CLUBS LISTINGS | OCTOBER 2019
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). Young T and Bugsey will both be doing sets here on Wed 2; TC on Wed 9.
Thurs 31 TS7 10pm-4am, from £5. Bassline geezer on something called the Clockworks tour.
Fri 4 Free Rave Swansea 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Drum’n’bass and bassline with DJs from the Rise, Heft, Got Bass, Incurzion, Swansea DJ Society and Concrete Junglists stables.
Sat 5 The Deep 10pm-3am, from £5 adv. Drum’n’bass from Lenzman and MC DRS, plus more TBC.
Fri 11 Swansea Uni DJ Society 10pm-3am. Bassline night headlined by Taiki Nulight and another out-of-towner TBC, plus house and disco in room 2.
Sat 12 Rise 10pm-4am. Fifth birthday bash for Swansea drum’n’bass promoters.
Fri 18 My House 10pm-5am. DJ Ben Santiago and saxophonist Lovely Laura headline a night that’s already sold out.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Thurs 3 UKG v D&B Garage Terrace Party 10pm-3am. Drum’n’bass and jungle on the top terrace, UK garage and bassline on the lower one.
Fri 4 Full Moon Party 8pm-4am. EDM, hip-hop and r’n’b plus lots of tat giveaways.
Sat 12 Groove 9pm-3am, £4 adv. House headlined by Tommy Vercetti of Fabric.
THE BIG TOP / 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.
Thurs 10 Binary 10pm-3am, from £3. New club night brings house, techno, dub etc from Bllini & Badnew plus Jeeves, all from Bristol’s Canapé Records, plus Binary residents.
Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk.
Fri 11 Global Sounds 10.30pm-3am, £5/£4 adv. Latin house, samba, bossa nova etc.
Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.
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.
BLISTERS
63-65 Hanbury Rd, Barboed. 01443 821500 / twitter.com/blistersbargoed
Fri 25 10pm-4am, from £18.50. Big frothy hardcore action from Darren Styles, Kutski and Martin Dibble.
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 11 Grimecrafts 10pm-5am, free. UK garage, grime, bassline and drum’n’bass for nowt.
Sat 12 Dogruff 9pm-4am, £10-£15. London-based Spaniard Unai Trotti headlines this 10th birthday party, also featuring Shaun Edwards, Mikki James and Amy Amor. Additionally, there appears to be a pre-arranged afterparty somewhere until 1pm if you’re a ‘sesh gremlin’.
Wed 16 Winger Records Takeover 8pm-2am. Hip-hop, dubstep, drum’n’bass from this west Wales collective, lineup TBC right now.
Fri 25 Psycho Social 10pm. Three-room alt/metal/rock night, on the last Friday of every month.
Sat 2 Nov 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.
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com
Mon 14 Cirque Du Soul 10pm-3am, £8-£14. Another gimmicky touring clubnight for students which insists you dress up like a jemble to get in. DJs include Artwork, the Weaver Bros, Clique and Luke Wolfman.
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 Nov 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. Saturdays Juice 10pm-3am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop.
CATHAYS COMMUNITY CENTRE
36 Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. 029 2037 3144 / www.cathays.org.uk
*Sat 5 Electric Soup 6.30-10.30pm, £15 adv/£13 NUS/NHS. A night of live electronica headlined by veteran (and still dead good) duo Plaid, with Boris A Bono, Jaxson Payne and Alfie Swan also featuring.
CHAPTER ARTS CENTRE
Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org
Fri 1 Nov 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.
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 1 Souljam Lost In Music 11pm-4am, £6-£8. Funk, soul and disco party.
Tue 8 Vice City Fleetwood Mac Night 11pm-4am, £4-£8. Retro disco evening with an hour dedicated to playing ‘the Mac’ exclusively.
Thurs 10 Bring It All Back One Direction Party 11pm-4am, £4-£6. Cool how literally everything on offer in Cardiff after the pubs close is now dictated by the tastes of students.
Fridays (bottom) Yum! 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Indie and pop.
Fri 4 Dazed Disco 11pm-4am, £4- £8 adv. Disco and house from Burno, Elianne, Oh My Rosh b2b Kemba, Izaak b2b Conor Vincent, Controls, Rob Walker and BMI.
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’.
Sat 12 Rise Up And Rave 10pm-5am. Charity night in aid of MIND, featuring house, techno and trance from DJs Mike James, Fisky G, Nick The Kid, Nick Manning, Madame Screech, James Evans, Rabbit and host DMC.
COURTYARD
48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Fridays Let’s Go Deep 10pm-6am. Three rooms ofd urban with Flipz and Matt Kirke; dance anthems with Matt Smooth; techno and house with Beekay. Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal.
Saturdays Mista Ifsta’s Block Party Dance/commercial music as part of a multi-venue deal.
CREATURE SOUND
Ken Bu Kan, 1 Bethesda Street, Swansea. 01792 301178 / www.creaturesound.com
Sat 26 Tribe Of Swan Halloween Ball 10pm-4am, £5. Psytrance madness from Mark Black, Psyperactive, Sizey and Zulus.
CWMBRAN STADIUM
Henllys Way, Cwmbran. 01633 627101.
Fri 11 Clubland Classix 7pm-1am, £19.50 adv. Irregular series of chart dance/happy hardcore bigness, this time with Cascada (live), Alice Deejay, Sash!, Ultrabeat, Friday Night Posse and Cally & MC Shocker. Plus local support acts and host Clubland’s MC Keyes.
DE VALENCE PAVILION
Upper Frog Street, Tenby. 01834 218228 / www.devalencepavilion.com
Fri 18 Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £18 adv.
THE DUKE
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 26 Hedone 8pm-2am. House and techno residents’ night.
EDDIES
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Fri 11 Drum Therapy v Backtobassix 9.30pm-4am. Two local promoters soundclashing with drum’n’bass, jungle, neurofunk and hardtek the soundtrack.
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 7 has a special guest appearance from ‘The Beast’ off the show The Chase; Mon 14 from Dani Harmer, who played the character Tracey Beaker on TV.
Wednesdays Underground 11pm-3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms. Wed 2 has a set from Varski.
Thurs 3 Bassboy 11pm-3am, from £2. Bassline don comes to gee up the midweek sambuca drinking set.
Thurs 24 Soju 11pm-3am, from £4. Kpop party which originated on the English south coast but is here for the first time and is named after a type of Korean booze.
Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Fri 4 has a live set from Tinchy Stryder.
Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party. Sat 5 is a UV Rave; Sat 19 an Abba v Queen faceoff in some way; Sat 26 features The Stickmen and Sat 2 Nov features Nathan Dawe.
FRONTAL LOBE WAREHOUSE
Unit G, St Catherines Park, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.flwarehouse.co.uk
Fri 4 15 Years Of Shogun Audio Cardiff 10pm-4am, from £8 adv. Drum’n’bass from Break, Pola & Bryson, Deadline, Mascot and hosts SP:MC and XL.
Sat 26 NRG Presents 25 Years Of Dread Recordings 10pm-4am, £5-£18. Drum’n’bass from Ray Keith, Bryan Gee, Critical Impact, T>I, Mascot b2b Ebbens and NRG residents, plus hosts Navigator and XL
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 25 Club Tropicana 9pm-2am, £6 adv. Eighties night.
THE GREEN ROOMS
Unit B29/B30, Treforest Industrial Estate, Treforest. 01443 841133 / www.
thegreenroomsonline.co.uk
Sat 5 Curfew 7pm-12.30am, £5/£3. Techno from Incus, Agenda, Otski and Matthew Hughes.
HANGAR 18
50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv
Sat 5 + Sat 2 Nov Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.
Fri 11 Altitude 10.30pm-4am, from £7 adv. New night organised by Swansea Uni’s snowboarding society of all things, and headlined by London DJ/promoter duo Secretsundaze.
JACOB’S MARKET
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Sat 5 Teak 10pm, £13.50 adv. With Optimo as out of town headliner, plus David J Bull and James Teak.
Sat 12 Lamerica 10pm-5am, from £20 adv. Local house veterans return with sets by Shapeshifters (of Lola’s Theme chart hit fame), Craig Bartlett, Gareth Hopkins and Darren Stewart.
*Fri 18 Haws 10pm-5am, £7-£11.50 adv. Great headline booking in the form of D.I.E., aka Detroit In Effect, a fella from the eponymous city who has made some class techno/electro records. Tywi and Pi-Singer also DJ here. See Clubs.
LASER STATION
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Fri 1 Nov 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 5 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.
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 4 The Sleepless Club 10pm-4am, free before 11. New monthly night hosted by this local ‘electro-punk’ band, 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 1 Roll Safe 8.30pm-2.30am. New drum’n’bass night.
Wednesdays Rum & Reggae 10.30pm-2.30am, free. Reggae, dub, ska, hip-hop and jungle.
Wed 30 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.
The Neon
Clarence Place, Newport. 01633 533666 / www.theneon.co.uk
Sat 5 Journey Through Reggae Music 10pm-3am, £7.50 adv. An evening hailing and indeed utilising the soundsystem, with those belonging to Countryman, Ecko Vybz, Love And Harmony and Crystal Clear all featuring. Hosted by Scorpian and Sam Shawty.
Sun 20 Raver Tots Halloween Party 2-4pm, £8-£12 adv. Afternoon rave for babies, toddlers and their adults, this month with DJ Vinylgroover and MC Wotsee.
Thurs 31 The Murkage Show 7-11.30pm, £12/£10 adv/£20 VIP. Grime and hip-hop from DJ Tension, DJ Lee, Sonny Double, Local, Starvz, Fernquest, BWritten, Elro, Mace, Skamma, Livewire, Lucas J. Rowe, J. Speakz and more TBC.
OCEAN ARTS CARDIFF
Unit 2, East Moors Business Park, East Moors Rd, Cardiff Bay. 029 2132 0030 / www.oceanartscardiff.co.uk
Fri 4 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 Nov The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club 7.30pm, £16.50-£18.50 adv. Sold out.
PITCHER & PIANO
Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 461312 / www.pitcherandpiano.com
Sat 2 Nov Groove Halloween Garden Finale 4-11.30pm, from £5 adv. House on the terrace, in the daytime, with a special guest TBC.
PLATFORM 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sat 5 029 6pm-4am, £10/£8. Featuring two sets by Paul Skelton, who plays club classics on piano. Incus, Lashout, Joey Rich and Dean Hawker also feature.
Sat 19 030 7pm-4am. Featuring DJ/sax duo Ben Santiago and Lovely Laura. This sold out ages ago though.
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
Fri 4 Fix Presents The Afterparty 10pm-3am, £4. With guest headliner Mason Maynard.
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 11 Thnks Fr Th Mmrs 11pm-3am, £5 adv. Emo revival night. Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.
Sat 5 Treatment & Cure 10pm-4am, £12.50 adv. Two promoters (I just realised that their names probably reference each other) bring proggy big room houser Christoph to Swansea.
Sat 12 Bassline 10pm-4am. Headlined by mersh drum’n’bass type Dimension.
Sat 19 Dazed 10pm-4am, from £10 adv. Room 1: My Nu Leng & Dread MC, Spectrum, Friends On Benefits b2b Clique and Llew. Room 2: Esigra, Sam Coady, Dayo and Cellan Eynon.
Sat 26 Abba Disco Wonderland 10pm-4am, from £6 adv. Abba-themed touring tribute night. “Disclaimer: we are in no way affiliated with Abba or polar music.” What is polar music?
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. Sat 4 is the night’s ninth birthday and there’s a guest appearance from ZieZie.
Fridays Antisocial 11pm-4am, £4 adv/£6 VIP. Weekly student night with special guests.
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.
TITAN WAREHOUSE
Titan Road, Cardiff. titanwarehouse.co.uk
Fri 4 Camelphat 4-11pm, £30 adv. Big room dance faves play a very big room, the UK’s largest warehouse venue it says here, and are joined by Solardo, Cristoph, Del-30 b2b Alisha and Will Easton.
Sat 5 Chase & Status 2-11pm, £27.50 adv. Ditto, but more drum’n’bassy. Shy FX, Jaykae, Macky Gee, Hybrid Minds, Darkzy & Window Kid, Notion, B:Wild, Woo and Comfort also feature.
Tramshed
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Thurs 31 Triple Cooked – Disco Of The Dead 11pm, £6. Disco, house, decor, stalls, art and bass, apparently.
UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Tue 1 Tremmah 10.30pm-3am, £5/£3 befoire 11. Dubstep and bass music from ManGo, OCG, Plethora, Sarki and Cell.
Thurs 3 NxtGen Drum’n’bass.
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 4 Spectrum 10pm-4am. Techno from Daniel Waite, Andrew Powell, Iolo, JaMo and J-Tech.
Fri 5 Labyrinth 10pm-4am, £5.50 adv. “Cardiff’s newest drum’n’bass event!” except, inevitably, it’s not now.
Thurs 10 Last Tribe 10pm-4am, £5. Techno from Luke Greenhaf, Nomad, Ellie Wenger, Brett Williams, Noralane and Conor Smillie.
Fri 11 Tukan Techno 10pm-4am, £5 adv. Techno from Tom Gatley, Innerkey and Milio, with proceeds going to the Amazon in some way.
Sat 12 Darth 10pm-4am, £6-£10. Drum’n’bass from Hexa, Obsidian, Stygian, Mumble B, Ejay, Raudi TT, Leighdon, Low and Shellerz.
Fri 18 Robot Monkey 10pm-4am, £7/£5 adv. Deep house with live percussion, flute and “tribal chanting” plus a different dress code for each night. This time it’s “winter Nordic”, so beards, sweaters, big coats etc. Seems like this’ll just make everyone uncomfortably warm.
Sat 19 Junction 10pm. Drum’n’bass.
Thurs 24 Summit 10.30pm-3am. Bass, house, techno and garage.
Fri 25 Switch Up 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass, jungle, bassline and UK funky.
VALE WAREHOUSE
Cambria House, Penarth Road, Cardiff. 07955 270870 / [email protected]
Fri 4 Get Funky 11pm-4am, from £8. Jazzy techno kinda-newcomer O’Flynn headlines this one, having released his debut album at the start of September. This was previously in Kongs but has sold well enough to warrant moving.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Fri 4 Tibu 10pm-5am, £10/£8. Room 1: house and tech-house from Dale, Tevini, Tomcept, Willis, Felix De Rijk and more TBC; room 2: garage from Danny D, Otis, Leeson, Bandit, Matt Kirke and more TBC.
Fri 25 Dazed & Canopy 10pm-5am, from £10 adv. Drum’n’bass from Benny L, who is touring his new album Reactions, plus DJ Hazard, Annix, Trimer, Clique and hosts Pastry Maker and MC XL.
Sat 26 Journey 1.30-10.15pm, £15 adv. Daytime trance party from Cardiff’s number one in that field. Main room: Solarstone, Activa, Robert Nickson Pres. RNX, Hywel Matthews and Richie Knight. Room 2: Robert Nickson, Joe Byrne, Rhys Thomas, Paschy and Rob Davies & Rhys Williams and PH & Lam. Sat 26 Delete 11pm-5am, £19.50 adv. Right after the above, time for some good ass house from Sonja Moonear (who Delete brought to Cardiff a couple of years back), Marc Parsons, Matt Owen and Lee Graves.
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).
Fri 4 Your Gran’s House 10pm-3am, from £2. Featuring a DJ set by Paul Chuckle of the Chuckle Brothers. Exactly a fortnight after this date it will be his 72nd birthday.
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.