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10 Feet Tall
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / [email protected]
Fridays Soulection 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Soul, boogie and the like from Blue Honey DJs. Fri 9 Funk’d 10pm. Debut Cardiff night for some promoters who have moved from Aberystwyth. Their music policy there comprised funk, hip-hop, disco, house, garage and old skool jungle, FYI. Fri 16 Palette 11pm-4am, £10/£8 adv. Featuring a five-hour musical journey courtesy of Bradley Zero, Peckham-based DJ renowned for his rangy tastes and his Rhythm Section radio show. Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk, neo-soul and Motown with music from James Morgan-Rees & Alex Moxham. Sundays 10 Feet Tall Industry Night 5pm-3am, free. 50% off all drinks for industry staff with this venue’s Industry card, alongside late-night Blue Honey DJs.
The Boiler House
Unit D, Papermill Road, Cardiff. 07977 138587 / www. boilerhousegraffiti.com
Sat 3 City Bass & Friends 5pm-1am, £6/£4. Bristol DJ collective Dirtytalk join CB residents for an evening of wicked electronic party music. See Clubs.
Blind Tiger
49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.
Fridays The Friday Night Project With special guests, prizes and karaoke sessions until late. Saturdays Koncept & Friends House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights.
Buffalo
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Open Mon-Thurs 11am-3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com
Mondays Bump & Grind 10pm-3am, £4/£3 before 11.30. 90s r’n’b/hip-hop night. Thurs 22 Carnival Cardiff Freshers Bash 11pm-3am, £3-£5 adv. Moving from Clwb Ifor Bach, the new term marks the return of this “bashment party where we drink, dance and dagger!” Struggling to imagine anything more cringeworthy than a room full of pissed students from the home counties trying out daggering for size. Fri 2 Aperture 10pm-4am, £10 adv/£8 early bird. Monthly drum’n’bass blowout, headlined by Lynx and featuring ERB, Ransom, Sundance and Cal Ahearn. 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.
Club MTV
Singleton Park, Swansea. www.mtv.co.uk/clubmtv
Sat 24 Club MTV 4-11pm, £15 adv/£35 VIP. A combo of live acts and DJs, so far featuring Professor Green, Redlight, Jonas Blu and Rewire & Varski.
Club Oxygen
1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk
Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, from £5. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy. Saturdays 10pm-6am. Room 1: ED, progressive, big room, electro, deep and house. Room 2: r’n’b, bassline, garage and hip-hop. Plus big name guests TBC. Sat 10 Warehouse 11pm-5am. Swedish housemeister John Dahlbäck, who arrived on the scene as a precocious teen but is now in his thirties like a normal person, is tonight’s headline.
Clwb Ifor Bach
Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net
Wed 28 Fiesta Bombarda 10pm-3am, £15 adv. Featuring live sets from Hynotic Brass Ensemble (see Music) and Afro Cluster, Dr Hyde and various DJs until late. Thurs 22 C-Y-N-T 10.30pm. Student-favoured clubbing brand with their first night in here for a while. Not been announced who it is yet though. Fridays (bottom) Zerox 10.30pm-3am, £4/£3 NUS. A “party jukebox” night. With DJs, though, not an actual jukebox. Fri 16 Don Letts 10pm, £12/£10 adv. UK’s most esteemed punky reggae party starter. See Clubs. Fri 23 Triple Cooked 10pm, £8/£6 adv. “Disco, house, bass, garage, grime and more” are mooted here, with DJs Jamie Thomas and Lurcott Bros, plus a live set from Will Udal. 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 The Kickstart / Terrace Session Classic anthems, downstairs, Mr Ifsta plus allstar residents up on the roof terrace. Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays Sunday Sessions DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights.
Dempseys
Castle Street, Cardiff. 029 2023 9253 / www.dempseyscardiff.com
Thursdays (downstairs) Twisted By Design 9.30pm-2am, free. Weekly night along the lines of the Saturday lineups. Fridays (downstairs) Blah Blah Blah 10pm-3am, free. Gary Twisted offers up Motown, indie, rock’n’roll, reggae and “no cheesy pop”. Saturdays 9pm-3am, free. Rock’n’roll, funk, soul, party tunes yadda yadda, selected by Chris PJ Martin. Sat 24 Twisted By Design 9pm-2am, £3.50/£3 NUS. Back for the first time in months, Gary will be playing, as ever, the best in indie choons – Belle & Sebastian, Bowie, Cure, Dead Kennedys, summat like that.
Eddie’s
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Wednesdays WTF 9pm-2.30am. Drinks deals and the DJing presence of Chris Lee and Wayno. Fridays Stock Exchange 9pm-3am. Toby Ellis and TTD are the DJs as the drinks rise and fall in price according to some pseudo-stock exchange thing, inviting you to be the ‘Wolf Of Quay Street’. Topical reference. Saturdays The Main Event 9pm-3am. Three floors, three DJs, one venue. Amazing but true. Sat 17 Sigma 9pm-3am, £7 adv. Mersh drum’n’bass duo.
El Rio
19-21 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 765411.
Fri 9 Substantial Sound 10pm-3am, £4. Heavy bass takes control courtesy of DJs MBS, Him Again, DJ Escher and Kiwi Funk, plus “quite possibly the best sounding rig in Pembrokeshire”. Fri 16 Powerjam 10pm-3am, £5. Raucous-sounding hard dance bash out west with Stu Grady, MCP (who I’ve always wanted to ask if his name is short for Municipal Car Park), Deimos, Smart-E v Darkstyler and Drago.
Fuel
5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 07970 063107 / www.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.
The Full Moon / The Moon Club
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / [email protected]
Fridays Gigantic Free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae, soul until 3am. Fri 9 Conscious Sounds Showcase 10pm-3am. Roots reggae and dub, this month featuring King General and Bush Chemist, plus King Simeon. Sat 10 Killing Moon 11pm, £4. Night celebrating 80s alternative music. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Free. DJ Puddlefunk with bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between. Sat 23 The Hold Up 10pm-3am, £10 adv/£20 VIP. Monthly hip-hop night headlined by US MC Bronze Nazareth. Sat 30 Ultimate Power 11pm-4am, £4. Regular night of power ballads and silliness.
Glam
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2022 9311 / [email protected]
Mondays The Fest 10pm-3am, £3.50. Two floors of charts, dance and student anthems (room one) and r’n’b, hip-hop, urban and funky (room two). Mon 19 is a Freshers Welcome with Nathan Dawe (a “multi genre DJ” according to his Facebook page) and also appears to be a Silent Disco; Mon 26 features Jamie Laing (an “entertainer”); Mon 3 Oct features Scott Timlin, who won this year’s Celebrity Big Brother having appeared on various other shows for the purpose of becoming a celebrity in the first place. Tue 27 Love Island Beach Party 10pm-3am, £6/£4. Hosted by Alex Bowen, who was on Love Island itself this year. There’s a load of beachy crap like buckets and spades in the venue too. Wed 28 Octave – Chapter 2 10pm-4am. With headliners TBC plus The Octave Collective, which is a fancy name for a bunch of local DJs. This seems to be part of Freshers’ Fortnight, for which you have to buy a wristband that gets you into loads of other events. Wed 5 Oct Shangri-La 10pm-4am, £8 adv. Big house and techno vibes, pitched at new or returning students, with a three-hour set from Richy Ahmed b2b wAFF in the top slot. James Organ and Nic Saunders will also feature. Thurs 29 Dench Freshers Party All I know about this is that Lethal Bizzle, he of Dench branding fame, is slated to appear. Fridays Smack. 9pm-3am. This night has moved from, er, some other Cardiff club, I can’t be arsed looking up which one. Saturdays Vanity 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Sat 1 Oct The Mayfair Sessions Marbella x Ibiza Reunion 10pm-3am, £6 adv/£10 VIP. Featuring Colin Francis, CJiDJ, Kerion J and Jordan Valleys. Sun 25 Glam Rooftop Party Last one of these Sabbath sessions for 2016 features Butler, a house/techno jock from Leeds, with top billing.
Gwdihw
6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk
Fri 2 Signor Funk 9pm, £3. Funky tunes played by someone who Gwdihw call Mr Signor Funk. Love those superflouous honorifics! Fri 16 Cafe A Go Go 9pm, £6 adv. Featuring a live set from Big Boss Man. Fri 30 Pleasuredome 9pm-2.30am, £5/£3 before 11. Conroy, Deemo and Teoman play the electronic music of the 80s. Sat 3 Sure Shot 9pm, £4 adv. With a headline set from top UK cratedigger Chris Read. Sat 10 Blue Honey 9pm, £3. Modern disco, electro, house and boogie. Proceeds from this night apparently go to one of the BH team, to pay for the baby they’re having. Talk about your big society! Sat 17 Mise En Bouche 9pm. DJing from Gidge and Toclifrench. Sat 24 Hully Gully 9pm, £4. Details TBC. *Sun 18 Get Toasted 4pm, pay by donation. See Clubs for more on this charity/memorial hip-hop day, which features DJs, breaking, live performances from Tenchoo, Dope Biscuits and Wild Boyz Wasted and battles between Mikey Holden v Lord Bendtner plus more TBC
Inside Out Festival
Bute Park, Cardiff. www.insideoutcardiff.co.uk
Sat 24 Inside Out Festival 12-11pm, £25 adv/£30 VIP. Main stage: Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status (DJ set), Wiley, Jaguar Skills, High Contrast, Preditah, Rewire & Varski and more TBC. Second stage (hosted by Mi Casa and Deep Inside): Bondax, Doorly, Sonny Fodera and a special guest TBC.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
* Fri 23 Teak 10pm-5am, £15 adv. Return of disco/deep house type night after a few months brings Bjørn Torske as a headliner. This guy has made some top shelf tunes so hopefully his set will be of that calibre. Seka and Rikki Humphrey also feature. Sat 24 Babylon Rooftop & Car Park Fiesta 2-10pm, £20 adv. Student-oriented daytime rave with headliners TBC, Babylon residents and stuff like facepainting and cocktails plus, they reckon, “the best views of Cardiff”. Maybe if you have very specific aesthetic tastes.
Kazbar
Market Street, Llanelli. www.houseofrasta.com
Fri 2 House Of Rasta 9pm-3am, £5. Roots reggae night featuring a live set by Cardiff roots group Sun I Tafari, plus Royal Ascension Sound.
Ladybird
41 St Mary St, Cardiff. 029 2066 5500 / [email protected] / www.ladybirdcardiff.com
Wednesdays Cheeky 10pm-4am, £2. Tickets are £2, drinks (some of them) are £2 and there are two rooms of music. Thursdays Propaganda 10pm-4am, £4. UK-wide indie night’s Cardiff wing. You can tell it’s the Cardiff one becuse they list Stereophonics first on the list of bands likely to be played. Fridays Mi Casa 10pm-4am. House and techno every week, often with some pretty big names. They never announce them in time for these listings though. Saturdays Solution 10pm-4am. A night whose flyer has a big photo of a model in her bra and pants. Sundays Sunday Project 7pm-3am, free with guestlist. Free industry night offers floor fillers and house classics.
Logic Festival
Riverside Caravan Park, Ynysforgan Farm, Swansea. www.facebook.com/dirtboxhq
Sat 10 Logic Festival 11am-11pm, £20 adv. Boshing, 500-capacity day of hard dance and techno from the guys behind Swansea night Dirtbox. Here’s the drill. Dirtbox Arena: Mark EG, Organ Donors, Argy, Ed ET & DTR, D-Grove, Rob Davies, Tranz-Linquants, DJ Burn, Re:Tox’d, Narcotic Smugglers, Leg3ndz, ADHD, Jamo Vs Angel Eyes, Misteve and a competition winner, plus hosts Shocker, K-ner and Venom. Logic Arena: Big Al, Danny Slade, Ben Parkin, Martin Dibble, Mark M & DJ Collycol, Dale ‘Shocker’ Lee & Nu:Flex, David Jay & Ade Wilcox, Michael Connolly, Rob Rees, Rob EJ & Matt Damage, Matt Jones & Bounce, Hewel Myhau5e and Out Of Control.Dogruff Teepee: Shaun Edwards Leigh Parry, Mikki Wings, Kye, Gareth Richards, Dan Knight, Rhys Samson and more TBC. Alternative Tent: Sus Twins, Rage N Tekhead, Jamie B, Crazy, Hex, Icey, Simon G, Taz, Tom-E Slim and Ryan Rees.
The Mackintosh Sports And Social Club
Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. 029 2049 4697 / www.mackintoshsportsclub.org
Sat 10 The Saturday Social 7.30pm-12am. Acid house, new wave, funk, electro and techno from DJs Pascal Klein and Andrew Jones.
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
Sundays Mary’s Mad Sundays 12pm-1am, free. Cabaret and cocktails with Mary Mac.
Metros
Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www.metroscardiff.com
Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £5. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Fridays Freespirit 9.30pm-3.30am, £3 with flyer before 10.30pm. Drinks promos, no dress code. Rock, punk, metal and alternative beats. Saturdays Cherry Bomb 9.30pm-3.30am. Indie, electroclash (!) and good time rock’n’roll.
Meze Lounge
6 Market Street, Newport. 01633 259144 / www.facebook.com/theloungenewport
Fridays Shake It Off Alternative anthems, pop-punk, hardcore and guilty pleasures. Saturdays Sugar & Spice Presents Weekend anthems from south Wales’ leading urban brand. Plus, on selected dates, air guitar anthems and indie classics. *Sat 3 Wat A Bam Bam 10pm-5am, £8 early bird. Legendary Jamaican dancehall deejay Sister Nancy is the guest here. Magic booking! Peter Ice is the host, Aleighcia Scott and Bucky Ranks are the supports, sounds are provided by Uprising, Raggamuffin, Love Harmony, Ecko Vybz and Bad Indian.
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
Fridays Unfunkinbelievable Half price drinks from 5-10pm. What I find ‘unfunkinbelievable’ is that there’s a club night called ‘Unfunkinbelievable’ in the year 2016. Saturdays ‘Miss’ Behaviour Music, cocktails, party. All these things are found here.
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. Sat 3 The Shakedown 10pm-3am. “Dusty vibes and rare 45s” are on offer, specifically in the old R&B, soul, Hammond funk and jazz veins. James Parker, Lee Sigerson, Matty Cox and Jonny Rea are this month’s DJs. Held in 1 Below, the downstairs part of Mocka. 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.
Monkey Bar
13 Castle Street, Swansea. 01792 480822 / www.monkeycafe.co.uk
Wednesdays Drop 10pm-4am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, house, garage, jungle and grime. Fridays Dime 10pm-6am, £5/£3 before 12 or with a Kon Tiki stamp. Hip-hop, grime, house and drum’n’bass. Fri 7 Oct features a headline set by General Levy, with tickets on sale for an ‘incredible’ £8. Actually it’s not that incredible, is it. Saturdays Get Busy £3 with a Kon Tiki stamp. Funk, soul, hip-hop, Motown, boogie and party.
Mozarts
Walter Road, Swansea. 01792 649984 / www.mozartsswansea.co.uk
Fri 2 Hip-Drop 8pm-3am. Mod, Stax, reggae and northern soul. Fri 9 Yum Yum Club 8pm-3am. Funk, soul, reggae, disco and hip-hop. Sat 3 Rewind 8pm-2.30am, free before 12. Nineties revival night.
Penarth Ex-Servicemens Club
69 Windsor Rd, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 17 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12.30am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc, at this venue every other month (November is still to come).
Perc
108 Lower Dock Street, Newport. www.facebook.com/perc.newport
Sat 17 Perc 2pm-2am, £5-£10. House and techno from other local promoters (Memorex, Sub:culture and Suntrap Reunion): Scott Kerr, James Justin Vale, Tom Ware, Paul Blandford, Owen Kilby, Billy Jordan, Chris Cain, Richard Anthony Moulton and more TBC.
Pier Pressure
Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth 01970 636123 / www.royalpier.co.uk/nightclubs-aberystwyth
MOS Society Freshers Rave 11pm-3am, £5 adv. Featuring Ministry Of Sound DJs, MOS “visuals” (probably just their stupid logo spinning around on a wall) and loads of bollocks like confetti and inflatables. It’s for the studentys, what are you gonna do.
Popworld
96 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm-3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am. 029 2023 5825.
Mondays Candy Pop Karaoke 9pm, free. Does what it says in the tin I guess. Wednesdays Giggle Free before 12. Student night. Thursdays Poptails. 9pm-3am. Non-stop pop with DJ Lyndon and 2-4-1 cocktails deals. Fridays + Saturdays 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.
Mondays Cheapskate 9pm-3am, free. Tunes from the 90s and 00s. 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
Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3am. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff. Saturday is in conjunction with Jongleurs comedy club, which also takes place here. Sun 18 The Annual Freshers Moving In Party 9pm-4am. “A tradition spanning back countless years. Cardiff’s newest batch of students kick off their freshers week and first year at Cardiff’s biggest superclub – PRYZM!”. Bit of a bold statement, given it’s only been open for two years.
Pulse
3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www.pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue.
Wednesdays Warped 10pm-4am. Join DJ Craig W on a journey through time with the best hits from the last two decades. Fridays Pulsetastic 10pm-5am, £4/£3. With live PAs once a month. Saturdays Pop Til You Drop 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long.
Revolution
Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk
Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.
The Robin Hood
16 Severn Grove, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 029 2037 8829 / www.robinhoodbar.co.uk
Sat 3 + Sat 1 Oct Mod For It Free. Every first Saturday of the month, DJ 45 presents an evening of 60s/70s beat, rhythm & blues, soul, ska, 80s/90s Britpop and 2-tone.
Room 112
3-6 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Thurs 9pm-3am, Fri + Sat 10pm-4am. 029 2066 7996 / www.room112.net
Fridays Bedrock 9pm-4am, £10/£5 before 12. R’n’b, hip-hop and dancehall. Saturdays Pillow Talk 9pm-4am, £10. Old skool r’n’b, hip-hop, house and decadent partying is this night’s deal.
The Scene
Plymouth Street, Swansea. [email protected] / www.thesceneclub.co.uk
Fri 23 Double KD Album Launch 9pm-3am. Urban Culture Wales x Hightide Promotions present a ton of UK hip-hop, featuring Double KD plus Noah, Chew, EZ Mak, Krazy Flow & Young D, Saykridd, OG Titanteeth, Cujo, T-Rev, C2R, The Forgotten and Feenicks. Sat 3 + Sat 1 Oct Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Sat 10 Dogruff Teepee Afterparty 11pm-5am. Following their tent at the Logic Festival (see a page back, and in Clubs), Dogruff keep it going here with DJs Leigh Parry, John Bird, Nathan Bridges, Butch Queen and residents.
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 30 The Freshers 90s Rave 10pm-4am, £5/£2 before 11. YES, there were lots of wacky 70s nights back when I was a fresher. NO, I didn’t go to any of them because I thought they looked stupid. Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.
Soda
St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www.sodacardiff.com
Thursdays Thursday Club 10pm, £4. Live music, live DJ and live games. Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, really the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that.
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, now transferred from Revolution. 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.
Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Tue 20 Society 10pm, £6. Weeknight tech vibes from Black & Watky, Joseph Ochoa, Jake Garcia and Lucas Alexander. Tue 27 Mixtape 10pm. House, bass and disco. Thurs 1 Shelter 10pm, £4/£2. The best in upfront UK music from garage to jungle, with residents 1Time, Bandit, Countermeasure, Kables and Ollie G. Thurs 29 Flava 11pm, £3-£7. South London bass music champ Riz La Teef debuts in Cardiff tonight – see clubs for more on him. Onya, Blokeye, Caaza and Limes are the ressies. Fri 2 Axiom 10pm, £3. House and techno. Fri 9 La Fiesta 10pm. Party hits with a Spanish twist, I believe. Fri 16 Selecta 11pm, £4. Leeson, Onslaught and Woo Ha serve up classic garage and grime. Fri 23 Roots 10pm, £6. Welsh house duo Bodhi’s irregular night, featuring themselves, Organ Grinder and Vestalus on the decks. Fri 30 Temple 10pm. Monthly drum’n’bass night, lineup TBC as always. Sat 3 Paranoize 10pm, £3/free before 11. Simply says, “Dance music”. Sat 10 Gangster’s Paradise 11pm, £4/£3 before 11.30. Pre-2010 hip-hop and r’n’b night. Sat 17 Rotary Club 10pm, £4/£3 before 12. Bristol club collective Ere Wax are this month’s special guests.
The Vaults
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Fri 16 Cellar Door 10pm-5am, £12 adv. The monthly club night that spent a few very successful years in this subterranean venue, then left for whatever reason, is back at its spiritual home! Undercover DJs will deliver techno and tech-house (room 1) and house (room 2) plus there’ll be cartoons in the chillout area (the banking hall upstairs).
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 b4 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week. Saturdays The VKend Free b4 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.