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Abersoch's Wakestock Festival gets set for 10th birthday

WAKESTOCK will be returning next summer as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Read

The Carolina Chocolate Drops play the Victoria Hotel in Menai Bridge

FROM Durham, North Carolina, Rhiannon Giddens is the female voice of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, a young but seminal African- American string band who came together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music of the Carolinas and beyond. Read

Venue Cymru date as the Kooks hit Llandudno

POPULAR indie band The Kooks will be performing at Venue Cymru next week. Read

Pendulum bring drum and base to Venue Cymru Llandudno

AUSSIE drum and base group Pendulum, favourably compared by many to The Prodigy, will hit Venue Cymru next month. Read

S4C launches 2009 Cân i Gymru

THE official launch of S4C’s 2009 Cân i Gymru songwriting competition has taken place with the event’s music coordinator, Owen Powell, formerly of Catatonia, calling on composers from across Wales and beyond to enter their songs. Read

Scouse House dance night at Caernarfon's K2

SCOUSE House and hard dance night Bounced returns to K2 in Caernarfon next Friday on Friday, November 28, with special guests Blackout Crew. Read

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons at Llanwnda

THE Friends of Belan Association will present Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons at Fort Belan’s music room in Llanwnda on Saturday, November 29, at 7pm. Read

Review: Singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph inspires at Galeri Caernarfon

SUNDAY evening at Galeri and an opportunity to enjoy the inspiring talents of Martyn Joseph who many consider Wales’s leading singer songwriter and he didn’t disappoint, writes MARTIN EAGLESTONE. Read

A night of laughs at Hafan y Môr, Pwllheli, with PC Leslie Wynne

WILL the welcome organised to greet one of Eifionydd’s most famous son rival the kind Lloyd George would receive every time he came home? Read

Jazz treat at Victoria Hotel, Menai Bridge

THE second of the autumn season’s highly popular jazz concerts at the Victoria Hotel, Menai Bridge, features the keyboards and sax-led Freddie Garner Quartet, which brings to the Vic a blend of musicians comprising both youth and experience. Read

Cantorion Monteverdi Singers play at Bangor

IT’S always been the aim of the Cantorion Monteverdi Singers to present music that is not usually played in this part of the world. Read

Last Choir Standing's Ysgol Glanaethwy release record

A BANGOR choir, made famous nationwide thanks to the success of the BBC’s Last Choir Standing, came together over the weekend to record their brand new album in time for Christmas. Read

Review: Wolfe Tones at Galeri, Caernarfon

YOU either love them or loathe them, and clearly by the crowd’s reaction last Wednesday night the former was the case. writes GERALLT LLEWELYN. Read

Adrian Edmondson's Bad Shepherds to rock Caernarfon's Galeri

ADRIAN Edmondson is hanging up his comedic and acting boots to help launch his band The Bad Shepherds. Read

Celtic music night at Caernarfon's Galeri

MEMBERS of the Irish cult band Clannad will be performing alongside a Welsh instrumental band in a night of Celtic music at Galeri in Caernarfon. Read

Hallowe’en theme night at Hendre Hall, Bangor

FRIGHT Night is hosting a two-day circus-themed Hallowe’en extravaganza featuring a burlesque dance troupe and fancy dress at Hendre Hall this weekend. Read

Elevate dance night at Bangor's Time nightclub

ELEVATE returns to Time next month, for some more top displays of DJing. Read

Nepalise folk music treat for Holyhead's Ucheldre Centre

THREE of Nepal’s finest traditional musicians will be performing at the Ucheldre Centre in Holyhead as part of their Welsh tour. Read

Su Pollard stars in Shout at Venue Cymru

LIFE is rarely dull or quiet when Su Pollard is around, so expect plenty of energy when she plays Aunt Yvonne in musical Shout! Read

Warrior Charge record to be released on Welsh label

A DUO that have been described as "the most talented producers in Britain" are releasing a record on a legendary Welsh label. Read

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