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Summer Sessions 2026 – Here is who is playing

Summer Sessions are back for 2026 The Summer Sessions returns for the forth successive year, it's third at Beechwood Park. The event that started off as a training event for our volunteers has quickly become one of the biggest outdoor events the city has to offer. We are delighted once again to be partnering with Dirty Carrot Records and Beechwood Park Community Group on this event and also new in 2026 we are pleased to also be working alongside Big Food […]

29 June 2026 65

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Arts

Maindee Festival Celebrates Community, Creativity and Local Talent

Get ready for Future Maindee part 2 Maindee Festival is back on Saturday 4th July, bringing another unforgettable day of music, culture and community to Maindee Primary School. Building on the success of last year, Future Maindee Part 2 celebrates everything that makes the area special while looking ahead to the next generation of local talent and creativity. Best of all, it's completely free to attend, although donations are gratefully received through our bucket collections It all starts with the […]

28 June 2026 43

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Chelsie Robinson on the Pure Local Plus show

Today, Kym and Amber were joined by Opera singer Chelsie for a chat As it has become normal for the show now, Chelsie brought in an item for show and tell. She brought her mother's engagement ring, which she explained that she was given it after her mother passed. She said that she wears it for performances and that it acts as a sort of good luck charm. She told the story of how one time, after wearing it, a […]

27 June 2026 24 2

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New Local Music – 27th June 2026

Here is new local music played across our shows this weekend: The Lost Cause - Night's Still YoungWandering Orange - Lie Your SwordModern Neutrals - Beach TheatreBlackwood Rediffusion - Down To The SeaMenig - AsphaltHuw Cadwaladr - I BelieveFreyja Elsy - ControlDeerest - I Locked My Heart In a BoxHot Knife Club - Drum Machine

27 June 2026 24 2

Music Review

Gig Goin’: The Cure at Blackweir Fields – keeping it Hot, Hot, Hot!!

Wednesday, I'm In Love There are very few bands that can make a crowd of thousands stand in silence before making them dance, but The Cure have always existed in that strange space between melancholy and euphoria. On paper, The Cure and a blazing hot summer evening at Blackweir Fields might not seem like the most obvious combination. A band whose music has long been associated with rain-soaked streets, heartbreak and existential loneliness performing to a packed outdoor crowd in […]

26 June 2026 47

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Sport

County fans… here are your 26-27 fixtures

Its what you've been waiting for Thank you to the club for inviting us to the 2026-27 season launchHere is the full fixture list Pre-season friendlies Sat, Jul 4 - 15:00 - Bristol Manor Farm v Newport (A)Wed, Jul 8 - 19:30 - Newport City FC v Newport (A)Sat, Jul 11 - 15:00 - Gloucester v Newport (A)Tue, Jul 28 - 19:30 - Newport v Reading (H)Tue, Aug 4 - TBC League Two NEWPORT COUNTY AFC - 2026-27 FIXTURE LISTAUGUST […]

25 June 2026 40

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Gee Little and Martha Musonza Holman MBE on Pure Local Plus

Today Kym was joined by Martha Musonza Holman MBE and Little Gee for a chat Martha (with husband Dave) both own a charity which has done all sorts of good deeds. Gee is a musician who had popped into the studio last week, having not met Kym or anyone else here yet. Also going by The Crazy World of Little Gee, that name fits as he came in today with face paint. He usually dresses very wild with different kind […]

20 June 2026 22 2

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New Local Music – 20th June 2026

Here are new local tracks played on Newport City Radio this week: I Wish I Lived In 2006 - General WasteDark Sky - Pork ChopDrop Dead Gorgeous - Lady GardenRiders Of The Purple Sage - Rusty ShackleIn The City - Red CavalryHMS Morris - Bwletin BrysDead To Me - Cally RhodesBreak It Buy It - BloodslugsGwreiddiau - Aleighcia ScottCarpet - MenigAngelina - AureliaPretty Sure - Juliet OwenAlways Leaving - Wildersky

20 June 2026 25 2

Local Music

Brooke Fox: From Rugby Pitch to Rising Indie Star

Breaking Through South Wales singer-songwriter Brooke Fox is enjoying a breakthrough year. With the release of his debut EP Everybody's In Love, a successful headline tour across Wales, and a prestigious support slot alongside Emily Sandé on the horizon, the Burry Port musician is proving that determination, creativity, and a DIY ethos can take an independent artist a long way. Speaking on Newport City Radio's Indie Show, Fox reflected on his journey into music, the creation of his debut EP, […]

18 June 2026 27

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