Join the fun and discover a unique experience that celebrates the best of Gin and Rum and promises the party of the year! If you’re thirsty for knowledge or just want to party the night away, the Gin & Rum Festival is for you! Discover new favourites with samples from our hand-picked guest distillers, treat yourself at our themed Gin and Rum bars, and let your hair down with friends whilst enjoying music from our award-winning DJ and live entertainment. You will be spoilt for choice with over 120 of the best Gins and Rums on the market, including the best of British, spirits from around the world and a huge range of flavoured products. Our hand-picked products offer customers the chance to discover the highest quality Gins and Rums, many of which are exclusive to our Festival. Still not convinced that Gin and Rum are for you?… No problem! Just head over to our Cocktail bar where you can find a selection of seasonal Cocktails, authentic sipping Tequilas, Beer, and of course Fizz!

As ever, Jools continues to dazzle, involve and impress audiences with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and their exuberant live performances on their Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra UK tour.

Get ready to step back in time and let loose at Dancing in the Daylight hosted by BrunchBaby, this unique daytime event is a celebration of the best music and fun of the '80s. '90s & 00's had to offer, with a modern twist designed especially for adults who know how to party.

This vocally dynamic evening showcases smash-hit songs from the West End and Broadway, brought to you by four of the world’s finest voices. Join the guys on a spine-tingling rollercoaster of breathtaking show-tunes, riding the high and lows of uplifting melodies, heart-rending ballads and climactic anthems. Featuring classics from Les Mis, Phantom, South Pacific, Jersey, and more.

SPECIAL GALA CONCERT Featuring Christmas Hits and Only Men Aloud Favourites. Only Men Aloud have been delighting audiences around the world for well over twenty years. They were formed in the year 2000, with the hope they could inject some new life and blood into the Welsh Male Choir tradition. The men have become well known for their strong vocals and their varied and eclectic repertoire. A typical OMA concert will feature many different styles of music. Welsh hymns and folksongs, Opera and Music Theatre all the way to Acapella and Pop music. U14’s must be accompanied by an adult

Following their epic sold-out tour last year, join the musical theatre super-group in 2024 for a festive concert like no other. With Christmas classics and musical theatre favourites, prepare to be dazzled by performers from shows such as Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and Wicked. With over 20 million views, Welsh of the West End have become an online viral sensation. They wowed audiences internationally by reaching the live semi-finals of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, and since then have performed at iconic venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, London Palladium, Wales Millennium Centre and the Principality Stadium.

Gather to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with G4's most extensive Christmas tour ever in the most awe-inspiring cathedrals, priories, minsters, halls and abbeys across the UK. G4 bring glad tidings of great joy this festive season as they welcome the incredible Michael Conway into the fold for his debut G4 tour alongside Jon, Mike and Duncan, taking you on a breath-taking musical journey with beautifully blended voices, within an idyllic sacred setting. Step into G4's world of vocal enchantment with their extraordinary and unique renditions of traditional carols, sacred contemplations, classical favourites and modern festive hits including Silent Night, O Holy Night, All I Want for Christmas, Walking in the Air, When a Child is Born and their iconic 12 Days of Christmas. With mesmerising harmonies and impeccable showmanship it's no wonder this hotly anticipated tour sells out year after year, where the guys leave you with chills of delight and a heart full of Christmas cheer. After the show you'll dash, dance and prance your holly jolly way all the way home, having no doubt experienced something more precious than gold, frankincense and myrrh! Make this Christmas a G4 Christmas!

Jethro Tull were founded in 1968 and later that year released the blues-oriented album ’This Was’, the following year they released ‘Stand Up’, a more home-grown and eclectic album which saw the start of the bands unique journey to become globally renowned for their experimental sound that pushed musical boundaries.

Brunchnation Presents the Ultimate Abba Mania Celebration - Abba Style! Slip on those flares, grab your dancing queens, and get ready to say Thank You for the Music at the ultimate ABBA-themed bottomless brunch! Its time to channel your inner Super Trouper and brunch like a Bjrn star. What's the name of the game? A gorgeous glass of fizz on arrival 90 minutes bottomless One of the UK's best Abba tribute acts! Bounteous brunch DJ Expect to belt out the biggest hits Dancing Queen, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Mamma Mia, and so many more all afternoon long. Fancy dress encouraged (but not required) sequins, platform boots, and glam are very welcome. Important information Bottomless drinks will be for 90 minutes between 12.30pm and 2pm. Charges apply outside of these time, For bookings less than 6 you will be on shared tables Large groups please purchase tables under the same booking name to be seated together We will be in touch closer to the event about dietary requirements, menus and further event info Age 18+

Festive fun glittering Continue your festive season with BBC National Orchestra of Wales this Christmas with a cracker of a concert featuring all your favourite Christmas songs - from White Christmas, Let It Snow, Sleigh Ride and It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, to Santa Baby, When a Child is Born and All I Want for Christmas. With sparkling symphonic arrangements from music director and conductor Richard Balcombe, and performances by singing sensations Katie Birtill and Graham Bickley, this concert is sure to ignite the spirit of Christmas. A Christmas Overture We Need A Little Christmas Let It Snow It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas O Holy Night The Man With The Bag Glasgow Theme (from Love Actually) Sleigh Ride I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus When A Child Is Born The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Interval Lara’s Theme (from Dr Zhivago) Frosty The Snowman Santa Baby Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) I'll Be Home For Christmas Let It Go Christmas Movie Medley Baby It’s Cold Outside Twelve Days Of Christmas All I Want For Christmas Is You Step Into Christmas Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas encore: White Christmas

These sessions will replace the individual school visits we have previously offered to update diabetes healthcare plans in readiness for new classes in September 2025. As such, it is essential that each school books on to one of the scheduled sessions below to ensure your team receives the necessary training and updates. We would recommend between 1 3 members of staff to attend and if possible attend on different dates. If you could also complete the e-learning module below prior to attending the education day and take a screenshot of the certificate for proof. https://jdrf.org.uk/for-professionals/school-pack/schools-e-learning-module/ Please note, we will not be able to offer individual school visits so attendance at one of the education days is essential. We will however attend schools to observe blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery for children who are not independent. No training will be given on the same day so attending the training remains essential for all staff Thank you for your continued support in keeping children with diabetes safe and well at school.

Expressive dynamic reverential Beethoven Violin Concerto George Benjamin Concerto for Orchestra Strauss Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is so popular with audiences today that it’s perhaps surprising it hardly made an impact at its premiere. Opening with an almost jazz drum tap the expansively elegant opening movement makes way for a set of theme and variations, serene and beauteous, before a catchy and lively Rondo bursts into energy to round off the work, performed by the inimitable Veronika Eberle. George Benjamin’s Concerto for Orchestra captures the spirit, humour and undimmable energy of its dedicatee, the late Oliver Knussen, in this varied and dynamic tour de force, gleaming with clarity and detail as each member of the orchestra becomes its soloist, before earthly travail lead to heavenly bliss in Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. To conduct we welcome back award-winning French conductor Alexandre Bloch.

Elegant grand illustrative Grace Williams Sea Sketches Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 Elgar Enigma Variations Although written during her years in London, it is a longing for the seaside of her hometown of Barry that inspires tonight’s concert opener, Grace Williams’ Sea Sketches. Violinist Akiko Suwanai returns to perform Saint-Saëns elegantly dramatic, songfully melodious and deeply contrasting Third Violin Concerto, before we turn to Elgar’s iconic Enigma Variations, all under the baton of our Principal Guest Conductor, Jaime Martín. Striking a balance between the light-hearted and the noble, Elgar’s Variations are an ingenious collection of musical sketches of his friends plus an astute self-portrait; an enigma hidden within the score as each variation is tagged with the initials of the friends’ nicknames.

Captivating vibrant theatric Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale Brahms Concerto for Violin & Cello Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft takes to the podium for his final concert in the title role as we draw our 2025-26 Season to a close, starting with Stravinsky’s symphonic poem Song of the Nightingale. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale, we hear the story of an emperor in his ornate Chinese palace and the glorious singing of nightingales that accompanies his life. BBC NOW Leader Lesley Hatfield then steps into the spotlight alongside former principal cellist Alice Neary for Brahms’ Double Concerto, and we explore Rachmaninov at his most inventive in his Symphonic Dances. With luscious shifting harmonies and the rhythmic vitality characteristic of his later style, Rachmaninov’s final complete composition, his Symphonic Dances, uses motifs derived from Russian Church music alongside quotes from his own first symphony, creating a stirring mix of nostalgia versus the big city bustle and driving energy of ‘Modern America’.

Dramatic striking characterful Górecki Three Pieces in Old Style Poulenc Gloria Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Old meets new in Górecki’s Three Pieces in Old Style. Inspired by papers on old Polish music and heavily influenced by modal music combined with folk these charming pieces encapsulate the sonorous charms of both Górecki’s music and his writing for strings. From the energetic forward drive and rhythmic fervour of the opening movements to the serenity and elegance of the Domine Deus, Poulenc’s playful and theatric Gloria is not only an expression of his deep devotion to faith, but showcases his unique musical style - punchy rhythms and ingenious harmonies blaze with intensity in a work tinged with mischief and intrigue. Bursting with catchy tunes and drenched in joy, Dvořák’s firecracker Eighth Symphony pulses with life and vigour, and to conduct we’re delighted to welcome globally renowned Polish conductor Michał Nesterowicz as he makes his debut with BBC NOW.