Gig List
FOLK MUSIC RELATED GIGS in South Wales.
Check with the venue before you go.
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 7 - 9pm 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/
OYSTERMOUTH RADIO Wed & Fri 8pm Folk & Blues with John Davies www.oystermouthradio.com
Gower Bluegrass Acoustic Sessions Loughor Boating Club – usually 2nd & 4th Tues -- 2020 Mar 24th Apr 7th / 21st, May 5th / 19th, Jun 9th / 23rd, Jul 7th / * Bluegrass Instrumental Pickin’ Sessions, Loughor Boating Club – led by Will Pinnock – usually Wed 2020 Apr 1st / May 13th / Jun 3rd / Jul 1st / * Gower Acoustic Sessions 7.30pm usually 3rd Thurs. The Commercial Inn, Killay -- 2020 Mar 19th / Apr 16th / May 14th / Jun 18th All sessions start at 7.30pm Check with Roland 07811 358475 www.gowerbluegrass.co.uk
See Home Page for addresses.
Tŷ tawe, Christina St. Swansea Welsh music sessions 2nd Friday each month. Door open 8.30pm Start 9pm http://www.sesiwn.cymru/
See the FOLK CLUBS page for CLUBS, REGULAR GATHERINGS, POETRY & FESTIVALS in South Wales. See the VENUES page for addresses of where folk happens.
2020
PLEASE CHECK WITH VENUE AS MANY EVENTS ARE BEING CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. I AM REMOVING EVENTS THAT I KNOW ARE CANCELLED.
I will continue to add gigs for future dates but it is by no means certain that these will occur.
MAY
Sat May 2nd 7pm The Globe, Hay on Wye Many men Singing:- Hay Shantymen and Bellow Fellows
Sat May 2nd The Brunswick, Swansea The Philanderers
Sun May 3rd Forest Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling, Coleford Anthony John Clarke
Wed May 6th St David’s Hall, Cardiff “Seven Drunken Nights” - The Story of The Dubliners”
Fri May 8th The Lyric, Carmarthen The Dublin Legends “Seven Drunken Nights”
Fri May 8th Wyeside Theatre, Buith Wells Jamie Smith’s Mabon “The Last Huzzah Tour”
Fri 8th - Sun 10th May TREDEGAR HOUSE FOLK FESTIVAL Newport http://www.tredegarhousefestival.org.uk/ Fri Wed May 13th Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Tinc Y Tannau & Deb Winter “The Firemaker”Storytelling
with music
May 15th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais The Hut
People
Fri 15th – Sat 16th May ROATH FOLK FESTIVAL The Gate, Keppoch St Cardiff
Wed May 20th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun
CF72 9EH Nick & Mally Dow
Thu May 21st Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter
Fri May 22nd St David’s Hall, Cardiff Jamie Smith’s Mabon “The Last Huzzah Tour”
Fri May 22nd 7.30pm £29.15 Pontardawe Arts Centre Steeleye Span
Sat May 23rd Rhosygilwen, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire Peggy Seeger & Calum McColl
Sat May
23rd Pontardawe Arts
Centre The Zombies
25th – 30th May
EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL YR URDD Fferm Kilford,
Dinby
Thu May 28th The Glee Club, Cardiff Grace Petrie
Fri May 29th Rhosygilwen, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire Julie Felix
JUNE
Tue Jun 2nd Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Lau (unplugged)
Sun Jun 7th Forest Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling, Coleford Folklaw
Tue Jun 9th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Midnight Skyracer
Wed Jun 10th Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Red Wine Seranaders 20s ragtime & jugband blues from
Italy
Thu Jun 11th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Frank Hennessy & Friends
Thu Jun 11th St David’s Hall, Cardiff The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Fri Jun 12th Pontardawe Arts Centre George Hinchcliffe’s Ukulele Orchstra of Great Britain
Sat Jun 13th 3 - 8pm Free Pontardawe Arts Centre “Celebration of Voice” Choirs of the region
Sat Jun 13th Llanbedr, nr Crichowell Jamie Smith’s Mabon “The Last Huzzah Tour”
Wed Jun 17th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Hannah James & Toby Kuhn
Fri Jun 19th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais John
Alderslade
Fri Jul 24th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Budapest Café Orchestra
Thu Jun 25th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone,
NP10 9AE John Watterson (aka Fake Thackray)
Wed May 27th 8pm £13/11 The Welfare, Ystradgynlais Grace Petrie
Tue Jun 30th Pontardawe Arts Centre Midnight Skyracer
JULY
Thu Jul 2nd Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone,
NP10 9AE Reg Meuross
Sat Jul 4th The Brunswick, Swansea The Philanderers
Sun Jul 5th Forest Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling, Coleford The Meadows Band
Wed Jul 8th Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Granny’s Attic
Wed Jul 8th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Brooks Williams & Boo Hewerdine
Tue Jul 14th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff FLOOK
Thu Jul 16th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Enda Kenny
Mon Jul 20th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Lady Maisery Welsh Proms
Wed Jul 22nd Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH The Jigantics
Wed Jul 29th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
JackDawgs with Roland Emmanuel
AUGUST
Thu Aug 13th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone, NP10
9AE Sadie & Jay
Aug 1st - 8th EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL Tregaron, Ceredigion
Mon Aug 3rd Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Yves Lambert Trio (French Canadian)
Wed Aug 12th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Sadie & Jay
Fri 28th – Sun 30th Aug BETWEEN THE TREES FESTIVAL Candleston Castle, Meryr Mawr, South Wales
SEPTEMBER
Wed Sep 2nd Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Hungrytown
Wed Sep 9th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Llantrisant Folk Club 40th Birthday Party (with buffet)
Mon Sep 14th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Any Wadge
Wed Sep 16th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Findlay Napier & Megan Henwood
Wed Sep 16th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Fairport Convention
Thu Sep 17th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road
Newport NP20 5PJ. Maria Dunn & Shannon Johnson
Thu Sep 17th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone, NP10
9AE Jay Turner
Fri Sep 18th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais John James
Sat Sep 19th RUFF Ceilidh St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St. Cardiff Band tba
Sun Sep 20th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Julie July Band - The Fotheringay Tour – Songs
from Sandy Denny
OCTOBER
Thu Oct 1st Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Martin Carthy
Fri Oct 2nd (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Martin Carthy
Fri Oct 9th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Thea Gilmore
Sat Oct 10th Swansea Grand Theatre Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners”
Sat Oct 10th Acapela studio, Pentyrch, Cardiff Tir Na nOg
Wed Oct 14th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Gordon Giltrap
Thu Oct 15th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Martin Carthy
Fri Oct 16th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Martin Carthy
Fri 16th – Sun 18th Oct PENTREFFEST AUTUMN FESTIVAL St Fagan’s Village Hall, Croft y Genau Rd. St Fagan’s
Cardiff with Arbadetorne, Rozenn Talec + Yannic Noguet and Carol Turner
Sat Oct 17th RUFF Ceilidh St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St. Cardiff Out of Hand plus Alison Rowley
Wed Oct 21st Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun
CF72 9EH Wiinter Wilson
Thu Oct 22nd Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone, NP10
9AE Jack Rutter
Sat Oct 24th Pontardawe Arts Centre Kris Drever
Wed Oct 28th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Daoiri Farrell
Fri Oct 30th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Old Strafford
NOVEMBER
Tue Nov 3rd Rhosygilwen, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire Martin & Eliza Carthy
Wed Nov 4th Acapela studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Martin & Eliza Carthy
Wed Nov 11th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Jody Kruskal
Thu Nov 12th St david’s Hall, Cardiff Clannad
Thu Nov 12th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Alden, Patteron & Dashwood.
Thu Nov 12th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone, NP10
9AE Ruth Notman TBC
Fri Nov 13th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Robin Huw
Bowen
Sat Nov 14th RUFF Ceilidh St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St. Cardiff Random with Mike Courthold
Sun Nov 15th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Swansea Charlie Dore
Tue Nov 24th St David’s Hall, Cardiff Sam Sweeney Band
Thu Nov 26th Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone,
NP10 9AE Ruth Notman
DECEMBER
Thu Dec 3rd Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Dave Gibb
Wed Dec 9th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Geoff Lakeman & Rob Murch
Fri Dec 11th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Xmas Party
with Les Barker
Sat Dec 12th RUFF Ceilidh St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St. Cardiff Juice & Dave Parsons
Mon Dec 14th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff “Awake-Arise – A Christmas Show For Our Times”
Lady Maisery, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith.
Thu Dec 17th Acapela Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff St Agnes Fountain
Fri Dec 18th Acapela Stdios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Los Pacaminos.
2021
Fri Jan 14th Lyceum Folk Club, Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport
NP20 5PJ Brooks Williams
Fri Jan 15th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Brooks
Williams
Fri Feb 20th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Mike & Dylan
James
Wed Mar 24th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Over The Moon
Fri Apr 9th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais
Andy Irvine
Wed Apr 21st Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Road Not Taken
Wed May 5th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH The
Outside Track
Wed May 26th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Rory McLeod
Wed Jun 9th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Tania Opland & Mike Freeman
Wed Oct 20th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Ryan Young & Chris Amer
Fri Nov 19th (Pontardawe) Valley Folk Club, Glais Rugby Club, 609 Birchgrove Rd. Glais Jez Lowe
Wed Dec 1st Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Quicksilver
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