CLUB LISTINGS | MARCH 2020

 

THE ANGEL INN

57- 59 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 617878 / facebook.com/theangelinnaber

Sat 7 Ymuno 11pm-4am, £3. House and techno from Conan, Dan & Jay, El Choop, Etien, Reg, Bryn and Freerotation’s Suzybee on VJ duties.

Fri 3 Apr Shockwave Sounds: Gabberystwyth 11pm-4am, £4. You (probably) guessed it, this is a night of gabber – plus tek, Frenchcore, donk, dubstep and drum’n’bass – with DJs Hanwe, J-Rich, Dysfunction, Sherpa and Thirdyear b2b Keys.

 

THE ARCH

11 Commercial Street, Neath. 01639 646090 / [email protected]

Sat 21 Newtown 9pm-4am. Argy headlines a night of house, jackin’ house, funky house and techno.

 

BAMBU BEACH BAR

51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk

Sat 4 Apr My House 6pm-4am, £15-£25. Day and night party headlined by Lovely Laura with Ben Santiago.

 

BAROQUE

18 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 8220 / www.baroque-penarth.co.uk

Fri 6 Circle Eight 10pm-3.30am, £5/£4 adv/free before 11. Drum’n’bass from DJs Stuss, Aktik, T.Bone, Razor, Apollo, Pabz, Joe Blow, Bason, Ejay and Lowgli, plus MCs Ewhy Easy, Vizable, Tempz, RC, 4Dee and Pablow. This venue seems to be one of these newjack gin bars so not sure how a load of rowdy jungle mooks will fit in.

 

BARRY ISLAND SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB

11 Redbrink Crescent, Barry. 01446 735173 / www.barryislandssc.co.uk

Sat 28 Northern Soul Island 2nd Anniversary 6.30pm-12.30am, £4. DJs Tim Hayhoe (West Wilts Soul Club, Paul Davies, Sarah Caple, Paul Roberts and Laurence Cullen with vinyl-only sets of 60s oldies, 70s modern, crossover and 60s R&B.

 

BLIND TIGER

49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.

Sat 7 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.

Sat 14 Fixate 10pm-5am. Techno from Argy, Just Jesus, Madame Twisted, Dan Waite and J-Tech.

Fridays Apollo 11pm, £3-£5. House, techno and bass music with Beekay and Phil Koncept.

Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5. Underground and cutting edge club music promised.

 

THE BUNKHOUSE

24 Park Street, Swansea. [email protected] / www.bunkhousebar.co.uk

Fri 20 Free Rave: D&B vs Bassline 10pm-6am, £5/£4 adv/£3 before 12/free before 11 with guestlist. DJ sets from Teagle, Robbo, Stone, Chancey, Spoon, Replicait, Chiron, Madconcepts, Kyro and Boov.

 

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION

Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com

Fri 6 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.

Fri 27 Bedlam 10pm-5am, £16 adv. Under the banner of My Nu Leng & M8s, who are MC Dread, Friction & Linguistics, Mantra, Alexisitry and Redlight.

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.

 

CHAPEL 1877

Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2022 2020 / www.chapel1877.com

Fri 6 Decadence International Women’s Day Celebration 7pm-2am, £10 adv. Dance to female-fronted music and raise money for Women’s Aid at this event, which is aimed at lesbians and bisexual women.

 

CLUB LOGIC

12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.clublogicswansea.co.uk/

Sat 7 Logic XtraHard 3rd Birthday 6pm-6am, from £10. A full half-day of hard dance with a lineup including Spanish hardcore DJ Lady Dammage, Halestone, Natski, Ed ET, Faze 2, Jason P & Rob Rees, Mad Dog, D Grove, Corruptor, Odd-S-E, Ryan Rees & Martin Rogers and hosts Shocker, Venom and K-Ner.

Fri 13 Deck Devils 9pm-4am, £3/free before 12. Hard dance from D Grove, MWB, Trixta, Ryan Rees & Martin Rogers, Jay P and DJ Dolly.

Sat 4 Apr Logic & RN Events 9pm-6am, from £10. Trance from Giuseppe Ottaviani, Maria Healy, Big Al, Jonny Griffiths, John Hughes, Rob Rees, Andrew Butty Davies and 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

Sat 28 James Hype 11.30pm-5am, £10-£20. With a headline set from a Liverpool DJ mainly known for remixes of contemporary pop hits.

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

Fri 13 Get Funky 11pm-4am, £10 adv. Fourth birthday night for these promoters, with headliner Demuja from Australia playing a three-hour sets of (what sounds like) ‘proper’ deep house.

Thurs 19 Suddenly Funk 10pm-3am, £4-£8. Yet another deeply naff looking touring club njght with disco/funk/house DJ sets from Putri Mai, Mr Valentine, Jomo and Lleu plus various added attractions (decorations, glitter, face painting, your own mother on hand to breastfeed you etc).

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.

Saturdays Guilty Pleasures v Meze Memories 9pm-5am. Until midnight: party bangers and secret pleasures weith DJ Matt Smooth. Until 5am: rock, indie and alternative as used to be played in the Meze Lounge over 100 years ago.

 

COURTYARD

48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

Sun 29 Eclipse 6.30-9.30pm, £2 adv. Monthly club night aimed at adults with additional needs, plus their friends, family and carers.

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.

 

THE DEPOT

Williams Way, Cardiff. 029 2034 1199 / depotcardiff.com

Sun 15 Big Fish Little Fish x Camp Bestival 2-4.30pm, £7.50 adv/free pre-walkers. The return of this parent-and-toddler afternoon rave, featuring DJ sets from Boy Azooga and Super Furry Animals’ Huw Bunford, plus a craft area with some kind of Bestival tie-in.

 

EDDIES

4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co

Fri 27 Mad Ting 9pm-4am,  from £10 adv. Drum’n’bass from Kmotionz, 4K, Mackay, Araka Dre, One_Z, Saunders, Sinnergy, Harlem and Intenzive Sound.

 

EXIT 7

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mary Ann St, Cardiff. 029 2022 4488 / www.
motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk/restaurant/exit-seven

Sat 7 WunderGround 9pm-3am, £10 adv. Techno, house and trance from Madame Twisted, RealRay, Tom Ashton, Smudge and more TBC. Described as “an alternative to the commercial EDM and r’n’b that is currently on offer in most nightclubs in the city” but is largely vague about what this alternative might be.

 

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. Mon 2 is a Krispy Kreme Party, where you can pull out each other’s weaves to get yourself one of these overrated doughnuts.

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 6 is titled Retro Flashback and has things like a ballpit and arcade machines.

Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.

 

THE FLOURMILL

56 High Street, Blackwood. 01495 707333 / theflourmill.uk

Sat 7 Club Anthems 8pm-2am, free. With headline DJ Big Al. Sat 14 Rock Da House 8pm, free. With headline DJ Desi Jones.

 

FRONTAL LOBE WAREHOUSE

Unit G, St Catherines Park, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.flwarehouse.co.uk

Sat 21 Jungle Cakes 10pm-4am, £10-£15. Drum’n’bass sorta kinda but not exactly with Ed Solo, Deekline AND Serial Killaz (those three playing b2b), Jessi G and Buckfast Boys Club.

 

FUEL

5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 07970 063107 / facebook.com/fuelcardiff

Thurs 19 Havoc 7pm-2am, £5 adv. Three live bands (see Live Music listings) followed by DJs playing alternative, ‘guilty pleasures’ and more, with Benji from Skindred the guest on this inaugural night.

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

Fri 6 Swiftogeddon 9pm-2am, £7. Taylor Swift-themed club night.

Sat 7 Club Tropicana 9pm-2am, £6. Eighties club night which is a Wham! special this month.

 

HANGAR 18

50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv

Sat 7 + Sat 4 Apr Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.

Fri 20 Attached 10pm-4am, from £5 adv. Drum’n’bass from Mr Traumatik & DJ Frenzee, clearly not content with their two February dates in this region (and one in Cardiff’s Vale Warehouse on Fri 3 Apr), plus more TBC. Described on the poster as a “multi-genre showcase” FYI.

Sat 28 Higher State Of Trance 10pm-3am, £3/£2 NUS. Trance classics from April Maizie, Tim McCarthy, Andrew Butty Davies and more TBC.

Fri 3 Apr Oysterteeth 10pm-4am, from £8 adv. Breaks and bass (not sure what people mean when they say this nowadays TBH) from Benton, Hamdi, Mulla and Tespres.

 

HAVERHUB

12 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. haverhub.org.uk

Fri 6 + Fri 4 Apr 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 Rhymes Of The Time 5-10.30pm, £5/£4 for entrants. Hip-hop and grime MC competition, with both freestyle and pre-written categories.

Wed 18 Lyoness 7pm, free. Monthly drum’n’bass session in the bar.

 

INKSPOT

The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com

Fri 3 Apr Infinite Presents Carpe Noctem 10pm-4am, £10 adv. New night of acid techno bosh headlined by Stay Up Forever stalwart Sterling Moss plus the Suss Twins, Madame Twisted, Miss Mayhem and Zeno.

 

JACOB’S MARKET

West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.

Fri 6 Haws 10pm-5am, £15 adv. Cardiff debut for Call Super, plus locals Tywi and Pi-Singer. Good booking.

Sat 21 Teak 10pm-5am, £12 adv. House and disco from Budino, David J Bull and James Teak. This is the promoters’ sixth birthday.

 

KONGS

114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2064 4114 /[email protected] / www.kongsbars.com

Thurs 5 House Of Rhythm 10pm-3am, £10 adv. Bileld as “A celebration and discovery of all that is hip-hop” with sets from Skunkadelic and DJ Proper Soul. There are also workshops on street art and breakdance beforehand, from 6-8pm, and you can get combo tickets for both parts for £15.

Fri 6 Locally Sauced 10pm-3am, £5-£8. Various DJs from the area give you house and techno etc: Douvelle19, Arthur Dudley, Jake Cornford b2b Emyr (Rotary Club) and James Lacey (Pointless Radio) b2b Ben Hunter (City Bass).

Sat 21 Drwm Collective 10pm-3am, from £6. Drum’n’bass from Critical Impact, MC XL and more TBC.

Fri 27 Team Up! 10pm-3am, from £3. Emo and pop-punk type night which will be here on the last Friday of every month ‘going forward’.

Sat 28 Bitch, Please! 10pm-3am, £5-£10. Queer/ballroom house promoters from Bristol with a “Cardiff takeover” as they call it, with DJs Kofi Tarris, Butch Queen, Clare James and Rob Walker.

Fri 3 Apr RawSynth 10pm-3am, £7-£14. Drum’n’bass from Shimon b2b Leaf, Nectax and more TBC.

 

LABYRINTH

13 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 760680 / www.labyrinthbar.com

Sat 7 Mar Squash Records 90s Free Rave 10pm-2am, free. Drum’n’bass all night from Vex-T, ProfessorJo, Arkala Dre b2b One_Z, Sinnergy, Illustrate and Bricksuit.

Sat 21 Get Funk’d Part 2 9pm-2am, free. Funky house from Mark Muller, DJ Obelix, Doghouse Al and more TBC.

 

LE PUBLIC SPACE

High Street, Newport. 01633 221477 / www.lepublicspace.co.uk

Fri 6 Busta Move 11pm-3am, free. General purpose funky music from the 60s to the 80s, going by the names on the poster. Here on the first Friday of each month.

 

THE LOOK OUT

Heol Porth Teigr, Cardiff.Bay. 07395 109055 /
[email protected]

Sat 28 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.

 

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. 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]

Sat 21 Electronic Producers Showcase 6pm, free. Monthly live tunes/showcase type night.

Wed 25 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.

Sat 28 Dig Deep For Denny & Marley 7pm-4am, pay by donations. Drum’n’bass and garage night raising money for two children’s cancer operations in the USA. Performing: DJ Billa, Triz, Missy G, Apollo, Lubi J, Ransom, Becky Cee, Kontact, Miss HD, Tamika, D-Sia, Deliquent and Delta Victor.

Sat 4 Apr Urban Dun Differently 6pm, free. Hip-hop showcase showcase featuring a lineup TBC.

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 13 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. Next event is on Fri 1 May.

 

PATTI PAVILION

Mumbles Road, Swansea. 01792 475444.

Sat 28 Boiler Room: Bass & Percs 10pm-4am, £12 adv. This seems to be co-promoted by various local types but is a touring session by ‘streaming DJ set’ moguls Boiler Room. Not sure of the lineup. Also in Cardiff Bay’s Vaults on Fri 13 this month.

 

Penarth Ex-Serivcemen’s Club

69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk

Sat 14 Mar Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £4 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Further 2020 dates are Sat 16 May, Sat 18 July, Sat 12 Sept and Sat 14 Nov.

 

PITCHER & PIANO

Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 461312 / www.pitcherandpiano.com

Fri 27 Avalon 8pm-2am, from £4 adv. Manchester-based eclectic house DJ Hidden Spheres is the special guest here, with other DJs TBC.

 

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

Sat 7 Inside Out presents Wiley 10pm-3am, £8 adv. Here as part of a tour called Back To The Village. No idea what this’ll be like, to be fair I could see it being more ‘classically’ Wiley than when he’s touring with a band or whatever.

Fri 27 The K-Pop UV Party 10pm-3am, from £1. “K-Club aims to bring you the hottest KPOP themed club nights in the UK starting with our Nexus Tour. Join us for a night of dancing, singing and appreciating everything KPOP”.

Mondays Quids In Cardiff 10pm-3am, £5/£3 before 12/£1 with guestlist. Featuring £1 drinks all night and free McDonalds. Mon 2 has a special guest appearance from Fatman Scoop, who is at the Motorpoint Arena earlier in the evening.

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 13 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

Fri 6 Bassline 10pm-4am, £10. Drum’n’bass headlined by Kanine and Indika.

Sat 14 Rise & Heft: Skankandbass 10pm-4am, £10 adv. Drum’n’bass headlined by S.P.Y and 1991, with Rise and Heft residents also in the main room; room 2 is hosted by Twisted Roots.

Fri 20 Treatment & Cure 10pm-4am, from £10. With a headline set from house fella Mella Dee.

Sat 21 Bassline 10pm-4am, £10. Jump-up drum’n’bass headlined by Manchester’s Bou.

Fri 3 Apr Bassline 10pm-4am, £15. Drum’n’bass headlined by High Contrast.

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.

 

SODA

St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / facebook.com/sodacardiff

Mon 2 Throwback Parties Part One 9pm-3am, £4-£10. DJs Monique B, DJT and Jigga play 90s and 00s r’n’b, hip-hop, house and garage.

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 playing 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.

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.

 

SURGE

20 Market Street, Abertillery. facebook.com/surgenightclub

Sat 7 Biometric 7pm-1am, £10/£7 before 9. Techno and hard dance from Swankie DJ, Alter:Ego (change your name), Jamie ‘Tiktok’ Taylor, Vishaun & Trampy, Toad, Eyes Crossed and Scott Sandercock & Shane Aubrey.

 

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

Fri 20 Holi Party 11pm-3am, £8/£5 early bird. That thing which originated in India where people chuck tons of powder paint over each other. It would be wrong of me to imply that Tiger Tiger’s version of it will be reductive and disrespectful, though, as it has not yet taken place.

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 21 Mungo’s Hi Fi Soundsystem 9pm, £11. Dub reggae festival faves with guests MC Gardna and local live funk types Afro Cluster.

Fri 3 Apr Lovely Laura & Ben Santiago 7pm, £23.50 adv. A sax player and DJ respectively. I assume this will be akin to their usual club appearances (such as Bambu in Swansea tomorrow) but maybe not as it starts earlier and is pricier.

 

VALE WAREHOUSE

Cambria House, Penarth Road, Cardiff. 07955 270870 / [email protected]

Sat 7 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 things.

Fri 3 Apr Astro Pack 10pm-4am, £20-£35. Garage and drum’n’bass over two rooms and on an RC1 soundsystem, with guests Sir Spyro, Heartless Crew, Mr Traumatik, BassLayerz, MC Local, Conrad Stone, Belji Wild, Dubmatt, Dubzta’s Diff Showcase with Shannyshan b2b Lubi J, Benny Bootleg, Raudi TT b2b Leightdon, Supa Darkaz, PKT, Jaydee, E Why Easy, Yaz Mean, Smoke, Ezrah, Luke RV, Slim Teng, Stickylemons and some DJ competition winners.

 

THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE

The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com

Fri 13 Boiler Room: Bass & Percs 10pm-4am, £10 adv. This seems to be co-promoted by various local types but is a touring session by ‘streaming DJ set’ moguls Boiler Room. Not sure of the lineup. Also in Swansea’s Patti Pavilion on Sat 28 this month.

Fri 27 Vaults Presents 10pm-5am, from £10 adv. With a three-hour headline set from Euro techno big pumper Chris Leibing, who was here about two years ago I think, plus support TBC.

Sat 28 DnB Allstars 10pm-5am, £18 adv. Drum’n’bass from DJ Hazard, Bou (also in Swansea’s Sin City this month), Sub Zero, AC13 and more TBC.

 

WESTGATE HOTEL

Stow Hill, Newport. 0151 2074496 / [email protected]

Sat 28 Perc 6pm-3am, £8 adv/£5 early bird. Newport techno specialists with their first party in a while, held in an until recently derelict hotel which was revived last year by the people behind the Newport Rising festival. Cool. Paul Blandford, Owen Kilby, Richie Moulton and Jon Williams are the DJs.

 

WOW BAR

11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Gay venue. www.wowbarcardiff.com

Fri 13 Killing Moon 1-pm, £3 adv. New wave, indie, postpunk, goth etc. Recently relocated from 10 Feet Tall and now resident here possibly.

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.