START SUMMER THE SWEDISH WAY WITH REKORDERLIG WHAT:           Rekorderlig Cider Lagom Tour WHERE:         Working Street, Cardiff WHEN:           Thursday July 6th 2-8pm   Get into the Beautifully Swedish spirit this summer with Rekorderlig Cider’s unique 38-day Lagom tour.   The simple and stylish Rekorderlig sampling vehicle will grace a number of cities in the UK, including Cardiff, where guests will be able to immerse themselves in Scandinavian style, drink, and culture.   A beacon of summer celebration, spot…

The World’s Most Successful Rock & Roll Musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story Returns to Cardiff’s New Theatre Not seen in Cardiff since 2014, demand for Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story which plays the New Theatre from Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 July has been phenomenal. Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story tells the enduring tale of the musical icon’s meteoric rise to fame and his final legendary performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before…

  The sun will continue to shine at Cardiff’s New Theatre over the summer. Audiences will be transported to Greece from Tuesday 27 June – Saturday 1 July for the heart-warming and delightful comedy play Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, starring Jodie Prenger.   Then we head to the States for “the world’s most successful rock and roll musical” – Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story. The multi award winning West End show charts Buddy’s meteoric rise to fame to his…

The Bunch of Grapes pub, Pontypridd, was triumphant in the Best British Roast Dinner competition 2016. But will a Welsh pub lift the title again in 2017?   Nick Otley, owner of Bunch of Grapes, said: “We’ve always been busy, but since winning the Best British Roast Dinner competition we’re taking bookings for Sunday service weeks in advance. It’s inspired us to become even better.”   All pubs have to do to enter the national competition is fill in a…

How to spot a scam Lucy Harmer, Director of Services at Independent Age, the older people’s charity, gives her expert tips on how to spot a scam. The charity has just launched a new, free advice guide, called Scamwise: Spotting, avoiding and reporting scams, which can be ordered for free via independentage.org/scamwise or by calling 0800 319 6789   Is it unexpected? – It could be a scam if you’re contacted out of the blue – for example, an unexpected…

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St David’s Hall Sunday 29 October, 7.30pm  ON SALE FRIDAY 16 JUNE AT 10AM!   A STAR-STUDDED line-up will join forces for a spectacular one-off show as A Night at the Musicals comes to St David’s Hall on Sunday 29 October.   The stellar cast features West End sensation Kerry Ellis (Wicked & Les Misérables), 2010 X Factor winner Matt Cardle, and Welsh stars Noel Sullivan (Hear’Say singer & Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Lucie Jones (Eurovision Song Contest 2017 & X Factor)…

St Davids Hall Sunday 15 October, 7.30pm   ON SALE FRIDAY 16 JUNE AT 10AM! BRITISH soul sensation Joss Stone makes her first visit to St David’s Hall accompanied by a breathtaking live orchestra on Sunday 15 October 2017.   Joss possesses one of the greatest voices of her generation, which leaves an inimitable mark wherever she performs. Tickets for her highly anticipated Cardiff date go on sale Friday 16 June at 10AM!   The internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter burst onto the scene in…

  Van Morrison – Monday 20 November 2017, 8pm   The Darkness, David Baddiel, Lulu, Status Quo, Elaine Paige, Jason Manford, Shane Filan, Frankie Boyle, Jonathan Pie & Many More!   THERE’S a huge range of exciting new shows now on sale at St David’s Hall including comedy, rock, pop, folk and classical music. There’s even a bit of ballet and wrestling thrown in too! Frankie Boyle & Francesa Martinez Stand-Up for Lincoln’s Legs Saturday 9 September 2017, 7.30pm   All the very…

Wales’s biggest theatre festival takes to a blisteringly hot stage Cardiff’s annual open air theatre festival opens its doors today, Thursday 22 June to an excited crowd, sunshine and super tidy burgers! Now the largest event of its kind outside London, organizers promise 2017 will be the biggest event in its 35-year history. Macbeth, The Vicar of Dibley and Spamalot are among the seven shows being staged in Sophia Gardens during five weeks in June & July. Ticket sales for…