THE ANGEL INN
57-59 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 617878 / facebook.com/theangelinnaber
Fri 5 Buzz 11pm-4am, £5. Drum’n’bass from Traumatize plus more TBC, celebrating the birthdays of Giorgi G and Litty Lito.
Fri 26 Brexit Strategy 10pm-4am, £3/£2 before 1. Jungle, breakbeay and dub from Jah-W, Dan-K, Codify b2b Flow, Replicant, Giantsbunk and Spectrum. Not sure why the night has been given that title.
THE ARCH
11 Commercial Street, Neath. 07791 923214 / [email protected]
Sat 6 90s Rave 10pm-3am, £8/£6. Acid house, classics, disco, house, garage, techno and trance courtesy of DJs who this nationally-touring club brand does not consider significant enough to name.
THE ATTIC
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/theatticswansea
Sat 13 Heft 10pm-3am, £10/£8. Drum’n’bass from Nicky Blackmarket, MC Fatman D, DJ Low, 4K and the Swansea DJ Society, plus Heft residents.
Sat 20 100% Old Skool 9pm-4am, £10 adv. House, speed garage and funky house in room 1 from Chris Dutton, Greg P, Nicky G, Newman & Steins and John Steffanick; UKG anthems in room 2 from Kai, Greg P, Lloyd-e and Dan Thomas.
Sun 21 90s Rave – The Prodigy Edition 9pm-3am. Paying tribute to Keith Flint, natch, through the medium of inflatables and bucket hat giveaways.
Sat 4 May Slide Away 11pm-3am, £4-£6. Britpop club night with a focus on Oasis.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Fri 5 Con7rol Rooftop Part 2 8pm-3am, £5. Local techno folks offer sets from guests (State Of Minds, Sam Kitt, Smiley, Tom Murray and Nico) and residents (Taz Meah, Jamie Morgan, Vedra, Dan Martin and Nicky Cursio).
Saturdays Tropical 5pm-3am. New night that promises “chilled, disco, soulful, jackin’ and funky grooves” from DJs Leon Atolagbe, Laidback Lew and Dan Purcey plus weekly guests.
BAR COCOA
Broad Street, Barry. facebook.com/cocoabarry
Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3.30am, £3. With DJ Lou Ross (Glastonbarry) playing various chart/cheese/etc in room 1; James Bourne with dance and r’n’b in room 2.
THE BIG TOP / 10 FEET TALL
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / [email protected]
Mondays Junction :: Liquid Mondays 9pm-1am, free. New weekly night of liquid drum’n’bass, the genre with a strange idea of how colons work.
Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis. Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk.
Fri 5 Paradox 10pm-4am, £8/£6 adv. New techno night which debuted in February and this time around has sets from Jason Edwards, Old As Dust, Mathew Hart and Ryan Ross.
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 Beekay & 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.
THE BUNKHOUSE
63 The Kingsway, Swansea. [email protected] / www.bunkhousebar.co.uk
Sat 20 Wonkcrafts x Heft 420 Free Rave 9pm-5am, free. Don’t tell a policeman or parent but today is the special marijuana day!! And to subtly commemorate it these two promoters are offering “two rooms packed with all flavours of bass music”.
Sat 4 May Dogruff Basement Party 8pm-4am. Held, as per the event name, in the venue’s basement, this will feature Mikki James b2b Clare James, Alex Taylor and Callum Davies.
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com
Wednesdays YOLO 9pm-2am, £4/£3 adv/free before 11. 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.
Sun 5 May Shangri-La 10pm-4am, £30 adv. House and techno from Jamie Jones, Yousef, Senzala, Lucas Alexander and Nico Balducci.
CATHAYS SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB
152-156 Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. 029 2022 0906 / cathayssportssocial.co
Sat 13 Solid Sounds Of Jamaica 8pm-12am, £3. “An evening of ska, rocksteady and boss reggae all on original vinyl,” promise the evening’s promoters, Gingerino’s Boss Sounds.
CHAPEL 1877
Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2022 2020 / www.chapel1877.com
Fri 5 Starving Artists present Confession Sessions 8pm-1am, £5/£3 adv. Rare grooves, disco, hiphop, funk and soul from Chris Conroy, Miles Day, Triz, Mansfield Green Monsieur Gp and Joe Northwood.
CLUB ICE
Broadway, Pontypridd. 07771 920726 / www.clubiceponty.com
Fridays Flashback 10pm-3am. Retro hits from the 80s, 90s and 00s.
Saturdays Gravity 10.30pm-3am, £7/£5 before 11. House, techno and dance every week on the club’s Void soundsystem.
CLUB OXYGEN
1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk
Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-4am, free. House, house & bass and tech-house all night.
Saturdays 11.30pm-5am, £5/free before 1. Upstairs: deep house, commercial house and tech-house. Downstairs: urban, chart, classics, r’n’b, hip-hop and UK garage.
CLWB IFOR BACH
Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net
Tue 9 Carnival 11pm, £3-£5. Dancehall, reggae and bashment.
Thurs 4 Brooklyn Zoo 11pm-3am. Hip-hop, trap, grime and drill, timed to coincide with the end of term.
Fridays (bottom) Yum! 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Indie and pop.
Fri 5 Dazed Disco 11pm-4am, £3-£7. Disco from Oh My Rosh b2b Kemba, Clockwork and Izaak b2b Conor Vincent.
Fri 19 Riddim 11pm-4am, £6-£12. Drum’n’bas from Technimatic ft. LowQui MC, Benji, Wink, Plethora, Psybrations and hosts MC XL and Lowqui.
Fri 3 May Dazed 11pm-3am, from £7. Liquid drum’n’bass headlined by SpectraSoul.
Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5. Three floors of fun: Grl Tlk and Andrew Rhys Lewis’ 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 Labamba.
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.
CREATURE SOUND
Ken Bu Kan, 1 Bethesda Street, Swansea. 01792 301178 / www.
creaturesound.com
Sat 20 Wonkcrafts x Crossfaded 7-11pm, £3. Jungle and other bass-driven music from local DJs TBC. Wonkcrafts seem to have two promos tonight, the other being in Swansea’s Bunkhouse.
CWMBRAN STADIUM
Henllys Way, Cwmbran. 01633 627101.
Fri 3 May Stadium Anthems 7pm-1am, £21.75 adv. Featuring Example, DJ Sammy, Nancie, Big Al, Racy and host MC Shocker.
THE DUKE
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 27 Hedone 8pm-2am, £10. House and techno, headlined by Zeb Zito of the Seven Dials label. Dale Williams and Hedone residents also feature.
EDDIES
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Fri 19 Housewerk 4pm-4am, £7 adv. This is subtitled The Road To Su Casa and features house from George Smeddles, ADR, Tomcept, something that I think says Pipes but has a really hard to read logo, Dale Rankmore, Toby Ellis, Kyle Waters, The Dog, Antwon&NTM, Lewis John, Callum Bergin, Kailo, Scott Phillips, Locomote and Kinley.
Sun 5 May We Like To Party 90s Dance Classics 9pm-5am, £11 adv. Live PAs from Rozalla, Sonique, Urban Cookie Collective, Baby D and Dario G.
THE EXCHANGE HOTEL
Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay. 029 2010 7050 / www.exchangehotelcardiff.co.uk
Fri 26 Poison Heart Disco 8pm-2am, £20/£15 adv. Held in the main hall at this venue which was previously the Coal Exchange, this features DJs Jon Pleased Wimmin, Andy Carroll, Paul Bleasdale, Craig Bartlett, Dave Mills, Simon Quinn, Gareth Hopkins and Darren Stewart – but, contrary to the 90s house pedigree of the first of those names at least, will be on an 80s pop/postpunk/new wave tip.
FICTION & VINYL
The City Gates, Little Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 828777 / www.fictionclub.co.uk/swansea
Mondays Quids In 10.45pm-2.30am, £3.50/£2 before 11. Chart, cheese, r’n’b, dance and house.
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.
Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.
Sun 21 Young T + Bugsey 11pm-3am, £3.50. Grimey newjack MCs tip up here for Easter Sunday, the lucky sods.
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.
THE GARAGE
47 Uplands Crescent, Swansea. 01792 213200 / www.whitez.co.uk
Sun 21 Resurrection 10pm-3.30am, £8.50-£12. Garage, house and disco from Andrew Hartley and Robb The Garage.
THE GLOBE
125 Albany Road, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www.globecardiffmusic.com
Sat 27 Club Tropicana 9pm-2am, £6 adv. Eighties night.
HANGAR 18
50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv
Wednesdays Propane 10pm-3am, free before 11. House and techno spun by members of the Swansea University DJ Society.
HAVERHUB
12 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. haverhub.org.uk
Sat 6 The Allergies 8pm, £10/£8. Hip-hop/breaks/funk DJ duo, presented here by Span Arts.
Sat 13 Dub Soundsystem Sessions 9pm-5am. Soundclash night between Bristol Firmly Rooted Soundsystem and London’s Real Roots Sound System.
THE HEFTY CHEST
The Strand, Swansea. facebook.com/kingshandbar
Sat 6 Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Relocated from The Last Resort which closed in January. This place, meanwhile, is a pirate bar.
INKSPOT
The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com
Sat 6 Cellar Door 10pm-4am, £10 adv. First April event for CD, who are in these listings elsewhere (Play, Abertillery) and in this venue for the first time.
Sat 13 Instincts: Spirits Trance Gathering 10pm-4am, free. Semi-regular psytrance type night wibbling and boshing for free entry!
JACOB’S MARKET
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
*Sat 6 Blue Honey: Deep In The Loft 8pm-2am, from £9. As the name implies, this is upstairs in the gallery area rather than the larger downstairs basement, and is headlined by Welsh deep techno DJ and Freerotation regular Leif.
Sat 13 Teak: Another Thought 10pm-5am, £11 adv. Promoters’ annual tribute to disco pioneer Arthur Russell, with guest headline DJ Luigi Di Venere.
KARMA CLUB
75 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 07722 523192 / karmaclubcardiff.wix.com/karma-club
Sat 6 Freebass 10pm-6am, £8/free before 11. Welsh free party/rave veterans with a night of house, techno, breaks and drum’n’bass from Jake Radar, Justin and Jonny T from Fatlace, Circus Warp and Lazyhouse.
Fri 19 Darth 9pm-6am, £6-£10. Drum’n’bass headlined by Jayline (Rough Tempo, Incurzion etc).
LE PUBLIC SPACE
High Street, Newport. 01633 221477 / www.lepublicspace.co.uk
Fri 5 Return Of Drop Your Pants 11pm-3am. Drop Your Pants was an indie/alternative disco that used to be resident in various grotty Newport venues. Now it has returned, presumably for nostalgia reasons, to this less grotty one.
Sat 6 Thnks Fr Th Mmrs 11pm-3am, free. Emo, pop-punk and nu-metal from the previous decade.
LEVEL 2 @ KONGS
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Fri 5 Get Funky 10pm-3am, £8. Housey stuff with headliners Brame & Hamo.
Sat 6 Stickylemons v Circle Eight Soundclash Sessions 10.30pm-3.30am, £5-£15 adv. Two local drum’n’bass promoters with a night whose premise is 90-minute soundclashes between two DJs: Low Down Deep v Playaz, Ego Trippin v Tyke and Stickylemons v Circle 8 themselves.
Sun 21 Easter Bank Holiday Kongs Takeover 9pm-4am, £9 adv. That takeover being by Rotary Club, Blue Honey and Groove Theory, who also collectively did NYE here. House, disco and techno from Denmark’s Anastasia Kristensen, FYI Chris and the Boogie Cartel.
Sat 4 May Function:al 10pm-3am, £8-£12. Drum’n’bass from Drumsound & Bassline Smith, DJ Storm (“the First Lady of d’n’b is no lady on the turntables!” add the promoters, witlessly), Missy G, Digital, Blackeye MC, Ransom and Lubi J.
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.
METRO’S
Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www.metroscardiff.com
Wednesdays Meltdown 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Punk and rock anthems.
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.
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.
MOCKA LOUNGE
Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com
Thursdays Iqos Social Club / Intuition 7-9pm: Iqos Social Club; 9pm-late: Intuition with DJs Monique B and Dan Willow.
Fridays Feeling Soul, funk, disco, rare groove and r’n’b with resident DJs and happy hour from 5-8pm.
Saturdays House Of Play House and r’n’b from resident DJs.
Sundays Secret Resident DJs play 90s music.
THE MOON
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / [email protected]
Wed 24 Womanby’s Clubbing 5-8pm. Monthly clubbing events for adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. Run in partnership with Student Volunteering.
Thursdays One More Time 10.30pm-3am, free. Music from the 90s and 00s.
Fridays Gigantic Until 4am, free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae and soul after bands finish playing.
Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Until 4am, free. Bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between, after bands finish playing.
MUSIQUE BAR & LOUNGE
Market Street, Newport. 01633 533666 / theneon.co.uk/neon-bar-lounge
Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-2am, free. Soul, funk, old skool hip-hop, reggae, house, UK garage, lovers rock etc.
Sun 21 Perc 6pm-4am, free. Newport’s top technoheads serve up 10 hours of tunes for no fee, the DJs being Paul Cahill, Oliver Harvey, Greg Baker, Mike Gallivan, Paul Blandford, Richie Moulton, Jon Williams and Chris Cain.
NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF
Cathays Park, Cardiff. 029 2057 3500 / www.museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff
Fri 5 Hush Silent Disco 8pm-12am, £14 adv. The return of an event which sold out in 2017 and 2018, offering you the chance to don headphones and shuffle among the art, fossils etc in this storied building. This one is sold out too.
NO.3
The Old Warehouse, Bridge Street, Haverfordwest. [email protected] / facebook.com/no.3nightclubhaverfordwest
Sat 13 Groove 10pm-5am, from £4. House from Lucas Alexander, Joey Rich & Disco Deano, Scott Phillips and Locomote.
Fri 19 Autarchy 10pm-5am. Not certain what sort of music is at this night but it’s a benefit for Clib Sargent and celebration of someone named Finn who has recovered from bone cancer.
Sat 20 Lost Cove Pre Party 9pm-5am, £10-£15. Lost Cove is a surf festival with some music in the mix also, I think, on nearby the weekend after this. This preemptive night features Ed Solo, Deekline and Freestylers, plus Bassix residents and more TBC.
Sun 5 May Boogie Nights: Alfresco 9pm. This is hosted by Dai Die Fünf and takes place in the smoking area outside this club.
OCEAN ARTS CARDIFF
Unit 2, East Moors Business Park, East Moors Rd, Cardiff. 029 2132 0030 / www.oceansrtscardiff.co.uk
Fri 5 All Accessible Club Nights 7.30-11.30pm, £3 adv. In the venue’s words, a gentle club night with music, a bar and chillout area, accessible toilet and friendly staff. Also open to under-18s until 9pm.
THE PHILHARMONIC
76-77 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2132 0740 / www.thephilharmoniccardiff.co.uk
Sun 21 Cream Cardiff 9pm-4am, £20 adv. Pretty large lineup of trance, prog house, hard house etc over three rooms, not sure of the breakdown in that regard but here’s who’s here: Eddie Halliwell, Tall Paul, Argy, Anthony Probyn, Ed Mackie, Big Al, Andy Joyce, Hamton & Collard, Tekno Tom, Jonny Griffiths, PH & Lam, Richie Knight & Hywel Mathews, Rui J & Dean Angel, Sarah Louise and Stu Grady.
PITCHER & PIANO
Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 461312 / www.pitcherandpiano.com/
Sat 6 Sonik 4pm-2am, free. Backwards baseball cap tech-house from Lindsey Matthews, Marco Strous and Cellan Eynon.
Sun 21 Groove Garden Opening Party Part 1 4pm-3am, £7 adv. House al fresco with headliner Eli Brown.
PLATFORM 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sun 21 026 9.30pm-3.30am, £11/£9. Techno duo OC & Verde will be playing all night long. The given time here is off the poster but the event page and ticket page have different ones. Just FYI.
PLAY
20 Market Street, Abertillery. 07973 777717.
Fridays 9pm-2am, free. DJ Momo plays house and techno.
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.
Thursdays Top Of The Pops 10pm-3am. Discounted drinks, free entry and a chance to party the night away, all advertised using the logo from defunct TV show Top Of The Pops which, as a national brand of venues, I assume Popworld are using with the full permission of the BBC.
Fridays Reflex 7pm-3am. Drinks deals until 11pm.
Saturdays Popworld Party 1pm-3am. Drinks deals from 3-6pm.
POPWORLD
2-5 Wind Street, Swansea. Mon-Fri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.
Mondays Pop Is A Drag 9pm-3am. With Drag host Opal Fruits and DJ Chris Toole.
Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1.
Thursdays Neon Disco 9pm-3am. Dance r’n’b, pop, chart and punk.
Fridays #WTF 9pm-3am, £2-£4. Tunes, games etc.
Saturdays Pop Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4.
PRYZM
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www.pryzm.co.uk/cardiff
Mondays Quids In 10pm-3am, £1 adv/£6 VIP. Student night featuring various special guests.
Thurs 11 Sugar And Spice 10pm-3am, £15-£25 adv. Featuring a set by Zack Knight, a multi-award-winning British Asian artist, plus DJs Ams, Mista Bibs and Raj.
Fridays Smack. 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Weekly student event described by one enthusiast as “lit Friday nights with chilled fam bams and regular bants”.
Saturdays Agenda 10pm-3am, £5. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff.
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 The Sound Of Saturday 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long.
THE RAINBOW ROOMS
12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.the-rainbowrooms.com
Saturdays 9pm-4am. With residents plus guest DJs each week: Sat 6 has Trixta, Sat 13 is Big Al’s 50th Birthday Bash, Sat 20 has Rob Rees and Sat 27 has John Hughes.
Sun 21 House Of Bassline 10pm-4am, £10 adv. With Kissy Sell Out, Tengu and residents.
Sat 4 May Logic Xtra Hard 8pm-6am, £15 adv. Hard dance that even tips into gabber and Frenchcore, with sets from Destructive Tendencies, DJ Thera, Ed ET, Deimos, MCP, Toxic, Kujin FU, Jason P & Rob Rees, Onyx, Angel Eyes, Rusty Nuttz, Odd-S-E b2b Patchy & Vandellio, Delgado and hosts K-NER and Twisted.
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 12 Dazed 10pm-4am, £15. Drum’n’bass from Hybrid Minds with MC Tempza, Ben Snow, Clique and Ebbens.
Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.
Sat 13 Solo & Con7rol 9pm-5am, from £10. Techno from big hitter headliner Alan Fitzpatrick plus more TBC. See Clubs. Sold out mind.
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 Guilty Sounds 10pm-4am, £4/£6 VIP. R’n’b and house from the 90s and 00s.
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.
Sat 6 The Official Marbella Warm Up 7pm. Hosted in conjunction with Tibu, a club in Marbella, and featuring DJs Wendale De Jesus, Mista Bibs, Team Litty, DJ T, Jigga and DJ Veejay. If you see any other Marbella warmup events they are unofficial and you should phone the police.
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.
Mondays Dolla Dolla 10pm-3am, £5/£2. Student night with special guests.
Tuesdays Sync 10pm-3am, £3. R’n’b and hip-hop from DJ Sole and Alex Davies; disco, house and bass from Lewis Disson, Kyle Thom and Jordan Witts.
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. “Forget the DJs who play the stuff you’ve never heard of, ours will be playing your favourite tracks all night long.”
Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.
TRAMSHED
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Sat 6 Human Traffic 20th Anniversary Celebration 8pm-3am, £18.50 adv/£25 VIP. This will feature a screening of the 1999 rave-themed movie plus DJs playing music from that rough era. Does anyone who wasn’t in Cardiff 20 years ago give a shit about this movie? Don’t get that impression.
Sun 7 Raver Tots 2-4pm, £10. Club event for babies and toddlers with DJ Nicky Blackmarket.
Fri 12 Triple Cooked 10pm-3am, £12 adv. Touring club night whose subtitle this time is ‘Groove Arcade’, heralding some sort of video game theme. Not sure what sort of music will be played as this isn’t deemed important enough to mention.
Sat 4 May Hed Kandi 9pm-3am, £19/£15. Funky house brand, DJs TBC right now.
UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Fri 4 Elevate 10pm-4am, £3. Liquid drum’n’bass/jungle.
Sat 6 Temple Of Boom 10.30pm-4am, £6. Drum’n’bass/jungle from Apollo, Benny Bootleg, Blokeye, Flow, Huntu and host T-Motion.
Tue 9 Future Beats 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. New night playing trap and halftime, with DJs Beeson, Palms High, Zuubek and Cesco. Event page has a long list of the sort of artists you can expect to hear, some of them have follower counts into six figures and I’ve heard of almost none of them. Getting old sucks!
Thurs 11 Pull Up! Blend Game 10pm-3am, £10/£8. Drum’n’bass from Ego Trippin, Vital, Noise Makers 21 and residents, plus hosts Pablow and Hustle MC.
Fri 12 Haws 10pm-4am, £8.50/£7.50. Eclectic selections, maybe leaning towards house as that’s what you normally hear at this night, from Cardiff’s own Earl Jeffers.
Sat 13 Nu:Clear 11pm-4am, £5 adv. Drum’n’bass from Obsidian, Benji, Beanieguy, Wrekka, ADHD, Shed and host Pablow.
Fri 19 Curfew 10pm-4am, £10/£8. House and techno featuring Nicolau from Realgang Soundsystem, Mikki James, Agenda, Otski and Matthew Hughes.
Sat 20 Junction 10pm-4am, £5-£12. Drum’n’bass from 1991, Walbeoff, Mascot, Raudi TT, Plethora, Leightdon and MCs XL and Supa Darkaz.
Sat 4 May Gas Mark 10 10pm-4am, £10 adv. “Cardiff has a new drum’n’bass event” – oh thank god! – “aiming to rock the socks off any raver.” A noble aim indeed. DJs: Terrence & Phillip, Jaydan, Riddim 68, Ransom, Lowgli, Dekane b2b Shellerz, Dox and an MC competition winner. Hosts: Basher, Comma Dee, XL, Vizable and Pablow.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Fri 5 Canopy 10pm-5am, £12.50-£15.50. Drum’n’bass from Kings Of The Rollers, who are on an album tour, plus Inja and more TBC.
Sat 6 Applebum 11pm-4am, £10/£8. Hip-hop/rap from multiple eras, courtesy of what is apparently the UK’s biggest urban club night.
Sat 4 May Got Bass 2nd Birthday 10pm-5am, £15/£12.50. Featuring Flava D, Kanine, Champion and more TBC. See Clubs.
Sun 5 May Journey 15 Years 9.30pm-5am, £25/£21. Cardiff trance stalwart’s decade-and-a-half milestone, and I think their biggest bash yet! Main room: John Askew (three-hour set), The Thrillseekers, Sam Mitcham, Hywel Matthews, Joe Byrne and Arran Roberts. Room 2: Überdruck, Richie Knight, Rhys Thomas b2b Dan Mcshane, Callan Christie, Fattman & Slug and Ben Dursley.
WAREHOUSE 54
54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Hump! 7pm. Cocktails, drink deals and tunes over two floors.
Fridays Sunset Havana 9pm, £2-£4. Rock, indie, alt and pop from Aaron Lillie and Jaivinder.
Saturdays Raise The Roof 10pm. Funk, disco, r’n’b and classics.
WOW BAR
4 Churchill Way, Cardiff. Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com
Thursdays Throwback Free. DJ Lee soundtrack non-stop fun and games, hosted by Gina Grigio.
Fridays Kitty’s Ditties Free before 11. With WOW Showgirl Miss Kitty, plus special guests every week.
Saturdays Devilishly Divine Free before 10. Pop and party upstairs, chart and dance downstairs.
Sundays Fundays 12pm-1.30am, free. DJ Krys and Chris Army play the tunes until late.