CLUB LISTINGS | DECEMBER 2019-JANUARY 2020
10 FEET TALL
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / [email protected]
Wednesdays House Party 10pm-3am, free before 11. Drum’n’bass, disco, house, techno, UK garage and bass, aimed at students and over this venue’s three floors every week.
Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis.
Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk.
Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.
THE ATTIC
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. 01792 450850 / facebook.com/theatticswansea
Sat 7 Dec The Deep 10pm-3am, from £6. Soft lad drum’n’bass from Etherwood with MC Tempza.
Fri 13 Dec My House x Con7rol x 100% Old Skool 10pm-5am, £15-£23. Headlined by one-hit wonder (in the pop charts) and provider of multiple house bangers (in the clubs) Roger Sanchez.
Sat 14 Dec Kevin & Perry Club Night Experience 11pm-3am, £4-£6. House and trance anthems using two briefly popular sketch comedy characters from the 90s as branding. Still baffled at how this is appealing or who to.
Wednesdays Loose 9pm-3am, £4/£2. New night here every Wednesday across four rooms (drum’n’bass/techno, house and disco, plus chart toppers/r’n’b and urban in Walkabout next door).
AUBERGE
25 Frogmore Street, Abergavenny. 01873 850727 / aubergeabergavenny.com
Sat 28 Dec Judge Jules 7pm-2am, £14 adv/£12 early bird. Second of three dates for the Judge in this issue’s time period: he’s also in Breeze in Newport on Boxing Day, and Tenby on Fri 24 Jan.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Fri 1 MasTechno: Terrace Inferno IV 10pm-3am, £3. Techno and tech-house from Jonathan Smiley Davies, Johnny AM, Crux and State Of Mind.
BLIND TIGER
49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.
Tue 31 Dec NYE 2020 10pm-8am. Multi-venue wristband deal giving you entry into Blind Tiger, Cotton Club, the Courtyard, La Bamba, The Lounge and Mojos.
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.
BLUE HONEY LOCAL
213 City Road, Cardiff. 029 2019 5463 / bluehoney.co
Sat 7 Dance For A Difference 8pm-1am, pay by donation. Featuring DJ sets from Don Leisure, Alfie Swan, Noralane and Handy + Co, plus a take over of the kitchen from King Kofte. Proceeds go to the Huggard homeless centre.
THE BRASS BAT
St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 6802 / www.thebrassbat.com
Fridays + Tue 31 Dec Team Up 10pm-4am, £5/£3 adv. Emo, pop-punk, alternative, metal, hardcore etc every Friday, with lots of drinks deals. They’ve got this spot for NYE too, sounds like basically the same format though.
BREEZE
7 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 548642 / www.breeze-newport.co.uk
Thurs 26 Dec Judge Jules 7pm-4am, £15. First of three dates for the Judge in this issue’s time period: he’s also in Abergavenny’s Auberge on Sat 28 Dec, and Tenby on Fri 24 Jan.
THE BUNKHOUSE
24 Park Street, Swansea. [email protected] / www.bunkhousebar.co.uk
Sat 7 Dec Skapula 10pm-2am, £5. Neurofunk/drum’n’bass with a lineup TBC, launching the Skapula label.
Tue 31 Dec Heft x Tundra NYE Free Rave 9pm-5am, free. Now that is a generous offer for a day like this. Octo Pi b2b Rogue One b2b Stitch are the confirmed DJs.
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com
Thurs 5 Dec Cirque Du Soul 10pm-3am, £8-£12. House, disco, funk etc with decor and such. DJs: The Shapeshifters, Weaver Bros, Clique and Luke Wolfman.
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.
CLUB ICE
Broadway, Pontypridd. 07771 920726 / www.clubiceponty.com
Tuesdays Boujee 10pm-3am. R’n’b, dancehall, rap and hip-hop hits. New night launching at the start of December and aimed at students.
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 LOGIC
12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.clublogicswansea.co.uk/
Thurs 26 Dec Dirtbox & Logic Xtra Hard 6pm-6am, £15 adv/£10 early bird. Hardstyle from Joey Riot, Dark By Design, MKN, Faze2, Shocker, Ed E.T, D-Grove & Ben Astill, Jason P & Rob Rees, Vishaun & Trampy, Defiant, Onyx, MWB, Odd-S-E and Ryan Rees & Martin Rogers plus hosts Shocker, Venom and K-Ner. Tue 31 Dec 9pm-6am, £10/£5 before 12. With Rob Rees, Jay P, Jason P, John Hughes, Dip-E, DJ Domz, Trixta and Rob EJ, plus guests each week.
Wed 1 Jan We Are One: Dance For Clive 4pm-6am, £10 adv. FOURTEEN hours of bosh from Ed ET, D Grove, Rob Rees & Jason P, Arnie & Fakulty v Rush GBH, MWB, Substompers, Ryan Rees & Martin Rogers, Dan McShane, Jamo & Angel Eyes, Rhod Morgan, Odd-S-E, Style-Masterz v Chris Distortion, Little Jack & Rusty Nuttz Delgado, Monster, Sam Coady and hosts Venom and K-Ner. Fridays Open Mic Night 9pm-4am. With resident DJ Trixta plus guests each week. Saturdays 9pm-4am. With residents Rob Rees, Jay P, John Hughes and Dip-E, plus guests each week.
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 3 Dec Souljam 11pm-4am, from £5. Funk, soul and disco party.
Fri 6 Dec Dazed 11pm-4am, from £8. Drum’n’bass from Darkzy, Ray Von, Clique and more TBC.
Fri 13 Dec Get Funky 11pm-4am, £10. An all-night-long set by Brame & Hamo. Was briefly advertised as Bradley Zero but he had to cancel.
Tue 31 Dec New Year’s Eve Party 10.30pm-4am, £10-£15. As with previous NYEs here, the format is much the same as on Saturday (see below) but the first 100 people in get champagne, you can’t pay on the door, and the theme is… the decade we’ve just (about) lived through. Cheers for that.
Fri 10 Jan Black Parade 10pm-3am, £5 adv. Emo anthems from the 00s.
Fri 10 Jan Helium 10pm-4am, from £8. House and techno, headlined by OC & Verde.
Tuesdays Nuke 10.30pm, £3/£2 NUS. Pop, r’n’b, hip-hop, indie etc.
Fridays (bottom) Yum! 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Indie and pop.
Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5. Three floors of fun: Grltlk and Andrew Rhys Lewis’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop; and Mr Potter’s proper disco.
COTTON CLUB
54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Tue 31 Dec NYE 2020 10pm-8am. Multi-venue wristband deal giving you entry into Blind Tiger, Cotton Club, the Courtyard, La Bamba, The Lounge and Mojos.
Fridays Rock & Rum 9pm, £2-£4. Rock, indie, alt and pop from Aaron Lillie and Jaivinder. Selected drinks from £1.50.
Saturdays Whatever® 10pm. Indie, rock, alt and pop. I am doubtful that this venue actually holds the registered trademark for the word ‘whatever’.
COURTYARD
48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Tue 31 Dec NYE 2020 10pm-8am. Multi-venue wristband deal giving you entry into Blind Tiger, Cotton Club, the Courtyard, La Bamba, The Lounge and Mojos.
Fridays Let’s Go Deep 10pm-6am. Three rooms ofd urban with Flipz and Matt Kirke; dance anthems with Matt Smooth; techno and house with Beekay. Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal.
Saturdays Mista Ifsta’s Block Party Dance/commercial music as part of a multi-venue deal.
CREATURE SOUND
Ken Bu Kan, 1 Bethesda Street, Swansea. 01792 301178 / www.creaturesound.com
Sat 21 Cloud 8pm-4am, free. Psytrance v techno featuring DJ Iah, Stevie C, Cloud and Sizey from the former camp; Lief b2b Johnny T, Kieran Roberts James, Inhuman Nature and Michael Connolly from the latter.
DE VALENCE PAVILION
Upper Frog Street, Tenby. 01834 218228 / www.devalencepavilion.com
Fri 24 Jan Judge Jules 8pm-1am, £13-£15 adv. Last of three dates for the Judge in this issue’s time period: he’s also in Newwport Breeze on Boxing Day, and Abergavenny’s Auberge on Sat 28 Dec. Tommie Quick and a guest TBC also feature on this one.
THE DUKE
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 21 Dec Hedone 7pm-2am, £5. House and techno from Casey Spillman of the Infuse and Leftroom stables, plus Luke Haworth, Josh Divito, Rich Howard, Connor Wills, Sam Jones, Dean Morgan and Dale Williams.
Tue 31 Dec Hedone 8pm-2am, £tbc. Details TBC.
EDDIES
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Fri 6 Dec Drum Therapy 9.30pm-4am, £13/£8 adv. Drum’n’bass with headliner Akov.
Sat 14 Dec Clubland Classix Xmas Party 9pm-5.30am, £17.75 adv. Pop rave with Lasgo (live), Dee Dee (live), Ultrabeat, Micky Modelle and MC Keyes.
FICTION & VINYL
The City Gates, Little Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 828777 / www.fictionclub.co.uk/swansea
Tue 31 Dec 10pm-4am, from £6. With headliner Joel Corry.
Mondays Quids In 10.45pm-2.30am, £3.50/£2 before 11. Chart, cheese, r’n’b, dance and house. Mon 9 Dec is a Christmas Jumper Party.
Wednesdays Underground 11pm-3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms. Wed 4 Dec promises a Rodeo Reindeer is titled Festive BakeOff and hands out free Greggs pastries.
Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Fri 6 Dec is a Flashback special which offers to “take you back in time to your youth” via “classic arcade machines, giant space hoppers [and] a retro sweets tuck shop”. This is a student nightclub you absolute freaks, half your clientele’s parents won’t be old enough to remember most of that stuff.
Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.
FRONTAL LOBEWAREHOUSE
Unit G, St Catherines Park, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.flwarehouse.co.uk
Fri 24 Jan Canopy 10pm-4am, from £10. Drum’n’bass from S.P.Y., Bladerunner, Randall and MCs Texas and XL.
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.
GASSY’S
39-41 Salisbury Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 2608.
Tue 31 Dec Big Love In The Pub New Year’s Eve Party! 8pm-3am, £15 adv/£12 early bird. Student pub in studentsville gets taken over for an evening with these DJs playing: A.Skillz, Ecklectic Mick, Paul Cahill, Ladies Of Rage and Richie Cordle, plus host Dregz.
THE GLOBE
125 Albany Road, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www.globecardiffmusic.com
Sat 7 Dec Pat Sharp’s Festive Funhouse 9pm-2am, £8-£14. Pat Sharp plays records and/or acts as hypeman while someone else does it. I don’t know or really care.
HANGAR 18
50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv
Sat 7 Dec + Sat 4 Jan Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Sat 21 Dec Anarchy 10pm-3am, £3 adv. Emo, rock, metal etc.
HARLEYS
8 Bell Lane, Brecon. 07929 414483 / facebook.com/harleysbrecon
Sat 14 Powercore – Christmas Carnage 8pm-4am, from £5. Hard dance, hardstyle and hardcore from Wigga & Webbe, Blocaldini, Stylezzy, Pete Rampage, Kyote, CJM, Beat Conductors and MCs Turbo and Venom.
HAVERHub
12 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. haverhub.org.uk
Fri 6 Dec + Fri 11 Jan Vintage Reggae 8pm-1am, £5. Expect tunes from the likes of Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Gregory Isaacs, UB40 and Eddie Grant, aimed at “dancing and fun” and with Jamaican food on offer.
Fri 20 Dec Dub Soundsystem Sessions 9pm-5am, £10 adv. A Bristol v Pembrokeshire soundclash, as took place this time last year in fact, with some 30 artists mooted. From Bristol, the Firmly Rooted soundsystem featuring Ickle, El Bizzy, Indra MC, Supplya and Selkie. From the locale, Rendition Soundsystem featuring Pembrokeshire Dub Club, Papa Jam, Uncle Funk, Massika, Vibrant Dub and Chocz. Sat 28 Dec Westival Warehouse Part 3 10pm-5am, £4-£10. DJs Kake, Sylric Audio and Hot Taties, “encompassing styles in the region of breaks, disco, italo, house, techno, jungle, garage and more”.
INKSPOT
The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com
Sun 22 Dec DJ Boo’s Family Christmas Disco 3-5pm, £3/£2 adults.
Tue 31 Dec Teak x Blue Honey: NYE Ascension 10pm-4am, £23 adv. See Clubs for a preview of this, which takes places across three rooms and has Andy Warphole, Ben Field, David J Bull, Esther, James Teak and Rikki Humphrey as confirmed DJs.
JACOB’S MARKET
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Fri 20 Dec Delete 10pm-5am, £15 adv/£12.50 early bird. House goodness from Christian AB b2b Quest for four hours, plus residents Marc Parsons, Matt Owen and Lee Graves.
Tue 31 Dec Lamerica 8pm-5am, £25 adv/£40 VIP. Featuring Michael Gray (Full Intention) with a classic disco set spanning midnight, plus Darren Stewart, Craig Bartlett & Gareth Hopkins and Simon Quinn. VIP ticket allows you on the roof terrace with a free drink.
KONGS
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Fri 6 Dec NRG 10pm-3am, from £5. Drum’n’bass from Annix, Imanu, Klinical, an Incurzion takeover and Skelley.
Sat 7 Dec Drwn Collective 10pm-3am, £6. Drum’n’bass from DJ Limited with MC XL, plus more TBC.
Tue 31 Dec NYE 2019 9pm-4am, £tbc. In association with Rotary Club.
Fri 24 Jan Rhythm Project 10pm-3am, £tbc. Headline show for Loods, a house producer form Newcastle (the Australian one) now based in London (the English one).
LABYRINTH
13 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 760680 / www.labyrinthbar.com
Sat 7 Dec Lyon’s Den 9pm-2am, free. Drum’n’bass and jungle from Lyoness, One_Z, Harlem, Sinnergy and Tone.
Sat 14 Dec Squash Records 90s Free Rave 10pm-2am, free. Drum’n’bass, grime etc from Pie-Fi, Reptilian Space Cowboys, Vex-T, Joel-ØP and hosts Lispy J, OJ Skeng and Azzo.
Fri 20 Dec Mad Ting 9pm-2am, free. UK garage and bassline from Martyn Kinnear, Arkala Dre, One-Z and Sinnergy.
LASER STATION
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Fri 20 Dec Fat Soul Reggae Bass Special 8pm-3am, £9 adv/£7 early bird. Reggae, dancehall, dub, ragga, hiphop, bass, jungle and more is promised from Parly B, Timbali, Fat Stash, Docta P, Sub:Conscious & Selectrix, Jake Radar and NLBeCool.
LE PUBLIC SPACE
High Street, Newport. 01633 221477 / www.lepublicspace.co.uk
Sat 7 Dec Thnks Fr Th Mmrs 11pm-3am, free. Emo, pop-punk and nu-metal from the previous decade, here on the first Saturday of each month.
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. 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 Cheapskates 10pm-4am, £2 before 11. Pop and alternative old and new.
Fridays Meltdown 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Punk and rock anthems.
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 18 Dec 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; email [email protected] for more info.
Tue 31 Dec New Year’s Eve Party 6pm-6am, £5. Twelve hours of live bands (inc. Hunter From Fremonte and The Bloodshots) plus DJs etc.
Fri 17 Jan Electronic Producers Network 7-10pm, free. Monthly live tunes/showcase type night.
Wednesdays Rum & Reggae 10.30pm-2.30am, free. Reggae, dub, ska, hip-hop and jungle.
Thursdays One More Time 10.30pm-2.30am, 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.
OCEAN ARTS CARDIFF
Unit 2, East Moors Business Park, East Moors Rd, Cardiff Bay. 029 2132 0030 / www.oceanartscardiff.co.uk
Fri 6 + Fri 3 Jan All Accessible Club Nights 7.30-11.30pm, £3/free for carers. 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. First Friday of every month.
PATTI PAVILION
Mumbles Road, Swansea. 01792 475444.
Fri 31 Jan Martin Kemp 7.30pm, £18.50 adv. Spandau Ballet man with another of his rather successful ‘Back To the 80s’ DJ sets, indeed this one was sold out by the end of October.
Penarth Ex-SerVicemen’s Club
69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 21 Dec Something In The Air 7.30pm-12am, £4 adv. New night from Penarth Soul Club people (see below), promising “a mix of 60s hits and rarities of various genres, all from vinyl”.
Tue 31 Dec Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-1am, £6 adv. Final bash of these longrunning soul lovers’ 2019 schedule.
Sat 18 Jan Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £4 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Further 2020 dates are Sat 14 Mar, Sat 16 May, Sat 18 July, Sat 12 Sept and Sat 14 Nov.
THE PERCH
66 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 465860 / www.theperchswansea.co.uk
Thurs 26 Groove 9pm-4am, £5 adv. House and techno headlined by Cardiff DJ/producer Incüs.
PITCHER & PIANO
Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 461312 / www.pitcherandpiano.com
Tue 31 Dec Shangri-La 9pm-3am, £10 adv/£4 early bird. House from Jamie Roy, Lucas Alexander, Neil Navarra, Joey Rich b2b Dean Hawker, Lloyd Haines and Scott Phillips.
PLATFORM 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sat 7 Dec 034 6pm-4am, £8-£12. Featuring headliner Jacky.
Fri 13 Dec Nuff Vibes Xmas Party 8pm-4am, £8-£12. Classic and modern house from Andy Manston, Dave & Ade, Matt Kerley, Dave Jones, Gary Pugh, Gareth Hopkins, Darren Jones, Mathew Burns and Jonathan Palmer.
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.
Wednesdays Top Banana 10pm-3am. Retro gaming, giveaways and DJ Giggsy playing the songs.
Thursdays Top Of The Pops 10pm-3am. Discounted drinks, free entry and a chance to party the night away.
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 Cheapskates 9pm-3am. With DJ Rubell “spinning the mixes on the decks” in the slightly confused-sounding words of Popworld itself.
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.
Sundays SIP 9pm-3am, That’s short for Service Industry Party.
PRYZM
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www.pryzm.co.uk/cardiff
Fri 20 Dec The Studio 10.30pm-3am, £4 adv. This is a small room wherein “some of the hottest up-and-coming DJs and brands” get a chance to do their thing, on this occasion Cardiff drum’n’bass promoters NRG.
Sun 29 Dec Lipstick Lounge New Year Party 8pm-3am, £11. Lesbian/bisexual women-only event hosted by Lipstick Events.
Tue 31 Dec 9pm-4am, £12.50-£20. Featuring sets by Joel Corrie, FooR and a Freddie Mercury Tribute Experience, plus various residents. 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.
SIN CITY
Dilwyn Street, Swansea. 01792 468892 / www.sincityclub.co.uk
Fri 6 Dec Bassline 10pm-4am. Headlined by Hybrid Minds and MC Tempza this month; sold out.
Sat 14 Dec Dazed 10pm-4am, from £6. Drum’n’bass from Sub Zero & Mr Traumatik, Clique, Friends On Benefits and more TBC .
Fri 20 Dec Delusion 10pm-4am, from £15. Every Black Friday Swansea trance promoters Delusion get scene fave Ben Nicky down to headline. It always sells out, this year being no exception. Kutski and residents are also playing.
Fri 24 Jan Thnks For Th Mmrs 11pm-3am, £5/£4. Emo, punk etc.
Tuesdays Hustle 10pm-3am, £3/£2 before 12. Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop.
Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night.
Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.
SMALL WORLD THEATRE
Bath House Road, Cardigan. 01239 615952 / www.smallworld.org.uk
Sat 25 Jan Move On Up 8pm, £7. Mr A plays an all-vinyl set of Detroit soul, New Orleans funk, West Coast wah-wah, Harlem Shuffle and New York disco, with projections by Mr. W.
SODA
St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www.sodacardiff.com
Thurs 26 Dec Boxing Day Blowout 10pm-3am, £7-£15. “Mixcloud’s record breaking” (not going to look up what this means, sorry) DJ Arvee makes his Cardiff debut.
Tue 31 Dec NYE 2019 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Three rooms of r’n’b, house, chart etc, with Kem Cetinay and DJ Wuchi the special guests. “No effort no entry” the venue add.
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
Sundays Soda Sundays 9pm-3am, £4/£8 VIP. Three floors of music for students and industry workers.
STORY
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. [email protected]
Mondays Quidz 10pm-3am, from £1. Student night. Mon 9 Dec is [voice takes on graver tone] a Cardiff Santa Rave featuring Dick & Dom.
Fridays Smack. 10pm-3am. Student night across four rooms, poached back from Pryzm who I guess poached it from some other crap student club.
Fridays Antisocial 11pm-4am, £4 adv/£6 VIP. Weekly student night with special guests.
Saturdays Iconic 11pm-4am, £4 adv/£6 VIP. R’n’b, hip-hop, house etc.
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.
TINY REBEL CARDIFF
25 Westgate Street, Cardiff. 029 2039 9557 / www.tinyrebel.co.uk/bars/cardiff
Tue 31 New Years Eve Salsa Latin Party 10pm-2.30am, £10 adv. Havana People Salsa Wales serve up salsa, bachata, reggaeton and salsaton hits, courtesy of DJ Hombre. This’d be in the upstairs room I assume.
TRAMSHED
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Fri 6 Dec Triple Cooked 10.30pm-3am, £15 adv. Disco, house and decor with a Christmas theme.
Fri 13 Dec Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club 8pm, £10-£18.
Fri 20 Dec Trance With Tremor 8pm-3am, £25. Featuring Mauro Picotto, Sean Tyas, Cally & Shocker, Bradz, Steve Hampton, Ph. & Lam, Stu Grady and more TBC.
Sat 21 Dec Human Traffic 2 Christmas Party 8pm, £20-£35. As in the sequel to 1999’s ‘cult’ clubbing movie. This night is organised by its director Justin Kerrigan, who phoned me up trying to get some editorial about it but as of this moment hasn’t sent the promised info which would facilitate that editorial.
Tue 31 Dec Glitter Tots ‘Noon’ Years Eve Family Disco 10.30am, £9-£11. Kid-friendly prequel to the event listed below. Features Grl Tlk DJs and a midday countdown, which is quite a funny gag arguably wasted on small children.
Tue 31 Dec Disco Motel 8pm, £14-£33. Featuring DJ Jaffa; Motel Concierge; Jolene Dover; Peaches & Cream Burlesque; Pzazz Performance; Dizzy Pineapple Glitter Girls and Disco Motel Capes. I know what some of those things are.
Fri 31 Jan Shangri-La 10pm-3am, from £16. Big hitter techno from Alan Fitzpatrick, Dense & Pika and KUSP.
Fri 7 Feb Time Flies Big Birthday Party 8pm-3am, £25 adv/£35 VIP. Lineup so far features Todd Terry (who I think might be playing Cardiff for the first time in the 20+ years I’ve lived here, so fair dos), X-Press 2, Seb Fontaine and John Kelly.
UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Tue 3 Dec Binary #002 10pm-3am, £3 adv. Techno, electro and house from Jeeves, P-Rail, Rybo and more TBC.
Thurs 5 Dec Tempz’s Xmas Tempter 10pm-3am, £5.50-£7.50. Drum’n’bass from Nicky Blackmarket, Bason, Lowgli, Ejay b2b Raudi TT, TBone b2b Joe Blow and MCs Vizable, Tempz, Hayez and Redtop.
Fri 6 Dec Haws 10pm-4am, £4 adv. House from residents TBC.
Sat 7 Dec Labyrinth 10pm-4am, £3-£5 adv. Drum’n’bass from JE3, Aktik, Stuss, Stygian, Double A Side, Grown and hosts P.A.B, Hazey and XL.
Tue 10 Dec Dubstep Throwback 10pm-3am, £4 adv/£3 adv before 11pm. Teagle, Benny Bootleg, Blokeye and Ransom supply the late-00s nostalgia, or in their words “for the fans of the 140 stinkers from their teenage years”. They didn’t have this music when I was a teenager though… it’s almost as if they don’t want me to attend!
Wed 11 Dec Live & Direct 9pm-3am, £3-£7. Grime night headlined by Neffa-T from Bournemouth, plus ManGo, Wdubs, Elianne, Klauss x Stitch, HMPTN b2b Jimmy and MCs Drafts and Blund.
Fri 13 Dec Darth DNB 10pm-4am, £5-£8. Drum’n’bass from TJ, Aktik b2b Stuss, Rauti TT b2b Ejay and Diskrete.
Thurs 26 Dec Stickylemons 10pm-3am. Drum’n’bass from Dr Meaker, Zippy b2b Benny Bootleg, DJ Low, Raudi TT b2b Mumble Band MCs Melo and Conrad Stone.
Thurs 9 Jan RAM Records x Stickylemons 10pm-4am. More drum’n’basswith a “secret headliner” from Andy C’s big shot label, plus local support etc.
Wednesdays House Party 10pm-3am, free before 11. Drum’n’bass, disco, house, techno, UK garage and bass, aimed at students and over this venue’s three floors every week.
VALE WAREHOUSE
Cambria House, Penarth Road, Cardiff. 07955 270870 / [email protected]
Tue 31 Inside Out 8pm-2am, £5-£25. The people behind the summer festival in Bute Park tackle NYE too, with a headline set from Sigma plus a full bill TBC.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Thurs 26 Tibu 10pm-5am. House and garage, lineup TBC but “even more decor” and “improved lighting and production” is promised.
Tue 31 High Fi 8pm-5am, £12.50-£25. Techno over two rooms, precise schedule TBC but expect Boxia, Natasha, Argy, Tekno Tom b2b Prydie, Alter:Ego (change your name), Jamie Morgan, Dan Newman b2b Jack Coles, Orangepeel, Jack Edinborough, PH & Lam, Bäzaar, Mason James b2b Lewis Fraser, Spctrm b2b 5AM, Jake Verlander, Sas, Tom Staley b2b Callum Bristow and Connor Smillie.
WALKABOUT SWANSEA
Castle Bailey Street, Swansea. 01792 450850 / www.walkaboutbars.co.uk/venues/swansea
Wednesdays Loose 9pm-3am, £4/£2. New night here across four rooms (chart toppers / r’n’b and urban, plus drum’n’bass / techno, house and disco in the Attic).
Saturdays Sydney 9pm-3am. Dance, chart, house and anthems across two rooms.
WOW BAR
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Gay venue. www.wowbarcardiff.com
Mondays Mysterious Mondays Free. Music from DJ Chris, hosted by Dixie Normous.
Wednesdays Gypsy’s Jaunty Wednesdays Free. Music from DJ Craig, hosted by Gypsy Divine with a guest artist every week.
Thursdays Krazy Karaoke Free. Music from DJ Chris, hosted by Dominique Trix and with a free shot for everyone who does a song.
Fridays Campilicious Cabaret Free before 11. Hosted by various members of the WOW Showgirls, plus special guests every week.
Saturdays Double Trouble Free before 10. Pop and party with DJs Gypsy, Krys and Craig.
Sundays Fundays 12pm-1.30am, free. DJ Krys and Chris play the tunes until late, plus there are guest artists every week.