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St David’s Hall , Sunday 6 December at 4pm CITY VOICES CARDIFF are back by popular demand at St David’s Hall for their annual festive feast Rejoice and Be Merry next Sunday (6 December) at 4pm. Bring the whole family for an afternoon of seasonal cheer with classics including It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Winter Wonderland, Happy Xmas (War is Over), Silent Night  and Santa Baby. All the songs are performed by a stunning large choir and captivating live…

St David’s Hall, Wednesday 9 December at 7pm JOIN the festive celebrations with the Cardiff County & Vale of Glamorgan Music Service as some of South Wales’ finest young musicians perform their Christmas Showcase. Eight of the counties’ ensembles will share the stage with a massed choir of 250 junior schoolchildren at St David’s Hall next Wednesday (9 December) at 7pm. Altogether this captivating concert will feature: Youth Brass Band, Training Brass Band, Advanced Percussion, Foundation Brass Band & Training Choir,…

  St David’s Hall, Thursday 10 December at 7.30pm THE ever-popular Christmas Concert of Seasonal Music & Carols returns to St David’s Hall next Thursday (10 December) for its 33rd year! Plus, proceeds from the concert go to the great charity work of CLIC Sargent, which cares for children with cancer. This year’s wonderful line-up features acclaimed organist Jane Watts, the brass ensemble of the Welsh Guards, a combined hospital choir of 250 voices and special guests from the Royal Welsh College of…

St David’s Hall, Saturday 5 December at 3pm & 7.30pm THREE acclaimed choirs will combine forces to celebrate the festive season in style at St David’s Hall this Saturday (5 December) in The Promise of Christmas concert. The Cambrensis Choir & Orchestra, the St David’s Praise Choir and The Promise of Christmas Youth Choir will also share the stage for two special performances at 3pm and 7.30pm. Expect the usual feast of family favourites plus traditional carols, and be prepared to sing…

Julian Clary, national trinket, author, TV and radio star is coming up your way… The Joy of Mincing is Julian Clary’s celebration of 30 years as a camp comedian. There is so much to tell you; the ups and downs of his sordid love life, the true and heart stopping account of how he saved Dame Joan Collins’ life, and don’t start him on the perils of his DIY electrical home enema kit. On stage Julian will proudly wear his well-deserved…

PizzaExpress on High Street, Cardiff has recently undergone a major makeover, with the restaurant being totally transformed, and now features artwork paying tribute to the nearby Cardiff Castle. Each PizzaExpress restaurant is individually designed – often using well known places, people or historical events from the area as the basis. The new artwork draws inspiration from the shapes of some of the former Cardiff Castle residents’ coats of arms, including those of the Tudors and the de Clares. We were…

This year for Giving Tuesday, (December 1st), Teenage Cancer Trust is encouraging everyone to get dressed up in their best Christmas Clobber and raise vital funds for young people with cancer in South Wales. The charity is calling on people to take part in Christmas Clobber, a fun way to celebrate Christmas whilst supporting young people with cancer. Join friends, colleagues and classmates and get creative decorating old wooly jumpers and hats with a fun festive theme. Wear a Christmas…

Do you find yourself succumbing to the Winter blues and plagued with colds and flu ? The good news is that it’s actually easy to support and boost our immunity as long as we tune into the winter seasonal rhythm and adjust our lifestyles accordingly! Winter time is typically associated with cold short days and long dark nights. At this time of year more than any other it’s important  to wrap up warm and protect our immune system. Holistic Nutritionist Elizabeth Montgomery…

A new agreement between Community Housing Cymru and Public Health Wales has committed the organisations to working more closely together to improve the lives and health of people in the most deprived communities in Wales. A Memorandum of Understanding signed on 19 November 2015 will ensure that the organisations work together to identify common problems and develop joint solutions. The memorandum is a commitment to a joint focus on prevention and early intervention, to ensuring work is informed by the…

Beginning next week (30 November to 11 December 2015), world leaders will meet in Paris where a global climate deal is expected to be agreed. It will follow a weekend of global climate action, including Wales Climate Action Day in Cardiff , organised by Stop Climate Chaos Cymru. Hundreds of people are expected to take part in a mass bike ride from the city centre to the Senedd on Saturday 28 November. Leaders are under pressure to ensure that they…