Buzz October Issue - Art Special

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ARTS FESTIVAL

MATTHEW BOURNE

“MAKING IT WORK FOR AUDIENCES WHO'VE DECIDED THEY DON’T LIKE BALLET”

A look at the creative art events in Wales

ELLA EYRE

INTERVIEW

PLUS PETE FOWLER | TIM KEY | CARO EMERALD | ARTES MUNDI | AL MURRAY

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“I've got so much respect for sportsmen. They put a lot of hours and a lot of hard work into it”

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Our bumper Art Issue is headed by Cardiff Contemporary, while Al Murray and Tim Key are eminent among a glut of touring comedians. Art and comedy are both narcissistic and bourgeois by definition, of course – as are all creative endeavours, apart from writing contents pages

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“My biggest thrill was beating Michael Jackson. It's never gonna happen again.” Bad news for anyone reading that quote and expecting an interview with either Quincy Jones or Michael Jackson’s dad, but good news for fans of Dutch jazz siren Caro Emerald, who discusses her chart success with us this month

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“A handsome thriller with something to say” is a sentence fragment from one of Keiron Self’s reviews this month, which also describes Keiron himself.

“An ever-changing maze guarded by biomechanical horrors” and “a possessed doll” are less accurate in this regard

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In the November 2012 issue of Buzz, my contents mentioned a street food festival in Cardiff, and the spectre of bigger cities scornfully deeming this two years behind the times. It’s now October 2014 and Cardiff has upgraded to a street food court, located in an unused warehouse. The slow march of progress

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Definitely a good month for fans of visual stimuli, Tim Shaw and Adventures In The Skin Trade packing especially good press images. Designer Gill did, however, bail on using the DJ Sprinkles photo where she’s kneeling down on a bed with a badger covering her arse (I’m not making this up)

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Including the assertion that Everything But The Girl were “proper 90s Britpop at its best”. Don’t agree?

Write in and complain! I want a list of all the people in the area who care enough about what bands were Britpop to write a letter about it

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Imagine a parallel universe where the film Dodgeball was never invoked when discussing the sport of dodgeball – as chief sportswriter Alistair does this month – but everyone’s go-to reference point for football was the 1999 movie Soccer Dog

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Just in case you missed me mentioning it in two listings entries, in my One Louder column on page 44, and on my personal Facebook page, I want to draw attention to the National History Museum in St Fagans selling Brains SA for £5.25 a bottle in their cafe

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Q: What were thought to be the last words of Captain Oates before his death? A: “It’s time for the percolator”

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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.

FOOTBALL AND FILM JOIN forces in Jack To A King – a documentary based on the successes and losses of Swansea City Football Club over the past decade. Directed by the BAFTA award-winning Marc Evans, the film follows the story of a group of fans who helped to save the nearly bankrupt club. It tells the tale of how the club went from being sold for £1 to making the £90 million promotion to the Premier League.

You can catch a screening of the film at Pontardawe Arts Centre on Wed 22 Oct and catch a post-show Q&A with the film's executive producer Mal Pope. Tickets: £3.

Info: www.nptartsandents.co.uk

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For keen festival goers, helpers and staff the AIF (Association of Independent Festivals) has created the brand spanking new Festival Congress: a two-day festival conference which includes panels, exhibitions and parties that will be celebrating the thriving independent festival scene. With an awards party that will be thanking all those that work to keep the Festival Season thriving, it’s a great opportunity for teams to come together to celebrate with a three-course meal, music, entertainment and an afterparty. The event will run alongside the Dim Swn festival, which takes place on Sat 18 Oct, so there'll be discounted tickets if you decide to attend both events. Inspiring speakers will include Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury Festival) and Rob Da Bank (DJ and creator of Bestival).

The Festival Congress, various venues, Cardiff, Fri 17 + Sat 18 Oct. Tickets: £30£100. Info: 020 8994 5599 / www.aiforg.com

THE SOUNDS OF SWANSEA The newly restored Brangwyn Hall opens its doors for the Swansea Festival this monht - to celebrate music past and present. The Philharmonia Orchestra’s will be starting things as they will be performing the first concert of the Festival on Sat 4 Oct. To celebrate the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth, there will be a trio of DT delight with the Welsh premiere of award-winning composer John Corigliano’s A Dylan Thomas Trilogy. The piece sets three of Thomas’ major poems to music.

Also on the festival's lineup is BBC Now’s Family Concerts; a song and verse piece, Tribute To Thomas,

by Swansea-born soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and poet Ifor ap Glyn; the world’s top flamenco guitarists Juan Martin and Chaparro de Málaga in 2 Guitarras Malaguenas; Carmen, performed by the Welsh National Opera, and musical performances from South Africa as part of the Afrovibes festival.

Art will be thrown in with the music too, as there will be themed visual art exhibitions in many Swansea galleries, as well as installations across the city curated by Locws International.

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THINGS ARE GETTING A BIT risqué at the Kuku Club in Cardiff as they team up with Pzazzwales to put on an evening of burlesque for their new Tassles & Truffles night.

International showgirl and gorgeous redhead Ivy Paige will be playing host to the night on Fri 3 Oct, which will see performances from The Flaming Feathers. With drinks and dancing suitable for adults, this is a nicely naughty way to spend a night out. Admission: £15/£10 adv.

Info: www.kukuclub.co.ukk

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WHAT HAPPENS YOU COMBINE Stalin, Hitler and Mr Jones?

You get a tense, award-winning documentary! Hitler, Stalin And Mr. Jones looks at the adventurous life and mysterious death of investigative Western Mail journalist Gareth Jones. His career lead him to dangerous places (he was even given a ride in Adolf Hitler’s private plane) and made him many enemies.

While in China Jones was murdered - was it simply the inevitable outcome of a life lived dangerously?

Or was it something darker? A special screening of the film will take place at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea on Sat 18 Oct. Admission: free.

Info: www.museumwales.ac.uk

SCARY SCARDIFF What better way to get ready for Halloween than visiting SCARdiff, the city’s annual Horror Expo. This year will be bigger and more brutal than ever with expos on all things horror: from comics, films, and books to cosplay, tattoos and makeup tutorials. You can get knee-deep in the filmmaking workshops, hear about and hand in your own horrific ideas in the live pitching sessions for hopeful novelists, or even just get some pre-apocalypse prep at the Zombie Survival Training Course.

Fans can meet their favourite horror stars, with guests including the award-winning writer Adam Nevill (author of The Ritual and No One Gets Out Alive), Night Of The Living Dead: Resurrection director James Plumb and Honey, the albino Burmese python.

Looks like you won’t be needing that Ouija board to get your creepy kicks this month.

SCARdiff, Masonic Hall, Cardiff, Sun 19 Oct. Tickets: £6.66 early bird. Info: www.scardiff.co.uk

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INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Over the next eight months St David’s Hall in Cardiff welcomes in its International Concert Series. Starting with the melodies of The Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra on Wed 8 Oct, they will perform many scores – from the soothing sounds of Tchaikovsky to the light rhythms of Prokofiev.

Renowned solo violinist Natalia Lomeiko will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and other classics at the concert, which brings the best of Russian classical music to the heart of Cardiff.

The Welsh National Opera Orchestra will be taking on the jazz-infused sounds of Beethoven’s heroic Fifth Symphony and Zimmermann’s Nobody Knows The Trouble I See on Fri 31 Oct. These are just the first of many concerts taking place between now and May 2015. The eclectic and international series of shows will bring sounds from the likes of rising violinist Nicola Benedetti, to the intoxicating African beats of the Colin Currie Group.

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International Concert Series, St David's Hall, Cardiff, Wed 8 Oct-Sat 23 May. Tickets: individual events £3-£42 / concert package discounts available. Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

TAKING ON THE DYLATHON The Dylathon is a Dylan Thomas fan’s dream. This non-stop, 36-hour Win Dylathon reading of his work at Swansea Grand Theatre is set to be a once in tickets! a lifetime opportunity. The performance will celebrate many of the See pg.78 poet’s works, from his famous radio play Under Milk Wood to his letters to friends, family and lovers. The event is set out into 12 threehour sessions, where you are able to listen from one session to them all.

Sections of some of Thomas’ most important works – such as Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, A Child’s Christmas In Wales and the first public reading of a letter to his lover Pearl Kazin – will be read by local schoolchildren and students. The kids, however, won’t be the only ones taking on the Welsh writer's words as the likes of Ian McKellen, Michael Sheen, Wales National Poet Laureate Gillian Clarke and Rob Brydon will also be taking part.

Dylathon, Swansea Grand Theatre, Swansea, Sun 26 + Mon 27 October. Tickets: £25-£150. Info: 01792 475715 / www.dylathon100.com

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Soulful r'n'b singer and BRIT nominee Ella Eyre heads to Cardiff this month.

She talks to Rhonda Lee Reali about her music and the story behind her name.

Did you choose Eyre as your stage name because of the book, Jane Eyre?

No, nothing to do with Jane Eyre. I just liked it. It's one of those things where my nan had told me it was in our family history someplace.

You used to be a competitive swimmer?

Yeah, I was a competitive swimmer from the age of about two, really. When I was living in Jamaica, my mum wanted to make sure I could swim because I kept running off into the sea. Then it turned out to be quite a competitive hobby as well. I really enjoyed it. It instilled quite a healthy competitive nature into me.

If you had a choice, which would you choose – winning an Olympic gold medal or a Grammy Award and/or Mercury Prize?

Oh, 100% a Grammy or a Mercury Prize! I've got so much respect for sportsmen. They put a lot of hours and a lot of hard work into it.

It's a very competitive nature, but I'm creative. It doesn't allow me to stimulate my mind as much. I like to create things.

Where do some of your ideas come from?

Writing comes from a personal place, really. Everything I write about is very real. When people are listening, I want them to be able to relate to it, and I don't feel they can do that unless it IS real, really. That's because half the music I grew up listening to is music where it's like a girlfriend is writing about their situation. People relate to that because everybody's had a heartbreak. That's the most beautiful thing about music – you can touch them by saying something that everyone can agree on.

Who are your favourite artists?

I grew up listening to a lot of soulful voices – I was actually named after Ella Fitzgerald. I loved Aretha Franklin, and I loved Tina Turner and all that, but I also love more of the sort of modern music.

Michael Jackson is one of the first albums that I bought. I love Michael Jackson! I love Gnarls Barkley as well.

Cardiff University Students Union, Sun 12 Oct. Tickets: £13.

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“Mum wanted to make sure I could swim because I kept running off into the sea.”

CARDIFF FILM AND COMIC CON Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Sun 9 Nov Tickets: £8-£14 Info: 01908 671138 www.cardiffcomiccon.com ROSS NOBLE: TANGENTLEMAN Aberystwyth Arts Centre Fri 14 Nov Tickets: £25 Info: www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk DAWN FRENCH: ONE MILLION MINUTES Grand Theatre, Swansea Sun 16 Nov Tickets: £35-£39.50 Info: 01792 475715 www.swanseagrand.co.uk IMELDA MAY St David’s Hall, Cardiff Mon 17 Nov Tickets: £25-£35 Info: 029 2087 8500 www.stdavidshall.co.uk AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING St David's Hall, Cardiff Sat 22 Nov Tickets: £25 Info: 029 2087 8500 www.stdavidshall.co.uk KOOKAMUNGA St Donats Arts Centre, Llantwit Major Sat 22 Nov Tickets: £10/£8.50 Info: 01446 799100 www.stdonats.com RUGBY: WALES VS NEW ZELAND Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Sat 22 Nov Tickets: £30-£80 Info: 0870 013 8600 www.millenniumstadium.com

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SOUTH WALES SECRETS #48: The Goat Major

Pete Fowler, known for Super Furries sleeve art and Monsterism toys, has decorated a water tower for the Cardiff Contemporary arts festival.

Born and bred in Cardiff, Pete Fowler hasn’t lived in the city for nearly 20 years – having absconded to London to chase his art career. It is, however, a childhood memory that has brought him back.

“There was a water tower near the Central Station in Cardiff that always caught my eye when I was a kid. It’s been a couple of years ago now since I’ve started to fantasise about potentially decorating it some way, I think it’s something I grew up with in Cardiff.”

As just one of the artists involved in the city’s arts festival, Contemporary Cardiff, Fowler is taking his art out of the galleries and into the community.

“I think some people feel a little bit intimidated by going into a gallery and the sterile environment of a white board gallery can be a bit offputting. So to do something in a community, which somehow touches on the city and the residents of the city itself, is a really good thing.”

For a colourful cartoonist – who is inspired by myths, legends and the supernatural – his choice of South

Wales Secret is a surprisingly understated one.

“Whenever I mention to my friends in Cardiff about drinking at the Goat Major either they say ‘oh brilliant choice!’ or ‘really?’ – it elicits both appreciation and surprise!

“It’s been a long time since I’ve lived in Cardiff but I visit there quite a lot and quite often one of the first things I do is go to Kelly’s Records to have a cup of tea and look through hundreds of records, and then go to the Goat Major for a pint to look at my spoils and leaf my dirty fingers through my purchases.

“I think as I’ve got older I kind of prefer pubs full of old men. I’m 45 now; any place I can go into where I’m the youngest person in there is great!

For me, it’s somewhere I can get a fairly quiet pint in the day, and have a good chat to an old boy. I think it’s one of the great little pubs in Cardiff.”

Info: www.cardiffcontemporary.co.uk / www. sabrain.com/goatmajor

DO NOT GO GENTLE FESTIVAL If you’re looking to completely immerse yourself in Dylan Thomasness this month then the annual Do Not Go Gentle Festival is back to do just that.

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is based around Mr Welsh Poet himself, Dylan Thomas, in celebration of his life and work.

Taking place in his birthplace of Uplands, Swansea, the festival has been designed with the idea,

or at least the hope, that Thomas himself would have enjoyed the festival. The events promise a cosy feel with great music and (in the spirit of Thomas) plenty of drinking. With no lineup or ticket prices released as yet, the

For an eerie yet beautiful piece, look no further than Sound Affairs’ screening, with live music, of 1928 film The Fall Of The House Of Usher – an adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s shiver-inducing short story.

This adaption by Jean Epstein will be accompanied by a live chamber orchestra, bringing a surreal yet enriching edge to the normal movie watching experience. The Fall Of The House Of Usher tells the tale of a narrator who visits a sick friend, who believes that his house is haunted.

Epstein’s horror masterpiece uses extending visual textures and experimental camera movements which, placed with Charlie Barber’s new score (based on Debussy’s unfinished opera La Chute De La Maison Usher) that uses a Chamber Orchestra of 16 musicians, creates an experience you aren’t likely to forget.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 23 Oct; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Fri 24 Oct. Tickets: £6-£12 (12+ only). Info: www.wmc.org.uk / www. aberystwythartscentre.co.uk

festival is proving to be a bit of a mystery.

Various venues in Uplands, Swansea, Fri 24-Sun 26 Oct. Tickets: tbc. Info: www. donotgogentlefestival.com

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EMMA GELIOT The saying goes that art is long and life is short. Though art will always be around us the opportunity to see some of it can be fleeting, and with all the art festivals and exhibitions taking place this month now is the time to out and make the most of some arty culture.

In this Art special we will be having a look at the big and beautiful Cardiff Contemporary, as well as seeing what’s new from Wales’ other arts festivals such as Artes Mundi, Family Arts Festival and Experimentica. We also feature some of our favourite art venues and see what they are up to.

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Project Co-Director, Outcasting: Fourth Wall Festival What’s your all time favourite piece of art?

That’s like being asked which of your children you like best! If I had to pick one with a gun to my head I’d say Anthony Shapland’s A Setting, which always makes me cry and was just shown again at the National Museum Wales. On the surface it’s just a film of his father, sitting in a caravan and reading the paper as the sun goes down, beautifully framed and shot, but there is just so much love in it that it never fails to move me.

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ARTES MUNDI 6 Laura Riley eyes up the artists on the nominee list for the Wales based international arts prize: Artes Mundi.

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FOUNDED in 2002 by Welsh artist William Wilkins, Artes Mundi has become one of Wales’ most exciting contemporary visual art show, so don’t expect to see any safe watercolours or pretty pastoral landscapes on display. Teresa Margolles created 2012’s winning exhibit, which used Plancha water (used to cleanse dead bodies in Mexican morgues) dripping from the ceiling onto hotplates to represent death and decomposition.

Nominations come from all over the world for the £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize (the largest prize in the UK) and are submitted by curators, directors of museums and galleries, other cultural organisations and members of the public. The term artes mundi is Latin for ‘arts of the world’ and reflects the electic and international edge of the festival.

The nominees work will be exhibited in Cardiff starting this month, and right up into the new year but there are talks of bringing the art and ideas of Artes Mundi out of the capital and into other Welsh cities next summer.

For the here and now, however, here’s a rundown of the 2014 nominees.

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CARLOS BUNGA

RENATA LUCAS

Imagine a decaying construction site created on an architectural model scale and you’ll have an idea of Bunga’s work. He works with mass-produced materials – cardboard, packing tape, household paint – to create temporary shelters and colourful urban interiors.

Best known for her work in which she considers public or architectural spaces and alters or changes them in some way, Renata highlights how individuals are controlled both physically and psychologically by the surrounding environment.

OMER FAST His layered film installations play with visual storytelling to reconstruct the past – re-examining key events in history by manipulating recorded images and speech to highlight how memories can be recounted, narratives retold and events re-represented. He blurs the lines of the actual reality of situations to pose the question: “where do we seek truth?”

THEASTER GATES Sculpture meets installation, performance and urban interventions in Theaster Gates work, which aims to bridge the gap between art and life. Gates works with architects, researchers and performers to create works that stretch our concept of visual art.

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KAREN MIRZA + BRAD BUTLER Renata Lucas

Mirza and Butler’s work consists of film, installation, performance, publishing and curation – layered upon each other to challenge the concept of participation, collaboration and the traditional roles of artists and their audiences.

SANJA IVEKOVIC Over the last four decades, Croatian artist Sanja Ivekovićhas developed a pioneering practice that tackles issues of female identity, the politics of power, consumerism and the paradoxes inherent in society's collective memory.

RAGNAR KJARTANSSON Kjartansson works with video installations which blend film, music, theatre, visual culture and literature to create performances which can last anywhere from hours to weeks. The audience will come away feeling like they have genuinely experienced the art.

SHARON LOCKHART

Karen Mirza + Brad Butler

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Sharon creates visually compelling, socially engaged still and moving images. She works closely with her subjects to understand aspects of their lives, and has sometimes spent years ensuring that she has achieved the right understanding.

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KEEPING UP WITH CARDIFF CONTEMPORARY Jenni Kampf has a look at the capital city’s brand new arts festival, the state-of-the-art Cardiff Contemporary.

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ll the weird, wonderful, imaginative and thought-provoking ideas from the world of contemporary art will be descending on Cardiff this month for the city’s largest visual arts festival: Cardiff Contemporary.

Displaying visual arts on a massive scale, Cardiff Contemporary aims to recognise the city’s creative talent and to encourage, inspire and involve members of the public who might not usually have the chance to visit art galleries.

International and local artists will bring the city to life with artworks on the theme of ‘Reveal And Conceal’, using a range of unusual venues to showcase their work. Using historic and unused buildings, underground tunnels, empty shops, and rooftops, some of Cardiff’s iconic and forgotten buildings alike will be transformed.

The festival will also include guerrilla art activities as part of the ‘Conceal’ element of the theme, so who knows what you might encounter on your way around the city?

Cardiff Contemporary will include some specially commissioned works from Welsh artists, celebrating Wales’ unique cultural heritage. As part of Ffotogallery's Bedazzled project a disused building will be transformed into Dylan Thomas’ favourite pub, The White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village, and visitors will be taken into the world of one of Wales’ greatest icons.

The splendour of the Welsh countryside will be brought into the city centre, as Goat Major Projects turn an empty shop into a ‘virtual’ mountain. You can

leave your walking boots at home, though, as this particular mountain environment will be a chill-out space featuring acoustic sets and talks.

Cardiff’s trading past and global trade links will be explored in a range of exhibitions, displayed in shipping containers, which will be placed around the city.

Newly-commissioned films by Welsh and international artists will be screened at a special gallery in St David’s House, and mobile cinemas will be popping up around the city in unusual spaces – including an ice cream van.

The city will also be home to more than 20 other arts projects during the Festival. Created especially for Cardiff Contemporary, these will showcase the work of local and international artists through interactive installations and exhibitions.

The festival will also be taking other artistic events under its wing, including Artes Mundi, Made In Roath, Experimentica, Outcasting: Fourth Wall and the Empty Walls Project.

Cardiff Contemporary promises to free art from the confines of the gallery, bring it to Cardiff’s streets, and show how the visual arts can make us all think differently about our city and surroundings.

Cardiff Contemporary, various venues across Cardiff, Fri 3 Oct-Sun 9 Nov. Admission: free. Info: www. cardiffcontemporary.co.uk

DAVID DRAKE Director of Ffotogallery + Diffusion Festival Who inspired you to pursue a career within the arts?

I formed a garage band with some teenage friends at the start of the DIY punk thing, but just before the dawn of the 1980s a combination of Brian Eno, Wim Wenders and Robert Frank moved me towards film-making and the visual arts and I drifted into an arts career which has lasted 35 years so far!

Which artist is currently creating a buzz?

Two to watch: Cardiff-based Janire Najera, whose project The Black Hole is a cracker, and Ryan Moule.

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JEMIMA BROWN: PEACECAMP 2014 The ‘Stute, St David’s House, 15 Wood Street Fri 3 Oct-Sun 9 Nov Half woman, half thermos flasks/hurricane lamps/camping stoves. Peacecamp 2014 is an exhibition that reflects upon the historic anti-nuclear protests at Greenham Common air base. This is a tribute to the hundreds of women who protested against the installation of nuclear weapons at the air base in Berkshire.

Erwin Wurm

DOMINIC FROM LUTON: CALL MUM Cardiff Castle Fri 3 Oct-Sun 9 Nov Dominic Allan, better known as Dominic From Luton, is famous for such work as Margaret Thatcher (which saw him dressing up as the Iron Lady and wheeling himself around in a wheelchair) and My Dad’s Pants. He describes his new commission, Call Mum, as "an advert of love in the monotony of our daily lives."

RICHARD JAMES + R. SEILIOG: IN PLACE OF FEAR

ERWIN WURM: ONE MINUTE SCULPTURES Cardiff Central Station Fri 3 Oct-Sun 9 Nov Austrian artist Erwin Wurm doesn’t need paint or canvas to get creative. Instead he has captured time-limited sculptures using the human body and everyday objects. A selection of these provocative, engaging and funny large-scale photographs will be exhibited Cardiff Central Station where passengers will be treated to Wurm's cheeky humour.

Cardiff Castle Clock Tower Fri 3 Oct-Sun 9 Nov (Performance 5pm, Sat 4 Oct) Musician and producer R. Seiliog and musician/songwriter Richard James have collaborated to produce Sonic Clock Tower, a series of seven sound pieces bringing together field recordings from the city and audio from Aneurin Bevan speeches. Cardiff Castle’s Clock Tower will ring with these new sounds each day throughout Cardiff Contemporary.

ANDREW COOPER: YOU WAIT FOR ONE, THEN THREE COME ALL AT ONCE Millennium Stadium Fri 3 Oct-Sun 9 Nov A work about confounding expectations, about coming across the unexpected and surprising in everyday life by Andrew Cooper. In the spirit of the festival's 'Reveal And Conceal' theme, not much has been made public about this piece, but it's in interesting hands with Cooper – an artist who has secured a number of prestigious commissions and awards from both arts & business bodies.

CARWYN EVANS: UDO G39, Oxford St Sat 4 Oct-Sat 13 Dec Translating from Welsh as ‘howl’, udo is an animal cry, a verb, an action of direct expression. This is the inspiration of sculptor Evans after his worked resulted in the overlaying of two contrasting cultures – agriculture and haute couture. The artist’s daily experience informs this blurring of experiences, resulting in a contrasting landscape of earth, smell, perfume, decadence, dread, desire and disgust.

Andrew Cooper

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ARTY EVENTS Contemporary Cardiff and Artes Mundi might be the biggest hitters in the Welsh art scene this month, but there are plenty of other artistic events to get drawn into.

OUTCASTING: FOURTH WALL FESTIVAL

CARDIFF OPEN

It may not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think of art, but films and moving images are becoming increasingly recognised as works of art. Fourth Wall/Pedwaredd Wal was established to provide a way to appreciate moving images as an artistic medium of their own. One of Fourth Wall’s aims is to get people engaged with moving image artwork. One way they’re doing this is by holding their own festival, on until Sat 1 Nov. The festival will take place in public spaces (including moving images projected onto buildings). Some of the venues invloved are Art Central, The Memo Arts Centre, The Hub, St Donats Arts Centre and the Paget Rooms.

An arts event that steers away from elitism, Cardiff Open gives all artists an opportunity to showcase their work by having an open call for submissions.

Hosted by Cardiff Arts Collective, the chosen contemporary artists will show their work alongside selected artists in residence. This year they will be ‘camera-less photographer’ Sera Wyn Walker, participatory artist Tiff Oben and Cardiff Before Cardiff photographer Jon Pountney. The exhibitions will be taking place at Cardiff MADE gallery and the now empty Blockbuster shop on Albany Road from Tue 7 Oct to Sat 1 Nov.

Info: www.4wfilm.org

Info: www.cardiffartscollective.co.uk

FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL

EXPERIMENTICA

Get out of the house and away from the screens this half-term with the Family Arts Festival. This nationwide event runs from Fri 17 Oct to Sun 2 Nov and there are over 2,000 events throughout Wales and the UK, many of them free. With Michael Morpurgo as its patron and Young People’s Laureate For Wales, Martin Dawes, as the Festival Ambassador for Wales, there’s some serious backing for this festival. You can take part in hands-on activities like The Big Draw or take a more relaxed approach and watch a concert like the Halloween Spooktacular Family Concert.

Five days of wonderful, weird and experimental performance art – Chapter Arts Centre’s annual Experimentica festival is unlike any other arts festival about. It’s an event that is mischievous, charming and witty whilst also retaining a risky, bewildering and provoking edge. The theme of this year’s festival, taking place from Wed 5-Sun 9 Nov, is the film District 9. The 2014 festival will look at how we all treat and truly feel about those we deem ‘outsiders’. You won’t see any straightforward adaptations, however, as the artists involved are taking this purely as their starting point.

Info: www.familyarts.co.uk

Info: www.chapter.org

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MADE BY HAND On the last weekend of October, anyone interested in all forms of craft will be spoilt as Made By Hand hosts its contemporary craft fair at Cardiff’s City Hall. There will, over course, be plenty of opportunity to invest in some personally made craft items as over 135 designers will be showing their wares from Fri 31 Oct until Sun 2 Nov – but there will also be plenty of workshops, demonstrations, talks and live music to enjoy. You can learn how to make a garment on a knitting machine with Llynfi Textiles, make 3D wire drawings with Louise Dawn Wilson or try your hand at calligraphy with Andy Moore.

Info: www.madebyhand-wales.co.uk

DEIRDRE FINNERTY Exhibitions+Marketing Assistant, Mission Gallery Recommendations for a toe-dipping experience into the Wales art scene?

Ruthin Craft Centre, without a doubt, for the foremost in applied arts. It's a fair trek from South Wales but it is such an inspirational place with three galleries, a craft shop and many artist studios. I recently visited to see Claire Curneen's To This I Put My Name exhibition and I cannot wait to go back again. I recommend also stopping by Oriel Davies on the way up!

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We’re spoilt for artistic choice here in Wales, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Here is a glimpse at some of our favourite galleries.

FFOTOGALLERY With many events and courses, in addition to their fascinating photography exhibitions, Ffotogallery in Penarth is the perfect place for anyone with an interest in pictures and the stories they tell.

This month not only do they have a captivating documentary photography exhibit, but they will also be hosting Bedazzled from, Wed 29 Oct to Sat 1 Nov, an interactive theatre recreating Dylan Thomas’ favourite NYC pub.

National Museum Wales

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Info: www.ffotogallery.org / www. bedazzledinnewyork.org

The Wales Millennium Centre is known for its eclectic theatre and big name shows, but its regular art exhibitions also shine through. Their current exhibition, Graduate Show 2014, aims to show some of the best artwork from young and emerging artists in Wales and includes Artes Mundi 2 nominee Sue Williams.

G39 This artist-led contemporary gallery is one of the largest spaces for contemporary visual art in Wales, and the people behind g39 make sure that the space is filled with interesting, high quality work. This month they will be hosting Carwyn Evans’s UDO exhibition as part of Contemporary Cardiff.

Info: www.g39.org

CRAFT IN THE BAY Located in one of the last remaining mid-19th century buildings in Cardiff Bay, Craft In The Bay has a constantly changing array of exhibition on hand. This month alone the contemporary craft gallery has four exhibitions, including laser cutting art from Mandy Nash and a exhibition taking inspiration from the world of books.

Info: www.wmc.org.uk Ffotogallery

GLYNN VIVIAN ART GALLERY The Glynn Vivian is another Swansea star that has managed to keep presenting great works and hosting even better events as its premises have undergone restoration. This month they will be putting up sound installations across the city centre. You will be able to hear Michael Sheen and actors from the RSC reciting Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas.

NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES The National Museum Wales in Cardiff is as much about appreciating the beauty of art as it is about learning about science and history. It has many exhibitions that celebrate welsh artists and art from around the world, and has been home to priceless historical artworks. This month it marks the 3work of 18th century painter Richard Wilson.

Info: www.museumwales.ac.uk

Info: www.makersguildinwales.org.uk

ELYSIUM

Info: www.swansea.gov.uk/glynnvivian

With a focus on top class visual and performing arts Swansea’s Elysium Gallery has some fantastic exhibitions this month. They will be hosting Beep (Bi-Ennial Exhibition of Painting) – Wales' only large scale contemporary international painting exhibition – and exhibiting the work from their cultural exchange in From Here And There: Drawings From Colorado And Wales.

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Info: www.elysiumgallery.com

Info: www.cardiffmade.co.uk

Quirky cafe/arty haven Cardiff MADE have their fingers in all the pies this month (metaphorically of course) as they will be playing host to Cardiff Open and putting on exhibitions as part of Made In Roath.

The warm and welcoming gallery regularly displays interesting and accessible art from local artists, and runs workshops and foodie events.

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upfront MATTHEW BOURNE The award-winning choreographer's new dance piece tackles savage literary classic Lord Of The Flies. A risky gambit, with half the cast novice dancers. Heather Arnold finds out how he plans to make it work.

How were you first introduced to Lord Of The Flies?

I was aware of the book but I saw the film first, the original 1963 film, and that lead me to the book as a late teenager.

What was it about the book which captured you?

It’s such a great story. It has something to say and will always have something to say. It asks what [people] would do if left to their own devices. It’s a simple question and this provides an answer, which is still as relevant today as it was when the book was written 60 years ago. That’s why it’s such a good subject and is constantly studied in schools as well.

It's posing that question which is very intriguing.

Why did you decide to make a show of it?

In one sense I didn’t because the idea of the project involving the local young men was thought of three years ago by the Scottish Arts Council. The project that they wanted to have was a specific idea to engage with young men in the area who didn’t have much arts provisions, were not necessarily interested in art or theatre, or had never been inside a theatre before. But they wanted a fully professional production that they could be part of. They came to me with that idea and Lord Of The Flies was an idea which came to my head.

I’ve never thought of making it a piece of dance theatre before but the project is right for it, partially because of the feral, savage movements of the novel seem to work with a mix of professional dancers and young people without the technical background. The movement lead to the story and the story lead to the movement.

“On the closing night they're all in floods of tears” Has it been difficult working with both the professional dancers and the novices?

Yes and no. It’s obviously a challenge. You have to get them at the level they have to be at in a very short space of time, and it has to be a professional production as there is an audiences paying good money to see it. It can’t all be about giving the boys a great time. It’s a great company feeling. By the time the opening night comes the boys are really fired up to do their best. On the closing night they’re all in floods of tears because it’s all over. It’s the end of it that’s part of their lives. They’ve had a wonderful experience so far.

You started your dance training relatively late, aged 22: do you think if you had some sort of this scheme in your younger years, it would have been beneficial?

Oh, god yes. I would have jumped at it. Would I have gotten in? I don’t know. But I’ve just loved it and it would have been good for me because I wasn’t trained but I loved dance and I loved moving and it would have been perfect for me.

It’s funny that you said I started at a late age because in my company there are boys who are sometimes older than the professionals, who have only just gotten into dance. Young men in their late teens or early 20s who have only just found it. It’s not all about choosing the very young kids. It’s about men who have just found this new love in their lives, this new passion.

What is it about your work that people love?

I think it’s probably because I did start late. I was a big movie fan and a big theatre fan. I think it’s those slightly more popular artforms that everyone enjoys and something that I dream to inspire. I won’t have plot summaries in the programmes like most ballets and operas do. It’s crazy to have the story told before you watch it. If you were given a sheet of paper which told you the film before you saw it you wouldn’t see the film! It’s crazy. So I try and tell stories which have surprises in them and characters which the audience can relate to as well. It looks more like a play than a dance piece. They all contribute towards making it work for audiences who have decided that they don’t like ballet.

Lord Of The Flies, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 22-Sat 25 Oct. Tickets: £16-£34. Info: www.wmc.org.uk

pic: HUGO GLENDINNING

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upfront AL MURRAY After 20 years of boozy standup, Al Murray talks to Alistair Corless about how he became the ultimate Pub Landlord pretender.

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hilst for centuries philosophers have debated whether the artist can be truly separate from their art, the distinction between comedian Al Murray and his swashbuckling onstage guise the Pub Landlord could not be more clear cut. In stark contrast to his xenophobic Cockney façade, Murray is an alumnus of Oxford University who has bloodline connections to both Scottish and Austrian aristocracy. During our conversation Al is eloquent and razor-sharp, and after establishing we share a name, we discuss whether he had always wanted to be a comic: “I never imagined I would. I got into comedy because I wanted to perform – I never thought I was particularly good, and I’m not very patient either – but when I got to University there was a great scene.

After watching the likes of Stewart Lee and Richard Herring, I thought ‘I’d have a go at that’ because it looked like great fun more than anything.”

After beginning his career with an act primarily based around sound effects – his car boot is very impressive, I must say – Murray went on to win the Perrier award at the Edinburgh festival in 1999, after a record four nominations. Regarding the foundations of his winning act The Pub Landlord, Murray says, “I like things that start in one place and finish in another. In that sense, he is kind of a stereotype as we end up someplace all together where I can use him to talk about things in a way that I wouldn’t know how to address if I was being me.

“He came about completely by accident in a dressing room in Edinburgh, with Harry Hill in 1994. We had to fill the gaps in a show that we were compèring and I thought, ‘why don’t we say that the compère hasn’t turned up and the barman’s offered to fill in’ – as we were performing in a bar at the time. It was a success, and we have gone on from there, just like that.”

With almost a third of his standup routine

TIM IS KEY Great comedian/terrible poet Tim Key will be bringing his tour Single White Slut to Chapter this month.

Heather Arnold finds out what it’s all about.

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comprising of improvisation and audience interaction, Murray places a high value on breaking the fourth wall.

“That’s the thing for me that standup has got, that no other art has got, that you can ask a question and it will change the course of an evening. That doesn’t exist in music, it doesn’t exist in art, it doesn’t exist in anything – bar some experimental theatre, perhaps. Last night we were in Monmouth, for example, where we had such a weird array of people at the front. That evening won’t repeat itself, that evening won’t happen again. That’s what I like, where ‘tonight’s the night’.”

With The Pub Landlord entering its 20th year, what is it that keeps Al motivated to carry on with the same act?

“Once you’ve done a show 150 times you’re desperate to talk about something else. I’ve always made sure that with each new tour it is completely different. He [the Pub Landlord] is kind of the same but he changes and develops with each tour as well. This year’s he’s offering himself up to be the ‘Guv’nor’ and the audience are putting together a manifesto to save the country.

“There are enough 'Pub Landlord For PM' pages on Facebook to really put the fear of God into me, though,” he adds.

Al Murray The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 30 Oct. Tickets: £26.50. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk

Where do you get your poetry/ comedy inspiration from?

Don’t know. Usually things like deadlines. It’s surprising how inspired you can make yourself feel when you’ve booked a room to do a new hour and there are people coming. A morbid fear of being hopelessly exposed spurs you on.

Also, seeing something really good can help. That sinking feeling that you need to work harder because people – or worse still, friends – are making brilliant shows. That

can drive you on. I watched Alex Horne’s show in Edinburgh this year. I was appalled. I realised I needed to get writing.

What can you tell me about your new show Single White Slut?

Well, it’s me and obviously some poems. But not too many this time – I talk a lot around them, discussing romantic disasters, tooth fairies, India, anything really.

Then occasionally I’ll scuttle back to my stack and read one. There’s

also a bed in this show. In the last one I had a bath and the one before there was a fridge. I cannot operate without a large piece of domestic furniture somewhere on stage. The whole thing’s lit nicely so it has a theatrical feel about it. Also, I wear a denim onesie throughout. So it’s a difficult show to categorise.

Where did the name of the show come from?

My first poetry show was The Slut

THE COMEDY COMES TO TOWN Heather Arnold and Alys Hurn take a look at the laughable acts coming to South Wales.

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he summer is slowly fading and, as the autumn sets in, there will be many of us in need of something to smile about. With the insane selection of big name standup acts heading our way why not take that smile a step further and book yourself in for some hearty laughs.

The Brig Society man himself, Marcus Brigstocke, will be at Pontardawe Arts Centre (Sat 8 Nov. Info: www.nptartsandents.co.uk) – as will wonderfully funny Welshman (well, half Welsh) Mark Watson as he focuses on self doubt in his new show Flaws (Pontardawe Arts Centre, Fri 10 Oct; Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Sat 1 Nov. Tickets: £16-£18. Info: www.nptartsandents.co.uk / www.shermancymru. co.uk). Also hitting the Sherman is Ruby Wax (Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Tues 28 Oct. Tickets: £20) – who is taking a silly look at the very serious topic of mental health in her fact-filled show Sane New World.

St David’s Hall in Cardiff is getting its fair share of acts with Googlewhack

Adventure star Dave Gorman (Sat 25 Oct. Tickets: £20. Info: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk) bringing his PowerPoint presentation to the stage; the psychedelic Noel Fielding (Sat 22 Nov. Tickets: £25) showcasing his hallucinatory humour and Jon Richardson (Sat 29 Nov. Tickets: £19.50) trying to change his neurotic ways in his new show Nidiot.

More big names are heading to the Swansea Grand Theatre to strut their satirical stuff. Radio 4’s News Quiz Scottish star Susan Calman (Sat 4 Oct. Tickets: £14.50/£12.50. Info: www.swanseagov.co.uk) will be ignoring what is thought to be ‘appropriate womanly behaviour’ in her show Lady Like, while Dawn French (Sun 16 Nov. Tickets: £35-£39.50) will be taking a more personal journey in her biographical show 30 Million Minutes.

Laughter loving Liverpudlian John Bishop’s show Work In Progress at the Swansea Grand is sold out but seats are available for his Cardiff performances (Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Tues 4 + Wed 5 Nov. Tickets: £34.50. Info: www.livenation.co.uk).

Also making the Motorpoint Arena amusing are Miranda Hart (Wed 15 + Sat 18 Oct. Tickets: £32) with her My What I Call, Live Show

and the astoundingly energetic Lee Evans (Fri 24-Thurs 30 Nov. Tickets: £34.50).

Cardiff’s comedy connoisseurs, the Glee Club, will have its usual lineup of top-standard standup but with a number of special guests including Rich Hall (Glee Club, Cardiff Bay, Sun 2 Nov. Tickets: £17.50. Info: www.glee.co.uk) and his grizzly gags, and David O’Doherty (Wed 12 Nov. Tickets: £15/£13) who will have his tiny keyboard on hand to help.

Reminding everyone to laugh and enjoy themselves every once in a while is this year’s Comedy Port. Now in its fifth year running, Comedy Port will be bringing some world class acts to the area.

Headlining the festival will be Live At The Apollo's Jason Manford with his First World Problems and witty banter on Sat 11 Oct. Shappi Khorsandi returns on Thurs 9 Oct with her presumably Pharrell-inspired Because I’m Shappy. She’ll also be taking her Shappiness to the Glee Club in Cardiff Bay on Wed 5 Nov. If you’re feeling a little nostalgic then Eric And Little Ern will be there to showcase homage to classic comic duo Morecambe and Wise. Finally, if you are in the mood for some new talent then the Comedy Sessions Takeover is your chance.

With a special guest comedy host to be announced, it gives any budding comedian a chance to have their time in the spotlight.

Comedy Port, The Riverfront, Newport, Mon 6-Sat 11 Oct. Tickets: £1-£29.50. Info: 01633 656757 / www.newport.gov.uk

In The Hut – that was in 2007.

The show was performed in a hut, in Edinburgh and that title did, weirdly, fit the show. I called it that and then immediately regretted it and tried to change it but it was done – the programme had gone to the printers. I then worried quite a lot about who would be coming a show called that. But actually I think it was a good thing. That show was all over the place and nothing particularly worked or made sense so the title suited it.

The second show was called The Slutcracker and I stand by that one – that seemed to encapsulate the mixture of baseness and elegance my onstage persona was after. Then all bets were off.

Masterslut came next and now this. Other titles were in the mix, Eyes Wide Slut was favourite for a while. My mum thought of The Slut Whisperer. My brother likes Utterly Slutterly. Getting the floodgates closed will be tricky.

You used a bath in your last show – what made you decide to use a bed this time?

I had a good idea that involved a bed. In Masterslut I had a bath.

Everyone hated me for it (my stage manager in particular), but it was worth it. With this one I had this bed-based idea and told my producer. He was relieved I’d come up with something that didn’t require 80 litres of hot soapy water, I think.

Tim Key: Single White Slut, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

TIckets: £15 / £12.50.

Info: 029 2030 4400 / www. chapter. org/ timkey

upfront THE IRIS PRIZE Cardiff’s very own LGBT film festival kicks off this month with a varierty of screenings, forums and events. Charlotte Carter has an eye up of the festival.

ALREADY into its eighth year, the Iris Prize film Festival is looking to be bigger than ever. As Cardiff becomes a central area for any LGBT person, Iris flows well into this main hub for celebrating and discussing the ideas surrounding the LGBT Community.

The festival is dedicated to the world of films that can be based on anything, as long as it has a main outlook on an LGBT theme. The crop of films for 2014 are, as usual, looking to set the bar high. This year also sees the introduction of the the Feature Film Award, being sponsored by Martin Briggs.

Starting the Festival off will be Jayson Bend: Queen And Country – a film that asks what would James Bond be like if 007 was gay. Bend, the world’s first gay Secret Agent, must stop the owner of the largest global hair salon from becoming the most powerful man in the world. This looks to start off the festival with a good dose of charm and comedy.

The Festival will then end with the Iris Awards on Sun 12 Oct at Park Inn Cardiff, which will be presented (again) by the famous Amy Lamé.

Performer, writer and presenter Lamé is known for her work in the LGBT community and for her Olivier Award-winning performance group Duckie.

The winner of the esteemed Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International and the world’s biggest LGBT short film prize will be announced, as well as the brand new Best Of British Award – sponsored by Pinewood Studios – that celebrate homegrown talent.

Even as it grows in size, Iris prides itself for being a relaxed event with a family feel, and yet attracts films

Jayson Bend: Queen And Country

from around the world. South Wales-originated film The Passerby – created and directed by 17-year-old Efa Blosse-Mason – will coexist alongside films from Cambodia.

With 40 films from 16 different countries, there will be a film to pique everyone’s interests. Everything is being covered from the wider issues of youth and old age, to the intimate themes of a road trip with human ashes, and a blind boy having to choose between travel and love. This is the new film, The Way He Looks by Iris Prize 2011 winner, Daniel Ribiero. The movie is a feature-length version of his Iris-winning short film. He will also be attending the screening in Cardiff.

The festival isn’t just about screenings, however, as Iris host the Producers' Forum. On Wed 8 Oct, the event will be providing a networking event and session which will cover every aspect of moviemaking, from marketing to filming and directing to funding.

With the festival being held over five days, and some secret parties popping up over Cardiff, Iris is set to create a great vibe over October, so make sure you’ve got your tickets.

The Way He Looks

Amy Lamé

Iris Prize Film Festival, Cineworld, Chapter Arts Centre + Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff, Wed 8-Sun 12 Oct. Tickets: £6.60-£7.90 feature film screenings / £6-£6.50 short film screenings / £75 VIP passes / £40-£50 Iris Awards (Iris members only). Info: 029 2023 2744 / www.irisprize.org BUZZ 22

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AFROVIBES CELEBRATING 20 years of democracy in South Africa, through dance, music and theatre, Afrovibes is bringing its festivities to two areas in South Wales this year. Swansea's Taliesin Arts Centre and Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff will become centres for the festival's African events. Both areas will be changed into a spectacle of art and culture, debating and celebrating South African culture and history.

Both sites will be home to The Soil, a multi-award-winning a cappella group that specialize in everything from jazz and hip-hop to soul – with an added touch of beatboxing throughout, which is definitely going to make you want to get up and dance. Also gracing both events with their presence will be Biko’s Quest: a large, powerful cast of dancers who will take you on an emotional journey through the legacy left by black South African campaigner Steve Biko, and the cornerstones left behind by him: Memory, Identity, History and Emotion.

Also confronting racial identity is Rainbow Scars, a play that probes into what it could be like for a black teenager to be adopted by white parents in present day South Africa, and how she will deal with her heritage and identity.

Are you after some thought-provoking dance pieces? Then look no further than Uncles & Angels and Dark Cell. Uncles... uses interactive video and dance to represent the traditional reed dance that symbolises the respect for young women, and for them to remain virgins until marriage, yet also demonstrates the state of those in power.

Dark Cell is an award-winning dance piece by Themba Mbuli, which incorporates prison chains to represent mental imprisonment, yet with minimal male nudity, this is probably one show to not bring the children to. If that isn’t enough, there is plenty else the festival has to offer, from free events and family workshops to lots of themed food. CHARLOTTE CARTER

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BRINGING BACK THE BAFTAS THE 2014 BAFTA Cymru Awards nominations have been released, with duallanguage drama Hinterland/Y Gwyll leading the pack.

This year, there are 28 categories celebrating excellence in Welsh film and television. Aberystwyth-based crime drama Hinterland/Y Gwyll leads the nominations with nine nods, including Best Television Drama, Best Writer, Best Actor and Best Actress. Following closely behind are Emmy Award-winning BBC detective drama Sherlock and S4C’s Welsh-language murder-mystery series 35 Diwrnod, both receiving five nominations.

The most exciting and exceptionally close category is Best Television Drama.

All three nominees – Stella, Sherlock and Hinterland/Y Gwyll – are highly acclaimed, with all three drawing in large audiences upon their broadcasts. This award looks to be the closest of the night, with no obvious leader at the moment.

Stella and Hinterland/Y Gwyll are also up against each other in another big category of the night, Best Writer.

Welsh broadcast journalism is also having its chance to shine with the BAFTA Cymru’s News Coverage award. BBC Wales Today and ITV News Wales have both been nominated for their coverage of the Mark Bridger verdict, and ITV News Wales have also received a second nomination in the category for their coverage on the verdict of disgraced Lostprophets singer, Ian Watkins.

On the night, BAFTA Cymru will also announce the winner of the BAFTA Special Award for Outstanding Contribution To Television and the Sian Phillips Award.

Radio and TV presenter Jason Mohammad is to host the ceremony which will take place in the iconic Wales Millennium Centre later this month. A limited number of public tickets are available for the ceremony, and can be purchased from the Wales Millennium Centre box office.

It's set to be a very exciting night for Welsh film and television and will again demonstrate the exceptional talent that is on offer in Wales. REBECCA WILSON BAFTA Cymru Awards, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sun 26 Oct. Tickets: £10. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.bafta.org BUZZ 24

Afrovibes, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, Tue 14-Sat 18 Oct; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Mon 20-Sat 25 Oct. Tickets: £8-£12.

Info: 01792 602060 / 029 2030 4400 / www.afrovibesuk.com

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH IT’S October – which doesn’t just mean that Halloween is round the corner and that it’s time to start collecting conkers. It also means that Black History Month is well on its way.

Each year, Black History Month hosts a wonderful programme of events designed to highlight the achievements and contributions black people have made to British society.

Throughout the month there will be plenty of different activities to get involved with; from movie screenings and musical workshops to theatre and dance productions.

Events include Grammy award-winning r'n'b artist John Legend, at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on Thurs 9 Oct, a performance by venerable singer Joan Armatrading at Newport's Riverfront on Mon 13 and a dance performance from Brazilian dance company Grupo Corp on Tue 14 and Wed 15.

On Sat 25 Oct, for the sixth year, the Wales Millennium Centre will host the month’s big finale, with music, dancing, good food and good company. Panafest Cymru will be kicking off the proceedings with a performance of song, dance, drumming, poetry, visual arts and theatre from local artists. There will also be the upbeat sounds of London-based steel band Solid Steel and a combination of traditional and contemporary West African dance and music from Ballet Nimba.

There will be plenty of music from BBC Wales Horizons artists, including all-girl hip-hop group Baby Queens and Welsh-speaking singer-songwriter Kizzy Meriel Crawford, choral music from Swansea Gospel Choir, and classic songs with a modern twist from Wales Millennium Centre’s own urban choir Hard Côr.

The Big Talent School will putting on a performance of segregation-defying musical Hairspray. Enjoy an extract from one of the hippest musicals in the West End presented by young, local aspiring performers.

There will also be dance in the form of Tavaziva Ten, a stunning and seductive collection of five-minute dance pieces performed in the Weston Studio. Eight dancers will perform these 10 short, beautiful pieces depicting the extraordinary imagination of Artistic Director, Bawren. HEATHER ARNOLD Black History Month, various venues across South Wales, until Sat 25 Oct. Tickets: individual events priced separately / some events free. Info: hwww.bhmwales.org.uk

TALKING ABOUT THE TRIAL WHAT do you get when you combine the most successful and the most popular living contemporary classical composer with one of the most influential authors of the 20th century? A modern opera!

Throw in renowned British playwright Christopher Hampton and Cardiff-based opera company Music Theatre Wales and you have The Trial – an opera scored by Philip Glass and based on Franz Kafka’s book of the same name.

“It’s a fantastic story by Kafka,” explains Michael McCarthy, Artistic Director of Music Theatre Wales. “In our language we have the term ‘Kafkaesque’ and the easy way to describe that is people who are stuck in a mindless, endless bureaucracy. Like when you’re stuck in the bank pursuing some complaint and it takes you days, and weeks, and months to get it sorted. Or trying to get your phone connected, and it takes you forever and you go ‘oh this bureaucracy, this is mad!’ The computer says no. So that’s the world in which the central character finds himself, and the brilliance is that the story opens with this bizarre occurrence.

“Two men turn up in this guy’s bedroom and they tell him he’s under arrest.

They never tell him why, they never tell him what for, they give him no help to find the courtroom. He has to follow his instincts to try and fight the system but the system completely and utterly resists every turn and twist he takes, and ultimately manipulates him through to a very rather sad and miserable end.”

But are they taking a risk moving away from the opera classics?

“I think the opera world does generally stick to a very, very small repertoire. That’s inevitable over the history of opera which is 300, 350 years. But for me, the next thing is to say ‘well, what are they going to be listening to in 50, 100, or 350 years' time? There must be new works as well.’ That’s where the excitement for me is. In the creativity, in artists living today, thinking about today, responding to today! That, for me, couldn’t be any more exciting.” HEATHER ARNOLD The Trial, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Fri 7 Nov. Tickets: £7.50-£25.

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Watch our interview with Michael McCarthy on Buzz TV at www.youtube.com/ buzzmagtv

profile CARO EMERALD The record-breaking sultress of jazz Caro Emerald talks to Rhonda Lee Reali about Wales, Michael Jackson and jamming.

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he sassy Miss Caro Emerald is set to dazzle Cardiff with the delightful mix of pop, jazz, Latin and swing sounds that have made her a favourite worldwide.

While only a handful of her countrymen in the pop/rock field have made it really big outside the Netherlands (Van Halen, Golden Earring and Shocking Blue come to mind), Emerald is putting her unique retro stamp on the map, gaining a following that is growing in size.

She is glam to the max – showcasing her vintage style with an updated twist in not only what she sings but also what she wears, as she puts together fun, innovative, witty and interesting album artwork and videos. They give a nod to everything from Hollywood in its heyday, including Hitchcock's film opening credits, through to Mad Men. Her hit singles such as A Night Like This and Liquid Lunch display her rich vocal style, proving she's at home in almost any milieu. She's wowed audiences at the Royal Variety Performance and Glastonbury, and now she's set to get Cardiffians on their feet, too.

Emerald isn’t new to Wales, and is excited about returning.

“I did my very first performance in Wales this summer. It was Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod and that was really special. I really loved that but this is going to be my first club show [sic] in Wales.

And what was her impression of the place?

“Ahh, it was lovely, really warm. I had a really big, warm welcome and it was so beautiful, the countryside. I thought it was very impressive.”

The sultry jazz singer has become increasingly popular over the years. Her debut album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor hit the number one slot in the Netherlands and beat Michael Jackson's formally held record of 27 weeks at the top, with the album eventually staying in the charts for an unprecedented 104 weeks. More recently, her 2013 The Shocking Miss Emerald went to number one in the UK, but which one was the biggest thrill?

“I think that was beating Michael Jackson. I mean, that is SO huge. Nothing can really compare to that.

It's never gonna ever happen again. That was such a unique situation. Now I'm starting to realise how big it was. Back then I realised, but now I know, that it’s just unheard of.

“I knew it was coming. People started to tell me weeks upfront, like this would actually happen. Then I already felt 'Wow! Could it be possible?' I don't

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remember what I did, but we probably celebrated! I really felt this was the first moment... I was in this whirlwind, and this was the first time I realised the hugeness of everything.”

Emerald is certainly holding her all in the world of jazz singers, and even played Glastonbury earlier this year. But if she could have a jam session with any legendary ladies of jazz, who would it include?

“Oh my God, that's a good question! Jeez, a jam session. Well, that would be completely overwhelming, probably because I'm not a very good jammer, but if I could, then I would try to jam with Ella Fitzgerald, because she's a great scatter. If you go jamming, you need to be scatting, and

that was so amazing what she did. So I think that's very inspiring. I would like to see that for real.”

And would there be anyone else on her list?

“Louis Armstrong,” she states. “He would be so much fun! He also plays the trumpet, and he can sing, so that would be a fun jam session!”

An Evening With Caro Emerald, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Sun 12 Oct. Tickets: £22.50-£45. Info: 029 2022 4488 / www.livenation.co.uk

“If I could, I would try to jam with Ella Fitzgerald, because she's a great scatter”

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by Keiron Self

HORNS ****

THE MAZE RUNNER ***

Dir: Alexandre Aja (15, 123 mins) Daniel Radcliffe continues his journey away from wizardry with another strong leftfield choice. Joe Hill’s novel was a cult success a few years back, he has horror forbears as his father is Stephen King, and this adaptation will hopefully capture its spirit if not all its excesses. Radcliffe plays Ig Perrish, a man suspected but not prosecuted for his girlfriend’s murder. Ostracised from society, he finds himself growing horns. Now the people who shouted abuse at him tell him their darkest secrets instead. Believing his new-found powers can help him find who really killed his girlfriend, played by Juno Temple in flashback, Radcliffe soon discovers things aren’t all they seemed, and the horror grows. An unlikely genre mash-up that veers from comedy to heartbreak to out and out gory scares, Horns is a winning combination of them all. Radcliffe acquits himself with relish, grabbing the bull by the, ahem, horns, as his nastier side grows and David Morse shines as his girlfriend’s grieving father. Director Aja veers away from the schlock that made his name – The Hills Have Eyes remake and Piranha – to offer something more thoughtful and idiosyncratic. It may veer about wildly but Radcliffe anchors the proceedings ably in a diverting black comedy horror. Opens Oct 29

Dir: Wes Ball (12A, 113 mins) Another Young Adult dystopian sci-fi thriller comes to the cinema, but this time there’s no Katniss or Tris: there is instead a boy at the heart of this futuristic Lord Of The Flies. Thomas, played by Dylan O'Brien, is dumped into a community of boys with his memory erased. They are trapped in The Glade, at the heart of a giant maze and there’s no apparent way out. James Dashner’s book, in the hands of debut director and SFX whiz Wes Ball, is hoped to be a franchise starter.

Dashner wrote a trilogy, but its fate remains dependent on how audiences respond; for every Hunger Games there’s a Beautiful Creatures. The initial premise is simple, a rag-tag bunch of boys trying to escape from a maze guarded by biomechanical horrors The Grievers who have a woman placed in their midst in the shape of Brit actress and Skins veteran Kaya Scodelario. Also amongst the cast are fellow Brits Thomas Brodie Sangster and Will Poulter, playing the quiet one and the tough one respectively. The infighting amongst the group forms the backbone to the SFX action as their escape plans form. More testosterone than usual for a youth-oriented thriller, which may not be a bad thing. Hopefully the maze is harder to get out of than that one near Monmouth. Opens Oct 10

ANNABELLE ***

THE JUDGE ***

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES **

Dir: John R Leonetti (15, 90 mins) A horror prequel to The Conjuring, cashing in on the previous film’s success and focusing on the creepy doll, Annabelle. A supposedly beautiful present for his pregnant wife, played by Annabelle Wallis (spooky), husband John Form, played by Ward Horton (not so spooky), Annabelle is a hideous looking doll that no one in their right minds would give to anyone. They certainly wouldn’t hang on to it after a Satanic cult broke into their house, terrorised them and then bled all over it either.

Still, that’s what this pair do, and lo and behold, they then have a possessed doll and a hellish entity stalking them. Familiar ya-boo! jump scares abound as a fairly by-the-numbers slice of horror plays out. Too familiar to be super freaky, the doll is nevertheless unsettling and a game cast play the hokum to the hilt amidst the familiar exorcisms, long black haired girls and possessions.

Opens Oct 3

Dir: David Dobkin (15, 141 mins) A courtroom family drama starring Iron Man Robert Downey Jnr, returning to the dramatic roles he used to do before becoming an action hero. Downey Jnr plays Hank Palmer: an arrogant big shot lawyer who returns to his childhood home following the death of his mother.

There he butts heads with estranged father and town judge Robert Duvall, and becomes his own father’s lawyer when Duvall becomes a murder suspect. The Judge offers up a stage for some top quality thesping, with actory fireworks sparking between Duvall and Downey Jnr, and a top notch supporting cast providing backbone for the grandstanding. Billy Bob Thornton is the dead-eyed prosecutor and Vera Farmiga the old flame who stayed in the rural town instead of heading up to the city. This is an old school legal thriller with well drawn characters, but a slightly bloated running time. It is, however, great to see Duvall and Downey Jnr spar off one another in the film’s most gripping scenes. Opens Oct 17

Dir: Jonathan Liebesman (12A, 101 mins) Cowpatabunga! The unnecessary rebooting of halfremembered heroes in a half shell the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes loudly back to the screen with charmless results. Created in a laboratory and coached

by Splinter, a giant rat sensei, Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Raphael battle the dastardly Foot Clan – these CGI nunchuk-wielding wiseacres are the vigilantes keeping New York safe. Spotted by reporter April O’Neill – Megan Fox, seemingly in the film purely to be ogled – she tries to tell her editor Whoopi Goldberg about the crime fighters, only to be fired. She then enlists cameraman and perf Will Arnett to film the truth. Much chaotic jumpy about action ensues with no tension or dramatic resonance. The turtles are mostly indistinguishable, in character and in cluttered fight scenes, director Liebesman favouring sensory battering over empathy. Nunchuk-loving kids may enjoy, otherwise this is a grinding, bland, annoying turdle. Opens Oct 17

ALSO RELEASED: ‘71 (15) Brilliantly taut Northern Ireland-set thriller as soldier Jack O’Connell gets separated from his unit at the height of the Troubles. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (15) Excellently funny vampire mock doc from half of the Flight Of The Conchords Jemaine Clement, as a group of fanged ones flat share with mundanely hilarious results. MR TURNER (15) Mike Leigh’s superior bio-pic of the painter JMW Turner, with a superb Cannes award winning turn from Timothy Spall. Thankfully no stereotypical Cockneys are on show, unlike most

GONE GIRL ****

FURY ****

Dir: David Fincher (15, 145 mins) Gillian Flynn’s blockbusting book comes to the big screen via the man behind the so- so adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Fight Club. A polarising novel told from male and female points of view, Gone Girl was a witty, dark thriller about the potential toxic nature of marriage, and the film, adapted for the screen by Flynn herself, looks set to continue that trend. Ben Affleck plays Nick, a man who finds himself accused of his wife Amy’s murder after she goes missing. Rosamunde Pike plays the spouse, a failing children’s novelist who vanishes on their fifth wedding anniversary. A media frenzy ensues with the finger of suspicion pointed firmly at Affleck. Via flashback the marriage is revealed from initial meeting to eventual corrosion, is Affleck a killer? For those who have read the book, this isn’t going to be a great surprise but Fincher and Flynn handle the twists and turns well, Pike is often unknowable as Amy and Affleck is a resolute, flawed everyman. Neil Patrick Harris plays against type as a creepy follower of Amy’s, Tyler Perry surprises as a slick DA and Carrie Coon provides sisterly support for Affleck. A handsome thriller with something to say, Gone Girl is a worthy adaptation of its source material that will provoke debate. Opens Oct 3

Dir: David Ayer (15, 120 mins) A Sherman tank crew go behind enemy lines in the closing days of World War II to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany, with overwhelming odds against them, in this gritty men-on-a-mission thriller. Brad Pitt plays WarDaddy, a grizzled army sergeant in charge of a tight-knit tank crew that numbers a mustachioed Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal and Michael Pena and new boy, fresh faced Logan Lerman.

Under the helm of writer/director Ayer, who recently fumbled the excessive Schwarzenegger thriller Sabotage, Fury is a grisly-war-is-hell nail biter. Morally ambiguous and shot with flair, Fury places you in the belly of the steel beast, as the salty mouthed group of veterans take on their biggest challenge. Familiar tropes are there: the fresh faced recruit who finds out that war is indeed hell, the battle scarred leader, the noble heroism and so on, but Ayer manages to make it all count. The battle sequences are harrowing and blisteringly staged, Pitt is well cast as the war weary leader and Shia LaBeouf is almost unrecognisable under his big moustache. A solid war story, brutally well executed. Opens Oct 24

THE BABADOOK ****

DRACULA UNTOLD ***

LIFE AFTER BETH ****

Dir: Jennifer Kent (15, 93 mins) A thoughtful and genuinely creepy horror tale with plenty to keep you awake at night, The Babadook creates a wonderfully Gothic atmosphere and is an assured debut from writer/director Kent. Six-year-old Samuel, played by a forceful Noah Wiseman, lives with his intense mother Essie Davis. His father was killed in a car crash as he took his pregnant wife to hospital, and the family is still in the grip of grief. One day a popup book called The Babadook appears on Samuel’s bookshelf. Illustrated with sinister Gothic drawings, it tells the tale of the top-hatted Babadook which knocks on your door three times to be invited in, with nasty consequences. Brilliantly designed and unnerving, the book gains pages and the Babadook itself springs from out from the book in terrifying stop motion form. Much more than a slice of schlock, The Babadook is a fairy tale of sorts, steeped in horror history that also deals with the grief process, and moves as well as horrifies. Goosebumpy stuff. Opens Oct 24

Dir: Gary Shore (12A, 100 mins) So, how did Dracula become Dracula? And does anyone really care? Dracula Untold sets out to expand the bloodsucker’s myth, with Bram Stoker’s source novel very much in the background. Welsh boy and Hobbit veteran Luke Evans plays Vlad The Impaler, a family man and ruler who is told to surrender 100 of his boys to join nutty Dominic Cooper’s Turkish army. Naturally he doesn’t want to do this and give up his son in the process, so rebels lead him onto the path of bloody darkness… well 12A bloody darkness. Needing to defend his people from the threat of invasion and slaughter, Vlad turns to supernatural aid. He seeks out creepy prosthetic-laden Charles Dance and his hemoglobin-drinking ways, and inevitably becomes Dracula. Director Shore has plenty of CGI battles with CGI bats and Luke Evans looks sufficiently tortured, but this blend of history and horror under debut director Shore’s has a whiff of the Van Helsing about it. Opens Oct 3

Dir: Jeff Baena (15, 89 mins) Another zom-rom-com after Shaun Of The Dead and Warm Bodies, this slice of undead hilarity is greatly helped by casting Aubrey Plaza from TV’s Parks And Recreation as its lead. Dane DeHaan plays Plaza’s grieving boyfriend, who, after her untimely death wants to spend time with her parents – played by the ever dependable John C Reilly and Molly Shannon. Much to his delight De Haan discovers Beth hiding in the house, but something is different about her – she has amnesia and eventually develops a penchant for human flesh. A slow-burning apocalypse builds in the background as weird happenings pepper the plot and the true horror of Plaza and DeHaan’s predicament grows amidst dark, witty dialogue. A relationship comedy with a twisted edge, Life After Beth is funny, insightful and ticks the zombie boxes. De Haan and Plaza make a great couple, and if he current plethora of zombie material hasn't undeaded you out, this is worth a gruesome look. Opens Oct 3

Leigh films. WILL AND TESTAMENT: TONY BENN (15) Documentary on the controversial and sense-speaking politician.. THE CALLING (15) Susan Sarandon stars in this sleepy town meets serial killer detective thriller. BOOK OF LIFE (PG) Offbeat Mexicanimation produced by Guillermo Del Toro. NIGHT CRAWLER (15) A well creepy Jake Gyllenhaal gets embroiled in freelance crime journalism in LA, with seedy results. OUIJA (12A) Bad things happen in a 12A way to group of friends messing about with a Ouija board. A cautionary tale for Halloween no doubt.

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TOP OF THE CROPS

A FOODIE FAÇADE With the promise of a combination of circus skills and top quality cuisine, Madeleine Keenan gets a taste of food and theatre show Façade.

A theatrical dining experience that will literally get your plate spinning arrives in south Wales this month.

You can forget pre- and post-theatre dining – instead, combine the two at theatre show/dinner Façade, where you can enjoy a three-course meal while the performance unfolds around you. Devised by circus-theatre troupe Crashmat Collective, this intimate show is something very different from your Saturday night takeaways or weekend theatre trips. With no separate stage, the audience becomes a part of the show, blurring the boundaries between performer and audience.

In Façade the performers don’t just pose as staff in a café, they actually are the staff, moving between tables and serving the audience their food and drink as the narrative of their relationships and fantasies unfold. The show promises to enchant audiences with its mix of hilarious and touching moments.

If this wasn’t enough, this theatrical dining experience is also teamed with impressive displays of circus skills, including aerial and Chinese pole acts. The show succeeds in creating

an environment where it seems as if anything is possible.

With all this going on around you, it might be easy to forget about what’s on the table in front of you but, if you can take your eyes away from the dramatics unfolding in front of you, make sure you stop to appreciate the food on offer. With a choice of three main meals, including baked salmon steak with Mediterranean vegetables and garlic and herb chicken, as well as double chocolate brownies for desert, the show is just as much about the food as the performance.

The combination of engaging, dramatic performance and breathtaking circus skills, brought together in a stage-less, real-life setting promises to be a meal out like no other.

For a day out that will make you feel like you’ve fallen into Wonderland, get yourself to Aberglasney Gardens’ Giant Vegetable Competition. Taking place in Aberglasney’s stunning heritage gardens and grounds, you can see a huge selection of world record-breaking vegetables. Returning for its second year, the competition brings growers from far and wide, with award-winning growers judging the prodigious produce on display. You don’t need to have been growing for years – anyone can enter – and there are prizes on offer, including one for Ugliest Vegetable In Show.

Whether you’re entering your own contender or just coming to marvel at the gigantic growths on display, Aberglasney Gardens offers a chance to take in some fresh air and see some impressive vegetables.

Aberglasney House & Gardens, Sun 5 Oct. Admission: £8. Info: 01558 668998/ www. aberglasney.org

Façade, The Riverfront, Newport, Fri 10 + Sat 11 Oct; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Tues 14 + Wed 15 Oct; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Fri 17 + Sat 18 Oct; Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli, Thurs 30 + Fri 31 Oct. Tickets: £25. Info: www. aberystwythartscentre.co.uk

NEW WATERLOO CANTON GETS A TASTE OF FRANCE A new French restaurant, Chez Francis, has recently opened its doors on Cowbridge Road in Canton. The new eatery is positioned underneath the highly acclaimed Indian restaurant, Purple Poppadom, and created by Francis Dupuy – the man behind Le Gallois and Pier 64.

The menu already has a varied selection of fresh dishes, including soupe du jour, coq au vi and mousse au chocolat.

Chez Francis, 185 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff. Info: www.chez-francis.co.uk BUZZ 32

Waterloo Gardens is described as a haven for tea-lovers – with over 50 different kinds of tea you certainly don’t have to drink the day away with Earl Grey.

Their thriving locations in Penylan and Penarth have resulted in the opening of a third teahouse in Wyndham Arcade in Cardiff’s city centre. Being situated in this Edwardian arcade creates an apt ambience for those in pursuit of an old-fashioned cuppa.

Picturesque surroundings and a mouthwatering menu suggest that their new central branch has a good chance of being filled to the brim.

Info: 029 2037 6249 / www.waterlootea.com

RECIPE Honey Cake

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words RUTH JOSEPH www.ruthjoseph.co.uk www.veggischmooze.blogspot.com

OF THE BEST... German dishes to

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have with a beer

With Oktoberfest coming to Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre bar from Wed 15-Sat 18 Oct, Gemma Perry gets a taste for beer-friendly German cuisine.

HENDL Austro-Bavarian for chicken, this is the ideal meal for those who want to sample German cuisine within the realms of familiarity whilst they chug their Hacker-Pschorr (a traditional Oktoberfest beer). Hendl can be roasted or fried and is commonly served with brezen (that’s pretzels to us nonGerman speakers).

WEISSWURST If you really want to immerse yourself in the Oktoberfest spirit, let’s be honest, you need to try a German sausage. Meaning 'white sausage', this Deutsch delicacy is made from veal and back bacon and is the perfect snack to line your stomach between beers. Usually served with Bavarian sweet mustard and weissbier (wheat beer).

KNÖDEL Fear not! You don’t need to be munching meat in Munich to embrace this holiday. Knödel is a dumpling dish which is boiled or poached. It can compliment a hearty hog roast or be eaten on its own. If you’re worried about not satisfying your sweet tooth, a knödel can be filled with plums and eaten as a dessert (called zwetschgenknödel).

SCHWEINSHAXE If you're feeling adventurous, this is the dish for you: a large pork knuckle roasted until it’s crispy on the outside served with mustard. Not swayed by this swine? Don’t be fooled by its description. It is especially popular in Bavaria.

STECKERLFISCH Fish fanatic? Bavaria has it covered. Specialty of the Fischer-Vroni (an Oktoberfest tent), steckerlfisch is cooked on a charcoal grill. It is served on a stick which makes it easy to multitask.

Fish and flagons: the perfect combo.

CIDER SUNDAYS There is nothing better than sitting back on a sunny Sunday and having a sip on a cold cider. The people behind Monmouth’s new Cider Sundays events are making the most of this wonderful feeling!

Underneath the historic arches of Shire Hall you can enjoy a good old-fashioned cider apple harvest. There will be plenty of opportunities to have a sip on a range of local craft ciders and perrys, and hear about how it's all made, courtesy of cider experts Alex Culpin from Ty Gwyn and Tom Oliver from Oliver’s Cider and Perrys.

As well as cider, there will also be plenty live music and food on offer.

Traditionally Jewish people eat honey and apples to celebrate the Jewish New Year and numerous honey cake recipes have been passed down as traditional. This moist, sticky cake has been made even more celebratory by the addition of a little brandy and dried fruit which becomes even more moist after a few days. That’s if you can leave it! Enjoy xxxxx SERVES 10-12 INGREDIENTS 225g plain flour / ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda / 1 tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice/ 1½ tsps ground ginger / 120g butter or dairy-free margarine / 80g honey / 60g golden syrup / 120g fair-trade soft brown sugar / 125g dried fruit of your choice – try tropical trail mix or equivalent / 100g chopped pecans or pistachios (optional) / grated zest of 1 lemon + juice of ½ lemon / 2 organic freerange eggs/ 4 tbsps milk or soya milk / 2-3 tbsps brandy (optional) PREPARATION • Preheat the oven to 170˚C/ gas mark 3 and line a 19-20 cm tin.

• Sift the flour spices and baking powder in a large bowl.

• Place the butter or margarine, honey plus golden syrup and the sugar in a medium saucepan and melt gently. Then leave to cool.

• Stir in the dried fruit, the lemon zest and juice and chopped nuts if using.

• In a separate jug beat the eggs with the milk and the brandy (if using). Once the mixture is cool, combine the egg mixture with the syrup mixture, then quickly add the flour mixture. Once combined so there are no flour lumps, pour into the prepared tin and place in the middle of the oven.

• The bicarbonate will begin to react with the lemon juice. Try not to open the oven during the early part of cooking as this could cause the cake to flop.

• Bake for approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes or until firm on the top. Leave to cool for approximately 20 minutes. Then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.

• Celebrate and enjoy.

Cider Sundays, Shire Hall, Monmouthshire, Sun 5 Oct. Tickets: £6/£10 for two. Info: www.cidersundays.eventbrite.co.uk

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ETHICAL EDIBLES

The plight of our bees

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UNDERGROUND STREET FEAST

Madeleine Keenan finds out about the launch of Street Food Cardiff’s new underground and independent food court.

WHAT’S one thing better than a selection of delicious street food? A selection of delicious street food in a jazzed up abandoned warehouse!

You can fill up your belly and collect a whole tonne of cool points as Street Food Cardiff launches their new underground dinner hall this month.

Every weekend for three months The Depot, an old Victorian industrial warehouse, will be home to this new delicious venture. All kitted up with canteen tables, craft ales, cocktails and micro-food stalls the 100-year-old building will be looking less like the tram maintenance shop it once was, and more like a foodies dream.

Street Food Cardiff – an independent collective of street food artisans –have joined up with Something Creative (the minds behind the annual Art Car Boutique) to provide a varied selection of tasty traders lined up.

There will be Thai food courtesy of the Bangkok

THREE WINE MEN

Cafe, gourmet hotdogs from Hautedogs, artisan wood-fired pizzas from Ffwrness and Doughboys, Mexican marvels from El Salsa, vegetarian options from The Parsnipship and Milgi's, a burger bar

by Chucks, finger-licking fried chicken from Dirty Bird Fried Chicken, street meats from Charcuterie and locally roasted coffee from Welsh Coffee Co. It won’t be the same every weekend, however, as there will be a revolving menu, different trader and guest chefs.

With the aims of ‘making Cardiff taste better’, the underground dinner hall will be shaking up the chain-saturated food scene of Cardiff’s city centre and the bay, making The Depot’s position between the two feel very important.

Street Food Cardiff at The Depot Launch, The Depot, Riverside, Cardiff, Sat 4 Oct. Info: www.streetfoodcardiff.com

Olly Smith, Oz Clarke and Tim Atkin have joined together to create Three Wine Men – a wine-tasting and buying tour that runs across the country.

They will be gracing us with their presence and sommelier skills in Cardiff, bringing with them new and different wine and food retailers. With over 600 different wines to try from, it is a great event for real wine connoisseur and wine virgins alike. With master classes and on the spot discussions with the ‘three men’ themselves, this is a delightful event to spend a few hours learning and trying something new.

Three Wine Men, The Parc Hotel, Cardiff, Sat 11 + Sun 12 Oct. Tickets: £5-£25.

Info: www.threewinemen.co.uk

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ALBERT Einstein painted a depressing picture when he stated, “If the bee disappears off the surface of the globe then man will only have four years left.”

For millennia, honey has been relished as the eternal golden nectar. We have assumed that its deliciousness will remain part of our futures but now scientists have issued warnings that the bee that we have taken for granted could become extinct if nothing is done to improve its fragile existence.

The Help Save The Bees campaign warns: “There are about 250 species of bee in the UK and only 25 of these are native British bumblebees – half of what we had in the 1950s. Three have already become extinct and five are currently under serious threat and two more precariously close.”

This is happening throughout Europe and the USA, but why? Agricultural practices have changed and insects have been poisoned out of their natural habitats as the result of intense chemical warfare.

Now, with our futures hanging in the balance, we realise that this damage has to be rectified. But the methods used can often be even more damaging to our indigenous creatures.

Commercial growers of rapeseed and some fruit, for example, are so anxious to have their produce pollinated that they are importing southern European species that have been bred in captivity.

At present some 100,000 nests are established in this country and often our own indigenous bees are overwhelmed by the new invader.

Apart from the bees, why is honey so special?

Of course, it’s a natural food that’s chock full of essential vitamins and minerals. It contains natural antioxidants that help in the fight against major diseases and was even used in past wars as an effective antiseptic. It’s energising and, because of its anti-aging properties, a valuable ingredient within the cosmetic industry.

So how can we save our bees for future generations? Never use insecticides. If it’s possible plant a few native plant species to encourage and feed remaining bees – mint, daisies, strawberries, lavender, salvia, asters, sunflowers, and verbena are all plants that bees adore.

Also try buying a little local honey, for something so intensely valuable and important should be cherished as a golden nectar that is so precious.

pic: BOGDAN SUDITU

words RUTH JOSEPH www.ruthjoseph.co.uk www.veggischmooze.blogspot.com

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CHEZ FRANCIS

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MEZZA HOUSE

175 City Road, Cardiff. 07792 380775 Food: **** Atmosphere: **** I live not far from the culturally diverse cuisine of City Road and I can say, with my hand on my heart, that I have been to almost all of the Middle Eastern eateries that line the street. I absolutely love all the different delicious dishes on offer and I have been dreaming of my foodies tour of the Middle East for many years now, but wandering into Lebanese restaurant Mezza House I have found my new local favourite.

The three of us sat down and gazed over the menu. We decided to ease in with a simple starter of hummus and bread (£2.75) – the hummus was the best I’ve ever tasted. Served with cucumber and mint leaves, and topped with olive, it was smooth and flavoursome and I could have easily eaten a whole bowl of it on its own.

My partner and I had brought big appetites with us, so for our main we went for the grill, while our friend went for the tabbouleh (£3.50) – which was served in a lettuce orb and was a tasty and refreshing choice.

The chicken kafta (£5.50) and mix grill (£7.50) both came with a delicisuous bed of yellow rice and salad. The meat was tender, juicy and perfectly spiced and was paired perfectly with the more subtle tasting rice. All of this was a bargain as well, I can’t recall the exact amount but the whole meal came to little over £20 – for three people!

What really made our evening, however, was the owner who took incredible care of us. When my friend ordered a mango smoothie, and he accidentally made too much, he gave my partner and I a free glass of the juice as well. He also gave us tea refills and fresh food on the house. HEATHER ARNOLD

Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Cardiff.

029 2022 4959 / www.chez-francis.co.uk Food: *** Atmosphere: **** My experience with French cuisine is somewhat limited. Before visiting Chez Francis I could not only count the number of times I had been to a French restaurant on one hand but one finger.

Chez Francis is a cosy little restaurant, tucked underneath Canton’s renowned Purple Poppadom, and it’s quite frankly a beautiful place. The interior is decorated in shades of green, deep red and dark woods. This, accompanied by the catchy accordion music playing, created a great atmosphere and soon enough the place was packed even on a Wednesday night.

To start we went for two of the ‘small dishes’ – a delightfully aromatic bouchees a la reine filled with mushrooms (£3.95) and well cooked and flavoured pan-fried chicken livers (£4.25) which were served with crunchy Parmentier potatoes that balanced well with the soft offal – and the day’s special starter of mackerel with a tomato sauce. This was my favourite of the three, as the tomatoes had a flavoursome sharp kick but still allowed the subtle taste of the fish to come through. I hope they make this one a regular edition.

For mains I went for a classic – coq au vin (£14.95) – and it was delicious. Served on a bed of mash and with button mushrooms, the sauce was spot on and the chicken succulent. My partner went for confit of duck served with haricot beans (£13.95) which, although well-seasoned, was a little overcooked.

Despite the fact we were treated to pretty generous portions, we still managed to fit in a dessert: a soft, sweet and scrumptious caramel crème (£4.95).

HEATHER ARNOLD

THE SMOKE HAUS

Mary Ann Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 0777 / www.thesmokehaus.co.uk Food: *** Atmosphere: ** The spate of Americanised glutton houses springing up in Cardiff shows no sign of slowing down for the moment. The Smoke Haus is the latest, a Swansea branch having launched two years back and proved successful. In the dim and distant past (2010) a Hooters opened in this building, eventually perishing of indifference. While this new tenant doesn’t rely on sexism to rope in punters, it may be that it ends up appealing to a similar demographic.

It’s very big and bright in here, with drivetime radio hits on the PA and NASCAR on TVs above the bar. The framed photos of noted cultural icons are a particular treat, my three favourites being the Stay Puft marshmallow man, a squirrel that looks like John Travolta and Morrissey. A basket of deep-fried mozzarella sticks feels like a suitable response to this sensory chaos. My pal and I share these, partly out of anticipatory concern for the size of the main meals.

Some other friends, having visited the previous week, were broadly positive but deemed the portions unnecessarily huge. Burgers are 8oz apiece and someone on the next table has ordered two, served between two doughnuts – yep, a la the possibly apocryphal Luther Vandross story. My New Orleans burger is in a boring old bun and includes two large pieces of brisket. This doesn’t come apart when you take a bite, making it a poor burger ingredient consistency-wise, but the patty is very good, as are sweet potato fries on the side. A Philly cheesesteak gets thumbs up across the table – “hard to get wrong,” supposedly, although I bet Philadelphians get enraged by the mildest transgressions. Desserts would have taken things into the realm of the eating challenge, but all that plus two Flying Dog beers and a Sierra Nevada Porter comes to just over £40. NOEL GARDNER BUZZ 35

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TIM SHAW: BLACK SMOKE RISING Aberystwyth Arts Centre Sat 4 Oct-Tue 18 Nov Suspended above a black pool is a figure. Hooded, barefoot and vulnerable, the sculpture stands as a haunting centrepiece for a new exhibition that will make up part of the Reflections Of War season at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Drawing on the raw brutality of conflict, Shaw uses real stories as inspiration for his work. His sculpture Casting A Dark Democracy questions the political realities of war, using the infamous images from Abu Ghraib that displayed the torture of prisoners during the war in Iraq.

Brought up in Belfast throughout the 60s and 70s, Shaw is no stranger to the reality of violence and unspeakable aggression caused by conflict. He uses his own experiences and his anger to create sculptures that generate both empathy for the victims, but also repulsion at how primitive these acts of violence are.

Created largely with barbed wire, constructed steel and black polythene, his sculptures are dark and incredibly raw. Accompanying his centrepiece will be the poignant and poetic Man On Fire, which was partly inspired by Shaw’s memory of driving through a fire-filled riot in Belfast, and the nightmarish Soul Snatcher Possession – which focuses on the tensions within a crowd right before an act of violence occurs.

With haunting sculptures representing some tough topics, Shaw’s Black Smoke Rising is far from what you would consider a ‘pretty’ exhibition. It faces ideas of personal and large-scale violence, torture, drugs and nightmares. It is courageous and hard-hitting art which explores the darker sides of public and personal life.

Admission: free. Info: 01970 623232 / www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk HEATHER ARNOLD

pic: BARDO, 2014 © JENNIFER OLSEN

HEATHER BENNETT: HOME AND AWAY

Oriel Y Parc, Pembrokeshire Sat 4 Oct-Sun 30 Nov Combining a love of her local Pembrokeshire coastline with images from around the world, Heather Bennett’s Home And Away exhibition at Oriel Y Parc will bring together photographs and digital art inspired by her surroundings.

Bennett has lived and worked in Solva, Pembrokeshire, for 20 years and the rich natural world on her doorstep inspires and informs much of her work. Heather contrasts home images – such as the distressed pine and enamel wear of her traditional kitchen scenes and familiar surroundings like the bluebells in Solva wood – with images from her travels to Cuba, Morocco, Peru, and around the world.

You might think that travelling to all four corners of the globe might overshadow the photographic opportunities in West Wales, but Bennett remains firmly rooted in Pembrokeshire. Her favourite place is the view of Newgale from the top of the hill on the Haverfordwest Road – apparently, the view outranks anything she's seen on her travels.

The Home And Away exhibition will include images taken using a mix of film and digital cameras, illustrating an increasing interest in how digital art and photography techniques are being employed by today’s artists.

Admission: free. Info: 01437 720392 / www.orielyparc.co.uk (JK)

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MA DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY GRADUATES: SEVENTEEN SECONDS

Ffotogallery, Penarth Thurs 9-Sun 12 Oct It’s hard to know how to judge graduate exhibitions, or to get any sense of an underlying theme with individual spirits getting lost in a cacophony of disparate voices. Thankfully there are enough wistful tidbits here to be enticing enough.

Seventeen Seconds is a graduation show for the University of Wales Documentary Photography MA. There are photographers displaying their work and they present many different stories from all sorts of angles.

We jump from concepts of the void in, er, Void by Chris Davies, to the bloodied untermenschen of Fight Club UK by Billy Macrae and then leaping erratically to obsessions of the Presley set in Hello, excuse me, are you an Elvis Presley fan?

by Clementine Schneidermann.

A few of the graduates have been influenced by the mystic land of Wales: The Welsh Runs by Svetlana Ilic, following a Welsh farming family and their tradions, and A Hypothetical Story by Christine Novelli, which fills in in what we don’t know about Iron Age Celtic Welsh tribes with creativity and imagination.

More eclectically, A Play Of Light by Marita van Rooyen (a documentary about the representation of light) and Be Still, My Heart (another one tackling teenage mothers) by Marta Giaccone put both the abstract and social commentary together – making odd, enthralling bedfellows.

Admission: free. Info: 029 2034 1667 / www.ffotogallery.org (JB)

IAN REES: WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS

Pontardawe Arts Centre Throughout October What comes to mind when you think of the circus? Ringmasters? Acrobats? Clowns in cars?

Maybe when you think of the lion tamer, you don’t see a human overpowering nature, but cruelly suppressing a wild creature.

Or when you see the elephants parade you don’t see giant creatures beautifully decorated but isolated from their natural environment and shamefully painted.

The controversy of using wild animals in circus acts is one that is growing, and many now associate circuses with the ideas of wild animals kept in captivity and trained to perform.

This isn’t an aspect that has been missed by the general public as, throughout Europe, there has been a move to ban wild animals from circus shows. One's personal ethics aside, such shows are a dying breed themselves and as they go, so will their 200-year tradition.

Wild Animal Circus is an exhibition by local photographer Ian Rees, who travelled to Italy to capture the everyday life of one of the last wild animal circus troupes.

He captures the animals and the curious characters who they now share their lives with.

This is an exhibition that gives an insight into characters who live very different lives, and address some very controversial and emotive issues of animal welfare, historic tradition and threatened livelihoods.

Admission: free. Info: 01792 863722 / www.pontardaweartscentre.com (HA)

DAVID FITZJOHN: FIMBULWINTER

Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan Sat 11 Oct-Sat 29 Nov In our ever-changing world with its shifting landscapes, how can we ever know if we are truly safe, and if we shall all be here, alive and well tomorrow? Trembling and ominous storms have been threatening the British coastal lines over the past few years, and it reminds us that Mother Nature can have a powerful hold over us.

David Fitzjohn’s new exhibition Fimbulwinter reminds us of this change in climate. Fimbulwinter in Norse Mythology means a period of three successive winters (pretty Game Of Thronesesque, eh?), which preludes the environmental disaster and the end of the world as we know it.

David Fitzjohn is a lecturer at Cardiff School Of Art And Design and his work has been described as abstract. Using figurative imagery and the overlaying of images, it represents an idea of the end of the world and the hope embedded into the future by how nature can adapt itself.

The exhibition uses a series of suspended paper cuts that evoke the sense of a woodland location, which is simultaneously familiar and peculiar. It creates an eerie backdrop of the unknown but in one of the most natural settings possible.

Admission: free. Info: 01239 621200 / www.mwldan.co.uk (CC)

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ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen, Wed 1 Oct / Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, Thurs 2 Oct / Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, Fri 3 Oct / Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, Tue 7 Oct / Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wed 8-Tue 14 Oct / Park & Dare, Treorchy, Wed 15 Oct / Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Fri 17 Oct / Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli, Tues 21 Oct / The Welfare, Ystradgynlais, Wed 22 Oct / Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, Wed 29 Oct / Miners’ Institute, Blackwood, Thurs 30 Oct We can only imagine what masterpiece the infamous Dylan Thomas could have conjured if he had not met an untimely death. Here, however, is a theatre production which has done just that.

Taking on the great challenge are Theatr Iolo who are unveiling a new stage adaptation of Adventures In The Skin Trade – Dylan Thomas’ notoriously unfinished novel. Widely regarded as being semi-autobiographical, with elements of the tale mirroring Thomas’ experiences, the story follows the character of Samuel Bennett as he embarks on a move to London from south Wales to pursue his career.

Staged by the award-winning Cardiff-based theatre company, Theatr Iolo, as part of the Dylan Thomas 100 Festival, the production will be gracing the stage of various venues across Wales during October. Born from writer Lucy Gough (whose previous credits include Hollyoaks, amongst many more in TV, radio and stage) she describes the play as “fiercely crazy and yet also sensitively observant of a teenage boy’s interior world and rite of passage.”

Director Kevin Lewis says the play has been adapted for modern-day audiences and describes the production as a ‘seedy-slash-glamorous take’ which features actor Oliver Wood as central character Bennett.

Is this the ending to the story that Thomas’ envisaged? We’ll never know, but the best way to honour the writer’s legacy is to keep his works fresh in the memory. RHIANON HOLLEY Tickets: £5-£14. Info: 029 2061 3782 / www.theatriolo.com

pic: NIGEL HILLIER

HIRAETH

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sun 26 + Mon 27 Oct; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Thurs 30 Oct; The Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, Fri 31 Oct Hiraeth is a Welsh word without a direct translation but described as longing, nostalgia and homesickness. These are feelings that many of us would have felt at one time or another for home, whether it’s for a favourite meal, a familiar scent or simply to be back on the green, green grass of home – but are these feelings always geared towards the place we originate from?

Having been born into the family farm going back generations, it’s a difficult choice to leave the familiar comforts of home and move to the big smoke without feeling guilty for not continuing the farming dynasty, but that is exactly what Buddug James Jones did.

The themes of tradition and identity are examined in depth in the upcoming performance of Hiraeth, from main protagonist Jones in collaboration with Bear Trap Theatre Company. The cast includes only two members: Buddug herself (who is not a trained actor) and Max Mackintosh (who is) who alternates to portray various characters on stage.

Following a stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the production will be touring various Welsh venues, with even a good old fashioned twmpath thrown in for good measure in Aberystwyth – iechyd da!

Tickets: £8-£12. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk (RH) BUZZ 38

A NOVEMBER DAY

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon Wed 15 Oct War, woe and wonder. In forgotten boxes in an attic a woman discovers the story of her grandfather, a survivor of the First World War, and his unexpected encounter with a stray dog who knew no boundaries. With evocative puppet characters, live music and an ever-changing set, Thingumajig theatre presents a timeless fable on war and the necessity of companionship.

A November Day marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. Created in 2008, in association with the Imperial War Museum North, the play offers a gentle and personal voice in the commemoration.

Based in West Yorkshire, the Thingumajig Theatre specialises in creating and performing innovative puppet plays and interactive giant puppets. The company weaves magical narrative into a distinctive visual style.

Created and performed by Kathy and Andrew Kim, the play exhibits a personal feel, being both evocative and empathetic allowing the audience to appreciate the miracle of friendship when all seems lost. A soft story which colours a canvas that illustrates the legacy of a generation dragged into turmoil.

The acclaimed Theatr Brycheiniog is the only Welsh destination of the tour and it is picturesquely positioned to transform as Monmouthshire mixes with mortar.

Tickets £10. Info: 01874 611622 (GP)

pic: ANDY ROSS

IN TIME O’ STRIFE

Sherman Cymru, Cardiff Thurs 23-Sat 25 Oct Suddenly the dubious pleasures of social conflict and 80s fashion have become acceptable again and, with the 30th anniversary of the era-defining miners strike, we’re also treated to a dose of hindsight and the frisson of radicalism at a safe distance.

The miners’ strike has been a point of history that’s had the big screen treatment more than once: from the ballet of Billy Elliot and the ‘bloody euphoniums’ of Brassed Off, to the bare-knuckle boxing of The Big Man and LGBT angle of new Welsh film Pride.

Now, though, we have a Scottish angle on the rich seam of heartwarming community films and plays about the strikes. In Time O’ Strife, however, promises to be a more direct, less fuzzy miners tale.

Based on a play written in 1926 by Joe Corrie (who was described by TS Eliot as the ‘greatest Scottish poet since Burns’), In Time O’Strife is about the General Strike and its effect on the miners of Fife – but director Graham McLaren claims it's as much about 1984 as 1926.

Less a comfortable reminiscing of tough times than an angry denunciation of indifference and forgetfulness, the play promises to weave in dance and live music to evoke the human spirit rather than a dry historical lecture.

Tickets: £6-£25. Info: 029 2064 6900 / www.shermancymru.co.uk (JB)

DRACULA

Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli Sat 26 Oct Have you ever been brought to the edge of your seat, drawn in by dark hallways, piercing eyes, deep red blood and unearthly allure? Mark Company traps you inside Dracula’s world and leaving you immersed in a chilling dance rendition of Bram Stoker’s novel.

Elevated by the success of its sell-out performances in 2013, Bruce’s Dracula returns but the ultimate vampiric icon won’t be around for long as Y Ffwrnes in Llanelli is the only south Wales date on this tour.

After winning the prestigious South Bank Sky Arts Award, dancer Jonathan Goddard returns to play the infamous vampire Count, whose sinister and ruthless ambitions challenge the fabric of Victorian society.

Both victims and opponents rally against him and soon they are forced to face the darkness and savagery within themselves.

In preparation, Goddard dug straight into Stoker’s book but decided to stay away from the many film adaptations. He drew inspiration from a variety of sources and confessed he “listened to The Lost Boys soundtrack if that counts!”

Bruce’s company unleashes the erotic tale in this heartwrenching, magical dance theatre production by combining eclectic music and choreographic styles: some classically subtle, some visceral contemporary dance.

Tickets: £16. Info: 0845 2263510 / www. theatrausirgar.co.uk (GP)

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AMIR ALEXANDER Delete @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Fri 31 Oct

pic: MARIE STAGGAT

As a founding member of Vanguard Sound, Amir Alexander has gone from lone ranger to a member of a crew which now also includes Chris Mitchell, Dakini9, DJ. Spider, G. Marcell and Hakim Murphy.

He also has a few personal agendas which give him cause for excitement.

“One new thing will be the birth of my first child,” Amir tells us. “He’s not here yet but should be by the time this is published. Another new thing with me as just a regular guy is that I recently started skateboarding again after taking a few years off to recover from an injury and to break out as a DJ/ producer. I try to skate every day and I often bring my board with me to gigs to fill up the time at the hotel beforehand.”

As well as Vanguard, Amir has formed sister label Annunaki Cartel which hosts output from artists not in the Vanguard Crew, and Aaacid! which is solely dedicated to Smiley Virus’ "deep, tristed, unconventional jak beat made on analogue vintage gear".

“Our latest Vanguard release also just dropped,” says Amir. “Guerrilla Soul is my deep house alias project and it’s making its debut with a self-titled EP. Four tracks: two spoken word, one male vocal and one straight-up jack track, but all just a bit left of centre as opposed to conventional deep house. The next releases on will be EPs by Chris Mitchell, Vanguard Sound!’s co-owner. G. Marcell bringing that South side Chicago flavour, and DJ. Spider after that. Production-wise I’ve got nuff remixes coming out, some more alias material, and I’m working on my debut album.”

He is however reserving some pride in being one of Chicago’s most respected DJs and producers.

“I am thankful to have been chosen as one of the torch bearers/defenders of the faith,” he explains. “I hope to be a direct connection between the origins and the future of our culture. If I pull it off to my personal satisfaction, I will one day be a proud old man. But until then, there’s more work to be done.”

Tickets: £10. Info: 029 2023 2199 RYAN HEEGER

pic: SECESSION

TREATMENT

Solus, Cardiff University Students Union Fri 31 Oct The jostle for drawing the best crowd on Halloween sees the Treatment crew throw their hat into the ring, for what is their second event this month. (Fri 10 Oct sees a line-up including Eats Everything, Jackmaster b2b Jasper James, Paul Woolford and Huxley in the same venue as this one.)

This evening, however, is all about Bondax [pictured], Shadow Child and Kry Wolf.

Bondax consists of George Townsend and Adam Kaye, who emerged when still teenagers from Lancaster. Notorously difficult to pigeonhole, they have done things their way, including launching their own Just Us Recordings imprint in 2012.

A good place to start would be their last two singles, All I See and Fires.

Shadow Child debuted as a producer in 2012 on Claude VonStroke’s Dirtybird label, with his String Thing EP. Not a bad inauguration to the world of house music.

For a taster you can catch his weekly show for Rinse FM on Wednesdays from 9-11pm.

Bill Francis & Lewis Darvill are the duo behind Kry Wolf, who along with Shadow Child are also responsible for Food Music and their own bass music label, SoundsofSumo which has featured Canblaster, Mele, Submerse and more.

Cardiff promoters Purrmotions and duo Eli & Fur will also be on point providing rock-solid support. Tickets: £16-£20. Info: 029 2078 1458 (RH) BUZZ 40

KOVE

Rise @ Sin City, Swansea Sat 18 Oct More nights should be conceived in the way that Rise was. A few students decide to put the local world of drum’n’bass to rights by creating a night that appeals to them and anyone they know, and then the rest will come. As students they also appreciate the fiscal challenges face by their peers, so drink offers and sensible ticket prices abound.

Then there are the names on the flyers, which includes those of the Switch collective who regularly host the second room at the events with their mash of hiphop, house, garage and more. Over in the main room for this evening James Rockhill – also known as Kove – will be leading the way. As a newcomer to the genre, Kove made his mark on labels including Viper Recordings, RAM Records and Chase & Status’ MTA Records. His track Searching mightily impressed Chase & Status so they also used it on their Mixmag cover CD. On the DJ circuit he has seen regular slots at Together at Amnesia in Ibiza, while closer to home he has played the main stage for UKF at SW4 in London, as well as warm-up sets for Sub Focus and Annie Mac. Also on tonight’s line-up are TSB, Grok, Walbeoff, Sker ft. Solis and Format.

Tickets: £5. Info: riseswansea@gmail. com (RH)

DJ SPRINKLES

Teak @ Jacob’s Market, Cardiff Fri 24 Oct To read the average interview with Japanbased American DJ Sprinkles might make the unwitting wonder if this is the stuff of prime dancefloor euphoria. It’s liable to touch on (among other issues) queer theory and transgenderism, likewise their relation to the club culture which in effect gave birth to Sprinkles. Her DJ sets, too, are designed to be provocative and political – but if this resulted in stillfooted pondering rather than unbridled dancing, then she wouldn’t be rated so highly by doyens of forward-thinking house music worldwide. Right?

Formally known as Terre Thaemlitz, before taking on the Sprinkles moniker in the late 90s she soundtracked New York drag balls and the like as a house DJ, then becoming known for a series of ambient electronic releases. While straight-up dancefloor thumpers aren’t unknown in her catalogue, elements of jazz, ambience and general haunted oddness are abundant. Best known Sprinkles release Midtown 120 Blues, a concept album of sorts about NYC house, creates something unique from said elements.

Thaemlitz’s musings on dance culture are frequently fascinating – driven somewhat by a rejection of its hedonistic side – and reflected in the philosophy of a DJ Sprinkles set. Rarely if ever wilfully crowdpleasing, emotional resonance may well result. Teak are rightly thrilled about this booking. Tickets: £tbc. Info: teakcardiff@gmail.com (NG)

HARVEY MCKAY

System 909 4th Birthday @ The Moon Club, Cardiff Fri 17 Oct Not content with just being the hottest new thing to happen to techno in recent years, Glasgow’s Harvey McKay also stamped his authority on the genre with three number ones on the Beatport Techno Charts. Drumcode, Cocoon, Bedrock and Soma are a few of the labels he’s converged with to achieve this success, and he treated the Global Gathering crowd to some of these releases when he debuted there this year.

“Yeah, it was a real fun stage,” says Harvey. “As with a lot of festivals you get a shorter set, usually an hour. Some people don’t like that, but I like giving it full pelt for a solid hour. OK, it goes quickly, but it’s intense and great fun. Global was great.”

A relentless gig schedule goes with the territory, but Harvey has more recently been focusing on new material.

“I have lots of new stuff to play at System 909,” he explains. “I have been getting back in the studio recently as it’s been a real whirlwind of touring really suddenly, but now I’m back in the chair and loving it. This will be a first for me in Cardiff, and the Welsh are all bananas so I’m sure it will be a great laugh with energetic, driving soulful techno and a wee bit of shimmying from me behind the decks. Well okay, a lot of shimmying then!”

Tickets: £12/£10 early bird. Info: 07967 134086 (RH)

DIM SWN

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Various venues, Cardiff Sat 18 Oct

pic: JON POUNTNEY

Since 2007, when Huw Stephens and John Rostron put their heads together to create the Swn festival, it very quickly became something of a musical behemoth. Last year’s event garnered quite a mixed reception: positives about the quality of the bands and the sheer amount of talent on offer but yet quite a few negatives about the organisation and ticketing. The latter caused many people to spend more time waiting (without guarantee of entry) outside of the venues than inside them.

This isn’t going to be a problem for 2014, however, as there have been some big changes. The two most obvious are the name change (the addition of ‘dim’ – ‘no’ in Welsh – seems oddly negative) and the fact that it is now being held over a single day compared to last year’s three.

The announcement for this year’s event trickled through much later than usual, prompting fears that it wouldn’t be happening at all, but thankfully on Wed 3 Sept, the south Wales music scene was allowed to breathe a collective sigh of relief. The number of bands and venues have obviously had to be slimmed down considerably, with most of the action now taking place in the bars and clubs lining Womanby Street; Gwdihw and Buffalo catering for acts in the east end of the town. The lineup is still looking strong and the focus is still very much on Welsh artists.

One of the highlights must be a very rare solo show from Super Furry Animals’ Cian Ciaran, with one of his other projects Baby Queens also making the bill. Other Welsh favourites lined up to play include Kizzy Crawford [pictured], Trwbador and Seazoo, whilst Grumbling Fur, Prides and the conspicuously un-Welsh Blaenavon make up the best of those from outside of the country. At least this way of doing things prevents huge international names (Deerhunter, I’m looking at you) from pulling out. Gig-goers who live life on the edge are no doubt waiting for further line-up additions, but with numbers much more limited this year, you’re advised to get tickets sooner rather than later.

Tickets: £24 (£12 for ages 14-17). Info: www.swnfest.com BEN GALLIVAN

pic: TOM BARNES

NIC JONES

The Garage, Swansea Thurs 9 Oct Nic Jones is a truly remarkable individual.

After gaining legendary status during the British folk revival, particularly with his seminal 1980 recording Penguin Eggs, his burgeoning career was abruptly thrown off course when he suffered a brutal head-on collision while returning home from a gig in 1982. The gruelling recovery process, involving almost the entire reconstruction of the right side of his body, inhibited the continuation of his musical endeavours for nearly 30 years.

Yet despite all of this pain and misfortune, 2010 witnessed his triumphant comeback.

Such is his legacy that he was awarded the Gold Badge of the English Folk Dance & Song Society in 2011 and BBC Folk Singer Of The Year in 2013. Those who remember him from his glory days will recount his superb guitar playing, compelling vocals and sharp humour. Whilst injury may have curbed his playing, he absolutely retains the other two. His son Joe Jones, also a deft guitarist, will be accompanying him with a set of new twists on old favourites and Nic’s new self-penned material.

It should be emphasised that only six dates have been advertised for the UK this year, Swansea being the first. This is a rare chance to engage in the performance of one of folk’s finest raconteurs: an opportunity not to be missed.

Admission: £18/£15 adv. Info: 01792 475147 (CPI)

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NEIL COWLEY TRIO

The Gate, Cardiff Wed 8 Oct Envisage yourself in a dimly lit, smoky jazz club circa 1940s New York, and now imagine yourself in a contemporary bar circa the present day. The Neil Cowley Trio would fit in perfectly to either scene.

Mixing classic and contemporary jazz into a smooth compilation is Touch And Flee: their latest studio album, released in June this year and which the band calls their “concert hall record”. The music itself is smooth, with surprising elegant piano passages, heavy crescendos and hauntingly beautiful songs that can easily lull you into a state of dreaminess, and then pull you straight back out with dramatic climaxes.

The trio consists of Neil Cowley (pianist), Evan Jenkins (drums) and Rex Horan (bass). Cowley is a contemporary jazz pianist who has recorded with acts including Adele, the Stereophonics and Emeli Sande. Bursting onto the scene in 2006, the group began with repeating riffs and hook-laden tunes, yet with their new album, produced by Grammy-nominated Dom Monks, they have gone back to basics and are showcasing the great composer that Cowley can be. They are bringing their UK tour to Cardiff on Wed 8, in the atmospheric, churchy setting of The Gate Arts Centre. Their 2012 tour comprised a roof-raising 30-piece string ensemble; this year’s tour is looking to be even better.

Tickets: £15. Info: 029 2048 3344 (CC)

pic: STEVE GULLICK

PINK MARTINI

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Tue 28 Oct Drawing on musical inspiration from all over the world, Pink Martini has developed a truly innovative sound. When we think of martinis we are usually tempted to think of the line “shaken not stirred”; after listening to this “little orchestra”’s multilingual repertoire, audiences have been shaken, stirred and blown away.

Founded by Harvard graduate and onetime aspiring mayor Thomas Lauderdale in 1994, the Pink Martini orchestra symbolised an American band with a more inclusive sound. Their first single Sympathique became an overnight sensation in France, and since then they have built an impressive resume, with their first five albums going gold in France, Canada, Greece and Turkey.

With an internationally renowned status and band members from around the world, this global group could function as the house band of the United Nations.

The band’s crescendo of fame does not seem to be slowing down, and in October they stop off at Wales for the first time.

They’re supported by impressive acts in their own right: the Novello Orchestra, handpicked by Only Men Aloud’s David Mahoney, and The Von Trapps – greatgrandchildren of Maria and Georg von Trapp – opening proceedings after collaborating with Pink Martini on their Dream A Little Dream album.

Tickets: £27. Info: 029 2063 6464 (GP)

HOOKWORMS

Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Wed 29 Oct “You have to see them play live” is one of those sentiments that tends to feel like a back-handed compliment. It carries with it the suspicion that someone is trying to puff up something perfunctory by placing it in a context of lager and high volume.

Sometimes, though, there are bands whose music truly thrives in front of an audience, and Hookworms are one of them.

A quintet from Leeds who emerged circa 2011, their background is largely in punk and hardcore, and their ethos remains true to DIY punk culture. Hookworms’ music, however – as demonstrated on scattered singles and short-run EPs, plus a more readily available debut album, 2013’s Pearl Mystic – leans more towards psychedelia and spacerock. Banks of keyboards vie for attention with thickly fuzzed guitar, and it retains a distinctly British flavour, recalling late 80s/early 90s favourites Spacemen 3 and Loop. If some of the reviews Pearl Mystic garnered were OTT in their foaming praise, it comes into focus when you – yep – see them live.

The last 18 months have seen Hookworms become more popular than they surely expected, and their second album – The Hum, out in early November – will be released on Weird World, a Domino Records sublabel. They’re still doing right by their peers, though, and on this tour will gift audiences an excellent support band, Nottingham's Kogumaza.

Tickets: £8. Info: 029 2023 2199 (NG)

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...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD *** IX (Richter Scale/Superball Music) Fifteen years on from their breakthrough album Madonna, AYWKUBTTOD have been steadily releasing records and this – their ninth, unsurprisingly – is fairly tasty. Their sound is still very bass and drum-heavy for the most part and the ever-present Conrad Keely and Jason Reece take supreme joy in spitting out the kind of dark indie rock that has kept them going for 20 years. The mid-section has a few howlers but there’s always the skip button. BG

CHRIS JONES **** Dacw’r Tannau (Sain) Contemporary folk singer Chris Jones offers us strong and pure interpretations of songs from Welsh, English, Irish and Scottish folklore.

Conveyed in a true and honest manner, utilising minimal instrumentation, we are firmly alone with his voice. Its rich, rugged quality evokes the strong sentiment of these traditional tales; the kind that permanently imprint themselves to memory. Standout tracks include Sam Hall and Ffarwel I Blwy Llangywer, poignant and bitter ballads that resonate for hours thereafter. CPI

ERASURE *** The Violet Flame (Mute) They’ve had their peaks and troughs, but fair play to Vince Clarke and Andy Bell – they have never stopped recording and touring. This, their 16th studio album, showcases their classic, uniquely British brand of synth-pop. As lead single Elevation showcases, it’s mostly high energy, uplifting and instantly recognisable, although there are calmer moments (Smoke And Mirrors). You can catch them touring this album in St. David’s Hall on Mon 24 Nov. RH

INSPIRAL CARPETS **** Inspiral Carpets (Cherry Red) The band that brought us Revenge Of The Goldfish have released their first studio album in 20 years. A mixture of garage and indie with echoes of the 80s – and the 70s and 60s – A To Z Of My Heart and Hey Now have arm-swaying riffs, while Human Shield errs on the darker side. Let You Down offers a neat surprise for fans of punk poetry, too. There is a familiarity about this album but, as A To Z… says, “as long as there’s a song, I’ll be standing here.” LN

JOHNNY MARR **** Playland (Warner Bros)

GAMES REVIEWS

While Johnny Marr’s second solo album draws

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on his post-punk roots – nothing here would have sounded out of place in 1983 – the songs seem closer to early REM or New Order than his former band. Marr’s voice is not especially distinctive, but that’s hardly the main draw here.

Easy Money displays the funk-inflected guitar playing which Marr has flirted with throughout his career, while The Trap wouldn’t sound out of place on a Rain Parade record. DG

KERBDOG *** Congregation (self-released) The intentions behind this release are entirely sound, heralding – as it does – the return of Irish post-grungers Kerbdog, 17 years after apathy inexplicably felled them in their prime.

Like most live albums though, the sound quality on Congregation is less than remarkable, and including only one new studio track means it will just about provide the requisite nostalgia boost to old fans awaiting the comeback album proper.

Newcomers would be better off discovering the real gold on 1997’s On The Turn. GP

KEYS *** Ring The Changes (See Monkey Do Monkey) Keys, when not upsetting put-upon writers’ sentence construction by removing the ‘The’ from their name, have toiled hard to nail down a fixed musical identity.

It’s taken them over a decade, in fact, but with fourth album Ring The Changes, they might have done it. These 10 songs were recorded with a gleeful garage clatter, allowing a cursory ballad of sorts (The Beautiful Sound Of A Heartbreak) and a mild epic (Machine Elves) among meadows of effervescent, authentically late-60s sounding psych-rock. NG

LITTLE ARROW *** Furious Finite (Bubblewrap)

MARMOZETS ** The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets (Roadrunner) There is no denying that lead singer Becca has, as they would say, ‘a set of lungs on her’. This, backed by Marmozets’ arsenal of chugging guitar riffs makes for a brutal debut by the five youngsters. However, delve a little further and listen a little harder and the lyrics lack the

Frozen Gun Games If you like puzzles and Tim Burton-esque graphics then you need look no further for a game.

In a world of various shades of grey you must help your character friend, who is pretty much all eyeball, escape the prisons he’s been forced into. You do this by rotating the world around him and freezing time to get him to the swirly ball of light.

Pretty fun and visually pleasing. free, iOS + Android

MINERAL **** 1994-1998 – The Complete Collection (Xtra Mile) Mineral, a Texan band whose two albums and scant extra material are collated here, may once have been thought of as terminally, well, 19941998. Chiefly inspired by robust indie-rock like Buffalo Tom and Dinosaur Jr, they added extra helpings of uneasy, intimate drama, bolstered by Chris Simpson’s wailing vocals, and became a flagship band of the emo scene’s more tuneful faction. Their sound having come back into fashion somewhat of late, Mineral have reformed, and this music – 1995 debut The Power Of Failing and ‘98’s more polished, almost slowcore End Serenading – still sounds stirring and sincere. NG

the breakthrough hit Crash. Their second album since reuniting five years ago faithfully adheres to the shimmering scope of the band’s back catalogue with short, sharp three-minute songs dominating and proving markedly slick. Recalling the fuzzy afterglow of 60s psychedelic pop, this stands as a consummate offering, excelling beyond 2012’s Echoes And Rhymes. CP

PROFESSOR GREEN ** Growing Up In Public (Virgin/EMI) Pro Green is a very talented MC. What lets him down is his insistence on a big chorus, whether it works or not. This record is no different. Take Not Your Man for example; Green’s scattershot delivery is at odds with the slow, soulful chorus. He sounds much more comfortable just spitting whatever comes to mind, revelling in his wordplay, and the results are fun. If he could get the balance right between pop and hip-hop then he could yet release an album to be excited about. IR

PEAKING LIGHTS ***

SHE KEEPS BEES **

Cosmic Logic (Weird World)

Eight Houses (BB*ISLAND)

This LA duo’s Lucifer LP was a dubby synth pop humdinger, but Cosmic Logic shows their interplanetary pop is in retrograde motion, prompting my eavesdropping lady to speculate whether I was reviewing Bananarama. In fairness, this is less early-SAW and more weirdy rappinghood, but the unschooled vocals and 80s stylings have overcooked the perm a little.

Flying Lizards homage Infinite Trips shows an enthralling future and Bad With The Good bops along like a catwalk supermodel, so Peaking Lights remain (just) undimmed. CS

Jessica Larrabee and Andy LaPlant make up She Keeps Bees, a bluesy pairing from Brooklyn who bring you this, their fourth album. Sadly, unlike their previous efforts Eight Houses is not very exciting, failing to deliver the “controlled chaos” that the PR would have you believe lies within.

It’s pleasant enough and Larrabee’s vocals are stunning at times but not quite enough to warrant repeated listening. Unless you really like the sound of White Stripes-lite as a possible genre. BG

Hailing from late-70s Bristol – not a punk epicentre but a haven for open-eared types, thanks to a strong dub scene and multicultural community – The Pop Group made exploratory, jagged noise which paralleled New York no wave of the same era. They only lasted two years, but left an indelible legacy and some extraordinary music, which these two compilations sometimes reflect. We Are Time, released shortly before their initial breakup, comprises demos and live numbers, Beefheart-surreal as often as they’re raised-fist angry. Cabinet... is also old stuff, albeit some of it unreleased until now, and if this is the easiest way for you to own their indie hit She Is Beyond Good And Evil, grab it. NG

THE PRIMITIVES **** Spin-O-Rama (Elefant) Picking up where they left off following a near 20-year hiatus, this late 80s/early 90s outfit have continued to champion the alternative bubblegum/college rock aesthetic that defined

THE TOWER *** Ketchapp In this colourful and entertaining game, you harp back to your days of playing with building blocks but building actual buildings. This isn’t the stuff that engineers and architects train years for, however: instead, floors of the building come flying by and you must time your taps to get them stacked. A good play if you like ‘personal best’ games, and a little monotonous if not. free, iOS + Android

SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA **** In The Orbit Of Ra (Strut)

THE POP GROUP **** We Are Time / Cabinet Of Curiosities (Freaks R Us)

Boldly anthemic and quietly off the wall: two effective ingredients that these leftfield indie-folksters have again used to cook up their third album release. This record is more heavily seasoned with strange flavours than previous offerings, but is equally palatable and interesting, if at times a little perplexing.

Frontman William Hughes’ haunting, sobbing tenor is not always to my taste though it notably shines on compositions such as Holding And Knowing. A great listen but perhaps not their finest work. CPI

FREEZE! ****

depth that only experience will bring. Also, for a British band a singer with such an American twang is offputting and invites comparisons to Paramore’s Hayley Williams. LEJ

Surprising to learn that the 100-album strong discography of Sun Ra isn’t summarised in an easily available best of – until this doubledisc effort, released to celebrate what would have been the late jazz icon and Saturnian passport holder’s 100th birthday (which was actually in May). Selected

by Marshall Allen of the Arkestra, there’s three unreleased tracks for collectors, who can nerd it out over whether these choices are prime. The rest of us just need to know that Rocket Number Nine Take Off For Planet Venus is included. NG

VASHTI BUNYAN **** Heartleap (FatCat) This is Vashti Bunyan’s third album in just under 45 years, but there’s something to be said for this sort of anti-Stakhanovite work-rate.

Although this doesn’t deviate far from the template she set in 1970 with Diamond Day, with music like this, why would you want to? The music seems to come from a place outside of everyday time – melodies of childlike simplicity,

RED BULL AIR RACE THE GAME *** Red Bull Who doesn’t love the Red Bull Air Race? Ever dream of flying in it yourself? Well, this is probably nothing like it but it’s a fun little game nonetheless. Tilt and swipe your plane through an asualt course.

The speed keeps things interesting and the game stays clear of the flying game cliché of throwing too much in your way. free, iOS + Android

sung in her beautifully pure voice, hover over an undulating instrumental backdrop that sounds like a starlit night. DG

A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN **** Atomos (Erased Tapes) AWVFTS’s second album fits neatly into the ‘washy ambient neo-classical gorgeousness’ genre. You know the format: strings smothered in reverb, quietly epic piano... it screams ‘soundtrack’, and indeed was written to accompany a contemporary dance piece. I can personally attest that it lends an air of profound, wistful melancholy to unsuccessfully attempting to repair a child’s tricycle. Not a particular standout of the ‘washy ambient’ canon, but if you crave another disc of such stuff on your shelf you won’t be disappointed. APR

ZOLA JESUS ****

GLASS ANIMALS **** Hazey (Wolf Tone) The fourth single from Glass Animals’ fantastic ZABA LP is a slow burner that builds from a simple beat. After layer upon layer of hypnotic vocals and fuzzy synths have been thrown in the mix, you end up in a whirlpool of aural awesomeness. It’s a head spinner, in the best possible way. IR

SAYTEK **** 5 Years On EP (Ubermax) Saytek has produced three cuts of techno groove to keep your head nodding and feet moving. The tracks are well considered, and expertly create layers of deft instrumentation that build and drop exactly as they should. Not succumbing to simplicity, whilst remembering the need to keep people dancing. Good stuff. GM

Taiga (Mute)

VARIOUS ***

The LA-based songstress leans firmly into anthemic territory with a voluble capacity for soaring vocals and euphoric melodies characterising this fifth studio album in as many years. Kinetic lead single Dangerous Days sets the agenda throughout with the orchestral bombast of Lawless reaffirming Nika Danilova’s surging if at times melodramatic vitality. Owing more to Lorde’s brand of dark synth-pop as inspiration, Taiga proves an iridescent and febrile effort, deviating slightly from the ethereal unconventional sound of previous releases. CP

4 Jacks Part 1 (Poker Flat)

singles

LED BY LIONS

BAIO ****

On&On&On&On/Missive EP (Club Mod) This is an uplifting pair of tracks from Vampire Weekend’s bassist, and a nice respite from the mostly serious techno that finds its way into one’s inbox. On&On&On&On is instrumental Hot Chip territory, with bleeps and tinkling keys, while Missive centres around a quirky vocal loop and soaring arrangement. RH

BEAR’S DEN *** Above The Clouds Of Pompeii (Communion) Just when you think the UK has reached its saturation point of bearded, twee, folky bands, along comes another one with a pretty acoustic number to tug at the heartstrings. Bear’s Den are a three-piece from London, who are treading the well-worn path of Mumford & Sons and Fleet Foxes. A likeable bit of nothingness. HL

BEN WATT ** Nathaniel (Unmade Road) Remember Everything But The Girl? They were a great band weren’t they? Proper 90s Britpop at its best. Anyway, the lead singer from the band has now gone solo, and is releasing this new single from his latest album.

Sadly it really doesn’t match up to anything done before: a real disappointment. HL

GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW **** Ms. One (SomeOthaShip) Georgia Anne Muldrow is the sort of musical talent who makes you wonder why you bother getting out of bed in the morning – multiinstrumentalist, singer, producer, label owner, and now, rapper. Full of earthy, vintage-sounding jazz-funk tracks, this EP shows an artist who aims high and hits the target. DG

Poker Flat celebrate 15 years with this quartet.

Steve Bug’s A Shot In The Dark gets a sleek reworking from Taylor, while The Organ Grinder’s remix of Boris Dlugosch’s Sweet Talk is kickdrum heavy. Quince by youANDme is a highlight as moody tech-house. Finally, She’s Nice by Tom Flynn is straightforward techno. RH

demos www.facebook.com/ledbylionsmusic Almost exactly a year ago as I type, I was in the Netherlands watching crust punk legends Doom thunder through their definitive anthem, Police Bastard. This year, I’m mulling an EP

by Cardiff’s Led By Lions, who profess to play “alternative post-hardcore” and include a heartfelt number, Song For A Hero, about “firemen, paramedics, policemen etc being modern day heroes and keeping the peace.”

Lyrics about writing thank you letters to elderly relatives after Christmas and getting your tax return done in good time may or may not feature elsewhere on the EP. NG

SQUARE PEG

squarepegcardiff.bandcamp.com It is unconfirmed, but eminently possible, that Square Peg take their name from a song by Slowjam, a Big Black-ish Welsh band who broke up some years before either of this duo were born. Singer/guitarist Kieran’s dad fronted Four Letter Word and edits Artcore zine, y’see, making exposure to obscure punk an inevitability. This four-song demo, available on cassette, is scrappily recorded but showcases a potentially very interesting band, with a fair bit of Revolution Summer proto-emo in the mix alongside early 90s US indierock chug. NG

WANDERER

www.facebook.com/wandereruk It’s getting increasingly rare for demo-type bands to bother with CDs, so imagine my surprise when Wanderer, from Tonyrefail, sent FOUR discs to the office – I think with an optimistic view to various other staff members bagseying one and blasting it in the home/ car/gym. Any takers will encounter breezy, rhythmically deft indiepop with elements of Kings Of Convenience and maybe Fleetwood Mac. I totally assumed vocalist Rachel Crabbe was a dude before checking, which could say something about me, her or that singing style in general. NG

THIS MONTH’S

DVD PICK

ILO ILO 12 (Soda Pictures) Set during the Asian financial crisis of the late 90s, this domestic drama from first-time director Anthony Chen centres on a family’s increasing financial hardship, and their decision to hire a live-in maid to try to control their unruly nine-year-old son. Despite being an intelligent piece of filmmaking, the 99-minute running time can drag somewhat as realism is favoured over genuine drama. Interesting it may be, but entertaining it is not. **RHA

AMERICAN INTERIOR 12 (Soda Pictures) Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys embarks on a journey to and across America, retracing steps taken by an ancestor called John Evans, who in 1792 tried to locate a Welsh-speaking tribe. Funny and immensely engaging, this is a journey not just across America, but, into the singer’s own epic imagination, showcasing a wonderful curiosity. This is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in Welsh or indeed American history. ****RHA

JIMMY’S HALL

12A (Entertainment One) Ken Loach directs this political drama about an Irish activist who angers the church by building a hall where people are free to liberate themselves from the depression of everyday life. As one would expect from Loach, this has a strong social message pieced together with some fantastic dialogue and good performances. Thankfully, it also contains some subtle humour to ease the weight of the subject matter. ***RHA

LILTING 15 (Artificial Eye) Following the untimely death of her son, a Chinese-Cambodian mother is sought out by his former partner to reconnect, though they share no common language. Lilting is a film with huge emotional depth, covering not only loss but also misunderstanding and prejudice, beautifully styled and wonderfully performed. ****EJ

DEVIL'S KNOT 15 (Image Entertainment) Based on the infamous West Memphis Three, Devil's Knot dramatises one of the most decisive murder cases of the 90s. Although the concept itself is interesting even Collin Firth and Reese Witherspoon can’t save this mess. The movie simply plays like a bad TV movie. *JM

FADING GIGOLO 15 (Curzon Film World) Strongly reminiscent of an old Woody Allen film, Fading Gigolo is a wonderfully compelling New-York Comedy. Starring and directed by John Turturro, the movie uses the comic genius of Woody Allen and Sofía Vergara brilliantly. There are some tone issues within the plot, but overall the movie is still really enjoyable. ***JM

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST 15 (Universal Pictures UK) Seth MacFarlane – the man behind Ted, Family Guy and that Oscars boob song – puts his face on the big screen in this western spoof. MacFarlane plays Albert, who's a bit of a wuss, so he has to prove his manly worth to a sexy lady when her ex turns up. The parody fails and there are only a few good jokes. **HA

BAD NEIGHBOURS 15 (Universal Pictures UK) Some real comedy chops in this tale of neighbourly disputes, starring Seth Rogan, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron and (surprisingly) Craig Roberts.

Rogan and Byrne are new parents living in suburbia, but their quiet life takes a turn when they anger the fraternity living next door. Pranks escalate into full-scale neighbour-wars and it’s funny to watch it all pan out. ***HA

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MUSIC NEWS EXTRA

Dirty Revolution BBC Wales’ Horizons enterprise scheme, launched by DJ Bethan Elfyn earlier this year with the aim of giving a promotional push to 12 Welsh acts on a monthly basis, is to be supplemented with an extra funding scheme. Titled Launchpad, it will be offering awards of up to £2,000 to bands or artists who apply – that is to say, it’s not intended to bankroll a career, rather be put towards the costs of something like a van (Elfyn’s chosen example). The stipulations for applying: you must be based in Wales, play your own stuff, have been played on Radio Wales or Radio Cymru, and enter by Mon 3 Nov. More at www.bbc.co.uk/horizons

While crowdfunding becomes more widely used at all levels of the music industry, the public disgruntlement with the continuing existence of the loathed ‘booking fee’ remains steady. In Cardiff, meanwhile, a new booking platform is being developed which addresses both these factors, likewise people’s increasing desire to know exactly how their money is being spent. Tocyn (tocyn. launchrock.com) is an online box office which allows consumers to donate their

booking fees to local arts charities and community projects. Birthed with the help of Community Music Wales and free fundraising platform Zequs, it’s not operational yet, but is keen to hear from organisations who might either sell on it, or reap its charitable benefits

Cardiff sextet Dirty Revolution have taken their extremely jaunty, pointedly political ska-punk sound far and wide in the last few years, releasing two albums and becoming much loved among Europe’s skanking community. As of this month, they’ll be breaking up, signing off with a final gig in Cardiff’s Moon Club on Halloween. The split, announced back in June, is amicable and indeed reluctant: DR vocalist Reb is mother to a two-yearold, and – for now at least – has elected to concentrate on this rather than the band’s tireless touring schedule. There’ll also be a four-song EP, Burn After Listening, available to pre-order now

The Coal Exchange, an iconic landmark of Cardiff Bay and fondly recalled in its latter-day capacity as a music venue, has been closed since May last year due

to its innards being structurally unsound.

Developers’ plans to purchase it and turn it into flats suggested its days as a vessel for the arts were irrefutably numbered.

However, in September its owners GYG Exchange Ltd went into liquidation, citing the cost of owning and maintaining the building. Its future thus in limbo, there’s already been talk of returning it to its former status, with Labour MP for Cardiff South Stephen Doughty forming an ‘action group’ dedicated to this

In spite of being a singular and acclaimed Welsh folk talent, both solo and as a member of the band Fernhill, Julie Murphy evidently does not feel pressured to churn out product. A full decade separates her second solo album, Lilac Tree, and its followup, 2012’s A Quiet House. However, Murphy recently announced a new solo full-length, due to be released in 2015.

Interest levels will be done no harm by her presence high in the UK album charts of late, as a guest vocalist on Robert Plant’s new Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar.

Percy enlisted Murphy to interpolate an ancient Welsh ballad on the track Embrace Another Fall

ONE TO WATCH...

HMS MORRIS

HMS Morris, the solo project of Heledd Watkins turned curio-pop threepiece, came into being in 2013 but have only properly hit the ground running this year. This year also marks the centenary of HMS Morris, a WWI British war ship. Beyond their name, and their having titled a (digital-only) single from earlier this year Shipping Forecast, there is little that obviously connects the Cardiff-based trio to nautical matters, let alone ones of devastating conflict. As it turns out, HMS Morris’ agreeably inexact take on synthpop, psychedelia and indiepop probably serves them better than if they were playing sea shanties, or were a military brass band.

Having played in a short-lived Cardiff band called Bare Left circa 2009, Watkins moved to London and scored some acting and session musician gigs, notably becoming bassist in Emmy The Great. Now relocated to Cardiff, she’s joined in HMS Morris by Sam Roberts (bass/synth) and Wil Roberts (drums), both of whom used to play in Mwsog.

This new venture allows them to continue combining electronic and pastoral moods, as showcased on a new two-track single released by north Wales label Blinc. I Grind My Teeth starts off with a deceptively cheap drum machine, quickly swelling into an earworm pop number that recalls Catatonia and The Postal Service in equal measure. I Dream Of The Diner breaks out the creepy garage organ, slyly brooding for most of its 3:44 length but unable to resist a buoyant pop chorus. They often sing in Welsh, too, but – like Candelas, profiled last month – HMS Morris have the potential to find favour far and wide. www.facebook.com/hmsmorrisband

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one louder IN an attempt to claw back some perspective, I tried thinking of all the genuinely horrific things happening on the planet right now: the murderous fanatics steamrollering the Middle East, the social conditions which created them and the likely death toll exacerbated by the West’s imminent meddling. The diseases, the despots and the disasters. It was futile.

Before long, I had to front up and accept that the thing causing me the most vexation today was going to St Fagans’ popular National History Museum and seeing that they were selling bottles of Brains SA for an eyepopping £5.25.

I mean, what the hell? What would possess anyone to think that was a logical price for something which was mass-produced in Wales’ largest brewery, travelled a distance of about four miles from said brewery and costs in the region of two quid in local supermarkets?

The only demographic I can envisage being willing to pony up that much dough are foreign tourists who are being cavalier with their money because they’re on holiday and/or have no idea how much things ought to cost. Pretty sure, though, that the Museum is mainly patronised by people who live round here, so this nonsense won’t fly with them. I can tell they’re sensible folk by their sturdy unisex clothing.

It’s worth noting, if only to stop this reading quite so much like a disgruntled Tripadvisor jeremiad, that ‘beer culture’ (yep) has changed markedly in the last couple of years. People – I refer to myself here, really, but I know there are many others like me – who once would have previously baulked at the idea of paying even £4 for a pint now do just that on the reg. Heck, I might even stretch to £5.25 if it was something really wild and unusual, which is to say not Brains SA. A number of factors come into play here: inflation in general; arsehole pubcos who charge landlords outrageous fees for rent and booze, which has to be passed on to the customer; and the proverbial craft beer revolution, which has led to actual good beer in places that were previously deserts for such stuff. A lot of it comes from overseas and is made in relatively small batches, often with tons of hops, so necessarily costs far more per unit than a bottle of Stella or whatever. There are, of course, undoubtedly chancers who’ve noticed that craft beer is ‘a thing’, taken into account that a fool and his money will be parting, and whacked up the price on some fairly standard ales.

All pretty entry level stuff to experts in the beer field, which I certainly don’t claim to be. To make this more general, though, it’s one of many consumer products which the general public have a fixed idea about how much it should cost. The intermittent need to raise the prices of things is sensitive at the best of times, and especially so in a period of economic hardship.

One area I’m reasonably well versed in is small-scale/ DIY/etc gigs, entry to which has cost about the same price for as long as I’ve been attending them. In many ways, this is plainly an absurdity, as the costs involved with being in a band or running a music venue are most certainly not the same as they were 15 years ago. Yet getting this message to people in general is tricky, and that’s why it still so often costs a fiver to see three or four bands, one or two of whom might be on tour. Try punting it out at £10, to enable everyone to get paid adequately, and watch as no bugger attends. Hard to think of a snappy turn of phrase to make people understand: maybe “we’re in this together”?

STEVE IGNORANT (The Moon Club, Cardiff, Sat 4 Oct), THE STUPIDS (Le Pub, Newport, Sat 4), ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDSLEY SHOVELL (Moon Club, Mon 6), TIR NA NOG (Chapter Arts Centre, Thurs 9), EAGULLS (Clwb Ifor Bach, Sat 11), HAIKU SALUT (Dempseys, Sun 12), THAT FUCKING TANK (Moon Club, Tue 14), PURSON (Static Bar, Swansea, Fri 17), LEFT LANE CRUISER (Le Pub, Sat 18) and THEE FACTION (Le Pub, Fri 31) will be paid adequately for their services in some cases, less so in others. NOEL GARDNER

books BEYOND THE HORIZON: EXTREME ADVENTURES AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

BOOK OF THE MONTH

Richard Parks (Little, Brown)

At the age of 30 Richard Parks' rugby career was cut short following an irreparable injury to the shoulder, leaving him with little more than an uncertain future and a cavalcade of depression to face. His life, dedicated to rugby, was no longer open to him. He was a 30-year-old man, living at home with his parents. This is where Beyond The Horizon, Parks' extraordinary autobiography opens. Wrestling with the diagnosis of never playing professional rugby again, he finds solace in adventurer Ranulph Fiennes’ book Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know. The book gave Parks inspiration to follow in the adventurers footsteps – despite having only read a third of the book, it was all he needed.

So begins a whirlwind trip that takes Parks on death-defying trips around the world in the name of charity and personal development. He establishes the 737 Challenge, a journey that takes him to the seven summits, as well as the three poles, in the space of only seven months, something never accomplished before. As if that weren't enough, he conquers the world’s highest mountain bike race and a marathon through the Peruvian jungle.

Beyond The Horizon is more than just a memoir: it allows the reader the rare insight in witnessing the rebirth of an already inspirational sporting figure. Parks writes with refreshing frankness and humanity, so at times it seems you could be having a conversation with him over a pint. He is humble, relatable, charming and often funny. Beyond The Horizon is not only a testament to the strength of the human spirit but an adventure story the reader shares with its loveable author. MATHEW ROBSON Price: £18.99 H/B. Info: www.littlebrown.co.uk

CRIME CORNER

Welcome to L.A. 1967, the first summer of love. With the Beatles and the Stones, Aretha and Otis on the radios and jukeboxes, and the smell of marijuana and revolution in the air – but there's little love for Easy Rawlins, Walter Mosley's laconic black private detective as he returns for his 13th outing in Rose Gold (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, H/B £18.99).

When the daughter of a rich arms merchant goes missing with a radicalised black ex-boxer, on a suspected robbery and murder spree, the local cops call in Easy to find her at any cost for more cash than he's seen in a month of Sundays. It all seems too good to be true, but when something seems to be too good to be true, it usually isn't. Straight away he's shot at by local bad guys and threatened both by the FBI and the State Department. But Easy doesn't give up easily.

This is a superior crime novel, interlocking two or three other stories. It perfectly catches a sense of time and place, with echoes of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, and even hints of the Charles Manson murders to come. MARK TIMLIN

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BY THE NIGHT THE MOUNTAIN BURNS Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (& Other Stories)

By The Night The Mountain Burns is a fascinating tale, told by a nameless narrator in the oral tradition. Set during our narrator’s childhood, growing up on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean and living with his strange grandfather and many mothers, through him we learn about a dark time in his life on the island, dominated by tragedy and hardship.

Semi-autobiographical, the book is rich in tradition and customs of the island, and I particularly enjoyed the narrator’s telling of how the inhabitants would pull their canoes to the shore to finish carving. I did find, however, the way the narrator tells the tale becoming a little tiresome after a time. Worth picking up for those interested in an unusual read. EJ Price: £10/£5 eBook. Info: www.andotherstories.org

SONG FROM THE HALFWAY HOUSE Paul Chambers (self-published) What can you do with / A book of haiku, add some / Photographs to it It took me a while to come up with that haiku – I’m not sure if it even qualifies as a haiku, but I’m pretty certain it’s crap.

So I now have a huge amount of respect for Paul Chambers, who has created a whole book of ‘photo-haikus’.

Traditionally the Japanese poems of 17 syllables were designed to evoke images of the natural world, so pairing these haikus with photographs of the natural and not-sonatural world we live in is the perfect partnership.

The subject itself is great hands with Chambers, who was in the European Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors Of 2013 list, and has written several beautiful and thought provoking poems. The haikus are paired nicely with the grainy images, which give them a dream-like feel. HA Price: free (from The Riverfront, Newport, or online).

Info: www.paulchambershaiku.wix.com

@mabjones With an autumnal chill in the air, it’s time once again for regular readings to begin again, as well as special events such as National Poetry Day which this year falls on Thurs 2 Oct. As well as various events at the Dylan Thomas Boathouse and a special Poems And Pints at Brown’s Hotel in Laugharne, you can also enjoy the new Rhydyfelin Library Literature And Laughs Festival (Thurs 2-Sat 4. Info: www.saverhydyfelinlibrary.wordpress. com), which offers a lively mix of poetry and music in celebration of its continues existence.

Another festival with a strong literary element is the annual Made In Roath (Roath, Cardiff, Wed 15-Mon 20. Info: www.madeinroath.com) which features open mics, readings, and book launches as part of its very packed programme.

Roath is also host to a regular storytelling night in Milgi, this time on Tue 21 and featuring Cath Little and Francis Maxey.

Penarth Book Festival (Mon 13-Sun19.

Info: www.penarthbookfestival.org. uk) will host quizzes, forums, screenings and has several speakers including the explorer Richard Parks – whose book we’ve reviewed on this very page! The Mission Gallery in Swansea bring us Lyrical One (Sat 4 Oct-Tues 4 Nov. Info: www.missiongallery.co.uk) which features work by artists who write, use texts, or whose inspiration comes from the literary world. Aberystwyth Arts Centre, too, will host some spoken word nights, including No Yawning Stares (Wed 22.

Info: www.aberystwythartscentre. co.uk) which includes verse from Dylan Jones and Nigel Humphries.

And finally! Our guest poet for this issue is the marvellous comedian Tim Key, whose show Single White Slut (Fri 10 Oct. Info: page 16) is at Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre. Enjoy!

FRANZ KAFKA BOUGHT AN ORANGE. Franz Kafka Bought an orange.

But it tasted exactly like a banana.

In addition it was shaped like a banana and was yellow like the other bananas.

He stared gloomily down at his orange.

Appalled that it was behaving like this.

Info: www.chapter.org/timkey

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FIVE MUST-SEE MATCHES Bored of watching big-name rugby and football matches, where the ticket prices are higher than your pockets are deep and the crowds are relentless? We look at the top local matches that you should see instead.

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THE RUDE’EM OUTS For the second of our Buzz Presents... at Kuku live music and entertainment night we’ve booked in funky Welsh ska band The Rude’Em Outs. We talk to members Scott Reeve and Sam Evans.

How would you describe your music to those who haven’t heard it?

Crikey! An all-singing and dancing Latin-ska-punk band with a few surprises, singalong choruses but a slight darker edge.

Where do you think your passion for music comes from?

Good times! Nah, I can’t' imagine us doing much else to be honest, we'd get bored.

Can you recall your first ever performance? What was it like?

I remember they called us Band 8:30pm. It was supporting Tootin Ska Moon in Cardigan, before we were called The Rude’Em Outs, and they wrote that on posters around the place. It helped take the pressure off and thankfully didn't stick. I think we played OK, although Scott is convinced we were shambolic.

Do you have a favourite Rude’Em Outs story you like to tell?

Well we smashed up to Derby to play the Y Not festival through these guys we met at this insane festival in Oxford. Oxford really loves gabba techno. Anyway, we took a tour manager because we had to go to Somerset the next day.

We get there about two hours before playing and it's dark and chucking it down.

Having tried to check in, they hadn't heard of the stage we were playing let alone where it was, but still gave us all the passes. We walked round and round this festival for an hour before realising we were on the hidden stage: you had to walk through this cupboard in one of the bars, down this fenced-off corridor and there it was. The exit even brought you out through a porta-loo, it was that hidden! Mystery solved.

Rain turned to lightning and they had to cut all power to the stages, except ours.

It brought in a huge crowd for us and the slight niggling fear of electrocution helped. Then we went dancing! The ragga jungle tent was ridiculously packed so we got spat out into this kinda soul, funk and disco tent. There was hay everywhere to give people a dry stomp and people were climbing the bales and showing off like it was a wedding.

This sixtysomething guy gets up there in short shorts and really gives it some, The bales fall and he's lying in a bundle of hay but with it all hanging out of his shorts. You can see everyone go from pissing themselves laughing to shock and back to pissing themselves, but the guy got up, tucked in and carried on. A real role model. And after all that we had to pitch our tents inside the tent we played in, as it was the only spot not in three feet of mud.

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Buzz Presents... at Kuku

THE RUDE’EM OUTS Thurs 30 October

Kuku Club, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

Doors Open 7.30pm / Live Music from 8.30pm DJ from 10pm til late Entry £3 for Kuku Club Members £4 Non-Members & Guests Pay on the door / Guest List advisable: www.facebook.com/buzzsouthwales

The Kuku Club is located within the Park Plaza Hotel / Members & Guests Welcome with Complimentary Membership available by applying online at www.kukuclub.co.uk Entrance off Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AL

Info: 029 2011 1177 / 07920 742520 info@kukuclub.co.uk www.kukuclub.co.uk

sport GET WALKING Alistair Corless finds out that walking festivals are going the extra mile this month.

If the Proclaimers were true to their word then they would be in South Wales this month, marching their way through the Monmouth and Hay Walking Festivals.

Entering its fourth year, the Hay Festival (no relation) comprises of five jampacked days where the rambling needs of all age groups and abilities are catered for – there are a whopping 45 different routes in total.

Whilst stronger walkers can traverse a strenuous 12 miles along the ‘Dragon’s Back’, for those there to wallow in the tranquillity of the Welsh hills there is the ‘Hill Chill Pill’; a cathartic journey through monasteries, wildlife and babbling streams.

Also heading into its fourth year is the Monmouth Walking Festival: a week-long event spread out over the county’s three ‘Walkers Are Welcome’-accredited towns, Abergavenny, Chepstow and Monmouth. After beginning the week with a gargantuan 18-mile trek through Symonds Yat, for the weary walkers there is then a programme commemorating the centenary of World War One. In addition to visiting Commonwealth War graves in Abergavenny, there will be routes passing the sites of World War Auxiliary unit shelters near Usk Castle and St Thomas' Church – one of the few churches to suffer bomb damage during World War I. The general manager of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association, Stewart Wardrop, will also be giving a talk regarding the use of pigeons in the war.

Whilst the Hay Festival will also explore points of historical interest – a local specialist will be taking a group around the site of the Norman castle which hosted the 1198 Battle of Painscastle – it will also feature outdoor experts sharing their expertise in a series of classes: an introduction in the Alexander Technique, The Walker’s Guide To Outdoor Clues and a guide to foraging.

Festival goers’ mental ability will then be tested during a pub quiz at the Blue

Boar pub, in the closing event of the Hay Festival. As Robert Frost once put it: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” Words to ponder as you saunter through the Monmouthshire countryside, perhaps?

Hay Walking Festival, Wed 8-Sun 12 Oct. Tickets: £5-£14.

Info: 01497 822423 / www.haywalking.org; Monmouth Walking Festival, Sat 25 Oct-Sun 2 Nov. Tickets: individual events £5-£10/some events free. Info: 01291 641856 / www. walkinginmonmouthshire.org

CARDIFF DRAGONS DODGEBALL Alistair Corless takes a look at the latest edition to Wales’ Dodgeball scene.

‘DODGE, Duck, Dip, Dive and... Dodge.’ Yes these are the words of wrench-hurling master coach Patches O’Houlihan, but they also form the tongue-in-cheek mantra of the Cardiff Dragons – South Wales’ newest dodgeball side.

The Dragons, who first came together in April this year, can be further paralleled with the cult classic as their player-coach, Andrew Blower, is a modernday Peter La Fleur (you know, the character Vince Vaughn plays in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story).

Formerly of the Coventry Cobras, Blower, like La Fleur, has galvanised a community and reestablishing dodgeball in the Welsh capital – all previous Cardiff clubs folded in 2010.

Moreover, like La Fleur and his Average Joes, Blower places a high emphasis on inclusion and mass-participation. “The great thing about

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dodgeball is that truly anyone can play! It’s so easy to pick up and there’s always an experienced hand to guide you through the finer details of the game as you play.”

The Dragons are, however, no Average Joes. Although only forming five months ago, they have qualified for next year’s UK Dodgeball League. They will compete in Division Two South, where they will ply their trade against teams from Oxford, Portsmouth, Southampton, London, Winchester and Leighton Buzzard.

They have also secured funding from Sport Wales.

Regarding the current standing of the Dragons, Blower said: “We are going from strength to strength with new members joining every week. We’ve got such a great group of players, some of who have represented Wales internationally, helping out our newer members who are fresh to the sport.

“We are currently in pre-season training for our first competitive season which starts in September.

Last season we also represented Wales at the UK Championships, finishing 15th overall and putting in the best performance by a Welsh team in history.”

In addition to preparing for the beginning of their

league campaign, the Dragons will also be hosting a friendly against Abergavenny on Sat 25 Oct. The Cardiff side are based at Cantonian High School and train every Wednesday from 6.30-8.30pm.

All over the age of 16 are welcome – even pirates called Steve!

Info: www.cardiffdodgeball. co.uk / www.facebook.com/ cardiffdragonsdodgeballclub

Buzz is the leading free monthly entertainment and culture guide for Wales for the last 23 years. Now we’re moving online with the brand new Buzz TV. Our online videos include brand new features, interviews and previews.

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Go to www.youtube.com/buzzmagtv to see Keiron Self talk about sex tapes, snag acoustic sets with performers at Green Man, get a sneak preview of the new Craig Roberts film Just Jim, hear Kate Humble reminiscing about pointing spotlights at lions and hear all about Black Rat Productions’ new Bedroom Farce. We also have a new set of shows coming soon – including The Real Naked Chef, Bum Bag Beats and Zombie Make-up Tutorials.

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sport 5 LOCAL MATCHES YOU MUST SEE Forget about George North and the Cardiff City board, this month it’s all about regional sport. From rowing to roller derby, Alistair Corless round-up five must-see matches taking place in South Wales this month.

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Wales Roller Derby is going to Dallas. Prior to heading off for the Blood And Thunder World Cup in December, the female flat-track fliers will be hosting an ‘international battle’ at the Newport Centre, taking on Ireland, Scotland and The West Indies.

With world-renowned teams such as the Tiger Bay Brawlers, Team Wales look set for a bright future.

Curious about Korfball? The Netball-Basketball hybrid, which consists of four men and four women in a team, is an up and coming sport in Wales. After finishing fourth in the Welsh Regional League last year, Cardiff University are out for revenge against the side who pipped them to second place last season.

Newport Centre, Sat 18 + Sun 19 Oct. Tickets: £15-£22 (kids £5-£10). Info: www. facebook.com/teamwalesrollerderby

Talybont Sports Centre, Cardiff, Sun 19 Oct. Admission: free. Info: www. welshkorfball.org

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ROWING: CARDIFF AUTUMN HEAD

First off we have the Cardiff Autumn Head, an annual rowing race which takes place between the Millennium Bridge and Cardiff Bay. Over 200 competitors will compete in the two races – at 11am and 2.30pm – and rowers from clubs in Wales, the west of England and the West Midlands will fight it out over the 3.5km course – the junior race is 2.5km.

Channel View Centre, Cardiff, Sun 12 Oct. Admission: free to spectators. Info: www. cardiffcityrc.com

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ROLLER DERBY: TEAM WALES ROAD TO DALLAS

WRESTLING: LIVE SUPERSTARS OF WRESTLING

Ever wished that one of the Ws in WWE could stand for Wales? If so then you’re in luck as the Superstars Of Wrestling will be gracing the stage in Blackwood. In this match, Swansea’s Stevie Starr will be attempting to defend the Welsh Heavyweight Championship.

Blackwood Miners Institute, Sat 25 Oct. Tickets: £10/£8. Info: 01495 227206 / www.welshwrestling.com

KORFBALL: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY VS SOUTHAMPTON SPARTANS

VOLLEYBALL: CARDIFF FALCONS VS PMVC LADIES VS YEOVIL LADIES From Korfball to Volleyball, where another promising Cardiff side are taking on English opposition. With a team of amalgamated nationalities (Slovakian, Spanish and Papa New Guinean, to name just a few), the Falcons are bringing an international flamboyance to the South West League where they’re up against last year’s champions, PMVC. Cathedral School, Llandaff, Cardiff, Sat 2 Nov. Admission: free. Info: www. cardiffvolleyballclub.com

listings Inclusion in Buzz’s listings is free. Send to Listings Editor Noel Gardner via email (listings@buzzmag.co.uk) or post (220c Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1GY). Deadline is the 17th of the previous month. Buzz takes no responsibility for material sent or any errors made after the deadline time.

NIGHT AT THE CASABLANCA Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sat 1 Nov Admission: £17.50/£15 adv.

Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk As we are rapidly reaching the 10th anniversary of the Wales Millennium Centre’s opening, it begs the question: how should an achievement like this be celebrated appropriately? Well, they’ve managed to pull it off...

You could argue culture and music are the heart and soul of Cardiff: a vessel upon which people were brought together, a collective cluster of people from different communities drawn together by the essence of their city. For the Tiger Bay residents who frequented the Casablanca nightclub from the 1960s until the 80s, that essence was to be found right there. So now the stage of the Donald Gordon Theatre will transform into the famous Butetown ballroom in tribute to the memories and experiences shared there.

Night At The Casablanca tells the story of a former Butetown resident who, on returning to Butetown with friends, re-visits the Casablanca, which results their retelling of the after-dark delights the venue used to provide. The show uses a combination of true stories from the Butetown residents set to toetapping tunes over the last 50 years and a tribute to Welsh talent.

The talk of this tribute has sparked local residents to tell their own tales of alcohol, antics, music and movement. Night... appeals to all ages – even those born after the club was closed down can appreciate the show’s theme, the importance of enjoying yourself and how places can lay the foundations for lasting memories and deep connections. There’ll be performances from local artists in one unforgettable evening of soul, gospel, reggae, swing, jazz and everything in between.

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art Abergavenny Museum

Castle Street, Abergavenny.

Mon-Sat 11am-1pm + 2-5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free. 01873 854282.

Sites Of Inspiration: Tintern Abbey And Llanthony Priory Exhibition running concurrently in Chepstow Museum, this part of it showcases works devoted to Llanthony Priory and features art and artefacts from the national collections in London as well as Wales and major museums throughout the UK. (Until Sun 12 Oct)

Aberystwyth Arts Centre

University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. Free. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre Royal Photographic Society International Print Exhibition See the boxout for more on this prestigious show, which visits this gallery every year. (Until Sat 8 Nov) Dylan Jones ‘A Bird Flew By’ An exhibition of bird poems by Dylan Jones. Each poem is creatively set in a font based on the C17 ‘Fell Types’ and is presented as an A2 print. (Until Sun 22 Nov) The Box Season 17 Artists’ films by people who are TBC at the time of writing.

(Until Fri 16 Jan) Tim Shaw

‘Black Smoke Rising’ Moving exhibition of sculpture whose centrepiece, Casting A Dark Democracy, is inspired by the image of a hooded man being tortured in Abu Ghraib, first seen 10 years ago. (From Sat 4 Oct until Tue 18 Nov)

Albany Gallery

74b Albany Road, Cardiff.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2048 7158 / www.albanygallery. com Mike Jones, John Lines & Aled Prichard-Jones New work from three contrasting artists, ranging from Mike Jones’ gritty paintings of miners to Aled Prichard-Jones’ flower paintings. Ceramics by Richard Clarke will also feature. (Until Sat 4 Oct) David Grosvenor Expressive landscape paintings from one of Wales’ leading artists. (From Fri 10 Oct until Sat 1 Nov)

Andrew Lamont Gallery (Theatr Brycheiniog)

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

01874 611622 / enquiries@ brycheiniog.co.uk / www. brycheiniog.co.uk A Hundred Years Of Photographs A rare opportunity to see and purchase some items from the Royal Geographical Society’s photographic collection, dating from 1860-1960. (Until Sat 4 Oct) Pip Woolf ‘Listening For The Mark’ Work made in response to sounds, music, speech and

movement by a Llangynidrbased artist. (From Sat 11 Oct until Sun 9 Nov)

Arcadecardiff

Queens Arcade, off Queen Street, Cardiff. Usually open Wed-Sat 12.30-5.30pm. www. arcadecardiff.co.uk Jason Portt ‘Cwm’ Paintings from a security guard in Queens Arcade who has honed his skills and interest in art during this gallery’s location here. (Until Sun 19 Oct) Leona Jones ‘In Audible: The Baroque Cello Project’ Sound-led installation with video and performance, centering on the cello surrounded by the sounds of its own making. Featuring Jones, Sion Dafydd Dawson (musician), Adam Winskill (luthier) and Jeff Chapman (image maker). (From Thurs 23 Oct until Sat 8 Nov) Sean Vicary & Stephen Knight Multimedia project based around “a giant 3d Augmented Reality floating paper boat ... to be physically navigated via Android phones and/or iPads”. (From Thurs 23 Oct until Sat 30 Nov)

Art Central

Barry Town Hall, King Square, Barry. Tue-Sat 11am4pm. Admission free. 01446 709805.

The Art Of Dylan Thomas Curated by Professor Tony Curtis, this includes paintings, prints and drawings by Ceri Richards, John Petts, Ray Howard-Jones, Jonah Jones and new work by John Selway,

Robert Alwyn Hughes and Ceri Thomas. (Until Sat 4 Oct)

Attic Gallery

37 Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Tue-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10am4.30pm. Free. 01792 653387 / www.atticgallery.co.uk Dylan Thomas: His People And Places Specially commissioned work from seven leading Welsh artists, who were asked by this gallery to explore and offer contemporary interpretations of the poet’s Welsh roots.

(Until Sat 11 Oct) Vivienne Williams Williams, a full-time artist since 1990, enjoys her ninth solo show at this gallery.

It features 30 new paintings which she has been working on over the last year. (From Sat 18 Oct until Sat 8 Nov)

Barker Gallery / Torfaen Gallery

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

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

Vernon Jones ‘Above And Below The Waves’ Exhibit of seascapes by a Welsh artist.

Complemented by a collection of Blaschka Glass from the National Museum Of Wales.

(Until Sun 26 Oct) Bryony Hobbs Exhibition of art in the cafe. (Until Sun 26 Oct)

BayArt

54 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. Open Tues-Sat. 029 2065 0016 / bayart@tiscali.co.uk / www. bayart.org.uk All Coherence Gone?

Historical Currents In Contemporary Still Life An exhibition of contemporary Dutch and British painting and photography in conversation with traditional still life, curated by Frances Woodley.

(Until Fri 17 Oct)

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Blaenafon, Torfaen. Every day 9.30am-5pm. Free. 029 2057 3650 / www. museumwales.ac.uk/bigpit Poppies For Remembrance This exhibition investigates the link between the cultural uses of poppies for remembrance and the science of biodiversity – the study of plant and animal species in the natural environment. (Until Sun 8 Feb)

Butetown History & Arts Centre

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PORTAL Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Sat 4 Oct-Sat 15 Nov. Admission: free. Info: 01633 483321 / www.lgac.org.uk Portal exhibits a collection of works from this year’s best UK graduates in the applied arts. The participants are handpicked by individuals representing the Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre. This ensemble of artists were drafted from all over the UK, presenting the wide array of talent in varying sections of art, and providing an assurance that the future of applied art is as bright and ambitious as the individuals whom are showcased. The Centre will display the pieces for over a month, allowing interested individuals to appreciate the spread of talent presented. With work ranging from digital photography in Birmingham to hand-crafted jewellery in Truro, it guarantees to be a worthwhile display for any avid art fan.

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4/5 Dock Chambers, Bute St, Cardiff Bay. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am4.30pm. Free. 029 2025 6757 / www.bhac.org Wales Rajasthan Exchange Fifteen artists display work which has resulted from an exchange programme between Wales and Rajasthan, established in 1993 and continued after its formal disbanding in 1998. (Until Sun 12 Oct) Beyond Words The first major display of outsider art in Wales, curated by Sian Holley and researched by Karen Battle.

(From Sun 19 Oct until Sun 16 Nov)

Cardiff Contemporary

Various venues, Cardiff. Free. www.cardiffcontemporary. co.uk *Cardiff Contemporary You can read more about this festival Upfront, and on the website listed above. The schedule is too jam-packed to list everything in detail, but here is a brief precis of the exhibitions/installations etc.

Jemima Brown, Peacecamp 2014 (figurative sculptures referencing Greenham Common), The ‘Stute, Wood St; Andrew Cooper, You Wait For One,

Then Three Come All At Once, Millennium Stadium; Alex Rich, Reflections Towards A Well-Tempered Environment, various locations across Cardiff; Shaun Edwards, Echo (six works which will appear in the South Wales Echo, which is apparently a newspaper of some kind); Richard James & R Seiliog, Clock Tower (a sonic installation for Cardiff Castle’s clock tower); Richard Woods, title TBC (an installation in Cardiff city centre); Dominic From Luton, Call Mum, Cardiff Castle battlement; Erwin Wurm, One Minute Sculptures, Cardiff Central Station Taxi Rank; Matt Cook, Sculpture Trail, Docks Feeder Canal; Emma M Price, white cube sculpture at The Beuys Pavilion, The Hayes and Unit R5, Barrack Lane; tactileBOSCH, paradiseLOST, Former Customs & Immigration Building, Bute Street (a tribute to Kim Fielding, running from Sat 25 Oct-Fri 7 Nov); Empty Walls Project (folk-inspired public murals in Cardiff’s city centre and surrounding areas, until Sun 26 Oct); (From Fri 3 Oct until Sun 9 Nov)

Cardiff Story

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

Free. 029 2078 8334 / museum@cardiff.gov.uk CIVIC Cardiff Contemporary exhibition, presented here in conjunction with Swansea’s Mission Gallery. Participating artists have devised activites for families to help participants re-imagine the city, including workshops in drawing, shadow puppetry and wireframe sculpture. (From Sat 4 Oct until Sun 9 Nov)

Chapter Gallery

Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Canton, Cardiff. Tue, Wed, Sat + Sun 12-6pm; Thurs + Fri 12-8pm. Free. 029 2030 4400 / www. chapter.org Bob & Roberta Smith ‘All Schools Should Be Art Schools’ Art In The Bar exhibition which features a number of impassioned responses, in the forms of placards etc, to Michael Gove’s education policies post-2011. (Until Sun 12 Oct) Sharon Lockhart Artes Mundi exhibition courtesy of an American who works with individuals and groups, sometimes over periods of years, to create socially engaged photography and film work. (From Fri 24 Oct until Sun 22 Feb) Karen Mirza & Brad Butler ‘The Unreliable Narrator’ Works purporting to “take advantage of the gap between fiction and reality” via video installations, neon signs and other multimedia stuff. (From Fri 24 Oct until Sun 22 Feb)

Chepstow Museum

Gwy House, Bridge Street, Chepstow. Mon-Sat 11am5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free. 01873 854282.

Sites Of Inspiration: Tintern Abbey And Llanthony Priory Exhibition running concurrently in Abergavenny Museum, this part of it showcases works devoted to Tintern Abbey and features art and artefacts from the national collections in London as well as Wales and major museums throughout the UK. (Until Sun 12 Oct)

Craft In The Bay

The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff. Mon-Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Free. 029 2048 4611.

South Wales Potters In celebration of the association’s

50th anniversary, this exhibition will provide an opportunity fto see and buy recent work by selected members of the SWP (not that SWP). (Until Sun 2 Nov) Hereford Graduates Graduates of the Contemporary Applied Arts course at Hereford College of Art, 2014, have been selected to exhibit their work in our Oriel 2 showcase here.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) Books Of The Unexpected Curated by artist Becky Adams, this exhibition will look at sculptural works by artists inspired by the form, structure and content of books. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Mandy Nash Colourful, patterned interior accessories including cushions, lampshades and tealights. (Until Mon 24 Nov)

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum

Cyfarthfa Rd, Merthyr Tydfil.

Daily 10am-5.30pm. Free.

01685 723112.

Gates Art Group An eclectic selection of artwork from this Merthyr Tydfil-based group.

(From Mon 6 until Tue 28 Oct)

Dylan Thomas Centre

Somerset Place, Swansea.

Daily 10am-4pm. Free. 01792 463980 / dylanthomas.lit@ swansea.gov.uk / www. dylanthomas.com The Imagined Oceans: Dyan Thomas’ Manuscripts Exhibition Exhibition of loan material from University at Buffalo, New York State, comprising manuscripts of poems, a list of rhyming words and a series of black and white photographs of Thomas, many of which have not been widely displayed or reproduced. (Until Tue 23 Dec)

Ffotogallery At Turner House

Plymouth Road, Penarth, nr Cardiff. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm.

Free. 029 2034 1667 / www. ffotogallery.org Seventeen Seconds Work by 14 new graduates from the MA Documentary Photography programme at the University of South Wales, originating from Europe, Africa and America.

(From Thurs 9 until Sun 12 Oct)

Fountain Fine Art

6-8 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff.

Tue-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.fountainfineart.com Sheridan Ward Complementing Ward’s new set of paintings of tree-scapes and coastal scenes, a new strand of her work focuses on urban and night-time scenes. (Until Sat 4 Oct) Lyndon Thomas Explorations of the North Pembrokeshire and Lleyn landscapes from a painter who has returned to the medium after several years making domestic pottery. (From Sat 11 Oct until Sat 1 Nov)

Fountain Fine Art

Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www. fountainfineart.com Landscape Exhibition Paintings and prints of pure landscape. Exhibitors include Anthony Evans, Andrew McCutcheon, Karen Pearce, Jeffrey Spedding, Naomi Tydeman RI and Alan Williams.

(Until Fri 10 Oct)

G39

Oxford Street, Roath, Cardiff.

Saturdays 11am-5.30pm.

Free. 029 2047 3633 / post@ g39.org Carwyn Evans ‘UDO’ New sculptural work resulting from the overlaying of two contrasting cultures, agriculture and haute-couture, plus the idea that “when we consume we

art produce”. (From Sat 4 Oct until Sat 13 Dec) Inga Burrows ‘Offset’ Burrows has recently been artist in residence at Pobl Y Cwm’s production studios, and has been working with the characters (in character, not as actors) to collectively produce work. (From Sat 4 Oct until Sat 1 Nov)

Y Galeri

8 St Fagans Street, Caerphilly.

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2086 1433 / www.ygaleri.co.uk Bert Evans & Graham Vincent ‘Street Life’ Joint exhibition from two artists who have a particular interest in street scenes. Evans is based in Port Talbot, Vincent in the Rhondda. (Until Sat 18 Oct) Swansea Print Workshop Exhibition from SPW’s members, encompassing numerous printing methods from the traditional to new digital techniques. (From Tue 21 Oct until Sat 22 Nov)

Gallery/Ten

23 Windsor Place, Cardiff.

Free. www.gallery-ten.co.uk New Welsh Art Exhibition seeking to showcase the depth of artistic talent in Wales, specifically the talents of Elfyn Lewis, Carwyn Evans, Seren Morgan Jones, Andre Stitt and Sue Williams. (From Fri 3 until Sat 25 Oct)

Gas Gallery

Park Avenue, Aberystwyth.

Mon-Sat 11am-5pm. Free.

01974 261279.

Becky Knight Work by a Welsh textile artist. (Until Sat 4 Oct) Indigo Violet Larkin ‘Water Land Darkness’ Work

included in this exhibition will range from representational to abstraction. (Until Sun 9 Nov)

King Street Gallery

33 King Street, Carmarthen.

Free. 01267 220121 / gallery@kingstreetgallery. co.uk Susan Sands ‘Indian Spice’ Pembrokeshire based artist Sands’ collection of paintings and prints inspired by the beauty, colours, smells and culture of India. (From Fri 3 until Thurs 23 Oct) Dorian Spencer Davies ‘30 Years On’ Celebrating three decades in the game with a new collection depicting Carmarthen, his place of birth, Dorian’s distinct naive style of painting coastal towns and villages has given him a reputation and following internationally as well as nationally. (From Fri 24 Oct until Thurs 6 Nov)

Kooywood Gallery

8 Museum Place, Cardiff. TueSat 10.30am-6pm. Free. 029 2023 5093 / www. kooywoodgallery.com Matthew Snowden Inspired by the Celtic landscapes of our west coasts and islands, Matthew has become one of the most sought after landscape artists working with acrylics in Wales. (Until Sat 4 Oct)

Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre

St. David’s Rd, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Free. 01633 483321 / www. lgac.org.uk Portal Featuring the work of this year’s top UK graduates in the applied arts, selected by the LGAC for “pushing the

Peter Raymond and Frankie Locke are artists at their day job, making scenic art and props for the stage. Until Thurs 16 Oct, Penarth Pier Pavilion will be showcasing other strings the pair have on their respective bows: Raymond's woodcut artwork and Locke's ceramics. by artist integrating performance, sculpture and alternative lens-based processes. Was gonna big her up for having a good name but it turns out she made it up, and her real name is Mar Shro. I can see why she changed it. (Until Sat 4 Oct) Open Drawing Exhibition An exhibition of work by talented draughtspeople living and working in Wales. This exhibition will celebrate the art of drawing and will form part of The Big Draw. (From Wed 8 Oct until Sat 4 Nov)

The Gate

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

Free. 029 2048 3344 / info@ thegate.org.uk Kevin O’Neill Debut solo exhibition of digital artwork. (From Wed 15 Oct until Fri 7 Nov)

Grand Pavilion

The Esplanade, Porthcawl.

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01656 815995 / www. grandpavilion.co.uk Sandra Wintle, Gaye Lloyd & Maureen Carlson ‘For The Love Of Painting’ These three local artists’ work varies in subject matter and in the use of materials. The pieces

boundaries of applied art whilst maintaining and developing the traditions of their craft”. (From Sat 4 Oct until Sat 15 Nov)

M.A.D.E. Gallery

41 Lochaber St, Cardiff. Free.

029 2047 3373.

Cardiff Open 2014 Showcase for the best contemporary art practice from an open call of submissions (to Cardiff and Vale-based artists), alongside site-specific work from selected artists in residence. Work will also be shown in the old Blockbuster store on Albany Road, just a few hundred yards away from M.A.D.E.. (From Tue 7 Oct until Sat 1 Nov) By Way Of Clay Graduate ceramics as part of the Made In Roath Festival. (From Fri 17 until Sat 25 Oct)

Martin Tinney Gallery

18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@artwales. com Eleri Mills Born in Powys in 1955, Mills studied art in Manchester before returning to work in the Welsh-speaking rural community where she grew up, and which influences her paintings to this day. (From

Thurs 9 Oct until Sat 1 Nov)

Merchant House

Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. Free. www.playyuhselfexp.blogspot. co.uk Adeola Dewis ‘Play Yuhself’ Documentation of a performance experiment that took place at Coed Hills Rural Art Space, Vale Of Glamorgan, on Sat 16 Aug 2014. Dewis collaborated with installation artist Mike Dodd, and photographs of the event were taken by John Briggs. (From Fri 3 until Fri 24 Oct)

Mission Gallery

Gloucester Place, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free.

01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk Beate Gegenwart Maker In Focus show from an artist and researcher at Swansea Metropolitan. (Until Sun 26 Oct) Philip Lambert Work presented in ‘the [...] space’.

Inspired by his perspective as a colour-blind artist and by his science background, Philip’s work has developed from observational painting to consider perception in a much wider sense. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Beep Children’s Painting Prize & Exhibition Selected

by Jonathan Powell, Director of Elysium Gallery, this will feature the finest submissions of kids’ artwork, the deadline for which was the end of September. (From Sat 11 until Tue 28 Oct)

MOMA Wales

Y Tabernacl, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth. Mon-Sat 10am4pm. Free. 01654 703355 / info@momawales.org.uk Mark Robert Davey ‘Grain – Photographs From Wales And Beyond’ Photographic work combining simple structural and textural elements with orchestrated interplay of bright highlights and deep shadows.

(Until Sat 1 Nov) James Dickson Innes Exhibition marking 100 years since the death of Innes, focusing on his Welsh works around the mountain Arenig. (Until Sat 8 Nov) Elfyn Lewis A review of Lewis’ mixed media pictures including several of his newest works.

This is his first exhibition at this gallery. (Until Sat 15 Nov) Arenig Revisited An exhibition by artists including David Lloyd Griffith, Keith Bowen, Gareth Parry, Glyn Baines and Martin Wenham, in response to the centenary exhibition of James DicksonUFrom Sat 20 Sept until Sat 15 Nov)

National Museum & Gallery

Cathays Park, Cardiff. TueSun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / www.nmgw.ac.uk Richard Wilson (1714-1782) And The Transformation Of European Landscape Painting Loan exhibition which marks 300 years since the birth of a man considered Wales’ greatest artist by many, not least for introducing the notions of conveying mood and emotion to landscape painting.

(Until Sun 26 Oct) Efforts And Ideals: Prints Of The First World War All 66 works from the 1917 print portfolio “The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals”, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.

Augustus John and Frank Brangwyn are among the artists who contributed. (Until Wed 7 Jan) The Welsh And The War Portraits of people – soldiers, sailors, airmen, politicians and families – whose lives were transformed by the First World

War. (Until Wed 7 Jan)

National Trust Shop & Visitors Centre

Coastguard Cottages, Rhossili, Gower, Swansea. Free. 01792 390707 / rhossili.shop@ nationaltrust.org.uk Mann, Bryanston & Labyrinth An exhibition of paintings by Sue Mann & Hilary Bryanston. (Until Fri 17 Oct)

National Waterfront Museum

Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 638950.

Harmony – The Dylan Thomas International Glass Award Architectural and stained glass artists from across the world have created new works inspired by the word ‘harmony.’ From the selection of works shown in the Museum, a winner will be selected for the Dylan Thomas International Glass Award. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Ceri Thomas ‘Placing Dylan’ Artworks produced from the mid-90s onwards by Thomas, who moved into the late writer’s former house in Swansea, 5 Cwmdonkin Drive.

(From Sat 11 Oct until Sun 30 Nov) Working For Victory: Welsh Industry And The First World War Exhibition looking at what the tens of thousands of Welshmen who fought in WWI produced, how it contributed to the war effort and the impact of the war on Welsh industry. (From Sat 11 Oct until Sun 15 Mar)

Newport Museum & Art Gallery

John Frost Square, Newport.

Tue-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm. Free. 01633 656656 / museum@newport. gov.uk Drawing Newport Drawings inspired by the city from the collections of the museum. The exhibition also features a selection of historical photographs dating from the mid-1800s to the 1960s. (Until Sat 11 Oct) Documenting The Chartists A collection including documents, letters, pamphlets, posters and prints which tell the story of the Newport uprising (on 4 Nov, 1839) and the events that followed. (From Tue 21 Oct until Sat 24 Jan)

Norwegian Church Arts Centre

Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am3pm. Free. 029 2087 7959 / www.norwegianchurchcardiff. com Arnold Lowrey Watercolours, oils, acrylics, pastels and mixed media in subjects ranging from landscapes, seascapes to abstracts. Arnold still appears on the Painting & Drawing channel on Sky, which I think is one of those you can watch for 10 minutes until it gets scrambled. (From Mon 6 until Sun 12 Oct) Art In DeMEntia SOLACE Cardiff presents work by carers and people diagnosed with dementia. (From Mon 13 until Sun 19 Oct) Judith James ‘Roundabout Cardiff’ Oils, watercolours, acrylics, pastels and mixed media works.

(From Sun 19 until Sun 26 Oct)

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 Summer Show Work by artists including Karen Hughes, Kathryn David and Sarah Brown. (Until October TBC)

Oriel Canfas

Glamorgan Street, Canton, Cardiff. Tue-Fri 1-4.30pm, Sat 10.30am-4.30pm. 029 2066 6455 / www. orielcanfas.co.uk Llwybrau’r Beirdd New work

by Anthony Evans and Julie Morse. (Until Sun 5 Oct)

Oriel Cric

Beaufort Street, Crickhowell.

Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am1.30pm. Free. 01873 811970 / gallery@visitcrickhowell. co.uk Autumn Exhibition Mixed work. (Until Mon 24 Nov)

Oriel Davies

The Park, Newtown, Powys.

Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Free.

01686 625041 / enquiries@ orieldavies.org Kelly Best ‘Between 590 And 610’ An immersive drawing to confound and challenge our understanding of the TestBed space in this gallery. (Until Sat 25 Oct) Clare Woods ‘A Tree A Rock A Cloud’ New paintings by an artist enjoying her first large solo show in Wales. Also present will be three works loaned from the National Museum: Le Lapin by Edouard Manet (1881), Frozen Pond by John Nash (1953) and Civil Victim, Vietnam 1967

by Philip Jones Griffiths. (Until Wed 5 Nov)

Oriel Joanna Field

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

01646 695267 / www. torchtheatre.co.uk Jean Thomas & Ras Johnson ‘Ar Lan Y Mor’ Paintings and sculptures

by Thomas (based in Pembrokeshire) and Johnson (Anglesey). (Until Sat 1 Nov)

Oriel Lliw

Pontardawe Arts Centre, Herbert Street, Pontardawe.

Free. 01792 863722 / www. npt.gov.uk/theatres Ian Rees ‘Wild Animal Circus’ Local photographer Rees travelled to Italy to capture one of the last remaining wild animal circus companies.

It isn’t clear from the brief listing I have whether he thinks that their imminent demise on ethical grounds is a good or bad thing. See Art. (Throughout October)

Oriel Mwldan

Bath House Rd, Cardigan.

Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Free.

01239 621200 / siobhan@ mwldan.co.uk Amanda Jackson ‘To Build A Home’ Photographer presents her study of the people of Lammas Tir Y Gafel Eco Village, in north Pembrokeshire, and the surrounding community. (Until Sat 4 Oct) David Fitzjohn ‘Fimbulwinter’ Paintings exploring concerns regarding our changing climate, and named after a word from Norse mythology referring to a period of three successive winters. (From Sat 11 Oct until Sat 29 Nov)

Oriel Myrddin

Church Lane, Carmarthen.

01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk Public Information Crossdiscliplinary multimedia exhibition responding to Dylan Thomas’ war films made for the Ministry Of Information.

Curated by Craig Wood and Peter Finnemore. (Until Sat 1 Nov)

Oriel Q

The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www.orielqueenshallgallery. org.uk

Paintings In Response To Poetry In particular that of RS Thomas. Oriel Fach: an installation by Rebecca Croxford. Stairs: photographs

by Faya Lloyd. Main gallery 3D area: assorted ceramics and jewellery by students and well-known artists. (Until Sat 11 Oct) Winter Open Held in the main gallery and Oriel Fach. Main gallery’s 3D area: assorted ceramics and jewellery by students and wellknown artists. Stairs: details TBC. (From Mon 27 Oct until Sat 20 Dec)

Oriel Y Bont

University Of South Wales, Pontypridd. Mon-Thurs 8.30am-5.30pm, Fri 8.30am5pm. Free. 01443 480480 / www.gallery.southwales.ac.uk Dylan Thomas Centenary 1914-2014: Prints By Swansea Print Workshop An exhibition of 30 original, handmade prints from two collections inspired by DT’s life and work. (From Fri 10 Oct until Fri 28 Nov)

Oriel Y Parc Gallery & Visitor Centre

The Grove, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Daily 10am5pm. Free. 01437 720392 / info@orielyparc.co.uk Fishguard Arts Society Including pieces from their most recent exhibition Poet Of Conflict, inspired by Dylan Thomas’ work. (Throughout October)

Penarth Pier Pavilion

The Esplanade, Penarth.

Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

029 2071 2100 / info@ penarthpavilion.co.uk Peter Raymond & Frankie Locke Scenic artists and prop makers who often work together, eg for Welsh National Opera. This exhibition will be a showcase of Locke’s ceramics and painting contrasted with Raymond’s mythological woodcuts. (Until Thurs 16 Oct) Lyndon Richards Walesoriginated, but well-travelled, artist who specialises in painting landscape and seascapes, often finding inspiration in the scenery of Cornwall, Brittany, and more recently the Dorset and South Devon coast. (From Sat 18 Oct until Thurs 6 Nov)

Poems In October

Various locations, Swansea.

Free. 01792 516900 / www. glynnviviangallery.org Poems In October A series of minute-long recordings featuring extracts from some of Dylan Thomas and William Shakespeare’s most celebrated writings, broadcast in Swansea venues including the train station, Swansea Market, the Grand Theatre, the No Sign Wine Bar and the Uplands Tavern. The texts were recorded

by Royal Shakespeare Company actors, plus Hollywood’s very own Michael Sheen. A Glynn Vivian offsite programme.

(From Mon 27 Oct until Sun 9 Nov)

The Riverfront

Bristol Packet Wharf, Newport. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-6pm. Free. 01633 656757.

Newport Photographic Club Autumn showcase of work by this club’s members. (Until Sat 18 Oct) Carl Chapple ‘Performers’ Tying in with the comedy Port events taking place here, this will feature south Wales artist Chapple’s portraits of various performers, both well known and less so, from this region. We’ve written about this before.

(From Tue 7 until Fri 17 Oct) BUZZ 57

art Hera Art Centre Community Artists A display of paintings created by Hera Arts Centre artists exploring a number of topics based around colour.

(From Tue 21 until Tue 28 Oct)

Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama

Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff. Free. 029 2039 1391 / www.rwcmd.ac.uk Paper Sculptures Annual exhibition of giant paper sculptures made from used objects by the RWCMD’s theatre designers. (Throughout October)

The Senedd

Pierhead Street, Cardiff Bay. Free. 0845 0105500.

Margaret Berry ‘Emblems Of Wales: Representing Wales And Its People’ Seven large suspended ceramic sculptures including depictions of dragons, bards, Owain Glyndwr etc. (From Wed 8 Oct until Fri 7 Nov)

SHO Gallery

14 Inverness Place, Cardiff.

Free. www.thesho.co.uk / info@thesho.co.uk Drawn Out An exhibition of illustrated type, presented by Yet Another Collective (that’s their name). (Until Sat 4 Oct) Made In Roath Open In conjunction with this year’s Made In Roath festival (obviously), this show claims to have no selection process: “as long as work adheres to the T&Cs then all art submitted will be exhibited”. (From Wed 15 until Wed 29 Oct)

St Donats Arts Centre

St Donats Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan. Free. 01446 779100 / www.stdonats.com Welsh Faces Head shots of people who have attended festivals and other events, taken throughout Wales. (From Mon 6 until Thurs 30 Oct)

Swansea Grand Theatre

Singleton St, Swansea. MonSat 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 475715 / www. swanseagrand.co.uk Art Across The City: Outreach Exhibition Showcase for artwork created by talented young people from Swansea in response to Art Across The City 2014. (Until Fri 17 Oct) King Of Your Blue Eyes Photography and art celebrating the work of Dylan Thomas. (Until Fri 17 Oct) Karen Elaine Evans ‘The Little things’ Self-taught painter presents her first solo exhibition in around two years.

(Until Fri 17 Oct)

Taliesin Arts Centre

Singleton Park, Swansea.

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 12pm-6pm and performance evenings 6pm-8.15pm. Free.

01792 295526 / www. taliesinartscentre.co.uk Sir Peter Blake & Simon Dark A dual artistic riff on the legacy of Dylan Thomas from legendary pop artist Blake and Dark, who “is proud to be from the same small city as Thomas”. (Until Sat 1 Nov)

Tenby Museum & Art Gallery

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

01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum.org.uk Aneurin Jones Contemporary paintings of Welsh rural life.

(Until Sun 5 Oct)

Theatr Hafren

Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am5.30pm. Free. 01686 625007 / boxoffice@theatrhafren.co.uk Jean Barratt, Pauline Strickland & Tracy Anne Smith Barratt: self-taught artBUZZ 58

ist retired from a long career in nursing. Strickland: “I paint purely for pleasure and thoroughly enjoy the thrill when seeming to get it right.” Smith: artist “inspired by the complex formation of rooftops and town houses”. (Until Sat 15 Nov)

Third Floor Gallery

102 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. Wed-Sun 1-7pm. Free. 029 2115 9151 / joni@ thirdfloorgallery.com Alexandra Boulat ‘Tableaux Vivant’ Photojournalist Alexandra Boulat’s images focus our attention on passion and pain, and what it means to be human in times of conflict.

(Until Sun 6 Oct)

Velindre Hospital

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

South Wales Art Society – Permanent Rolling Exhibition Members’ works are available to view in the corridors and restaurant of the hospital at any any given time. 20% of all sales go to the hospital.

Victoria Fearn Gallery

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

Free. 029 2052 0884.

David Haswell A one-man show including originals and framed prints. (Until Sat 18 Oct) Christmas Exhibition A mixture of paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewellery and Christmas gifts, handmade by British designers. (From Fri 24 Oct until Wed 24 Dec)

Wales Millennium Centre

Bute Place, Cardiff Bay. Free.

029 2063 6464 / www.wmc. org.uk Graduate Annual showcase for artwork by students from universities across Wales, curated this year by visual artist Sue Williams. (Until Sun 16 Nov)

West Wharf Gallery

Jacobs Market, Cardiff.

Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. westwharfgallery@gmail. com Eirian Llwyd Work from a late printer who was a longstanding member of Cardiff Print Workshop (other members of which will also have work shown here) and displayed a deep passion for the medium. (Until Sat 18 Oct) A Giant, Whose Shoulders I Stand On Cardiff Contemporary exhibition featuring work by Alan Goulbourne, Shaun James, Steven George Jones, Marega Palser, Steve Reinke, Sara Rees and James Richards. Curated by Bob Gelsthorpe. (From Sat 25 Oct until Fri 7 Nov)

White Lion Street Gallery

1 White Lion Street, Tenby.

Mon, Tue + Thurs-Sun 10am5pm. Free. 01834 843375/ www.artmatters.org.uk Colin Finn ‘Explorations’ Colin retired as Head Of Fine Art at Maidstone Art School and moved to Pembrokeshire in 1999. This is his second exhibition here; subjects vary from lost houses to mountains, all full of mystery. (Until Tue 28 Oct)

The Winding House

Cross Street, New Tredegar, Caerphilly. Tue-Sun 10am5pm. Free. 01443 822666 / windinghouse@caerphilly. gov.uk Our Duty To Bear: The First World War And Caerphilly County Borough Exhibition exploring how WWI affected men, women and children in this area. It will explore the impact of the war on the local area through objects, images,

film and sound. (Until summer 2015)

clubs 10 Feet Tall

11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / thisis10feettall@yahoo.co.uk Mondays Sabotage 8pm, free. Classic hip-hop every Monday courtesy of DJ Jaffa.

Wednesdays Freshly Squeezed 7pm, free. Pre-club kinda night featuring freshly picked new music and drinks deals.

411 Bar And Nightclub

3-6 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Open Thurs 9pm-3am, Fri + Sat 10pm-4am. 029 2066 7996.

Thursdays Passion 10pm, £4 adv. The best r’n’b around and various drinks deals. Fridays + Saturdays Gawjus 9pm12am, free before 10. Pre-club night offering drinks deals, sexy staff and stunning beats.

Fridays Ace Of Spades 9pm4am, £10/£5 before 12/free before 10. Fri 17 has a guest set from Nigerian Afrobeats star Wande Coal. Saturdays Sofunked Vodka Party 9pm4am, £10/£5 before 12/free on guest list before 10. R’n’b, old skool, hip-hop, dancehall and funky house. It’s called a Vodka Party because Finlandia sponsor it.

Aberystwyth Arts Centre

University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre *Sat 4 Black House 9pm6am, £17.50/£15 adv. Very big lineup if you live in or near Aberystwyth. Across six (!) stages we have Congo Natty aka Rebel MC, Tenor fly, Vandal, Dirty Dike, Edward Scissortongue, DJ Sammy B-Side, Benton, JFB, James D’Ley, I-Mitri Counteraction, Audio:Hertz, MC NRG, Howla and Father Funk, plus resident DJs from Rigdiculous, Neutek, Fraktal, Rawkus, Buzz (no relation), Skarumba, Swing city, Fuse, Funk’d, Somewhere To, Rewired Music and Tremor.

Aberystwyth Students Union

Old College, King Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 621700 / www.aber.ac.uk Sat 25 Jellywobble 8pm5am, £12/£1. Over 40 DJs/acts/ MCs across three rooms, here are their names: Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Zion Train Soundsystem, Luna C, Dope ammo & Shady MC, Mistafire, The Build Up, Kiwi Funk, Paradox, DJ Burn, Hi Life Hi Fi, Wicca ‘N’ Flame, D-Phect, Will Short, Jake & The Phatman, JMD, Boshdog, Imposta, Late Knight, Rob G, Dan Phoenix, Sammy String, Quality Tom, Sgilti, Mulkern, Kreat:ure, Spandangle, Stef Mo, Blunt and host Hypnosis MC.

Bassment

Stow Hill, Newport. 01633 252252 / www. sixfeetunderclub.com Fri 31 Vinny P & Lizard’s Joint 50th Birth Night Party £10 adv. An unwieldy name belies an impressive lineup for dancehall fans, with Frankie Paul the big name headlinerAbelwell Foundation, Myki Tuff, Tall Rich and Ranking Fire also appear.

Blind Tiger

50 Cambrian Road, Newport.

01633 213161.

Wednesdays Meze Rocks/ Pounded Wednesdays Alternative bangers and underground sounds will continue to be the order of the day in this night’s temporary home while the Meze Lounge has a lick of paint (the Friday and Saturday nights below are also imported from there). Fridays The Takeover Pop-punk anthems, metal etc. Saturdays Crash!

Indie, new music anthems, big bass business and alternative EDM. I recognise all those words but I suspect you have to attend to find out exactly what they mean together.

Buffalo

11 Windsor Place, Cardiff.

Open Mon-Thurs 11am-3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com Thurs 2 Purrmotions & Signature 10pm-4am, £4-£6.

With Bontan in the headline slot. “Proving that his sound transcends house music genre descriptions, April saw the Bontan remix of Nice7 for Defected also hit top 10 but in the tech house genre at the same time as the Toolroom anthem sat at the top of deep house.” Sorry, nodded off for a sec there. Fri 3 Allforms Launch Party 10pm-4am, £12/£10 early bird. Mike Skinner, “whose appetite as both an entertainer and a musical trendsetter has never been bigger”, is the big name to usher to into this launch. Rich Tea, Gavin Woo and Comfort back him up in the main room.

Allforms have some good stuff later in the year too. *Fri 17 Allforms 10pm-4am. Will Saul, the dude behind the Ausmusic and Simple labels, comes to Cardiff in what I’m calling a “good booking”. Ratcatcher, Late Nite Natives, Jack Siddall and Kloc join him upstairs, while Disco Palace hold the fort downstairs. Saturdays Buffalo Block Party 8pm4am, £4/free b4 11. RichTea, James Size, Rackham and Stacy French offer hip-hop, house, garage, indie, alt-rock, disco etc.

Cardiff University Students Union

Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only.

029 2078 1458 / studentsunion@cardiff.ac.uk Wednesdays The Lash 9pm-2am. Clubs/societies type night which features “games on the stage so filthy that the changing room showers don’t stand a chance”. Quite. Fri 10 Treatment 9pm-4am, £20/£18.

First of two big Treatment parties in time for the STUDENTS. Three rooms, lineup like so: Eats Everything, Jackmaster B2B Jasper James, Paul Woolford and Lukas (Edible A room); Huxley and Shenoda (Signature room); Monki, Cause & Affect and Preditah (Monki & Friends room). Fri 17 Bedlam Presents RAM Cardiff 9pm-4am, £14 adv.

Drum’n’bass in your hair, pores and kidneys. Room 1: Andy C, Camo & Krooked, Delta Heavy, Audio and Rene La Vice. MCs: Dynamite, GQ, Carasel and AD. Room 2 : Catapult presents Randall, Ivy Lab, Kooley, Kallista, Tribe, Ransom and Ben Hall. MCs: Sticky Lemons, Comma Dee and XL. Fri 31 Treatment 9pm-4am, £16-£20.

This one will also have three rooms and these are the first names to be released: Bondax, Shadow Child, Kry Wolf and Eli & Fur. See Clubs. Saturdays

Flux 9pm-2am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop. Sat 1 Nov Time Flies 9pm-4am, £20/£15 adv. Billing itself as a Halloween Masquerade Fancy Dress Ball, in a turn up for the books Time Flies have enlisted Tall Paul, Jon Pleased Wimmin and Allister Whitehead to DJ. Craig Bartlett, Shane Morris, Footlong DJs and Jason King from the locale, too

Charlie Brown’s / Baa Bar

114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 07772 216358.

Fridays + Saturdays 9pm3.30am, £4. Indie, rock and metal courtesy of resident DJs.

Club Oxygen

1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk Fridays 11pm-6am, from £5.

House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, Kai, 3 Bird, Daniel Perry, Jordan Stiens, Jamie Bevan, Tom Chizzy and Luca Renaldi.

Fri 3 has a live PA from Robin S, of Show Me Love fame.

Saturdays Living For The Weekend 10pm-6am. House and commercial tunes from residents on rotation. Plus big name guests TBC. Sat 18 Trance Classics 10pm-6am, £8/£6/free before 11. Room 1: Big Al, Jonny Griffiths, Rob Davies, Rhys Williams, Nic Lawson and Nicky G. Room 2: 3bird, Martin Dibble, Ben Parkin and Vedra. Sat 1 Nov Mark Knight 10pm-6am, £15/£12 adv. Him out of the Toolroom Knights headlines a room of “tech, deep, underground, jackin, house” but don’t forget room 2 and its “progressive, EDM, electro, bigroom, house”.

Clwb Ifor Bach

Womanby St, Cardiff.

029 2023 2199 / www.clwb. net Mon 13 Itchy Feet 11pm-3am, £7/£5. Rock’n’roll, swing, funk, R&B and ska. Thursdays Maad City 11pm-4am, £3/£2 NUS. New night promising a “hip-hop house party vibe”.

Fridays (bottom) Xerox 10.30pm-3am, £4/£3 NUS. A “party jukebox” night. With DJs, though, not an actual jukebox. Fri 31 is a Halloween special. *Fri 3 Holodeck 10pm-4am, £10 adv. American techno tough guy Truncate, also known as Audio Injection and previewed in September’s issue, headlines. Doug Graves, Murder, Matt Griffin and Luke Winds are his footsoldiers.

Fri 10 Masquerave 10pm4am, £5/£4. “The mysterious elegance of a Masquerade Ball and the hedonistic mania of a rave are joining hands.” Luxe, TLB Sound Express and Rob Williams are the confirmed DJs. Fri 17 Lamerica: Pioneers 002 10pm-4am, £15 adv.

Second in a new series of nights from Cardiff house promoters.

Tony Humphries is the Pioneer they have booked this time.

Gareth Hopkins, Paul Bozak Morrissey and Craig Bartlett join him in the main room, while City Bass DJs Owain K, Ben Turner, Mikey H and Chris Thomas handle room 2. Fri 24 Reign 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass night whose October guests are Ulterior Motive and Ant TC1.

Fri 31 Delete 10pm-5am, £10 adv. See Clubs for an interview with headliner Amir Alexander, bringing the raw Chi-town house and that. Jordan Peak, Matt Owen, Marc Parsons and Lee Graves will also feature.

Saturdays 10pm-4am, £5/£4 NUS. Three floors of fun: The Vinyl Vendettas’ top floor resi-

dent indie shindig; Dirty Pop and Mr Potter's proper disco.

Courtyard

48 Cambrian Road, Newport.

01633 213161.

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

Fridays The Kickstart A selection of r’n’b and dancehall.

Saturdays Mischief Beatdriven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays The Courtyard House Sessions Spanning styles from funky to deep. Sat 4 has a guest set from Ricky Simmonds, who mixes deep house compilations for Ministry Of Sounds apparently.

DC / Maddison

71-74 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

029 2039 9399 / www. maddisondc.com Fridays Smack. 10pm-3am, £5/£4 before 10.30. Hit student night, helmed by residents Lawrence Jones and Mozafari, with all the associated zany activities and modern floorfillers that the clientele love.

Saturdays 9pm-5am, £5.

Dance anthems from various special guests and residents.

Delilahs

54-55 High Street, Newport.

01633 259144.

Saturdays Chic 9pm-4am, £3-£5. Hip-hop, dancehall, r’n’b, ‘urban’ etc courtesy of DJ Lee and Alex Bee. *Sat 25 Kovert Music 10pm-4am, £3-£5. The ineffable garage/bassline/whatnot sound of DJ Q is the main event tonight. DJ Q is great.

Kinzy (Skint Records) will be among the other DJs.

Dempseys

Castle Street, Cardiff. 029 2023 9253.

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

Saturdays 9pm-3am, free.

Rock’n’roll, funk, soul, party tunes yadda yadda, selected by Chris PJ Martin (Sat 4 + 18) and Chizol (Sat 11 + 25). Sat 30 Fabulous 9pm-2am, £4.

Mod, ska, reggae, indie, R&B, funk, boogaloo and northern soul, running here for the mods since the 90s. Sat 11 Twisted

By Design 9pm-2am, £3.50/£3 NUS. Monthly event with Gary playing the best in indie choons – Belle & Sebastian, Bowie, Cure, Dead Kennedys, summat like that.

Escape

Northampton Lane, Swansea. escapenightclub@live.co.uk / www.escdj.com Sat 4 Delusion Is 5 Part 2 9pm, £20/£15 adv. Trance promoters’ birthday. If that genre is your thing, the names John O’Callaghan, Menno de Jong, Genix, Will Rees, Jonny Griffiths and Ben Joseph (or at least some of them) should whet your whistle. Sat 25 Coming Soon!!! 10pm-6am, £10-£15 adv. That’s the name of the headliners, a trance duo from Israel. It’s a bit like Free Beer, or On A Friday. Gareth Siddell, Rhys Thomas and Callan Christie are also in the main room, and there are two others to explore. Sat 1 Sick Individuals 10pm-6am, £15 adv/£12 early bird. Shiny-haired duo who are, in Escape’s own words, “one of the hottest properties in the big room house music scene”.

Fuel

5 Womanby Street, Cardiff.

clubs 0845 6430032 / www. givemefuel.co.uk Thursdays FUBAR 10pm2am. Rock, metal and alternative clubnight. Fridays + Saturdays Rock and metal anthems each weekend, plus special guests when such types are in town.

The Full Moon / The Moon Club

Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / info@ thefullmooncardiff.com Thursdays Hullabalooza 10pm-4am, free. Three rooms of alternative party tunes in time for the students coming back, taking over etc. Fri 17 System 909 11pm-4am, £12 adv/£10 early bird. See Clubs for more on this night, headlined by DAVE The Drummer and Harvey McKay. JLD will also be in room one, while Analogue control room 2 with a lineup TBC. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Free. DJ Puddlefunk with bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between. Sat 10 Hells Bent 11pm, £5. Cardiff’s top alternative gay night. Sat 4 Back To Basskicks 11pm3am. Featuring Parly B, the Run Tingz Cru, J-Man, F-Block & The Tank Cat Allstars, Mikey Nitro, Hud Son and host Shaddy MC.

Glam

Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2022 9311 / info@ glamnightclub.co.uk Mondays The Fest 10pm3am, £3.50. Two floors of charts, dance and student anthems (room one) and r’n’b, hip-hop, urban and funky (room

DJ Q, who made his name in the late-00s bassline scene and has branched out into house and garage splendour, comes to Delilahs in Newport on Sat 25.

Kovert Music are responsible. two). Wednesdays HUMP 10pm-3am, £3.50. This is billed as the most outrageous night ever to come to Cardiff, which they will achieve via drinking games and celeb DJ sets. Wed 1 The Main Event 10pm, £10 adv. Featuring a midweek set from house floorfiller MK aka Marc Kinchen, who we interviewed when he played Cardiff some months back.

Wed 8 Mi Casa 10pm, £5 adv.

More house bigness, this time from Oliver $ b2b Jesse Rose, plus locals Lucas Alexander, Jody Barr, Andrew Watkins, Josh Thomas, Liam Matear, Elliot Mitchell, Luke Smith and Jordan Jefferies. Thursdays Propaganda 9pm-3am, £3 adv. UK-wide indie night comes to Cardiff with special guests on some weeks. Residents: DJ Dan, The Postman, Andy Tokyo, Matt Nelmes and Joshcat.

Thurs 2 has a guest DJ set from Huw Stephens. Fridays Antisocial 9pm-3am. Level 1: r’n’b, hip-hop and mash-ups from DJ Sole and DJ Pro. Level 2: house, electro, dubstep and drum’n’bass from Ian Davies and DJ Rewire. Fri 3 has a guest DJ set from Kissy Sell Out. Saturdays Vanity 9pm-

3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Sat 11 features a guest set from DJ Russke.

Glee Club

Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. 0871 472 0400 / www.glee. co.uk/cardiff Fri 17 Association Of Independent Festivals Congress Afterparty Taking place after the first day of the Festival Congress (see Events listings) and before Dim Swn, this will feature DJ sets from Huw Stephens, Rob Da Bank, Chris Tofu – all DJs who founded their own festivals – plus Madame Electrifie and Count Skylarkin, who I don’t think did.

The Globe

125 Albany Road, Cardiff.

07590 471888 / www. globecardiffmusic.com Fri 10 The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club 8pm-2am, £12 adv. You probably know what this is by now, as Craig plays here roughly every six months, and if you don’t then clearly lots of people do, as this is long sold out. Spirit Of Boogie and colibri Soul are also on the bill for this.

Gwdihw

6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff.

029 2039 7933 / www. gwdihw.co.uk Fri 3 Blue Honey 9pm, £3.

Featuring a guest set from Saul Wilks, a Welshman living in London and part of The Boogie Cartel DJ team. Fri 10 Sure Shot 9pm, £4. Featuring a guest DJ set from Nick The Record, an expert on disco obscurities who has just done a mix CD on the Z label. It’s very enjoyable too. Fri 17 Tuxedo Junction 9pm, £3. Electroswing, swing, gypsy jazz and lindy hop. Fri 24 SideShow Charity Shop Ball 9pm, £5. Featuring a guest set from Dub Mafia, festival perennials. Sat 4 Superchango 9pm, £4. Tonight is a Motown takeover. Sat 11 Fat City 9pm, £4. Soul, Latin, jazz, house, electro, funk and hip-hop, this month featuring a live set from Nubiyan Twist. *Sat 25 Hully Gully 9pm, £4. Funk, hip-hop, disco and house with a guest DJ set from Alexander Nut (Rinse FM, Ego Records).

Nice! Sun 12 Dance 4 Peace 12pm, £5. Benefit alldayer in aid of Oxfam’s Gaza crisis appeal, with the following DJs playing b2b: Lee Graves, Oisin, Brawd, Veto, Andy Richards, Clare James, Matt Owen, Mr. Ben, The Organ Grinder, Jack Siddall, Sean Morgan, Murder, Dave Little, Owain Hepple, Van Pelt, The Towel, Jake Mercanoglu, Marc Parsons, Owain K, Chris Conroy, Tom Bateman, Chris Thomas, Mikey H, Ben Hunter, Castro, Rat Catcher, Danny O’Reilly, Joey P, Omar Days. This isn’t going to leave much space for actual paying customers. Sun 17 In The Box 5pm, free. Ratcatcher, Brawd and Jack Siddall offer an evening of house and suchlike, aiming to be a meatspace version of their Boxcast podcast.

Hobo’s

6-10 Queen Street, Bridgend. www.hobosmusicvenue.com Fridays + Saturdays Distorted 10pm-3am, free.

Rock, punk and metal night in the bar area where punters are encouraged to make requests.

Jacob’s Market

West Canal Wharf, Cardiff.

029 2039 0939. *Sat 4 Teak 10pm-5am, £13.50 adv. Trus’me, Zanzibar Chanel (live), Francis Inferno Orchestra and Teak resident Seka are the people to move you. *Fri 24 Teak 10pm-5am.

See Clubs for your listings editor’s own lyrical waxing about DJ Sprinkles aka Terre Thaemlitz, total star of house music. No other details are confirmed yet but come on!

Karma

WILL SAUL All Forms @ Buffalo, Cardiff, Fri 17 Admission: £4-£7.

Info: 029 2031 0312 / www.facebook.com/allformscardiff All Forms are a new promotional entity, albeit one with a bit of previous in Cardiff’s clubnight-hosting scene. Starting with a clean slate, they debut in Buffalo on Fri 3 Oct with a DJ set from Mike Skinner, and follow it a fortnight later with this tasty-looking booking. Will Saul’s productions over the last decade or so – as well as the sound he’s pimped out on his two labels, Simple Records and Ausmusic – wiggle frantically in the nexus between house and techno, ranging from ruff hardware jams to dubbed-out bliss. His CV as a remixer has seen him retool names from Little Dragon to Cortney Tidwell, rather than just his immediate, obvious peers. Should be well worth seeing, ditto support DJ Ratcatcher.

75 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Fri + Sat 8pm-6am. karmaclubcardiff@gmail. com Sat 4 Uprise Drum'n'bass and jungle from an all-local lineup.

This is also a charity event in aid of a teenage girl with a brain tumour. DJs: Walshy Selecta, Anarky, T.Bone, Pabz, Mod, OCDJ, Rugga D, Azi. MCs: Tussell, Fury, PhatKat, Blitz, 4Dee, Joe Blow.

Kuku Club

Park Plaza Hotel, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. Members’ club.

029 2011 1177 / www. kukuclub.co.uk Fridays Kuku is available for private hire on Friday evenings.

Get in touch with them via the website if you want to take advantage of this. Saturdays 10pm-4am, £5/free members (10pm-1am); £10/£5 members (after 1am). With DJs GRL/TLK (Sat 4), Jimmy Love (Sat 11),

Michael Snooze (Sat 18) and a house night called New City Sound with DJs TBC (Sat 25).

Ladybird

41 St Mary St, Cardiff. 029 2066 5500 / info@ ladybirdcardiff.com / www. ladybirdcardiff.com Mondays Paradiso Project 10pm-3am, £4/£3.50 guestlist.

Presented by Cirque Du Cardiff.

Wednesdays Trace 10pm3am, £3/£2. House and urban vibes from DJ Moses Midas.

Fridays Therapy 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Student night boasting “cutting edge music washed down with a concoction of cheap drinks and inexcusable behaviour”. Saturdays Voodoo 8pm-3am. Ladybird: House from Chris Evans plus guest sax from Mr Saxobeat. Kapu: music from Yacht Club (DJ Jay Styles and Owen Shepherd on bongo drums). Sundays Sunday Project 7pm-3am, free with guestlist. Floor fillers and house classics from DJ Sarah Louise plus Yacht Club.

Lava Lounge

The Old Brewery Quarter, Caroline Street, Cardiff. 029 2038 2313.

Fridays Fever Fridays 9pm3am. Cardiff’s only official 90s and 00s night. Dance to tunes from the last two decades with drinks prices to match.

Saturdays 9pm-3am. Our DJ spins your favourite party tunes from 70s disco to the most recent chart toppers. Sundays Industry Sundays 9pm-4am.

Folks in the bar, club and hotel industry can come here after work and party to the selections of DJs Rhys Lewis and DJ George.

Metros

Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www. metroscardiff.com Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £5. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Fridays Subversion 9.30pm-3.30am, £3 with flyer before 10.30pm.

Drinks promos, no dress code.

Rock, punk, metal and alternative beats. Saturdays Slacker 9.30pm-3.30am. Wherein Hywel plays alternative and new music.

Minskys Show Bar

Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128.

Fridays & Saturdays 8pm1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Miss Kitty, Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.

Mocka Lounge

Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com Fridays Timeless DJ Dan Nicholas plays r’n’b, funk, disco and old skool. Just old skool.

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

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

Monkey Bar

13 Castle Street, Swansea.

01792 480822 / www. monkeycafe.co.uk Wednesdays Get Tasty New night for the new students of the new term, replacing Swerve in the midweek slot.

Fri 3 Faux Pas 10pm-4am.

TCTS, modish house creator, is tonight’s special guest. Fri 10 Bump’n’Grind Hip-hop and r’n’b from the 90s and 00s, migrating from its Cardiff homestead. Fri 17 High Focus UK hip-hopper Fliptrix hits the stage this evening. Sat 4 Breeze Drum’n’bass duo

Spectrasoul are the main event.

Sat 11 Marvel 10pm-4am.

Urban music night with DJ Jared, DJ Noah, DJ Active and DJ Marchant.

Oceana

Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3833 / cardiff@ oceanaclubs.com Mondays OMG! 9.30pm-3am, £3.50. Mayhem, games, cheap drinks, r’n’b, dance, indie, inner turmoil. Thurs 14 Bonkers A Level Results Blow Out 10pm-3am, £7/£5. Presented by some people with the gimleteyed name of Hashtag Cardiff.

Fridays Escape 9pm-3am, £5.50. Tunes, drinks offers, party. Saturdays The Sound Of Saturday 9pm-3am, £8.

Oceana’s premier weekend night out, just edging out Friday in those particular stakes.

Oceana

72 The Kingsway, Swansea.

0845 293 2872 / swansea@ oceanaclubs.com Tuesdays Love Social 10pm-3am, £7.50. Under-18s night. Fridays Threesome Fridays 10pm-3am, £2.70.

Chart, party, pop and r’n’b across three rooms Saturdays Oceana Rocks 10pm-3am, £4.50. House, electro and dance anthems in the main room, plus pop, chart, party and r’n’b in the other two.

Odyssey

Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 476476.

Fridays I Love Fridays 10pm-3am, £2 adv. Main room: r’n’b, chart and dance anthems from D-Tone. Solitaire Lounge: r’n’b, bashment, garage, funky house and more. Saturdays Rehab vs Kiss 10pm-3am, £3.50 adv. Main room: r’n’b, chart and dance anthems from DJ Richie. Solitaire Lounge: vocal funky house from Chris Brown.

Popworld

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

Mondays Rock’n’Roller 9pm-3am. Student night. Roll the dice and win a round of drinks. Tuesdays Popworld Idol 9pm-3am. Karaoke night.

Wednesdays Dirty Stop Out? 9pm, from £2. Most drinks are £1.50. Thursdays Poptails 8pm-3am. With 2-4-1 drinks all night. Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4 (Fri)/£3-£5 (Sat).

Pulse

3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www. pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue.

Wednesdays Warped 10pm4am. Join DJ Craig W on a journey through time with the best hits from the last two decades.

Fridays Pulsetastic 10pm5am, £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.

Revolution

Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk Tuesdays Sync 9pm-3am.

Student night featuring hazers, lasers and drink deals.

Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 9pm-3am. Exclusive midweek student party. You don’t need NUS to get in though. Fridays Nouveau 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.

There’s also deep house and mashups from Sarah Louise and DJ Snooze, respectively.

Saturdays Saturday Mix Session Party in style with table bookings.

The Scene

Plymouth Street, Swansea.

BUZZ 59

clubs 07730 432166 / www. thesceneclub.co.uk Sat 4 + Sat 1 Nov Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/ alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.

Used to be in Sin City, is now in here.

Sin City

Dilwyn Street, Swansea.

01792 468892 / bookings@ alternativeswansea.com Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm3am, £3. Student night, back for the new term. Fridays Monsters Of Rock & Metal / 131 10pm-3.30am, £4/£3 b4 11.

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 4 has a guest set from Jaguar Skills. If you lot like him so much why don’t you buy my copy of his 2003 mix CD for a tenner? It’s rare as hen’s teeth. Sat 11 The Lighthouse Project 10pm, £6 adv.

Featuring rising deep tech star Patrick Topping, from the Hot Creations stable and also a Pete Tong Future Star. He should call himself Patrick ‘Dream’ Topping really. Sat 18 Rise 10pm, £5 adv. Kove headlines this night of drum’n’bass – read more about him in Clubs – with TSB, Grok, Walbeoff, Sker ft. Solis and Format in room 1. Switch offer house, garage and hip-hop in the other.

Soda Lounge

St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www.sodalounge. co.uk Tuesdays Cartel £4/£3.50.

UK-wide student night. Mr. Mozafari will be playing vocal house and electro upstairs; DJ Wallace will supply r’n’b and chart in the Soda Lounge.

Wednesdays Boutique £4/£3.50. The one-two killer combo of “glamorous people” and “cheapest Wednesday night drinks”. Fridays Studio 9pm4am. New night for students who like dancing. Special guest DJs are abundant. Lounge: r’n’b and hip-hop. Club: house, tech, prog and dance. Attic: deep and nu-disco. Fri 3 has a guest DJ set from Pendulum and MC Verse; Fri 24 features Sigma and I See Monstas. Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, really the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that.

Splott Warehouse

Titan Road, Splott, Cardiff. www.facebook.com/ splottwarehousecdf Sat 4 Welcome To The Warehouse 2-10pm, £25.

Chase & Status, in their DJ incarnation, are the first headliners for this new daytime rave, which if I’m not mistaken will start right after the car boot finishes. Kove, The Golden Boy, Eton Messy, Cavo, Gavin Woo, Van Pelt and Owain Gwyn will also feature.

Static Bar

63 The Kingsway, Swansea.

01792 467998 / info@ staticbars.co.uk Sat 11 Dirtbox 8pm-4am. The lineup and ticket info is still TBC for this but there’ll be two rooms: a ‘black’ room playing hardstyle, hard dance and hardcore, and a ‘white’ room playing house, EDM and Melbourne.

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.

BUZZ 60

co.uk Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £2.50 per session. The UK's leading private karaoke experience each day of the week. Fridays Koosday 10pm-3am, £7/£5. Something that has lots of decor, smoke machines etc and describes itself as an “Arrogantly Premium Clubbing Experience”. How depressing. Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc. Sat 11 The Lost Project £10 adv/£8 early bird. First birthday bash for these promoters, headlined by Defected Records’ Sam Divine.

Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)

11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com Mondays Bump & Grind 10pm, £4/£3 before 11.30. R’n’b and hip-hop hits from the 90s.

Tue 7 Space Jam 10pm, £4.

Garage, funk and house. Thurs 2 Sub:Culture 10pm, £5/£3.

Techno and house headlined by someone called IOLO, plus residents Aneurin and Tom Ware. Fri 3 + 17 Groove Theory 10pm-4am, £3 (Fri 3).

House and disco specialists offer a residents session for cheap at the start of the month, with a special guest TBC for Fri 17. Fri 10 Powercore 9pm, £15/£10 adv. Getting settled into their new home it would seem, with a typically large lineup: Gammer, Chris Unknown, Blocaldini, Demize, Ben Manic, Noizeannoyz, Reflux, Shux, Danii, Leif Boii & Boyle, Con Con, Havok and Watkins. MCs: Mono, Shutts, Turbo, Skyz, Messiah, Pieman, Wingman, Swifty and Demize.

Fri 24 Gwaith 10pm. Techno, house and garage. Sat 4 + Sat 25 Deep Inside 10pm-4am, £6/£4 adv. On Sat 4, Ill Phil brings jackin’ house tomfoolery to Cardiff, where fellow DJs Batesy, Rich Tea, Slaughter and Vince T will be waiting for him.

Sat 25 has Flava D, with an undercard TBC. Sat 11 City Bass 10pm-4am. Headlined this month by Steven Tang, who lives in Chicago and has been producing house jams since the late 90s. Fri 31 Mood 10pm.

Halloween techno assault with a lineup that is TBC right now, but deffo should be by the time this mag is out.

The Vaults

The Old Natwest Bank, 113116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. 07977 131320 / cellardoorcardiff@hotmail. co.uk Fri 10 Catapult Presents 10pm-5am, £12 adv/£8 early bird. Original Sin and Taxman are this month’s special guests; Coop, Lubi J, Ransom, Walshy Selecta and Bason are the locals. Room 2 features Resonate, G Fync, DJ What!, ERB, Sheppa D and Cosmic Girl. Sat 11 Cellar Door 10pm-5am, £12.50 adv.

Undercover DJs spin underground house, techno and progressive across two rooms, with a chillout room showing cartoons also. This month it’s a Superhero Rave, thus you’re encouraged to dress up like a superhero.

Warehouse 54

Cambrian Rd, Newport.

01633 259144 / www.wh54. com Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Matt Kirke mixes up club-influenced beats from reggae to rock, d’n’b to dancefloor-led house.

Thursdays The Social House beats and basslines. Friday

Warehouse54 Live! A free festival-inspired mix of bass and live bands every week.

Saturdays The NPclubhop Soulful selections from the WH54 Soundsystem, alongside live guests and special events on selected dates. Sunday The Sunday Session DJs until late.

Wow Bar

4 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

Gay venue. Free all day SunThurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www. wowbarcardiff.com Wednesdays Wish You Were Here Free. Student night with “inflight entertainment” from Lambrini Rampage and Mary Golds, plus music from DJ Krys. Thursdays The Night With No Name Free. DJ Craig and Mary Golds offer “mad games and crazy entertainment.” Fridays The Greatest Show In The City Free b4 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week. Saturdays The VKend Free b4 11. With DJs Craig and Krys. You can get cheap deals in VK. £6.50 for a fishbowl. £6 for a jug of WKD. Settle down now, kids.

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

events WEDNESDAY 1

A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252. Every Wednesday.

Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Every Wednesday until Oct 15. Hosted

by Stephanie of Burlesque Cardiff. Beginners: 6.15-7.30pm; advanced: 7.45-9.

Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Hosted by Jack Cooper every Monday.

Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757.

Every Wednesday (apart from the last week of this month).

Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

Every Wednesday.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Colin Fry Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm. Info 01633 868239. Evenings of Mediumship are not scientifically proven and are presented for education and entertainment purposes only. On tomorrow also. Both dates sold out.

India Dance Wales Classes Highmead House, Lisvane, Cardiff. Info 029 2075 1158.

For Grade 2 to vocational level.

These classes are by special application only at various points in the month – not on specific days, hence listing them on the 1st. To apply write to admin@indiadancewales. com with previous dance experience and reason for wanting to join India Dance Wales.

Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea.

1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

With Mary Passmore, every Wednesday until Oct 22.

Newport Youth Dance The

Riverfront, Newport. 4.156pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. 7-10 years old: 4.15-5pm; 14-18: 5-6pm. Every Wednesday (apart from the last week of this month).

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Wednesday.

Today: Youth Circus Jedis (acrobatics, 4.15-6pm, £7); Acrobatics (6-8pm, £9/£7) and Aerial Yoga (7-8pm, £11/£9).

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.

ON iiiT (Adult Course) The Abacus, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £12/£50 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061. New poetry course in a similarly new creative space near Cardiff Central train station. Ran by Sophie Hickson, this is for over-18s and is every Wednesday this month.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Wednesday, concentrating on General Fitness. Beginners for the first hour; advanced for the second.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth.

8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. With Hayley, every Wednesday.

Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreational Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Every Wednesday.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Stories By Gaslight Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £5.

Info peterstevensonart@gmail. com. Monthly storytelling club.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk.. Every Wednesday.

Yoga Trwy Gyfrwng Y Gymraeg Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm.

Info admin@yoga-works.co.uk.

Every Wednesday.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50.

Info 07914 683534. Every Wednesday.

Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618. Every Wednesday.

THURSDAY 2

Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Thursday.

After Hours: Superhero Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. 7-11pm, £3. Info 029 2047 5475. An evening of scientific fun aimed at grownups.

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351. Every Thursday.

Bingo Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Thursday.

Biodanza Bishop of Llandaff High School, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com. “A fusion of music, movement and feeling” taught here (now in a new venue) by Antoinette Lorraine every Thursday.

Breakdance The Riverfront,

Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Learn break dancing styles, uprock, freezes and power moves every Thursday (apart from the last week of this month). For ages 8-18.

Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

Every Thursday.

Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252. Every Thursday.

Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Thursday.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Colin Fry Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm. Info 01633 868239.

Creepy Carmarthen – The Spooky Town Tour Guildhall, Carmarthen (meeting point).

7pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01267 231557. Carmarthen’s horrible histories illustrated with mindreading experiments. Also on Sat 4 and 11, plus Thurs 9, 16 and 23 this month.

First Thursday Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £2.50.

Info 029 2030 4400. New poetry, fiction and memoir sessions with Hilary Menos, Red Devon and Tiffany Murray.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm.

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

In this gym every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff.

6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209. Hosted by Laura Bradshaw. Every Thursday.

Mansion House Special Mansion House, Cardiff. 10am1pm, £10. Info info@gthc.org. uk. Enjoy an expert talk on the history of Cardiff’s Mansion House and then a full guided tour taking in all the rooms not normally open to the public. A George Thomas Hospice Care fundraising event.

National Poetry Day Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. Free.

Info 01792 463980. Poet Paul Henry will be reading the words of a famous poet throughout today. Can you guess which one?

Clue: it’s not Paul Henry.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Thursday.

Today: Youth Circus Jedis (performance, 4.15-6pm, £7); Handstands (6-7.30pm, £10/£8); and Performance (7.30-9.30pm, £10/£8).

Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk .

Every Thursday.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866. Every Thursday.

Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651. Every Thursday.

New class, free for a limited time. Also features a Latin disco after the class.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5/£4.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. Every Thursday. 7.15pm beginners; 8.15pm improvers; 9.15pm Rueda.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. Salsa, bachata, zouk and kizomba, every Thursday.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com. Day tours from Cardiff, every Monday, Thursday and Sunday. This one visits the Gower, Swansea Bay, ParcLe-Breos, the Dylan Thomas Centre and more.

Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50.

Info 029 2064 6900. Rehearsals every Thursday until Dec 4.

Open to all.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042. With Christie Butterick, every Thursday. 6.30-7.30: The 18 Movements Of Shibashi Tai Chi/Qigong; 7.45-9.15: Tai Chi Short Form.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm.

Info 029 2020 6042. Daytime class every Thursday.

The Swansea Business Show Liberty Stadium, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free (from £295 to exhibit). Info 01639 899180.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Every Thursday.

Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.

Every Thursday.

FRIDAY 3

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

Info 07790 167560. Every Tuesday and Friday.

Art Exhibition & Auction Village Hotel, Coryton, Cardiff.

7pm, free. Info info@gthc.org. uk. Look at artworks from leading Welsh artists and, if you’re willing or able, buy some at well below market rates. A George Thomas Hospice Care fundraising event.

Artist In Residence Open Studio YMCA, Swansea. 1-2pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With artist Ann Jordan, every Friday until Oct 24.

Boys’ Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.45-5.30pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Taught by Rubicon every Friday (apart from the last week of this month), for ages 6-12.

Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk.

Every Friday.

Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Mochyn Du, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www.cardiffivc.org.uk. Meeting here on the first Friday of each month.

Children’s Tap/Ballet Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10.30-11.30am. Info 01495 243252. Every Friday.

Community Choir Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.4511.45am, £72/£48 (12 weeks).

Info 01446 401209. Every Friday.

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.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Every Monday and Friday.

Law Of Attraction Discussion Group Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30-9pm, £5. Info 07976 478278. New monthly event where likeminded people meet to practice the

events principles of Law of Attraction and create the lives we desire.

Little’ns Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.25am + 10.30-11.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Every Friday (apart from the last week of this month).

Little Mice Club: Autumn National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am-12.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Drop in with kids to play, make, sing, move and meet Morys the Museum Mouse.

Neath Food & Drink Festival Town centre, Neath. 10am-5pm.

Info 01639 686413. Two-day event featuring around 75 stalls.

Additionally, there’ll be cookery demonstrations in St. David’s Church, cask ale tasting in the Old Town Hall plus walks, talks, live music etc in Victoria Gardens. On tomorrow also.

Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685. Every Friday.

NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Every Friday. Today: Youth Circus Jedis (aerial, 4.15-6pm, £7); Aerial Conditioning (6-7.30pm, £10/£8); Flying Trapeze Taster class (fortnightly, on Fri 10 and 24 this month, 6-8pm, £15).

Older Adult Dance/Exercise The Riverfront, Newport.

11.15am-12.15pm, £2.80. Info 01633 656757. Low impact dance and exercise class aimed at the over 50s every Friday (apart from the last week of this month).

Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina.

10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Every Friday.

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).

Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7.308.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332. Every Friday. No experience or partner required.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff.

1-2pm. Info 07891 712344. With Irene Davies, every Friday.

SATURDAY 4

3D Felt Flowers Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. With Mandy Nash.

Animating, Illustrating And Mapping The City Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

11am-5pm. Info 029 2078 8334.

Cardiff Contemporary event where you can watch artist Matthew Otten develop a series of illustrations and drawings to create an ‘urban’ animation inspired by Cardiff. Also on Sat 11, Sat 18, Fri 24, Sat 1 Nov and Sat 8 Nov. An Introduction To Table Loom Weaving Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. With Laura Thomas.

Antiques Weekend National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Carmarthenshire. Info 01558 667149. Hosted by Derwyn Antiques. On tomorrow also.

BookSwap National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Trade unwanted books, CDs and vinyl.

On tomorrow also.

Canyoning Venue TBC, Brecon

Beacons National Park. £75.

Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event.

Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Saturday and Sunday.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Saturday and Sunday.

Creepy Carmarthen – The Spooky Town Tour Guildhall, Carmarthen (meeting point).

7pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01267 231557.

Dylan Thomas Poetry Workshop / Poetry & Prose National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am-12.30pm + 2.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Led by Peter ThabitJones. Workshop in the morning, talk in the afternoon.

Dylan Thomas Print A Quote National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. Workshop using a Victorian printing press.

On tomorrow also.

Flight Fantastic Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Discover more about the science behind how we have overcome the forces of gravity, and soared up into the sky. (At weekends until Sun 19) Football: Barclays Premier League – Swansea City v Newcastle United Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 3pm. Info 0870 400004.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Hedgehog Helper Morning Howey Hedgehog Rescue, Llandrindod Wells. £20. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event. Also on Tue 14.

Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Discover the origins of bodies from nearby satellites to distant stars and find out which you can see from your own back garden. (At weekends until Sun 19) Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

8.15pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. A walk through woodlands, ruins and graveyards, every Saturday and most Fridays this month (plus every day dring half term).

Lyrical One Poetry & Songwriting Forum Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am, free.

Info 01792 652016. With Lisbee Stainton.

Neath Food & Drink Festival Town centre, Neath. 10am-5pm.

Info 01639 686413.

Newport Food Festival Newport city centre. 10am-5pm.

Info www.newportfoodfestival. co.uk. Featuring some 70 stalls of local/not-local food and drink, plus masterclasses, chef demos, talks, tasters and something unpromisingly called Beer Banter, held in Newport Market.

NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Saturday.

10.30-11.30am: Ewoks; 10.30am-12pm: Padawans; 10.30am-12pm: Wookies.

Phonebox Disco Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff (meeting point). Info 029 2078 8334.

This is presented by the AE101 Collective and will have its location revealed on the night. A Cardiff Contemporary event.

Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am-

8.50am start is for wheelchair £7) and Circus Fit (2-4pm, 1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. users; the main race starts £10/£8).

Every Saturday. at 9am. *Riverside Farmers’ Market SAFE Barn Dance 2014 St Cardiff Storytelling Circle Fitzhammon Embankment, Catherine’s Hall, Pontcanna, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info Cardiff. 7-11pm, £18 adv. Info 8pm, £4. Info 029 2030 4400.

029 2022 7982. On every nathansafefoundation@gmail.

Children’s Climbing Classes Sunday, always worth a trip. com. Charity night in aid of the SeeWales Sightseeing Day SAFE Foundation, featuring live Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info Tour: Golden Gower National music and line dance caller, 029 2048 4880.

Museum & Gallery, Cardiff BBQ provided by Hangfire Cider Sundays Shire Hall, (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 Smokehouse and a mechanical Monmouth. 11am-6pm, £6 adv. off if you present this magazine. rodeo bull.

Info hellocidersundays@gmail.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seeSamba Galêz Introductory com. New event for Monmouth wales.com.

Course Willows High School, where cider enthusiasts will Sunday Board Games Cardiff. 10.30-11.30am, £25/£20 have the opportunity to sample Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, unaged. Info join_the_band@ a range of local craft ciders and Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 sambagalez.info. Come and perrys, whilst learning about the 4400. New weekly session feajoin Wales’ biggest community processes behind their making. turing a mixture of competitive samba band, every Saturday CIVIC Artists Walk & Talk and co-operative games. until Nov 15. Places are limited Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Wales Fair Trade Fair so book in advance.

Cardiff (meeting point). 2pm.

Market Hall, Abergavenny.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Info 029 2078 8334.

Opening 10am-5pm, £1. Info Romans And Ruins National walesfairtradefair@ Museum & Gallery, Cardiff gmail.com. Featuring (pickup point). 9am40 stalls selling fairly 5.30pm, £5 off if you present Sun 5 sees a bumper traded goods from this magazine. Info 029 around the world, plus 2022 7227 / www.seewales. edition of the regular African drumming, com. Day tours from Cardiff, Kidsmarkets events tip dancing, Zimbabwean every Wednesday and food and live music Saturday. This one visits Caerleon, Caerwent, Tintern up at Sophia Gardens in from Chrys Blanchard, Stainless Steve Abbey, the Wye Valley, and the Bollywood Abbey Mill Craft Centre and Cardiff. They're a great Dancers.

Raglan Castle. place to get baby or Wedding Fayre St Mary Street Cardiff Grand Pavilion, Market St Mary Street, toddler clothes etc at Porthcawl. 11amCardiff. 11am-5pm, free.

4pm, free. Info 01656 Info 029 2019 0036. Selling budget prices.

815995. artisan foods, vintage clothing, antique furniture and bric-a-brac. Every Saturday.

MONDAY 6 weekend talk with Bella Kerr, Vintage Fayre Le Pub, Ballet The Gate, Cardiff.

Jason&Becky and Anna Barratt. 6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster.

Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 221477. On the first Saturday of A Cardiff Contemporary event.

Info 029 2048 3344. Every Climbing Class For Adults every month.

Monday. Beginners 6-7pm; Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Wales Fair Trade Fair intermediate 7-8; advanced Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info Guildhall, Brecon. 10am-4pm, 8-9.30.

029 2048 4880. free. Info walesfairtradefair@ Bharata Natyam Dance Cwmbran Craft Fayre Our gmail.com. Featuring 30 stalls Classes For Adult Beginners Lady’s School Hall, Cwmbran. selling fairly traded goods Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 1-4pm. Info cwmbran_crafts@ from around the world. In 8.15-9.15pm. Info 029 2075 hotmail.co.uk. Every first Abergavenny tomorrow.

1158. Every Monday.

Sunday of the month.

Working With A Coracle Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Dylan Thomas Print A Quote National History Museum, St Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, National Waterfront Museum, Fagans. 11am-4pm, free. Info Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free.

029 2057 3500. (three-month trial memberInfo 01792 463980.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, ship). Info 07526 141392. A Flight Fantastic Techniquest, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. friendly social group offering the Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. chance to “liven up your social 8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 (At weekends until Sun 19) 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. life and meet new friends” Giant Vegetable Competition through a varied events proWith Kalavathi Devi, every Aberglasney Gardens, Saturday. gramme including theatre, live Carmarthenshire. Info info@ Youth Theatre The Riverfront, music, walks, badminton, table aberglasney.org. See the Food Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 tennis and pub nights. Meeting section for more on this display (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks). here every Monday; more info at of outrageously big marrows, Info 01633 656757. Every www.cardiffivc.org.uk. pumpkins, parsnips etc. If the Saturday (apart from the last Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.45ice bucket challenge (remember 10.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029 week of this month) for ages that) was ‘problematic’ for 8 to 16, across two classes 2048 3344. Sessions every wasting water, then growing (youngest first).

Monday for a dance style billed novelty food that’s too big to eat as a combo of salsa, ballroom, definitely is. hip-hop, tango and jive.

SUNDAY 5 Hedgerow Forage Venue TBC, Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Antiques Weekend National Brecon Beacons National Park.

Nightclub, Swansea. 7.45Botanic Garden Of Wales, £15/£10 under-12s. Info 01874 10.45pm, £5. Info Carmarthenshire. Info 01558 749092.

A Good Day Out event. cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

667149.

Kidsmarkets Autumn Mega Every Monday.

Ballet Academy Wales Market Sophia Gardens, Children’s Ballroom Classes – Adults Chapter Cardiff.

11am-12.30pm, £1/£15 Dancing Classes Memorial Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, to set up a stall.

Info 07760 Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info £6.50. Info 07837 937351. Every 802088. Featuring 55 stalls of 01495 243252. Every Monday.

Sunday. great quality new and pre-loved Community Choir Sessions Ballet For Beginners Dance baby and children’s items.

Cornwall Street Church Hall, Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Lights In The Sky Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 07952 752823. Led by Pauline three classes. Info info@ 029 2047 5475.

(At weekends Down and taking place most burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Every until Sun 19) Mondays; ring ahead to check.

Sunday. Hosted by Stephanie of Lindy Hop Dance Classes Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Burlesque Cardiff.

Road Studios, Pontcanna, BookSwap National Waterfront & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre.

Cardiff. 6-7pm, £6. Info 07774 Museum, Swansea. 11am-4pm, 6-10pm.

Info 01792 863722.

601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. free. Info 01792 463980.

Every Sunday. co.uk.

Bridgend Undercover Car Lyrical One: In Response Japanese Taiko Drumming Boot Sale Multistorey Car Mission Gallery, Swansea.

The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, Park, Bridgend Town Centre.

12-5pm, free.

Info 01792 £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 7am-12pm, free (selling cars 652016.

Keith Bayliss will paint 656757. Every Monday (apart £6; selling cars with trailers in response to poetry by David from the last week of this £10). Info 01656 661338. Every Thomas and soundscape by Joe month). 4-5pm: retired people; Sunday.

Bayliss.

5-6: stage 2 for 7-14-year-olds; Cardiff Half Marathon NoFit State Circus Classes 6-7: stage 1 for 7-14-year-olds.

Castle Street (start and finish And Courses Prince Of Wales Making Music The Gate, point), Cardiff. 8.50am, free to Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Cardiff. 6-10pm, £7.50-£9.50 per spectate. Info 0845 3084001.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. session/£4 taster. Info 029 2048 Annual event which goes all nofitstate.org.

Every Sunday.

3344. Learn to play improvised around Cardiff – look at www. rock and pop and basic chord cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk if you Today: Youth Circus Jedis (mixed circus skills, 12-2pm, want to know where exactly. The

sequences. Beginners 6-8pm; intermediate 8-10. Every Monday.

Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 6.158.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. 7-11 years old: 6.15-7.15pm; 12 and up: 7.158.30pm. Every Monday (apart from the last week of this month).

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. 4-6 years old: 4.15-5pm; 11-13: 5-6pm. Every Monday (apart from the last week of this month).

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Monday.

Today features Youth Circus Ewoks (4-5 + 5.15-6.15pm, £6 per session); Youth Circus Wookies (4.30-6pm, £7 per session); Flying Trapeze (6-8pm, £12/£10 per session); Handstands (6.15-8.15pm, £10/£8 per session) and Flexibility (7.45-9.15pm, £9/£7 per session).

Northern Lingo Bingo Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933. This is a night which seems to feature people playing bingo and speaking in Yorkshire dialect.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50.

Info 029 2048 3344. Every Monday. Beginners for the first hour, intermediate for the second.

Pub Quiz The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Every Monday.

RAD Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Monday.

4-6-year-olds: 4-4.45pm; 6-8 4.45-5.45pm; Ballet Grade 1 6-8 yrs 5.45-6.45pm; Ballet Grade 2 6-8 yrs 6.45-7.45pm.

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

Every Monday. Beginners for the first hour, then improvers/ intermediate.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm. Info 01446 799100. Choir rehearsals every Monday.

Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am.

Info 029 2020 6042. New daytime class, every Monday.

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

Every Monday.

Tango Lessons Dempseys, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5. Info 029 2023 9253. Also on Mon 13, Mon 3 Nov and Mon 10 Nov. Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7-9pm.

Info 07734 557767. Learn traditional Korean karate every Monday; beginners welcome.

Tour: Llys Rhosyr & Bryn Eryr National History Museum, St Fagans. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Monday afternoon and Tuesday evening.

Email info@learnwelsh.co.uk for more deets.

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; BUZZ 61

events WHAT is ‘world music’? That’s not a trick question but it is a tricky one to answer. The term was popularised in the late 20th century as a catch-all description for non-western traditional music, although these days it includes much more than that, as anyone who attended any of last year’s WOMEX events in Cardiff will attest. From Korean heavy metal/folk fusion and traditional Quebecois songs to psychedelic Peruvian cumbia and Galician bagpipe players, ‘world music’ encompasses a bewildering array of music.

Out here on the edge of Europe, we often overlook the fact that, from the point of view of other nations, the traditional music of the British Isles can also be classed as ‘world music’.

Recently artists including 9Bach and the inspired collaboration between Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita have been praised for putting Welsh music onto the ‘world music’ stage, and over in Ireland bands such as Lúnasa have long been credited with doing the same.

Internationally acknowledged as being the finest traditional Irish instrumental band of recent times, Lúnasa are renowned for their inventive arrangements and bass driven grooves which have raised the profile of Irish acoustic music to new levels. Having released a series of eight highly acclaimed studio albums which have been hailed as among the best and most important world music albums from anywhere, their passion, virtuosity and innovation has also marked them out as one of the world’s finest Celtic music bands.

As their reputation continues to grow, so their music continues to evolve as their most recent album proves. Recorded with Ireland’s acclaimed RTÉ Concert Orchestra, it’s a glittering and mind bogglingly good collection of tunes sparked from a one-time collaboration with the treasured national orchestra.

Good as their albums are, it’s in a live setting that Lúnasa come into their own, as you can discover on Tue 14 Oct when they’ll be raising the temperature at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall as part of the autumn programme of the Roots Unearthed series.

Buzz also recommends CIGDEM ASLAN. Rising star of the Greek and Turkish rebetiko scene. Pontardawe Arts Centre.

(Fri 3) NIC JONES & JOE JONES PLUS BEAR BONES. Legendary British folk singer and his son, plus support. The Garage, Swansea. (Thurs 9) THE LONDON KLEZMER QUARTET. Acclaimed high octane female quartet. Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy. (Thurs 30) Please send your folk and roots listings to listings@buzzmag.co.uk or phone them in to 029 2022 7677

BUZZ 62

8.10-9.30pm: beginners. Every Monday.

Zumba Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4.

Info 029 2087 7959. Every Monday.

TUESDAY 7

A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 01495 243252. Every Tuesday.

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

Info 07790 167560.

American Line Dancing The Gate, Cardiff. 2.45-4.45pm, £3. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Tuesday.

Belly Dance Classes Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 6.30-8pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. Mixed ability class with Steph, every Tuesday.

Circus Skills The Riverfront, Newport. 7-8.30pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. For ages 14 and up. Every Tuesday (apart from the last week of this month).

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Tuesday to Thursday.

Contemporary Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, £4.50£6.50/£2.50 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Tuesday.

Beginners 6-7pm; intermediate 7-8.30.

Explore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10.30-11.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. Informal book club.

Extend The Gate, Cardiff.

11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Exercise to music, aimed at over-60s and people with a disability. Every Tuesday.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + 6.30pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Fun Skittles Chepstow Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 inc food. Info 01291 624919.

Every Tuesday.

Gitananda Yoga St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd.

7-8.30pm, free. Info 01443 408065. Every Tuesday.

Glam Dram St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

7pm. Info 01446 799100.

Amateur theatre company for adults meets here every Tuesday.

India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. From beginners to next level and for all ages and abilities, here every Tuesday.

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

Every Tuesday. All instruments and ages welcome.

Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Learn African samba here every Tuesday.

Life Drawing Sketching Session 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff.

6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Hosted by Cardiff Life Model every Tuesday.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147. Every Tuesday.

Little’ns Music The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.30am + 1.30-2.15, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Introduction to rhythm and singing for babies, plus a chance to practice nursery rhymes. Every Tuesday (apart from the last week of this month).

Mistpouffers Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff (meeting point). 12-3pm. Info 029 2078 8334. Experimental sound

interventions with Swanseabased artist Jessica Hoad. A Cardiff Contemporary event.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Tuesday.

Today: Youth Circus Jedis (ground based skills, 4-6pm, £7 per session); Youth Circus Padawans (4.30-6pm, £7 per session); Hula Hoop (6-7pm, £7); Circus Mish Mash (6-8pm, £5); Unicycle (6-7pm £5) and Beginners Aerial (8-10pm, £11/£9).

ON iiiT (Ages 13-17) The Abacus, Cardiff. 5-7pm, £10/£40 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061. New poetry course for youths, every Tuesday this month.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday.

Pied Piper Music The Gate, Cardiff. 10.15-10.45am + 1.302.15pm, £4.50 (morning)/£5 (afternoon). Info 029 2048 3344. Songs, games and music making for toddlers (morning) and pre-schoolers aged 3+ (afternoon) every Tuesday.

Pilates And Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. With Steph, every Tuesday. Bring your own mat please.

Pilates: Beginners The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £5.50£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Every Tuesday.

Poetry Reading: Tim Richards Sandringham Hotel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2161. Tim will be reading from his new collection Subversive Lines, a copy of which is included in the price.

There’ll be an open mic spot too.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

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

Salsa Classes Bar 44, Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Every Tuesday.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5/£4.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. Every Tuesday. 7.15pm beginners; 8.15pm improvers; 9.15pm intermediates.

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.

Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5.

Info 029 2087 7959. With Tim Stevens, every Tuesday.

Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm, £6. Info 01291 624919. Every Tuesday.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042. New classes every Tuesday. 6.30-7.30: Tai Chi Health Qigong – Ba Duan Jin; 7.45-9: Rattan Bo Tai Chi Qigong (Chi Kung).

Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. Every Tuesday, with Kalavathi Devi.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. 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, on every Tuesday.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm.

Info 07891 712344. Led by Irene Davies, every Tuesday, as are...

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.

WEDNESDAY 8

A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252.

Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757.

Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Iris Prize 2014 Chapter Arts Centre + Cineworld, Cardiff.

Info www.irisprize.org. First day of this seasoned annual LGBT film festival, which we’ve written plenty about already don’t you know. Today features a young persons’ session at Chapter (9am-4pm) and the world premiere of Jayson Bend: Queen And Country (Cineworld, 7.45pm). See the Iris website for the full lowdown. (Until Sun 12) Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea.

1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

ON iiiT (Adult Course) The Abacus, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £12/£50 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth.

8pm. Info 029 2071 0615.

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). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. 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.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50.

Info 07914 683534.

Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.

THURSDAY 9

Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

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.

Bluegrass Acoustic Picking Session The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 473276. Informal learning session for all abilities.

Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Cardiff Archaeological Society Lecture Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University. 7.15pm.

Info www. cardiffarchsoc.btck.co.uk. ‘Must Farm: Excavating An Intact Bronze Age River’, by Mark Knight.

Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252.

Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Creepy Carmarthen – The Spooky Town Tour Guildhall, Carmarthen (meeting point).

7pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01267 231557.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Hand Building & Surface Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff.

6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209.

His Words In Music National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

7pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

An illustrated lecture on Dylan Thomas by Edward-Rhys Harry with the Dunvant Male Choir and London Welsh Camerata. A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

Howl Mozarts, Swansea. 8pm12am, free. Info 01792 649984.

Poetry night, also on Thurs 16.

Iris Prize 2014 Cineworld, Cardiff. 12pm. Info www.irisprize.org. Today features three programmes of short films (12, 4.30 and 7.30pm) plus screenings of The Bubble (2pm), Boys (6pm), Land Of Storms (7.45pm), Joe & Belle (8.30pm) and The Third (10pm). (Until Sun 12) NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866.

Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Sherman Choir Sherman

events Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50.

Info 029 2064 6900.

Shoryuken Street Fighter Tournament Hobo’s, Bridgend.

7.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.

SkyHawk The Gate, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £9/£7. Info 029 2048 3344. Multimedia wildlife show using digital media and live music. On tomorrow also.

SWDFAS Lecture: Fascinating Friendships Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

2pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400.

Lecture by Ghislaine Howard BA on friendships between artists over the years.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm.

Info 029 2020 6042.

Welsh Museums Festival National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am-3pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Behind-thescenes tours of different departments, like so. 11am: Natural Sciences; 12pm: The Library; 1pm: Art; 2pm: Archaeology; 3pm: Conservation.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.

Cardiff. 10-11am, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk.

Film Premiere: A Bird In A Cage University of South Wales, Caerleon Campus. Info marketing@ windingsnake.com. Winding Snake Productions with a first screening of their documentary about Margaret Mackworth, otherwise known as Lady Rhondda, an important women’s rights campaigner throughout the first half of the 20th century.

Football: European Championship Qualifier – Wales v Bosnia-Herzegovina Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff.

7.45pm. Info 0845 3451400. First of two qualifiers here this month, the other being on Monday.

Iris Prize 2014 Park Inn + Cineworld, Cardiff. 12pm.

Info www.irisprize.org. Today features an industry discussion session (Park Inn, 9am-4pm) plus, in Cineworld, screenings of Israeli short films (2pm), British shorts (4.30pm) and shorts from various countries (7.30pm). Full-length screenings: The Third (12pm), Snails In The Rain (6pm), Helicopter Mom (7.45pm), Melting Away (8.30pm) and The Samurai (10pm). (Until Sun 12) Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 8.15pm, £8.50.

Info 07538 878609.

Little’ns Dance The Riverfront,

On Sun 12, an event titled So What Was The Picturesque? features at The Drill Hall in Chepstow. This is a programme of illustrated talks to explore the ideas and theories of the Picturesque, an aesthetic that dominated art and taste in the second half of the 18th century, and the men who created and defined these ideas.

FRIDAY 10

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

Info 07790 167560.

Artist In Residence Open Studio YMCA, Swansea. 1-2pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Booklaunch: Georgia Carys Williams Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 7pm, free.

Info 01792 463980. Launch of this Swansea writer’s short fiction debut Second-Hand Rain.

Boys’ Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.45-5.30pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk.

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.

Embodiment In The Urban Environment Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-5pm.

Info 029 2078 8334. Mandy Warner explores the idea that a building or a city takes on life when being lived in or used and the parallels with embodiment in cloth. A Cardiff Contemporary event. Also on Fri 7 Nov. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna,

Newport. 9.45-10.25am + 10.3011.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685.

NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Older Adult Dance/Exercise The Riverfront, Newport.

11.15am-12.15pm, £2.80. Info 01633 656757.

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.

Sessions The Riverfront, Newport. 5-11pm, £1. Info 01633 656757. Boutique market and open mic night. Tonight is a Comedy Port takeover.

SkyHawk The Gate, Cardiff.

10am, £9/£7. Info 029 2048 3344.

Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332.

Tea Dance St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

2-4pm, £5. Info 01446 779100.

With Alan Taylor.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff.

1-2pm. Info 07891 712344.

SATURDAY 11

Animating, Illustrating And Mapping The City Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am5pm. Info 029 2078 8334.

Caerwent Craft Fayre Caerwent Village Hall, Monmouthshire. 2.30-4.30pm.

Info cwmbran_crafts@hotmail. co.uk. Every second Saturday of the month.

Cardiff March On Cancer City Hall Lawn, Cardiff (starting point). 7.30-8.15pm. Info www. standuptocancer.org.uk. Cardiff is one of 15 UK cities which will be hosting this 45-minute charity walk tonight. Everyone is welcome.

Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow.

8.30am-1pm, free. Info 01291 626370. Every second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Creepy Carmarthen – The Spooky Town Tour Guildhall, Carmarthen (meeting point).

7pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01267 231557.

Family Fun Day The Riverfront, Newport. 12pm, free.

Info 01633 656757. In asssociation with Comedy Port.

Farmers’ Market Twyn Community Centre, Caerphilly.

9.30am, free. Info 01656 658963. Every second Saturday of the month.

Film Fest Cymru St David’s Hotel, Cardiff Bay / Gorilla & Bait Studio, Cardiff. £25/£15 day pass. Info 01656 858187. New four-day festival, held in various Cardiff locations and presented

by It’s My Shout. Today features conversations with people in the film industry, workshops, advice for budding film-makers and a photography exhibition by Mei Lewis and Made in Wales Stills Photography trainees.

Full details at www.itsmyshout. co.uk/filmfestcymru. On tomorrow also (only in the Wales Millennium Centre).

Flight Fantastic Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

(At weekends until Sun 19) Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils v Hull Stingrays Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2038 2001.

Iris Prize 2014 Chapter Arts Centre + Cineworld, Cardiff.

10am. Info www.irisprize.org.

Today features, at Chapter, screenings of various shorts (10am, 12pm, 2.30 + 4.30pm); Hands United followed by a discussion about it (10am); Boy Meets Girl (12pm); Happy End (2pm) and Tru Love (6pm). At Cineworld, there’s Eastern Boys (7pm); The Way He Looks (7.45pm) and Jayson Bend: Queen And Country (10pm). (Until Sun 12) Kidsmarkets Family Sale Cowbridge Leisure Centre.

11am-12.30pm, £1/£15 to set up a stall. Info 07760 802088.

Featuring 35 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved baby and children’s items.

Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 19) Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green,

Llandaff (meeting point).

8.15pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Lyrical One Poetry & Songwriting Workshops Mission Gallery, Swansea.

11am-3pm, free. Info 01792 652016. With Joe Bayliss & Richard Jones. Also on Sat 18 and Sat 25.

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.

NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

Rowing – Head Of The Taff Castle Street Bridge, (starting point), Cardiff. 11am-2.30pm, free to spectate. Info www. cbwac.com. Rowing race which finishes at the PDR Bridge.

Samba Galêz Introductory Course Willows High School, Cardiff. 10.30-11.30am, £25/£20 unaged. Info join_the_band@ sambagalez.info.

Saturday Family Workshops YMCA, Swansea. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With artist Dan McCabe. Also on Sat 25.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Singing Workshop St Catherine’s Hall, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 1-5pm, £20/£15. Info 07952 752823. Songs from from Maori New Zealand, Africa and Cuba, sung in a capella style and hosted by Pauline Down.

St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff.

11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2019 0036.

Swingin’ At The Pavilion Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2071 2100.

Swing dancing, cocktails and live music courtesy of Lindy Hop Cardiff and The Paper Moon Band.

Thrifty Kids: Night Lights National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, £2.50. Info 01792 463980. Kids’ workshop where you can decorate a tea light holder.

Unknown Wales National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff.

10am-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. A conference to celebrate and discuss Welsh wildlife, in which guests talk about bank voles, dung beetles, sand lizards and why people keep finding rare fish in the sea near Barry.

West Wales Wool Show Queens Hall, Narberth. 11am4pm. Info 01834 869323.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks).

Info 01633 656757.

SUNDAY 12

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50.

Info 07837 937351.

Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for

three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

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 Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Dirty, Gifted & Welsh 2014 Angel Hotel, Cardiff. 11am, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2064 9200.

An alldayer, hosted by National Theatre Wales and Dirty Protest, celebrating Welsh writers and writing for performance.

Features readings, debates, workshops, a quiz and a disco at the end.

Doug Scott: The Three Peaks Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01874 611622. Small talk with the first Briton to climb Mount Everest. Huh, I’ve been under the impression that Edmund Hillary was British my whole life. Guess that’s the imperialist in me.

Film Fest Cymru Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £25/£15 day pass. Info 01656 858187.

Flight Fantastic Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

(At weekends until Sun 19) Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle.

7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Also on Sun 19, Wed 22, Sun 26 and Tue 28.

Iris Prize 2014 Park Inn + Cineworld, Cardiff. 10am. Info www.irisprize.org. From 1-5pm, Amy Lame hosts the Iris Awards at the Park Inn. In Cineworld, meanwhile, screenings of Tru Love (2pm), Der Samurai (4.30pm), a ‘Best Of Iris 2014’ compilation of shorts (6pm) and ‘Best Of Iris Feature Film 2014’ (7.30 pm). (Finishers today) Karate: Welsh Closed Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am6pm. Info 029 2078 6441.

Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 19) Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre.

6-10pm. Info 01792 863722.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

So What Was The Picturesque? Drill Hall, Chepstow. Info 01291 628552.

Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

Wales Fungus Day National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Carmarthenshire. Info 01558 667149.

Walk For Hope Temple Of Peace, Bute Park, Cardiff (starting point). 10am. Info info@ gthc.org.uk. Sponsored walk for George Thomas Hospice Care.

MONDAY 13

Ballet The Gate, Cardiff.

6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster.

Info 029 2048 3344.

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

Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Hosted by Jack Cooper every Monday.

Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk.

Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.4510.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344.

Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com .

Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07952 752823.

Festival Lecture: Tales From The Keyboard Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 475715. Talk by Jonathan Darnborough. A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event. Book in advance please.

Food Haven The Canteen On Clifton Street, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £25. Info info@realfrankfood. com. Vegan and gluten-free supper club presented by Romy of Real Frank Food.

Football: European Championship Qualifier – Wales v Cyprus Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. co.uk.

Japanese Taiko Drumming The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 656757.

Joy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.309pm, free (donations welcome).

Info 07412 346054. On the second and fourth Monday of every month.

Making Music The Gate, Cardiff. 6-810pm, £7.50-£9.50 per session/£4 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 6.158.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. 7-11 years old: 6.15-7.15pm; 12 and up: 7.158.30pm. Every Monday (apart from the last week of this month).

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Penarth Book Festival Penarth Library + The Albion Pub, Penarth. Info www.penarthbookfestival.org.uk. First day of this seven-day multi-venue event. Today features a talk by Eugene Barter, Memories Of Rozinante (Penarth Library, 10.30am, £2 adv) and a Poems & Pints session (The Albion, 7.30pm, free, ticketed). (Until Sun 19) Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50.

Info 029 2048 3344.

Pub Quiz The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050.

RAD Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029

BUZZ 63

events

ABERTOIR FILM FESTIVAL Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 31st Oct. Tickets: £20 day pass (prices vary for individual films).

Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.abertoir.co.uk For the third year running, Abertoir – Wales' International Horror Festival – in Aberystwyth from Tue 11-Sun 16 Nov – is uprooting from Ceredigion to take over Cardiff, in Chapter Arts Centre's Halloween lineup. Serving sliced segments of sci-fi, the frightful festival will feature a mash of independent films as well as Hollywood horrors guaranteed to give you the heebie-jeebies. Abertoir’s aptly named Short Cuts present a thrilling blend of discoveries from this year and some favourites from the festival’s 2013 short film competition. Showing films like Beware Of Children (Ares Ceylan, Switzerland) and Butterflies (Isabel Peppard, Australia), along with live commentary of gory greats like The Faculty, it’s guaranteed that these screens will make you scream. Premiering on Halloween, this festival is more tempting than turning the lights on during The Shining.

2048 3344.

Rhyme And Real Ale Mackintosh Sports Club, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 07512 235758. Monthly open mic poetry night with a little music too.

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

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

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

Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am.

Info 029 2020 6042.

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

Tango Lessons Dempseys, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

6-7.20pm. Info 07734 557767.

Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 2048 3344.

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

Zumba Dance Classes BUZZ 64

Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4.

Info 029 2087 7959.

TUESDAY 14

A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 01495 243252.

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

Info 07790 167560.

American Line Dancing The Gate, Cardiff. 2.45-4.45pm, £3.

Info 029 2048 3344.

Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff.

6.50-8.10pm, £6/£30 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Black Kettle Collective YMCA, Swansea. 5-7pm, free.

Info 01792 516900. Multifarious events for audiences aged 14-24, responding to events at the Glynn Vivian Gallery. Also on Tue 28.

Circus Skills The Riverfront, Newport. 7-8.30pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Contemporary Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, £4.50£6.50/£2.50 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Extend The Gate, Cardiff.

11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Funkypump Fitness

Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + 6.30pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Fun Skittles Chepstow Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 inc food. Info 01291 624919.

Gitananda Yoga St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd.

7-8.30pm, free. Info 01443 408065.

Hedgehog Helper Morning Howey Hedgehog Rescue, Llandrindod Wells. £20. Info 01874 749092.

India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158.

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

Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.

Life Drawing Sketching Session 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff.

6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147.

Little’ns Music The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.30am + 1.30-2.15, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Music Matters Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 entry. Info 029 2039 7933. Pop quiz, held every month.

NoFit State Circus Classes

And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

ON iiiT (Ages 13-17) The Abacus, Cardiff. 5-7pm, £10/£40 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061.

Penarth Book Festival The Gallery, Penarth. Info www. penarthbookfestival.org.uk.

Today features Great British Sweets And How To Make Them At Home by Adele Nozdar (11am-12pm); Foreign Shores with Dorothy Al Khafaji, Jane Parry And Hilary Shepherd (2.30-4pm) and Women In Crime with Emma Kavanagh, Bev Jones and Belinda Bauer (8-9.30pm). (Until Sun 19) Pied Piper Music The Gate, Cardiff. 10.15-10.45am + 1.302.15pm, £4.50 (morning)/£5 (afternoon). Info 029 2048 3344.

Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff.

8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745.

Pilates And Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745.

Pilates: Beginners The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £5.50£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Rowing: Cardiff Autumn Head Channel View Centre, Grangetown, Cardiff (starting point). 11am + 2.30pm, £9 entry per seat/free to spectate.

Info 07772 303053. Taking place on the River Taff. See Sport.

Salsa Classes Bar 44, Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618.

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.

Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5.

Info 029 2087 7959.

Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm, £6. Info 01291 624919.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Tea Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2-4pm, £4. Info 01656 815995. Also on Tue 28.

Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth.

8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm.

Info 07891 712344.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.

WEDNESDAY 15

A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252.

Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist

Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757.

Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Iwan Bala & Angharad Jenkins Mission Gallery, Swansea. 6pm, free. Info 01792 652016. Music played

by Jenkins in a special setting including text by Bala and other things relating to Nigel Jenkins – Angharad’s dad, a local poet who died earlier this year.

Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea.

1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. *Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@gmail. com. Consistently innovative district-specific week of arty happenings is back for 2014.

Check out www.madeinroath. com for the full programme, but here’s what’s on today: opening nights of exhibitions Waiting List (The Roath Park, on until Wed 22, 8pm) and Glenn Edwards’ My Front Room (The Claude, 8pm, until Wed 22); plus Roath’s Got Talent (Albany Road Baptist Church, 6-8pm) (Until Wed 22) NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. *Oktoberfest Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2030 4400. Chapter’s miniature version of the annual German beer festival, with speciality German food etc too. When I wrote the listing for this last year I appeared to invent the portmanteau word ‘hopster’.

Not sure how I feel about that.

(Until Sat 18) ON iiiT (Adult Course) The Abacus, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £12/£50 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061.

Penarth Book Festival The Gallery, Penarth Library + Penarth Rugby Club, Penarth.

Info www.penarthbookfestival. org.uk. Today features KarlJames Langford, Romans In The Vale Of Glamorgan (The Gallery, 11am-12pm); Glyn Mathias, Raising An Echo (The Gallery, 2.30-3.30pm); a Teen Quiz Night, most likely for rather than about teens (Penarth Library, 6pm) and Richard Parks, Beyond The Horizon (Penarth Rugby Club, 7.30pm, £5). (Until Sun 19) Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth.

8pm. Info 029 2071 0615.

T. Harri Jones & Dylan Thomas Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7pm, £15. Info 01982 552555. A talk about two of Wales’ most famed 20th century poets. Entry price includes cawl and Welsh cakes.

Welsh Short Story Network Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £3.75-£7.50. Info 01970 623232. Readings from Carly Holmes, Patrick Christopher Kavanagh, Emma Musty (who wrote for us years back if my memory is correct) and Geogre Sandifer-Smith.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. 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.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50.

Info 07914 683534.

Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.

THURSDAY 16

Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

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 Cathays Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com.

Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Cardiff ECOS Awards Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

Info www. cardiffcapitalofsport.co.uk.

ECOS stands for European Capital Of Sport, which Cardiff is this year. These are a set of awards in which the public can vote for their favourite sporting stars of 2014.

Cardiff’s Victorian Parks Cardiff Castle. 6pm, £7.50. Info 029 2087 8100. Talk by Rosie James.

Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252.

Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Community Cafe YMCA, Swansea. 5.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Lecturer and artist Tiff Oben presents a series of three talks searching for the Masters, the overlooked makers and objects, and the obscure in a personal response to the Glynn Vivian Collection.

Creepy Carmarthen – The Spooky Town Tour Guildhall, Carmarthen (meeting point).

7pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01267 231557.

Design Stuff Cardiff Undertone, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.

Various talks about design.

Book in advance please (might be sold out, it seems to do so with a quickness).

End Of Season Golf Day Vale National Golf Course, Helsol Park, nr Cardiff. 1pm, £200 per team to enter. Info info@ gthc.org.uk. A George Thomas Hospice Care fundraising event.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff.

6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209.

Howl Mozarts, Swansea. 8pm12am, free. Info 01792 649984.

Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@ gmail.com. Today features a TEAM Performance Party (Park Conservative Club, 7.30-9pm);

events Cider And Seduction, an open mic literature night with Renn Hubbuck (Roath Park Tavern, 8-10pm); screenings from the Outcasting: Fourth Wall Film Festival (St Anne’s Church, 12-6pm) and another Roath’s Got Talent auditions show (Albany Road Baptist Church, 6-8pm). (Until Wed 22) New Under The Sun Porter’s, Cardiff. 6-7 + 7.45-9pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Rachel Trezise and Ed Thomas will be talking with National Theatre Wales’ John McGrath about their respective debut plays in the early evening; afterwards, travel writer Tom Anderson launches his debut novel The Actaeon Tide.

Presented by Parthian.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Oktoberfest Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 18) Penarth Book Festival The Kymin + Penarth Library, Penarth. Info www. penarthbookfestival.org. uk. Today features a Writing Forum with Phil Carradice (The Kymin, 10am-12pm, £5); writer Gareth Thomas talking to Jane Hutt (The Kymin, 2.303.30pm, £5) and Snapshots In Time: Penarth And WWI As Seen Through The Eyes Of The Penarth Times (Penarth Library, 4pm, £2). (Until Sun 19) Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866.

Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50.

Info 029 2064 6900.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm.

Info 029 2020 6042.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.

FRIDAY 17

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

Info 07790 167560.

AIF Festival Congress Conference Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11.15am5.20pm, £100 (two days). Info 029 2063 6464. See Roundup for a bit more on this two-day event, aimed at people who work in the festival biz in some way. Today features keynote speeches, presentations and panels; go to www.aiforg.com/ initiatives/festival-congress for a fuller picture. On tomorrow also, in the Angel Hotel.

Artist In Residence Open

Studio YMCA, Swansea. 1-2pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Boys’ Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.45-5.30pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk.

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.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10-11am, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. co.uk.

Little’ns Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.25am + 10.30-11.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

8.15pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@gmail. com. Today features Brent Morgan’s TXT U DA LOCATION (venue revealed on booking, 7-9pm); Acoustic Sessions for the Young Originals (MADE Gallery, 6-8pm); spoken word night Octopoet (The Coffi House, 7.30-11pm); an ‘independence referendum’, Roath Decides (The Roath Park pub, 8-9pm); and Settlement, an artist-led, participatory event (Spit & Sawdust, 10am-5pm).

(Until Wed 22) Memo Quiz Night Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free.

Info 01495 243252. Every third Friday of the month.

Midnight Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 10.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Also from Thurs 23-Sat 25.

Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685.

New Under The Sun Cameo Club, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

5.30-8pm. Info 029 2022 6466 Novelist Dai Smith will be in conversation with Professor Chris Williams and Professor Meic Stephens (5.30-6.30pm), Owen Sheers and Fflur Dafydd will talk about the aims of newly formed organisation Wales PEN Cymru (7-8); a reading from Peter Krištúfek’s House Of The Deaf Man (8-9) and Late Night Lounge, new poetry introduced by the editor of Poetry Wales, Nia Davies (9.45-10.45).

NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Oktoberfest Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 18) Older Adult Dance/Exercise The Riverfront, Newport.

11.15am-12.15pm, £2.80. Info 01633 656757.

Penarth Book Festival Trinity Methodist Church, The Gallery + Penarth Library, Penarth.

Info www.penarthbookfestival. org.uk. Today features The First World War: Cause And Effect (Trinity Methodist Church, 11am-12pm, £5); Adrian Goldsworthy, Stories From History – Truth And Fiction (The Gallery, 2.30-3.30pm) and Eddie Butler reading from his debut novel The Head Of Gonzo Davies, the description of which sounds on a par with the one Terry Venables wrote (Penarth Rugby Club, 7.30pm, £5). (Until Sun 19) 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.

So You Think You’re Smart?

Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

7pm, free. Info 01495 243252.

Quiz night, every third Friday of the month.

Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332.

Tour: The Future Of St Fagans National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am12pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Find out about their new multimillion-pound project which will revolutionise the way they interpret history. Glad to know that when someone buys a bottle of SA for £5.25 (five pounds twenty-five pence) from the cafe here, it’s funding something useful, as opposed to just being outrageously overpriced.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff.

1-2pm. Info 07891 712344.

SATURDAY 18

60 Second Show & Tell National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 2pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Curators try to explain an object without hesitation, repetition or deviation in just 60 seconds.

A Day With Lecsi Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

AIF Festival Congress Conference Angel Hotel, Cardiff. 10.45am-6pm, £100 (two days). Info 029 2064 9200.

Today features talks etc about management, ticketing, international festivals, curating and other things.

Animating, Illustrating And Mapping The City Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am5pm. Info 029 2078 8334.

Apple And Pear Weekend National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Carmarthenshire. Info 01558 667149. On tomorrow also.

Big Draw: Family Fun Trees National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Family event.

Bridgend Lions Book Clearance Sale YMCA, Bridgend. 10am, free. Info 0845 8339582. Charity event to raise funds for Bridgend Lions, an organisation which helps people in need.

Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Dark Skies Evening With An Astronomer Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons National Park. £55. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event.

Enamel Jewellery Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. With Sophie Buckingham.

Felt Workshop Y Galeri, Caerphilly. 10am-4pm, £45.

Info 029 2086 1433. Make a felt clutch bag with a decorated surface. With Mandy Nash.

Flight Fantastic Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

(At weekends until Sun 19) Folk & Bluegrass Harmony Workshops Gorseinon Institute, Swansea. 10.30am4.30pm, £10. Info 01792 899201.

Football: Sky Bet

Championship – Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff.

12.15pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Curiously early KO for this one.

Wasn’t aware of it being a notorious flashpoint tie.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 19) Local History Live! National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Information to help you find out more about local and family history.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

8.15pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Lyrical One Poetry & Songwriting Workshops Mission Gallery, Swansea.

11am-3pm, free. Info 01792 652016.

Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@gmail. com. Today features City Road – A Live Pub Soap Opera (The Roath Park pub, time TBC), Exchange In Roath workshops (The Gate, 11.30am-3.30pm); Beermat Portraits (The Roath Park, 1-7pm); RoathBots Playground Workshops (Roath Park, Albany and Marlborough primary schools, 2-4pm); Road Block Street Party (Plasnewydd Road, 11am-4pm); a creation of a mural, Sprayed In Roath, with Amelia ‘Unity’ Thomas (The Roath Park, 11am-4pm); On Opening And Closing, a short film by Shaun James (Roath Park Conservatory, 10.30am4.30pm); Rhôd In Roath, guided tours of various Ninian Road front gardens (from 2pm); tactileBOSCH presents Little House Of BOSCH (The Roath Park, 8-11pm); the final Roath’s Got Talent awards show (Albany Road Baptist Church, 6-8pm).

(Until Wed 22) NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Oktoberfest Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 18) Penarth Book Festival Main Hall, Lesser Hall + The Gallery, All Saints Church, Penarth. Info www.penarthbookfestival.org. uk. Today features two sessions where kids can meet Fireman Sam and do other related stuff (Main Hall, 10am + 12pm); Harry Bingham talks about his Fiona Griffiths crime series (The Gallery, 10.30-11.30am, £5); The Antarctic Experience with John Harrison And Jim Meyer (The Gallery, 2-3pm, £5); Dan Anthony Writing Workshop (Lesser Hall, 2.30-4pm, £4) and a Literary Quiz Night (The Gallery, £3). (Until Sun 19) Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

Samba Galêz Introductory Course Willows High School, Cardiff. 10.30-11.30am, £25/£20 unaged. Info join_the_band@ sambagalez.info.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

St Fagans Book Club National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1pm, free. Info

029 2057 3500. A discussion of The Green Man by Kingsley Amis, which is creepy but also has marital affairs. So a bit like its author, then.

Surfing: Elusive Open Of Surf Rest Bay, Porthcawl.

8am-6pm. Info 0845 2008420.

Featuring Open, Women’s, Longboard and Junior surf events, plus a superherothemed charity surfing sideline in aid of Wave Project Cymru.

Tribute To Nelson Mandela Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12-6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Music, talks and performances collectively giving the thumbs up to the big man, in partnership with the African Community Centre.

Trinket Boxes YMCA, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With artist Becky Adams.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks).

Info 01633 656757.

SUNDAY 19

Apple And Pear Weekend National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Carmarthenshire. Info 01558 667149.

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50.

Info 07837 937351.

Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

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.

Cardiff Baby & Toddler

performance by Swanseabased artist and former Cardiff resident, Joan Jones. A Cardiff Contemporary event.

Feltmaking Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. Make a silky cobweb felt scarf with Claire Cawte.

Fencing: Tournament Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am5pm. Info 07530 226532.

Flight Fantastic Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

(Finishes today) Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle.

7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609.

Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils v Sheffield Steelers Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2038 2001.

Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Finishes today) Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre.

6-10pm. Info 01792 863722.

Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@gmail. com. Today features City Road – A Live Pub Soap Opera (The Roath Park pub, time TBC); The Big Draw with Becci Holmes (St Martin’s Church, 1-5pm); Beermat Portraits (The Roath Park, 1-7pm); Family Recycle Art Workshop with Caroline Deacon (Roath Pleasure Gardens, 12-4pm); Requiem Mass For Howard Gardens (old CSAD space, Howard Gardens, 6.30-7pm; G39, 7-8.30pm); Sprayed In Roath, with Amelia ‘Unity’ Thomas (Baghdad Market/Firstline Motors, 12-6pm); On Opening And Closing by Shaun James (Roath Park Conservatory, 10.30am4.30pm); .Rhôd In Roath, various Ninian Road front gardens (from 2pm); Rarebit & Cawl: Parthian New Voices (literary readings, Waterloo Tea Gardens,

The Cardiff Archaeological Society reboots its programme of lectures for the 2014-15 season. Held in the Chemistry Lecture Theatre at Cardiff University, the first is on Thurs 9 at 7.15pm. Mark Knight, from Cambridge University's Archaeology department, talks about excavating an intact Bronze Age river.

Show City Hall, Cardiff. 10am4pm, £4/£3 adv. Info www. cardiffbabyandtoddlershow. co.uk. Featuring 60 stands from local and national businesses and organisations, innovative baby products and helpful advice from baby care experts.

Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Creative Photography For Beginners With Nigel Forster Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons National Park. £85.

Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event.

Embodiment In The Urban Environment Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff (meeting point). 3pm. Info 029 2078 8334. Autobiographical street

6-7pm) and Roath Decides (The Roath Park, 7-8pm). (Until Wed 22) Maps & Makers Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth (starting point).

11am. Info peterstevensonart@ gmail.com. A series of walks and talks responding to the landscape of Ceredigion through maps; local experts share knowledge of landscape, archaeology, geology etc. If this sounds interesting to you check out an Aberystwyth band called The Lowland Hundred, as their music is basically about this.

Thank me later.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Penarth Book Festival All Saints Church, Trinity Methodist Church + Waterloo Tea, Penarth. Info www. penarthbookfestival.org.uk.

BUZZ 65

events Today features a workshop for kids with Emma Levey (All Saints Church, 11.30am12.30pm, £4); Martin Crampin, Stained Glass From Welsh Churches (Trinity Methodist Church, 3-4pm, £5) and a True Stories Told Live Evening (Waterloo Tea, 7pm, free but ticketed). (Finishes today) Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

SCARdiff Masonic Hall, Cardiff. 10.30am-5pm, £6.66 early bird. Info www.scardiff. co.uk. Annual expo celebrating all things horror, beefed up this year. “Books, comics, movies, cosplay, the works” are set to be on the menu.

Vintage Car Rally Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 10am.

Info 01239 841387.

MONDAY 20

Ballet The Gate, Cardiff.

6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster.

Info 029 2048 3344.

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

Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk.

Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.4510.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344.

Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com .

Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07952 752823.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. co.uk.

Gwd Mondays Quiz Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. Every third Monday of the month.

Japanese Taiko Drumming The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 656757.

Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@gmail. com. Today features just one event, An Evening With 3 Crate (comedy plays at The Crofts pub, 8-9.30pm). (Until Wed 22) Making Music The Gate, Cardiff. 6-810pm, £7.50-£9.50 per session/£4 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 6.158.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757.

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. *Noys R Us Presents Super BUZZ 66

Duper Alice Cooper The Moon Club, Cardiff. £5. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50.

Info 029 2048 3344.

Pub Quiz The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050.

RAD Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Salsa Classes Mischiefs, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-9.30pm, £4.50.

Info 07800 565651.

Science Cafe: Kate Martin Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

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

Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am.

Info 029 2020 6042.

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

Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7-9pm.

Info 07734 557767.

The Big City Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2078 8334. First of a week of drop-in workshops, presented by Cardiff Contemporary.

Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 2048 3344.

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

Zumba Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4.

Info 029 2087 7959.

TUESDAY 21

A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 01495 243252.

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

Info 07790 167560.

American Line Dancing The Gate, Cardiff. 2.45-4.45pm, £3.

Info 029 2048 3344.

Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff.

6.50-8.10pm, £6/£30 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Circus Skills The Riverfront, Newport. 7-8.30pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Contemporary Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, £4.50£6.50/£2.50 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Explore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10.30-11.30am, free. Info 01792 463980.

Extend The Gate, Cardiff.

11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Football: Sky Bet Championship – Cardiff City v Ipswich Town Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 7.45pm.

Info 0845 3451400.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + 6.30pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Fun Skittles Chepstow Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 inc food. Info 01291 624919.

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.

Golf: Follow Your Dreams Autumn Charity Trophy The Vale Resort, Hensol. 9.30am, £200 per four-player team. Info 01443 218443. Benefit for the Follow Your Dreams charity.

Imaginative Cities Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158.

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

Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.

Life Drawing Sketching Session 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff.

6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147.

Little’ns Music The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.30am + 1.30-2.15, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@gmail. com. Today features City Road – A Live Pub Soap Opera (The Roath Park, time TBC) and a screening of Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant (The Globe, 6-7.45pm). (Until Wed 22) NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

ON iiiT (Ages 13-17) The Abacus, Cardiff. 5-7pm, £10/£40 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061.

Script Slam Pontardawe Arts Centre. Info 01792 863722.

Second of three heats, the final one being in November, in whch four new writers from the local area will have their plays performed in front of judges.

The winner will go through to a final, to be held in January.

Pied Piper Music The Gate, Cardiff. 10.15-10.45am + 1.302.15pm, £4.50 (morning)/£5 (afternoon). Info 029 2048 3344.

Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff.

8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745.

Pilates And Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745.

Pilates: Beginners The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £5.50£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Salsa Classes Bar 44, Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618.

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.

Spice Preview Night Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Info 07429 598414. A chance for you to go along and see what you might get out of this adventure, activity, sports and social group.

Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5.

Info 029 2087 7959.

Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative

Club. 6-7pm, £6. Info 01291 624919.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth.

8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm.

Info 07891 712344.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.

WEDNESDAY 22

A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252.

Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Blofeld & Baxter Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £9.25£18.50. Info 01970 623232.

Cricket whimsy.

Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757.

Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Diane Lazarus Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510.

Drawing With Wire Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Welsh language workshop.

Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle.

7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609.

Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea.

1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. On every day from now until the end of the month.

Madeinroath Various locations, Roath, Cardiff. Info madeinroathsettlement@gmail. com. Today features City Road – A Live Pub Soap Opera (The Roath Park, time TBC); Aderyn String Quartet (The Roath Park, 7.30pm); Rufus Mufasa, Dope Biscuits & Efa Supertramp (The Roath Park, 9pm) and a screening of Charlie Chaplin movie City Lights (The Globe, 8.3010pm). (Finishes today) Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

No Yawning Stares Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £3.75-£7.50. Info 01970 623232. An evening of poetry presented by the Word Distillery Poets.

ON iiiT (Adult Course) The Abacus, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £12/£50 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029

2048 3344.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth.

8pm. Info 029 2071 0615.

Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreational Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Science Cafe Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, free.

Info 01792 463980.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

Skills Cymru Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 9.30am-3pm + 5-7pm. Info 029 2022 4488.

Interactive skills and careers event for people who are keen on the idea of employment. On tomorrow also.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. 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.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50.

Info 07914 683534.

Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.

THURSDAY 23

Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

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 Cathays Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com.

Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Cardiff Archaeological Society Lecture Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University. 7.15pm. Info www.cardiffarchsoc.btck.co.uk.

‘Strata Florida: Recent Work On A Centre Of Welsh Cultural Identity’, by Professor David Austin.

Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252.

Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Clear Wave Music Networking Event Dempseys, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2023 9253. If you’re interested in writing music for films, TV & radio, registered music library Clear Wave Music would love to meet you.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Creepy Carmarthen – The Spooky Town Tour Guildhall, Carmarthen (meeting point).

7pm, £7.50/£5. Info 01267 231557.

Diwali Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4-11pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. With events including a Tamil band, a dance performance telling the story of Diwali, traditional dance, a Bollywood troupe, Organised Kaos fire performers

and more.

Drawing With Wool & Thread Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2078 8334.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff.

6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Midnight Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 10.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. (Until Sat 25) NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866.

Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50.

Info 029 2064 6900.

Skills Cymru Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 9.30am-3pm.

Info 029 2022 4488.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm.

Info 029 2020 6042.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.

FRIDAY 24

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

Info 07790 167560.

Animating, Illustrating And Mapping The City Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am5pm. Info 029 2078 8334.

Artist In Residence Open Studio YMCA, Swansea. 1-2pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk.

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.

Four Bars Swing Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2023 9253. Featuring a lindy hop class for beginners, followed by dancing to classic swing tracks.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10-11am, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. co.uk.

Fused Glass Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £150 (three days). Info 029

events 2048 4611. With Bill Swann.

(Until Sun 26) Live Superstars Of Wrestling Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

7pm, £12/£9 kids. Info 01633 868239. In Blackwood tomorrow; Porthcawl on Mon 27; Brecon on Tue 28; Carmarthen on Thurs 30.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

8.15pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Making A Map Of The City Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334. Not sure if there’s any crossover with the above event here, they do sound

8.30am-1pm, free. Info 01291 626370.

Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Football: Barclays Premier League – Swansea City v Leicester City Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 3pm. Info 0870 400004.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am.

Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk.

Fused Glass Craft In The Bay,

On Mon 20, come to The Moon Club in Cardiff for the latest Chapter/Noys R Us screening.

Super Duper Alice Cooper is a film charting the schlock-horror champ's evolution: from 1960s pre-Alice garage Arizonan to vaudeville rock star (70s), massive pisshead (80s) and finally golfing Republican (1990s to the present day). rather similar.

Midnight Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 10.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. (Until Sat 25) Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685.

NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

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.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff.

1-2pm. Info 07891 712344.

SATURDAY 25

A Day With Ogi Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Ogi is one of interactive kids’ characters the Milipwts, and today is celebrating Black History Month with art and writing workshops.

A Family Arts Festival Big Draw Drop In Workshop For Families Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2078 8334.

Apple Weekend National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Come and see over 350 different varieties of apples. On tomorrow also.

Ask The Gardener: Lifting And Storing Dahlias National History Museum, St Fagans.

2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-5.30pm.

Info 029 2087 7959. On tomorrow also.

Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow.

Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £150 (three days). Info 029 2048 4611. (Until Sun 26) German Beer Festival Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

5-11pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 475715. This seems to be sold out, but with the caveat that there might be some last minute tickets. www.beerfestuk. com/swansea for more, maybe.

Halloween Family Art Activities National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils v Coventry Blaze Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2038 2001.

Live Superstars Of Wrestling Miners’ Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £10/£8 kids. Info 01495 227206.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Llangennith Produce & Craft Market Llangennith Hall, Gower, Swansea. Info catherineevans1970@ btinternet.com. On the last Saturday of every month.

Lyrical One Poetry & Songwriting Workshops Mission Gallery, Swansea.

11am-3pm, free. Info 01792 652016.

Midnight Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 10.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. (Finishes today) NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Pig Street Craft Fair The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10am4pm, free. Info enquiries@ pigstreetcrafts.co.uk. Selling original arts and crafts until the end of the year.

Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

Samba Galêz Introductory Course Willows High School, Cardiff. 10.30-11.30am, £25/£20 unaged. Info join_the_band@

sambagalez.info.

Saturday Family Workshops YMCA, Swansea. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

Phantasmagorical goings-on for half term. Except they are in fact totally rational, because science. Or ‘because of science’, as adults say. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

Find out more about some familiar constellations, the planets, how stars are born and how they die. (Until Sun 2 Nov) St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff.

11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2019 0036.

Talk On The Wicker Man National History Museum, St Fagans. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Woolly Day Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 11am-4pm.

Info 01239 615952. Market featuring featuring artisan producers of woollen items plus hand spun and hand-dyed yarns and fibres.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

SUNDAY 26

Apple Weekend National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

BAFTA Cymru Awards 2014 Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30pm (industry)/7pm (public), £10-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. Presented by Jason Mohammad.

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50.

Info 07837 937351.

Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-5.30pm.

Info 029 2087 7959.

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 Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Dylan Thomas: Legend & Legacy Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 029 2087 7959.

Readings of various poems and prose extracts from Dylan’s work.

Dylathon Grand Theatre, Swansea. 11am-11pm Mon 27, £150 for 36 hours/£75 for 12 hours/£25 for three hours.

Info 01792 475715. Swansea is getting Dylan mania this month! By which I mean actual insanity, which will surely set in if you sit through all 36 hours of this celebrity-studded reading of DT’s poems, letters, stories etc etc. On tomorrow also.

Fused Glass Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £150 (three days). Info 029 2048 4611. (Finishes today) Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle.

7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609.

Halloween Family Art Activities National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre.

6-10pm. Info 01792 863722.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

7.15pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Pickling And Preserving Bute Park Education Centre, Cardiff. £35. Info hello@ greencityevents.co.uk. A guide to how to do the two things in the title, courtesy of Green City Events.

Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

Tales From The Sea: Knitting A Gansey For

Cardiff Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2078 8334. Earlier this year, artist Angela Maddock designed Mission Gallery in Swansea their very own knitting pattern and this October will work on one for Cardiff.

All are welcome to come and help Angela knit it up. A Cardiff Contemporary event.

Wedding Fayre National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Carmarthenshire. Info 01558 667149.

MONDAY 27

3 Cool Things To Make With A Straw National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Half term activities.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) Ballet The Gate, Cardiff.

6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster.

Info 029 2048 3344.

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

Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Building The Wicker Man National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Hopefully the person who thought that £5.25 was a sensible price to sell bottles of Brains SA in the cafe will be put in it. (Until Fri 31) Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk.

Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.4510.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029

2048 3344.

Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com .

Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252.

City As Theme Park Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

First of another week of drop-in workshops, presented by Cardiff Contemporary.

Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07952 752823.

Dylathon Grand Theatre, Swansea. 11am Sun 26-11pm, £150 for 36 hours/£75 for 12 hours/£25 for three hours. Info 01792 475715.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. co.uk.

Gore Blimey! National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

11am-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3550. Ancient Roman life smelled really bad, and you can find out just how right here.

(Until Fri 31) Half Term Activities Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3650. Hands-on activities for children. (Until Fri 31) Halloween Family Art Activities National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Japanese Taiko Drumming The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 656757.

BUZZ 67

events Joy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.309pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07412 346054.

Live Superstars Of Wrestling Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £12/£9 kids.

Info 01656 815995.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Making Music The Gate, Cardiff. 6-810pm, £7.50-£9.50 per session/£4 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Morbid Curiosities National History Museum, St Fagans.

12 + 2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. A tour devised by young people, looking into all the dark corners of St Fagans’ collections. Also on Wed 29 and Fri 31.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50.

Info 029 2048 3344.

Pub Quiz The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050.

RAD Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344.

Robotics Workshop Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons National Park. £35£25 12+. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event.

Salsa Classes Mischiefs, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-9.30pm, £4.50. Info 07800 565651.

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.

Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm. Info 01446 799100.

Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am.

Info 029 2020 6042.

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

Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7-9pm.

Info 07734 557767.

Terrible Trails And Tales National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-3.40pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2057 3500. Spooky trail for families. Sessions are every 20 minutes and last about 90 minutes. (Until Fri 31) The Big Draw Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Artists and doodlers of all ages are welcome to drop in and let their creativity run wild. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 2048 3344.

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

Zumba Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2087 7959.

TUESDAY 28

3 Cool Things To Make With A Straw National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 BUZZ 68

463980. (Until Sun 2 Nov) A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 01495 243252.

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

Info 07790 167560.

Architectural Hats Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.50-8.10pm, £6/£30 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Black Kettle Collective YMCA, Swansea. 5-7pm, free.

Info 01792 516900.

Building The Wicker Man National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Crotchet, Knitting & Craft Group M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £3.

Info 029 2047 3373.

Extend The Gate, Cardiff.

11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + 6.30pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Fun Skittles Chepstow Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 inc food. Info 01291 624919.

Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle.

7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609.

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.

Gore Blimey! National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon. 11am-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3550. (Until Fri 31) Half Term Activities Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3650. (Until Fri 31) Halloween Family Art Activities National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Introduction To Raspberry Pi YMCA, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With software developer Tim Luther Lewis; for ages 11-14.

Improvers Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.508pm, £6/£30 for six weeks.

Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158.

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

Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.

Leafy Fun National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1pm + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Gather some colourful leaves and make a unique piece of leaf art. On tomorrow also.

Life Drawing & Sketching Session 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff.

6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147.

Live Superstars Of Wrestling Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7pm, £12/£9. Info 01874 611622.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

ON iiiT (Ages 13-17) The Abacus, Cardiff. 5-7pm, £10/£40 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061.

Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff.

8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745.

Pilates And Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Salsa Classes Bar 44, Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618.

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.

Sing-A-Long-A-Frozen St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11am + 3pm, £15/£15.50 kids. Info 029 2087 8444.

Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5.

Info 029 2087 7959.

Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm, £6.

Info 01291 624919.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Tea Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2-4pm, £4. Info 01656 815995.

Terrible Trails And Tales National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-3.40pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) The Big Draw Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth.

8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm.

Info 07891 712344.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.

WEDNESDAY 29

3 Cool Things To Make With A Straw National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sun 2 Nov) A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252.

The top question that's vexing children worldwide, comfortably beating out queries about the relationship status of Justin Bieber or why mum and dad are shouting, is "what did Ancient Romans smell like?" From Mon 27-Fri 31, this will be answered at the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon, in a show called Gore Blimey!.

Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

Building The Wicker Man National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff.

7.30-10.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com.

Cities In Glass Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Gore Blimey! National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon. 11am-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3550. (Until Fri 31) Half Term Activities Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3650. (Until Fri 31) Halloween Family Art Activities National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Leafy Fun National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am1pm + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609.

Make Your Own Monster Toy M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. 10am-3pm, £15. Info 029 2047 3373. On tomorrow also.

Morbid Curiosities National History Museum, St Fagans.

12 + 2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

ON iiiT (Adult Course) The Abacus, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £12/£50 for six sessions. Info 07934 011061.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth.

8pm. Info 029 2071 0615.

Reading Between The Wines The White Hart, Llangybi, nr Caerleon. 7pm.

Info lucyrewilliams@gmail. com. Monthly book club.

This month’s book is The Emperor’s Babe by Bernadine Evaristo.

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). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 /

www.seewales.com.

Short Silent Horror Film Festival Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01792 863722. Also featuring live music.

Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Terrible Trails And Tales National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-3.40pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) The Big Draw Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. 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.

6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50.

Info 07914 683534.

Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.

THURSDAY 30

3 Cool Things To Make With A Straw National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

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 Cathays Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com.

Artist Talk: Matt Cook YMCA, Swansea. 5.30pm, free.

Info 01792 516900. Matt will discuss the inspiration behind his public installation for Cardiff Contemporary.

Building The Wicker Man National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252.

Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880.

Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880.

Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff.

5.30pm. Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

Ghost Tour Halloween Special Cardiff Castle.

9.45pm, £27. Info 07538 878609. On tomorrow also.

Glynn Vivian Road Show St Thomas Primary School, Swansea. 12-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Local residents can join in with art workshops, use our handling collection and gain advice from conservators and researchers.

Gore Blimey! National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon. 11am-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3550. (Until Fri 31) Half Term Activities Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3650. (Until Fri 31) Halloween Bats National History Museum, St Fagans.

11am-1pm + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Find out about the bats that live here. On tomorrow also.

Halloween Family Art Activities National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) Halloween Mask & Prop Making M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. 1-4pm, £10. Info 029 2047 3373.

Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209.

Live Superstars Of Wrestling Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £10/£8 kids. Info 0845 2263510.

Llandaff Ghost Walk Halloween Special City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

6.30pm, £30. Info 07538 878609. On tomorrow also.

Lyrical One: Mother Tongue Mission Gallery, Swansea. 6pm, free. Info 01792 652016. Rowan Lear and Tamara Dellutri in conversation about how identity is constructed through voice and language.

Make Your Own Monster Toy M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. 10am-3pm, £15. Info 029 2047 3373.

More ‘Lost’ Houses Cardiff Castle. 6pm, £7.50. Info 029 2087 8100. Talk by Matthew Williams about examples of Cardiff’s vanished mansions, some of which have disappeared without trace.

Music Geek Monthly Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

On the last Thursday of each month.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org.

Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866.

Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free.

Info 07800 565651.

Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery,

events Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50.

Info 029 2064 6900.

Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042.

Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm.

Info 029 2020 6042.

Terrible Trails And Tales National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-3.40pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2057 3500. (Until Fri 31) The Big Draw Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) Wire Cities Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk.

Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.

FRIDAY 31

3 Cool Things To Make With A Straw National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm.

Info 07790 167560.

Browse Curiosity Fayre Mozarts, Swansea. 4-9pm, free.

Info 01792 649984.

Building The Wicker Man National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Said wicker man will be burned at 3.50pm. (Finishes today) Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk.

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.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10-11am, £6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk.

Ghost Tour Halloween Special Cardiff Castle.

9.45pm, £27. Info 07538 878609.

Gore Blimey! National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon. 11am-4pm, £2. Info 029 2057 3550. (Finishes today) Half Term Activities Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3650. (Finishes today) Halloween National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon.

6-8pm, £3.50. Info 029 2057 3550. Games, crafts and fancy dress.

Halloween Bats National History Museum, St Fagans.

11am-1pm + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Halloween Family Art Activities National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1am + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. (Finishes today) Halloween Spooky Funday Special National Waterfront

Museum, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980.

Jollytotz Pontardawe Arts Centre. 12-2pm, £5/£3. Info 01792 863722. Activities for children aged 3-8.

Llandaff Ghost Walk Halloween Special City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point).

6.30pm, £30. Info 07538 878609.

Made By Hand City Hall, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £6/£5 (£11/£9 weekend). Info hello@madebyhand-wales. co.uk. Featuring stalls with around 135 makers selling their wares and sharing their skills. Becky Adams will also be taking two workshops today, and there’ll be kids’ activities hosted by Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Miss Read’s Cloning Clinic Mission Gallery, Swansea.

11am-2pm, free. Info 01792 652016. Children’s half term workshop.

Morbid Curiosities National History Museum, St Fagans.

12 + 2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685.

NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina.

10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

Robotics Workshop YMCA, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 01792 516900. With Technocamps Playground Computing; for ages 6-9.

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.

Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Spooky Stories Of Cardiff Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2078 8334.

Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Until Sun 2 Nov) Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332.

Terrible Trails And Tales National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-3.40pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2057 3500. (Finishes today) The Big Draw Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sun 2 Nov) The Science Of Harry Potter Show National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

1 + 3pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Mark Brake and Jon Chase talk about the science of Pottermania.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff.

1-2pm. Info 07891 712344.

live music WEDNESDAY 1

Alex Merritt Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029

2023 9253. Jazz saxophonist.

Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”

Boyan Ensemble Of Kiev Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £6-£18. Info 01874 611622.

Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01639 763214.

Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Open mic night, every Wednesday.

Decade + Light You Up + Hey Vanity The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 07730 432166.

Folk Session Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Hosted by Dan James.

Graham Watkins Quartet feat. Clare Hingott Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Heights + The Catharsis + Echoes + This Concept Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £9/£7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

Keith James Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Performing his Time Let Me Play set.

London Haydn Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £13/£11. Info 029 2039 1391.

Mavron Quartet The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2048 3344.

Open Night Oxfam Book Shop, Swansea. Free. Info huwpudner@ntlworld.com. A Valley Folk Club night.

Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Lucas Alexander.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Every Wednesday.

Quiet Marauder + Shiny Tiger + Francesca’s Word Salad Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.

RickoLus The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£7 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

American act offering fragile melodies and bittersweet bravado, aparently.

Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5.50/£4.50. Info 01633 656757.

Suns Of Thunder + Lacertilia Mozarts, Swansea.

8pm, £4. Info 01792 649984.

Stoner rockers from these parts, over a decade in the game now.

Swansea Hit Squad Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789.

The Dirty Youth + I Divide + The Undivided + Clear The Auditorium Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by GB Live.

Hopefully I Divide and The Undivided can put aside their differences for this evening.

THURSDAY 2

Acoustic Autumn Mozarts, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 649984.

Adventus Quartet Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Al Lewis The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 473276.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Every Thursday and Friday.

Blitz Kids + Natives + Scholars Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv.

Info 029 2023 2199.

Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01874 611622.

Danny & The Champions Of The World + Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Elio Pace Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £17-£20.

Info 01656 815995. Performing the Billy Joel songbook. In Aberdare tomorrow.

Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.

Info 029 2066 6566. Live flamenco guitar every Thursday. *Gulp + Albatross Archive + David Newington Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 9253.

“Super Furry Animals sideproject” is how this band would almost certainly not wish to be described. They’re good though.

Hackensack Programme Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5.

Info 029 2038 7026.

Icaris Duo Hotel Plas Hyfryd, Narberth. 7.30pm. Info 01834 869323. Welsh flute and guitar duo perform as part of Span Arts’ classical series.

James Taylor Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £52.50.

Info 029 2022 4488. For which he is backed by His Legendary Band.

Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday.

This evening’s guest band is the Tony Breen Band.

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01873 850805.

Life In Cold Climates + The Moon Birds + Natalie Holmes Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. LICC, as their fans refer to them, are launching an EP. Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.

Mid Wales Opera Young Artist Recital Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. Every Thursday.

The Chartists Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.

The Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. The people behind the Sunday Mass nights here pick their favourite performers for a weekday gig.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01792 475715.

Welsh Sinfonia Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £15/£13/£5 NUS. Info 0300 3656677.

FRIDAY 3

Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 1391. Presented

by Paula Gardiner, every Friday until 12 Dec.

Astpai + Despite Everything Le Pub, Newport.

7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 221477. Melodic punkers from mainland Europe.

Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 10.30pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. *Bangers + Pale Angels + Doe Sin City, Swansea.

7.30pm, £5. Info 01792 468892.

More punk bands. Good lineup this.

BBC NOW St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£32.

Info 029 2087 8444. Thomas Søndergård conducts a programme of Strauss and Sibelius.

Black Veil Brides Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. “I can’t believe Black Veil Brides won the election. No-one I know listens to them” – Pauline Kael Breathe In The Silence + They Say Fall + Blue Collar Decade + Led By Lions Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info mail@givemefuel. co.uk. BITS and TSF are in Swansea tomorrow.

Built For Comfort Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

Canute The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050.

Cardiff County & Vale Of Glamorgan Youth Choir Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free.

Info 029 2063 6464.

Christopher Hughes Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

1pm, £6. Info 01633 868239.

Classical vocalist.

Cut Capers + Junior Bill & The Scallies + Misled Truth The Moon Club, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Presented by Péchés Mignons.

Dragonforce + Neonfly Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £16 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Comedy power metal lads. This gig is sold out.

Elio Pace Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 8pm, £18 adv. Info 0800 0147111.

Jemma Roper + Jimi Raine + Talmai Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2023 9253.

Kate Rusby Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01686 614555.

Kylie Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £45 adv. Info 029 2022 4488. We previewed this in Music last month.

Letz Zep The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07730 432166. Led Zeppelin tribute.

Natalie Holmes Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Not All There + Burning Hat Cellar Bar, Cardigan.

7.30pm, £5. Info 07818 056599.

O Duo Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Innovative percussion two-piece.

Paul Ronney Angel Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm, £3-£5. Info 01633 259144.

Playing as part of the WH54 Moulin Rouge Party, which also features DJs and burlesque type stuff. Paul is in the band The Urban Voodoo Machine.

Railroad Bill The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Rock Factor The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Sans The Welfare,

Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £12/£10.

Info 01639 843163. Finnish and Armenian traditional folk.

Sigdem Aslan Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10/£8.

Info 01792 863722.

Studio 54 Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £5/£4 adv.

Info 01495 243252. Live disco and funk covers band.

Tchaikovsky’s Serenade Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391.

With the Royal Welsh College String Ensemble.

The Happenings Kiwis, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Welsh Sinfonia Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £5-£15. Info 01970 623232.

Threatmantics + Howl + Rhodri Brooks Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £3. Info 029 2023 2199.

Tim Cronin Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952.

SATURDAY 4

12 Bore Kiwis, Cardiff. Free.

Info 029 2039 8965.

Alexandrus Velonis Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Atomic Blondie The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01443 687080. Tribute band.

Billy Rowan + Adam Scriven The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01497 821762. “Think Plan B meets The Cat Empire... on a protest march... at the Edinburgh Fringe.” Not much I can add to that.

Breathe In The Silence + They Say Fall + Glass Giants + Sentiments + The Dirty South + A Line Too Late Static Bar, Swansea.

7pm, free. Info 01792 467998.

Central European Influences Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4-£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Small Nations, Big Sounds event featuring Camerata Nordica, Swedish Wind Ensemble and Sinfonia Cymru, who also perform a different set of pieces here tomorrow and Mon 6.

Got It Covered The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Gypsy Fire Quartet Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells.

7.30pm, £13/£12. Info 01982 552555.

Jazz Night Kuku Club, Cardiff. 8-10pm, free. Info 029 2011 1177. Also on Sat 11 and Sat 25.

Jen Wilson Jazz Ensemble National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 2.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Also featuring poet Peter Thaibit Jones.

Opening event of 2014’s Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts, which runs in various venues in the city until Sat 18.

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 3656677.

Kookamunga The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Love Zimbabwe Concert Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.

7.30pm, £15. Info 01873 850805. Part of Wales Fair Trade Weekend, this features Baraka, Zimvoices Choir and Abergavenny’s own Michael Parker.

Luke Doherty Band New Panteg Rugby Club, New Inn, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £7/£5 members. Info 01633 483238.

A Borough Blues Club gig.

Marmozets + Lonely The BUZZ 69

live music Brave + Allusondrugs CF10, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £9 adv.

Info 029 2078 1458. UK rock

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 0845 2263510. Choral performance to commemorate WWI. The Urban Voodoo Machine

Le Pub in Newport wants your money, to pay for soundproofing, and glad to say also deserves it on account of being a great bar/music venue. From Fri 17-Sun 19 they have three fundraising gigs – headlined by Mimas and Dad Rocks! (Fri 17), Left Lane Cruiser (Sat 18) and Paper Aeroplanes (Sun 19). bands arrive as part of the Big Cheese tour, which is an attempt to increase awareness of big cheeses (such as 400g of Cheddar, or a whole wheel of Stilton) among the public.

Nik Kershaw Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01792 863722.

Philharmonia Orchestra Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

7.30pm, £18-£30. Info 01792 475715. A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

Porthcawl Male Choir Annual Celebrity Concert Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

7pm, £15. Info 01656 815995.

Salvation Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@porterscardiff. com.

Sendelica Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, pay by donation. Info 07818 056599.

Launch of Welsh psych/spacerock band’s Live At Crabstock album.

Steve Ignorant’s Slice Of Life + Louise Distras + Andy T The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Former herberty frontman of anarcho punk godpeople Crass, these days Steve looks a bit like Phil Collins and works on the lifeboats in Norfolk. So if you go for a swim over that way this evening, be extra careful.

Sylvan Esso + Cosmo Sheldrake Buffalo, Cardiff.

8pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Nebula Multimedia present a debut Cardiff show for Esso, whose indie-friendly electronic soul sound caught some ‘buzz’ at SXSW it seems.

The Drifters Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £25/£24. Info 01446 738622.

The Lucy Ward Band Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly.

7.30pm, £12. Info 07512 237983.

The Sick Livers + The Lash + Smiler Hobo’s, Bridgend. 8pm, free. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. Garage punk, rock’n’soul and powerviolence on one endearingly lopsided bill. *The Stupids + Thirty Six Strategies + This System Kills + Trigger McPoopshute Le Pub, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 221477. Punk rockers, mostly of venerable age: The Stupids invented British skatepunk, pretty much, and reformed in the late-00s to a warm reception.

The Town Remembers St Elli Parish Church, Llanelli.

+ Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv.

Info theglobevenue@gmail. com. Headliners play some kind of swampy rock’n’roll stuff.

Yr Ods + Y Reu + Ysgol Sul Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

8pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.

SUNDAY 5

Albino Frogs The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.

Alison Balsom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£32.50. Info 029 2087 8444.

British star of the classical trumpet.

A Night At The Musicals Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

7.30pm, £15.50/£14.50. Info 01633 868239.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff.

1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Cowbridge-based singer performs here every Sunday.

Canada The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Guerrilla Monsoon + Masts + Deadlines + Square Peg The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Square Peg are reviewed in this month’s demo section.

Italian Moods Through Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £4-£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Small Nations, Big Sounds concert.

Jake Bugg + Hudson Taylor + Man Made Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.

6.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2022 4488.

Mike Pilley & Arek Mazurek The Yard, Cardiff.

1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Sunday jazz session, of which there is one every Sunday this month.

Opus 8 Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Chamber music.

The Gentle Good Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £8.

Info 029 2030 4400.

Ultimate Thunder Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly.

7.30pm. Info 07512 237983.

Actually a tribute to Thunder, the hard rock band. I can tell you’re impressed.

MONDAY 6

*Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell + Dead Shed Jokers + Lacertilia The

Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Great booking in the headline slot, their first such show in Cardiff: ASCS have released two albums of impressively authentic sounding early 70s hard rock on the Rise Above label.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2.50. Info 029 2038 7026.

Grown Up Music The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Jam session hosted by Pi & Hash.

Jango Haze Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.

Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913. Every Monday, promoted

by Big Scott and broadcast live online simultaneously.

Manchester Orchestra + Kevin Devine & The Godamn Band + Bad Books Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union.

7pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Manchester Orchestra are a proggy indie hard rock band from the US, kinda like Cave In I guess. Y Plas is what Solus is called now.

Organ Recital Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15.

Info 01792 475715. By Olivier Latry. A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

Small Nations Big Sounds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4-£13. Info 029 2039 1391.

Featuring Camerata Nordica, Swedish Wind Ensemble and Sinfonia Cymru.

The Tea Street Band + Wasters Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday.

TUESDAY 7

Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.

Back To Bach 1 Cardiff University Concert Hall.

7-9pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 4816. Recital by pianist Kenneth Hamilton.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Every Tuesday.

Jeremy Huw Williams & Nigel Foster St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.50-£6.50. Info 029 2087 8444.

John Illsley St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25/£22.50.

Info 029 2087 8444. He’s a member of Dire Straits whose surname isn’t Knopfler. That will diminish his recognition factor. People will still pay more to watch him than you, though.

Recital Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 475715. Featuring Catrin Finch (harp) and Steffan Morris (cello). A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

Trombones For Two Café

Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

WEDNESDAY 8

10cc Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £30/£28. Info 01792 475715.

Anti-Fascism Benefit Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2039 7933. Featuring sets from Spanner, Who Killed The Bear, Public Order Act and Efa Supertramp.

Ben Sands The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.

Cardiff County & Vale Of Glamorgan Symphonic Brass St Edward’s Church, Roath, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info events@stedward.roath.org.uk.

Part of the St Edward’s Music & Arts Festival.

Ceri Rhys Matthews & Angharad Jenkins Mission Gallery, Swansea. 6-9pm, £5.

Info 01792 652016.

Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Dominic Kirwan Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £17.50/£16.50. Info 01633 868239. Irish light crooner. In Newtown on Sat 11.

Duski The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Quartet on a Jazz Services National Tour.

Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Dylan Morgan.

Andrew McCormack Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.

Info 029 2023 9253.

Jack McDougal & Daniel Bickerton Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.

Liberty Big Band With Steve Doolan & Alyson Cox Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Neil Cowley Trio The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. See Music.

Nigel Price Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789.

Prizewinners’ Recital Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£42. Info 029 2087 8444.

The Subways Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £12.50.

Info 029 2023 2199.

Tony Wright Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

8pm, £8. Info mail@ givemefuel.co.uk. Acoustic set from the singer out of Terrorvision.

THURSDAY 9

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Coltrane Dedication Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Danielle Nicholls Band + Jeanie Rebane The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £7. Info 029 2048 3344.

Definitely Mightbe + Adored Sin City, Swansea.

7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 468892. Tributes to Oasis and The Stone Roses respectively.

Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.

Info 029 2066 6566.

Elaine Paige + Gardar Thor Cortes St David’s Hall,

Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25-£75. Info 029 2087 8444. Paige has been performing for 50 years and now she’s decided it’s time to knock it on the head.

Jelly Roll Jones The Pear Tree, Albany Road, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.

Bluesman from this part of the world.

Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This evening’s guest band is Kinky Wizzards.

John Legend Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £50/£38.50. Info 029 2022 4488.

Larry Miller Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Llyr Williams Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18/£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing four Beethoven piano sonatas.

Nanook Of The North + How I Faked The Moon Landing Gwdihw, Cardiff.

8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933.

Olion Byw The City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5258.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Pontypridd Acoustic Club Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd.

8.30pm. Info 01443 491424.

On the second Wednesday of every month.

Slowly Rolling Camera + Man May’d Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £7 adv.

Info 029 2023 2199. Local jazz-with-some-electronic-bits ensemble.

The Daniele Nichols Band The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.

Info 029 2048 3344. *Tir na nOg + Smudges + Fur Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Headliners are a prog-folk band from Ireland, who started out in the early 70s and are still writing new stuff. The Wyrd Wonder is the entity responsible for bringing them to Cardiff.

Wave – A Music and Poetry Night Penarth Pier Pavilion.

6.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2071 2100. Featuring Frank Thomas, Word Salad, Shiny Tiger and Dewi Griffiths.

Whiskey River Boys The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool. 8pm, £3. Info 01495 763752. An Open Hearth Acoustic (formerly known as Llan Acoustic) night.

FRIDAY 10

Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Charlotte Carpenter + Paddy James + Caroline Harrison Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2023 9253. Singer-songwriters all over the shop.

Dean Friedman St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £22.50/£20. Info 01446 779100.

Freeborn Brothers The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Her Majesty’s Band Of The Royal Marines Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01600 719401.

Lewis Creaven Band Café

Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

Rock Factor Kiwis, Cardiff.

Free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Sir Thomas Allen & Joseph Middleton Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Bass baritone/ piano duo.

Soul Lotta Funk The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050.

Tattsyrup The Yard, Cardiff.

9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Tenors Of Rock Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0300 3656677.

The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The Lushtones Salt, Cardiff Bay. 10pm, free. Info 029 2049 4375.

The Mouse Outfit ft. Sparks & Dr Syntax The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. Live UK hip-hop.

The Struts Monkey Bar, Swansea. 6pm, £9 adv/£7 early bird. Info 01792 480822.

Hullabaloo Rocks present a benefit show for mental health charity Gofal, headlined by a band who supported The Rolling Stones this summer.

There will be some local bands on the bill too.

The Subways + Purple + Heavy On The Ride Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £10. Info 01792 467998.

Tim Garland Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.

Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz saxophonist, best known for playing with Chick Corea.

Tom Lukas Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952.

Written In Kings + Fire Fences + Beti Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £4. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.

SATURDAY 11

Bacalao Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7pm. Info 01239 615952. Salsa big band headline a Strictly Social Dance Party which also features flamenco dancer Dixey Ruscelli.

BBC NOW And Chorus Of Wales With The BBC Singers Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20/£12.

Info 01792 475715. A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

Ben Huws Poets Corner, Roath, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2045 8714.

Brand F The Heath, Cardiff.

8pm, £10. Info 029 2039 4207.

A RUFF Ceilidh night, the first one since March in fact, also featuring caller Paul Weir.

Cantemus Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8-£16. Info 029 2039 1391.

Chronic Strut The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Dominic Kirwan Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 01686 614555. *Eagulls + Mazes Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Two punky indie bands, Eagulls having played a loud and enjoyable set in Cardiff last December, arrive as part of a tour sponsored by a popular bouncy-soled footwear manufacturer.

Henry Holiday Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952.

Homeless Action Day

JUST ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER: OZRIC TENTACLES (The Garage, Swansea, Sun 2) MCLUSKY + JARCREW (Le Pub, Newport, Sat 8; Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 15) BOY & BEAR (Clwb Ifor Bach, Thurs 13) TODD TERRY (Clwb Ifor Bach, Fri 14) 9BACH (Acapela, Cardiff, Fri 21) THE KOOKS (Cardiff University Students Union, Sat 22) SKINDRED (The Globe, Cardiff, BUZZ 70

live music Benefit Gig Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff.

7-11pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Featuring the bands Junior Bill & The Scallies, The Rockin’ Sinners, Big Red and Dope Biscuits.

Jazz Night Kuku Club, Cardiff. 8-10pm, free. Info 029 2011 1177.

Kremated + Warcrab + Inferno Ortum + Abyssal Zone Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£4 adv. Info mail@ givemefuel.co.uk. Death and thrash metal.

Limehouse Lizzy Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £16/£14 adv. Info 01495 227206.

Louise Jordan St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01446 779100.

Mixalydia + Josh Evans & The Shockwave Sevens + Ieuan Williams Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £3.

Info 01443 491424. A Bonsai Acoustic Club night.

Nubiyan Twist Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Fat City night.

Peacemaker, Die! The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5. Info 01443 687080. This band used to be called Blackbyrd and feature Darran, ex of Funeral For A Friend.

Peter Andre St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26,50-£75.

Info 029 2087 8444.

Peter Donohoe Piano Recital Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £14/£12.

Info 01873 850805.

Richard Digance Llanhennock Village Hall, Caerleon. Info 01633 420278.

Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’s, Cardiff. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Rogora Khart Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £3. Info 01633 221477.

Scorpyons The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 07730 432166. Tribute to The Scorpions.

Secret Affair The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Mod revival band, 35 years old this year, performing an album called Glory Boys in full.

Special Brew Kiwis, Cardiff.

Free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Lushtones The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

The Mouse Outfit + Afro Cluster CF10, Cardiff University Students Union.

7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Live hip-hop presented

by Starving Artists and Péchés Mignons.

The Vamps + E Of E Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.

6.30pm, £32.50/£29.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Also on Fri 17. *Tippa Irie + Daddy Freddy Delilahs, Newport.

9pm, £7 adv. Info 01633 259144. What a very good booking of UK reggae/ragga legends. This goes on until 5am, apparently, and also features Sun I Tafari, Da Fuchaman (live), Jamie Irie (live), Love N Harmony Sounds, Carl Basset, JB Baker and host Scorpion.

SUNDAY 12

2 Guitarras Malagueñas Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01792 602060. Flamenco guitar from Juan Martín & Chaparro de

Málaga.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Caro Emerald Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £22.50£45. Info 029 2022 4488. I didn’t know she was Dutch until I started work on this issue, pertaining to her appearance in it.

Cat Delphi The Yard, Cardiff.

1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Dan Croll The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Some sort of singer-songwriter with bloody electronic bits.

Impressed by how blatantly his tour poster rips off the artwork from the first James Blake album.

Ella Eyre Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union.

7pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. See Music. *Haiku Salut + Local Sports Team + Two White Cranes Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £6. Info 029 2023 9253.

Promoted by Loose and The Joy Collective. In what I think must be the first example of a light show in Dempseys, the bands will all be hooked up to 20 lamps, which will shine when certain notes are played.

Pampering Fundraising Night Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm. Info 07512 237983. With a live band TBC. Phil Beer The Greyhound Inn, Oldwalls, Gower, Swansea.

8.30pm. Info 01792 850803. A Halfpenny Folk Club night.

Rich O’Brien Project The Queens Head, Monmouth.

8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.

Sentenced + Judgement +Interrogation + Vaults + Reality Check Static Bar, Swansea. 6pm, free. Info 01792 467998.

Tommy & The Trouble The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Ysgoloriaeth Bryn Terfel 2014 Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7pm, £5-£10. Info 01970 623232. Six musicians under 25 will perform by way of competing for Bryn’s £4,000 scholarship.

MONDAY 13

A New Old-Fashioned Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2.50. Info 029 2038 7026.

Joan Armatrading The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 01633 656757.

Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913.

Melody Makers Of Bath Abbey Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 12pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.

Tommy Harris Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm.

Info 01792 447360.

Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

TUESDAY 14

Back To Bach 2 Cardiff University Concert Hall.

7-9pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 4816. Recital by pianist Daniel Ben-Pienaar.

Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Cwmback Male Choir + Cenestra St Andrew’s Church,

Wellfield Rd, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07891 663333.

Charity concert to raise funds for Music As Therapy.

Dry The River The Globe, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Presented by Swn. Glendower Ensemble Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Joan Armatrading Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £29.50/£27.50. Info 01792 475715.

Lunasa St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50/£15.50 adv. Info 029 2087 8444.

Popular Irish band play a Roots Unearthed gig.

Piano Recital Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 475715. By John Lill. A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event. *That Fucking Tank + Iepi + Alex Dingley The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv/£4 NUS. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Headliners come from Leeds and play rad twisty guitar’n’drums instrumental rock. Red Medicine has brought them to Cardiff.

The Chris Pearce Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

The Soil Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01792 602060. South African jazz/pop/hip-hop ensemble, playing as part of the Afrovibes festival.

World Service Project + Zodiak Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £10/£7. Info 029 2023 9253. Headliners play a noisy/ zany rock-informed version of jazz. “Like the Art Ensemble Of Chicago got into a fight with Black Flag at a party hosted

by Daevid Allen,” according to one reviewer who I’m sure wasn’t overstating things at all.

Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay and Min-Jung Kym St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.50-£6.50.

Info 029 2087 8444.

WEDNESDAY 15

Aiden Thorne Band Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789.

Amigos Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Be Bop A Lula Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01633 868239. A tribute to Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury and Roy Orbison.

Cathays WMC Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.

Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Crazy For Gershwin St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50-£38.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Singalong Broadway stuff.

Dimensions + Chaos Trigger + We Are Romans + Best In Mexico The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv.

Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com.

Dörner/Lash/Turner The Queens Head, Monmouth.

8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Pan-European jazz improv trio. Sounds pretty good this does.

Joe Webb Solo Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029

ALBERT LEE Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot, Thu 16 Oct Tickets: £20. Info 01639 763214 Why rave when you can rock’n’roll? Grammy award winner Albert Lee will show you why when he and his band Hogan’s Heroes hit the Princess Royal Theatre in Port Talbot, featuring of some of the best rock'n'roll and country players in Britain. We can’t all be guitar heroes, but after playing for over 50 years we can say with confidence that Albert Lee is pretty close.

Expect an evening of cool chords and red hot piano playing from a fellow described as “one of rock’n’roll’s best loved personalities”. He may be “a country boy” at heart but everyone at the Princess Royal can enjoy his universally favourable sound.

2023 9253.

Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Lucas Alexander.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Monmouth Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Not Since The Accident + Gizmo Varillas + Wolfpunch Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933.

Benefit gig for the Costa Foundation. Also featuring DJ sets in between bands by Stereoripe.

Swiss Ambassador’s Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12/£5 NUS. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring a Trio Rafale from Zurich. Included in the price is a glass of Swiss – Swiss – wine in the interval.

The Rum Slingers Porter’s, Cardiff. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The Treatment + Buffalo Summer + Massive Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

Tribute To Thomas Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 475715. An insight into the life of Dyl*n Th*mas through song.

A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

With Rue My Heart Is Laden Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039

1391. Songs by (mainly) 20th century English composers.

THURSDAY 16

Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £21/£19. Info 01639 763214.

Aled Jones Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £13.75-£27.50.

Info 01970 623232. In Swansea tomorrow.

Ashes To Angels Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 491424.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Creative Ensemble Collective Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.

Info 029 2066 6566.

Dick Hamer Quartet Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £8.

Info 01656 815995.

Duski Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Emperor Yes + Rhodri Brooks + Safari Gold Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933.

Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This evening’s guest band is the Luke Doherty Band.

Keith James Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm. Info 01685 722176. Performing his Time Let Me Play set, a musical interpretation of Dylan Thomas’ poetry.

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £13-£20. Info 01792 475715. *New Cowboy Builders + Gindrinker + His Naked Torso The Moon Club, Cardiff.

7.30pm. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Single launch for NCB, who are from Tonypandy and are good.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.

Russian Piano Masters Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£3.

Info 029 2039 1391.

The Dansette Days Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry.

7.30pm, £13.50/£12.50 adv.

Info 01446 738622. Hits from the 50s and 60s.

The Siren Sisters Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2089 0862.

Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite Gwyn Hall, Neath.

7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 0300 3656677. In Llanelli tomorrow.

FRIDAY 17

Aled Jones Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20.50-£28.

Info 01792 475715.

Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Antarctic Monkeys The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 07730 432166.

Tribute.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

BBC NOW Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 475715. Family concert conducted by Grant Llewellyn.

Wed 26) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR DECEMBER: AT THE GATES + TRIPTYKON (The Globe, Mon 8) MAYBESHEWILL (Clwb Ifor Bach, Wed 10) RECKLESS LOVE (The Globe, Wed 10) AL LEWIS (St John’s Church, Cardiff, Sat 13) BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL (Clwb Ifor Bach, Mon 15) GRUFF RHYS (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Thurs 18 + Fri 19) HONDO MACLEAN (Clwb BUZZ 71

live music A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

Bev Smith & John Grimm Chepstow Castle Inn. 8pm, £8/£6 members. Info mickwidder@aol.com.

Chepstow Acoustic Club night.

Doug Eunson & Sarah Matthews The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm, £6. Info huwpudner@ntlworld.com. A Valley Folk Club night.

Eugene Capper + Think Pretty + Them Dead Beats Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.

Info 029 2023 9253.

European Union Chamber Orchestra Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £18/£17. Info 01874 611622.

There’s probably some great

from London way and they have a few great songs.

Roosevelt + The Rob Lear Band The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 8-11pm, free (donations welcomed).

Info 07557 505123. Roath Fringe gig in aid of Oxjam.

Soul Lotta Funk The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Tattsyrup Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 491424.

The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The Lushtones Kiwis, Cardiff.

Free. Info 029 2039 8965.

The Orb The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £15. Info

Making its second appearance in these peculiar little boxes this month, Delilahs in Newport has a terrific lineup of British dancehall and ragga on Fri 11.

Tippa Irie from the legendary Saxon soundsystem is joined

by Daddy Freddy, whose CV includes guest vocals on The Bug's records plus BBC TV's Record Breakers. jokes to be made about these guys, if only I knew a bit more about either the EU or orchestras in general.

Inner Voices, Outer World Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10 (£60/£50 weekend pass). Info 029 2039 1391.

A weekend of performances by the Gould Piano Trio and guests, this being the opening night. (Until Sun 19) Jack The Biscuit Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

Lorraine McAuley & The Borderlands Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Lowri Evans Nantyffin Hotel, Llandissilio, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm. Info 01437 563423.

M.A.D.E. Showcase M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2047 3373.

Featuring sets from Morgan Cradick, Sophie Hickson,Joe Reynolds, Kieran Marsh, Demeter Grieving and Tony Fitzgerald.

Mimas + Dad Rocks! + Samoans Le Pub, Newport.

6pm, £11 adv. Info 01633 221477. The first of three Save Le Pub nights, aiming to pony up the dough to install the soundproofing needed to halt neighbourly complaints, this features locals Samoans plus two Danish indie acts, with another band or two TBC. Musicals Hamptons, Penarth.

7.30pm, £35. Info 029 2070 5391. Samantha Link, blessed with an engaging personality according to the promo material for this event, sings songs from the musicals. Ticket price includes a five-course meal. *Purson + Estuary Blacks + Arms Like Legs Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 467998. Purson are a sort of occult hard rock band

theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Did you see that massive rant Thrash who used to be in The Orb put on his website a while back, about the rest of the band? It’s quite a fun read if you have half an hour spare and enjoy the ravings of an extremely bitter man. Might all be accurate though, who knows.

The Spokes Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952.

The Vamps Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £32.50/£29.50.

Info 029 2022 4488.

Under Milk Wood Jazz Suite Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7.30pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510.

SATURDAY 18

A Design For Live The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166. Manic Street Preachers tribute.

Aisha And The Astronauts + Scotty + Sian Elen Richards Mozarts, Swansea.

7pm-3am, £3. Info 01792 649984. Charity night in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, going under the name BecFest.

Chris Dollimore Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £18 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415.

Chris Summerill Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free.

Info 029 2064 4952.

Contemporary Lunchtime Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm. Info 029 2087 8444. With the Artemis Ensemble.

Cwmbran Male Choir Golden Jubilee Concert Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

7pm, £1o. Info 01633 868239. *Dim Swn Buffalo, Cardiff Fashion Quarter, Clwb Ifor Bach, Dempseys, Gwdihw and The Moon Club, Cardiff. £24/£12 14-17-year-olds.

Info www.swnfest.com. See Music for more. The running

order etc should (should) be confirmed by the time you read this, but for now the six venues above will host these acts: Alice Jemima Atomos, Baby Queens, Best Friends, Blaenavon, Breathe In The Silence, Bryony Sier, Candelas, CaStLeS, Chris Jones, Cian Ciaran, Clear The Auditorium, Climbing Trees, Cold Committee, Cotton Wolf, Delyth McLean, Gabrielle Murphy, Gengahr, Glass Giants, Golden Fable, Grumbling Fur, Hana, Happyness, Houdini Dax, Jagaara, Kid Wave, Kizzy Crawford, Luvv, Martin Carr, Mixalydia, Peasant’s King, Plu, Prides, Seazoo, Swnami, Taffy, Telegram, The Amazing Snakeheads, The People The Poet, The Wytches, Titus Monk, Trwbador, Wasters, We’re No Heroes, A Winged Victory For The Sullen and Woman’s Hour.

Dreadzone Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £10-£12. Info 01834 869323.

Eddi Reader Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £22.50 adv.

Info 01656 815995.

Forever Jackson Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £18/£16. Info 0845 2263510. A tribute to Wacko Jacko. Remember when people called him that?

Good Vibrations Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £35. Info 029 2070 5391. Beach Boys tribute band, plus five-course meal.

Fully booked sorry.

Got It Covered Kiwis, Cardiff.

Free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Inner Voices, Outer World Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 12.30, 7.30 + 9.30pm, £12/£10 (£60/£50 weekend pass). Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Sun 19) Iron Eye The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Johnny Marr + Childhood Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £24 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. None of Buzz’s writers specifically asked to review the Johnny Marr album this month, but six of them requested A Winged Victory For The Sullen. A bad omen for the former Smiths guitarist, as he vies with the band for a Cardiff audience tonight. *Left Lane Cruiser + The Sick Livers + Henry’s Funeral Shoe + John Mouse Le Pub, Newport. 3pm, £11 adv. Info 01633 221477.

Another Save Le Pub gig, also featuring acoustic and spoken word acts. Headliners are a noisy blues thing from America.

Miss May & The Magic Porter’s, Cardiff. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

7.30pm, £18-£30. Info 01792 475715. Conducted by Valery Polyansky and featuring Peter Donohoe on piano. A Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts event.

The Clone Roses The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £15/£12 adv.

Info 01792 475147. Stone Roses tribute band.

The Daggers The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

The Dirty Youth Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £6. Info 01495 708022. South Wales hard rock band touring their Gold Dust album.

The Fortunate Few + Cate McHugh + Jelly Roll

Jones + The Plucking Four Strings + Sophie Crabtree The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

6-11pm, free (donations welcomed). Info 029 2021 2509. Roath Fringe gig in aid of Oxjam.

The Shamones The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, £5.

Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Ramones tribute band.

Tredegar Town Band The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £14/£12. Info 01639 843163.

Who’s Next The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. A tribute to The Who. World War I Centenary Gala Concert Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £15-£20.

Info 0845 2263510.

SUNDAY 19

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Cardiff Quaynotes Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Del Mar Piano Trio Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Performing works by Beethoven, Rebecca Clark and Schubert.

Glen Manby Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

Jazz in the bar.

Guests & Open Mic The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Huelwen Thomas & Nick Barron The Yard, Cardiff.

1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Ian Luther The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.

Il Divo + Lea Salonga Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.

6.30pm, £35-£85. Info 029 2022 4488. They will be singing the hits of Broadway on this tour.

Inner Voices, Outer World Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, 3pm + 6pm, £12/£10 (£60/£50 weekend pass). Info 029 2039 1391. (Finishes today) On Tour With Elvis Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £10-£19. Info 01874 611622.

Tribute act.

Paper Aeroplanes + Steven James Adams + Burning Ferns + Jim Evans Le Pub, Newport. 4pm, £11 adv. Info 01633 221477. The Final Save Le Pub gig of this weekend. You can still give them your money though.

Rock’n’Restoration Fundraiser Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm. Info 07512 237983. Live music, specific names TBC. Sage Francis The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Iconic indie rapper. Not heard anything he’s done for some years but I expect this will sell well.

St Donats Atlantic Chorale Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free.

Info 029 2063 6464.

MONDAY 20

Charity Concert Torre Coffee, Castle Street, Cardiff.

12-2pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07788 272722.

Singers and instrumentalists from the Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama play Italian songs, arias and instrumental music. In aid of Ty Hafan.

He Is Legend + Caesars Rome + Fluff Tongue Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv.

Info 01792 467998.

Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913.

The Big Reunion Boy Band Tour Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £45/£27.50.

Info 029 2022 4488. Featuring Five, Blue, 911, A1, Damage, 5th Story (the only name on the bill I have no recognition of) and 3T. The Collective Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

TUESDAY 21

Animal Brothers + Life In Cold Climates + Lights In The Field Gwdihw, Cardiff.

8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.

Back To Bach 3 Cardiff University Concert Hall.

7-9pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 4816. Recital by Jacqueline Ross (baroque violin) and David Ponsford (harpsichord).

Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Helina Rees St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

3-4pm, £6.50. Info 01446 779100. Folks and bluegrass.

Kid Ink Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union.

7pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. He calls himself that because he’s young and has loads of tattoos, but one day he will be old and will have had them all lasered off.

Mei Yi Foo St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.50-£6.50.

Info 029 2087 8444. Concert pianist.

The Bilbo Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

The Liberty Street Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

The Word Alive + Color Morale + Like Moths To Flames Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £10 adv.

Info 029 2023 2199.

WEDNESDAY 22

Amongst Thieves + Omaha + Led By Lions Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 467998.

Autumn Blues Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. Presented by Beevents.

Beverley Smith & John Grimm The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm, free. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.

Broadway Meets Hollywood! Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.

Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £18.50/£16.50. Info 01792 475715.

Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Climates + Acres Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.

Presented by Millionaires.

Fireproof Giant Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Jess Glynne The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

John Mayall + King King St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £25.50-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Blues-rock icon.

Kate Romano & Richard Uttley The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5.50/£4.50.

Info 01633 656757. Pieces for clarinet and piano by Brahms and Lutuzlawski.

Latin American Harp Beat Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.

Michael Coates with The John Gibbon Trio The Dingle Hotel, Narberth. 7.30pm. Info 01834 869323. This month’s Spanjazz gig.

Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Mark Bowie.

Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Rob Barron Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789.

The Soil Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400. South African a capella vocal group, performing here as part of the Afrovibes festival (which runs from Mon 20-Sat 25 and also includes theatre and films).

Tom Ollendorf Band Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.

Info 029 2023 9253.

THURSDAY 23

Algernon Doll + The Winrer Passing Mozarts, Swansea. 6.30pm, £4/£3 before 7. Info 01792 649984.

Headliners are compared by the promoters to Dinosaur Jr and Lemuria, so might be worth a look.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. *Carol Thompson & Dennis Bovell The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £15 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Following Culture in August this is another choice reggae booking by Global Promotions.

Thompson is known as the queen of lovers’ rock, while Bovell is a dub studio wiz who was especially prominent in the late 70s.

Cellophony Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.

Denim Snakes + Them Dead Beats + Birdcage Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. Album launch gig for the headliners.

Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.

Info 029 2066 6566.

Eliza & The Bear + Pixel Fix Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by GB Live.

Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This evening’s guest band is Crackers.

John Connolly Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm.

Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.

Michael Coates With The John Gibbon Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.

Ifor Bach, Sat 20) EAT STATIC (The Globe, Sun 21) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR 2015: PAUL CARRACK (St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Thurs 22 Jan) SAM BAILEY (St David’s Hall, Sat 31 Jan) YOU ME AT SIX + ALL TIME LOW (Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Mon 9 Feb) KERRANG! TOUR 2015 (Cardiff University, Fri 13 Feb) THE STRANGLERS (Cardiff University, Tue 10 Mar) PALOMA BUZZ 72

live music Signals + How I Faked The Moon Landing Le Pub, Newport. 7.30pm, £. Info 01633 221477. Headliners are from the Isle Of Wight and play indie.

The Amsterdam Redlight District + Sexwolf + The Broken Bones Gentleman’s Club The Moon Club, Cardiff.

7pm, £4. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. All the bands on this bill have dreadful names. Headliners are slightly excused by being French.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464.

Sound Affairs present a live soundtrack to the film of that name, composed by Charlie Barber. In Cardiff tomorrow.

The Roaring Trowmen Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm.

Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night featuring Bristol-based shanty group.

The Shee Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £10/£78.

Info 0800 0147111.

Uisge Contraband The City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5258.

FRIDAY 24

12 Bore The Yard, Cardiff.

9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Andrew Skelton + Junior Bill & The Scallies + The Daggers Kiwis, Cardiff. Free.

Info 029 2039 8965.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Captain Accident & The Disasters The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £4 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. They’re going on tour in Europe you know.

Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£22. Info 029 2087 8444. Performing an Organ Symphony.

Chas’n’Dave + Railroad Bill The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £25 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Back by popular demand, say the venue, and I for one believe them.

Dai Faulkner Acoustic Trio + Miss Lydia + Kate Howells The Factory, Porth.

7pm, £5. Info 01443 687080.

De Temps Antan Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01792 863722.

Devil At The Roadside + Let’s Play Pretend Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £3.

Info 01443 491424. A Valleys Soundfest fundraising gig.

Henry Holiday The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050.

Industrial Wasteland Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info mail@givemefuel.co.uk.

Industrial/goth type acts as follows: Dirty K, Draken Werks, DOx, Biomechanical, Vanity Kills and Wake Up The Dead.

Kookamunga Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm, £3-£5. Info 01633 259144.

Marit & Rona Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Mark Pontin Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

Mixalydia The Full Moon,

Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Otis Gibbs Le Pub, Newport.

8pm, £8 adv. Info 01633 221477. Country folk fella with a big beard.

Rachel Brittain Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free.

Info 029 2064 4952.

Schubert’s Swanengesang Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

8pm, £15. Info 01239 841387.

Performed by Stephan Loges (baritone) and Llyr Williams (piano).

States & Empires Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, free. Info 01495 708022.

Superfreak Salt, Cardiff Bay. 10pm, free. Info 029 2049 4375.

The Boneless Ones Mozarts, Swansea. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01792 649984. Skatepunkers.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £6-£12. Info 01970 623232. Sound Affairs present a live soundtrack to the film of that name, composed by Charlie Barber.

The Magic Of West End And Broadway Gwyn Hall, Neath.

7pm, £8. Info 0300 3656677.

The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The Lindisfarne Story Miners’ Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £18.50 adv. Info 01495 227206. Two members of Lindisfarne do Lindisfarne songs.

The School + Wild Babina + Oh Peas! Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £6/£5.

Info 029 2023 2199. Showcase of sorts for the Elefant label.

Trinity Baroque Brecon Cathedral. 7.30pm, £20/£18.

Info 01874 611622. A vocal ensemble of distinguished singers brought together by Julian Podger to perform baroque choral music. Part of Brecon Baroque 2014.

SATURDAY 25

2Rude The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Ska tribute band.

A Passage To India Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £35. Info 029 2070 5391.

Indian-themed (as in the days of the Raj) black tie evening, with 30s/40s style swing plus a five-course meal.

Ben Watt Trio Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8-11pm, £15 adv.

Info 029 2023 2199. Him from Everything But The Girl presents his current band, which has... everything... but... the...

Beyond The Barricade Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £10-£20. Info 01970 623232. *Black History Month Wales Finale Celebrations Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11.45am7.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Featuring performances from, in chronological order, Panafest Cymru, young local performers singing songs from Hairspray, Solid Steel Band, Kizzy Meriel Crawford, Ballet Nimba, Hard Cor, Swansea Gospel Choir, Baby Queens and Messiah Dub Club.

Canute Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Chris Summerill Poets Corner, Roath, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2045 8714.

Clean Bandit + Years & Years Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union.

7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Chart-bothering dance-

pop band named after the last task they did during their summer job at the amusement arcade, before all handing in their notice and going to Cambridge University.

Faith No Man Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £8/£7 adv. Info 01495 708022. Faith No More tribute band.

Goan Dogs Dempseys, Cardiff.

8pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2023 9253.

Hats Off To Led Zeppelin The Riverfront, Newport.

7.30pm, £17.50. Info 01633 656757. Tribute band.

Jazz Night Kuku Club, Cardiff. 8-10pm, free. Info 029 2011 1177.

Kymo + The Blood Club The Lansdowne, Canton, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07960 820645.

Martyn Joseph Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510.

Rachel Podger Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7pm, £22/£20. Info 01874 611622.

Brecon Baroque concert headed by acclaimed classical violinist.

Rhian McKernan The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Roath Rocks The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 4pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509. With bands TBC. Schubertiade Day 2 Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

8pm, £15. Info 01239 841387.

Pianist Llyr Williams plays two Schubert piano sonatas.

Soul Lotta Funk Kiwis, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Spirit Of Boogie The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £2. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

A 12-piece funk band from Aberdare. What next!

Steve Harley Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25/£22.50 adv. Info 01792 863722.

Supernatural The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Tea Dance Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 2.45pm, £5. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque event with 18th century dancing accompanied by music from a baroque ensemble. On tomorrow also.

The Rockin’ Sinners The Royal Exchange, Llandaff North, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2056 4068. Rockabilly/psychobilly trio.

Wormhead + A-Noise Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, pay by donation. Info mail@givemefuel. co.uk. Food bank benefit show.

You can either pay in cash or non-perishable food.

SUNDAY 26

Acoustic Velvet Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2.304.30pm, free. Info 01656 815995. Gypsy jazz duo.

Alestorm + Redrum + Lagerstein + Rainbowdragoneyes The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info theglobevenue@ gmail.com. This gig calls itself Piratefest, and with Scotland’s leading exponents of pirate metal Alestorm in the headline slot, well it might. Opening pair of bands on the bill have two of the worst names I’ve seen for a while.

Ashley John Long & Mark Sambell The Yard, Cardiff.

1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar,

St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Christian Ihle Hadland Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £15/£13. Info 029 2039 1391.

Norwegian pianist.

Deigh Evans & Friends The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

Ferocious Dog The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv.

Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Ska, punk and folk: this band play them all, and also have a name that makes me laugh.

George Ezra Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Sold out.

Halloween Spooktacular St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2087 8444.

Family-friendly classical performance.

In The Name Of Bach Neuadd Christ College Hall, Brecon. 7pm, £14/£12. Info 01874 611622. Multiple awardwinning harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani joins up with Festival favourite Bojan Cicic (violin) for a recital of music by Bach and his circle. Brecon Baroque event.

John James Llanhennock Village Hall, Caerleon. Info 01633 420278.

Little Rumba The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767.

Llyr Williams and Lee Mottram Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 2pm, £10.

Info 01239 841387. Williams (piano) will be joined by Mottram (clarinet) to perform works by Schumann and Brahms.

Schubertiade Day 3 Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

6pm, £15. Info 01239 841387.

Featuring The Gould Piano Trio with Ben Frith (piano), Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello).

Tea Dance Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 2.45pm, £5. Info 01874 611622.

The Lindisfarne Story Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01600 772467.

USA Nails + Dingus Khan + The Epicdemics Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

British rock bands promoted

by Julia from Future Of The Left, who also plays in one of the bands.

Wishbone Ash The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07730 432166.

MONDAY 27

Bock-A-Da-Bock Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Dan Phelps Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2.50. Info 029 2038 7026.

Father, Son & Godfather Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon.

7pm, £16/£14. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque event featuring the Festival Orchestra led by Rachel Podger.

Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933. Every fourth Monday of the month.

Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913.

Mavron Quartet Half Term

Concert The Gate, Cardiff.

Free. Info 029 2048 3344.

Also incorporating a family workshop.

Rhydian Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £26-£46. Info 029 2063 6464.

The Groucho Club Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £8. Info 0845 2263510. Blues and jazz.

Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

TUESDAY 28

Black Stone Cherry + Airbourne + Theory Of A Deadman Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2022 4488. Hard rockers who got arena-sized while I wasn’t looking.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £13/£12 adv. Info 029 2087 8444 Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Dave Giles Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

Dead Belgian Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2039 7933. A band from Liverpool whose music serves as a tribute to Jacques Brel.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

John Lloyd Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Monthly Sitters In Night Jazzland, Swansea. 8pm, free.

Info 07802 912789.

Pink Martini + The Novello Orchestra + The Von Trapps Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £27. Info 029 2063 6464.

American orchestral ensemble who I imagine get described as quirky quite often.

Riverside Revisited Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

The Philanderers The Brunswick Arms, Swansea.

Free. Info 01792 465676.

WEDNESDAY 29

Blues Boy Dan Owen The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Jazzland, Swansea.

8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members.

Info 07802 912789.

Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Garth Mountain Boys The Windsor Hotel, Pontyclun.

7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892.

A Llantrisant Folk Club night. *Hookworms + Kogumaza Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Two really good bands, from Leeds and Nottingham respectively.

Jazz Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Not sure if that’s their confirmed name or if they just haven’t thought of one.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Free drink for performers. Last Wednesday of every month.

Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Dylan Morgan.

Open Mic Market Street Club,

Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.

Paul Baxter’s Eyes Shut Tight Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.

Sixties Gold St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50 adv.

Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Searchers.

Steve Cropper The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

THURSDAY 30

Andy Fairweather Low And The Low Riders New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £20. Info 029 2087 8889. In Carmarthen tomorrow.

Anoxide + Sodomized Cadaver + Inferno Ortum + Tides Of Sulfur + Extinction Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

7pm, £3. Info mail@ givemefuel.co.uk. Cheap death metal lineup.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.

Info 029 2066 6566.

Huw Williams Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night featuring a solo set from half of Huw & Tony Williams.

Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This evening’s guest band is Loaded Jones.

Jo Harman & Company + Mark Pontin Group The Garage, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15/£12.50 adv. Info 01792 475147.

John Crespo Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Mad Dog Mcrea The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.

The London Klezmer Quartet Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £10. Info 01646 651725. *The Rude ‘Em Outs Kuku Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 members. Info 029 2011 1177.

The second in Buzz Presents’ series of gigs. Check the Facebook page of that name out for more info.

The Wave Pictures + My Name Is Ian The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

Steve Hackett St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50/£27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. If there was a book about, or named after, the band Genesis, chances are Steve would be in it.

Valleyers + Greta Isaac + Matthew Frederick Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933.

FRIDAY 31

4th Street Traffic Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01495 227206. Saw the singer from this band commenting underneath a Vice article about how The Enemy are crap. He proposed that the singer from The Enemy ought to “knock [the magazine] out!!!”

Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Lyric

FAITH (Motorpoint Arena, Tue 17 Mar) MIKE PETERS (Sin City, Swansea, Fri 20) UB40 (St David’s Hall, Wed 15 Apr) MIKE & THE MECHANICS (St David’s Hall, Sat 25 Apr) TEXAS (St David’s Hall, Tue 5 May) CHRISTY MOORE (St David’s Hall, Sat 16 May) 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER (Motorpoint Arena, Sun 7 June) THE MOODY BLUES (St David’s Hall, Sun 7 June) BUZZ 73

stage Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £18. Info 0845 2263510.

Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff.

6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.

Belleville Salt, Cardiff Bay. 9-11pm, free. Info 029 2049 4375. Live electroswing band play a Halloween party.

Electroswing terrifies me as well.

Brian Breeze Band Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £6. Info 01792 863722. An Acoustic Meeting Ground gig.

Climbing Trees + Aled Rheon The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £4 adv. Info 01497 821762.

Dirty Revolution + New Town Kings + WolfPunch + Reggimental Allstars The Moon Club, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. This is the last ever gig by local rabblerousing ska-punk band Dirty Revolution.

Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Halloween party special.

Kids In Glass Houses + Save Your Breath Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £14 adv.

Info 029 2078 1458. It’s the last gig ever for KIGH, and has been sold out for a while.

Kirk Morgan Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.

Paolo Nutini Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35 adv. Info 029 2022 4488.

Paul Potts Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20-£29. Info 029 2063 6464.

Rock Factor Kiwis, Cardiff.

Free. Info 029 2039 8965.

Salvation Porter’s, Cardiff.

Info info@porterscardiff.com.

South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus The Gate, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 3344. This has the title A Nightmare On Keppoch Street, although I can’t tell you if this will inform the content of the performance.

Steal This Band The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166.

System Of A Down tribute, preceding a Halloween rock club special here.

Swnami + Yr Eira + Mwy Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £5. Info 01970 623232.. Presented by Y Selar magazine.

Thee Faction + Atilla The Stockbroker + Give Me Memphis Le Pub, Newport.

7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01633 221477. Gig celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Newport Chartist uprising.

The Folkestra The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.

The Loudhailers The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577.

Trigger’s Broom Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free.

Info 029 2064 4952.

WNO International Concert Series St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£42.

Info 029 2087 8444. Lothar Koenigs conducts a programme of Beethoven and BA Zimmerman.

Y&T The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £16.50 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.

This is Y&T’s 40th anniversary tour. Pretty sure I’ve never heard any of their songs.

stage WEDNESDAY 1

Adventures In The Skin Trade Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £14. Info 0845 2263510. Theatr Iolo is delighted to bring Dylan Thomas’ surreal, unfinished novel to life for the stage. In Merthyr tomorrow; Swansea on Fri 3; Abergavenny on Tue 7; Cardiff from Wed 8-Tue 14; Aberystwyth on Fri 17; Llanelli on Tue 21; Ystradgynlais on Wed 22; Blackwood on Thurs 30.

Bedroom Farce Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01495 227206.

Opening date for Alan Ayckbourn’s does-what-it-saysin-the-tin play, as performed by Black RAT. October and some of November will find it touring the Welsh venues you know and love from reading these listings. On tomorrow also.

Easy Terms Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 1 + 7.30pm, £12/£9. Info 0800 0147111. Another Frank Vickery valleys comedy, this one with a heartbreaking subplot. Looks like this is going to be the last ever thing at the Muni as well. In Cwmbran from Thurs 9-Sat 11; Blackwood from Mon 20-Wed 22. (Until Sat 4) Garw Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Welsh language play about a family whose foundations break down at the end of the 80s. On tomorrow also; in Neath on Fri 3, Aberystwyth on Sat 11.

Going Nowhere Fast Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £5.

Info 01656 815995. Lunchtime theatre presented by Fluellen. iCoDaCo Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01970 623232. That’s short for International Contemporary Dance Collective and this is an evening of dance theatre. In Cardiff on Sun 5.

Lee Mack St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Apparently his brother Craig is very jealous that Lee managed to sustain a career.

Parade Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10 adv. Info 01633 263670. New Adventure Players with a play based on the true story of a man accused of murder in Georgia.

(Until Fri 3) Pride & Prejudice Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £11.50-£16.50. Info 01792 475715.

The Merchant Of Venice Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01446 738622. Presented by Pontardawe Arts Centre. On tomorrow also; in Cardiff on Mon 6.

The Mousetrap New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£28. Info 029 2087 8889.

Agatha Christie’s whodunit, which first took to the stage around 40,000 BC and has performed to sold-out stadiums every night since. (Until Sat 4) The Trials Of Oscar Wilde Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 029 2039 1391. A dramatisation of the libel and criminal trials of Oscar Wilde by his only grandson Merlin Holland and John O’Connor.

THURSDAY 2

Adventures In The Skin BUZZ 74

Trade Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £7/£5. Info 01685 722176.

Bedroom Farce Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01495 227206.

Carmen Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £16.50/£9.50. Info 0800 0147111. Bizet’s opera, directed by Jonathan Miller. A Welsh National Opera production. In Aberystwyth on Wed 8; Swansea on Fri 10 and Sat 11; Newport on Thurs 30.

Carmen Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £5-£40. Info 029 2063 6464.

Bizet’s opera, presented by WNO. Not the same production as the one above. I don’t think so anyway. Bit confusing I know.

Chris Ramsey Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £8.75£17.50. Info 01970 623232.

The guy who got kicked off Soccer AM for using the phrase “bumming your dad”.

This was almost two years ago and he is still using it as the basis for an entire set. Risible.

In Cardiff on Thurs 23.

David Trent + Steve Gribbin Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £9.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. With two more comics TBC tonight. (Until Sat 4) Easy Terms Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £12/£9. Info 0800 0147111.

(Until Sat 4) Garw Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400.

Laughing Leek Comedy Ebbw Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 708022. New standup comedy night, featuring five acts TBC and host Jonathan Millard.

Le Pub Is For LOLs Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Comedy night on the first Thursday of every month.

Me And My Friend The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£5.

Info 029 2048 3344. Black comedy presented by On In 5 Productions. (Until Sat 4) Parade Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10 adv. Info 01633 263670. (Until Fri 3) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12£20/£6-£10 under-25s. Info 029 2064 6900. A modern take on Shakespeare, “a tragedy relevant as ever” in the Sherman’s words. No spoilers!

(Until Sat 18) Rory McGrath & Phil Pope Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.

8pm, £16 adv. Info 01600 772467. Performing a set of gags and songs, which they’ve called Bridge Over Troubled Lager. That barely qualifies as a pun, frankly That Is All You Need To Know Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 029 2039 1391. Idle Motion present an ambitious piece of theatre about Alan Turing, his fellow Enigma codebreakers and their Bletchley Park base. In Abergavenny on Fri 3.

The Merchant Of Venice Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry.

12.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01446 738622.

The Mousetrap New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£28. Info 029 2087 8889.

(Until Sat 4) The Power Of Compassion Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £14. Info 01792 602060. Dance performance from the monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery.

We’re Not Going Back The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £9/£7. Info 01639 843163. Red

Ladder Theatre present a play about three women living through the miners’ strike.

FRIDAY 3

Adventures In The Skin Trade Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01792 602060.

Bedroom Farce Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £14/£13. Info 01656 815995.

Beyond The Body Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 0845 2263510.

Religion and ritual, spirit and shamanism are discussed in this intense-sounding theatrical piece.

Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £6-£12. Info 01970 623232. We previewed this when it was in Cardiff last month.

Drones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Also on Fri 17.

Easy Terms Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £12/£9. Info 0800 0147111.

(Until Sat 4) Fascinating Aïda Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20/£16.50. Info 01792 475715. I’ve never seen this show’s title written with the dieresis above the I before.

Either other people are lazy or I am unobservant.

Garw Gwyn Hall, Neath.

7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 0300 3656677.

Ian Stirling + David Trent + Steve Gribbin + Noel James Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. (Until Sat 4) Jesus Christ Superstar St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £10/£8.

Info 01446 779100. Musical presented by Stage Door 1.

(Until Sun 5) Mark Steel Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £13-£17. Info 01834 869323. Comedian visits another new town on his ...In Town tour, where he tailors his set to the specific town. In Llanelli tomorrow.

Me And My Friend The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£5.

Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Sat 4) Moses In Egypt Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £5-£40. Info 029 2063 6464. Rossini’s opera, presented by WNO. Also on Sun 5.

Not About Heroes Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01874 611622. A play exploring the friendship between Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. On tomorrow also.

Parade Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10 adv.

Info 01633 263670. (Finishes today) Pete Johansson Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea.

7.45pm, £12.50/£10. Info 01792 475715. Standup comedian.

Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12£20/£6-£10 under-25s. Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) ‘Stute Comedy Nights Miners’ Institute, Blackwood.

8pm, £11/£10 adv. Info 01495 227206. With standups TBC. Tassles & Truffles Kuku Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10 adv.

Info 029 2011 1177. Burlesque show featuring performers from The Flaming Feathers and hosted by Ivy Paige.

That Is All You Need To Know Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01873 850805.

The Mousetrap New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11-£30. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 4) Tommy Rowson Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot.

8pm, £10. Info 01639 763214.

A Comedy Network night.

Will Franken + Danny Pensive + Gareth Berliner Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 0845 2263510. A Killforaseat comedy night.

SATURDAY 4

Around The World In 80 Days Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £12/£8.50.

Info 01686 614555. Family theatre based on Jules Verne’s book. In Builth Wells on Wed 8; Barry on Wed 15; Blackwood on Thurs 16.

Dansation XI St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£11. Info 029 2087 8444. Presented by the Debbie Chapman Dancers.

Easy Terms Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12/£9. Info 0800 0147111. (Finishes today) Ian Stirling + David Trent + Steve Gribbin + Noel James Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. (Finishes today) Jesus Christ Superstar St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £10/£8.

Info 01446 779100. (Until Sun 5) John Bishop Grand Theatre, Swansea. 8pm, £20.50. Info 01792 475715. One of those work-in-progress shows, the comedy equivalent of getting your hair cut for cheap by a trainee. Still sold out though.

John Mann + Sean G Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. With one more comic TBC. Mark Steel Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 0845 2263510. If Angharad still worked here she could have helped him with material, maybe.

Me And My Friend The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£5.

Info 029 2048 3344. (Finishes today) Not About Heroes Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01874 611622.

Pint Sized Plays Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 7.30pm.

Info 01348 873421. Ten plays lasting about 10 minutes each.

The audience gets to vote for their favourite.

Robin Ince Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £13.

Info 029 2030 4400. A show of standup comec lectures titled Robin Ince Is (In And) Out Of His Mind.

Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12£20/£6-£10 under-25s. Info 029 2064 6900. These are preview prices, after today it’ll cost more. (Until Sat 18) Susan Calman Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea.

7.45pm, £14.50/£12.50. Info 01792 475715. Comedian who is on the radio a bunch.

The Mousetrap New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £10-£30. Info 029 2087 8889.

(Finishes today) Thermidor Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1pm, £5/£2.

Info 01792 463980. Trevor Griffiths’ play, presented script-in-hand by Fluellen.

William Tell Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £5-£54. Info 029 2063 6464. Rossini’s opera, performed by WNO.

SUNDAY 5

Iain Stirling + Matt Rees + Chris Chopping + Sam Lloyd + Robin Morgan

Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv.

Info 029 2031 0312. Presented

by Buffalo Comedy. iCoDaCo Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12.50/£11. Info 029 2063 6464.

Jesus Christ Superstar St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 2 + 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01446 779100.

(Finishes today) Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday.

Moses In Egypt Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £5-£40. Info 029 2063 6464.

My Big Fat Cowpat Wedding Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 6pm. Info 01239 615952. A play about mixed marriages which serves you food before it starts.

MONDAY 6

Rock Of Ages New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12-£31. Info 029 2087 8889. Popular jukebox rock songs performed in some sort of theatrical context.

(Until Sat 11) Dandelion The Gate, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. Presented by Theatr Fynnon. See the boxout. On tomorrow also.

Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) The Merchant Of Venice Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400.

TUESDAY 7

Adventures In The Skin Trade Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12/£10/£6 NUS. Info 01873 850805.

Dandelion The Gate, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344.

Rock Of Ages New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12-£31. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 11) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) Sky Hawk Grand Theatre, Swansea. 10am + 1pm + 7pm, £8/£6 kids. Info 01792 475715. A play about friendship between children and the conservation of birds.

Titus Pontardawe Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01792 863722. English language version of a play which was successful in Europe.

WEDNESDAY 8

Adventures In The Skin Trade Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Tue 14) Around The World In 80 Days Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7pm, £13/£8. Info 01982 552555.

Carmen Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10-£20. Info 01970 623232.

Eric & Little Ern The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £17/£15. Info 01633 656757.

Comedy Port event paying tribute to Morecambe & Wise.

Quartet Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £4.25-£8.50.

Info 01970 623232. A rarely performed play by German playwright Heiner Muller, presented here by Blowfish. On tomorrow also.

Paul Daniels & Debbie McGee Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £12£18.50. Info 01600 772467.

Rock Of Ages New Theatre,

stage Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12-£31. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 11) Titus Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 0845 2263510. Macrobert present a play about “a 10-year-old boy on the edge”.

THURSDAY 9

Adventures In The Skin Trade Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Tue 14) Andre Vincent + Sofie Hagen + Ray Bradshaw Queens Hall, Narberth.

7.15pm, £8-£12. Info 01834 869323. Span Arts comedy night. *Bridget Christie Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01873 850805.

Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060.

Easy Terms Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £13/£12. Info 01633 868239.

(Until Sat 11) Educating Ronnie Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£5 NUS. Info 0300 3656677. Oneman drama performed by Joe Douglas about a friendship he

row also.

Easy Terms Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £13/£12. Info 01633 868239.

(Until Sat 11) Educating Ronnie St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2087 8444.

Facade The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01633 656757. Interactive theatre that takes place as you eat a three-course meal.

In Aberystwyth on Tue 14 and Wed 15; Cardiff on Fri 17 and Sat 18; Llanelli on Thurs 30 and Fri 31.

I Am Mark Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060.

Applecart present a performance art piece based on Mark, of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John fame.

Jo Caulfield Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £7-£14.

Info 01970 623232. Comedian presents a show entitled Celebration Of Anger.

Joe Bor + John Fothergill + Dan Mitchell + Charlie Baker Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also.

Mark Watson Pontardawe

Bridget Christie visits Abergavenny Borough Theatre on Thurs 9. "If you think you’d enjoy a 43-year-old woman shouting about gender inequality, in a Gloucester accent, for nearly two hours (including an interval), then this is definitely the show for you!" is the tack the tour's publicity blurb has elected to take. made while doing a gap year in Uganda. In Cardiff tomorrow.

I Need A Doctor: The Whosical Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7pm, £10.50/£8.50. Info 01792 475715. A musical based on Doctor Who, as you may have gathered, but with names changed so no-one gets sued.

One O’Clock From The House Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12/£11.

Info 01656 815995. Frank Vickery comedy, presented

by Phoenix Theatre. (Until Sat 11) Rock Of Ages New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12-£31. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 11) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) Shappi Khorsandi The Riverfront, Newport. 8pm, £14.50/£12.50. Info 01633 656757. Comedy Port show, titled Because I’m Shappi.

Like Pharrell in his big hat.

The Merchant Of Venice Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510.

On tomorrow also.

FRIDAY 10

Adventures In The Skin Trade Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Tue 14) Bedroom Farce Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01873 850805.

Carmen Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £5.50-£38.

Info 01792 475715. On tomor-

Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £18/£16.

Info 01792 863722. Do you think Mark Watson has ever thought about changing from glasses to contacts, then decided not to because it would damage his personal brand?

To me it seems possible. In Aberystwyth on Wed 29.

One O’Clock From The House Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12/£11.

Info 01656 815995. (Until Sat 11) Quartet Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £4.25-£8.50.

Info 01970 623232.

Ratpack Vegas Spectacular Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon.

8pm, £20. Info 01874 611622.

Rock Of Ages New Theatre, Cardiff. 5 + 8.30pm, £10£34.50. Info 029 2087 8889.

(Until Sat 11) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) The Merchant Of Venice Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510.

Tim Key Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7 + 9pm, £15/£12.50.

Info 029 2030 4400. Comic poet performs his Single White Slut set... twice. See Upfront and also the Books page.

Viva La Drag! St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £21.50. Info 029 2087 8444.

SATURDAY 11

Adventures In The Skin Trade Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 029 2030 4400. No performance tomorrow. (Until Tue 14) Annie Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 2.30 + 7pm, £10.

Info 0845 2263510. Musical.

Bedroom Farce Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.45pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 01874 611622.

Carmen Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £5.50-£38. Info 01792 475715.

Dance Inspiration Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 4pm, £10/£7. Info 0845 2263510.

Choreography from a group of 4-15-year-olds.

Easy Terms Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £13/£12. Info 01633 868239.

(Finishes today) Everyman Youth Theatre Improv Night St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £5. Info 029 2087 8444.

Garw Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01970 623232.

James Campbell’s Comedy Club 4 Kids The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6.50. Info 01633 656757. A Comedy Port event.

Jason Manford The Riverfront, Newport. 8pm, £23.

Info 01633 656757. Comedy Port show.

Joe Bor + John Fothergill + Dan Mitchell + Charlie Baker Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Mandy Knight + Garrett Millerick + Tony Hendriks Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960.

One O’Clock From The House Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12/£11.

Info 01656 815995. (Finishes today) Rock Of Ages New Theatre, Cardiff. 5 + 8.30pm, £12£34.50. Info 029 2087 8889.

(Finishes today) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) The Big Talent School Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free.

Info 029 2063 6464.

SUNDAY 12

10 Years Of Fusion Dance Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

4pm, £7.50. Info 01633 868239.

Also on Sun 19.

Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

MONDAY 13

Adventures In The Skin Trade Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Tue 14) Caterpillar Comedy Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. Open mic standup night hosted by Jordan Brookes.

Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18)

TUESDAY 14

Adventures In The Skin Trade Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. In Treorchy tomorrrow. (Finishes today) Calamity Jane New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£34. Info 029 2087 8889. New producrion of classic musical. (Until Sat 18) Facade Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01970 623232. On tomorrow also.

Grupo Corpo Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £14-£29. Info 029 2063 6464. Ballet meets Latin dance by internationally acclaimed Brazilian dance company. On tomorrow also.

Musical Theatre Showcase Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1pm, £10/£8.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) The Experimentrics Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry.

10am + 1pm, £6. Info 01446 738622. Live science-meetstheatre show for kids aged 7+.

In Pontardawe on Tue 21.

WEDNESDAY 15

Adonis Hollywood Strip Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £25/£23. Info 01792 475715. Male strip show.

Hosted by “Britain’s poshest heartthrob,” Ollie Locke from Made In Chelsea. To think that Swansea is where Class War was founded.

Adventures In The Skin Trade Parc & Dare, Treorchy.

7.30pm, £10/£78. Info 0800 0147111.

Around The World In 80 Days Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01446 738622.

A November Day Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 2pm, £10/£8. Info 01874 611622.

Kids’ show presented by Thingumajig Theatre.

Calamity Jane New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12£34. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 18) Dead Funny Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50 adv/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. Comic play about a troubled marriage and a tribute to Benny Hill. It’s a bit bawdy, apparently. (Until Sat 18) Facade Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01970 623232.

Feral Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464.

Puppetry, immersive soundscapes and multimedia technology combine for this slice of theatre.

Grupo Corpo Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £14/£29. Info 029 2063 6464.

Julius Caesar Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 475715.

Presented by Fluellen. (Until Fri 17) Miranda Hart Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £27.50.

Info 029 2022 4488. Also on Sat 18 (matinee and evening).

Imagine if there was a big rush to buy Miranda Hart tickets online... and the website fell over! Now that’s comedy.

Rainbow Scars Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060.

Play showing here as part of the Afrovibes Festival.

Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) Shakespeare Schools Festival The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £9.25/£7.25.

Info 01633 656757. Taking place every year to mark the bugger’s birthday, this one being his 450th. On tomorrow also.

Solfatara Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

Dark-sounding production, in Spanish with English surtitles, performed by Atresbandes. On tomorrow also.

The Best Of Broadway: The Scary Six Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £7/£4.

Info 01600 772467. Scenes from the musicals with the Savoy Youth Theatre Academy.

On tomorrow also.

The Man Jesus Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £20. Info 0300 3656677. One-man show where Simon Callow performs biblical stories on his tod.

THURSDAY 16

Around The World In 80 Days Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £14/£10/£8.50 kids. Info 01495 227206.

Bedroom Farce Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10/£8.

Info 01792 863722.

Beyond Dreams Of Abersytwyth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £3.25£6.50. Info 01970 623232. Onewoman show by Emma Decent, based on her round-the-world journey searching out her family history.

Calamity Jane New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £15£34. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 18) Dan Mitchell + Dylan Rhys Jones + Sarah Bridgeman + Lloyd Tasker Poland + Patrick Harries + Luke Biddle Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £4. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.

Standup comedy night.

Dead Funny Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50 adv/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 18) Henna Night Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. 3crate present a play about those ladies and their emotions.

Jethro Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm. Info 01633 868239. Sold out, suckers.

Julius Caesar Grand Theatre, Swansea. 1 + 7.15pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 475715. (Until Fri 17) Mr & Mrs Clark The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757.

Performance art duo team up with Newport’s Bosch and present a show called Smash It Up. (Until Sat 18) Much Ado About Nothing The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2048 3344.

Described as “Eavesdrop on the erotic fantasies of characters looking for true love,” which sounds like a tame entry into one of those hashtags you see on Whimsical Twitter.

(Until Sat 18) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) Shakespeare Schools Festival The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £9.25/£7.25.

Info 01633 656757.

Solfatara Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

The Best Of Broadway: The Scary Six Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £7/£4.

Info 01600 772467.

Tom Stade Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16/£14 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Comedian who you might have seen on TV. Uncles & Angels + Dark Cell Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01792 602060. Interactive dance and video. Part of the Afrovibes Festival.

FRIDAY 17

Adventures In The Skin Trade Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01970 623232. .

Beauty & The Beast Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, £10.

Info 01686 614555. Presented by Ballet Cymru.

Calamity Jane New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£37. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 18) Dead Funny Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50 adv/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 18) Drones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400.

Facade Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2063 6464. On tomorrow also.

Ian Moore + Jimmy McGhie + Jonnie Price + Lloyd Langford Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also.

Insomnia Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £10/£9. Info 029 2063 6464.

Family-friendly, thoughtprovoking dance production, presented by Riotous Company.

On tomorrow also.

Jethro Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 8pm, £19.50. Info 0845 2263510.

Julius Caesar Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) Mr & Mrs Clark The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. (Until Sat 18) Much Ado About Nothing The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10.

Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Sat 18) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 18) Tommy Rowson + Steve Bugeja + Frank Honeybone Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01656 815995. Comedy Network night.

Wyeside Comedy Club Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01982 552555. With acts TBC.

SATURDAY 18

Beauty & The Beast Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8.50-£14.50. Info 01792 475715. Presented by Ballet Cymru.

Bedroom Farce Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.45pm, £12. Info 01686 614555.

Biko’s Quest Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01792 602060.

The final Afrovibes Festival event here is a play about Steve Biko. There’s a little more about it Upfront.

Bluestocking Lounge Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea.

8pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475715.

Featuring American performer Peggy DeLune, Lilly Laudanum, compere DeeDee De La Rouge and sidekick Dawn.

Calamity Jane New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £15-£37. Info 029 2087 8889.

(Finishes today) Ceri Dupree: Fit For A Queen Miners’ Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01495 227206. South Walian female impersonator celebrates 30 years in the game.

Dead Funny Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2.30 + 7.15pm, £12.50 adv/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. (Finishes today) Facade Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2063 6464.

Ian Moore + Jimmy McGhie BUZZ 75

stage 7.30pm, £6-£12. Info 01970 623232. Theatrical song cycle performance about, yes, war correspondents.

WEDNESDAY 22

DANDELION The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Mon 6 Oct Tickets: £8/£6.

Info: 029 2048 3344 / www.thegate.org.uk For a night of pensive reflection, Dandelion offers a chance for the audience to step into the shoes of the women who were behind the battle lines during the First World War. Dandelion illustrates the emotional bombshells and metaphorical trenches that are the product of dealing with the loss of loved ones. Directed by Caroline Bruce, this poignant drama blends the lives of women who were joined together through the need to let go, beautifully symbolised by the image of a dandelion with its seeds drifting into the unknown. Staged by Theatr Ffynnon, the production incorporates drama, imagery, music, film and projection to allow the audience to feel a part of a turbulent period in time.

+ Jonnie Price + Lloyd Langford Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Insomnia Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £10/£9. Info 029 2063 6464.

Kane Brown + Jason Paterson + Rob Hughes Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960.

Miranda Hart Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 2.30 + 8pm, £27.50. Info 029 2022 4488.

Mr & Mrs Clark The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757.

(Finishes today) Much Ado About Nothing The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2048 3344.

(Finishes today) Romeo & Juliet Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Finishes today)

SUNDAY 19

10 Years Of Fusion Dance Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

1 + 5pm, £7.50. Info 01633 868239.

Dance Angels St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50/£15.50 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. Popular Irish band play a Roots Unearthed gig.

BUZZ 76

Henning Wehn Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £14 adv. Info 0871 4720400. The self-styled German Comedy Ambassador. Sold out mind.

James Acaster Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. A comedian in Clwb Ifor Bach?

You’d better believe it.

Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

MONDAY 20

A Regular Little Houdini The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. Oneman show about a boy from the Newport area who’s obsessed with Houdini. (Until Sat 26) Bedroom Farce Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £12/£10 NUS. Info 01633 868239.

Easy Terms Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £13/£12.

Info 01495 227206. (Until Wed 22)

TUESDAY 21

Adventures In The Skin Trade Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510.

A Regular Little Houdini The Riverfront, Newport.

10.30am + 2pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. (Until Sat 26)

Bedroom Farce Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £12/£6.50. Info 0800 0147111.

On tomorrow also.

Cwmploddy Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £11/£10. Info 01633 868239.

“It’s Mrs Brown’s Boys, Gav And Stace, meets Hyacinth Bucket all rolled into one.”

Easy Terms Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £13/£12.

Info 01495 227206. (Until Wed 22) Lost In The Neuron Forest Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Theatrical exploration of the significance of memories, and who we are when we lose them. In Barry tomorrow; Aberystwyth on Fri 24.

Piste Off Comedy Club Face 11, Cathays, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2022 8221. Here on the third Tuesday of every month.

The Experimentrics Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7pm, £6. Info 01792 863722.

To Kill A Mockingbird New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10£26.50. Info 029 2087 8889.

West End production which adapts Harper Lee’s novel.

(Until Sat 25) War Correspondents Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

13 Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £11. Info 0845 2263510. New musical about a 13-year-old boy moving from New York to Indiana. (Until Fri 24) Adventures In The Skin Trade The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£5 NUS. Info 01639 843163.

A Regular Little Houdini The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. No show tomorrow, but there is the following two days. (Until Sat 26) Bedroom Farce Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £12/£6.50. Info 0800 0147111.

Camp Rock Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1 + 7.30pm, £10/£8 kids. Info 01656 815995.

Disney musical presented by Brynteg School. (Until Fri 24) Easy Terms Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £13/£12.

Info 01495 227206. (Finishes today) Ed Gamble + Steve Bugeja + Mark Smith Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. A Comedy At The College event.

Lord Of The Flies Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16-£29. Info 029 2063 6464. Infamous novel adapted for the stage

by Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures. See Upfront.

(Until Sat 25) Lost In The Neuron Forest Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry.

7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01446 738622.

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Stage adaption of Tom Baker’s dark kids’ book. In Pontardawe tomorrow; Carmarthen on Fri 24.

To Kill A Mockingbird New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£26.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 25) White Christmas Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10.50/£9. Info 01633 263670.

Stage version of the musical with Bing Crosby in it. (Until Sat 25)

THURSDAY 23

13 Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £11. Info 0845 2263510. (Until Fri 24) An Evening Of Burlesque St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £23.50/£21.50 adv. Info 029 2087 8444.

Bedroom Farce Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £6-£12.

Info 01970 623232.

Bleak House The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50/£10. Info 029 2048 3344. Dickens’ book, retold for the stage by some people called The Pantaloons.

Britain’s Got Variety Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01633 868239. In aid of the Bob Champion Cancer Trust.

Camp Rock Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £10/£8 kids. Info 01656 815995. (Until Fri 24) Chris Ramsey Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £16.50 adv. Info 0871 4720400.

In Time O’ Strife Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. National Theatre Scotland take on a 1926 play about a striking Fife mining community. (Until Sat 25)

Lord Of The Flies Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16-£29.

Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sat 25) Lost In The Neutron Forest The Riverfront, Newport. 2 + 7.45pm, £12/£10. Info 01633 656757. A journey of rediscovery, presented by Bread & Goose Theatre.

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs Pontardawe Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01792 863722.

The Experimentrics Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £9/£7 kids. Info 0845 2263510.

To Kill A Mockingbird New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£26.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 25) Uncles & Angels + Dark Cell Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Double bill of South African theatre incorporating dance and video.

White Christmas Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10.50/£9. Info 01633 263670.

(Until Sat 25)

FRIDAY 24

13 Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £11. Info 0845 2263510.

(Finishes today) A Regular Little Houdini The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757.

(Until Sat 26) Camp Rock Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £10/£8 kids. Info 01656 815995.

Disney musical presented

by Brynteg School. (Finishes today) Dogville Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.15pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s.

Info 029 2039 1391. Lars von Trier’s movie, adapted for the stage by Christian Lollike.

(Until Fri 31) Easy Terms The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £11/£9.

Info 01639 843163. On tomorrow also.

In Time O’ Strife Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15£25/£7.50-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Until Sat 25) JoJo Smith + Carl Donnelly + John Hastings Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also.

One more comic TBC. Lord Of The Flies Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £16-£29. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sat 25) Lost In The Neuron Forest Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £4.25-£8.50. Info 01970 623232.

My Father & Other Superheroes Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Nick Makoha’s honest revelation of how pop culture raised him in the

absence of his father. Part of Black History Month.

Skierlik Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Written and performed by Philip Dikoltla, this play revisits a raciallymotivated shooting spree in the town of Skierlikart. Part of the Afrovibes festival.

Strange Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s. Info 029 2039 1391. Rodney Ackland’s play about bohemian young folks in 1930s London. (Until Sat 1 Nov) The Boy Who Kicked Pigs Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen.

8pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510.

The Prisons Within Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 029 2025 6757. A play documenting the journey which leads to two characters, Vincent and Eric, being in jail – and the identity of their victims.

To Kill A Mockingbird New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £11-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 25) White Christmas Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10.50/£9. Info 01633 263670.

(Until Sat 25)

SATURDAY 25

A Regular Little Houdini The Riverfront, Newport. 2.30 + 7.45pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. (Finishes today) Biko’s Quest Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £8-£12.

Info 029 2030 4400. Dance production based on the life and murder of the apartheid-era South African icon Steve Biko.

This is the final event of the Afrovibes festival.

Dave Gorman St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £20 adv.

Info 029 2087 8444.

Dogville Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.15pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Fri 31) Dracula Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510. Dance production, devised by the Mark Bruce Company.

Easy Terms The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £11/£9.

Info 01639 843163.

Elizabeth I: Virgin On The Ridiculous Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £8-£12. Info 01834 869323. A “poorlyresearched historical comedydrama show,” in producers Living Spit’s own words, about the titular monarch.

In Time O’ Strife Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12-£25/£6-£12.50 under-25s.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Finishes today) JoJo Smith + Carl Donnelly + John Hastings

The Professionals On Ice hits Cardiff Bay's Ice Arena on Tue 28. Billed as “a show packed with visual ice skating entertainment from skating stars from the UK, Canada, USA and Europe,” it has nothing to do with Doyle or Bodie, thus little chance of anyone getting nicked or driving an Austin Princess through a pile of cardboard boxes.

stage Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400.

Lord Of The Flies Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16-£29.

Info 029 2063 6464. (Finishes today) Patriot Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 12.30pm, £6/£4.50. Info 01792 475715.

Pocket Dream Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01970 623232.

A condensed version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, presented by Propeller.

Rob Collins + Philberto Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. With one more comic TBC. Strange Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s. Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Tavaziva Ten Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Black History Month-related performance featuring eight dancers from the Tavaziva company.

To Kill A Mockingbird New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £10-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Finishes today) White Christmas Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10.50/£9. Info 01633 263670.

(Finishes today) Who Dares Disturb The Universe? Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 10am, free. Info 01982 552555.

Community performances, music, dance etc.

SUNDAY 26

Scratch Platform Dempseys, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2023 9253. Have your live art, cabaret, spoken word and performance poetry tested in front of an audience.

Hiraeth Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464.

Buddug James Jones’ play about a family farm. On tomorrow also; in Aberystwyth on Thurs 30.

Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

Pinnochio Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

2.30pm, £8/£6. Info 0845 2263510.

The Planets Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £4.25-£8.50. Info 01970 623232. Hummadruz presents a theatre show based on Holst’s The Planets., aimed at kids

MONDAY 27

Cats Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £10/£9.

Info 01873 850805. Musical presented by AODS Juniors.

(Until Sat 1 Nov) Cirque De Hilarious New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £16/£12. Info 029 2087 8889.

Clownish/theatrical circus show which was a popular draw here last year.

Hiraeth Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464.

Match Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 11am + 2pm, £8. Info 029 2064 6900. Family-friendly play inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Match Girl.

(Until Wed 29) Shudders Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01495 227206. Atmospheric horror drama from local amateurs.

TUESDAY 28

Cats Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £10/£9.

Info 01873 850805. (Until Sat

1 Nov) Dogville Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.15pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Fri 31) Jack & The Beanstalk Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 2pm, £8.50/£7.50 kids.

Info 01982 552555.

Match Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 11am + 2pm, £8. Info 029 2064 6900. Family-friendly play inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Match Girl.

(Until Wed 29) Ruby Wax Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2064 6900. Presenting her Sane New World show.

Smile Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £9.50/£8.50.

Info 01633 868239. Dance performance by the Charlotte May Academy. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Strange Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s. Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Sat 1 Nov) The Professionals On Ice Cardiff Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2038 2001.

The Story Giant Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 12pm, £8/£6 under-16s. Info 01600 772467. Scenes from the musicals with the Savoy Youth Theatre Academy. On tomorrow also.

The Trial Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15.

Info 01970 623232. The Philip Glass-scored version of what’s been called ‘the original Kafkaesque nightmare’.

WEDNESDAY 29

Caitlin Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Light, Ladd & Emberton present a striking look at Caitlin Thomas, wife of Dylan. On tomorrow also.

Captain Flinn & The Pirate Dinosaurs Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £6.

Info 029 2063 6464. Kids’ book brought to life by Les Petits Theatre Company. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Cats Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £11/£10.

Info 01873 850805. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Comedy Club Grand Theatre, Swansea. 8pm, £11. Info 01792 475715.

Dancing In The Streets Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20-£28.

Info 029 2063 6464. Motown singalong gubbins.

Dogville Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

2.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Fri 31) Easy Terms Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12-£14.

Info 01656 815995. (Until Fri 31) Hansel & Gretel The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £15/£12/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344. Presented

by Opera’r Ddraig. On tomorrow also.

Mark Watson Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £8.50-£17.

Info 01970 623232.

Match Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 11am, 2pm + 5pm, £8.

Info 029 2064 6900. (Finishes today) Rent Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. Noted rock musical (Until Sat 1 Nov) Smile Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £9.50/£8.50.

Info 01633 868239. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Strange Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s. Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Sat 1 Nov)

The Lady Boys Of Bangkok Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon.

7pm, £22.50/£20. Info 01874 611622.

The Shop Of Little Horrors Miners’ Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 01495 227206. Puppet-based, as in it’s about puppetry, horror/ comedy.

Tour Of The Universe New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13-£18. Info 029 2087 8889.

Astronomical comedy.chat show hosted by Neil Phillipson.

Woman Of Flowers Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01970 623232. An innovative retelling of an ancient Welsh myth where nothing is quite as it seems. Presented by Forest Forge.

THURSDAY 30

A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £14-£18.

Info 01792 475715. Michael Bogdanov adaption of the short story by Dylan Thomas. (Until Sat 8 Nov) Adventures In The Skin Trade Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £13/£11.

Info 01495 227206.

Al Murray The Pub Landlord Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 029 2063 6464.

Bec Hill Dempseys, Cardiff.

7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2023 9253. Australian comedian who, at the time of typing this listing, has just started following Jen Long and the Kernow King on Twitter. Clearly someone who appreciates top drawer content.

Bedroom Farce Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01792 602060.

Caitlin Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2030 4400.

Captain Flinn & The Pirate Dinosaurs Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11am + 2pm, £6. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sat 1 Nov) Carmen The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £15.50£19.50. Info 01633 656757.

Bizet’s opera, presented by Mid Wales Opera.

Cats Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £11/£10.

Info 01873 850805. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Dogville Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.15pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Fri 31) Easy Terms Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12-£14.

Info 01656 815995. (Until Fri 31) Facade Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7.30pm, £25. Info 0845 2263510. On tomorrow also.

Hansel & Gretel The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £15/£12/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344.

Hiraeth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £4.25-£8.50.

Info 01970 623232.

Morgan & West: A Grand Adventure Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £12/£10/£8 kids. Info 01982 552555. Says here they’re timetravelling Victorian magicians.

Rent Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Shazam! Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 12pm, £9/£7 under-16s. Info 01600 772467.

Halloween-themed show suitable for ages three and up.

Smile Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £9.50/£8.50.

Info 01633 868239. (Until Sat 1 Nov)

live review

CRAZY GARY’S MOBILE DISCO

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 19 Sept words HEATHER ARNOLD photo MACIEJ DAKOWICZ Crazy Gary is the kind of person you hope never to come across on a night out. Gary and his mobile disco are the kings of Thursday nights at the pub, until karaoke steps on his turf. We soon find out, through his monologue, that Gary (Jordan Bernarde) is a brute who lives a life of beer, brawls and ‘babes’. He talks us through his night, starting at the pub and leading into fights and attempts at flirting.

Gary isn’t the only man to give his monologue: as his night draws to a close we’re introduced to Matthew Melody (Gwydion Rhys) – a disillusioned, unemployed and religious would-be cabaret singer – and Russell (Sion Pritchard), desperate to get the hell out of town. As the night goes on, layers are peeled back, secrets are revealed and the plot escalates into dark places.

The performances of Bernarde, Rhys and Pritchard are outstanding. Theatre company Walking Exploits had strong characters to work with (back in 2001, Crazy Gary... was the breakthrough play from Welsh writer Gary Owen) but the acting was spot on. Director Matt Ball has chosen a talented cast and worked them well. Leaving the theatre it was harder to imagine that they had been acting at all then deal with the fact that these characters weren’t real.

The plot was slowly and delicately revealed, and the stage, sound and lighting (Alison Neighbour, Jane Lalljee and Chris Young respectively) all supported this. Projections of teary eyes and foaming mouths seemed needless at first, but became more and more potent as secrets were exposed.

The only downside to the show was that it felt a bit too long – though in the same breath I don’t feel there would be an easy solution to this. I left the play feeling like the script occasionally veered into rambling, but unable to pinpoint what should be cut; the audience could have benefitted from an intermission, but where to put it? Overall, Walking Exploits’ portrayal of Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco is a strong one, and is worth seeing even if just for the actors’ fantastic performances and the plot’s twists and turns.

Strange Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Sat 1 Nov)

FRIDAY 31

Cats Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £11/£10.

Info 01873 850805. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Comedy Shed The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £12.50. Info 01633 656757. With acts TBC. Captain Flinn & The Pirate Dinosaurs Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11am + 2pm, £6. Info 029 2063 6464.

(Until Sat 1 Nov)

Dogville Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.15pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s.

Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Fri 31) Easy Terms Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12-£14.

Info 01656 815995. (Finishes today) Facade Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7.30pm, £25. Info 0845 2263510.

Rent Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Silky + Gavin Webster + Jonny Awsum + Craig Murray Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also.

Smile Congress Theatre,

Cwmbran. 7pm, £9.50/£8.50.

Info 01633 868239. (Until Sat 1 Nov) Strange Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s. Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Sat 1 Nov) The Sooty Show Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 11am + 2pm, £12/£10 kids. Info 01686 614555.

Transition Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6.

Info 029 2030 4400. A look at a father-daughter relationship which is based on dance, a medium which also features in the play itself. On tomorrow also.

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competitions WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO BUZZ PRESENTS... AT KUKU CLUB This month at our very own live music and club night we present... drum roll please... Welsh ska band The Rude’Em Outs.

The band describe their music as “an all-singing and dancing Latin-ska-punk band with a few surprises, singalong choruses but a slightly darker edge.” So if you enjoy a good dance to some funky ska tunes then the Kuku Cub in Cardiff, on Thurs 30 Oct, is where you should be heading.

We have three pairs of tickets to give away to the show – if you want to get your hands on one of them, just answer the question below before Wed 22 Oct. Q: Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin claimed that the term ‘ska’ was coined by musicians to refer to what? pic: ED SCHIPUL

GIG TICKETS OF YOUR CHOICE

Music lovers, open yer ears. The lovely people at musohaunt Clwb Ifor Bach are giving Buzz readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to any upcoming gig their wee heart desires. Just email competitions@ buzzmag.co.uk, with ‘WELSH CLUB’ in the subject header and your name and number by Sat 1 Nov.

AMERICAN INTERIOR ON DVD

Gruff Rhys, Super Furry Animals frontman traces the story of his ancestor John Evans, who left Wales in 1792 to search for a mythical Welsh-speaking tribe in the American heartland.

If you fancy winning a copy of American Interior then answer the following question. Q: Some claim that it was the Welsh prince Madoc that first discovered America but, according to the folklore, what year did he do so?

The Association of Independent Festivals has created the brand spanking new Festival Congress: a twoday festival conference including panels, exhibitions and parties, collectively celebrating the thriving independent festival scene. With an afterparty on Fri 17 Oct at the Glee Club in Cardiff Bay, including DJ sets from Rob Da Bank and Huw Stephens, this is one party you’ll want to be invited to. If you want to win a pair of tickets to the party, just answer the following question before Fri 10 Oct. Q: In Middle English what does the term Festival Dai refer to?

NOEL FIELDING TICKETS

This critically acclaimed production of Bram Stoker’s classic novel will be in South Wales for just one night: Sat 25 Oct at Y Ffwrnes in Llanelli. If you would like to get your hands on a pair of tickets, just answer the following question before Thurs 16 Oct. Q: What was the name of the 1922 film adaptation of Dracula that ended in destruction after Bram Stocker’s estate sued for copyright infringement?

The psychedelic Noel Fielding and his hallucinatory humour will be floating on down to Cardiff next month.

He is one of the minds behind late-night sitcom The Mighty Boosh, the lovable scamp of a team captain on comedy quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks and now star of his very own show Luxury Comedy. Now he’s bringing his very unique brand of humour to St David’s Hall on Sat 22 Nov. If you want to win a pair of tickets to see An Evening With Noel Fielding just answer this question. Q: Noel Fielding is an artist, as well as a comic, but what was the title of his first art exhibition held at the Maison Bertaux in Soho?

DYLATHON TICKETS

DAVID O’DOHERTY TICKETS

PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE DRACULA

If you've ever dreamed of a 36 hour long poetry reading that has a celebrity line-up including Ian Mckellen, Michael Sheen and Rob Brydon, then you're in luck! We have two tickets to give away to The Dylathon which will be waxing lyrical at the Swansea Grand Theatre from Sun 26 to Mon 27 Oct. Just answer this question before Mon 20 Oct. Q: How many seconds are in 36 hours?

RICHARD PARKS' NEW BOOK

At a young age Richard Parks' rugby career was cut short after an injury, but that didn’t stop him from embarking on a life of adventure. His autobiography Beyond The Horizon tells it all. We have three copies to give away, so if you fancy getting your hands on one just answer the question below.

Q: What were thought to be the last words of Captain Lawrence Oates before his death?

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A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THE FESTIVAL CONGRESS AFTERPARTY

The man who combines music and humour with the power of his tiny, battery-powered keyboard is heading to the stage of Cardiff comedy connoisseurs the Glee Club, in Cardiff Bay. The Perrier Award winner and comedy panel show regular will be singing about his beef and lowering your expectations, as well as getting out his keyboard-playing chair to tell a few jokes.

If you want to win a pair of tickets to see David O’Doherty’s show at the Glee Club on Wed 12 Nov, then just answer the following question: Q: David O’Doherty plays a miniature electronic keyboard – but what year did Jean Baptiste Thillaie de Laborde invent the clavecin electrique?

Please email your answers, name, address, Twitter username (if you have one) and contact number to competitions@buzzmag.co.uk by Sat 1 Nov unless otherwise stated. T&Cs: WE DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THESE COMPETITIONS TO BE REPLICATED OR SHARED ANYWHERE ONLINE.