01/10/2018

St David’s Hall Monday 15 October, 7pm Doors ICONIC indie band Echo & The Bunnymen are back sounding like they never before and they are coming to St David’s Hall on Monday 15 October! Their stunning new album – The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon – sees the Liverpool legends reinterpreting 13 of their most beloved songs from their peerless back catalogue with ‘strings and things’. Starting with Bring on the Dancing Horses and finishing with The Killing Moon,…

19/09/2018

BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) has announced the launch of its highly acclaimed Composition: Wales project for 2019, which will take place in January and February 2019 in BBC Hoddinott Hall led by conductor and composer B Tommy Andersson. For the past 17 years, the project has provided aspiring and talented Welsh composers with the opportunity to have their music rehearsed and performed in front of an audience. Composition: Wales has established itself as one of the most…

18/09/2018

There will be one last chance to celebrate the Royal Air Force’s centenary when the RAF in Concert tour arrives in Cardiff this October for a special performance. The concert tour marks the end of a series of exciting events that have been staged around the UK this year serving to commemorate and celebrate the Royal Air Force as well as inspiring the next generation of Servicemen and women. The RAF in Concert tour, which reaches Wales Millennium Centre on…

06/09/2018

In 2017 Cardiff’s biggest, boldest, brassiest band celebrated 25 years of making music in South Wales and beyond, and launched their collaborative, multimedia performance project, Wonderbrass25! Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Wonderbrass launched the project at The Gate last October, to a packed venue and a fantastic response. Since then, they’ve been making films and music videos, writing, performing and recording new compositions, developing a digital archive, running collaborative musical storytelling workshops with musicians Claude Deppa, Nick Briggs, and…

05/09/2018

  Wednesday 19th September 2018 – DIONNE WARWICK, Don’t Make Me Over  SOUL superstar Dionne Warwick plays just prestigious five venues on her Don’t Make Me Over UK tour including a date at St David’s Hall on Wednesday 19 September! As one of the most successful singers of the 20th century, few can match Dionne’s incredible accomplishments. The New Jersey icon ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop…

23/08/2018

Rumney Folk Club Cardiff are celebrating their 15th Birthday. Running as a Community Folk Club, we encourage musicians and singers of all styles, ages and abilities from near and far, to come along and perform. We meet on the 3rd Friday of every month at St Augustine’s Church Hall, Whitehall Parade, Rumney, Cardiff. There is a charge of £3.50 on the door for non performers and £1.50 for performers. Proceeds go towards the upkeep of the hall to improve the facilities…

17/06/2018

Self-taught musician, Tom Auton has just released his highly anticipated single Invisible Necessity His single gathered over 1000 Spotify streams in the first 3 days of release. Speaking about the inspiration behind his single, Tom Auton said, “Watching a friend become careless, irresponsible and nonchalant in a relationship wasn’t easy. Especially when the other half of that relationship continues to love, appreciate and respect. Without knowing they become an Invisible Necessity to their unappreciative partner. It was seeing this unravel…

17/06/2018

NEW ALBUM, ‘GRAVITY’, OUT JUNE 29th VIA SEARCH AND DESTROY/SPINEFARM RECORDS   BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have released ‘Letting You Go’, the third track from forthcoming album, Gravity.  Check out the official music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Len0qLhmhL0   Matt Tuck says, “Letting you go was a very challenging song to write in so many ways. It’s by far the most experimental track I’ve ever written musically and lyrically. I really wanted to make a track that stood out from the crowd…

14/05/2018

This August Bank Holiday (24–26 August 2018), Camper Calling returns for a third year as the perfect way to see out your summer. Set in the spectacular grounds of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire, Camper Calling boasts headline performances from the voice of the Spice Girls, Melanie C, indie rockers Feeder, and the Wirral’s very own The Coral, and is thrilled to announce the full lineup for the three-day extravaganza. The three superbly curated stages will be home to a wildly…

04/05/2018

a great festival Breathing Fire on Live Music in Wales on July 27-29   On July 27-29 Cardiff looks forward to the launch of a brand new outdoor live Music Festival. The three-day weekend will welcome Artists from all over Wales featuring a mixed genre of live music across 4 stages. Up to 5000 festival goers will head to the beautiful grounds at the Coedarhydyglyn Estate in Saint Nicholas just a few miles from the Welsh Capital. The WelshFest Main Stage will give…