Just Songs Tour 2024

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Bike to The Future II – ‘Just Songs’ • A Band Named Brian’s Carbon-Free Song Cycle • 11 Venues • 585 Miles Bath, UK - 24/04/2024. Following their hugely successful tour last year, folk-pop duo ‘a Band named Brian’ is this year going even further in a bid to spread the word on climate change through songs, stories, dance and laughter. Singer-songwriter Brian Madigan doesn’t just write songs: he writes ‘just’ songs: full of passion, comment and exhortation to strive for better. Accompanied by violinist, bass player and vocalist Rob Whale, Brian weave’s a narrative through stories and songs, taking his [...]

£12.00

Blues Central

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

BLUES CENTRAL are a four piece electric, Rhythm & Blues band, formed in 2001 by former RCA records recording artist and studio session musician Pete Hughes. Since their formation, the band has played on the national blues club and festival circuit, sharing a stage with artists including Nina Simone, Booker T and the MGs, Gary Moore, Chicken Shack and several other global blues luminaries. The band has also appeared live on the Paul Jones Blues show on BBC Radio 2. BLUES CENTRAL play an eclectic mix of urban blues from Chicago, Texas and the American "Deep South" all with their unique [...]

£12.00

Daughter of Bala

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Daughter of Bala by Adele Cordner   Dive into the remarkable tale of Betsi Cadwaladr, a name lost in the annals of history but not forgotten on the stage! In this gripping new play, written by Newport playwright Adele Cordner, witness the extraordinary life of a 19th-century Welsh woman whose adventures spanned continents and whose bravery helped reshape the course of wartime nursing history. Join Her Story Theatre Company as we journey through Betsi's captivating life story: from her humble beginnings in Wales to her globetrotting escapades in service, where she encountered fellow Welsh souls in the most unexpected corners of [...]

£12.00 – £15.00

Flamenco Trio – Matinee Show

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Members: Jose Almarcha: Guitar Lucia Ruibal: Dancer,Palmas Demi Garcia Sabat: Percussion Don't miss this unique opportunity to see these incredible flamenco artists from Spain. Part of Jose Almarcha's Flamenco Trio UK 2024 Summer Tour. José Almarcha is a superb guitarist and composer from Ciudad Real. José studied flamenco at Córdoba Conservatory of Music in 2009 and with great flamenco masters such as Paco Serrano and Niño de Pura. He has accompanied dancers such as Olga Pericet, Marco Flores and Antonio Canales. After the excellent reception of his first album, Vejézate, he has just released his new album, Alejandra, which will be [...]

£10.00 – £20.00

Flamenco Trio

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Members: Jose Almarcha: Guitar Lucia Ruibal: Dancer,Palmas Demi Garcia Sabat: Percussion Don't miss this unique opportunity to see these incredible flamenco artists from Spain. Part of Jose Almarcha's Flamenco Trio UK 2024 Summer Tour. José Almarcha is a superb guitarist and composer from Ciudad Real. José studied flamenco at Córdoba Conservatory of Music in 2009 and with great flamenco masters such as Paco Serrano and Niño de Pura. He has accompanied dancers such as Olga Pericet, Marco Flores and Antonio Canales. After the excellent reception of his first album, Vejézate, he has just released his new album, Alejandra, which will be [...]

£10.00 – £20.00

Poetry Upstairs – June 2024

Melville Centre Cafe-Bar The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Robert Sheppard has been publishing poetry since 1979, and he has two retrospective collections, Twentieth Century Blues (Salt 2008) and a selected poems History or Sleep (Shearsman 2015).He has published collaborative work with Bob Cobbing, Patricia Farrell, Pete Clarke. Robert is also a critic and an editor. Robert  Sheppard lives in Liverpool. Abigail Parry’s poems have been set to music, translated into Spanish and Japanese. She has won the Ballymaloe Prize, the Troubadour Prize, and an Eric Gregory Award. Her first collection, Jinx (Bloodaxe) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize and the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Poetry Prize. Her second [...]

ALBINO FROGS

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

SIMPLY KNOWN AS “THE FROGS” THEY WRITE AND PERFORM THEIR OWN TUNES, DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM SUCH GREATS AS STEELYE DAN, AVERAGE WHITE BAND, HEW AND CRY, TO NAME A FEW OF THAT MUSICAL JANRE'. THEY PUNCH OUT SWING FILLED FUNKY GROOVES WITH CATCHY HOOKS AND HUMMERBLE MELODIES, WHICH GET YER FOOT TAPPING AND EARS LISTENING. FOR A FOUR PIECE BAND CONSISTING OF DRUMS, BASS GUITAR AND SAXAPHONE THEY MAKE A SURPRISINGLY POWERFULL AND TIGHT SOUND.

£10.00

The Taste of Things

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Abergavenny Film Society presents The Taste of Things  Friday 20th September 2024 France 2023    136 minutes Director:  Tràn Anh Hùng Juliette Binoche   Benoît Magimel   In the Loire Valley in 1885, celebrated gourmet Dodin lives on an idyllic estate alongside Eugénie, his cook and cooking collaborator of over 20 years. Normally, Dodin devises the dishes while Eugénie executes them to perfection and when she finally allows him to cook for her, their carefully calibrated relationship takes an unexpected turn. Adapted from the novel by Marcel Rouff, this is a story about love and food, emotional connection and shared obsession. With [...]

£5.00 – £7.00

Rona Mac ~Album Release Tour

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Having recently played support for Willy Mason, Billie Marten, Katy J Pearson, Bess Atwell and Dan Mangan, Rona Mac is beginning to get the recognition she deserves. A truly independent DIY, grass-roots artist from the most westerly tip of Wales, Mac is a prolific songwriter carving her own pathway as a queer alt-folk artist. For 4 years she swings seamlessly between stripped back sounds of Elliott Smith and Laura Marling, to the textures, rhythm and overdrive of Ben Howard or Phoebe Bridge. Recorded, produced and mixed by Mac in a caravan-studio, her music comes raw and unfiltered, aching with nostalgia that [...]

£10.00

An evening of James Taylor

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

James Taylor is the encapsulation of the best of American songwriting. His music has touched millions worldwide over his ongoing 55 year strong career and his music still stands up to the test of time. ‘How Sweet It Is’ focuses more on Taylor’s early songwriting career, featuring much loved songs, such as ‘Sweet Baby James’, ‘Something In The Way She Moves’, ‘Fire and Rain’ but also includes more recent classics like the evocative ‘Frozen Man’. Vernon James performs the songs true to how they were written and in the spirit of James Taylor himself, with a soulful lilt. During this two [...]

£18.00
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