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Good morning, Swansea! This is the Swansea Scoop, the newsletter that’s like finding a fiver in your winter coat pocket ☺️

I hope you enjoyed Halloween last night. If you're anything like me, you bought three bags of sweets for trick-or-treaters, got two knocks at the door, and now you're eating Haribo for breakfast. No judgement here 😂

This week, there are Bonfire Night fireworks displays across the city, Bill Bailey, The Archers live, wildlife walks, and tons more.

Whatever you’re up to, have a good one and I’ll catch you on Wednesday!

Andrew.

P.S. I accidentally sent two emails on Wednesday instead of one - sorry about that, but hope you enjoyed the bonus Swansea Devil story!

🌊 An off-duty RNLI lifeguard and local surfer rescue a swimmer swept out to sea at Langland Bay during Storm Austen.

🏗️ Swansea's historic Bascule Bridge is a step closer to reopening after major restoration work.

🏗️ New plans for Swansea city centre include 57 apartments and a Frog Yard courtyard with shops and cafés.

💡 Seven Swansea libraries are offering free wellbeing boxes to help people through the darker winter months.

💚 A Mumbles fundraiser aged 84 is closing in on £500,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

😮 Swansea Council has cancelled a Magic Mike-style male strip show at Brangwyn Hall after concerns were raised about it.

🍿 A Mumbles producer has helped bring Wicker, a new fantasy film starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, to cinemas.

🎶 Becky Hill has been announced as the Friday night headliner for Tunes on the Bay 2027 in Swansea.

🎓 A Swansea student has followed in the footsteps of both his grandfathers more than 60 years later.

The University of Wales Trinity St David has a new robotics lab, visited this week by Jimmy the humanoid robot. Before getting round to solving all of humankind’s biggest problems, he… had a dance-off with a robot dog. Who do you think won?

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🌿 The Rake & Riddle in Penclawdd is being transformed into a wellness retreat centre.

🇯🇲 Swansea’s viral Jamaican food business Jerk Hut is opening a new city centre restaurant in November.

🎉 Cosy Club is opening in Swansea’s historic Exchange Buildings on Monday, November 9th.

This week, I shared the story of the Swansea Devil, a wooden carving placed opposite St Mary’s Church by a disgruntled architect in the 1890s. He made a chilling prediction about the church’s fate, which remarkably came true nearly 50 years later. From surviving the Three Nights’ Blitz to disappearing for decades and sparking protests in the Quadrant, Old Nick has had quite the history.

Read The Swansea Devil 😈

👴 Ageing Well Activities for 50+: Enjoy activities across Swansea, including movie and soup specials, coffee mornings, bowling and social walks.
Various times | Free

🧘 Winter Sound Bath: Seasonal sound bath session at the Swansea Wellbeing Centre - almost full.
5.40 PM | £11.55

🔮 Psychic Sally: Sally Morgan's psychic/mediumship stage show at Swansea Grand Theatre.
6.30 PM | £30

🎹 Lunchtime Organ Recital: Dr Fiona Gannon: Free lunchtime organ recital at Brangwyn Hall.
12.45 PM | Free

🚶 Nordic Walking (Age 50+): Weekly council-run Nordic walking in Cwmdonkin Park, meeting at the Park Drive entrance.
10 AM | Free, booking via TicketSource

🌿 BCW Heritage Centre & Gardens Visit: Guided visit to the Bible College of Wales's heritage centre and gardens, Sketty.
10 AM

🎤 Come to Sing!: A free Welsh-language sing-along at the National Waterfront Museum, no experience needed.
11 AM - 12 PM | Free

📻 The Archers: Live at 75: Radio 4's long-running soap celebrates 75 years with a live stage show at the Swansea Building Society Arena, hosted by Angela Barnes.
7.30 PM | From £42.48

💃 Tea Dance: A ballroom tea dance at Brangwyn Hall with live music, professional dancers and cake.
2 PM | £10

📚 Anna Fiteni in Conversation with Rebecca F. John: The author talks about her new novel, The Cursed Fate of Sabrina Parry, at Waterstones.
6 PM | £5 general admission / £3 for Waterstones Plus cardholders

📖 Uplands Poetry Night with CJ Wagstaff: Monthly poetry readings at Bar Saint James in Uplands.
6.30 PM | £5 (free for students)

🎭 Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre: A new staging of the gothic classic at Taliesin Arts Centre, with original live music.
7.30 PM | £16 - £22

🦉 Autumn Wildlife Walk: Guided autumn wildlife walk around Penllergare Valley Woods.
10.30 AM | £1

💃 60+ Dance: Weekly council-run dance session for over-60s at the National Waterfront Museum.
2 PM | Free

🪨 Dr Geraint Owen and Emily O'Reilly: George Bellas Greenough's Geological Map of England and Wales: A Swansea Museum talk on Greenough's pioneering 1820 map and the conservation of the museum's copy.
6.30 PM | Price not published — check venue

🎤 Rogues' Gallery Comedy Club: Sally-Anne Hayward + Joe Dehuai: Stand-up at Down By Here, headlined by Sally-Anne Hayward with support from Joe Dehuai.
7 PM - 10.30 PM (last entry 7.30 PM) | Price not published — check venue

🎧 Experimental DJ Workshop with Daisy Moon: A beginner-to-intermediate DJ workshop at Volcano Theatre for women and gender-diverse people.
1 PM - 3 PM | Price not published — check venue

🩰 Olympia: A 50-minute solo show at Volcano Theatre about gender testing at the Olympics, with English subtitles.
7.30 PM | Price not published — book via TicketSource link on venue page

😂 Morgan Rees: What A Bummer: Stand-up from the Welsh comedian at the Grand Theatre's Arts Wing, after a sold-out 2024 tour.
7.30 PM (18+) | £21

🎬 George Michael: The Faith Tour: Concert film of George Michael's Faith tour at Pontardawe Arts Centre, showing Friday to Sunday.
Fri-Sat 7 PM, Sun 2.30 PM | £5.50

⚓ An Evening with Carolyn Morgan: Copperopolis and the Swansea Cape Horners: Author Carolyn Morgan at Mumbles Yacht Club on her novel Copperopolis and Swansea's Cape Horn sailors.
7 PM | Free

🌍 The People's Emergency Briefing Screening: West Cross Community Centre screens the climate and nature briefing film shown to MPs, followed by discussion.
7.30 PM (16+, booking required) | Free

🎆 Dunvant RFC Firework Display 2026: Annual fireworks display at Dunvant Rugby Football Club, Broadacre, Killay.
Gates 6 PM, display 7.15 PM | £7.50 entry (under-3s free) + £10 parking, plus booking fee

🎩 Bill Bailey: Vaudevillean: Comedy, songs and musical skills celebrating Vaudeville at the Swansea Building Society Arena. Also on Thursday 19th.
8 PM | From £35.45 (+£3.95 transaction fee)

😂 Morgan Rees: What A Bummer: Stand-up from the Welsh comedian at the Grand Theatre's Arts Wing, after a sold-out 2024 tour.
7.30 PM (18+) | £21

⚽ An Evening with Swansea City Legends: Former Swans Ferrie Bodde and Dorus de Vries take fan questions at the Grand Theatre's Arts Wing.
7.15 PM (16+) | £32

📚 Annual Local History Book Fair: A local history book fair at Swansea Museum, with refreshments.
10 AM - 4 PM | Price not published — check venue

✂️ Adults' Craft Club / Clwb Crefft: Monthly adult craft session at Mission Gallery, Maritime Quarter.
10 AM | Price not published — check venue

🌼 Cyanotype Workshop: Pick foliage at Petallica Flower Farm, then make festive cyanotype cards and gift tags. Cake included.
10 AM - 12 PM | £50

🎆 Sketty Fireworks Display: Sketty's Bonfire Night fireworks at St Paul's Church, with food and drink stalls. No parking on site.
Stalls from 5.30 PM, fireworks 7 PM | Price not published — check venue

🍷 A Taste of Italy: Italian Wine Tasting at Flynn's: Italian wine tasting event at Flynn's Delicatessen.
6 PM | Price not published — check Eventbrite listing

🌱 Vegan Mini Market: Brontosaurus Vegan Lifestyle Store and friends create a vegan haven in the middle of Swansea Indoor Market.
10 AM - 3 PM

🐜 Make an Insect Family Session: Create clay insects, real or imagined, while learning how decomposers nourish soil and support life.
10.30 AM and 11.30 AM | £6.13

🛍️ Marina Market: Local traders at Swansea Marina, part of the Swansea Bay Street Markets series.
10 AM - 3 PM

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Monday, November 2nd
Uplands Tavern | Open Mic Night | 9 PM

Tuesday, November 3rd
Hangar 18 | The Big Stage Jam Night | 7.30 PM
Bay View | Open Mic Night

Wednesday, November 4th
Down By Here | The Down By Here Open Mic | 7.30 PM
The Swigg | Swansea Jazz Club: Five Way Split | 8 PM
Harry's Bar, Mumbles | Open Mic Night | 8.30 PM
Swansea Grand Theatre | Leo Sayer: Can't Stop Loving You | 7 PM
The Bunkhouse | GANS: The Evolution Tour | 6 PM
The Welfare, Ystradgynlais | Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band: The Long Road Tour (+ Megan Henwood) | 8 PM

Thursday, November 5th
Waterloo Stores, Mumbles | Open Mic Night | 8 PM
The Bunkhouse | Insider Trading | Doors 6 PM

Friday, November 6th
Brangwyn Hall | BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Romeo & Juliet (Debussy, Mealor, Akimenko, Prokofiev, cond. Martyn Brabbins) | 7.30 PM | £12 - £22
Swansea Grand Theatre | 80s Live! (tribute show, live band Electric Dreams) | 7 PM
Sin City | Ben Poole (+ support Gordon Wride) | 7 PM (16+) | £18 advance
The Bunkhouse | Hang Massive: Beyond the Horizon UK Tour | Doors 7 PM
The Swigg | Sunshine Cab Co | 8 PM
Tŷ Tawe | Gŵyl NAWR 2026 (Welsh-language experimental arts/music festival) | Fri 6 - Sat 7 Nov

Saturday, November 7th
Sin City | The Men They Couldn't Hang | 7 PM (16+) | Price not published — check venue
The Bunkhouse | MC Devvo: 20th Anniversary Tour | Doors 6 PM
Hippos | MASH x Reconnect presents: Return of the Rush | 9 PM
The Swigg | Boogie Shack Party Band | 8 PM
Urban HQ | Acoustic Sessions: Gareth Maunder | 1.30 PM
Harry's Bar, Mumbles | Live Music Night | 8.30 PM

Sunday, November 8th
The Bunkhouse | The John Hackett Band + Heather Findlay | Doors 7 PM
The Swigg | Plastic Sam's Stargazer | 5 PM
Plough & Harrow | Open Mic Night
The Valley, Bishopston | Open Mic Night | 3 PM
Swansea Building Society Arena | The Proclaimers | 7.30 PM

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Catch you on Wednesday!

Andrew.

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