newport Badminton Club Pill Millennium Centre, Newport. 8-10pm. Info 07789 965285. Coached by Rhys Pritchard who represented Wales at the Junior Commonwealth Games.

Newport Junior Badminton Club Pill Millennium Centre, Newport.

7-8.30pm. Info 07789 965285.

Coached by Rhys Pritchard.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate. org. Today’s schedule: 6-8pm: Ropes & Silks Level 2, Static Trapeze Level 2. 7.45-9.45pm: Static Trapeze Level 2, Ropes & Silks Level 3, Ropes & Silks Level 4.

Official Guided Tours –

The Alexander Technique M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11am-12pm, £16. Info info@yogaskies.co.uk. Small group class hosted by Mike Young.

Yoga Classes Cardiff Steiner School, Llandaff North, Cardiff. 6-7 + 7-8pm, £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.

Roll up, roll up to the Masonic Hall in Cardiff for this year's Independent Comic Expo on Sat 8. Tickets are cheap (free if you're 11 or younger, in fact) and the organisers promise some 90 tables populated by comic sellers, illustrators, publishers, writers etc.

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.

Qigong Albert Rd Methodist Church Hall, Penarth. 6.307.30pm. Info 07772 657692.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1. Info 029 2037 8866.

With money, beers and pizza to be won.

Salsa & Bachata Classes Kapu, Cardiff. 7pm-2am, £4-£7. Info 07800 565651.

Beginners 7.30pm; improvers/intermediates 8.30. Free bachata dancing from 9.45pm.

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.

Story And Rhyme Time In Welsh For Babies Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 10-11.30am, free.

Info 029 2057 3650. Every Thursday during term time; aimed at 0-4 years.

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. Check in advance on the sessions as the hall is occasionally booked by someone else.

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.

Dance Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.30-10.05am + 10.15-10.50am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Runs until Fri 14 July.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales.

6am-7pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Warehouse, Swansea: Bootcamp 6-7 + 10-11am; ABC 5-7pm; Kettlebell 5.15-6pm; Bag Circuit 6.15-7pm. Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 6-6.45pm.

Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Funkypump 6-7pm. Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Bag Circuit 6-7pm.

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

Movement And Music For

A Fuller Life Bishop Of Llandaff High School, Cardiff.

7.45-9.30pm, £5. Info 07726 360584. Biodanza session, on most weeks (ring ahead to check) aiming to help you “discover the joy of living, feel better and happier, benefit from more energy, and be more flexible”.

Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm.

Info 01633 400685.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate. org. Today’s schedule: 4.156pm: Youth: Jedi Aerial Skills (11+); 6-7.30pm: Aerial Fitness; 6-8pm: Supervised Training.

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

Info 029 2063 6464.

Older Adult Dance/ Exercise The Riverfront, Newport. 11am-12pm, £3. Info 01633 656757. Low impact dance and exercise class aimed at the over 50s.

Reggae Yoga Breakfast Club Anna-Loka, Cardiff.

7.30-8.30am, £10. Info 029 2049 7703. Vegan cafe launches new session, on every Friday, where you do yoga (with one Yogi Bare) and listen to reggae.

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.

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 Various venues across south Wales.

6am-7pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Ware-house, Swansea: Abs 8-9am; TRX & Kettlebells 9.15-10.15am; Funkypump Kidz 10.30-11.30am; Bag Circuit 10.30-11.30am.

Ware-house, Port Talbot: Bag Circuit 10.30-11.30am. Ufit, Cardiff: Bag Circuit 9.3010.30am. Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Bag Circuit 10.30-11.30am. Funkypump Fitness, Carmarthen: Boot Camp 8-9pm.

Hard Côr Sony Room, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11am, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

India Dance Wales Classes Lewis Street Methodist Church, Ystrad Mynach. Info ym.natyam@gmail.com.

New classes from beginner to Grade 3 level, every Saturday morning – email to confirm specific times.

Mini Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 10-11am, £6. Info 01633 656757. Run by Defying Gravity, professional tutors will teach ballet and drama to kids aged 3-6.

Movement For Children Volcano, Swansea. 10am12pm, £4. Info www. volcanotheatre.co.uk.

Energetic classes with a focus on creativity, supporting physical development and building confidence. Ages 4-7: 10am; 8-12: 11am.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate. org. Today’s schedule: 10-11.30am: Youth: Wookies (7-9 years); 11.30am-12.30pm: Youth: Ewoks (5-7 years); 12.30-2pm: Youth: Padawans (9-11 years); 2-4pm: Youth: Jedi Performance Skills (11+); 4-6pm: Youth: Jedi General Skills (11+).

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.

EVERY SUNDAY

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.

Children’s Climbing

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* – recommended

events If it’s July then it must be time for The Welsh Proms at Cardiff’s St. David’s Hall. Ostensibly a classical music festival, over the years The Proms has expanded to include a number of additional family, educational and wider interest events including the annual Folk Prom. Notable past performers at said prom have included Coope, Boyes & Simpson, Flook, Show Of Hands, The Oysterband (with June Tabor) and the extended Waterson-Carthy Family with this year’s offering, a special collaboration between the acclaimed duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker and the strings of The Mavron Quartet, promising to be one of the most memorable.

Singer Josienne Clarke and guitarist Ben Walker first worked together in 2010 on Josienne’s album Our Light Is Gone. Although the album was credited to Josienne alone, Ben’s contributions as collaborator, arranger and accompanist were immense and their subsequent recordings, the Homemade Heartache EP and debut duo album Fire & Fortune quickly established them as one of the most exciting new acts on the British folk scene.

Influenced by the likes of Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Nic Jones and Pierre Bensusan, Josienne and Ben’s unique brand of chamber folk brings together stunning reinterpretations of traditional songs and their own exquisite compositions.

Whatever the material, Clarke’s extraordinarily emotive and nuanced vocal is a thing of wonder (she was memorably described by the Financial Times as “singing like a haunted angel”) while Walker’s delicate arrangements and sublime guitar playing creates the perfect backdrop.

Since their debut album, the duo have honed their skills through countless live performances and two more critically acclaimed albums. The latest, Overnight (released on the Rough Trade label), brought their music to a wider audience with its perfect blend of beautiful arrangements, warm production, emotionally charged vocals and virtuoso musicianship.

For their Proms appearance Josienne and Ben have enlisted the help of St. David’s Hall’s string quartet in residence The Mavron Quartet, adding an extra dimension to their unique musical vision as can be heard when these talented musicians take to the stage on Mon 24 July.

Buzz also recommends: Kate Rusby. The Barnsley Nightingale...in a garden.

National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne. (Sat 15) Greg Russel & Ciaran Algar. Exciting young duo.

Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. (Thurs 20) Siân James. Respected Welsh harpist and singer.

Ty Tawe, Christina St. Swansea. (Fri 28) Please send your folk and roots listings to listings@buzzmag.co.uk or phone them in to 029 2022 6767

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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.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre.

6-10pm. Info 01792 863722.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule: 1-3pm: Flying Trapeze Level 2; 3-5 + 5-7pm: Flying Trapeze Level 1; 7-9pm: Flying Trapeze Level 3.

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.

SATURDAY 1

Arcade Arena Gwdihw, Cardiff. 2pm, £5/£3 (free to spectate). Info 029 2039 7933. All-day gaming tournament.

Artist Talk: Copper Geographies National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. With Ignacio Acosta (see Art listings).

Boxing: Keep The Faith Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 5pm. Info 029 2037 3144. In aid of Heads Above the Waves and featuring a bout between Hywel Davies and Matt Dutfield. There seem to be two other events here today so if this is on I suspect it’s in the old bingo hall next to the venue.

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.

Craft Fair St Mary’s Church, Swansea. 10.30am-4pm, free.

Info ariancrafts@hotmail. co.uk.

Cross Stitch The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 11am1pm, £12. Info 07445 200707.

Creative workshop hosted by Twin Made, who have further events later today, tomorrow, Fri 7, Sat 8, Sat 22 and Sun 23. uDestination Space Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission

fee. Info 029 2047 5475.

Celebrate Tim Peake’s mission to the International Space Station with a funfilled family show. (Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 16) Dewch i Ganu National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 01792 463980. Join musician Delyth Jenkins and learn Welsh through song.

Dungarees Dress The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

2-5pm, from £30. Info 07445 200707. Another Twin Made workshop.

Eclectic Crafters Centenary Hall, Maryport Street, Usk. Info eclectic. crafters@gmail.com. Craft fair held on the first Saturday of each month.

Enfys Craft Fair St. Francis Millennium Centre, Barry. 10am-4pm. Info 01446 792149. Every first Saturday of the month.

Enthusiasm Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 12-10pm, free.

Info 01685 384111. interdisciplinary one-day arts event bringing together musicians, members of the community, archivists and historians to look at a historical episode that links Merthyr and the South Wales Valleys to the Donbas in Ukraine. uFleece To Felt Shearing Day Location TBC, nt Sennybridge. £45/£35 under16s. Info 01874 749092.

Learn how to shear a sheep (and try it for yourself if you’re 16 or older) then spend the afternoon making a felted item with some of your fleece. A Good Day Out event. Also on Sun 9. uGolf: Celebrity Cup Celtic Manor, nr Newport.

9am, £10-£35. Info 01633 413000. Annual event, on tomorrow also. It’s sponsored (like last year) by a a sugary faux-cider whose name I sadly don’t have space to include here (loike last year), and the teams will be made up of celebs from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland. uHands-On Art Club Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen. 11am1pm + 2-4pm, £20 per term.

Info 01267 222775. Aimed at ages 8-11, this term the theme will be making art outdoors and will include land art, printmaking with natural materials and making art on the beach. Also on Sat 15 this month. uHedgehog Helper Morning Venue TBC, nr Builth Wells. £20. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event. Also on Tue 4, Sat 8, Tue 11, Sat 15, Tue 18, Sat 22, Mon 24, Wed 26 and Sat 29. uInternational Ceramics Festival 2017 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £140/£130 Welsh potters/£95 NUS/ free under-14s. Info 01970 623232. A host of international ceramicists demonstrate their work at this annual event. On tomorrow also. uJoust! Cardiff Castle. £10-£15.50/free under-5s.

Info 029 2087 8100. Medieval style knightsmanship with various other era-appropriate activities. On tomorrow also.

Kidsmarkets Summer Mega Market UWIC Talybont Sports Hall,

Bevan Place, Cardiff. 11am12.30pm, £1.50/kids free.

Info 07760 802088. Featuring 60 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved baby and children’s items. uLights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee.

Info 029 2047 5475. Join us as we look up into the night sky to explore the many lights that have fascinated humans for centuries. (Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 16) Lost Lands Rooftop Cinema: Batman – The Dark Knight Jacobs Antiques, Cardiff. 7pm, £10.

Info 029 2039 0939. Lost Lands also screen films here on Fri 28 and Sat 29.

Machen Show Mill Farm, Machen. 8.30am-6pm, £5/£3 under-14s and OAPs. Info 07737 630657. Old style country type show with lots of cute animals and cuter farm equipment.

Maindee Festival Maindee Primary School, Newport.

12-7pm, free. Info www. maindee.org. Free community arts festival that brings together people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, ages, abilities and faiths.

Monmouthshire Show Monmouthshire Showground, Monmouth. 8am-7pm, £4-£14. Info 01873 890365.

Centred on horses and livestock, with other attractions for the family.

National Meadow Day National Museum Cardiff.

11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Discover more about these important green spaces and the plants and insects within them.

Natural Dyes: Explore Colour Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £75. Info 029 2048 4611.

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. uPawprints In The Summer Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475. Discover all the animal shapes hidden in the constellations. Suitable for under-7s.

(Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 16) uRhondda Rose Society Show National History Museum, St Fagans. 10am5pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. On tomorrow also.

Saturday Craft Workshop For Adults Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10.30am1pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Monthly session. uSilver Clay Jewellery Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 11am-1pm, £90 (two days).

Info 029 2048 4611. With Joan Gordon. On tomorrow also, from 10.30am-4.30pm. uSpring Lamb Food & Drink Festival Glan Bryner Farm, Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly. 10am-6pm. Info 01443 819315. Cooking demos, sheep shearing, a cover band and other stuff.

On tomorrow also. uTafwyl Llandaff Fields, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2068

u – repeated

9888. Multi-faceted day of entertainment aimed at Welsh speakers, and those who want to learn. As well as stalls promoting Welsh produce, workshops, literary sessions, music, cookery, art and drama sessions, live music today will come from Yws Gwynedd, Geraint Jarman, Y Niwl, Alys Williams, Brython Shag, Aled Rheon, Argrph, Cpt. Smith plus DJs Dilys and Ian Cottrell (main stage); REU 25, The Gentle Good, Ani Glass, Plu, Welsh Whisperer, Alun Tan Lan, Danielle Lewis and Big Fish Little Fish (acoustic stage); Mabli Tudur, Beth Celyn and Hyll (Youth Yurt).

Sun 2: Bryn Fon, Candelas, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Miec Stevens, Geraint Lovgreen A’r Enw Da, Cadno, Omaloma, Cerddorfa Ukelele and DJs Elan Evans and Ian Cottrell (main stage); REU 25, Kizzy Crawford, Heather Jones, Brigyn, Iwan Huws and Cwpwrdd Nansi (acoustic stage); Patrobas, Eddy Crawford and Mellt (Youth Yurt) See www.tafwyl.org for more info.

The Burn Series Adventure Race Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 10am.

Info 01639 881635. Running, kayaking and cycling in that order, over two distances (10km, 1km and 40km adult; 3km, 1km and 10km kids). uVintage Kilo Sale Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 10am-6pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Designer labels at £15 a kilo they’re saying! On tomorrow also. uWales National Air Show Swansea Bay. 10am6pm, free. Info www. walesnationalairshow.com.

On tomorrow also. uWorkshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 1-5pm. Info www.cycletrainingwales.org. uk. Adult bikes on sale from £60; kids’ bikes from £10.

Also on every Friday this month, from 10am-12pm.

SUNDAY 2

Band T-Shirt Memory Quilt The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 2-5pm, £40. Info 07445 200707. Twin Made workshop.

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.

Lee Skeet Supper Club Brewdog, Cardiff. £51. Info 029 2023 1684. Cornish seafood specialist with the final instalment of a series of supper clubs – after this he’s going travelling. Book here: www.leeskeet.com/shop. uPiggy 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. Also on Sun 23.

Pre-Loved Vintage Kilo Fair National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am5pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

events Clothes sold for £15 a kilo.

Stretch Revive And Relax Workshop Pontcanna Dojo, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 07774 601544 / sarasclasses4@gmail.com. uTramshred: A Class And A Glass Tramshed, Cardiff.

10-11am + 11am-12pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Dance-themed exercise classes followed by prosecco brunch. Today’s music is r’n’b, old skool and anthems; there’ also a class on Sun 9, which is drum’n’bass.

MONDAY 3

Art Talk: Kate Evans Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

7pm, £4.50. Info 01656 815995.

Gwd Mondays: Musical Bingo Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. uPicture Makers Creative Photographic Courses The Environment Centre, Swansea. 7.30-9pm, £80 (six weeks). Info 07960 184923.

Run by Sheree Murphy (as is the equivalent course in Pontardawe tomorrow). Every Monday until 10 July (ie today and a week today). uPilates And Core Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 6.45-7.45pm, £30 for six sessions. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. With Stephanie. Every Monday this month.

Simple Knots Makers Meet Castle Emporium, Cardiff. 5.30-7.30pm, £3. Info facebook.com/simpleknots.

Informative evenin of creativity, open to all makers of any medium.

Sir Tony Robinson: No Cunning Plan Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.

7.30pm, £14/£20 with book.

Info 01873 850805. Robinson has a new autobiography out, and plugs it here. I forgot he had been knighted. uWrite 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. Also on Mon 17 (it takes place here every first and third Monday of the month). uYoga By The Sea St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10-11am, £6. Info 01446 799100. Also on Mon 10 and Mon 17.

TUESDAY 4

Art Course – Painting And Drawing Penarth Pier Pavilion. 10am-12.30pm, £105 (10 weeks). Info 0844 8700887. Led by Pauline Williams. Every Tuesday until 4 July (ie finishing today).

Cardiff Poetry Experiment Jacobs Antiques, Cardiff.

7-10pm. Info 029 2039 0939.

With Holly Pester, John Wilkinson and Rowan Evans.

Drink And Draw The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Get a bevvy in and learn how to draw portraits. That’s all. uEarly Years Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

10.30-11.30am, free. Explore movement, sound, language, textures, shapes and colours with kids aged 6 months to 3 years. Also on Tue 18.

Explore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. Discuss books and authors in a casual setting (no obligation to have read the books in advance). uPicture Makers Creative Photographic Courses Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30-9pm, £80 (six weeks). Info 07960 184923.

Every Tuesday until 11 July (ie today and a week today). uQigong Class Bute Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, pay by donation. Info 07779 151916.

Every Tuesday this month.

More at www. bringingbalance.co.uk.

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uGlynn Vivian Young People Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 3.304.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. A group for anyone aged 16-24 with a passion for art and the enthusiasm to inspire others. Also on Wed 12 and Wed 19 this month.

Peter Finch + Katherine Stansfield Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £4. Info 01656 815757. Poetry readings as part of the Penned On The Bont series.

Let’s Get Quizzical The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £2 to enter. Info 01497 821762. Pub quiz. uPhilosophy Cafe The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7pm, free. Info 01497 821762.

Also on Thurs 20.

Poems & Pints Browns, Laugharne. 7.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. With guest host John Bilsborough.

Save Water, Drink Gin Lab 22, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £25.

Info 029 2039 9997. A night of juniper-flavoured revelry hosted by Cardiff Gin Club. uThe Wales Triathlon Show Tenby Leisure Centre.

Free. Info 01437 765777.

Three-day event with guest speakers from triathlon’s top table, plus over 40 exhibitors.

(Until Sat 8) uYoung Art Force Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

11am-2pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Open art class for anyone aged 14 to 24 to explore and respond to the Gallery’s exhibitions and collections. Also on Thurs 20.

FRIDAY 7

An Evening With Mike Jenkins Cwtsh Community & Arts Centre, Newport.

From Fri 14-Sun 16, the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea is the unjustifiably highbrow setting for an Adult Ball Pit, apparently the largest such thing in the UK. It'll be in Cardiff at the start of September, too, if the balls haven't all been befouled.

Reminiscence Monthly Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, free.

Info 029 2034 6214. Come to the museum and share your memories of Cardiff, on the first Wednesday of every month. uSheep Trekking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Spend the afternoon in a 200-acre organic farm. A Good Day Out Event. Also on Wed 12, Sun 16, Wed 19, Sat 29 and Sun 30.

Swing Time Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 8.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info donnie@ donniejoemusic.com. Swing and lindy hop night with live band Donnie Joe’s American Swing plus The Medicine Man DJing. Also on Wed 19, with a different live band.

Tea Dance Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 2pm, £5 adv. Info 0845 2263510.

THURSDAY 6

First Thursday Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 029 2030 4400.

Readings by Siobhán Campbell and Yvonne Reddick. uLeather Bag Making Workshop Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £80. Info 029 2048 4611. With Joan Gordon. Also on Sat 8.

7.30pm, £3. Info 01633 664498. Award-wining poet and novelist. uBig Skill Festival The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 10am. Info 01497 821762.

Three days of craft workshops, artisan stalls, story telling, musicians, arts and crafts, with camping provised nearby. (Until Sun 9) 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.

Community Café Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

12.30-1.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Peter David discusses the modellers and sculptors who created some of the figures in the Gallery’s collection.

Cricket: Natwest T20 Blast – Glamorgan v Hampshire SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff. 6.30pm.

Info 029 2040 9380.

Crime And Place All Saints Lesser Hall, Penarth.

7.30-10.30pm, £7. Info 029 2070 6455. Clare Donoghue, J.M. Gulvin and Jan Newton explore how the setting of a novel changes the way crime is written about, and the way we as readers experience it.

Penarth Literature Festival event, which runs until Mon

10 in various venues.

Farmers Market High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. Free.

Info 01685 725106. Quality produce from no more than 50 miles away, on the first Friday of each month.

Friday Talk: The Lost Treasures Of Swansea Bay Community Archaeology Project National Museum Cardiff.

1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. By Emma Williams.

Little Mice Club: Up In The Air National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am12pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Bilingual playtime for babies/toddlers.

Pom Poms & Pimms The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

6.30-8.30pm, £20. Info 07445 200707. Twin Made workshop.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £20/£18.50. Info 01874 611622. Posh explorer type with a show titled Mind Over Matter.

The Life Of Dorothy Squires All Saints, Penarth.

4-6pm, £5. Info 029 2070 6455. South Wales starlet of several decades past is discussed by Johnny Tudor and Dick Johns. Penarth Literature Festival event.

The World Of Norm Paget Rooms, Penarth. 10am + 12.45pm, free. Info 029 2070 6455. Readings of popular kids’ book series from its author, Jonathan Meres.

Book in advance please.

Penarth Literature Festival event, which runs until Mon 10 in various venues.

Toddler Days Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £5.50 adults/free under-4s. Info 029 2047 5475.

Monthly term-time events for toddlers and their parents, this month’s theme being ‘at the seaside’.

SATURDAY 8

Caerwent Craft Fayre Caerwent Village Hall, Monmouthshire. 2.304.30pm. Info cwmbran_ crafts@hotmail.co.uk. Every second Saturday of the month.

Cardiff Independent Comic Expo 2017 Masonic Hall, Cardiff. 10am-5pm, £6.50/£5.50 adv/free under12s. Info www.ciceevents. wordpress.com. With over 90 tables featuring independent comic artists, writers, illustrators, publishers, retailers and more, from South Wales and beyond.

Carving Out A Writing Career Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1.304.30pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 463980. Workshop with author and publishing professional Julia Forster. uChepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow. 8.30am-1pm, free.

Info 01291 626370. Every second and fourth Saturday of the month (also on Sat 22 in July). uDance Days National Waterfront Museum and elsewhere in the city centre, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

International and UK acts perform alongside local groups in Swansea’s annual dance festival. On tomorrow also.

Drop-In Knotwork &

Beadwork Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4pm, £5. Info 029 2048 4611.

Monthly class, normally on the second Saturday of the month.

Essential Bike Maintenance Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 9.30am-4pm, £65.

Info www.cycletrainingwales. org.uk.

Fables From The Srables All Saints Lesser Hall, Penarth. 4-6pm, £3. Info 029 2070 6455. South Wales author Gavin Pucket talks about his series of equinethemed kids’ books. Penarth Literature Festival event.

Farmers’ Market Twyn Community Centre, Caerphilly. 9.30am, free. Info 01656 658963. Every second Saturday of the month.

Funky Craft Fayre Ostreme Centre, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am-4pm. Info nigel.mason@ntlworld.com.

Taking place here on the second Saturday of each month all year.

Glamorgan Vintage Iron Horse Society Display Of Tractors Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. Free. Info 01639 881635. COOL. uMedieval Fun Day Caerphilly Castle. 10am-5pm, £7.95/£5.20. Info 01443 336000. Archery, sword skills, weapons displays and demonstrations. On tomorrow also.

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. uSaturday Family Workshops Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Also on Sat 22.

Spoken Word Saturday Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 3pm, £3.

Info 0845 2263510.

Tenovus Singathon Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2087 2087.

Afternoon charity event raising featuring eight choirs.

Thai Classics Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am-3.30pm, £170. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk.

The Forever House All Saints, Penarth. 2-4pm, £7.

Info 029 2070 6455. Veronica Henry talks to bookshop owner Mel Griffin about her newly published novel.

Penarth Literature Festival event.

The Knight Who Wouldn’t Fight Penarth Library.

10.30am-12.30pm, £3. Info 029 2070 6455. Penarth Literature Festival event where Helen Docherty reads from her books, aimed at kids aged 5 and under.

The Welsh At Passchendaele Saint Augustine’s Parish Hall, Penarth. 6-8pm, £5. Info 029 2070 6455. Dr Jonathan Hicks talks about his new book, which looks at one of the most notorious battlegrounds of WWI. Penarth Literature Festival event.

Wellfield Road Summer

Fete St. Andrew’s Church, Roath, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free/£20 to set up a stall. Info 07794 248057. uYoung Makers Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

2-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Expand your skills and experience in new class aimed at older children (14-16) who want to work collectively on projects. Also on Sat 22.

SUNDAY 9

Aberfan In Memoir All Saints, Penarth. 2-4pm, £5.

Info 029 2070 6455. Huw Lewis talks to Dai Smith about his new book To Hear The Skylark’s Song. Penarth Literature Festival event.

Barry Island Handmade Market Barry Island train station. 11am-3pm, free. Info facebook.com/ barryislandhandmademarket.

Every second Sunday of the month.

Charity Skydive Fairwood Common, Swansea. 8am5pm, £320 minimum sponsorship. Info info@gthc. org.uk. A George Thomas Hospice Care charity event.

Creative Writing Workshop Foxy’s Deli, Penarth. 210am-1pm, £10.

Info 029 2070 6455. Hosted

by Julie McGowan. Penarth Literature Festival event.

Cycling: Velothon Wales King Edward VIII Avenue, Cardiff (start and finish point). 7am, £69/£65 to enter.

Info www.velothonwales. co.uk. Welsh edition of a professional worldwide cycling sportive, featuring some kickass scenery as you’d imagine.

Essential Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 9.30pm, £11.50. Info 07538 878609.

Cut-price 85-minute tour, by Cardiff History & Hauntings.

Grandfest National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. The Royal Voluntary Services’ celebration of the skills older people can pass on to younger generations.

Marina Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 463980.

Miss Treadway And The Field Of Stars All Saints, Penarth. 4-6pm, £7. Info 029 2070 6455. Miranda Emmerson talks about her debut novel with Sue Page.

Penarth Literature Festival event.

Poetry Showcase Waterloo Tea, Penarth. 8-10pm, £5.

Info 029 2070 6455. With Stephen Payne, Amy Wack, Katherine Stansfield and Michael Laskey, plus music from Phil Nedin. Penarth Literature Festival event.

Tapas Summer Party Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan.

9.30am-3.30pm, £170. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk. uTuneless Choir Cardiff Aspire Fitness, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 first session/£7 drop-in/£40 for eight weeks. Info 07745 683723. Choir, led by Mei Gwynedd, for people who want to sing but can’t carry a tune. Also on Sun 23, Sun 30 and every fortnight after that.

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events MONDAY 10

BAFTA CYMRU JULY 2017 As the summer holidays beckon, we are not resting on our laurels here at BAFTA: July will see a host of events. On Mon 3 we will be hosting a special preview screening of drama Against The Law in conjunction with the Iris Prize. This new BBC2 factual drama, starring Daniel Mays and Mark Gatiss, dramatises the events that led to the 1967 Sexual Offences Act which decriminalised homosexual acts in England and Wales. We’ll also be showing {Daisy & D}, the latest short film from Iris Prize winner Arkasha Stevenson. Public tickets are available at £5 from our website below.

On Wed 12, we’ll be hosting a celebratory screening of the film A Way Of Life and Q&A with director Amma Asante, who has recently directed Belle and A United Kingdom. The film, which was shot on location in South Wales in 2004, was Asante’s debut feature and earned her numerous BAFTA nominations and wins.

In this film, Asante brings a clear eye to contemporary Wales; her BAFTA-winning debut is an underseen contribution to the lineage of British kitchen sink realism, and stars one of the genre’s finest actors, Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies, Little Voice) as well as a rich cast of newcomers.

This story of racism and marginalised lives is ripe for rediscovery in Brexit Britain.

Members will be treated to networking drinks courtesy of Tiny Rebel and those in Swansea will be able to attend a screening of the new film Canaries at High Street bar The Hyst. The film, starring well-known Welsh actors including BAFTA Cymru winners Aled Pugh and Robert Pugh, was shot in Wales and at Martha’s Vineyard.

We will be hosting a heritage screening of Kevin Allen’s Y Syrcas on Mon 24 July as part of Pontio, Bangor’s circus festival, and then looking forward for eight days and 46 different screening and Q&A events as part of the Anglesey National Eisteddfod at our Sinemaes tent.

Those interested in the Awards news this year should note the following dates – nominees for the 2017 British Academy Cymru Awards will be announced on Fri 1 Sept, and 1,000 public and industry guests will be attending the ceremony at St David’s Hall on Sun 8 Oct. Tickets go on sale on Fri 25 Aug via St David’s Hall box office and we will be announcing some very exciting party news in August!

The BAFTA Cymru membership year started on Thurs 1 June, with new applications flooding in from students, career starters and professionals. If you would like to apply to join the other 600 members, please have a look at all the benefits of membership, including free cinema, on our website.

Info: www.bafta.org/wales

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uBeginners Saxophone Class Upstairs at The Park Hotel, Barry. 7-9pm, £15. Info 07806 625717. With Beverley from Sax For Fun. Every other Monday; also on Mon 24 this month.

Elliecoptor Hoops Hula Hoop Class Plasnewydd Community Centre, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £5. Info elliecoptor@ hotmail.com. uJoy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30-9pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07412 346054. On the second and fourth Monday of every month (also on Mon 24 in June).

The Children Of Jocasta All Saints, Penarth. 2-4pm, £7. Info 029 2070 6455. Huw Natalie Haynes discusses her new novel. Penarth Literature Festival event, the final one for this year. uVelotech Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £495 (four days). Info www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk. (Until Thurs 13)

TUESDAY 11

uSea Shanty Sessions Look Out Cafe Bar, Cardiff.

7.15-9.30pm, £30 for whole series (drop-in negotiable).

Info 07952 752823. Led by Pauline Down, this session is also on Sun 23.

Spirituality Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2048 3344.

Second Tuesday of every month.

WEDNESDAY 12

Natural Dyeing And Printing Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £12.

Info hannah@ greencityevents.co.uk. Hosted

by Green City Events.

Open Mic Spoken Word Extravaganza 42 Ye Olde Murenger, Newport.

7.30pm, £5/£3. Info 01633 263977. Featuring writers Dave Costello and Sheila Templeton. Fundraiser by CWTSH to help run the former Stow Hill Library. uScriveners Writers’ Group The Badminton Club, Beaufort, Ebbw Vale. 8pm.

Info 01495 753629. Also on Wed 26. Now in a new venue.

THURSDAY 13

Book Signing/Reading: Caroline Leech Octavo’s Wine Bar, Cardiff Bay. 6.308pm, free. Info 029 2049 1220.

Young adult writer with a new novel, set towards the end of WWII. uHowl Mozarts, Swansea.

8pm, free. Info 01792 649984.

Poetry open mic, every second and third Thursday of the month (also on Thurs 20).

Off Grid Gourmet Supper Club The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7pm, £30/£25 vegetarian. Info 01497 821762.

Open Mic Night Imperial Hotel, Merthyr. 7.30pm. Info mjenkins1927@gmail.com.

With special guest Robert Minhinnick.

Ship Lovers Group National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12-2.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Come and learn about the modern history of ships through the cameras of

our members, on the second Saturday of every month.

SwanComm Film Festival National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1.30-4.30pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. A selection of films created by community groups.

Thrifty Kids: Egg Box Sail Boats National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am12.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. uTroublemakers Festival Various locations (based at Volcano), High Street, Swansea. Free (some event ticketed). Info www. volcanotheatre.co.uk. A four-day-long effort to jazz up Swansea High Street with various cultural happenings.

Highlights from today: a lunch at the TechHub Basement Cafe (1-2pm); Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat (Volcano, 5.30-7pm); The Peg Talks (Volcano, 7.30pm). Fri 14 highlights: Yap Yap Yap, a celebration of women’s speeches from history (Volcano, 2.30pm and 7.30pm, £5 adv); Damien Kingsley talking about his walk across the UK to raise money for Shelter (Canolfan Morgannwg, 7pm, £5 adv); a screening of Passport To Pimlico (Cinema & Co, 7.30pm, £5 adv). Sat 15 highlights: Lee Campbell’s Project 500 (High Street, 11am-4pm); Exist skate jam (High Street, 2-4pm, on tomorrow also); Fun Palaces with Stella Duffy (Volcano, 4-6.30pm); Ian Bone talking about Swansea counterculture (Galerie Simpson, 5.30-7pm); Tony Cowards’ Punasaurus (Canolfan Morgannwg, 7pm, £5); Mark Thomas (Volcano, 7.30pm, £10 adv). Sun 16 highlights: Craftivism (Sew Swansea, 10am-12pm); an attempt to levitate the Palace Theatre (3.30pm); Festival Finale: Placard Procession (High Street, 4pm); Tuneopolis (Volcano, 4.30-6.30pm); a screening of documentary film Wall Writers – Graffiti In Its Innocence (Cinema & Co, 5pm); and Noel James plus other Welsh language entertainers (Canolfan Morgannwg, 9pm, £5 adv). (Until Sun 16)

FRIDAY 14

uAdult Ball Pit National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10am-9pm. Info 01792 463980. Now this is what museums were made for: the biggest adult ball pit in the UK, which contains 120,000 plastic balls and, presumably, much less urine per square metre than the average children’s ball pit. On from 10am-5pm on Sun 16. (Until Sun 16) uCardiff International Food & Drink Festival Oval Basin, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2087 2087. Annual weekender. There’s normally some nice stuff to eat and drink here. (Until Sun 16) uCarnival Weekender The Esplanade, Penarth.

6-10.20pm, free. Info 0844 8700887. This evening: live music from Into The Ark, Junior Bill, Ofelia and Rachel K Collier, and a DJ set by GRL TLK. Plus circus shows and a foreworks finale. Tomorrow (starting at 11am): RAF Falcons display, skate workshops, live entertainment, circus shows, stalls, petting

zoo, story sessions, aircraft demonstrations and more.

Dinky Dragons Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2034 6214. Family fun day for 0-5-year-olds on the second Friday of every month.

Exploring The Collection Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-3 + 3.30-4.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Explore the work involved in archiving and storing information and images of the GVAG’s collection.

Football: Pre-Season Friendly – Taffs Well v Cardiff City Rhiw Dda’r, Taffs Well, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2081 3020.

Friday Talk: A Patchwork Puzzle – Conserving The Paper Templates In An 18th Century Patchwork Sampler National Museum Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. By Kim Thüsing and Lisa Childs.

Mobile Heritage Science Lab National Museum Cardiff. 10am-5pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Take part in scientific experiments to test the air quality in the museum.

MTB Hydraulics And Suspension Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £110. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk. uPremium Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 9.30pm, £15.

Info 07538 878609. By Cardiff History & Hauntings. Also on Fri 21.

Summer Italian Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am3.30pm, £170. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

Taiko Drumming Glangwryney Village Hall, nr Crickhowell. 9.30am-3.30pm, £170. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk.

Tea Dance St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

2pm, £5. Info 01446 799100.

With Alan Taylor.

SATURDAY 15

Adventure Travel Film Club: C90 Adventures Small World Theatre, Cardigan.

7pm, £5. Info 01239 615952. A documentary following a man named Ed who spent eight months riding his bike across various Asian and Middle Eastern countries a few years back.

Al Fresco Feast Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am3.30pm, £170. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

Brecon Craft Fair Market Hall, Brecon. 9am-4.30pm.

Info 01495 753782. Every third Saturday of the month.

Cardiff International Tattoo Convention Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa, Cardiff. 11am-8pm, £15/£25 both days/free under15s. Info www. cardifftattoocon.co.uk.

Featuring stalls, merch and best tattoo competitions.

Cricket: Natwest T20 Blast – Glamorgan v Somerset SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2040 9380.

Kidsmarkets Family Sale St Dyfrig’s RC Church Hall, Treforest. 11am-12.30pm, £1/

u – repeated

kids free. Info 07760 802088.

Featuring 25 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved baby and children’s items.

Lazy Crafternoons: Revamp Your Lamp National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1.30pm, £5. Info 01792 463980.

Liminality Dance Workshop Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1-3.15pm, £8.

Info 029 2030 4400. Featuring two dancers from New Delhi and aimed at ages 12+.

Miss Universe Great Britain 2017 The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £30. Info 01633 656757. Heh, I’d like to enter Miss Universe Great Britain 2017, I can tell you! [crowd boo me] Actually it’s a joke about gender identity. [crowd boo even louder] Saturday Adult Art Classes Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Spectacle Theatre: Theatrical Tour Of Flat Holm Cardiff Bay (starting point). £34/£24 children aged 7+. Info 07393 470476. This is a combination of a boat trip and interactive theatre experience. Sail to Flat Holm Island in a big dinghy (RIB boat to give it its proper name) and enjoy a play based around various myths relating to the island.

Swansea Vegan Festival Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

10.30am-5pm, £2/free under12s. Info 01792 475715. Hot and cold food, baked goods; ethical fashion, health and beauty and artwork, all fully vegan and/or espousing vegan principles.

The Battle Of Mametz Wood 1916 National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

11am, free. Info 01792 463980. WWI-themed talk by Dr Richie Wood.

The Science And Art Of Dreaming Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 12.301.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With Professor Mark Blagrove.

The Singing And Sewing Bee Queens Hall, Narberth.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01834 869323. Day-long event suitable for anyone aged 8 or older. Create your own headdress or costume and learn the humming song which will accompany the bees on their journey to the hive.

This Is Wrestling: School’s Out! Cambrian NUM Club, Tonypandy. 5-9pm. Info facebook.com/ thisiswrestling2017. Indy wrestling division based in Tonypandy. uVintage For Victory Library Gardens, Whitchurch Village, Cardiff. 10am-9pm, £15/£10 kids/free under-12s.

Info www.vintageforvictory. co.uk. “Set in the past it celebrates all that was great from the 1940s 50s and 60s,” say the organisers of their twoday event. Hopefully loads of people will turn up dressed as Black Power revolutionaries with machine guns. Music comes from Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band, The Big What?!

Band, Jackson Sloan & The Rhythmtones, The Daisy Chains, Elle & the Pocket Belles, Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers and Valley Jive. On tomorrow also.

events SUNDAY 16

Angela’s Summer Fish Feast Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan.

9.30am-3.30pm, £180. Info 01443 222716 / www. angelagray.co.uk.

Capoeira Street Roda Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

2-4pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Local capoeira group demonstratin’ their style outside in the garden.

MONDAY 17

Gwd Mondays Quiz Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

Juke M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free.

Info 029 2047 3373. Monthly open mic for local writers and performers.

Poetry Night Deli Rouge, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info www.cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival event.

TUESDAY 18

Philosophy Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2048 3344.

Third Tuesday of every month.

WEDNESDAY 19

Ask The Expert Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Come and meet the conservation team and find out how to care for your own artworks.

Jai-Jagdeesh: Kundalini Yoga Workshop Tramshed, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £23 adv/£40 with concert on Thurs 20. Info 029 2023 5555. This is taking place in the Tramshed’s new yoga studio and precedes an evening of live music, also performed by Kundalini yoga master Jai-Jagdeesh.

Skill Builder: Pasta Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 6-9pm, £90. Info 01443 222716 / www. angelagray.co.uk.

Swing Time Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 8.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info donnie@ donniejoemusic.com. Swing and lindy hop night with live band Hot Shoes Swing Band plus The Medicine Man DJing.

The Art Of Conservation Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 11am-12pm, free.

Info 01792 516900. Meet the Glynn Vivian conservation team and go behind the scenes of the Gallery.

THURSDAY 20

Open Space: Matt Johnson Central Library Hub, Cardiff. 5.45pm, free. Info 029 2038 2116. Poetry with Christina Thatcher, Natalie Ann Holborow and Rhian Elizabeth. Book in advance please.

Poetry Slam Porter’s, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Cardiff Fringe theatre Festival event.

St Donat’s Castle Tour St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 2-5pm, £4-£7. Info 01446 799100.

Teddy Bears Picnic National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-2.30pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. Crafts and hands-on activities for kids.

FRIDAY 21

Cricket: Natwest T20 Blast

– Glamorgan v Sussex SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.

6.30pm. Info 029 2040 9380. uDubs At The Castle Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 10am-4.30pm, £35 weekend pass. Info 01291 420241.

Annual weekender for owners of vintage Volkswagens. (Until Sun 23) Friday Talk: Gillian Ayres And Abstract Painting In Britain National Museum Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. By Nicholas Thornton.

Lunch Club Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am-2.30pm, £37. Info 01443 222716 / www. angelagray.co.uk. Cookery demonstration with lunch.

Origami Fairy Lights The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

2-4pm, £20. Info 07445 200707. Twin Made workshop.

Peter Brock– Playford Dancing Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery. 7.30pm, £5. Info huwpudner@ntlworld.com.

A Llandovery Folk Dancing night.

So You Think You’re Smart? Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Quiz night, every third Friday of the month.

Tape Measure Rosette Brooch The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 11am1pm, £5. Info 07445 200707.

Twin Made drop-in workshop.

SATURDAY 22

ACZ Popping & Breakdance Battles Small World Theatre, Cardigan. £5/£8 for workshop. Info 01239 615952. All-day, all-ages event watching, and learning from, some of the UK’s top street dancers. uAir Mazing Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475.

Summer show, featuring science demonstrations, about gases found in the atmosphere. (Until Mon 31) uBoutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

On tomorrow also.

Cardiff Animation Nights: Late Night Work Club Special Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Info 029 2030 4400. A chance to see short films by this international independent animation collective, with masterclasses and hands-on collaborations also featuring.

Craft Fair Community Hall, Neath. 10.30am-3.30pm. Info ariancrafts@hotmail.co.uk.

Exploding Water Science Show! National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1 + 3pm, free. Info 01792 463980. uGower Chilli Festival South Gower Sports Club, Scurlage, nr Port Eynon, Swansea. 10am, £6/£1 kids.

Info 07854 319768. Two-day event with food, crafts, competitions (including a chilli cookoff and a chilli-eating comp), street food AND gourmet food, live music and a funfair. On tomorrow also.

Hunt The Seagull: Summer Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Kids’ activities. They won’t be hunting actual living seagulls, just FYI. Macrame Plant Hanger

The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, £25. Info 07445 200707. Twin Made workshop. uMakers Market National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-5pm, free (small charge for some activities to cover cost of materials). Info 029 2057 3500. Meet the makers and find out more about their crafts as they run workshops and demonstrations throughout the week. (Until Sun 6 Aug) uMeet The Knights Cardiff Castle. Info 029 2087 8100.

Combat and archery displays plus storytelling. On tomorrow also.

Merthyr Food Festival Penderyn Square, Merthyr Tydfil. 10am-5pm, free. Info 01685 725414. Locally-minded food stalls, live chef demos/ seminars, live music and arts and crafts stalls.

More Bike Maintenance

free before 12. Info www. streetfoodcardiff.com. Two days (on tomorrow also) of food trucks/stalls, music, street art and vintage clothes sold by the kilo. Reprised from last month's launch event.

Succulent Sunday The Boneyard, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

2-4pm, £15. Info 07445 200707. Twin Made workshop. uThe Big Splash The Riverfront, Newport. 11am6pm, free. Info 01633 656757.

Two days of free outdoor street theatre. On tomorrow also.

The Gauntlet Games Coedarhydyglyn, Culverhouse Cross Cardiff. 9am-5pm, £39 5K/£44 10K. Info info@gthc. org.uk. Annual obstacle course race with the aim of raising money for charity.

The Isle Of Fire Barry Island seafront. 9-10.30pm, free. Info 01446 704737.

Annual event in which Barry

Whimsical hippy arty vibes return to Barry on Sun 23 in the form of Glyn Pooley/ Art4U's Friendship Tree Festival. Located at Knap Lake & Gardens, it's a day of music, art and dance, with art displays and workshops thrown in.

Starts at midday, costs nowt.

Cycle Training Wales, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 9.30am-4pm, £65.

Info www.cycletrainingwales. org.uk. uPirate Week Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. Kids’ activities such as gold panning, bouncy castle, craft activities, movies held in Wales’ smallest cinema La Charrette, and the opportunity to cross swords with Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Charlotte Duberry. Seems to in fact be two weeks rather than one, but so much the better I guess. (Until Sun 6 Aug) Saturday Morning Kitchen Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am12.30pm, £15. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk. Cookery demonstration with tasters.

Speedway: FIM British Grand Prix 2017 Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 5pm, £19£110 adv. Info 0844 8588879.

Annual GP taking place here around this time every year. uStar Stories Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475.

Discuss myths and legends about the stars and constellations. Suitable for under-7s.

(Until Mon 31) uStar Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475.

Find out more about some familiar constellations, the planets, how stars are born and how they die. Suitable for over-7s. (Until Mon 31) uStreet Food Circus Roath Yard, City Road, Cardiff.

10am-10pm, £3/£2 before 8/

Island is transformed into a firey landscape. In a good way.

On tomorrow also.

Voice And Character In Poetry: A Workshop For Adults Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10am-12.30pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 463980.

With poet Anna Lewis. uWelsh Vegan Festival Tramshed, Cardiff. 10.30am + 1.30pm, £3 adv/£15 VIP. Info 029 2023 5555. The VIP ticket price gets you a goodie bag. Dunno what’s in it sorry.

On tomorrow also.

Ystrad Stories Trail Partridge Square, Llwynypia (starting point). 11am2pm, free. Info artisttrails. wordpress.com. Art and story walk through Ernest Zobole's Rhondda, ending at Penrhys amphitheatre for a picnic and performance at 1pm.

SUNDAY 23

u10 Minute Musicals The Other Room at Porter’s, Cardiff. 10am-5pm, £80. Info 029 2128 0189. Second (the first having been in January ) in a series of workshops aiming to “encourage and nurture new and existing creatives to write for musical theatre in Wales”. Also on Sun 30, then back in November.

Cricket: Natwest T20 Blast – Glamorgan v Essex SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.

2.30pm. Info 029 2040 9380.

Friendship Tree Festival The Knap Lake & Gardens, Barry. 12pm, free. Info www. art4uwales.org.uk. Eighth annual festival of music, art and dance. Artists performing include Wayne Bennan, Hank Hillman, Rhys Painter, The Danielle Nicholls Band, To

Bear Sir, Georgia Patterson Band, Persian Bells, Andrew Skelton, Paul and Tom Duggan, Dylan Moore, Steve David, Tony Crescie and more TBC. Members of Enfys Craft Fair and The Barry Photographic Society will also be displaying their artwork and running workshops.

Three Cool Things To Make With K’nex National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Hosted by XL Wales.

Weber Seafood Essentials Course Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan.

10am-2pm, £99. Info 01443 222716.

Wildlife Walks National History Museum, St Fagans.

2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Discover what flowers you can plant in your garden for pollinators and other wildlife, and learn how you can create your very own back garden nature reserve.

MONDAY 24

uAtlantic Outdoors: Activity Camp St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 8.30am-5pm, £150. Info 01446 799100. A similar camp also runs from Mon 31 until Fri 4 Aug. (Until Fri 28) Holiday Memory Puppets And Theatres Drop-In Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Inspired by Dylan Thomas’ Holiday Memory, make puppets and theatres based on traditional seaside themes. uRoyal Welsh Show Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells.

8am, £24 adv/£5 kids 5-16/ under-5s free. Info 0844 5450517. Family-friendly livestock competitions, forestry, horticulture, crafts, countryside sports, shopping and food and drink. (Until Thurs 27)

TUESDAY 25

Behind The Scenes: Saving Treasures Telling Stories Project National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Part of the Festival Of Archaeology, which comprises many different events in here until Fri 28.

Celtic Coin And Jewellery Activities National Museum Cardiff. 11am-3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Festival Of Archaeology event.

Musicfest: Fringe For Family Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 10.30am, free. Info 01970 623232.

Storytelling from Milly Jackdaw. uSaving Treasures: Telling Stories National Museum Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. A trail through the galleries as part of the Festival Of Archaeology. (Until Fri 28) Science Cafe The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7pm, free.

Info 01497 821762. Meeting on the fourth Tuesday of every month. uTalk: 20 Years Of Treasure National Museum Cardiff. 1 + 3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Festival Of Archaeology event. (Until Thurs 27)

WEDNESDAY 26

An Introduction To Using A Sewing Machine The Riverfront, Newport. 10am2pm, £15. Info 01633 656757.

Part of a series of one-day summer courses for ages 8-12.

This one is repeated on Wed 9 Aug in fact.

Behind The Scenes: The Human Remains Store National Museum Cardiff.

1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

Festival Of Archaeology event.

Creative Writing Workshop For 11-16-Year Olds Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

10am-12pm, free. Info 01792 463980. With Emily Hinshellwood. Book in advance please.

Elliecoptor Hoops Hoop Jam / Skill Share Cardiff & Vale College, Cardiff. 7-8pm, £5. Info 07934 011061.

Games Wales The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Regular social event for video games-relared chat.

Spice Preview Night Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

Info 07376 604291. Monthly evening offering a chance for you to go along and see what you might get out of this adventure, activity, sports and social group.

Summer Wildlife Explorers Fabulous Flowers Drop In Session Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 10.30am-2.30pm, free.

Info 01639 881635.

The Skeleton Sorting Challenge National Museum Cardiff. 11am-3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Festival Of Archaeology event.

THURSDAY 27

Behind The Scenes: Archaeological Illustration National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951. Festival Of Archaeology event. uGolf: Senior Open Championship 2017 Rest Bay, Porthcawl. £70 (four days)/£26.50 (per day). Info 01344 840550. (Until Sun 30) Provencal Kitchen Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am3.30pm, £170. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

Rewired Music presents C&M The Big Top, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £7.50. Info 029 2022 8883. “A rollercoaster ride of laughs, creativty and music” they say. uScrappy Sheep Club: Make A Mini Matchbox Suitcase National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre, Llandysul. 12-3pm, free. Info 0300 1112333. Kids’ craft session. On tomorrow also.

Taith Iaith National Museum Cardiff. 1.05pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951. Practice your Welsh by learning about the museum’s dinosaur exhibits.

FRIDAY 28

Behind The Scenes: The Extinct Animals That Once Roamed Wales National Museum Cardiff. 11am, free.

Info 029 2039 7951. Festival Of Archaeology event.

Cricket: Natwest T20 Blast – Glamorgan v Surrey SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.

6.30pm. Info 029 2040 9380.

Holiday Memory Printed Totes And T-Shirts Drop-In BUZZ 69

* – recommended

live music Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Create a ‘Holiday Memory’ inspired tote bag, t-shirt or art for your wall in this printing workshop.

Human Bones National Museum Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

Family-friendly talk with Dr Richard Madgwick of Cardiff University. Festival Of Archaeology event.

Lost Lands Rooftop Cinema: The Rocky Horror Picture ShowJacobs Antiques, Cardiff. 7pm, £10.

Info 029 2039 0939.

Medieval Animal Tile And Animal Bone Activities National Museum Cardiff.

11am-3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Festival Of Archaeology event.

The Cellar Bards Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8.30pm, £3.

Info 07818 056599. Poetry and short fiction night

SATURDAY 29

Gin Fesivals UK Tramshed, Cardiff. 12 + 4pm, £10 adv.

Info 029 2023 5555. There are 120 gins for sale here and it costs a fiver each (well, one token worth a fiver) to get a single and mixer.

Heroes & Legends Show Margam Park, nr Port Talbot.

10am-4.30pm. Info 01639 881635. Memorabilia show with guests from TV and screen.

International Tiger Day National Museum Cardiff.

11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Activities for all ages.

Lost Lands Rooftop Cinema: The Usual Suspects Jacobs Antiques, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2039 0939.

Ocean Lava/Wales Triathlon Fishguard Bay, St David’s Pembrokeshire (starting point). £129/£45 to enter.

Info 01437 765777. Featuring a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile cycle and 13.1 mile run.

Private View: Mission Is 40 Mission Gallery, Swansea.

2pm. Info 01792 652016.

Launch of an exhibition which is listed in Art. Opened by Dr Peter Wakelin. uRNLI Education Water Buddies Weekend Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2087 2087. A weekend of family fun designed to teach children how to keep safe by the water. On tomorrow also. uThe Big Cheese Town centre, Caerphilly. 3-10pm, free.

Info 029 2088 0011. Popular annual event. Today featuring the Great Cheese Race, live music, funfair and a firework display at 10pm. Tomorrow and Sun start at 11am and features reenactment displays, musical entertainment, educational activities, food producers, a cheese market, craft stalls, animal marquees, a traditional funfair and more.

(Until Sun 30) Trial A Sheep Dog Location TBC, Brecon Beacons. £45.

Info 01874 749092. Work with a Welsh sheep dog on a scenic hill farm and learn the commands to move sheep

around the field. A Good Day Out event.

Weber Essential Course Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10am2pm, £99. Info 01443 222716.

MONDAY 31

uAtlantic Outdoors: Activity Camp St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 8.30am-5pm, £150. Info 01446 799100.

(Until Fri 4 Aug) Holiday Memory Drop-In Family Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Making funny seaside photo frame postcards.

live SATURDAY 1

3amp Cockett Inn, Swansea.

9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Backwater Roll Blues Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran.

7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig, following the festival at this venue earlier today (see below).

Bella Collins & Gareth Evans Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 inc buffet.

Info 029 2062 0415. Welsh blues duo.

Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Borough Blues Club Summer Blues Festival Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 12pm, £10. Info 01633 483238. Open air alldayer featuring these bands, with more TBC as I type: Borough Blues Club Workshop Band, Taffy Was A Thief, Rumblestrutters, Mustang Valley and Notorious Bros.

Buskagynlais Various locations, Ystradgynlais. 10am4pm, free. Info buskagynlais@yahoo. com. Busking in the town centre, the Gorsedd Park, the Con Club, the church hall, the rugby club and the Ynyscedwyn Arms.

Canton Chorus St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 9683.

Harriet Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. Karen Carpenter meets Stevie Nicks, says one reviewer. That’s some big words about someone I’ve never heard of. Big ticket price, too.

In With The Jellyfish The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 01639 643892.

Jack Mac And The Funk Pack Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com. uJon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £2 after 11. Info 029 2038 7026. Every Saturday this month.

Lead Coloured River The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Maniac Street Preachers The New Crown Inn, Merthyr

Tydfil. 9pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 01685 387925. Manics tribute. *Mwstard Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 01239 615952.

Playing as part of a new alternative music type night, Transit. DJ sets come from Suck Music, Doris Dayglo and Martin A. Rock And Raise 17 Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7pm, £15.

Info 029 2070 0721. Charity concert for Hatch and Velindre, featuring sets from The Woods, Chris Kelly, The Word, Liz Colley, Buster and Roscoe & Friends. uSeven Sins Festival Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £10/£16.50 both days. Info 01792 468892. Two-day rock and metal festival, on tomorrow also. Today: Falling Red, Feral Sun, New Generation Superstars, Theia UK, Forever Vendetta, Everyday Heroes, The Boom Sons and Beyond The Break (main stage); Control Storm, Black Rose Cadillac, Pretty Little Enemy and Flowerpot (Radio Tircoed stage). Sun 2: Power Quest, Devine Chaos, Spreading The Disease, Dakesis, Proscenium, Black Water Chemistry, Deigital Criminals and Helldown (main stage); final of the Leeders Vale Studios showcase (second stage). uSlugfest The Dolls House, Abertillery. Free. Info 01495 213300. Not, as you may have thought, a conference for centrist Labour Party members, this annual weekender serves up punk, rock, metal and garage and raises money for charity. It started yesterday, however today features Bay City Roiders, Scarsun, ATOT, Beneath The Divine, 8.4%, A Noise, Deathtraps, We Come From Ashes, The Broken Bones Gentlemen’s Club, Flash House, The Blunders, Brassick, The Black Bullets, Stay Voiceless, Scumbag Millionaire, JD And The FDCs and Christmas. On tomorrow also, featuring acoustic acts TBC. Spirit Of Boogie Jacs, Aberdare. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491.

Stars In Their Eyes Le Pub, Newport. 3pm. Info 01633 221477. This will be the final gig in this venue, which is moving to somewhere else in the city and slated to open mere weeks after this date. uSteve Tamer Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Every Sunday this month. uSurplus Festival Oaklands Organic Farm, Bonvilston, Vale Of Glamorgan. 4pm, £65 weekend/free under-16s.

Info surplusfest@hotmail. co.uk. Another three-day bash for those who like their hippy, trancey, crusty punky etc sounds. Running order TBC (that is to say, some of it may have already happened) but stage by stage it’s like so. Crow Stage: RDF, Dub The Earth, Tribazik, The Sporadics, Captain Accident & The Disasters, Black Star Dub Collective, Omega Tribe (cool!), Autonomads, Kilnaboy, Gung Ho, Skraelings, Prolefeed, P.A.I.N., Defekters,

Dohnut, The Bungle Cult, Mental Block, Reality Attack, The Lagan, Cartoon Violence and Dirty Twisters. Levitation Stage: Hawklords, AOS3, Kangaroo Moon, Flutatious, Lacertilia, Sacred Geometry Band, Elephant Tree, Black Light Secret, Cybernetic Witch Cult, Shom, Cavalli, Trevor’s Head, Sendelica, Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters, Buff, Spacedogs, The Chalk Outlines, Dharma Violets, The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk and Spiral Navigators. The Incubator: A.Paul, Chris Liberator, Dare&Haste, Tassid, Taffari Takeover, Rezaloot, Decipha, Mappmaker, Mazar, P-tay, Tekart, Dirty Chronic, Mr. Chuffed, Blap, Doug Graves, Max Volume, Lee Graves, Jules Wyl & Luke Winds, Cromlab, Blake Parker b2b Jason Wilkinson, Corey Lewis, Smarty, 4G b2b 2speed, Louise Plusone, Benji 303, Suss Twins, Leroy, Fattman b2b Salted Slug, Rage ‘N’ Tekhead, Donut, Welsh Stan and Angel Actual.

Something Different Stage: Slamfish, Crystalogic, Iolo, Nocturnal Project, Toxic Tegan, Mr Chuffed, Fattman b2b Salted Slug, Kryptic Void, DJ Rev Dread, Michaela, The DMT Experiment, Omni, Kabbalien, Sanial, Seritone, Kazmik, Runo B, Tiddles, Torrie Crow Dub, G.E.O.R.G.E. and DJ Sensible.

Tavarn Llwyth: Gavin Woo, Shagg Waan, Kane ‘N’ Abels, Yogo Crow Vinyl, DJ Rascal, DJ Tenov, Flapsandwich, DJ Tommytank, Trans Irie Nation, Doghouse, Rev Dread, Clusterfuck, Lou Noble, Ru-dilator, Squid Boy, Joe Yorke, Pryme Cut Collective, Sean Llewelyn, Kath Allen, Doozer Mcdooze, Myrtle & Clive, Tracey Curtis, Paul Divers and Cosmo. Started on Fri 30 June and is on tomorrow also.

Tattsyrup Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 491424. Second Wednesday of every month.

The Caspiens + Digital Criminals + This Is Wreckage The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, free. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

The Firm Kiwis, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Welsh Beatbox Championships 2017 Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 4.30-11pm, £8/£4 under-16s. Info 029 2037 3144. Annual event featuring elimination rounds, then a last 16, in main solos, loop station and 2 + 2 tag team categories Wihan Quartet with Gordon Back St Peter’s Church, Newton, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. First event of the classical music-centred Gower Festival, which runs in various venues (almost all of them churches) until Sat 15. I’ll write something like “A Gower Festival event” in each listing because I’m helpful like that.

The Wihan Quartet are on tomorrow also, in fact.

Wright Hear Wright Now Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2031 1319. Presented

u – repeated

by Nailed It Events.

Y Reu + Ysgol Sul + Hyll Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 9pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Twrw night headlined by live techno soundsystem.

SUNDAY 2

Agrona + Wyllt + Sounds Of Insane Music The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info facebook.com/thepitswansea.

Black metal, doom metal and a one-man band from Neath whose stated influences include Fred Frith and Cannibal Corpse. This I have to hear!

Aubrey & Paul Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

BBC NOW: Relaxed Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£14. Info 029 2087 8444.

Suitable for children and adults with autism, learning disabilities or who are deaf.

Gwyl Fawr Aberteifi Closing Concert Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £10. Info 01239 621200.

Final event of annual Welsh language festival featuring Fortze, soloist Ffion Haf Jones and brother and sister duet Siriol and Talfan Jenkins.

Lee Fields & The Expressions The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17 adv.

Info 07590 471888. American soul geezer. Is sometimes called Little JB because he resembles a miniature James Brown.

Little Rumba The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.

Lowri Evans & Lee Mason Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff.

4pm, £10. Info 029 2089 0862. uThe Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2070 8675. Every Sunday this month.

Wihan Quartet St Mary’s Church, Rhossili, Swansea.

2pm, £8. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

MONDAY 3

Blink 182 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, from £39.50.

Info 029 2022 4488.

Emma Halnan & Daniel King-Smith St Hilary’s Church, Killay, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

Gogol Bordello Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. NYC zany punk sorts. We interviewed Eugene the singer last month.

Hayseed Dixie + Thirteen Stars + Up The Creek Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 01792 468892.

Matt Pauley Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407.

Royal Welsh College Brass Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

1.15pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Solo piano recital.

Tommy Harris Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm.

Info 01792 447360. Live jazz, with acts here every Monday. uUkulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.

TUESDAY 4

Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.

Battle For The Crown Semi-Final 1 The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

7pm. Info 01685 387925.

The next semi-final is on tomorrow.

Cassia + Palomino Party + Monico Blonde The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £6 adv.

Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Presented by Scruff Of The Neck. uCommunity Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under16s. Info sambabrecon@ yahoo.co.uk. Every Tuesday.

Gwyn Lewis East/West Wales Allstars Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. uJames Kennedy Bootlegger, Cardiff. 6pm, free.

Info 07495 657407. Also on Mon 17 this month. uOpen Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free.

Info 01497 821762. Every Tuesday. uOpen Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday.

Porridge Radio + Oh Peas! + Hodad Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv.

Info 029 2039 7933. Headline band sound like a misremembered Profanisaurus entry but are in fact an indiepop affair from Brighton.

The Pit Battle Of The Bands Heat 1 The Pit, Swansea. 7pm. Info facebook. com/thepitswansea. Heats 2, 3 and 4 are on Mon 11, 18 and 25.

Yehudi Menuin School Orchestra All Saints Church, Oystermouth, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

WEDNESDAY 5

Acoustic Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

7-11pm, free. Info 01685 384111.

Agrona + Levitas + Sepulchre + Trolls In The Mist + Tides Of Sulfur Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £5.

Info 07970 063107. Black and death and sludge metal.

Battle For The Crown Semi-Final 2 The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

7pm. Info 01685 387925. uBay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. Also on Wed 26.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Chepstow Community Big Band with Phil Lee Thomas Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Connect Summer Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music

JUST ANNOUNCED FOR AUGUST: TIGERS JAW (The Globe, Cardiff, Thurs 24) THE BIG WEEKEND (City Hall Lawn, Cardiff, Fri 25-Sun 27) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER: H HAWKLINE (Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 9) BADFINGER (Hyst, Swansea, Fri 15) THE OVERTONES (St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Fri 22) SONGHOY BLUES BUZZ 70

live music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£7. Info 029 2039 1391. uGreg Williams Bootlegger, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Wed 12 and Wed 26 this month.

Half Blind + Purge The Ocean + Vanilla + No Beef + Far From Animals The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info facebook.com/ thepitswansea.

Jack Lukeman Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv.

Info 029 2023 2199. Irish singer-songwriter. Not to be confused with Luke Jackman, which is probably a name that someone has.

Jessica Robinson & Will Browne The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. A Concerts and Cakes afternoon performance.

Jinder + Harry & The Gondolas + Los Feliz + Cecil Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night. uOpen Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here. uOpen Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.

Paul Divers + Conners And The Con Men + 6Foot7 NosDa, Cardiff. 8.3010.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by U&I Radio. *Think Pretty + Salt Bath + KVSD + Trigger Warning & The Safe Spaces The Moon, Cardiff.

7pm, £4. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. EP launch for headliners.

THURSDAY 6

Band Of Friends The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Rory Gallagher tribute ste.

Danielle Nicholls Band The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

David Miller Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Good Foxy Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Venue’s blurb for this calls them both ‘ethereal’ and ‘funky’. These seem like oppositional qualities to me... but prove me wrong.

Jamal Aliyev & Craig White St George’s Church, Reynoldston, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. An evening of singing along to songs from the musicals round the piano.

Low Lily The Drovers, Puncheston, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01348 881469. Folk duo from Vermont. uOpen Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Every Thursday except when there’s a guest on – also on Thurs 20 and 27 this month.

Primary Schools Proms Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Featuring an orchestra of 120

pupils with a choir of over 300 pupils.

The Bad Mothers Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £9-£11. Info 029 2030 4400.

Album launch gig for this band, who have previously appeared in Sinners Club theatre productions. The album is based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. uThe Bay Rum Hounds Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 07495 657407. Also on Thurs 20 this month.

The Jazz Defenders Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff.

8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862.

FRIDAY 7

Adele Tribute Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £39. Info 029 2070 5391. Courtesy of Olivia Lee. A five-course meal is included in the price.

Ani Glass + Adwaith + Chroma The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01267 231012. Women’s Aid charity gig. Elan Evans and Patricia from Datblygu will be DJing.

Anonymous Iconoclasts The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com.

Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. uBetween The Trees Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly.

7pm, £40/£20 kids/free under14s. Info www. betweenthetreesfestival. co.uk. See Music for more on this two-day festival. Today features Climbing Trees, Ofelia, Meg Cox Band and The Mahouts; tomorrow starts in early afternoon and features Marc O’Reilly Band, Flight Brigade, Luke Jackson, Firewoodisland, Sera, The Moon Birds, Joe Kelly and Monte Dons (main stage); The Black Feather, Rob Lear, Harri Davies, Bella Collins & Gareth Evans and Bryony Sier (acoustic stage).

Busted Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union.

7pm, £29.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Don’t tell anyone I told you but I think the venues Busted are playing are getting progressively smaller.

Chris Kelly Kiwis, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Dictaphone Devil The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Drew Martin Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.

King Goon + The January Dead + Drowning Flowers The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm, £2. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

Lacertilia + The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk The Patriot, Crumlin.

7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.

Hard rock/psych bands from Cardiff.

Legends Of GLC Crwt Herbert, Neath. 6pm, £5. Info 0300 3656677. Performing as part of Neath Carnival 2017.

See Upfront.

Like A Lion Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented

by Nailed It Events. Every

Sunday this month.

Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.

Mavis Staples + Christopher Rees Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £35 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Soul/gospel legend. See Music.

Miles Ahead Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events. uOpen Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night, also on Fri 21 this month and now in a new venue.

Orangefall The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info facebook.com/thepitswansea.

Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy St Cenydd’s Church, Llangenith, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

Pentreffest Noz BBQ St Fagans Village Hall.

6-11.30pm, £4-£8/free under12s. Info 029 2023 2970. Open Mic evening with an extended spot for the Pentreffest House Band.

Pizza Night & International Music Ty Tawe, Swansea. 6.30pm.

Info 01792 456856. Event for Welsh learners.

Retroactive Festival Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 3pm, £49.50. Info 01291 420241. A bunch of bands all thrown together because they are from, or evoke, the 1980s.

They are The Human League, Tony Hadley, Jason Donovan, Imagination feat Leee John and One Night Of Queen (a Queen tribute band).

Sarah Brown Cwrt Rawlin, Caerphilly. 9pm, free. Info 029 2086 8001. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Brotherhood Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 243252.

Covers band. No relation to the 90s British rap group.

The Flash Pans Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407.

The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

The Revolutionaries + Vespertine The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £12 adv.

Info 01495 355800. Opening night of the Abertillery Rock & Blues Weekend, which is on tomorrow also and features four acts in the afternoon/ evening.

The Shakes Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Welsh Camerata All Saints Church, Barry. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info viv@vivgoldberg. co.uk. Edwardian-era choral pieces.

SATURDAY 8

5ive Crwt Herbert, Neath.

6pm, £5. Info 0300 3656677.

Boy band, now very much men and in fact a trio, perform as part of Neath Carnival 2017.

City Voices Cardiff: Let’s Go To The Movies 2 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm,

£5-£13. Info 029 2087 8444.

Songs from films and musicals.

Côr Meibion Maesteg A’r Cylch Male Choir + Côr Meibion Aberhonddu Male Choir Maesteg Town Hall.

7pm, £8. Info 01656 733269.

Danny Bryant + The Stumble + Red Butler + Blacktop Deluxe The Met, Abertillery. 1pm, £20 adv. Info 01495 355800. 1pm: Blacktop Deluxe; 3pm: Danny Butler; 6pm: The Stumble; 8pm: Danny Bryant.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Hashtag Acoustic Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Jackson The Moon, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Jeremiah Pip Smith The Albany, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1075. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Junior Conservatoire 20th Birthday Festival Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £7/£3.50. Info 029 2039 1391.

Also includes a free recital in

the foyer at 3pm.

Kevin Jones The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free.

Info 01656 654753. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Made In Liverpool Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £19.50.

Info 029 2089 0862. Beatles tribute band.

One Way Or Another + Bankrupt Pug Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. Blondie tribute band.

Simon Trigg Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Slackjaw The Patriot, Crumlin. 5pm. Info 01495 247178.

The Blackmore Legacy + Pure Purple + Whitesnake UK The Neon, Newport.

7pm, £16.50 adv. Info 01633 533666. Three hard rock tribute bands related to one-time members of Deep Purple, a name which of course also describes the political leanings of this venue’s owner, UKIP’s Andrew Byers.

The Bohemians The Riverfront, Newport. 8pm, £17.50/£15.50. Info 01633 656757. Queen tribute band.

The Dole Age + The Stangs + Fearless & The Brave + Windshake The Pit, Swansea. 7pm. Info facebook.com/thepitswansea. uValley Camp 2017 Location TBC, nr Newport.

12pm, £30/£50 both days.

Info getitdoneevents555@ gmail.com. Two days and 30 hours of rap, hip-hop, grime etc, including these: Skinnyman, GLC, Phili N Dotz, Mr Traumatik, Scribes, DJ Jaffa, Greg Blackman, Don Leisure, Joe Dirt, Oracy, Beatbox Fozzy, Mike Dennis, Trademark Blud, Joe Blow, Bason, Reggiments, Magugu, Dirty Alex, Plain & Simple, Little Eris, Chew and more TBC. On tomorrow also, until 6.30pm.

Wyn Davies Village Hall, Reynoldston, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

SUNDAY 9

70 Glorious Years St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 5pm, £20/£18.

Info 029 2087 8444. With the Treorchy Male Choir plus guests. uFolk Music & Song

RETROACTIVE FESTIVAL Caldicot Castle, Fri 7 July. Tickets: £49.50. Info: 01291 420941 / www.visitmonmouthshire.com/caldicot-castle Some people will look at this afternoon-and-evening jamboree of pop acts from, or primarily associated with, the 1980s and think to themselves: the 80s are as far away from now as the 50s were in the 80s! And as the 20s were in the 50s! Which probably explains why Shakin’ Stevens had so many hits, and you couldn’t move for trad jazz pastiche stuff 60 years ago. Get me? So with that out of the way, let’s run through Retroactive Festival’s lineup. The Human League [pictured] top the bill over fellow early-80s chart crusher Tony Hadley, ex of Spandau Ballet and who played Caerphilly Castle last year. Antipodean panto staple Jason Donovan precedes them, with UK funk maestros Imagination (billed as Leee John’s Imagination here, presumably for arcane legal reasons) and a Queen tribute band also lurking.

(Tramshed, Cardiff, Sat 23) SUNDARA KARMA (Tramshed, Wed 27) MICAH P HINSON (The Globe, Sat 30) SQUEEZE (Pontardawe Arts Centre, Sat 30; St David’s Hall, Tue 10 Oct) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER: THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN (Cardiff University Students Union, Tue 3) THY ART IS MURDER (Cardiff University, Tue 3) ELAINE PAIGE (St David’s Hall, BUZZ 71

* – recommended

live music Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Every second and fourth Sunday of the month (also on Sun 23 in June), with an extra acoustic session now on the third Sunday (Sun 16) too.

Hot Club Gallois Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6-9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Local musicians are invited to join in for an acoustic ‘gypsy jazz’ jam from 6.30-7.30pm.

Jigantics The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.

Omega Two Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Seprevation + Cryptic Shift + Repulsive Vision The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free.

Info 01639 643892. Thrash and death metal.

Songs Of Praise Capel Y Crwys, Three Crosses, Swansea. 6pm, £5. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

The Ian Luther Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

6-8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

Blues.

To Kill Achilles + Strains The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info facebook.com/ thepitswansea.

MONDAY 10

Attila The Stockbroker Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8.30pm, £5-£8. Info 07818 056599.

Haru String Trio Clyne Chapel, Swansea. 1pm, £8.

Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

Kevin Devine + Non Canon Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. American singer-songwriter, around since the early 00s I think, headlines.

Na-Mara The Priory Hotel, Caerleon. 8.30pm, £8.50 adv.

Info 01633 421241. Caerleon Arts Festival gig by folk duo.

Principality Only Boys Aloud Academy 2017 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£12.50. Info 029 2039 1391. uSarah Meek Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407. Also on Tue 25 this month.

Six Counties Brass Band And Big Band Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 6.30pm. Info 01970 623232.

Sotavento Big Band Melville Centre, Abergavenny.

8pm, £12/£10. Info 01873 853167. A Black Mountain Jazz night.

Tomorrow Calling Today Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £4 adv.

Info 0845 2263510. New music showcase.

TUESDAY 11

uColdplay Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 5pm. Info 08442 777888. On tomorrow also. Both gigs are sold out.

It is virtually impossible to even find any mention online of what the actual face value ticket price of these things are, so I can include it in case there are any returns. I hate major ticketing companies with my life.

Gareth Roberts Quartet Muse Arts Centre, Brecon.

8pm, £10/£8 members. Info 07791 654799. Playing a Duke Ellington set. Presented by Brecon Jazz Club.

Jane Williams Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07495 657407.

St John’s College Summer Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2039 1391.

The Pit Battle Of The Bands Heat 2 The Pit, Swansea. 7pm. Info facebook.

com/thepitswansea.

WEDNESDAY 12

uBella & Gareth Blues Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 19.

CAVMS Summer Showcase Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Chop Idols Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8.

Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. South Wales Big Band Society gig featuring Gethin Liddington, Ceri Williams and Richard West.

Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424. Second Wednesday of every month.

Gareth Roberts Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Playing a Duke Ellington set.

Jessica Robinson & William Browne Maesteg Town Hall. 2pm, £5.50. Info 01656 733269. Soprano and guitar duo.

John Anderson & Gordon Back St Illtyd’s Church, Ilston, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13.

Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

Morriston Orpheus Choir

u – repeated

St Cadoc’s Church, Caerleon.

7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01633 430194. Caerleon Arts Festival concert, also featuring guest soloist Robert Lewis.

Na-Mara Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night featuring a folk duo who write anti-fascist songs in a French and Breton style. Sounds cool.

Parish + Al Moses + Jack Perrett Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2031 0312.

Spooky Men’s Chorale St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2087 8444.

THURSDAY 13

Afternoon In Paris Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£10. Info 01834 869323.

Spanjazz night.

Fake Thackray Crindau Constitutional Club , Newport.

8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.

Georgia Paterson The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Gould Piano Trio & David Adams Penarth Pier Pavilion.

10pm, £10. Info 0844 8700887.

Opening event of the Penarth Chamber Music Festival, on in this venue unil Sun 16.

Little Mix + Louisa Johnson + Sheppard Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 5pm, £38.50. Info 01291 420241. Sold out.

Passion Pusher + Jealous Girlfriend + Pink Grapefruit The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Indie goodness presented by Odd Box. Robin & Bina Williamson + Keith Christmas Tintern Abbey Mill, nr Chepstow.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info info@ folkonthelawn.com. Opening event of this year’s Folk On The Lawn festival, which starts in earnest tomorrow.

The Carducci String Quartet St Rhidian & St Illtyd’s Church, Llanrhidian, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event. uToriah Fontaine Duo Bootlegger, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 07495 657407. Also on Thurs 27 this month

FRIDAY 14

Ben Evans & The Valli Boys The Met, Abertillery.

7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 01495 355800. Four Seasons tribute.

Billy Ocean + Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band +

live review

TAKE THAT / ALL SAINTS Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wed 14 June

Pandemonium descended on Swansea as legendary Mancunian pop group Take That experienced their first outdoor date on their current Wonderland tour. Very lucky to make it through the endless queues outside the venue, a healthy-ish crowd assembled for support act, 90s chart-toppers All Saints. I for one had dismissed them as mere filler before the main event, but a great backing band, along with hits such as Never Ever, Pure Shores and Under The Bridge scored huge reactions from the growing crowd.

A little after 8.30pm, Gary, Mark and Howard make themselves shown in three different areas of the ground and kicked off the set with opener Wonderland. To the delight of the screaming fans, the three made their way through the crowds to the impressive staging in the middle of the pitch. Barely coming up for air, the boys rattled through hits Greatest Day and Kidz; Relight My Fire made an earlier than expected appearance in the setlist.

The stage took on a little jungle theme for the next medley of songs.

The stripped-back, sitar-and-bongos combination worked well for Beautiful Day, Satisfied and popular Bee Gees cover How Deep Is Your Love?. Keen to up the tempo, we hit ultimate singalong mode.

Fan favourites Shine, Back For Good and Patience get the full crowd participation treatment while Pray is met with a frenzy of screams and cheers for its old-skool dance routine. The support cast and dancers throughout the set were amazing, adding an incredible additional show in itself – none more so than It’s All For You, which saw Gary Barlow sing while travelling on a ‘flying’ bed.

The trio again entered the crowd to sing on separate podiums for Sigma cover Cry before the main set wrapped up with These Days, leaving the Liberty eager for more. Returning to the stage to the iconic fanfare and choirboy intro, the encore is a mass karaoke clapalong to Never Forget, before closing hit Rule The World and its huge firework finish.

There’s bound to be 25th anniversary plans on the horizon, but with Mark Owen and Howard Donald just as comfortable and able as Barlow on lead vocals, is there really need for Robbie and Jason anymore? words OWEN SCOURFIELD photos KEVIN PICK

Cardiff, Wed 4) BEVERLEY KNIGHT (St David’s Hall, Thurs 5) AMBER RUN (Tramshed, Fri 6) THE PRETENDERS (St David’s Hall, Fri 6) THE AMAZONS (Tramshed, Mon 9) DRAGONFORCE (The Globe, Thurs 12) NECK DEEP (Cardiff University, Thurs 12) LULU (St David’s Hall, Fri 13) PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING (Cardiff University, Fri 13) PLACEBO (Motorpoint Arena BUZZ 72

live music Abalicious Rodney Parade, Newport. 4-11pm, £22.50 adv/£40 VIP. Info www. partyattheparade.co.uk. Big outdoor gig.

Bowie Experience St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £24.50/£10. Info 029 2087 8444. David Jones tribute.

Calypso The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Chantelle Tiley Welcome To Town, Llanrhidian, Swansea.

8.30pm, free. Info 01792 390015.

Counterfeit + Re-Korn + Down With The System The Pit, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info facebook.com/ thepitswansea. Tributes to Limp Bizkit, Korn and System Of A Down.

Dreadzone + Mr Phormula Cardigan Castle.

6.30pm, £17.50. Info 01239 621200. The first of three live events here this weekend.

Eden Roots Reggae Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3.

Info 029 2038 7026.

Elias String Quartet with Alice Neary Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7pm, £15. Info 0844 8700887. Penarth Chamber Music Festival event. uFolk On The Lawn Tintern Abbey Mill, nr Chepstow. 5.30pm, free (donations welcomed). Info info@ folkonthelawn.com. Annual SW weekender of folk, folkrock, bluegrass, country and other related styles. Over three days (running order TBC) there’ll be sets from Allegra Ladies Choir, Anna Kissell, Anna my Charlotte, Avital Raz, Beyond The Bars, Bina Williamson, Blind River Scare, Blushin Melons, Codi, Dark Valley Revival, Ellie Ford, Empty Cages, Gaudy Orde, Jeff Japers, Jim Chorley, Keith Christmas, KoKo, Luna Tides, Melody Causton, Mud On The Tyres, Peter Gowen, Sally Thompson, Serpentyne, The Autumn Set, The Boxwood Chessmen, The Face That Boils Itself, The Rarebits, Threaded and Zeuk.

(Until Sun 16) Guide Dog + Los Blancos + Excellent Skeleton Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

James Kennedy The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free.

Info 01639 882381. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Jazzoo Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Slovenian jazz group. Awful name but sound potentially good.

Ladies Evening with Rod Stewart Tribute Chepstow Racecourse. 3.35pm, £22-£29 adv. Info 01291 622260. Seven horse races, food and drink and Rod covered by Paul Metcalfe.

Let’s Dance! A Bowie Celebration The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Little Folk Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. A ChapterLive gig in the bar area.

Moonlight Drive The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8.

Info 01497 821762.

Oasis Experience The

Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01267 231012. Tribute band.

Rock’n’Roll Holiday Festival Dance Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7pm, £10.

Info 029 2070 0721. Featuring sets from The Backbeats &Less Allen, The Sunsets & Levi Barratt, and The Cyclones.

Rusty Shackle + The Apple Tree Theory + Siôn Russell Jones Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 6pm, £12/£5 under-7s. Info 01291 420241. Local folk-rock band play marquee gig (I don’t know if it’ll literally be in a marquee).

Sons Of Liberty Slipping Jimmy’s, Newport. 9pm. Info 07745 059936. Southern rock tribute band.

Stars From The Wales International Academy Of Voice St John The Evangelist Church, Gowerton, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

Tarion Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Bad Decisions Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 07495 657407.

The Collective The Bell Inn, Caerleon. 8.30pm, £8.50 adv.

Info 01633 420613. Caerleon Arts Festival concert.

The Fratellis + Toploader + We-Are-Z + Vicetrack Pembroke Castle. 4-10.30pm, £25 adv. Info 01646 681510.

First of two Rock The Castle gigs, the second being tomorrow.

The Meadows + Kristin Murphy Queens Hall, Narberth. 6.45pm, £12/£8 kids. Info 01834 869323.

The Replicas Kiwis, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Wright Hear Wright Now Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

SATURDAY 15

2 Tickets 2 The Gunshow Kiwis, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Abertawe Festival For Young Musicians St Peter’s Church, Newton, Swansea.

1pm, £5. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event.

Alexander Dariescu St Peter’s Church, Newton, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. A Gower Festival event, the last one for this year.

Bandicoot The Pit, Swansea.

7pm. Info facebook.com/ thepitswansea.

Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra 35th Birthday Concert: The Glory Of Strauss & Elgar St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £5-£22.

Info 029 2087 8444. This was moved from its original date of 30 June so as not to clash with the Justin Bieber concert. SHARE THIS listing if you’re a real music fan who would rather listen to Elgar than Justin Bieber.

Casio Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Derrin Nauendorf West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £10 adv.

Info 01446 735739. Australian guitarist signed to Candyrat

Records, the all-tekkers-nosongs acoustic guitarist’s label of choice. A Roots N All gig in conjunction with the Barry Arts Festival.

Henry Marten’s Ghost Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2031 1319. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Hot Red Chilli Peppers The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £7/£6 adv. Info 01685 387925. RHCP tribute band.

Kate Rusby National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01558 667149.

English folk favourite rocks up at excessively idyllic location.

Red Hot Pokers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

Rhys Davis Band + Laura Power + Casper Marie Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd.

7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 491424.

Roosevelt The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 07590 471888. Erstwhile Cardiff gig circuit band are back! So no longer erstwhile.

Sidewinder The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178.

Simon Trigg The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free.

Info 01656 654753. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

The annual Folk On The Lawn festival, located idyllically at Tintern Abbey Mill, has an understandably folk-based lineup – but it's far from trad fare. From Fri 14-Sun 16, highlights from about 30 acts include Bina Williamson, Keith Christmas and Zeuk.

Lights Out + Witterquick Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £6 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. The headline band tour to Cardiff, Swansea AND Abertillery next month.

Lleisiau Hardd Annual Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7.30pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510.

Milford Haven Town Band Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.30pm, £10/£7. Info 01646 695267.

Ocean Colour Scene + Toploader + Space Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 5pm, £38.50. Info 01291 420241. Terrifically late-90s lineup in anticipation of there being a Labour government by the date of the concert.

Off The Record Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Family Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion. 10am, £5. Info 0844 8700887. With one Patrick Puzzle, a ‘musical magician’.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Saturday Evening Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0844 8700887. Featuring Elias String Quartet, David Adams, Alice Neary, Lucy Gould, Louise Williams and Andre Swanepoel.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Young Musicians’ Showcase Penarth Pier Pavilion. 2.30pm, free. Info 0844 8700887.

People’s String Foundation Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff.

7pm, £20 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415.

Pizzatramp + Godbomber + Audio Pirates The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

*Slush Puppy Alldayer Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 4-11pm, £8/£5 adv.

Info 029 2037 3144. Punk, emo, indie, hardcore, the good stuff. Sets by Sievehead, Whipping Post, Score, Wall, Benjamin Blue, Radical Boy, Cruelty and probably more TBC. System Scare Undertone, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883. I don’t know who this band are but I understand that this gig is “their triumphant return to the live music scene”. I for one have missed Cistern Scar while they’ve been away.

The Black Triangle + Nuclear Lullaby The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info gigs@thedragonffli. com. Headliners are fronted

by Patrick Jones. Assume this is the poet/brother of Nicky Wire, but not certain. Could look it up. Too hot today though.

The Blues Sisters Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 07495 657407.

The Bootleg Beatles + The Bootleg Beach Boys Pembroke Castle. 4-10pm, £27.50 adv/£32 seated. Info 01646 681510.

The Meadows + Kristin Murphy Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7.30pm, £8/£6.

Info 0845 2263510. *Tinariwen Cardigan Castle.

6.30pm, £20. Info 01239 621200. Welsh soprano plus mixed choir. And friends.

SUNDAY 16

Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells.

4pm. Info 07477 627267.

Catrin Aur, Côrdydd & Friends Cardigan Castle.

6pm, £16. Info 01239 621200.

Welsh soprano plus mixed choir. And friends.

*Healthy Mind: A Radio Glamorgan / Cardiff Mind Fundraiser Gwdihw, Cardiff.

2-11pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. See Music for more on this charity alldayer, which features sets from The Irascibles, Nicotine Pretty, Falling Stacks, Mike Dennis, Little Rêd, Ani Glass, Aeddan and My Name Is Ian. Penarth Chamber Music Festival Classics Penarth Pier Pavilion. 2.30pm, £15.

Info 0844 8700887. Supportive environment concert for people with autism and additional needs.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Closing Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion. 4pm, £18. Info 0844 8700887. With performers including Rebecca Evans, Robert Plane, Daniel Tong, Tyler Shepherd, Gould Piano Trio, and David Adams.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Sunday Morning Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion. 10.30am, £10. Info 0844 8700887.

Stratus-fear Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Rocker covers.

The Meadows + Kristin Murphy Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info 029 2089 0862.

Three Fat Cyclists Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

MONDAY 17

Groucho Club Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

Obey The Brave + Polar Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10/£8 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com.

Two US hardcore bands, on Epitaph and Prosthetic Records respectively.

TUESDAY 18

Arnocorps Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

7pm, £11 adv. Info 07970 063107. A metal band whose concept is based around Arnold Schwarzenegger action movies. Bit epic bacon banterous for me but you go and have a good time if you want.

Ashley John Long Duo Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 07495 657407.

Fused + Amber Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £2.50.

Info 029 2023 2199.

The Memphis Six Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

The Pit Battle Of The Bands Heat 3 The Pit, Swansea. 7pm. Info facebook. com/thepitswansea.

WEDNESDAY 19

As Flames Rise + Pioneers + Arkdown + Conflicts + The Forgotten Age + Malum Sky The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Presented by JadeRachel Promotions.

Bootleg Cash Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £10.

Info 01633 868239. Johnny Cash tribute. Why would you not call yourself ‘Counterfeit Cash’ if you’d already dreamed up this name?

Unless it’s already been taken by another Johnny Cash

tribute act.

Fernanda Cunha Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12. Info 07802 912789.

Fire Fences + Carolines Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933.

Jeff Hooper And The Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8.

Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Socks Bootlegger, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 07495 657407. uThat’ll Be The Day 2017 Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01646 695267. Retro guff. On tomorrow also.

THURSDAY 20

Aubrey Parsons The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Dorja + Häxan + Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.

Gregg Russel & Ciaran Algar Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone.

8pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.

Jack Mac’s Funk Pack Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933.

Jai-Jagdeesh Tramshed, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £23 adv/£40 with workshop on Wed 19.

Info 029 2023 5555. This follows a workshop, also hosted

by Kundalini yoga master JaiJagdeesh. Her music is apparently in the new age genre.

Joe McElderry New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50-£36.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Singing songs from his new album Saturday Night At The Movies, whose title I daresay is a harbinger of its content.

Massy Ferguson + Robert Vincent + Joe Kelly Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

Country-rock kinda stuff, with the headline band pleasingly named after a tractor.

NC Sessions Nolton Corner, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 655015. Live acoustic acts, every third Thursday of the month.

Pi & Hash The Moon, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Local music showcase, acts TBC.

FRIDAY 21

Apathy Avenue + Embacy + No Beef + Fyreflies Mozarts, Swansea. 7pm, £3.

Info 01792 649984.

Aubrey Parsons The Aubrey Arms, Bonvilston. 8pm, free.

Info 01446 781210. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”

Benn Willis Cwrt Rawlin, Caerphilly. 9pm, free. Info 029 2086 8001. Presented by Nailed It Events. uBreak Hate Anti-Racist Weekend The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Two-day

Cardiff, Sat 14) NADINE SHAH (The Globe, Sun 15) RICHARD THOMPSON (Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sun 15) SHANE FILAN (St David’s Hall, Wed 18) J COLE (Motorpoint Arena, Fri 20) EMELI SANDE (Motorpoint Arena, Sat 21) W.A.S.P (Tramshed, Tue 24) SLEAFORD MODS (Cardiff University, Fri 27) LITTLE MIX (Motorpoint Arena, Mon 30 + Tue 31) BUZZ 73

* – recommended

live music event (tomrorow starts at 5.30pm) which I assume is for charity, although it isn’t specified. Today: Knitwear Junkees, Bankrupt Pug, The Deathtraps, Discount Columbo and Quarries (main stage); Tracey Curtis, Matt Galloway and 3MPH (acoustic stage). Tomorrow: Mumbleman, Audio Pirates, Trigger Mcpoopshute, All Time Old Time, Recluse and Blood Slugs (main stage); Brightr, Bob Rogers and The Dark Valley (acoustic stage).

Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £3. Info 029 2038 7026.

Eduardo Niebla Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 7.30pm, £10/£8 members. Info 01348 873421. Gig intended as a sort of warm-up for Aberjazz, which is on over the August bank holiday.

Henry Martin’s Ghost Beaufort Arms, Swansea.

8pm, free. Info 01792 234447.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Jemma Roper + Seazoo Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Jemma Roper’s new album is dead good, hear some songs from it here! If you like.

Like A Lion Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

New Roads Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Rammlied Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

8pm, £5 adv. Info 07970 063107. Rammstein tribute band.

Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7pm, £3.50/£1.50 for performers. Info derek@ rumneyfolkclub.co.uk.

Monthly night.

Simon Trigg The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Captain’s Table Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £39. Info 029 2070 5391. Food and music from New Orleans and the Caribbean.

The Edsel Furys The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Thomasin, Justin & Friends The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762. Celtic music from local artists.

Toriah Fontaine Band Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 07495 657407.

Wildside Kiwis, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

SATURDAY 22

Acoustic Sinners Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2031 1319. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Ail Symudiad + Rhosier Morgan Cellar Bar, Cardigan.

8.30pm. Info 07818 056599.

Welsh Language Society fundraising gig.

Cathays Brass Band Pontypridd Museum. 1-2pm, free. Info 01443 490748.

Lunchtime concert.

DFL Fest #2 Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff.

3-11pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2037 3144. Extremely hard hardcore for the hardcore all damn day from Down For Life, like so: Prowler, Cold Hard Truth, 50 Caliber, Split Knuckle, Rough Justice, BUZZ 74

Murder Circuit, Rancour, Realm Of Torment, Chamber, Stranded, xServitudex, and Petulance.

Dicky Heart & The Murmurs Hen Dderwen, Sketty, Swansea. 9pm, free.

Info 01792 203631. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Fruit Of The Original Sin + Ghosts As Alibis The Duke, Neath. 7.30pm. Info 01639 643892.

I Am Drug The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Iron Eye Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.

Kat Jones The Albany, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1075. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Martin Creed Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2030 4400. See Music for more on this British conceptual artist’s bizarro-pop incarnation.

Musicfest: Côr Y Gors Aberystwyth Train Station.

3pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Unorthodox choir who live in or near Borth. Sounds quite interesting! First event of this year’s Musicfest, which runs until Sat 29.

Musicfest: Welsh Chamber Orchestra Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232.

Pauline Kaytannau Wood The Red Dragon, Bridgend.

9pm, free. Info 01656 654753.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Simon Trigg Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Talon Maesteg Town Hall.

7.30pm, £21.50. Info 01656 733269. Eagles tribute.

The Decoy + Static Fires + I Digress + Run With The Ghosts The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info facebook.com/thepitswansea.

The Jiveoholics Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Troyen The Patriot, Crumlin.

7pm. Info 01495 247178.

Welsh Proms: Classical Extravaganza St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50£36. Info 029 2087 8444.

Opening event of this year’s Welsh Proms – see Upfront for more. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts the Welsh National Opera Orchestra with the programme including Strauss Tchaikovsky, Verdi and more.

SUNDAY 23

Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

Jazz in the bar.

Dan Baird & Homemade Sin + Raged Union The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Friends Of MWO The Music Room, Gregynog, nr Newtown.

6pm, £16. Info 01686 614555.

Fundraising evening of opera.

James Kennedy The Plough, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Julia Fordham Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £24.

Info 029 2089 0862.

Lucy Jones Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Musicfest: Fringe Open Session Brynamlwg, Aberystwyth. 9pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the

Welsh Chamber Orchestra.

Musicfest: Johannes Trio Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

4.15pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Musicfest: Rosanna Cooper Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 6.30pm, £14/£12.

Info 01970 623232. Oratorio soloist.

Musicfest: Solem Quartet Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232.

Pendyrus Male Voice Choir St Dogmaels Abbey. 2.30pm, £10/free under-11s. Info 01239 621200.

The Crackers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

6-8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

Blues.

Welsh Proms: Family Prom 2017 – The DanceOff St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

3pm, £11.50/£7.50. Info 029 2087 8444. With Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra and special guest presenter Connie Fisher .

MONDAY 24

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £3/£2.50 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232.

With Sigyn Fossnes, Graham Oppenheimer, Nicholas Jones, Kari Ravnan, Lars Lien and Joseph Shiner.

Musicfest: Hot Club Dimanche Rummers Wine Bar, Aberystwyth. 9pm, free.

Info 01970 623232.

Musicfest: Kyle Horch & Anya Fadina Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.30pm, £14/£12.

Info 01970 623232.

Musicfest: Peter, Elsa & Ceri Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

3.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Performing songs by Myra Evans of Ceredigion, who performed in the area 100 or so years ago.

Musicfest: Student Showcase Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 6.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Sion Dawson Bootlegger, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 07495 657407.

Welsh Proms: Folk Prom – Josienne Clark & Ben Walker St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £15/£14 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. In conjunction with Roots Unearthed.

Welsh Proms: Organ Prom – Sound The Trumpet St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2087 8444.

With Crispian Steele-Perkins, who despite being a rejected character from a Jilly Cooper novel is a leading exponent of the baroque trumpet.

TUESDAY 25

Chorusgirl + Emma Kupa + Bandicoot Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv.

Info 029 2039 7933. Presented

by Odd Box and Bandicoot.

Graham Bonnet Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv.

Info 01792 468892. Former Rainbow frontman.

Musicfest: Côr Y Gors Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

4.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Performing in the Old College Quad.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232.

With the Sacconi Quartet, Solem Quartet and Tom Poster.

Musicfest: Ffynon + Elfen Rummers Wine Bar, Aberystwyth. 9pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Folk.

Musicfest: Simone Rebello Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232.

Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam + Yr Poetry + Esuna The Moon, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

The Groucho Club The Open Hearth, Pontypool. 8.30pm.

Info martin.fisher1944@ hotmail.co.uk. A Jazz At The Open Hearth night.

The Pit Battle Of The Bands Heat 4 The Pit, Swansea. 7pm. Info facebook. com/thepitswansea.

Three Legg’d Mare Theatr

u – repeated

Guy Johnston and Jamie Campbell.

Musicfest: Fringe Rummers Wine Bar, Aberystwyth. 9pm, free. Info 01970 623232. With Mor Ladron and Three Legg’d Mare.

Musicfest: Frolic Street Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

3.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232. The life of John Roberts, the Gypsy harper and storyteller, performed by Peter Stevenson and Harriet Earis Musicfest: Fringe – Jazz Jam Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

9.45pm, free. Info 01970 623232. With Dan Swana and Andy Scott.

Musicfest: Solem Quartet Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232.

Musicfest: Student Showcase – Percussion Arad Goch, Aberystwyth.

5.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Musicfest: Student Showcase – Saxophone

Slush Puppy, newish and youthful Cardiff promoters, have their first alldayer on Sat 15 at Cathays Community Centre. Some fine names feature if you like gothy postpunk (Sievehead), sludgy hardcore (Whipping Post) or London pogopunk (Score).

See Music for more on this, a multimedia gig being filmed for future release.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232.

With Jamie Campbell (violin), Guy Johnston (cello), Tom Poster (piano) and Simon Lane (piano).

Musicfest: Fringe Rummers Wine Bar, Aberystwyth. 9pm, free. Info 01970 623232. With Rheged.

Musicfest: Fringe – Côr ABC Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.15pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Musicfest: Student Showcase – Jazz Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

9.45pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Musicfest: Student Showcase – Strings Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

6.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Shvpes + When We Were Wolves Hobo’s, Bridgend.

7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com.

Skating Polly + Hands Off Gretel + Think Pretty The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8/£7 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Punky US noiseniks headline, having played here last year I think it was.

Tobias Robertson’s Jam Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Welsh Proms: Jazz Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £15.50. Info 029 2087 8444. With the Capital City Jazz Orchestra and Lance Ellington.

FRIDAY 28 Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555.

Welsh Proms: Soundworks Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £7.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Presented by Arts Active.

Welsh Proms: Masterpieces St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £7.50-£36. Info 029 2087 8444. With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Owain Arwel Hughes.

WEDNESDAY 26

Crushtide The Pit, Swansea.

7pm. Info facebook.com/ thepitswansea.

Elfen Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.

Evan Gardner + Cancel The Transmission + Quarries The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8.3010.30pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.

Greg Abate with The Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Jake Mitchell + Lee Hinchcliffe Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £23 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Musicfest: Early Evening Recital Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 6.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232. Selected solo and ensemble performances

by MusicFest’s Junior Fellows.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232.

With the Orion Orchestra, Toby Purser, Sacconi Quartet,

Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.15pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Pagoda Project Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Jazzfolk fusion band.

Savoy Family Cajun Band Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060.

Skyliners Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig Welsh Proms: Brass And Voices St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£29. Info 029 2087 8444. Owain Arwel Hughes conducts the Cory Band and the Welsh Proms Male Choir.

THURSDAY 27

Candythief Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50.

Info 029 2089 0862. Solo lady musician.

Castles + Barbott + Guide Dog Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.

Fire Fences + Arcadian Heart + Parkview + The Brocklebank Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £1 adv. Info 07970 063107.

Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Junior Bill + Mike Dennis + Featherjaw Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff.

7pm, £7. Info 029 2037 3144.

Afternoon In Paris Carnegie House, Bridgend. 8pm, £8.

Info 01656 815757.

Andy Collins Beaufort Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Caribbean Race Night with Bob Marley Tribute Chepstow Racecourse.

3.30pm, £22-£29 adv. Info 01291 622260. Seven horse races, food and drink and a band called Trenchtown Experience. Now I’m having to stop myself reading about horse racing in Jamaica instead of doing work.

Chris Kelly White Horse, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 652583. Presented by Nailed It Events. *Cowtown Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Leeds synthpop punks return to Cardiff for the first time in about two years I think. Always a pleasure!

Digital Criminals + Scarsun + The Boom Sons The Pit, Swansea. 7pm, £3.

Info facebook.com/ thepitswansea.

Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£2. Info 029 2038 7026.

Graham Anthony Devine: Guitar Recital Capel Salem, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£8. Info cardiffguitarfestival@gmail. com. First concert of the Cardiff Guitar Festival, which you can a read a little more about in Roundup. It runs until Sun 30 at this venue, which is next door to Chapter Arts Centre, and in Chapter itself.

Holding Absence + Faces

stage Of Eve + Dream State + Dead Sea + Defeatist Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

7pm, £8/£7 adv. Info 01685 384111. Celtic Mosh night.

Jukebox UK Kiwis, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Lynwen Haf Roberts St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 9683.

Charity Concert in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.

Mr Fishy The Twelve Knights, Margam. 9pm, free.

Info 01639 882381. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232.

Works by Bizet, Fauré, Ravel and Walton.

Musicfest: Lunchtime Recital Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232.

Rhiannon Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £15 adv.

Info 01834 869323. Fleetwood Mac tribute.

Sian James Ty Tawe, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 456856. Folk.

The Doors Alive Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.

Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.

The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The London African Gospel Choir Perform Paul Simon’s Graceland Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Valleys Folk Ceilidh Blaenavon Rugby Club. 7.3010.30pm, £3. Info 01495 790446.

Welsh Proms: A Night At The Movies St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£36.

Info 029 2087 8444.

SATURDAY 29

Archelon + Hundred Year Old Man + Tides Of Sulfur Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.

Info 07970 063107. Metal-ish stuff. Headliners have three guitarists and two drummers.

Er, not listened to them though.

Bon Jovi Forever! The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

9pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01685 387925. A tribute to Bon Jovi, and eternal life.

Cocktails & Crates Festival Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 4-11pm, free.

Info 029 2009 5590. Live bands, an acoustic open mic stage, street food etc.

Bands: The Marks Cartel, Caspiens, Theme From Alex, Mumbleman, Tracey Island, Old Samuel, Heavy Flames and Soviets.

Eden Stell Guitar Duo Capel Salem, Canton, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12/£8. Info cardiffguitarfestival@gmail. com. Cardiff Guitar Festival concert.

Get Ready! Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events. uGlastonBARRY Romilly Park, Barry. 1-9pm, £25 adv (two days). Info 01446 737339. Featuring, over two days, tributes to Prince (Purple Rain), David Bowie (Absolute Bowie), Stevie Wonder (The Stevie Wonder Experience), Oasish (Oasis), Johnny2Bad (UB40), AC/DC

(ACDC UK), The Four Kicks (Kings Of Leon), The Jam (The Jamd), Stereotonics (Stereophonics), The Bryan Adams Effect (Bryan Adams), The Verve (Verve UK) and a ska tribute TBC. On tomorrow also.

Goosebumps Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £16/£14.50 adv. Info 01834 869323.

Swing/jump jive band from Kent.

Gut Bucket Band Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free.

Info 01792 516194. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Jack Mac Sax Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.

Jumpin’ Jimmy & The Nice Guys Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Last Night Of The Welsh Proms St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50£36. Info 029 2087 8444.

Conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes.

Mike Dennis The Moon, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18/£16. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the Orion Orchestra with guest performers from the string courses and Philomusica.

Musicfest: Student Showcase – Classical Vocal Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 4.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Rachel B The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Roth Guitar Duo Cardiff Music School, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £5. Info cardiffguitarfestival@gmail. com. Cardiff Guitar Festival recital.

Skakasm Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm. Info 01685 384111. Ska and reggae covers band.

Soul Stripper Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. AC/DC tribute. uSteelhouse Festival Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale. £50 adv (£85 both days). Info 07813 210817.

Successful annual metal/hard rock festival. See Upfront for an interview with Benji from Skindred, who headline today over Last In Line, Monster Truck, Inglorious, Bernie Marsden, Stone Broken, Tequila Mockingbyrd and Florence Black. Tomorrow features Saxon, Rival Sons, Steve Harris' British Lion, King King, Wayward Sons, Jared James Nichols, Broken Witt Rebels and The Texas Flood.

Stephen J Taylor Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2031 1319. Presented

by Nailed It Events. uStreet Music Weekender Barry Island promenade.

12-4pm, free. Info www. valeofglamorgan.gov.uk.

Featuring sets, over two days, from All That Jazz, The Bucket Band, Wonderbrass, Samba Galez, Bombay Baja, Barracuda and Radio Cheese.

On tomorrow also.

The Sex Pistols Experience + TV Smith The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. Some people pretending to be pioneering late-70s London punks, supported by an actual pioneering

late-70s London punk. It’s a bloody outrage I tell yer!

The Underdogs Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

SUNDAY 30

Ceri James Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Georgia Paterson The Plough, Cardiff. 6pm, free.

Info 029 2062 3017. Presented

by Nailed It Events.

Icaris Cardiff Music School, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

1pm, £5. Info cardiffguitarfestival@gmail. com. Cardiff Guitar Festival recital from flute/guitar duo.

Whitchurch Jam #99 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

3.30pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

Wizards Of Oz The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178. Ozzy Osbourne tribute.

MONDAY 31

Frankie Cosmos + Trust Fund + Oh Peas! The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £10/£8 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

American indie sort headlines. Her dad is Kevin Kline!

I didn’t know that until just now.

stage SATURDAY 1

35 Times Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 0844 8700887. Mercury Theatre Wales with a show about six women who meet at a coffee morning. In Cardiff from Tue 11-Sat 15.

Cardiff Cabaret Club: Up The Coliseum! Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Featuring cabaret/burlesque type performances from Paul Martin, Khandie Kisses, The Persian Belles, Frenchy Petite, Kitty Katasphorphy and Charlie Lou plus FooFooLaBelle and the Cardiff Cabaret Club troupe.

Dance Blast Annual Showcase Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £8/£5. Info 01873 850805.

Dan Thomas + Ben Norris + Maff Brown + Paul Myrehaug Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.95/£8 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Dolman: 50 Golden Years Dolman Theatre, Newport.

7.15pm, £15. Info 01633 263670. Featuring a variety of local talent.

Golden Thread Playback Theatre Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £3-£7. Info 029 2030 4400. Stories from the audience are brought to life in improvised style.

Jane Eyre Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.15 + 7.15pm, £16-£47. Info 029 2063 6464. Re-imagining of Charlotte Brontë’s novel, a collaboration between the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic directed by Sally Cookson.

La Voix Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063

6464. Top British drag artist.

Mobile Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

11am, 11.45am, 12.45pm, 1.30pm, 2.45pm, 3.30pm, 5.15pm, 6pm, 7pm and 7.45pm, £7.50/£6. Info 0845 2263510. A 40-minute theatre performance set in a caravan for audiences of eight people at a time. (Until Sat 1 July) Moment(o)s Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

Cabaret show on the topic of metnal health, based on the experiences of a patient in Whitchurch mental hospital.

Patrick Monahan + Ignacio Lopez Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Double bill of comedy; first event, too, of the Neath Comedy Festival, which runs all month. Where an event is related to it, I will make a note of that for your elucidation.

Service! Episodes 1 & 2 AJ’s Coffee House, Cardiff.

8pm, £10. Info 029 2045 1588.

Clock Tower Theatre present the first part of an Edinburgh preview for their hotel-themed comedy, which premiered in 2013. Parts 3 and 4 are on Fri 7 and Sat 8.

Shirley Valentine New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11-£31. Info 029 2087 8889.

With Jodie Prenger as Shirley.

Started last month, finishes today.

Spamalot Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 3 + 8pm, £15/£13.

Info 0333 6663366. Pythonic comedy romp, the first production in this year’s Everyman Theatre Festival which runs until Sat 29. uSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Sondheim musical. Also on at 2.30pm on Wed 5. No performance tomorrow. (Until Sun 6) uThe Desert Daydreamer Dyffryn Gardens, St Nicholas, Vale Of Glamorgan. 11am + 2pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Family-friendly puppet theatre, presented by the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama. On at 1 + 7pm all other days, apart from Sun 2 July when there’s no performance. (Until Sat 5) The First Hippo On The Moon Grand Theatre, Swansea. 10.30am + 1pm, £13.50/£10.50. Info 01792 475715. David Walliams’ story for kids, adapted for the stage.

The Musical Comedy Murders Of 1940 Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.30pm, £8.50-£11.50. Info 01646 695267. This is a murder mystery set in New York state circa 1940, and is presented by the flagrantly named Xenon Liberal Arts.

The Scarecrow’s Wedding Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

2pm, £11/£10. Info 01656 815995. Kids’ theatre based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Windsor + Chris Betts + Rhodri Rhys Jongleurs, Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £16.

Info 08700 111960.

SUNDAY 2

A Musical Journey – Past, Present And Future Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5pm, £18. Info 029 2063 6464. Featuring pro West End/

Broadway performers plus south Wales school pupils.

Ivo Graham + Suzi Ruffell Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £6-£10.

Info 029 2031 0312. Presented

by Buffalo Comedy. uLive Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm.

Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday.

Mark Olver + Rhys James + Mark Smith Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Operasonic: Newport Legends The Riverfront, Newport. 4.30pm, £5. Info 01633 656757. A range of stories from Newport legend, set to music by Errolyn Wallen and performed in opera style by local primary school pupils. I hope it includes the time when John Sicolo from TJ’s called Jon Spencer gay because he asked for a vegetarian meal.

MONDAY 3

uCCBC Community Dance Festival Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £8/£7. Info 01495 227206. Community dance groups from across

know she’s famous, you can tell by the way the venue is at pains to point out she won’t be performing at the matinee show tomorrow. In case anyone gets mad and asks for their money back I guess. Also on at 2.30pn tomorrow, Thurs 6 and Sat 8. £22.50-£52.50 on Fri 7 and Sat 8. (Until Sat 8) The Tim Vine Chat Show Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.15pm, free.

Info 01873 850805. Punny comedian records two episodes of his Radio 4 show.

You have to apply for tickets online and it might be too late now, but equally might not! uTreorchy Comprehensive Junior Production Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 7pm, £7. Info 0800 0147111. On tomorrow also.

WEDNESDAY 5

Do I Have To Wake Up? Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

11am + 1.30pm, £5. Info 01646 695267. Kids’ show presented by Theatr Arad Goch.

In Cardiff on Fri 7 and Sat 8; Newtown on Mon 10.

Senior Youth Theatre

Three Welsh standup acts – Jenny Collier and Ignacio Lopez, plus sketch collective The Death Hilarious – appear at Merthyr Tydfil's Redhouse on Sat 8, then the Muni in Pontypridd on Sun 9. the Borough showcase their talents. (Until Thurs 6) uOut Of Order Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15.50-£27. Info 01792 475715. Award-winning comedy by Ray Cooney. Also on at 2.30pm on Wed 5 and sat 8.

(Until Sat 8) uStreet Scene Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7pm, £6-£20.

Info 029 2064 6900. Kurt Weill’s opera-meets-musical, set in Manhattan and presented by the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama.

(Until Wed 5)

TUESDAY 4

uBuddy New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12-£31. Info 029 2087 8889. Hit West End show about Buddy Holly is back. Also at 2.30pm tomorrow and Thurs 6; 4pm and 8pm on Sat 8. £10.50-£31 tomorrow and Thurs 6; £13£33 on Fri 7; £12-£33 on Sat 8. (Until Sat 8) Cambridge Footlights Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £12/£10 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Comedy sketch troupe from the university that puts the ‘bridge’ into Oxbridge. I think we have a preview of this going Upfront, and my prediction is that it will include a long list of famous Footlights alumni, but no-one born after 1980. uFunny Girl Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £17.50-£47.50.

Info 029 2063 6464. West End hit that made a star of Barbara Streisand. Sheridan Smith takes the lead role here, and if you didn’t already

Performance Showcase Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £5/£4. Info 01874 611622.

THURSDAY 6

Aspergers Are Us Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. See Upfront. In Neath tomorrow.

Jack In The Blood: The Book Of Ancestors The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8-10pm, £6. Info 01267 231012.

Theatrical storytelling show.

Noel James + Mike Bubbins Cardigan Castle.

6.30pm, £10/£9. Info 01239 621200. Welsh language standup set. Noel is performing here tomorrow and in Neath on Sat 8, both in English. uOliver! Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.15pm, £7. Info 01633 868239. Presented by Congress Junior Theatre. On at 2pm and 7.15pm on Sat 8.

(Until Sat 8) uThe Comedy Of Errors Cardiff Castle.

6.30pm, £16/£11 kids. Info 029 2087 8100. Open air theatre presented by The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. On tomorrow also.

The Noise Next Door Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £14.50 adv. Info 0871 4720400.

Comedy quartet, seem to play here quite often. uThe Vicar Of Dibley Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 8pm, £15/£13. Info 0333 6663366.

The play of the TV series, part of this month’s Everyman Theatre Festival. Also on at 3pm on Sat 8 and Sat 15.

(Until Sat 15) BUZZ 75

* – recommended

stage Tony Law + Paul James The Duke, Neath. 9pm, £7 adv. Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show.

FRIDAY 7

All About My Tits Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2030 4400.

One-woman show – as the title may have indicated – in which Anna Suschitzky tracks the development of her breasts in the previous 30 years and gives it some sort of cultural/medical/anthropologi-

tomorrow also (in Welsh first, then English). uDrones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Also on Fri 21.

I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again – Again! Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £12. Info 01600 772467. Stage version of longrunning comedy radio show. Jo Kendall and Mitch Benn feature here..

Jenny Collier + The Death Hilarious + Ignacio Lopez Redhouse, Merthyr

6.30pm, £10/£9. Info 01239 621200.

Phill Jupitus Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 8pm, £14. Info 01982 552555. In Cardigan tomorrow. uService! Episodes 3 & 4 AJ’s Coffee House, Cardiff.

8pm, £10. Info 029 2045 1588.

Presented by Clock Tower Theatre. On tomorrow also. uStars In Their Eyes Dolman Theatre, Newport.

7.15pm, £8. Info 01633 263670. Presented by the The Sharon Higgins School Of

THE LAST SUPPER Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon, Wed 19-Fri 21 July Tickets: £12/£10. Info: 01874 611622 / www.brycheiniog.co.uk Although The Last Supper was first performed in 2004, and has ventured as far away as Sydney since, this is its first time at this venue. A maximum of 39 spectators are seated at three tables of 13 and given wine and food: the latter being the same final meals that were served to specific prisoners on death row in the USA. (You’re supposed to share it after the performance has finished, I believe, rather than authentically guzzle it yourself.) In the meantime, the actors stand before the tables, their lines the (supposed) final words of the historically famous from Jesus to Princess Di. It’s a theatrical rumination on death and the mythologies built around it, you see. Sounds like a giggle to me, in a highminded sorta way.

cal context I shouldn’t wonder.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £15.50/£14.50. Info 01656 815995. Presented by Ballet Cymru.

Aspergers Are Us Gwyn Hall, Neath. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Neath Comedy Festival show. uDisney’s Beauty And The Beast Jnr Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £8. Info 0845 2263510. This showing appears to be sold out but it’s on tomorrow also at 11am and 2pm uDo I Have To Wake Up? Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10am + 1.30pm, £7. Info 029 2063 6464. In English first, then Welsh. On BUZZ 76

Tydfil. 6.30pm, £10/£8 adv.

Info 01685 384111. Comedy Club night. In Pontypridd tomorrow.

Jeremy Hardy Cardigan Castle. 8.30pm, £14/£5 unwaged. Info 01239 621200. uLost Voice Guy + Rob Rouse + Owen O’Neill + James Cook Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£17.95/£10 NUS). uMoments In Time Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

6.30pm, £10-£13.50. Info 01646 695267. Historical dance production, presented by Amethyst Dance Pembrokeshire. On tomorrow also.

Noel James Cardigan Castle.

Dance And Musical Theatre On at 5.15pm on Sun 9. (Until Sun 9) uStudio Streetwise: Movies Inc. Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7pm, £14/£13. Info 0800 0147111.

Dance showcase. On tomorrow also. uThe World Is Our Oyster Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7pm, £10/£8. Info 01970 623232. Classical students of the Dance School perform an adaptation of The Little Mermaid. On tomorrow also.

SATURDAY 8

Barbara Nice Cardigan Castle. 6pm, £8-£12. Info 01239 621200. Comedy show from “the Edinburgh Fringe’s favourite housewife” appar-

ently.

Brendon Burns And Colt Cabana Do Comedy & Commentary To Bad Wrestling Matches Tiny Rebel, Newport. 8pm, £10/£9.

Info 01633 252538. This is an Edinburgh preview show where Burns, a comedian, and Cabana, a former WWE wrestler, do what it says on the tin. Sounds funny actually.

Moved from Le Pub, which will be temporarily closed by this date. In Cardiff tomorrow.

See Stage.

Giovanni Pernice & Luba Mushtuk Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.45pm, £28/£25.

Info 01686 614555. Two dancers from Strictly star in a show entitled Dance Is Life.

Gotta Dance Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £10/£8.

Info 01792 475715. Presented

by The Performance Factory Dance School.

Jenny Collier + The Death Hilarious + Ignacio Lopez The Muni, Pontypridd.

8pm, £8 adv. Info 01443 490390. Comedy.

Jeremy Hardy Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 8pm, £14/£5 unwaged. Info 01982 552555.

Noel James Neath Cricket Club. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01639 643719. Neath Comedy Festival show.

Phill Jupitus Cardigan Castle. 8.30pm, £14. Info 01239 621200.

Robin Morgan + John Ryan + Kane Brown Jongleurs, Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £16. Info 08700 111960.

Rubicon Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £6/£4.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Dance showcase.

Theatr Hafren, Newtown.

10.30am + 1.30pm, £5. Info 01686 614555. In Welsh first, then English. uF.E.A.R.Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10.

Info 029 2030 4400. Edinburgh preview show by local avantgarde theatre aves Mr & Mrs Clark. (Until Thurs 13) uFame Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £5.50-£8.50.

Info 01239 621200. Musical presented by Dynamix Performing Arts School. (Until Wed 12)

SUNDAY 9

THURSDAY 13

Brendon Burns And Colt Cabana Do Comedy & Commentary To Bad Wrestling Matches Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£9. Info 029 2030 4400.

Drew Taylor + Steffan Evans + Col Howarth Cardigan Castle. 8.30pm, £9/£8. Info 01239 621200.

Standup night titled Tales From Wales.

Hello Cabaret Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 8pm, £15/£13. Info 0333 6663366.

Everyman Theatre Festival event.

Mark Olver + Danny McLoughlin Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Milkshake! Live Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11.30am + 2.30pm, £12£18. Info 029 2063 6464. Big hitter kids’ show.

No Human Is Illegal Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 12.30pm, £5 adv.

Info 01633 673739.Play written by Katy Arnell and performed by BTEC Performing Arts students from Leyton Sixth Form College, London.

It looks at the public response to the refugee crisis.

The Comedy Of Errors Cardigan Castle. 5.30pm, £9-£13. Info 01239 621200.

Presented by Illyria.

MONDAY 10

Caterpillar Comedy Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933. Open mic standup night hosted by James Dunn.

Do I Have To Wake Up?

TUESDAY 11

u35 Times Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

(Until Sat 15) uA Chorus Line Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £13/£9. Info 0845 2263510. Musical set at a Broadway chorus audition.

(Until Fri 14) uKing Henry School Show: The Sound Of Musicals Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £10/£9.

Info 01873 850805. “Please Note: The school have had to cancel their plans to stage The Sound Of Music due to licensing issues.” (Until Thurs 13) Phil Cooper + Dan Thomas Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

8pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Two Welsh language standups. uWe’re Going On A Bear Hunt Grand Theatre, Swansea. 4.30pm, £12. Info 01792 475715. The stage show of the kids’ book. On tomorrow at 10.30am and 4.30pm; 10.30am and 1.30pm on Sat 13. (Until Sat 13) uA Chorus Line Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670.

Musical. (Until Sat 15) uDeffro’r Gwanwyn The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2048 3344.

Welsh language production based on Frank Wedekind’s play Spring Awakening. On tomorrow also.

Nolton Comedy Nolton Corner, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 655015. With standups TBC, every second Thursday of the month. uRichard III Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £9 adv.

Info 01685 384111. Presented

by Showcase Performing Arts.

On tomorrow also.

Robert White + Paul James The Duke, Neath.

9pm, £7 adv. Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show. uThe Government Inspectors Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4-£8. Info 029 2064 6900. Sherman Players present Gogol’s satirical comedy. (Until Sat 15) Tickledom Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £12/£8. Info 01970 623232. Family musical. In Port Talbot on Tue 18; Pontypridd on Thurs 20; Barry on Sat 22; Cwmbran on Wed 26 and Thurs 27; Cardif on Sun 30.

FRIDAY 14

CSSA Just Dance Finals Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

6pm, £2-£4. Info 01495 243252. Featuring dance acts from across this borough.

u – repeated

Eugene Onegin Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

6-9..30pm, £18 adv. Info 01239 841387. Tchaikovsky’s opera, directed here by PJ Harris.

Includes a 90-minute supper interval.

Halfway To Paradise Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £22.50/£20. Info 01792 475715.Billy Furythemed musical. uRobin Morgan + Jojo Smith + Ian Coppinger + Ro Campbell Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£17.95/£10 NUS).

RuPocalypse Pulse, Cardiff.

8pm-1am, £20-£60. Info 029 2064 1010. Sickening Events present two more Drag Race faves, Sharon Needles and Phi Phi O’Hara, doing some kind of lip sync battle. uThe Greatest Show On Earth: Janet Stephens Dance Theatre Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 6pm, £8.50/£7.50. Info 01495 227206. Annual dance showcase with a rather bold title.

On tomorrow also, at 12pm.

SATURDAY 15

A Midsummer Night’s Dream YMCA Theatre, Cardiff. 2pm, £5. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Stanwell School do Shakespeare. This is a Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show, of which there are many running in various venues until Sat 22. uBen & Holly’s Little Kingdom New Theatre, Cardiff. 10m, 1pm + 4pm, £9-£16. Info 029 2087 8889.

Stage version of kids’ cartoon.

On tomorrow also at 10am and 1pm.

Fruit Salad!!! Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 12.30 + 2pm, £6. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Comedy magician for families. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show.

Grandma’s Tale Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475715.

Groundswell’s dance-based take on Little Red Riding Hood.

Hiraeth: I Didn’t Get To Breathe Today West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.

Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival.co.uk. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show by the Frag(mental) dance company.

How To Build A Time Machine AJ’s Coffee House, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival.co.uk.

Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show.

Jack Whitehall Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £29.50-£33.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

Mayzmuzik Showcase 2017 Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 12.30 + 6pm, £6.50/£5. Info 01873 850805.

South Wales performing arts school. uMid Wales Dance Academy Annual Show Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

6pm, £10.50/£9.50. Info 01874 611622. On tomorrow also, at 2pm and 5pm.

Patricia Cornelius: Do Not Go Gentle Crossway Church, Barry. 3-5pm, £5. Info 07982 319456. Workshop-style play reading.

stage RSD High School Musical The Muni, Pontypridd. 5pm, £8.50/£7.50. Info 01443 490390.

Stories Of Us The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £5. Info 01633 656757. Personal anecdotes turned into a theatre performance by HATCH and Tin Shed Theatre Co. Tea & Scratch The Gate, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Short theatre pieces being shown to an audience for the first time. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show.

Tim Fitzhigham + Joe Rowntree + Micky P Kerr Jongleurs, Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £16. Info 08700 111960. uWhere Do Little Birds Go? Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £9/£7. Info www.cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Camilla Whitehall’s poignant play about a kidnapping by the Kray Twins.

Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show. On tomorrow also.

SUNDAY 16

Dance On The Mountain Blaenavon World Heritage Centre + Workmen’s Hall.

11am-4pm, free. Info 07794 574572, A celebration of traditional folk dance.

Drag Night Mary’s, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show.

Horrible Histories: The Best Of Barmy Britain Pembroke Castle.11am + 3.30pm, £14 adv. Info 01646 681510. Two performances of this popular kids’ history theatre show.

Mark Olver + Robin Morgan + George Egg Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £8/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Pride & Prejudice St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £14/£8. Info 01446 799100. Outdoor theatre presented by Illyria.

MONDAY 17

Activate Dance Summer Showcase Gwyn Hall, Neath.

6pm, £5. Info 0300 3656677. uChurch Of Phil Recruitment Seminar Castle Emporium, Cardiff.

6pm, £5. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show, described as a “DIY comedy experience in the form of a fictional cult initiation ceremony”. Sounds potentially good! On tomorrow also.

Flash The Big Top, Cardiff.

8pm, £9. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Theatre with live music, on the topic of mental health. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show. uGrease Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £15-£41. Info 029 2063 6464.

See Stage for a preview of this. I can however perform the same function in a fraction of the space by noting that Tom from The Wanted is in the lead role, and suggesting you look the plot of Grease up on Wikipedia if you don’t know it. On at 5.30pm and 8.30pm on Fri 21 and Fri 28 (£13-£41 on these dates); 5pm and 8.30pm on Sat 22 and Sat 29 (£18-£44 on these dates). (Until Sat 29)

TUESDAY 18

uBody Double Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10-£16. Info 01792 475715.

You know I get a bit tetchy in these listings about plays which are about plays? This is play about a play within a play. Whatever next! No, don’t tell me. Also on at 2pm on Sat 22. (Until Sat 22) Head In The Clouds The Met, Abertillery. 10.30am + 1.30pm, £4 adv. Info 01495 355800. Ipdip Theatre present an interactive show aimed at babies and toddlers.

In Blackwood tomorrow; Ystradgynlais on Wed 26.

Tickledom Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £14 adv/£8 kids. Info 01639 763214.

Variations Of Pointe II Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 07900 314245. New triple bill programme of dance.

WEDNESDAY 19

Head In The Clouds Miners’ Institute, Blackwood.

11am, 1pm + 3pm, £3.50.

Info 01495 227206.

Jane Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995. One-woman show where Emma Macnab plays Jane Austen.

Many Man The Big Top, Cardiff. 6pm, £8. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. One-man play as part of the Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival.

Smut Slam Castle Emporium, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Community storytelling open mic based on real life, hosted by Cameryn Moore.

Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show. uThe Last Supper Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01874 611622.

Described by its creators as “an intimate performance for 39 people (three sets of 13). We (the performers) eat the last words and recall the last moments of famous people throughout history.

And to some of the audience we serve last meal requests from prisoners who were on death row Texas.” On at 2pm and 7.30pm tomorrow. (Until Fri 21)

THURSDAY 20

5 Encounters On A Site Called Craigslist Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, £10/£15 with other CFTF event. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Solo show, part of the Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival, looking at our attempts to connect with each other. uDisney’s Aladdin Junior Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

10.30am + 12.30pm, £10.

Info 0333 6663366. Kids’ show, part of this month’s Everyman Theatre Festival.

Also on at these times on Sat 29; every other day it’s on at 12pm and 2.30pm. (Until Sat 29) uMacbeth Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 8pm, £15/£13. Info 0333 6663366. Part of this month’s Everyman Theatre Festival. Also on at 3pm on Sat 22 and Sat 29. (Until

Sat 29) Matt Price + Paul James The Duke, Neath. 9pm, £7 adv. Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show.

Nerdfucker Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, £10/£15 with other CFTF event. Info www.cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival play about the underbelly of geekdom.

The Singular Exploits Of Sherlock Holmes Queens Hall, Narberth. 6.45pm, £10.

being shown to an audience for the first time. Presented

by Mary Bijou Cabaret And Social Club; Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show.

You Are Here AJ’s Coffee House, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show, delivered as a sort of performative lecture.

SATURDAY 22

All The Highwayman

Sickening Events look to have established themselves as Cardiff's top cats when it comes to booking ex-Drag Race contestants. In July they have Sharon Needles and Phi Phi O'Hara (Fri 14) then Nina Bo'nina Brown and Jaymes Mansfield (Fri 21), both at Pulse.

Info 01834 869323. Actor Jonathan Goodwin stars as Sherl; Don’t Go Into The Cellar present. uThe Tempest Stackpole Lodge Park Woods, Pembrokeshire. 7pm, £6-£14.50. Info 01646 695267.

Outdoor theatre, presented by Taking Flight and the Torch Theatre. On at 12pm and 7pm on Fri 21; 4pm and 7pm on Sat 22, then near Roch on Sun 23. (Until Sat 22) uThe Wizard Of Oz Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

7pm, £8 adv. Info 01685 384111. Classical musical presented by Redhouse Performance Academy. (Until Sun 23) Tickledom The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £8-£10. Info 01443 490390.

FRIDAY 21

Fantasy Feet: Treading The Boards Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 5.30pm, £15/£10. Info 0800 0147111.

Dance showcase. uJamali Maddix + Bruce Devlin + Trevor Crook + Julian Deane Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£17.95/£10 NUS). uLittle Shop Of Horrors Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

7pm, £2.50-£15. Info 029 2064 6900. Musical presented here by The Stage Centre.

On tomorrow also, at 2pm and 7pm.

Nina Bo’nina Brown + Jaymes Mansfield Pulse, Cardiff. 7pm (6.30pm VIP), £15-£35. Info 029 2064 1010.

Sickening Events’ first birthday bash features two more Drag Race graduates, from Season 9 this time.

Stories For The Silver Tree Castle Emporium, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info www. cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Storytelling with music.

Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival show.

The End Of... Cabaret The Gate, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info www.cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Short theatre pieces

AJ’s Coffee House, Cardiff.

11.30am + 2pm, £5. Info www.cardifffringetheatrefestival. co.uk. Family show as part of the Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival, indeed its last event this year.

Bring On Tomorrow Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. A celebration of musical theatre, featuring a live band.

Craig Campbell Miners Welfare Hall, Resolven. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 01639 710320.

Neath Comedy Festival show.

James Gill + Stephen Bailey + Ray Badran Jongleurs, Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £16. Info 08700 111960.

Pure Imagination: A Musical Revue Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot.

7pm, £11/£9. Info 01639 763214. uSummer Variety Show Miners Theatre, Ammanford.

6pm, £7.50/£5.50. Info 0845 2263510. Also on Sat 29.

The Wicked Wizard Of Oz Theatr Hafren, Newtown.

7pm, £10/£8. Info 01686 614555. Presented by AdiictDance.

Tickledom Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 4pm, £10/£8.

Info 01446 738622. uTiddly Prom: Bert’s Magical Musical Farmyard St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 10.30am, £7.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Annual Welsh Proms events for toddlers. No show tomorrow. (Until Sat 29)

SUNDAY 23

Archie Maddocks + Chris Martin Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £6-£10. Info 029 2031 0312.

Presented by Buffalo Comedy.

The Tempest Hilton Court Gardens, Roch, Pembrokeshire. 5.30pm, £6-£14.50. Info 01646 695267.

Tiny Toes Travellers – Around The World Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1pm.

Info 01633 868239. Dance showcase.

Twelfth Night Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17/£15. Info 0333 6663366.

Presented by Everyman Youth Theatre and part of the Everyman Theatre Festival.

MONDAY 24

The Wind In The Willows Bryngarw Park, nr Bridgend.

5.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01656 815995. Outdoor theatre presented by the Grand Pavilion. uWonderland Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18-£43. Info 01792 475715.

Lavish musical of American origin, based on Alice In Wonderland and featuring music by Frank Wildhorn, whose credits include a Whitney Houston song I’ve never actually heard of. Also at 2.30pm on Thurs 27 and Sat 29. (Until Sat 29)

TUESDAY 25

All That Malarkey Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.

Cabaret quartet.

Higgledy Piggledy Pie Queens Hall, Narberth. 2pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01834 869323.

Kids’ theatre presented by Span Arts.

Made In Dagenham – The Musical Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01446 738622.

Presented by Billboard Ensemble.

Musicfest: Gadael Tir Medina, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

Gwilym Morus-Baird and Owen Shiers’ show that tells the story of land rights and protest in Wales. uSugar Baby Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10.

Info 029 2030 4400. Edinburgh Fringe preview show by Dirty Protest, about a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff. (Until Fri 28)

WEDNESDAY 26

Head In The Clouds The Welfare, Ystradgynlais.

10.30am + 1pm, £5/free under 3 months. Info 01639 843163.

Heartwood Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 9pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Theatre with puppetry and live music, presented by Pinecone Penguin Theatrical.

The Tale Of The Cockatrice Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Theatre with puppetry and live music (again), presented by Mumblecrust Theatre and Peafrog Puppetry.

Well Thumbed Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400.

Edinburgh Fringe preview of Notional Theatre’s standup literature event with Terry Victor, described as “a mischievous and very rude exploration of the classics”.

Accompanied by an exhibition of Well Thumbed authors by Carl Chapple.

THURSDAY 27

Ian Cognito + Paul James The Duke, Neath. 9pm, £7 adv. Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show. uPirates Of Penzance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2087 8444.

Presnted by the Unknown Theatre Company. (Until Sat 29) The Emperor’s New Clothes Cardigan Castle.

6.30pm, £9-£13. Info 01239

621200. Presented by Illyria. uThe Revlon Girl Pontardawe Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 863722. Edinburgh preview run for a play which looks at families affected by the Aberfan disaster, eight months after the inciedent itself. uThoroughly Modern Millie Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214.

(Until Sat 29) uTickledom Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 2 + 7pm, £14/£8. Info 01633 868239. On tomorrow also, at 7pm.

FRIDAY 28

uAdam Bloom + Jonnie Price + Clint Edwards Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£17.95/£10 NUS), with another act TBC for both nights.

Billionaire Boy Bryngarw Park, nr Bridgend. 6.30pm, £12/£8. Info 01656 815995.

Outdoor theatre presented by the Grand Pavilion and Heartbreak Productions.

Brendon Burns & Craig Quartermaine Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8.

Info 029 2030 4400. Shouty Australian comedian (also here on Sun 9) and journalist with a show that claims to be about the need for an honest discussion of racism in the “post-Trump, post-Brexit era”.

At the time of writing Trump is still president and Britain is still scheduled to leave the EU, but by late July this pair may be proved correct. uInto The Woods Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £6-£12. Info 01656 815995.

Performance House Seniors present a Sondheim musical created from Grimm fairytales. On tomorrow also, at 2.30pm and 7pm. uSeanmhair Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2063 6464. Hywel John’s new play, which debuted in The Other Room. On tomorrow also, at 3pm and 8pm.

Swarm The Factory, Porth.

7pm, £5/£2. Info 01443 687080. Immersive theatre about the European refugee crisis, presented by Fio

SATURDAY 29

Norman Lovett + Andrew O’Neill + The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Gwyn Hall, Neath.

7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Final event of the Neath Comedy Festival for this year.

SUNDAY 30

The Tempest The Kymin, Penarth. 3.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2070 0721. Ourdoor theatre presented by Taking Flight Tickledom Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4pm, £14.

Info 029 2063 6464.

MONDAY 31

Boxfull Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Multi-tiered variety show.

Daniel Simonsen Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. See Upfront for more on this Norwegian comedian.

BUZZ 77

DID YOU KN W? The turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish is theoretically immortal. It can reverse its own ageing process indefinitely (thanks David Llewellyn @TheDaiLlew).

The phrase "Pull yourself up by the bootstraps"

COMPETITIONS TWO TICKETS TO DEPOT IN THE PARK Self-professed music-lovers and foodies have no excuse for missing Depot in the Park this August. A new festival on the Cardiff scene run by DEPOT, purveyors of pop-up style events around the Capital for a while now, punters can head on down to the SSE SWALEC Stadium at Sophia Gardens.

Featuring some amazing street food and a huge headliner, enter now to get the chance for you and a loved one down on Sat 5 Aug for a sunny day out.

was originally created to highlight the impossibility of getting out of a bad situation on one's own, regardless of how hard one works.

The breakaway state of the Republic of Somaliland, whose people have a sizeable

TWO TICKETS TO THE ADDAMS FAMILY AT THE WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE Feel that chill? Something creepy and kooky is coming to the WMC this summer, as the writers of the multi-award-winning Jersey Boys bring their newest musical comedy straight to Cardiff for the UK debut of The Addams Family. Join Fester, Lurch, Pugsley and the gang at the WMC from Tue 1-Sat 12 Aug.

population in Cardiff, remains unrecognised by any country, but its independence is recognised by Cardiff Council.

The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is powered by solar energy

TWO TICKETS TO DANIEL SIMONSEN AT CHAPTER As seen on the stand-up section of Russell Howard’s Good News, or as Bob’s indulged son Erik in Vic & Bob’s criminallyunderrated BBC sitcom House Of Fools, Norwegian comedian Daniel Simonsen brings his multi-award-nominated comedy stylings to Canton’s Chapter Arts Centre. Featuring a bitingly Nordic and side-splitting fatalism to life that challenges even the British’s sturdy dejection, Simonsen will be gigging Cardiff on Mon 31 July.

Amelia Earheart, the first female aviator to fly Carmarthenshire village of Burry Port on her famous flight. However, neighbouring Pwll furiously contests this saying that she landed there instead.

Kim Jong-il's real name was Yuri Irsenovich Kim and he was born in Russia.

Close to extinction in Wales over 100 years ago, the first pine marten to be born and bred in Wales as part of a recovery project started in 2015 was born this year.

Puma, cougar and mountain lion are names for the same exact animal.

The first canned beer outside of the USA was produced in Llanelli in 1935

TWO TICKETS TO THE STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL Up the irons! Ebbw Vale has all your classic rock and heavy metal needs sorted this summer, as English titans Saxon and Welsh powerhouse Skindred journey to the Valleys to headline Wales’ own ear-bleeding Steelhouse Festival. Join them and fellow big-name rockers Rival Sons, Monster Truck and more in the rolling hills for a solid weekend of head-spinning riffs and brain-melting solos on Sat 29 and Sun 30 July.

TWO TICKETS TO GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN IN NEATH Newport’s all-time greatest comedy hip-hop collective hit Neath’s Round Table for a night of big tunes and big fun.

Featuring brilliant classics like Your Missus Is A Nutter, You Knows I Loves You, and Guns Don’t Kill People, Rappers Do, with some of their more recent viral hits such as Newport State Of Mind and Wales Now It’s Time To Dream, GLC still hold their corner as one of the funniest comedy-rap acts going. Doors open at 6pm on Fri 7 July. Tidy.

TWO TICKETS TO GREASE AT WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE Grease is the word this August at Cardiff’s WMC. This classic and raucous love story, jam-packed with all of the old favourites will have you digging out your leathers and bringing your best girl (or guy) down to hear You're The One That I Want, Summer Nights, Sandy and Greased Lightnin’. See this stunning West End sell-out at the WMC from Mon 17-Sat 29 July.

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Croeso i Flwyddyn y Chwedlau 2017

Welcome to the Year of Legends 2017

Yn 2017 rydym yn dathlu ein gorffennol, presennol a’n dyfodol epic yn fwy nag erioed o’r blaen.

Hon yw Blwyddyn y Chwedlau.

Ydy, mae Cymru’n wlad hynafol, gyda miloedd o flynyddoedd o hanes a chwedloniaeth. Gwlad o fynyddoedd mawreddog, awyr nerthol ac ymylon enwog ei harfordir hardd. Ond mae hefyd yn wlad y myfyrdod epic ac uchel antur a syniadau newydd disglair mewn mannau hynafol.

In 2017 we’re celebrating our epic past, present and future like never before. This is our Year of Legends. Yes, Wales is an ancient landscape, with thousands of years of history and myth. It’s a land of majestic mountains and mighty skies, fringed with a famously beautiful coastline. But it’s also a land of epic thinking and high adventure, with bright new ideas in ancient places.

Yn fwy na dim, mae Cymru’n lle gwych i fwynhau’r presennol. Lle bynnag yr ewch, fe gewch groeso chwedlonol. Eleni rydym yn creu chwedlau newydd. Beth am ddod a chanfod eich chwedl chi?

Croeso i’n Gwlad Epic.

#GwladGwlad #FindYourEpic

Above all, Wales is a great place to enjoy here and now. Wherever you go, you’ll find a legendary welcome. This year we’re creating new legends. Want to come and find yours?

Welcome to our Epic Land.