What’s on

What’s on this week.

The chalkboard below works from today’s date. Something most nights, a band every Saturday and never a cover charge.

A three-piece band playing in the corner of the pub on a Saturday night

The next seven days

  1. TonightTuesday, 3 November

    The quiz

    Six rounds, teams up to six, £1 a head, the pot to the winners and a meat raffle at half time.

    8:30pm
  2. TomorrowWednesday, 4 November

    Darts

    The Wednesday darts league: two teams, a buffet at half time, and the board free for anyone after ten.

    8pm
  3. Thu 5 NovThursday, 5 November

    Choir night

    Côr Bargoed rehearse in the function room; the bar fills with tenors at half nine.

    7:30pm
  4. Fri 6 NovFriday, 6 November

    Open mic

    Bring a guitar, a poem or a song. Rhys runs the desk. First drink on the house for performers.

    9pm
  5. Sat 7 NovSaturday, 7 November

    Live music: Sally and the Strays

    Soul and Motown. No cover charge.

    9pm
  6. Sun 8 NovSunday, 8 November

    Sunday carvery

    Beef, pork and turkey, all the trimmings, six sittings. Booking strongly advised.

    12 – 4pm
  7. Mon 9 NovMonday, 9 November

    Pool league

    The Colliers A team at home on alternate Mondays; the table is free on the others.

    8pm

Saturdays at nine

The next four bands.

  1. Sat 7 NovSally and the StraysSoul and Motown
  2. Sat 14 NovThe Taff Trail RamblersCountry and bluegrass
  3. Sat 21 NovPit Head BluesTwelve-bar blues
  4. Sat 28 NovThe Bargoed LightsSixties and seventies covers

On the pumps today

Guests change Saturday: Seam Six Stout and Overman’s Amber go on next.

  1. 3.8%Colliers BitterCwm Brewing Co., MerthyrAlways on · Amber bitter, the house ale
  2. 3.6%Navigation DarkTaff Bargoed BreweryAlways on · Dark mild, chocolate and roast
  3. 5.2%Pithead IPAUsk Valley BreweryGuest · English IPA, grassy and bitter
  4. 3.4%Cage Ride MildEbbw Fach BrewingGuest · Light mild, sessionable

Tuesdays, 8:30pm

The quiz, and its rules.

  • Six rounds: general knowledge, pictures, music, sport, local and a wildcard
  • Teams of up to six, £1 a head, the pot to the winners
  • Phones face down; a phone on the table loses the round
  • Meat raffle at half time, tickets £1 a strip
Book a quiz table
Teams of friends at wooden tables with pints and answer sheets on quiz night

The fire is lit, the kettle’s on behind the bar, and there is a seat at the end.

Real ale from £4.20, a Sunday carvery at £13.95, the quiz on Tuesdays and a band on Saturdays, at the bottom of the High Street in Treharris since 1893.