EXPERIENCE the glitz and glamour of Hollywood as St David’s Hall is transformed for Music of the Movies in the Glam Gala Concert on Saturday 27 August. Starting at 7pm, The Glam Reunion Orchestra & Choir will perform some of the most memorable music ever recorded for the silver screen under the helm of Nick Davies. This showbiz spectacular is the perfect way to spend quality time with your loved ones for a fun-filled evening for all ages. Make sure…

World renowned Welsh Opera singer, Bryn Terfel is to partner up with the UK’s leading musicians’ development and outreach charity, Live Music Now, to support their work with young musicians and vulnerable groups as an Ambassador for the charity. One of Wales’ and the World’s finest bass-baritones, he made his operatic début as Guglielmo in Cosí fan tutte at the Welsh National Opera in 1990. Since then the philanthropic singer has already established his own charitable fund, The Bryn Terfel Foundation, which…

The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland brings the breathtaking beauty of Stravinsky’s The Firebird to St David’s Hall on Thursday 4 August. Stravinsky’s The Firebird   Starting at 7.30pm, the talented youth ensemble present the iconic Russian composer’s masterpiece alongside excerpts of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major. The NYOS will be joined by the Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the charismatic Ilan Volkov and the BBC New Generation Artist,…

@ Chepstow Castle Thursday 18th August || Gates: 6.30pm £15 adult, £12 u16s, +bf || u16s accompanied by adult Tickets: seetickets The West Country’s much-loved Scrumpy n’ Western purveyors The Wurzels head to Chepstow Castle for Monmouthshire’s first ever Sausage and Cider Festival! The Wurzels This is your chance to eat and drink some of the county’s best sausages and cider whilst listening to one of the best traditional party bands the UK has ever produced – all in the…

THE nation’s favourite harmony group The Overtones are back for an intimate gig at St David’s Hall on Friday 2 September. After four consecutive Top 10 albums and sold-out headline tours, the lovable Londoners continue to reboot classic sounds for contemporary audiences. Plus, their success is a real ‘rags to riches’ story as the five of them were first discovered by a Warners Brothers talent scout whilst working as decorators in a shop near Oxford Street! They were singing Billy Joel’s doo-wop classic The Longest…

We’re just under a week until our concert and all the last minute items on the To-Do list are gradually being ticked off. The choir and our soloists are sounding great and we’re looking forward to the big day. City Voices Cardiff have been around since 2008 and now have a membership of almost 180 singers who rehearse once a week working towards two main concerts a year in St David’s Hall. We are not a ‘traditional’ choral society but…

Judith Owen The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff Thursday 17th November “Embracing grown-up pop, jazz and blue-eyed soul a la Steely Dan – her latest outing could be her best yet.” – Sunday Times Culture Acclaimed pianist, singer-songwriter and storyteller Judith Owen is bringing her show to The Gate Arts Centre in Cardiff on November 17th. Judith will be joined on stage by legendary bassist Leland Sklar,  percussionist Pedro Segundo and cellist Gabriela Swallow for an evening of grown-up pop, jazz…

We are delighted to announce that hmv Cardiff will be reopening on Friday 1st July in its new location at 41 Queen Street. Cardiff has always been a very important city for hmv, where we have been trading successfully as the home of entertainment for over thirty years. The original store was opened by Bananarama and Saxon in 1983, and once also hosted a signing by US rock legends Kiss. The store then moved to its second location in 2004,…

CITY VOICES CARDIFF return to St David’s Hall with another fun-filled concert for the whole family on Saturday 9 July at 6pm. Sing the Musicals: Encore brings together a selection of the finest and best-loved songs from the most successful West End and Broadway shows ever – all performed enchantingly  by a large choir and live orchestra. Conducted by their music director, Simon Curtis, City Voices Cardiff will perform hits from The King and I, Matilda, Into the Woods, Chess,…

The Welsh Camerata’s concert on 8 July celebrates the sounds of summer, with a programme devoted to the animal world, from the tiny cricket to the huge elephant. The choir’s director, Andrew Wilson-Dickson, has chosen music from the 15th to 17th centuries, mainly by English composers but with some songs from France, Italy and Germany. He has combined them with a piece of his own, written in 1979 and regularly performed since then. Four Studies for Chorus and Piano from…