Bar Cocoa
Broad Street, Barry. facebook.com/cocoabarry
Fri 3 Regal Nights 10pm-3.30am, £6.50 adv. Old skool garage from DJ Luck & MC Neat, Paz, James Bourne, Katty and host MC Gummi.
The Big Top / 10 Feet Tall
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / [email protected]
Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis.
Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk.
Fri 3 Hey Mary 10.30pm, £5. Cardiff’s top gay/queer/drag/etc night. Hosted by Lucy Fur with Sissy Boy Tears DJs dropping the tunes. Normally on the first Friday of every month.
Fri 24 That Good Night 10pm. Leftfield electronic tackle with Beauty Parlour, Christobel (Hey Mary) and It’s Dando, plus more TBC.
Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.
Blind Tiger
49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.
Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session.
Fridays Koncept & Friends 11pm, £3-£5. House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights.
Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5. Underground and cutting edge club music promised.
Blisters
63-65 Hanbury Rd, Bargoed. 01443 821500 / [email protected]
Thurs 30 Darren Styles 10pm-4am, £18 adv. Big man of happy hardcore drives a long way into the valleys on a Thursday to headline. Also playing: Martin Dibble and more TBC.
Blue Honey Night Cafe
Quay Street, Cardiff. 07512 247712 / facebook.com/bluehoneynightcafe
Thurs 2 All-Girl DJ Night Hosted by Jessie from techno promoters Doppler and featuring a lineup TBC.
Buffalo
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Open Mon-Thurs 11am-3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com
Mondays Gin & Juice 10pm-4am, from £2. R’n’b/hip-hop night, replacing the recently departed Bump & Grind in none too subtle fashion. Lots of drinks deals on offer, although not for the drink of the evening’s name.
Tue 21 Haws 10pm-4am, £10/£8. Groovy house with respected headline DJ Damiano Von Erckert.
Wed 1 Switch Up 10pm-3am, £5 adv. Garage, grime, bassline, jungle and drum’n’bass. Lineup: Nu Elementz with MC Chew, JE3, Styx, Wonky Tree and Fonz.
Thurs 2 Get Funky 10pm-3am, £6/£5. Disco, house and funk from Daryl Finn, Eben Rees, Andrew Lambert and headliner Fingerman, from Brighton.
Fri 10 Breathe 10pm-4am, £4 adv. Techno and deep house with local DJ Tom Ware headlining.
Fri 17 Stickylemons 9.30pm-4am, £8-£15 A night of grime and bassline v drum’n’bass, headlined by Mr Traumatik, a Cardiff MC who has got quite popular elsewhere of late. Also features Blackley, Klip & Outlaw, Garry K, Chunky Bizzle, DJ Shannyshan, Bomber b2b Frenzee, Skamma / Jay Dee / Slim-Teng, Low b2b Mowgli b2b Hoodfellaz, T-Bone b2b Pabz and Kallista.
Fri 3 Canopy 10.30pm-4am, £6 adv. Drum’n’bass from Bladerunner, Run Tingz Cru, Kursiva and residents.
Saturdays The Shake Up 10pm-4am, £3. Pop, chart, house, r’n’b funk and soul from residents over two floors. Plus, when you order a drink from the bar you roll a dice and, if you roll a double, it’s half price. My commiserations to this venue’s bar staff for having to put up with this.
Cardiff University Students Union
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / [email protected]
Wednesdays YOLO 9pm-2am, £4/£3 adv/free before 11. New midweek club night promising both your favourite tunes and great offers. Good name, really on trend.
Saturdays Juice 10pm-3am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop.
Club Ice
Broadway, Pontypridd. 07771 920726 / www.clubiceponty.com
Fri 3 Core Collision – Pirates Of Rave 7pm-3am, £10 adv. Hardcore night headlined by Sy and supported by Ray Raw, D-Grove, Bass Brothers, Andy Demize and Chesh.
Fri 17 Core Collision – UV Spectacular 8pm-3am, £5 adv. Another hardcore night where they chuck a load of UV paint and foam around while this lot DJ: Fallon, Blocaldini, Ray Raw, Andy Demize, Lozzie, Webbe, Gee And Atom, Xsiv, Hyde and Stylezzy. Hosted By MCs Energy, Venom and Andy Demize.
Club Oxygen
1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk
Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, free. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy.
Saturdays 10pm-6am, £5/free before 1.
Clwb Ifor Bach
Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net
Mondays Bump & Grind 10.30pm, £3-£5. Hip-hop and r’n’b night which has recently moved from Buffalo.
Tue 21 Dazed 11pm, £8-£12. Second edition of new drum’n’bass club night featuring Serum Dnb b2b Turno, Clique, Woo & Comfort and Dazed residents.
Tue 28 Good Life 11pm, £6 Underwater-themed club night of some kind.
Thurs 9 Carnival 11pm, £3-£5. Bashment, dancehall and reggae.
Thurs 16 DJ Format & Abdominal 7pm, £12.50. Funky hip-hop sorts, play here about once a year.
Thurs 23 Brooklyn Zoo 10.30pm-4am, £3-£5. Current and classic hip-hop alike.
Fridays (bottom) Seventy Times 7 11pm-3am, £3-£5. New weekly clubnight offering alt-rock and pop-punk by the looks of things. It’s named after a Brand New song if that’s any indicator.
Fri 3 Journey 10pm-4am, £15 adv. This is an Enter The Dragon reunion night, that being Cardiff’s top trance promo team around 1999/2000 when the genre was making mad paper. Room 1: John 00 Fleming, Jimpy, Richie Knight, Joe Byrne and Arran Roberts; Room 2: Cool House V Funkydory presents Dave Mills, Tyrone Rose, Gari Worner and Matt Joy.
Fri 10 Submerge & Shelter 11pm-4am, £6-£10. Bristol dubstep/grime DJ duo Kahn & Neek debut in Cardiff tonight (I think). See Clubs. Kloc, Blokeye & Effigy, Bandit and Ollie G also feature.
Fri 17 Disco Motel 11pm, £3-£5. Disco and classic pop club night.
Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5. Three floors of fun: The Vinyl Vendettas’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop and Mr Potter’s proper disco.
Courtyard
48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”.
Fridays Spotlight Sessions / The Kickstart 5pm, £3/free before 9. Urban and club anthems and drinks deals. Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal which also includes entry to Blind Tiger, Meze Lounge and Lambaba.
Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy.
Sundays Good Time Social Club 8pm, free. DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights.
Fiction & Vinyl
The City Gates, Little Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 828777 / www.fictionclub.co.uk/swansea
Wednesdays Underground 11pm-3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms.
Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Fri 29 has a guest appearance from Love Island’s Chris Hughes.
Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.
Fuel
5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 07970 063107 / facebook.com/fuelcardiff
Thursdays FUBAR 10pm-2am. Rock, metal and alternative clubnight.
Fridays + Saturdays Rock and metal anthems each weekend, plus special guests when such types are in town.
Fri 10 Killing Moon / Blondie Afterparty 11pm-3am. 80s alternative night returns to coincide with Blondie being in town. DJs: Zer0star, Yvonne Evie McCracken and Phil White (Dead Of Night).
Glam
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2022 9311 / [email protected]
Mondays The Fest 10pm-3am, £2/free before 11. A mashup of chart, r’n’b, cheese and dance across two floors. Mon 6 has a guest appearance from Kem off Love Island.
Saturdays Vanity 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed.
Gwdihw
6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk
Tue 14 Cardiff Electronic Producers 7.30pm. With acts TBC.
Fri 24 Pleasuredome 9pm, £4/£3 before 11. Electro, synthpop, italo disco, new wave, funk and more.
Sat 4 Sure Shot 9pm. Featuring Pascal Rioux of Favorite Recordings.
Sat 11 The Mixtape 9pm. Disco, house and funk.
Sat 25 Hully Gully 9pm. Dancefloor-friendly funk etc.
Sat 2 Dec Sure Shot 9pm. Featuring Late Night Tales DJs plus Groove Theory’s Tom Bateman.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Fri 10 Teak 10pm-5am. House and disco from Orpheu The Wizard, Seka and Ellie Stokes.
Karma
75 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Fri + Sat 8pm-6am. [email protected]
Sat 4 Circle 8 9pm-6am, £12 adv. Drum’n’bass headlined by 90s vet Jumping Jack Frost and Bellyman, with MOD, Apollo, Mowgli, Low, Hoodfellaz, Bason, Kallista, Pabz, Tbone, Joe Blow, Chew, CZA, Slim teng, 4dee, Mascot, Plethora and Missy G also in the area.
Sat 2 Dec MC Magika’s Earthstrong Celebration 9pm-6am. No real info on this yet but it’s presented in conjunction with Circle 8 and is partly or entirely drum’n’bass.
Laser Station
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Sat 17 Sesh On 9pm-3am, £7 before 11. Drum’n’bass from Rezaloot, Dylan ‘Bassline’ James, SelectriX & Sub-Conscious, Synapse and Doc P.
Mackintosh Sports Club
38 Keppoch Street, Cardiff. 029 2049 4697 / www.mackintoshsportsclub.org
Sat 18 Saturday Social Fundraver 7.30pm-12.30am, £5. See Clubs for more on this night, in aid of The Wallich. DJs: Jean Jacques Smoothie, Shaun Llewelyn (Freebass), Phil Dread, DJ Rascal (Vinyl Cruisers), Disko Stu & Alex (The Wallich) and Gareth J (Sacred Grooves).
Mary’s
89 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon-Thurs 4pm-2am, Fri 4pm-3am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-1am. 029 2066 8647 / www.maryscardiff.co.uk
Wednesdays Wednesday Club 8pm-2am. Dance and chart toppers with DJ Chris.
Thursdays Mixxet 8pm-2am. Fun, games, and cabaret with Amber Dextrous and Alphaa Heart.
Fridays Non Stop Party 8pm-2am. DJ Lee plays tunes from the 90s onwards.
Saturdays 8pm-2am. Dance, pop and chart with DJ Billy Joe.
Sundays Service 5pm-2am, free. Bingo with Aunty Ade and Aunty Betty from 5pm, with cash prizes; DJ Mary Golds until 9pm; guest cabaret at 9pm and DJ Billy Joe on the tapes (this is an odd turn of phrase but I like it) until 1am.
Metros
Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www.metroscardiff.com
Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £4/free early bird. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese.
Fridays Havoc 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Mismatched alternative tunes from Hywel.
Saturdays Lose Yourself 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Stereo Brain playing indie, beats, treats and pop-punk.
Meze Lounge
6 Market Street, Newport. 01633 259144 / facebook.com/mezeloungenewport
Fridays Panic! Alternative anthems, pop-punk, hardcore and guilty pleasures.
Saturdays Rock You! 10pm, £3-£5. A selection of anthems across the decades plus party/covers bands each week.
Sat 25 Got Bass 10pm-5am. Bassline, garage and house from Cardiff promoters.
Minskys Show Bar
Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128 / www.minskys-showbar.com
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm-1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.
Missoula
84-86 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 1315 / www.missoulabars.co.uk/missoulacardiff
Mondays Mojito Mondays 5pm-12am. Motown classics and mojitos 2-4-1 all night.
Thursdays T4 5pm-12am. Funk, disco, house, soul and tribal from DJ So Sash.
Fridays #Friday 5pm-2am. funky house and half price drinks from 5-10pm.
Mocka Lounge
Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com
Thursdays The Social Affair 9pm-3am. Over-25s night with chart hits through the ages.
Fridays Timeless DJ Dan Nicholas plays r’n’b, funk, disco and old skool. Just old skool.
Saturdays Decorum Soulful and upfront house, plus funk, disco etc, from Sinky and Styles.
Sundays VIP Chris Evans (My Playhouse) plays club classics, funky house and r’n’b.
The Moon
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / [email protected]
Fridays Gigantic Free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae, soul until 3am.
Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Free. DJ Puddlefunk with bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between.
Neon Lounge
Market Street, Newport. 01633 533666 / theneon.co.uk/neon-bar-lounge
Fri 10 Soul, Funk & Motown Night 8pm, £3. DJs from Penarth Soul Club and A Basement Full Of Soul with an all-vinyl set on the second Friday of each month.
Sat 18 Perc 8pm-3am, £6 adv. See Clubs for more on this. Room 1 has Kofi Tarris, Paul Blandford, Owen Kilby, Richard Anthony Moulton, Chris Cain and Billy Jordan. Room 2: is hosted by Krupa.
The Parrot
32 King Street, Carmarthen. 01267 231012 / facebook.com/theparrotmusicbar
Sat 18 Souled On Vinyl 8pm-1am, £4. DJs Uncle Funk, Scooter Paul, Jess Wrecker and Vinyl Richie play northern soul, funk etc.
Penarth Ex-Serivcemen’s Club
69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 25 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12.30am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Last PSC event scheduled here for this year.
The Pink Geranium
31-33 Herbert Street, Pontardawe. 01792 862255.
Sat 18 Exposure & Remapped 6pm, free. House and techno from Taz Meah and Lloyd Haines (Con7rol) plus Exposure and Remapped residents and guests.
The Pit
The Strand, off Wind Street, Swansea. facebook.com/pg/thepitswansea
Sat 4 +Sat 2 Dec Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.
Platform 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sat 7 008 6pm-3am, £8 adv. Tech house DJ Latmun, real name Joe Bradley, is tonight’s headliner.
Popworld
96 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm-3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am. 029 2023 5825.
Mondays Pop Rocks 9pm. A night of what they call alternative pop but their examples (Green Day, Blink, Linkin Park) seem to suggest will be pop-punk and nu-metal. Ah, it’s all just names at the end of the day.
Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party Until 3am. Drinks deals from 5-11pm (Fri) and 3-8pm (Sat).
Popworld
Wind Street, Swansea. Mon-Fri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.
Tuesdays Timewarp Music from the 1980s and dance competitions.
Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1.
Thursdays Destination Popworld Lots of cocktails, 2-4-1 offers and, naturally, pop music.
Fridays + Saturdays Ain’t No Party Like A Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4 (Fri)/£3-£5 (Sat).
Pryzm
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www.pryzm.co.uk/cardiff
Mondays Quids In 10pm-4am. New student night starting this month.
Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3am, £4. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff. Saturday is in conjunction with Jongleurs comedy club, which also takes place here.
Fridays Smack. 9pm-3am. Weekly student event described by one enthusiast as “lit Friday nights with chilled fam bams and regular bants”.
Pulse
3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www.pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue.
Wednesdays Kapow! 10pm-4am. Student night with Jolene Dover and DJ Warren.
Fridays Full On 10pm-5am, £4/£3. DJ Craig downstairs, Opal upstairs.
Saturdays Pop Til You Drop 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long.
The Queens Hall
44 High Street, Narberth. 01834 861212 / www.thequeenshall.org.uk
Sat 4 Bass Re-Fusion 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Headlined by DJ Indian Man’s blend of bhangra, garage and hip-hop, the bill also includes Rob Why? b2b DJ One_Z, DJ Shanna and DJ Prem.
The Rainbow Rooms
12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07563 111225 / www.the-rainbowrooms.com
Sat 4 Dirtbox Zombies 7pm-6am, £12 adv. Hardcore slammers in your face from Gammer, Ed ET & DTR, D-Grove, Rob Davies, MCP, Dr Loch, Leg3ndz, Angel Eyes, Patchy & Vandellio, Disturbed DJs Vs Sub Stoperz, Misteve, Rhod Morgan and hosts K-Ner and Venom.
Sat 18 WeAreOne 8pm-6am, £10 adv. Hard trance, hardstyle and UK hardcore from The Wikidz, Littlejack b2b Ryan Rees, N-Zyme & TJ v Legendz, Jaba, Reflux v Racy, Rob Rees and Rusty Nuttz b2b Tranz-Linquants b2b D-Grove. MCs: Shocker, K-Ner (who is promoting this event and raising money so his mum can have an operation) and Jay-P.
Revolution
Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk
Tuesdays Mode 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Popular student night returns.
Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.
Room 112
3-6 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Thurs 9pm-3am, Fri + Sat 10pm-4am. 029 2066 7996 / www.room112.net
Fridays Gawjus 9pm-4am, £10/£5 before 12. R’n’b, hip-hop and dancehall.
Saturdays Fusion 9pm-4am, £10/£5. Afrobeats, r’n’b and dancehall.
Sin City
Dilwyn Street, Swansea. 01792 468892 / www.sincityclub.co.uk
Tuesdays Hustle 10pm-3am, £3/£2 before 12. Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop.
Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night.
Fridays Monsters Of Rock 10pm-3.30am, £4/£2 before 12.30. Indie in room 1, metal in room 2.
Fri 10 Amuzon 10pm-4am, £5 adv. Good looking lineup from new promo heads: Big Miz (Glasgow), Doc Daneeka (Swansea) and William (Noods Radio, Bristol).
Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South. Sat 28 features grime faves Royal T and P Money.
Sat 4 Strange Things Swansea 10pm. This appears to be a Stranger Things-themed student night, except they’ve taken a letter out of the name for ironclad protection against getting sued.
Sat 11 Rick And Morty’s House Party 10pm, £3. “£50 bar tab for the best costume. Episodes playing all night. House Party anthems accompanied by Rick and Morty favourites. Themed drinks”.
Sat 18 Bassline 10pm-4am, £15/£13. Bassline, garage and grime from headliner Holy Goof.
Sat 2 Dec The Lighthouse Project 10pm, £12 adv. First time in Swansea, I think, for classy techno merchant Cassy. ‘Twas seven years ago I saw her play. Eeh, doesn’t time fly.
Soda
St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www.sodacardiff.com
Wednesdays Replay 9pm-4am, £4. Chart, cheese and r’n’b for students.
Fridays Fade 10pm-3am, £4/£6 VIP. R’n’b, hip-hop, house and UK garage from Vijay, Jigga, Monique B and Dan Willow.
Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that.
Sundays Soda Sundays 9pm-3am, £4/£8 VIP. Three floors of music for students and industry workers.
Tiger Tiger
Friary House, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff. Open Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-12.30am. 029 2039 1944 / www.tigertiger-cardiff.co.uk
Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £2.50 per session. The UK’s leading private karaoke experience each day of the week.
Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 10pm-3am, £5/£3.50. Exclusive midweek student party. You don’t need NUS to get in though.
Fridays Tic Toc 10pm-3am, £4.
Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.
Tramshed
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Sun 26 Big Fish Little Fish 2-4.30pm, £7.50. Popular rave event for babies and toddlers (and their parents) with DJ Faydz (Fantazia) and Huw Bunford (Super Furry Animals) this month.
Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Tue 7 Wile Out – Strictly Bassline 10pm, £4. Single-genre night from DJs Bandit, Mango, Styx and Vaxine.
Wed 8 Society Basement Series 10pm-3am, £4. Headlined by techno/minimal DJ Argy Kay. This is a night that takes place around the UK, but always in clubs situated below ground level, for some reason.
Thurs 30 XL Invites 10pm. New and rising drum’n’bass artists as well as those established in the industry already, they claim.
Fri 3 Groove Theory 10pm. House, disco, funk, normally a good headliner or two.
Fri 10 La Fiesta 10pm-4am, £5/£4. Salsa, reggaeton, some bachata and Spanish rock.
Fri 17 Selecta 11pm, £8/£6 adv. Bass house, bassline, garage, grime, dubstep, drum’n’bass and jungle. UK funky hotshot Champion is tonight’s headliner, with Onslaught and Bandit also featuring.
Fri 24 Temple 10pm. Monthly drum’n’bass night, lineup TBC.
Sat 4 Flatline 10pm. Drum’n’bass, 140 and bassline from local DJs.
Sat 11 Paranoize 10pm-4am. Grime, garage, drum’n’bass, bass music, some or all of.
*Sat 18 Rotary Club 11pm-4am, £8 adv. See Clubs for more on this fourth birthday party, which is headlined by DMX Krew. First time in Cardiff as far as I know? Warrenraww is the other special guest.
Warehouse 54
54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session.
Fridays The Good Time Social Club 11pm, £3. Laid back beats and live sessions to kick off the weekend. Entry fee also grants you entry to Courtyard, Blind Tiger, Meze Lounge and Labamba.
Saturdays Viva R’n’b and club classics. entry fee, again, gets you into all the clubs listed above.
Sat 18 Su Casa & Re:work 9pm-5am, £5 adv. Techno and house from Toolroom Records’ Kydus plus Koncept, Lassandro, Beekay and more TBC.
Wow Bar
4 Churchill Way, Cardiff. Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com
Wednesdays Wish You Were Here Free. Student night with “inflight entertainment” from Lambrini Rampage and Mary Golds, plus music from DJ Krys.
Thursdays The Night With No Name Free. DJ Craig and Mary Golds offer “mad games and crazy entertainment.”
Fridays The Greatest Show In The City Free before 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week.
Saturdays The VKend Free before 11. With DJs Craig and Krys. You can get cheap deals in VK. £6.50 for a fishbowl. £6 for a jug of WKD. Settle down now, kids.
Sundays The Cuckoo Club Free. DJ Krys plays the tunes until late.