Swansea music and arts festival High Street Rising is returning this weekend, with a host of venues set to put on a series of events to entertain the city over the course of four days.
The festival, which returns after a successful outing last year, will see eight different organisations put on shows and activities from Thursday, July 13, to Sunday, July 16, including MAD, Elysium, Hippos, Jam Jar, Tangled Parrot, Volcano, GS Artists and Swansea Community Workshops.
There's something to suit all tastes and age groups over the course of the event, from live music and art exhibitions to graffiti workshops. Here, we've compiled a schedule of the events that will be taking place over the course of the event to make sure you do not miss out on the bits that interest you the most. All events are free unless stated. You can get more Swansea news by subscribing to our newsletter here
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Thursday, July 13
Volcano - 10am - Exhibition showing - Julie Ann Sheridan: It's The New Thing
MAD - 12pm - Coding with Python taster session. Free career advice drop-in sessions during the day
Elysium - 7pm - The Fiends, Dark and Twisties, John Davies, Honey Rich, poet Peter Thabit Jones with Swansea Fringe
Jam Jar - 7.30pm - Salsa night, including lesson for beginners
Friday, July 14
Volcano - 10am - exhibition showing - Julie Ann Sheridan: It's The New Thing
Swansea Community Workshops - 10am - open day, all welcome - 10am until 4pm - Therapeutic art, 10am until 11am - Stained glass, 1pm until 4pm - Mosaics, 1pm until 4pm - Resin jewellery
MAD - 11am - Coding with Python taster session. Free career advice drop-in sessions during the day
GS Artists - 5pm - Exhibition launch - The Great Big Art Racquet, including arts and crafts sale, raffle and workshops
Elysium - 7pm - Exhibition launches - Ar hyd y Ffordd Ddu/ Along The Black Road and Gwlad Aur/Kultamaa/ Golden Land, 8pm - Live performance from Morriston Orpheus Male Choir
Tangled Parrot - 7.30pm - Live music - Libertino Records presents: Rogue Jones and Pixy Jones (£8 entry)
Hippos - 8pm - Live music- HSR showcase, Mines, Z Machine, Dropping Like Flies
Jam Jar - 8pm - Live music - Billy Lee Williams, piano vocalist
Saturday, July 15
Volcano - 10am - exhibition showing - Julie Ann Sheridan: It's The New Thing
Swansea Community Workshops - 10am - open day, all welcome - 10am until 4pm - Therapeutic art, 10am until 11am - Stained glass, 1pm until 4pm - Mosaics, 1pm until 4pm - Resin jewellery
GS artists - 11am - The Great Big Art Raquet, 11am-1pm - 9 to 90 art club: Create artefacts to take away in paper cord and fabric
Hippos - 2pm - Tundra x Union Sounds x Sequence: Bass In The Garden 2 (tickets from £3)
Elysium - 11am - Summer arts and crafts fair, 7pm - The Felix Subway Band, Taxi Rank, Hippie Jump, Laila Woodward
Tangled Parrot - 7.30pm - Live music: Winger Records presents Po Griff and friends, including Squires Da Gem, Titan Teeth and Brainzaps (£5 entry)
Jam Jar - 8pm - Live music: Rhys John Thomas 'The most electrifying man in Welsh entertainment'
Sunday, July 16
Hippos - 10.30am - Free graffiti workshop for eight to 14 year olds with Fresh Creative
GS Artists - 11am - The great big art racquet, including arts and crafts sale, raffle and workshops
Elysium - 6pm - The Siglo Section Big Band with special guest Kat Rees (£10 tickets)
Jam Jar - 8pm - The famous Jam Jar quiz night
