Glasnost… in the spirit of Glastonbury

Sad to be missing out on Glastonbury this year, well if you’re anywhere near Cardiff on the weekend of 23-25 June then you can still take in the party atmosphere as Glasnost hits The Moon club. And with Glastonbury tickets weighing in at upwards of £200 you’ll be saving heaps of money as The Moon…

A real taste of Thames ales

The theme for this year’s Braintree Real Ale Festival is “A Trip Along The Thames”, with beers sourced from along the path of the river from its source in the Cotswolds to its mouth near Southend. The event gets underway at the Bocking Arts Theatre (formally the Braintree Insitute) on Thursday, 15 June, and runs…

Yorkshire brewing’s magic three

Everyone knows that three’s the magic number… and when it comes to brewing in North Yorkshire there’s certainly some truth in that theory. Not that there aren’t many more great breweries in the area, but there are three in particular that offer a fantastic insight into what goes into the brewing process and creating Britain’s…

Fire Service group rallies to Eden Camp

Not that anyone should need an excuse to visit Eden Camp, North Yorkshire’s excellent wartime museum, but next weekend would be a good time to head to Malton as the theme attraction is holding its Fire Service Preservation Group Rally Weekend. Its annual rally for the Fire Service Preservation Group takes place on Saturday, 17…

Wales National Air Show takes to skies

Breathtaking aerobatic displays, state-of-the-art aircraft and vintage planes take to the skies over Swansea this summer when the free Wales National Air Show returns to the city from 1-2 July. More than 200,000 people packed the seafront last year to enjoy displays including the Red Arrows, a Eurofighter Typhoon, Chinook helicopters and aircraft from the…

Food festival of international proportions

The biggest free food festival in Wales takes place in Cardiff Bay next month. Part of a jam-packed 2017 Cardiff Festival, the Cardiff International Food & Drink Festival will set up stall in in Roald Dahl Plass from 14-16 July. With more than 100 local, national and international producers showcasing their goods, visitors can tantalise…

Swansea and all that jazz

Swansea International Jazz Festival returns for its fourth year this month with more than 50 events taking place at 15 venues in the Maritime Quarter. The Dylan Thomas Theatre and the Dylan Thomas Centre will host the ticketed concerts with a diverse jazz programme including workshops and free events all around the Maritime Quarter. The…

Take a tour of the Liberty Stadium

Not long now before Swansea City fans find out the Premier League fixtures for the 2017-18 campaign. The full schedule will be released at 9am on Wednesday, giving supporters the opportunity to mark down the key fixtures for the season ahead under Paul Clement. Fans will be looking forward to a more successful 2017-18 after…

Let’s drink a toast to German ale

The “Oktoberfest” theme will return to Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall on 21 October when fine ales from across the breadth of Germany will be on tap. After selling out in 2016 the German Beer Festival returns to the sound of traditional German drinking songs and dances, while bringing sizzling sausages and a continental flavour to the…

Record attempt at Swansea Half Marathon

The JCP Swansea Half Marathon, now in its fourth year, takes place on 25 June. And this year Wales’ biggest summer half marathon will see a team of runners attempting to break a Guinness World Record. The attempt led by Essex-born Paul Coker, a type 1 diabetic, is to break the record for the greatest…