Yesterday the South Wales Gay Men's Chorus braved the snowy weather and sang at St Fagans National History Museum, in an event to mark LGBT History Month.

SWGMC will break new ground in January when we sing at London's iconic Cadogan Hall with Europe's longest-standing LGBT Choir - the Pink Singers.  The performance on 14 January will feature a huge variety of songs from KD Lang and the Scissor Sisters to Verdi and Mozart.  SWGMC will be singing with the Pink Singers as well as singing 2 sets of our own.

This is a fantastic opportunity to see SWGMC sing with a leading choir at a prestigious London venue.

See below for further details, booking arrangements and facebook events page.

Cadogan Hall event page

Facebook event page

Pink Singers website

SWGMC website

Christmas Concert: Festive and Ffabiwlys

Friday 16th December. The Gate Arts Centre, 7.30 p.m.

Following the success of our summer concert Stage and Screen we will be back at the Gate this Christmas. Come and join us for popular carols and some pop/rock classics when we also be raising funds for the Wales Air Ambulance.

Suitable for all ages, come and celebrate Christmas with one of Wales's fastest-growing men's choirs.

To book tickets phone The Gate box office: 02920 483344 or book online at www.thegate.org.uk

South Wales Gay Men's Chorus will be performing at Mardi Gras, Coopers Field, Cardiff, on Saturday 3rd September.

We're on the Main Stage, where we will perform the world premier of Precious Anthems, arranged by Chris Fossey, the Chorus' principle accompanist.

We will also be performing on the Cabaret Stage, with a larger selection of songs from our recent summer concert.

Come and join us! Cardiff Mardi Gras is a free event for all to attend.

Our Summer Gala Concert, Sound Tracks from Stage and Screen, is happening this Saturday, 30th July, 7.30 p.m. at The Gate Arts Centre, Roath, Cardiff.

Come along for a fantastic evening. Highlights include music from James Bond films, Chicago, West Side Story, Les Miserables as well as loads more! All performed by one of South Wales' most exciting musical groups, backed by our 25 piece orchestra.

Tickets are priced at just £8 and are available from the Gate Box Office: 029 2048 3344 / www.thegate.org.uk

Hope to see you there!

Last week we had great fun recording a few numbers and a couple of jingles for BBC Radio Wales.

Our efforts can be heard tonight, Friday 25th March, on the Chris Needs Show, Radio Wales from 10 p.m.

Radio Wales can be found on 93 - 104 FM 657 & 882 MW, Sky 0117 - Freesat 714, Freeview 719 and Cable 913.

See the BBC Wales website for more about Chris' show.

We are excited to be singing at St Fagans as part of the LGBT History Month celebrations. More info here.

We received a lovely Christmas present this year: Chris Needs gave the whole choir membership to his Friendly Garden. We even got this certificate to prove it, see!

We were especially delighted to have the legendary radio presenter and entertainer himself as our special guest at our Christmas concert in Cardiff. Many thanks Chris!

It's been a busy but fun lead up to Christmas this year and we are now looking forward to letting our hair down at the Kings Cross on Thursday 23rd December where we will be giving an informal rendition of our Christmas concert highlights. Come along for a fun night out!

On the weekend we, and our lovely audience, braved the snow and ice for our Christmas concerts in Swansea and Cardiff. A great time was had by all. We were delighted to welcome back our guest soloist, Toby Hunt, who wowed us all with his stunning vocals and Elvis Presley costume! This year we also had the pleasure of having spoken word artist Mab Jones perform her laugh-out-loud comic verse, which was absolutely exquisite.

This Christmas we have been raising money for the Cardiac Unit in University Hospital Wales, Cardiff. Many thanks to all you generous people who have donated money to this essential, life-saving service. Most of us know someone who has suffered cardiac problems and know how important it is to get medical help quickly. It's been our privilege to help raise some funds for the work that the cardiac unit staff do, day and night, to serve our community.

A big thank you to all our supporters! It was great to see you, whether it was at our concerts, carolling in Mermaid Quay, singing at the switching on of the lights in Penarth or at one of our other events. If you couldn't get to see us this time then we will be back next year, getting ready for our spring and summer programme.

A very Merry Christmas to each and every one of you!

SWGMC are pleased to announce that they will be holding their Christmas concerts on 18th Dec at Swansea Grand Theatre and on 19th December at The Gate, Cardiff.

Last year we were Getting Into The Christmas Habit and the audiences raved over it! This year we're having A Swingin' Christmas; a programme of traditional Christmas Songs, a few Carols and a few surprises, all guaranteed to really get you into the Christmas Spirit.

This is an evening for all ages; for all who like great singing and cracking music from Wales' latest, fastest growing and popular men's choir.

Click here for information on how to book your ticket.