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…

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…