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February 2012

 

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GLOSSARY: (E) England; (NW)  North Wales.

Wed 1

Pontyclun TOM & BARBARA BROWN, Llantrisant Folk Club, The Windsor Hotel, Llantrisant Road, Pontyclun, 8.30pm. Guests £8, members £5.  www.folkwales.org.uk, Pat Smith, 01443 226892/07989 209824 
Wed 2 Pontardawe THE WEBB SISTERS, Pontardawe Arts Centre

Thu 2

Roch, Pembs GUTO DAFIS & DANNY KILBRIDE with CARWYN TYWYN: Cuffern Manor Acoustic Music Night, £7 from 01437 710071 in advance only

Thu 2

Pontardawe SONG LYRIC WRITING COURSE (10 weeks), The Cross Community Centre, Pontardawe. £30 concessions. Patrick Ellis, 01792 863955
Fri 3 Pontypridd THE OUTSIDE TRACK plus RCT YOUNG TRADITION BAND, The Muni Arts Centre, Gelliwastad Road, 8pm. Tickets: £12.50, Students £5.50, Early Bird £9.50
Fri 3 Caerdydd / Cardiff PIBAU PLANED, Pentreffest Noz, St Mary's Hall, Whitchurch
Sat 4 Aberdaugleddau/ Milford Haven PRESELI PETE & THE BLUESTONE BOYS, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, 8pm. Box office: 01646 695267
Sat 4 Dinbych y Pysgod / Tenby TIM KLIPHUIS & PETE KUBRICK TOWNSEND, Cafe Vista
Sat 4 Bracla / Brackla DAWNSWYR PEN-Y-FAI: TWMPATH, Brackla Community Centre, 8pm, £5 including refreshments.
Sun 5  Llanandras / Presteigne TIM KLIPHUIS & PETE KUBRICK TOWNSEND, Assembly Rooms
Sun 5  Llanarthne KATE STRUDWICK & FRIENDS, The Great Glasshouse, National Botanical Garden of Wales, 2pm  
Sun 5  Abertawe / Swansea BEAR BONES, The Brunswick: Very rare appearance, with John Howes and Huw Jones being joined by Steve Passmore (bass) and Lyndon Whife (drums)
Sun 5 Llanelli UP THE CREEK, The Vic (5pm)
Sun 5 Abertawe / Swansea UP THE CREEK, No Sign Bar, Wind Street
Sun 5 Whitecroft, Glos (E) BRIAN PETERS, Forest Folk Club, Miners Arms, Whitecroft, Lydney  

Mon 6

   

Tue 7

Dinbych y Pysgod / Tenby FIDDLEBOX, The Lifeboat

Tue 7

Caerdydd/ Cardiff SHANEE TAYLOR: Tuesday Acoustic Music Club, South Riverside Community Development Centre, Brunel Street, Cardiff CF11 6ES, 7.30pm-10.00pm, £5 including tea & cakes. Residents include PWGNK, DOMESTIC VIOLINS, MARY-ANNE ROBERTS
Wed 8     

Thu 9

Pontypridd THE WEBB SISTERS, ZERVAS & PEPPER: The Muni Arts Centre, Gelliwastad Road, Pontypridd, 8pm. Tickets: £12.50
Thu 9 Dolgellau TIM KLIPHUIS & PETE KUBRICK TOWNSEND, Dolgellau Music Club
Thu 9 Abertawe / Swansea OX, The Chattery
Tue 9 Casnewydd / Newport, Gwent CRUCIBLE, Lyceum Folk Club, The Lyceum, Malpas Road
Tue 9 Pontardawe SONG LYRIC WRITING COURSE (10 weeks), The Cross Community Centre, Pontardawe. £30 concessions. Patrick Ellis, 01792 863955
Fri 10   Llanarthne RYLAND TEIFI & MENDOCINO, Llanarthne Village Hall
Fri 10   Llandudoch / St Dogmaels TAIR, St Dogmaels Church Hall
Fri 10 Abertawe / Swansea UP THE CREEK, Uplands Tavern
Sat 11  Y Bae Caerdydd / Cardiff Bay TAFFY THOMAS: Tales With Taffy, Glanfa Stage, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, 12 noon to 1pm (free). Taffy has been awarded the MBE for his services to storytelling; watch him!
Sat 11  Abertawe / Swansea TIM KLIPHUIS & PETE KUBRICK TOWNSEND, The Bay View Hotel (3pm)
Sat 11  Y Bontfaen / Cowbridge COLUM REGAN, UNDER THE DRIFTWOOD TREE, BAREFOOT DANCE OF THE SEA, BRWMYS & more: Little Shop Of Calm, 1, Westgate, Cowbridge, 01446 771166
Sat 11  Llanarthne THE BETHLEHEM VILLAGE BAND: VALENTINE'S TWMPATH, The Village Hall, Llanarthne, 7pm to 11pm, £5. www.neuaddllanarthne.co.uk
Sat 11  Cheltenham (E) ALBION BAND, Cheltenham Folk Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall
Sat 11 Liverpool / Lerpŵl RADICAL LIVERPOOL: ALUN PARRY, OUR MORALS, BARRY BRIERCLIFFE, GREG QUIERY. Studio 2, Parr Street Studios, 33-45 Parr Street. Liverpool L1 4JN, 7pm. Advanced tickets: £4.50 at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152308, or £5 on the door.

Sun 12

Dinas Powys TIM KLIPHUIS & PETE KUBRICK TOWNSEND, Dinas Powys Parish Hall

Sun 12

Llanwrtyd / Llanwrtyd Wells NEW ROPE STRING BAND, Victoria Hall

Mon 13

   
Tue 14     

Wed 15

Pontyclun DAMIEN BARBER & MIKE WILSON, Llantrisant Folk Club, The Windsor Hotel, Llantrisant Road, Pontyclun, 8.30pm. Guests £8, members £5.  www.folkwales.org.uk, Pat Smith, 01443 226892/07989 209824 
Thu 16 Martletwy, Pembs KATRIONA GILMORE & JAMIE ROBERTS, Burnett's Hill Chapel, Martletwy
Thu 16 Rogerstone, Gwent TIM BRINE & SUE FRANKLYN: Newport Folk Club, Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, High Cross Road, Rogerstone, NP10 9AD, 8.45 pm. 01633 897923, www.newportfolkclub.co.uk/ 
Thu 16   Pontardawe SONG LYRIC WRITING COURSE (10 weeks), The Cross Community Centre, Pontardawe. £30 concessions. Patrick Ellis, 01792 863955
Fri 17 Pentyrch WALES-PATAGONIA NIGHT: RENE GRIFFITHS & RHISIART ARWEL, Acapela Studio, 8pm, £10. 029 2089 0862. Heol Y Pentre, Pentyrch CF15 9QD
Fri 17 Pontardawe ROCKY ROAD, WHITEFERN MOUNTAIN STRING BAND: Valley Folk Club, The Ivy Bush Hotel, Pontardawe
Fri 17 Pontardawe SAMBASUNDA QUINTET, Pontardawe Arts Centre (Indonesia)
Fri 17 Aberteifi / Cardigan BLUEGRASS CABARET: WESTERN EDGE, SINKOPLATERS, MAYA & SIOBHAN SHOW. Theatr Byd Bychan/Small World Centre, Bath House Road, SA43 IJY, 8pm, £12. Box office: 01239 615952
Fri 17 Y Bae Caerdydd / Cardiff Bay MEGAN LLOYD TELLS GRIMMS' TALES, Glanfa Stage, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, 12.30pm-1.30pm (free)
Fri 17 Llanymddyfri/ Llandovery PETER BROCK: Playford dancing. Rhys Pritchard Hall
Sat 18 Ystradgynlais

THE WIYOS, The Welfare - Vaudevillian ragtime, jug band blues & hillbilly swing from the USA

Sat 18 Caerdydd / Cardiff

MACKEREL SKY & JEREMY CHILD, dance spot by CARDIFF MORRIS: RUFF Ceilidh, Sports & Social Club, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW. 8pm - 11.30pm, £9 (£7 cons). Dave Parsons 029 2051 3440 or Glenda Pascoe 01443 476355

Sat 18 Caerdydd / Cardiff PLUCK AND SQUEEZE BAND: Barn dance, St Peter's Church Hall, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3BA. 8pm to 11pm. Charity fundraiser; phone 079 8061 0747 for more details and tickets
Sat 18 Rogerstone, Gwent DR PRICE'S FIRE BAND with GWERINWYR GWENT: FUN CEILIDH, St Anne's Church Hall, High Cross Lane, 7.30pm. £5 - Tredegar House Folk Festival benefit, organised by Rogerstone WI.
Sat 18 Abertawe / Swansea KIRSTY McGEE, The Chattery
Sat 18 Porth / Y Porth JAM WTH ROBINA, The Factory
Sat 18 Y Bae Caerdydd / Cardiff Bay MEGAN LLOYD TELLS GRIMMS' TALES, Glanfa Stage, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, 12.30pm-1.30pm (free)
Sun 19 Oldwalls, Gower

BILL CADDICK, Halfpenny Folk Club, Greyhound Inn

Sun 19 Shrewsbury/ Yr Amwyddig (E) MARTIN SIMPSON, The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury SY1 1TE. 7.45pm, £14. Box office: 01743 234970, neil@shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk

Mon 20

Cefn Cribbwr BETHAN NIA: Series of singing sessions (Trac Cymru), British Legion, 7.30pm to 9pm
Tue 21 Caerdydd / Cardiff JACQUI McSHEE'S PENTANGLE, St David's Hall
Tue 21 Caerdydd / Cardiff GUTO DAFIS, ANETTE DAVIES, GEOFF LILES: Milgi's Yurt, City Road, Cardiff
Tue 21 Llanfynydd (NW)

KEN POWELL & RUTH FUGA, the Cross Keys, Llanfynydd, 8.30pm. http://fugapowell.co.uk/

Wed 22 Pontardawe JACQUI McSHEE'S PENTANGLE, Pontardawe Arts Centre
Thu 23 Llandeilo

JOHN JAMES & PETE BERRYMAN, The Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. David Jones, 01269 842882

Thu 23

Pontardawe SONG LYRIC WRITING COURSE (10 weeks), The Cross Community Centre, Pontardawe. £30 concessions. Patrick Ellis, 01792 863955
Thu 23 Martletwy, Pembs PHIL BEER, Burnett's Hill Chapel
Fri 24 Aberteifi / Cardigan LAMENT: SEAN VICARY, CERI RHYS MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE COOPER, CERI JONES, Small World Theatre, 8pm. smallworld.org.uk 
Fri 24 Glan y Fferi /  Ferryside DAWNSWYR TALOG: Twmpath, Ferryside Village Hall. 01267 267123, les.jones@btinternet.com
Fri 24 Caerdydd / Cardiff CATH LITTLE: THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN, Chapter Arts Centre Media Point, Market Street, Canton, 8pm. www.cathlittle.co.uk
Sat 25  Casnewydd/ Newport, Gwent ALLAN YN Y FAN, DELYTH JENKINS: The Morgan Room, Tredegar House, Newport NP10 8YW, 8pm. Tickets £6. Fundraiser concert for Tredegar House International Festival Of Music & Dance - contact Sue Oates, 01633 246241
Sat 25  Caerfyrddin/ Carmarthen

BEX MARSHALL (solo), MR H (solo), The Lyric Theatre. Doors open 8pm, tickets £10 from the box office, 0845 2263510 - Mr H is performing solo songs from the album Pale Rider.

Sat 25  Aberteifi / Cardigan PRESELI PETE & THE BLUESTONE BOYS, Theatr Byd Bychan/Small World Centre, Bath House Road, Cardigan SA43 IJY, 8pm. Box office: 01239 615952
Sat 25 Penfro / Pembroke WEST GALLERY MUSIC & SINGING WORKSHOP: Haven Church, Westgate Hill, Pembroke, SA71 4LB, 10am to 4pm. £7, which includes sheet music to keep, tea and coffee. www.youtube.com/user/PembrokeshireQuire, Westgallerypembs@hotmail.co.uk (01437 563779). www.WGMA.org.uk 
Sat 25  Abertawe / Swansea UP THE CREEK, The Icehouse (lunchtime)

Sun 26

Abertawe / Swansea MARDI JUG BAND, The Brunswick, 8.30pm

Mon 27

   

Tue 28

   

Wed 29

Pontardawe KARNATAKA, Pontardawe Arts Centre

 

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