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CAMPAIGNERS will march to Cardiff City Hall on Saturday 29th April to demand protections to Cardiff’s grassroot music venues. Save Womanby Street (SWS) campaigners will join venue owners, musicians and politicians to meet Cardiff’s local party leaders. The campaign, launched last month, already has the backing of thousands including Cardiff MPs Jo Stevens and Kevin Brennan. It wants Cardiff Council and the Welsh Government to change planning policies to protect  music venues against noise complaints. On Saturday leaders of Cardiff…

A popular Cardiff community running event could be cancelled due to a lack of funding. The Butetown Mile – a one-mile run/walk along Bute Street – dates back to the 1980s, when it attracted the best in the UK taking part in an elite race and the local community taking part in a fun run. The event came to an end in the 1990s due to a breakdown in organisation and the development of Cardiff Bay, but was revived in…

St David’s Hall Tuesday 2 May, 7.30pm THE All-Star Stand-Up Tour 2017 is back with its best line-up yet featuring Stewart Francis, Jarred Christmas, Mike Gunn and Justin Moorhouse! This hilarious quartet is coming to St David’s Hall for one night only on Tuesday 2 May, but there has been a late change to the line-up with Mike Gunn replacing Jim Tavaré, who was involved in a near fatal car crash in his Los Angeles last month. Fortunately, Jim is…

Ice Body Sculpting is a small independent clinic based in west Cardiff. They are Wales longest established specialist clinic for Fat Freezing – a non surgical alternative to liposuction. Those determined to get in shape for summer will try anything from low carb diets to cabbage soup, increasing daily steps, to insane exercise regimes – but what about freezing your fat? Director, Alice tells us “Fat Freezing is our specialism, and we are already honing the bodies of Cardiff for…

Four Welsh competitors have been selected to represent the UK in the largest international skills competition, WorldSkills, held in Abu Dhabi in October this year. Joseph Massey, 23, from Coleg Cambria; Alfie Hopkin, 18, from Llanelli, Elizabeth Forkuoh, 20, from Llanelli and Ethan Davies, 21, from Mynydd Isa have been recognised as the UK’s most highly skilled young people in their industry, and will travel almost 5,000 miles to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) to compete against the…

John Fox from Western Power helping to raise awareness of free-to-call 105 A Cardiff customer service advisor is fronting a new nationwide campaign from Britain’s electricity distribution networks to promote the new power cut 105 phone number. The campaign launches as new research from Energy Networks Association (ENA) reveals more than eight out of 10 (82%) people in England, Wales and Scotland have no idea how electricity is delivered to their homes. The stats also reveal 43% would incorrectly call…

Three local business women, and mothers, are behind a new service to make Welsh businesses sizzle.  The latest offering from Bull Solutions, Sizzle Business Videos, is sponsoring next week’s BizMums Big Networking Event. The aim, to help other mums get their businesses noticed online using bespoke video content. In 2016 content was king.  This year, its video content.  In 2017 video is expected to represent 74% of all internet traffic, with 4 times as many consumers preferring to watch a…

OMIGOD You Guys – What a show! Forget the large theatre companies based all around the UK, we have excellent talent on our doorstep in Cardiff and they are called Kinetic Arts.  They set their latest musical ‘Legally Blonde’ in the magnificent building, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, with glorious views overlooking Bute park.  The show was based in the Richard Burton Theatre, a smaller, more intimate setting than the larger theatre at the college. Legally Blonde is…

The Cardiff Music Award show at Tramshed Cardiff on Thursday 30th March 2017 was that rare combination of inspiring, exciting and great fun. The atmosphere was electric with over 400 attendees present. Tramshed’s main room was filled to the brim with talented individuals from the local music scene, local businesses and from further afield as well – a true testament to how strong and supportive the Cardiff music scene currently is and the night really marked its growing place in…

On the 28th April I got the amazing opportunity to interview Beverley Knight and ask her questions about her upcoming Soulsville tour and about past experiences in the industry. I was so inspired after talking to her and I have to say I’m jealous of any one that has tickets to the shows! Q.  What can fans expect from the upcoming tour? Does it differ from previous tours that you have done? A.  It will be different in the fact…