Live music is coming to Tongwynlais this Saturday with The Dandos playing in the village hall. The Band The Dandos are a four-piece world/folk band who are influenced by roots music from around the world including folk and blues. Instruments used include guitar, piano, upright bass, sitar, guzheng, ukelele, kalimba, berimbau, balafon, congas, djembe, harmonica, … more…
Tongwynlais Temperance Band Celebrate 125 Years Tongwynlais Temperance Band are celebrating their 125th anniversary with a concert on the 16th of November. Starting from humble beginnings in 1888 by a few enthusiasts meeting from the Melingriffith works and originally known as the Brooker’s Band, a musical fever rapidly spread around the village of Tongwynlais which … more…
Not content with four successful bands, City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Band are launching another addition to their organisation. Open to all ages, Melingriffith Community Band will provide a banding opportunity for brass and percussion players who would like to meet up and make music; with occasional concerts, but without the pressure of contesting. As players … more…
Tongwynlais Temperance Band have won the Welsh Regional Brass Band Championships in Swansea. The win has secured the Welsh qualification place in the 2014 European Brass Band Championships to be held in Perth Scotland. “The Regional qualifier is one of the key contests in the banding calendar where bands compete to qualify for the National … more…
Castell Coch Choral Society was formed in 1977 by their Musical Director, Linda Morgan. The mixed Choir has around 70 singers from Tongwynlais, North Cardiff and beyond. In addition to Christmas, Easter and Summer concerts in Tongwynlais, the choir perform several times a year for charity events. Linda explained that each year, the members choose … more…
Tongwynlais Temperance Band have recently returned home victorious with a top 5 finish in the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. Cardiff’s championship brass band competed against the 20 best bands in the UK and as one of only four Welsh bands at the competition. “We qualified for the competition earlier in the year … more…
Great research Jack, Every time I walk down Railway Terrace I try and picture the station and track as it…