Los Amigos
33a Stow Hill, Newport.. 07850 546751 / www.losamigosnewport.co.uk
Sat 16 Ecko Vybz Valentine Red, Black & White Party 10pm-4am, £5. Hip-hop, soul, reggae, r’n’b, Motown, dancehall and bashment from the full Ecko Vybz crew plus Glamma Lexus and T-Breezy, in the unlikely setting of a Tex-Mex restaurant.
The Angel Inn
57- 59 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 617878 / facebook.com/theangelinnaber
Sat 2 Mar Ymuno 9pm-4am, £5/free before 10. Deep house and techno with El Choop, Reg, Amy Amor, Dan & Jay and Bryn.
The Arch
11 Commercial Street, Neath. 07791 923214 / [email protected]
Sat 9 Delusion 10pm, £5. Trance from Delusion residents Johnny Griffiths and Callan Christie, b2b all night.
The Attic
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/theatticswansea
Sat 2 Heft 10pm-3am, £10 adv. Drum’n’bass from Mr Traumatik, Benji, Diskrete, Ransom, Grown, Teaze, Wozzi, Dayo, Dezza, Llew and One-Z.
Mon 4 Concrete Junglists: Return To The Jungle 10pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Cardiff drum’n’bass/jungle brand branch into Swansea for a monthly session highlighting fresh local DJs etc.
Sat 9 Con7rol & Groove 10pm-4am, £22.50 adv. Nu-skool tech-house DJ Michael Bibi headlines a night also featuring Lucas Alexander and Lloyd Haines, and which sold out several weeks in advance. Bibi is also playing Kongs in Cardiff tonight and that is sold out too.
Bar Cocoa
Broad Street, Barry. facebook.com/cocoabarry
Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3.30am, £3. With DJ Lou Ross (Glastonbarry) playing various chart/cheese/etc in room 1; James Bourne with dance and r’n’b in room 2. Sat 2 features a live PA from Devilman plus a set from hometown MC Joe Blow.
Baskerville Hall
Clyro Court, Hay-On-Wye. [email protected] / www.baskervillehall.co.uk
Sat 23 High-Fi: We Are One 7.30pm-2.30am, £20 adv. Techno out in a big mansion what’s technically in England but y’know, Hay. Tiger Stripes, Oliver Immer, Argy UK, Hidden Identity, Tekno Tom, Alter:Ego (change your name), M-13 and a 16 An’Half Men Showcase featuring Ross Davies, Joel Jones and Elliot Barlow.
The Big Top / 10 Feet Tall
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / [email protected]
Mondays Junction :: Liquid Mondays 9pm-1am, free. New weekly night of liquid drum’n’bass, the genre with a strange idea of how colons work.
Thurs 14 Illusion 10.30pm-3am, £4 adv. House and techno from Atraxia, Lucky 47 and Jordan Marshall. Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis.
Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk.
Fri 1 The Mixtape 9pm-3am, £4. House, disco, techno and boogie. Residents night.
Fri 15 Killing Moon 10pm-3am. Long(ish)-running 80s alternative rock/new wave type night.
Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.
Sat 9 Paradox 10pm-4am, £7/£5 adv. Techno night makes its debut with DJs Ryan Ross, So Sash, State Of Minds and Matthew Hart. See Clubs.
Sat 16 Des Was A Bowie Fan 10pm, £6/£4 cheaplist. Indie/postpunk/soul club night, London-based albeit here increasingly regularly. If you want to be on the cheaplist email [email protected] or mark yourself as attending on the Facebook event page.
Blind Tiger
49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.
Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session.
Fridays Beekay & Friends 11pm, £3-£5. House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights.
Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5. Underground and cutting edge club music promised.
Sat 2 Mar Fixate 10pm-5am, £5 adv. House and techno from Lisa Lashes, Adrianna, Undercover DJs, Madame Twisted, Dan Waite and J-Tech.
Cardiff University Students Union
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com
Wednesdays YOLO 9pm-2am, £4/£3 adv/free before 11. Midweek club night promising both your favourite tunes and great offers. Good name, really on trend.
*Fri 1 Denis Sulta 10pm-5am, £20 adv. Wonky house fave visits Cardiff (he is also playing Swansea tonight!) with his great mates Mella Dee, Big Miz and Josey Rebelle. Fine lineup in fact.
*Fri 1 Mar Mall Grab 10pm-5am, £tbc adv. Continuing this practise of cult-but-going-overground DJs arriving here on package tours, Australia’s Mall Grab follows up a sold-out Clwb Ifor Bach show a few months ago with a night also featuring Loods, the terrific Nite Fleit and Salary Boy.
Saturdays Juice 10pm-3am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop.
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.
Sat 2 Focus 9pm-4am, from £5 adv. A night which launched in January but which I couldn’t tell what type of music it was when I listed it. It of course turned out to be tidy beard tech-house, and this month it’s back with a headline set by George Privatti. ADR, Antwon & NTM and Lewis John support.
Club Oxygen
1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk
Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, free. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy.
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 5 Carnival 2019 Opening Party 11pm, from £4. Dancehall, bashment etc aimed at students.
Tue 12 Dazed Disco: The Dance Off 11pm-3am, from £3.
Thurs 7 Gucci Gang: Trap Night 11pm-3am, £5.
Thurs 21 Vice City’s Queen Special 11pm-3am, £3-£7. DJs playing songs by Queen and other classic pop/rock artists. This is already sold out.
Fridays (bottom) Yum! 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Indie and pop. New, or at least refocused, night.
Fri 1 Dazed 11pm-4am, £10. Drum’n’bass from Sub Zero b2b Annix with Harry Shotta.
Fri 8 Bassline Presents Time Is Now 11pm-4am, £10. Touring night headlined by drum’n’bass DJ Turno.
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.
Clwb Y Bont
85a Taff Street, Pontypridd. 01443 491424 / clwbybont.cymru
Sat 2 Curfew 7pm-1am, £5. House and techno from Clare James, Agenda, Otski and Matthew Hughes.
Courtyard
48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”.
Fridays Spotlight Sessions / The Kickstart 5pm, £3/free before 9. Urban and club anthems and drinks deals. Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal which also includes entry to Blind Tiger, Meze Lounge and Lambaba.
Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy.
Sundays Good Time Social Club 8pm, free. DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights.
Creature Sound
Ken Bu Kan, 1 Bethesda Street, Swansea. 01792 301178 / www.creaturesound.com
Sat 2 Tribe Of Swan 10pm-4am, £10/£5 before 12. Psytrance, Goa trance, psy breaks, “fire pit, food stall, cheap drinks, good vibes.”
The Duke
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 16 Hedone 8pm-2am. House and techno, residents showcase.
Eddies
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Fri 22 Housewerk x Focus 10pm-4am, £4 adv. House and tech-house from Antwon & NTM, Lewis John, ADR and Lashout.
Fiction & Vinyl
The City Gates, Little Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 828777 / www.fictionclub.co.uk/swansea
Mondays Quids In 10.45pm-2.30am, £3.50/£2 before 11. Chart, cheese, r’n’b, dance and house.
Wednesdays Underground 11pm-3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms.
Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Fri 1 has a guest appearance by pop-rapper Example; tickets start at £5 and I think it’s just gonna be a live PA rather than a proper set.
Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.
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 1 Black Parade 10pm-2am, £5 adv. Emo anthems from the previous decade. Sat 9 Club Tropicana 9pm-2am, £6 adv. Eighties night.
The Griffin
Market Square, Brynmawr. 07771 920726.
Fri 1 16’An Half Men 8pm-3am, £10. House night headlined by Elliot Adamson. Two rooms for this one, the second hosted by Motus.
Inkspot
The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com
Fri 15 Rave In The Church 9.30pm-3am, £7 adv. Two rooms featuring live hip-hop, dub and jungle (lineup TBC) in room 1, plus an “immersive festival environment” in room 2.
Intrim
Queen Victoria Street, Tredegar. 01495 725510.
Sat 9 Guise 7pm-3am. A Resonance Records showcase with Max Chapman and George Smeddles. That means Beatport tech-house and lots of it.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Fri 8 Haws 10pm-5am, £7-£12. Featuring a headline set from UK electro ledge DMX Krew, plus Jayson Winters and Zobol.
Sat 23 Delete 10pm-5am, £15 adv. House and techno from Omar, Marc Parsons, Matt Owen and Lee Graves.
Karma Club
75 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 07722 523192 / karmaclubcardiff.wix.com/karma-club
Sat 2 Mar Freebass 10pm-6am, £8. Welsh free party/rave veterans with a night of house, techno, breaks and drum’n’bass from Duvet Vous, Das Butcher, Ned Kelly and Freebass residents. They also have a followup night here on Sat 6 Apr, further details currently TBC.
Laser Station
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Sat 9 Concur Series 2 9pm-3am, £5-£8. Techno and minimal from London’s Jody Barr plus Concur residents. See Clubs.
Sat 23 Dubplate Dojo 10pm-3am, £8 adv. Drum’n’bass and hip-hop from Devilman & Llew, Mackay, Wonkcrafts Takeover, Suspect, Cell and MCs LRB, Syphr, Matenj, MCM, Kraftee and Aksrevenge.
The Last Resort
207 High Street, Swansea. www.lastresortswansea.com
Wednesdays Mission 9pm-2am, £3. New night promising hip-hop, grime, drum’n’bass, jungle, techno, house, bassline, psytrance, dub and 140.
Sat 2 Feb + Sat 2 Mar Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.
Level 2 @ Kongs
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Fri 1 The Spin Doctors 10pm-3am, £8-£12. Drum’n’bass with DC Breaks, Bassfox, Calamity, Kingdom, Chompa, Lowgli and host MC XL.
Sat 2 Submerge x Paranoize 10pm-3am, £5-£12.50. Drum’n’bass and dubstep with J:Kenzo, Aries, OCG & ManGo, Onslaught & Lucas Rowe and Shay B & Lurid.
Sat 9 Groove 10pm-3am, £22.50 adv. Nu-skool tech-house DJ Michael Bibi headlines a night also featuring Lucas Alexander and Josh Green, and which sold out several weeks in advance. Bibi is also playing the Attic in Swansea tonight and that is sold out too.
Fri 15 CYNT x Soul City Dance Collective 10pm-4am, £tbc adv. Headlined by longstanding UK house fave Felix Dickinson, possibly his Cardiff debut?
Mary’s
89 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon-Thurs 4pm-2am, Fri 4pm-3am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-1am. 029 2066 8647 / www.maryscardiff.co.uk
Wednesdays Wednesday Club 8pm-2am. Dance and chart toppers with DJ Chris.
Thursdays Mixxet 8pm-2am. Fun, games, and cabaret with Amber Dextrous and Alphaa Heart.
Fridays Non Stop Party 8pm-2am. DJ Lee plays tunes from the 90s onwards.
Saturdays 8pm-2am. Dance, pop and chart with DJ Billy Joe.
Sundays Service 5pm-2am, free. Bingo with Aunty Ade and Aunty Betty from 5pm, with cash prizes; DJ Mary Golds until 9pm; guest cabaret at 9pm and DJ Billy Joe on the tapes (this is an odd turn of phrase but I like it) until 1am.
Metro’s
Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www.metroscardiff.com
Wednesdays Meltdown 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Punk and rock anthems.
Fridays Havoc 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Mismatched alternative tunes from Hywel.
Saturdays Lose Yourself 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Stereo Brain playing indie, beats, treats and pop-punk.
Minskys Show Bar
Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128 / www.minskys-showbar.com
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm-1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.
Mocka Lounge
Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com
Thursdays Iqos Social Club / Intuition 7-9pm: Iqos Social Club; 9pm-late: Intuition with DJs Monique B and Dan Willow.
Fridays Feeling Soul, funk, disco, rare groove and r’n’b with resident DJs and happy hour from 5-8pm.
Saturdays House Of Play House and r’n’b from resident DJs. Sundays Secret Resident DJs play 90s music.
The Moon
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / [email protected]
Tue 19 Delirium 10pm-3am, £5/£4 adv. Hip-hop and grime night with Chris Allison, Fez, Kooley, Stel, Lubi J b2b Shanny Shan and host MC Missy G.
Wed 27 Womanby’s Clubbing 5.30-8pm. Monthly clubbing events for adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. Run in partnership with Student Volunteering.
Thursdays One More Time 10.30pm-3am, free. Music from the 90s and 00s.
Fridays Gigantic Until 4am, free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae and soul after bands finish playing.
Fri 1 The Shutdown Show 8.30pm, free. Live hip-hop and grime from Luke RV, Dom James, Shawgz, Lloydylew, Levi, Kali, Beatriz and Loaf with hosts Prendy, Don, and DJ Prem.
Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Until 4am, free. Bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between, after bands finish playing.
Musique Bar & Lounge
Market Street, Newport. 01633 533666 / theneon.co.uk/neon-bar-lounge
Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-2am, free. Soul, funk, old skool hip-hop, reggae, house, UK garage, lovers rock etc.
The Neon
Clarence Place, Newport. 01633 533666 / www.theneon.co.uk
Sun 24 Breakin Science & Bassdrop 16+ Half Term Party 6.30-11pm, £10-£20. National drum’n’bass promoters with a night aimed at teens, I think.
No.3
The Old Warehouse, Bridge Street, Haverfordwest. [email protected] / facebook.com/no.3nightclubhaverfordwest
Sat 16 Unfound Chapter 2 10pm-6am, £7 adv. House and techno from DJs TBC.
Fri 1 Mar Back To Bassix 10pm-5am. Drum’n’bass/jungle night headlined by Benny Page.
No.6 Basement
6 Princess Way, Swansea. 01792 480791 / facebook.com/no6barswansea
Sat 9 Dogruff 11pm-5am, £15/£10. First party in a while from these Swansea techno/minimal saviours. Harry McCanna, Shaun Edwards, Mikki James and Aled Wynne feature. There’s also a pre-party in the Box Bar featuring DJs Amy Amor, Alex Taylor & Knoll Beach, Dan Knight and Luke Tainton & Gareth Richards.
The Philharmonic
76-77 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2132 0740 / www.thephilharmoniccardiff.co.uk
Fri 1 Mar Spectrum 10pm-4am, £5/£4 before 11. Techno from London-based Welshman Wockney plus Iolo, J-Tech and JaMo. Relocated from its original setting of Buffalo.
Platform 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sat 8 023 7pm-4am, £12/£9. Headlined by Weiss, a UK DJ on an old-skool-but-updated jackin’ house tip.
Pontardawe Arts Centre
Herbert Street, Pontardawe. 01792 863722 / www.pontardaweartscentre.com
Sat 16 Soul Circle 7pm-12am, £8/£7 adv. Soul, mod classics, Latin, northern soul etc from DJs MACE, Rachelle Piper, Clive Morgan and Mark Taylor.
Popworld
96 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm-3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am. 029 2023 5825.
Mondays Pop Rocks 9pm. A night of what they call alternative pop but their examples (Green Day, Blink, Linkin Park) seem to suggest will be pop-punk and nu-metal. Ah, it’s all just names at the end of the day.
Thursdays Top Of The Pops 10pm-3am. Discounted drinks, free entry and a chance to party the night away, all advertised using the logo from defunct TV show Top Of The Pops which, as a national brand of venues, I assume Popworld are using with the full permission of the BBC.
Fridays Reflex 7pm-3am. Drinks deals until 11pm.
Saturdays Popworld Party 1pm-3am. Drinks deals from 3-6pm.
Popworld
2-5 Wind Street, Swansea. Mon-Fri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.
Mondays Pop Is A Drag 9pm-3am. With Drag host Opal Fruits and DJ Chris Toole.
Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1.
Thursdays Neon Disco 9pm-3am. Dance r’n’b, pop, chart and punk.
Fridays #WTF 9pm-3am, £2-£4. Tunes, games etc.
Saturdays Pop Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4.
Pryzm
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www.pryzm.co.uk/cardiff
Mondays Quids In 10pm-3am, £1 adv/£6 VIP. Student night featuring various special guests.
Fridays Smack. 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Weekly student event described by one enthusiast as “lit Friday nights with chilled fam bams and regular bants”. Fri 1 features DJ sets from Shapes b2b Barely Royal.
Saturdays Agenda 10pm-3am, £5. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff.
Pulse
3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www.pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue.
Wednesdays Kapow! 10pm-4am. Student night with Jolene Dover and DJ Warren.
Fridays Full On 10pm-5am, £4/£3. DJ Craig downstairs, Opal upstairs.
Saturdays The Sound Of Saturday 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long.
The Rainbow Rooms
12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.the-rainbowrooms.com
Fridays 10pm-4am. With resident DJs Trixta, Jay P and Dip E every week.
Saturdays 9pm-4am. With residents plus guest DJs each week: Sat 9 has Rob Rees, Sat 16 has Jay P and Sat 23 has John Hughes.
Sat 2 Logic Xtra Hard 6pm-6am, £20/£15 adv. Really quite large hardstyle night featuring Audiofreq, Francesco Zeta, Freestyle Maniacs, Re-1st, Ed ET & DTR, Faze2, D-Grove, Mike Ahmet, Kujin Fu, Jason P & Rob Rees, Onyx, Icey, Odd-S-E and hosts MC The Russian, K-ner and Twisted.
Sat 2 Mar Clubland Classix Swansea 9pm-4am, £10 adv. Return of this hit pop-rave night, this time featuring Flip N Fill, N-Trance and his extremely Tory tweets, MC Wotsee, Rob Rees, Jay P and Rob EJ.
Revolution
Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk
Tuesdays Mode 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Popular student night.
Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.
Rum & Fizz
Coffee Barker, Castle Arcade, Cardiff. 029 2022 4575 / facebook.com/rumandfizz
Fri 1 + Fri 1 Mar The Shakedown 8.30pm-12.30am, free. Funk, jazz, R&B, boogaloo etc from DJs Lee, Matt and Andy, newly in this venue on the first Friday of every month.
Sin City
Dilwyn Street, Swansea. 01792 468892 / www.sincityclub.co.uk
Tuesdays Hustle 10pm-3am, £3/£2 before 12. Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop.
Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night.
Fridays Monsters Of Rock 10pm-3.30am, £4/£2 before 12.30. Indie in room 1, metal in room 2. Fri 1 Denis Sulta 10pm-4am, from £13. Wonky house DJ, also playing in Cardiff University tonight, headlines here too with residents also on the bill. Sold out though.
Sat 2 Aniball 10pm-4am, £5 adv. Student night which celebrates the end of exams and encourages you to dress up as an animal for some reason. Two rooms of chart/dance and rave/bassline, respectively.
Sat 9 Bassline 10pm-4am, £17.50 adv. Headlined by Skepsis.
Fri 22 Dazed 10pm-4am, £15/£12. Drum’n’bass with DJ Guv with MC Skibadee, Kanine with MC XL, Clique, Friends On Benefits and more TBC.
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. Fri 8 features a guest DJ set from Charlie Sloth. 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.
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 1 Gilles Peterson 8pm-12am, £18/£16. Now here’s a radio DJ with too much self-respect to just play obvious Friday night fodder for easy money. Right Gilles?
Fri 8 Time Flies 25th Birthday Party 7.30pm-3am, £25 adv. With sets from all the faithful hounds of this veteran Cardiff clubbing brand: Judge Jules, Seb Fontaine, John Kelly, Allister Whitehead, Brandon Block, Alex P, Craig Bartlett, Dave Jones, Richard Hitchell, Paul Lyons, James Merritt, Shane Morris, Jason King, Dave Eaves, Gareth Hopkins, Tyrone Rose, Rick Latham, Gary Pugh, Puff Richards and more.
Sat 16 Hybrid Minds 11pm-3am, £18 adv. Anglo-Canadian drum’n’bass trio are joined by Charlotte Haining and Tempza for their set.
Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Fri 1 Eminent & Rotary Club 10pm-4am. House and techno from a collective normally found in Bristol, with a headline set from Sheffield’s 96 Back.
Tue 5 Wile Out 10pm, £5/£3 adv. Bassline and drum’n’bass.
Thurs 7 Nxtgen 10pm-3am, £3-£8. Bassline and drum’n’bass from Ky with MC Bengee, Jack Webb, Skegz with MC JordyG, Antix b2b Suv b2b Trix and Hi-Vis.
Fri 8 XL Invites 11pm-4am, £3-£7. Drum’n’bass from Traumatize, Erb, Indo, Raudi TT, JE3 and Lowgli, plus MCs Pablow and XL.
Sat 9 Paranoize 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass, dub and bassline.
Tue 12 Luna 10pm, £2 adv. House, techno and acid.
Fri 15 10243 10pm, £3 adv. European-style techno.
Sat 16 Junction 11pm. Drum’n’bass.
Tue 19 Skank Ground 11pm. Drum’n’bass.
Thurs 21 Night Tube: Diff Way 11pm-3am, £4-£8. Garage, grime, house and disco from Dali and Jordan West. Debut here for a night which launched in Edinburgh. Seems a long way to travel just for something like this, no offence.
Fri 22 Switch Up 10pm. Garage, grime, bassline and drum’n’bass.
Sat 23 Ascend 10pm. House and techno from Easily Led, Aza, Jomah and Anonymo.
Wed 27 Pressure 10pm. Drum’n’bass.
The Vaults / Portland House
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Fri 8 Good Life Cardiff: Mad Hatter’s Mansion 10pm-4am, from £8. Touring club brand thing, with an Alice In Wonderland theme on this occasion and DJs including O’Flynn.
Sat 9 Canopy 10pm-5am, £20/£17.50. Drum’n’bass from S.P.Y, DJ Hazard, Dub Phizix & Strategy, Ed Solo plus hosts Comma-Dee & MC XL.
Warehouse 54
54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Hump! 7pm. Cocktails, drink deals and tunes over two floors.
Fridays Sunset Havana 9pm, £2-£4. Rock, indie, alt and pop from Aaron Lillie and Jaivinder. Fri 15 is an “anti-Valentine” night titled Thank U, Next.
Saturdays Raise The Roof 10pm. Funk, disco, r’n’b and classics.
Wow Bar
4 Churchill Way, Cardiff. Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com
Thursdays Throwback Free. DJ Lee soundtrack non-stop fun and games, hosted by Gina Grigio.
Fridays Kitty’s Ditties Free before 11. With WOW Showgirl Miss Kitty, plus special guests every week.
Saturdays Devilishly Divine Free before 10. Pop and party upstairs, chart and dance downstairs.
Sundays Fundays 12pm-1.30am, free. DJ Krys and Chris Army play the tunes until late.
