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Georgia Ruth 9:00

Golden Fable with NEW Sinfonia 7:50Sera 7:00

Delta Ladies Choir 6:15pm

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Special Guests: Bryde 10:20

57 (Korea)* 9:20

Say Sue Me (Korea)* 8:20

Patients (Korea)* 7:20

Zandari Festa Drinks Mixer* 6:00

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Fake Shark (Canada) 7:10Goo 6:35Lizzy Farrall 6:00

The Immediate 9:40

Camera 8:50Special Guests 8:00

Palomino Party 7:10

Cull 6:20

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Mr Huw 8:40

Calfari 7:50The Columbians 7:00

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Mexican Walking Fish 9:30

CwCw 8:50LLangollen Fringe Festival Mixer 8:00Slow Leaves (Canada) 7:30

Josh Hall 6:50Garry Rowley 6:10Poor Nameless Boy (Canada) 5:30

Chasing Shadows 4:50Andy Bellis 4:10Kip 3:30

Silky 8:00Top Joe 7:20Jonathan Williams 7:00

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Guest DJs 7:00 – 9:00 Talk with BAFTA Winning actor Llion Williams 6:00

Special Guests 5:00

Parti Magi Ann 4:00  

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Mudiad Meithrin 1:00 – 3:00

Sesiwn Siarad 12:00

HWB Cymraeg @ QuEEN’S SQuARE

Delta Radio Band 10:40

Heartbeat Wunderbar 9:50Youngblood (Canada) 9:00

CRY 8:10

Lab Coast (Canada) 7:20Pink Killer 6:30

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Andy Hickie 6:00

Limerance 5:20Peter Douglas 4:40Anna Houghton 4:00

Ben Hands 3:20Garry Rowley 2:40Andy Hickie 2:00

THE ROYAL OAK

Special Guests 7:00

Gravves 6:00

LOA 5:00

CRY 4:00

Fake Shark 3:00

IAOTU 2:00

Altameda 1:00

GLYNDWR TV

Don Letts 4:00Danielle Lewis 3:30

Panel 4: 2:30 Limerance 2:00

Panel 3: 1:00Peter Douglas 12:30

Panel 2: 11:30 Josh Hall 11:00

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DWOH DJs• 1:10AF The Naysayer (USA) 12:40 Exit International• 12:00

Cabbage* 11:15Winter Coat• 10:45Mowbird* 10:15Molly (Austria)• 9:45Baby Brave* 9:15Love X Stereo (Korea)• 8:45Chupa Cabra* 8:15 Miller Blue• 7:45Bermusa* 7:15Skellums• 6:45

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CENTRAL STATION

In association with

John Bramwell (I Am Kloot) 9:00

The Cosmic Array 8:10

Billy Bibby & the Wry Smiles 7:20Into The Ark 6:30

Fauna Twin (France) 9:30

Campfire Social 8:40

Beth Celyn 7:50I Am Of The Universe 7:00

Matt Nicholls 6:10 Mike Badger live sculpting 6:00

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Special Guests: GULP 10:20 Youngblood (Canada) 9:30

Lab Coast (Canada) 8:40

LOA (Canada) 7:50 Fake Shark (Canada) 7:00

Breakout West (Canada) Drinks Mixer 5:30

The Revolutionary Spirit 9:40

Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks 8:50Lovers Open Fire 8:00

Qujaku (Japan) 7:10

King Tangent 6:20

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Like A Motorcycle* (Canada) 01:10

Mauno* (Canada) 12:20Port Cities* (Canada) 11:30

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard 10:40

Coquin Migale 9:50Gravves 9:00

Oblong 8:10

Goo 7:20Karma Shake 6:30DOWNSTAIRS King of The Ronalds 6:30

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Brython Shag 10:20Gintis* 9:30

Altameda (Canada) 8:40

Junior Bill 7:50Mountebank 7:00

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SAITH SEREN

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Darren Eedens (Canada) 7:20Vince James 6:40Katie Mac* 6:00

Laura (HEAL) 5:20Sam Parsons 4:40Nick Faye (Canada) 4:00

AP Cooper 3:20Kyle Lee 2:40Andy Hickie 2:00 presents*

THE ROYAL OAK

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My Name Is Ian 10:15

Lush Purr 9:15

Meursault 8:15

Heldinky 7:15

Panel 5: 4:00Vince James 3:30

Panel 4: 2:30Katie Mac 2:00

Panel 3: 1:00Ap Cooper 12:30

Panel 2: 11:30 Lizzy Farrall 11:00

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The Gentle Good* 9:30

Special Guests 8:50Special Guests 8:10Lizzy Farrall 7:30

Ivan Moult* 6:50James Macgregor 6:10Lucid 5:50Steph Finegan 5:40Tim Humphreys-Jones 5:30Dave Fidler 4:50Ap Cooper 4:10Kip 3:30

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Shappi Khorsandi + Guests 8:00

Winter Coat 6:00

Slow Leaves 5:00

Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks 4:00

Youngblood 3:00

Chupa Cabra 2:00

Lab Coast 1:00

WILLIAM ASTON HALL

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Guest DJs 6:30 – 9:00Chroma (acoustic)  6:00

Beth Celyn  5:00

The Gentle Good 4:00

Danielle Lewis (solo) 3:00

EDAU Workshop 2:00

A & B Cymru Music Workshop 1:00

Sesiwn Siarad 12:00

HWB Cymraeg @ QUEEN’S SQUARE

7pm M.W.W.B. ‘Y Proffwyd Dwyll’ (8.49) ‘La Voix Surrealiste’ (5.18)

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Street of Crocodiles (Theatre Perfromance) 7:00

Matt Nicholls 8:00

Josh Hall 7:00

Limerance 6:00

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British Sea Power 10:00 Seazoo• 9:30Betsy 9:00 Aeddan• 8:30Kidsmoke* 8:00 Colt Silvers• (France) 7:30HMS Morris* 7:00Peaness• 6:30Dusky Grey* 6:00 Denuo• 5:30Darren Eedens & the Slim Pickins* 5:00 The Glendale Family• 4:30Guest DJs 4:00

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Rope DJs 12:30

ISLET 11:45

Ghostlawns 10:55Golíat (Catalonia) 10:05

Morffe 9:15

Nag Hekse 8:25

Drinks Mixer 4:00Mary Miller* 3:30

Someperson 2:00

YouthBattalion 12:30

Heavy Mellow DJs 11:00 presents*

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live broadcastChroma 12:00

Tender Prey 11:00

Adwaith 10:00

Digital Day Panel 3 2:30

Digital Day: Panel 2 1:00

Digital Day: Panel 1 11:30DIGITAL DAY Doors 11:00 See p.38 for more info

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Hywel Pitts 10:30

TRWBZ 9:40

The Vega Bodegas 8:50Aled Rheon 8:00

Breichiau Hir 7:10

JKLMNO 6:20Kuider 5:30

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Eitha Da 5:00

HEAL (The Last Stand) 4:10

Wermod 3:00

Pulco 2:10

Mountainface 1:20

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Echotape 11:40

We, The Oceano-graphers (IRL) 10:50Maines 10:00

Monico Blonde 9:10

Altameda (Canada)* 8:20Slow Leaves (Canada)* 7:30

Poor Nameless Boy (Canada)* 6:40

Wing Mirror Web 5:40

Martyn Peters 4:50Guests TBA 4:10

Guests TBA 3:20Doors 3:00 +In association with *In association with

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Luke Gallagher 4:20Spencer Holmes & Turner 3:40Ben Hands 3:00

Derwen College 2:20Isaac Birchall 1:40Ste Jones 1:00

REWIND LLWYN ISAF

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Cally Rhodes 9:20Maddie Jones 8:30

Bloody Humans 7:40Familieforetaket (Norway) 7:00

Ben Hands 6:10Eädyth 5:30

Nick Faye (Canada) 4:50Jarvis Brothers 4:10Y Gogs 3:30

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Guest DJs 5:30 – 8:00Aled Rheon (solo) 5pm

Sesiwn Siarad 4:00

Special Guests  3:00

Trwbz (acoustic) 2:00

A & B Cymru Art Workshop 1:00

Derwen College Makaton Workshop 12:00

OLD No. 7 BAR HWB Cymraeg @ QuEEN’S SQuARE

Street of Crocodiles (Theatre Perfromance) 4:00

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Nick Faye (Canada) 8:00

James Macgregor 7:00

Matthew Frederick (Climbing Trees) 6:00

THE FAT BOAR

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Mandy 9:00

Crosa Rosa 8:00

Eyre Llew 7:00

The Contact High 6:00

ROCK SUITE

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Lucy Spraggan 8:00

The Dunwells 7:00

Connah Evans 6:10

Alx Green 5:20DOORS 5:00

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THURSDAY 11 MAY 2017INTERACTIVE SESSIONS:

WYNNSTAY ARMS HOTEL, YORKE STREET, WREXHAM

9:00 BREAKFAST MIXER

11:00 SHOWCASE: JOSH HALL

12:30 SHOWCASE: PETER DOUGLAS

2:00 SHOWCASE: LIMERANCE

3:30 SHOWCASE: DANIELLE LEWIS

10:00 FUNDING FOR MUSICIANS & ORGANISATIONS CHAIR: JOHN HYWEL MORRIS (PRS FOR MUSIC)

Osian Gwynn Arts Council Of Wales

Joe Frankland PRS For Music Foundation

Eluned Hâf Wales Arts International

Lea Beckerleg Welsh Government

11:30 MEET THE BUYERS CHAIR: MIKE CORCORAN

Kaptin Barret Boomtown

Bev Burton Killer B Music

Adam Taylor Mothership Group

Igor Lagutenko V-Rox

Cal McRaeVice

Craig G Pennington Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia

1:00 BUILD A MUSIC CAREER FROM YOUR BEDROOM CHAIR: MIKE CORCORAN

Joe Vesayaporn Music Glue

Patrick Cloherty Sentric Music

Sam Taylor Tunecore

Grant Tilbury Track’d

Jason LeggStreetTeam

2:30 DIY TOOLKIT: THE PROS & CONS OF DIY PR CHAIR: ANASTASIA CONNOR (GOD IS IN THE TV)

Cal McRae VICE

Ro Cemm Line Of Best Fit

Dom Gourlay Drowned In Sound

Chris Hawkins BBC Radio 6music

Cai Trefor Gigwise

David Owens Wales Online

4:00 KEYNOTE

DON LETTS IN CONVERSATION WITHJOHN ROBB (Louder Than War)

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DIWRNOD ARLOESI DIGIDOLUN DEG UN, REGENT STREET, WREXHAM

2:30 THE SPACE RACE: HOW EMBRACING THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION CAN GIVE YOU THE EDGE

Mike CorcoranWrexham Glyndwr University

Manoli Moriaty University of Salford

Ana BerkenhoffDirector / Actress / Musician

Huw McGregorComposer / Researcher

CHAIR

Steve JarvisWrexham Glyndwr University

Rich HebblewhiteWrexham Glyndwr University

Chris GunnQuantum Soup

Rebecca ParnellMagic Brew

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11:30 PLAYING IT BY EAR: OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY

Lisa MatthewsArts Council of Wales

Gareth I JonesWelsh ICE / Boma Camp

Grant TilburyTrackd

Russell SheffieldTrackd

Guy KesselsHugo

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1:00 INNOVATION INSPIRATION: THE CREATIVE DIGITAL PLATFORMS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

12:30 SHOWCASE: YOUTHBATTALION

3:30 SHOWCASE: BIDO LITO PRESENTS MARY MILLER

4:00 MIXER EVENT

2:00 SHOWCASE: SOMEPERSON

11:00 SHOWCASE: HEAVY MELLOW DJS

11:00 – 5.00 DIGITAL DAY EXPO: HANDS-ON EXHIBITS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXPERT INFORMATION

FOR MORE INFO VISIT www.focuswales.com/interactive

FRIDAY 12 MAY 2017 INTERACTIVE SESSIONS: WYNNSTAY ARMS HOTEL, YORKE STREET, WREXHAM

9:00 BREAKFAST MIXER

11:00 SHOWCASE: LIZZY FARRALL

12:30 SHOWCASE: AP COOPER

2:00 SHOWCASE: KATIE MAC

3:30 SHOWCASE: VINCE JAMES

10:00 MU WORKSHOP

Paul Gray Musicians’ Union

11:30 THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS CHAIR: DANNY KEIR (SOUND DIPLOMACY)

Rev. Moose Marauder

Sarah Shoucri POP Montreal

Amine Ramer States Of Sound

Ruth DanielIn Place Of War

Colleen KruegerLandlocked, Flemish Eye Records Canada

Dan KoplowitzFriendly Fire Licensing

1:00 WHAT’S IN A SONG? CHAIR: JOHN HYWEL MORRIS (PRS FOR MUSIC)

4:00 MEET THE AGENCIES: CHAIR: AL FARQUHAR (MODERN ART MANAGEMENT)

Simon AldridgePRS For Music

Ywain GwyneddWriter/Musician

Dane Lloyd Into The Ark

Taylor Jones Into The Ark

Sarah Howells (Bryde)

Sarah Casey LPO

Steve Farris 13 Artists

Will Church ATC Live

2:30 THE INDEPENDENTS CHAIR: ANASTASIA CONNOR (SONG BY TOAD / GIITTV)

Paul Jones Rough Trade

Achal Dhillon Killing Moon

Rich Walker 4AD

Paul Cox New Heavy Sounds

Andy Black Popty Ping

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