SOUTH WALES' FOLK RELATED GIG LIST
 SOUTH WALES' FOLK RELATED GIG LIST

HOME PAGE & GIGS LIST

This web site exists to spread the word about folk music related gigs and events across South Wales and receives a huge amount of hits each month.

 

This web site now hosts information for Pontardawe's VALLEY FOLK CLUB.

 

I have also included pages listing folk clubs and festivals, regular happenings and venue addresses which I hope you will find useful.

 

The information on this site is kept as up to date as possible but it relies on people letting me know when things change. Please check that things are still happening before you travel to gigs

 

If you would like your event included please email me on cas@casbar.co.uk 

Cas Smith

 

SOUTH WALES GIGS LIST

 THE DATES I HAVE LISTED MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. YOU MAY HAVE TO BOOK. CHECK FOR YOURSELVES 

 

Gower Bluegrass Pickin’ Sessions  Loughor Boating Club in the Bar.Tuesdays 2024:  Dec 3, 17. 

Acoustic Sessions The Commercial Inn, Killay – Thursdays 2024   Dec 5, 19.

 Check with Roland 07811 358475 www.gowerbluegrass.co.uk  

Sesiwn Werin Tŷ Tawe – Ail Nos Wener pob mis.

Sesiwn Werin Tŷ Tawe – 14.00 – 16.00 Ail Brynhawn Sul pob mis. Sesiwn werin i blant dan 16.

Links

FOLKWALES ONLINE MAGAZINE www.folk.wales/ 

CELTIC HEARTBEAT Frank Hennessy BBC Radio Wales  Sundays 8 - 10pm Online too http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/celticheartbeat/

RADIO TIRCOED 106.5FM “All Folked Up” Thursdays 8-9pm http://www.radiotircoed.com/

 

See the FOLK CLUBS page for CLUBS, REGULAR GATHERINGS, POETRY & FESTIVALS in South Wales. See the VENUES page for addresses of where folk happens.

2024

 

DECEMBER

Rhag 7 Dec  1yp  £15             GŴYL WERIN GELTAIDD Llanybydder

Sat Dec 7th                              Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay VRï

Tue Dec 10th                           Glee Club, Cardiff Grace Petrie

Wed Dec 11th                          Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                      Xmas Party No.1. Bring small plate of food to share. Bumper Raffle

Wed Dec 11th                          Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Maddy Prior & Carnival Band -Carols & Caper

                                 (Farewell Tour)

Fri Dec 13th                             Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

                                                SA8 4EB Xmas Party with Whiskey River Trio

Sat Dec 14th                            Maindee Library, VRï

Mon Dec 16th                          Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Georgia Ruth

Wed Dec 18th                          Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                     Rapsquillion’s Xmas Show

Fri Dec 20th                             Pontardawe Arts Centre The Unthanks in Winter

Sun Dec 22nd                         LLANTRISANT MARI LWYD TOUR See details to left of screen.

2025

JANUARY

Wed Jan 8th                             Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                Reg Meuross “Fire and Dust” – A Woody Guthrie Story.

Sun Jan 12th   10.45am           MARI LWYD SERVICE Gellionnen Chapel, Mynydd Gellionnen, Pontardawe

Thu Jan 16th                            Cubanas, Broad St. Barry John Showman & Chris Coole

Sat Jan 18th                             RUFF CEILIDH St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St. Cardiff CF11 9BX Bunny Eye Band and

                                Mic Spenceley

Sun Jan 19th   2pm                 Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

                                                SA8 4EB Angharad Jenkins & Patrick Rimes

Sun Jan 19th                            Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Sarah McQuaid

Sun Jan 19th                            Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford Eos Revisited

Wed Jan 22nd                          Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

Half & Half / Haner a Haner night with  The Blessed Crow and Greg Rowlands

Thu Jan 23rd                            Newport Folk Club, Fugitives Athletics Club, Highcross Rd. Aaron Catlow & Brooks

                                 Williams.

Wed Jan 22nd                          Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

Half & Half / Haner a Haner night with  The Blessed Crow and Greg Rowlands

Thu Jan 23rd                            Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain

Thu Jan 30th                            Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay Three Cane Whale

Thu Jan 30th                            Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

                                                Rob Lear Band

FEBRUARY

Sun Feb 2nd   2pm                   Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

                                                SA8 4EB 50/50 Afternoon with Wynford Jones + Geoff Cripps + The Blessed Crow

Thu Feb 6th                             Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (Cardiff) Eliza Carthy & Jennifer Reid

                                https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/eliza-carthy-jennifer-reid

Fri Feb 7th                               Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Eliza Carthy (solo)

Fri Feb 7th                               The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen Catherine & Lizzie Ward Thomas Special Guest

                                Beth Rowley

Fri Feb 7th                               Ludlow Assembly Rooms Spiers & Boden

Sun Feb 9th                             Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Geraint Watkins & The Mosquitos

Tue Feb 11th                           Pontardawe Arts Centre Hayseed Dixie

Fri Feb 14th                             Gwyn Hall, Neath Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders

Sun Feb 16th                           Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford Pete Morton

Wed Feb 19th                          Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                      Karen Pfeiffer & Paul Walker

Thu Feb 20th                           Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Martha Tilston

Sat Feb 22nd                            Glowyr, Wind St. Ammanford Martha Tilston

Sun Feb 23rd   2pm              Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

                                                SA8 4EB The Joff Lowson Trio    

Tue Feb 25th                           Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Fairport Convention

Thu Feb 27th                           Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

                                State of the Union

MARCH

Sat Mar 1st                              Pontardawe Arts Centre Twmpath - Cawl a Chân

Sat Mar 1st                              Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Taff Rapids String Band

Sun Mar 2nd                             Ffwrnes Llanelli  Twmpath Gŵyl Dewi gyda  Jac Y Do

Wed Mar 5th                            Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                     Cohen Braithwaite Kilcoyne

Wed Mar 5th                            Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Lady Maisery

Wed Mar 5th                            Pontardawe Arts Centre Katherine Priddy

Thu Mar 6th                             Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Blazin’ Fiddles

Sun Mar 9th                             Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Juan Martin

Mon Mar 10th                           The Welfare, Ystradgynlais Spiers & Boden

Thu Mar 13th                           Newport Folk Club, Fugitives Athletics Club, Highcross Rd. Rosie Calvert

Thu Mar 13th                           Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff The Hooten Hallers – “The Devil’s Egg”

Thu Mar 13th                           Lyric, Carmarthen Lindisfarne

Sun Mar 16th                           Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford Wynford Jones & Geoff Cripps

Wed Mar 19th                          Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                      Celebrate St Patrick’s Night with Piskey Led

Wed Mar 19th                          Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Thea Gilmore

Thu Mar 20th                           Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders

Thu Mar 20th                           Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

Stone &Julie Wigley / Stonesthrow

Thu Mar 20th                           Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Cerys Hafana

Fri Mar 21st                              Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

                                                 SA8 4EB Tom Kitching - "Where There's Brass"

Sun Mar 23rd                           Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Ashley Hutchings & Blair Dunlop

Thu Mar 27th                           Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Sounds of The Sirens

Fri Mar 28th                             Lyric, Carmarthen The Fureys

Sat Mar 29th                            Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers: In Time

APRIL

Tue Apr 1st                              Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Keith James – “The Songs of Nick Drake”

TThu Apr 3rd   CHANGE           Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

                                                  Keith Donnely

Thu Apr 3rd                              Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff The Goudies

Fri Apr 4th                                Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

                                                SA8 4EB Jake Leg Jug Band

Sun Apr 6th                              Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford Folklaw

Tue Apr 8th                              Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Damn Tall Buildings

Thu Apr 10th                            Newport Folk Club, Fugitives Athletics Club, Highcross Rd. Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner

Thu Apr 19th                            Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain

Wed Apr 23rd                           Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                                Polly Morris

Thu Apr 24th                            Lyric, Carmarthen “One Night In Dublin” – The Wild Murphys Irish Tribute Band

                                & Dancers

Fri Apr 25th                              Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Bwncath

Sat Apr 26th                                           Pontardawe Arts Centre The Young‘uns (20)

MAY

Thu May 1st                             Swansea Grand Theatre 7 Drunken Nights – The Story of the DublinersS

Thu May 1st                             Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Track Dogs

Wed May 7th                            Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                      Caffray/McGurk/Madge

Wed May 7th                            Ludlow Assenbly Rooms Oysterband

Thu May 8th                             Ludlow Assenbly Rooms Oysterband

Fri 9th – Sun 11th May             TREDEGAR HOUSE FOLK FESTIVAL Nesport, South Wales

Tue May 13th                           Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Coracle

Sat May 17th                            RUFF CEILIDH St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St. Cardiff CF11 9BX Kettlehawk and Alison Rowley

Sun May 18th                           Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford Sian & Rob Colquhoun

Sun May 18th                           Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Martin Simpson

Thu May 22nd                          Pontardawe Arts Centre Made in Tennessee

Fri May 23rd                             Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Kroke

Fri 23rd –  Mon 26th May          FISHGUARD FOLK FESTIVAL

Wed May 28th                         Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira

Fri May To be rearranged   Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

                                                SA8 4EB 50/50 night John Davies + Wild Eyed, Wicked and Oblivious 

Fri May 30th                             Pontardawe Arts Centre Peggy Seeger- 90th birthday tour

Sat May 31st                 Pontardawe Arts Centre Zervas & Pepper present “This Flight Tonight” – The Songs of

Joni Mitchell

Sat May 31st & Jun 1st            SEA SHANTY FESTIVAL Barry Island  South Wales

JUNE

Sun Jun 1st                              Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford Sarah McQuaid

Wed Jun 4th                             Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay Chloe Matharu

Thu Jun 12th                            Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Lowri Evans

Fri 13th – Sun 15th Jun            GOWER FOLK FESTIVAL Watch the web site for updates. https://www.gowerfolkfestival.co.uk/

Sun Jun 15th                            Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff O’Hooley & Tidow

Wed Jun 18th                           Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy Tim Edey

Thu Jun 19th                            Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Dave Kelly & Christine Collister

Wed Jun 25th                           Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

Hilary Spencer

Thu Jun 26th                            Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Josienne Clarke sings Sandy Denny – Across The

                               Evening Sky

JULY

Wed Jul 16th                  Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                                  Dave Gibb

Wed Jul 23rd                  Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

                                                 Patakas – (Joe & Will Sartin)

AUGUST

Tue 12th - Thu 14th Aug           Swansea Arena Riverdance 30 - The New Generation

Wed 20th Aug                          Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Zervas & Pepper “This Flight Tonight – The Songs of

Joni Mitchell”

Thu Aug 21st                           Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

We Mavericks

SEPTEMBER

Thu Sep 11th                           Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

                                Enda Kenny

OCTOBER

Thu Oct 2nd                             Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

                                Brooks Williams, Aaron Catlow & Jon Short.

Fri Oct 10th                   Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Cara Dillon

NOVEMBER

Thu Nov 13th                           Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ  

                                Rory McLeod

DECEMBER

Sunday, December 22:

Llantrisant Mari Lwyd tour

12 noon: meet in the car park of the Dynevor Arms, Groes Faen, CF72 8NS;

12.45pm (or sooner if we are ready): The Castell Mynach, CF72 8PN;

1.30pm:  Llantrisant Town, taking in:

The New Inn, CF72 8ED;

The Bear, CF72 8DA;

The Cross Keys and The Wheatsheaf (if open) CF72 8BQ;

A private house behind The Wheatsheaf;

Anywhere else that might make us welcome. Once up the town, time can run away with us - so anyone joining us up there can't miss a horse's skull in a white sheet roaming around.

4pm-ish: The Cross Inn, Cross Inn, CF72 8AZ.

We will be collecting for the Marie Curie cancer hospice, Holme Towers, Penarth - you are very welcome to join us.