Thursday 11 May 2017

Friday night at Porter's and much more for your free time

Friday
12 May

Friday Night Jazz at Porter's
HARLECH COURT, BUTE TERRACE, CARDIFF, CF10 2FE
Who loves jazz? We do. Do you love jazz? If the answer is yes then get down here to take in some smoothe tunes. If the answer is no, come down and let the band prove you wrong.
Cost:
Time: 10pm

Saturday
13 May
CELEBRATING TAMLA MOTOWN
6 Guildford Crescent, CF10 2HJ Cardiff
A GENUINE CELEBRATION OF DETROIT’S FINEST
TAMLA MOTOWN IS NO LESS THAN THE BIGGEST SUCCESS STORY IN BLACK MUSIC. FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO AN EMPIRE SPANNING ACROSS THE DECADES AND GENERATIONS.
ON THE 13TH MAY WE COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR LOVE AFFAIR FOR THESE ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE AGES. SPINNING THROUGH THE HITS AND LESSER KNOWN GEMS SINFULLY FORGOTTEN AND OF COURSE FULFILLING OUR HANKING FOR A KNEES UP AND DANCE!
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES, MARVIN GAYE, DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES, MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS, THE FOUR TOPS, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS, THE JACKSON 5… AMONGST SO MANY MORE.
Cost: £5/£3
Time: 9:00 PM

Sunday
14 May
CARDIFF DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
County Hall, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, CF10 4UW
Challenge your colleagues, friends and family!
Companies, organisations and sports clubs from across Cardiff have the opportunity to enter their very own dragon boat team. A fantastic days racing on Atlantic wharf competing against rival teams from across the city, no previous experience is required and all training is provided.It will be great fun!
Supporting the Lord Mayor’s Appeal Charity – Cancer Research Wales, will you help raise funds for this important and worthy cause while having fun with your colleagues and family out on the water.
So get together with your colleagues, friends and family for a fantastic day out and let’s Race the Dragon!
Cost:
Time:10am – 4pm

Monday
15May
A Dog’s Purpose
Cineworld, Mary Ann St, Cardiff CF10 2EN

Based on the beloved bestselling novel by W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog’s Purpose, from director Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules, Dear John, The 100-Foot Journey), shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog (voiced by Josh Gad) who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.
Cost: Free
Time: Adult £9.70 - Student £5.20

Tuesday
16 May
Mindhorn
Cineworld, Mary Ann St, Cardiff CF10 2EN
Washed-up actor Richard Thorncroft peaked with hit 1980s detective show 'Mindhorn', playing the titular Isle of Man sleuth with a rather unique ability. As a captured MI5 Special Operative, Bruce Mindhorn's eye was replaced by a super-advanced optical lie detector, which meant he could literally 'see the truth'. Mindhorn escaped and fled to the Isle of Man, to recuperate in the island’s temperate microclimate, and became the best plain-clothes detective the island had ever seen...
Cost: £6
Time: 1:40pm, 4pm, 6:15pm, 8:50pm

Wednesday
17 May
GWDIHW PRESENTS TOBY HAY ‘THE GATHERING’ LP LAUNCH
6 Guildford Crescent, CF10 2HJ Cardiff
GWDIHW ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME AN INTRICATE EVENING OF MASTERFUL MELODIES & CAPTIVATING CONTEMPORARY FOLK AS WE BRING BACK THE MAGICAL TOBY HAY AHEAD OF HIS DEBUT LP, ‘THE GATHERING’.
TOBY HAY MANAGES TO MARRY CRAFT AND MELODY LIKE FEW OTHERS IN CONTEMPORARY WELSH FOLK. HIS APPRECIATION OF THE MELANCHOLIC AND MELODIC VOICE OF HIS GUITAR LIES IN THE MELDING OF EXPERIMENTAL PICKING STYLE BUT ONE THAT CONJURES ELEMENTAL POWER AND GRACE. FOR FANS OF JOHN RENBOURNE, BERT JANSCH OR MODERN FOLK LIKE THE GENTLE GOOD, THIS WILL BE UNMISSABLE.
Cost: £4/3ADV
Time: 7:30pm

Thursday
18 May
Llŷr Williams
Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3ER
At the end of his life, isolated from the world by deafness and ill-health, Beethoven returned once again to the piano sonata, composing three revelatory works. Innovatory and of profound depth yet teaming with fantasy and grandeur, they are keystones of the piano repertoire. Llŷr Williams completes his odyssey through the complete Beethoven sonatas with performances of these three pieces that will burn themselves into the memory.
Cost:£18-£22
Time:7.30pm

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