Spirited Away or Nothern Lights in our What's On

Friday
24 June

Funhouse - Orignal Ska at the Packet
95 Bute Street, Cardiff bay, Cardiff, CF10 5AB, United Kingdom
See Funhouse - Cardiff's only original ska band in one of Cardiff's oldest and unspoilt pubs
This is a splendid, spacious pub, a short walk from the bay front, but retaining its heritage look and feel. No more so than the fabulous mahogany construction behind the bar, with its columns and arches, and the 2 rope clad original pillars.
Cost:
Time: 9pm

Saturday
25 June

Spirited Away
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
Whilst moving house, young Chihiro loses her parents at an abandoned theme park as the evening approaches. After they’re turned into pigs, she has no choice but to enter a phantasmagorical netherworld and work for the evil witch who owns the bath–house resort for the supernatural, full of indelibly grotesque spirits, in order to be reunited with her family and find her own voice.
Cost: £3.00
Time: 11am

Sunday
26 June

Cabaret
Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ER, United Kingdom
Welcome to 1930s Berlin and the raucous world of the Kit Kat Klub, a dark and dazzling refuge amidst a Germany under threat from a new power. Here debauchery and dancing reign supreme. Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer searching for inspiration is lured here by the prospect of romance with feisty leading performer Sally Bowles, presided over by the infamous Emcee, whose presence becomes ever darker as the city descends further into chaos.
Cost: £13.00
Time: 7:30pm

Monday
27 June

UPCYCLING REVOLUTION BUS TOUR!
2 Capitol Shopping Centre, Heol-y-Frenhines, Caerdydd, Cardiff, CF10 2HQ, United Kingdom
To celebrate the second year of the Upcycling Revolution, Gumtree invites you to join the movement in Cardiff aboard its upcycled double decker bus with celebrity upcycler and designer Max McMurdo.
Following National Upcycling Day on the 24th June, Gumtree will be travelling the country landing in Cardiff from 10am to 5pm to help show Cardiffians how to breathe new life into old materials. Hop aboard the bus and learn from Max and his team who will be teaching you how to turn old furniture into stylish and desirable items that are both functional and beautiful.
Cost: £5.10
Time: 6pm

Tuesday
28 June

Independence Day: Resurgence
Cineworld Cinemas - Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EN
Twenty years on from the alien invasion of 1996, the Earth is now protected by a defence program made from the salvaged technology from the crashed UFOs. But before the aliens were defeated two decades ago, they sent a distress signal to their other battalions and now the response is here – a battle fleet even larger and more powerful than the last one. Is this the end for planet Earth…?
Cost: £3 as student
Time: from 2pm until 7pm

Wednesday
29 June

Northern Lights: A Night of Finnish Tunes & Food
Gwdhiw Cafe Bar, 6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff, Caerdydd, CF10 2HJ, United Kingdom
Join us on June 29, as we delightedly explore the glacial beauty, mythic storytelling and scrumptious food of Finland at Northern Lights!
We will be bringing live music from Finnish acts Gather No Moss and Pääkkö, Green & Case and as well as that we will have free Finnish food to enjoy!g.
Cost: £2
Time: 7.30pm

Thursday
30 June

Ballroom Dance Lessons
Park Place, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF10 3LN
The police, theatres and members of the public are here by warned to be vigilant and on the look out for two men dressed in black hats, black ties and sunglasses. Otherwise known as The Blues Brothers.
Yes folks...They're back and on a mission! Direct from a residency in Chicago and a national tour of the USA.
Cost:  £5.00
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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Friday
17 June

High Five! Weekday bounce deal for a fiver at Go Air Trampoline Park!
Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen, Caerdydd, Cardiff, CF14 5DX, United Kingdom
Hey, high five, South Wales! Bouncing is even more brilliant now that you can  ‪#‎flyforafiver‬ every weekday until 6pm!! Just £5 for one hour's open jumping - including access all areas to 120 trampolines, six supersize foam pits, trampoline dodgeball, tumble tracks, bounce basketball and slackline! Just enter the code HighFiver at the checkout, and away you Go (Air)!!!
Cost: Adult £5.00
Time: 2pm – 6pm

Saturday
18 June

Princess Mononoke
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
While protecting his village, confident young warrior Ashitaka is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forbidden forest of the west where he encounters Mononoke, a human girl raised as a wolf leading the battle between forest gods and the encroaching settlement of iron miners. Often considered Miyazaki’s masterpiece, this is a breath–taking and visually arresting meditation on man’s timeless and troubled relationship with nature.
Cost: £3.00
Time: 11am, 2.30pm, 5pm

Sunday
19 June

Joust!
Cardiff Castle, Castle Street, Cardiff, CF10 3RB, Wales, United Kingdom
A rip-roaring medieval adventure! A weekend filled with pomp and pageantry with all that you would expect from the turbulent times of the Middle Ages when the knights were the celebrities of the day. To the sounds of fanfares, The Knights of Royal England  will gallop into the jousting arena on their trusty steeds, lances at the ready for a spectacular contest with horseback stunts, falls, fights, and breath-taking action. Authentic and thrilling, crowds can cheer for their favourite knight as the competition intensifies in this medieval adventure.  
Cost: £13.00
Time: 11am – 4pm

Monday
20 June

Chapter 13: Grey Gardens 
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy had just married the richest man in the world, oil barren Aristotle Onassis and was famously pictured sunbathing on his yacht, meanwhile, her aunt Edith Bouvier–Beale and cousin “Little Edie” lived in squalor in their decaying mansion in the Hamptons. A moving look at the eccentric lives of the forgotten side of the family in this cult classic that inspired a generation of filmmakers.
Cost: £5.10
Time: 6pm

Tuesday
21 June

Alice Through The Looking Glass
Cineworld Cinemas - Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EN
Several years after her first adventures in the utterly madcap and enchanting world of Wonderland, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) finds herself sucked back into the magical land where the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) is dying. In order to save her eccentric friend, Alice must delve ever further into this topsy-turvy universe to seek out the very living embodiment of Time himself (Sacha Baron Cohen).
Cost: £8.80
Time: from 2pm until 8pm

Wednesday
22 June

Stand Up for The Nightshelter
The Gate, Keppoch Street, Cardiff, Caerdydd, CF24 3JW, United Kingdom
An evening of stand up comedy featuring: Dan Mitchell, Wil Hodgson, Lloyd Langford, Drew Taylor and Pete AK.
Hosted by Daniel Glyn plus live music from Daddy Drwg.
Cost: £15
Time: 7.00pm

Thursday
23 June

Ballroom Dance Lessons
The Guild Hall, Pendre, Cardigan, Sir Ceredigion, SA43 1JL, United Kingdom
Come along and learn the basics of Waltz, Quickstep, Rumba, Cha Cha, Jive, Samba and Tango. Have fun, learn to dance and get fit, all at the same time!
Cost:  £5.00
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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Friday
10 June

HM The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration
Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ER, United Kingdom
As Her Majesty the Queen reaches her 90th birthday, the Royal Welsh College’s acclaimed Brass Band offers up a festive flourish of majestic brass masterpieces. And from Holst’s rugged British landscapes and Walton’s stirring coronation march to William Mathias’s brilliant Vivat Regina! - created here in Wales in 1977 for Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee - every note is a celebration.
Cost: £6 in advance, £8 on the day
Time: 1.15pm

Saturday
11 June

Madassa
125 Albany Road, Cardiff, Caerdydd, CF24 3NS, United KingdomCardiff’s live soul band Institution – direct from the United states of Splott! Madassa have been delighting crowds not just in Cardiff but over all over the UK for nearly three decades now with their swinging soul show. Catch them playing a rare public headline show in June 2016 at The Globe!
Cost: £10.00
Time: 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Sunday
12 June

Joe Louis Walker live
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
Legendary Blues Guitarist Joe Louis Walker (USA) with support from The Mojo Sinners (Acoustic)
Joe Louis Walker, “A true powerhouse guitar virtuoso, unique singer and prolific songwriter.”
Walker a Blues Hall of Fame inductee and four-time Blues Music Award winner, has toured extensively throughout his career, performing at the world’s most renowned music festivals, and earned a legion of dedicated fans.
Cost: £15
Time: 7.30pm

Monday
13 June

Euro 16
Stadium Plaza, Wood St, Cardiff, Glamorgan CF10 1LA
Watch the European Championship 2016 at Bierkeller Entertainment Complex’s Shooters Bar! Watch football with your friends.
Cost: free
Time: 12pm - 1am

Tuesday
14 June

The Boss
Cineworld Cinemas - Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EN
Industry giant Michelle Darnell (Melissa McCarthy) is the wealthiest woman in America and likes to think of herself as invincible – until the day she is sent to prison for six months for insider trading. Upon her release, Michelle has nowhere to go and is forced to move in with her hapless former PA Claire (Kristen Bell). But this cunning entrepreneur has a plan to establish an even bigger empire than ever – and it involves an entire army of Girl Scouts making lots of brownies!
Cost: £3 (if you have a student card)
Time: 4:10pm, 6:40pm

Wednesday
15 June

Retrofest
6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff, Caerdydd, CF10 2HJ, United Kingdom
RETROFEST is Cardiff's first pop up fashion festival! A celebration of Cardiff's best independent fashion and accessory brands, DJ'S, food, drinks & more!
Cost: from £10
Time: 4pm till late, save the date!

Thursday
16 June

  

Hamlet
1 Mill Street, Ludlow, SY8 1AZ, United Kingdom
Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality.
Cost: £16
Time: 7pm

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Here is our new What's on! This week with wrestling, films, exhibitions and more!

Welsh Wrestling - LIVE!
Memo Arts Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, CF62 8NACome join us for an evening of glitz, glamour and bodyslam mayhem as the American Wrestling roadshow invades for one night only! Witness the thrills and spills of live American Wrestling – Don’t miss the hottest ticket in town, book now and LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!Cost: Adult £10.00, Group (4) £30.00
Time: 7.30pm

Machen Rural Market
The Crescent, Machen, Caerphilly, CF83 8ND, United KingdomMachen Rural Market, Machen village hall, Saturday 4th June 10am-3pm. Food and craft stalls from local producers. Gold medal winning cheese from Caws Cenarth, hot and tasty chilli chutney by Guy Hottie, Avril's kitchen home made jams, Asiaspicebox curries, Gemwear elegant hand crafted jewellery, unique handmade natural wood art by Joe Boxes, A great local market supporting local traders in the heart of our community, something for all the family, come along browse the stalls, meet the super talented traders , enjoy tea and coffee at our pop up cafe. Cost: free
Time: 10am - 3pm

Bad Film Club: Megaforce (PG)
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
Continuing their 10th Anniversary celebrations The Bad Film Club are bringing back another title from their back catalogue, Megaforce. Ace Hunter is the head honcho of a bunch of elite fighters of evil Megaforce who travel the world to fight against evil. Now they have been called in to save democracy in a small nation threatened by tyranny. Will they succeed? Will there be an epic battle? Will their trousers get any tighter? Dare you find out?
Cost: £5.10
Time: 07:45 pm

Exhibition - TIM FUDGE & PETER MORGAN
74b Albany Road, Cardiff, CF24 3RS, United KingdomFrom its rocky coastline to the timeworn, whitewashed houses that dot its landscape, the scenery of Pembrokeshire takes centre stage in the latest exhibition at Cardiff’s Albany Gallery. The show brings together two popular West Wales artists – Tim Fudge and Peter Morgan. Cost: free
Time: 10am - 5pm

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows
Cineworld Cinemas - Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2ENIn 2014, genetically mutated turtles Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello and Leonardo stormed the big screen in Michael Bay’s action-packed reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Now they’re back to confront their deadliest enemy: The Shredder, who has enlisted scientist Dr. Baxter Stockman to create the deadly Bebop and Rocksteady.
Cost: £6.10
Time: from 12:300pm until 8 pm

RSC Live: Hamlet
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QEHamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.Cost: £15Time: 7.00pm

Festival of Voice: The Hot Sardines
Park Place, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF10 3LNTake a blustery brass front line, add a stride piano virtuoso and a frontwoman with the attitude of a '30s cabaret diva and you have The Hot Sardines. And we haven't even mentioned the tap dancer! Cost: £9.00 - £18.00
Time: 7.30pm

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