Pianist, improviser, and composer Rafael Barrera just released his debut album called “Amser” – Welsh for “Time” – featuring Will Joy on a six-string bass, and James Edmunds on drums; all mentored by some of the most influential jazz musicians in the UK such as Huw Warren, Paula Gardiner, and Martin France. The all-original album, recorded in The Atrium and engineered by Adrián Strozzi, projects six pieces that go from a wide variety of rhythms and compositional styles that…

  Will a dog from your area be named Best in Show at Crufts next month? The world’s greatest dog show returns for its 127th year from 8th-11th March 2018. More than 20,000 dogs and 160,000 humans will head to the NEC in Birmingham for a long weekend of celebrating dogs of all shapes and sizes. Pedigree dogs from all over the globe will compete across four days to be awarded the coveted Best in Show prize; the UK’s top…

  A former athlete from Cardiff is running the London Marathon for Diabetes UK Cymru to support three close family members with the condition. Jezzelle Lobeck, 29, an events manager, has represented Wales internationally as a triathlete and cross country runner at junior and senior levels, and has completed the Cardiff Half Marathon twice. However, Jezzelle says facing the challenge of her first marathon is nothing compared to the challenges her family members with diabetes face every day. Jezzelle said,…

Wales’ Premier Theatre Event, attracting over 15,000 visitors has opened its box office. Now the largest theatre event of its kind in the U.K., Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival is offering 8 productions to satisfy the cultural appetites of the Capital City. Employing home-grown Welsh talent and fostering the future of theatre, the festival is proud to showcase directing talents of Cardiff’s own Richard Tunley (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama), Peter Doran, (Fellow of the Royal Welsh College…

CelebAbility, TV’s most chaotic and crazy show returns to ITV2 later this year for a second series in its continued quest to discover more unique skills and abilities possessed by celebrities. After a successful first series (the youngest profiling new show on the channel – 62% of viewers aged between 16-34), series 2 has been extended from 6 episodes to 8. The comedy entertainment show from Potato (makers of Ninja Warrior and The Chase) is from an original idea devised…

Cardiff Bay on a Friday night. You’re dressed in green, with other runners, united turning the night green for Velindre Cancer Centre. Light Up Events is hosting a fun 3km, 5km and 10km run at Cardiff Bay where we are expecting to have a turnout of over 200 runners. This is the first Light Up running event dedicated to Velindre Cancer Centre and we are very excited to raise funds that will help to ensure the best possible support is…

Sarah Jane Brown has been selected to exhibit her expressive seascape and landscape paintings of Pembrokeshire at an Exhibition of Contemporary Welsh Art for an annual Welsh cultural event based in London. The exhibition takes place at the London Welsh Centre from 9th to 10th March, and Sarah Jane’s work will be exhibited alongside a number of other notable Welsh artists. This unique event provides the opportunity for visitors to enjoy an exclusive exhibition of Welsh art in London, with…

Oscar Wilde’s cherished ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is to tour the UK this Spring – but not quite as you may know it. The hilarious, two man re-imagining of the classic will visit over 20 beautiful venues across the country from Cardiff all the way to Leicester. Already one of our nation’s funniest plays, the “exhilarating” Split Second Productions is making its unique mark with their “ingenious” re-telling of the story where two actors will play every single character….

With high viewing audiences the BBC seem to have hit the red button with their all-singing Saturday night show All Together Now, presented by Rob Beckett.  Five heats on and with the 10 chosen finalists, this Saturday (March 3) sees the final with the top talented acts competing for a massive £50,000 prize.  Choir leader and Sing&Smile ‘Goldies’ charity founder Grenville Jones from Bath waves the West Country flag as one of ‘The 100’ judges from across the UK, who…

Welsh Holiday Company Launches Search on St. David’s Day www.menaiholidays.co.uk – a rather wonderful self-catering company located in North Wales, was recently sent a letter by a satisfied customer from London. The letter was written as if by Wales itself addressing its old friend London, highlighting the completely different lifestyles the two enjoy. Menai Holidays were so impressed with the letter, they decided to turn it into a video, complete with a voice-over. But that’s when their dilemma began. If…