What's On Swansea

A weekend of dazzling performances with the Great Hall staging the best of brass, wind and jazz bands in Wales. A stunning display of talented youth musicians with performances from Band Jazz Tryfan, Cardiff and Vale Music Service Jazz Orchestra, Torfaen Youth Big Band and the Greater Gwent Youth Brass Band.

2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act which gave the vote for the first time to women and paved the way for the women’s suffrage movement worldwide. We celebrate this with a display of women’s portraits from the Glynn Vivian collection.

A weekend of dazzling performances with the Great Hall staging the best of brass, wind and jazz bands in Wales. Come and enjoy the rich and varied sounds of the band world as four of Wales’ top bands compete in the grand final for the prestigious title and total prize money of £10,000.

A book club with a difference! No need to read the books in advance just come along for a discussion. With set themes and authors this is a chance to discover different books that you might be inspired to go on and read. The theme for April and May is books set in Africa/African authors.

This is an informal and relaxed evening event offering the chance to find out more about postgraduate study at Swansea University. Staff from each of our 7 Academic Colleges will be on hand to discuss postgraduate taught and research course options.

Explore Classic Film screenings are held on the last Friday of the month and feature an introduction to the social and cultural context of each film. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star in Singin’ in the Rain, one of the greatest and most successful musicals ever filmed.

JUBILEE SOUL, SWANSEA Saturday 28th April 2018 The Jubilee Club, 98 Herbert St, Pontardawe, Swansea SA8 4ED (01792-863142) Soul Music & Dancing from 7.00pm till Late (Bar open until 12.

We’re excited to announce that Ty Hafan’s Rainbow Run is coming back to Swansea! After last years successful turnout of 2000 participants, we’re showering the rainbow back over Swansea Bay Beach.

Brothers Jonathan and Tom Scott present an unmissable concert of duos for piano and organ, demonstrating the full range of sounds and colours available from this brilliant combination.

A fun evening with Classic Hits from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and Rock’n’Roll years and free to enter Music Quiz around 8.30pm. All your favourite songs and some great prizes, including £10 & £5 cash prizes, CD’s, ’chocs’ and booby prize! From 7.30pm until late.

A fun evening with Classic Hits from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and Rock’n’Roll years and Music Quiz (£1 to enter) around 8.30pm. All your favourite songs and some great prizes, including carvery meal for 2, wine, CD’s and booby prize! From 7.30pm until late.

Bach’s work has attracted several modern make-overs. The orchestration of his Toccata and Fugue by maverick conductor Leopold Stokowski is perhaps the most celebrated example, taking the organ original into a new dimension.

Street Food Warehouse return for a second year to Museum Park Swansea for a glorious bank holiday weekend of fantastic fresh food and delicious drinks.

Love cheese? Love cider? Then the Cheese & Cider weekend is the food festival for you! From Saturday 5th May to Sunday 6th May 2017, the Welsh Cheese and Cider Festival will be taking over Gower Heritage Centre, offering visitors a wide selection of locally produced, award-winning cheeses, ciders and perries from...

The four Four Finalists who will compete at this event for the prestigious title and £1000 are Eimear O’Riordan, Leah Pinney, Ffion Edwards, Emily Barratt . They were chosen from the preliminary roundwhich took place at Gowerton School on Sat. 17th February 2018.

Celebrate our local LGBT+ in true Pride style. Featuring music, info stands, talks, film screenings, kids crafts, glitter face painting and an Over the Rainbow gallery trail.

Celebrate May Day with an afternoon of live Welsh music featuring Tawerin who will bring an upbeat set of Clogging, Twmpath and Folk Jam.

A fun evening with Classic Hits from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and Rock’n’Roll years and Music Quiz around 9.00pm. All your favourite songs and some great prizes, including meal voucher, drinks, CD’s and booby prize! From 7.30pm until late.

Swansea University’s Music Scholars and friends present a concert of classical solos, chamber music and jazz. The Chancellor’s Concert will be an annual showcase of their talents - starting with our first cohort of instrumental scholars this year.

Enjoy a walk around Rhossili, discovering each season’s wildlife highlights, led by our Ranger. Meet outside the National Trust shop. Booking Not Needed.

The International Dylan Thomas Prize in partnership with Swansea University – 2018 Award Ceremony and Reception. The evening will include live readings by the six shortlisted authors and the announcement of the winner of the prestigious 2018 International Dylan Thomas Prize.

Three of Swansea University’s performing arts societies join forces again in the Great Hall to showcase their talents and share their best work.

A full day of expertise and information to help you find out more about local and family history. Organised in partnership with the Historical Association, Swansea Branch.

Join us for a free monthly movie - A Street Cat Named Bob (12A, 2016). Based on the international bestselling book. This is a true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.

Passionate about the coast' Join us on our beach cleaning challenge, tackling a different beach on the Gower coast every month. April’s beach cleaning challenge will be at Rhossili. We’ll be on the beach from 12pm, you can meet us there and join in anytime up to 3pm.

Friends of Dylan Thomas and Dunvant Male Choir combine to offer an insight into the life of Swansea’s famous son on his International Day at the lovely St. James’ Church, Uplands. Harmony & Humour will fill the church in abundance throughout the event.

Get on your glad rags and join our tea dance set in the beautiful Museum setting. In association with Dementia Awareness Week. Listen to some great old music, meet new friends, then relax and enjoy tea and cake.

Marti Pellow brings The Private Collection Tour to Swansea on 17th May 2018. The tour celebrates 30 years in the industry, including number ones and hit singles from his many albums, both as a solo artist and with Wet Wet Wet. Marti Pellow is not a singer-songwriter that is about yesterday or today.

Join us after hours for a special 3D gallery screening of JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016, 12 A). The evening will also feature a fantastical gallery trail and a chance to design to your own popcorn box, filled with multi-coloured popcorn!

Come and see our working replica of the world’s first steam locomotive as we fire her up and drive her down the track.

Explore Classic Film screenings are held on the last Friday of the month and feature an introduction to the social and cultural context of each film. A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

The Gower Heritage Centre has been holding successful foodie events for years now, and the Gower Good Food Festival is no exception. Back for its fourth year, the festival is back by popular demand, and this year will be held from Sunday 27th May to Monday 28th May.

Walk with our rangers to discover the wonders of Worms Head, the tidal island at the far end of Rhossili. Booking Essential. Phone: 01792 390636. Yes. Dogs on leads welcome.

When was the last time you had a good look inside a rock pool' You’ll be amazed at the sealife we’ll find! Meet us on the causeway near the NCI Lookout to start exploring. Booking Not Needed. A great activity for the whole family.

Come and say hello to our Ranger on the beach at Rhossili. If you have a few minutes to spare, take a bag, lend a hand and collect some litter. We’ll be able to provide you with all the equipment and you can give as much time as you can.

Join us for a selection of sumptuous wines from South America. Tickets available from the Museum gift shop or phone 02920 573600.

What better than to spend a lovely summer’s Evening at a Grand Male Choir Concert featuring the guest Swindon Male Voice Choir with the host choir at the lovely All Saints Church setting in Oystermouth. This is this eminent choir’s first visit to South Wales.

Join our guided tour and hear the remarkable story of these masterpieces and their artist, plus get a behind-the-scenes look into the running of Swansea’s premier concert hall. Ticket address: www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/471432

Mumbles Local Produce Market takes place on the second Saturday of the month from 9am to 1pm at the Dairy Car Park, Mumbles Road, Mumbles SA3 4BX. A produce market with an enticing range of stalls that offer a broad range of locally produced goodies.

Feet will be tapping and fingers will be clicking in Bernstein’s glittering music for the stage, as we join the celebrations for the composer’s centenary. Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - Take Care of This House What a Movie!

First formed in 1935 in what was then a small industrial town outside Swansea, the internationally-acclaimed Welsh male choir now draws its members from across south Wales.

Why not take your dad, stepdad or even your grandad out for a treat. We’re offering dad’s free entry this father’s Day when accompanied by their child. Make a father’s day card, picnic by the waterfall or spot the wildlife on the river. Spending time together is what counts.

The Killers. Artists performing: The Killers.

This event will be held over 3 days at 2 venues with Friday evening at Gower Inn Parkmill being a festival taster It will be our 3nd year celebrating this great instrument and its awesome community. You can expect quality artists, workshops,open mic sessions, jamming areas, singalongs, stalls and much more..

Breathtaking aerobatic displays over Swansea Bay, state-of-the-art aircraft and vintage planes from the past, will again be thrilling hundreds of thousands of visitors in the skies above Swansea.

The WNO Orchestra, under the direction of Conductor James Southall, will be joined by the gentlemen of the WNO Chorus in this enjoyable programme of operatic favourites, orchestral overtures and interludes, and the odd unknown gem too!

Mumbles Local Produce Market takes place on the second Saturday of the month from 9am to 1pm at the Dairy Car Park, Mumbles Road, Mumbles SA3 4BX. A produce market with an enticing range of stalls that offer a broad range of locally produced goodies.

Inventive Canadian comic GLENN WOOL, as seen on shows such as Russell Howard’s Good News, The John Oliver Show and Never Mind The Buzzcocks brings his highly critically acclaimed show Viva Forever to the Gwyn Hall as part of the Neath Comedy Festival. The show enjoyed a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Bad Manners. Artists performing: BAD MANNERS.: Tickets avaiable.

Come aboard for a swashbuckling event! Leave the scurvy landlubbers behind and set Course for a fun-filled week of pirate-themed events at The Gower Heritage Centre! Take to the seas of your imagination in our inter-active stories, but beware Davy Jones locker. train to be a Pirate.

Bringing the curtain down on another Neath Comedy Festival in raucous style will be the Neath Comedy Festival Cabaret Special. Featuring some of the brightest talents from the world of comedy, cabaret and burlesque.

No games Consoles or televisions here! Country Games day is packed full to the brim with traditional country games. Ranging from contorting your face in our gurning competition to the messy game of inky pinky.

Come rain or shine The Gower Heritage Centre will brings you all the fun of the beach. Meet Miranda the Mermaid and take an adventure in your imagination in our inter-active stories from the deep, with games, challenges and lots of activities along the way.

Travel back in time at The Gower Heritage Centre today and experience a day of Medieval Madness, where we will be putting the Gory back into the Gower, and having a whole lot of old fashioned fun! There will be lots to do for the whole family. Did you know that Mice were put on trial?

11.00am till late The annual Gower Bluegrass Festival attracts many bluegrass musicians from the South Wales area and also from further afield across the Severn Bridge.Open picking sessions and instrumental workshops.

Join us for the bubbliest 5k run yet as we give you four bubble stations positioned around the course filled with frothy coloured foam. Run, walk or jog with friends, family, colleagues or even on your own through mountains of bubbles.

Nawr yr Arwr / Now the Hero is an epic, large-scale site-specific performance intertwining stories of conflict via a military offensive, a raucous wedding party, a protest dance and an ancient wake.

Nawr yr Arwr / Now the Hero is an epic, large-scale site-specific performance intertwining stories of conflict via a military offensive, a raucous wedding party, a protest dance and an ancient wake.

The Welsh Cheese and Cider Festival offers visitors a wide selection of locally produced, award winning cheese, cider and perry from Wales. There will also be stalls with locally produced chutneys, pickles and arts and crafts on offer.

We at the Gower Heritage Centre love Halloween so much that we have decided to dedicate the whole Half Term week to it! Join us from 10am - 5:30pm daily where you can enjoy a fun filled day of spooky activities! Join Magenta the witch at school for spooks for all things that go bump in the night!

Why not spend Halloween in one of the most haunted spots in Gower. The three nights are host to a spooky disco, dancing competitions, fancy dress competitions, scary story telling in our haunted mill cottage,spook school, swamp dip, halloween crafts and pumpkin carving (additional charge applies), bat hunts, ghost...

Join us for a Viking battle and lots more ...

Oas-is: Tickets avaiable.

The Gower Heritage Centre is celebrating in style with its very own Christmas Market featuring a range of local produce and crafts. Entry to the Gower Heritage Centre and the Christmas market will be free all weekend.

Bad Manners. Artists performing: BAD MANNERS.: Tickets avaiable.

Skids + support. Artists performing: Skids.: Tickets avaiable.