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Newport Seafarers Summer Walking Tour

Newport Transporter Bridge Visitor Centre, Brunel Street, Newport, NP20 2JY Thursday 3rd July 10:00 - 15:00 About Newport Seafarers Summer Walking Tour Fancy stretching your sea legs and discovering something new about Newport's maritime history? Join us on a voyage of discovery, celebrating Newport's Nautical heroes and heroines with Antarctic stowaways, heroic rescuers, Hollywood liberties, pioneering women and even rogue torpedoes - uncover their stories! In the company of local historian and author Andrew Hemmings, you’ll join the Newport Transporter […]

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Antony Partridge and I AM AVA on the Pure Local Extra show

Today, we were joined by Antony Partridge of New Arcadia and I AM AVA, also known as just simply Ava Both musicians are on a very different scale in terms of experience. Ava is younger and newer on the music scene. While Antony is more experienced and has been on the music scene for a while. Despite the differences, both have new music out and many upcoming performances to talk […]

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The Phoenician Scheme (15)

The Riverfront, Kingsway, Newport, NP20 1HG Monday 30th June 13:00 - Tuesday 1st July 19:00 About The Phoenician Scheme (15) Evening tickets - £5.50, concessions - £5, Matinee tickets - £4.50, concessions - £4 Running time – 105 minutes Director – Wes Anderson The inimitable Wes Anderson returns with The Phoenician Scheme, a story of a family – and a family business. Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) is a roguish millionaire businessman, survivor of six plane crashes and father of […]

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Sports

Learn to play lawn bowl

, Belle Vue Park Lodge, Friars Road, Newport, NP20 4EZ Monday 8th September 18:00 - 20:00 About Learn to play lawn bowls Free to practice between 6pm-8pm.Come join us for some laughs whilst learning how to play lawn bowls.Bar will be open for refreshments. Website http://www.facebook.co,/share/1CP2x4EFen/?mibextid=wwXlfr

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Kidz to Adultz Exhibition Wales & West 2025

ICC Wales, Coldra Woods, South Wales, Newport, NP18 1DE Tuesday 1st July 9:30 - 16:00 About Kidz to Adultz Exhibition Wales & West 2025 Kidz to Adultz Wales & West is a free, inclusive exhibition supporting children and young people with disabilities and additional needs, along with their families, carers, and professionals. Taking place at ICC Wales, Newport on Tuesday 1 July 2025, the event features over 80 specialist exhibitors, CPD-accredited seminars, and interactive activities – all designed to inform, […]

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The Friday Funny from Cookie’s Comedy Corner

I just bought a Welsh sat-nav. It's the Dai-Version

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Community

Walk The Talk Italiano

Beechwood Park gates near Beechwood Rd/Christchurch Rd, NP19 7QL Saturday 28th June 10:00 - 11:00 About Walk The Talk Italiano £5 (+£1.13 booking fee) per person Join this informal walking group aimed at anyone who would like to start learning Italian! Build your vocabulary and confidence in using simple phrases. Please bring a notepad and a pen. NB - Meet at Beechwood Park gates near Beechwood Rd/Christchurch Rd Book event

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Dianne & Vito: Red Hot and Ready!

ICC Wales, The Coldra, Newport, Newport, NP18 1DE Saturday 28th June 12:17 About Dianne & Vito: Red Hot and Ready! Strictly’s superstar professional dancers, Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola star in a brand-new stage show Red Hot and Ready! This is a dynamic new dance show-with-a-difference created by BAFTA award recipient and world-renowned choreographer Jason Gilkison. Red Hot and Ready builds on the acclaimed performance legacy created by the global dance sensation Burn the Floor which has wowed audiences for […]

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Music

The Glam Rock Show

The Riverfront, Kingsway, Newport, NP20 1HG Saturday 28th June 19:30 - 22:00 About The Glam Rock Show Tickets - £34Get ready for a night of glam rock! Girls grab your boys it’s time to go wild, wild, wild! As we transport you back to the golden age of Glam, with all the songs you know and love! Starring son of Sweet Legend - Brian Connolly Jnr, it’s time to Get It On! As our sensational cast and live band recreate the […]

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Exhibition: Jon Langford – The Eyes of an Exile

Newport Museum and Art Gallery, John Frost Square, Newport, NP20 1PA Saturday 14th June 9:30 - Saturday 13th September 16:00 About Exhibition: Jon Langford - The Eyes of an Exile Jon Langford left Newport in 1976 for art school and an unexpected life in punk rock – The Eyes of an Exile is an art show where songs, notebooks, paintings, tall tales and memory collide - you can take the boy out of Newport but… Website https://www.newport.gov.uk/heritage/en/Whats-On/Whats-On-Event.aspx?e=b170ec3a-557d-4f25-b77f-c72f1a03b2b0

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