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.

The next seven days
- 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 - TomorrowWednesday, 4 November
Darts
The Wednesday darts league: two teams, a buffet at half time, and the board free for anyone after ten.
8pm - Thu 5 NovThursday, 5 November
Choir night
Côr Bargoed rehearse in the function room; the bar fills with tenors at half nine.
7:30pm - 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 - Sat 7 NovSaturday, 7 November
Live music: Sally and the Strays
Soul and Motown. No cover charge.
9pm - Sun 8 NovSunday, 8 November
Sunday carvery
Beef, pork and turkey, all the trimmings, six sittings. Booking strongly advised.
12 – 4pm - 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.
- Sat 7 NovSally and the StraysSoul and Motown
- Sat 14 NovThe Taff Trail RamblersCountry and bluegrass
- Sat 21 NovPit Head BluesTwelve-bar blues
- 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.
- 3.8%Colliers BitterCwm Brewing Co., MerthyrAlways on · Amber bitter, the house ale
- 3.6%Navigation DarkTaff Bargoed BreweryAlways on · Dark mild, chocolate and roast
- 5.2%Pithead IPAUsk Valley BreweryGuest · English IPA, grassy and bitter
- 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

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.