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Cardiff's newest pub will be blowing its own trumpet next week (September 24-26) as it stages a ground-breaking music and beer festival. The Cricketers, just a 'six-hit' away from Glamorgan's Swalec stadium in Cathedral Road, is making its bow as a new venue for the very best in live music. And the venue has a Welsh music legend topping the bill. Mike Harries Root Doctors will be headlining on Sunday (September 26). Saturday (September 25) will see the renowned Acoustic Zeppelin as the main attraction. “It promises to be a real treat for jazz and music fans in Cardiff," said Cricketers owner Simon Buckley. “I have been a massive fan of the Brecon Jazz Festival and I have been happy to make sure that event is supported by staging events at one of my other venues, The George Hotel in Brecon. “The capital city of Cardiff needs a capital venue with a convivial atmosphere for quality music and I hope that this first festival will be the first of many similar events at T...

The new Cricketers pub in Cathedral Road, Cardiff, has a new voucher offer. Just visit the website and submit your email address. See - http://www.cricketerscardiff.co.uk/index.html

There’s a new man at the helm of the Tynycornel Hotel, which sits in a stunning lakeside location at Talyllyn in the Snowdonia National Park. Phil Thomas, 43, has arrived at Tynycornel with an extensive CV working at leading hotels throughout the UK. “It’s a great privilege to arrive at Tynycornel, a hotel which probably has the best views in Wales,” Mr Thomas said as he gazed across picturesque Talyllyn lake towards majestic Cader Idris. “This is a magnificent hotel in its own right, but you also have to consider the added attraction of its own 222-acre lake, one of the great brown trout and sewin fisheries of Wales.” Mr Thomas added: “Tynycornel has a great reputation and as the new general manager I am looking to enhance that reputation even further, particularly in relation to the quality of our kitchen. “The stunning location speaks for itself. But I am confident we can build on our name to provide quality facilities and service which will attract everyone, visitors from afar and ...