ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE
Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University. 01970 623232 / www.
aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
Sun 17 Big Fish Little Fish 2pm, £8/£6. Baby/toddler/parent raver brand visits this town for the first time (I think) with Bunf from the Super Furry Animals DJing.
ATLANTICA
Market Street, Newport. 01633 252611.
Sat 2 Saiyan Techno Sessions 9pm-4am, £3. Deep and dark techno with a lineup TBC, presumably locals.
The Attic
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/theatticswansea
Sat 30 Con7rol 9pm-4am, £15-£17 adv. Techno crossover faves Dense & Pika headline Con7rol’s seventh night, alongside Taz Meah, Alexander Eley, Lloyd Haines, Natasha Denby, Jamie Morgan, Martin Dibble, Bode and Vedra.
BALTER FESTIVAL
Chepstow Racecourse. [email protected] / www.balterfestival.com
Fri 8-Sun 10 Balter Festival £120 adv/£40 Sun 10 only. The return of this shouty, serotonin-depleting rave weekend. See Clubs for more, here’s the lineup. Caravan stage (live bands): Pás De Problème, Nubiyan Twist, Backbeat Soundsystem, MC Devvo, Lazy Habits, Captain Hotknives, Roughneck Riot, Popes Of Chillitown, Fat Panthers, Skata Tones, Sage Jungle Drummer, Ed Cox & E-Coli, Big Lad, Bad Fractals, Smiley & The Underclass, Rotten Foxes, Freddy Frogs & The Balter Circus, Mondo Wave, The Glitzy Baghags and Miss Balter. Jigsore stage (jungle, breakcore etc): Audio, I:Gor, The Satan, Alryk, Djipe, Asphalt Pirates, Mark EG, Mandidextrous, Stivs, DJ L.A.B, Ruby My Dear, Stazma The Junglechrist, Klitorix, Dr..Um, Ben Pest and Pastaman b2b Bosslady. The Hex (drum’n’bass, jungle etc): Ed Rush, The Upbeats, Kasra, QZB, Koan Sound, Asbo Disco & Gardna, Fields and Boundary. Rumble In The Jungle Sunday Soundclash: Bryan Gee, Solo Banton, DJ Hybrid, Kamoh, Pull Up Collective, Apprentice MC, Tremor Soundsystem, JFB, Dope Ammo, Dutty Moonshine, Father Funk, Bear Twists, Octo Pi, Maria Laveau and Trafic MC. The Drawing Room (mostly UK breakcore madheads who I thought had stopped making music years ago): Wrong Music takeover featuring DJ Scotch Egg, Shitmat, Ladyscraper, DJ Floorclearer, Judith Priest, Ebola, Demon Cabbage, Mully, Sorry, Roger Species and the Countryside Alliance Crew; Methlab takeover featuring Broken Note, Malux, Cause4concern and War; Offmenut takeover featuring Spongebob Squarewave, Smiley Maxx, Korse & Basshound, Venz, DJ Gurl Power, Vincent Van Sloth, Daddy Long Legs, Ben Suff Donk, GM Ben, Neika, Gamm@, Heatzy, Breakforce One, Biohannya, Numb’n’Dub, Savage States, Yoko Urameshi, Figcake, General Waste, Algorithmic, Major Upset, Default, Wombcorps, Dub-Liner, Selector Spinach, Darkcity Sisters, Hurtdeer, Ars Dada, Sariuo and Krimp & Squiffy. Balkanical Circus (live Balkan bands): 3 Daft Monkeys, Henge, Buffo’s Wake, The Roustabouts, Mango Factory and Biere De Luxe. 24 Hr Garage Girls (garage and bassline): Shaun Dean, DJ Cartier, Kanji Kinetic, Mikey B, Phatworld, Squire Of Gothos, Deadbeat UK, Dr Cryptic, Vital Techniques, Thorpey, Shosh, Riffs, Forca MC, Sketchi, King Hydra, Zenji, Audio Gutter, Sample Junkie, Ali Monsta, In:flux Audio, Link UK, A-Bee, Iller Instinct, Wamjam, Tino, Chef-Bozwan and Dert Bagginz MC. SIKA Studios (hip-hop): Babylon Dead, Inja, Killaz Army, Devilman, Badness, Kuedon, Fiyahman, Flash Harry, Tenchoo, Danja, Mal, King Bracket, Snoopy Dubz, Omus One, Chucky, Inspecta Veg, Bonafyde, Joe Burn, Kelvin 373,Tich Dextrix, Lezley D, Booogieman, Brookie, NK, Enso and Mantis. Irie Bingo stage (dub and reggae): Radikal Guru, Demolition Man, Parly B, Deemas J, Bustawidemove, Joe Burn, Shire Roots, Blazenstein, No Ice Cream Sound, Boa Kusasa, Reason Soundsystem, Gwarn Owl, James Tsoia, Frenchy, Hidden Riddim, Castrum and Freddy Pimms. Buckyham Palace (jungle): Aries b2b Nicky Blackmarket, Remarc, Kelvin 373 b2b Selecta J-Man, Matt:Scratch / C3B / T.Menace, Buckfast Boys Club, Hkay, Raptus, Sebby T, Lemmy Dubz, Gorilla Tactics takeover featuring Phibes, Audiomission, Bish, Underkind, Denzie, Binksy, Big Mon, Scratch Bandikoot, Balter Crew takeover featuring Raggamortis, Cosmic Leo, Jak MCs, Lady Lox, Moley Grail, The Hadi Lama, Alk-M-E, Miki Taiki, DJ Fully Booked, DJ Slanty, Tapeworm, Garfed, Lemon Girl, Emcee Ellis D, DJ Madwaaan & MC Ro Sheen and Chunda. Dutty Disco (disco/cheese): Abba Gabba, Breakwhore b2b Gizmode, All ‘Ravers’ Are Going Straight To Hell Ft. The Dyson Twins & Friends, Raggamortis, AAA Badboy, DJ Theme Tunes, Shut Up FM, The Ket Shop Boys, Barry Von Weedhousen, Jeremy Carbine b2b Bloatorious P.I.G., Drake Mallard, The Scrolling Stones, Freear, Uncle Bulgaria, Fukrag McGinty, G.L.A.R.C, Bozak, DJ F*k’s Dangerous Disco, Soup Kitchen Radio, Tina Gurner, Dads On Tour, Hand Bagginz, DJ Dry Hump, Disco Finger, Busta Hymen, Slug Lips, Chaka Carnage b2b Unspunn and Brain Rays & Stoogie Houzer presents The Fug.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51-52 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Fri 8 Intirave: International Fridays Reggaeton Vibes 8pm-3am, £3/free before 10. DJ Lucia and Adam Cariad play reggaeton, electrolatino, salsa, dembow, bachata, commercial hits and r’n’b. Also in Soda, Cardiff on Tue 12.
Bar Cocoa
Broad Street, Barry. facebook.com/cocoabarry
Thursdays Reggae Nights DJs Gadget and The Candyman (Love & Harmony Sounds) play lovers rock, classic and new reggae jams weekly.
Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3.30am, £3. With DJ James Bourne and sopecial guest appearances/live sets.
The Big Top / 10 Feet Tall
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / [email protected]
Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis.
Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk.
Fri 15 Killing Moon 10pm, £4. Eighties alternative hits.
Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.
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 Koncept & 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.
Buffalo
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Open Mon-Thurs 11am-3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com
Mondays Bump & Grind 10pm-3am, from £2. R’n’b/hip-hop night.
Fri 8 Canopy 10pm-4am, £5 adv. Drum’n’bass night headlined by T>I.
Fri 22 Stickylemons 9.30pm-4am, £6-£10. Drum’n’bass night headlined by Mr Traumatik, an MC doing a live PA show here.
Saturdays The Shake Up 10pm-4am, £3. Pop, chart, house, r’n’b funk and soul from residents over two floors.
Cardiff UniversityStudents 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. New midweek club night promising both your favourite tunes and great offers. Good name, really on trend. Finishes on Wed 13 June until September.
Saturdays Juice 10pm-3am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop. Finishes on Sat 9 June until September.
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 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. House, house & bass (what is this?), progressive and big room tunes.
Clwb Ifor Bach
Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net
Tue 5 CYNT 10pm-3am, £5-£7. Headlined by Mall Grab, this sold out immediately but people always buy more tickets than they need so check the Facebook page. Viewpoints, Eben Rees and Elliot Mitchell also DJ.
Wed 6 Crush On The Run 10.30pm, £3.50 adv. An unofficial afterparty, presented by coffee shop Hard Lines, for the Jay-Z & Beyoncé concert over the road. The event page for this night mentions Beyoncé 10 times and Jay-Z once. That’ll take him down a peg or two!
Thurs 7 Brooklyn Zoo 11pm, £5-£8. Hip-hop and grime upstairs, r’n’b downstairs. Last one of these until autumn.
Fridays (bottom) Seventy Times 7 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Weekly clubnight offering alt-rock and pop-punk. *Fri 1 Rinse FM 11pm-4am, £10-£15. Featuring dubstep pioneer Loefah and Hessle Audio panelbeater Pangaea, plus City Bass DJs and Läuft.
Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5. Three floors of fun: The Vinyl Vendettas’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop and Mr Potter’s proper disco.
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.
Sun 10 Eclipse – Adults Special Needs Night 6.30-10.30pm, free. New club night aimed at adults with autism, Downs Syndrome, or a physical or mental inability.
CREATURE SOUND
Ken Bu Kan, 1 Bethesda Street, Swansea. 01792 301178 / www.creaturesound.com
Fri 22 Tribe Of Swan 10pm-4am, £10/£5 before 12. Psytrance from Psykinetic, DJ Iah, Chris B v Sizey and Zulus.
THE DEPOT
Dumballs Road, Cardiff. 029 2034 1199 / www.depotcardiff.com
Sat 16 Psychedelic Funhouse 2.30-6.30pm + 7.30-11.30pm, £14.99-£22.50. “Take a trip with us on a kaleidoscopic adventure, via altered realities, surreal experiences and other worlds with mind bending entities.” Golly gee! What music will soundtrack this? “An eclectic mix of genres including psy, drum’n’bass, jungle, bassline, garage and tropical.”
DE VALENCE PAVILion
Upper Frog St, Tenby. 01834 218228 / www.devalencepavilion.co.uk
Sun 3 Big Fish Little Fish 2-4.30pm, £7.50 adv/pre-walkers free. Baby rave brand debuts in this seaside town with a DJ set by Bunf of the Super Furry Animals.
Fri 29 Craig Charles Funk And Soul Club 8pm-12am, £17.50 adv. Radio and TV personality with his DJ night that seems to sell out everywhere, including here. He’s also playing the Rainbow Rooms in Swansea tonight though.
Eddies
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Fri 22 Housewerk 9.30pm, £5. House and techno from Lloyd Haines, ADR, Lewis John and Spctrm b2b Barn-E.
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.
Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.
THE FlORA
Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. 029 2115 1016 / www.theflora.co.uk
Tue 12 Get Funky Day Party 1-8pm, £6-£12. End of term garden party featuring DJ sets from Eben Rees, Brynn Salter and Swales. All the tickets sold out immediately for this. Whoever Get Funky are, I have to assume they will be absolutely raking it in from this relative to the effort and outlay involved.
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.
Fri 1 Dear Maria 10pm-4am, £3/£2 NUS. Launch of a new pop-punk and emo night which also promises giveaways and beer pong.
THE GARAGE
47 Uplands Crescent, Swansea. 01792 475147 / www.whitez.co.uk/#garage
Sat 9 Delusion Free Thank You Party 10pm-3am, free. The occasion is one of the Delusion promoters’ 30th birthday and you have a sign up to a mailing list to get your free ticket (go to facebook.com/delusionevents).
Glam
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2022 9311 / [email protected]
Mondays Bed 10pm-3am, £2/free before 11. A mashup of chart, r’n’b, cheese and dance across two floors. Formerly known as The Fest.
Fridays Gasolina 11pm-4am, £4 before 12. Reggaeton, r’n’b and club bangers. Launching on Fri 1 June. Saturdays Rumour 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Formerly known as Vanity.
Sat 30 Groove Rooftop Summer Series 2018 Part 2 4-10.30pm, £12-£18. Featuring a headliner TBC, it is however already selling well without anyone announced, hey ho.
The Globe
125 Albany Rd, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www.globecardiffmusic.com
Sat 9 Club Tropicana 9pm-2am, £5 adv. Eighties pop disco night.
Sat 16 Star Shaped 9pm-2am, £5 adv. Britpop disco night.
Fri 22 Black Parade 10pm-2am, £4 adv. Emo anthems from the 00s disco night.
Gwdihw
Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk
Sat 2 Sure Shot 9pm. Jazz, funk, afro-disco and more from Pete of On The Corner Records plus Miles Day. This evening is also something to do with the Soundwave Festival.
Thurs 7 The Smooth Guide 9pm-2am, free. New night hosted by DJ Veto, this month concentrating on records on or around the 100bpm mark.
Fri 8 3D Brass 9pm, £4/£3 adv. Live brass covers of EDM hits (you heard) plus DJs playing a mixture of both those things.
Tue 12 Cardiff Electronic Producers 7.30pm, free. In association with Cardiff Ableton User Group, plus an open decks session from 7.30-9pm.
Fri 15 The Mixtape 9pm. Eclectic house, disco, techno and boogie.
Sat 16 Tropical Soundclash 9pm, £5/£3 adv. See Clubs for a preview of tonight, featuring DJ Sam Redmore and live percussionist The Mighty Magoo.
Sat 23 Rhythmically Applied 9pm. Can’t even take a punt on what this is sorry.
Fri 29 Pleasuredome 9pm, £4/£3 before 11. Electro, synthpop, Italo disco, new wave, funk and more.
Sat 30 Boom Bap BBQ 9pm. Hip-hop, disco, funk and more, hosted by Comfort from Astroid Boys.
GWYL HAF SUMMER FEST
Llettymaeliog New Inn, Llandeilo. facebook.com/robotmonkeyofficial
Sat 30 Robot Monkey Gwyl Haf Summer Fest 3pm-3am, £25 adv. Featuring a five-hour deep house with live percussion set by Robot Monkey, pus techno, funk anmd soul sets before and after. Also a two-course meal. Not sure if that’s included in the price. Proceeds to the Wales Air Ambulance Charity.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
*Sat 2 Teak: Miami Vice 2018 3pm-5am. Annual two-venue alldayer from Teak, with Jonny Rock and Paramida in this building’s carpark in the daytime, then Vladimir Ikovic and Teak residents in the basement in the evening. Kongs on St Mary Street will have Lena Wikikens and Studio 89 DJs, also in the evening.
KALLIDA FESTIVAL
Baskerville Hall, nr Hay-On-Wye. 01685 388872.
Fri 22-Sun 24 Kallida Festival 12pm, £105 adv. Three days of multi-genre dance music, here for a second year. See Clubs for a preview. Lineup (schedule to be confirmed approx a week before): Daniel Avery, Channel One, Rockwell, Moxie, Teki Latex, Henge, Kokoroko, Jus Now, Afriquoi, L-Vis 1990, Nookie, Children Of Zeus, Trellion, Manara, The Busy Twist, Spinee, K.o.g, Nilüfer Yanya, Lord Apex, Phatworld, Hipsters Don’t Dance, Lean Low, Rawkid, Jazzi Bobbi, Superior Cornrows, Nic Baird, Rupes & Rubin, City Guys, Clarks, Itoa, Bbz, Lil C, Kontiki, Sacha Kella, Proteus, Harleylikesmusic, Morriarchi, Smiley Maxx, Stevie T, Zeeni, Satsumas, Kushie , Aupac Trio, Reuben G, Dankle, Razzmatazz, Colder Tech Support, Limit Break, Hugh Taylor, Funsby and more.
Karma
75 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Fri + Sat 8pm-6am. [email protected]
Sat 2 United Sounds Meets Circle 8 9pm-6am, £5.50-£13.50. Jump-up drum’n’bass and jungle from MC Evil B, Nicky Blackmarket, Hizzleguy, MC Juiceman, Hoodfellas Development, Nick The Greek and MCs Some White Kid and Donzilla. Plus an all-female showcase featuring DJ Lady Y Len, Shanny Shan and MCs Y-Zer and Missy G; Joe Blow and T-Bone with MCs Reeality and Jaydee; a Next Level Takeover with Kallista, Juice and MCs Skamma and C-Za; Pabz, Frenzee and Bason with MC Slim Teng and many more TBC.
LAMERICA: ONE LAST DANCE
Venue TBC, Cardiff city centre. [email protected]
Sat 7 July Lamerica: One Last Dance 8pm. Cardiff’s top purveyors of soulful/classic house are bowing out for good, it seems, with a night in a venue close to their original home of the Emporium and vowing to continue “until the lights come on”. DJs: Craig Bartlett b2b Dave Jones, Gareth Hopkins, Darren Stewart, Neil Young, Dan Stephens, Nick Reeves and Simon Quinn. Another night has been booked in Jacobs Market, for Fri 6 July.
Laser Station
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Sat 2 Fat Soul 8pm-3am, £6-£10. Jungle, hip-hop and dub in various measures, with Bristol DJ Kreed headlining over Skunkadelic & Veto, Miss Mitten, Optimystic, Doc P, Synapse, Jake Radar and MC Shrubz.
Sat 16 90-Naughties Old Skool Classics Night 10pm-3am, £8/£6. Club classics from the days of the Waterside and Jolly Tar. I went to the Waterside once in about 2006, it was pretty fun.
The LAST RESORT
207 High Street, Swansea. www.lastresortswansea.com
Sat 2 + Sat 7 July Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.
Sat 16 Dogruff Open Air Summer Series 3pm-4am. Techno and minimal specialists return for an alldayer and allnighter. Daytime: Kofi Tarris, Luke Tainton, Alex Taylor, Mikki James b2b Dan Knight, Aled Wynne b2b Gareth Richards and Kye. Evening: Murder, Amy Amor and Shaun Edwards. Rescheduled from Sat 2 June.
Wed 13 Music & Mind 3pm-4am, £5 adv. Charity event in aid of MIND, featuring DJs from these stables: Sink, Rise, Polymer, Bermuda, Hustle, Sin Savers, Beats Not Bombs, Live Music Society and DJ Society. On the basis of those last two and the fact this is on a Wednesday I’m guessing this is mainly aimed at students.
Level 2 @ Kongs
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
*Sat 2 Teak: Miami Vice 2018 10pm-4am, £tbc. See the Jacob’s Market listings for the full lineup; this venue’s part of the bonanza will feature sets from Lena Wikikens and Studio 89 DJs.
Fri 8 The Spin Doctors 10pm-3am, £6-£12. Not to be confused with the 90s pop-rock act, these Spin Doctors are doing something far more useful and necessary and starting another new drum’n’bass night in Cardiff. It’s headlined by Frankee, not to be confused with the early 00s hip-hop act, and also features Ransom, JuicE, Kingdom, Bassfox, Calamity, Ark and host MC XL.
*Fri 15 Beat Alliance 10pm-3am, £8 adv. See Clubs for more on this debut night, and especially its headline act DJ Fett Burger. Läuft, Lew James and Ben Hunter also feature in this night of wonky eclectic techno etc.
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 Cheapskates 10pm-4am, £4/free early bird. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese.
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.
Missoula
84-86 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 1315 / www.missoulabars.co.uk/missoulacardiff
Mondays Mojito Mondays 5pm-12am. Motown classics and mojitos 2-4-1 all night. Thursdays Rock The Night 5pm-12am. Indie classics. Fridays #Friday 5pm-2am. Funky house and half price drinks from 5-10pm.
Mocka Lounge
Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com
Thursdays The Social Affair 9pm-3am. Over-25s night with chart hits through the ages.
Fridays Feeling Soul, funk, disco, rare groove and r’n’b.
Saturdays The House Of Play Club hits from DJs Neeko, Dozzer and Boogie Pimp plus Ashley on live sax.
Sundays Secret Two-for-one cocktails, half price food and back bar spirits.
The Moon
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / [email protected]
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.
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.
Neon Lounge
Market Street, Newport. 01633 533666 / theneon.co.uk/neon-bar-lounge
Fri 1 Old School R’n’B Night 9pm-2am, free. With some old skool hip-hop and reggae too, on the first Friday or every month. Saturdays Urban Dance Night 9pm-3am, free. Classic urban, house and r’n’b from DJ Steve C.
Sat 30 Fixate & Freebass present Welshfest: The Warm Up 9pm-3am, £5. House and techno over two floors. Lounge: Liam O’Connoll, John Flatt, Shaun Llewelyn, Guzzy, D-Sia, Delta Victor and Loaded Spider. Basement: Paul Blandford, Owen Kilby, Madame Twisted, Dan Waite, Jack Edinborough and Tom Mahoney.
PITCHER & PIANO
Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 461312 / www.pitcherandpiano.com/
Sat 9 Shangri-La 4-11pm, £10. A day and evening of good time house headlined by Michael Bibi of the Solid Grooves stable.
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.
Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party Until 3am. Drinks deals from 5-11pm (Fri) and 3-8pm (Sat).
Popworld
Wind Street, Swansea. Mon-Fri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.
Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1.
Fridays Ain’t No Party Like A Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4. Saturdays Club Classics 8pm-3am, £2-£4.
Pryzm
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www.pryzm.co.uk/cardiff
Mondays Quids In 10pm-4am, £1 adv. Student night.
Fridays Smack. 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Weekly student event described by one enthusiast as “lit Friday nights with chilled fam bams and regular bants”.
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 Pop Til You Drop 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. 07563 111225 / www.the-rainbowrooms.com
Sat 2 Raver Tots 2-4pm, £11/£9 adults; £9/£6 kids. Family rave aimed at babies/toddlers and their parents/guardians, this time with hardcore pioneer Slipmatt supplying the tunes. In Cardiff on Sun 1 July.
Sat 2 Logic New Town 8pm-4am. Later this evening, a funky house night headlined by Pukka Up residents False Face and Shocker. Chris Logic Miller, Lee Grey, Daniel Pritchard, Rob Rees, Jason Pea, Jay Pufal, Trixta and James Wilding are the other DJs.
Sat 9 Logic Hardcore: School Is Out! 6pm-6am, £12.50 adv. Half a day of full-scale stomp, see Clubs for more, here be the lineup. DJs: Sy, Dougal, Marc Smith, Fallon, Miss Special K, Racy, Travis, Ben Manic, Studioslave, Conrad, Rob Rees & Jason P, Misteve, Arnie, Pesky & Onyx and a competition winner. MCs: Enemy, Wotsee, Energy, 3Man, Skyz, Swifty, Venom, MCV and a competition winner.
Fri 22 Wonkcrafts 9pm-4am, £15/£10 adv. Drum’n’bass from Aksrevenge b2b Traumatik, Llew b2b Matenj, Teejay and DJ Pie Fi b2b Top Grot.
Fri 29 Craig Charles Funk And Soul Club 10pm-3am, £17.50 adv. Craig appears to be playing in Tenby this evening also, that one’s an earlier finish though so it’s probably easy enough to do both so long as he can find an efficient and understanding driver.
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.
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.
Sat 2 Bassline 10pm-4am, With special guests the 24 Hour Garage Girls, a DJ collective who play garage, and are girls. I had to check that last bit as it occurred to me it might be some blokes playing silly buggers.
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
Tue 12 Intirave Cardiff: Welcome Summer 11pm-4am, £3-£5. DJ Lucia and Adam Cariad play reggaeton, electrolatino, salsa, dembow, bachata, commercial hits and r’n’b.
Wednesdays Replay 9pm-4am, £4. Chart, cheese and r’n’b for students.
Fridays Fade 10pm-3am, £4/£6 VIP. R’n’b, hip-hop, house and UK garage from Vijay, Jigga, Monique B and Dan Willow.
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.
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.” Fri 1 has special guest DJ Cable; Fri 8 is an End Of Term Summer Party; Fri 15 is titled “Bye Uni, Hello Cardiff”; Fri 22 is billed as an Ed Sheeran afterparty and Fri 29 is The – not A, The – Officioal A-Level Blowout.
Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc. Sat 2 has a special guest DJ set from Barry out of The Fratellis, who are playing in Cardiff Castle this same evening.
Tramshed
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Sun 10 Good Life Cardiff 4pm-1am, £16/£13. Daytime/evening party with nu-disco faves Crazy P and Dan Shake, plus Just William and Good Life residents. Plus there’s more! According to Good Life themselves: “The venue will undergo a colourful makeover as we channel the 1970s Woodstock scene with our Summer of Love theme!” These people are taking thousands of pounds of your money at a time promoting music they know literally nothing about.
Sat 23 Kindiegarten 2-5pm, £8.50/£6 early bird/free pre-walkers. This is basically like those raves for babies/toddlers (see below), but with indie music, in this case DJed by Dan from Propaganda.
Sun 1 July Raver Tots 2-4pm, £11/£9 early bird (kids £9/£6 early bird). “A family rave where kids and grownups can hit the dance floor and let off some steam together,” and very much the Dennis Leary to Big Fish Little Fish’s Bill Hicks.
Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Fri 1 Groove Theory 10.30pm-4am, £6 adv. Featuring locals Darkhouse Family and the Dimensions Soundsystem, aka some DJs from the Eastern Europe dance festival which this night is a co-pro with.
Sat 2 Flatline 10pm, £5/£3 before 11. Bassline from Bandit, Oni, 10Sion, Onslaught and Pedeadstrian.
Thurs 7 Pull Up 10pm, £5/£3 adv. Bassline and jump-up.
Fri 8 Unity 11pm-4am, £5/£3 NUS. House and techno from Spctrm, Oliver Harvey and AC Martinez.
Sat 9 Paranoize 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass to mark the end of exams, from JE3, Benny Bootleg, Oni, Havoc, Onslaught, Shell Supply and hosts Hayez and Odd Sox.
Tue 12 Luna 10pm-3am, £4/£2. Techno, acid and house from Matic, Varndell, Benek and Rhobo.
Thurs 14 Pressure 10pm. Drum’n’bass.
Fri 15 Selecta 11pm, £5/£3 adv. UK garage classics.
Sat 16 Beat Cartel 11pm, £5/£3 adv. Last month I complained in these listings that these guys gave no indication of what kind of music they do. Turns out it’s “funky good time riddims”. Thanks for that.
Tue 19 Wile Out 11pm, £4/£2 adv. Bassline.
Fri 22 Helium 10pm. House.
Sat 23 XL Invites 10pm. Drum’n’bass.
Tue 26 Skank Ground 10pm. Bassline and drum’n’bass.
Fri 29 Disko Rekah 11pm-4am, £4. Jungle and drum’n’bass.
*Sat 30 Doppler 10pm, £7/£5. Techno with Árni (from the Plútó radio station in Reykjavik) plus Jessie Belters. J Nixon and Reed.
VALE WAREHOUSE
Location TBC, Cardiff. www.cynt.uk / [email protected]
Sat 9 C-Y-N-T Warehouse Party 6pm-1am, £10-£17. Cardiff club promoters’ annual warehouse party, headlined by Artwork with more acts TBC.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Fri 8 Cellar Door 10pm-5am, £12 adv. The return of this popular house and techno night to its original venue.
Warehouse 54
54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Krazy Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session.
Thurs 21 Big Tingz Promotions 7-11pm, £10 adv/£8 early bird. Featuring a headline set from London grime/rap MC K Koke.
Fridays Live Forever 12am, £3. Britpop classics. Part of the NPclubhop multi-venue deal.
Saturdays The Indie Rock Disco 12am. (Former) Meze Lounge DJs playing indie and rock classics. Also an NPclubhop night.
Wow Bar
4 Churchill Way, Cardiff. Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com
Wednesdays Get Pounded Free. Hosted by Gypsy Divine, soundtracked by DJ Basil and named in reference to the £1 drinks offers. And nothing else.
Thursdays Let’s Have A Kiki Free. DJs Basil and Chris soundtrack non-stop fun and games.
Fridays Kitty’s Kabaret Free before 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week.
Saturdays Hi Energy Free before 11. Pop and party upstairs, chart and dance downstairs.
Sundays The Cuckoo Club Free. DJ Krys plays the tunes until late.