PONTARDAWEFESTIVAL

of Music & Danceof Music & Dance

SummerSummer

4 DAYS

9 x VENUES

50+ LIVE BANDS

1 x STREET PARADE

1 x TOWNGwyl Pontardawe Festival

1 x STREET MARKET

4 x OUTDOOR STAGES

19th - 20th AUG 2017

Welcome to Pontardawe Festival 2017!!!Now one of the oldest running music festivals in the country. The Festival

started many moons ago in the town venues, then went through various guises and ‘fields’. It is now back based in the town. With a street market, street parade, free street entertainment, on the dome stage and the bandstand, and the usual free music entertainment in the local venues. The festival has become a mainstay in the local event calendar. You may notice the flags that adorn our streets this year. They have been designed and made by children in local schools, and depict the culture and history of Pontardawe.

Swansea Canal Society will be running boat trips on the canal this year on Saturday, near Herbert Street bridge, see the town from a different aspect, on the water! St. Peter’s Flower Festival will have their beautiful stained glass windows decorated with flower displays. Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, always a lovely, tranquil place to visit on Festival weekend, with plenty of cakes, tea and coffee to refresh you!

The traditional weekend warmup bands start on Thursday, in the Other Place and The Gwachel, (Pontardawe Inn).

The weekend then proper kicks in on Friday, with ‘Jac y Do’ playing outside the Arts Centre, and all the local venues hosting a wide range of live music.

Saturday has our traditional dance groups keeping you entertained on the streets. You can catch them from 11am, and they will literally dance anywhere. Favourite spots are the bandstand at lower Herbert Street, and the paved area opposite the Cross. The food and craft market opens at 11am on Herbert Street, alongside the Arts Centre outdoor stage.

At 1.30pm on Saturday the Dance Parade will start marching from the top of the town, down High Street, then along Herbert Street, culminating at the Arts Centre, where the various groups will perform inside and outside. The bandstand at the bottom of Herbert Street, will play host to local up and coming singers and bands, and children’s rides will be situated in the town centre car park.We are immensely proud to play host to the amazing “Fromage en Feu”, on our mainstage, outside the Arts Centre from 7pm. These guys offer the best in World Music, a heady mix of Balkan, Klezmer, and a few things in between! Be sure not to miss them. The music will continue late into the night, at all venues.

Sunday is often described as the people’s favourite day of the Festival.This year from 1pm at the arts centre stage we have, playing the best of 80’s Ska music, “Skacasm”. From Madness to Bad Manners they guarantee, you will know and love every tune. Then from 3pm the big band soul sound of “Gimme Some Lovin”, will close the street entertainment, with their usual ‘get up and dance’ soul classics.

Kind sponsorship of this year’s programme comes from Mike L. JamesAlso thanks to the continuing support of The Pontardawe Arts Centre,

and Pontardawe Town Council, to all the local venues who put on their own live music during the weekend, and most importantly the volunteers who bring it all together. Pontardawe would not be Pontardawe without a music Festival on the third weekend of August, many thanks to all who support the event and we hope you have a great weekend!

FRIDAY - 7pm Platform 1 - 7.30pm Jac y Do

- 7.30pm Coghlan’s Quo (in Theatre, tickets from Box Office)

SATURDAY - 5.00pm The Revellers

SUNDAY - 1pm Skacasm - Fromage en Feu7pm

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PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTREPontardawe Arts Centre has gained a reputation as one ofthe finest cultural venue in South Wales.The exquisite theatre hosts professional work of thehighest calibre, from classical music to drama and dance,literature and children's theatre, to blues and world music;something for everyone to enjoy.It boasts a 450 seat theatre, dance studio, cinema, meetingrooms and art gallery.The regular cinema showings provide the opportunity toenjoy the latest blockbusters as well as the less mainstream art house movies provided bythe residential film society.If the visual arts is more your thing why not call in to Oriel Lliw Gallery to while away the time amongst their regular exhibitions.

The Arts Centre is a focal point for the Dance parade demos, theStreet Market, and entertainment, it is a hub for the Festival.

On Friday we have long standing welsh folkists “Jac y Do” playing from 7.30pm. Saturday will see the brilliant “Fromage en Feu” from 7pm, “ Fromage en Feu are the finest faux-French six-piece Gypsy band you're likely to see”.And Sunda

y will feature two brilliant bands at the top of the game for their genres.Skacasm, Ska band, from 1pm, and Gimme Some Lovin Soul Band at 3pm.

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THURSDAY - 8pm Afternoon in ParisFRIDAY - 7pm Acumen,

- 9pm This RiverSATURDAY - 3pm Junction 47,

- 5pm Hoodoo Moon, 7pm No Direction, - 9pm LAF

SUNDAY - 2pm The Pollen Count, - 4pm Faded Glory, 6pm Panic Station,

PONTARDAWE INN (The Gwachel)

The Pontardawe Inn has featured in the Good Beer Guide for a number of years. Known worldwide for it’s part in the founding of the Pontardawe Music Festival and known locally for the live music offered two or three time a week.A very well established community pub where people enjoy music, good food and good ales.With its attractive & extensive outside area, four bars, Real Ale & Ciders on tap, Hog Roast, Burger Van, and an outside Stage, this is a traditional Festival venue, and was at the forefront of the early development of the Pontardawe International Music Festival.

Closing the Sunday night will be Scotch Corner. Scotch Corner are a dynamic 3 piece band celebrating all that's good in feel good music from blues, rock, soul and psychedelia. They will be joined by special guests, bringing the weekend to a close in one great rock party!

Scotch Corner

THURSDAY - 8pm Itchy FeetFRIDAY 7pm Good Burgers

9pm No DirectionSATURDAY - 1pm Double or Nothing, 3,30pm Out of the Blue

6pm Hoo Doo Moon 8.30pm Lost Boys

SUNDAY - 1pm Southern Blood, 3.30pm What the Funk 6pm Intoxicated

8.30pm Raspberry Jam

The Other Place

The Other Place is a welcoming and friendly family run pub in the heart of Pontardawe. They have an excellent reputation, and with helpful staff always on hand to help, this adds to the pub’s great atmosphere, making it inviting to old and new customers, who will always receive a hearty reception when they enter the doors. When the weather allows it, their beer garden is the perfect place to relax, and with disabled facilities, as well as a car park on the premises, this makes the Other Place a suitable place for all. If you’re a

sports fanatic they have nine TVsincluding a big screen, showing all the big games and races on Sky Sports and ESPN and for those who dont fancy watching the sports, they have a jukebox,pool table and dart board, to keep you amused, thats not forgetting their quiz nights, which are always a great success. You will always be welcome at The Other Place, so come and experience it for yourself, you’ll be amazed.

With their outside trailer stage, beer garden area, and three bars, The Other Place is always a busy Festival venue. Get there early on the Sunday to be guaranteed of getting in! Raspberry Jam play from 8.30pm on Sunday. The Raspberry Jam sound can be described as toe-tapping & gets all ages involved. The Raspberry Jam cover songs from Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Noah & The Whale, Johnny Cash & stretch to others like Avicii, Bastille and they even cover a few Irish songs.

Raspberry Jam

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HERBERT STREET ARTS CENTRE THEATRE Newcomers BANDSTAND

DANCE PARADE 1.30PM

11.30am - 12.15pm

2pm - 5pm

2pm - 2.30pm

7.30pm startTickets £15.05

2.30pm - 3.30pm

3.30pm - 4.30pm

2pm - 5pm

7pm - 9pm

SKAKASMThe best of 80’s SKA

1pm - 3pm

3pm - 5pm

Unique Fiery Klezmer Band7pm TILL 8.30PM

5pm Till 7PM

NOSON GYMRAEGPLATFORM 21

JAC Y DO

Dance Displays

Dance Displays Dance Displays

VANILLA

JOHN COGHLAN’S QUO

WINDSHAKE

Jim Rees

GIMME SOME LOVIN9 piece Soul Band

FROMAGE EN FEU

The REVELLERS Soul Band

GCG Band 12.15pm-1pmNeath Ukele Band 1pm-1.45pm

GWACHEL OTHER PLACE JUBILEE DILLWYN CASTLEPINK GERANIUM

3pm

5pm

7pm

Twix

Like a Lion

Feels Good inc

9pm - Chains ofFleetwood Mac

Itchy Feet8pm

Good Burgers7pm

DJ BlackMagic

DirtboxDJ

Double or Nothing1pm

Children’sEntertainer

2pm - 4.30pm

DigitalExposure,

MartinDribble

& The Boys

Out of the Blue3pm

Jonny Seven7.00pm

Karen Coombes3.00pm

The Voicetones

9pm

Hoo Doo Moon6pm

RefugeeFollowed by

Followed by

Lost Boys8.30pm

Southern Blood1pm

What the Funk3.30pm

Intoxicated6pm

Raspberry Jam8.30pm

NoDirection

9pm

Nei DiamondTribute8.30pm

MarcusGums4pm

DJ - 5pm

Elphie’s Kingdom

6pmSunshine Cab

Company8.30pm

Rockbottom3pm

Mark Woolfe4.30pm

Grand Theft Audio - 6pm

Young Americans8pm

The Kikx8.30pm

I’m With theJellyfish

1pm

4AM2.30pm

DJ - 12pm

Hog Roast& BBQ

Saturday

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Burger Van4 Bars

Real Ales &Ciders

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Garden

KarenCoombes

4.30pm

The Scoots

4pm

DazCortina

6pm

The Krays9pm

JustDebz7pm

Acumen7pm

Afternoon in Paris8pm

This River9pm

Junction 473pm

Hoodoo Moon5pm

Pontardawe Inn

The Pollen Count2pm

Faded Glory4pm

Panic Station6pm

Scotch Corner8pm

No Direction7pm

LAF9pm

Pontardawe Summerfest 19th August 2017

Saturday

Afternoon

Timetable

OUTSIDE

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CENTRE

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2:00 Swansea

Scottish Pipe

Bands 00:20

2:20 Men of

Sweyns

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2:35 Flamenco

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Galles 00:15

2:50 Lau Gar

Kung

Fu (Lion Dance) 00:10

3:00 Clocs

Canton 00:15

3:15 Hathor

Belly

Dancers 00:15

3:30 Cobblers

Awl 00:15

3:45 Carreg

Las

Morris 00:15

4:00 South Wales

Scottish Country

Dancers 00:15

4:15 Tiger

Feet 00:15

4:30 LDC

Cheerleaders 00:15

4:45 Merlin's

Beard 00:15

5:00 Finish

ARTS

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Start

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2:00 Tiger

Feet 00:15

2:15 Hathor

Belly

Dancers 00:15

2:30 Cobblers

Awl 00:15

2:45 South Wales

Scottish Country

Dancers 00:15

3:00 Merlin's

Beard 00:15

3:15 Men of

Sweyns

Ey 00:15

3:30 LDC

Cheerleaders 00:15

3:45 Flamenco

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Galles 00:15

4:00 Clocs

Canton 00:15

4:15 Victoria

Trahar

Irish Dancers 00:20

4:35 Carreg

Las

Morris 00:15

4:50 FinishIn the event of bad weather all acts will be re-scheduled for inside the Arts Centre

FRIDAY - 8.30pm The KikxSATURDAY - 1pm In With the Jellyfish, 2.30pm 4am

- 4pm Marcus Gumms, 6pm Elphie’s Kingdom - 8.30pm Sunshine Cab Company

SUNDAY - 3pm Rockbottom, 4.30pm Mark Woolfe- 6pm Grand Theft Auto- 8pm Young Americans

The CastleThe Castle Hotel is a delightful establishment, located in the heart of thePontardawe.The Hotel is ideally situated for exploring the breath-taking Swansea Bay and Gower coastlines and visiting a host of superb attractions including Dan-Yr-Ogof Caves and Brecon Beacons National Park.Whether for business or pleasure, you will

be assured of a very warm Welshwelcome and the best value hotel in the Swansea Valley & Brecon Beacons.Owned and run by a local family, the Castle hotel in Pontardawe, is just offthe M4, located alongside the Swansea Valley canal, with a Cycle path to the Gower & the Brecon Beacons.Free private parking is available and in

addition to this they offer a secure lock up for any bikes/equipment for that extra peace of mind. Wi-Fi access is available throughout the Hotel and each apartment boasts a flat screen television with full freeview access. All accommodation recently finished, to a very high standard.

The Castle boasts an outside stage, and Hog Roast.Catch ”The Sunshine Cab Company” on Saturday night.Playing songs from the 70's to modern Rock hits, the range covers tracks from Journey, The Stereophonics, Muse, Foo Fighters, Pink Floyd and many other classic rock songs

Proceeds from the street collection will this year go to The Morriston Chest Fund.This is in honour of very long standing fan and volunteer of Gwyl Pontardawe Festival, Martin Hunt, who passed away recently.From the very earliest days of the Festival, right up to last year’s event, Martin was never short of some integral words of wisdom, as well as a helping hand. May he rest in peace,....and music.

And below, a blast from the past........