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Eva sings on Monday 24 August

Eva sings on Monday 24 August

Alternative pop and folk rock. Fairport Convention and Lana Del Rey in the same set, which is a wider span than it first looks.

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DJ Ed Thorman: three hours of sunset Balearic on Sunday 23 August

DJ Ed Thorman: three hours of sunset Balearic on Sunday 23 August

The most deliberately unhurried night of the season. Cinematic ambient, very chilled, very electronic — and the sun goes down two-thirds of the way through.

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Stevie Bear and DJ Fflyffilyfbybl: nineteen years, two decks and a beach

Stevie Bear and DJ Fflyffilyfbybl: nineteen years, two decks and a beach

Their third year here. Before that: Painted Chariot, Hendre Hall, and the Byd Mawr nights that brought Eat Static, System 7 and The Mighty Diamonds to north Wales.

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Ian Luther plays a two-night residency — Friday 14 and Saturday 15 August

Ian Luther plays a two-night residency — Friday 14 and Saturday 15 August

The biggest booking of our season, and he's here twice. Flamenco to rock, over 200 venues a year in the nineties, Glastonbury, four albums — and a surname that means lute player.

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Max plays from 3pm on Friday 14 August — then Ian Luther live at 6pm

Max plays from 3pm on Friday 14 August — then Ian Luther live at 6pm

The earliest start of the month. Reggae, world music and live melodica through the afternoon — then Ian Luther, live from 6pm.

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Tallulah Boo Adams live on Thursday 13 August

Tallulah Boo Adams live on Thursday 13 August

Covers, but not the ones you're bracing for. Voice and guitar, a jazz sensibility underneath, and a swing in songs you thought you knew.

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Higher Ground Collective: eight musicians, seven nationalities, one Wednesday in the dunes

Higher Ground Collective: eight musicians, seven nationalities, one Wednesday in the dunes

The biggest thing we've booked all month. A global ensemble from Bangor, led by the poet and musician Martin Daws, on Wednesday 26 August.

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DJ Fred + PEBS: tropical funk and afro disco on Wednesday 12 August

DJ Fred + PEBS: tropical funk and afro disco on Wednesday 12 August

Two DJs, all on vinyl, trading the decks all evening. Freddochino and Pebbles of Away with the Farey's and Hilltop Hifi.

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Go Cat DJs brought thirty years of records to the beach

Go Cat DJs brought thirty years of records to the beach

Gareth and Jim have been Go Cat since the mid-nineties. On Sunday they played hip hop, funk, soul and dub on vinyl as the sun went down.

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Rory E. Lee opens Pizza @ The Beach — Saturday 8 August

Rory E. Lee opens Pizza @ The Beach — Saturday 8 August

Two one-hour sets from 6.30pm, then Scragga on the decks till late. The first night of the bar, and the first sunset of the season.

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Miv, Kev & Dave live on Friday 21 August

Miv, Kev & Dave live on Friday 21 August

Two sets from 6pm. Sixties, seventies, Irish songs and jigs — and a last-song Hey Jude that everyone sings.

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From Café del Mar to Porth Tyn Tywyn: DJ Arwyn's August residency

From Café del Mar to Porth Tyn Tywyn: DJ Arwyn's August residency

Our resident DJ for the whole month, previously of Café del Mar in Ibiza. He's taking the sunset hour, on a beach that faces due west.

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Tuesdays at Dreamboat: bring a bottle for your table

Tuesdays at Dreamboat: bring a bottle for your table

There's no bar on a Tuesday. So bring something to drink with a pizza under the canopy — no corkage, no fuss.

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