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: Oct 8, 22, Nov 5, 19, Dec 3, 17.

Acoustic Sessions The Commercial Inn, Killay – Thursdays 2024 Oct 3, 17, Nov 7, 21, 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

OCTOBER

Tue Oct 8^th Cuffern Manor, Roch, Haverfordwest Jack Rutter

Wed Oct 9^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Steve Knightly

Wed Oct 9^th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

Jack Rutter

Wed Oct 9^th Cawley Hall, Eye Luston HR6 0DS Bal/Concert (Folk Dance music from Eastern Brittany)

with Planchée & Mike James maggiep@phonecoop.coop 07579 965851

Thu Oct 10^th The Lyric, Carmarthen. Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain

Fri Oct 11^th 7pm The Mariners, Nolton Haven SA62 3NH Hands of the Heron

Fri Oct 11^th SwanseaArena Max Boyce

Sat Oct 12^th 8pm Mumbales, Mumbles, Swansea Anthill Blues

Sat Oct 12th SwanseaArena Max Boyce

Sat Oct 12^th Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Steeeye Span

Sun Oct 13^th Rhosygilwen Mansion, Pembs The Brothers Gillespie

Sun Oct 13^th The Riverfront, Newport Magenkyo Taiko Drummers

Mon Oct 14^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Li’l Jimmy Reed & The ‘A’ Team

Tue Oct 15^th Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers

Wed Oct 16^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Hannah Scott

Thu Oct 17^th Neath Rugby Club VRï (Buy tickets from The Gwyn Hall)

Thu Oct 17^th Newport Folk Club Fugitives Athletics Club, Highcross Rd.Dan McKinnon

Fri Oct 18^th Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

SA8 4EB Hallowe’en Special with Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton

Fri Oct 18^th Conquest Theatre, Bromyard Folk in the Foyer – Farefield

Sat Oct 19^th The Welfare, Ystradgynlais Batsukh Dorj (Tuvan throat singer, Mongolia)

Sat Oct 19^th Tŷ Tawe, Christina St Swansea Angharad Jenkins & Patrick Rimes

Sat Oct 19^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Fairport Convention

Sun Oct 20th The Castle Hotel, Neath The Hat & The Fiddle Band

Tue Oct 22^nd Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Budapest Café Orchestra

Thu 24^th Oct Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

Bob Fox

Sat Oct 26^th ruffContra, Morganstown Village Hall CF15 8LE with Gareth Kiddier, Will Allen

& Nicola Scott

Sun Oct 27^th The Lost Arc, Rhayader Ray Cooper

Sun Oct 27^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Budapest Café Orchestra

Mon Oct 28^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff “Stolen From God” – Slave Trade song cycle from

Reg Meuross, Suntou Susso & Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcyne

Wed Oct 30^th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

Showcase with Jeff Hankins

NOVEMBER

Sat Nov 2^nd 2pm St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St.Pontcanna, Cardiff Twmpath i’r Teulu.

Wed Nov 6^th Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club, Castan Rd. Pontyclun CF72 9EH

Heidi Talbot & Boo Hewardine (Night Out grant (tix £10 / £7 members)

Wed Nov 6^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Ellie Gowers

Thu Nov 7^th Cuffern Manor, Roch, Haverfordwest Ryan Young, Dylan Fowler & Gillian Stevens

Thu Nov 7^th The Gate, Cardiff Calan

Fri Nov 9^th Borough Theatre, Abergavenny Calan

Sat Nov 10th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Eleanor McEvoy

Tue Nov 12^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Joachim Cooder

Wed Nov 13^th Rhos y Gilwen, Pembs The Brothers Gillespie

Thu Nov 14^th Newport Folk Club Fugitives Athletics Club, Highcross Rd. Hunter Muskett

Fri Nov 15^th Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

SA8 4EB Lowri Evans & Lee Mason

Sat Nov 16^th Elysium, High St. Swansea N’Famady Kouyate (full band)

Sat Nov 16^th Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells Martin Simpson

Sat Nov 16^th RUFF CEILIDH St Mary’s Hall, Talbot St. Cardiff CF11 9BX Juice and Ned Clamp

Sun Nov 17^th Forest Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford. Anthony John Clark

Tue Nov 19^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Andy Irvine

Wed Nov 20^th Utilita Arena Cardiff Bellowhead

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

Anthony John Clarke

Thu Nov 21^st Patti Pavilion, Swansea Martyn Joseph

Sat Nov 23^rd 8pm Mumbales, Mumbles, Swansea Anthill Blues

Sat Nov 23^rd Gwyn Hall, Neath Rhythm of the Dance – 25^th Anniversary Xmas Special

Sat Nov 23^rd Pontardawe Arts Centre Afternoon in Paris

Sun Nov 24^th Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Calan

Thu Nov 28^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Pedair

Fri Nov 29^th Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert Street

SA8 4EB A 50/50 Night Paul Lloyd Nicholas + Neil & Louise Thomas

Sat Nov 30^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Merry Hell

DECEMBER

Sun Dec 1^st Forest Folk Club, Orepool Inn, Sling nr Coleford. Reivers Gallows

Thu Dec 4^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff The Furrow Collective – “We Know by the Moon”

Festive Special

Thu Dec 5^th Lyceum Folk Club, Crindau Constitutional Club 45 Malpas Road Newport NP20 5PJ

Jake Leg Jug Band

Fri Dec 6^th Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Christmas Fun with Bronwen Lewis

Tue Dec 10^th Glee Club, Cardiff Grace Petrie

Wed Dec 11^th 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

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

SA8 4EB Xmas Party with Whiskey River Trio

Sat Dec 14^th Maindee Library, VRï

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

Rapsquillion’s Xmas Show

Fri Dec 20^th Pontardawe Arts Centre The Unthanks in Winter

2025

JANUARY

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

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

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

Mic Spenceley

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

SA8 4EB Angharad Jenkins & Patrick Rimes

FEBRUARY

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

SA8 4EB 50/50 Afternoon with Wynford Jones + Geoff Cripps + Another Guest tbc

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

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

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

Fri Feb 7^th Ludlow Assembly Rooms Spiers & Boden

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

Tue Feb 11^th Pontardawe Arts Centre Hayseed Dixie

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

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

Karen Pfeiffer & Paul Walker

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

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

SA8 4EB The Joff Lowson Trio

Tue Feb 25^th Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea Fairport Convention

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

State of the Union

MARCH

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

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

Cohen Braithwaite Kilcoyne

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

Wed Mar 5^th Pontardawe Arts Centre Katherine Priddy

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

Mon Mar 10^th The Welfare, Ystradgynlais Spiers & Boden

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

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

Celebrate St Patrick’s Night with Piskey Led

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

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

Stone &Julie Wigley / Stonesthrow

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

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

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

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

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

APRIL

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

Dan McKinnon

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

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

SA8 4EB Jake Leg Jug Band

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

Polly Morris

Fri Apr 25^th Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, Cardiff Bwncath

MAY

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

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

Caffray/McGurk/Madge

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

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

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

Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira

JUNE

JULY

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

Dave Gibb

AUGUST

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

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

Joni Mitchell”

Fri 25th - Sun 27th Aug FESTIVAL OF THE CELTS Pontardawe Playing Fields

SEPTEMBER

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

Enda Kenny

OCTOBER

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

Brooks Williams, Aaron Catlow & Jon Short.

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER