It's On Cardiff Issue 4

Win! X Festival Tickets A meal for two & a bottle of wine

Interview with

The Script Easter Holiday

and Mother’s Day Guides

We meet Finn Jones of

Game of Thrones

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38//Easter Holiday Guide

Need to keep the kids occupied? Check out these activities

Contents

Regulars

08//On Our Radar Helping you keep up-to-date with all the latest goings on in the city

12//Little Black Book

We ask some of Cardiff’s top musicians their favourite places

40//Things we’re looking forward to

From indoor golf to a trampoline park, we can’t wait for all of these to open

48//Game of Thrones Interview

We chatted to the Knight of Flowers at Comic Con, which is back in town this month

50//Vintage Guide

We round up the best places to get your hands on all things vintage

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32//Highlighted Events

Check out our list of this month’s top events from around the capital

59//Competitions Win X Festival tickets and a meal at The Old Market Tavern

60//Event Guide Stumped at what to do this month?

Stick these in your diary

Features 26//Wonders of Wales

Food 16//Food News

30//Mother’s Day Guide

23//Wonderful Welsh Cakes

We round up some organisations that are championing all things Welsh

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All the most delicious pieces of news from Cardiff’s food scene

Pick up a fresh batch of Welsh Cakes from one of our favourite cake crafters

Music, Arts and Theatre 28//Ragsy’s Debut Album

The Voice star, Ragsy, releases his debut album this month

Welcome

Croeso!

This month we are getting on our flat caps and our chequered aprons to celebrate our homeland in the name of St. David’s Day and so March’s magazine is entitled the ‘Welsh Issue,’ but we’ve got a whole heap of other content for you to get your peepers on.

34//Five Minutes with The Script

As well as a guide on Cardiff’s tastiest Welsh Cakes and a piece about the best organisations that are championing all things Welsh, local artist Phil Morgan has let us use his awesome piece of street art for our cover.

44//Down Under with The Australian Pink Floyd

On top of that we’ve got interviews with The Script, The Australian Pink Floyd and Finn Jones from Game of Thrones, more amazing competitions and guides to treating your mum on Mother’s Day and keeping the kids occupied in the Easter break.

The Script are performing this month and we chatted to their guitarist about the band

We grabbed some time with one of the world’s best tribute acts

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Not to mention all the regulars that you know and love. So sit back with a Welsh Cake and get clued up on what’s occurin’ in Cardiff.

Jordan Harris, Editor

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Nightlife 54//Cardiff’s Craft Beer Revolution Continues A Welsh brewery opens a brand new beer bar in the city centre

56//Be At One set to open

A top London cocktail chain announce they are charging across the Severn

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Crwys Road creative hotspot

You know when you’re sat in a restaurant kitted out in anything and everything the owners could get their hands on for free, with a radio studio, cinema and art gallery in the basement, that you aren’t in your average eatery. But then again, the guys behind CF24 aren’t your average restaurateurs.

Not merely a diner, the CF24 Project is a true chameleon that is constantly changing to offer its guests a range of functions and features to suit all needs.

with the exception of the fantastic Big Apple Hot Dogs that come from London, the venue will host live radio recording sessions, live bands and acts handpicked by the owners to showcase exciting new artists, comedy nights, talks and demonstrations, a garden where their veg is grown and a pop-up cinema in the basement, plus a popup shop for local businesses to sell the wares. Not to mention the fact that they have set their sights on expanding the venue in the coming years to become a hostel.

“If our customers see the same thing every day of the week, it gets boring after a while,” said Matt Skinner, one of the venue’s four owners, and as such will feature a constantly rotating roster of art and events.

“We wanted it to be as open as possible,” continued Clive. “We don’t want people to walk in and feel intimidated by what we do. We don’t want to be too top heavy and be in one category, which a lot of places in Cardiff are.

“We wanted to turn it into a creative hub and we are heading towards that goal now,” said one of the other owners, Clive.

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Florist blossoms with move Tucked away in the Bay sits one of the area’s most relaxing and stimulating places you could possibly find.

Whether you want to relax in a grand armchair with a cup of coffee, listen to live classical music concerts or if you just want to put together a beautiful and delicate bunch of flowers for a loved one, Cardiff’s most unique florist has got you covered.

Having moved from their Bute Street studio to 1 Mount Stuart Square, Sunflower and its owners Lukasz Biela and Sebastian Kedzieski now call the old Lloyds Banking Hall their home and the open, yet welcoming space, decorated by them and their friends, is as beautiful as their bouquets.

After completely redoing the whole venue, over a period of three weeks, Lukasz, a classically trained baritone, and Sebastien, a florist with almost 20 years experience, have recently reopened and the relocation has been a move forward for the shop.

As well as a larger space for their customers to visit, they will also be serving up cold food and salads and also have an alcohol license so you can enjoy a drink whilst listening to one of their variety of concerts, from classical to cabaret and from jazz to jive, and it’s a concept that you won’t likely find in any other florist.

“We had this idea years ago about doing something more with flowers,” explained Lukasz.

“Seth used to manage restaurants in Poland and I worked in bars and restaurants in Cardiff and Scotland, so we have quite a lot of experience in this area,” he continued.

So if you’re in the Bay, pop in for a coffee and a cake, some music and a lovingly arranged bouquet of flowers and keep your eyes peeled for an announcement about their launch parties.

Come March 17, it’ll be time to paint the town red, or green, in the name of dear old St. Patrick. But you don’t want to gulp your Guinness in any old pub, you want to drink it in an Irish bar, preferably one that’s got an Irish surname.

1. Dempsey’s

Sat in the shadow of Cardiff Castle, Dempsey’s may be Brains owned but that doesn’t mean it’s any less Irish and we’re all descendants of the same Celtic stock making it the perfect place to celebrate the holiday with our Irish brothers and sisters. They even have live music and comedy nights.

2. O’Neill’s With St. Patrick’s Day, the clue is in the name.

It’s just a day, but not if O’Neill’s have anything to say about it as they are holding a week long celebration and petitioning to make it a Bank Holiday. Expect live music, Irish nosh, live showings of the rugby and football and copious amounts of the dark stuff.

3. Kitty Flynn’s A St Mary Street favourite, Kitty Flynn’s is also right on the corner of Caroline Street and you know that’s a recipe for success when you stumble out of the pub and into a street dominated by chip shops. It may not be very Irish to munch on a kebab meat and chips but you know it’s right.

4. Callaghan’s Not only is Callaghan’s popular amongst the student population because of their tradtional pub interior, their Irish Folk Nights on a Wednesday and Celtic Rock on Friday’s go down a storm with the locals, so check them out for a drink and a wee jig in the pub found on Castle Street.

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LITTLE BLACK BOOK

This month we ask our favourite musicians what’s in their little black book of their favourite haunts around the city to drink in, eat in, relax in and let loose in

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Best place to chill out?

Gwdihŵ .

Best place for a pint?

I don’t really have a favourite place as long as it’s a decent pint of Brains or Guinness. It’s more about the company you’re with. But the City Arms always has a good beer.

Best place for a burger?

GBK in the Bay. Best place to watch live bands?

The Globe .

Best place for a cup of Joe? Starbucks .

Best night out in Cardiff?

Winter Wonderland .

Best place to watch live bands?

There’s so many great venues to watch live music that I couldn’t really select one.

They all have something special and should be supported.

Favourite spot in Cardiff?

The park by the Castle on a nice sunny day.

Best place for a fry up?

I’m not really a fry up person. But my mam’s fry up is pretty awesome. Although I did get a Full Welsh Breakfast at Gwesty’r Emlyn Hotel recently. Cockles and laverbread. Lovely.

When I visit Cardiff I always have to have a bacon roll from Cardif Indoor Market at the stall near the entrance.

Helen Fulthorpe

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Favourite thing about Cardiff?

Street entertainment; always lots going on!

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Favourite thing about Cardiff?

My favourite thing about Cardiff is that it’s home.

I’ve been taken to some unexpected places since The X-Factor but my love of Cardiff and who’s there, such as family and friends, brings me home.

Best place for a burger?

The Bagel and Burger Kitchen on Salisbury Road. I’m being biased here because I’m one of the owners with Imran Haris but seriously, the food is just out of this world.

Best place for a cup of Joe? Café Brava in Pontcanna for my favourite cup of Joe and to catch up with friends.

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Best place for a night out?

For the best night out I hit Mill Lane. The cocktails, the music, bars are door to door. There’s a great atmosphere especially in the summer; it has that abroad feel.

Favourite spot in Cardiff?

I love to go for a stroll with my children rain or shine. So we have a few favourite places we regularly go. Roath Park and the Bay are favourites of ours.

Best place to chill out?

Dabbawalla Club is always a atmosphere and has amazing food.

Best place for a cocktail?

Boutique; brilliant service, brilliant atmosphere, amazing two for one cocktails and oh, the music is amazing too.

Best night out in Cardiff?

Glam on a Saturday and Monday night, Soda Bar on a Sunday and any Sugar and Spice night.

Best place for a cup of Joe? Café Aroma is a hidden gem in Cardiff.

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FOOD NEWS

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We are not deprived of burgers here in Cardiff, far from it. You can’t look at a menu these days without seeing a brioche bun engulfing a hand formed patty served on some sort of chopping board or slate, but on Friday 13 March, a burger to blow all others out of the water will be gracing our city steps courtesy of the award-winning burger pop-up, The Beefy Boys.

“We’ve wanted to come to Cardiff for a long time,” said Christian Williams of The Beefy Boys.

“We are really excited, it’s not too far away from us, it’s a big city and there’s a lot of stuff going

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on and a lot of good food outlets. It’s really strong in terms in of what the local street food teams are doing there so we are excited and feel like it’s a massive challenge,” he continued.

With the title of the UK’s best burger to their name after smashing the competition at Grillstock’s BBQ festival, as well as placing second in the World Food Championships in Vegas, The Herefordshire based burger pop-up are in a league of their own and are not one to be missed when they pop-up at Motley Movies Grease extravaganza next month.

“We are hoping to just bring our take on burgers

really. The produce in Hereford is just amazing so that and a bit of fun and a bit of our cheekiness,” he added.

“We don’t like to take things too seriously and we don’t take ourselves too seriously but we are going to focus on putting out the best possible food we can,” he continued.

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FOOD NEWS

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After one of their most successful years to date, the first ladies of ‘cue, Sam Evans and Shauna Guinn of Hang Fire Smokehouse, are back in action this month and have got 2015 off to a real bang with a kitchen takeover at BrewDog. The Scottish craft beer bar opened last year to much excitement amongst the vast majority of us and not just because of the array of beers available, but because their indulgent menu is the epitome of comfort food.

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Fire will be popping up to serve up some of their finest smoked meat and finger lickin’ fixin’s for you to get your chops around and it is something Wales’ favourite pop-up is relishing.

“When BrewDog approached us to collaborate on a beer and BBQ night, we were thrilled to bits,” said Sam. “It combines two of our favourite things; meat and beer!” she continued.

“The menu will be small and well crafted,” said Sam. “We’ll be focusing on State variations of US BBQ. March takes us East to the Carolinas, Lexington to Asheville, home of all things porcine,

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and finally, in our April date, you’ll be getting a taste of what we call ‘Bayou BBQ,’ something we’ve been working on. It’ll be a marriage of NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana) flavours with BBQ, it’ll be epic,” she added and the bar is just as excited to marry the meat to their eclectic range of beer.

“Our collaboration with Hang Fire Smokehouse is a perfect opportunity to showcase how well craft beer pairs with amazing food,” said Nathaniel Williams, BrewDog Cardiff’s General Manager.

The pop-ups will operate on a first come, first fed basis so get down there early!

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Bill’s comes to the Bay Steeped in equal measures of history and mystery, the Pilotage Building is one of the oldest in the Bay. Years before Woods Brasserie moved into it in 1999, the iconic building was used as an administrative office for the river pilots who operated in the Bristol Channel and would use their expert knowledge of the river to guide large ships into dock. It was here that those pilots would pick up their pay, giving it its name. Before that however, no one knows for sure what the building was used for although some argue that it was originally built by the second Marquis of Bute as a stable for workhorses that used to pull barges down the Glamorganshire Canal.

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Bill’s caters for every occasion and using fresh and seasonal food combined with friendly staff and a welcoming atmosphere, it will be a welcome addition to Mermaid Quay when it opens on Monday 16 of this month.

“We are delighted to be opening a second restaurant in Cardiff and are looking forward to adding something a little bit different to the mix of eateries in the Bay area,” said Bill Collison, the chain’s founder. “Cosy booths, large sharing tables and plenty of twinkling candles in the evening, we are hoping this new opening will prove to be as popular as our original Cardiff restaurant,” he continued.

The move is one that follows Côtes and Miller and Carter who recently opened up their second Cardiff based eatery, as well as other chains charging across the Severn recently, such as Wahaca, Steak of the Art and Burger and Lobster.

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Welsh Cakes Every region has its delicacies and treats that reflect the area’s culture and history. The Cornish have their pasties, the Scottish have their Haggis, the Irish have their Guinness and we have the Welsh Cake.

One whiff of those delicious round bundles of joy will instantly transport you back to your childhood, eagerly waiting for your Nan to take them off of the piping hot bakestone.

We can’t resist a Welsh Cake or two and seeing as St. David’s Day has just passed, we’ve got more reason than ever to stuff our faces with them and we’ve been on a hunt for some of the best in Cardiff and have narrowed it down to these top three places.

Top Places to get

Welsh Cakes 1. Fabulous Welshcakes Making their Welsh Cakes fresh in their Mermaid Quay shop, Fabulous’ cakes live up to their name.

As well as the more conventional round cakes, they do square ones, rugby ball shaped ones, butterfly looking ones and many more. They also do a variety of flavours including white chocolate and lemon.

2. Issy Boo Cakes A small family run business, Issy Boo Cakes bake using an old family recipe and their delicious cakes make the perfect wedding favours.

Check them out at: www.issyboocakes.co.uk

3. Cardiff Bakestone Located in Cardiff’s Central Market, Cardiff Bakestone is a real gem and they really go the distance when it comes to the flavour of their Welsh Cakes. As well as plain ones they’ve got lemon curd, chocolate chip and coconut ones.

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Wales

The wonders of

We couldn’t call it the ‘Welsh Issue’ without featuring the very best businesses, organisations and people, from across Wales, who are championing all things Welsh

Learn Welsh

Only about 20% of the population speaks the ‘language of Heaven’ but one organisation trying to rectify this and trying to preserve the language of our forefathers is Learn Welsh who offer a range of courses designed to help you learn from scratch or to simply brush up on your linguistical skills.

The well established curriculum gives its students a fun and successful experience in learning the language of their ancestors.

If you’re interested in finding out more or enrolling, head over to their website: www.learnwelsh.co.uk

I Loves The ‘Diff Forget those ‘I Heart NY’ tees because round these parts, I Loves The ‘Diff rules the roost.

With a huge range of clothing, accessories and memorabilia available from their website and in a few stockists throughout the city centre and the surrounding area, I Loves The ‘Diff has got it all covered.

From the original t-shirts to hoodies, mugs, stickers, badges, tops, bags, posters and cards, similar to these sporting punilicious Welshisms, there’s something for everyone.

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Brains Shops, restaurants and venues come and go in the city, but one thing that has been a constant for over 130 years has been Brains Brewery.

Ever since Samuel Arthur Brain and his uncle Jospeh Benjamin Brain bought the Old Brewery in 1882, Brains have been brewing some of the country’s favourite ales.

More recently, Brains have been brewing a seemingly endless amount of craft beers, some of which pay tribute to the brewery’s Welsh roots such as Barry Island IPA and Bragging Rights, a modern take on a Saxon-period Welsh ale called Bragawd, brewed with spices such as cinnamon, as well as honey.

Welsh Domain The World Wide Web is dominated by ‘.coms’ and ‘.co.uks’ but the net is about to become the World Wide Welsh thanks to the work of one organisation who are dedicated to creating a space that is truly Welsh on the web.

Offering individuals and organisations the chance to swap their .com domain for one ending in .cymru or .wales, Welsh Domain are championing the country’s cause online.

If you want to find out more about registering your website with a fancy new Welsh domain, head over to their website: wwww. ourhomeonline.wales

Phil Morgan If you’ve walked through Cardiff recently, you probably noticed some of the street art adorning the city’s walls, and one that stands out and just screams ‘WELSH’ is this lovely, hairy lady.

Created by Penarth based illustrator, Phil Morgan, the piece can be found by Abacus and is one of many around the city by the self taught artist who paints bold and colourful designs with a dash of humour.

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Inspiration for songwriting can come from a plethora of different places but for The Voice star, Ragsy, his debut album draws on his own personal journey.

Released on March 1, Ouch!!! is a soulful blend of powerful vocals, beautiful acoustic melodies and heart-on-your-sleeve songwriting and tells the tale of life’s unpredictability.

“It’s just an honest, heart-on-your-sleeve album,” explained Ragsy, real name Gary Ryland. “I always write about everything I experience as a songwriter. I write about things I go through; the good and the bad and it’s very cathartic and it’s saved me a lot of money on shrink pills,” he continued.

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The roots rocker from Aberdare, who names Queen, Bob Dylan and Neil Young amongst his inspiration, has been working on the album for seven months and documents his own personal heartache and as such gives rise to one of the most honest albums you’ll hear this year.

“This album is written about ups, downs, ins, outs and roundabouts,” Ragsy added. “When I’m going through something, good or bad, I tend to pen it down.”

Ouch!!! is available now from iTunes, Amazon and on CD

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Weare So you think you’re Welsh do you?

Well put yourself to the test and see just how Welsh you really are.

The snow has fallen and the nation goes into ration mode, you rush to the shop to buy your supplies, which bread do you get?

A) Hovis B) Kingsmill C) Braces D) None because you’ve got the Bread of Heaven!

You’re at the table when choosing your country’s mascot, do you pick: A) A small, well dressed man with ginger locks and a pot of gold B) A knight in shining armour C) A pretty flower D) A DRAGON! Which super hero is the odd one out?

A) Super Ted B) Mr Fantastic C) Batman D) Superman You think the Alphabet has too many letters, which ones do you take away?

A) K, L , F B) L, M, A, O C) I, O, U D) C, Q, V, Z You get a call from Bryn to pop down the pub.

When do you get there?

A) You don’t, you’re washing your hair B) You go now C) You go in a minute D) You go now in a minute Mostly A’s: You’re about as Welsh as a haggis!

Mostly B’s: Pfft... you call yourself Welsh?

Mostly C’s: Are you kidding?

Mostly D’s: Congrats, you’re Welsher than a leek riding a sheep!

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Afternoon Tea Nothing says ‘Thanks for putting up with me,’ quite like afternoon tea. Cakes, scones, cute teapots and mini sarnies; what’s not to love.

Check out Laguna Kitchen & Bar in the Park Plaza who have a selection of Welsh cakes, pastries, scones and sandwiches from £17.50.

The Meating Place on St Mary Street is another great shout. Known more conventionally as a bit of a steak and rib joint, they also serve afternoon tea, plus a Champagne tea daily.

Our other favourite place for a spot of tea is Pettigrew Tea Rooms by the entrance to Bute Park, who bake bespoke cakes and serve Welsh cream teas made by their on-site baker and it’ll cost you just £26.95 for two people.

Gifts If you fancy splashing out a bit on your dear old mum, check out Emma-Kate Francis’ bespoke jewellery on www.emmakatefrancis.com, an award winning, Welsh designer renowned for creating fashion-led yet uniquely timeless pieces, hand crafted in her boutique atelier.

Or if you want to really treat her, take her to the Village Hotel who will be holding a pampering day at their Viva Spa on Monday 9 April for just £15, which includes a sparkling reception and selected treatments.

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Mother’s Day Guide They brought us into this world, they raised us, they made sure that we ate our greens when we were knee high to Shane Williams and most importantly, they still do our washing, so come Sunday 15 March it’s time to spoil our lovely mummies rotten.

Mother’s Day only comes round once a year so you might as well go all out this year and make sure that they know they are the best mam in the whole wide world.

If you’re stumped for ideas on how to do just that, we’ve put together the ultimate guide on treating the number one woman in your life.

Dinner Don’t you dare make your lovely mum cook on Mother’s Day. Take her out for a slap up Sunday lunch for goodness sakes.

Top of our list is Chapel 1877, who cook seasonally inspired roast dinners, such as the more traditional roast beef and chicken, as well as seafood risotto and wild mushroom ravioli.

If you want something a little meatier, take her to Miller & Carter, who are offering a free glass of Mercier Champagne.

Events St Fagans National History Museum aren’t just holding a special Mother’s Day lunch and afternoon tea, they are also holding an event the day before on Saturday 14 March from 11am-1pm and from 2pm-4pm, where kids can make a beautiful last minute card for absolutely nothing.

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Lionel Richie @Motorpoint Arena

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

March 16 Paloma Faith @Motorpoint Arena

March 17

Spamalot

@New Theatre

March 2-7

Edward Scissorhands @Wales Millennium Centre

March 10-14

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Blue @St David’s Hall

March 23

Morrissey

@Motorpoint Arena

March 18

One Man Breaking Bad

@St David’s Hall

March 4

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Ahead of their upcoming gig at the Motorpoint Arena on March 2, Jordan Harris caught up with the Irish band’s guitarist, Mark.

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hat can fans look forward to with the new tour?

Well we’ve really worked very, very hard at making this tour bigger and better than the one we did before. We always ask ourselves how can we better things you know. We’re in rehearsals right now actually, changing everything we can to bring a really great sound to people so hopefully it’ll be a great time to catch us, if I do say so myself.

Your live shows are packed full of energy and you really connect with the audience but you’ve also been described as ‘studio whizzes,’ so what do you prefer? Being in the studio or being on stage?

In our head we don’t feel like we deserve to be on stage without having the material so obviously you’ve got to be in the studio to get the material to be on stage so it really is symbiotic. They really do need each other. So for example this record was quite an interesting one because we basically recorded it on the road in the tour bus going around America. We did that because we wanted to capture the kind of nervous energy that happens going on stage every night. We thought how can we bottle that up a bit and try and bring it back on stage so the studio had only been about ten feet from the stage for the whole time. We are doing that again this year and bringing the studio on the road just to be able to walk

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off stage and if you have inspiration for a song just to bang it straight down and try to capture that energy because you just never know what is going to come out of you once you’re full of all that live energy.

So this record is inspired by the nervous energy of playing live, but where else do you draw inspiration from when writing a song?

The type of band we are, we are an extroverted band when it comes to performing, but we are introverted when it comes to writing songs so we could be down the pub, we could be sitting on the tube, we could just be hanging around.

Things that people say are epic sometimes.

We don’t realise that we can all be a bit of a poet. We could be annoyed or whatever and we express it and think, ‘Wow that was quite poetic how you said that, you probably wouldn’t have said that if you hadn’t of been so emotionally charged.’ Music for us has to have a deep root and emotion. I don’t mean emotion as in love or hate, it could be anything, anything on the spectrum of emotions that a person goes through we kind of try to bottle it up a little bit and put it into a song. It’s more of a natural thing; it’s not something that we usually think of, it’s just something that happens, so I think inspiration comes from all different areas, from all walks of life, from being inspired by my kids to being inspired by my family and friends. I think it all finds its way into the music.

Do you think that The Script’s association with The Voice and Will.I.Am has had much of an effect on you as a band?

Yeah I think it has, it’s had a really positive effect. I think we were a faceless band before it and that was our own wish; we wanted to just be about the songs and everyone understood that. We didn’t feel that we belonged on the cover or we belonged as the face of the band but actually as time went on we realised that that bit us in the arse a little bit and we were becoming a faceless band and more and more newspapers and magazines were stopping writing about us so we decided to try and get Danny on The Voice and see how that would go. I really do believe that gave us a really great profile and it built us up for the year or two we were on it. We didn’t sell any more or any less

records if I’m honest, but I think the profile of the band went up, it went up a lot. That really helps now when we are doing interviews or promos; we tend to get a bit more coverage because of it. But you know if he stayed on it, he would have become BBC property and what happens there is it becomes quite difficult behind the scenes because people like ITV stop booking you for things and that’s not ideal because we need to be free agents and we need to be free to do all the shows we do and promote as much as you can promote, so now he’s been off it and he’s been off it for quite a time, we seem like we’re nobody’s property now. We seem like we are getting booked by ITV as much as we are getting booked by BBC so it seems to be going back to being quite normal but we have a much larger profile.

Is there a story behind the band’s name?

The band’s name is quite funny because in retrospect, when you look at our songs and you look at our music, they are very story driven and ‘The Script’ really does play into that theme but it wasn’t the name when we initially started, it was more of a panic thing. When we got together to write songs, I brought a few to a record label and we were actually trying to get Danny a solo deal at the time and I was looking after him in that sense and the guy said, “This is an excellent band, who is it?” And I just f*cking lied at that point and said “We’re a band called The Script,” and I went back to the lads and said that they think we are a band and they really want to sign us so we all thought, “Let’s f*cking do it!” So we just jumped in and it was since then that we started wearing the name but we did try to change it a number of times beforehand but there was nothing we really liked and this was what we hated the least.

Finally, being Irish and with St. Paddy’s Day coming up, how do you lads celebrate?

We always miss home and we always seem to be bloody away for it so we tend to never be in Ireland for it. We’ve got a song called Paint The Town Green and that’s just our way of saying that we miss home a lot. We are going to be in Hamburg this year so drinking some German beer and celebrating it that way, so it’s a really good place to celebrate.

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But what is there to do in Cardiff if you’ve got to keep the kids quiet and preoccupied? Well, dear parents of the capital, there’s more things to do than you could possibly imagine.

Activity Week@Sherman Tailored to keep the little ‘uns occupied this Easter, The Sherman’s Activity Week offers the kids the chance to participate in an array of workshops from photography and film making to dance, drama and crafts and there’s also a cosy café with comfy chairs and free WiFi for the parents to relax in.

Tickets cost £30 per day (including lunch) and run from 10am3pm but spaces are extremely limited so if your kids are keen, book them a space on their website: www.shermancymru.co.uk

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See the Easter Bunny

It might be a wee bit of a drive, but a visit to Machinations Visitor Centre is well worth it to get up close and personal with the Easter Bunny and his floppy eared, cotton tailed pals.

For just 80p you can play with the little hoppers in the Rabbit Village, as well as having the opportunity to stroke them and feed them.

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Castle Fun When the sun is out and the flowers have started to blossom and bloom, you really can’t beat the grounds of Cardiff Castle and this Easter there’s even more of a reason to go and visit, because they’ve got some amazing events for the kids.

Between Saturday 28 March and Sunday 12 April, the Castle will be holding it’s Easter Holiday Trail, where, for just £1 on top of normal admission, you can have a go at cracking their Easter egg hunt and bagging yourself a prize.

Then from Monday 30 March until Friday 3 April they will be hosting all sorts of Easter fun from egg decorating to egg rolling and all sorts of other games. You can pre-book a space for egg decorating and it costs £5 for one child and one adult and £2.50 for each adddtional person.

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The St Fagans National History Musuem will be holding its annual Easter egg hunt from April 3-6 where for just £2, kids are invited to follow the clues that lead to an eggsiting prize (see what we did there?).

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Cardiff doesn’t sit still for very long. There’s always somewhere new to go and eat at as well as an abundance of events going down, so we’ve rounded up all the openings and shindigs that are getting us more excited than a cat in a fish market.

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Set to open this spring in Parc Ty Glas, the Air Trampoline park is set to become Cardiff’s ultimate fun house featuring trampolines all over the place, foam pits and even fitness classes.

With over 100 wall to wall trampolines and a giant foam pit, not to mention a dodgeball arena, Air Trampoline looks like a heck of a lot of fun and is top of our list of places to try this year.

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After a brief break over the Christmas period, the popular cinema pop-up, Motley Movies, is back in action this month with a showing of Grease.

The immersive experience will transport the audience onto the set of the film to join Sandy, Danny and the rest of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds, as they will turn Portland House in Cardiff Bay into Rydell High.

If that wasn’t enough, the ticket for the event of March 13 and 14 includes a three course meal courtesy of some of the best pop-ups vendors in the country.

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Hole in one St David’s is just a shopping centre, right? Wrong, because it’s about to become an adventure golf course as well.

Treetop Adventure Golf, an indoor rainforest miniature golf course will be made up of two 18-hole courses when it opens this April and will also feature a Clubhouse bar and café.

The only indoor crazy golf course in Wales, it will be the perfect place to take the kids this Easter.

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Food for thought It’s no secret that Cardiff loves a burger, no secret at all.

We’ve got some absolutely stellar joints and pop-ups grilling up tender Celtic Pride patties and Welsh Black burgers, but we are about to say a big howdy to American chain, Five Guys who will be swinging open their doors this month.

Set to open in Cardiff’s Brewery Quarter in the centre of town, Five Guys have set tongues wagging for months since they announced that they would be opening their first Welsh restaurant and soon they’ll have the capital’s tongues dancing in delight when they start serving up their delicious take on fast food.

Unlike most fast food chains, there’s not a freezer in sight and the patties are hand formed everyday, not to mention the freshly made fries and the seemingly endless amount of toppings you can decorate your bun with. This is fast food done right and you’d be a fool to miss out on it.

The three letters on everyones’ lips last year was SFC who successfully bought the street food movement, that has proved so popular in cities like Bristol and London, to Cardiff. Their residency at The Depot has sadly come to an end but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop because they will be soon announcing their spring dates for their pop-up food festival. With the overarching theme this season being the circus, we are expecting to see a brand new venue being decked out like a big top by the team behind the event, Something Creative, as well as more tasty treats.

After a couple postponements, the much anticpated dessert pop-up, Drunken Sailor, is set to be launching very soon.

Made using the finest ingredients from around Wales and topped with an indulgent selection of sauces and hand whipped cream, Drunken Sailor is a must for anyone with a bit of a sweet tooth or just wants to pig out with a waffle and a beer.

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If beer is your tipple, you’ve got a lot to say cheers to over the coming months as Cardiff’s craft beer scene is set to expand beyond its primary perimeter of Westgate Street where the likes of Urban Tap House, BrewDog and Zerodegrees reside.

First up we will be welcoming The Hopbunker who will be calling the old Bogiez bar their home. Owned and operated by the Welsh brewery Hopcraft/Pixie Springs, the stripped back industrial chic venue will showcase their own brews, as well as their favourite beers from around Wales and will have a maximum of 20 keg beers and 12 cask available.

Next we’ve got the Pizza and Pints festival run by Cardiff’s very own Crafty Devil Brewing Co. in conjunction with pizza pop-up, Dusty Knuckle. Taking place on March 21, the event will be held at the Printhaus Workshops in Canton and will be showing the Six Nations as well as live music.

If that wasn’t enough, there’s also The Bier Keller opening this August in the ground floor of Stadium Plaza next to the Millennium Stadium. The Bavarian inspired bar will play host to live oompah music, as well as offering beers by the stein and traditional German food.

To top it off, Chapter are holidng a London beer festival from March 3-7 and the Beer Bank festival is set to be held in Portland House from June 18-20, an abandoned bank down in Cardiff Bay.

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Down under with...

Jason Sawfor

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Ahead of their gig at the Motorpoint Arena on March 7, Jason Sawford, from one of the world’s be spoke to Jordan Harris about the band and their electric performances, as well as why he loves Pink You were one of the first members to join the band when you saw David’s advert but what made you apply?

I was just getting into Pink Floyd at the time.

It was my brother’s girlfriend; she was a Pink Floyd fanatic and she would play them all the time and I kind of got to know the music from her and then I started to appreciate it and then that’s when I saw the advert and I thought, ‘This looks interesting, I’ll go along for this.’

And did you get in straight away?

Well, I was just learning how to use the synthesizer I just bought and I brought it along and thought I’d just give it a go and it started off in a very simple way; we were all in a room together and we played a little private party and we played in pubs around Adelaide, so it started off really simply but over the years it just 44

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developed into what it has.

If you didn’t audition, what would you be doing now?

I was studying science at university. I was doing genetics and biochemistries so I might have gone into something like that.

What is it about the performance that the fans love so much?

We’ve always started off with the intentions of producing the music note for note and I think that got us a reputation very early on and then combined with that we’ve got a very big show and it’s a very slick, impressive production and because we make it sound like Pink Floyd, people get that kind of Pink Floyd experience and for those people who have seen Pink Floyd three times before, it’s kind of like a nostalgic

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What is it about their music that you love so much?

I’ve actually got quite a classical background in music and I think that’s where I started off when I started listening to the album Atom Heart Mother and it had an orchestral introduction and I think that got me into their music in the first place but their music does have a kind of seriousness and depth that appeals to all ages and all generations and it’s popular music, it’s not overly complicated but it’s still nonetheless a serious kind of profound music with a soaring guitar line that appeals to people all over the world.

You’ve devoted your musical career to Pink Floyd but have you ever met the band?

I have actually met them and I’ve met David Gilmour and I met Rick Wright and I met Nick Mason and I met people who worked with them like Guy Pratt and people like that but yeah, we’ve always had really good compliments and they’ve always been really kind about it.

You’ve been performing for quite some time now, but what does the future hold for The Australian Pink Floyd?

Well it seems to be going from strength to strength. I mean I’m surprised at how long we’ve managed to keep going. It’s been nearly 27 years since I started doing this so we’ll just continue really and see what new territories and countries we can play in and redesign shows and see what we can bring to it.

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Films to catch at...

Fifty Shades of Grey

Big Hero 6

Project Almanac

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Cardiff Comic Con

In celebration of Comic Con rolling back into town, Jordan Harris met the Knight of Flowers to find out more about the show.

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When you walk through the centre of Cardiff and you spy a Spiderman casually strolling through the arcades, or you glare at the Green Goblin ambling around in St David’s, you know that Comic Con is back in town.

After a successful October weekender last year, Cardiff’s Film and Comic Con is back this month in the Motorpoint Arena between March 21-22 and promises to be packed full of memorabilia, autographs, talks and panels, masses of cosplay, as well as the chance to meet some of your heroes.

In attendance this year will be the stars from the likes of Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Doctor Who and Harry Potter and even Darth Maul and Darth Vader will be showing their Sith faces to meet and greet their fans, as well as boxing champ, Sugar Ray Leonard.

Last year we got the chance to meet some of our own heroes including Finn over there, as well as Lysa Arryn, Dudley Dursley and the seventh Doctor Who, so head over to our website to read those interviews too.

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eries Five has all wrapped up now and will hit our screens next month. How did filming go?

Really good! It’s a really good season this year with lots of unexpected twists and I can’t really say much but it was a lot of fun to work on the show this year.

Do you read the books in advance? And if so, do you know what will happen to Loras?

Yes, I’ve read the books but it doesn’t necessarily mean that the show will follow the books.

Do you live in fear that you’re going to be killed off at some point?

Now I do yes! Now that the show has kind of started to catch up with the books, yup! Now I’m scared.

Is it weird building up relationships with other cast members only for them to get killed off?

Yeah it is a little bit actually. There’s been a lot of characters that have been in it every year and then you come back and they’re not around anymore. It definitely feels like when we started Game of Thrones there was a much bigger family and now there’s less and less of us and I’m just grateful to still be alive.

So what’s on your agenda other than Game of Thrones?

Well, I’ve just been filming all over for the show and I did this BBC job as well called ‘Life in Squares’ and I DJ as well and I’ve had a lot of gigs come up. I’m going to move to LA too.

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Sat o n High Street, j u s t outside High Street A r c a d e , Annie & Co. hopes to bring a unique shopping experience to Cardiff that you won’t find anywhere else and with its amazing selection of taxidermy, we can only agree, but that’s not all they stock, as their window display shows.

“The idea behind the shop is that we will have something for everyone,” she continued. “We want to give the wow factor; it’s a new generation of vintage shop with lots of merchants doing exclusive vintage and handmade items they have collected over the years,” she added.

Annie & Co. The converted warehouse on West Canal Wharf has been described as ‘the jewel in Cardiff’s shopping crown’ and it’s not hard to see why.

Spread out across three floors and boasting over 30 individual stalls, Jacobs Market is an antique lovers’ dream. The vendors in residence sell everything from vintage clothing to comics, from books to records and from bespoke lighting and furniture to army surplus and medals.

Not only will you find a plethora of goodies and treasures at the venue, you can also grab a bite to eat and sip on a coffee in their cafe, enjoy art exhibitions in the West Wharf Gallery and you can even head on up to the rooftop to catch a showing of a film thanks to Motley Movies, the cinema that mainly pop-ups on the vintage market’s roof and will soon be announcing the films that they have lined up for another season of cult classics at Jacobs and they’ll be bringing some of the city’s finest food pop-ups with them.

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Penny Lane Located in Wellfield Court Arcade, Penny Lane moved from their former home in the Cardiff Fashion Quarter to their current premises in Roath in March of last year and have been flogging their wares successfully ever since.

As well as a wide range of high quality vintage and retro clothing and collectables, Penny Lane have a huge amount of curios, furniture and accessories for both men and women within their walls.

It’s easy to completely lose track of time within the Wellfield Road vintage emporium, just browsing at all the amazing odds and ends that adorn every corner of the shop.

intage Guide It’s National Old Stuff Day on March 2 so there’s no better time to round up the capital’s best vintage shops You might know it as the Cardiff Fashion Quarter, but as of this month, Cardiff’s hidden gem and vintage haven will now be known as The Castle Emporium after a bit of a makeover that has not only seen it change its name.

The boutique hub, located on Womanby Street in one of Cardiff’s oldest converted cinemas, now boasts new, purpose built units across both their floors and has also welcomed a whole host of new vendors.

Alongside their already established stalls, including Rock-Ola, Eagle Eye Vintage and AMARAS, The Castle Emporium has now welcomed boutiques such as Simply V, a vegan eco-friendly clothing and food shop, and Cardiff Geek Party, a retro computer gaming store, to their impressive roster.

The city centre vintage emporium is the ultimate destination to find a seemingly endless supply of treasures from fashion to collectables and creative crafts.

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Cardiff’s craft beer revolution continues The capital is absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to craft beer with an array of new pubs and bars expanding their offerings and Jordan Harris found out more about the city’s latest Welsh brewery owned bar.

If you fancied a beer a few years ago, you’d be stuck with just a couple of choices. If you want one now however, you’d be spoiled for choice.

With a plethora of options for you to choose from, thanks to the likes of Tiny Rebel and the Waen Brewery opening their own respective bars, not to mention BrewDog dabbling this side of the Severn and Wetherspoons’ crusade to bring craft beer to the masses, there’s more venues than ever to get your lips around a hoppy beverage, but now there’s somewhere new on the horizon; The Hopbunker.

Located where the old Barfly and Bogiez nightclub used to be on Kingsway, The Hopbunker will be operated by the Hopcraft/ Pixie Springs brewery and is set to offer even more of a choice for the capital’s beer drinkers with a maximum of 12 beers on cask and 20 keg beers.

“We wanted to sell beer in Cardiff, which despite being less of a Brains closed shop these days, is still a hard market to get into,” said Hopcraft’s owner Gazza Prescott. “Having seen various other brewers open their own bars with the sole purpose of getting a city centre outlet, we were on the lookout for somewhere,” he added.

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the likes of Urban Tap House, Zerodegrees and BrewDog all reside, Hopcraft are hoping to spread the revolution across the city.

“I’m hoping we’ll complement it (the craft beer revolution) by selling a lot of different beers which can’t be found in the other bars and, where we’re located, maybe we can kick-start some of the other pubs in the area to up their game,” he said.

“We’re close to the Westgate Street beer run so don’t feel out of the action and reckon we’ll offer something different than the other bars with beers that more than stand up for themselves... plus we’ll have our beers in Cardiff, which is what we’ve wanted all along.”

The stripped back, industrial beer cellar won’t focus on food as it chooses to keep the beer

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the main event with as much emphasis on the brews as possible.

“People can expect a bare-bones concrete cellar dispensing some excellent beers,” the brewer continued.

“We want to put as much emphasis on the beer as possible so we’re having the beer and keg dispenser specially made for us along with, hopefully, some of the fittings,” Gazza continued. “We’re aiming for an industrial look with the beer doing the talking.”

Aiming for a spring opening, the bar will showcase their own brews, such as Sucker Punch and Temple of Love, plus other Welsh beers from some of their favourite local breweries, and will complement an already booming craft beer scene in Cardiff.

Craft Crawl

If you want a paddle of beers or a couple of brews, be sure to check out a few of our favourite ale haunts.

Gravity Station

Tucked behind St David’s 2 on Barrack Lane, you’ll find The Waen Brewery’s cosy bar.

Discount Supermarket The Wellfield Road shop has Cardiff’s biggest selections of beer.

The Ernest Willows

The City Road ‘Spoons has more guest ales than most and is a real corker.

Pieminister

As well as pies made with beer, they also have an awesome selection of bottled beer available.

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Back in the early 1990s, a trio of work colleagues met in London’s famous West End. They discussed the fact that the cocktail bar industry was becoming increasingly saturated with bars focusing more on style than substance and so they decided to give it a go for themselves.

Armed with a car loan and a credit card each, Steve, Leigh and Rhys bought a run down Indian restaurant on Battersea Rise and spent seven weeks creating their own cocktail bar; Be At One. Achieving instant success, the guys went on to open bars across London’s districts as well as in cities such as Oxford, Bath and Bristol and they are set to add a Cardiff cocktail bar to their repertoire when they open next month at the old site of Bunker on St Mary Street.

“We could not be more excited about moving to Cardiff!” exclaimed Be At One’s Marketing

Manager, Sarah Swaysland. “We decided to come to Cardiff because it’s a great city with a fantastic nightlife that we feel we can really add to,” she continued.

“Our philosophy is all about serving great cocktails with awesome service in a party atmosphere,” Sarah added. “We’re only open evenings, we don’t do food, we just do cocktails really well. Our staff train for 6-8 weeks to learn how to make the 150+ cocktails on our menu, serve our guests really quickly and ensure that everyone is having a great time.”

If that wasn’t enough, they also have a daily happy hour where you can buy one, get one free on all their cocktails and we can’t wait for them to swing open their doors when they launch in late April/ early May so keep an eye on our Twitter feed to find out their launch date.

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Music The Script with Labrinth 02.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm £27.50

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Wales Goes Pop 03.03.15 The Gate Arts 7.30pm £43.50 Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra 06.03.15 St David’s Hall 7.30pm from £5 The Wurzels 06.03.15 The Globe 7.30pm £14

Trwbador 06.03.15 Clwb Ifor Bach 7.30pm £5 DJ Yoda 07.03.13 The Globe 9pm £6/£8

The Australian Pink Floyd 07.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm £33

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The Globe 7pm £15 Stiff Little Fingers 08.03.15 Student Union 7pm £18.50 The X Factor Tour 09-11.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm £22.50 The Stranglers 10.03.15 Student Union 7.30pm £23 Zerox 13.03.15 Clwb Ifor Bach 7.30pm £5 Halestorm 13.03.15 Student Union 7.30pm £17.25 Steve Wilson 13.03.15 St David’s Hall 7.30pm £22.50 Spandau Ballet 13.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm £137 Wednesday 13 13.03.15 The Globe 7.30pm £13

Quadrophenia Night 13.03.15 The Globe 9pm from £6 Katherine Jenkins 14.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm from £34 Rumours of Fleetwood Mac 15.03.15 St David’s Hall 7.30pm £22.50 Lionel Richie 16.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm from £137 Music for Easter 17.03.15 St David’s Hall 1pm £5.75 Paloma Faith 17.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm £33 Morrissey 18.03.15 Motorpoint Arena 7.30pm £45 The Elvis Years 19.03.15 St David’s Hall 7.30pm £21.50 BBC -Ten Pieces 20.03.15

St David’s Hall 7pm £15 The Anti-Nowhere League 21.03.15 Clwb Ifor Bach 7.30pm £12/£15 Ren Harvieu 21.03.15 The Globe 7pm £15 Four Years Strong 24.03.15 Student Union 7.30pm £23 Blue 24.03.14 St David’s Hall 7.30pm £25 Raglans 24.03.15 Clwb Ifor Bach 7.30 Cardiff Ukulele Festival 28.03.15 St David’s Hall 1pm Free The Beat Goes On - A Live Tribute to The Beatles 28.03.15 The Globe 7.30pm £10 The Mavron Quartet Evening Recital 31.03.15

Crouch, Touch, Paue, Engage 19.02-07.03.15 Sherman Cymru 7.30pm From £12 Spamalot 02-07.03.15 New Theatre 2.30pm and 7.30pm From £12 Anton and Erin 05.03.15 St David’s Hall 7.30pm From £16.50 Verdi Rigoletto 07.03.15 New Theatre 7.30pm £15-£32 Grav 09-11.03.15 Sherman Cymru 7.30pm £15 Hamlet 10-14.03.15 New Theatre 2.30pm and 7.30pm From £8.50 Edward Scissorhands 10-14.03.15 Wales Millennium Centre 7.30pm £17-35

Brendan Cole: A Night To Remember 15.03.15 Wales Millennium Centre 7.30pm £19-29 Dirty Dancing 18-28.03.15 Wales Millennium Centre Varying Times £21.50-£50 A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Leviathan 24-28.03.15 Sherman Cymru 6.30pm £12.50 The Circus of Horrors 25-26.03.15 New Theatre 8pm From £18 TEDxCardiff 28.03.15 Wales Millennium Centre 12pm £22

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Comedy Lloyd Langford 01.03.15 The Glee Club 6.45pm £12 Comedy Open Mic Night 03.03.15 CF24 Project 7pm £1 before 9pm One Man Breaking Bad 04.03.15 St David’s Hall 7,30pm £24 Stewart Lee: A Room With A Stew 07.03.15 Wales Millennium Centre 7.30pm £23.50 Jason Manford’s Comedy Club 07,14,21,28.03.15 Tiger Tiger 7.30pm £12

Ignite 28.03.15 Wals Millennium Centre 7.30pm £10

Cave Comedy Radio - The Last Podcast on the Left 23.03.15 The Glee Club 7.15pm £15

Richard Herring 31.03.15 New Theatre

Piste Off Comedy Night 24.03.15

Face 11 7pm Free

Sport

Wales v. Ireland 14.03.15 Millennium Stadium 2.30pm From £50 Wrestlemania 29.03.15 Walkabout 8pm Free

Everything Else Motley Movies: Grease 13-14.03.15 Portland House 7.30pm £28 Pizza and Beer Festival 21.03.15 Printhaus 12.30pm Free

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