Calling South Wales Music Fans!

Were you part of the Newport rock/punk/alt scene between 1970 and 2010?

Perhaps you saw your favourite band debut in LePub, or maybe you met your musical hero at the Kensington Club?

If so, Newport Rock Collecting – Winding Snake Productions’ National Lottery Heritage Fund funded social history project – is for YOU!

There are three main parts to the project. The first is an exhibition and contemporary collection with the Newport Museum & Art Gallery between 28th February and 10th June 2023.

The second part is an audio archive of gig memories to be housed on the Peoples Collection Wales and with the Sound and Screen Archive at the National Library of Wales; and finally a series of education and community engagement activities in Newport throughout the duration of the project.

Newport Rock Collecting saught people who were going to gigs in Newport in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s to take part in recording memories for a permanent record of events in those years, and we still want to hear your stories and learn about your experiences throughout this extensive and exciting period.

Working with Newport Museum & Art Gallery we will build a collection of Newport’s rock/punk/alt past, featuring your collection of music memorabilia, anything from ticket stubs, set-lists, band t-shirts, fanzines, to costumes, instruments and stage dressings. Now’s the time to share the treasures of your memory boxes with the world and donate or loan your items to Newport Museum.

To share your favourite gig story get in touch via the Get Involved page.