September Art Courses
Melville Centre 5 Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomFor more information please contact: 07970 219503 or email abergavennycommunitylearning@monmouthshire.gov.uk
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Gig Comedi Alun Saunders / Alun Saunders Comedy Gig
The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomDewch i wrando ar y comedïwr a'r awdur yn gwneud sioe newydd sbon i siaradwyr newydd Come and listen to the comedian and author who is doing a brand new show for new Welsh language speakers
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The Misha Mullov-Abbado Group
The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomOur wall2wall Jazz Festival weekend starts with an exciting lineup - The Misha Mullov- Abbado Group brings together some of London’s most acclaimed jazz musicians. Blending jazz with classical, folk, and Latin influences, the group performs original music that’s rich in melody, rhythm, and groove. Led by award-winning bassist and composer Misha Mullov-Abbado, their latest album, Effra (Ubuntu Music 2025), follows three critically acclaimed releases, with previous praise from The Telegraph and BBC Radio 3. Expect vibrant, genre-crossing sounds from one of the UK’s most exciting jazz ensembles. Adam Chatterton (Trumpet) Tom Smith (alto Sax) Liam Dunachie (piano) Misha [...]
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The Siglo Section featuring Kat Rees
The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdomwall2wall Jazz Festival is proud to welcome The Siglo Section, Cardiff’s hottest young big band, to this year’s festival lineup. Founded in 2019 by dynamic duo Matt Lush and Loz Collier, The Collective has quickly established itself as one of South Wales’s premier jazz ensembles - bringing a bold, youthful energy to the big band tradition. This 18-piece powerhouse features the classic big band formation - saxes, trumpets, trombones and a full rhythm section. Their repertoire blends swing-era classics with modern funk, innovative arrangements and original works from within the band. This vibrant ensemble showcases South Wales’ top [...]
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Ian Shaw Performs the Music of Joni Mitchell and David Bowie
The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomClosing our festival weekend, multi-award-winning singer, Ian Shaw, performs one of his favourite shows, fusing the words and music of two of popular music’s genius giants - Joni Mitchell and David Bowie. Traversing the mammoth back catalogue of these legendary and influential artists, this solo show draws on stories from the early seventies and our own ideals of love, hope and the endless presence of the darker truths of recent times. Shaw recorded a critically highly praised album of Joni Mitchell (‘Drawn To All Things’, Linn Records) and has a personal connection to both, which is the core of [...]
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BMJ Collective with guest Nigel Price
The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomAward-winning jazz guitarist Nigel Price is widely regarded as one of the UK’s finest jazz musicians. With a career spanning more than 25 years, his blend of flowing bebop lines, deep blues feeling and masterful chording has won him acclaim from audiences and fellow musicians alike. A regular at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (with over 500 performances), Nigel has worked with stars including Van Morrison, James Taylor, Gladys Knight and David Axelrod. He has recorded more than 50 albums and picked up multiple awards, including Best Guitarist at the British Jazz Awards (2016). Performing with our brilliant house band, The BMJ [...]
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Poetry Upstairs -Graham Harthill & Clare e Potter
Melville Centre Cafe-Bar The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomGraham Hartill moved to the Black Mountains in 1992. He has published seven co-translations with Wu Fusheng (of the University of Utah) from classical Chinese. Graham teaches post-graduate students Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes for the Metanoia Institute in London and was a writer-in-residence at HMP Parc, Bridgend. clare e. potter is a poet and radio presenter who studied and taught in The Deep South (USA). She has had poetry residencies with the Landmark Trust, performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC and was a Hay Festival Writer at Work. Healing the Pack (Verve Poetry Press) her second poetry collection was [...]
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An Evening with Dan Biddle
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Iago Banet, ‘The Galician King of Acoustic Guitar’
The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomDescribed as ‘a master of the guitar’ by Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 In Tune; as 'nothing short of phenomenal' in a recent review, and as a ‘highly recommended artist’ by Celtic Connections, Iago creates stories without words, enthralling audiences as he does so. Iago Banet, ‘The Galician King of Acoustic Guitar’ launched his third album, TRES, in 2023, with a tour which has included multiple sell-out shows and sensational receptions from audiences across the UK. He has showcased his immense talent at festivals including Brecon Jazz, Hellys International Guitar Festival and Aberjazz, displaying new levels of skill, complexity and versatility, whilst [...]
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Chris Cobbson Quartet – From Dixie to Smooth: The History of Jazz Guitar
The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United KingdomChris ‘Santo’ Cobbson is one of the most exciting and in-demand guitarists in the UK. He has performed with Osibisa, Courtney Pine, The JBs (Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley), Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Clifford Jarvis, Jean Toussaint, the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band, Sheila Ferguson, S.E. Rogie, Gasper Lawal, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Jim Mullen, Ray Gelato, David Newton, Omar, Curtis Stigers, Imelda May, the Ebony Steel Band, Jay Rayner, and many other artists across a wide range of musical genres. He is also a prolific composer and arranger. In this captivating project, Chris traces the history of jazz guitar, from [...]
