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AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON/UNIVERSAL SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN/WALES SCREEN

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You, a bumptious tourist, love to do cornball stuff like walking across the Abbey Road zebra crossing and urinating on the Hollywood Boulevard stars of problematic celebrities. But have you ever thought about traversing Wales and visiting the filming locations of some of the greatest movies ever, a guide of which we have herein? “Look at me! I’m Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Last Knight” – you in the Brecon Beacons

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“It’s lazy, manipulative and your mum will probably love it,” snarks Keiron Self of frivolous Abba-based romp Mamma Mia – Here We Go Again. Having taken personal offence at this, on account of my mother in fact having no interest in Abba whatsoever, I have realised I was wrong to stereotype you as a corny tourist in the previous entry. Sadly there’s no time to rewrite it

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Featuring a guide to food festivals that may or may not have been held over from the festival issue because we couldn’t fit it in; five local Latin American restaurants to visit; and a recipe for Eton mess mousse that observes, “Strawberries are in season and at their juiciest.” Co-signed: I actually bought some from a supermarket the other day and they weren’t completely tasteless

Albums, singles (everything is actually either a track or an EP these days, hmm?), demos (or self-released tapes in two cases), games, TV shows, DVDs (well, one DVD), books (all hard copies, will wonders never cease?)… and the last ever Lit column by Welsh poet and advocate of all kindsa local word-based events, Mab Jones. Godspeed Mab

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Everything you need to get started in DIY movie making, aside from the thing that money can’t buy: the grotesque feeling of hubris that your puny creations have cultural or artistic value

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Have never forgiven Welsh Premier team TNS for changing their acronym from Total Network Solutions to The New Saints, as the latter doesn’t work for Jeff Stelling’s traditional “they’ll be dancing in the streets of…” joke on Soccer Saturday. Others at Buzz are less ridiculous than me, though, and we’ve interviewed TNS boss Scott Ruscoe ahead of their Champions League qualifiers

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Worst band/musical act names in this issue: Completed Dysfunction, Digga Digga Duo, …But Pirates?, Hell’s Gazelles, Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions, Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers

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Including a chance to win a book about deleting one’s social media… but here’s the twist: you have to enter the competition via social media. Life nowadays in a damned nutshell…

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Always a bit barren for music and theatre especially, July, but we’ve managed to gather up goodies like so many scrumped apples in a petticoat. This writer, for example, has taken the opportunity to sneak some ‘difficult’ free jazz onto the music page, while in Stage there’s a play about a 17th-century Frenchman who couldn’t get a bonk-on

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What’s on our radar this month EISTEDDFOD

Argentina, Australia, South Africa, the United States and Wales.

What do they all have in common? At some point in their history they all celebrated the Eisteddfod. It’s a historic event here, going back as far as 1176 when the first recorded Eisteddfod was held at Cardigan Castle, with this year’s event set to return to the capital. We can expect to see over 250 tradestands and stalls, as well as around 150,000 visitors celebrating Welsh arts and culture. Leading writers, poets and musicians compete at the Eisteddfod, as well as performers of dance and visual arts, in an attempt to capture the true essence of Wales. In recent times, the festivities have integrated more modern aspects of what festivals symbolise, so you’ll find workshops and smaller events across the site during the 11-day tenure.

Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff Bay, Fri 3-Sat 11 Aug. Tickets: £8-£75. Info: eisteddfod.wales

LUXURY CAT HOTEL

The Longcroft Luxury Hotel in Barry Island is about to open this July. It sounds a treat: a five-star hotel with five spacious suites and thermostatically controlled bedrooms. Finally, a hotel with adequate air conditioning! It also boasts a spacious play area allowing guests to climb around and play as they please… bit strange, but then again, this hotel is actually for cats. Serving an ‘A La Cat’ menu with some dishes coming in at a hefty £7, all for a kitty, you can now treat your feline friend to the full monty in the picturesque surroundings of a family home.

Redbrink Crescent, Barry Island.

Info: 0203 8872443 www.longcroftcathotel.co.uk

BARRY ISLAND’S SUMMER MUSTS

Barry is set to be home to a multitude of exciting festivals this July, following successes last year. Showcasing wonders from spectacular fire shows, Viking ships and DJ shows, the Isle Of Fire Weekender is one of many fests popping up at the Welsh beach this summer. The following weekend will see Cinemor Weekender, where BAFTA Cymru will be screening classics such as Tiger Bay, followed by various themed weekends, including sports and magic/street theatre. Closing the shenanigans on Barry Island will be open-air screenings of E.T. and The Greatest Showman.

Various locations, Barry Island, throughout July and August.

Info: www.visitthevale.com

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JAMES TAYLOR AND BONNIE RAITT

This one’s for the dad rockers.

Folk-pop icon James Taylor and enduring blues-rocker Bonnie Raitt bring their sound to Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. The show sees Taylor and His All-Star Band team up with Bonnie’s travelling band, promising to create a relaxed sound that conjures up the wide-open spaces of America.

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Tue 17 July.

Tickets: £45-£75.

Info: 029 2022 4488 www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk

15 YEARS OF DIRTY SANCHEZ

For those who remember the days of Dirty Sanchez, when a group of friends from Newport took a shot at outdoing Jackass, you’ll be able to spend a pleasant night with the memories of Lee Dainton and Matt Pritchard putting themselves through feats of pain in order to achieve the greatest… well, nobody know what exactly. It was four seasons of pure hedonism. Now middle-aged and grownup (sort of), the duo are travelling the country, spilling secrets and reminiscing about old pranks, the duo will answer questions about their previously chaotic world that saw them travel from Europe to East Asia, South America to Australia.

Tramshed, Cardiff, Fri 27 July. Tickets: £23.50 Info: 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com

BOARD GAMING CAFÉ COMING TO CARDIFF

Opening just a stone’s throw away from Cardiff Castle, the Bristolbased Chance & Counters will expand to Wales this summer. With a massive collection of over 500 board games, as well as a bar and food, Chance & Counters aims to attract gaming audiences whether you’re a veteran or a noob. Coming about as an idea to get people off their phones and into more classical ways of socialized gaming, Chance & Counters has hosted over 50,000 gamers since its launch in 2016, grabbing attention from BBC Radio 2 and ITV. Burger, pints and games – a match made in heaven.

Info: www.chanceandcounters.com

FLAMING LIPS IN THE TRAMSHED

Sold out long before the event date (though you never know, you might get lucky!), The Flaming Lips play the Tramshed, an unusually small venue by their standards, this month.

Flying across the Atlantic after a tour of North America, they play three English dates before coming to Cardiff; fans will be waiting with baited breath to see if frontman Wayne Coyne brings out the Zorb ball.

Tramshed, Cardiff, Tue 24 July. Tickets: £27.50 (sold out).

Info: 029 2023 5555/www.tramshedcardiff.com

SAUL WILLIAMS

Saul Williams has been quiet as of late, with the maestro of experimental hip-hop and spoken word’s most recent release being MartyrLoserKing, back in 2016. Things may be taking a change of pace, however. He recently featured on David Murray’s Blues For Memo, and is kicking off his headline tour by bringing his charged, uncompromising sound to Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach this August. Anyone who saw him there on the MartyrLoserKing tour will know to expect a corker.

Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 3 Aug Tickets: £16 Info: 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net

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BIANCA DEL RIO Chris Andrews manages to slow down Bianca Del Rio for long enough to talk drag legends and performing to four people just before her appearance at Norway’s Pride Festival.

The once derided underground subculture of the drag queen is currently riding the crest of a wave, thanks in no small part to the success of RuPaul’s Drag Race. One of its breakaway stars is the outrageous Bianca del Rio – offstage known as Roy Haylock – and as anyone who has seen Bianca’s act will know, she takes no prisoners.

The drag scene has changed a lot since Bianca started back in 1996 and as she tells Buzz, TV has played a big part in that change. “It’s definitely given me more exposure, but working in a club with four people in it at 1am definitely prepares you for change and obviously there was no RuPaul’s Drag Race back then so there wasn’t as many opportunities. Now there’s drag queens falling out of trees.”

It must be strange for Del Rio, who 22 years into her drag career is now seen as an icon, whereas for most of her life, drag was very much an underground phenomenon. “People now aspire to be a drag queen, where as in my day it was seen as bad news. It’s fascinating to see it grow.

The good thing about the show is that, good or bad, it does show us as somewhat normal people. Before that, we were just these hated figures in a club.”

Whenever a particular scene or movement becomes mainstream there are usually some drawbacks; is there a downside to the modern-day popularity of drag? “You do tend to have people who watched three episodes of the show and think that they are a drag expert. Drag existed long before Drag Race, but it’s fascinating how people will now call a drag queen that’s been on the show ‘legendary’.

Honey, that’s not how this works: there’s Sherry Vine, Lady Bunny – those are drag queen legends, not some bitch that was on the show for two weeks and did a split.”

In the past drag has had a somewhat fractious relationship with the gay community – what effect does Bianca think the popularity of drag is having on the LGBTQ community? “There was a time when it was a taboo thing in the gay community. Guys weren’t interested in guys who were drag queens, which was laughable, but now that they are on T.V, it’s all ‘heeeey’ [laughs].

“It’s opened a lot of doors for me personally but now I’ve had these moments where I say something, because I’m a comedian, or do something that people don’t agree with and people think I should be held to a higher standard – that I should be a role model. I laugh at that. I’m a 42-year-old man in a wig and if you don’t fucking like it, too bad. We live in a world where everyone has an opinion on it and I think go fuck yourself, 99% of this stuff they type, they would never say to your face. I don’t like Kanye West, but I don’t spend my day on his Twitter or Instagram page telling him about it.”

For anyone who’s ever wanted advice from Bianca, a book, Blame It On Bianca, will be just released by the time you read this. It’s a satirical take on a self-help book: “I never wanted to write a book about myself, I thought that would be too egotistical, so I thought, what would be a fun way to respond to a lot of the questions I get asked? But if you’re asking me for advice, I’m going to give you the worst advice possible, because it’s so damn funny. Ask a stupid fucking question, you are going to get a stupid fucking answer. If Dr Phil can write all this bullshit and call himself a doctor, then why can’t I?” With her show of the same name due back in Wales, what can we expect from Miss Del Rio this time around? “With Drag Race and Donald Trump, I have lots to talk about. Three drinks is all you need and we’ll all be having fun.”

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Bianca Del Rio, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wed 1 + Thurs 2 Aug. Tickets: £37.

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Jazz Prom feat. Matt Ford & CCJO 26.07.18

Bratislava Hot Serenaders & The Serenaders Sisters 09.07.18

Navi - King of Pop The Legend Continues...

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An Evening with David Sedaris 10.07.18

Kevin & Karen Dance 2018 08.07.18

Chris Ramsey Just Happy to Get Out of the House 12.07.18

City Voices Cardiff 10th Anniversary Concert 07.07.18

Family Prom - Carnival of the Animals

National Youth Choir & Orchestra of Wales feat. Carlo Rizzi 05.08.18

feat. CPO & Josie d’Arby 22.07.18

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BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL

SECRET SPACES: CWMORTHIN Scouting across Wales for the most beautiful places for production companies for Wales, location scout Tom Guy gives Polina Zelmanova the low-down on what the job entails.

What do you think has made Wales so popular for international filmmakers in the past few years, and how has this affected the Welsh film scene?

Is there something common that productions who film in Wales look for, in terms of location, or is it very individualistic?

By now Wales has a very strong base of very talented people and companies. This hasn’t happened overnight by any means – we’ve always had exceptional talent here – but in recent years those people have been given an international platform and have been recognised as some of the best in the world. I’m often told by producers from around the world that they’ve really enjoyed their time in Wales and that they’re keen to return, which is great.

These days I’d say it’s individualistic.

We may have been the ‘go-to’ place for landscapes in the past but if you look at the calibre of shows that have been made and are currently being made in Wales, you’ll see a huge range of diversity there, across high-end TV shows to feature films and recurring dramas.

Wales has recently seen a boom in the Scandi-noir style dramas being made, both in Welsh and English. They’ve managed to showcase to the world some of the dramatic and moody landscapes and locations we have.

What are the main things that make Wales an attractive location for production?

The Welsh landscape is obviously something we’re very lucky to have as it attracts filmmakers from all over the world. The mountains of Snowdonia, the beaches of the Gower and the breadth of the Brecon Beacons stand out, not to mention the castles! We’ve filmed in many different castles in Wales over the years. We’ve got some incredibly talented set builders here in Wales, but filming for real on location always gives a production a special feel. The ability to walk along stone corridors into large medieval halls in one shot is special.

Even some of our smaller castles are set in breathtaking landscapes. They don’t have those in Hollywood, do they?

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If you could recommend one place in Wales to someone that’s never visited before, somewhere that’s off the beaten track and not so well-known with visitors, where would it be and why?

There are so many places – one of my favourites is Cwmorthin slate quarry, which lies above the village of Tanygrisiau. It’s a bit of a trek up there up a steep path but once you get there it’s certainly worth it! If you’re lucky and get there on a still morning, the lake looks like glass and reflects the epic landscape surrounding it.

Info: locationsolutions.wales

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Chepstow Castle Sat 25 Aug Tickets: from £31.50 Info: www.castellroc.co.uk

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WELSH FILM L O C AT I O N S

Wales has been a prime spot for plenty of films over the years thanks to its natural beauty and variety of locations.

Olga Rachello tracks down the most iconic locations and the best places to go amongst them.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – Henrhyd Waterfall, Powys

An American Werewolf In London (1981) – Hay Bluff

Batman always did know how to make an entrance, and Welsh hikers will be delighted to know they can too. Fans might recall the Gotham City superhero accessed his Batcave through a waterfall in The Dark Knight Rises, which turned out to be none other than Henrhyd Falls, the tallest waterfall in south Wales, on the southwestern edge of the Brecon Beacons.

Reaching the base of the waterfall involves clambering down a sloped path and then up some wooden steps. The little hike is worth the view, and bolder visitors can experience the unusual thrill of seeing the world from behind a watery curtain.

Where to stay: If you’re in a Gothic mood, spend the night at Craig-Y-Nos Castle, a dreamy wedding and accommodation venue within hiking distance from the waterfall.

The American werewolf in the classic 80s horror comedy strayed quite a way from London, all the way to Powys to shoot some scenes. The exterior of The Slaughtered Lamb was a private house in Crickadarn and the scene where David and Jack get off the sheep truck is set against a backdrop of hills near Hay Bluff.

To relive the atmosphere of the backpackers’ unlikely adventure, we recommend a puffa jacket in primary colours and adequately sinister clouds.

Where to stay: If you’re in a backpacking mood, Newcourt Farm Campsite is located in the foothills of the Black Mountains, not far from Hay-On-Wye.

Info: www.craigynoscastle.com

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Info: www.newcourt-campsite.co.uk

Robin Hood (2010) / Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows (2010-11) – Freshwater West Freshwater West is not only one of the most popular surfing spots in Wales, it has also attracted several production companies looking for sandy settings. Most notably, the beach was chosen to house the quirky Shell Cottage featured in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. It also appears in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood as his band of merry men gallop along the coastline. Swimming in the tide-ripped waters is not recommended, but the area makes for glorious seaside walks.

Where to stay: If you’re feeling beachy, Angle Bay Bed and Breakfast overlooking Angle Bay offers cosy accommodation within The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

Info: www.anglebay.co.uk

Pic: Wales Screen

Twin Town – Swansea Swansea was once again on the big screen for this cult film. The dark comedy drama was filmed between Port Talbot and the “ugly, lovely town,” to borrow a phrase from Dylan Thomas. You can go on a hilly drive around Swansea retracing the steps of the Lewis twins and visit St Catharine's Church in Baglan (incidentally, Rob Brydon’s birthplace).

Where to stay: The twins can be seen sailing off into the distance in the closing scene, supposedly fleeing to Morocco. If you want to stay close to the coast, make for the Mumbles. Patricks With Rooms overlooking Swansea Bay is an ideal one stop shop for eating, sleeping and peering into vast blue horizons. www.patrickswithrooms.com

Clash Of The Titans (2010) – Anglesey's Newborough forest The 2010 remake of the epic fantasy film Clash Of The Titans was shot in a couple of Welsh locations in Snowdonia and Anglesey, alongside Iceland, Ethiopia and Spain. The retelling of the Greek myth of Perseus features a woodland scene among the tranquil pine trees of Anglesea’s Newborough forest, which makes for a nice stroll on a lazy afternoon.

Where to stay: If you’re in a mythical mood, The Golden Fleece Inn is on the edge of Snowdonia, about an hour down the road. Alternatively, you can release your inner forest fairy and camp out at Awelfryn Campsite.

Info: www.goldenfleeceinn.com www.awelfryn.co.uk

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Caerwent village Wales has seen plenty of other big Hollywood names in recent years. For Captain America: The First Avenger, Samuel Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones came to the training area of Caerwent village. Marvel Comics fans can retrace the steps of their favourite superheroes by visiting the petite village and its Roman ruins, found in the rolling hills of Monmouthshire.

Where to stay: Two Rivers Lodge is about five miles away from Caerwent and an equal distance from Tintern Abbey, where you can revel in the roofless ruins of an immense Cistercian church. If you fancy a steep but rewarding ascent, you get to admire the abbey from above at Devil’s Pulpit. It’s totally Wordsworth it.

Info: www.marstonsinns.co.uk/inns/tworivers-chepstow BUZZ 11

The World Is Not Enough (1999) – Snowdonia

The Edge Of Love (2008) – New Quay

No wonder Lonely Planet listed north Wales in its Best In Travel 2017 destinations. Pierce Brosnan arrived in Snowdonia to film scenes as 007 in The World Is Not Enough, with the globetrotting film crew selecting Cwm Dyli in Gwynedd. The site is home to an early 20th-century hydroelectric power station with a pipeline that appears in one of the scenes.

The Edge of Love saw a star-studded cast fly into Wales, including Keira Knightley and Cillian Murphy.

In the 2008 romantic drama, loosely based on the life of Dylan Thomas, Wales got to be itself for once.

Several scenes set against a backdrop of the big blue sea were filmed in Tenby and New Quay, and the fictional courthouse was none other than the Town Hall in Lampeter.

Where to stay: Got that Dylan Thomas feeling?

After the film set tour, wander on from Tenby to visit the Dylan Thomas Boathouse in Laugharne, on the estuary of the River Tâf, where the poet lived for several years. After that, you can you can rest your tired feet with castle views and locally sourced breakfast at The Boat House B&B.

Where to stay: There are several popular walks in the area, including Pyg Track. For mountaineering adventures you can lodge at Pen-Y-Gwryd, where Hillary and Tenzing were reportedly based while training for the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.

Info: www.pyg.co.uk

Die Another Day (2002) – Penbryn Beach

Info: www.theboathouselaugharne.co.uk

Snow White and The Huntsman (2012) – Marloes Sands

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) – Merthyr Mawr sand dunes

Another sandy movie set to visit is Marloes Sands, where Kristen Stewart led her cavalry towards evil queen Charlize Theron’s castle in Snow White And The Huntsman. The beach is a mile-long stretch crowned with Gateholm Island, which housed the queen’s imposing, computergenerated fortress in the film.

Even without special effects and epic battle scenes, the place affords a breathtaking backdrop for a day out.

Where to stay: Feeling coastal? The Clock House is a B&B not far from Marloes Sands that offers rooms with a beach house vibe.

Wales has been on Hollywood’s radar for decades as a filming location.

In the early sixties Merthyr Mawr was transformed into the Arabian desert for Lawrence Of Arabia.

Europe’s second biggest sand dune sits behind the popular seaside destination of Ogmore-By-Sea and latches onto the southern stretch of the Wales Coastal Path, so there is something for beach bums and eager hikers alike.

Where to stay: You can get the holiday trifecta at Old Star Cottage, offering self-catering accommodation in a thatched cottage with access to castles, beaches and hiking trails.

Info: www.clockhousemarloes.co.uk Pic: Wales Screen

Info: starholidaycottage.co.uk

King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (2017) – Snowdonia The 2017 retelling of the mythical legend of King Arthur features some classic Guy Ritchie action, as well as, errr, an armour-clad David Beckham. Snowdonia was elected as one of the spots to showcase British wilderness and many a scene is lined with the craggy edge of Tryfan, one of Snowdonia’s most famous spots.

If fans wish to follow in King Arthur’s footsteps, another notable filming location includes popular diving destination Vivian Quarry.

Where to stay: If you’re in a medieval-but-modern mood, try the glamping option at Gwern Gof Isaf hill-farm and campsite.

Info: gwerngofisaf.co.uk

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Ceredigion once more makes an appearance on the big screen, with its delightful Penbryn Beach standing in for North Korea in yet another Brosnan-Bond flick. The sandy strip in Cardigan Bay leans up against a lush meadow and offers a privileged spot for watching seals, barn owls and bottlenose dolphins (if you’re lucky).

Where to stay: If you’re in a stargazing mood, Penbryn Beach is also excellent for leaning back and contemplating the night sky. After that, you can rock up to Fforest Coast campground, where you can stay in cabins, geodesic domes, a Georgian townhouse or your very own tent.

Info: www.coldatnight.co.uk/manorafon

Tiger Bay – Cardiff Tiger Bay has been the object of several film, TV and stage productions. This one in particular is the crime thriller released in 1959, at the dawn of British New Wave cinema. Steeped in street culture, it centers around a young girl who witnesses a murder and then bonds with the culprit. Cardiff, Newport, and Taly-bont in Ceredigion all feature in the film. Though Tiger Bay is no more, modern-day Cardiff Bay offers plenty of attractions all summer long.

Where to stay: After a day out on the bay, you can head upstream to The River House, a family-run boutique hostel on offering both shared and private rooms with easy access to all the city sights. www.riverhousebackpackers.com

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“The one place of worship, with its neglected graveyard, is of no architectural interest.” Under Milk Wood Restoration (1995) – Caerphilly Castle

Only Two Can Play – Swansea

Long before his Iron Man days, Robert Downey Jr. could be seen romping around Caerphilly Castle while filming historical drama Restoration. The 13th-century castle and elaborate network of artificial lakes also makes an appearance in BBC series Merlin. Both the castle and the gardens offer guided tours and fun for the whole family.

This 1962 comedy set in the fictional town of Aberdancy was largely filmed around Swansea.

Written by Kingsley Ames, starring Peter Sellers [both pictured] and his amateurish attempts at both an affair and drama critiques unfold in a number of locations in the area, including the street scenes in Mayhill, the exterior of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and the De La Beche Park tennis courts in Sketty.

Where to stay: For an extra-dietary affair, stop over at Bronwen's House for vintage afternoon tea. Then head down to Rhossilli Bay, where Scamper Holidays offer pastel-coated shepherd huts with a retro beach holiday feel.

Where to stay: If you’re in a historic mood, why not stay in early-Edwardian Ty Castell Guest House.

Info: www.tycastellguesthouse.co.uk

The Legend Of Tarzan (2016) – Snowdonia

Info: www.scamperholidays.co.uk

Submarine – Swansea This coming-of-age tale tells the story of an endearing adolescent fighting to save both his parents’ marriage and his own budding love life.

Based on the namesake novel by Welsh author Joe Dunthorne, the motion picture was largely filmed in Swansea, where Dunthorne is from. Other filming locations include Penarth, Barry and Pontsticill Reservoir in Brecon Beacons.

Where to stay: If you fancy feeling like you’re on a film set yourself, The Mirador Boutique Town House in Swansea offers unique, geographically themed accommodation. Rome, Venice, Egypt and the Far East are among the destinations you can choose to “travel” to.

Info: www.themirador.co.uk

Under Milk Wood – Pembrokeshire The 1954 radio drama by Dylan Thomas and set in the fictional Welsh locality Llareggub (reading direction is key!) was adapted to the big screen twice, in 1972 and 2015. The 20th-century version, starring Richard Burton was filmed entirely in the coastal town of Fishguard, while the more recent rendering, featuring Charlotte Church, opted for Solva.

Where to stay: To get that Welsh west-coast experience, you can opt for a stopover at Cartref Hotel. Located right at the heart of small town hustle and bustle of Fishguard, it serves as both a base for exploring the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and a pushoff point for travelling to Ireland.

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Snowdonia dressed up as the African wilderness for this one. In addition to the mountains of northern Italy, the production crew used moulds from the Dinorwig slate quarry to recreate some of the featured landscape. You can expect cooler weather in the original location, but both the greenness and the humidity should be comparable to its fictional counterpart.

Where to stay: If you can’t get to the Alps, tap into your inner climber and stay at the Alpine Lodge Hotel at the foot of Snowdon itself. The family-run hotel with lake and mountain views is in Llanberis, home of the National Slate Museum.

Info: www.alpinelodgehotel.co.uk

The Libertine (2004) – Tretower Court near Crickhowell Johnny Depp starred in The Libertine as the Second Earl Of Rochester, a dissolute poet in the court of an equally hedonistic King Charles II. The crew descended upon quaint Crickhowell and nearby Tretower Court for the occasion. The medieval fortified mansion nestled at the foot of the Black Mountains housed an apothecary’s shop and a bedroom, as well as the market scenes in its courtyard.

Where to stay: The Bear Hotel in Crickhowell welcomed a number of crew members in its rooms which feature oak beams and four-poster beds. The former coaching inn has a pub downstairs which is a great spot for winding down after a hike in Brecon Beacons.

Info: www.bearhotel.co.uk

T H E N H S AT 7 0 As the National Health Service hits 70, Fedor Tot celebrates what makes it special and looks ahead to National Theatre Wales’ celebrations.

The National Health Service stands as probably the most beloved institution in the UK, one of the core defining traits of life in the British isles, having outlived some slightly wonkier ideas such as the ZX Spectrum and The Bay City Rollers.

It may not be the only one of its kind in the world, and it may not be the first of its kind – the communist Soviet Union implemented something similar albeit with less success in the vast rural swathes of that country, whilst New Zealand had abolished almost all health-care fees by 1941 – but Britain’s NHS has probably been the most successful and longest-running attempt at a genuinely free healthcare service.

The roots of the NHS and its founder, Aneurin Bevan go back further than just the date of its formation on July 5 1948. It’s part of a long intellectual and political struggle for equal access to healthcare as well as fairer working conditions and a welfare safety net for the poorest in society. Germany’s Bismarck (who, it must be said, was no bleeding-heart socialist) created the world’s first welfare system through legislation in the 1880s, which in turn influenced Britain’s Liberal party to introduce welfare legislation in the first decade of the 20th century. The theory, so it went, was that it would appease the working classes enough so that the spectre of Marxism that had begun haunting Europe would then abate – and of course we only have to look at the Russian Revolution in 1917 to see what happens when you don’t appease the citizenry.

For Tredegar-born Nye Bevan, the NHS was the culmination of decades of struggle in the coal pits of the Welsh Valleys, as well as working-class areas across Britain.

Here, life expectancy was always at its lowest (and in many cases, it still is), with the low wages across these areas ensuring that families were unable to pay for proper care when their relatives fell ill – and in the physically demanding spaces that they worked in this was common. The fight towards something approaching a welfare state began as far back as the early 19th century, with the Merthyr Rising in 1831 and the Chartist’s March along the Blackwood to Newport valley in 1839 BUZZ 16

marking two of the first flashpoints. In both cases, workers marched against low wages and poor conditions. In both cases, it ended with violence as British soldiers were ordered to fire upon the marchers. Over a century later, with many hard-fought victories along the way, the NHS was born, perhaps the culminating achievement of the rights people fought for.

To mark this momentous date, the good people over at National Theatre of Wales have put together a packed programme full of highlights. We’ve covered Rachel Trezise’s Cotton Fingers (Wed 4-Sat 7 July) in June’s issue, whilst the hilarious Laughter Is The Best Medicine over at Camarthen’s Lyric Theatre on Sat 21 July is covered on the next page. Particular highlights elsewhere include the five-part Love Letters To The NHS, a series of plays designed to highlight and pay tribute to particular elements of the NHS. Cotton Fingers is one, but Come Back Tomorrow (The Chapel at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wed 26-Fri 28), written by Roy Williams, looks to be quite exciting, telling the story of a woman coming to work in the NHS as a nurse from Jamaica in 1952 as well as her granddaughter 50 years apart. Given the Windrush scandal, expect that one to be tempered with a quiet fury.

Elsewhere, Welsh music stalwart Gruff Rhys is releasing a single to coincide with the NHS, entitled No Profit In Pain, but perhaps the most intriguing project will be As Long As The Heart Beats (various departments across the Royal Gwent, Newport, Sat 21 + Sun 22 July) – a site-specific work, co-directed by Marcus Rommer and Ben Tinniswood, which will collate stories by a number of patients and NHS employees into an interactive journey, celebrating some of the NHS’ most groundbreaking work and greatest achievements. Here’s to another 70 years of the NHS, and then some!

Throughout July. Tickets: prices vary Info: www.nationaltheatrewales.org

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Laughter is the Best Medicine Caerfyrddin / Carmarthen _ 21 Gorffennaf / July 2018 Ymûnwch â ni am noson unigryw llawn sêr o gomedi fyw yn cynnws…

Join us for an all-star, one-off night of live comedy featuring…

Alan Davies _ Nish Kumar _ Elis James _ Angela Barnes _ Steve Day _ Ed Gamble Rosie Jones _ Nadia Kamil _ Jonny Pelham _ a / and Isy Suttie

NHS70:

As Long as the Heart Beats Casnewydd / Newport _ 21-22 Gorffennaf / July 2018 Gan dynnu ar straeon niferus y mae NTW wedi eu casglu gan bobl ledled Cymru, bydd y cynhyrchiad newydd sbon hwn yn dathlu’r ymroddiad a’r gofal a ddarperir bob dydd gan y GIG. Mewn grwpiau bach, gwahoddir y gynulleidfa i glywed straeon gan staff a chleifion sy’n rhannu eu profiadau o 70 mlynedd gyntaf y GIG.

NHS70:

This brand new production will celebrate the dedication and care provided every day by the NHS. In intimate groups, the audience will be invited to hear stories from staff and patients sharing their experiences of the first 70 years of the NHS. A performance which has care and compassion at its heart, just like the NHS itself.

Love Letters to the NHS Tredegar _ 12-14 Gorffennaf / July 2018 Abertawe / Swansea _ 26-28 Gorffennaf / July 2018 Pump sioe unigol newydd gan bump o awduron, yn cael eu perfformio ar hyd a lled Cymru. Bydd y monologau hyn yn llythyrau caru cariadus a theimladwy at sefydliad y mae pob un ohonom wedi cael – neu y byddwn yn cael - perthynas gydag ef, ar ryw adeg yn ein bywydau.

NHS70:

Five new, solo shows by five writers, performed the length and breadth of Wales. These monologues will be intimate, heartfelt love letters to an institution with which all of us have had – or will have – a relationship, at some stage of our lives.

Eczema!

Bae Caerdydd / Cardiff Bay _ 28 Gorffennaf / July 2018 Comedi ddu gan Maria Fusco yn cyfuno cylchoedd cosi a chrafu ecsema i mewn i sgôr abswrdaidd, llawn dathlu o eiriau a cherddoriaeth.

This black comedy by Maria Fusco will mingle the itching and scratching cycles of eczema into an absurdist, celebratory score of spoken word and music.

Darganfyddwch mwy _ nationaltheatrewales.org/cy Find out more _ nationaltheatrewales.org

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LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE If laughter were truly the best medicine, we might not need the NHS… but Max Harvey chatted to Nish Kumar ahead of a star-studded comedy show in Carmarthen celebrating it.

Whilst the human fear of clowns, especially on a hospital children’s ward, is legitimate evidence of how laughter is not in fact the best medicine, that hasn’t stopped the people at NHS70 putting from putting together some of the best comedians in the UK for a health-themed set to test the old adage. With a wide breadth of comedians, the Laughter Is The Best Medicine show will surely get at least one giggle out everyone, when it includes a bill as varied as Alan Davies (he of regular QI tomfoolery), local hero Elis James, who will be compering the night and ensuring it doesn’t descend into fun and games, and Nadia Kamil, an up-andcoming comedian who has also made a decision to start training as a doctor.

Perhaps the most high-profile name on the bill is that of Nish Kumar, who has recently shot to success on the back of The Mash Report on BBC2, a satirical show modelled on the success of its American late-night counterparts such as Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show. Buzz had the time for a brief chat with him.

You’re doing a set themed around the NHS – how important has it been to your life?

I was born on the NHS. So I mean, I’d say pretty essential. The letters also comprise 75% of “NISH” so it’s really important on every level.

Has it ever saved your life or of someone important to you?

Yep, on several occasions it has saved lives in my family and looked after more minor ailments in between.

If the NHS makes it to 80, what do you think it’ll look like? (As a side-note, it’s worrying that we’re writing the word ‘if’ and not ‘when’…)

That is worrying. It requires more funding. It requires a government to have the guts to tax people properly and commit to year on year funding increases to account for the increased demand on the service.

In an ideal world, where would you like the NHS to be when it hits 80?

Still thriving and still saving members of my family.

Are you and the other comedians at the event going to have to avoid making jokes about the NHS itself? How are you approaching the NHSthemed material?

I’ll probably steer clear of making jokes about the NHS. There’s no directive or policy, but it’s hard to make jokes about a worthwhile institution. No one wants to hear a comedian zing something that saves people’s lives.

In a world that feels almost ‘beyond satire’, has your stand-up material changed to reflect this absurdity?

It’s a challenge staying on top of things, given the speed and relentlessness of the “news cycle”.

As you do a lot of satire, have you ever felt redundant in recent years?

Yes, the world is seemingly beyond satire. If things get any weirder I may have to get a real job.

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We spend a lot of time laughing at the awfulness of the world, but where’s the line between what can be poked at and what needs to be taken seriously?

It’s a tricky one. The aim is to deal with subjects in a way that is hopefully funny without undermining the seriousness of the issues discussed. It’s a hard line to walk, and I don’t always get it right.

What springs to mind when you think of Wales?

The hills. The Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Elis James. Ryan Giggs.

In that order. Sorry Giggsy, Elis has you beat.

Beyond Edinburgh, what can we expect from you in the coming months?

Touring nationally and then another series of The Mash Report on BBC Two in the autumn. Also just being a great guy all over the shop.

Laughter Is The Best Medicine, Lyric Theatre, Camarthen Sat 21 July. Tickets: £29.50/£27.50.

Info: 0845 2263510 / www.theatrsirgar.co.uk

Sain Ffagan Amgueddfa Werin Cymru St Fagans National Museum of History

Gŵyl Fwyd Sain FFaGan St FaGanS Food FeStival 8~9.09.2018 10am~5pm Dros 80 o stondinau bwyd, diod a chrefft Gwledd o weithgareddau i’r teulu

Over 80 food, drink and craft stalls A feast of family fun

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ANEIRA THOMAS Born a minute after midnight on a day that made British history, Aneira Thomas came to life on the same day as Anerurin Bevan’s vision of free healthcare for all. Olga Rachello finds out what it means for her to share her 70th birthday with the NHS. You were the last of seven children and the first of your family to be born in a hospital, for free. How has the NHS impacted your family?

It’s had a major impact. It used to be only the privileged who could afford healthcare - I never had grandparents because they died between the ages of 30 and 50. My own life has been saved eight times. My two children have had brain hemorrhages and neurosurgery so I’m eternally grateful. We all need it and we all use it, so we’ve got to fight to preserve and protect it. I worked for the NHS as a nurse, along with three of my sisters. And my own daughter is a paramedic.

You were born at the Amman Valley Hospital on the western edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Do you ever go back there to visit?

I went up there about five years ago with Channel 5, and it was very emotional for me – thinking of my mother Edna bringing me out of hospital. She held on [until midnight] so the first NHS baby could be born in Wales. She was used to hearing the word “push” with her other babies, but she knew this baby was going to be different. The nurses kept saying, “Hold on, Edna.” And my brother even pushed me back in for one minute [chuckles].

You were named after Welsh NHS founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, son of a coalminer. What does it mean to you that such a crucial social reform came from Wales?

I’m known as Nye too and they’ve told me I’m the pin-up girl of the NHS this year. I am proud and privileged to be named after a wonderful Welshman. Bevan watched suffering in the Valleys, where mining was the main occupation of men at the time and they suffered from lung disease. My own father was also a miner and the place where he worked was called ‘Young Man’s Grave’.

What advice would you give young people considering a career in healthcare?

If you are drawn to it then it’s meant to be. When I was nursing we were taught ‘tender loving care’ and to spend a bit of time with the patient. That makes a lot

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of difference. You’ve got to have wonderful listening skills. You have to be nonjudgmental, but also quite stern – sympathy can be misread for weakness.

What is the major challenge facing the NHS today?

Now we have managers whereas before there was a matron on the ward. Change is good, but I feel that while there are so many managers, we don’t have enough actual management. I’m not a politician or an economist, but when they are making major decisions about the health service I think they should include the frontliners. Doctors, nurses, and paramedics know first-hand what’s needed and where things are going wrong.

You have stated that the public have a responsibility for taking care of their own health.

Absolutely. They have Health and Social Care in colleges but I think the NHS should be introduced in primary school. Healthier people are more productive, aren’t they? We have a duty to ourselves and to the national health to care for ourselves. That way we wouldn’t spend so much money on drugs. Money is needed for science and for early intervention – which is better than cures.

The NHS will be celebrating its birthday with a month-long programme of events across Wales and you are Patron of National Theatre Wales’ NHS70 Festival. How will you be celebrating this very important birthday?

I’ve had about 10 invites the day of my birthday. I’ll be in London for an ITV show in the morning – Lorraine. Then I’m coming back to the Welsh Assembly. I’ve been invited to Westminster Abbey but my priorities lie in Wales. We’ll have a big dinner on the Sunday after my birthday with the family. I always say Aneurin Bevan left a legacy but so did my mother. She had seven children, 21 grandchildren, and 65 great-grandchildren. That’s special, isn’t it? She left a legacy of love.

The NHS turns 70 on Thurs 5 July.

Info: www.nhs70.nhs.uk

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27 Gorffennaf / July - Ffwrnes, Llanelli

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GLENN HUGHES

Ex-Deep Purple frontman Glenn Hughes tells Carl Marsh what to expect when he rocks up at Steelhouse this month for his only 2018 festival appearance.

“This summer Steelhouse is getting the exclusive and only show in the UK in the festival season, so I wanted to give the fans up on the mountain something really epic, something worthy of a great event,” says one of hard rock’s most iconic voices, Glenn Hughes. “It’s the opportunity for both myself and fans across the UK that are going to meet in Wales, and in my opinion, it is one of the greatest countries to be playing music in. I just want to come down and give it my all!”

It sounds like Glenn has fond memories of playing in Wales. “I do, I do, I do!

You know, all the heritage I have had from Trapeze, through to Deep Purple and onwards, and Wales is a place I used to love to visit a lot as a child. I just really want to express how much I am looking forward to coming to play. By doing Steelhouse it is alerting people to what is going to happen after Steelhouse – there are going to be more announcements, with more shows in Wales, so I don’t have to have my fans travelling too far, and I can be coming to see them.”

Glenn has been completely drug and alcohol-free since his heart attack in the early 1990s, and is now more like the polar opposite of your stereotypical rock star.

“I am! Look bro, let’s be clear, the man I used to be is not the man I am today. I’ve done interviews recently where people have said, ‘It seems like you are singing better now than you did in the 1970s’ and I say it makes sense [if] I was a little over-served at the bar, and that now I don't do anything crazy. I still have the five octaves; I have that same voice that I had in the 1970s, and I am very proud. I really enjoy singing the songs, the same way as I sang them 40 years ago.”

Having seen so many friends succumb to these vices, ones that nearly killed him too, Glenn has a message for any new or up-and-coming stars of the music scene.

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“Please, let me be the poster child of what not to do when you are 22 years old.

Back in the day when we became famous, we drank a lot and did a lot of drugs; most of my friends are dead. I was a very lucky man to be in recovery along with my friends Steve Tyler and Ozzy Osbourne. I have this great legacy of songs; my great message to people is that you don’t have to drink Jack Daniels to be cool.”

With his CV including stints fronting Black Sabbath and Trapeze as well as Deep Purple, to name only three, Glenn has never fallen into the trap of thinking he’s seen it all. “I’ve been a student of music and I have always been one to always learn – to become a better singer, a better songwriter, a better guitar player and better bass player. But, more importantly, a calmer, serene human being, which is very important to me.

Judging by his responses, it sounds like rock’n’roll is still very much alive in his body. “Absolutely. It thrives and lives within my body. I say this to you, you can’t review a Glenn Hughes show until you see it but there is no way I will ever show up to any venue, especially Steelhouse Festival, and not deliver a 100% performance.

I ain’t coming there to fuck around, I am coming to Steelhouse to give the Welsh a fucking great show. They are not coming to see me, I am coming to see the Welsh!”

Glenn Hughes headlines the Saturday of Steelhouse Festival, Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, nr Ebbw Vale, Fri 27-Sun 29 July Tickets: £95 weekend/£60 Fri plus Sat or Sun Info: www.steelhousefestival.com

GLASTONBARRY Paying tribute to musical icons every summer in Barry, none other than The Beatles are headlining Glastonbarry 2018, and Ringo Starr – OK, technically Simon Adams from tribute band Beatles For Sale, but he was wearing a wig, so it counts – spoke to Fedor Tot. It’s fair to say that the Beatles headlining in Glastonbarry is one of the music events of the year. Are you looking forward to the gig?

Oh yeah, very much so. We headlined it a couple of years ago, having never even heard of it previously. It was amazing – certainly the best gig of that particular year – so we’re hoping this one will be even better.

In your long career, what do you consider your greatest achievement: being the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine or forming Ringo’s All Starr Band?

Well it’s definitely not Ringo’s All-Starr Band – we’re not any good, are we really?

I did a couple of bad singles as well. I’ll tell you my greatest achievement in all seriousness. I have a very odd style of drumming, I play backwards – right-handed when playing the drumbeat and left-handed when giving a drum fill – I didn’t invent it, it was an accident. Many people made jokes about my drumming, but I’m a very unique player!

I believe it was Paul McCartney who joked that you weren’t even the best drummer in the Beatles – what do you say to that?

Hang on, Paul’s here now. Paul, did you say that about me?

Paul: I never said that, it was John who said that! [It was actually Jasper Carrott - ed] Ringo: Paul McCartney in all seriousness is a half-decent drummer – he can play.

Paul played on some of the Beatles’ tracks – he played drums on Back In The USSR. I don’t know why I wasn’t in the studio, I think we all fell out around that time. Apparently, Paul was drumming and one of the other guys, probably John, was leaning over and doing the drum fills.

What was it like when John started coming in with things like Revolution Number 9?

Well you know, I was on holidays all the bloody time when he was doing all that crap. It’s not the greatest really, if you think about it. I didn’t do as many drugs as they did, that’s why they came up with all that. Wouldn’t let me play drums on it either. We did a song called Tomorrow Never Knows and they let me play the drum on that, which I’m very proud of.

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You mentioned the others were taking lots of drugs. By most accounts The Rolling Stones were more hedonistic than yourselves – do you ever feel a little bit annoyed that all but Brian Jones in that band are still standing?

Actually, that hedonism is complete and utter myth. Back in the day we were just as bad. It was very clever marketing back in the day that made us look like a cleancut bunch of lads from Liverpool, but actually but actually we were doing as many drugs as they were.

Have you got any stories from those days?

Ah, just Google it! I don’t remember much from back then really. But I’m sober now.

You’ve been sober since the 80s.

Yes, I did have some trouble with the pressure. I was part of the most famous entity in history – we’re probably more famous than Jesus.

John, in the background: I never said we were bigger than Jesus – and I never said we were bigger than Moses, I just said that Ringo’s nose was bigger than most noses!

When your son Zack started getting into drums, did you give him any advice?

I told him not to be as good as me, and he turned out to be better than me.

How on earth did you end up marrying Barbara Bach?

Well I was drunk at the time, and I came back to my hotel room and they had been filming the James Bond movie nearby, I think a Roger Moore one – and he certainly rogered more than me at the time. Barbara was in my bath and I said “Barbara, how did you get in my bath?” and she said “No, I’m Barbara Bach” and that’s it really, I jumped in, we had a glass of champagne and Bob’s your uncle.

Got married a week later.

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Glastonbarry, Romilly Park, Barry, Sat 28 + Sun 29 Jul Tickets: £32 (weekend pass). Info: www.glastonbarry.com

WAR HORSE Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse was once a lost gem, forgotten for 25 years. One phone call from The National Theatre, some crazy idea about puppets and now the slim children’s novel has taken on a huge following. War Horse enjoyed eight years on the West End followed by a transfer to Broadway, where the production picked up a Tony for Best Play; over seven million people have seen it around the world and it’s now undertaking its second UK tour. As a result, the book has become a staple in secondary schools and helped to cement Morpurgo’s reputation as a moving writer who creates literature for young people that does not hold back or dumb down. Instead, he makes matters relevant and engaging.

In this, the centenary year of the end of World War I, War Horse could not be more relevant. The story tells of Joey, the horse of a boy called Albert, who is sold to the Cavalry. Joey travels to France where he soon finds himself in mortal danger; Albert, at home in Devon, vows to find his friend and sets off to bring the horse home. Morpurgo sought to write a story that did not damn one side but rather to tell an empathetic tale through which he could highlight the awfulness of war.

It’s a truly moving story on the page, inspired by Morpurgo’s conversations with WWI veteran Wilf Ellis. Fine for a book. But how could it ever work on the stage?

The vision of playwright Nick Stafford, alongside Handspring Puppet Company’s design and fabrication, creates a production that is exactly what a theatre adaptation should be. It relies entirely on a suspension of disbelief – seeing beyond the puppeteers and their puppets to see the character and the story it is telling.

Alongside the brilliant script, acting and puppet work there is award-winning stage design and a score of beautiful music and song. If you haven’t managed to find the opportunity to immerse yourself in a wonderful story and a production that more than does it justice, this year is certainly the time. JOHN-PAUL DAVIES War Horse, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 4-Sat 28 July.

Tickets £18-£55. Info 029 2063 6464 / wmc.org.uk Pic: Betina Skovbro

MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT The Mischief Theatre company return to Cardiff for another run of shows promising calamity, insane capers, and much hilarity after The Play That Goes Wrong showed at the theatre in May. The company have gone from strength to strength after their first West End success The Play That Goes Wrong won them their first Olivier in 2015, securing an extended run on the West End, countless international productions, and a current stint on Broadway. Collaborations with the BBC have since brought audiences the witty and inventive Christmas specials Peter Pan Goes Wrong and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in 2016 and 2017 respectively, featuring a mix of the original cast and their much-loved characters alongside new additions, such as cameos by screen legends David Suchet and Dianna Rigg. The fierce popularity of the shows have afforded the writers and original cast the chance to move on to new projects, safe in the knowledge their first success will live on strong. The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, their 2016 show featuring the original cast was the next to take the West End by storm; the touring cast are bringing it to Cardiff in October to complete the hat-trick of Mischief shows playing at the New Theatre this year.

Artistic director Henry Lewis’ latest creation is entirely dependent on you, the audience. The cast are at your mercy, using their quick wit, creativity and sheer talent to create a performance based on the scenario you create for them in that moment. Their objective is to create a feature-length film based on the genre, location and title provided to them by their audience completely on the spot, and getting you to laugh while they’re at it, kind of like an extended version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. No small feat, but the seasoned original cast members we know so well have proved themselves more than capable of the job so many times before.

Complete with a custom-made live score, fast forwards and rewinds just like a real film, this show has already received much critical acclaim. No two nights are ever the same – what will they conjure up in Cardiff? AMY LUDFORD New Theatre, Cardiff, Wed 18-Sun 22 July. Tickets: £16-£25.

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N.S HARSHA: FACING Facing is an upcoming exhibition by Indian artist N.S Harsha, whose large-scale paintings and installations have been met with excited responses across the world.

The pieces themselves commonly take up a whole wall or even a room, but despite their vastness they play around with an emphasis on smaller individual elements within the piece, with a thematic relationship focusing around the global and the local, as well as that of the world and the individual.

This balancing of opposites finds its way into Harsha’s work through other elements too, such as his intertwining of both tradition and modernity to form various critiques and satirical perspectives on today’s society without losing a personal cultural aspect. This demonstrates the ‘local’ and ‘global’ aspect of his work, something that Harsha has shown interest in from the beginning of his career, and has continuously injected into his installations, which will be clear from the work presented in Facing.

In the past Harsha has experimented with sculpture, as well as the use of external spaces. But ultimately most of his work still holds a connection to the original craft of the brush, focusing on moulding his art around the internals of the spaces of exhibition.

Facing will be the largest exhibition at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery since their 2016 renovations, taking up the whole of the gallery space, giving Harsha plenty of room to work with. The exhibition will show various older pieces, as well as a brandnew installation called Feel Free To Feed The People, which incorporates the local environment of Swansea through its use of shop fittings from local establishments to highlight the nature of consumerism. This is not the only exhibit that will make use of Swansea’s local community: another exhibit, Future (which Harsha first established in Japan), will be recreated with the aid of young people from the area, tasked with envisioning their future by decorating shirts which will then be on display. POLINA ZELMANOVA Facing, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Sat 7 July-Sun 9 Sept. Admission: free.

Info: 01792 516900 / www.glynnviviangallery.org

LE PUBE COMEDY NIGHT The months before August usually see a host of Edinburgh Festival previews across the country, as comedians get revved up for their Ed Fringe runs. One particularly exciting set of previews will also coincide with the launch of a new comedy night at Newport’s Le Public Space, set up with the aim of promoting alternative comedy. And for those confused by such a term, alternative comedy is basically anything that’s trying to do something different with the form.

Le Pube is the brainchild of Henry Widdicombe, progenitor of Machynlleth Comedy Festival, and standup comedians Stuart Laws and Jordan Brookes. Why Newport, we asked Brookes? “The short answer is that Henry and I used to run a club called Comedy Storage, a really alternative night in Cardiff that very few people came to but was always the most fun we’d have in comedy that month, and we both missed doing it.”

Brookes himself was once a core part of the Cardiff comedy scene, winning one of the first editions of the Wales Unsigned Standup Awards, and will this year be taking his fourth consecutive show to Edinburgh. Each show has been nominated for awards and his upcoming one, Bleed will hopefully prove no different, though he claims that writing it has been a challenge. He asked himself: “how do I juggle writing a show with running a new comedy club at Le Pub in Newport?” Though, it should be added, most of his answers in our chat revolved around dropping the words ‘comedy’, ‘club’, ‘Le Pub’ and ‘Newport’, so one would assume he’s fairly excited.

“Le Pub is absolutely perfect for what we want to do. It just feels like the right fit in the right community, especially with Le Pub being a community owned venue with a remit for progressing the grassroots arts community. It just feels like the right location for an alternative comedy night.”

The plan, he says, is for Stuart Laws to host and for Brookes to attempt new bits each month, with the address book raided for the most interesting and unique comedy acts across the UK each time. Exciting times in Newport. “If we can get enough people along each month we genuinely believe it has the potential to be one of the best alternative nights in the country.” FEDOR TOT Lloyd Langford and Jordan Brookes Edinburgh Previews Le Pube @ Le Public Space, Newport, Fri 20 July. Tickets: £7.

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WILL MILLARD TV presenter, writer, anthropologist – Will Millard has many strings to his bow, as Amy Ludford finds out in a chat that takes in fishing, travel expeditions, and the hidden treasures of Wales.

Your first book, The Old Man And The Sand Eel, is about your own experiences. How long ago did you set out on that journey to catch that eel, and where did it take you?

The idea was conceived four years ago when fishing off the coast of Dorset when I caught a greater sand eel. Only after taking a video and throwing it back did I realise I had just caught the British record size – it’s nerdy but this was my greatest chance of appearing in the record books.

I was gutted. This was a quest for redemption, going around the country for two years trying to catch another record fish. It also then became a realisation that we underestimate the importance of freshwater in our lives. Being waterside has this meditative effect on us.

Hidden Cardiff showed us some very cool things. What else is there hidden around us that you’ll show in the new series, Hidden Wales?

This country is so full of amazing and rich historical sites; we’ve shot in about 40 locations so far. There are cave systems in Pembrokeshire where you have to abseil down and pendulum swing into sea caves. You can spend 30 minutes crawling through holes to emerge in this massive cavern; more people have stood on the moon than inside this cave. And ruined Jacobean houses in mid-Wales that still give the sense of immense wealth they would have had when built. We don’t do the best job of looking after places. Here, there’ll be this bush and behind it where one of the

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great Welsh forefathers used to live, but there’s no money to maintain it so it’s fallen into ruin.

Would you say the theme of heritage is important to you? It appears to be prevalent and paramount to your work.

We seem to take history for granted. Museums and the National Trust give a sense of really looking after items. But once you start meeting people and looking beneath the surface, you find things that aren’t as protected.

These sites and relics inform us about our culture and how we got to where we are. If it wasn’t for the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, basically rotting under the A470 on the way to the Brecon Beacons, the industrial revolution wouldn’t have happened the way it did in Britain. It was massively important to the entire direction of the British Isles, and we just move on so quickly. Without the works we wouldn’t be sat in Cardiff doing this interview, because it wouldn’t exist, but we forget as soon as the world moves on. Who has the money to look after a historical site? Is it really relevant? Of course it is!

You spent a year in West Papua filming My Year With The Tribe. They know about Western culture, but was documenting their existence paramount for us to know they did indeed exist before they vanish?

Traditional identity is finite. We were trying to get a note of tribal history because it isn’t recorded.

When a generation goes, so does their wealth of knowledge. There are only two elders left to

represent the hunter-gatherer tradition of the whole Korowai tribe; it’s an amazing piece of the tribal history because of what they’ve done and achieved, but we all come from a hunter-gatherer tradition. It’s not just informing on the Korowai but also on an element of our pasts.

It’s inevitable people are going to change and it’s important to record these changes. Every community in the world is in transition through evolution, modernising and changing to survive; that’s what we’re recording. It’s an elemental piece of geography when a tribe moves to a whole new style of living. Any cultural community in a state of transition will have conflict, it’s part of the human condition.

Within the many different projects you’ve worked on, what’s been the biggest lesson that’s shaped your outlook?

It seems cliché, but the biggest thing is you have to leave your prejudices at the door. Try to listen to what people are telling you, they can be from New Guinea or mid-Wales but both of them have stories to pique your interest and that tell you how people live. Both stories are equivalent, you just need an open mind.

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The Old Man And The Sand Eel, Viking Books. Price: £9.99.

Info: www.willmillard.com

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THE INCREDIBLES 2 ****

Dir: Brad Bird (PG, 118 mins) It’s been 14 years since this superhero family last graced our screens, yet this film picks up exactly where the gang left off – facing up to the threat of the Underminer. Elastigirl, voiced by Holly Hunter, is recruited by a mysterious agency, headed by the Deavor siblings, voiced by Catherine Keener and Bill Oedenkirk.

They want to bring superheroes back to prominence, with Elastigirl at the forefront, which means her having to leave husband Mr. Incredible (voiced once more by Craig T. Nelson) at home to bring up the kids: superfast Dash (Huck Milner), forcefield manipulator Violet (Sarah Vowell) and multi-powered baby Jack-Jack. Mr. Incredible’s self-esteem takes a knock, as he piles on the pounds while adapting to being the principle care giver. Naturally events conspire to bring them all back together to work as a team, meeting favourites like costume designer Edna Mode (voiced by director Bird himself) and Samuel L. Jackson’s Frozone. The original raised the animation bar and provided quality CGI capers, but they will be entering a world now flooded with superheroes – back in 2004 even Christopher Nolan’s Batman was still in the shadows. If anyone can provide relevance and keep its humour and thrills, it should be Bird. Opens July 13

HOTEL ARTEMIS ***

Dir: Drew Pearce (15, 100 mins) An offbeat sci-fi crime thriller with a hint of The Raid and John Wick, this has Jodie Foster playing the head of a special hotel that doubles as a hospital for injured criminals. She is The Nurse in a future LA overridden with lawless rioting. She has run her place for years with the help of her hulking assistant played by Dave Bautista. They have rules. No one is allowed to kill anybody in their place. Matters take a turn for the worst however, when a hated crimelord is admitted that everyone wants to kill. Amongst the patients are Sterling K Brown’s bankrobber, Sofia Boutella’s athletic assassin who can kill someone with whatever is to hand, Charlie Day’s dodgy arms dealer and a as standard off-kilter Jeff Goldblum. It’s good to see Jodie Foster having fun in a blackly comic, action-packed film full of nods to the likes of Assault On Precinct 13.

Opens July 20

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT ****

Dir: Christopher McQuarrie (12A, 130 mins) Tom Cruise returns to the solidly entertaining spy franchise 22 years after the first Impossible Mission was rebooted from its 60s TV heritage. Cruise once more plays Ethan Hunt, who with his team are dealing with a job gone wrong. Simon Pegg returns as tech geek Benji along with Ving Rhames’ Luther, the only other constant team member since the series’ cinematic inception. Also along once more are Rebecca Ferguson’s athletic spy Ilsa Faust and the baddie from previous installment Rogue Nation – Solomon Lane, played by Sean Harris. Joining the set piece derring-do are a mustachioed Henry Cavill as a vengeful CIA man who gets the job done at whatever cost, and Angela Bassett as his hard-nosed boss.

The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby also adds some femme fatale as mysterious operative The White Widow, but as ever this franchise is all about the globetrotting action sequences. Returning writer/director McQuarrie has added visceral motorcycle chases, gravity-defying helicopter scenes and giddy skydiving. Michelle Monaghan, who played Hunt’s wife in Missions three and four also returns, adding more jeopardy for Cruise’s beleaguered agent. Well-executed, fun nonsense operating at popcorn level: no doubt another enjoyable mission. Opens July 26

MAMMA MIA – HERE WE GO AGAIN ***

Dir: Ol Parker (12A, 120 mins) Mining that Abba nostalgia for all it’s worth, this film shamelessly flogs the formula to its zenith, having Amanda Seyfried’s character Sophie, now pregnant, looking into her mother Donna/Meryl Streep’s past.

We are therefore allowed lots of flashbacks to a young Donna, now played by Lily James, alongside her mates on the holiday that had her sleeping in swift succession with three men who could be Sophie’s father. These transform from Pierce Brosnan (oh, that singing!), Stellan Skarsgaard and Colin Firth into young versions Jeremy Irvine, Josh Dylan and W1A’s bumbling comedy actor par excellence Hugh Skinner.

And there’s added Cher as Seyfried’s grandmother.

Camp, cheesy and utterly unconcerned about it, this drags even more Abba songs to the fore – Knowing Me Knowing You and One of Us whilst also reprising Dancing Queen and Waterloo. It’s lazy, manipulative and your mum will probably love it. Opens July 20

THE SECRET OF MARROWBONE ***

Dir: Sergio G. Sanchez (15, 106 mins) Slow burning Gothic chills pervade this Englishlanguage directorial debut from Spaniard Sanchez, who wrote the equally affecting horror The Orphanage.

The film follows four siblings, played by Matthew Stagg, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth and George MacKay, as they flee England with their mother to avoid their vengeful father in 1969. Once they arrive in a new rural home in America, their mother dies, leaving the children to fend for themselves – once the eldest, Jack, is 21 he can care legally for his siblings, so they keep up the pretense that their mother is alive until then. Soon there is a ghost haunting the house; the mirrors are covered and Jack has formed a relationship with a local librarian, played

by The Witch’s Anya Taylor Joy. A slow-burn arthouse chiller with plenty to offer, The Secret Of Marrowbone ultimately comes apart in a melodramatic ending but the creepy and intriguing journey there is gripping.

Opens July 13

ALSO RELEASED JULY 2018: ESCAPE PLAN 2: HADES (15) Apparently, we needed a sequel to the so-so Escape Plan, allowing musclebound 70-year-old Sylvester Stallone another crack at the prison-busting genre. This time with added Dave Bautista. WHITNEY (15) Documentary from Kevin MacDonald about the troubled songstress. UNCLE DREW (12A) Very American basketball comedy. IDEAL HOME (15) Bickering gay couple Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan have to settle their differences when they are landed with a 10-year-old boy to raise. FIRST REFORMED (15) The latest slice of darkness from the writer of BUZZ 32

SKYSCRAPER ***

Dir: Rawson Marshall Thurber (12A, 120 mins) It’s The Towering Inferno meets Die Hard in this ludicrous, derivative but enjoyable action film with Dwayne Johnson leaping about dutifully, but this time... he has a prosthetic leg. Johnson plays Will Sawyer, a former FBI hostage negotiator who lost his leg in a mission gone wrong. He’s brought in as a security consultant on a new building in Hong Kong, The Pearl, which is almost a mile high and has its own park, shopping centres and goodness knows what else. Johnson has some hard facts to offer about the building’s safety from attack. He and his wife, Neve Campbell and kids are given a free pass in the building, but before he knows it, the building is on fire, he’s being framed for setting it ablaze and his wife and kids are trapped on the top floor while dastardly terrorists run amok. Johnson finds himself climbing a super crane to jump into a skyscraper that is on fire to save his family whilst corrupt executives and ineffectual misguided cops do nothing. Cheesily predictable, with tongue firmly in cheek throughout, this is a B-movie writ large with none of the violent edge of Die Hard and no real jeopardy for man mountain Johnson, but nevertheless an enjoyable couple of hours of fiery fluff. Opens July 12

SWIMMING WITH MEN ***

Dir: Oliver Parker (12A, 96 mins) Rob Brydon heads up this Full Monty-esque tale of a middle-aged man, lost and adrift in life who finds meaning by joining a male synchronised swimming team. Brydon is out to win his wife (played by Jane Horrocks) back after a mid-life malaise. He joins a local team peopled by the likes of stalwart Brit actors Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Jim Carter, Adeel Akhtar and Thomas Turgoose. Each have their own reasons for donning the speedos whilst they are being whipped into shape by coach Charlotte Riley to compete in the world championships in Milan. They will have to master various sychronised swimming staples – the pyramid, the spinning circle and the flower, and the talented cast do it with affably engaging fun. Based on a documentary from Sweden, Swimming With Men gently delivers. Get your nose plugs and swimming caps out. Opens July 12

TERMINAL **

THE FIRST PURGE ***

Dir: Gerard McMurray (15, 90 mins) The Purge initially seemed like an outlandish horror scenario – a night where all crime is legalised, even murder, in order to keep the populace under control – but has now become far more uncomfortably relevant over successive years as reality bites deeper. With the rise of Trump and neo-fascism, an upsurge in racist attacks, individuals looking for an excuse to attack whomever they disagree with on a whim, the satire has turned queasily real. The films of course are pure schlock, preaching anti-violence whilst reveling in it and The First Purge, the fourth film in the franchise is no different. This outing follows three people living in Staten Island on the night of the First Purge, the brain child of a psychologist played

by Marisa Tomei. Y’Lan Noel plays a local kingpin Dimitri, trying to protect his community, whose path crosses with activist Nya (played by Lex Scott Davis), who is searching for her brother. An impoverished black neighbourhood is targeted, people are murdered left, right and centre; the worst elements of human nature are exploited and there’s a strain of discomfiting nihilism about it all.

It’s briskly efficient but very uncomfortable in the wake of the horrific reality of the world today. Opens July 4

Dir: Vaughan Stein (15, 95 mins) A beautifully shot neo-noir, Terminal proves frustrating on many levels, but remains just about watchable thanks to its leading lady Margot Robbie.

Robbie plays an archetypal film noir femme fatale with a revenge agenda who is also a waitress in a sparselyoccupied diner, servicing terminally ill customer Bill (played by Simon Pegg). Two hitmen, Dexter Fletcher and Max Irons, trade insults in a hotel room with caretaker Mike Myers (yes, him off of Austin Powers) whistling between them all. It’s a twisted and twisty tale that takes a long time to work itself out, with Robbie switching between various fantasy roles but to little avail, a victim and a hunter in this stylishly empty dystopia that unfortunately fails to really cohere.

Despite the best efforts of the cast, they cannot save a heavy-handed script that thinks it’s cleverer than it is.

Opens July 6

MARY SHELLEY ***

Dir: Haifaa Al-Mansour (12A, 120 mins) The young woman behind one of the most famous horror stories of all time, Mary Shelley, gets a proper appraisal in this mostly convincing biopic with a strong and welcome female perspective. Elle Fanning, with a very passable English accent, plays Mary, a woman of ferocious, precocious intelligence, intrigued by Gothic literature. She embarks on an affair with poet Percy Shelley, a callow Douglas Booth, unaware that he is married, and the two go on a whirlwind tour of Europe, in a family-friendly portrait of teenage debauchment, culminating in a night telling ghost stories with the arrogant Lord Byron, Tom Sturridge, all leading to the creation of her novel, Frankenstein. The misogynist literary elite however, believed her lover, Shelley, to be its true author. Director Al-Mansour, who brought us the excellent Wadjda, gives the film a feminist bent, and although there are some clunky moments Mary Shelley’s story is full of fiery relevance. Opens July 6

Taxi Driver Paul Schrader, as priest Ethan Hawke wrestles with his religion. Not a very happy film. GOD’S NOT DEAD – LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS (PG) A priest has his church burned down. This is the third film in this series of Christian-friendly dramas. It’s not good. A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN (15) Brutal true-life story about an English boxer fighting his way out of a Thai prison. Lots of elbows and knees.

RACER AND THE JAILBIRD (15) Tragic love story about a criminal and his high-class racing driver lover. Quite good. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 (PG) More semi-entertaining ghoulish CGI with Adam Sandler.

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KNIFE AND FORK FOOD OPENS NEW VENUE.

The seemingly ingenious idea to combine alcohol with the serving of food wasn’t practiced until the early 90s. Now, our love for gastropubs has grown exponentially, and, Knife and Fork Food are about to open their fifth venue, this time in the city centre. Previous ventures include The Discovery in Lakeside, The Conway in Pontcanna, The Pilot in Penarth and The Old Swan Inn in Llantwit Major.

Currently undergoing a £200,000 refurbishment adjacent to the National Museum Wales, Twenty-Nine Park Place will be housed in a townhouse – a far cry from the traditional suburban pub setting.

Info: www.knifeandforkfood.co.uk

Cardiff Rum Festival

FOOD FESTIVAL ROUND UP The only thing that could improve this balmy summer sunshine would be to enjoy some food and drink whilst basking in it and July is packed with festivals to make that possible!

Megan Thomas looks at the best on offer.

Cardiff International Food & Drink Festival

Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival

Roald Dahl Plaza, Cardiff Bay Fri 6-Sun 8 July This long-running Cardiff festival fills not only Roald Dahl Plaza with people from across the UK, but also your belly with all the delicious produce that Wales has to offer. Between the street food piazza, the producer’s fair and the farmer’s market, there is bound to be a flavour for everyone, whether you’re stocking your fridge with artisan cheeses and fresh vegetables, or enjoying an ice cream by the sea whilst listening to live music.

Aberaeron Harbour Sun 8 July You can rest assured knowing that you’re in capable hands here, and that you’ll fall in love with the oftenunderrated fish and shellfish that is local to the area.

Moreover, you’ll learn just how versatile fish can be in your recipes, whether it’s in a curry or a fresh salad.

Price: free. Info: 029 2087 2087 www.mermaidquay.co.uk

BITE! Food Festival Insole Court Gardens, Cardiff Sat 14 July BITE! describes itself as “the art and craft of food” and is a new and exciting addition to Cardiff’s food festival scene. The duo of Dusty Knuckle Pizza’s Phill Lewis and Street Food Circus’ Simon Thomas have teamed up to cook high quality food, focusing on rejecting fast food but keeping everything under £3.

Price: free (£5 parking donation) Info: www.insolecourt.org

Price: free.

Info: www.aberaeronfishfest.com

Gower Chilli Festival South Gower Sports Club, Swansea Fri 27-Sun 29 July End July the spicy way at the Gower Chilli Festival.

The heat here can be sizzling, with a chilli-eating competition as well as the Great Gower Chilli Cookoff.

If that isn’t enough, the Chilli Bar with its Gower Gin theme ought to do the trick.

Price: £6 day ticket/£10 weekend pass.

Info: www.gowerchillis.com

Cardiff Rum Festival SSE SWALEC, Cardiff Sat 28 July Free rum samples, cocktails, street food, live music and the opportunity for private tastings are all part of the package for this event. Run by UK Rum Festivals, you’re guaranteed a day of expertise and taste!

Price: £30. Info: www.ukrumfestivals.com

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BLOC COFFEE SHOP

The luxury of drinking coffee in an old public toilet block was the brainchild of Alex Parker and Donner Paton, who recently opened their café, Bloc. Situated just outside Victoria Park, Bloc has been transformed into a trendy coffeeconnoisseur den. With a stylish patio out front for people to enjoy a Cava in the sunshine, Bloc can seat an impressive 25 people in a space measuring only 90 square metres. Owner Parker hopes in the future to put on special events and evening dinners for Cardiff locals and visitors alike.

Info: twitter.com/bloc_coffee

Hankering after a taste of Latin American sun in Wales? The weather has been nice after all, but it could be better… Joel Day rounds up the best places for a Latin American-style barbeque.

VIVO LATINO

Located just 10 minutes’ walk from Cardiff city centre, Vivo Latino’s menu bursts to the seam with authentic Latin American dishes. Often infused with Indian and African influences, Vivo Latino is for those who like an exotic meal out that won’t break the bank.

Cowbridge Rd East, Cardiff Info: 029 2002 0636 / www.vivolatino.co.uk

CANAIMA COFFEE

While technically a café, Canaima Coffee still offers an array of excellent South American cuisine, in this case from Venezuela, which mixes European, Native American and African influences into a smorgasbord of various exotic fruits, savoury pastries, desserts, and of course, coffee. One of the more unique offerings in Cardiff.

Albany Road, Cardiff Info: 029 2048 8655 / www.canaimacoffee.co.uk

TAURUS CHURRASCARIA

Sat just behind the multi-award-winning Rock And Fountain in Penhow, Taurus Churrascaria is a meat lover’s paradise. Its walls are lined with mahogany house bricks in a scene straight from a Borges novel. Taurus could convince you Sunday roasts were Latin American. There’s no menus at the new restaurant – instead, you’re brought a selection of meats, all marinated and cooked to the Latin American tune, to your table.

Llanvaches Road, Penhow, Newport Info: 01633 400297 / facebook.com/tauruspenhow

VIVA BRAZIL

Known for its mammoth portions, Viva Brazil presents you with 14 different cuts of meat to get your Brazilian-style dining experience started. Although expensive, the portions and variety of food will leave you feeling like you’ve made a good investment in curing your hunger. The chic building wouldn’t pass as anything South American with its glaucous architecture, but once inside, the red hue of the hanging lights instils a fiery Latino passion into anyone dining there.

St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Info: 029 2022 0255 / www.vivabrazilrestaurants.com

MOKOS MEXICAN RESTAURANT

Authenticity is what Mokos prides itself on. A family-run restaurant teeming with nodes of tequila, tapas and Quesadillas, Mokos’ reputation has forced its name to be passed in whispers across south Wales. Their signature fish dishes add a taste of Mexico to otherwise indifferent flavours – Mokos is one to visit if you find yourself in Monmouth.

Church Street, Monmouth.

Info: 01600 712001 / www.mokosmex.com

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OF THE BEST LATIN RESTAURANTS

ETON MESS MOUSSE Words Alison Powell

Strawberries are in season and at their juiciest right now, with plenty of places across South Wales to pick your own if you fancy a day out. This dessert lets you truly taste each layer of the components of Eton Mess or you can mix it all up for a tongue tingling teatime treat.

INGREDIENTS (serves 4) • 250g strawberries, washed and hulled – except for four • Dessert spoonful of caster sugar • 284ml carton double cream • 125g cream cheese • 4 mini meringues (shop-bought are ideal for this recipe)

HOW TO 1. Chop 200g of the strawberries in two and gently simmer with the spoonful of sugar. Don’t let them burn – you are looking for a chunky scarlet syrup, not an angry burnt mess. You can squish the strawberries a little once they soften. Spoon equal parts in to the bottom of four glasses or bowls and set aside to cool.

2. Whip the double cream and when it is just starting to thicken, add the cream cheese. This helps to cut through some of the sweetness and also stabilizes the dessert.

3. Once the cream mixture is thick (but stop mixing before it is mortar), crumble in the meringues and gently fold through. Spoon this out on top of the strawberry sauce, smooth it over a little and then refrigerate for at least an hour.

4. When you are ready to serve, decorate with the remaining strawberries. You could shave some chocolate on or add a little mint leaf if you fancy further embellishment, or you could just dig in and taste summer. @ASPwriter

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ANNA LOKA TO OPEN IN SWANSEA

J U LY F O O D I E FOCUS Elouise Hobbs brings you July’s selection of the best foodie-related events in South Wales that you may have missed.

Bee-Friendly Supper, Mon 2 July, Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff Much of the food we consume on a daily basis has a detrimental effect on our environment, but there are ways that we can change our habits and help our farming areas to bloom. This supper is an event to celebrate bees, pollination and the amazing food this process helps create.

The night will involve talks from Grow Wild Wales and Friends Of The Earth, after which guests will be invited to share a freshly-prepared plantbased supper. Price: free (booking necessary/ donations encouraged).

Info: www.cathays.org.uk

Introduction To Wood-Fired Sourdough Baking, Mon 9 July, Dr Beynon's Bug Farm, Pembrokeshire This short course on Dr Beynon's Bug Farm has been developed to help you learn how to make everything from rye bread and focaccia, to 'peasant white' loaves and even wood-fired sourdough bread, which will be turned into pizzas for lunch. Through learning how to make the different loaves, you will also be treated to a crash course in the science behind natural fermentation and baking techniques. And, as an added extra, everyone who takes part will be provided with the tools to get started at home: a sourdough starter and some grain to grow your own wheat. Price: pay what you feel.

Info: www.drbeynonsbugfarm.com

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Seitan, Tofurky, Tempeh: Cardiff’s most popular vegan restaurant, Anna Loka, has plans to open another ethically-minded eatery in Swansea in the near future. Though the location for the restaurant hasn’t been announced yet, there’s a growing demand for vegan food, and an growing vegan community in Swansea. Owner, Adam El Tagoury will want to build on this positive, and take his vegan delicacies to the ever-growing community of Swansea vegans.

Info: www.anna-loka.com

It Will Glow, Thurs 12 July, The Depot, Cardiff Help get your creative juices flowing with this special event designed to bring south Wales’ best creative and talented people together to hear some great talks, meet like-minded people, and of course enjoy some tasty street food. This event will include around the theme of ‘Dirty Doodles’ and in between speakers, guests will be treated to amazing street food – included in the ticket price, so you are guaranteed a night of treats. Price: £22.

Info: www.itwillglow.co.uk

Summer Produce Market, Sun 22 July, Swansea Community Farm If local, homemade jams, chutneys, cakes and bakes are what you are looking for, this market will be the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning. Ready to host the second market of this year, Swansea Community Farm has once again invited producers from all over South Wales to show off their latest sustainable and locally sourced produce. Once you have filled up with edible goods, there is always the opportunity to do a bit of exploring, such as visit the nearby conservation areas and wildlife pond or even head out on a woodland walk.

Price: free.

Info: www.swanseacommunityfarm.org.uk

GREAZY VEGAN OPENING SOON!

For some vegans, though ethically minded, thoughts of southern fried chicken chips, bacon, or a beef burger still linger in the corners of their mind. And, many will feel as though they are missing out. But, with the opening of Greazy Vegan, the desire for everything bad can at last be fulfilled. Set to open this summer in Castle Arcade, Greazy Vegan will serve buffalo BBQ hot wings, The GV Big moc, The Vopper, hot dogs and kebabs – all vegan, of course. The fast-food diner recently crowdfunded to get on its feet, raising over £1,000.

Info: www.greazyvegan.com

MARCO PIERRE WHITE STEAKHOUSE & GRILL

Indigo Hotel, Queen Street, Cardiff. 0871 9429104 / www.mpwrestaurants.co.uk Food *** Atmosphere *** Afternoon tea is, I feel, an indulgence, and one I rarely have the time in which to partake, but having a spare hour recently allowed a bit of me time. Marco Pierre White’s Cardiff establishment is the latest to offer a choice of afternoon teas: £19.95 per person with tea or coffee, £24.99 with prosecco or £29.95 with champagne.

It’s fairly traditional – a selection of Severn and Wye smoked salmon with cream cheese; Wiltshire ham with Colman’s Mustard; sliced cucumber and cream cheese; rare roast beef with horseradish on dainty little granary squares. This is followed by pastries – macarons (vanilla and particularly delicious pistachio offerings), sachertorte, strawberry and clotted cream cheesecake and carrot cake, plus freshly baked scones with clotted cream and preserves, plus a selection of tea and coffee. The offering is sound enough, the prosecco hit the spot and everything was fresh and arrived as promised – delicately arranged with a decent variation of fillings and sweets.

The space where afternoon tea is served is in the more relaxed side of the MPW Steakhouse & Grill restaurant: low tables and huge wing back chairs with many images of Marco staring down at you menacingly. The warm lighting and a cosy set up does soften the, erm, very grey colour palette. It’s well designed, with high end objets d’art adorning the walls and, being perched on the top floor, Marco’s commands an enviable view across the city. The lunchtime deals are good value and the look and style is very modern boutique which, despite being part of a chain, fills a gap in Cardiff.

MPW has put his name to this and it works for the majority of the time. Like most places, it’s hit and miss, but mainly hit ultimately. Don’t expect him to come charging out of the kitchen: you’re more likely to find him at Rudloe Arms, tending his livestock and walking his dog. A pleasant way to while away a few hours and listen to a cracking soundtrack. ANTONIA LEVAY

MOWLANA

2-4 Four Elms Rd, Cardiff. 029 2048 0100 / www.mowlanarestaurant.com Food **** Atmosphere **** If you’re walking down Four Elms Road you’re likely to walk past Mowlana without so much as a double take. Dwarfed by the neighbouring church, this Persian restaurant sits unassumingly on a street that houses both No Fit State Circus and a pole dancing school, so I like to think it’s a good place to wind down after an adrenaline rush. The staff are all smiles and loveliness, the decor is discreetly exotic, and after sundown the space lights up in a dreamy glow thanks to multicoloured glass lamps.

We decided to start out with yogurt dip and grilled aubergine, both of which were very delicate. We paired them with what turned out to be two humongous naans – more than enough for the four of us. A first glance at the menu reveals a lamb-heavy selection of mains, but there is also a nice choice of vegetarian dishes.

The lamb fillet lived up to its promise of being tender and juicy. There is a section of stews which are comparable to curries, if not as dense. The ghorme sabzi was again quite delicate, though it provided a novel combination of flavours for my palate and is best enjoyed with rice. The fesenjan, a chicken and walnut dish in pomegranate sauce, had a pleasant texture but lay firmly on the sweet side.

As for drinks, the lightly salted doogh is very similar to its Indian cousin, lassi.

Both the doog and freshly squeezed carrot juice were wonderfully refreshing.

The crown jewel of the meal is definitely the saffron ice cream topped with pistachios, which basically tastes like sunshine in a bowl. OLGA RACHELLO

THE NEW LAHORE

145 Lower Dock St., Newport. 01633 265665 / www.newlahore-newport.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere *** Newport has more than its fair share of excellent eateries tucked away in various corners of the city, sometimes unfairly ignored by the crowds – the recent Friar’s Walk development may have bought more footfall and new businesses, but for foodies it hasn’t done much more than bring a number of relatively bland chain stores into the city centre – and The New Lahore is definitely one that does feel tucked away in the smaller streets.

It may not do anything out of this world as far as British-Indian cuisine goes, but The New Lahore is a safe trusty bet. It is quite cheap – one of the great benefits of eating in Newport is the price (and who needs a five-star experience in the Celtic Manor anyway?), with most of the dishes coming in at under £12 and starters at under a fiver. The décor isn’t the most exciting but it does the job, and the restaurant as a whole has a nice, relaxed feel.

Our party of three opted for various meals that we then shared – the choices were the supposedly extremely spicy Bengal jhal, Pudina lamb, and a more conventional sheekh kebab. I say “supposedly extremely spicy” because the lamb dish turned out to be more so, and had us getting through our beers quicker. Still, all three dishes had a nice balance of tastes, the spiciness working well with the tenderness of the meat. The rice too was superbly fluffy, soaking up the sauces for added flavour. A good foodie hideout in a city that has a few. FEDOR TOT

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A SLIGHT ACHE

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Until Sun 30 Sept Cardiff-born James Richards has received acclaim for his video-based artworks, including a Turner Prize nomination in 2014 for Rosebud, a 13-minute black and white video exploring images from erotic books in a Tokyo library. His is a foundfootage approach, working with VHS and mixtapes, layering old footage with audio clips and narrative to form a story, whilst also returning lost clips to the public domain. Based between Berlin and London, Richards has arranged a collection featuring nine artists, diverse in generation and style at the Chapter, following on from Migratory Motor Complex, which recently finished its exhibition run in May. Dani ReStack’s previous drawn work manipulates photography and extends it across the canvas, taking the ordinary image and challenging its meaning to the viewer. Torsten Slama’s delicate pencil drawings typically explore how scenery both normal and mundane to us can be made surreal by alteration of surrounding, for a great example, look no further than Slama’s collection Industrial Settlements In Outer Space. Cathy Wilkes and JX Williams [pictured] work with found domestic materials, giving identity and character to inanimate objects; altering perceptions to items that surround us every day, challenging our previous understanding. Video contributions evoke thoughtful performances in formats including stop-frame and strobe lighting, manipulating our visual perceptions.

Most prominent is the association of Isa Genkzen, a key artistic figure over the past 30 years. Her work in painting, drawing, photography, films and sculpting with many materials is internationally renowned. Her more recent working in found object media will likely complement this collection perfectly; rumours of using her own head X-ray in the piece will be an intriguing inclusion.

Each piece stands alone, however collectively the pieces have been installed and organised by Richards to create a narrative personal and immersive to every individual. AMY LUDFORD Admission: free. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen Sat 28 July-Sat 13 Oct In Search Of The Vernacular is the latest exhibition prepared by the artist collective Haptic/Tacit. The group is all about experimenting with new and existing art forms and their combination with language, but most importantly H/T is all about collaboration. For the exhibition, the artists invited a collaborator of their choice from outside the collective to work with them. United either by their artistic methods or views on relevant subjects, the artists joined forces to create exhibits exploring the meaning of ‘vernacular’ – demonstrating works that reflect their understanding of the word in its expression in both the arts and language.

One of the collaborations will be between Grant Aston, who draws from a combination of architecture and biology to create fluid sculptures filled with density and layers, and Henry Pim, whose architectural influences create more linear structures, albeit ones that still hold a biological element of change.

Jane Cairns will work with David Gates through furniture-like architectural structures, while Kimberley Chandler and Mark Cousins will take on the writing aspects of the exhibition for a publication.

Admission: free. Info: 01267 222775 / www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk (PZ) BUZZ 38

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LLE: NIGHTSWIMMING

Mission Gallery, Swansea Sat 28 July-Sat 8 Sept Darkness has been fundamental to creating art for all of history, from cave paintings to the renaissance era, avantgarde of the 20th century, and now in contemporary format. For artist-led curatorial project LLE, this darkness gives new inspiration, exploring how lack of light impacts their art and the observer’s interpretation.

The night toys with our reasoning, doubting our limited vision and questioning what lurks in the shadows.

The collection, LLE’s sixth and longest to date, features the works of 24 artists.

Only two pieces have currently been released at time of writing, both oil portraits, but of distinctly contrasting style. Casper White’s It Just Feels Gross adopts his usual techniques, but the clarity of the subject is reduced and the colours used are distinctly darker and more garish, fitting of the criteria LLE set out. Lindsey Bull’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow shies away from her more eccentric depictions of people. Gone are the unusual clothing and headgear from her Undergrowth collection last year, as are the bright flashes of colour, replaced by sombre and earthy shades of a girl with a hidden face.

Admission: free. Info: 01792 652016 / www.missiongallery.co.uk (AL)

POPPIES FOR REMEMBRANCE

National Museum Cardiff Sat 21 July-Sun 3 Mar The poppy has long been synonymous with the remembrance of our fallen military in war and conflicts. But why?

This exhibition will hope to provide a reason as to how it has become such an iconic emblem. The red corn poppy might be the most prevalent and recognisable, but there’s a few other options: the purple poppy, used to commemorate fallen animals in conflict, is now widely used to commemorate humans too, and when poppy-wearing first took hold it tended to be the white poppy that was worn. There’s also the fact that the poppy is far from a universal symbol of peace – the wearing of it is largely confined to the UK and parts of the Commonwealth.

The exhibition will look into the history of the poppy and its diversity, both as a simple plant, and as symbolic catalyst for both conflict and peace. The poppy seeds produce opium, which in turn produces both morphine and heroin – the most potent painkiller, and one of the most dangerous narcotics. Many wars have themselves been fought over the opium poppy, and this exhibition will allow visitors reflection on how and why we have created this symbolism around the poppy, both with peace and war.

Admission: free. Info: 029 2057 3500 / www.museum.wales (CM)

SERA WYNN WALKER

Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan Sat 21 July-Sun 2 Sept Society’s migration toward urbanite life makes it exceedingly rare that we get to observe beauty in nature. This rarity means it loses its charm, something Sera Wynn Walker is combatting. Her long-time passion for natural beauty was encapsulated in her dissertation on the underlying symmetry of structures in nature and how this links to aesthetic beauty in the world, with an exhibit now sharing this ideal.

Walker believes in the physical objects used in her art leaving a physical imprint or remnant, capturing their identity using ceramic imprinting and camera-less photography. Seen as old-fashioned, camera-less photography uses early processes of manipulating light and creating shadow. Walker uses this to regain the personality and identity of her objects of study: she wants to bring back what is lost in the modern photographic processes that simply document what is present in that location and moment of time.

The objects in the images leave a trace, part of itself to be remembered and reflected upon in each piece, which Walker describes as something “both of and from the landscape”. A reminder that modern advances shouldn’t allow us to forget our surroundings.

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

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BE MORE CHILL

Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea Wed 25-Sat 28 July Alongside his three other young adult novels, including It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, Ned Vizzini’s debut novel Be More Chill was adapted into a musical production in New Jersey in 2015, and is premiering in the UK this month at Swansea’s Dylan Thomas Theatre after the play was a cult success in the USA and Australia – the soundtrack is even soon to be released on vinyl.

The play tells the story of Jeremy Heere, portrayed by Dylan Hopkins (Rent, Macbeth, American Idiot), an average teenager who learns that The Squip (Super Quantum Unit Intel Processor), a tiny supercomputer, can bring him everything he wants in the world. A date with Christine, an invite to the biggest rave of the year and the possibility of surviving in his suburban high school all suddenly seem possible – but is it worth the gamble?

With music by the award-winning musical theatre writer Joe Iconis (Things To Ruin, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks), the production is proudly being brought to Swansea by its local young and exciting theatre group Self Proclaimed Theatre Company, who earlier this year brought American Idiot to the stage.

Tickets: £12. Info: 01792 473238 (CE)

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THE FLOP

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Thurs 12-Sat 14 July Paris in the 1650s. Impotence is illegal, and anyone one who gets the flop will more than likely get the chop. To their head, that is. But what happens when the handsome Marquis De Langley, with straight teeth and a perfect complexion, is accused of being less than, well the sum of his supposed parts? Well, among other things, he faces becoming a monumental public flop. Wales’ pioneering Hijinx Theatre will launch The Flop this July, full of playful and slightly rude humour, prior to taking it to the Edinburgh Fringe this August.

With a previous Fringe hit, Meet Fred, Hijinx team up with clown supremos Spymonkey in an historical romp through an incredible true story of impotency trials in 17th century France. Embracing the ancient art of clowning, slapstick and breaking a farcical fourth wall, The Flop blends Hijinx’s trademark playful humour with Spymonkey’s anarchic physicality.

But how true is it? René de Cordouan was a fairly lucky man, born into the French nobility as the Marquis de Langey. Little is actually known about him, however: what he liked to do on Tuesdays, who his favourite composer was, what his signature dish was – all minutiae lost to history. Yet what we do know is that Marquis de Langey was subject to the most thorough, and quite embarrassing feat of history – having to prove his conjugal duty to a team of 100 ‘experts’. And so, it seems that The Flop is an accurate insight into what must have been a truly terrifying prospect for manhood across France.

Hijinx Theatre company is different: with a cast featuring three learning disabled actors and three non-disabled actors, it’s one of Britain’s leading inclusive theatre companies. The ability to effortlessly perform and ignite raucous laughter is what makes Hijinx’s productions some of the best in Wales, if not Britain. Directed by Ben Pettitt-Wade, The Flop looks set to become another favourite, with a BSL and audio-description performance scheduled for Fri 13. JOEL DAY Tickets: £10-£12. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

CIRQUE BERSERK!

New Theatre, Cardiff Tue 10-Sun 15 July If any circus performance is worth a visit, it’s the one celebrating the 250th anniversary of the invention of the circus in a production tailored to being performed in theatres. With a team of troupes specialising in aerial ballet, foot-juggling, knife-throwing, upside-down motorcycling and plenty of other daredevil deeds, it’s unlikely any of these skills will be tried out at home after how impressive the Berserk artists are in this fresh, contemporary production.

Receiving glowing praise from national publications, Cirque Berserk! is now in its fifth year, touring with its acrobats, dancers, drummers and stuntmen and is sure to be a visual and aesthetically pleasing feast for the eyes of all ages in the audience. Founded by Martin ‘Zippo’ Burton, who started out in the industry as Zippo the Clown, he now has 40 years of experience in the business and has described the company members as ‘superhuman’ with their talents.

Cirque Berserk! is the perfect summer production to ease the family into the summer holidays and marvel at, as any short attention spans are likely to be captivated by the audacity of the performances on offer.

Tickets: £14-£27. Info: 029 2087 8889 / www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk (CE)

FLOURS

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Wed 18-Sat 21 July Missing out or escaping? Two women who run a bakery are constantly reminded of the important milestones in a women’s life, baking for weddings, christenings and the occasional hen-do special masterpiece.

A loving sequel to 2017’s Flowers, Flours hopes to be a fabulously hilarious rendition exploring the themes of expectation, compassion, judgement and the struggle of running bakeries – it does sound really hard, actually. Presented by Big Loop Theatre Company, directed by Duncan Hallis and written and performed by the talented duo Allie Downing and Kitty Hughes, Flours will no doubt leave audiences cackling out loud, whilst feeling all warm and fuzzy on the inside. The one-hour piece showcasing original theatre, gameplay, live music and, reportedly, a ‘cool’ bit with a rolling pin.

Containing a little dusting of cheeky language, saucy themes, menstruation and most importantly, food, Flours should follow the footsteps of Flowers – an emotional story which still provides a doughful of fantastic live talent. A sure sign of success will be if they can bake enough puns to rival The Great British Bake-Off. Tickets: £10-£18. Info:029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org (JA)

HAIRSPRAY

Grand Theatre, Swansea Tue 24-Sat 28 July This classic feelgood musical, based on the John Waters film, is guaranteed to make you want to be join the “Nicest Kids in Town!”. The story follows Tracy Turnblad, a dancing queen with big hair and even bigger dreams as she sets out to dance her way onto national TV on The Corny Collins Show.

Tracy’s audition manages to bag her a coveted place on the show and soon she is using her new-found fame to strive for desegregation with her best friend Penny, before meeting heartthrob superstar Link Larkin.

Hailed for dealing with issues such as racism and prejudice, Hairspray is coming to Swansea as part of a new UK tour. The original movie’s success has ensured it’s been remade many times – including the 2007 film version, starring Zac Efron and John Travolta, and NBC’s Hairspray Live, starring Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande, to the point where you’re never more than two miles from a Hairspray production.

Grab a can of something flammable, put on your best dancing shoes and say “Good morning Baltimore!” without a second thought... until you remember that Hairspray originates from the same mind as that which filmed a singing asshole in Pink Flamingos.

Tickets: £25.50-£40.50. Info: 01792 475715 / www.swansea.gov.uk (SB)

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CHRIS LIEBING

The Vaults, Cardiff Bay Fri 20 July The Vaults’ series of in-house promotions kicks off by welcoming German techno giant Chris Liebing into Cardiff’s transformed bank vault.

Achieving legendary status through a grounding in the 90s Frankfurt techno scene, Liebing is behind notorious labels CLR and Spin Club Recordings, continuously developing his sound through his DJ career whilst keeping true to his techno upbringing.

He’s also received notable recognition for being one of the first DJs that utilized the digitalization of music and using it creatively, with close connections to software and hardware innovators.

Chris founded his first label Audio in 1996 after leaving his job at Frankfurt electronic label Eye Q. Although his involvement was relatively shortlived, two of his singles for Audio (Dandu Groove and Drumcook) received worldwide recognition, solidifying the rise for the tech guru.

Now over 20 years in the game, Liebing continues to bless crowds globally, delivering organic minimal techno studded with unique experimental twists. With support from Julez Wyl and Blake Parker, plus more local talent in room two, prepare yourself for eight hours of relentless Eurotechno groove.

Tickets: £16-£18.50. Info: www. vaultspresents.com (JA) BUZZ 42

NEWPORT COLOUR CLASH

Tredegar Park, Newport Sat 14 July Now it its third year, Newport Colour Clash is returning this July with an astonishing line up that shatters previous years. Come Sat 14 July, the tranquil space of Tredegar Park will be the canvas for chaotic colour for one day: spread across the Main Stage and Rewind Arena, the lineup boasts artists who are pioneers of their genres from past to present. From house, grime to bassline; the roster encompasses festival favourites at just the fraction of the price.

Heading the bill is drum’n’bass veteran Sub Focus, whose production and DJ sets have combined in the last decade to make for one of the finest experiences available in the genre. Bringing carnival flare accompanied with underground anthems, meanwhile, is Lobster Boy creator Redlight. With a highly anticipated studio album on the horizon, the set will be a mix of favela funk and old-school classics that will bring the best of the underground to the main stage.

Making waves both in the UK and internationally, bassline frontrunner Skepsis will be making his Newport debut. His live sets are swiftly becoming notorious for fierce arrangements with the injection of collaborations from the likes of P Money and FineArt. Nineties and noughties nostalgia will also be in abundance with the appearance of Fatman Scoop and Dappy, formerly of N-Dubz. The day also sees sets from the afrobeat duo Lotto Boyzz, Ramz, Darren Styles, Ian Van Dahl and Kelly Llorena; for the jungle heads, festival staple and undeniable crowdpleaser General Levy will also be taking to the mic.

Last, but by no means least, the recent special announcement for the day is none other but The Godfather himself. Whether you love him for his timeless summer anthems or being a soul force in the birth of grime, Wiley performing in Newport is an opportunity you can’t afford to miss. FFION RIORDAN-JONES Tickets: £27.50. Info: www.colour-clash.co.uk

ENZO SIRAGUSA

Delete @ Gwdihw, Cardiff Sun 29 July As summer rolls around, the Delete crowd return to Gwdihw’s carpark with an enigmatic thump. Having previously delivered some big-name bookings to this venue, in the form of Gerd Janson, Jeremy Underground and Robert Hood, this outing sees Delete import one of London’s dancefloor pioneers, Enzo Siragusa, across the River Severn.

Alongside Seb Zito, Siragusa launched record label Fuse in 2008, and from the humble beginnings of their intimate Sunday parties, Fuse has developed its reputation into one of the cornerstones of the London clubbing scene, evocative of the passion with which Siragusa himself has approached dance music since his indoctrination in the early 90s. As a DJ, producer and the driving force behind Fuse, Enzo Siragusa has flourished alongside a scene in London that he has become synonymous with; yet having endured 20 years of its peaks, troughs and fads, he’s emerged with the same insatiable appetite for his craft.

Though predominantly residing in the realms of high-end house and techno, Siragusa’s trademark sound cannot quite be pinned down. The beauty of his infectious sets today is the exhibition of a master craftsman, peppering unfindable house tracks with influences across the electronica spectrum.

Tickets: £18. Info: 029 2039 7933 (CC)

D. TIFFANY / DONALD DUST

Rotary Club @ Kongs, Cardiff Sat 21 July Since their birth in Falmouth, Rotary Club have steadily imprinted themselves into the Cardiff club scene by skilfully traversing the musical planes. Next up, another excellent double headliner in Kongs’ Level 2 room. D. Tiffany [pictured], aka Sophie Sweetland, has become extremely popular promoter fodder of late, a testament to her finely tuned skills as a producer, DJ and live act.

Hailing from Vancouver, Sweetland is part of a recent influx of producers from the Canadian Riviera, intertwining breakbeat, 90s modulations, and ambience via crunching percussion and rolling basslines. Her repertoire includes three 12”s on Pacific Rhythm, Normals Welcome and Heart to Heart, coupled with cassettes on Cacao, Genero and a stunning LP on 1080p.

A recent split EP appearance, as DJ Zozi, with exciting Aussie Roza Terenzi, has also received ravenous support for its fusion of intercontinental dancefloor sounds.

Opening proceedings are the Rotary residents followed by their second guest, No Bad Days’ mysterious affiliate Donald Dust, who will undoubtedly deliver all punters to the cosmic realms.

Tickets: £6-£10.

Info: info@kongsbars.com (HW)

SECONDCITY

Platform 11, Pontypridd Sat 28 July It’s not often you get internationally acclaimed DJs being hosted in Wales outside the capital, but the announcement of Secondcity in Pontypridd is a gem of an event bang in the middle of festival season.

Secondcity crosses of the boundaries of techno and house regularly, where his later material explores basslines of funk with carnival overtones. Bursting onto the scene with his four-track EP The Story, the single that gave Secondcity a name in underground dance was his following single I Enter in 2013. Since, he has topped the UK singles chart with I Wanna Feel.

Secondcity has retained some of the most prestigious residencies in dance, including an ABODE run in Sankeys, Ibiza. Having packed out legendary venues such as Ushuaia, having him touch down in Wales is something not to be missed. Born in the UK, but raised in Chicago, he’s a producer that combines the dance trends across the Atlantic so vibrantly.

Platform 11 has been curating a sensational series of events, and the 016 instalment is opening at 4pm and running until 4am. With further residents to be confirmed, you can revel in both the indoor and outdoor dance spaces ‘til the early hours.

Tickets: £12. Info: www.platform11. co.uk (FRJ)

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The Globe, Cardiff Wed 1 Aug Search engine-defying genre swingers !!! (pronounced ‘Chk Chk Chk’, for those not in the know) swagger into town at the beginning of the month, and they’ll be bringing the party with them. The NYC-based quintet have been blasting out spiky, danceable bangers since forming in California in 1996, and built up an unlikely cult following around their punk-party schtick.

2004’s acerbic yet accessible album Louden Up Now might not have been a mainstream hit, but it paved the way for dancefloor-friendly luminaries like LCD Soundsystem and Yeah Yeah Yeahs to dominate mid-noughties indie playlists the world over.

However, in recent years the band have been “expanding [their] cliche” by shimmying away from their disco-rock roots and firmly into sequins and strobe light territory. Their latest offering, this year’s house-infused Megam!!!x Vol 1: Shake Shake Shake, is the logical end point of !!!’s 22-year progression towards classic club grooves.

Now well into their 40s, !!! show no sign of mellowing out, and are more skilled than ever at shaking the audience into action with their onstage theatrics and thudding disco beats. Frontman Nic Offer claims “Our shows are better than our records!” – so get down there fast.

Tickets: £14. Info: 07590 471888 (BH) BUZZ 44

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EAST 17

Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields, Neath Sat 14 July If there was ever the definition of ‘blast from the past’, here you have it. Nineties boyband East 17, albeit featuring only one original member, headline the second day of Neath Round Table’s annual Carnival & Music Festival.

They may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but there’s no denying E17 were a pretty big deal back in the day. Eighteen top 20 singles, four top 10 albums and that ‘bad boy’ image to boot: songs like If You Ever, Thunder, It’s Alright and House Of Love were a permanent fixture on radio and teenager’s cassette player.

Christmas cracker Stay Another Day is still a fixture every December, no doubt keeping the original members’ bank accounts ticking over nicely.

Neath Round Table have held the carnival at Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields since before I can remember, and until recently have relied heavily on tribute acts and local acts for their weekend live music events, so it’s great to see more established, better known acts taking to the stage in the last couple of years, while also giving some local talent a slot on the bill. Support for tonight night includes Neath-based band Smooth Operator and solo singer Woolfie, both very well known on the gig circuit locally. For the price, this should be a no-brainer.

Tickets: £5. Info: 0300 3656677 (OS)

KELIS

Tramshed, Cardiff Thurs 26 July Kelis Rogers’ present-day status as an 00s theme-party mainstay really began in 2003, when a slew of hit singles from her third album Tasty – Trick Me, Millionaire and the inescapable Milkshake – found their way into Top 10 positions globally. Working with long-time industry heavyweight songwriters Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, she was enjoying a healthy popularity on this side of the Atlantic, thanks mainly to massive debut single Caught Out There, but was herein elevated to a queen of r’n’b, changing what people sang while making milkshakes forever.

After enjoying high-profile collaborations with the likes of Björk, Britney Spears, Busta Rhymes and will.i.am, label problems with 2006’s Kelis Was Here and a general disillusion with the music industry caused her to refocus her passions from her career in the charts into her love for food, taking a break from music to enrol as a student saucier at Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute. Since graduating in 2010, Rogers has allowed the various facets of her life to collide, frequently appearing as a celebrity guest across the world’s cooking shows and sharing her jerk sauce recipe with an eager YouTube audience, while also adding to her run of collabs – working with Calvin Harris, Giorgio Moroder, Basement Jaxx and Duran Duran.

Her love for roots flavours comes into its own on 2014’s Food, a genuinely organic and tasteful record with a heavy, consistent afrobeat groove, clean funk styling, and that enormous, unmistakeable Memphis soul sound, perhaps as far removed from the era of charts pop she helped define as she has ever been. Together with producer Dave Sitek, Rogers has crafted a nostalgic tribute to the classic records that got her delving into music in the first place, saying “I wanted to find out how to get that feeling.”

In a career spanning two decades – her first high-profile feature, on Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Got Your Money, came in 1999, preceding six studio albums and two Grammy nominations – this month’s performance in Cardiff will mark Kelis’ debut in Wales. JASON MACHLAB Tickets: £24.50. Info: 029 2023 5555

RUDRY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Parish Hall Field & Woodland, Rudry Fri 13 + Sat 14 July For the third year now, Rudry Music Festival will light up this small town near Caerphilly with two days of music and events. Aimed at people of all ages, the musicians on this year’s bill hail from across the UK. Friday will be headlined by the True Strays, whose blues rhythms are pepped up by a grunge and R&B twist, while Nick Harper will charm the audience with his energetic acoustic originals and covers.

On Saturday the stage will come alive with The Eskies’ gypsy-folk melodies, Echo Town – a duo who have been accruing an audience with stylistic shifts from rock to reggae, demonstrating their free experimental spirit in the process – and, finally, Orla Gartland [pictured], who began as a YouTube cover artist and is most known for 2013 single Roots.

Sweet Baboo, Ivan Moult and Private World are among the noteworthy names from south Wales, ensuring Rudry Music Festival’s stage will be perpetually abuzz. There will be plenty of food and drink stalls for a nutritious break from dancing, as well as a tent-pitching area for a night’s rest before immersing in the festival for the second day.

Tickets: £42 both days/£32 Sat 14 only/£21 youth both days/£16 Sat 14 only/free under-13s.

Info: www.rudrymusicfestival.org (PZ)

HIBY-BARDON-HESSION

The Queens Head, Monmouth Wed 18 July Free jazz, the genre that’s been bringing out the inner conservative in jazz fans for over 50 years, finds a more ready audience in some places than others.

Not always big liberally-minded cities, although quite often, but very sparingly in south Wales. And yet The Queens Head in Monmouth, a 16th century alehouse with a regular programme of jazz and blues, has for several years now been a regular (as in, once a year or so) stopoff for a small coterie of free jazz stalwarts from England and mainland Europe.

This month three of them are back, after a 2016 gig here that Queens Headmusic booker Neill Bell calls “astonishingly powerful”. Hans Peter Hiby, a German tenor saxophonist, and Leeds drummer Paul Hession have both been active in the free jazz underground since the 1980s, often collaborating with each other; Irish double bassist Michael Bardon is the spring chicken of the trio in his early 30s.

Most recently, they’ve recorded an album, Roots, as Hiby-Bardon-Hession, and it’s a thing of raucous beauty. Hession drums with clattering dexterity yet drops out to reveal surprisingly melodic sax passages and tender bass thrum; it’s essentially a live recording, so if it sounds good to you, imagine it up in your grill as you nurse an ale.

Admission: free. Info: 01600 712767 (NG)

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reviews albums THE ALARM **** Equals (The Twenty First Century Recording Company) After an eight-year wait, Alarm fans can rejoice, for not only is this record red-hot, frontman/composer Mike Peters and wife Jules (keyboards/backing vocals) are in remission from their cancers. Looking back and towards the future but in the present, Equals brims with hope and optimism, tackling big questions of love, death, separation, battles and peace.

Joining them are drummer Smiley and guitarist James Stevenson, with a guest jam from The Cult’s Billy Duffy on this double guitar and percussion-driven thundering quest. RLR

ASYLUMS *** Alien Human Emotions (Cool Thing) The second album from this Southend-based quartet is a dense, noisy record that owes a debt to mid-90s British rock.

Each of the songs comes with strong melodies and intriguing instrument hooks, but after a few tracks a sense of sameness starts to set in, and mid-album track Millennials provides a welcome change of pace. There are a lot of ideas here, but it seems that perhaps the band would benefit from a producer able to channel those ideas in different directions. DG

BINKER AND MOSES **** Alive In The East? (Gearbox) The follow up to last year’s Journey To The Mountain Of Forever, this recording finds the duo exploring the same fertile improvisational territory with the aid of guest musicians.

Moses’ roiling drumming provides the bedrock over which the other instrumentalists sketch abstract ideas. On How Land Learnt To Be Still Binker and guest Evan Parker weave intricate saxophone lines, while on standout track Children Of The Ultra Blacks Tori Handlsey’s harp provides rhythmic and harmonic backing to the chaotic and beautiful improvisation above it. DG

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE **** Gravity (Search And Destroy) Hot on the heels of a high-billed spot at this year’s Download Festival, the Welsh metallers are back with another facemelter. It’s proved the done thing in recent times, to change a proven style, and Bullet’s latest offering brings a subtle and surprising addition of electronica and synths, meshing in nicely with the already well known heavy rock guitar. Over It and the title track are hard-hitting, while Piece Of Me and Not Dead Yet add shine to an allround fiery collection. OS

DEVIN TOWNSEND *****

MAGIC DRUM ORCHESTRA ****

PARADISE LOST ***

Ocean Machine – Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (Century Media)

The DNA Of Rhythm (Tru Thoughts)

Believe In Nothing (Nuclear Blast)

MDO’s Glyn ‘Bigga’ Bush has a history of off-kilter percussive dub going back to the 90s, while this project’s first album was a samba-influenced opus apparently released for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Fairly sure he hasn’t repeated that gambit here: if The DNA Of Rhythm evokes anywhere, it’s the African diaspora, with thumb pianos and fierce griot percussion utilised. In fact, this is like a friendlier version of Cut Hands, the postWhitehouse project that links Afro-rhythms and industrial techno, which proves a worthwhile exercise. NG

Not satisfied with the production and overall presentation of the album on its initial release in 2000, Halifax doom lords Paradise Lost have remixed and remastered the tracks and now present them in the form that was originally intended. Representing a more gothic rock side to the band, this record owes as much to Sisters Of Mercy as it does to Saint Vitus. A brave move, they took the band in a new direction and it worked wonderfully. CA

The existence of this epic live album is testament to Devin Townsend’s ambition.

Not only is he performing his prog-metal opus Ocean Machine in an ancient Roman amphitheatre, he’s accompanied by the Orchestra Of Plovdiv State Opera. Additionally, a fan-requested set features back-catalogue classics ranging from Storm Bending to By Your Command. If you are buying the CD or DVD, you have probably heard these songs before, though never with such raucous audience participation, zealous excitement from the band or bombastic musical arrangement. AS

DIRTY PROJECTORS **** Lamp Lit Prose (Domino) Dirty Projectors frontman David Longstreth lends soulful subtlety to an album that finds the six-piece collective revisiting familiar genre-blurring turf. The brazen afrobeat fizz of lead single Break-Thru and That’s A Lifestyle’s anarchic zeal reaffirms trust in the band’s leftfield reputation, with the sobering acoustic input of Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold off-setting kooky tonality with a ruminative afterglow. Straddling the divide between chaos and order, the outfit prove that they have not lost the knack for playful revelry and off-kilter eclecticism. CHP

FRESCHARD & STANLEY BRINKS *** Midnight Tequila (Fika) Brinks is supposed to be anti-folk, but this sure sounds like country/folk with some surprises thrown in – pretty, easy-going songs about hanging out with friends and lovers, drinking, thinking and travelling. Lovely harmonizing from the French duo, with Brinks handling strings (including steel guitar) and various brass/woodwinds with Clemence F. on drums.

This record grows on you: not instantly grabbing, instead offering a relaxed arm around your shoulder, then a slap on the back with the country-rap I’m The Boss. RLR

JOHNNY JEWEL *** Themes For Television (Italians Do It Better) Following on from January's Digital Rain LP, synthwave mastermind Johnny Jewel returns with Themes For Television, a collection of mostly instrumental tracks originally meant for last year’s revival of Twin Peaks. Alternative versions of tracks that did make the cut are also here, including a more stripped-down rendition of Shadow. But this is a worthwhile listen in its own right, and should tide you over before the new Chromatics album finally comes out. ML

MICK’S JAGUAR **** Fame And Fortune (RidingEasy) This New York sextet have an excruciating name (scarcely excused by their origins as a Stones cover band) and even worse album artwork, but know their way around a glam-punk strut-stomp.

The selective musical timeline that forms the lyrics of Damnation includes Miles Davis, while Country & Punk seeks to highlight those genres’ common ground. Mick’s Jaguar aren’t actually that eclectic here, mind, yet in occasionally suggesting a bovver rock version of Guns N’ Roses, Fame And Fortune more than pays its dues. NG

NINE INCH NAILS **** Bad Witch (Caroline International) Bad Witch is the last in a trilogy of mini-albums that kicked off in 2016 with Not The Actual Events. By the time you read this NIN will have sonically demolished the Royal Festival Hall, especially if they choose to play this album’s Shit Mirror or God Break Down The Door – both as viciously innovative as anything from Broken or The Downward Spiral. NIN have gone back to their industrial roots to go forward, and still sound like no one else. DN

THE ORB *** No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds (Cooking Vinyl) This album may divide fans of the ambient kings – perhaps too commercial come the upbeat synthpop-dub of The End Of The End and Rush Hill Road, but they’re two of the best songs, along with the last five. Don’t worry, there’s enough atmospheric space-out sound and voice sampling to go around. Bassist Jah Wobble and Roger Eno (gorgeous piano) guest along with others like super vocalists Rianna (she also contributes some lovely poetry) Andy Caine, Hollie Cook, Emma Gillespie and Mary Pearce. RLR

ROSS FROM FRIENDS **** Family Portrait (Brainfeeder) After soundtracking the lo-fi house movement with Talk To Me, You’ll Understand, Ross From Friends aka Felix Weatherall is no longer the producer with the funny name. Fresh from revered performances at Berghain’s Panorama Bar and Maida Vale Studios, one of the pioneers of the trendy new electronic genre brings about an intimate and genuinely exciting sonic production in Family Portrait, that will sound as grippingly intoxicating at the afterparty as it does amongst the 1am smoke and lights. CC

SAVE FACE **** Merci (Epitaph) Both frantically energetic and pleasantly melodic, Merci perfects a punk/alternative hybrid. From Bad to Blues, the hooks are powerful, the performances are lively and the alterations between sung and screamed vocals from Tyler Povanda are impassioned. On another note, moments like Pour are reflective and mellow, proving that Save Face can be more than just loud production and fast riffs.

I would recommend a listen for any fan of good pop-punk, especially if you are looking for a much-needed jolt of freshness and excitement from the genre. AS

SOOTHSAYERS **** Tradition (Wah Wah 45s) Tradition leans more towards groovefunk than reggae, which was a little disappointing and not the upbeat/uplifting sound I’d expected, but nonetheless by track seven I found my shoulders swaying to the beat. Lyrics are intelligent, with a political message; Watching The Stars is reggae with jazz vocals and Bob Marley’s Natural Mystic has been transformed into an instrument for horns and flutes which conjures up images of the Serengeti. This album deserves a listen because it may be a slow-burner. LN

GAMES REVIEWS THE INFECTIOUS MADNESS OF DR DEKKER

Nintendo Switch (Wales Interactive) Following on from their previous titles, The Bunker and Late Shift, Bridgend-based firm Wales Interactive changes things up by putting you in the shoes of a therapist who not only has to solve a murder, but also help your patients with their peculiarities. A randomly chosen killer removes some of the narrative direction and the limits of the genre rear their head in the usual ways, but solid performances and a peculiar atmosphere make this interesting concept worth a play. ****BR

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STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II

PS4 / Xbox One (EA) Star Wars Battlefront II is the fourth instalment of the PBattlefront series, and the second since its reboot. Developed by EA Dice in the mould of its hugely successful Battlefield series, this edition now features a full campaign story mode, as well as epic multiplayer battles. With the ability to play as the franchise’s most cherished heroes as well as its most feared villains, the game is a thrilling joyride for Star Wars fans and gamers alike. ****LS

STAGGA *** Project 13 (Fat Fridge) Cardiff producer Stagga rewinds to the days of FWD>> and is all about the wobbly sub-bass, sine waves and ragga vocals on Project 13. And there’s some interesting ideas amongst the early dubstep workouts, such as the footwork-like Get Down, the braggadocio rap of Drama and the squelchy Moves. But ultimately, it’s a bit like a Billy bookcase from IKEA – it feels constructed rather than created. Still, it does the job and could easily fall apart in less-skilled hands. SE

THE REVENGE ** Roar Groove Meets Dirt Crew Vol. 3 (Dirt Crew) This largely uninspired disco/house set only really shows any originality on track two. Subconscious is a genuinely inventive mix of vocal loops, beat shifts and slow burn, perfect for the long dance jam. The rest might be good field fodder for midnight summer madness but doesn’t stand up to repeat listening when sober. JPD

RICK ASTLEY *** Beautiful Life (BMG)

WARP TRANSMISSION *** The Process Ultra (Creepy Crawl) Heavy psych bands are hardly in short supply – which is, essentially, Warp Transmission’s problem. While it’s certainly hard for those of us of this particular musical persuasion to dislike the Finnish crew’s second LP, it’s also hard to discern any distinctive or unique qualities. The Process Ultra comes with a seal of approval from ex-Monster Magnet man John McBain (he mastered it) and Wipeout is a high-octane headrush, but other tracks drift by, too short to make much of an impression. BW

THE WAVE PICTURES **** Brushes With Happiness (Moshi Moshi) Releasing a collection of songs recorded on first take, on one night, with only the lyrics written beforehand, and with all three band members drunk or high or both?

It sounds like a guaranteed recipe for an unlistenable abomination – and in less talented hands it would be. But The Wave Pictures have honed their craft over countless albums and are so attuned to each other that the results of the improvisation feel impressively natural: downbeat, brooding, bluesy meanders illuminated by David Tattersall’s vocals. BW

singles LOS BLANCOS **** Clarach / Cadi (Libertino) For Carmarthen’s Los Blancos, college rock is not a relic of the 90s overshadowed by grunge but a continual source of sustenance and inspiration. Both tracks on this double A-side single strike a perfect balance between scuzz and melody. Cadi fizzes along like Guided By Voices, while Clarach has the languid lope of early Pavement left out to melt in the sun. BW

INAYA DAY *** Special Love (Guy Scheiman Music) The “miracle of technology” enabled NYC dance and progressive house icon Inaya Day to collaborate with Tel Aviv-based DJ/producer Guy Scheiman on this new single from all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Feelgood 90s vibes with a tune and beat that’s sure to fill dancefloors and festival tents this summer. OS

MADISON WASHINGTON **** Baytrified / Djedet (Def Pressé) This double single release is full of one-liners that will send you reeling. Djedet could, lyrically, come straight from Janelle Monáe with its continual riffing on Afrofuturism themes.

Baytrified’s P-Funk groove sits beneath scathing lyrics that document the history the Bay Area from its immigrant beginnings to its current gentrification. JPD

His voice is smooth, the music is jaunty but at two minutes and 53 seconds Beautiful Life is over before it has time to get going. It’s impressive that Rick wrote, produced and played every instrument on the track, nonetheless; the lyrics lack substance but it’s a sunny song that will probably be rolled out all summer. LN

ZABRINSKI **** Unreleased And Unheard EP (International Waters) Back at the turn of the millennium, Zabrinski were a promising Welsh band making psychedelic music in the vein of Gorky’s and SFA. They released four albums, before splitting in 2007. This EP of unreleased music from 2006 precedes their new album and serves as an excellent introduction to their music.

Recommended. DG

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WE'VE BEEN WATCHING...

A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL (BBC iPlayer)

Who knew Hugh Grant had such acting range hidden beneath his years of formulaic rom-coms? Grant gives a career-defining performance as the disgraced former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe, who careens from charming to conniving within the same scene. From his rise to leadership to spectacular fall from grace, the drama covers not only Thorpe’s affair with Norman Scott but his subsequent attempt to put a hit on Scott’s life. Ben Whishaw delivers a powerful and funny performance as Norman Scott, Thorpe’s lover and eventual catalyst in his political demise. With sex, betrayal and attempted murder, this truly is a very English scandal. ***** GE

HOUSE OF GAMES (BBC iPlayer)

Not quite a quiz show yet not a full-on game show, Richard Osman’s House Of Games pits four celebrities against each other in a series of trivia games which range from the sublime to the ridiculous – “Bakewell Tarticle 50” has been a genuine answer in one round. Osman and the celebrities’ interactions make for compelling viewing, as he mocks those rubbish at buzzer rounds, or revels in denying the competitive contestants crucial points. It’s great fun to play along with, too, even though you can’t win the fondue sets, dressing gowns or the cheap trophy which the celebrities seem eager to bag themselves. **** JJM

ONE DAY AT A TIME

larchtracks.bandcamp.com

(Netflix)

This four-track EP can be bought as a cassette, indeed I did so after seeing Cardiff duo Larch play live in a tiny loft above a cafe recently. Their mode of abstract electronics (part hardware, part digital from what I could see) deserved better speakers than were available there, or in my house for that matter, but the dizzying coagulations of rhythm, noise and ambience make themselves clear. Millennial IDM confronts the hypermodern Pan Records aesthetic, picking up Dopplereffekt on the way. NG

WESTWORLD SEASON 2

TWIN SIBLINGS twinsiblings.bandcamp.com This fella, name of Jake Healy, now lives in Bristol, but seeing as Buzz covered his old band – New Cowboy Builders, née She Ripped – when they were based in the Rhondda, I reckon I can smuggle Twin Siblings in here. This is seven songs of greyscale, lo-fi bleakness built from guitar and electronic drums, sometimes pointedly minimal (the looped vocal of Saturday) and sometimes sadcore-industrial. At times I could imagine this coming out on Blackest Ever Black, or one of their sublabels. NG

EX CATHEDRA excathedracc.bandcamp.com Matthew Green is currently living in London, as are most of his (presently hibernating) band Artefact, but the Bandcamp URL implies his ties to Cardiff remain close, so heck, let’s bring his solo project in too! Ex-Cathedra, again available on tape, is an impressive debut: 40 minutes of analogue-sounding electronic gloom with swooping harpsichord-like melodies and ample fuzzy vocal samples. There’s a heavy proto-techno vibe to much of this – as in, say, Chris & Cosey or Position Normal – which is majorly my bag. NG

A Netflix original comedy series that follows a modern day Cuban family living in LA, as a single mother of two kids as she tries to juggle her work, family and love life. Although lighthearted at times the series also manages to adopt a more serious tone; tackling issues such as immigration; mental illness; racism; sexism and homophobia. This series is heartwarming, funny and from experience will make you laugh and cry simultaneously. ***** TH

(Sky Atlantic)

If you weren’t one of those who caught the first season of this JJ Abrams-produced series, based on the dystopian cult film of the same name, here’s the deal – in the future, a theme park has been created where you can pretend to be a cowboy, like a computer game come to life. Sounds fun, right? The first season was a cracker, serving up sci-fi, satire and mystery that rivalled Philip K Dick’s best work. The second season sees the once peaceful robots develop a sense of self and strike out on their own, but hasn’t developed much further. *** MH

THE ADDICTION

(Arrow, DVD/Blu-Ray)

This reissue of Abel Ferrara’s New York vampire film is an absolute beauty. Arrow have done an outstanding job on the Blu-ray transfer – this was already an exquisite-looking film, but now it looks even crisper, with a great array of extras to boot. Ferrara, one of the great poets of the stinking underbelly of New York, produced a film here that takes the vampire trope and turns it towards heroin addiction and a sly satire of the Nietzschean heroin chic prevalent in the 90s, by way of Catholic redemption. Utter class. ***** FT

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music news EXTRA

This year’s edition of Cardiff’s Swn Festival has been announced, with a neat-looking initial lineup including Cornish-speaking electro-psych fave Gwenno, Tom Watson MP’s favourite indie-grunge band Drenge, long-running Brighton party combo The Go! Team and Cardiff’s breakout indie mob of 2018 Boy Azooga, among many others. There’s also been changes behind the scenes: Swn was founded in 2007 by radio DJ Huw Stephens, who relinquished involvement a few years ago, and John Rostron, who has handed full control to Clwb Ifor Bach. The Womanby Street venue has always been a key part of the multi-location weekender, and will now be working with others in Cardiff, with the Students Union and Tramshed confirmed so far. Swn 2018 runs from Wed 17-Sat 20 Oct and tickets are on sale now Another annual event, the Lorient Interceltic Festival, takes place in Brittany from Fri 3-Sun 12 Aug, and this year it’s Wales’ turn to be the guest of honour, nationally speaking. Granted, the number of Celtic regions means that everyone gets a chance every few years, but with an estimated 750,000 people passing through the fest each year, it’s a pretty big deal. The music leans towards folk and roots styles, with Welsh bands spearing this year including stalwarts Calan, Alaw and Mabon, but there’s also a Manic Street Preachers set on Sat 11, as well as performances from Yann Tiersen, Rhiannon Giddens and 70s harp doyen Alan Stivell

The School Of Music & Sound, a University Of South Wales course at the Atrium in Cardiff, has compiled a vinyl album featuring 11 acts with links to the course.

Create is available to buy in Spillers Records, features tracks by Elina Ernstsone, Ell South, Glass Jackets, Jaycee, The Kelly Line, Mellt, Mr Crux, Naomi Rae, Ravenbreed and Where’s Ed?, and was launched at a gig in the Tramshed on Thurs 7 June UFO Cha Cha is the pseudonym of an online record seller and distributor based in Tonypandy, who is launching a record label of the same name. He’s doing so in unconventional fashion, too, licencing eight American underground rap albums for European release – six of which are by prolific Atlanta artist Tha God Fahim, each part of his Shogunn series. Fahim’s curious marketing gambit – selling his own CDs for $1,000, and reputedly finding buyers – has not been emulated in this case, with each disc retailing for £16.50 More upcoming local releases look like: Slowly Rolling Camera’s second album Juniper is out Fri 6 July on Edition. Wyt Ti'n Meiddio Dod I Chwarae?, the latest LP from Candelas, emerged in late June, as did Estrons’ comeback single Lilac, preceding a tour supporting Garbage. Psych-pop duo and Super Furries spinoff Gulp release the 11-song All Good Wishes on their own ELK label on Fri 3 Aug. Most intriguingly of all, Cardiff postpunk OGs Alison Statton & Spike – ex of Young Marble Giants and Reptile Ranch, and both in Weekend – release their first music in 20 years, the Bimini Twist album, on Fri 14 Sept

ONES TO WATCH...

GWENIFER RAYMOND

Tompkins Square, the San Francisco label which just released Gwenifer Raymond’s debut album You Never Were Much Of A Dancer, is a proper trademark of quality among fans of old-timey pre-war folk and obscure American Primitive gems. Last autumn, a mailout of theirs heralded the signing of Gwenifer Raymond: an instrumental folkie from Cardiff, it trumpeted. How, this column wondered, had she gone about her biz without having any apparent profile here?

The main reason is that Raymond has been living and performing in Brighton for the last few years, where she works in computer game development. While her career highlights to date have come as a Brighton resident, it’s legitimate to note her Welsh musical grounding. Around the mid-00s, she played bass for Cardiff punk band The Physicists, before becoming increasingly drawn to Delta blues and American folk while doing an astrophysics PHD here.

An EP, Sometimes There’s Blood, was self-released in 2015; most of it has been rerecorded for YNWMOAD, which nevertheless highlights the prodigious advance in her instrumental skills. Switching between guitar and banjo across 13 tracks, there are passages of fluid hillbilly picking, knotty and complex jazz-folk runs you feel lazy comparing to John Fahey until you notice one’s called Requiem For John Fahey, and occasional mournful country twang. While not advancing the form (or claiming to), it’s essential listening for any experimental folk heads, and justifies Tompkins Square’s trust – likewise the Festival Of American Primitive Guitar in Maryland, which invited Raymond to perform in April and earned her rave reviews. www.gweniferraymond.com

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one louder

IT’S not pleasant to have one’s art plagiarised, and One Louder supports the right of struggling artists to unleash the full force of the law on those who pass off others’ creativity as their own. With that disclaimer out of the way, I can also note that people’s shamelessness in these matters is often extremely funny, such as the press release a European metal label sent to Buzz recently. It concerned a German black metal band, Imperium Dekadenz, who are fairly well known in those circles; and a Mexican black metal band, Ison, who are not.

Ison recently released a CD and made it available to stream online in the regular fashion, until it was noticed that their songs were just Imperium Dekadenz songs – not cover versions or edits, just the unadulterated recorded music – with different titles.

Following an inevitable few hours of people abusing and/or laughing at them, they offered an explanation which perhaps needed more work (their manager wrote all their songs and they had no idea he’d not penned these) before removing themselves from the web as best possible.

Can you spot the major flaw in Ison’s conduct here?

That’s right – they didn’t think to say this was all a very clever, arguably even Situationist, art prank commenting on intellectual property, the distribution of music in the streaming era, and what it means to be ‘creative’ when so many music fans essentially prize formula. People gobble that guff up, lemme tell ya! It worked, assuming the goal was merely to puzzle people and be talked about, some years back for Velvet Cacoon – another black metal band, albeit at the more wilfully avant-garde end of the genre. Two early demos were later revealed to actually be recorded by wholly unrelated bedroom musicians, a move which the band later put down to “far too many drugs” in a sort of sub-Shia LeBoeuf statement of five-dimensional irony chess.

Variations on this kind of thing have been cropping up for decades. An Italian straight edge band, X Gasmask X, released a single which was the second Napalm Death album played at 45rpm instead of 33. Before that, in the 1970s, the advent of vanity pressings led people to record, and release, themselves singing along to Carpenters and Simon & Garfunkel hits (Frunk’s “outsider folk classic” If At First). Some people would consider the chart-topping deception of Milli Vanilli to be on a par with this, or the belch in the face to copyright that constituted the KLF’s early career. The KLF are widely respected as pioneering art terrorists, despite never being brave enough to do what Ison did.

If it wasn’t for the fact they barely left the starting grid before running into a rake, we could see them as an allegory for, or product of, a political era more brazen in its public lying than any before. Perhaps Daryl Aiden Yow can step in here: Yow is a Singapore photographer who until recently made a living as an ‘Instagram influencer’, uploading images of himself in beautiful settings and getting paid by corporations to tag them in the caption. Until someone noticed they were stock photos into which he’d Photoshopped himself. While so many artists toil in penury for years, this cat had jumped the queue and was was playing on the art world’s final level – collecting cheques from Reebok and Sony.

Talking of penury, give your money to DAVID CROSS & DAVID JACKSON (Chapter, Cardiff, Sun 1 July); RACHEL NÍ CHUINN and MIA ZABELKA (Swansea Studios, Thurs 5); BY THE BAY PUNK ROCK FESTIVAL (Mozarts, Swansea, Sat 7); THE COSMIC DEAD (The Moon, Cardiff, Mon 9); STATE FUNERAL and GUTTER KNIFE (The Moon, Fri 20); QUODEGA and FARM HAND (Printhaus, Sat 21) and PET CROW, RAPID TAN and CAMP X RAY (Moon, Sat 28).

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IRONOPOLIS Glen James Brown (Parthian)

Ironopolis is Glen James Brown’s debut novel, following the stories of six different people living on a Middlesbrough housing estate. Set out over several generations, the author uses a range of letters and voices to mesh together the characters’ intertwining stories.

While dark at times, Ironopolis has a strong sense of purpose in its representation of the working classes, and there is an authenticity to the story that comes across from the outset. Life is hard for people here, and with a bleak outlook in terms of prospects, the run-down community has become rife with drink, drugs, crime and extortion. Despite these cruel goings-on, many of the characters have a compassion within them that helps build a sympathy and relationship with the reader.

The setting here is also key, with Brown using the derelict and poorly maintained high rises to explore a number of themes, such as the tension between the old and new tenants as past and future generations clash. As a people facing dispersion, the older generation believe the young are getting worse, even though many are discontent with their current situation and have dreams of a better life in regenerated areas. Yet the reader comes to accept that though some will escape their current way of life, many will remain the same wherever they are. A bold commentary on working-class life, with an ambitious structure. LEWIS SMITH Price: £11.99. Info: www.parthianbooks.com

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It’s my last time writing this column, but I hope I will see you at some of the events below, or at others in the near future. Wales is wonderfully rich in live literature, as you would expect from this land of the bards, and that’s something that will hopefully never end.

First up this month, on Sat 7 July, is Caerleon Festival’s Lit On The Lawn, which returns for its annual summer dalliance. This time, you can enjoy local luminaries such as Catherine Fisher, Jon Gower, Natalie Holborow, Tony Curtis, Gary Raymond and Patrick McGuiness, as well as not-so-local headliner Murray Lachlan Young.

Literature Caerleon is hosted at the Priory in Caerleon, and the first event is at 11.30am. Tickets are just £10 for the day, £15 for the evening, or £20 for the whole thing.

Also on the same day is an event more for the little ones: taking place at Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, the world record for the most number of people dressed as storybook characters will hopefully

THE LAST TIME I LIED Riley Sager (Penguin Random House) There is a saying: never go back. Maybe artist Emma Davis should have taken note of that when she was asked to return for the summer to Camp Nightingale in New York State. The last time she went was as a teenager, 15 years before, when terrible things happened. Now, against her better judgement, she agrees to teach art and painting to the young ladies who annually gather at what is colloquially known as Camp Rich Bitch. But, as we said: never go back.

Riley Sager has written a top-notch thriller where the reader is led down one path and then another, until the satisfying denouement when all becomes clear. Highly recommended.

(MT) Price: £12.99.

Info: www.penguinrandomhouse.com

THE OFFLINE PROJECT Dan Tyte (Graffeg) Dan Tyte brings forth his second thought-provoking release – dipping into the life of Gerard, a soulful man, whose penchant for technology goes royally sour after a dastardly incident involving his girlfriend Del. Tyte’s characters are well-rounded spirits that speak as if alive in your very room and the novel, in its entirety, is littered with worryingly valid observations about the black side of the WWW. Gerard’s desire to go ‘offline’ in the second segment will awaken those who have forgotten the beauty beyond the screens of smartphones, shaking readers from their scrolladdicted stupors. It’s an intelligent, hearty work, full of ‘lightbulb’ moments. Yes, we are indeed fully absorbed in touch-of-a-finger luxuries. But can anyone survive and revive the wonders of existence beyond all that?

Brilliant, clever writing: a must-read. (KB) Price: £8.99. Info: www.graffeg.com

be beaten. In aid of charity Hybu, this should be a really fun event! Tickets are £5 per person or £17.50 for a family of four.

At the Cellar Bards event in Cardigan on Fri 27 July, you can see and hear The Rockhoppers (Annie Butler, Maggie Harris, Mel Perry and Jackie Biggs) perform and read their collaborative work.

There is also a popular open mic. It’s at the Cellar Bar (hence the event name); sign-ups are on the night and entry is £3.

And that’s it for this month, but not for all time!

Literature will, of course, remain, even when this column does not. Thank you all so much for reading over the years! And, see you at the next literary event. All the best, Mab x

BRIEF LIVES

Christopher Meredith (Seren)

Short story collections, despite an author’s best efforts, are rarely focused, cohesive affairs. With Brief Lives, however, Christopher Meredith has managed to not only produce six stellar short stories, but has threaded each together with the mutual foundations of pastoral and working-class communities. Firstly, the collection is a meditation on memory, focusing around tradition and communitybased historiographies. The second story in the collection, Progress, BUZZ 50

is both its shortest and most effective piece, neatly acting as both a meditation on industrial displacement, as well as the contradictory and awkward feeling of missing a negative place of employment.

The rest of the stories meander between everyday events we take for granted, but Meredith has the knowledge that these are the events that ground us. (BN) Price: £9.99. Info: www.serenbooks.com

DIY MOVIE MAKING Are you a budding filmmaker and not sure where to start?

Buzz looks into ideas of how you can begin and hopefully next time we feature film locations of Wales your blockbuster will be on the list.

Make your own Lego movie

Scriptwriting software

Struggling to get a cast, this set solves your problems. You can even use it in your downtime.

Make your own Lego movie – £28.59 shop.lego.com

Perhaps focussing on the story is for you, Scrivener is fantastic for helping you organise your ideas into something actionable. It’s available on Mac, PC and on your iPhone so you can take advantage of where ever inspiration happens.

Standard Licence – £35 www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener

Others mistakes

Kodak Super 8 Camera

How Not To Make A Short Film: Straight Shooting From A Sundance Programmer

by Roberta Munroe. Learning what others did wrong will save you time and money.

How Not To Make A Short Film – £13.99 www.amazon.co.uk

This film/digital camera hasn’t been released yet but when it does lots will follow. Kodak introduced the Super 8 format so it’s great to see they’re developing their existing tech to fit in with our needs. Sign up to their notifications of a release date on their site.

Rumoured between £300-£550 www.kodak.com/GB/en/Consumer/ Products/Super8/

Clapper Board

Suction Camera Mount

“Action!” This low tech item is essential and its built-in magnetic sticks will create a loud clear clap sound. It’s made from white acrylic so can be wiped clean and obviously won’t need batteries. “Cut!” Andoer Acrylic Clapboard – £13.89 www.amazon.co.uk

Fancy attempting a remake of The French Connection’s car chase or even Bullitt’s? The Delkin Gecko camera mount allows you to section your camera to your car and shoot and drive around filming Wales.

Delkin Fat Gecko Mount – £49.99 www.wexphotovideo.com

Ridley Scott colouring book

Video course

If kit and courses aren’t your thing, then get your creative juices flowing with this Alien colouring book Alien-Coloring-Book-Colour – £10 www.amazon.co.uk

There’s nothing like getting hands-on training, enrolling on a course will quickly help you learn the skills you need and hopefully put you in touch with a professional network.

10 week digital video course – £200 www.ffotogallery.org

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T H E T R I B U L AT I O N S O F THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE While most of us are still talking about the World Cup, teams across Europe will start work on their Champions League qualification process. Rhys Fisher visited Welsh Premier League club The New Saints to see how they prepare.

The Champions League – just mentioning the name conjures images of some of the finest footballers and teams to have ever played the game. It is a tournament that oozes prestige, and has acted as the pièce de rèsistance in crowning Europe’s most successful teams, whether it’s a Messi-inspired Barcelona, a Ronaldo-fired Real Madrid, a machinic Bayern Munich or an elegant Juventus. You would be forgiven then, for not automatically linking Wales’ The New Saints with European football’s most illustrious accolade. Outside of Gareth Bale, Wales tends not to be associated with the Champions League, like bacon on pancakes or grated cheese on curry, but for TNS, the Champions League qualification process is an integral part of their season.

Former player and current manager of TNS, Scott Ruscoe, acknowledges the importance of European football to the team: “Knowing you’re going to get these highly competitive games against top sides makes winning the Welsh Premier League that much more important.” However, Ruscoe maintains a realistic viewpoint despite the excitement and importance of these fixtures. “We’re underdogs the majority of the time, due to the value of the other squads, and the international players they have available in their teams.”

This comparative lack of resources is at the crux of TNS’ historical struggles in the competition, where despite their utmost efforts they will inevitably meet a team from a wholly professional league (TNS are the only professional club in the Welsh league), ultimately getting eliminated. The last few years have seen exits at the hands of HNK Rijeka of Croatia, Hungary’s Videoton and Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia.

“For me as the manager,” says Ruscoe, “a big part of the process is getting everyone to buy into the fact that on our day we can match anyone. I would describe us as optimistic but realistic, because we are aware that the standard of teams we play against is very high, so it’s always a big ask – but if we get a favourable draw, why not? Why can’t we have a run in the competition?”

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favourites to European underdogs, and seem to thrive under the ‘nothing to lose’ principle. “If the opposition is a lot fitter, stronger, and better, we hold our hands up and say we’ve had a right go, but they were the better team.”

With past draws pitting TNS against teams from the likes of San Marino and the Faroe Islands, these fixtures are a tad different from brief domestic coach trips.

What is striking about discussing these fixtures with Ruscoe is his professional approach and meticulous planning. He informs me of how the team has just returned from a short trip to Portugal in order to acclimatise to the possibility of a fixture in a hot country.

“In the past we’ve been to Hungary and it’s been 35 degrees; we went to Cyprus and played in really hot conditions. So we’ve organised that trip for several reasons – one was for playing in the heat, but also to get used to travelling together, staying together, and preparing properly for these unique fixtures.”

These trips are clearly a far cry from the ‘tie exchange, hungover kickabout, back to the pool for a warm lager’ formula followed by amateur touring sides.

Whilst Ruscoe does reminisce fondly about the parts of Europe he has been able to visit through playing/coaching football, the focus is unmistakably on picking up the victory.

While we may not be seeing The New Saints versus Barcelona anytime soon, Ruscoe’s infectious excitement and optimism makes you believe they could have a genuine run in the qualifying process. Remember Greece in Euro 2004?

Leicester City at 5000-1 to win the Premiership? Like Ruscoe said, why not?

TNS play Shkëndija (Macedonia) between Tue 10 and Wed 18 July (kickoff times tbc) in the First Qualifying Round.

Should they win, they will play either Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) or Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) between Tue 24 July-Wed 1 Aug. Info: www.tnsfc.co.uk

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SPORTS ROUNDUPS With plenty of action this summer beyond the World Cup, Amy Ludford and Joel Day have the lowdown on the most exciting sporting events coming up VELOTHON WALES Prepare yourself for road closures and dodgy routes: Velothon Wales is set to get underway in July, taking in large swathes of roads across south-east Wales.

This year’s Velothon is different to 2017’s, as participants now have a choice of routes to take. Starting at Usk, some riders will take in the mountainous terrain of Abergavenny, while others will opt for the flatter route straight towards Pontypool.

The course takes riders through the small Welsh villages of Newbridge and Ystrad Mynach until it reaches Caerphilly mountain, where an uphill final third push sends them down into Cardiff and across the finish line.

Usk, Sun 8 July. Entry: £45-£69 (free to spectate) Info: www.velothon.com FAN-DANCE IN BRECON BEACONS If you’ve ever thought “I’d really like to hike up the highest mountain in south Wales with my own body weight strapped to my back in an attempt to prove myself SAS-worthy”, then look no further than the Fan-Dance challenge. The Fan-Dance is a primeval race against nature that wants you to get rid of the day-to-day worries of mortgages and smartphones, and replace them for steep inclines, dirt tracks, and 24km of open country. In what was an SAS selection route for over 60 years, the Fan-Dance now welcomes plucky entrants of all shapes and sizes. The prize? A customised medal and an inflated sense of self-worth.

Pen-y-Fan, Sat 7 + Sun 8 July. Admission: £45-£74.99.

Info: www.thefandancerace.com

UEFA AWARDS WALES GRASSROOTS CHARTER Since their campaign at Euro 2016 ended at the semi-final stage, leaving the country not so much dispirited as deeply proud, the Welsh FA has made huge steps towards better football for a country that hadn’t qualified for a major competition in nearly 50 years. Continuing this trend, UEFA recently awarded Wales, along with footballing giants like Germany and the Netherlands, with its Grassroots Charter Gold Standard.

Wales is finally getting the recognition it deserves in providing footballing excellence and initiative programmes: this new generation laying the foundations for what could be an exciting footballing future. And, who knows, we might even qualify for Euro 2020 and Qatar 2022.

Info: www.faw.cymru SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX The dirt is out at the Principality for the fifth round of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix, as the international Supercross event returns to the capital for its 18th year of high-speed racing. Sixteen riders face off over 20 heats, each four riders and four laps apiece. Two semi-finals reduce the top eight down to the final four, who then go head-to-head in the final to crown the event winner.

With a fixed gear and no brakes, the bikes are raced and controlled entirely by the rider at the helm – some feat when they exceed speeds of 70 mph. Two Brits are on the permanent riders’ line-up this year. No.111 Craig Cook has unfortunately had no real success at the speedway and has appeared in a handful of races in previous years, though the home crowd and a good cheer of encouragement could certainly go a long way in changing that. 2013 and 2015 Champion Tai Woffinden is a bona fide veteran in pursuit of his third title, so be sure to cheer for No.108 as he fends off last year’s champion, Jason Doyle. High speed, high energy, guaranteed entertainment.

Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Sat 21 July. Tickets: from £19. Info: 0844 2491999 / www.principalitystadium.wales

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WELSH PROMS 2018 St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sat 21-Sat 28 July Tickets: £9-£40 except where noted Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.welshproms.com

This annual seven-day assembly of classical music and more will treat Cardiff to internationally renowned performers and reveal the capital’s more elegant side. St. David’s Hall again plays host to a variety of orchestras, choirs and soloists, including a performance from the Band Of The Welsh Guards alongside the Proms’ 200-voice Massed Male Choir.

The festival isn’t all Mezzo-dramatic, though: this year’s Welsh Proms will also feature movies and musicals. Most notably, Owain Arwel Hughes will conduct {Music Of The Night} from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s magnum opus, {The Phantom Of The Opera}. Also at the Proms this year are an array of Fringe events that take a step away from the spectre of stark seriousness. Cherry Pie’s Holiday Adventure (tickets: £7.50) is a musical adventure for young children with a seaside theme, while Family Prom (tickets: £7.50£11.50), Folk Prom (tickets: £15.50-£16.50), Organ Prom (tickets: £8) and Jazz Prom (tickets: £16.50) all take centre stage to get the crowd into a slightly different swing of things.

The grandest event of the week, Last Night Of The Welsh Proms, showcases an ultimate feast of atmospheric classics on Sat 28, again under the baton of Owain Arwel Hughes. With Shostakovich, Puccini and Tchaikovsky being performed, among others, the finale will close what is bound to be a memorable week of music.

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art ABERGAVENNY MUSEUM Castle Street, Abergavenny. Daily 11am4pm. Free. 01873 854282 / www. abergavennymuseum. co.uk

Ben Okri & Rosemary Clunie ‘The Magic Lamp’ Collaboration between Booker Prizewinning writer Okri and painter Clunie, whose history of working together dates back to the 90s; here we have 15 pieces with accompanying text, acting as fairytales for adults.

(Until Sun 2 Sept) ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. Free. MonSat 10am-8pm. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/ artscentre

A'r Lan Y Mor / At The Edge Of The Sea Group exhibition celebrating the sea through the mediums of textiles, ceramics, paintings, photographs sculpture and films. See Art. (Until Sun 8 July) Suzie Larke ‘In The Mind’s Eye’ Work described by Larke herself as “an attempt to visualise depression and anxiety through conceptual photography”. (Until Sun 15 July) David Jones ‘Angles On Washing Lines’ Prints and sculptures full of strenge characters of Jones’ own devising. (From Sat 7 July until Sun 9 Sept)

Is This Planet Earth?

Sculptures, paintings and video about nature and the landscape, with a technological and futuristic feel. (From Sat 14 July until Fri 14 Sept) Picture Makers Work by a collective of 15 visual artists from mid Wales, who have been exhibiting since 2006.

(From Sat 21 July until Sun 9 Sept) ALBANY GALLERY 74b Albany Road, Cardiff.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free.

029 2048 7158 / www. albanygallery.com

Summer Show A changing exhibition of over 50 established and emerging artists in a variety of media, including sculpture and ceramics. (From Thurs 9 July until Sat 18 Aug) ANDREW LAMONT GALLERY (THEATR BRYCHEINIOG) Canal Wharf, Brecon.

Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm.

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

Maurice Selden Selden’s photography chiefly concentrated on rallying, with the photographer covering a record-breaking 449 WRC (World Rally Championship) rallies worldwide. This show features shots taken between 1972 and 2017. (Until Mon 20 Aug) ARCADECARDIFF Queens Arcade, off Queen

Street, Cardiff. Usually open Wed-Sat 12.305.30pm. www.arcadecardiff.co.uk

Helen Grant ‘Fun nuLL’ Bristol-based artist Grant, a studio holder in Spike Island and part of the collaborative group the Back In 5 Minutes Squad, presents an immersive exhibition. (Until Sat 7 July) ART CENTRAL Barry Town Hall, King Square, Barry. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm. Free. 01446 709805.

Mixing It! An eclectic mix of A Level and GCSE Art and Photography work by Students from Bryn Hafren and Barry comprehensive schools, to celebrate their reopening this September as mixed secondary schools. (Until Sat 21 July) Peter Sainty South Wales-based sculptor who developed his career working in theatre and television prop-making. (From Sat 28 July until Sat 8 Sept) THE ART SHOP & CHAPEL 8 Cross Street, Abergavenny. Tue-Sat 9.15am-5pm. Free. 01873 852690 / www. artshopandgallery.co.uk

Hedgerows & Gardens Mixed summer show of paintings, drawings and ceramics with work from Lily Irwin, Agnes Treherne, Maude Smith, Andrea McLean, Cornelia O’Donovan, Jane Bennett, George Rowlett, Helen Beard, Caitlin Jenkins and Barry Stedman. (Until Sat

18 Aug) BARKER GALLERY / TORFAEN GALLERY Pontypool Museum, Park Buildings, Pontypool.

Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free Wed/Sun 2-5pm. 01495 752036.

Painting In Pontypool Park Showing the results of a four-day competition, from Wed 13-Sat 16 June, where entrants do indeed paint in Pontypool Park. (Throughout July) Generation Games Play your way through the history of home computer games consoles, following developments in the technology, the programming industry and entertainment in the home. (Until Sun 28 Oct) BARNABAS ARTS HOUSE New Ruperra Street, Newport. Tue-Fri 9.30am4.30pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm.

01633 673739 / www. barnabasartsahouse.co.uk

Mike Rowland ‘Finding What I Wasn’t Looking For’ Retrospective exhibition of artworks, also featuring recent paintings.

(Until Sat 21 July) BOUNDARY ART 3 Sovereign Quay, Havannah Street, Cardiff.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 029 2048 9869 / www. boundaryart.com

Art Of The Senses Third anniversary exhibition for this gallery, featuring multi-sensory artworks.

(Throughout July) CARDIFF STORY The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff. Daily 10am-4pm. Free. 029 2034 6214 / cardiffstory@cardiff. gov.uk

Protest! Objects For Change Discover the stories behind the protest objects in our new display, from badges and banners to T-shirts and embroidery. (Until Sun 30 Sept) Tenovus Exhibition Discover the history of Tenovus Cancer Care from its establishment 75 years ago to today. (From Sat 7 July until Thurs 26 Aug)

THE MAIDEN: AN EXHIBITION ABOUT LOVE / DEATH: AN EXHIBITION ABOUT MORTALITY Ruin Café, Cardiff, Fri 13 + Sat 14 July / Fri 20 + 21 July Admission: free. Info: facebook.com/ruincafe Ethan Dodd is an art graduate from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Struggling in the unsure limbo that is graduation, Dodd’s artistic prowess is slowly conjuring him into one of Wales’ most impressive young artists. Part of Phosphorus, a Cardiff-based collective providing a platform for young and emerging artists, Dodd is set to put on two separate exhibitions at The Ruin Café of his own art as well as others. The Maiden, and Death look to combine and blur the lines between two pivotal concepts within their confines. Meanwhile, The Ruin Café, which opened in Duke Street Arcade in May, carries on with its self-proclaimed duty to provide a fresh artistic space in Cardiff.

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CARNEGIE HOUSE Wyndham Street, Bridgend. 01656 815757 / www. carnegiehouse.co.uk

Community Arts Exhibition Mixed work by local artists. (From Tue 24 until Sat 28 July) CHAPTER GALLERY Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. Tue, Wed, Sat + Sun 12-6pm; Thurs + Fri 12-8pm. Free. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

A Slight Ache Exhibition curated by James Richards,

the previous artist to feature in this gallery, and featuring work from Tolia Askavili, Wojciech Bakowski, Christian Friedrich, Isa Genzken, KHISHVI, Dani ReStack, Torsten Slama, Cathy Wilkes and JX Williams.

(Until Sun 30 Sept) Cornelia Baltes Art In The Bar exhibition(also featured on the Lightbox above Chapter’s front doors) for a German-born, Londonbased artist whose brightly coloured paintings combine simplicity with humour and playfulness. (Until Sun 7 Oct) CRAFT IN THE BAY The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff.

Mon-Sun 10.30am5.30pm. Free. 029 2048 4611 / www. makersguildinwales. org.uk

Makers Merge Wales/ South Tyrol Collaborative show between Makers Guild Wales and artists from the South Tyrol region of Italy: pairings of Shelley Doolan and Alessandra Piazza; Jon Bull and Laurenz Stockner; Beate Gegenwart and Othmar Prenner; Karen Williams and Daniela Chinellato; and Rauni Higson and Gabi Veit. (Until Sun 19 Aug) CWTSH COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTRE 226 Stow Hill, Newport.

Thurs + Sat 12-3pm, Sun 1-4pm. 01633 664498 / www.cwtsh.org

Anthony Carter ‘Newport: On The Edge’ Thirty images of the city by Carter, a street photographer based in Abergavenny.

(Until Sun 29 July) CYFARTHFA CASTLE MUSEUM Cyfarthfa Park, Brecon Rd, Merthyr Tydfil. 01685 727371 / museum@ merthyr.gov.uk

100 Years Ago – Merthyr Tydfil And The Great War Exhibition highlighting Merthyr Tydfil’s involvement in WWI, through films, artwork, objects and more all created and donated by the local community.

(Until Sun 15 July) ELYSIUM GALLERY 16 College Street, Swansea. Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free. www.elysiumgallery.com

Sophie Kumar-Taylor Artist in residence who graduated from Carmarthen School of Art in 2017, and whose work explores geometry, distortion and optical illusions whilst experimenting with abstraction and colour relationships with her site-specific installations.. (Until Sat 14 July) FFOTOGALLERY Turner House, Plymouth

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Road, Penarth. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm. Free. 029 2070 8870 / turnerhouse@ ffotogallery.org Chronicle Ffotogallery is 40 years old in 2018 and thus is having a retrospective show this summer, highlighting exhibition posters, past projects and event images. (Until Sat 4 Aug) FOUNTAIN FINE ART Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. MonSat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.fountainfineart.com

Nigel Wood Meadowed landscape paintings. (Until Sat 14 July) Summer Group Exhibition Mixed and changing exhibition of new work from the gallery artists. (Until Sat 14 July) Tywi Valley Open Studios Work by makers from the Open Studios trial with over 35 exhibitors in total and a special focus on the paintings of Andrew Douglas-Forbes. (From Sat 21 July until Fri 10 Aug) G39 Oxford Street, Roath, Cardiff. Saturdays 11am5.30pm. Free. 029 2047 3633 / post@g39.org

UNITe 2018 A summer programme of experimentation, research, discussions, screenings, socials, lectures and more featuring work from the following: Edita Atmaja, Clare Charles, James Cocks, Lauren Heckler, Helen Malia, Lydia Meehan, Dai Howell & Kate Mercer, Florence Moon, Hannah Morris, Dan Pritchard, Claire Prosser, Aled Simons, Laura Welsman and Ellie Young..

(Until Sat 22 Sept) Y GALERI, CAERFFILI Lower Ground Floor, The Visit Caerphilly Centre, The Twyn, Caerphilly.

Tue-Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

029 2132 2570 / www. ygalericaerffili.co.uk

Flower Inspired Exhibition Arranged to coincide with Caerphilly In Bloom and the town's annual flower festival. Plus a profile of artworks from artists who work in textiles and felt. (Until Sun 22 July) Elizabeth Butler ‘Dead Famous’ Sculptures of dead musicians. Also on display: ceramics from Christine Gittins. (From Tue 24 July until Sat 1 Sept) GLYNN VIVIAN ART GALLERY Alexandra Rd, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free.

01792 516900 / www. swansea.gov.uk/glynnvivian

N.S. Harsha ‘Facing’ One of India’s leading artists, Harsha works in painting,

sculpture and installation, but is also inspired by a socially engaged practice, drawing communities into his work which echoes his generosity and spirit allowing the viewer to look at the world around them in a playful way. (From Sat 7 July until Sun 9 Sept) THE KICKPLATE PROJECT 2​ Portland Buildings, Commercial Street, Pontypool, Torfaen. Tue + Thurs 10.30am-5.30pm, ​ Wed, Fri + Sat 11am6pm. Free. thekickplateproject@gmail.com / thekickplateproject.blogspot.co.uk

Becca Thomas & Clare Charles ‘They Loved This Place’ Recent works by two Cardiff-based artists, exploring their individual practice here as opposed to their more usual collaborative ventures (Until Sat 7 July) KING STREET GALLERY 33 King Street, Carmarthen. Free. 01267 220121 / gallery@kingstreetgallery.co.uk

Transference Work by seven members of the Divergent Contemporary Arts Collective – Mark Ingram, Fi Latus, Susan Matthews, Fran Williams, Lee Odishow, The Dead Mauriacs and Tom Morris – which was formed in July 2017 and which produces work in a wide range of media including original painting, sculpture, collage, video, sound art and photography. (Until Wed 4 July) KOOYWOOD GALLERY 8 Museum Place, Cardiff.

Free. 029 2023 5093 / www.kooywoodgallery. com

Elizabeth Haines & Lisa Henderson Henderson’s paintings involve collaged, recycled and preprepared papers; Haines works predominately in oils and acrylics. Both artists are drawn to the landscape as pattern, texture and colour.

(From Fri 6 until Sat 28 July) LLANTARNAM GRANGE ARTS CENTRE St. David’s Rd, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am5pm. Free. 01633 483321 / www.lgac.org.uk

Roger Cecil Cecil (19422015) has been described as one of the great abstract artists of his generation, while being little known outside a circle of fellow painters. This exhibition features paintings, jewellery and previously unexhibited 3D work. (Until Sat 21 July) Fibre And Form Exhibition showing the results of Criw Celf primary and secondary participants creating wet felt forms

alongside textile artist Claire Cawte. (Until Sat 21 July) Kate Temple Craft showcase from a Londonbased designer who makes hand-stitched menswear inspired by Liberty prints and heritage wools. (Until Sat 21 July) Antonella Figlia Jewellery showcase inspired by geometry, optical illusion, and photography. (Until Sat 21 July) LOOK OUT ARTS CAFE Porth Teigr Way, Cardiff Bay. Daily 10.30am-11pm 07970 816906 / www. lookoutcafebar.co.uk

Paul O’Donnell Paintings and limited edition prints on the history of Cardiff and south Wales, Penarth, Barry, Rhondda, Gower and Pembrokeshire. (Until Fri 31 Aug) M.A.D.E. GALLERY 41 Lochaber St, Cardiff.

Wed-Sat 10am-6pm. Free.

029 2047 3373.

Pick Of The Degree Shows 2018 MADE’s annual selection of emerging young artists from this year's graduate shows in south Wales. (From Thurs 5 until Sun 22 July) MARTIN TINNEY GALLERY 18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am6pm, Sat 10am-5pm.

Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@artwales.com

Summer Show Specially selected works by Welsh artists of note including Gwen John, Augustus John, David Jones, Ceri Richards, Joseph Herman, Sir Kyffin Williams, Gwilym Prichard, Claudia Williams, Mary Lloyd Jones, Kevin Sinnott and Shani Rhys James.

(From Mon 9 until Thurs 26 July) MISSION GALLERY Gloucester Place, Swansea. Tue-Sun 11am5pm. Free. 01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk

Raising The Bar & Portfolio Showcase of work created as part of Mission Gallery’s flagship education programme, Criw Celf West. (Until Sat 14 July) Criw Celf Partners Work in the [...] space / Maker In Focus show presented by conjunction with Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen School of Art, Oriel Y Parc, Oriel Davies, Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Peak Cymru. (Until Sat 14 July) Nightswimming Showcase exhibition for LLE, a Wales-based, artistled curatorial project with a focus on contemporary painting. (From Sat 28 July until Sat 8 Sept) NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF Cathays Park, Cardiff.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029

2057 3500 / www.museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff Cerith Wyn Evans ‘Radiant Fold (...The Illuminating Gas’) Installation commissioned for Amgueddfa Cymru through the Contemporary Art Society’s Great Works scheme, and referencing Duchamp’s The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Batchelors, Even. (Until Sun 2 Sept) Who Decides?

Long-term exhibition from the collections of the Museum and the Derek Williams Trust, curated by service users from The Wallich homelessness charity. This detail seeks to highlight issues around curation and the narrow demographic of those usually involved in it.

(Until Sun 2 Sept) Kizuna Exhibition exploring the links between Japan and Wales in terms of art, cul-

Maurice Barnes Paintings from this gallery’s collection by an underrated Newport artist who died in 1971 and captured many moments of change in the landscape of the town. (Until Sat 14 July) Newport Library, Museum And Art Gallery – 50 Years In John Frost Square Photographic exhibition, plus film footage, of the opening of said building

by Princess Margaret, who generously broke off her busy schedule of extramarital affairs to visit Newport on 5 Apr 1968. (Until Sat 15 Dec) Women’s Suffrage Banners Rotating exhibition to mark a century since the Representation Of The Peoples Act was passed. Two banners will be on display at a time, one in the Museum and one in the Art Gallery. (Until Sat 29 Dec)

For all of July and August, a selection of Ultraviolet Wall Hangings by Jo Young can be viewed at the Wyeside Arts Centre in Builth Wells. They are elaborate space/sci-fi type paintings. ture and trade. See Upfront.

(Until Sun 9 Sept) NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am5pm. Free. 01792 638950 / museum.wales/swansea

Pirates: The Truth Behind The Tales As Wales celebrates its Year Of The Sea, discover the truth behind the legends in an exhibition explaining the history of pirates, privateers and buccaneers throughout the world.

(Until Sun 30 Sept) Lost Ports Of Wales As part of the 2018 celebration of Wales’ Year Of The Sea, this exhibition recalls lost and defunct ports in parts of the coastline which may now be hard to imagine. (Until Sun 21 Oct) Criw Celf Secondary & Primary Exhibition An end of project exhibition showcasing the journey and development of the Criw Celf groups, curated by Tim Stokes and presented in conjunction with Mission Gallery. (From Sat 14 until Sat 28 July) NEWPORT MUSEUM & ART GALLERY John Frost Square, Newport.Tue-Fri 9.30am5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm.

Free. 01633 656656 / museum@newport.gov.uk

NORWEGIAN CHURCH ARTS CENTRE Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Daily 11am-4pm.

Free. 029 2087 7959 / www. norwegianchurchcardiff. com

Here Comes The Sun Contemporary paintings and prints by a group of Welsh professional artists: Sylvia Hughes-Williams, Sue McDonagh, Beth Giles and Adele Pask. (From Mon 2 until Sun 15 July) Linda Agostini ‘Wild Things’ Mstical abstract animal paintings. (From Mon 16 until Mon 30 July) 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

Sights & Scenes Landscapes in oil, watercolour and photography from Howard Jones, Louise Collis & Mark Zytynski.

(Throughout July) ORIEL CANFAS Glamorgan Street, Canton, Cardiff. Tue-Fri 1-4.30pm, Sat 10.30am4.30pm. 029 2066 6455 / www. orielcanfas.co.uk

Anthony Evans ‘To The Sea’ Paintings by a Cardiffbased artist originally from

Carmarthenshire. (From Tue 3 until Sat 28 July) ORIEL CRIC Beaufort Street, Crickhowell. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am1pm. Free. 01873 813669.

Crickhowell Open Art Exhibition An annual highlight of Cric’s gallery programme, showing a rich variety of work. (Until Sat 7 July) ORIEL DAVIES The Park, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am5.30pm. Free. 01686 625041 / enquiries@ orieldavies.org

Oriel Davies Open 2018 Contemporary practice by established and emerging talent across the UK and overseas, selected by Sacha Craddock, Jane Simpson, Matthew Collings, Steffan Jones-Hughes and Alex Boyd Jones. (Until Wed 5 Sept) ORIEL JOANNA FIELD Torch Theatre, St. Peter’s Road, Milford Haven.

Free. 01646 695267 / www.torchtheatre.co.uk

Ray Burnell “I paint mainly in oils but recently I've tried mixed media art and have begun to introduce materials such as sand and slate etc to add interesting textures and abstract shapes to landscape/seascape painting,” says Ray before pausing for breath. (From Tue 3 until Thurs 26 July) ORIEL MWLDAN Bath House Rd, Cardigan.

Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Free.

01239 621200 / helena@ mwldan.co.uk

Jennifer Taylor See Art for more on this multimedia artists, who works with film and live performance to create absurd scenarios.

(Until Sun 15 July) Sera Wynn Walker Work using early camera-less photography techniques as a means of regaining something lost through technological advancements in photography. See Art. (From Sat 21 July until Sun 2 Sept) ORIEL MYRDDIN Church Lane, Carmarthen. 01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk

Chair A selection of chairs from the collection of the Design Museum, previewed in Art last month. (Until Sat 7 July) Criw Celf 2018: Next Generation A sample of work created in the Criw Celf masterclasses, where kids aged 9-14 work with professional artists and designers. (From Thurs 12 until Sat 21 July) Haptic/Tacit: In Search Of The Vernacular See Art for more on this artists/ writers collective, compris-

ing Jane Cairns, David Gates, Grant Aston, Henry Pim, Kim Norton, Gail Mahon, Kimberley Chandler and Mark Cousins. (From Sat 28 July until Sat 13 Oct) ORIEL Q The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www. orielqnarberth.com

Summer Open Exhibition & Auction Annual show ending in an auction of all work with 50% of sales going to the Friends of Oriel Q as the main fundraiser to pay the rent for the gallery space. (Until Sun 29 July) ORIEL Y PARC The Grove, St Davids, Pembrokeshire.

Free. 01437 720392 / info@orielyparc.co.uk

Indir Mukherji Contemporary art exhibited in the St Davids room and inspired by Pembrokeshire’s azure blue sky, lush green meadows and changing colours of the sea. (Until Thurs 19 July) Susan Thorne Paintings on glass relating to the artist’s childhood memories of Pembrokeshire. (Until Fri 31 Aug) William Stott ‘Le Passeur (The Ferryman)’ Stott, a leading figure among a group of late-19th century British artists influenced

by French naturalism, has his best-known work shown here, alongside works from Amgueddfa Cymru, chosen to explore rural life.

(Until Sun 2 Sept) Karen Ingham ‘Deluge’ Interrelated artworks by Ingham, incorporating photography, film, digital textiles and hybrid craft, that focus on how human activities are endangering important ecosystems. (From Mon 2 July until Sun 12 Aug) Criw Celf Project – Coastal Colours An exhibition by local schoolchildren who took part in this season’s Criw Celf art project. (From Sat 21 until Tue 31 July) PONTARDAWE HERITAGE & VISITORS CENTRE Herbert Street, Pontardawe. Free. facebook.com/ pontardaweheritagecentre

Hilary Bryanston & Jane Carpenter ‘Gower To The Gwrhyd’ Contemporary and traditional glass by Carpenter; ceramics, original prints and watercolours by Bryanston. (Until Fri 31 Aug) PONTYPRIDD MUSEUM Bridge Street, Pontypridd.

Mon-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

Free. 01443 490748 / www.pontypriddmuseum. cymru

Pontypridd’s Coastal Connections Mixed show BUZZ 57

* – recommended celebrating Wales’ Year Of The Sea and showcasing the town’s nautical links. (Until Fri 27 July) Pontypridd & District Art Society Mixed exhibition. (From Mon 30 July until Fri 31 Aug) REDHOUSE Old Town Hall, High Street, Merthyr Tydfil.

Free. 01685 384111 / info@ redhousecymru.com

Andrew McNeill A humanitarian photographer concentrating on the human condition. (Until Sat 14 July) Matt Botwood ‘Ephemeral Pools’ Forest landscapes whose composition highlights such places’ transience and unpredictability. (From Fri 20 July until Sat 18 Aug) RUIN CAFE 3-7 Duke Street Arcade, Cardiff. Daily 11am5pm. Free. facebook.com/ ruincafe

The Maiden: An Exhibition About Love Ethan Dodd curates a thematic show featuring work by Carlota Nobrega, Beth Greenhalgh, Larch, Grace Cupper, James Cocks, Mandy Lane, Megan Ferguson, Mabli Eustace, Manon Parry, Morgan Dowdall, Elin Meredydd, Adam Faruggia White, and Dodd himself. (On Fri 13 + Sat 14 July) Death: An Exhibition About Mortality Also thematic and this time featuring work by Sonny Parton, John Abell, Francesca Wilcox, Sam Wall, Sarah Padbury, Heledd Evans, Felicity Lockyear, Megan Winstone, Nathan Mullis, Rebecca Wyn Kelly and Dodd himself. (On Fri 20 + Sat 21 July) THE SHO GALLERY Upstairs, The Castle Emporium, Womanby Street, Cardiff. Free. www.thesho.co.uk

Dog Sho Canine-themed group exhibition, featuring over 20 artists and aiming to raise money for Friends Of The Dogs Wales. (Until Sat 28 July) SPIT & SAWDUST Rhymney River Bridge Road, Cardiff. Free. 029 2049 4741 / www. spitandsawdust.co.uk

Chris Alton ‘Crudely Plucking The Strings’ S&S’ inaugural Billboard Commission, located in the park’s yard space and depicting/reimagining the flood of the Bristol Channel in 1607. The billboard is accompanied by a film by Alton, screened on occasion until November. (Until Mon 12 Nov) SWANSEA GRAND THEATRE Singleton St, Swansea.

BUZZ 58

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

01792 475715 / www. swanseagrand.co.uk Gowerton School Exhibition Held on levels 1 and 2 plus the White Room.

(From Mon 2 until Sat 14 July) Paul Davies ‘The Intimate Landscape’ Held on level 1. (From Mon 16 until Fri 27 July) TENBY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Castle Hill, Tenby. MonSat 10am-5pm, £4/£3/£2 kids. 01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum.org.uk

Anna Waters & Dawny Tootes Established Pembrokeshire artists Waters and Tootes join forces to celebrate 2018 as The Year Of The Sea in this joint exhibition. (Until Sun 29 July) THEATR HAFREN Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys. MonSat 10am-5.30pm. Free.

01686 625007 / thehafren. co.uk

AIG Work by a confederation of artists, working in a variety of media, who originate from different cultures (Britain, Russia, USA, Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovenia, Italy and Germany) and wish to explore cultural diversity and promote international understanding.

(Until Thurs 23 Aug) TOWER GALLERY 49 High Street, Crickhowell. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01873 812495 / www. towergallery.co.uk

Hannah Firmin & Philippine Sowerby Firmin is an illustrator and printmaker inspired by the countryside; Sowerby is a sculptor in wood whose work reflects on power and vulnerability. Also showing work by all members of the Usk Valley Artists’ Co-operative. (Until Sat 7 July) Lesley Lillywhite & Robert Macdonald Joint exhibition between two Welsh printmakers, Macdonald also being a painter and current president of the Royal Watercolour Society Of Wales. (From Wed 11 July until sat 8 Sept) VICTORIA FEARN GALLERY 6B Heol y Deri, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 9.30am5.30pm, Sun 10am-3pm.

Free. 029 2052 0884.

I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside Mixed exhibition featuring new and existing gallery artists who have created pieces with a seaside theme. (Until Sat 14 July) Summer Exhibition Mixed exhibition featuring paintings, ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewellery and gifts. (From Fri 20 July until Sat 8 Sept)

THE WELSH QUILT CENTRE Town Hall, Lampeter. TueSat 11am-4.30pm. Free.

01570 422088 / www. welshquilts.com

Nos Da Goodnight! A Panoply Of Historic Welsh Quilts Historic quilts from the early 19th to early 20th centuries. Room one features examples from the Jen Jones collection; room two a glimpse into Welsh Samplers, many of which were made by very young girls in the 19th century. (Until Sat 10 Nov) WEST WHARF GALLERY Jacobs Market, Cardiff.

Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm.

Free. westwharfgallery@ gmail.com

*Hard Edged Work by Cardiff-based, or Cardifforiginated, artists Pete Fowler, Casey Raymond, Ian Watson, Pria Borg-Marks and Andy Fung, all of whom have “utilised the hard painted edge extensively in their work”. The opening night also has live music from The Gentle Good, The Cosmic Array, Steepways and Gid Goundrey – see the Music listings. (From Fri 6-Sat 7 and Thurs 12-Sat 14 July) THE WORKERS 99 Ynyshir Road, Ynyshir, nr Porth. 11am-4.30pm Thurs-Sat and by appointment. Free. 01443 682024 / wood4tt@gmail. com

Taboo Exhibition exploring dark desires, fears and ‘the forbidden’ through art, design, craft and the written word.Some visitors may find the exhibition content disturbing or upsetting, advise the gallery. (Until Sat 4 Aug) WYESIDE ARTS CENTRE Castle Street, Builth Wells.

Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm.

Free. 01982 552555.

Jo Young ‘Ultraviolet Wall Hangings’ A selfexplanatory title, although you may also like to know that Jo has been painting these hangings for over 25 years, having initially been inspired by rave graphics.

They’re way better looking than your average shonky psytrance night daubs, too, more like sci-fi book jackets or Hawkwind LP covers.

(Until Thurs 30 Aug)

clubs THE ATTIC 5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/ theatticswansea

Sat 21 LNE: 90s Rave 10pm-3am, £4-£8 adv. Acid house, trance, techno, disco, house and garage all in one nostalgic night.

Fri 27 Delusion 9th Birthday 9.30pm-3am, £8-£12 adv. Swansea’s number one trance promoters celebrate another one around the sun. Main room: Simon Patterson, Rhys Thomas, Callan Christie and Dan McShane.

Delusion Deeper Room: Nic Lawson, John Hughes and Chris Miller.

Mondays Bump & Grind 10pm-3am, from £2. R’n’b/ hip-hop night. Saturdays The Shake Up 10pm-4am, £3. Pop, chart, house, r’n’b funk and soul from residents over two floors.

BAR COCOA Broad Street, Barry. facebook.com/cocoabarry

Sat 4 Aug Infinity: Goes Beyond! 7pm-2am, £5.

House, techno and trance

Thursdays Reggae Nights DJs Gadget and The Candyman (Love & Harmony Sounds) play lovers rock, classic and new reggae jams weekly.

Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3.30am, £3. With DJ James Bourne and sopecial guest appearances/live sets.

Fri 6 features a live PA from west London rapper Ay Em; Sat 21 has a meet’n’greet with Dean Ralph, who was on some reality shows.

BBQ JAM Newport Marketplace, Mill Parade, Newport. bbqjam.co.uk

Sat 21 BBQ Jam Summer 18 3-10.30pm, £17.50 adv. Urban showcase alldayer which debuted last year I think. Appearing today: WSTRN, Trillary Banks, Fernquest, Glamma Lexus, DJ Flipz, DJ Jigga, Lucas J Rowe, DJ Paz, DJ T and DJ 10Sion.

THE BIG TOP / 10 FEET TALL 11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / thisis10feettall@yahoo. co.uk

Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis.

Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk. Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.

BLIND TIGER 49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.

Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session. Fridays Beekay & Friends 11pm, £3-£5. House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights. Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5.

Underground and cutting edge club music promised.

Sat 14 is an afterparty for the Colour Clash Festival taking place in Tredegar Park.

BUFFALO 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff.

Open Mon-Thurs 11am3am, Fri + Sat 11am4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com

BUFFS 6 Station Road, Brynmawr. 01495 315334.

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Presented by nearby coffee shop Hard Lines. “Dig through your washing basket, embrace your odd socks, shrunken jumpers and that thing you accidentally dyed pink. Let’s use that old tissue you left in your pocket as confetti.”

I don’t know if this was intended but this seriously sounds like a niche fetish night. Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5.

Three floors of fun: The Vinyl Vendettas’ top floor

Here’s a new Swansea clubing promo vehicle for ya: The Techno Asylum is not a real asylum, but they do play techno, and on Sat 4 Aug they launch at Sin City with headliner DMCK, a DJ from Glasgow. from DJs TBC CLUB ICE Broadway, Pontypridd.

07771 920726 / www. clubiceponty.com

Fridays Flashback 10pm-3am, Retro hits from the 80s, 90s and 00s. Saturdays Gravity 10.30pm-3am, £7/£5 before 11. House, techno and dance every week on the club’s Void soundsystem.

Sat 14 Cellar Door 8pm4am, £10 adv. House and techno from the Undercover DJs. Sat 21 90s Rewind 7.30-11pm. Club classics of a house, trance and techno nature.

CLUB OXYGEN 1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk

Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, free. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy.

Saturdays 11.30pm-5am, £5/free before 1. House, house & bass (what is this?), progressive and big room tunes.

CLWB IFOR BACH Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net

Fridays (bottom) Seventy Times 7 11pm3am, £3-£5. Weekly clubnight offering alt-rock and pop-punk. Fri 6 Journey 10pm-4am, £15 adv. Trance and old skool house throwbackery over two rooms.

Room 1: Enter The Dragon v Journey presents JFK, Jimpy, Hywel Matthews and Richie Knight. Room 2: Funkydory v Uptonogood presents Gari Worner, Tyrone Rose, Mark Jones, Andrew Berry, Mark Holmes and Pete Bass. Fri 13 Crush The Laundrette!

10.30pm-4am, £3.50 adv.

resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop and Mr Potter’s proper disco. Sun 1 Tafwyl Afterparty 9pm, £3. With DJ Gareth Potter.

COURTYARD 48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”. Fridays Spotlight Sessions / The Kickstart 5pm, £3/free before 9.

Urban and club anthems and drinks deals. Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal which also includes entry to Blind Tiger, Meze Lounge and Lambaba. Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays Good Time Social Club 8pm, free. DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights. Sun 8 Eclipse – Adults Special Needs Night 6.30-10.30pm, free.

New club night aimed at adults with autism, Downs Syndrome, or a physical or mental inability.

THE DUKE Old Market Street, Neath.

01639 643892.

Sat 28 Hedone 7pm-2am, £10. Tech-houser Pirate Copy headlines, while down below we have John E, Matt Evs, Matt Hart, Callum Gillings and Owen Prydie.

EDDIES 4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co

Sat 4 Aug Cafe Mambo Ibiza 9pm-5am, £10. House from singer and sax player Lovely Laura plus DJs Ben Santiago and Ridney, with local support TBC FICTION & VINYL The City Gates, Little

Wind Street, Swansea.

01792 828777 / www.fictionclub.co.uk/swansea Mondays Quids In 10.45pm-2.30am, £3.50/£2 before 11. Chart, cheese, r’n’b, dance and house. Wednesdays Underground 11pm3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms.

Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Fri 6 Official Barons Charity Reunion #2 10pm-3am, £10 adv. Barons is an old Swansea nightclub that people presumably recall fondly. This night will feature DJs from its time, plus ones from The Wave and Swansea Sound, and profits will go to local charities. Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.

FREEROTATION 2018 Baskerville Hall, Hay-OnWye. Members only event. www.freerotation.com

Fri 6-Sun 8 Freerotation £125 adv (sold out). Wales’ finest house/techno/ electronic festival. Always sells out, predominantly to members, but 200 new people can come every year, maybe it could be you (next year). Lineup: Aboutface, Alex Downey, Aybee, Batu, Ben UFO, Blawan, BMO, Bruce, Burnt Friedman, Cary Grace, Circle Of Live (Sebastian Mullaert, Mathew Jonson, Dorisburg, Johanna Knutsson & Steevio), Cosmin Nicolae, Cosmin TRG, Cubic Space Collective, Dan Bean,

Deena Abdelwahed, DJ Bone, DJ Bus Replacement Service, DJ Python, DJ Qu, DjRUM, Dorisburg, Duckett, Earthdoctor, Erika, Fade 2, Franklin De Costa, Freedom Engine (feat. Mathew Jonson), Gigsta, Grimes Adhesif, Hakim Murphy, Hodge, Ilmajaam, Jade Seatle b2b Truly Madly, Jane Fitz, Jayson Wynters, Jenifa Mayanja, J-lab, Jo Johnson, Joe Ellis, Johanna Knutsson, Juju & Jordash, Jus Ed, Karenn, Lars Bartkuhn, Leah Floyeurs, Leif, Little Baby Cheeses (feat. Anthony & Doris Woo-Child), LF58 (Neel & Filippo Scorcucchi), Magic Mountain High, Mark Hand, Marylou Guerra, Mathew Jonson, Metrist, Midland, Miles Atmospheric, Monoak, Mono-Poly, Move D, Mr & Mrs Jonson, MTF, Myles Serge, Neel, Overmono (feat. Tessela & Truss), Pangaea, Pariah, Pearson Sound, Peverelist, Portable, Reflektor, Russ Gabriel, Sam Watson, Saoirse, Sassmouth, Sebastian Mullaert, Shawn Rudiman, Soulstate Jazz, Stanislav Tolkachev, Steevio & Suzybee, Steffen Bennemann & Vai, Steve Legget, Steven Rutter, Superhand, Surgeon, The Astralwalkers, Tom Demac, Tom Ellis, Tripcode, XDB and Yamma.

FUEL 5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 07970 063107 / facebook.com/fuelcardiff

Thursdays FUBAR 10pm-2am. Rock, metal and alternative clubnight.

Fridays + Saturdays Rock and metal anthems each weekend, plus special

guests when such types are in town.

GLAM Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2022 9311 / info@ glamnightclub.co.uk

Mondays Bed 10pm-3am, £2/free before 11. A mashup of chart, r’n’b, cheese and dance across two floors.

Formerly known as The Fest. Fridays Gasolina 11pm-4am, £4 before 12. Reggaeton, r’n’b and club bangers. Saturdays Rumour 9pm-3am, £5-£10.

Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Formerly known as Vanity. Sat 28 Groove: The Pete Tong Afterparty 10pm-4am, £8.

Scottish house man Theo Kottis, along with Lucas Alexander, Josh Green and Jack Straker, drops bombs after a dance-meetsorchestral concert Glam describe as “arguably the biggest ever event to come to Cardiff”. Not sure even Brendan O’Neill would be willing to argue that but OK. THE GLOBE 125 Albany Rd, Cardiff.

07590 471888 / www. globecardiffmusic.com

Sat 4 Aug Huey Morgan’s NYC Block Party 8pm-1am, £14 adv.

Funk, hip-hop and the groovier end of rock, I would imagine, based on the times I’ve heard his 6 Music show in shops or cars or whatever.

GWDIHW Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk

*Sat 7 Sure Shot 9pm, £7/£5 adv. With a headline set this month from Samy Ben Redjeb, who runs the Analog Africa label. That means he has access to a bunch of killer old African records. See the Clubs boxout. Tue 10 Cardiff Electronic Producers 7.30pm, free. In association with Cardiff Ableton User Group, plus an open decks session from 7.30-9pm.

Wed 11 Red Room 9pm.

New night promising disco, Italo and electro. Sat 14 + Sat 5 Aug Solar Orbit 2pm. Afternoon session of techno, ambient and the like from (in July) ARC 170, Varndell and more.

Sat 14 Cosmogramma 9pm, £5/£3 adv. With a live set from Bristol jazzers Snazzback, plus DJs I assume. Sun 15 Speakeasy x Zambouley Bros 7.30pm, £5. DJs and performers playing music of all genres and backgrounds to show the diversity of the Cardiff artist, apparently.

Fri 20 That Good Night 9pm, £3. Formerly in The Big Top, this eclectic, cheap and good dance night debuts in its sibling venue.

Fri 27 Pleasuredome 9pm, £4/£3 before 11. Italo disco special again this month. Sun 29 Delete 1pm-2am, £18 adv. The latest car park rave for these guys, with Enzo Siragusa, Matt Owen, Lee Graves and Mikki James DJing it. See Clubs.

Bartlett b2b Dave Jones, Gareth Hopkins, Darren Stewart, Neil Young, Dan Stephens, Nick Reeves and Simon Quinn. Another night has been booked in Jacobs Market, for Fri 6.

INTRIM Queen Victoria Street, Tredegar. 01495 725510

LEVEL 2 @ KONGS 114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. info@kongsbars. com / www.kongsbars.com

Sat 14 We Call It Techno #004 8pm-3am, £10. Free party techno type stuff, presented by the ARTP Soundsystem and from (in chronological order) Nicky Mills, Ricky Williams, Jordan Morgan, Scott Sandercock, Ant Chem D, Snorlax b2b Darkfrog and Welshstan.

JACOB’S MARKET West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.

ANALOG AFRICA Sure Shot @ Gwdihw, Cardiff, Sat 7 July Tickets: £7/£5 adv. Info: 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk From working as a diving instructor in Senegal to a stint as a Lufthansa flight attendant, Sammy Ben Redjeb has made it his life’s work to unearth the hidden gems of the world. His most notable venture, Analog Africa, was inspired when Sammy held a makeshift club night in a Dakar hotel, playing previously forgotten polyrhythmic dancefloor Afro R&B, thus reigniting an entirely forgotten sound. For over a decade, Sammy has collected all the best explosive foot-shufflers from Africa and merged them on his Analog Africa label.

His first DJ set in Cardiff, Sammy brings with him an arsenal of hypnotic and psychedelic beats to the Gwdihw Café Bar in what is bound to be a night of newfound treasures.

Fri 6 Lamerica: One Last Dance 10pm-4am.

This is an extra date booked to meet demand after the other, in a secret Cardiff venue (see a few entries along), sold out quickly. I think this one is sold out too though.

LAMERICA: ONE LAST DANCE Venue TBC, Cardiff city centre. lamerica@ btinternet.com

Sat 7 Lamerica: One Last Dance 8pm. Cardiff’s top purveyors of soulful/ classic house are bowing out for good, it seems, with a night in a venue close to their original home of the Emporium and vowing to continue “until the lights come on”. DJs: Craig

LASER STATION Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www. laserstationwales.com

Sat 28 Laser Station Presents 9pm-3am, £10/£8 adv. This venue has new management, it says here, and this is their relaunch party. Features a live set from Gypsy Unit plus dub/ bass type Timbali, rapper Splitz P, 2 Hotty, Doc P, Martyn Kinnear and more TBC. THE LAST RESORT 207 High Street, Swansea. www.lastresortswansea. com

Sat 7 + Sat 4 Aug Dead Of Night 10pm3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.

Sat 21 Totally Tropical Yard Party Part II 3pm2am, £5-£10. Hosted by Wonka-Vision and with a lineup including The Nextmen feat. Kiko Bun, Wonka, Syn, Active, Jared, Survival Soundsystem and Golobnaise (outdoors) and Shaun Edwards, Luke Tainton, Mikki James and Emma Jayne Smith (Dogruff DJs in room 2).

Fri 20 Riddim 10pm3am, £6-£10. Drum’n’bass from Low, Sinu8, Bass Phase, Obsidian, Ebbens, Mascot and host PKT. Also featuring the Submerge soundsystem. Sat 21 Rotary Club 10pm-3am, £6-£10. See Clubs for more on this night of eclectic beatwork with special guests D. Tiffany and Donald Dust. Sat 28 Time Flies Summer Ball 10pm3am, £20 adv/£15 early bird. This is an afterparty for the Pete Tong orchestral concert in Cardiff Castle and features Jeremy Healy, James Merritt, Dave Eaves, Tyrone Rose, Rick Latham and Gary Pugh.

MARY’S 89 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon-Thurs 4pm2am, Fri 4pm-3am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm1am. 029 2066 8647 / www.maryscardiff.co.uk

Wednesdays Wednesday Club 8pm-2am. Dance and chart toppers with DJ Chris. Thursdays Mixxet 8pm-2am. Fun, games, and cabaret with Amber Dextrous and Alphaa Heart. Fridays Non Stop Party 8pm-2am. DJ Lee plays tunes from the 90s

onwards. Saturdays 8pm2am. Dance, pop and chart with DJ Billy Joe. Sundays Service 5pm-2am, free.

Bingo with Aunty Ade and Aunty Betty from 5pm, with cash prizes; DJ Mary Golds until 9pm; guest cabaret at 9pm and DJ Billy Joe on the tapes (this is an odd turn of phrase but I like it) until 1am.

METRO’S Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www. metroscardiff.com

Wednesdays Cheapskates 10pm4am, £4/free early bird.

Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Fridays Havoc 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Mismatched alternative tunes from Hywel.

Saturdays Lose Yourself 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Stereo Brain playing indie, beats, treats and pop-punk.

MINSKYS SHOW BAR Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff.

029 2023 3128 / www. minskys-showbar.com

Fridays & Saturdays 8pm-1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.

MISSOULA 84-86 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 1315 / www.missoulabars.co.uk/ missoulacardiff

Mondays Mojito Mondays 5pm-12am.

Motown classics and mojitos 2-4-1 all night.

Thursdays Rock The Night 5pm-12am.

Indie classics. Fridays #Friday 5pm-2am. Funky house and half price drinks from 5-10pm.

MOCKA LOUNGE Mill Lane, Cardiff. MonSat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge. com

Thursdays Iqos Social Club / Intuition 7-9pm: Iqos Social Club; 9pmlate: Intuition with DJs Monique B and Dan Willow.

Fridays Feeling Soul, funk, disco, rare groove and r’n’b with resident DJs and happy hour from 5-8pm.

Saturdays House Of Play House and r’n’b from resident DJs. Sundays Secret Resident DJs play 90s music.

THE MOON Womanby Street, Cardiff.

029 2037 3022 / info@ themooncardiff.com

Wed 25 Womanby’s Clubbing 5.30-8pm.

Monthly clubbing events for adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. Run in partnership BUZZ 59

* – recommended with Student Volunteering.

Fridays Gigantic Until 4am, free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae and soul after bands finish playing. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Until 4am, free. Bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between, after bands finish playing.

THE NEON Clarence Place, Newport.

01633 533666 / www. theneon.co.uk

Sat 14 Neon Under-18s Summer Beach Party 7-11.30pm, £10/£8 adv.

Urban, house and club anthems... plus a foam machine. Sat 21 Nu Bass Generation Summer BBQ 12pm-12am, £20.

Drum’n’bass from DJ Guv, Majistrate, Modified Motion, Subzero, Mr Traumatik, Harry Shotta and more. Sat 28 Summer Shutdown 7pm-12am.

Urban night aimed at ages 14 and up, headlined by trapwave MC M Honco with lots of local talent also on the bill.

NEON LOUNGE Market Street, Newport.

01633 533666 / theneon. co.uk/neon-bar-lounge

Fri 6 Old School R’n’B Night 9pm-2am, free. With some old skool hip-hop and reggae too, on the first Friday or every month.

Saturdays Urban Dance Night 9pm-3am, free.

Classic urban, house and r’n’b from DJ Steve C. NEWPORT COLOUR CLASH Tredegar Park, Newport. bbqjam.co.uk

Sat 21 Newport Colour Clash 2018 12-10.30pm, £27.50 adv/£37.50 VIP. See Clubs for more on this grime/drum’n’bass/trance/ hardcore blowout whose lineup goes like this. Main Stage: Sub Focus (DJ Set), Wiley, Lotto Boyzz, Redlight, Ramz, Fatman Scoop, Skepsis, General Levy, Dappy and Sharky P. Rewind Arena: Darren Styles, Ian Van Dahl , Kelly Llorenna, Ultrabeat and N Trance.

THE PARROT 32 King Street, Carmarthen. 01267 231012 / facebook.com/theparrotmusicbar Sat 28 Grimecrafts 9pm2am, £8/£6 adv. Grime and hip-hop headlined by Birmingham grime MC Tantskii (“a relevant name in the grime scene since as long as I can remember,” according to someone who is clearly much younger than me) and DJ Aksrevenge, plus Culture Vultures, LRB, Syphr, Pie-Fi, Maxy-B & Top Grot, Boyley b2b Teejay and ADN.

BUZZ 60

PENARTH EX-SERIVCEMEN’S CLUB 69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk

Sat 28 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £3 adv. An NYE of classic soul, northern soul etc, also on in September and November this year.

PLATFORM 11 High Street, Pontypridd.

Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk

Sat 28 016 4pm-4am, £12/£9. This instalment is headlined by popular techhouse sort Secondcity, and you can read more in Clubs.

POPWORLD 96 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm-3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am. 029 2023 5825.

Mondays Pop Rocks 9pm. A night of what they call alternative pop but their examples (Green Day, Blink, Linkin Park) seem to suggest will be pop-punk and nu-metal.

Ah, it’s all just names at the end of the day. Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party Until 3am. Drinks deals from 5-11pm (Fri) and 3-8pm (Sat).

POPWORLD Wind Street, Swansea.

Mon-Fri + Sun 8pm3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.

Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1. Fridays Ain’t No Party Like A Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4.

Saturdays Club Classics 8pm-3am, £2-£4.

PRYZM Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2023 3854 / www. pryzm.co.uk/cardiff

Fridays Smack. 9pm3am, £4 adv. Weekly student event described by one enthusiast as “lit Friday nights with chilled fam bams and regular bants”.

Saturdays Agenda 10pm-3am, £5. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff.

PULSE 3 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

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

Wednesdays Kapow!

10pm-4am. Student night with Jolene Dover and DJ Warren. Fridays Full On 10pm-5am, £4/£3. DJ Craig downstairs, Opal upstairs.

Saturdays The Sound Of Saturday 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long.

THE RAINBOW ROOMS 12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.the-rainbowrooms. com

Fridays 9pm-4am.

Resident DJs every week.

Fri 20 Traumatik Eruption 9pm-4am, £15 adv. “A NIGHT FULL OF EUPHORIC HEAVY DRUM’N’BASS MELODIES FILLED WITH SOME PUMPING TRANCE AND SOME RIDICULOUSLY FILTHY BASSLINE.” Is that an acceptable genre combo now? OK. Mr Traumatik, The Gemini Twins, Suspect, Culprit, Raw, Crag and Kross Sektion all feature.

Saturdays 9pm-4am. With residents plus guest DJs each week – in July it’s DJ Trixta (Sat 7), Jason P (Sat 14), Danny Slade (Sat 21) and Rob Rees (Sat 28).

REVOLUTION Castle Street, Cardiff.

Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk

Tuesdays Mode 9pm3am, £4 adv. Popular student night. Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.

SIN CITY Dilwyn Street, Swansea.

01792 468892 / www. sincityclub.co.uk

Tuesdays Hustle 10pm3am, £3/£2 before 12.

Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop.

Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night. Fridays Monsters Of Rock 10pm-3.30am, £4/£2 before 12.30. Indie in room 1, metal in room 2. Saturdays Sink 10pm3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.Sat 4 Aug Techno Asylum 10pm-4am, £10.

Featuring Glasgow’s DMCK, Madame Twisted, Jack Darwin, Tom Ware and Fattman & Salted Slug.

SMALL WORLD THEATRE Bath House Road, Cardigan. 01239 615952 / www. smallworld.org.uk

Sat 28 Move On Up 8pm, £5. Mr. A presents another vinyl-only mix of Detroit soul, New Orleans funk, West Coast wah-wah, Harlem Shuffle and New York disco.

SODA St Mary Street, Cardiff.

029 2037 3363 / www. sodacardiff.com

Wednesdays Replay 9pm-4am, £4. Chart, cheese and r’n’b for students.

Fridays Fade 10pm-3am, £4/£6 VIP. R’n’b, hip-hop, house and UK garage from Vijay, Jigga, Monique B and Dan Willow. Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Three rooms including the Attic

which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that. Sundays Soda Sundays 9pm-3am, £4/£8 VIP. Three floors of music for students and industry workers.

and Blake Parker are also in room 1, while room 2 is hosted by High Fidelity and has Tekno Tom, Shaun Edwards, Zakk Plaister, Bran Newman, Alex T, Wells and Brad Dunk.

TIGER TIGER Friary House, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff. Open Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 12pm3am, Sun 12pm-12.30am.

029 2039 1944 / www. tigertiger-cardiff.co.uk

Wednesdays Krazy Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session. Fridays Party Like It’s 1999 7pm5am, £4/£1.99 before 12.

Part of the NPclubhop multi-venue deal. Saturdays The Indie Rock Disco 12am. (Former) Meze Lounge DJs playing indie and rock classics. Also an NPclubhop night.

Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £2.50 per session. The UK's leading private karaoke experience each day of the week.

Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 10pm-3am, £5/£3.50.

Exclusive midweek student party. You don’t need NUS to get in though. Fridays Tic Toc 10pm-3am, £4.

“Forget the DJs who play the stuff you've never heard of, ours will be playing your favourite tracks all night long.” Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.

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

Sun 1 Raver Tots 2-4pm, £11/£9 early bird (kids £9/£6 early bird). “A family rave where kids and grownups can hit the dance floor and let off some steam together,” and very much the Dennis Leary to Big Fish Little Fish’s Bill Hicks.

UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL) 11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff. com

Sat 7 Flatline 10pm.

Drum’n’bass. Sat 14 Paranoize 10pm.

Drum’n’bass. Fri 20 Selecta 11pm, £5/£3 adv.

UK garage classics. Sat 21 XL Invites 10pm.

Drum’n’bass. Fri 27 Noise Makers 21 10pm.

Drum’n’bass. Sat 28 Time Flies 10pm. An afterparty for the Pete Tong Ibiza Classics night in Cardiff Castle. Their afterparty is also in Kongs a short walk away, indeed Time Flies’ Facebook page only mentions that venue but Undertone inform me that it’ll be here as well.

THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com

*Fri 20 Vaults Presents 9pm-5am, £18.50/£16.

See Clubs for more on the Cardiff debut (I think?) of German bosh machine Chris Liebing. Julez Wyl

WAREHOUSE 54 54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

WOW BAR 4 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com

Wednesdays Get Pounded Free. Hosted by Gypsy Divine, soundtracked

by DJ Basil and named in reference to the £1 drinks offers. And nothing else.

Thursdays Let’s Have A Kiki Free. DJs Basil and Chris soundtrack non-stop fun and games.

Fridays Kitty’s Kabaret Free before 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week. Saturdays Hi Energy Free before 11. Pop and party upstairs, chart and dance downstairs.

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

events EVERY MONDAY Bharatanatyam Dance Classes For Adult Beginners Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 8.15-9.15pm.

Info 029 2075 1158.

Book Club Evergreen Hall, Bridgend. 2-3.30pm, £3/£1 members. Info 01656 815757.

A group for reading and discussing literature.

Brecon Town Band Rehearsals Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623650. Hosted by Dave Jones – contact him on the above number.

Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting The Plum Tree, Canton, Cardiff.

8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392. A friendly social group offering the chance to “liven up your social life and meet new friends” through a varied events programme including theatre, live music, walks, badminton, table tennis and pub nights.

More info at www.cardiffivc. org.uk.

Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff.

7.45-10.45pm, £8/£6 NUS.

u – repeated

Info 029 2048 3344. A fusion of salsa, ballroom, tango, hip-hop and jive.

Classes are easy and relaxed.

Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

7-9pm. Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Rehearsals Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7-9pm, free.

Info 01443 491424.

Drop-in Meditation And Mindfulness Classes The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £5/£3 unwaged. Info 01792 458245. New weekly class led by Mike Garside, Resident Teacher of Dharmavajra Kadampa Buddhist Centre in Swansea.

FAN Group Meeting Grange Pavilion, Grangetown, Cardiff.

11am, free. Info 07512 638792. FAN (Friends And Neighbours) groups offer the chance to meet people, speak about a chosen topic for one hour, and have a chat and a cuppa. More FAN meetings are elsewhere in Cardiff every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

FAN Group Meeting Grangetown Hub, Cardiff.

9.30am, free. Info 07512 638792.

FAN Group Meeting Whitchurch Library, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 07512 638792.

Freestyle Fitness Yoga Pontcanna Dojo, Cardiff.

7.15-8.15pm, £7.50/£35 for five classes. Info sarasclasses4@gmail.com.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales. 6am-8pm.

Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk.

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

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

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

Funkypump Fitness, Carmarthen: Funkypump 6.15-7.15pm.

Health Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth.

10.30-11.30am. Info 07772 657692.

Little Monkey Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.30am. Info 01656 649190. 9.30am: HeighHo; 10.25am: Rock’n’Roll; 11.05am: Jiggety-Jig. Also on Fridays.

Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 5.458pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. 7-11 years old: 5.45-6.45pm; 12 and up: 6.45-8pm.

Newport Badminton Club Bettws Active Centre,

Newport. 7-8.30pm. Info 07789 965285. One of the largest badminton clubs in south-east Wales. Also on Thursdays.

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

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

7.45-9.45pm: Aerial Hoop Levels 3 and 4, Static Trapeze Level 4.

Pilates-Based Back Care Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 10.30am. Info 01874 625992. With Katy Sinnadurai. Also on Wednesday afternoons.

Pilates-Based Body Conditioning Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

11.45am. Info 01874 625992. With Katy Sinnadurai. Also on Wednesday evenings.

Qigong Class The Sunhouse, Gwaelod-yGarth, Cardiff. 6-7.15pm, £5. Info 07779 151916.

More at www. bringingbalance.co.uk.

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

8pm. Info 029 2051 3440.

With Ian Lewis.

Salsa Classes Horse & Groom, Cowbridge. 8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Beginners for the first hour, then improvers/ intermediate.

St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

7.30pm. Info 01446 799100.

Choir rehearsals.

Tango Dancing Argentine Barocco, Cardiff. 8-10.45pm, £3/£1.

Info 029 2023 7332.

Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7-9pm. Info 07734 557767.

Learn traditional Korean karate; beginners welcome.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 3-6pm Open training; 6-8pm Intermediate Aerial Hoop And Circus Fitness; 8-10pm Beginners Aerial Hoop.

Yoga Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.30-1.15pm. Info 029 2087 7959. On tomorrow also.

Yoga With Valerie Price St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.309.30pm. Info admin@yogaworks.co.uk. 6.30-8pm: intermediate; 8.10-9.30pm: beginners.

EVERY TUESDAY A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

7-11pm. Info 01495 243252.

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

Park, Cardiff. 6.30-7.50pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880.

Every Tuesday to Thursday.

Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown.

8-10pm. Info 07790 167560.

Every Tuesday and Friday.

Beginners Ballet Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.157.30pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Covering key ballet principles including developing core strength, improving posture, basic steps, flexibility and coordination. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales.

Beginners Contemporary Dance Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-8.45pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Exploring the basic principles of contemporary dance through a set of exercises. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales.

Beijing 24 Step Tai Chi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-8pm.

Info 07772 657692.

FAN Group Meeting Butetown Community Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.15pm, free. Info 07512 638792. Men-only group.

FAN Group Meeting City Church, Riverside, Cardiff. 10.30am, free. Info 07512 638792. Women-only meeting.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales. 6am-8.15pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Ware-house, Swansea: TRX & Kettlebell 6-7am; Buggy Blast 10.30-11.30am; HIIT 1.151.45pm; Funkypump 5.15-6 + 6-7pm; Funkypump Kidz 5.15-6pm; White Collar Boxing Training 6-7pm; Funky Pump Lite 7-8pm. Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 6.307.15pm. Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Bootcamp 6-7am. Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Bootcamp 6.15-7.15pm; Bags 7.15-8.15pm. Ufit, Cardiff: Funkypump 6-7pm.

Daleon Fitness, Merthyr: Funkypump 6-7pm.

Gitananda Yoga St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd. 7-8.30pm, free.

Info 01443 408065.

Glam Dram St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7pm. Info 01446 799100. Amateur theatre company for adults.

Jazz Workshops For Beginners Atradius Offices (4th floor), Cardiff Bay. 6.20-8pm, £10. Info 07806 625717. All instruments and ages welcome.

Karate Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.158.15pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

With Emma Robins.

Knap Art Group All Saints Church Hall, The Knap, Barry. 2-4pm. Info glyn@glynpooley.com.

Hosted by Glyn Pooley. Get in touch if you are interested in developing your creativity through learning

to draw or paint.

Laughter Yoga Llandaff North Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.15-8.15pm, £5 (suggested donation). Info www.sparklylaughter.co.uk.

“No experience required, no stretching and no mats needed,” promise the organisers.

Learn To Rock’n’Roll 50s Style Kenfig Hill Rugby Club, Bridgend.

8-10.30pm, £5. Info 07400 080101. Hosted by Frank.

Lessons are from 8.159pm; there’s a disco from 9-10.30. First dance lesson free.

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

Hosted by Cardiff Life Model.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147.

Little Monkey Club Old Church Rooms, Radyr, Cardiff. 9.45am. Info 01656 649190. 9.45 + 11.05am: Rock’n’Roll; 10.25am: Jiggety-Jig. Also on Thursdays.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219. With Lesley Walker. Also on Thursdays, Fridays aand Saturdays.

Morning Yoga Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8-9am, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. A Vinyasa flow class, aimed to develop functional, athletic abilities and maximise strength. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales.

Music Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.45am-1.45pm, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Music and movement class for babies aged eight weeks to five years.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Today’s schedule: 5-6pm: Youth: Ewoks (5-7 years).

6-7pm: Hula Hoop. 6-8pm: Supervised Training. 7.459.45pm: Beginners’ Mixed Aerial.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info kalavathi@omstudio.co.uk.

Qigong Class Bute Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, pay by donation. Info 07779 151916. More at www.bringingbalance.co.uk.

Salsa Classes Kapu, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Beginners’ class starts 7.30pm; improvers 8.30; bachata 9.30.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off

AN EVENING WITH JAMIE OWEN AND DAVID WILSON Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, Thurs 19 July Tickets: £8.50/£7. Info: 01646 695267 / torchtheatre.co.uk A Year In Pembrokeshire is a new, attractive hardback book of photo essays whose title surmises its premise. Journalist Jamie Owen and photographer David Wilson, both from the Welsh county, took it upon themselves to document it over 12 months – waxing lyrical about its epic landscapes, rural boltholes, deep coastal crags and small-town quirks, and capturing them in striking monochrome. It’s as evocative and impressive as you’d expect given Owen and Wilson’s reputation in their fields, and they’ll be in Milford Haven this month to discuss it with BBC producer Tony O’Shaughnessy.

Alternatively, if Pembrokeshire is a bit much of a trek for you, the book is published by Graffeg and retails for £20. 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).

Student Night Cardiff City Table Tennis Club, Dominion Way, Cardiff.

7-9pm, £2. Info 01446 412352. Featuring 16 table tennis tables; players of all ages and abilities are welcome. Check in advance on the sessions as the hall is occasionally booked by someone else.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 10am6pm Open Training; 6-8pm Trapeze For Beginners And Acrobalance; 8-10pm Chinese Pole.

Yoga Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30 + 6.45-8pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

7-8.30pm, £9. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. With Kalavathi Devi.

Yoga Share M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff.

5-7pm, £4 (suggested donation). Info 029 2047 3373.

Led by Ashtanga practitioner Sarah Cleary.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £6. Info 029 2048

4880. Every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth. 8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@yoga-works.co.uk.

Mixed level class.

Zhan Zhuang Qigong Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.301.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. ZZQ is an ancient Chinese health system based on a series of static postures.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff.

6-7pm. Info 07891 712344.

Led by Irene Davies, as is...

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff.

8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Adult Drama Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7.30-9pm, £6. Info 01656 815757.

Develop performance skills using impro, drama games and scripts. .

Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.30-7.50pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880.

A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm.

Info 01495 243252.

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

Info 01633 656757.

Ceroc Dance Class Dockers Club, Swansea.

7.45pm-12am, £6/£8 freestyles. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail. com.

Cheer Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.30-10.15am, £3. Info 01633 656757.

Movement session for babies.

Circus Club Carnegie House, Bridgend. 5.30-7pm, £1. Info 01656 815757. Come and learn a range of simple circus skills with Organised Kaos.

City Of Cardiff Rotaract Meeting Refectory Cafe, Windsor Place, Cardiff.

6.30pm. Info 07768 108394.

An 18-30s community group that integrates young professionals, students and refugees through community projects and social events.

Creative Wednesdays Evergreen Hall, Bridgend.

2-4pm, £3/£1 members. Info 01656 815757. Workshops in drawing, painting, ceramics, textiles etc.

Djembe Drumming Workshops Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff.

6.30-9.30pm, £5/£3. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx. co.uk. 6.30-8pm: beginners (£3); 8.15-9.30pm: intermediate/ advanced (£5). Dropin classes.

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

FAN Group Meeting Canton Library, Cardiff.

5.30pm, free. Info 07512 638792. Make friends and practise English. More info at www.thefancharity.org.

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ROOTS ROUND UP JULY 2018 The Welsh Proms at Cardiff’s St. David’s Hall are upon us once again, from Sat 21-Sat 28 July, and as with previous years, they include a Folk Prom arranged in conjunction with the ongoing Roots Unearthed series. This year, it’s the turn of the home nation to provide the artists and few will argue that among the ever-growing number of possible candidates, the international awardwinning Calan (for it is they) are the perfect fit for this prestigious gig.

From their early days busking on the streets of south Wales to prestigious gigs at some of Britain’s biggest festivals – including WOMAD, Celtic Connections and Shrewsbury and Cambridge Folk Festivals, together with tours of North America and Europe – Calan, who formed in 2006, have been going from strength to strength with their refreshing interpretations of traditional Welsh folk songs and tunes.

Credited by the {Daily Post} as bringing a “fresh and vibrant sound to traditional Welsh music,” the talented quintet of Patrick Rimes (fiddle/pibgorn/ Welsh bagpipes), Angharad Jenkins (fiddle), Sam Humphreys (guitar), Bethan Rhiannon (accordion/vocals/step dancing) and Alice French (harp) are widely credited with introducing a new generation to Welsh folk music. They’ve released four critically acclaimed albums, the latest of which, {Solomon}, is a collection of their own compositions, based on Celtic Welsh folklore and sung in both Welsh and English.

On stage, Calan’s fresh and vibrant sound is a joyful celebration of Welsh traditional music that skilfully brings together ancient and modern as they blast their way through reels, jigs and hornpipes with fast-paced and uplifting arrangements before slowing the pace for some beautiful and haunting songs.

Fiddler player Patrick Rimes has been quoted as saying that the band’s mission statement is “to preserve Welsh music for those who might not otherwise hear it,” and thanks to their hard work, incredible self-belief and exceptional talents, it’s definitely mission accomplished – as you can discover for yourself when the band hit the stage at St. David’s Hall on Mon 23 July.

BUZZ ALSO RECOMMENDS: Martin Carthy Legend! Miners Theatre, Ammanford (Tue 3) Gower Bluegrass Pickin’ & Singin’ Weekend Does what it says on the tin. Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill (Fri 27-Sun 29) Gordie MacKeeman & his Rhythm Boys Hard working Canadian roots combo. Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy (Tue 31) Please send your folk and roots listings to listings@buzzmag.co.uk or phone them in to 029 2022 6767

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Oasis, Splott Road, Cardiff.

1pm, free. Info 07512 638792.

FAN Group Meeting Severn Road Neighbourhood Learning Centre, Canton , Cardiff.

1pm, free. Info 07512 638792. Women-only group FAN Group Meeting The Gate, Cardiff. 10am, free.

Info 07512 638792.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales. 6am-8pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Ware-house, Swansea: Bootcamp 6-7 + 10-11am; Bag Circuit 5-6 + 6-7pm; Warehouse ABC 5-7pm; Abs 7-8pm.

Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 6.30-7.15pm. Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Bootcamp 6-7pm. First Choice Fitness, Llantrisant: Funkypump 6-7 + 7-8pm.

Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Funkypump 6-7pm. Funkypump Fitness, Carmarthen: Funkypump 6.15-7.15pm.

Inclusive Stay & Play Group Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 12.452.45pm. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.co.uk. Hosted

by KeyCreate – specialists in play, education, disabilities and creative arts – and aimed at children with additional needs, disabilities and life limiting conditions.

Jazz Workshops For Beginners Zion Chapel, Ponthir, Newport. 6.308.30pm, £10. Info 07806 625717. All instruments and ages welcome.

Little Monkey Club Primo School Of Music, Insole Court, Cardiff. Info 01656 649190.

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport.

4.15-6.15pm, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

7-10 years old: 4.15-5.15pm; 14-18: 5.15-6.15pm.

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

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule: 4.15-6pm: Youth: Jedi Acrobatics (11-18 years); 6-8pm: Adult Acrobatics; 8-9.30pm: Handstands; 8-10pm: Physical Theatre & Clown with George (every Wednesday in May only).

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

10.30am-1.30pm. Info info@harnisch-lacey. com. 6pm: general; 7pm: advanced; 8pm: beginners.

Pilates-Based Back Care Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 5.45pm. Info 01874 625992. With Katy Sinnadurai.

Pilates-Based Body Conditioning Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm.

Info 01874 625992. With Katy Sinnadurai.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth. 8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. With Hayley.

Qigong Class The Hub Community Centre,

Llandaff North, Cardiff.

2-3pm. Info 07772 657692.

Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreational Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum 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 Wednesday and Saturday. This one visits Caerleon, Caerwent, Tintern Abbey, the Wye Valley, Abbey Mill Craft Centre and Raglan Castle.

Toddler Time Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 10-11am.

Info 01685 384111. Preschool stories, rhymes and crafts for toddlers.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 10am6pm Open Training; 6-8pm Introduction To Aerial (beginners mixed); 8-10pm Aerial Silks Intermediate.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

9.30-11am, 1-2.15pm + 7-9pm, £9/£8. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk.

Yoga Trwy Gyfrwng Y Gymraeg Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm.

Info admin@yoga-works. co.uk.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £6. Info 029 2048 4880.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea.

5.30pm, £3.50. Info 07914 683534.

EVERY THURSDAY Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.30-7.50pm, £10. Info 029 2048 4880.

Alexander Technique & Yoga M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11.30am1pm, £16/£80 for six sessions. Info 029 2047 3373.

Art Club Penarth Pier Pavilion. 4.15-5.15pm, £5.

Info 0844 8700887. Creative fun for 5-11-year-olds with tutor Becky.

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351.

Beijing 24 Step Tai Chi Albert Rd Church & Community Centre, Penarth. 7.45-9pm. Info 07772 657692.

Bingo Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.307.30pm, £3.50 per session.

Info 01633 656757. Learn break dancing styles, uprock, freezes and power moves. For ages 8-18.

Ceroc Dance Class Lysaght Institute, Newport.

7.30-10.45pm, £8/£6 NUS. Info cerocsouthwales@ gmail.com.

Children’s Latin/ Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252.

FAN Group Meeting Cardiff Central Library.

5pm, free. Info 07512 638792. Make friends and practise English. More info at www.thefancharity.org.

FAN Group Meeting Cardiff MADE Cafe, Roath, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 07512 638792.

FAN Group Meeting Cathays Heritage Library, Cardiff. 2.05pm, free. Info 07512 638792.

Fitsteps FAB The Riverfront, Newport.

10-11am, £4. Info 01633 656757. Low intensity dance fitness workout.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales. 6am-8.15pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Ware-house, Swansea: TRX & Kettlebells 6-7am; Buggy Blast 10-11.30am; HIIT 1.151.45pm; Funkypump 5-6 + 6-7pm; White Collar Boxing Training 6-7pm; Funkypump Lite 7-8pm.

Ware-house, Port Talbot: HIIT 6.30-7.15pm. Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon: Bootcamp 6-7am. Ufit, Cardiff: Funkypump 6-7 + 7.15-8.15pm. Elympia Fitness, Ely: Funkypump 7.15-8.15pm. First Choice Fitness, Llantrisant: Funkypump Lite 6-7pm.

Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Funkypump 6-7pm. Funkypump Fitness, Carmarthen: Funkypump 6.15-7.15pm.

Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £25 (five weeks). Info 07980 742328.

Hosted by Ronald Macauley.

Hatch Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport.

4.30-6.30pm. Info 01633 656757. Hosted by Tin Shed Theatre.

Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £4/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www. brawlers.co.uk. With Cardiff roller derby team Tiger Bay Brawlers. Also on every Sunday.

Little Monkey Club Old Church Rooms, Radyr, Cardiff. 9.45am. Info 01656 649190.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219.

Newport Badminton Club Pill Millennium Centre, Newport. 8-10pm.

Info 07789 965285.

Coached by Rhys Pritchard who represented Wales at the Junior Commonwealth Games.

Newport Junior Badminton Club Pill Millennium Centre,

u – repeated

Newport. 7-8.30pm. Info 07789 965285. Coached by Rhys Pritchard.

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

7.45-9.45pm: Static Trapeze Level 2, Ropes & Silks Level 3, Ropes & Silks Level 4.

Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £7.50/£35 for five classes.

Info sarasclasses4@gmail.com.

Pilates Tramshed Studio, Cardiff. 12.30-1.30pm, £10/£8. Info www.tramshedstudio.com.

Qigong Albert Rd Church & Community Centre, Penarth. 6.30-7.30pm. Info 07772 657692.

Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, £1. Info 029 2037 8866. With money, beers and pizza to be won.

Salsa & Bachata Classes Kapu, Cardiff.

7pm-2am, £4-£7. Info 07800 565651. Beginners 7.30pm; improvers/intermediates 8.30. Free bachata dancing from 9.45pm.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. Salsa, bachata, zouk and kizomba.

Samba Band Carnegie House, Bridgend. 6.30-8pm, £1. Info 01656 815757.

Re-create the sound of Brazilian Carnaval with Sallie MacLennan. No experience necessary, instruments provided.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com. Thursday and Sunday. This one visits the Gower, Swansea Bay, Parc-Le-Breos, the Dylan Thomas Centre and more.

The Alexander Technique M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff.

11am-12pm, £16. Info info@yogaskies.co.uk.

Small group class hosted by Mike Young.

University Of The 3rd Age Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info richard-walker@live.co.uk. Hosted by Richard Walker – contact him on the above email.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 6-8pm Introduction To Aerial; 8-10pm Beginners Aerial Silks.

Yarny Army Evergreen Hall, Bridgend. 10am-12pm, £2/£1 members. Info 01656 815757.

Knitting and crocheting; beginners welcome.

Yoga Classes Cardiff Steiner School, Llandaff

North, Cardiff. 6-7 + 7-8pm, £8/£6.50. Info info@yogaskies.co.uk.

Hosted by Mike Young.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-8.45pm, £9/£8. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. 11am: Mums & Baby yoga; 7.30pm: Pregnancy yoga.

EVERY FRIDAY Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown.

8-10pm. Info 07790 167560.

Bingo Lingo The Depot, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www. depotcardiff.co.uk. Features street food, a wheel of fortune and “rubbish prizes”.

Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm.

Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk.

Cardiff Table Tennis Community Club Upper Hall, Sport Wales, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 7-9pm.

Info 01446 412352.

Featuring 16 table tennis tables; players of all ages and abilities are welcome.

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

Children’s Tap/Ballet Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10.30-11.30am.

Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.45-11.45am, £72/£48 (12 weeks). Info 01446 401209.

Dance Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.3010.05am + 10.15-10.50am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Parent/toddler dance and exercise session.

FAN Group Meeting Salvation Army, Grangetown, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 07512 638792.

Make friends and practise English. More info at www. thefancharity.org. Womenonly group.

FAN Group Meeting STAR Hub, Tremorfa, Cardiff. 10am, free. Info 07512 638792.

FAN Group Meeting Women Connect First, Riverside, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 07512 638792.

Women-only group.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales. 6am-7pm.

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

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

Little Monkey Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.30am. Info 01656 649190. 9.30am: HeighHo; 10.25am: Rock’n’Roll; 11.05am: Jiggety-Jig. Little Monkey Club TrrRex Soft Play, Cardiff.

Info 01656 649190.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219.

Movement And Music For A Fuller Life Bishop Of Llandaff High School, Cardiff. 7.45-9.30pm, £5. Info 07726 360584.

Biodanza session, on most weeks (ring ahead to check) aiming to help you “discover the joy of living, feel better and happier, benefit from more energy, and be more flexible”.

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

Info 01633 400685.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Today’s schedule: 4.15-6pm: Youth: Jedi Aerial Skills (11-18 years); 6.30-7.30pm: Hula Disco!

Older Adult Dance/ Exercise The Riverfront, Newport. 11am-12pm, £3.

Info 01633 656757. Low impact dance and exercise

Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

10am kids / 11am adults, £4 per class. Info 01685 384111. 10am: kids; 11am: adults; 12pm: private tuition.

Family Saturdays Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464. Craft workshops for kids and parents.

FAN Group Meeting United Reformed Church Cafe, Windsor Place, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 07512 638792. Make friends and practise English. More info at www. thefancharity.org.

Funkypump Fitness Various venues across south Wales. 6am-7pm.

Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Ware-house, Swansea: Abs 8-9am; TRX & Kettlebells 9.15-10.15am; Funkypump Kidz 10.3011.30am; Bag Circuit 10.30-11.30am. Ware-house, Port Talbot: Bag Circuit 10.30-11.30am. Ufit, Cardiff: Bag Circuit 9.30-10.30am.

Funkypump Fitness, Ammanford: Bag Circuit 10.30-11.30am. Funkypump

Narberth High Street will come alive with feminine majesty on Sat 28 July in the form of a Wonder Women Carnival, celebrating 100 years of women’s voting rights. class aimed at the over 50s.

Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com.

Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332.

No experience or partner required.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus. co.uk. Today’s schedule: 6-8pm Circus Fit; 6-8pm Supervised training.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff. 1-2pm.

Info 07891 712344. With Irene Davies.

EVERY SATURDAY African Drumming Sessions Glyndwr Community Centre, Penarth. 10-11.30am, £7.

Info 07974 635502 / dan@ phelpsmusic.com.

Ballroom Dancing Class

Fitness, Carmarthen: Boot Camp 8-9pm.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219.

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

Energetic classes with a focus on creativity, supporting physical development and building confidence.

Ages 4-7: 10am; 8-12: 11am.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Today’s schedule: 10-11am: Family: Prewoks (2-4 years, with an adult); 10-11.30am: Youth: Wookies (7-9 years); 11.30am-12.30pm: Youth: Ewoks (5-7 years); Youth: Padawans (9-11 years); 2-4pm: Youth: Jedi Performance Skills (11+); 4-6pm: Youth: Jedi General Skills (11-18 years).

Performance Academy Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

10am-1pm, £10. Info 01685 384111. Offering professional theatre and performance coaching in dance, acting, musical theatre and singing.

Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff.

9.30am-1pm, free. Info 029

2022 7982.

SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum Cardiff (pickup point).

9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine.

Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com.

Sewing Workshops Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 10am-1pm. Info 01633 673739. Hosted by Ellery Design – see www. ellerydesign.com for details of how to book and/or contact them.

St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, free.

Info 029 2019 0036. Selling artisan foods, vintage clothing, antique furniture and bric-a-brac.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 10am-12 pm Introduction to Aerial (beginners mixed); 10am - 12pm Introduction To Chinese Pole; 12-2pm + 2-4pm Drop-in Training.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

8-9.30am, £8. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. With Kalavathi Devi.

EVERY SUNDAY Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351.

Bridgend Undercover Car Boot Sale Multistorey Car Park, Bridgend Town Centre. 7am-12pm, free (selling cars £6; selling cars with trailers £10). Info 01656 661338.

Cooper’s Quiz Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play.

Info info@porterscardiff. com. Hosted by Ben Cooper.

Draw Somebody’s Sunday Body Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 1.303.30pm, £7.50. Info 07830 381930. Hosted by Cardiff Life Model.

Hold Up Sunday Social Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff.

2pm, free. Info 029 2009 5590. Pool, table tennis and access to The Hold Up’s jam/ rehearsal space.

Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £3/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www.brawlers.co.uk.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre. 6-10pm. Info 01792 863722.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Today’s schedule: 1-3pm: Flying Trapeze Beginners & Improvers; 3-5pm: Flying Trapeze Level 1; 5-6.30pm: Acrobalance; 5-7pm: Flying Trapeze Intermediate &

Advanced.

Open Breaking/ Breakdance Training Session Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 5-8pm, £3.

Info 029 2009 5590. Hosted

by Cardiff City Breakers, The Hold Up and Elemental Force.

*Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff.

10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Always worth a trip.

SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum 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. Weekly session featuring a mixture of competitive and cooperative games.

SUNDAY 1 JULY Beats, Eats & Treats Various locations, Barry Island. 11am-7pm, free. Info 01446 704867. Craft stalls (hosted by Craft*folk), live music (hosted by Bro Radio) and food/drink from Meat And Greek, the Welsh Italian Pizza Company, Vale Cider, Tomos A Lilford and Mr. Croquewich.

Belle’s Vintage Fair Parc Pantry, Belle Vue Parc, Newport. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 0303 7622680. Annual event in aid of St Davids Hospice Care and featuring live music, entertainment, street food, craft, community and local traders.

Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

Bring And Share Supper Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, free. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx. co.uk. Community social, every first Sunday of the month.

Cardiff Storytelling Circle: Tales For The Turning Year Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2030 4400.

Cwmbran Craft Fayre Our Lady’s School Hall, Cwmbran. 1-4pm. Info cwmbran_crafts@hotmail. co.uk. Every first Sunday of the month.

Decolonising Environmentalism Symposium YMCA, Samaj Hindu Temple Community Space, Grangetown, Cardiff. 2-7pm, £5-£15.

Info radha@gentleradical. org. Including a screening of documentary Thank You For The Rain and speakers Asad Rehman (War On Want), Sakina Sheikh (Platform London), Joshua Virasami (Black Lives Matter) and Suzanne Dhaliwal (UK Tar Sands Network). Hosted by Gentle Radical. uDinky Donkey Walking Venue TBC,

Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Spend a couple of hours with a pair of Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys. Also on Wed 4, Sat 7, Tue 10, Sun 15, Wed 18, Sat 28 and Sun 29 this month. uFire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee.

Info 029 2047 5475. The science of fire, fireworks etc. On every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 15.

Friars Walk Market Friars Walk, Newport.

11am-4pm, £24 to set up a table. Info 07954 654220.

On the first Sunday of every month, on John Frost Square (in good weather) or inside the Mall (in normal weather).

Golf: The Celebrity Cup Celtic Manor, nr Newport.

9am, £5-£170. Info 01633 413000. Annual two-day event (started yesterday) where teams of slebs (this year including Brendan O’Carroll – with his wife Jenny and son Danny – Ronan Keating, Brian McFadden, Peter Jones and Rob Brydon) form golf teams to represent Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland.

Introduction To Table Loom Weaving Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £85. Info 029 2048 4611. With Laura Thomas.

Kidsmarkets Cowbridge Comprehensive School.

11am-12.30pm, £1.50/kids free. Info 07760 802088.

Featuring 30 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved kids’ toys, clothes and baby equipment. uLights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee.

Info 029 2047 5475. The science of fire, fireworks etc. Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 15. uPawprints In The Summer Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475. Discover the stories of mythical creatures in the stars, like the winged horse Pegasus or Draco the Dragon. Suitable for under-7s. On every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 15, then from Sat 21-Tue 31.

Rhondda Rose Society Show National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. uSheep Trekking Crai, Brecon Beacons National Park. £35/£25 under-16s.

Info 01874 749092. Take a sheep for a walk on a lead in a 200-acre organic farm.

A Good Day Out event. Also on Sun 8, Sun 15, Sat 21, Sun 22Sat 28 and Sun 29 this month.

St Fagans Birthday Celebration National History Museum, St Fagans.

11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Specifically this museum’s 70th birthday.

Swing Dance Sunday

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BAFTA CYMRU JULY 2018 As the summer holidays beckon we are not resting on our laurels here at BAFTA. July and early August is cinema tipi time for us, and you!

From Fri 27-Sun 29 July we’re hosting our first cinema tipi at Barry Island Weekenders. A boutique location for 40 people at a time, the tipi will offer a chance to catch some Welsh film classics like Tiger Bay, Human Traffic and Very Annie

Mary as well as other sea-themed films including The Chamber which was shot in South Wales in 2015 and the awardwinning animation Song of the Sea. We’ll also have workshops for kids, archive screenings and more. All the screenings and events are free but allocated on a first-come, first-served basis so come early if you want to guarantee a spot!

The tipi then travels around the shoreline to Cardiff Bay for the National Eisteddfod, which is taking over from Fri 3-Sat 11 Aug. We’re working with partners to provide 39 different events over the week from premieres and kids screenings to new archive films of Cardiff and workshops.

Those interested in the Awards news this year should note the following dates – nominees for the 2018 British Academy Cymru Awards will be announced on Facebook on Thurs 6 Sept and 1,000 public and industry guests will be attending the ceremony at St David’s Hall on Sun 14 Oct. Tickets for the red carpet, champagne reception, ceremony and afterparty go on sale, also on Sun 6 Sept, via St David’s Hall box office.

The BAFTA Cymru membership year started on Fri 1 June, with new applications flooding in from students, career starters and professionals. If you would like to apply to join the other 600 members please have a look at all the benefits of membership, including free cinema, on our website.

Info: www.bafta.org/wales BUZZ 64

Bootlegger, Cardiff. 7pm, £4.

Info 07495 657407. Taster classes, every first Sunday of the month, with Anna Rogers from Lindy Hop Cardiff. Tafwyl Llandaff Fields, Cardiff. 11am-9pm, free. Info www.tafwyl.org.

Multi-faceted two days (was on yesterday also) of entertainment aimed at Welsh speakers, and those who want to learn. As well as stalls promoting Welsh produce, workshops, literary sessions, music, cookery, art and drama sessions, live music today will come from Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Y Cledrau, Cadno, Vri, No Good Boyo, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Daniel Lloyd & Mr Pinc, Candelas, Bryn Fon, Garmon, Elan Evans and DJ Dilys (main stage);Glain Rhys, Gai Toms, Welsh Whisperer, Gareth Bonello, Tecwyn Ifan and DJ Gareth Potter (acoustic stage); Eady Crawford, Beth Celyn, Los Blancos and Hyll (Yurt).

Write On! Sundays M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11.30am-1.30pm, £25/£20. Info 029 2047 3373. Monthly writing workshop hosted by Mab Jones; email mabananajones@ gmail.com to book.

MONDAY 2 JULY CCYCP Fun Day Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff.

11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Featuring a tour of this centre and a talk about its history, plus some workshops, music etc. Hopefully they’ll let you have a go on the wrestling ring in the big room.

Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Grangetown, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free.

Info 07952 752823. Led by Pauline Down and taking place every Monday during term time – finishing today until the autumn.

Gwd Mondays: Musical Bingo Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. uPiggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £25/£10 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Take a pair of friendly Kune Kune pigs (from New Zealand, look a bit like Ewoks) for a walk, then return to the smallholding for refreshments.

Also on Tue 3, Tue 10, Mon 16, Tue 17, Sat 21, Sun 22, Tue 24 and Tue 31 this month. uPilates The Gate, Cardiff. 10.30am-1.30pm.

Info info@harnisch-lacey. com. Gentle fitness for the first hour, general for the second two. Every Monday until 23 July. uSix Week Art Course Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4.306.30pm, £75 (six weeks).

Info 029 2087 7959. Hosted

by Rachel Rasmussen, this is every Monday until 16 July. Each class will include demonstrations by Rachel, working with landscapes, seascapes and abstract art.

uWrite On Writers Morganstown Village Hall.

6.30-8.30pm. Info 07512 235758. An open group of writers who encourage others to write and also critique work. Also on Mon 16; it takes place here every first and third Monday of the month.

TUESDAY 3 JULY uAmerican Line Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 2-4pm, £4.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

Every Tuesday until 24 July. uArt Babas Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10.3011.30am, free. Info 01792 516900. Sensory playtime in the gallery for babies and their grownups. Also on Tue 17. Book in advance please. uContemporary Conversations Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

1-2pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Session to provide a supportive environment for people with an interest in creating art work and discussing contemporary issues. Also on Wed 17.

Book in advance please. uExtend The Gate, Cardiff. 10-11am, £4. Info 029 2048 3344. Over-60s exercise, every Tuesday until 24 July.

Gower Festival Talk: Toby Thacker St Mary’s Church, Pennard, Swansea.

7.30pm, £10. Info info@ gowerfestival.org. uRemember When...?

Newport Museum & Art Gallery. 2pm, free.

Info 01633 656656. Join museum volunteer Peter Brown and share memories of growing up in Newport.

Every Tuesday until 18 Dec. uRoath Writers The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3.

Info 029 2048 3344. A space for writers of all levels to write, develop and share their work in an informal workshop environment.

Every first two Tuesdays of the month (also on Tue 10 in July).

Rules Of Play The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-11pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2048 3344. Board game evening on the first Tuesday of every month.

WorldSong Choir Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff.

10-11.30am, £40 (five weeks). Info 07549 526527.

Unaccompanied harmony singing class with Pauline Down. A weekly event finishing today until the autumn. uYoung Strings The Gate, Cardiff. 5-6.30pm, £5. Info helen@cardiffyoungstrings.com. A small orchestra for children and young people of all ages and abilities. Every Tuesday until 24 July.

WEDNESDAY 4 JULY Beginners Sewing And Mending Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.309pm, £11. Info hannah@ greencityevents.co.uk.

Hosted by Charlotte, of Twin Made, and Green City Events.

Gardens Walk & Talk: Summer National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am, £2. Info 029 2057 3500. uGurkha Cooking Experience Venue TBC, nr Sennybridge. £25. Info 01874 749092. Learn how to make a delicious Nepalese curry with a demonstration from an exarmy Gurkha chef. A Good Day Out event. Also on Fri 27 this month. uHedgehog Helper Morning Howey Hedgehog Rescue, Llandrindod Wells. £20.

Info 01874 749092. Be a volunteer at a hedgehog rescue for a morning, helping their work to nurse sick and injured hogs and hoglets. Also on Thurs 5, Tue 10, Mon 16, Fri 20 and Wed 25 this month.

Hoop N Move Cardiff & Vale College, Cardiff.

7-8pm, £7. Info elliecoptor@hotmail.com. Hoop dance/aerobics class, with Elliecoptor Pilott.

Reminiscence Monthly Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, free.

Info 029 2034 6214. Come to the museum and share your memories of Cardiff, on the first Wednesday of every month.

Summer Cook Out BBQ Fest The Last Resort, Swansea. 5pm-1am, free.

Info www.lastresortswansea.com. Burgers, wings, American movies, hip-hop DJs, live graffiti, skate videos and a cook out jam.

THURSDAY 5 JULY Cooking On A WoodFired Oven Humble

By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £115. Info 01600 714595.

First Thursday Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £2.50. Info 029 2030 4400. New poetry and fiction, this month with Ros Cogan and Dan Tyte. uHistoric Machinery Demonstrations National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre, Llandysul. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3070.

Also on Sat 28.

Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff.

7-10pm, £2 corkage fee.

Info oceanartscardiff@ gmx.co.uk. BYOB open mic night, hosted by Jonathan Powell and on every first Thursday of the month.

Poems & Pints Browns, Laugharne. 7.30pm, free.

Info 01994 427688. Hosted

by Trudy Petersen.

FRIDAY 6 JULY Arts & Craft Table Top Sales Ebenezer Chapel, Tonypandy. 10am-1pm, £5 to set up a table. Info ebenezercraftsfair@gmx. co.uk. First Friday of every month. uCardiff International Food & Drink Festival Oval Basin, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2087 2087.

Annual weekender. There’s

u – repeated

normally some nice stuff to eat and drink here, as well as live music and street entertainment. (Until Sun 8) Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www.cardiffivc.org.uk.

Meeting here on the first Friday of each month.

Cricket: Vitality IT20 – England v India SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.

5.30pm. Info 029 2040 9380.

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.

Little Mice Club: Summer Holidays National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10.30am-12pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Bilingual playtime for babies/toddlers. uSouth Wales Caravan & Motorhome Show Chepstow Racecourse.

10am-5pm, £7.50/£6.50/free kids. Info 01291 622260. On from 10am-4pm on Sun 8.

(Until Sun 8) Swansea Poetry Slam 2018 Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7pm, free/£5 to enter. Info 07982 624959.

Also featuring a guest set from Rufus Mufasa.

Tea Dance St Donats Art Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

2pm, £5. Info 01446 799100.

With Alan Taylor.

Terrarium And Macramé Hanger The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.308.30pm, £40. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Toddler Days Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £5.50/free under-4s. Info 029 2047 5475. Monthly term-time events for toddlers and their parents, this month’s theme being ‘at the seaside’. uWorkshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 1-5pm.

Info www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk. Adult bikes on sale from £60; kids’ bikes from £10. Also on tomorrow, from 10am-12pm, and every Friday this month.

SATURDAY 7 JULY uArt Trolley Saturday Drop-In Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Every Saturday this month.

Bee-Keeping Humble

By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £115. Info 01600 714595.

Bingo Lingo The Neon, Newport. 6pm, £6.50 adv.

Info 01633 533666. Monthly bingo night aimed at millennials. uBotanical Art Workshop Insole Court, Llandaff , Cardiff. 10am4pm, £35. Info 029 2116 7920. Hosted by Debbie Devauden. Also on Sat 28

this month. uBreakfast Club G39, Cardiff. 10am-12pm, free.

Info 029 2047 3633. A way of meeting other people in the visual arts community and catching up on what's going on. Every Saturday as part of the Unite exhibition/series of events here, until late September.

Craft Fair Coffee Cove Cafe Bar, Barry Island.

10am-3.30pm, free/£10 to set up a stall. Info 07948 399111. Every first Saturday of the month.

Craft Fair St Mary’s Church, Swansea. 10am4pm, £22.50 to set up a table. Info ariancrafts@hotmail.co.uk.

Crazy Cat Carnival Tramshed, Cardiff. 10am2pm + 4-8pm, £21 per session/£11 kids. Info 029 2023 5555. This features stalls selling cat treats etc, rescue centre cats which you can enquire about adopting, and lessons in taking photos of your cat. Truly in awe at the neck of this event’s organisers, charging £20+ for stuff you can very easily get for free.

Dewch i Ganu National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Join musician Delyth Jenkins and learn Welsh through song.

Eclectic Crafters Centenary Hall, Maryport Street, Usk. Info eclectic. crafters@gmail.com.

Craft fair held on the first Saturday of each month.

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

Glamorgan Vintage Iron Horse Society Display Of Tractors Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. Free. Info 01639 881635. uHave A Go Archery Caldicot Castle & Country Park. £1.50 per four arrows.

Info 01291 420241. On tomorrow also.

Hybu’s World Record Attempt Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 12.30-4.30pm, £5.

Info 029 2022 4488. The record in question is for the largest number of people in one place dressed as illustrated children’s storybook characters. The money raises funds for Hybu, who train young people in volunteering, leadership, and business skills Machen Show Mill Farm, Machen. £5/£3. Info www. machenshow.com. Annual agricultural show. uMedieval Nights Inkspot, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £35 adv. Info 029 2049 0254. Featuring a medieval banquet, swordfighting, medieval games, medieval dancing, bards and musicians and complementary drinks. On tomorrow also.

Mini Planter With Baked-By-Lou And Macramé Hanger The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.30-8.30pm, £40.

Info

twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Modern Embroidery The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am-12pm, £20.

Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Monmouthshire Show Monmouthshire Showground, Monmouth.

8am, £4/£12. Info 01873 890365. Also an annual show, this features horses, livestock, a dog show and garden type stuff.

Moth Watch Bute Park Education Centre, Cardiff.

11am-1pm, free. Info www. bute-park.com. Free activity sessions for families; open the moth traps, identify the moths caught and get involved in some moththemed arts and crafts.

Open Haus The Printhaus / The Bone Yard, Canton, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free.

Info 029 2022 0349.

Monthly open studios here, an opportunity to meet the artists and makers in this creative community. On the first Saturday of every month.

Pizza & Prosecco Party Nolton Corner, Bridgend.

12pm, free. Info 01656 655015. Featuring eight different types of prosecco plus live music TBC. Risca Summer Festival Risca Park. 12-5pm. Info 029 2088 0011. Featuring food and craft stalls, children's funfair rides and activities. uSummer Antiques Fair National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 10am.

Info 01558 667149. On tomorrow also.

Summer Book Fair The Old School, Sully. 10am1pm, free. Info 029 2053 1705. All books £1 each or six for £5, plus coffee, cake and a raffle. uSwansea Young Writers Squad Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

10am, free. Info 01792 463980. Workshop hosted

by Jonathan Edwards (today) and Sion Tomos Owen (Sat 14). uTanabata: Star Festival National Museum Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951.

Workshops, activities and performances coinciding with both this traditional Japanese festival and the Kizuna exhibition currently showing here. On tomorrow also.

The Dark Fruit Festival The Depot, Cardiff. 12-5pm + 6-11pm, £5 adv. Info info@ depotcardiff.com. This is billed as a festival dedicated to Strongbow Dark Fruits, and features country music and apple bobbing along with things made from the drink in question. Don’t really see the point of this but, as someone who recently spent an hour agonising over whether to spend £20

on some Buckfast slipmats, I’m not going to act too aloof here.

T-Shirt Printing The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff.

12-3pm, £45. Info 029 2022 0349. Monthly course aimed at beginners.

Vintage Kilo Sale Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 10am-6pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144.

Designer labels at £15 a kilo they’re saying.

SUNDAY 8 JULY Barry Island Handmade Market Barry Island train station. 11am-3pm, free.

Info facebook.com/ barryislandhandmademarket. Every second Sunday of the month.

Cardigan Bay Seafood Festival Aberaeron seafront. 11am, free. Info seafood@aberaeron.info.

Food demos from noteworthy

Info 029 2057 3500. Bring objects, photographs, documents and memories to create an NHS-themed pop-up museum.

Wedding Fayre St Donats Art Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 11am, free. Info 01446 799100. With a free luxury welcome bag for the first 100 brides.

MONDAY 9 JULY A Tribute To Ryan Gowerton Church Hall, Swansea. 3 + 7.30pm, £5.

Info info@gowerfestival. org. Gower Festival event paying tribute to Welsh comedian Ryan Davies.

Grangetown Community Picnic Grange Pavilion On The Green, Grangetown, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info paulinedown7@gmail.com.

Featuring live music and singing from Grangetown

There’s Only One Neil Warnock, already a statement welcomed by the Cardiff City manager’s acolytes and detractors alike, is also the name of a celebratory dinner being held at Cardiff’s Radisson Blu hotel on Thurs 12 July. Proceeds to Cancer Research Wales.

chefs, free samples, stalls, art.

Cricket: Vitality Blast – Glamorgan v Sussex SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.

2.30pm. Info 029 2040 9380.

Cycling: Velothon Wales King Edward VIII Avenue, Cardiff (start and finish point). 7am, £45-£69 to enter. Info www.velothonwales.co.uk. Welsh edition of a professional worldwide mcycling sportive, featuring some kickass scenery as you’d imagine. The Cardiff start is for the 140 and 125km courses, while the 60km option starts in Usk at 10am.

Dragon Pro Wrestling The Neon, Newport. 5.309.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01633 533666. With an all-Wales title match between Danny Jones and Travis Banks as the m,ain event.

Marina Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.

Monthly event outside on Dylan Thomas Square for the summer.

Paddle Royale Volume 7 Kongs, Cardiff. 5pm, £3 to enter. Info 029 2064 4114.

Monthly table tennis tournament.

Stretch Revive and Relax Workshop Tramshed Studio, Cardiff.

10.30am-12.30pm, £20. Info sarasclasses4@gmail.com.

The NHS Is 70! National History Museum, St Fagans. 10am-4pm, free.

Community Choir, the Oasis music group and other community choirs. Bring food to share if you can. uJoy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30-9pm, free (donations welcome).

Info 07412 346054. On the second and fourth Monday of every month (also Mon 23 in July).

TUESDAY 10 JULY An Evening With David Sedaris St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32. Info 029 2087 8444. American humourist who is also on Radio 4 a bunch.

Board Games The Lansdowne, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-10.30pm, free.

Info 029 2022 1312. Play, and/or learn how to play, party games, two-player games, strategy games, bluffing games, family games, traditional games and more. Hosted By Rules Of Play.

Evening Of Spoken Word Bridgend Library. 7pm, £3.50. Info 01656 815995.

With Patrick Jones and Mike Church.

Little Man Quiz Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff.

7-9pm, £1 to play. Info 07933 844234.

WEDNESDAY 11 JULY Conservation Surgery Glynn Vivian Art Gallery,

Swansea. 1-2pm, £3. Info 01792 516900. Book in advance please.

Hoop Yoga Cardiff & Vale College, Cardiff. 7-8pm, £7.

Info elliecoptor@hotmail. com. With Elliecoptor Pilott.

Karen Wilson The Arch, Neath. 7.30pm, £10 adv.

Info 07791 923214. Psychic medium.

Kev F Sutherland’s Comic Art Masterclass Neath Community Centre.

4pm, £5 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Neath Comedy Festival event hosted by an illustrator for Marvel and the Beano among others.

Natural Dyeing And Printing Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £11.

Info hannah@greencityevents.co.uk. Hosted by Cat, of ColourField, and Green City Events. uScriveners Writers’ Group The Badminton Club, Beaufort, Ebbw Vale.

8pm. Info 01495 753629.

Also on Wed 25 this month.

The Art Of Conservation Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 11am-12pm, £3.

Info 01792 516900. Book in advance please.

THURSDAY 12 JULY Crafty Beer Evening NosDa, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £15. Info 029 2037 8866.

Do crafts and drink some drinks, with your hosts Twin Made. Price includes one drink and crafting materials/equipment.

Glittery And Macramé Jewellery The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.308.30pm, £40. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop. uHowl Mozarts, Swansea.

8pm, free. Info 01792 649984. Poetry open mic, every second and third Thursday of the month (also on Thurs 19 in July).

It Will Glow The Depot, Cardiff. 6-11pm, £22 adv.

Info www.depotcardiff. co.uk. New event combining talks by creatives and street food. The theme is ‘dirty doodles’ and speakers include Mr Bingo (the guy who people pay to write them rude postcards) and filmmaker Anna Ginsburg.

Noche de Español The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2048 3344. A night of games, activities, conversation, and music all geared towards helping you learn Spanish.

Open Mic Poetry Night Imperial Hotel, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 722555. With guest poet Alan Perry.

There’s Only One Neil Warnock Celebration Dinner Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £54. Info 0845 1085690.

Charity do in aid of Cancer Research Wales, which features a two-course meal, raffle, auction and Cardiff City manager Neil addressing the crowd in his normal modest and vicar-friendly

manner.

Young Art Force Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

11am-2pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

FRIDAY 13 JULY uBridgend County Show Pencoed College.

10am-5pm, free. Info 01656 661338. Featuring food, crafts, trade stands, poultry and a tea dance among other things. (Until Sun 15) Dinky Dragons Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2034 6214. Family fun day for 0-5-year-olds on the second Friday of every month.

Ladies Evening With Scott Mills Chepstow Racecourse. 3pm, £18.70£69. Info 01291 622260. On from 10am-4pm on Sun 8.

(Until Sun 8) Paint & Sip Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7-9pm, £12. Info 01656 815757. A relaxed evening of painting with a glass of wine. uThe Gin Joint Weekend Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2030 4400. Held in the courtyard and featuring a wide variety of gins from the UK and beyond. On tomorrow also.

SATURDAY 14 JULY Bite Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 12-10pm, free. Info 029 2116 7920. Debut for this food festival created by Dusty Knuckle Pizza and Simon Thomas, wherein noted Welsh chefs will be creating bespoke dishes served here for a top price of £3. uCadstock Victoria Park, Cadoxton, Barry. 12-7pm, free. Info 07742 571000.

Two days of live music (acts TBC) and other entertainment. On tomorrow also.

Caerwent Craft Fayre Caerwent Village Hall, Monmouthshire. 2.304.30pm. Info cwmbran_ crafts@hotmail.co.uk.

Every second Saturday of the month.

Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow. 8.30am-1pm, free. Info 01291 626370.

Every second and fourth Saturday of the month (also on Sat 24).

Children’s Leggings The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, £25.

Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Craft & Gift Fair The Tabernacle, The Hayes, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free.

Info uniquefairs@gmx. co.uk.

Day Of Dance National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 10am6pm. Info 01558 667149.

Featuring folk dancers from across Wales.

Farmers’ Market Twyn Community Centre, Caerphilly. 9.30am, free.

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Info 01656 658963. Every second Saturday of the month.

Funky Craft Fayre Ostreme Centre, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am-4pm. Info nigel.mason@ntlworld. com. Taking place here on the second Saturday of each month.

Gin Stock 2018 The Depot, Cardiff. 12-5pm + 6-11pm, £6 adv. Info info@depotcardiff.com. Featuring lots of different gins plus the extraaneous stuff (tasting tips, music, food trucks etc) all these spirit-based events have so they can justify charging people to get in.

Introduction To Enamelling National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4.30pm, £65/£55. Info 029 2057 3500. With Sophie Buckingham.

Leather Belt Making Workshop The Sustainable Studio, Cardiff. 2-5.30pm, £45. Info 07852 275498.

Level 1 Bike Maintenance Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 9.30am-4pm, £65.

Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

Llancaiach Fawr Manor Craft Fair Llancaiach Fawr Manor, nr Caerphilly.

10am-4.30pm, £10-£25 to set up a table. Info 01443 412248.

Midsummer Night Ball Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7pm-12am, £35 adv.

Info 029 2048 7602. Black tie event in aid of the charity Follow Your Dreams.

Mini In The Bay 2018 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff (starting point).

9am-4pm, free/£8 to participate. Info 029 2048 0077.

Annual event wherein a procession of Minis drive from Leckwith to the bay and then sit there to be looked at, I guess.

Miss Universe GB 2018 The Riverfront, Newport.

7pm, £31/£11 under-5s.

Info 01633 656757. Big fan of this event charging babies and toddlers £11 to ogle women. Sorry, I meant to write “bring together the best of British beauty in a fun and celebratory occasion supporting A-Sisterhood, a not-for-profit organisation which supports female causes both in the UK and overseas”.

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.

Photography: Capturing The Natural World Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £120. Info 01600 714595.

Pontypool Party In The Park Pontypool Park.

11am-5pm, free. Info 01495 762200. Featuring music, BUZZ 66

dance, storytelling, arts and crafts, kids’ activities, farm animals, sports, food stalls, a dog show and a funfair.

SA4 Market Canolfan Centre, Gorseinon, Swansea. Free. Info andwoo29@gmail.com. Every second Saturday of the month.

Saturday Family Workshops Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

10am-1pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Sheep Dog Shepherding Morning Venue TBC, nr Crickhowell. £45. Info 01874 749092. Learn how to work with a sheep dog on a Welsh hill farm and move sheep from field to field. A Good Day Out event.

Smallholding For Beginners Humble

By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £130. Info 01600 714595.

Spoken Word Saturday Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 3pm, £3.

Info 0845 2263510.

Talk: Women In Focus National Museum Cardiff.

1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. With Senior Curator Of Photography Lisa Edgar. uVintage For Victory Library Gardens, Whitchurch Village, Cardiff.

10am-9pm, £40 both days/£25 per day/£30 kids both days/£20 kids per day/ free under-12s. Info www. vintageforvictory.co.uk. Twoday event which launched last year claiming, as it still is, to be “Inspired by the Romance and Glamour of Vintage Fashion & Nostalgia”. As well as dance lessons, vintage Minis and various other items of UKIP voter bait, music comes courtesy of King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys, The Jive Aces, Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band, Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer, My Favourite

£12.50/£10 kids. Info 07538 878609. Presented

by Cardiff History & Hauntings. Also on Tue 17, Sun 22 and Tue 24.

Party In The Park Cwmbran Old Cwmbran Park, Cwmbran. 11am-3pm, £0.01. Info sdwcommunitygroup@gmail.com.

Featuring lots of kids’ activities, live music, a dog show and a meet and greet with ITV-era British wrestler Adrian Street.

Race For Life – Cardiff 5k Coopers Field, Cardiff.

11am, £14.99 to enter/£10 kids. Info 0300 123 0770.

A 5k, all abilities women’s charity race in aid of Cancer Research UK. Tea Dance Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff.

4-7pm, £5. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.co.uk.

Every third Sunday of the month. uTuneless Choir Cardiff Aspire Fitness, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 first session/£7 drop-in/£40 for eight weeks. Info 07745 683723. Choir, led by Mei Gwynedd, for people who want to sing but can’t carry a tune. Also on Sun 22 and Sun 29 this month.

MONDAY 16 JULY Gwd Mondays: Mild Extravangansa #3 Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

New spoken word, storytelling and poetry nights, hosted and curated by Mat Troy. uVelotech Platinum Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 9.30am4pm, £495 (four days). Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

(Until Thurs 19) TUESDAY 17 JULY Tea Dance Miners

The Bone Yard in Pontcanna, Cardiff, have a Summer Market on Sat 21 July. They’ll be selling craft, food, beer, cocktails and (presumably) bones, and there’ll be workshops from people including Twin Made.

Things, The Candy Girls, The Class Of ‘58, Jackson Sloan & The Rhythmtones, The Daisy Chains, Elle & The Pocket Belles, The Victory Sisters and Madassa Soul Ban. On tomorrow also.

Young Makers Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

2-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Book in advance please.

SUNDAY 15 JULY 1-Day Sandal Making Workshop The Sustainable Studio, Cardiff. 9am-5pm, £125. Info 07852 275498. uDark Castle Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 10pm,

Theatre, Ammanford.

7.30pm, £6. Info 0845 2263510.

WEDNESDAY 18 JULY Toddler Time At The Play Lab Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon.

1.30-2.45pm, free. Info 029 2057 3650. With the theme of summer holidays this month.

Wasteless Kitchen Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff.

6.30-9pm, £11. Info hannah@greencityevents. co.uk. Hosted by Becca and Green City Events.

THURSDAY 19 JULY An Evening With Jamie Owen & David Wilson Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7pm, £8.50/£7. Info 01646 695267. Talking about a new book of theirs, A Year In Pembrokeshire.

We have a copy of it in here, photos look nice.

Open Space: Peter Finch Central Library Hub, Cardiff. 5.45pm, free. Info 029 2038 2116. Author, poet and local historian discusses his new book Real Cardiff – The Flourishing City. Book in advance please. uSt Fagans Dark Castle Tour National History Museum, St Fagans. 10pm, £12.50/£10 kids. Info 029 2057 3500. Presented

by Cardiff History & Hauntings. Also on Thurs 26.

FRIDAY 20 JULY uCraft*Folk Craft Market Tacoma Square, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2048 0077.

(Until Sun 22) Cricket: Vitality Blast – Glamorgan v Somerset SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff. 6.30pm. Info 029 2040 9380.

FriYAY Evening Of Craft The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.30-8.30pm, £15.

Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Llandovery Folk Dancing Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery. 7.30pm, £5. Info llanwrda.org.uk.

With caller Peter Brock.

Lunch Club Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am2.30pm, £39. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

Milolnga The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2048 3344. Tango dancing in the Pulpit café bar, with guest DJ Mabel Gomez..

Redhouse Cymru Street Food Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 6pm, £3.50 adv. Info 01685 384111. New event proclaiming “beef, pork, chicken, bacon, you name it, we’ve got it.” uSkynet Wales LAN Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. £40 to enter/£10 to spectate. Info 01874 611622. Annual event for gamers – book online at skynetwales.co.uk. (Until Sun 22) So You Think You’re Smart? Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Quiz night, every third Friday of the month. uSt Fagans Dark Museum Tour National History Museum, St Fagans. 10pm, £12.50/£10 kids. Info 029 2057 3500.

Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings. Also on Fri 27.

Teddy Bears Picnic –

Magical And Mystical National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

10.30am-2.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Family crafts and other activities where kids can bring their teddies.

SATURDAY 21 JULY Adrenaline Fight Nights Grand Theatre, Swansea.

6pm, £25. Info 01792 475715. MMA and kickboxing matches, including the MMA pro welterweight title fight.

Back To Basics Screenprinting Workshop The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £60. Info 029 2022 0349.

Get to grips with the basics of the screenprinting process. Email info@ theprinthaus.org to book.

On once a month until November.

Bakudupan G39, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2047 3633. First meeting of a study group who discuss ideas about food in a political, social, cultural etc context. Part of the Unite exhibition/series of events currently running here. uBig Splash Various outdoor locations, Newport.

Free. Info 01633 656757.

Street theatre, music, kids’ activities and more over two days. On tomorrow also.

Botanical Art Course Dyffryn Gardens, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am-4pm, £37.50. Info 029 2059 3328.

Monthly workshop hosted

by Debbie Devauden.

Brecon Craft Fair Market Hall, Brecon. 9am-4.30pm.

Info 01495 753782. Every third Saturday of the month.

Craft Fair St David’s Church, Neath. 10am-4pm, £22.50 to set up a table.

Info ariancrafts@hotmail.co.uk.

Drive-In Outdoor Screening – Andy Irons: Kissed By God Rhossili Bay carpark, Swansea.

6.30pm, £16/£15. Info 07982 624959. This is presented

by Cinema & Co and the screening in questions is about an American surfer.

This is also a fundraiser for Surfability UK CIC. Duck Race And Summer Fete Knap Gardens, Barry.

12-4pm, free. Info 07533 048620 . uIsle Of Fire Barry Island seafront. 8.30-11pm, free.

Info 01446 704737. Annual event in which Barry Island is transformed into a firey landscape. In a good way. New for 2018 is The Mesmerising Mechanical Heart, a beating heart with light and music made by blacksmith Felicity Jones.

On tomorrow also.

Merthyr Food Festival Penderyn Square, Merthyr Tydfil. 10am-5pm, free.

Info 01685 725414. Locallyminded food stalls (including a pop-up vegan festival within this one), live chef demos/seminars, live music and arts and crafts stalls.

uMuseum Premium Ghost Walk National History Museum, St Fagans.

8.30pm, £15.50. Info 029 2057 3500. Presented

by Cardiff History & Hauntings. Also on Fri 8, Sat 16 and Fri 29. uOperation Earth Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee.

Info 029 2047 5475. New family show exploring the stories and science of the environment, and giving you the chance to become a trainee environmental scientist. (Until Sun 2 Sept) Quilt Club National History Museum, St Fagans. 10.30am-12.30pm, £5. Info 029 2057 3500.

Monthly session for adults.

Book in advance please.

Saturday Morning Kitchen Summer Special Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am12.30pm, £24. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

Speedway: Adrian Flux British FIM Grand Prix 2018 Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 5pm, £19-£110 adv.

Info 0844 8588879. Annual GP taking place here around this time every year. uStar Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475. Find out more about some familiar constellations, the planets, how stars are born and how they die. (Until Tue 31) uStorytelling Weekend National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 10am6pm. Info 01558 667149. On tomorrow also.

Swansea In The Great War: Sid Kidwell Memorial Lecture National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3600.

With Bernard Lewis.

The Bone Yard Summer Market The Bone Yard, Canton, Cardiff. 12-7pm, free. Info 029 2022 0349.

Featuring an open studio, craft stalls, workshops, local food, a craft beer bar (in conjunction with the Canton Beer Festival) and cocktails.

Unicorn & Prosecco Festival Tramshed, Cardiff. 12-4 + 6-10pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

“Entertainment / World’s Largest Inflatable Unicorn / Unicorn Rodeo / Enchanted Photo Mirror / Unicorn Performers / Unicorn Glitter station / UNICORN FUCKING EVERYTHING.” Genuinely cannot fathom how a functioning adult could look at that blurb and think it would be worth £20. uWorld War I Living History Event Caerphilly Castle. 11am-4pm, £8.50/free members. Info 0300 0256000.

On tomorrow also.

SUNDAY 22 JULY Gourmet Barbecue Course Angela Gray’s

Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am-3.30pm, £175. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk.

MONDAY 23 JULY uCardiff Guitar Festival: Beginners Course Csrdiff Music School, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. £50 (two days). Info 029 2030 4400.

Aimed at ages 7-12. On tomorrow also. uCycle Instructor Training Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4.30pm, £450 (four days). Info www.cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

Live Wrestling: Coyote Nitro Coyote Ugly, Cardiff.

7-11pm, £10 adv. Info cardiff@coyoteuglysaloon. com. Featuring wrestlers from the Exposure Wrestling Entertainment division uRoyal Welsh Show Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells.

8am, £24 adv Mon-Wed/£22 adv Thurs only/£5 ages 5-16/ under-5s free. Info 0844 5450517. Family-friendly livestock competitions, forestry, horticulture, crafts, countryside sports, shopping and food and drink. (Until Thurs 26) uYouth Circus Summer Schools: Ewoks Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 9am-3pm, £160/£150 (five days). Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. This week is for ages 5-7; Mon 30 July-Fri 3 Aug is for Wookies (aged 7-9); Mon 20-Fri 24 Aug is for Padawans (aged 9-11) and Mon 27-Fri 31 Aug is for Jedi (aged 11-18). (Until Fri 27).

TUESDAY 24 JULY Ekphrastic Writing Group The Gate, Cardiff.

7-45-9.30pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Readings and discussions. On the fourth Tuesday of every month.

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY uCardiff Guitar Festival: Intermediate Course Cardiff Music School, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. £65 (three days). Info 029 2030 4400.

Aimed at ages 10-16. (Until Fri 27) uFamily Crafts Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, £1. Info 029 2034 6214. Creative dropin sessions, on every Wednesday until 29 Aug. uHoliday Memory Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.

10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Self-led activity during the summer holidays, all inspired by Dylan Thomas’ radio broadcast Holiday Memory. Also on Fri 27, Sat 28, Sun 29 and Tue 31.

Hula Hoop Class For

All Levels Cardiff & Vale College, Cardiff. 7-8pm, £7.

Info elliecoptor@hotmail. com. With Elliecoptor Pilott.

Mini-Massive Art Festival Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. Free. Info 01792 516900. Inspired by the gallery’s latest contemporary exhibition featuring NS Harsha, this is a day of art that explores the massive and the minute via a series of drop-in workshops. uPirate Rat Trail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Summer holiday activities related to the pirate exhibition currently on here (see Art listings) – hunt down the escaped pirate ship rats that have taken refuge in the galleries. (Until Sun 2 Sept) Roll Up, Roll Up! – Creative Arts Workshops The Welfare, Ystradgynlais.

10am-2pm, £5 per workshop Info 01639 843163.

Circus-themed summer crafts and activities: create a circus poster, make funny photo props, circus games and toys, and a big top puppet show. Suitable for ages 6-10.

Spice Preview Night Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Info 07376 604291.

Monthly evening offering a chance for you to go along and see what you might get out of this adventure, activity, sports and social group.

Summer Holiday Crafts Pontypridd Museum.

11am-3pm, free. Info 01443 490748. All-ages event for the summer holidays (kids have to come with a parent or guardian though). uYoung Composers Scheme St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1-5pm, free. Info 029 2087 8444. Presented

by Arts Active and looking at writing music for film/game with composer Rob Westwood Sign up in advance. (Until Sat 28) THURSDAY 26 JULY Decorate Your Own Plant Pots Swansea Museum.

10am-1pm, free. Info 01792 653763. Drop-in workshop.

A different one is on here every Thursday until 30 Aug. Jeff Jarrett Bierkeller, Cardiff. 6-10.30pm, £27.50/£47.50 VIP/£100 platinum. Info 0845 533 3000.

WWE Hall Of Famer talks about his life in wrestling. uModel Show National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre, Llandysul.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3070. Carmarthen Modellers’ Club present model dioramas, railway layouts, model displays and more. On tomorrow also. uPaper Pirate Boats National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.303.30pm, free. Info 029 2057

3600. Fold a piece of paper into a perfect pirate boat that floats. (Until Sun 29) Scrappy Sheep Club: Botanical Felt Brooches National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre, Llandysul. 12-3pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3070. Family craft activities. On tomorrow also.

FRIDAY 27 JULY An Audience With Nicky Grist Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01874 611622. One of the 90s’ top rally drivers talks about his career. uCardiff Guitar Festival: Intermediate Course Cardiff Music School, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. £135 (three days). Info 029 2030 4400.

Aimed at ages 16 and over, this course offers the chance to work closely with the festival’s concert artists Laura Snowden, Daniel Martinez, and Dan Jones.

(Until Sun 29) uCinemôr Cinema Tipi Barry Island seafront.

8.30-11am, free. Info 01446 704737. Three-day programme of screenings courtesy of BAFTA Cymru.

First come first served, fair warning like. Today: Directing Hetty Feather and Worst Witch Q&A session (11am-12pm); Create your own soundtrack to Jerry The Troublesome Tyke workshop (1.30-4pm); Q&A session: Who was Jerry The Troublesome Tyke? Q&A session (2-2.30pm); Coastal Wales On Film screening (3-4.30pm); Tiger Bay screening (5.30-6.30pm); The Edge Of Love screening (7-9pm). Sat 28: Filmmaking Activities (12-2pm); Coastal Wales On Film screening (3-4.30pm); Camgymeriad Gwych (Beautiful Mistake) screening (5-6.30pm); Human Traffic screening (7-10pm). Sun 29: Song Of The Sea screening (1-2pm); Coastal Wales On Film screening (3-4.30pm); Very Annie Mary screening (5.30-7pm); The Chamber screening (7.30-9.30pm).

(Until Sun 29) Dirty Sanchez Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Pritchard and Dainton with a show based on aecdotes and Q&A sessions, rather than sealing their balls in molten lead. uGower Chilli Festival South Gower Sports Club, Scurlage, nr Port Eynon, Swansea. £10 weekend/£6 per day/£1 per day kids. Info 07854 319768. Featuring food (not all of it chillibased), crafts, competitions (including a chilli cookoff and a chilli-eating comp), street food AND gourmet food and live music. (Until Sun 29) Macramé Wall Hanging The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.30-8.30pm, £20.

Info

twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Party In Your PJs Tacoma Square, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. 4-7pm, free. Info 029 2048 0077.

Pyjama party raising money for young people’s support charity Hybu. uThe Big Cheese Town centre, Caerphilly. 3-10pm, free. Info 029 2088 0011.

Popular annual event. Today featuring the Great Cheese Race at 6.30pm, live music, funfair and a firework display at 10pm. Tomorrow and Sun start at 11am and features reenactment displays, musical entertainment, educational activities, food producers, a cheese market, craft stalls, animal marquees, a traditional funfair and more. (Until Sun 29) The Cellar Bards Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm, £3.

Info 07818 056599. Monthly literature event with special guests The Rockhoppers.

SATURDAY 28 JULY uArchaeology At St Fagans: Reconstructing History National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Find out how the museum’s archoelogists recreate the past from fragments found in the landscape and clues buried in ancient objects. On tomorrow also.

Cardiff Rum Festival SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.

12-6pm, £30/£50 VIP. Info 029 2040 9380. Featuring live music, street food, something described as a secret tiki room and, included in the ticket price, as many free samples as you can manage before they refuse to serve you for being too pissed on the very rum they plied you with in the first place.

Cardiff International Tattoo Convention Mercure Holland House, Cardiff. 10am-8pm, £16 per day/£26 both days. Info 029 2047 3456. Featuring a bunch of tatoo artists doing their work right there, on you if you feel like it, plus loads of stalls selling toys and various trinkety lifestyle accessories.

On tomorrow also.

Identity And Object Adult Workshop Mission Gallery, Swansea. 11am-4pm, £25. Info 01792 652016.

Contemporary hand stitching with Alison Moger.

Lampeter Food Festival Various locations, Lampeter town centre. 10am-5pm, free.

Info 01570 421930. Featuring a bunch of stall and chef demos, all TBC right now though.

Learn To Plant Dye Yarn Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £95.

Info 01600 714595.

Life Drawing Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-4pm, £3. Info 01792 516900.

Macramé Flip Flops The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.30-8.30pm, £40. Info twinmadethings@gmail.com.

Twin Made craft workshop. uPirate Week Gower

Heritage Centre, Swansea.

10am-5.30pm. Info 01792 371206. Kids’ activities such as gold panning, bouncy castle, craft activities, movies held in Wales’ smallest cinema La Charrette, and the opportunity to cross swords with Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Charlotte Duberry. (Until Sun 5 Aug) Prom Queen Social Club Girls Skate Night Spit & Sawdust, Cardiff. 7-10pm.

Info 029 2049 4741. Femaleonly skateboarders event aimed at all abilities.

Summer Spice Kitchen Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am3.30pm, £175. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

The Great British Gin Festival Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 1-5 + 6-10pm, £15 per session. Info 029 2048 7602. Featuring over 100 gins for sale plus trade stands, talks, live entertainment and an eyeball-meltingly high amount of Union Jacks on the promotional artwork.

Vintage Kilo Sale St Catherine’s Church Hall, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am5pm, free. Info 07923 142285.

Designer labels at £15 a kilo, on monthly here. uWater Buddies Weekend Tacoma Square, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay. 10am-4.30pm, free. Info 029 2048 0077. Have fun and learn how to keep safe by the water with the RNLI. On tomorrow also.

Weekend Adult Workshop Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am1pm, £5. Info 01792 516900.

This month’s workshop is Philosophical MonkeyMaking In Clay. Book in advance please.

Wonder Women Carnival Narberth High Street. 2pm, free. Info 01834 869323.

The fruits of a community arts project celebrating women from around the world.

SUNDAY 29 JULY Canal Walk With Dinky Donkeys Venue TBC, Pencelli, Brecon. £55. Info 01874 749092. Take two miniature Mediterranean donkeys for a wander along the Brecon & Monmouthshire Canal.

Price includes food and drink.

Craft Afteroon Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

12-4pm, £1.50 per item crafted. Info 029 2030 4400.

Drop-in session on an Aardman theme.

Cricket: Vitality Blast – Glamorgan v Kent SSE SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.

2.30pm. Info 029 2040 9380.

Dungarees Dress Making The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 2-5pm, £35. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Meat And Poultry Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am3.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

Party In The Parc Vol. 4 Belle Vue Parc, Newport.

11am-4pm, free (donations encouraged). Info 0303 7622680. Annual event in aid of St Davids Hospice Care and featuring live music, entertainment, street food, craft, community and local traders.

Pontcanna Brocante – Vintage Flea Market Kings Road Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am4pm. Info www. pontcannamarket.co.uk.

On the last Sunday of every month until October.

MONDAY 30 JULY Holiday Memory: Journals Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free (donations welcomed).

Info 01792 463980. Drop-in family workshop.

The Gay Men’s Book Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. This month it’s a discussion of The Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. uYouth Art Summer School: Modus Operandi St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

10am, free. Info 029 2087 8444. Performance art courses for ages 14-25, presented by Community Music Wales, Literature Wales, Citrus Arts and Arts Active. Directed by James Williams. (Until Sat 4 Aug) uYouth Circus Summer Schools: Wookies Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 9am-3pm, £160/£150 (five days). Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. This week is for ages 7-9; Mon 20-Fri 24 Aug is for Padawans (aged 9-11) and Mon 27-Fri 31 Aug is for Jedi (aged 11-18). (Until Fri 3 Aug).

TUESDAY 31 JULY uFlossy & Boo: Recycled Creatures Workshop Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 11am12pm, £2. Info 029 2030 4400. Kids’ activities preceding F&B’s performances of Ned & The Whale (see Stage listings). On tomorrow also.

Natural Dyeing Workshop National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre, Llandysul. 10am-4pm, £55.

Info 029 2057 3070. Learn how to make blues with the ancient dye woad, dyeing fabric and yarn with the opportunity to create a unique silk scarf.

Pirate School National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Hour-long kids’ tutorial sessions on

JUST ANNOUNCED FOR AUGUST: PUPPY (Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 1) THE JOY FORMIDABLE (Clwb Ifor Bach, Thurs 23) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER: YOUNGBLOOD BRASS BAND (Clwb Ifor Bach, Sun 9) MURS (Clwb Ifor Bach, BUZZ 67

* – recommended

Pic: John Coles

THE SELECTER / THE BEAT Caerphilly Castle, Fri 13 July Tickets: £31.50. Info: 01495 227206 / orchardentertainment.co.uk The Selecter and The Beat – appearing here with veteran toaster Ranking Roger – are two of Britain’s ska and 2-Tone royal family, both crucial to the scene’s cultural and musical explosion close on 40 years ago. Though lifelong friends, their musical endeavours were separate – but now, in a rare treat, fans can rock up to this grand old castle for a day of high-octane skanking and Anglo-Jamaican rhythms (Sonic Boom Six, faves on the UK ska-punk circuit, will open the show to boot). The Beat and Ranking Roger released the fourth studio album of their career, Bounce, in 2016, while The Selecter’s most recent effort Daylight recalls the classic sound of their 1979 debut. how to survive as a pirate.

Book in advance please.

live SUNDAY 1 JULY Claire’s Western Fundraiser Creature Sound, Swansea. 5pm, £20 (three days). Info 01792 301178. Charity weekender in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust and presented by Rebel Cat. Today is the final day of three, and features Mad Dog Collective, Monsterometer, Reality Attack, Mercurious Rising, NFA, The Babes, Terminal Rage and Completed Dysfunction; it starts at 2pm and tickets are £8. (Finishes today) Dave Herbert Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688. *David Cross & David Jackson Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. This pair are members of King Crimson and Van Der Graaf Generator respectively, and released an album recently. It’s as flagrantly prog as you would imagine, and I’m into it. The Wyrd Wonder have booked this one.

Drew Martin Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose.

8pm, free. Info 01446 710386. Presented by Nailed It Events. uFrankie Weeson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny.

8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. Every

Sunday this month.

Kate Voegele & Tyler Hilton + Brian Mackey The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £18.50 adv.

Info 07590 471888. Two American singer-songwriters who were also actors on One Tree Hill, which will be the only reason anyone goes to this.

Lord Bishop Rocks The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178.

New York rock trio with an exceptionally hyperbolic band bio.

Nancy Kerr Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £12.30 adv. Info 01239 841387. UK folk fave.

Paul Dark The Newbridge, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 8031.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Simon Shewring Penarth Pier Pavilion. 3pm, £8/£5.

Info 0333 6663366. Piano recital. uSteve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free.

Info 01873 853613.

Presented by Nailed It Events Every Sunday this month.

The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Jedis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

6pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

Promsing both classic rock covers and banter.

The Low Down Dirty Dog Blues Band The Parrot, Carmarthen.

7.30pm, £5. Info 01267 231012. Playing the monthly Parrot Blues night.

The Sam Johnson Band Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. uUkulele Festival Of Wales Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 11am5pm, £33/£31 (three days)/£10/£9 (today only). Info 01792 371206.

Featuring performances from (schedule TBC) Abbey Road Ukes, Amigos Gypsy Orchestra, Ben Rouse, Dead Mans Uke, Digga Digga Duo, Fflip Flops, Gaudy Orde, Madison Martin, Manitoba Hal Brolund, Porthcawl Ukulele Bandits, Sarah Kelly, The Elderley Brothers, The Hedge Inspectors and Ukoholix. (Finishes today) uUnearthed Festival 2018 Yurt Field, nr Solva, Haverfordwest. 12pm, £85 weekend/£55 ages 12-17.

Info www.unearthedinafield.co.uk. Hippyish/ alternative festival with the following confirmed so far: Soothsayers, Me And My Friends, Macka B, Ivan Moult, Ichi, Feelgood Experiment, Cousin Kula, Captain Accident, Bro G, Jodie Marie and I See Rivers. Plus speakers, performers and interesting food and drink. (Finishes today) MONDAY 2 JULY Arch Echo + Fort + Schiermann Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Tech-metal type stuff I believe.

Elin Manahan Thomas

& Brian Ellsbury St Paul’s Church, Sketty, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@gowerfestival.org.

Soprano/piano duo feature at the opening event of the Gower Festival, which runs until Sat 14 in various venues. uLive Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Here every Monday.

Psychostick + Pizzatramp + Democratus Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50 adv.

Info 07970 063107. Comedy metal band from Chicago who on the strength of their photos and song titles look to be the least amusing thing imaginable. uUkulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.

TUESDAY 3 JULY Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.

All That Jazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. uCommunity Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk.

Every Tuesday.

Deap Vally The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £12 adv.

Info 01443 490390. Indieblues-rock duo who we previewed in Music last month.

Eyre Llew + 10 O’Clock Chemical + Big Thing + A Standard Model Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm.

Info 029 2039 7933. *Martin Carthy Miners Theatre, Ammanford.

7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. British folk legend. uOpen Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday.

Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here. uOpen Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free. Info 01497 821762.

Every Tuesday. uOpen Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday.

Quartet 19 Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £5.50. Info 01656 815995. Lunchtime concert by percussion ensemble.

Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Showcase Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9pm. Info www.thefluteandtankard. com. Jazz. Also on Tue 19

u – repeated

this month.

Thomas Wynn & The Believers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.

WEDNESDAY 4 JULY Andrey Lebedev & Lotte Betts-Dean St Cadoc’s Church, Cheriton, Swansea.

7.30pm, £15. Info info@ gowerfestival.org. Gower Festival concert. Lebedev is performing solo tomorrow.

Aniya Savage + Bella C Collins + Eleri Angharad + Phil King Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info feelgoodmusicorg@gmail.com. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man. *Group Listening + Ratatosk Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9pm, £11. Info www.thefluteandtankard. com. Duo of Paul Jones and Stephen Black, who I wrote about in the One To Watch section in May, play their first Cardiff gig.

Llywelyn Ifan Jones The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757.

Matt Ford with Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Molly Evans & Jack Rutter Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. uOpen Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm.

Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Sophie Crabtree.

Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

7pm, free. Info 01685 384111. First Wednesday of every month.

Skyliners Big Band & Singers Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig. uBay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 18.

THURSDAY 5 JULY Andrey Lebedev St Andrew’s Church, Penrice, Swansea. 3pm, £10. Info info@gowerfestival.org.

Gower Festival concert featuring an hour-long classical guitar recital.

Chris Kelly The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Guto Dafis & Daniel Kilbride Chapter Arts

Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.

Info 029 2030 4400. Folk music and storytelling.

Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2038 7026. Featuring sets by Tuk Tuk and the Bruno Heinen Trio. Pay according to your finances and what you thought the sets were worth.

Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Monthly singalong around the piano.

John Nicholas The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. EP launch gig. *Rachel Ní Chuinn + Mia Zabelka Swansea Studios, University Of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea.

7pm, £8/£5. Info www.rwan. cymru. NAWR presents the sixth of seven concerts showcasing Irish avantgarde musicians and seeking to strengthen links between them and their Welsh counterparts. Also features Mia Zabelka from Austria, who was booked here for earlier this year but had to postpone I think.

RPMs + New York Tourists + Bandicoot + Violet Walk The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv.

Info info@themooncardiff. com. Presented by This Feeling.

Selena In The Chapel + Codewalkers + Zion road NosDa, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.

A Live By The River night presented by U&I Radio.

Vega + Midnite City + Devilfire Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

7pm, £12 adv. Info 07970 063107.

FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018 Menuhin Competition Winner St Cattwg’s Church, Port Eynon, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@gowerfestival.org. Gower Festival concert.

Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Black Rose Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5/£3 adv.

Info 01685 879491. Thin Lizzy tribute.

Charlie Says + Fioled + ClayToRide The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £2. Info 029 2022 8883. EP launch gig for the headliners.

Dan Bettridge Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.

Info 029 2023 2199. Album launch gig for local folkie.

Emily Maguire Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14.

Info 029 2089 0862. Singersongwriter.

Explosive Light Orchestra Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £18/£15.

Info 0300 0040444. ELO tribute band.

Good Times The Arch, Neath. 9pm, £7 adv. Info 07791 923214. Chic/Nile Rodgers tribute band.

Wed 12) BROOKE CANDY (Glee Club, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 13) SIKTH (The Globe, Cardiff, Sun 13) JARET REDDICK (The Globe, Tue 18) STEPHEN LYNCH (Glee Club, Tue 18) LOST HORIZONS (Clwb Ifor Bach, Thurs 20) DJ YODA (The Globe, Fri 21) BUZZ 68

Guns With Roses Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv.

Info 07970 063107. Tribute band.

Hakouostic 2 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £10.

Info 01970 623232. Haka present an acoustic showcase with sets from Kedma, Sam Ebenezer, Three Legg’d Mare, Cory Baker, Dan Messore and Esyllt Sears.

Hard Edged Exhibition Launch Jacob’s Antiques, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2039 0939. See the Art listings for more on the exhibition; this opening gig, meanwhile, has live sets from The Gentle Good, The Cosmic Array, Steepways and Gid Goundrey, plus DJ sets from Pete Fowler and Chameleonic.

Hells Bells The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £13 adv. Info 01633 533666. AC/DC tribute. In Tenby tomorrow.

Holding Absence Le Public Space, Newport.

7.30pm, £8 adv. Info sam@ lepub.co.uk. Presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.

Innes Sibun with Junior Hacksaw Cathays Cons Club, Cardiff. 8-11.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 0902. A night of blues-rock presented by Blues Dragon, who are putting on their first gig in a fair few years. Sibun is a musician from Bath who’s been round since the early 90s.

Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.

Luke Jackson + Siobhan McCrudden St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2056 2022.

Two solo folkies presented here by Newsoundwales.

Mike Dennis The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

Monsterometer + Deadly Light Shade The Parrot, Carmarthen.

7.30pm, £5. Info 01267 231012. Album launch gig for headliners.

Motörheadache The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Motörhead tribute.

Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.

Pentreffest Noz Summer BBQ St Fagans Village Hall.

7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. With music led by Becky Price.

Population 7 Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv.

Info 029 2039 7933. Soul, funk and hip-hop.

Rachel B Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Raven Quartet The Cawdor, Llandeilo. 10.30pm.

Info 01558 824455. A Llandeilo Jazz Festival gig, one of five taking place in the town this weekend.

Seven Sins Festival Launch Night Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm. Info booking@hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Seven Sins is a three-day hard rock fest which is in Sin City tomorrow and Sun 8.

Hangar 18 is a new venue where the Scene used to be; no-one seems to have quite made this space work yet but maybe these guys will. Today features sets by Joanovarc, The Dukes Of Bordello, Häxan and Chapel Row. Sidewinder District Club, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 402550.

Silver Cockett Inn, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events. uThe 46th Druidstone Summer Jamboree The Druidstone Hotel, Haverfordwest. £60 weekend/£30 under-18s. Info 01437 781221. Featuring live music from I See Rivers, Jodie Marie, Doreen Doreen, Harry’s Tricks, Johnny Cage & THe Voodoogroove, Jamboree Jam and DJ Chips Malone, plus storytelling. That doesn’t seem much for £60 frankly so maybe there’s more going on than is listed on the poster I saw. (Until Sun 8) The Acoustix The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Caspiens + Sweet Ignitions + X Twenty Two The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £3. Info 01495 213300.

The Devil’s Pool Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 852960. An epic poem of this name by Jeff Rees is set to music by Stephen Marshall and performed by soprano Catherine King. Tenor Paul Bradley also sings Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin in the second half of the evening.

The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

The Italics City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £18-£20. Info 01646 695267.

Tribute show.

Throwing Knives + Exit To Main Menu + State Of Decay + Stitched Up The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Two Til Twelve Mozarts, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£3 adv.

Info 01792 649984.

Whisky Business The Cawdor, Llandeilo. 8.30pm.

Info 01558 824455. A Llandeilo Jazz Festival gig.

SATURDAY 7 JULY 6foot7 + Hell Death Fury + Lesser Knowen Character + Think Pretty + KVSD Le Public Space, Newport. 5.30pm, £6 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Abertawe Festival For Young Musicians St Peter’s Church, Newton, Swansea. 1pm, £5. Info info@ gowerfestival.org. Gower Festival concert. uAcoustic Duos The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235.

Local acts here every Saturday.

Adwaith + Rufus Mufasa + Sarah McCreadie The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £4.

Info 01267 231012.

Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Bodega Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.

Break Hate Anti-Racism Gig The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 5pm, £2. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

Featuring The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk, The Coyotes, World Vs World, The Creature Within and Boom And The Tiny Explosion (main stage); Joe Disson, Adam Owens, Chris Williams, Patrick Jones and Jamie Rhys Sheehan (acoustic stage).

By The Bay Punk Rock Festival Mozarts, Swansea. 1-10.30pm, £10. Info 01792 649984.

Featuring sets by The Murderburgers, Jake And The Jellyfish, Tim Holehouse, Crooked Little Sons, Peachfuzz, Deadlines, Ocean View Sunset, The Groundnuts And Independents, The Boneless Ones, Iron Gosling, Low Blows, Richie Smith , Jebbers, ...But Pirates? and Shy Lizard.

The day is also piratethemed, with a free pint for anybody who dresses like one. Swansea may well have the most consistently zany punk scene in the UK. Chris Kelly Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Eddie Martin The White Horse, Llandeilo. 8pm. Info 01558 824455. A Llandeilo Jazz Festival gig.

ESP Cockett Inn, Swansea.

9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Hells Bells De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 9pm, £13 adv. Info 01834 218228.

Inkubus Sukkubus Mount

Pleasant Hall, Cwmbran.

8pm, £10. Info iscwmbran2018@gmail.com. Cult pagan goth band, almost 30 years in the game. Never heard them myself, any good?

Jiveholics The White Horse, Llandeilo. 1pm. Info 01558 824455. A Llandeilo Jazz Festival gig.

John Paul The Pheasant, Bridgend. 9pm, free. Info 01656 653614. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Junior Conservatoire Advanced Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £8/£4. Info 029 2039 1391. Showcasing the talents of the children and young people of the Junior Conservatoire’s Advanced Course. Preceded by free recitals in the foyer from 3pm.

Legend – The Music Of Bob Marley Cardigan Castle. 7.30pm, £20/£10 under-14s. Info 01239 621200. One of various outdoor concerts Theatr Mwldan are hosting throughout the summer.

Leon McCawley St Cattwg’s Church, Port Eynon, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@ gowerfestival.org. Gower Festival piano concert.

Little Mix + Rak-Su + Germein Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 5pm, £42.50. Info 0844 815 6665. Sold out.

Luna Reign + 9xdead Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £4 adv. Info 07970 063107.

Gothic metal.

Metallica Reloaded The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £8.

Info 01495 247178. Tribute band.

Nick Harper West End Club, Barry. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01446 735739. UK folk-rocker plays Roots N All gig rescheduled from March.

New Disorder Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tribute to Joy Division and New Order.

Owen Money’s Jukebox Heroes II Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510.

Penny Arcade Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose. 9pm, free. Info 01446 710386.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Pi & Hash Showcase NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.

Featuring Laura Power, Ben Dain-Smith, Ian Lynn Palmer, Finding Aurora, Tom Minor, Eve May Rowlands.

Primo Music Festival Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 9am-9pm, free.

Info 029 2116 7920. Dropin event in which music will be performed round the clock by the following: Cardiff Tuneless Choir, St David’s Hospice Choir, Monkey Music, The City

Of Cardiff Melingriffith, Community Brass Band, Midnight Martini, Primo Children’s Choir, Insole Court Community Choir and The Lusty Horns.

Rachel Mari Kimber The Apothecary, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2132 0020. Welsh folkrocker who I’d not heard from in some time, seemingly because she lives in Phoenix now. She is however back to play a tearoom on Llandaff Road, which means that space will be limited. uResident House Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7-10pm, free. Info 029 2038 7026.

Every Saturday this month, with guest vocals by Sarah Meek on each of those apart from Sat 21.

Sara Ashley The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.

Presented by Nailed It Events. uSeven Sins Festival Sin City, Swansea. 1pm, £18 both days/£10 per day. Info 01792 468892. Today features The Jokers, Tequila Mockingbyrd, Those Damn Crowd, Burnt Out Wreck, Cancel The Transmission, Hell’s Gazelles, V0iD and Revival (main stage); Skam, Ryders Creed, Dead Man’s Whiskey, Pearler, The Truce and E11ven (stage 2). Sun 8: One Machine, Descration, Eradikator, The Loved And Lost, Outright Resistance, Krysthla, I Fight Bears, Malum Sky and Paraskenia (main stage); We come From Ashes, Psycho Kiss, Scarsun, Democratus, Conspiracy Of Kings and Doomcrow (stage 2).

Slipped Disco Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £14.50.

Info 029 2064 6900. Tenth anniversary concert Spunk Volcano & The Eruptions + Rash Decision + 2 Sick Monkeys + Grandmother Suplex + Meathook + Among The Dead + Drunken Marksmen + Social Experiment + All Time Old Time The Dolls House, Abertillery. Info 01495 213300. This is an alldayer to celebrate the 50th birthday of somebody named Sutton. The bands are all hardcore/punk/metal I think.

Stereo Hearts The Vault, Swansea. 10pm. Info 01792 465300. Covers.

Steve Page The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622. Free live music in the bar every Saturday afternoon this month.

Stonehouse Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

9pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

Strange Bru + Delerium The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

The Doors Alive Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.

Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band.

The Numbers Racket The White Horse, Llandeilo.

5pm. Info 01558 824455. A Llandeilo Jazz Festival gig.

Van-illa + Fallow + Laundrette Ruin Cafe, Cardiff. 8pm, £5/£3 adv.

Info facebook.com/ruincafe.

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Queens Hall, Narberth.

7.15pm, £21. Info 01834 869323. Shakin’ Stevens tribute, name (possibly not his real one) of Rebel Dean.

Considering tickets to see the actual Shakin’ Stevens started at £24 on his last tour this is an audacious pricing point.

Wizards Of Oz Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv.

Info 01443 682388. Ozzy Osbourne tribute.

SUNDAY 8 JULY Bay Rum Hounds Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Ben Hutcheson Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.

A guy who apparently “bridges the storytelling gap between Passenger, Ed Sheeran and Tim McGraw”. uFolk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm.

Info 07477 627267. Every second and fourth Sunday of the month (also on Sun 22 in July), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 15) too.

Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £5/£3 NUS/£4 to participate. Info 029 2038 7026.

Larger Than Life! The Three Arches, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2075 3831. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Pavane Early Music Consort Insole Court, Llandaff , Cardiff. 7.30pm.

Info 029 2116 7920.

Performing Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, which they will also be doing at a church in Ely on Sat 14 and a cafe off the Hayes on Sun 15. *Please Mind Your Head VIII Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 3pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Annual alldayer of local goodness in aid of Headway Cardiff, with Gruff Rhys, Burning Ferns, Finery, Mike Dennis, The Vega Bodegas, Dirty Alex, Dharma Violets, Young Black Americans, Francesca's Word Salad, Gindrinker and Beatbox Hann.

Route 66 Jac’s, Aberdare.

JUST ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER: THE BLUETONES (The Globe, Tue 2) VOIVOD (The Globe, Wed 3) GLENN HUGHES (Tramshed, Cardiff, Sat 6) TURIN BRAKES (Pontardawe Arts Centre, Sat 6) DANIEL O’DONNELL (St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 8) GRAHAM BUZZ 69

* – recommended 4.30pm, free. Info 01685 879491.

Swansea Bach Choir All Saints Church, Oystermouth, Swansea.

3pm, £10. Info info@ gowerfestival.org. Gower Festival concert.

The Click Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £8/£6 adv.

Info 01495 243252. Local rock outfit “dubbed the Top Female Fronted Band”.

Sounds legit.

The Kenny Driscoll Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

MONDAY 9 JULY Bratislava Hot Serenaders St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22£27. Info 029 2087 8444.

Big band doing 1920s/30s style music. In Swansea tomorrow. *The Cosmic Dead + Infinity Forms Of Yellow Remember + Lecu The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info info@ themooncardiff.com.

Headliners are a cool heavy psych band from Glasgow, first time in Cardiff in a few years I think.

TUESDAY 10 JULY Bratislava Hot Serenaders Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £22/£20. Info 01792 602060.

Catrin Finch St Cenydd’s Church, Llangennith, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@gowerfestival.org.

Gower Festival concert.

City Voices 10th Anniversary Concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £5-£13. Info 029 2087 8444.

Pop and musical faves in aid of various charities.

El Goodo + 39th + The Nortons Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6 adv.

Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Welsh psych band headline.

Grangetown Bumps Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Il Divo Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, £45-£75.

Info 029 2022 4488.

Norman Willmore Quintet + Eddie Jones Skeleton Leaf Quartet + Josh Heaton’s Mouth Of Words Muse Arts Centre, Brecon. 8pm, £10/£8 members. Info 07791654799. A Brecon Jazz Club showcase gig.

Rockers Reunion Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Twisted Twenty + Teyr Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01873 852960. Two British folk groups.

WEDNESDAY 11 JULY Banshee Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9pm. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz

improv trio. uBella & Gareth Blues Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.

Also on Wed 25.

Burum The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free.

Info 01600 712767. Jazz meets Welsh folk in nice fashion.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

Clare Hammond St Hilary’s Church, Killay, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15.

Info info@gowerfestival. org. Gower Festival piano concert.

Liberty Big Band & Singers Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With guest host Tariq Bedgood.

THURSDAY 12 JULY Bella Collins Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, £9.

Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of the venue’s regular pizza night.

Chris Cleverly The Unicorn, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 751304.

Playing the monthly Upstairs At The Unicorn folk night.

Gareth Roberts Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Garvin Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178.

Jez Lowe Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.

Listen To The Voice Of Fire Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01970 633088.

Occasional free improv night featuring, on this occasion, Richard Craig, Ed Wright, Simon Whitehead, Duncan Chapman, Mike McInnerney and Steve Moyes. uLondon Bridge Trio Penarth Pier Pavilion.

7.30pm, £16/free under-26s.

Info 029 2071 2100. Opening concert of the Penarth Chamber Music Festival, at this venue until Sun 15. The London Bridge Trio perform here tomorrow also.

Malefic Grip The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ themooncardiff.com.

Sacconi Quartet St Rhidian & St Illtyd’s Church, Llanrhidian, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@gowerfestival.org.

Gower Festival concert. I must say I am impressed with the number of different saints whose churches the festival has utilised this year.

The Italics The Pear Tree,

Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Vera Van Heeringen Trio Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Americana/roots band.

FRIDAY 13 JULY 4th Street + State Of Mind Tramshed, Cardiff.

7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Charity night in aid of the Trussell Trust.

Adwaith + Cadno + Flöat Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.

Black Angus Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. AC/ DC tribute band with an amusing name.

Buffalo Summer + Pearler The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £7. Info 01495 247178.

Cancel The Transmission + Kasia + Jacdo + Head Noise + Full Dark, No Stars Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.

Benefit gig for Velindre.

Cell Mates Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, free (donations welcomed). Info 01685 879491. This is the name of a night rather than a band, the bands still TBC – it’s a fundraiser gig for stell cell/bone marrow charity Anthony Nolan.

Chris Kelly Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

ESP City Arms, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Georgia Patterson The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Godbomber + The Malefic Grip + State Of Decay + Salvador Sanchez Cinema & Co, Swansea. 7pm, £4. Info 07982 624959.

Legend – The Bomb Marley Experience The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £15.

Info 01495 355945. Tribute act.

Geoff Eales Trio Llanmorlais Community Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15.

Info info@gowerfestival. org. Gower Festival concert paying tribute to 100 years of jazz piano.

Jimmy Mac’s Blues Band Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

Luke Philbrick + Damon T The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com.

Maria Owen + Everything In Reverse + Cities Sin City, Swansea.

7-10pm, £4 adv. Info 01792 468892. Album launch for headliner.

Mars Live + CJ Exchange Hotel, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2010 7050. Bruno Mars tribute act headlines.

Navi – King Of Pop St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £19-£23. Info 029 2087 8444. Michael Jackson tribute.

Party At The Park 2018 Tredegar Park, Newport.

4-10.30pm, £30-£50. Info www.partyattheparknewport. co.uk. Successor to last year’s Party At The Parade, which was in Rodney Parade and headlined by Billy Ocean. Features Soul II Soul, Aswad and DJ sets by Craig Charles and Scouting For Girls (presumably early in the day, as they’re playing in Neath this evening).

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Relaxed Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion.

1.30pm, free. Info 029 2071 2100. uRudry Music Festival Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly. £42 both days/£32 Sat 14 only (£21 youth both days/£16 Sat 14 only). Info 07740 192879.

See Music for a preview of this festival of pleasant music, arts, crafts, spoken word and nature activities.

Playing today: True Strays, Nick Harper, Alys Williams, Ivan Moult and Private World. Tomorrow: The

u – repeated

Beat + Sonic Boom Six Caerphilly Castle. 4pm, £31.50. Info 01495 227206.

Ska sorts old and new.

Stewart Mac And Dean Roberts Crafty Devil Brewing Company, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2240 4391. A duo also known as The Storytellers.

The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Viva Neil Diamond Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.

7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 772467. Tribute show.

Wonderbrass & Claude Deppa Gwdihw, Cardiff.

9pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Significant Britjazz trumpeter Deppa, who played this venue a few months back, returns to perform with Cardiff jazz big band Wonderbrass.

SATURDAY 14 JULY Carole Etherton & Andrew McKay Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare.

12-4pm. Info 01685 886729.

Folk songs about Welsh history I believe.

Children Of The Gravy Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388.

Black Sabbath tribute.

Cpt. Smith + Hyll + Ifan Thomas The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £6. Info 01267 231012.

Decibelles The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog,

Annual Headway Cardiff charity gig Please Mind Your Head, organised by gentleman and Buzz contributor Justin Evans, is at Clwb Ifor Bach on Sun 8 July, with Gruff Rhys its marquee act. Finery, Dirty Alex, Gindrinker and Beatbox Hann are among the other names involved.

Eskies, Orla Gartland, Sweet Baboo, Echo Town, Rodney Branigan, Holiday In the Mind, Mahouts, Joe Kelly, Tendons and Lucy Jones.

Scouting For Girls + The Raspberry Jam Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields, Neath. 6pm, £8.60 adv. Info 0300 3656677. The opening night of the Neath Carnival And Music Festival; East 17 are on tomorrow.

Sun Records – Where Rock’n’Roll Was Born Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

7.30pm, £20.50-£22.50. Info 01656 815995. Tribute to this pioneering 50s record label.

Sweet Ignitions Abergavenny Labour Hall.

7.30pm, £3.50 adv. Info 01873 853291.

The Selecter + The

Brecon. 1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.

Dressed To Kill + Electric Circus The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £14 adv.

Info 01443 490390. Tributes to Kiss and WASP. East 17 + Smooth Operator + Woolfey Cwrt Herbert Playing Fields, Neath. 6pm, £5 adv.

Info 0300 3656677. Playing the Neath Carnival And Music Festival. See Music.

Graham Anthony The Red Dragon, Bridgend.

8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Kingson Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Larger Than Life!

Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose. 9pm, free. Info

01446 710386. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Luke Philbrick + Damon T NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866.

No One Knows Blinkin Owl, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 484749.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Parti Yn Y Bont Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 6pm, £4 adv/£3 early bird. Info 01443 491424. An evening gig following Parti Ponty, featuring live sets from Welsh-language acts Mellt, Kizzy Crawford, Alejandro Jones, Mei Emrys and Matthew Frederick.

Pavane Early Music Consort Church Of The Resurrection, Ely, Cardiff.

7.30pm. Info 07528 089560.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Candlelit Concert All Saints Church, Penarth. 9.30pm, £7/free under-26s. Info 029 2071 2100. Performance of works from Purcell, Vasks and Schoenberg.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Concert All Saints Church, Penarth.

7pm, £16/free under26s. Info 029 2071 2100.

Performance of works from Mozart, Dvorak and Schoenberg.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Family Concert All Saints Church, Penarth.

10.30am, £5. Info 029 2071 2100. Lenny Sayers is joined by children from local schools.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Young Musicians Showcase All Saints Church, Penarth.

1.15pm, free. Info 029 2071 2100.

Penny Arcade Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Piss Viper + OMV + Woven Man + Hate.

System Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 301178. The last gig ever for the headliners, who it’s unconfirmed are disbanding after an argument over whether their name refers to a viper which pisses on people, a viper covered in piss or a viper which emerges from the urethra somehow. uPunchline Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631.

Presented by Nailed It Events. Also here on Fri 27.

Revival + Nigel + Finding Aurora The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, free. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Revolver Jac’s, Aberdare.

7pm, free. Info 01685 879491. Covers.

Roosevelt + Bryony Sier The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Sean Kingston Eddies, Haverfordwest. £8 adv. Info

PARKER & THE GOLDTOPS (Tramshed, Tue 9) THE PROCL AIMERS (St David’s Hall, Wed 10) THE SHERLOCKS (Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 11) VAN MORRISON (St David’s Hall, Fri 12) WOLFGANG FLÜR (Clwb Ifor Bach, Fri 12) MACKA B (Clwb Ifor BUZZ 70

01437 779595. JamaicanAmerican pop-reggae singer whose Wikipedia page suggests that after a bad accident on a jetski seven years ago, he now refuses to use any motorised vehicle.

Presumably he is going to walk, cycle or ride a horse to this gig then.

Snazzback Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£3 adv.

Info 029 2039 7933. Live jazz-funk noodling.

Sodomized Cadaver + Cranial Contamination + Ablated + Blind Divide + Tides Of Sulfur + Sepulchre + Cerebral Atrophy + Annunciation Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 4pm, £5 adv. Info 07970 063107.

Several hours of death metal.

Summer Ball with The Phoenix Dance Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01656 815995. Black tie dance event.

Summer Blues Festival Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran.

12 + 8.30pm, £10 per event. Info 01633 483238.

Presented by the Borough Blues Club. Daytime/ early evening: sets by Mike Parker, Borough Blues Club Workshop Band, The Worried Men, Blues Sisters, Palm Antics Reggae Band and the Luke Docherty Band. Evening: Paul Garner Band.

The Armistice Suite St Cattwg’s Church, Port Eynon, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info info@gowerfestival.org. The final Gower Festival concert for 2018.

The Magic Of The Beatles Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £19/£16.

Info 0300 0040444. tribute band.

Thunder + Hand Of Dimes + Cats In Space Caerphilly Castle. 4pm, £41.50. Info 01495 227206.

UK hard rockers.

Twisted Wheels At Tiger Bay Exchange Hotel, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2010 7050.

Mod and ska alldayer featuring sets from The Lambrettas, Chords UK, The Underclass, The Future Sailors and The Navarones, plus DJ Ben-Jah. Vital Idles The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

SUNDAY 15 JULY Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.

Affinity Female Voice Choir Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3 + 7.30pm, £8/£6.

Info 029 2030 4400. A concert of Disney classics.

Bandiau Cymraeg The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. With Welsh-language

bands TBC. Doug Macleod Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry.

7pm, £10 adv. Info 07561 143114. Presented by Roots N All. Doyle Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. One of the guys from The Misfits.

Can’t be arsed checking if he’s in the band right now.

Graham Anthony Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose. 8pm, free. Info 01446 710386. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Kris Drever The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01497 821762.

Acclaimed folk singer.

Lisa Kwei Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Pavane Early Music Consort Milk & Sugar, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2022 5982.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Coffee Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion.

11.15am, £12.50/free under26s. Info 029 2071 2100.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Finale Penarth Pier Pavilion. 11.15am, £12.50/free under-26s. Info 029 2071 2100. Featuring soprano Rebecca Evans and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Dvorak.

Penarth Chamber Music Festival Tea Concert Penarth Pier Pavilion. 3pm, £10/free under-26s. Info 029 2071 2100.

The Red Hot Pokers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

MONDAY 16 JULY Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.

Ginger Wildheart The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Frontman of The Wildhearts, who are playing the Steelhouse Festival this month, does a solo show showcasing his new country-rock type album. *Trembling Bells Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.

Really great, underrated I might even say, folk-rock band from Scotland.

TUESDAY 17 JULY Corrupt The System + Incursion + Haemaria Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.50 adv. Info 07970 063107.

James Taylor & His All-Star Band + Bonnie Raitt Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, £45-£75.

Info 029 2022 4488.

The Camelia Jazz Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

WEDNESDAY 18 JULY CAVMS Summer Showcase Royal Welsh

College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.

Don’t Worry + Lightcliffe + Knowbetter The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented

by Beers Over Tears.

Hiby-Bardon-Hession The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free.

Info 01600 712767. Sax/ bass/drums European free jazz unit whom I am finally previewing in Music.

Nick Dow Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club.

7.30pm, £8/£5 members.

Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With guest host Ben Dain-Smith.

Pete Long & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport.

8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands.plus.com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig performing a Benny Goodman set.

Peter Fraise / Terry Seabrook Group Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.

The City Of Swansea Concert Band Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01792 475715. *Witching Waves + Eureka California The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5.

Info info@themooncardiff. com. Indie-punkish bands from London and Athens, GA respectively.

THURSDAY 19 JULY Canned Heat Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £24.50 adv.

Info 029 2023 5555. Old tyme boogie rockers from the US. Eddie Walker Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport.

8pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night. *Electric Soup #7 M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £6/£4 adv. Info 029 2047 3373.

Experimental electronica with sets by Esther, Larch (whose tape is reviewed this month) Massa Circles and Conformist. uFolk On The Lawn Tintern Abbey Mill, nr Chepstow. 5.30pm, free (donations welcomed). Info info@folkonthelawn.com.

Annual SW weekender of folk, folk-rock, bluegrass, country and other related styles. Today is an evening gig with a lineup TBC. Fri 20 (all these are in chronological order): Anna My Charlotte, Non-Biological, Anna Kissell, Vinna Bee and The Shackleton Trio (River stage); Sally Thompson, Darren James, AfroWelsh Connection, Melanie Page and KoKo (Bar stage).

Sat 21: The Shackleton

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For keen festival-goers out there, we’ve got a raft of free festival tickets to give away over the coming months. Check online at buzzmag.co.uk as well as our social media (facebook. com/buzzmagwales and twitter.com/Buzz_Magazine) for further details as and when they go online. Below are the festivals we have lined up for you!

OPEN AIR THEATRE FESTIVAL – VARIOUS SHOWINGS Running over a month and a bit, the Open Air Theatre Festival aims to bring colour and fun to Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. We have a number of tickets to select events, which are as follows: two tickets each to Dad’s Army (Thurs 5 July) and Fiddler On The Roof (Thurs 19 July), and a family ticket to Seussical (Sat 21 July).

STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL (VIP WEEKEND PASS) – SAT 28 + SUN 29 JULY Wales’ premier hard rock and metal festival is guaranteed to get heads banging. Situated high in the valleys near Ebbw Vale, Steelhouse is the highest festival in the UK, altitude-wise. With the bill including Black Star Riders, The Wildhearts and Glenn Hughes’ Deep Purple classics set, we have a special VIP Weekend Pass available to two lucky winners.

GLASTONBARRY (WEEKEND PASS) – SAT 28 + SUN 29 JULY A two-day festival dedicated exclusively to the UK’s best tribute acts? You better believe it. A fantastic chance to see some of your favourite bands perform, particularly the ones too dead to play, the pair of winners for our weekend pass are sure to have a great time partying to Queen, Amy Winehouse and The Doors.

GREEN MAN (WEEKEND PASS) – THURS 16 TO SUN 19 AUG It’s the biggest music festival in Wales, and one of the biggest in the UK, period. Tickets usually sell out in advance for Green Man, and with this year’s lineup looking as cutting-edge as ever, with The War On Drugs, Fleet Foxes and John Grant all appearing, our pair of weekend tickets are sure to have any selfrespecting music fan salivating.

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NOW! Trio, Dark Valley Revival, Ellie Ford, Morning Blind, Platform 1, The Rarebits, Melanie Page, Whitehall Parade, Maud The Moth and We Are Muffy (River stage); 11.15 – 11.45: Bookends, Uriah The Hittite, Vinna Bee, Mud On The Tyres, KoKo and Ember (Mill stage); AfroWelsh Connection, Melody Causton, Ember, Uriah The Hittite, Darren James, Bookends, Morning Blind, Platform 1 and The Boxwood Chessmen (Bar stage); Peter Gowen, Jon Matthews, Codi, The Rob Connolly Band, Sedai, Sedai and Dark Valley Revival (Filling Station stage). Sun 22: The Allegra Ladies Choir, The Rob Connolly Band, Maud The Moth, Parcel Of Rogues, Ellie Ford and Mud On The Tyres (River stage); 11.40 – 12.15: Melody Causton, The Boxwood Chessmen, We Are Muffy and Anna Kissell (Mill stage); Dennis Remme Incarnation, Anna My Charlotte, Peter Gowen, Non-Biological and Codi (Bar stage); Peter Gowen, Drumazepam, Mark Purnell, Nick Smith, The Rob Connolly Band and AfroWelsh Connection (Filling Station stage). (Until Sun 16) Gethin Liddington Electric Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5.

Info 029 2038 7026.

Hellions + Chapter & Verse Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8.

Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.

Henry Marten’s Ghost The Pear Tree, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Jim Mullen & Zoe Francis with John Gibbon Trio Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 7.30pm, £5-£12. Info 01834 869323.

Spanjazz night. “Jim Mullen is a major figure on the world jazz scene, perhaps best known for his long association with the late Dick Morrissey.” Got my hopes up there.

Ofelia + Joe Kelly Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.

Acoustic club night.

Open Mic The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, free.

Info 01267 231012.

Pi & Hash Showcase The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info info@themooncardiff. com.

The Eclectic Shed Experience Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, £9.

Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of the venue’s regular pizza night.

These Five Years + Outta Peak + Air Drawn

Dagger + Clarity Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Pop-punk and emo stuff.

FRIDAY 20 JULY Acoustic Sinners City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2064 1913.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Anne-Marie Sanderson + Ben Hutcheson The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01497 821762. Indie, folk and pop.

Arrival Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 0845 2263510.

Abba tribute band. uBandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”

Calypso Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 9pm, free.

Info 01873 853613.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

Cornerstone The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm. Info 01495 247178.

False Hope for The Savage + Defeatist + Tacet Clwb Ifor Bach,

Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.

Georgia Paterson Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Joel Beazer + The Fast Line + Who Knows Didley? The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

John Alderslade Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £7.

Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.

Lowkey Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. UK rapper. May or may not still be a 9/11 truther. Why not ask him if you attend this gig?

Nikki Pope Academy Espresso Bar, Barry. 7pm, free. Info 07557 773723.

Principality Only Boys Aloud Academi 2018 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.

Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7pm, £3.50/£1.50 for performers.

Info derek@rumneyfolkclub.co.uk. Monthly night. *State Funeral + Gutter Knife The Moon, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. Two really great hardcore bands from Brighton. Not sure who booked this (at the time of writing) but bless them!

Tattsyrup Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £5. Info 01443 491424. Ska covers.

The Blackheart Orchestra Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01834 869323.

The Bohemians Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01656 815995.

Queen tribute.

The Italics The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Smyths Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv.

Info 01792 468892. Smiths/ Morrissey tribute band.

Toby Hay + Jim Ghedi St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2056 2022.

Leftfield folk sorts presented by Newsoundwales.

Toby has a new album out, it’s neat.

Vice Squad + The Members The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Motörhead tribute.

SATURDAY 21 JULY 101% Pantera The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

9pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01685 387925.

Alive & Kickin Black Boy, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 299469. Presented by

u – repeated

Nailed It Events.

Big In The 80s Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Dicky Heart & The Murmurs The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Eclectic Shed Experience The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622. uFight For Sight Festival Creature Sound, Swansea. 2pm, £9 both days/£6 per day. Info 01792 301178. Charity two-dayer (Fight For Sight being the charity), on tomorrow also but with a TBC lineup right now.

Gwenno + Omaloma + Serol Serol Cardigan Castle. 7.30pm, £16/£12 under-18s. Info 01239 621200. Welsh language music presented/hosted by Huw Stephens.

I See Hawks In LA + Moira Morgan Mackintosh Sports Club, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07738 190595.

American country-rockers headline a Boomswinger Bluegrass Club night.

Jordan Marks Academy Espresso Bar, Barry. 7pm, free. Info 07557 773723.

Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards Pennar Hall, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 01646 621530.

Indie/folk/roots type group from Boston, MA. Louise Halliday Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Mangata Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Parting Gift + Modern Error + Winchester Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107.

Penny Arcade Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Prognosis Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

9pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

Prog/soft rock covers.

Quodega + Farm Hand + Zac White The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff.

3pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2022 0349. Alldayer, with more acts TBC, presented

by Bubblewrap Records.

There’ll be DJs and table tennis as well.

Rachel B The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Red Skylines + Elis Baynham + Aaron Powell Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £3.50.

Info 01443 491424.

Stipe Jac’s, Aberdare.

6.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 879491. REM tribute.

Strawberry Blondes + Death Traps + Stitched Up + Ill Fate The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £5. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Tattsyrup Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£4 adv.

Info 029 2039 7933. uThat’ll Be The Day Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01646 695267. Rock’n’roll nostalgia production. On tomorrow also.

The Bluejays Miners Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £21/£19. Info 01495 227206. Rock’n’roll revivalists.

The Lizzy Legacy The Dolls House, Abertillery.

7pm, £5. Info 01495 213300.

Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore tribute.

The Shakes Cockett Inn, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Smyths The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv.

Info 07590 471888. Smiths tribute band with a new set titled Passions Just Like Mine. Racism presumably being one of them.

Trevor’s Head The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

Ultimate Floyd Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01495 243252.

Pink Floyd tribute.

Welsh Proms: Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Shân Cothi St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £9-£40. Info 029 2087 8444. Opening concert of this year’s Welsh Proms, with a centrepiece performance of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man. Wesley Randolph Eader + Ben McManus + Ian Lynn Palmer Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Country and bluesgrass presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.

SUNDAY 22 JULY 2 Tickets 2 The Gun Show Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £8/£6 adv.

Info 01495 243252.

Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.

Glas Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm. Info 029 2062 6015.

High Voltage Jac’s, Aberdare. 4pm, free. Info 01685 879491. AC/DC tribute.

Mynediad Am Ddim + Lowri Evans St Dogmaels Abbey, nr, Cardigan.

2.30pm, £12/free under-12s.

Info 01239 621200. Welsh folkies presented by Theatr Mwldan.

David’s Hall, Mon 15) GL ASVEGAS (The Globe, Tue 16) THE FEELING (Tramshed, Tue 16) JOAN ARMATRADING (St David’s Hall, Wed 17) TOOTS & THE MAYTALS (Tramshed, Thurs 18) LEVEL 42 (St David’s Hall, Sat 20) CARO EMERALD (St David’s Hall, Wed 24) WHY BUZZ 72

Opera Gala Concert Gregynog Hall, nr Newtown.

6pm, £16. Info 01686 614555. Presented by Mid Wales Opera.

Richard Henton Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Welsh Proms: Family Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £11.50/£7.50 under-17s/free under5s. Info 029 2087 8444.

This features the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, is titled The Carnival Of The Animals And Other Zoological Friends and is narrated by Josie D’Arby.

MONDAY 23 JULY Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

Peter Donohoe Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 01239 841387. Piano recital; the first event of the Fishguard Music Festival, which takes place both in and near the town and runs until Sat 3 Aug. The £1 tickets listed are for under-16s; most concerts have £5 tickets for ages 16-25 also. uThriller Live New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50-£30.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Michael Jackson tribute show. On at 4pm and 8pm on Sat 28. £23.50£34 from Tue 24-Thurs 26; £25.50-£36.50 on Fri 27 and the evening of Sat 28; £19.50-£30.50 all other times. (Until Sat 28) Welsh Proms: Folk Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

8pm, £5-£16.50. Info 029 2087 8444. With a live set from Calan. Co-presented

by Roots Unearthed.

Welsh Proms: Organ Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £8. Info 029 2087 8444. Music for trumpet and organ with Crispian Steele-Perkins and Anne Page.

TUESDAY 24 JULY Broken Brass Ensemble Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199.

California Feetwarmers Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01873 852960.

Jazz/ragtime revival band.

“Tom Jones enjoyed the show so much he declared himself a fan, told them to head for London and said, ‘Just tell them Tom Jones sent you!’” Why say London when he could have said Pontypridd?

Clang Sayne + Aonghus McEvoy Swansea Studios, University Of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea. 7pm, £8/£5. Info www.rwan.cymru.

NAWR presents the last of seven concerts showcasing Irish avant-garde musicians and seeking to strengthen links between them and their Welsh counterparts.

Flaming Lips Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Sold out.

Jacqui Dankworth & Craig Ogden Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 01239 841387. Fishguard Music Festival event.

Soundworks St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £7.50.

Info 029 2087 8444. Concert for adults and young people with physical and learning difficulties.

The Keith Little Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Welsh Proms: Classical Extravaganza! St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£40. Info 029 2087 8444.

With the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY Constellation Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport.

8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands.plus.com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Dodo Street Band Letterston Memorial Hall, nr Haverfordwest. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118.

Fishguard Music Festival event.

Grag Abate with Dave Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789. Greg is also hosting a jazz workshop and jam session at 8pm, which is free entry.

Greyhaven + Dissonants + Peaks Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2039 7933.

Millward’s Musicals Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01792 475715. Local radio/ TV guy Keith Millward celebrates musicals with the help of Swansea choir Allegro.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With guest host The Sam Antonio Freeway.

The Murderburgers + Pizzatramp Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Melodic punkers.

Tobias Robertson + Just Drive + Chris King + Hotel Radio The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925.

A U&I Radio night.

Welsh Proms: Brass And Voices St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£40.

Info 029 2087 8444. With The Band of the Welsh Guards & Massed Male Choir.

THURSDAY 26 JULY Anna Burch + Linda Guilala + Pink Grapefruit The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £8/£6.50 adv. Info info@

themooncardiff.com.

Headliner is an indie-pop type from Detroit with an album on Heavenly Records.

Area 11 + Kidbrother Le Public Space, Newport.

7pm, £13/£11 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Fraccalvieri/Long Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.

Presented by Nailed It Events. *Kelis Tramshed, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £24.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. See Music.

Kiroko Sue: Koto Performance National Museum Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

diff.com.

Henry Marten’s Ghost Beaufort Arms, Swansea.

8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Jagger & Kenzie The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Jam In The Dark M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2047 3373. Performers will take turns jamming with their sense of sight impaired (in that all the lights are turned off), in aid of the Royal National Institute For The Blind.

Knitwear Junkees 147 Lounge Bar, Roath, Cardiff.

8pm. Info 029 2049 7830.

Come my lady, come come my lady, and my gentlemen too if they insist, to watch millennial rap-rock rascals Crazy Town headline Monmouth Festival on Fri 27 July for the competitive price of ‘free entry’.

Recital on this traditional stringed Japanese instrument.

Lylo + 3rd Prize + Jaffro Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2039 7933. All My Friends presents some shoegaze indie oddness. 3rd Prize are a Cardiff duo who released a lovely EP recently.

Sacconi Quartet St Mary’s Church, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £1-£18. Info 07474 072118.

Performing works by Haydn, Debussy and Schubert. Fishguard Music Festival event.

Welsh Proms: Jazz Prom St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £16.50/£8.26 under-16s. Info 029 2087 8444. Matt Ford and the Capital City Jazz Orchestra celebrate Sinatra and swing music in general.

FRIDAY 27 JULY Acid Reign Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £10 adv.

Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Goofy UK thrash metal veterans.

Anthony Moulton Aubrey Arms, Bonvilston. 8pm, free. Info 01446 781210.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Delight A Thief The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info info@themooncardiff. com.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@porterscar-

Laura Snowden St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12/£8. Info 029 2056 2022. Classical guitarist plays the first concert of the Cardiff Guitar Festival, four performances today, tomorrow and until Sun 29 in this venue and Chapter Arts Centre.

Legend De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01834 218228. Bob Marley tribute.

Mr Fishy The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Newport Music Society Showcase Ebenezer Chapel, Newport, Pembrokeshire. 3pm, £1-£10. Info 07474 072118.

Fishguard Music Festival event.

Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951.

Parkview + State Of Decay + X Twenty Two + Blood Slugs Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, free (donations welcomed). Info 01685 879491. Punk charity gig in aid of MIND Newport.

PurpleGlass + Discorder + Kasia + Infernal Diadem Creature Sound, Swansea.

7-11pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 301178.

Rhiannon Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01834 869323.

Fleetwood Mac tribute

Sorela Ty Tawe, Swansea.

8pm. Info 01792 456856.

Playing a Tyrfe Tawe acoustic evening here Sarah Meek + Guy Shotton Sebastopol Social Club, nr Pontypool. 8.30pm, £5/£2.50 NUS. Info 01495 763808. Jazz.

Second Chance Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Solana The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5 adv.

Info 01497 821762. World fusion party fodder from Bristol. uSteelhouse Festival Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, nr Ebbw Vale. £95 weekend/£60 Fri 27 + Sat 28 or Fri 27 + Sun 29. Info www. steelhousefestival.com.

Stalwart hard rock and metal fest, opening a day earlier than normal this year with sets by Stone Broken and Phil Campbell & His Bastard Sons. Sat 28 has Glenn Hughes doing a set of Deep Purple classics, Myles Kennedy & Co, Dan Reed Network, King King, Myke Gray, Aaron Buchanan And The Cult Classics and The Bad Flowers. Sun 29 has Black Star Riders, The Wildhearts, The Dead Daisies, The Quireboys, Massive Wagons, Mason Hill, Those Damn Crows and The Dust Coda. See Upfront.

(Until Sun 29) Steve Norman Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £28. Info 029 2089 0862.

Spandau Ballet multiinstrumentalist.

That Guy We Saw Last Night City Arms, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.

Blues.

The Doors Alive + Windshake Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv.

Info 01792 468892. Doors tribute band headline.

The Houndogs + Lars Pluto Blestium Car Park, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info info@monmouthfestival. co.uk. Opening night of this year’s Monmouth Festival, a series of free performances on this stage and others in town until Sat 4 Aug The Pitchforks Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199.

The Specials Ltd Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

7.30pm, £12/£9 adv. Info 01685 384111. Specials covers performed by 2 Rude, who are a more general 2-tone/ska covers outfit usually.

The Stone Faced Wellers Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly.

7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv.

Info 07512 237983. Tribute to Paul Weller’s music plus The Small Faces.

The Welsh Musical

Theatre Orchestra Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6.30pm, £23.50/£20.50. Info 01633 868239.

Toploader + Sarah Brown + Dai Faulkner & David Williams Romilly Park, Barry. 4.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01446 737339.

Warmup gig of sorts for GlastonBARRY, which is on here tomorrow and Sun 29.

Trenchtown Experience Chepstow Racecourse.

3.50pm, £18.70/£69. Info 01291 622260. Bob Marley tribute band perform as a reggae-flavoured digestif to seven horse races which precede it.

Welsh Proms: Movies & Musicals St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£40.

Info 029 2087 8444. With John Owen-Jones and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Will Barnes Trio The Lost Arc, Rhayader.

8-11.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01743 860246. Jazz guitarist.

WNO Chamber Ensemble Holy Name Catholic Church, Fishguard. 7.30pm, £1-£20. Info 07474 072118.

Fishguard Music Festival event.

SATURDAY 28 JULY Anonymous Iconoclasts + Papa Jupe’s Taurus Club + James Kennedy NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2037 8866.

Barrier Hobo’s, Bridgend.

7pm, £6 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com.

Chris Kelly The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free.

Info 01994 427688.

Chube + Simeon Smith Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. EP launch gig for headliners.

Crazy Town + VirginMarys Blestium Car Park, Monmouth. 8pm, free.

Info info@monmouthfestival.co.uk. Yes, the Butterfly Crazy Town playing the Monmouth Festival.

Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£8.

Info 029 2056 2022. Cardiff Guitar Festival concert.

Diafol Fest 2018 Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 2-11pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 07970 063107.

Featuring Continents, Create To Inspire, Bohemian Grove, Frown Upon, A Night Like This, Epsilon, Nightlives, Faces Of Eve, Winchester and Lifelust.

Flö National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Flute/violin duo.

George Michael Tribute Tynant Club, Llantwit Fadre. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 218443. In aid of charity Follow Your Dreams, whose phone number that is above.

DON’T WE (Newport Centre, Wed 24) MICHAEL B OLTON (St David’s Hall, Thurs 25) PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING (Pontardawe Arts Centre, Fri 26; River front, Newport, Sun 28) DAVID BYRNE (Motorpoint Arena, Sat 27) KING CRIMSON (St David’s Hall, Wed 31) BUZZ 73

uGlastonBARRY Romilly Park, Barry. 1-9pm, £32 adv (two days). Info 01446 737339. Featuring, over two days, tributes to Elvis (Rob Kingsley), Madness (Badness), Queen (Flash), The Killers (The Killerz), The Beatles (Beatles 4 Sale), Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters GB), Coldplay (Coldplace), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Really Hot Chilli Peppers), Amy Winehouse (Lauren Jane Butler), Bob Marley (Legend), Fleetwood Mac (McFleetwood), Frankie Valli (The Valli Boys), The Stone Roses (The Stoned Roses), George Michael (Andrew Browning), Robbie Williams (Robbie Williams), The Doors (The Strange Doors), Led Zeppelin (The Hindenbergs) and Earth, Wind & Fire (Earth Wind 4 Hire). See Upfront for more.

On tomorrow also.

Jagger & Kenzie Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Johnny Seven Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 10pm.

Info crowleysrockbar@ hotmail.com.

Jumpin’ Jimmy & The Nice Guys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Last Night Of The Welsh Proms St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9-£40.

Info 029 2087 8444. With

Claire Jones and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Musicfest: Gala Opening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £24/£22. Info 01970 623232. Annual events of classical concerts/recitals begins with Toby Purser conducting a programme of Haydn, Bach and Mozart. Musicfest runs until Sat 4 Aug. National Youth Brass Band Of Wales Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01686 614555.

Pet Crow + Rapid Tan + Camp X Ray The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, £7. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

Postpunk and no wave type bands form the UK. Camp X Ray, from London, come highly recommended by me.

Pete Tong Presents Ibiza Classics Cardiff Castle.

4-10.30pm, £49.50. Info 029 2087 8100. In which dance, or dance-adjacent, hit singles are performed by the Heritage Orchestra with conductor Jules Buckley.

Time Flies DJs will also feature. This sold out in about a day.

Rebecca Hurn + Vince James Pyle Library, Bridgend. 7pm, £4.50. Info 01656 815995.

Roxy Magic Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15.

Info 029 2089 0862. Roxy Music tribute band. uSing My Story, Tell My Story Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £8. Info

0845 2263510. Stories and songs from the Tenovus Cancer Care Sing With Us choir of Llanelli & Carmarthen. On tomorrow also, at 2pm.

The Albada Cello & Guitar Duo Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £5.

Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance.

The Fordsons The Waterfront, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

1-3pm, free. Info 01874 611622.

The Hold Up: Inner City Cypher Oner Signs, Cardiff. 1-5pm, free. Info 029 2037 1231. Monthly hip-hop session inviting MCs, beatboxers, DJs etc down to jam.

The ZZ Top Experience Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute band.

Too Toned Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 491424. Ska covers band.

Tres Hombres The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £3.

Info 01495 213300. Rock, soul and blues covers.

UK Pink Floyd Experience Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £24.

Info 0845 2263510. Tribute band.

WNO Orchestra St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £1-£25. Info 07474 072118.

Fishguard Music Festival event.

SUNDAY 29 JULY 360 Degrees The Plough, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 3017. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Better Than Never + Luke Rainsford + Frown Upon Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30-10.30pm, £6 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.

Catfish & The Bottlemen Cardiff Castle. 4pm, £32.50.

Info 029 2087 8100. This, like the Pete Tong thing in the castle yesterday, sold out very quickly. There are presumably a few support acts but they don’t seem to be listed anywhere.

Chris Kelly Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Dan Jones Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £5.

Info 029 2030 4400. Cardiff Guitar Festival performance.

Festival Service St Mary’s Church, Fishguard.

7.30pm, free. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event featuring music, readings and prayers.

Henry Smith + Memphis Belle Blestium Car Park, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info info@monmouthfestival. co.uk.

Musicfest: Evening Recital Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.30pm, £20/£18.

Info 01970 623232.

Featuring the Solem String Quartet.

Musicfest: Lunchtime Recital Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.30pm, £14/£12.

Info 01970 623232.

National Youth Brass Band Of Wales Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 4pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2039 1391.

Seasa Kay Fontygary Leisure Park, Rhoose. 8pm, free. Info 01446 710386.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Stefanos Tsourelis Trio Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.

Whitchurch Jam Session #109 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free.

Info 029 2062 6015.

MONDAY 30 JULY Acoustic Open Mic Curado Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2034 4336.

New event on the last Monday of every month and hosted by Bella Collins.

Alaw Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 11am, £1-£8. Info 01348 873421. Fishguard Music Festival event aimed at families.

Alaw: Notes For Children Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard.

7.30pm, £15/£5 ages 16-25. Info 01348 873421.

Fishguard Music Festival event.

Josh Hopkins & Friends + The Ed Sheeran

live review

THE ROLLING STONES

Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Fri 15 June The streets of Cardiff were a mass of big lips, tight jeans and expectation: a tangible atmosphere of pure joy hanging over the Principality Stadium. Not only were Rolling Stones back in Cardiff, but they had a hit list ready as long as your repeat prescriptions.

Elbow were, as expected, bellowing and delivered a solid warmup, but it was the pirate-clad quartet that had the crowd hyped as they burst onstage to Street Fighting Man. Mick, in a cobalt blue leather jacket, displayed his usual straggly dance moves and energetic strutting across the stage, while Keith, Charlie and Ronnie looked at ease, clearly relishing performing their greatest and most loved.

With Tumbling Dice, a brilliant Paint It Black, Get Off Of My Cloud, and their cover of Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone, the hits just kept coming. After You Can’t Always Get What You Want and a roof-lifting Honky Tonk Women, Mick introduced the band in his South London drawl, prompting the crowd to chant “RONNIE, RONNIE” and the band to nonchalantly wave and bow.

(The new back-up kids in the band, on saxophone and guitar, were appreciated by the crowd to a less deafening degree.)

Keith quietened the mood with a solo blues number, You Got The Silver, before Mick returned in a sparkly, over the top change of outfit, and launched into Sympathy For The Devil.

You forget how many brilliant songs they have written and recorded over the years, songs which still make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and take you right back to the time you first heard it: Start Me Up, Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Brown Sugar, classics all of them.

BUZZ 74

The show, full-on and exhausting, ended with an encore of Gimme Shelter and a final (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction. I defy anyone to leave a Stones gig without an appreciation that they were in the presence of true rock gods; and await with interest, if I live that long, to see if Beyonce, Ed and Taylor fill out stadiums, belt out the hits and still love it in 50 years’ time. words ANTONIA LEVAY photo MORGAN DEVINE

Encounter + Ella James Blestium Car Park, Monmouth. 7.45pm, free.

Info info@ monmouthfestival.co.uk.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232.

Featuring Lisa Nelsen (flute) with Paul Turner (piano).

Musicfest: Lunchtime Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Featuring the Solem String Quartet and Mozart Clarinet Quintet. uPeter Donohoe Holy Name Catholic Church, Fishguard. 2.30pm, £1-£15. Info 07474 072118.

Fishguard Music Festival event; Donohoe will be performing five different Mozart piano sonatas on each day. (Until Wed 1 Aug) The Candle Thieves + Alaric Riverside Hotel, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info info@monmouthfestival. co.uk.

TUESDAY 31 JULY Chamber Choir Ireland St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £1-£20. Info 07474 072118. Fishguard Music Festival event.

Eira Snow St Mary’s Church, Monmouth. 7pm, free. Info info@monmouthfestival.co.uk.

Gordie Mackeeman

& His Rhythm Boys Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Canadian and Celtic roots music.

Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £13.50 adv.

Info 029 2078 1458. Sold out. I knew this guy and his bizarre and uncomfortable (neither in a good way) nice guy lo-fi frat rap was huge in the States but I guess it is here also.

John Scantlebury"s New Orleans Hot Potatoes Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Musicfest: Evening Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Featuring thre Solem String Quartet, saxophonist Lars Lien and the Haydn String Quartet.

Musicfest: Lunchtime Concert Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01970 623232.

Featuring harpist Gwenllian Llyr.

Rob Dunsford & Neve Spencer Möller Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555.

Folk-rock duo.

Sharkmuffin Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£4 adv.

Info 029 2039 7933. Garagepop duo from Brooklyn.

Single By Sunday + Speak Brother Blestium Car Park, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info info@monmouthfestival.co.uk.

Yazzy + Stacey McMullen Riverside Hotel, Monmouth. 8pm, free. Info info@ monmouthfestival.co.uk.

stage SUNDAY 1 JULY Ed Gamble + Jordan Brookes Buffalo, Cardiff.

7pm, £4-£8. Info 029 2031 0312. Edinburgh preview night presented by Buffalo Comedy. I had these two listed as playing BC last month but they weren’t, moreover I am blaming this on a confusing flyer rather than my own failure to read closely. uFeast The Depot, Cardiff. 11am, 2.30pm + 5pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Family puppet show created and presented by the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama. On at 10am and 7pm from Mon 2-Wed 4. (Until Wed 4) uLive Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm.

Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday.

Musicality Mashup 2018 The Riverfront, Newport.

2.30pm, £15. Info 01633 656757. Medleys from musicals and films, presented by the Studio One Dance Company. uTeletubbies New Theatre, Cardiff. 10am,

1pm + 4pm, £15-£22. Info 029 2087 8889. This is apparently their first ever theatre show. Swear I’ve listed some before. Might have been shonky unofficial things. On tomorrow also.

MONDAY 2 JULY uBetty Blue Eyes Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2039 1391.

Musical based on a book

by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, set in the UK circa 1947. Also on at 2.30pm on Tue 3. (Until Wed 4) uNa, Nel! Wwww! Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 1.30pm, £10/£7. Info 01686 614555.

Kids’ theatre presented by Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch.

On tomorrow also, at 10am.

In Llanelli on Wed 4 and Thurs 5; Carmarthen on Fri 6; Aberystwyth on Mon 9 and Tue 10; Barry on Fri 13; Cardiff on Mon 16 and Tue 17. uThe Case Of The Frightened Lady Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50-£26.50. Info 01792 475715. Thriller presented

by The Classic Thriller Theatre Company. Liking that no-nonsense name.

Also on at 2.30pm on Thurs 5 and Sat 7. (Until Sat 7) uThe Magic Flute Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

7pm, £12-£22. Info 029 2064 6900. Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama students perform this Mozart opera. (Until Wed 4) The Wind In The Willows Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, pay by donation. Info 01874 611622. Pay-what-you-feel performance by Theatr Brycheiniog Youth Theatre, who are in Years 3-8 at school.

TUESDAY 3 JULY Ali Brice + Loose Brie + Sarah Breese The Cambrian Tap, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. A night of standup comedy hosted by Crafty Laughs.

The Invisible Man Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01873 850805.

Ignition Theatre present stage version of HG Wells book. This is its final date after touring for much of June. uThe Wolf Tattoo Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £6-£10. Info 01970 623232. Lucy Gough’s new play, about a teenage couple and their proximity to the gang lifestyle in a dystopian wasteland. Premiered in Cardiff last month. On tomorrow also.

WEDNESDAY 4 JULY uCotton Fingers Aberaeron Memorial Hall.

8pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2037 1689. The first of National Theatre Wales’ plays celebrating 70 years of the NHS is written by Rachel Trezise, indeed we

interviewed her about it in the June issue. On tomorrow also; in Haverfordwest on Sat 7. uNa, Nel! Wwww! Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 1pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510. On tomorrow also, at 10am.

Old Herbaceous Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01646 695267. One-man play where actor Giles Shenton plays a head gardener. In Aberystwyth on Thurs 12. uSeussical Jr Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £8. Info 0845 2263510. Amateur theatre, presetned by Seren. Also on Fri 6 (at 7pm) and Sat 7 (at 11am and 2pm). uWar Horse Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £15-£52. Info 029 2063 6464. Mad horsey spectacular by Michael Morpurgo. See Upfront.

Also on at 2.30pm on Thurs 5, Sat 7, Fri 13, Sat 14, Thurs 19, Sat 21, Thurs 26 and Sat 28. £18-£55 on all Friday and Saturday dates.

(Until Sat 28) Wilson Dixon Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £10-£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Comedy show in which an Australian pretends to be an American country singer.

THURSDAY 5 JULY uDad’s Army Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 8pm, £16/£14 under-18s. Info 0333 6663366. Produced

by Everyman Theatre as part of their annual Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival, which runs until Sat 29.

Also on at 3pm on Sat 7 and Sat 14. No performance on Sun 8. (Until Sat 14) Matt Price + Chelsea Hart + Paul James The Duke, Neath. 7.30pm, £7.

Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show titled Last Night A Weegie Saved My Life. Price is in Cardiff on Fri 27.

Ongina Mary’s, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £7-£20. Info 029 2066 8467. Drag queen presented here by Sickening Events.

The 72 Hour Challenge Le Public Space, Newport.

7pm, £2. Info sam@lepub. co.uk. ScriptDawg and Reality Theeatre with an event where writers are given a topic and have to finish a play within three days; this is the performance of those plays.

Tudur Owen Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £10.

Info 01970 623232. Welsh comedian. Sold out.

FRIDAY 6 JULY Big Keith’s Quiz Night Little Theatre, Neath. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01639 643462.

Ewen Macintosh, who played Keith in The Office, hosts a quiz night which is also a comedy event I guess (part of Neath Comedy Festival). uDrones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3.50. Info

CAPPUCCINO GIRLS Y Ffrwnes, Llanelli, Fri 13 July Tickets: £12.50/£10.50. Info: 0845 2263510 / www.theatrausirgar.co.uk This musical, written by Welsh musician Mal Pope, premiered in 2009 in his Swansea hometown, embedding the story and its protagonists into his beloved city. The 2018 revival will star Sarah Arthur, Llinos Thomas and Claire Hanney as three 40-yearoldswho share their lives over a cappuccino every day. However, the introduction of a new barista at the cafe, Eddie, threatens their friendship, causing previously buried problems to rise to the surface. Praised for its relatable characters, this time round Pope will not only be contributing as the writer, but will also star in the production, bringing something new to this run of Cappuccino Girls.

029 2030 4400. Also on Fri 20. uGeorge Egg + John Hastings + Matt Price + Ben Van Der Velde Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food. Info 0871 4720400.

On tomorrow also, with Van Der Velde being replaced by Chelsea Harte (£17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink).

Griff Rhys Jones Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.

6.30pm, £18/£17. Info 01600 772467. With his latest show, titled Where Was I? In Neath tomorrow.

I Am A Tree Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400.

Theatre created by Jamie Wood and described here as “a dance party with ghosts, in a forest”. uInvitation To The Dance Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £8.50.

Info 01633 263670. End of term show by The Sharon Higgins Academy Of Dance.

On at 5.15pm on Sun 8.

(Until Sun 8) James Sherwood + Cerys Nelmes + Simon Emanuelle + Drew Taylor The Vault, Swansea. 8pm, £9 adv. Info 01792 465300. Standup night presented by Comedy Vault.

Na, Nel! Wwww! Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen.

10am + 1pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.

Paul Pirie + Silky Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £12.

Info 0845 2263510. Comedy Club night.

The Duck Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £8/£6.

Info 01970 623232. Onewoman play based around a woman, Laura, and her recent autism diagnosis.

The Wizard Of Oz The Met, Abertillery. 7pm, £7.50. Info 01495 355945.

Performed by St Marys RC Primary School.

SATURDAY 7 JULY uCafficadabra Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

8-10pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Magic in the bar area from Tim Bromage (today) and Joseff Badman (Sat 28).

Cotton Fingers Pembrokeshire College, Haverfordwest. 5 + 8pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2037 1689.

Griff Rhys Jones Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £19.35 adv. Info 0300 3656677.

Ignacio Lopez + Paul James Neath Cricket Club.

7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Neath Comedy Festival show. Ignacio is also playing tomorrow.

Mayzmuzik Summer Showcase 2018 Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.

12.30 + 6pm, £6.50/£5. Info 01873 850805.

Robin Ince Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2030 4400.

Highfalutin UK comedian presents his first new set in three years, Pragmatic Insanity.

Under Milk Wood Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 6pm, £13 adv. Info 01291 420241. Outdoor production by Theatr Silures.

SUNDAY 8 JULY Dance Days National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3600. Taliesin Arts Centre present a mixture of street, contemporary and traditional dance performances for all the family.

Hello Cabaret In The Park Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 8pm, £18. Info 0333 6663366. Musical theatre revue; part of the Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival. uHowl! Comedy Festival Tramshed Cinema, Cardiff. 12-11pm, £12. Info 029 2023 5555.

Edinburgh previews from top comedians (names

currently TBC) across two comedy stages plus food, drink and music. Also on Sun 22. uIgnacio Lopez The Arch, Neath. 4.30pm, free.

Info 0300 3656677. Neath Comedy Festival show, presented by Comedy Sheep and showcasing work in progress etc. Also here on Sun 22.

Kevin & Karen Dance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £34.50-£48. Info 029 2087 8444. Dance couple off Strictly who are honourong their tour schedule despite getting divorced earlier this year, thereby committing sin in the eyes of God. Kids Comedy Show Little Theatre, Neath. 12-2pm, £3 adv. Info 01639 643462.

Neath Comedy Festival event with kid-centric comedians.

MONDAY 9 JULY Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20/£35 VIP. Info 0871 4720400. Former Drag Race winner. Sold out. uCaterpillar Comedy Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933. Open mic standup night hosted

by James Dunn. Also on Thurs 24 this month. uDinosaur World Live Grand Theatre, Swansea.

1.30 + 4.30pm, £14/£6.50 schools. Info 01792 475715.

Interactive stage show for families and/or school classes. On at 10.30am + 4.30pm on Tue 10; 10.30am and 1.30pm on Wed 11.

(Until Wed 11) uNa, Nel! Wwww!

Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

10am + 1pm, £6-£10. Info 01970 623232. On tomorrow also.

TUESDAY 10 JULY uCirque Berserk New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14-£27. Info 029 2087 8889. Popular touring production which includes a BUZZ 75

bit where a motorbike gets ridden around the inside of a globe. On at 5pm and 7.45pm on Wed 11; 2pm, 5pm and 7.45pm on Sat 14; 2pm and 6pm Sun 15. (Until Sun 15) Coedcae Cluster Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 5.30pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510.

Amateur theatre featuring kids from various secondary schools. uKing Henry VIII School Production Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01873 850805.

King Henry VIII is the name of the school, not the play.

(Until Thurs 12) Penguinpig Miners Institute, Blackwood.

10.30am + 1.30pm, £5.50/£4.50. Info 01495 227206. Show for kids about being safe on the internet. uThe Lion King Of Pride Rock The Met, Abertillery.

6.30pm, £6. Info 01495 355945. Performed by AYDMS Primary Section. On tomorrow also.

WEDNESDAY 11 JULY Beauty & The Beast Y Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

1.30 + 5.30pm, £3-£6. Info 01656 815995. uMurder On The Nile Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £8.50-£12.

Info 01646 695267. Agatha Christie mystery presented

by Xenon Liberal Arts.

(Until Fri 13) uRough As Comedy Mozarts, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 649984.

Monthly standup open mic, hosted by Sarah Bridgeman on every second and third Wednesday of the month (also on Wed 18 in July).

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre The Bluebell Hotel, Neath. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 0300 3656677.

Neath Comedy Festival show. uThe Stick Maker Tales Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells. 8pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2037 1689. A mid-Wales hill farmer nearing retirement reflects on a lifetime’s work on the farm in this play by Kully Thiarai, part of the NHS70 series. On tomorrow also; in Welshpool on Sat 14.

THURSDAY 12 JULY uBlue Scar Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £10/£8.

Info 0300 0040444. Familyfriendly tale of childhood set in 1970s/80s Rhondda and told through hip-hop dance. On tomorrow also. uBlue Stockings Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2064 6900. Sherman Players present a play about about the first women to become students at Cambridge University, circa 1896. (Until Sat 14) Bugsy Malone Gwyn Hall, Neath. 1.30 + 6pm, £6.50adv. Info 0300 3656677. Performed by pupils of Alderman Davies BUZZ 76

Church in Wales Primary School. uBugsy Malone Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen.

7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510. This one is presented by Mini Players Theatre School and is on at 2.30pm only on Sat 14 and Sun 15. (Until Sun 15) Chris Ramsey St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22. Info 029 2087 8444.

Comedian whose bio describes him as “the only person to ever put Katie Hopkins in her place”. They probably didn’t mean this to sound as admiring of her as it came out.

Dave Thompson The Duke, Neath. 7.30pm, £7.

Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show whose title references Thompson’s sacking from his Teletubbies role as Tinky Winky in 1997. A newspaper article from the time states that he has “put the incident behind him”. uFor All I Care Tredegar Little Theatre. 8pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2037 1689. A play set in a mental health unit, written by Alan Harris and part of the NHS70 series. Also on at 5pm on Sat 14. (Until Sat 14) Howling Women Tramshed Cinema, Cardiff.

8-10.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 5555. With an allfemale lineup, names TBC right now.

Nolton Comedy Nolton Corner, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 655015.

With standups TBC, every second Thursday of the month.

Old Herbaceous Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £10/£8. Info 01970 623232. uOliver! Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01685 722176.

Presented by Merthyr Little Theatre and Merthyr Performance Co. On at 2pm and 7pm on Sat 14. (Until Sat 14) uThe Flop Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Edinburgh preview of a play set in 17th century Paris and concerning an aristocrat’s erectile dysfunction issues. (Until Sat 14) FRIDAY 13 JULY Cappucino Girls Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Another showing for Mal Pope’s comedy about three women and a hunky barista.

Ceri Dupree + Liana Harding Look Out Cafe Bar, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 07970 816906.

Female impersonators. uJason Manford Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01792 475715. On tomorrow also. uKate Lucas + Mark Nelson + Micky P Kerr + Matt Reed Glee Club,

Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food.

Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink). uMy Fair Lady Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

6pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Musical produced

by Rhos Y Gilwen itself. On tomorrow also.

Na, Nel! Wwww! Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry.

10.15am, £6/free teachers.

Info 01446 738622. uSeasons Of Dance – Janet Stephens Miners Institute, Blackwood. 6pm, £8.50/£7.50. Info 01495 227206. Showcase performances. On tomorrow also, at 12pm and 5pm.

Tanyalee Davis + Andy White + James Cook Regency Hotel, Saundersfoot. 8pm, £12/£10.

Info 01834 869323. Comedy Club night hosted by Span Arts.

SATURDAY 14 JULY Glen Wool + Chris Betts + Paul James Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £10 adv.

Info 0300 3656677. Neath Comedy Festival show. uMid Wales Dance Academy Annual Showcase Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 6pm, £10.50/£9.50. Info 01874 611622. With performances to include performances include ballet, tap, street and modern dance styles.

On tomorrow also, at 2pm and 5pm. uOliver! Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £6-£9.50.

Info 01239 621200. Musical presented here by Dynamix.

On at 1.30pm tomorrow.

(Until Mon 16) Rubicon Dance End Of Term Showcase The Gate, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2048 3344.

The Stick Maker Tales Welshpool Town Hall. 5 + 8pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2037 1689. Welshpool really isn’t in the area we purport to cover by even the most gerrymandering stretch but balls to it.

Thom Peterson The Small Space, Barry. 7.30pm, £20.

Info info@thesmallspace. co.uk. UK magician.

SUNDAY 15 JULY Epic Dance Heroines (And Heroes!) The Riverfront, Newport. 2 + 7pm, £10/£7. Info 01633 656757. Dance showcase.

Howl! Comedy Tramshed Cinema, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2023 5555.

Five standup acts on the third Sunday of each month, names currently TBC but hosted by Lorna Corner.

Noel James + Siânny Thomas Little Theatre, Neath. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01639 643462.

MONDAY 16 JULY uNa, Nel! Wwww!

Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

1.30pm, £9. Info 029 2064

6900. On tomorrow also, at 10.30am.

TUESDAY 17 JULY u13 The Musical Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Amateur theatre presented by The Performance Factory. On tomorrow also.

Joe Lycett Grand Theatre, Swansea. 8pm, £20.50. Info 01792 475715. Comedian.

Might be sold out by the time you read this. In Carmarthen on Fri 27, which definitely is sold out.

WEDNESDAY 18 JULY uFlours Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400.

New play, a sequel to last year’s Flowers, about the experience of womanhood.

Naughty language, sexy themes, menstruation and food are all promised to feature. On at 3pm and 8pm on Sat 21. (Until Sat 21) uMischief Movie Night New Theatre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £18-£25. Info 029 2087 8889. An improvised movie live onstage, apparently, and a previous West End and Broadway hit. Also on at 2.30pm Thurs 19 and Sat 21; 3pm only on Sun 22.

(Until Sun 22)

at 4.30pm on Sat 21. (Until Sat 21) Mark Thomas Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £11. Info 029 2030 4400. Work in progress show, Check Up, about the NHS and also part of the NHS70 events on this month across Wales.

Phil Cooper + Launa Pritchard + Alex Mahony + Morgan Rees + Al Bell Fuel Bar, Cardiff.

8pm. Info 07970 063107.

Comedy night going by the name Funny Fuel.

The Codfather Y Llynfi Library, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01656 815995.

Drama featuring the characters Don Vino Canelloni, Valpolicella Canelloni, Luigi Pepperoni, Asti Spumante and Rocky Gorgonzola. This isn’t quite up there with the Penarth panto production of Tarzan from a few years back which was set in “Bongo Bongo Land”, but it’s a fair effort.

Wes Packer + Leroy Brito + Paul James The Duke, Neath. 7.30pm, £7.

Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show.

FRIDAY 20 JULY uGrease The Musical Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

6.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Amateur

The Neath Comedy Festival runs in several different venues across the town through most of July. Ewen Macintosh, Ignacio Lopez and the Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue are among those performing.

THURSDAY 19 JULY Dolly Chicken Comedy: Fun At The Flute Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £6.50/£5 adv. Info dollychickencomedy@ gmail.com. Featuring Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Edinburgh preview), with support from Simon Emanuel, Alice Campion and Anita Shaw plus house band Molly Katz. uFiddler On The Roof Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £16/£14 under-18s.

Info 0333 6663366. Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival production. Also on at 3pm on Sat 21 and Sat 28. No performance on Sun 22.

(Until Sat 28) John Cooper Clarke The Riverfront, Newport.

7.30pm, £16-£23.50. Info 01633 656757. This was booked for early March, got postponed until late March due to snow, was postponed again and is now today, third time’s a charm. uLittle Shop Of Horrors Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01792 473238.

Gowerton Amateur Productions presented infamous schlock musical. On

theatre presented by The Performance Factory. On at 2pm and 7pm tomorrow; 2pm only on Sun 22. (Until Sun 22) uMartin Mór + Adam Hess + Dave Hill + Dave Fulton Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food.

Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink).

Mike Doyle Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15.

Info 029 2089 0862. uMusicality Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £9/£7.50. Info 01633 868239.

Musical theatre revue by Avant Dance School. (Until Sun 22) Talent Time Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2070 0721. Annual Shelley Norton summer concert showcase.

Up Next... At The Movies Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7pm, £18. Info 01792 475715. Charity songs-fromthe-musicals type night in aid of Maggies.

SATURDAY 21 JULY uAs Long As The Heart Beats Outpatient

Department, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. 8pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2037 1689.

One-woman show following the story of two nurses, written by Roy Williams and part of the NHS70 series.

Also on at 5pm on Sat 28.

(Until Sat 28) Damien Clarke + Morgan Rees + Paul James Miners Hall, Resolven. 7pm, £10 adv.

Info 0300 3656677. Neath Comedy Festival show.

Laughter Is The Best Medicine Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £29.50/£27.50. Info 0845 2263510. Comedy compered

by Elis James and part of the NHS70 series of events this month.

Lloyd Langford + Jordan Brookes Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £7 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Comedy.

Musicality Academy Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £14 adv.

Info 01639 763214. Musical theatre showcase.

Robin Morgan Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2030 4400. Welsh comedian with a show which is a few days before his wedding, plus the Edinburgh festival, which he’s going to instead of on honeymoon. That’s what the show’s about, in case you thought I was just gossiping. uSeussical Jr. Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 10.30am + 12.30pm, £10. Info 0333 6663366. Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival kid-friendly production. On at 12pm and 3pm, tomorrow, Tue 24, Wed 25, Thurs 26 and Fri 27. No performance on Mon 23.

(Until Sat 28) Step In Time The Met, Abertillery. 2 + 6pm, £7.50. Info 01495 355945.

Performed by Encore Theatre Academy. uTiddly Prom: Cherry Pie’s Holiday Adventure St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

10.30am, £7.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Welsh Proms show featuring kids’ theatre set to an orchestral backing. Not on tomorrow but on each day after... (Until Sat 28) SUNDAY 22 JULY Caterpillar Comedy Fest Gwdihw, Cardiff.

4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. Standup night with a one-off event whose other details are all TBC right now.

King Lear Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8 under18s. Info 0333 6663366.

Presented by Everyman Youth Theatre as part of the Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival.

The Savoy Youth Theatre & Friends Showcase Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.

7pm, £10/£8. Info 01600 772467.

MONDAY 23 JULY Sharon Needles Presents

Celebrity Morgue The Depot, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£40. Info info@depotcardiff.com. Drag Race alumnus with “a eulogy of songs from those that are no longer here” so maybe it should be in Live Music idk.

TUESDAY 24 JULY uBenny Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01646 695267.

Gareth John Bale’s dramatisation of the last days of Benny Hill’s life. On tomorrow also; in Cardiff on Fri 27 uHairspray – The Musical Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25.50£40.50. Info 01792 475715.

Hit musical returns. Also on at 2.30pm on Wed 25, Thurs 26 and Sat 28. (Until Sat 28) The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Queens Hall, Narberth. 1.15pm, £6/£5 kids. Info 01834 869323.

Panto.

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY uBe More Chill Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 473238. Stage production based on a novel by Ned Vizzini. (Until Sat 28) Conor Clarke McGrath Le Public Space, Newport.

8.30pm, pay by donation.

Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

July’s edition of the You Might Laugh comedy night, on here on the last Wednesday of every month.

This is an Edinburgh preview set and more acts are TBC. Ned And The Whale Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

11.30am, £5. Info 01685 384111. Kids’ theatre devised by Flossy & Boo. In Cardiff on Tue 31.

Peter Pan Bryngarw Park, nr Bridgend. 5.30pm, from £8.50. Info 01656 815995.

Outdoor theatre presented

by Immersion. uSister Act Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01446 738622.

Musical presented by BillBoard Ensemble. (Until Fri 27) THURSDAY 26 JULY uCarousel St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £5-£10.

Info 029 2087 8444. Rodgers & Hammerstein musical presented by The Unknown Theatre Company. (Until Sat 28) uCome Back Tomorrow The Chapel, Singleton Hospital, Sketty, Swansea.

11am, 12.30pm, 3.10pm, 4.40pm + 6.10pm, £15/£10.

Info 029 2037 1689. Sitespecific theatrical journey featuring specially-composed music and interactive elements; part of the NHS70 series. On tomorrow also.

Flossy & Boo Sarn Library, Bridgend. 11.30am + 2pm, free. Info 01656 815995.

Kids’ theatre. uHouse Magicians The Small Space, Barry. 7.30pm, £20. Info info@thesmallspace.co.uk. Notably small

(only 20 seats!) magiccentred Vale venue. (Until Sat 28) Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue + Paul James The Duke, Neath. 7.30pm, £7.

Info 01639 643892. Neath Comedy Festival show.

Omar Hamdi Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 9pm, £6.

Info 029 2064 6900. WelshEgyptian comedian. Don’t know much about him but his Wikipedia page says, “He claims to rarely watch stand-up on television, or any television at all,” so I reckon him and I might get on. See Upfront.

Stuart Goldsmith Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2064 6900. Comedian. If you want to see this and Omar Hamdi’s set (see above) it’s £10.

FRIDAY 27 JULY Benny Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

Joe Lycett Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 0845 2263510. Sold out.

Larry Dean Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 9pm, £6. Info 029 2064 6900.

Comedian with a work-inprogress show.

Matt Price Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2064 6900.

Comedian. If you want to see this and Larry Dean’s set (see above) it’s £10. uMovies Inc. Vol 2 Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare.

7pm, £12-£14. Info 0300 0040444. Dance routines set to movie anthems. On tomorrow also. uRent Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £10-£12.50.

Info 01656 815995. School edition of this musical, presented by TPH. On tomorrow also.

Robert White + Brian Damage & Krystaal + Death Do Us Part Danger Show + Paul James Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 0300 3656677.

Neath Comedy Festival finale show. uScott Gibson + Elliot Steel + Erich McElroy + Stuart Mitchell Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink). uThe Exploded Circus Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510.

Acclaimed circus show presented by Mimbre. On tomorrow also, at 2.30pm.

SATURDAY 28 JULY A Dragon’s Tale Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

1.30pm, £6/£5 kids. Info 01646 695267. Puppet show for kids, presented by Theatrix Arts.

Eczema! Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3pm, £10/£7.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Black comedy by Maria Fusco about the titular skin disease. The final event in the programme of

NHS70 commissions this month.

Lou Sanders Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2064 6900.

Comedian.

Matt Forde Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 9pm, £6. Info 029 2064 6900.

Comedian. If you want to see this and Lou Sanders’ set (see above) it’s £10.

Noel James+ Beth Angell + Steffan Evans Neath Community Centre.

2.30pm, £6 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Neath Comedy Festival with an afternoon of Welsh language acts.

Rod Stevens + Lenny Dee Queens Hall, Narberth.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01834 869323. Rod is a comedy hypnotist and Lenny is a cabaret comic, not to be confused with NYC hardcore rave pioneer Lenny Dee I should think. uSummer Variety Show Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £12/£10.

Info 0845 2263510. Singing, dancing and comedy from Ammanford Community Theatre, Starquest Children's Theatre Group, Statik dance group and other local community groups, choirs and individuals. On tomorrow also, at 2pm.

The Captain Barnacle Pirate Pantomime National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1 + 3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Comedy, music and puppets for kids SUNDAY 29 JULY Howl Children’s Comedy Tramshed Cinema, Cardiff.

12-4pm. Info 029 2023 5555.

Family-friendly comedy & stand-up workshops for children from Lorna Corner and friends.

TUESDAY 31 JULY A Strange New Space Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 2pm, £5/£4.

Info 0845 2263510. Onewoman show for kids, with puppetry and music.

Bing Live St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 10.30am, 1pm + 4pm, £19/£17 kids. Info 029 2087 8444. No relation to everyone’s favourite search engine, Bing is a rabbit who lends his name to a kids’ show on Cbeebies. uNed And The Whale Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 1pm, £8. Info 029 2030 4400. On tomorrow also.

Run Away To The Circus Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6pm, £8. Info 01633 868239. Presented by the Dance School.

SCAB Live Art & Performance Art Open Showcase The Moon, Cardiff. Free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. New venture open to performers trying an idea for the first time or developing a piece, with performances around 10-20 minutes long.

With around 78,000 staff, NHS Wales is the biggest employer in Wales. It is also the biggest in the UK with 1.5 million staff, and fifth in the world after Walmart and the Chinese Liberation Army.

A banana is actually considered a berry or type of herb, and we share 50% of our DNA with them.

The UK gets, on average, 2cm closer to the USA every year.

“Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order.

July 1 and April 1 always start on the same day of the week.

Captain Morgan did actually exist: he was a Welsh pirate that later became the governor of Jamaica.

Jetlag is worst travelling from west to east. The direction makes the day shorter, which is harder for our brains to adapt to.

People typically visit their GP six times per year.

Collectively, the NHS deals with over a million patients every 36 hours.

The shortest regular flight route is between the Scottish islands Westray and Papa Westray, lasting just two minutes.

A hippo’s sweat turns red when they are upset.

The inventor of the Frisbee had his ashes made into a Frisbee.

A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.

At least three people reported missing each year are found in Ikea after getting lost Whiskey tycoon Jack Daniels’ grandfather, Joseph, emigrated to the USA from Aberystwyth in the 1700s.

Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are inspired by Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

The bird in the Twitter logo is called Larry.

(Disclaimer: some of these may not in fact be true)

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THREE CD COPIES OF THE NEW BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ALBUM, GRAVITY With a music career spanning 13 years, one of the biggest British metal bands around, Bullet for My Valentine are set to release their sixth album, Gravity. The band comes to Cardiff for an album signing next month and to celebrate, we’re giving away three CD copies of Gravity, released June 29.

TWO TICKETS TO LAST NIGHT OF THE WELSH PROMS AT ST. DAVID’S HALL An array of iconic musical performances will be brought to St. David’s Hall for the Welsh Proms finale on Sat 28 July. With performances from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and solo harpist Claire Jones leading proceedings to finish of the Proms, the event will transform Cardiff into a classical haven. Enter our competition to be in with a chance of winning tickets for the last night on Sat 28 Jul. A COPY OF DAN TYTE’S BOOK THE OFFLINE PROJECT A social critique of our exponentially growing dependence on technology, The Offline Project explores the impact of technology on our lives and how it impacts relationships and perceptions of the world around us, as well as imagining what the world might look like without an internet connection. Enter our competition to win a copy of this thought-provoking second novel from Dan Tyte.

TWO TICKETS TO SPEEDWAY AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM Speedway is coming back to Cardiff. An exhilarating feat, 15 riders go head-tohead on motorbikes with no brakes and race against the clock in the Principality Stadium at speeds of up to 60mph. Be in for the chance of winning two tickets to see this year’s race on Sat 21 July.

TWO TICKETS TO MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT AT THE NEW THEATRE Coming straight from a sold-out West End, Mischief Movie Night is set to display its acclaimed show at the New Theatre. An improvised movie live on stage, the play can stop, pause rewind and fast forward – all to make the cast’s tasks harder and ignite roars of laughter. We’ve got two tickets up for grabs for the first performance on Wed 18 July.

TWO TICKETS TO THE SELECTER AND THE BEAT AT CAERPHILLY CASTLE Coming out of the late 70s period of recession and industrial unrest, The Selecter and The Beat featuring Ranking Roger were leading lights of Britain’s musical and cultural 2-Tone movement and will grace Caerphilly Castle with their mix of ska and punk. Their music holding messages as poignant as ever, win the chance to jive live to their gig on Fri 13 July.

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