CLUB LISTINGS | FEBRUARY 2020
16’AN HALF MEN
Location TBC, Cardiff. [email protected]
Sat 15 Space Dimension Controller 10pm-3am, from £7. Mad Irish cosmic electro fella headlines a bill also featuring Dan Newman, Jetta, Mason James and Rossy D. Promoted by Valleys ravers 16’an Half Men on their first Cardiff showing, and I for one like a secret location (unless it turns out to be one they could have easily told us the name of but didn’t to make it seem more interesting, which is shite).
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Fri 21 Switch Fridays 9pm-4am, from £3. Launch of a new season of this monthly house and techno night.
BLIND TIGER
49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.
Sat 7 Mar Shift 10pm-5am. House (I think?) from Brett b2b Dennis, Hector Riva b2b Smokey Bacon, Jake Verlander b2b Travis Morgan, Orangepeel, Rizzo and The Edinbrothers.
Fridays Beekay & Friends 11pm, £3-£5. House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights. Fri 14 is a Valentine’s special in some way.
Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5. Underground and cutting edge club music promised.
THE BUNKHOUSE
24 Park Street, Swansea. [email protected] / www.bunkhousebar.co.uk
Sat 8 Wonkcrafts 10pm-5am, £5-£10. Room 1: drum’n’bass from 4K, Llew, Execute and Sir Dokha b2b Pie-Fi. Room 2: bassline, garage and grime from Vex-T, DG Boh, J.T, L.B.H and hosts LRB, Mista-Ree, Syphr and more TBC.
Fri 14 Tundra 9pm-5am, £3. Not sure what this actually is but it has a Valentine theme.
Fri 28 Heft: Saint Dave’s Free Rave 9pm-6am, free. Described here as “a bass-heavy celebration of Welshness”.
Sat 29 Larynx Live 3 8pm-2am, £5 adv. Live hip-hop from T-Rev, Skinny Bill, Defects Of The Dock, Organised Chaos, RealtoddC and 3hree 8ight.
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com
Fri 7 Bedlam 10pm-5am, £20 adv. With Sub Focus, SaSaSaS, Turno, K Motionz, Unglued, Document One and more TBC.
Fri 6 Mar Hybrid Minds 10pm-4am, £20 adv. Live drum’n’bassers touring their Outline album. They’re joined by Tempza and Charlotte Haining plus other guests TBC.
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.
CATHAYS SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB
152-156 Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. 029 2022 0906 / cathayssportssocial.co
Sat 23 Fabulous 8pm-1am. Long-running Cardiff mod night returns with its diet of northern soul, ska, reggae, Motown, R&B etc. Looks like it’s back on regularly for the first time in a few years now.
Sat 29 Gingerino’s Boss Sounds 7.30pm, £4. Ska, rocksteady and reggae. Also on here on Sat 25 Apr.
CHAPTER ARTS CENTRE
Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org
Sat 1 Silent Disco 8-10pm, £5. Evening hosted here by the venue’s Young Programmers.
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/
Sat 8 Cosmic Gate 9pm-6am, £20 adv/£15 early bird. Trance stalwarts headline over Big Al, Jonny Griffith, Rob Rees, John Hughes and Andrew Butty Davies. See Clubs.
Sat 7 Mar Logic XtraHard 3rd Birthday 6pm-6am, from £10. A full half-day of hard dance with a lineup incliding Spanish hardcore DJ Lady Dammage and many more TBC.
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. Sat 1 features special guests DJ Luck & MC Neat plus Sweet Female Attitude.
CLWB IFOR BACH
Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net
Mon 3 Thnks For Th Mmrs 11pm-3am, £4 adv. Emo revival club night.
Fri 7 Brooklyn Zoo: The Drakeover 11pm-3am, from £3. Hip-hop night offering a surfeit of Drake tunes this time.
Fri 14 Vice City: Queen Night 11pm, £3-£8. Queen (the band)-centric student night along the lines of previous Abba and fleetwood Mac nights by Vice City.
Fri 28 Dazed 11pm-4am, from £6. Drum’n’bass from Mr Traumatik & DJ Frenzee (also in Swansea on Sat 22 this month), Clique and more TBC. See Clubs.
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.
Fridays Rock & Rum 9pm, £2-£4. Rock, indie, alt and pop from Aaron Lillie and Jaivinder. Selected drinks from £1.50. Fri 14 is a Valentine’s special.
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.
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. Fri 14 is a Valentine’s special.
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 8 Jam Palace 10pm-4am, £5/£3 adv. UK garage, house and breaks from Selecta Tespres, Leigh Parry and Con RW.
EDDIES
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Sat 29 Hospitality 9.30pm-5.30am, £17 adv. Drum’n’bass from Kings Of The Rollers & Inja, Grafix, Unglued, Urbandawn, Degs and DJ Lens plus host MCs Dynamite and Ruthless.
FICTION & VINYL
The City Gates, Little Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 828777 / www.fictionclub.co.uk/swansea
Thurs 20 Soju Kpop Party 11pm-3am, from £5. A touring celebration of the hypercapitalist music genre from Korea we all know and love.
Mondays Quids In 10.45pm-2.30am, £3.50/£2 before 11. Chart, cheese, r’n’b, dance and house. Mon 10 sees the crowning of Mr & Mrs Quids, bestowed on people who go here every week, and Mon 17 is a Where’s Wally Party.
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 7 is “Harry & Megan Royal Leaving Drinks”. If you don’t have your own Union Jack, borrow one from a Swansea City fan.
Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party. Sat 1 is billed as a UV rave.
THE FLOURMILL
56 High Street, Blackwood. 01495 707333 / [email protected]
Sat 29 CK1 Takeover 8pm-2am, £4. House and techno from CK1, Travis Morgan, Jake Verlander, Tom Prosser and Spctrm.
FUEL
5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 07970 063107 / facebook.com/fuelcardiff
Thursdays FUBAR 10pm-2am. Rock, metal and alternative clubnight.
Fridays + Saturdays Fuel Rules Rock and metal anthems each weekend, plus special guests when such types are in town.
THE GLOBE
125 Albany Road, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www.globecardiffmusic.com
Sat 8 Saved By The 90s 9pm-2am, £5. Decade-specific club night.
Fri 28 Ultimate Power 9pm-2am, £6. Power ballads club night.
Fri 6 Mar Swiftogeddon 9pm-2am, £7. Taylor Swift-themed club night.
HANGAR 18
50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv
Sat 1 + Sat 7 Mar Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.
Sat 29 100% Old Skool 9pm-3am, £20 adv. Featuring a Swansea debut for Melvo Baptiste of Glitterbox, plus Greg P and residents in room 1; room 2 has Kai & MC Footy.
HAVERHUB
12 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. haverhub.org.uk
Fri 7 + Fri 6 Mar 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.
Sat 7 Mar Rhymes Of The Time 5-10.30pm, £5/£4 for entrants. Hip-hop and grime MC competition, with both freestyle and pre-written categories.
INKSPOT
The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com
Sun 8 Instincts: Spirit Trance Gathering 10pm-4am, £5. Psytrance from Dr Nitrogen, MissTiffied, Acid Drop Anton, PsyCartel, Radiostorm and Meskalin.
JACOB’S MARKET
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Sat 29 Delete 10pm-5am, £19.50 adv. House from Sweely (live set) and Freakenstein, plus residents Marc Parsons, Matt Owen and Lee Graves.
KONGS
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Mon 3 Bump & Grind 10pm-3am, from £1. Student-friendly r’n’b/hip-hop night returns for its first event in a year.
Fri 7 Get Funky 11pm-3am, £7-£13. House from Jasper James and no bugger else, as he’s playing all night.
Sat 8 Binary 10pm-4am, £6-£8. House and techno from Al Wootton, who you might know in his former production guise as Deadboy, plus Tywi and Jeeves. Moved from Undertone; see Clubs for a preview.
Sat 15 The Blue Hour 10pm-3am, from £12. Drum’n’bass from LSB & MC DRS, Ransom, Obsidian, Caaza, Brave and Maria-Lea.
LABYRINTH
13 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 760680 / www.labyrinthbar.com
Fri 14 Back To Bassix 9pm-2am, £7/£6 before 11. Drum’n’bass from Audiomission, Gray, Zoro and Illustrate MC, plus more across two floors.
Sat 22 Mad Ting 9pm-2am, free. Liquid and rolling drum’n’bass from Arkala Dre, Illustrate, Late Knight, One_Z and Llew.
Sat 7 Mar Squash Records 90s Free Rave 10pm-2am, free. Drum’n’bass all night from a lineup TBC.
LE PUBLIC SPACE
High Street, Newport. 01633 221477 / www.lepublicspace.co.uk
Sat 1 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.
THE LOOK OUT
Heol Porth Teigr, Cardiff.Bay. 07395 109055 / [email protected]
Sat 8 Network 4pm-1.30am, House and techno from Alex Taylor, Shaun Edwards, Aled Wynne, Knoll Beach and Helix.
Sat 22 Reggae, Funk, Soul Fever 9pm-12am, £5-£10. All those genres plus related ones, from DJs Silver, Jimanoli and Big Scott. Taking place on the last Saturday of every month (although this date isn’t that).
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
Mondays Miss Kitty’s Late Night Ditty 9pm-12am. A “one woman Kitty Kabaret Show with the songs from the past to now and of course the Merthyr Two Step challenge for a bottle of her very own Chateau De Kitty from Kitty Kat Manor.”
Wednesdays Victoria Scones’ Cabar-oke 8pm-2am. Singalong fun, also with DJ Chris.
Thursdays Amber’s All Sorts 8pm-2am. Fun, games, and cabaret with Amber Dextrous and DJ Jay.
Fridays Non Stop Party 8pm-2am. DJ Lee plays tunes from the 90s onwards. Fri 7 is the return of Hey Mary, with DJ Sissy Boy Tears, Drunken Miss Orderly and Princess Bonkers, with hosts Nemesis Repulsa, Medusa Repulsa, Cressida Wolf and Electra Complex, The last Friday of every month is a Zodiac Party with Amber and Kitty.
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 5 Electronic Producers Network 7-10pm, free. Monthly live tunes/showcase type night.
Fri 7 Urban Dun Differently 6pm, free. Hip-hop showcase showcase featuring, deep breath: Mace, USLXT, Culture Vultures, B Wild & Veez, AG, Zaru, Caston, Scuzzy & Jaytee, Izzie Jay/7Breaths/Jolie Jade, Jamie Pearce, Hayez & Tricks, MD Sterling Sounds, Thalia Richardson, Neeks, She Sings, Saint Bernadette, Tbella, Rhi Rhi, Becky Cee, Missy G, Cara Elise, Unit, Tei Fi and hosts Smxk3, DJ Mumble B and DJ Rev Dread.
Wed 26 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.
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.
THE NEON
Clarence Place, Newport. 01633 533666 / www.theneon.co.uk
Fri 14 U18 Valentines Party 7pm, £10 adv. R’n’b, house and dance for today’s Valentinin’ teens.
Sat 15 Silent Disco 7-10pm, £5 adv. Described as “a clubnight with a twist!” by the venue. Nigel Farage in one channel of your headphones, Katie Hopkins in the other?
NEWPORT CENTRE
1 Kingsway, Newport. 01633 656757 / www.newportlive.co.uk
Thurs 13 Valentine Shutdown Concert 7pm, £7 adv. This is presented by Urban Circle and features a lineup TBC (including “celebrity guests”) plus what they say is the biggest sound system in the city.
PATTI PAVILION
Mumbles Road, Swansea. 01792 475444.
Sat 22 Fusion Events 6.30pm-12am, from £9.50 adv. Drum’n’bass, house and techno from Mr Traumatik and DJ Frenzee (also in Cardiff on Fri 28), Moore, Aaron Price, Connor Thomas, Barry Green and Matt Parker. See Clubs.
PEN & WIG
22-24 Stow Hill, Newport. Mon-Thurs 10am-11pm, Fri + Sat 10am-12am, Sun 11am-10.30pm. 01633 666818.
Sat 14 ‘Port Electro 7.30pm-1am, £3 adv. Electro/alternative club night with lots of classic 80s synthpop etc. In aid of WAY. Widowed and Young Foundation.
PITCHER & PIANO
Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 461312 / www.pitcherandpiano.com
Sat 15 Groove 2020 Opening Party 4pm-12am. With a lineup TBC.
Sat 22 The Return 6pm-2am. Presented by Urban House, DJs not specified.
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
Mondays Quids In Cardiff 10pm-3am, £5/£3 before 12/£1 with guestlist. Featuring £1 drinks all night and free McDonalds.
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.
REVOLUTION
Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk
Fri 7 KulkanRave Cardiff: Reggaeton Revolution 11pm-3am, £4 adv. DJ Adam Cariad plays reggaeton, dembow, electrolatino, rumba and r’n’b all night.
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. Sat 1 Bassline 10pm-4am, £7.50-£10. Drum’n’bass headlined by Turno.
Fri 14 Bassline 10pm-4am, £15. More drum’n’bass, headlined this time by Wilkinson. Sold out by the looks.
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
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 of various music.
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.
Fridays Smack. 10pm-3am. Student night across four rooms, poached back from Pryzm who I guess poached it from some other crap student club. Fri 7 has a live performance from Deno.
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. Sat 1 has a guest appearance from Steel Banglez.
TEN 11
10-11 Broad Street, Barry. www.ten11.co.uk
Fri 28 Underground Sounds 9pm, £10 adv. Tuff techno from D.A.V.E The Drummer, Simon G, Madame Twisted, Fattman b2b Salted Slug, JaMo and Iolo.
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
Fri 7 Time Flies Big Birthday Party 8pm-3am, £25 adv/£35 VIP. Lineup 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, John Kelly, Dave Jones, Footlong DJs, Shane Morris, Dave Eaves, Jason King, Rick Latham, Tyrone Rose, Dave Mills, Gary Pugh, Uptonogood and DJ Pipes.
Fri 14 Triple Cooked: Garden Of Eden 9pm, £6. “A creative collective of artists, musicians, and creatives travelling the length and breadth of the country in search of the quirkiest event spaces.” Listings wishes them luck with the search.
Fri 28 Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club 8pm, £10-£18. Rescheduled from December.
VALE WAREHOUSE
Cambria House, Penarth Road, Cardiff. 07955 270870 / [email protected]
Fri 21 90s Rave 9pm-2am, from £5. Touring student clubnight where attendees get given glowsticks, UV paint etc.
Sat 7 Mar Foreverland Cardiff: Cosmic Circus 10pm-3am, from £12.50. House, bass, garage and drum’n’bass from Taim, Bitr8, Royal Hustle and host Tyrone, plus a headliner TBC. More importantly, lots of added decor and inflatable thing.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Sat 1 Tremor Teens 3pm, £10-£17.50 adv. Daytime rave for trance fans aged under 18 – a demographic I genuinely had no idea exists. Will Atkinson, Cai B, Bradz, PH & Lam, CJM, Delta, Attached and Jonny Griffiths are the DJs.
*Sat 1 Haws 10pm-5am, £12-£15 adv. Headlined by Special Request, aka UK house type Paul Woolford in his old-skool rave/jungle guise. Sat 8 Empire 10pm-5am, from £15 adv. Deep/liquid drum’n’bass from Alix Perez, Jubei, Monty, Bredren, SP:MC, Obsidian, Brave and Maria-Lea.
Fri 28 Canopy 10pm-5am, £15-£20. Drum’n’bass night, also a showcase for the Souped Up label. Lineup includes Serum & Inja, Voltage b2b T>I & Carasel MC, Benny Page, Nicky Blackmarket. Benny V and MC XL.
Sat 29 Wax Format & Journey 2-10pm, £17.50-£22.50. Follow-up to a launch event in January last year where all DJs play all-vinyl sets. Room 1: Progressive, trance and hard trance classics from Lange, Mario Piu, Mark E.G, Sam Mitcham, Hywel Matthews and Smudge. Room 2: hard trance and hard house from S.H.O.K.K., Paul Maddox, Nick The Kid, Richie Knight, Ed Lynam, Rhys Thomas & Callan Christie and A-J / 72.
Sat 29 High-Fi 10pm-5am, from £13. See Clubs for more on this, which starts right after the event listed previously finishes and has sets from Pleasurekraft, Spektre, Tekno Tom and more TBC.
WOW BAR
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Gay venue. www.wowbarcardiff.com
Wednesdays Get Pound£d Free. Music from DJ Karlos, cabaret from Bonida and various cheap drinks.
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 Phat & Sassy Free before 10. Pop and party with DJs Gypsy and Krys.
Sundays Spotlight 5pm, free. DJ Krys and Chris play the tunes until late, plus there’s cabaret and karaoke from Miss Kitty and Gina respectively.