Friday 27th
6-10pm - Great Cheese Race, Entertainment programme, Firework Display
Sat 28th & Sun 29th
from 11am - The Big Cheese Entertainment programme includes: Reenactment displays, musical entertainment, educational activities, food hall, craft stalls, activity marquee, Tommy Cooper tent, traditional funfair plus lots more.
Whats was on 2011
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MUSIC MARQUEE
A fun filled programme of entertainment at the big cheese includes a fabulous music programme. The best of welsh musical entertainment including local groups will get your feet tapping with a blend of Folk, Blues and lots more.
Al Davey Jnr Band
Friday 29 July - 6pm
Al Davey Junior is a singer/guitarist from Tenby.
The Right Honourables
Friday 29 July - 7.20pm
The Right Honourables are a Gothic / Post punk / Rock band from Swansea, also compared to The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Sranglers, Radiohead, Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Cult, Billy Idol, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, The Godfathers, Nirvana etc.
A2Z
Friday 29 July - 8.40pm
A2Z are a 4 piece all-male party band destined to add a little spoonful of spice to The Big Cheese! Their high energy set list includes songs from The Scissor Sisters, Kaiser Chiefs & Maroon 5 to ever-popular artists such as Oasis, Supergrass & U2.
Jim Fox
Saturday 30 July - 12pm & 3pm
Sunday 31 July - 12pm, 2.15pm & 4.30pm
James Jones
Saturday 30 July - 12.45pm & 2.15pm
In Ocotober 2009 James won Caerphilly's Got Talent with Frank Sinatra's My Way played on the violin. In December 2009 James played to an audience of 3000 at Cardiff International Arena in Abba The Show. Prior to the show he appeared on ITV Wales News.
http://caerphillysgottalent.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/
Bex Marshall
Saturday 30 July - 1.30pm
An explosion of blue hot acoustic slide roots/rock, poker twisted with a whippin’ of Bluegrass, a versatile guitarist with a unique earthy melting pot of a voice. Bex Marshalls outstanding virtuoso guitar playing is a mixture of exposed blues and ragtime frails augmented by her stunning whiskey soaked vocals and diverse, but always poignent writing.
The Gramercy Riffs
Saturday 30 July - 3.45pm
The Gramercy Riffs are a rock band who were formed in Cardiff in 2009. They play an eclectic blend of rock and roll music infused with blues, steeped in country, brimming with soul, with dashes of surf and psychedelia. They performed under the name The Royston Boys for the first year of their existence steadily building a sizeable following through their gigs in and around Cardiff and gaining a reputation as a super tight and prolific rock band with excellent self-written songs.
The Warthogs
Saturday 30 July - 5.15pm
An acoustic cover band from Aberdare. Five guys who just love to play, who cover rock, punk, folk and pop tunes. Also some classic pleasers and other not so obvious songs.
Ted Crook and The Blues Highway
Saturday 30 July - 7.15pm
The Lowri Evans Band
Sunday 31 July - 12.45pm & 3pm
What makes Lowri Evans unique is her beautiful Welsh voice, distinctive and powerful delivering a highly original blend of blues, contemporary folk and pop. She has this wonderful ability to blend the two languages in both her live and recorded performances. Although she is well known in her homeland through her concerts, television and radio appearances Lowri and her musical partner Lee Mason have now started to play venues outside of Wales with regular excursions across the border.
Livestock Davies & The Lowdown Snakes
Sunday 31 July - 1.30pm & 3.45pm
Rockabilly / rock`n`roll trio with guitar, double bass and drums. Lively fifties style show featuring songs from Johnny Cash, Eddie Cochran an Elvis, plus original material. Favourites on the fifties scene and very popular on the local scene.
Turner Street Crash
Sunday 31 July - 5.15pm