What’s On.
The John Martyn Project
Volume 1 Album Tour
Friday 26th September 2025
One evening at the Jazz Cafe, Camden in 2018, six artists came together in celebration of John Martyn's music. It was an evening of deep connection, not just to John's music, but also with a unique community of John Martyn fans. That night saw the sparks of what was to become 'The John Martyn Project' - an ongoing homage to a truly pioneering and unique musical soul.
Each bringing their own story and relationship to John's music, they continue to keep the spirit of his music alive whilst collecting stories and insights from the crowds they play to.
Robert Forster
Friday 10th October 2025
‘I am enormously excited to be touring with a rock band again. The first time in six years. And not just any rock band - there are the genius Swedish players from my new album ‘Strawberries, recorded in Stockholm. I love the album and I wanted to bring the group with me out on the rock and roll highway. We are wanting to impress.’ - Robert Forster
SETH LAKEMAN
with Benji Kirkpatrick & Archie Moss
Saturday 18th October 2025
Seth was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005 for 'Kitty Jay'. Multiple albums, tours and high-profile collaborations later, the acclaimed folk artist released his latest studio album The Granite Way in February on his own label, Honour Oak Records. It’s a collection of songs recorded alongside a group of longtime collaborators of Seth’s, staying true to his roots and referring to ancient stories that inspired early West Country storytelling.
CHUCK PROPHET &
HIS CUMBIA SHOES
SATURDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2025
April 14, 2025: California singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer Chuck Prophet new collaborative album with Cumbia group ¿Qiensave? called Wake The Dead, released on Yep Roc Records has been his most successful album in over 20 years. An extraordinary and unlikely pairing, Prophet and ¿Qiensave? blend seamlessly together as the collection dives headfirst into the world of Cumbia music, which consumed and comforted Prophet during a recent bout with stage four lymphoma and subsequent recovery. Chuck’s recent UK and EU tours have seen over 15 shows sold out and his biggest ever audiences here toping the US Americana chart tor two weeks. Chuck joined by both members of ¿Qiensave? and James DePrato and Vicente Rodriguez from his band the Mission Express to form Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes. In support of today’s announcement, they shared the album’s lead single and title track “Wake The Dead,” an anthem that reckons with forces beyond our control while learning to let go, a recurring theme at the core of the album.
Shrek - The Musical JR.
Wednesday 29th - Thursday 30th October 2025
Everyone’s favourite ogre is heading to The Gate Theatre in this hilarious and heartwarming production of Shrek The Musical JR. Packed with laughter, larger-than-life characters, and unforgettable songs, this fairy tale is anything but ordinary.
Featuring a talented local cast, dazzling costumes, and plenty of surprises, this production brings the magic of the swamp to life on stage. Whether you’re 5 or 95, you’ll be singing along to iconic songs like “I’m a Believer” and ”Freak Flag” whilst cheering for Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey right to the very end.
Perfect for families, schools, and anyone who loves a great laugh, this show promises an unforgettable day at the theatre.
Cerys Hafana
Saturday 4th October 2025
Cerys Hafana is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who mangles, mutates, and transforms traditional music. She explores the creative possibilities and unique qualities of the triple harp, and is also interested in found sounds, archival materials and electronic processing. She comes from Machynlleth, Wales, where rivers and roads meet on the way to the sea.
Cerys has won over audiences from Green Man to the Eisteddfod and from BBC 6 Music Festival to Celtic Connections with her magical, progressive sound.
Edyf, her second album, drew inspiration from material found in the Welsh National Library’s online archive, including fragments of Psalm tunes, hymns about doomsday and philosophical musings on the length of eternity, along with some original compositions, and was selected as one of The Guardian’s Top Ten folk albums of 2022. Cerys’ latest EP, The Bitter, released earlier in 2024 is an innovative exploration of some dark English and Scottish ballads.
Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band
Wednesday 5th November 2025
Steve Knightley of Show Of Hands fame is set to embark on an exciting new chapter, unveiling his four-piece band for an autumn 2025 tour! Following the outstanding success of his Winter Yards solo tour, Steve joins forces with three incredible musicians—guitar virtuoso David Delarre, master percussionist Evan Carson, and double bass maestro John Parker. With the backing of Midnight Mango, this powerhouse ensemble promises a rich, dynamic live experience, breathing new life into Steve’s critically acclaimed Winter Yards album. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to his music, this is an unmissable opportunity to witness one of folk music’s most revered figures in a bold new setting. On sale now!
Welsh of the West End
Thursday 11th & Saturday 13th December 2025
The musical theatre super-group Welsh of the West End are back this December, embarking on a dazzling Christmas Tour.
Join them at The Gate, Cardiff for a festive concert like no other, featuring Christmas classics and musical theatre favourites.
Ye Vagabonds
Monday 6th October 2025
Ye Vagabonds is an Irish alt-folk group led by Dublin-based brothers Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn. Having been described as "being at the fore of a new wave of Irish folk", they have won Best Track, Best Album and Best Folk Group at RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards. They have toured relentlessly in recent years across Ireland, the UK, Europe and beyond including (alongside their own headline touring) notable Special Guest slots opening for the likes of Patti Smith, Hozier, Phoebe Bridgers, boygenuius, Dermot Kennedy and Vampire Weekend. A new album is due for release in 2025.
The Unthanks at 20
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - *SOLD OUT*
As part of 20th year celebrations, The Unthanks scale back for some intimate shows, supporting today’s best small venues and including memorable ones from their early days. The shows will draw from all parts of their repertoire.How many artists have covered as much musical ground and journeyed so far at The Unthanks over the past two decades? BBC 6 Music regulars, but equally to be found on Radios 2, 3 and 4, the Tyneside band are like magpies, picking up undiscovered jewels, reframing history and drawing on the worlds of folk, jazz, orchestral, electronica and art-rock to create their own unique truth and beauty. They have won Mojo Magazine Folk Album of the Year twice, they were the only British folk representation in The Guardian’s and Uncut’s Best Albums of the Decade (worldwide, all genres), and count amongst their admirers, fellow storytellers including Elvis Costello, Maxine Peake, Michael Sheen, Rosanne Cash, Martin Freeman, Robert Wyatt, Martin Hayes, Nick Hornby, Ben Myers and Dawn French.
THEA GILMORE
Saturday 29th November 2025
A formidable performer on stage, Thea Gilmore is amongst the finest singer songwriters of her generation, a frank and fearless pursuer of home truths who has constantly adapted to remain relevant in the fickle, forever changing music industry. And done so on her own terms. Thea Gilmore has released 20 albums, played hundreds of festivals, and sold out shows across the globe. Her music features in Olivia Coleman’s latest film Joyride (2022), as well as Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead (2021), Blithe Spirit (2020) starring Judi Dench and BAFTA award-winning Bait (2019). She has worked with and won the admiration of Bruce Springsteen, Martha Wainwright, John Cooper Clarke, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Beth Orton and she was personally invited to open for folk legend Joan Baez in the run up to the 2004 US presidential election. Neil Gaiman (writer and showrunner of 2022 Netflix number 1 show, The Sandman) is also a long-standing fan, describing her last album Afterlight (2021) as an ‘emotional rollercoaster in a musical wrapper… a post mortem with better lyrics, executed by someone who can sing her heart out even as she slices into yours.’ 2023 saw the release of 'She Speaks In Colours', a song for love and loss written as part of BBC Radio 2's critically lauded 21st Century Folk project which features on her new eponymous album .
MOLLY ROBERTS
Saturday 20th December 2025
With her heartfelt vocals, and soaring melodies, Welsh singer-songwriter, Molly Roberts is fast becoming one of the UK’s most exciting new artists. After performing at the European Championships in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for Channel 4 and supporting GRAMMY-winning songwriter Amy Wadge (Ed Sheeran, Diana Ross) on her UK tour, Molly is now selling out headline shows across the UK. Molly also supported viral Australian artists Cap Carter, Jude York and Welsh artist Bronwen Lewis in 2024. Molly’s single ‘Before’, recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, was featured on BBC Radio Wales’ A-LIST and debuted live on Mahogany Sessions.
Now working on an upcoming Netflix soundtrack with Amy Wadge and touring with her band throughout 2025, Molly’s live show promises intimate storytelling, powerful vocals, and unforgettable atmosphere. Molly is really excited to be performing for the first time at The Gate this December for a beautiful acoustic performance with a live string quartet.
Fievel Is Glauque
Tuesday 11th November 2025
Fievel Is Glauque is an international band led by bandleader and pianist Zach Phillips (US), singer Ma Clément (Belgium), and a rotating cast of musicians spread across the globe. Their sophomore album and label debut on Fat Possum Rong Weicknes was released on October 25th 2024. It is a live album recorded as an octet consisting of three live takes (no click track) collaged together.
Pino Palladino + Blake Mills
Featuring Sam Gendel + Chris Dave
Tuesday 7th October 2025 - *2nd LATE SHOW ADDED*
Grammy Award winning Bassist Pino Palladino (D’Angelo, Nine Inch Nails, Erykah Badu, John Mayer) and Grammy Award winning guitarist and producer Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes, Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Perfume Genius) reunite with That Wasn’t a Dream, their second collaborative instrumental album that builds on the deep chemistry they first explored on 2021’s Notes With Attachments, expanding it into a meditative, boundary-pushing sonic world.
The Delines
With support from Chris Eckman
Saturday 28th March 2026
The Delines were formed after Richmond Fontaine singer/songwriter, Willy Vlautin heard singer, Amy Boone (The Damnations) sing just one a single ballad. He was so moved by her voice that he secretly wrote her songs for over a year before approaching her to start a band. Lucky for all she liked what she heard and The Delines were formed. Fontaine’s Sean Oldham on drums, Freddie Trujillo on bass, Vlautin on guitar, and multi-instrumentalist, Cory Gray on keyboards and horns. Vlautin is no stranger to critical acclaim in the US, UK, and Europe, enjoying cult success and rave reviews from the likes of the New York Times, Washington Post, Uncut, Hot Press, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, and Mojo Magazine, both as a novelist with seven books under his belt, and as the former front man/songwriter of the Americana outfit Richmond Fontaine who produced eleven acclaimed studio albums. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films: The Motel Life, Lean on Pete, and the upcoming Netflix movie The Night Always Comes starring Vanessa Kirby. Ursula K. Le Guin said this of Vlautin’s writing, “Willy Vlautin is one of the bravest novelists writing... An unsentimental Steinbeck, a heartbroken Haruf, Willy Vlautin tells us who really lives now in our America, our city in ruins.”
Janina Ramirez
'Legenda' In Conversation
Saturday 8th November 2025
Professor Janina Ramirez is a best-selling author, presenter, lecturer and researcher. She is Director of Studies for History of Art at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, and Visiting Professor in Medieval Studies at the University of Lincoln. She has published widely on medieval history, art and literature, has written both fiction and non-fiction for adults and younger readers, and has taught and researched across a broad chronological sweep, covering everything from the sculptures of antiquity to post-modern architecture. She has also written and presented documentaries across the world for over 15 years, including 'Raiders of the Lost Past,' 'The Private Lives of Kings,' and 'Art Lovers Guide'. She is Lifelong President of Gloucester History Festival, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Society of Arts, Universities of York and Gloucestershire and City Lit.
This event will feature an interview, audience Q&A and book signing.
Legenda is published on 6th Nov 2025 by WH Allen
Summit ‘26
Wednesday 11th February 2026
✨ SAVE THE DATE | CADW’R DYDDIAD ✨
Beacons Cymru music industry renowned networking event, Summit, is returning next year! Block out the diaries and tell people you’re washing your hair that day (but you’ll really be getting top tips and tricks from industry heavyweights) 🤝
Mae ein digwyddiad poblogaidd, Summit, yn dychwelyd blwyddyn nesaf! Gwnewch yn siwr bod eich dyddiadur yn glir 🤩
Somebody’s Child
Tuesday 14th October 2025
Somebody’s Child are a rising force in modern rock, known for their dynamic sound and raw, heartfelt songwriting. Led by frontman Cian Godfrey, the Dublin-based band have built a reputation for electric live performances, selling out venues across the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe and sharing stages with The War on Drugs, Bloc Party and Kings of Leon. Their self-titled debut album in 2023 cemented them as a standout act, with anthemic tracks like “Broken Record”, “I Need Ya” and “We Could Start a War” resonating with fans. 2024 saw them take even bigger strides, including a milestone headline show at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre and a main-stage performance at Electric Picnic.
Toby Hay
Thursday 27th November 2025
‘New Music for the 6 String Guitar’ is the 7th studio album from Radnorshire based guitarist Toby Hay. His debut in 2017 ‘TheGathering’, and 2018’s, ‘The Longest Day’, were both nominated for the Welsh Music Prize. This new album is a follow up to 2019’s‘New Music For The 12 String Guitar’. Since then, he has released two collaborative albums, 2023’s self-titled ‘Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay’ released on the legendary Topic label, and 2024’s ‘After a Pause’, with Aidan Thorne, released on his own, Cambrian Records.
“THIS IS HISTORY” - THE BRITPOP REVOLUTION
Friday 20th February 2026
“This Is History!” – The Britpop Revolution is the ultimate live show celebrating the music, attitude and energy of a generation. Relive the defining moments of a movement that changed British culture forever, from its roots with the Stone Roses, Primal Scream and James through to the iconic sounds of Oasis, Blur, Pulp and Suede. Featuring stunning visuals, historical highlights and a powerhouse live band recreating anthems with passion and precision, this is more than a gig – It’s a time machine back to the 90s. Whether you lived it or are discovering it anew, the Britpop revolution is back!
COPA - Presented by Beacons Cymru x BBC Horizons.
Wednesday 8th October 2025
COPA Presented by Beacons Cymru x BBC Horizons.
BBC Horizons and Beacons Cymru are teaming up once again to bring you a "Later with Jools Holland"-style experience featuring six incredible artists to celebrate the current landscape of the Welsh music scene! Join us on Wednesday, October 8th for a night of live music at The Gate in Cardiff, as part of the highly anticipated Cardiff Music City Festival.
COPA Cyflwynir gan Beacons Cymru x BBC Horizons.
Mae BBC Horizons a Beacons Cymru yn ymuno unwaith eto i ddod â phrofiad arddull "Later with Jools Holland" i chi gyda chwe artist anhygoel i ddathlu tirlun presennol y sîn gerddoriaeth Gymreig! Ymunwch â ni ar nos Fercher, Hydref 8fed am noson o gerddoriaeth fyw yn The Gate yng Nghaerdydd, fel rhan o ŵyl Dinas Gerdd Caerdydd.
FRIGG
+ David Grubb
Saturday 1st November 2025
Frigg 25 Years!
"Massive groove and energy, powerful virtuosity, beautifully structured and inventive...” These were the words used by Andrew Cronshaw in the esteemed international world music magazine fRoots when reviewing Frigg's debut album in 2002. Now, as the band celebrates its 25th anniversary, it boasts a resume that is unmatched.
Frigg has captivated audiences worldwide with their fusion of Nordic folk music and various Western folk styles, a sound that the world music media has coined "nordgrass", referring to the band's bluegrass influences. Their finely tuned ensemble playing, featuring violins, string instruments, and double bass, combined with their sparkling live energy, has left a lasting impression on listeners across the globe. Often, people marvel at the band's ability to leap from Nordic polskas and American roots rhythms to Balkan beats, Celtic nuances, and even classical music realms - all within a single performance, as if multiple bands were sharing the stage!
MIKE JOYCE: THE DRUMS
My Life In The Smiths - In Conversation
Friday 7th November 2025
As a band, The Smiths need no introduction. Formed in 1982 and disbanded in 1987, all five of their studio albums reached the top five in the UK charts. They are widely lauded as one of the most influential bands of all time.
To celebrate the publication of his memoir detailing these years, drummer Mike Joyce will be heading out this November for a series of special events, to share an open-hearted story of what it was like to play the drums in The Smiths.
THE SIGLO SECTION
+ SPECIAL GUESTS FROM Y LLAIS
Friday 14th November 2025
Cardiff’s Hottest Big Band! This 18-piece powerhouse is revitalising the big band tradition, bringing a new, youthful energy to performances of the best music ever written. As the 2020s roll on, the century comes back around with jazz having a resurgence. This outfit plays all the classic big band rep, but their concerts also include modern funk pieces, and some original compositions and arrangements from the pen of Loz and Matt. The big band has seats for 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and a full rhythm section, plus they often perform with 2 vocalists to show off local talents old and new.
CARWYN ELLIS & RIO 18
Plus Special Guests
Saturday 15th November 2025
NEW music, NEW show, NEW lineup. We're very excited to announce that Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 will be holding a one-off date here at The Gate, on Saturday 15th November. It will be a chance to preview their new album, 'Haf' as well as hear some of their older and newer faves!
The album will receive a full digital release in February '26 but will be available to buy physically from November 14th, and you can be some of the first to get your hands on it at this show!
This will be Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18's only show in 2025, and it promises to be very special indeed - tickets now on sale!
Lucie Jones
Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th December 2025
Lucie Jones is a Welsh singer and actress, best known for her roles in musical theatre and her appearance on The X Factor in 2009. She gained international recognition representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Never Give Up on You." Lucie has starred in major West End productions, including Les Misérables and Waitress. Her debut album, Lucie Jones Live at the Adelphi (2021), captures her powerful vocal performances. Lucie has toured extensively, sharing the stage with artists like John Barrowman and Katherine Jenkins, and continues to shine as a leading performer in the West End.
