The Lost Arc, Rhayader

bag of cats - Album launch + just501 + ffredi blino
2025-09-27 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
** Tickets will be available on the door after on line sales close **

Builth Wells based dance-punk upstarts Bag Of Cats launch their new album at The Lost ARC!

Expect high energy antics from “your mum’s favourite band”…

Support from Just501 and Ffredi Blino.

This gig will be mostly STANDING with some seating available.

£7.50 advance, £10 on the door.

Nos Wener pizza
2025-09-26 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-19 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-12 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-05 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-29 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-22 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-15 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-08 17:00 - 21:00 and 9 more dates
Nosweithiau pizza wrth yr arc!

yn noson newydd, reolaidd o gerddoriaeth fyw wreiddiol o’n hardal leol. Mewn ymdrech i hybu a chynnal y sin gerddoriaeth wych sydd gennym yn y Canolbarth, rydym yn rhoi llwyfan newydd ac ymroddedig i dalent cartref. Bydd gan y noson lein-yp gwahanol o 3 act bob yn ail fis, gyda’r holl arian drws yn mynd yn syth i’r cerddorion sy’n ymwneud â chreu cerddoriaeth newydd wych yn lleol.

rev it up 4 dev - mk3
2025-09-06 19:30 - 23:00
A charity night for Blood Bikes Wales with non stop live music for all tastes from reggae to rock and country to pop from Lucky Pierre and Out of Order.

Paul Devereaux was a regular at The Lost ARC, a much missed active member of Blood Bikes Wales and also a great friend to the bands.

For the last 2 years we have got together at The Lost ARC to celebrate DEV’s life with music, dance, drink and reminiscing – and have also raised over £2,300! Join us once more for round 3 on Saturday 6th September!

Tickets only £5 in advance, or you can double your donation to £10 – all ticket money goes straight to Blood Bikes Wales.

The last 2 years have been sell outs so we advise buying online!

open mic
2025-09-01 19:30 - 22:30, 2025-08-04 19:30 - 22:30, 2025-07-07 19:30 - 22:30
A chance to get on our stage on the first Monday of every month!

All welcome, with sign up from 7pm earliest. Songs, stories, jams, poems and more.

Professional sound and a supportive audience guaranteed. Free entry, bar open.

For more information search ‘The Lost Arc Open Mic‘ on facebook to join our group and make enquiries.

touki
2025-08-23 19:30 - 23:00
There will be tickets available on the door for this event after on line sales close.

Amadou Diagne has centuries of West African music at his fingertips. Cory Seznec is a musical wanderer and uncertified ethnomusicologist. A chance encounter while busking in Bath planted the seeds of a collaboration that’s been fermenting now for over a decade.

Touki means “journey” in Wolof, Diagne’s mother tongue. Their music focuses on climate change, environmental activism and spiritual matters — drawing together West African fables, personal stories and the social, economic and political challenges facing both developing countries and western ones. This is music that asks ecological, spiritual, and political questions.

Touki’s sound infuses East and West African styles and traditions with Appalachian banjo, folk motifs, and orchestral arrangements. Diagne’s powerful percussion, Seznec’s syncopated guitar-picking and rapid-fire banjo-frailing and on the road, Touki tour as a trio with American accordionist virtuoso Michael Ward-Bergeman. Michael’s strong bonds with Cory were forged two decades ago as founding members of the band Groanbox, when they first met Amadou.

As they sail through the cross currents of our complex world, Touki understands that the musical voyage itself is the destination.

This event will be mostly SEATED. Anyone with accessibility concerns is welcome to call the venue to discuss. £12.50 advance, £16 on the door.

s.o.a.r presents... bumtones, scotch funeral & asteroid j
2025-08-22 19:30 - 23:00
The first of a new series showcasing the best indie music around brought to you by local label Shag On A Rock Records…

The Lost ARC and Shag on a Rock present SHAG-01 – a garage punk rock ’n’ roll rave up starring three great underground acts from across Wales.

Headliners, Bangor-based Scotch Funeral are touring their new album ‘Ever and Ever’, fusing garage punk, no-wave and lo-fi indie.

Support comes from Llanidloes’ premier twangmeisters The Bumtones and Machynlleth nu-wave soloist Asteriod J (of The Asteroids). Three great original acts for a bargain £4 advance or £5 on the door!

Keeping it cheap and cheerful, supporting grassroots music with money straight into the artists’ pockets, what’s not to love?

This gig will be mixed seating and standing room. As the gig falls on a Friday, wood-fired pizza will be available from the café. You are advised to call ahead on 01597 811226 to book food!

soma soma
2025-08-08 19:30 - 23:00
Soma Soma are an 8-piece band from Bristol, UK, who offer an exciting mix of world music styles that can only be described as their own Soma Soma sound. Driving percussion, vintage horns, and hypnotic guitar lines work together to seamlessly blend Brazilian styles (Samba/Bossa Nova/Arrocha) with African (Highlife/Afrobeat/Soukous) genres to create something completely new and exciting. They are able to take traditional rhythms and infuse them with a modern energy that keeps the audience captivated throughout their performances.

One of the most striking aspects of Soma Soma’s music is the use of Portuguese lyrics in their songs, which adds an exotic and mysterious element to their sound. Even for those who don’t understand the language, the vocal performances are powerful and emotive, conveying the passion and intensity of the music.

Soma Soma is a fantastic live act that will transport you to a new world of afro/brazilian music and spread pure feelings of connection, joy and nostalgia.

This event will be mixed SEATED and STANDING. Anyone with accessibility concerns is welcome to call the venue to discuss. £12.50 advance, £16 on the door.

As this gig falls on a Friday there will be wood-fired pizza available from 5-9pm. Be sure to book a slot for food by calling 01597811226.

music/tech taster workshop
2025-07-20 16:00 - 18:00
Want to create and perform live music? Mid Powys Youth Theatre (MPYT) need young musicians to help shape and perform the score for their Autumn Show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – live at Wyeside Arts Centre, November 2025. If you want to be involved – now’s your chance!

For more info click here…

MPYT are bringing free workshops to towns around Powys where you can have a go – even if you’ve never done it before! You’ll learn how to create music using live instruments, vocals, loop pedals and tech. No grades needed (although of course grade 8s are welcome too!). Run by community composer Jim Elliot.

There will be 3 workshops, choose the one closest to your home and come along!

19th July: 2-4pm – Presteigne Assembly Rooms20th July: 10am-12pm – Hanging Gardens, Llanidloes20th July: 4-6pm – The Lost Arc, Rhayader

All abilities welcome, age 14-24.

Spaces are free – but limited. Booking is essential. Book Here!

noflipe
2025-07-17 19:30 - 23:00
ON LINE SALES HAVE CLOSED. THERE ARE TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR.

NOFLIPE is a band composed of seven individuals on the fringe of society. In their songs, we learn their story from the origin of the band to the discovery of the one who will become their worst enemy. At the heart of an increasingly superficial and inhuman society of appearances, the story plunges us in the gloomy atmosphere of DullTown. There, the seven characters experience the world on their way : Doctor E, the vigilante of shade, Flush, the ‘scum of society’, Natch, the swindler, Rudy Tiger, that nothing prevents from creating, Pew, the blind, SLow, the “offbeat” and TokToc, amnesiac in spite of himself. It’s time to enter the NOFLIPE Universe!

Although hailing from France, NOFLIPE rap in English as a conscious decision to bring their music around the world and we’re delighted to host them here at the Lost ARC for what promises to be an awesome gig.

NOFLIPE’s music blends killer hip-hop with driving funk and rock in a huge, party sound influenced by bands like Beastie Boys, Transplants, Stupeflip, Puppetmastaz, Funkadelic and Bad Brains.All of this with an aesthetic aspect inspired by comics and illustrators such as Franck Miller or Robert Crumb. By building their universe step by step, NOFLIPE bring their huge energy to the stage with a particularly communicative dynamism!

This event will be mostly STANDING. Seating is always available on our balcony and anyone with accessibility concerns is welcome to call the venue to discuss. £8 advance, £10 on the door.

ON LINE SALES HAVE CLOSED. THERE ARE TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR.

shop front heroes
2025-07-04 19:30 - 23:30
“An intelligent bombardment…”

– Adam Walton, BBC Wales

Shop Front Heroes are a five piece, original rock band from Mid-Wales. Taking influences from a vast range of artists and songwriters (including Queen, Bowie, The Killers, Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen, Simon Garfunkel, Pixies, Foo Fighters), their style smacks you with rock, pop, classic rock and alternative. It can be fast or slow, tender or nasty- but always has a penchant for the epic and grandiose.

After recording in the legendary Rockfield Studios, Shop Front Heroes released their debut album ‘SuperPowers’ in 2023. The album was mixed by the incredible talent of Stew Jackson (Massive Attack, Emily Breeze, Marc Ford) and was then mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Sean Magee (Beatles, Queen, Rush).

The band has earned a loyal following through fantastic live performances at festivals and venues up and down the country.

Support from Home Of The Free.

This event will be mostly STANDING. There is always seating available first come, first served on the balcony. Anyone with accessibility concerns is welcome to call the venue to discuss.

£10 advance, £12 on the door.

As this gig falls on a Friday there will be wood-fired pizza available from 5-9pm. Be sure to book a slot for food by calling 01597811226.

“Shop Front Heroes played the festival set of the weekend. They absolutely smashed it with a raw energy that left the audience transfixed”

– Andrew Marston, BBC Introducing

toby hay - new album launch
2025-06-06 19:30 - 23:00
“One of the finest guitarists of his generation.” – KLOF

Toby Hay is a guitar player and composer. Fascinated by the connection between landscape and music, he is inspired by the landscapes of the Cambrian Mountains where he lives, and is interested in the connection between improvisation and composition.

‘New Music for the 6 String Guitar’ is Toby’s 7th studio album. and is a follow up to 2019’s ‘New Music For The 12 String Guitar’. Like it’s 12 string predecessor, the concept for the new record was dreamt up by London label The state51 Conspiracy. The idea was to ask Roger Bucknall of Fylde guitars to build a new custom instrument specifically for a guitarist to write and record music for. The ‘Curlew’ custom 6 string is made from Macassar Ebony & light coloured Cedar and is set up to play in Toby’s unique tunings. The album was recorded over three days in the Wood Room at Real World Studios. All tracks are live performances with no overdubs.

“It is a beautiful studio, my brother Tim engineered the session. It is a very honest album, just me, in a room, one guitar, a mixture of compositions and improvisations. We were invited to watch the football with Peter Gabriel and a few of his friends on the final evening, a memorable experience!.”

The natural world is a recurring theme across these 12 tracks, with inspiration ranging from Hay’s time working for the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, to his recent Masters in Music & The Environment from the University of the Highlands and Islands. Inspiration also comes from Hay’s connection to his local landscape, his home inthe Cambrian Mountians, and his sheep dog Bear. But ultimately this is an album that explores the relationship between musician and instrument.

With the guitar being built by Roger Bucknall, the album mixed by Tchad Blake, and the photography by Julian Broad, this album is full of talented contributions from masters in their fields.

“I have been very lucky. Tchad and Julian are both local to me here in mid Wales, and to have them involved is such a priveledge. Roger is an absolute legend in the world of guitar making, and this instrument is stunning”

Toby has been twice nominated for the prestigious Welsh Music Prize and has toured all over the UK & Ireland performing solo, or collaborating with other musicians. He is the founder of Cambrian Records.

“Magical work of vast melodic scope.” – RnR Magazine

Support from Holly Blackshaw.

£12Advance. £15 on the door. Doors 7.30pm.

This gig will be seated.

As this gig falls on a Friday there will be wood-fired pizza available from 5-9pm. Be sure to book a slot for food by calling 01597811226.

Iona Lane
2025-05-31 19:30 - 23:00
“A real talent!” Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show

Highlands-based songwriter Iona Lane joins us in mid Wales as she tours the UK to support the release of her latest album.

Iona’s new album, Swilkie, weaves ecology, conservation, islands and folklore into poetic songs and contemplative melodies. Written during three residencies on the Isle of Eigg, Isle of Mull and Sanday in Orkney, sense of place and landscape are at the core of these songs. From basking sharks to lighthouses, lichen to vanishing islands, curlews to tree planting; the album was recorded in a boathouse on the West Coast of Scotland and the eager listener may even hear the lapping sound of the tide murmuring through the album. Iona’s connection to places by the sea is translated through these songs with evolving vocal melodies, subtle guitar and droning shruti box.

Iona’s debut album Hallival charted at #36 in the Official Folk Album Charts and was named by Folk Radio UK in their Top Albums of 2022. The album received widespread press including in The Guardian, Walk Highlands, BBC Radio 2 and The Scotsman to name a few.

In 2023 Iona toured extensively and joined Karine Polwart on a run of tour dates in England. Iona joined Karine on stage for a few songs, an awe inspiring opportunity for audiences to see these two artists sing together.

“Iona’s lyrics and musical arrangements crackle with wide-eyed curiosity.” Jude Rogers, The Guardian

Support TBA.

£10 Advance. Doors 7.30pm.

This gig will be seated.
