CLUB LISTINGS | NOVEMBER 2019
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.
Fri 29 T:ME 10.30pm-3am, £5. Launch party for a night promising Cardiff “a new dimension of electronic music that the city has never experienced before,” with headliner Tywi plus residents Louie G and Sam De Gal.
Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.
Sat 9 The Shutdown Show 7-11pm, £5/£4 adv. Grime, hip-hop and trap from Benji Wild (ex of Astroid Boys), Luke RV, Benzym Yxng Vxgue, Beauxxx, Sixpm and hosts Prendy and Mumble B.
THE ASTORIA
48 Charles Street, Milford Haven. 01646 663008 / facebook.com/astoriamilfordhaven
Fri 29 Father Funk’s Church Of Love 10pm-5.30am, £7 adv/£5 early bird. Wacky sounding touring club night whose Cardiff date we previewed recently. Tonight features, Father Funky, Bear Twists, Octo Pi, Rogue One, Damage & Mystic, Infamous Len, Defects Of The Dock, Rose Rokoko’s Sleazy Sisters and various extra decor etc.
THE ATTIC
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. 01792 450850 / facebook.com/theatticswansea
Wednesdays Loose 9pm-3am, £4/£2. Lauching a 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).
Sat 2 90s Rave Halloween Edition 10pm-3am. Featuring a faceoff between drum’n’bass and trance in their 90s guises. Room 1: Jonny Griffiths, Jamie Morgan and Taz Meah. Room 2: Swansea University DJ Society.
Sat 16 Riddim x Rise 10pm-3am, £8-£15. Drum’n’bass. Room 1: Voltage, Levela, Ebbens b2b Mowgli, a Helix takeover, Jammez and MC XL. Room 2: Swansea University DJ Society.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Fri 1 MasTechno: Terrace Inferno III 10pm-3am, £3. Techno and tech-house from Jonathan Smiley Davies, Crux and State Of Mind.
BLACKWOOD MINERS INSTITUTE
High Street, Blackwood. 01495 227206 / your.caerphilly.gov.uk/bmi
Sat 2 Martin Kemp’s Back to The 80s Halloween Party! 7.30pm, £21 adv. Touring 80s disco presided over by Spandau Ballet man.
BLIND TIGER
49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.
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.
Sat 9 Fixate 10pm-5am, £5. Second birthday for this venue’s chunky house specialists with a headline set from Hannah Laing. Martin Dibble, Ieuan Haile, Madame Twisted, Dan Waite and J-Tech also feature.
THE BRASS BAT
St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 6802 / www.thebrassbat.com
Fridays Team Up 10pm-4am, £5/£3 adv. Emo, pop-punk, alternative, metal, hardcore etc every Friday, with lots of drinks deals. Sean Smith, ex of The Blackout, is the guest DJ every last Friday of the month also.
THE BUNKHOUSE
24 Park Street, Swansea. [email protected] / www.bunkhousebar.co.uk
Fri 1 Psychosocial Halloween Ball 10pm-5am. Three-room alt/metal/rock night.
Sat 2 Heft Halloween Free Rave #2 9pm-5am, free before 11pm. Drum’n’bass over two rooms. Tag yourself on the event page wall to get in free.
Fri 22 Tundra 7pm-2am, £3 adv. Disco, house, UK garage and bassline with an 80s theme.
Sat 23 Winger Records Takeover 8pm-2am. Hip-hop, dubstep, drum’n’bass from this west Wales collective, lineup to include Brave Mugraw, Culture Vultures, Ferny Mac, Zhubat, Wheeze Team, Soldiers Of Monochrome, Boofy, Docta P and Dead Crow.
Sat 30 Squash Records Launch Party 9pm-5am, £3. This is a new local label and their launch night offers UK garage, bassline, dubstep, grime and drum’n’bass so maybe their label will also. DJs: JT, Esigra b2b Dayo, RSCB, Cell, DH Boh, Vex-T, Pie-Fi b2b Megatrix, Joel O-P and 2hotty. MCs: LispyJ, OJ, LRB, Syphr and AK.
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com
Mon 11 Applebum 11pm-4am, from £4. Hip-hop classics night aimed at students which tours the UK and beyond. On the Facebook event for this, the promoters have been lax with their cutting and pasting (something you’ll never see in these listings) so it still says Southampton at the end of the blurb.
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.
Fri 1 Bedlam Mega Rave 9pm-5am, from £20. Four rooms of big. Great Hall: Andy C, Dimension, Culture Shock b2b 1991, Critical Soundsystem, Indika and hosts Tonn Piper, ID and XL. Y Plas: Holy Goof, Skepsis, AMC & MC Phantom, Distress Signal, Jungle Cakes and Bushbaby. Y Plas side room: Spectrasoul, Technimatic, Rizzle, Ransom, Stygian and hosts Texas and XL. Stiwdio 2: Sammy Virji, Mind Of A Dragon, Woo & Comfort, Mango and Maxwell.
Fri 22 Sonny Fodera 10pm-4am, £18.50. Neo-deep house type headlines courtesy of promoters Treatment. Eli Brown, Biscits and Saffron Stone also feature. 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.
CHAPEL 1877
Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2022 2020 / www.chapel1877.com
Sat 23 You Remind Me Winter Special 10pm-3am, £10 adv. Hip-hop, r’n’b, soul and dancehall from the 80s and 90s.
CHAPTER ARTS CENTRE
Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org
Fri 1 Silent Disco 8-10pm, £5. Halloween-themed evening hosted here by the venue’s Young Programmers.
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 LOGIC
12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.the-rainbowrooms.com
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. Sat 2 is a Halloween House Party.
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
Tuesdays Nuke 10.30pm, £3/£2 NUS. Pop, r’n’b, hip-hop, indie etc.
Tue 5 Souljam 11pm-4am, from £5. Funk, soul and disco party.
Wed 6 Gucci Gang Trap Night 11pm-4am. Rap from the last decade.
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 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 of 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
Fri 1 The Psychedelic Way 10pm-4am. Psytrance (I think) from Laurence, Cloud and Sizey, plus all hippy decor etc.
THE DEPOT
Dumballs Road, Cardiff. 029 2034 1199 / depotcardiff.com
Sun 24 Big Fish Little Fish 2-4.30pm, £7.50 adv/free pre-walkers. Baby, toddler, parent and guardian can rave as one in this popular event, this time featuring DJ sets from Alex Paterson (The Orb) and Bunf (Super Furry Animals).
THE DRAGONFFLI
Crumlin Street, Pontypool. 07756 769141 / www.thedragonffli.com
Sat 30 Unity 9pm-1am, £3/free before 10. House, tech-house and techno from guests PH and Beekay plus residents Oliver Harvey and Greg Baker.
EDDIES
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Fri 8 Wonkcrafts 9pm-3.30am, £7/£5 before 10. Hip-hop and grime showcase featuring Defects Of The Dock, Culture Vultures, Luke RV, Razkid, Vex-T, Pie-Fi, DG Bog, Mr Matenjie, Aksrevenge & MCM247, Syphe & LRB, Joel B-P & Lispy-J and Azzo G.
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 18 promises a pillow fight.
Wednesdays Underground 11pm-3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms.
Thurs 14 Skream 10pm-3am, £12.50 adv. A mainstay of UK dance for well over a decade now, Skream will be doing one of his ‘open to close’ sets here, which as the name suggests is just him on the decks for five hours. He’s in Cardiff tomorrow too.
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. Sat 2 features Nathan Dawe.
Sun 3 Raver Tots 2-4pm, £9 adv/£6 kids. DJ Vibes supplies the old skool rave… vibes at this parents-and-toddlers/babies club afternoon.
FRONTAL LOBEWAREHOUSE
Unit G, St Catherines Park, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.flwarehouse.co.uk
Fri 29 Twisted Roots Warehouse Rave 10pm-4am, from £11.50. Drum’n’bass from T>I b2b Saxxon with MC Shaydee, Document One with Medic MC, Ransom b2b Teagle with Medic MC, Twisted Roots residents and DJ competition winners TBC.
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 GLOBE
125 Albany Road, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www.globecardiffmusic.com
Fri 15 So Fetch 2000s Party 10pm-2am, £5 adv. Drily desribed by the organisers as “a short trip down memory lane”.
HANGAR 18
50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv
Sat 2 + Sat 7 Dec Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.
Sat 9 Hardstyle Against Mental Health 9pm-3am, £10 adv. Featuring Cally & Juice, MKN, Swankie DJ b2b ED E.T, McBunn, D Grove, MRC, Pesky & Onyx, Odd-S-E and hosts Shocker, Jay P and Venom.
Sat 16 The Resist-Stance 10pm-4am, £5. Acid techno and tek kinda stuff from SUSS Twins, Rage N Tekhead, Lief Yospa, DJ Lapis and 4NR.
HARLEYS
8 Bell Lane, Brecon. 07929 414483 / facebook.com/harleysbrecon
Sat 9 Powercore – Beacons Go Boom! 8pm-4am, £3-£5. Hard dance, hardstyle and hardcore from Blocaldini b2b Stylezzy, Webbe, Beat Conductors, Inhuman Nature, Rob EJ, Watkins & Pete Rampage and more TBC.
INKSPOT
The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com
Fri 8 Return Of The Rave In A Church Part 3 10pm-4am, £9/£7. Drum’n’bass hosted by Circle 8, Darth and Zero Tolerance. DJ Dazee & Dirty Smirks are the headline twosome. DJs: Delta Victor, D-Sia, Hoodfella Development, Pabz, Joe Blow, Raudi-TT, T-Bone, Kenco, Ejay and Kenetix. MCs: Ryder, Air-Z, Vizable, Onslaught, L8-One, Jaytee RC and Hoodfella Development.
Sat 9 Instincts: Spirit Trance Gathering 10pm-4am. Wibbly psytrance, more info TBC.
JACOB’S MARKET
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Fri 1 Teak 10pm, from £12 adv. With guests Nosedrip and Luigi De Venere.
Fri 22 Haws 10pm-5am, £7.50-£13.50 adv. Two three-and-a-half-hour sets each: a Welsh debut for Berlin-based analogue houser Gene On Earth, and a launch party for a new EP by Cardiff’s Harrison BDP.
JACS
Bryngolwg House, Wind Street, Aberdare. 01685 882198 / www.jacsaberdare.co.uk.
Sat 9 Northern Soul Night 3 7-11pm, £4 adv. Vintage vinyl selections from Matthew Morgan, Liam Curtin and Andrew Jones.
Kongs
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Fri 1 Rotary Club / Rhythm Project 10pm-3am, £3. Featuring a set of deep/Balearic house in the main bar from Hidden Spheres.
Fri 8 Get Funky 11pm-3am, £6-£15 adv. Debut appearance in these parts, I think, for Hammer, a Belfast house DJ based in Glasgow. Sold out.
Fri 29 Rotary Club 10pm-3am, £8-£17.50. Sixth birthday for these stalwart promoters, who top the bill with three hours of Move D – his first Cardiff headline set in about a decade I think.
LABYRINTH
13 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 760680 / www.labyrinthbar.com
Sat 9 Execute 9pm-2am, free. Drum’n’bass from Reptillian Space Cowboys (Mackay & Audio Autopsy), Execute, Knox b2b Owz and Joel OP.
LASER STATION
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Fri 1 Fat Lace Halloween Massacre 8pm-4am, £7-£9 adv. Drum’n’bass, dubstep and hip-hop from J-Man with Trafic MC, Abstract Drumz, Optimystic, Brute Engine, Jake Rader, Docta P, a Wonkcrafts takeover from AK b2b Pie-Fi plus MCs LRB and Syphr and a Winger Records showcase featuring Culture Vultures, Boofy, Zhubat, Cyanne and Doc Teej.
LE PUBLIC SPACE
High Street, Newport. 01633 221477 / www.lepublicspace.co.uk
Sat 2 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.
Fri 1 Hey, Drop Dead, Mary 9pm, £3. Halloween-themed queer drag disco with performers TBC and DJs Sissy Boy Tears and Drunken Miss Orderly.
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 Cheapskates 10pm-4am, £2 before 11. Pop and alternative old and new.
Fri 8 The Sleepless Club 10pm-4am, free before 11. New monthly night hosted by local ‘electro-punk’ band Nightlives, further details currently TBC.
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]
Tue 12 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.
Wed 27 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.
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.
Sat 23 Vibes & Bubble 7pm, free. See Clubs for more on this night which features an assortment of grime, hip-hop and soul vocalists: Faith, Mace, Dom James, Eadyth, Cardo Remel, Shantz, Vally Vand, Solo Jane, Lucas J Rowe and Asha Jane, plus DJ Motorious.
NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF
Cathays Park, Cardiff. 029 2057 3500 / www.museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff
Sat 30 Hush Silent Disco 6-7.30pm + 8.30pm-12am, £12 earlier/£25 later. Semi-regular event returns in two instalments, a family event in the early evening and then an adults-only one later on. Yes, that does say £25 for the latter. Who have they got DJing, Aviici?
OCEAN ARTS CARDIFF
Unit 2, East Moors Business Park, East Moors Rd, Cardiff Bay. 029 2132 0030 / www.oceanartscardiff.co.uk
Fri 1 + Fri 6 Dec 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 1 The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club 7.30pm, £16.50-£18.50 adv. Sold out.
Penarth Ex-SerVicemen’s Club
69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 16 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Their final 2019 date is on NYE.
THE PICCADILLY INN
Piccadilly Square, Caerphilly. 029 2088 0042
Fri 15 Revolution 7pm, £5/£3 adv. New monthly hard dance night featuring Ed ET & MC Venom, Dave Jones, Patch & Vandellio, DNA, Jay G and an open decks competition winner.
PITCHER & PIANO
Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 461312 / www.pitcherandpiano.com
Sat 2 Groove Halloween Garden Finale 4-11.30pm, from £5 adv. House on the terrace, in the daytime, with special guest Seb Zito.
PLATFORM 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sat 2 Halloween 8pm-4am. Residents showcase, namely Dave Eaves, Puff, Dan Howells, Taylor Jones, Nathan Jenkins and Ryan Howells. Sat 9 033 6pm-4am, £12/£10. Third birthday bash for this club, with headliner Ferreck Dawn. Defected, Toolroom, Relief and number one on Beatport are among the boxes he ticks.
Sat 7 Dec 034 6pm-4am, £8-£12. Featuring headliner Jacky.
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
Wed 20 K-Club 10.30pm-3.30am, £5. A K-pop club night touring the UK. Looks like all the student chain clubs just realised this stuff has a fanbase here.
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
Tuesdays Hustle 10pm-3am, £3/£2 before 12. Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop.
Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night.
Fri 8 Dazed 10pm-4am, £8-£15 adv. Drum’n’bass, previewed in the last issue and featuring Benny L, Randall and Shimon b2b Gino b2b Traumatize. Hosted by Haribo, Pastry Maker and Pablow.
Fri 15 Heft 11pm-4am, £8-£15 adv. Jungle/drum’n’bass from General Levy, Phibes, Incursion Audio, Dayo, DisKrete, Esigra, Kazm, Llew, MC XL, Mr. Matenj, Ransom, Sam Coady and Teagle.
Fri 22 + Fri 6 Dec Bassline 10pm-4am. Headlined by Skepsis in November and Hybrid Minds and MC Tempza in December.
Fri 29 Treatment 10pm-4am, £12/£9. See Clubs for more on a show headlined by bouncy technohead Rebuke, with support from Ronnie Spiteri.
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 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.
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. Sat 30 has a guest sppearance from Wretch 32.
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 15 Skream 10.30pm-3am, £12.50 adv. DJing for all 270 minutes here.
Fri 29 + Sat 30 Foreverland: Psychedelic Carnival 9pm-3am, from £17.50 per night. One of many touring club nights which are seemingly by and for people who think the most important thing about club nights is the decor. This one does at least list some of the DJs: Danny Byrd, Nancie, Taim, Hunter and host Tyrone.
UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
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.
Fri 1 Helium 11pm-4am, £5 adv. House and techno residents’ special.
Sat 2 Labyrinth 10pm-4am, from £5.50 adv. Drum’n’bass night headlined by Upgrade.
Thurs 7 Sour Sounds 10pm-3am. Drum’n’bass.
Fri 8 Haws 10pm-4am, £6 adv. House from Em Williams and Stav, both from Oxford clubnight Simple, plus James Wilkinson.
Sat 9 Rezonate 10pm-4am, £3-£8. Drum’n’bass from Sinus8, Aktik b2b2 Stuss, Elliptic Audio, Low and Phinn, plus MCs T-Motion and Jordy G.
Tue 12 Pull Up 10pm-3am. Drum’n’bass.
Thurs 14 Common Collective 10pm-3am. Jungle.
Fri 15 Global Sounds 10pm-4am. Viewpoints, Steff Jeff and Adam From Space with an Italo/synthpop special.
Sat 16 Junction 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass.
Fri 22 Ilona 10pm-4am, £7 adv. Cardiff DJ Ryan Ross is both the promoter of this night and the warmup for the headliner, Ilona Rampling: wife of acid house OG Danny Rampling and peddler of big room acid techno styles.
Sat 23 Disco Rekah 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass.
Thurs 28 Summit 10.30pm-3am. Bass, house, techno and garage.
Fri 29 Mvmnts 11pm-4am, from £8. New night headlined by Wen (Big Dada, Keysound) and also featuring Licked:City.
Fri 30 Switch Up 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass, jungle, bassline and UK funky.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Fri 8 Function:al 10pm-5am, £15. Drum’n’bass. Room 1: Randall b2b Storm, Digital b2b Djinn, Ransom b2b Lubi J and Double A Side b2b Electra. Hosts: Blackeye MC & Missy G, Room 2: Ladies Of Rage present Effigy, Elianne, Roxie Webb, Shannyshan and Silkcut plus MCs Bambiclare, Becky Cee, Ess Louise and Miss.HD.
Fri 22 Canopy 10pm-5am, from £10 adv. Drum’n’bass from DJ Zinc, Serial Killaz and more TBC.
*Sat 23 Get Down Early 11pm-4am, from £5 adv. Excellent – a DJ from something like the cutting edge who hasn’t played here before, namely Lena Willikens, is brought to Cardiff. It’s here courtesy of Red Bull and Dimensions Festival but what are you gonna do. Willikens is actually warming up for a newer DJ, Danielle, hence the name of the night.
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).
Sat 2 Sydney Saturdays 10pm-3am, £4/£3. Featuring a DJ set by Charlie Sloth, off the radio.
Sat 9 Red Square 10pm-3am, £9 adv. Russian dance music night with DJ Antoxic.
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.