December Gigs
Wednesday December 1st
Cardiff
Heights + Support @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7pm - £5
(five piece hardcore band play Clwb)
King Louis Collective @ Buffalo Bar - 8pm
(jazz collective play Buffalo)
Faithless + Example @ CIA - 7.30pm - £29.50
(electronica legends play CIA)
The Sadies + Christopher Rees + Y Niwl @ The Globe - 8pm - £10
(canadian band play The Globe with local support)
Laura Marling @ The Glee Club - 7pm - £15
(folk darling plays the Glee Club)
Brian Humphreys + Mr Duke + Ben Steer @ Cardiff Arts Institute - 9pm - Free
(welsh singer songwriter headlines a night of acts)
Alex Heavyside Quartet @ Cafe Jazz - 8.30pm - £4
(jazz trio)
Llandudno
Status Quo @ Venue Cymru - 7.30pm - £34
(rock 'n' Roll legends play Llandudno)
Neath
Ahmed Dickinson + Trio Mestizo @ Pontardawe Arts Centre - 7pm - £10
(cuban classical guitarist plays Pontardawe)
Pontyclun
Pete Coe @ Llantrisant Folk Club,The Windsor Hotel - 8.30pm - £6
(much travelled folk singer plays The Windsor Hotel)
Wrexham
Blitz Kids + Town @ Central Station - 7pm - £6
(indie rock band plays Wrexham)
Thursday December 2nd
Cardiff
Inme + The Perfect Crime @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7pm - £10
(much loved alt-rock band play Clwb as part of their best of uk tour)
Cuba Cuba + Conductors @ Buffalo - 7pm - £1
(local indie popster play Buffalo for charity gig)
Random Hand + Captain Accident @ Undertone - 8pm - £7
(ska band play Undertone)
Aidan Thorne 3 Windows Trio @ Cafe Jazz - 9pm - £6
(newly formed piano based trio)
Neath
Martyn Joseph @ Pontardawe Arts Centre - 7.30pm - £14
(welsh singer songwriter plays Pontardawe)
Swansea
Sham 69 @ Vice - 7pm - £8
(legendary punk band play Vice)
The View @ Sin City - £10
(scottish indie band play Swansea)
Kobra & amp + The Lotus + Triaxis @ The Garage - 7.30pm - £8
(canadian metal band play The Garage)
Wrexham
Sandi Thom @ Central Station - 7.30pm - £11
(scotish one hit wonder plays Wrexham)
Friday December 3rd
Cardiff
Stokes,William + Joseph & David + Joshua James Morgan @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7.30pm - £4
(Local folksters play Clwb)
Peter Andre @ CIA - £28
(no explanation needed, rubbish)
Ted Crook & The Blues Highway @ Cafe Jazz - 10pm - £4
(blues night at Cafe Jazz)
Neath
Ten @ The Duke - 7pm
Pontypool
The Drwgs @ Hog and Hosper - 9pm
(local rock band play Hog and Hosper)
Swansea
Tides of Virtue + Reins + Via the Void @ Sin City - 7.30pm - £5
(metal band play Sin City with noisy support)
Wrexham
Flats + The Diddlers + The Revolutionary Spirit + Mowbird @ Central Station - 7.30pm
(indie band play Central Station with decent local Support)
Saturday December 4th
Bridgend
Shaped by Fate + Island in the Sky + Storm the Walls + Confined @ Hobos - 7pm - £5
(local metal band headline a night of chaos at Hobos)
Cardiff
Midasuno + Skwad @ Millenium Music Hall - 7pm - £7
(merthyr rock gods play a special Last Ever Show, gonna be epic)
Ether + The Robbie Burns Band + Louisa Hall @ Buffalo - 7pm - £4
(tunes For Tanzania Charity Gig)
Spencer McGarry Season + Samoans @ The Globe - 7pm - £6
(charity event with local alt rock bands)
Newport
Ghost Inside + For The Fallen Dreams @ Six Feet Under - 6pm - £10
(US Metalcore band play Six Feet Under)
Last Partisan + GinDrinker + Hundred Cannons @ Meze Lounge - 8pm - £5
(night of top welsh post rock bands at The Meze Lounge)
The Guns + Hit or Miss @ Le Pub - 7.30
(local rock band play Le Pub)
Pontypool
Slackjaw @ Hog and Hosper - 9pm - £4
(rock band play Hog and Hosper)
Sunday December 5th
Cardiff
Patrick Wolfe + Support @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7.30pm - £10
(london's eccentric singer songwriter brings his show to Cardiff)
The School + The Loves + Brontosaurus Chorus + Lucky Delucci @ Buffalo Bar - 6pm - £5
(school's last ever Christmas show, Buffalo Christmas party)
Young Guns @ Millenium Music Hall - £8.50
(melodic emo rockers play Cardiff)
Neath
Hollowtone @ The Duke - 7pm
(swansea based melodic rock band play The Duke)
Monday December 6th
Cardiff
You Say Party + Love Parry III + Vvolves + Yoho @ Buffalo Bar - 8pm - £7
(canadian dance rockers come back to Cardiff with new name, local support from some awesome bands)
Scissor Sisters + Hurts @ CIA - £30
(pop band play CIA)
Tuesday December 7th
Cardiff
Ute + Elephants @ Buffalo Bar - 8pm - £4
(oxford indie popsters play Buffalo as part of EP release tour)
Houdini Dax @ Undertone - 9.30pm - £3
(local indie rockers play Undertone)
Liberty Street Quartet @ Cafe Jazz - 8.30pm - £4
(traditional jazz quartet)
Newport
Karoshi4 + Screaming Martini + The Art Of Reason @ Meze Lounge - 8pm - £3
(Video Nasties)
Wednesday December 8th
Cardiff
Kool & The Gang + Sister Sledge + ABC + Howard Jones + Go West! + T'Pau + The Christians @ CIA - 7pm - £37.50
(80s Rewind Christmas Tour)
Fish @ The Globe - 8pm - £17.50
(ex Marillion frontman brings his solo show to Cardiff)
Port Erin + Draw Me Stories + Alex Comana @ Cardiff Arts Institute - 9pm - Free
(bath alt rockers play The Arts Institute)
Swansea
Jiggs Wigham + Dave Cottle Trio @ St James Club - 8.30pm - £10
(jazz musician plays Swansea)
Thursday December 9th
Cardiff
Amy Can Fly + Hit Or Miss + Checking Pulse + This isn't Hollywood @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7pm - £5
(pop punk night at Clwb)
Future of the Left @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 8pm - £8
(awesome welsh rockers bring the noise to Clwb, sure to be an awesome show)
Those Dancing Days @ Buffalo Bar - 7.30pm - £6
(swedish electro pop band play Buffalo)
Arcade Fire + Devendra Banhart @ CIA - 7pm - £30
(canadian indie rockers play CIA)
Cakehole Presley @ The Globe - 8pm
(album launch)
Pixie Lott @ St Davids Hall - 7.30pm - £23.50
(indie pop princess brings her pop show to St Davids Hall, ridiculously overpriced)
Three Square @ Cafe Jazz - 9pm - £6
(electric jazz quartet)
Pontypridd
Missing Andy @ Glamorgan University - 7.30pm - £6
(indie pop band play Glamorgan Uni)
Swansea
Dan Reed + Stephanie Schniederman + Buffalo Summer @ Milkwoodjam - £15
(electro acoustic musician comes to Swansea)
Friday December 10th
Cardiff
Melvana + A Thousand Arrows + Drains @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7pm - £4
(nirvana and melvins merged tribute act play Clwb with top local support)
Akbal + Perigo Minas @ Buffalo - 7.30pm
(prog noismakers play Buffalo)
Status Quo + Joe Brown @ CIA - 7pm - £34.50
(rock 'N' Roll legends play Cardiff)
The Heavy Quartet @ Dempseys - 8pm - £4
(awesome jazz band play Dempseys)
Roni Size @ Millenium Music Hall - 9pm
(uk DJ play Cardiff)
Henry's Funeral Shoes + Clay Statues + Aulos + 4 Brothers @ Undertone - 9pm - £5
(blues rockers play Undertone with decent support)
Bullit @ Cafe Jazz - 10pm - £4
(blues night)
Pontypool
The Sick Livers @ The Hog and Hosper - 9pm - Free
(local punk rockers play The Hog and Hosper)
Wrexham
Gallows + Bastions + Crossbreaker @ Central Station - 7pm - £13
(hardcore punks play Central Station,with decent local support)
Saturday December 11th
Bridgend
Cowboy and the Corpse @ Hobos - 7.30pm
(hobo's Christmas party)
Cardiff
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog / Y Niwl @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 8pm - £6
(welsh language band play Clwb)
J.Alexander & The Blues Devils + Harri's Band @ The Globe - 7.30pm - £5
(welsh blues band play The Globe)
Neath
On like Kong @ The Duke - 7pm
(aussie rockers play The Duke)
Newport
Anti Nowhere League + Tenpole Tudor + 8.4% @ Six Feet Under - 7pm - £10
(punk legends play Newport, with some local support)
Triaxis + Mutator + Blind Ambition + Crux + All The Damn Vampires + First Of The Stygian + Forever Vendetta + Shallow Souls + Counterhold @ Meze Lounge - 2pm - £4
(meze Metal Meltdown present an allday fest of noise)
Swansea
Scratch Perverts + Friction @ Sin City - 10pm - £10
Sunday December 12th
Bridgend
Crazy Arms + Apologies I Have None @ Hobos - 7pm - £5
(seven Records Christmas Bash)
Cardiff
Deadmau5 @ Millenium Music Hall - 8pm - £20
(canadian electro producer plays Cardiff)
Joshua Caole @ Buffalo
(local folk musician plays EP Launch)
Newport
Crazy Arms @ Le Pub
Monday Decmber 13th
Cardiff
Islet + Sweet Baboo + H Hawkline & the Dizygous Twins + Failed Nasa Experiment @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7pm - £7
(shape Records Christmas party, with the awesome Islet leading the charge)
Electric Six @ Millenium Music Hall - 8pm - £10
(electro popsters bring their hits to Cardiff)
Madness + Paul Heaton @ CIA - 7.30pm - £35
(Ska legends come to the CIA)
Kate Rusby @ St Davids Hall - 7.30pm - £19
(english folk singer songwriter comes to St Davids Hall)
Pengillys + Pagan Wanderer Lu @ Buffalo - 7.30pm
(electro pop time at Buffalo, with local support)
Llandudno
Saw Doctors @ Venue Cymru
(irish band play Llandudno)
Tuesday December 14th
Cardiff
Billy Bragg @ Millenium Music Hall - 7pm - £16
(legendary political singer plays Millenium Music Hall)
The Memphis Seven @ Cafe Jazz - 8.30pm - £4
(traditional jazz night at Cafe Jazz)
Newport
Atomck + Sumerian Eden + Bee To The Itch + Ten Cent Toy + Outgunned + O.A.P @ Meze Lounge - 8pm - £3
(night of noise in Newport)
Wednesday December 15th
Cardiff
Martyn Joseph @ Chapter Arts Centre
(welsh singer songwriter plays Pontardawe)
Love the Jugde + Sharks Dont Sleep @ Buffalo - 7.30pm - £3
(local indie band play Buffalo)
The Combo with Glen Manby @ Cafe Jazz - 9pm - £4
(local saxophonist joins the Combo for a lively evening of bebop)
Thursday December 16th
Cardiff
Goldie Lookin Chain + Astroid Boys @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7.30pm - £12.50
(welsh rappers play Clwb)
JJ Sneed @ 10 Feet Tall - 7pm - £4
(single Launch)
Poppy and Friends + My Name Is Ian @ The Pot Cafe - 7.30pm - £4
Curtis & Coyne Steppin Out Ensemble @ Cafe Jazz - 9pm - £4
(jazz ensemble play Cafe Jazz)
Friday December 17th
Cardiff
Among Brothers + Hail! the Planes + Lucky Delucci @ Cwlb Ifor Bach - 7.30pm £4
(barely Regal Records Christmas party)
Jools Holland + Ruby Turner + Louise Marshall + Alison Moyet @ CIA @ 7pm - £32.50
(night of top music at the CIA)
Junior Hacksaw @ Cafe Jazz - 10pm - £4
(blues night)
Neath
Lethargy + The Last Republic @ The Duke - 7pm
(metal band play the Duke)
Saturday December 18th
Cardiff
People in Planes + We Are Animal + The Undivided @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7.30pm - £7
(local indie rock band play Clwb)
Tiger Please @ Millenium Music Hall
Wonderbrass + One String Loose + Love Parry111 + Cakehole Presley + Blue Lotus Dance @ The Globe - 7.30pm
(Annual Xmas Party)
The Guns + Tiger Please @ Millenium Music Hall - 6.30pm - £8.50
(cardiff rock band play hometime)
Neath
The Sick Livers @ The Duke - 7pm
(local punk band play The Duke)
Newport
The Landslides + The Drwgs @ Meze Lounge - 8pm - £5
(Video Nasties)
Hit or Miss + Stars in their Eyes @ Le Pub - 7.30
(pop punk melody time)
Pontypool
Nick B Byrne @ Hog and Hosper - 9pm - £2
(indie musician plays Pontypool)
Swansea
Taint + Sigirya + 33 + Groundnuts @ Sin City - 11pm - £3
(Welsh band play final show)
Treforest
Clay Statues + Gung Ho + Wasted + Bee to the Itch + Zinc Bukowski @ The Rickards Inn - 7pm
(KCC Records present a night of local noise/punk bands)
Epic Fail + This is Suffering + Evilive + Without Your Reflection + Districts + Dark Waters @ The Green Rooms - 5pm
(Xmas Metal Fest)
Sunday December 19th
Abertillery
Hit or Miss @ Dolls House - 7pm
(pop punk melody makers)
Cardiff
Random Hand + The Skints + Dirty Revolution + Detached @ Undertone - 8pm - £6
(ska band play Cardiff)
Mojo Jim and Friends @ The Globe - 7pm - £4
(part of the Globes monthly blues club)
Monday December 20th
Cardiff
Paper Factory + We are the Afterglow @ Buffalo Bar - 8pm - £4
(local alt-rockers play Buffalo)
Dopamine + Go X + 4th Street Traffic + White Light Traffic @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7.30pm
(welsh rock band play Clwb)
Tuesday December 21st
Cardiff
Dopamine + Colours of One + Calling Card + Painting Bus Stops @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7.30pm - £7
(welsh rock band play Clwb again)
Gramercy Riffs + Support @ Buffalo - 8pm
(album Launch)
John Scantlebury Quartet @ Cafe Jazz - 8.30pm - £4
(traditional jazz quartet)
Newport
Mutator + Sensory Chaos + Fourth Autumn @ Meze Lounge - 8pm - £3
(video Nasties)
Wednesday December 22nd
Cardiff
Mark Sambell @ Cafe Jazz - 9pm - Free Entry
(piano and bass duo play fee show at Cafe Jazz)
Thursday December 23rd
Cardiff
Boom In The Diamond Industry + Save Your Breath + Town + Blitz Kids @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 8pm - £6
(kids in Glass Houses Christmas Party)
Richard West Solo Piano @ Cafe Jazz - 9pm - Free Entry
(jazz pianist play Cafe Jazz)
Friday December 24th
Black Coast Rodeo + Brothel Keepers @ The Duke - 7pm
(psychadelic rockers play a Christmas Eve show at The Duke)
Saturday December 25th
Sunday December 26th
Monday December 27th
Cardiff
Candela @ Cardiff Arts Institute - 9pm - £3
Tuesday December 28th
Cardiff
All Our Glory + Go X + Conquer The Decade + The Undivided @ Clwb Ifor Bach - 7pm - £6
(alt pop punk band play Clwb)
Allan Yn Y Fan @ Wales Millenium Centre - 6pm - Free
(celtic music band play Millenium Music Hall)
Wednesday December 29th
Thursday December 30th
Cardiff
Warsaw @ Buffalo - 7.30pm - £4
Friday December 31st
Cardiff
Johnny Cage and the Voodoo Revue @ The Globe - 7.30pm - £10
(Local Rock 'N' Blues band play The Globe)
