St David’s Hall  Autumn & Winter 2017/18 Season THE Autumn & Winter Lunchtime Concerts Season at St David’s Hall features an incredible FIVE out of seven performances with a ‘Pay What You Will’ price-tag! All you need to do is turn up in time for the 1pm performance and pay what you feel is appropriate – it couldn’t be easier! Francina Moll Salord & Anna Szałucka Violin & Piano Tuesday 26 September 2017, 1pm   The ‘Pay What You Will’…

Welsh male vocal greats Only Men Aloud announce new dates in Cardiff, Llandudno and Newtown for December 2017 Welsh male vocal group Only Men Aloud have announced a new Christmas tour to get audiences into the festive spirit with dates across the country. Only Men Aloud have been delighting audiences around the world for well over fifteen years injecting new life and blood into the Welsh Male Voice Choir tradition. The men have become well known for their strong vocals…

UK children’s charity Family Fund has announced an additional £100,000 of funding for grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children in Wales. Families will be able to apply for grants for essential items that help meet the needs of their children, such as washing machines or other white goods, or household items such as beds. The £100,000 has been generously provided by charitable trust the Garfield Weston Foundation to support Family Fund to make grants…

Oxjam Festival is taking place on October 7th running from Midday – Midnight on Womanby Street, Church Street and Dumballs Road with over 50 excellent acts playing in 5 different venues to raise money and awareness for Oxfam. As a festival celebrating all the wonderful things about the Cardiff music scene to raise money for an amazing cause, whether you’re a fan of heavy rock, hip hop, funk, grunge, techno, pop or punk, you’re bound to find something you love….

Welshman and Monty Python legend, Terry Jones originally from Colwyn Bay, North Wales united against dementia with 3,500 people at London Memory Walk on Sunday 10 September.  This year, for the first time, there will be a range of Night Memory Walks taking place in Cardiff, Liverpool and London – as dementia happens around the clock. Cardiff’s Night Memory Walk takes place on Saturday 14 October.   The 75-year-old, who is living with a rare form of dementia, took part in…

Leading Welsh communications firm Orchard Media and Events Group has bolstered its support for women in sports through securing a new deal with the Welsh Premier Women’s League (WPWL). The company, which has a history of working to promote women in sports, has secured headline sponsorship of the WPWL for the second year running. Women’s football is becoming increasingly popular in Wales and around the world. Growing attendance figures and broadcasting deals have raised awareness at the top end of…

The No Straw Stand is a  Cardiff based movement set up by Cardiff University students, attempting to get as many businesses as possible to reduce their single use plastic consumption. Straws are one of the biggest contributors to single use plastic pollution found in our oceans, with millions of straws being used and discarded in the UK every day. Once in the ocean, these straws break up into smaller micro plastics which are capable of entering the food chain. To…

  Wen joins the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust for an emotional homecoming A 27-year-old Cardiff woman, who is in recovery from Severe Aplastic Anemia, will be part of a triumphant homecoming when she sails into Largs on Scotland’s West Coast to complete the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust’s epic four-month Round Britain 2017 sailing relay on Saturday 23 September. Ceinwen (Wen) Stone is amongst seven young people in recovery from cancer and serious illness tackling the final 140 nautical mile Round…

Thirteen Wales-based community groups have all been shortlisted for Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving campaign which this year has £82,000 to donate. Now these groups are looking to secure enough public votes to become one of the 164 community groups which will all receive pots of £500. Hundreds of applications from community groups all across the UK have been received, and the Grassroots Giving team has carefully selected groups it feels will benefit from the generous funding. Having made it…

Verdi’s La Traviata St David’s Hall Monday 22 January 2018 7.30pm   EXPERIENCE the tragic tale that gripped Paris as Verdi’s stunning opera La Traviata returns to St David’s Hall on Monday 22 January 2018. La Traviata tells the tale of consumptive courtesan Violetta and her doomed love for the aristocratic Alfredo. This semi-autobiographical story is based upon Alexandre Dumas’ 19th century novel La Dame aux Camélias, which was partly inspired by his affair with Marie Duplessis, who died of…