CHORAL VETERAN OVERCOMES TRAGEDY TO LEAD YOUNG SINGERS TO LIVE SEMI-FINALS  (Wales’ only Semi-Final entry!)   A choral conductor who has been conducting a children’s choir since the shadow years of World War II will this week lead his youth singers with pride as they reach the Semi-Finals of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. Wales’ Angelicus Celtis comprise of everyday schoolgirls aged 12 and up from the ranks of the Hywel Girls’ Choir led by conductor John Hywel Williams who has nurtured…

Monday 20 November 8pm – TICKETS ON SALE NOW! LEGENDARY singer-songwriter Van Morrison returns to St David’s Hall on Monday 20 November 2017 with what promises to be an incredible career-spanning set. Plus, tickets for the eagerly anticipated show are already on sale! Van Morrison started his career as a teenager in the late 1950s covering the top tunes of the day in various groups around Belfast. He then rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the…

We spend hours at the gym or running and hiking to train our body and endurance.  But what about our brain? If you feel like your attention span is shortening, you can stretch and strengthen it with simple everyday changes.  Get more sleep Not sleeping properly can not only affect our energy levels and looks but also our brain functions. Getting enough Zzz’s can help support learning, memory as well as regulate our mood or even appetite and libido. When…

  22:30 – 09:00 | Saturday 28th May 2017 | Y Plas (Student Union), Cardiff, with: SANTÉ * SIDNEY CHARLES WAZE & ODYSSEY DE LA SWING * EDDY M After the madness in the cricket ground, the party continues into the early hours, with the elrow Music afterparty taking over the Y Plas (Student Union). We’ll be joined by Avorte boys Sidney Charles and Santé, immerse yourselves in the sounds of elrow music, as we welcome our elrow residents De La Swingand Eddy M and special guests Waze & Odyssey will be joining us. Tickets are…

  St David’s Hall Saturday 15 July, 7.30pm   CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA celebrates its 35th birthday with a performance of Strauss’ mighty and magnificent An Alpine Symphony at St David’s Hall on Saturday 15 July. Since its inaugural concert at St David’s Cathedral on Saturday 19 June 1982, CPO has entertained thousands of concert-goers and established itself as one of Wales’ foremost non-professional orchestras with a loyal and talented membership. Now well into its fourth decade, the orchestra continues to go…

  Featuring Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra & Special Guest Presenter Connie Fisher St David’s Hall Sunday 23 July, 3pm Get ready to bust some moves as the Family Prom returns to St David’s Hall on Sunday 23 July – and this year it’s The Dance-Off! The city’s own Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra are joined by special guest presenter, Connie Fisher for this orchestral spectacular of dance featuring popular pieces from your favourite films and musicals. Sling on your dancing shoes and put…

  GUARANTEED to be exciting and innovative, Grand Band New York perform classics from Reich, Lang and Glass at St David’s Hall on Tuesday 23 May at 8pm. Featuring six grand pianos and six virtuoso pianists, Grand Band champion new music from today’s composers, ranging through classical and pop-crossover to post-minimal. In addition to the World Premiere of Philip Glass’ Closing, David Lang’s Face So Pale and Steve Reich’s frenetic Six Pianos, there’s also a Chopin World Premiere from Ben…

The Cardiff Music Award show at Tramshed Cardiff on Thursday 30th March 2017 was that rare combination of inspiring, exciting and great fun. The atmosphere was electric with over 400 attendees present. Tramshed’s main room was filled to the brim with talented individuals from the local music scene, local businesses and from further afield as well – a true testament to how strong and supportive the Cardiff music scene currently is and the night really marked its growing place in…

On the 28th April I got the amazing opportunity to interview Beverley Knight and ask her questions about her upcoming Soulsville tour and about past experiences in the industry. I was so inspired after talking to her and I have to say I’m jealous of any one that has tickets to the shows! Q.  What can fans expect from the upcoming tour? Does it differ from previous tours that you have done? A.  It will be different in the fact…

St David’s Hall Friday 5 May, Doors 7pm IRELAND’S reigning rock queen Imelda May returns to St David’s Hall with her first UK tour in three years on Friday 5 May 2017 – and tickets went on sale Friday 9th December at 9.30am, don’t miss out! Imelda’s much-anticipated fifth album Life Love Flesh Blood is due for release in March 2017, and the tour promises to be show the inimitable artist as you’ve never seen her before. A new groove has…