Gig List
FOLK MUSIC RELATED GIGS in South Wales.
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Things change and people don't tell me.
This list is compiled from various sources. Please check with venue before you go.
The gig list is available by email and may be even more up to date. To receive the list or to have your event included email me - cas@casbar.co.uk
FOLKWALES ONLINE MAGAZINE www.folk.wales/
CELTIC HEARTBEAT Frank Hennessy BBC Radio Wales Sundays 6 - 8pm Online too http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/celticheartbeat/
RADIO TIRCOED 106.5FM “All Folked Up” Thursdays 8-9pm http://www.radiotircoed.com/
Gower Bluegrass Acoustic Sessions 7.30pm Loughor Boating Club – usually 2nd Tues & 4th Weds
-- Jun 28th / Jul 11th & x / Gower Acoustic Sessions 7.30pm 3rd Thurs – The Commercial Inn, Killay - Jun 22nd / Check with Roland 07811 358475 www.gowerbluegrass.co.uk
See the FOLK CLUBS page for CLUBS, REGULAR GATHERINGS, POETRY & FESTIVALS in South Wales. See the VENUES page for addresses of where folk happens.
2017
Men of Sweyn’s Ey dance out (Locally – Swansea) every Thursday See www.sweysey.co.uk to find where
JUNE
Thu 22nd June 7.45pm King Arthur Hotel, Reynoldston & onwards to King Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn at sunset Men
of Sweyn’s Ey
Fri Jun 23rd Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea Terry Hetherington Young Writers Awards
Fri 23rd – Sun 25th Jun THE UKULELE FESTIVAL OF WALES Gower Heritage Centre and Gower Inn, Parkmill,
Tue Jun 27th St David’s hall, Cardiff Rachel Newton Band
Wed Jun 28th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Sandy Brechin & Ewan Wilkinson
Thu Jun 29th 7.30pm £10 Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Lowri Evans & Lee Mason
Fri Jun 30th 7.30pm £10 Y Parlwr, Singleton Rd, Splott, Cardiff Patrobas and Gwilym Bowen Rhys
JULY
Sat Jul 1st 10am Buskagynlais Ystradgynlais
Mon Jul 3rd 7.30pm £18 Sin City, Swansea Hayseed Dixie supported by Up The Creek
Mon 3rd – Sun 9th Jul LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD Llangollen (70th anniversary)
Tue Jul 4th 7.30pm £5 Acoustic Tuesday, South Riverside Centre, Brunel St Cardiff CF11 6ES
Wed Jul 5th 8pm Waterfront, Laugharn Men of Sweyn’s Ey & Heb Enw Morris dancing
Wed Jul 5th Folk in the Owl’s Nest, Gwdihŵ Café Bar, Cardiff Jinda, harry & The Gondolas, Los Feliz &
more
Fri Jul 7th Pentreffestnoz, St Fagan’s Village Hall, Crofft-Y-Genau Rd, St Fagan’s Cardiff CF5 6DU
Barbecue and Open Stage
Fri Jul 7th 6.30pm Tŷ Tawe, Christina St. Swansea (Welsh learners’) Pizza Night & International Music
Fri 7th – Sat 8th Jul BETWEEN THE TREES - RUDRY MUSIC FESTIVAL Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly
07740 192879 http://rudryfestival.com/
Wed Jul 12th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
na-mara
Wed Jul 12th £20 St David’s Hall, Cardiff The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Thu Jul 13th Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ
Fake Thackeray
Thu 13th – Sun 16th Jul FOLK ON THE LAWN Abbey Mill, Tintern http://folkonthelawn.com/folk-on-the-lawn-2017/
Fri Jul 14th Gigs Y Gwach, Pontardawe Inn, Pontardawe Elin Fflur a’r band
Fri Jul 14th Queen’s Hall, Narberth The Meadows
Sat Jul 15th Miners’ Theatre, Ammanford The Meadows
Sat Jul 15th £25 National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne Kate Rusby
Sun Jul 16th 5pm £13 1, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay CF10 5EE Karen Mueller with Holly Robinson & Bob
Fish
Sun Jul 16th 8pm Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff The Meadows
Sun Jul 16th Uplands Tavern, Swansea The Philanderers
Sun Jul 16th Forest Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Parkhill, Lydney Ange Hardy & Lucas Drinkwater
Tue Jul 18th Storytelling at Milgi’s Yurt, 103 City Road, Cardiff Francis Maxey + Mikey Price
Thu Jul 20th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Highcross Rd Rogerstone NP10 9AD
Greg Russel & Ciaran Algar
Thu Jul 20th £9.50 8pm Acoustic Club, Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl A Parcel of Rogues
Fri Jul 21st £5 7.30pm Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery SA20 0DD Peter Brock – Playford Dancing
www.llandoveryfolkdancing.co.uk
Fri 21st – Sun 23rd Jul PICKIN’ AWAY WEEKEND AT THE GWAUN Gwaun Brewery, Kilkiffeth Farm, Pontfaen,
Fishguard, Pembs SA65 9TP Roland 07811 358475 Camping
01348 881304 www.gowerbluegrass.co.uk
Mon Jul 24th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Folk Prom – Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
Wed Jul 26th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Elfen
Wed Jul 26th 7.30pm £10 Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Pagoda Project (folk / jazz fusion)
Fri Jul 28th 8pm Free Tŷ Tawe, Christina St. Swansea Siân James
AUGUST
Wed Aug 2nd Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Jackie Oates, Megan Henwood & Pete Thomas
Thu 3rd – Sun 6th Aug KAYA festival of world music & Arts Bridgen College – Pencoed Campus
Fri Aug 4th – Sat 12th Aug NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALES Bodedern, Anglesey LL65 3SS
Sat Aug 12th 3.30-11pm BURNING LANTERN FAYRE St Fagan’s National Museum of History, Cardiff CF5 6XB
Celebration of Welsh Culture
Tue Aug 15th Storytelling at Milgi’s Yurt, 103 City Road, Cardiff Amanda Rackstraw + tbc
Wed Aug 16th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Catherine Craig & Brian Willoughby
Thu 17th – Sun 20th Aug PONTARDAWE TOWN FESTIVAL (Some folk events)
Sun Aug 20th 10.30am FOLK SERVICE, Gellionnen Chapel, Mynydd Gellionnen, Pontardawe A welcome for those
of all faiths and none. Sing, play, recite, listen, enjoy! Have a cuppa and a chat afterwards.
Sun Aug 20th 2-5pm Free VALLEY FOLK CLUB SHOWCASE Pontardawe Rugby Club, Pontardawe (programmed +
MC)
Thu 17th – Sun 20th Aug GREEN MAN FESTIVAL nr Crickhowell, http://www.greenman.net/
Wed Aug 30th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Eileen McGann (Canada)
SEPTEMBER
Fri Sep !st & Sat 2nd LLANWDDYN FOLK & ACOUSTIC MUSIC W/E Llanwyddyn Village Hall Lake Vyrnwy,
SY10 0LR Booking essential 01691 870501 www.llanwddynevents.co.uk + Sunday Folk
Service
Sun Sep 3rd 12md – 11pm THE PEOPLE’S FOLK DAY Newport Fugitive’s Athletic Club, High Cross Rd. Rogerstone
Sun Sep 3rd Forest Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Parkhill, Lydney Don’t Tell Johnny
Wed Sep 6th 7.30pm Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Le Vent du Nord
Wed Sep 6th 7.30pm £10 Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Hot Rocks Pilgrims (Old time & Bluegrass)
Thu Sep 7th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Highcross Rd Rogerstone NP10 9AD
Ninebarrow
Fri 8th – Sun 10th Sep GOWER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill SA3 2EH
Fri Sep 15th (Pontardawe)Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Morfa
Sat Sep 16th 9pm The White Horse, Llandeilo Old Strafford
Sat Sep 16th At Cowbridge Music Festival Jamie Smith’s Mabon
Tue Sep 19th Storytelling at Milgi’s Yurt, 103 City Road, Cardiff Mary Medlicott + Pwngk
Tue Sep 19th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Martin Simpson
Thu Sep 21st Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ
Maria Dunn with Shannon Johnson (Canada)
Fri Sep 22nd Valley Folk Club, Ivy Bush Hotel, Pontardawe Morfa
Wed 27th Sep Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Cory Seznec Band
Sat Sep 30th £14 St Donat’s Castle, Atlantic College, Llantwit Major The Coal Porters
OCTOBER
Sun Oct 1st Forest Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Parkhill, Lydney Colum Sands
Wed Oct 4th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Andrew Sharpe & Amy Kakoura
Wed Oct 4th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Andrew Sharpe & Amy Kakoura
Thu Oct 5th Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ
Wildwood Jack
Tue Oct 10th Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Front Country
Thu Oct 12th 8pm £18 Maesteg Town Hall Los Pacaminos
Fri Oct 13th Llandeilo Acoustic, The Angel, Llandeilo Leon Hunt & Jason itley
Sat Oct 14th RUFF Ceilidh, Sports & Social Club, University Hospital of Wales Tickled Pink with guest
callers
Sat Oct 14th Clŵb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Zervas & Pepper
Mon Oct 16th 7.30pm Borough Theatre, Abergavenny The East Pointers and Kizzy Crawford
Tue Oct 17th 7.15pm Memo Arts Centre, Barry The East Pointers (PEI-Canada)
Wed Oct 18th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
O’Hooley & Tidow
Wed Oct 18th 7.30pm £10 Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Gordy MacKeeman & His Rhythm BoysB (Canada)
Thu Oct 19th Pontardawe Arts Centre The Kala Chetena Kathakali Company (Classical dance drama of
Kerala)
Thu Oct 19th Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan Lankum (formerly Lynched)
Fri Oct 27th New date (Pontardawe)Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Old Strafford
Fri Oct 20th £12 St Donat’s Castle, Atlantic College, Llantwit Major De Temps Antan
Fri Oct 27th Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan Hot Club of Cowtown
Fri Oct 27th 8pm Free Tŷ Tawe, Christina St. Swansea Brigyn
NOVEMBER
Wed Nov 1st Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
James Keelaghan & Hugh McMillan (Canada)
Wed Nov 2nd Lyceum Folk Club,Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ
Pilgrims’ Way
Fri Nov 10th 7.30pm Borough Theatre, Abergavenny The Devil’s Violin
Sat Nov 11th 2.30 & 4pm Tenby Blues Festival (Blues Trail), The Normandie Old Strafford
Sat Nov 11th Taliesin Theatre, Swansea Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita (Latin American, West African mix)
Sat Nov 11th 8pm £16.50+bf Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, Cardiff Gordon Giltrap
Sun Nov 12th 8.30pm The Brunswick, Swansea Old Strafford
Wed Nov 15th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Moirai
Wed Nov 15th 7.30pm Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Martin Simpson
Thu Nov 16th £25.30 Tramshed, Clare Rd. Cardiff CF11 6OP Oysterband (40th Celebration Tour)
Thu Nov 16th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Highcross Rd Rogerstone NP10 9AD
Steve Tilston
Fri Nov 17th (Pontardawe)Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Pete Kiddle
Sat Nov 18th RUFF Ceilidh, Sports & Social Club, University Hospital of Wales Jigfoot & Ian Nichols
Sat Nov 18th 7.30pm £29 Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot Joe Brown
Sun Nov 19th The Brunswick, Swansea Old Strafford
Sun Nov 19th £25.30 Tramshed, Clare Rd. Cardiff CF11 6OP Billy Bragg
Mon Nov 20th £66.50+bf St David’s Hall, Cardiff Van Morrison
Tue Nov 21st £21.45 Tramshed, Clare Rd. Cardiff CF11 6OP Lau
Tue Nov 21sr Storytelling at Milgi’s Yurt, 103 City Road, Cardiff Bethan Mascarenhas
Wed Nov 22nd £27.50 Tramshed, Clare Rd. Cardiff CF11 6OP Afro Celt Sound System
Fri Nov 24th 8pm Free Tŷ Tawe, Christina St. Swansea Gareth Bonello
Fri Nov 24th The Globe, Albany Rd. Cardiff Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings
Tue Nov 28th 7.30pm Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Steeleye Span
DECEMBER
Fri Dec 1st Pentreffestnoz, St Fagan’s Village Hall, Crofft-Y-Genau Rd, St Fagan’s Cardiff CF5 6DU
Ravi Sawney & Anna Pack
Fri Dec 1st 7.30pm Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Andy Fairweather Low & The High Riders and The Low
Riders
Sun Dec 3rd Uplands Tavern, Swansea The Philanderers
Sun Dec 3rd Forest Folk Club, The Royal Oak, Parkhill, Lydney Whiskey River
Wed Dec 6th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH The
Trials of Cato
Wed Dec 6th £23.10 Tramshed, Clare Rd. Cardiff CF11 6OP Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band
Thu Dec 7th Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ
The Rumblestrutters
Fri Dec 8th (Pontardawe)Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Xmas Party
with Baggy-Cringle
Fri Dec 8th Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, Cardiff Calan
Sat Dec 9th RUFF Ceilidh, Sports & Social Club, University Hospital of Wales Cat’s Claw & Mic
Spencely
Party
Wed Dec 13th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Xmas Party No 1 £4 including buffet
Tue Dec 19th Storytelling at Milgi’s Yurt, 103 City Road, Cardiff Storyteller + Three-Legg’d Mare
Wed Dec 20th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH The
Village Quire – “Golden Gifts For All”
2018
Wed Jan 10th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH Vrï
Tue Jan 16th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Martyn Joseph
Wed Jan 24th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun
CF72 9EH Cassie & Maggie McDonald (Nova Scotia)
Sat Jan 27th RUFF Ceilidh, Sports & Social Club, University Hospital of Wales Juice with Dave Parsons
Tue Jan 30th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Amy Wadge & Luke Jackson
Tue Feb 6th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Chris Wood
Wed Feb 7th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH The
Brother Brothers (USA)
Wed Feb 14th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Rattle on the Stovepipe
Wed Mar 14th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Pilgrims’ Way
Wed Mar 21st Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Sarah Grey & Kieron Means
Wed Mar 21st Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy The Furrow Collective
Wed Apr 4th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Debra Cowan (USA)
Thu Apr 12th Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ
Winter Wilson
Wed Apr 18th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
John Connolly
Tue May 1st Gwerin Aber Folk, Four Seasons Hotel, Aberystwyth SY23 2DX Hungrytown
Fri 11th – Sun 13th May TREDEGAR HOUSE FOLK FESTIVAL Newport NP10 8YW
www.tredegarhousefestival.org.uk
Wed May 16th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Granny’s Attic
Thu May 24th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road
Newport NP20 5PJ Jeff Warner
Wed May 30th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
James Hickman & Dan Cassidy
Wed Jun 6th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Brookes Williams (USA)
Wed Jul 4th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Molly Evans & Jack Rutter
Wed Jul 18th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Nick Dow
Wed Aug 8th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH Les
Barker
Wed Aug 15th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH Bob
Wood
Wed Sep 19th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Colum Sands
Thu Sep 20th Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ
Colum Sands
Thu Nov 8th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Anthony John Clarke
Wed Nov 20th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Sarah McQuaid
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