WAVE goodbye to choirs as you know them…the zaniest male choral group are coming to town. Sounding as sacred as a high church choir one minute and wickedly off the wall the next, The Spooky Men’s Chorale are bringing their madcap live tour to St David’s Hall on Wednesday 12 July. The New South Walians will perform their own rib-tickling original compositions as well as madcap versions of rock standards. Since emerging from the Blue Mountains in 2001, The Spooky…

Musicals spectacular led by Only Men Aloud’s David Mahoney will feature The Novello Orchestra, with the West End’s Kerry Ellis, Matt Cardle, Noel Sullivan, Sophie Evans and Lucie Jones in Cardiff this Sunday 29 October (www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk) One of the best sounding concert halls in the world, Cardiff’s St David’s Hall, will host some of the West End’s most acclaimed singers this October for a one-off “Night at the Musicals” spectacular. The star-studded line up will include leading lady Kerry Ellis,…

Staff at Natural Resources Wales (NRW) in offices across the country, are celebrating sweet success following a bake-off to mark  Alzheimer’s Society’s second annual Cupcake Day and are aiming to raise at least £1,000 to support people affected by dementia. Culinary reputations were put on the line as NRW bakers went head to head to raise money for the fight against dementia.  It was one of hundreds of cupcake-related events taking place across Wales. Annie Payne from Natural Resources Wales…

St David’s, Cardiff, are continually showing their support to Pride Cymru by offering the charity prime space within its shopping centre. Pride Cymru will utilise the space to promote and encourage people within the community to get involved as well as promote the Pride Cymru Big Weekend which will be held at the Civic Centre in Cardiff, August Bank Holiday 2017. The first date will be Sunday 18th June, when Pride Cymru will be in the centre holding a volunteer…

This week, 16 of South Wales’ food and drink makers met Morrisons at an event in the region in an attempt to gain a place on the supermarket’s shelves. Morrisons announced the search for local suppliers in February after research found that customers want to see more food and drink made and produced ‘just down the road’ from their communities. More than 70 producers from across Wales applied to take part in the regional programme. The best 16 suppliers were…

Claire King is best known for her iconic role as Kim Tate in Emmerdale and governor Karen Betts in Bad Girls. She is currently playing Erica Holroyd in Coronation Street. But away from the screen she has also played an important role, caring for her elderly parents. This Carers Week (12th-18th June) Claire talks about her experience caring for her elderly parents for 20 years and shares some tips that could help make carers lives a little bit easier, including…

The beach is back – Cardiff will once again create its own seafront with the return of the Capital FM Cardiff Bay Beach (Friday July 28 – Sunday September 3 cardiffbaybeach.co.uk), to entertain families throughout the school holidays. The urban beach, which has become such a hit in the Bay in recent years, is again expected to attract a quarter of a million people to the Cardiff waterfront, with a bucket full of traditional seaside attractions. The Cardiff Bay Beach…

Ellie Taylor, 21 from Hampshire, is responsible for overseeing charity events on behalf of University of Wales Air Squadron (UWAS). Based at MOD St Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, a team of 14 from UWAS have already completed the Newport Half Marathon, with the Swansea Half Marathon fast approaching on 25 June, and the Cardiff Half Marathon set for October. In addition to the trio of events, more supporters from UWAS have undertaken a rowing challenge, as well as…

  “The world really is hers for the taking.” – You Magazine Carly Paoli has been delighting audiences throughout the world, shared stages with Andrea Bocelli, José Carreras and Elaine Paige, and can count the Pope and Prince Charles amongst her fans. Now the classical singer is coming home to the UK to tour with one of the country’s most successful musical theatre groups, Britain’s Got Talent winners Collabro. “We are thrilled to welcome the very accomplished Carly Paoli as…

On Friday 9 June, almost 100 students from local Cardiff schools took part in a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes of Land Rover BAR, the British America’s Cup challenger. Currently in Bermuda, Land Rover BAR, the team led by Sir Ben Ainslie – the most successful Olympic sailor of all time – and joined by Welsh sailor Bleddyn Mon, have been competing in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup. Six teams were on the water in Bermuda, to battle…