The ANGEL INN
57-59 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 617878 / facebook.com/theangelinnaber
Fri 11 + Sat 12 JDC & Frisson Presents Enter The Game 11pm-4am, £4. Two charity raves in memory of Mat Evans, and featuring bassline, jungle, d’n’b and UK garage sets from Aries, Ezra, TR-8R, TJ and Neurotok (Fri 11); Sammy Virji, Boundary Hidden Element, Paranoize and K3 (Sat 12).
Fri 18 Buzz 11pm-4am, £5/£4 adv. Drum’n’bass, jungle and bassline from Phibes, Samir, Giorgi G, Paranoize, TR-8R and Cian.
ATLANTICA
Market Street, Newport. 01633 252611.
Sat 19 Core Redemption 2pm-6am. That isn’t a typo, it really does go on for 16 hours and has a lineup composed of hardcore and related genres. Oh and it’s someone called Stylezzy’s birthday. I’m scared just thinking about it. Lineup: Ed ET & DTR, Narcotic Smugglers, Reflux, Racy, Ben Manic, Lozzie, Pierce, Stylezzy, Audio Nitrate, Patchy & Vandellio, Boyle, XSIV, Rampage, Dipz, Infexous, Lil Bri, Renstar, Relentless & Energize, Madame Twisted, Pesky & Onyx, Tone-E, Frankie, Hypo Tinx, Ellusive, ADHD, TJ, Mr Hyde, Dean E, and competition finalists Phantom, EV3, Beano, Demonix and Odd-S-E. MCs: Wingman, Casper, Restless, Skyz, Dream-E, MCV, Automatic, Tupz, Duwkins, Swifty, Venom, Offender, Foxy, Nu-E and a surprise host.
The Attic
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/theatticswansea
Sun 6 Delusion 9.30pm-4am, £12 adv. Trance, as per. Main room: Jordan Suckley, Rhys Thomas, Callan Christie, Dan McShane and John Hughes. Room 2: Delusion Deeper with John Hughes and Chris Miller.
Fri 11 Noise Makers 21: Ladies Night 10pm-3am, £10/£8 adv. Drum’n’bass from Mollie Collins with MCs Maddy V and Missy G, plus T-Bone, Lubi J, Grown, Wozzi and Teaze.
Sat 12 Outlook Festival Swansea Launch Party 10pm-3am, £5-£7 adv. Serious question: what do club promoters actually get out of hitching their brand to that of a festival in Eastern Europe? It it like a Red Bull thing? Anyway, this is headlined by Biome and Black Josh from Manchester’s Levels crew and also features DJ sets from Finwa, Teagle, Clique, Kopex b2b Griffin and host MCs XL, Catfish Bobby and LT.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51-52 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Fri 18 Con7rol Rooftop 6pm-3am, £5. Local house, techno and tech-house pushers with a lineup currently TBC.
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.
Sat 12 Regal Nights 10pm-3.30am, £5 before 11. Afro B, one of the UK’s top Afrobeats artists, headlines this evening, alongside Roman Yasin and Wheatz. DJs Paz, James Bourne, Jiggsa, T and Dot are the local crop.
BIG LOVE FESTIVAL
Baskerville Hall, nr Hay-On-Wye. www.biglovefestival.co.uk
Fri 4-Sun 6 Big Love Festival Annual Cardiff-transplanted-to-Hay weekend of sparkling and spangling, here is the lineup so far: Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club, Joy Orbison, Sian Evans, Oh My God! It’s The Church, Xylaroo, Captain Accident & The Disasters, Dana Immanuelle & The Stolen Band, Timbali, Stagga & Magugu, AAA Badboy, Johnny Cage & The Voodoogroove, Bodhi, Vibe Roulette, Billy Momo, Eclectic Mick, Codewalkers, Boston Shakers, The Brwmys, Comfort feat. Benji MC, Jazzy F, Reba, Richie Cordle, Neil Fucking Young, Apollo, Matthew Frederick, Yakul, James Bower Band, The Moonbirds, Grand Tradition, Barracwda, Trin, Sarah Passmore, Dave Morris, Jemma Krysa, Joe Bayliss, Tobias Robertson, Toriah Fontane, Selena In The Chapel, Chris Conroy, Broken Bones Matilda, James ‘Towel’, Bathtime Fire Service, Asha Bray and Jon Bongly. Plus Delete DJs across the whole weekend, including Matt Owen, Marc Parsons, Lee Graves, Jessie Belters, The Organ Grinder, Joey P, Clare James, Tom Bateman, Jake Mercanoglu, Mikey Harisson, Oisin, Murder, Harry Wootten, Paul Blandford, Jack Siddall, Morgan Evans, Sainte Melon, Kye, Mikki Wings, Shaun Edwards, Ben Smith, Dave Llewellyn, Paul Cahill and Alex Taylor.
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 25 That Good Night 10.30pm. Acid house and weird leftfield dance, on here once a month.
Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.
Sat 5 Manic Street Mania Aftershow 10.30pm-3am, £5 adv. The Manic Street Preachers are playing in Cardiff tonight and these loyal fans are throwing a DJ night to coincide. John Slatex is the DJ and you need to buy a wristband in advance to get in.
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.
Sat 5 Fixate 2pm-12am, £5. Bank holiday house alldayer on the roof terrace featuring Danish headline duo Anëk, Marco Strous, E-Type, Rhys Bowler, Owen Kilby, Dan Waite and Madame Twisted.
Sat 5 NP Clubs Presents £5. This is presumably happening indoors, and later on, so not to be confused with the event above. It’s a hard dance/hardcore night featuring Hixxy, Fallopn, Thumpa, Leif Boi, Adam Harris, Racy and Barno.
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.
Saturdays The Shake Up 10pm-4am, £3. Pop, chart, house, r’n’b funk and soul from residents over two floors.
Buffs
6 Station Road, Brynmawr. 01495 315334.
Sat 19 Infinity: 10 Year Anniversary 6pm-2am. House, techno and trance from a couple of headliners TBC plus J-Tek,. Alter:Ego, OrangePeel, Dan Newman, Pipes & Spctrm, Synchronize, Brad Dunk and Joel Jones.
CARDIFF SPEAKER HIRE
Unit 4 Anchor Industrial Estate Dumballs Road, Cardiff. 029 2009 5590 / www.cardiffspeakerhire.com
Sat 5 Robot Monkey Chapter 2 Warehouse Rave 8pm, £10/£7 adv. Student-centric night featuring, the organisers say, deep house music with live percussion and tribal chanting plus audience participation with interactive instruments, face painting and a bar serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
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. New midweek club night promising both your favourite tunes and great offers. Good name, really on trend.
Fri 4 Hannah Wants 9pm-4am, £22 adv. Brummie bass gal returns to Cardiff Uni with a supporting cast including Sam Divine, Low Steppa, Devstar and Junga. One of a few events rescheduled from early March due to the snow.
Saturdays Juice 10pm-3am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop.
CELLAR SPORTS & MUSIC BAR
39 Broad Street, Blaenavon. 01495 617140.
Sat 5 Cinco De Mayo 6pm-1am. House music from Wells and Bradz, plus a special guest – and there’s a Mexican theme to this event, in which the best costumes will win free drinks. This is of course appropriative but are YOU woke enough to travel to Blaenavon and complain?
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 new 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 1 We Gotta Get Theroux This 11pm, £5-£7. I guess the new low-effort easy-money student-targeting thing is generic clubnights themed around some sort of semi-ironic cult figure. There was one with David Attenborough here last month and this is dedicated to Louis Theroux, so they have his picture and some TV clips on the wall while ‘club classics’ are played.
Wed 2 Soul Jam 11pm, £6-£8. Funk, soul and disco.
Thurs 3 XL Invites 10pm, £5-£9. Drum’n’bass from K Motionz, Indo, Bass Phase b2b Lowgli, Beeson, Ransom and host MCs Hazey and XL.
Thurs 10 Carnival 11pm, £3-£5. Dancehall, reggae and bashment aimed at students (they note that this will be the last party before the end of term).
Thurs 24 Speakeasy 11pm, £7-£10. Manchester’s Chimpo headlines this new night, supported by a big ol’ list: DJs: Gavin Woo, Oni, Krisp, Cod, Zippy, Benny Bootleg and MCs Local, Murkage, EwhyEasy, DBS, Leppy, KeironWright3X6, Big Loaf, Motles, Nico and Sirius.
Fridays (bottom) Seventy Times 7 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Weekly clubnight offering alt-rock and pop-punk.
Fri 4 Helium 10pm-4am, £7-£9. Big baller house with a headline set from Dirtybird’s Will Clarke, plus Beekay, Half & Half, Wells, Old As Dust, Koncept, Spctrm and Barn-E.
Fri 25 Diplomats Of Sound 7pm, £14 adv. Live hip-hop/breaks action from Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 alongside Krafty Kuts.
*Fri 1 June Rinse FM 11pm-4am, £10-£15. See Clubs for more on dubstep pioneer Loefah and Hessle Audio panelbeater Pangaea. Local support TBC.
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 13 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.
THE DUKE
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 12 Hedone 8pm-2am, £5. This is billed as a ‘past and present’ lineup and features Michael Rutherford, Dale Williams, Con’r, Matt Davies and Hedone Residents.
Eddies
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Fri 4 Made With Love 10pm-5am. A night of house classics from DJs Eddie Loco, DJ Escher and Laura Love. Escher’s bio starts, “I have always had a love for electronic music, starting with the early pioneers like Paul Hardcastle, Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream,” while Laura is “known for her positive energy and outgoing personality on and off the decks”.
Fri 25 Eddie Rocks 10pm-5am. Hardstyle from Cally & Juice, who are on what they call a 20th anniversary tour would you believe, plus Ed ET & DTR, MKN, Narcotic Smugglers, Drago, Smith-E, Toby Ellis, Dowsy DJ and host Shocker.
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.
Sun 6 No Tomorrow 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. With a guest set by Steel Banglez, who has become a breakout UK rap star despite choosing a name that makes him sound like a band who were tour support for Wolfsbane in 1990.
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 GARAGE
47 Uplands Crescent, Swansea. 01792 475147 / www.whitez.co.uk/#garage
Fri 4 Polymer 10pm-3am. Newish techno and house night, details on this one TBC right now but the poster has a Star Wars theme, probably just because of the date it falls on though.
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.
Saturdays Rumour 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Formerly known as Vanity.
Sat 5 Groove Rooftop Summer Series 2018 Part 1 4-10.30pm, £12-£18. Featuring a headline set from Christoph, looks like it’s sold out though.
The Globe
125 Albany Rd, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www.globecardiffmusic.com
Sat 5 Ultimate Power 9pm-2am, £4 adv. Power ballads and air guitar night.
Gwdihw
Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk
Sat 5 Juju Boogie 9pm. House, funk and afro-disco with a guest headliner TBC.
Tue 8 Cardiff Electronic Producers 7.30pm, free. In association with Cardiff Ableton User Group, plus an open decks session from 7.30-9pm.
Fri 25 Pleasuredome 9pm, £4/£3 before 11. Electro, synthpop, Italo disco, new wave, funk and more.
INKSPOT
The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com
Fri 11 Instincts: Spirit Trance Gathering 10pm-4am, £5. Psytrance type stuff from The DMT Experiment, Radiostorm, Meskalin and Psychodelicacy.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
*Fri 18 Compound 10pm-5am, £12 adv. Fantastic booking for lovers of deranged industrial techno such as the writer of these listings: Ansome headlines with a live set, plus there’s Midge, Blap, Julez Wyl and Sam Burton from the local crop. See Clubs.
Sun 27 Delete 1-10.30pm, £18-£22. Eighth birthday party, under a big dome in the car park here, and featuring sets from Craig Richards, Subb-an, Adam Shelton, Matt Owen, Marc Parsons and Lee Graves.
*Sat 2 June 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.
JIMMY’S BAR
Station Road, Port Talbot. facebook.com/jimmysbarporttalbot
Sun 6 Glitch Sessions 10pm-4am. Bank holiday house and techno spesh with DJs Tom Murray, Luke Armstrong, Owen Prydie, Callum Gillings, Rhys Jenkins, Dean Morgan and Sam Jones, the last two both coming from Neath promo stable Hedone.
Karma
75 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Fri + Sat 8pm-6am. [email protected]
Sat 2 June 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.
THE KIRKHOUSE / KOOLERS
Dynevor Street, Merthyr Tydfil. 01685 388872.
Fri 18 Cellar Door 8pm-3am, £10 adv. House and techno from Cardiff clubbing brand who also go round the valleys now and again.
Laser Station
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Fri 4 Bass Elementz & Concur 9pm-3am, £6 adv. Drum’n’bass all night from D-Minus, Freek, Gareth Bruce, Eazydubz, Tubbz, Revit, 2Hotty plus MCs Catfish Bobby, 7 Breaths and a secret headliner TBC.
Fri 25 Conspiracy Presents Vibes 9pm-3am. Bass-driven dance music, say the promoters, while giving away little else in the way of info for now.
Sat 2 June 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.
The LAST RESORT
207 High Street, Swansea. www.lastresortswansea.com
Sat 5 Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Recently moved from the now-closed 8 Bit Bar. There would be one on Sat 2 June too but it looks like Dogruff are on that date.
Sun 6 Wonka-Vision Tropical Bank Holiday Special 3pm-4am, £5-£10. Popular Swansea party throwers of yore, until they moved to Bristol that is, are back for 13 hours of merriment. Lineup: JFB, Benny L, Gardna, Asbo Disco, Fat Stash Soundsystem, Wonka, Syn, Teagle, Survival Soundsystem, Active, DJ Focuz, Lockyer, Matt The Hat, Vandelay radio takeover, Huntu, Noise Makers 21 and Ben Jamin.
Sat 2 June Dogruff Open Air Summer Series 3pm-4am. Techno and minimal specialists return for an alldayer and allnighter, lineup TBC right now.
LEGACY
Old Works Lane, Pontardawe. 01792 865370 / mamas-paradise.wixsite.com/swansea
Sun 6 Club Classics 9pm-4am, £5 adv. First in what’s billed as a series of monthly dance events, this one features Juntz & Bounce (with a thrree-hour trance classics set), Matt Jones, Taz Meah, Rob Evans and Michael Connolly.
Level 2 @ Kongs
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Fri 25 Riddim 10pm-4am, £6-£15 adv. Drum’n’bass from Emperor (who is lauching an EP), Kasra, Mascot, Mowgli, Rous and MC XL.
*Sat 2 June 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.
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 Timeless DJ Dan Nicholas plays r’n’b, funk, disco and old skool. Just old skool.
Saturdays Decorum Soulful and upfront house, plus funk, disco etc, from Sinky and Styles.
Sundays VIP Chris Evans (My Playhouse) plays club classics, funky house and r’n’b.
The Moon
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / [email protected]
Wed 23 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 4 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.
Penarth Ex-Serivcemen’s Club
69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 19 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £3 adv. An NYE of classic soul, northern soul etc, also on in July, September and November this year.
THE PINK GERANIUM
Herbert Street, Ponterdawe. 01792 892555
Sun 6 The Pink Open Air Alldayer 1pm-12am, free. Annual bank holiday house marathon with sets this year from Lewis John, Adam Yudowitz, Matthew Evans, John Evans, Taz Meah, Jamie Morgan and Shan Thomas, plus more TBC.
PLATFORM 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sun 6 012 7pm-3am, £6-£10. This instalment is headlined by Leftwing & Kody, more Ibiza-conquering house jollies ahoy.
Sun 27 014 4pm-4am, £7-£10. Epic sesh headlined by UK tech-house producer Tommy Vercetti.
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 12 HDUK Kiddstock Summer Tour 9pm-4am, £12.50 adv. Hard dance bouncy mayhem with three name jocks – Alex Kidd, Cally and MKN – going b2b2b all night.
REMINISCE WAREHOUSE PARTY
Venue TBC, Cardiff. www.residentadvisor.net/profile/reminisce-cardiff
Sat 19 Reminisce Cardiff & It’s Not Urban It’s House 4pm-2am, £10-£20. Classic house and garage night featuring three DJs from Sub London Records – Ray Hurley, Hermint and Daniel Ward – plus Blaksonix, Sinky, Gareth Hopkins, Fabian, Precious, Matt Kirke and host MC Delta.
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
Mon 28 We Are House U18s Paint Party 7.30-10.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Evening disco for teens which promises to feature 200 litres of paint. Experts are predicting attendees will collectively smuggle in a greater volume of booze than that.
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 4 Rick And Morty’s House Party 10pm-3am. “This is a fan-run event”. That’s one way of putting it, another would be that these guys are using a copyrighted brand for personal profit. Not that I care, I’m just saying.
Fri 11 Bassline 10pm-4am, from £10. With drum’n’bass supergroup SaSaSaS, rescheduled from March. It was sold out then and remains so now.
Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.
Sat 5 Hustle 10pm-4am, £15/£14. With ragga jungle OG General Levy, Scott Neill and Teagle.
Sun 6 20 Years Of UK Garage Pt 1 10pm-4am, £12/£10. Retroactive bangers and bubblers with local faves the V2 Crew, Kele Le Roc, MC Sharky P and Welsh stalwarts Local Fabian Dubz, Chris Bass, DJ E.V.O, Wayne Irie and MC Mello Dee.
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 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.”
Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.
Sun 6 Crunk Bank Holiday 10pm-3am, £4 adv/£1 early bird. Old and nu skool bangers all night from DJs Piddy, Mozafari and Jordan B, plus various drinks deals.
Tramshed
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Fri 11 The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club 7-11pm, £18. Regular visitor to Cardiff, indeed the poster for Lister’s popular touring night notes that all of its past 11 appearances here have sold out (as has this one) – a “record-breaking” feat, no less. Keen to know whose record this broke.
Sun 27 UKG Brunch 12-5pm, £30-£40. A bunch of UK garage DJs/MCs (DJ Luck & MC Neat, Aurie Styla and DJ Cartier) rock up of an afternoon. Ticket price gets you “bottomless fried chicken, rum punch and immersive 90s themed games”. I would pay extra not to have the last of those things.
Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Tue 1 Wile Out 10pm, £2-£4. Bassline from Bandit, Mango, Onslaught, Styx and a DJ competition winner TBC.
Fri 4 Groove Theory 10.30pm-4am. House, disco and funk, with a lineup TBC.
Sat 5 Flatline 10pm. Drum’n’bass, 140 and bassline from local DJs and MCs.
Fri 11 Beat Cartel 11pm. These guys have a Facebook page with some Keith Haring artwork on but no info at all about what kind of music they play or who they’ve booked.
Sat 12 Function:al 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass with Digital & Spirit, Jet Li, Ransom, Lubi J and host Blackeye MC.
Thurs 17 Pressure 10pm. Drum’n’bass. Fri 18 Selecta 11pm, £5/£3 adv. UK garage classics.
*Sat 19 Rotary Club 11pm. Disco and house promoters with headliner Nachtbraker, a Dutch house DJ recently found on the Heist label. Supporting cast TBC.
Tue 22 Battle Of The Brands 11pm, £5/£3 adv. Featuring Skank Ground, Wile Out, Flatline and Switch Up residents.
Fri 25 Synthesis 1st Birthday 10pm. Drum’n’bass. Sat 26 Housewerk v Helium 10pm-4am, £5. Sets from Antwon & NTM, Half & Half b2b Beekay, ADR, Wells b2b Old As Dust, Pipes and Fat Wills.
Sun 27 XL Invites 10pm. Drum’n’bass. These guys also have a night in Clwb Ifor Bach this month so maybe check this is on – Undertone have it listed is all I can tell you.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Sat 5 Got Bass 1st Birthday 10pm-5am, £17.50 adv. Featuring Cause & Affect, Taiki Nulight, Bushbaby, Sammy Virji, Development, Koncept, Styx, Oni, 10sion, Mango, Chez, B:Wild, Dox, Pedeadstrian, E.R.B, Low and Mowgli, plus host MCs B:Wild and XL and Flatline looking after the second room.
Sun 6 Shangri-La Presents The 8th Birthday 9pm-4am, £10 adv early bird. Student-favouring house and techno night that has’t revealed anyone playing at the time of writing, even though they said they would.
WALKABOUT
Castle Bailey Street, Swansea. 01792 450850 / www.walkaboutbars.co.uk/venues/swansea
Sun 6 Festival Of Light Party 10pm-4am, £5 adv. Pop, chart, dance and r’n’b, plus hundreds of glowsticks and neon balloons.
Warehouse 54
54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Krazy Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session.
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.