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Art pop extraordinaire Mr Bewlay returns to Newport for his first ever show in The Phyllis Maud Performance Space! It's hard to think of an artist better suited to the renovated toilet block (always feels fun writing that) than the flamboyant, effervescent Mr Bewlay, with his background in performance art and penchant for the bizarre and unexpected. You never know what you're going to get from Mr Bewlay, in a good way of course! Whatever he does is brilliantly entertaining, […]

Riverside Sports Bar, Clarence Place, Newport, NP19 7AB Friday 27th June 18:00 - 20:00 Friday 4th July 18:00 - 20:00 About Live Music Fridays Live Music Fridays are her! Head to the Riverside Sports Bar on Clarence Place in partnership with Newport City Radio. Starting at 6pm on Friday 2nd May, the free event will feature an acoustic set showcasing local artists, with music playing before and after the performance. Entry is free and everyone is welcome. Website https://newportcityradio.org/event/wertek-a-night-of-techno-excellence/

Corn Exchange, The Old Post Office, High Street, Newport, NP20 1AA Friday 9th May 19:00 - 23:00 About MEKONS - PLUS SUPPORT Sonic adventurers, punk rock fundamentalists, exuberant luddites, willing outcasts. “The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – wrote rock critic Lester Bangs. The genre-defying Mekons formed in Leeds, England in 1977. Born from the emerging British punk scene, they progressed from art students with no musical skills to the prolific, raucous […]

Corn Exhcnage, High Street, Newport, NP20 1AA Friday 9th May 19:00 - 23:00 About Mekons Sonic adventurers, punk rock fundamentalists, exuberant luddites, willing outcasts. “The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – wrote rock critic Lester Bangs. The genre-defying Mekons formed in Leeds, England in 1977. Born from the emerging British punk scene, they progressed from art students with no musical skills to the prolific, raucous progeny of Hank Williams. This current classic […]

The Phyllis Maud Performance Space, Newport, NP20 2GW Friday 9th May 19:00 - 23:00 About Greg Ryan at The Phyllis Maud Newport multi-instrumentalist Greg Ryan is back! Well, he's been back for a couple of years, but I mean he's really back. After a string of singles in 2023 and 2024, including the BBC Radio Wales A-Listed Feel My Way Home, Greg has started 2025 with the release of Mary Anning, a near 6 minute song about the 19th Century […]