THE ANGEL INN
57- 59 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 617878 / facebook.com/theangelinnaber
Fri 1 Buzz 11pm-4am, £5. Clubbing brand which is not a monthly listings magazine pops up with a headline set by drum’n’bass sort Benny Page plus Paranoize, Roughion, Giorgi G and others in support.
Sat 2 Ymuno 9pm-4am, £5/free before 10. Deep house and techno with El Choop, Reg, Amy Amor, Dan & Jay and Bryn.
Fri 8 eXperiMental 9pm-3am. New trance/psytrance night, this being its launch party.
Sat 16 Swing City Mad Hatters Tea Party 11pm-4am, £4/£3 in fancy dress. Electroswing, ghettofunk, disco, hip-hop, house, breaks and “ending on some Fun & Bass” (no). Prizes for best hats and various nonsense of that ilk.
THE ASTORIA
48 Charles Street, Milford Haven. 01646 663008 / facebook.com/astoriamilfordhaven
Fri 29 Tectonic – The New Era 10pm-5.30am, £10. Drum’n’bass from Ed Solo, questionably dubbed the king of jungle by promoters Tectonic, plus Rogue One, Mackay, Defects Of The Dock, Damage & Mr Pickles, Infamous Len, Audio Autopsy and Mystic & Turk, plus MCs Dubba Beatz, Teej and Conk.
THE ATTIC
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/theatticswansea
Sat 2 Rise 10pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drum’n’bass from local DJs.
Mon 4 Concrete Junglists: Good Vibes Only 10pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Cardiff drum’n’bass/jungle brand branch into Swansea for a monthly session highlighting fresh local DJs etc.
Sat 23 Con7rol 9pm-4am, £15 adv. Glesga techno veterans Slam headline this, their first south Wales date in a fair few years. Extensive lineup over two rooms: Nico Aprea, Sam Kitt, Lee Grey, PH Brothers, Zak Plaister, State Of Minds and Julez Wyl are the guests; Taz Meah, Jamie Morgan, Vedra, Dan Martin, Natasha Denby and Nicky Cursio are the residents.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Fri 1 Intirave Swansea: International Reggaeton Party Carnival Edition 8pm-3am, £3/free before 10. Reggaeton, electrolatino, salsa, dembow, bachata, commercial hits and r’n’b from DJ EL-J (Ritmo Latino Swansea) and Adam Cariad.
Fri 8 Con7rol Rooftop 8pm-3am, £5. Local techno folks offers sets from guests (Smiley, Nico Aprea, Sam Balla and Sam Kitt) and residents (Taz Meah, Jamie Morgan, Vedra, Dan Martin and Nicky Cursio).
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.
BARRY ISLAND SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB
11 Redbrink Crescent, Barry. 01446 735173 / www.barryislandssc.co.uk
Sat 9 Northern Soul Island 1st Anniversary 7.30pm-12.30am, £4. DJs Ken Dunn, Paul Davies and Laurence Cullen with vinyl-only sets of 60s oldies, 70s modern, crossover and 60s R&B.
BEELZEBUB’S
Church Street, Cardiff. www.craftydevilbrewing.co.uk
Fri 15 Diff Jam Hip Hop Social 10pm-3am, free. Hip-hop, funk and breaks, acting as an afterparty of sorts for the show in Clwb Ifor with Rodney P etc, courtesy of DJ Jaffa, Killer Tom, Junior Disprol, Specifik, Whirlwind D and The Waxnerds.
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.
Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis. Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk.
Fri 5 Apr Paradox 10pm-4am, £8/£6 adv. New techno night which debuted in February and this time around has sets from Jason Edwards, Old As Dust, Mathew Hart and Ryan Ross.
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 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 Fixate 10pm-5am, £5 adv. House and techno from Lisa Lashes, Adrianna, Undercover DJs, Madame Twisted, Dan Waite and J-Tech.
BOX BAR
11 The Strand, Swansea. 07876 505482 / box-bar.co.uk
Sat 9 Groove 9pm-4am, £12.50 adv. Headlined by Sidney Charles, a UK house DJ with releases on Moon Harbour, Hot Creations etc.
BREATHE WAREHOUSE VENUE
Location TBC, Cardiff. facebook.com/breathemusiccardiff
Sat 30 Breathe 2pm-2am, £12-£16. Techno with Dutch headliner Reiss plus Alex Taylor, Jack Darwin, Läuft, Shaun Edwards, Siah and Xono. See Clubs.
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.
Thurs 14 Shangri-La 10pm-4am, £20 adv. Featuring a three-hour headline set by Patrick Topping plus short ones from Alex Virgo, Nic Saunders and Lucas Alexander.
Fri 1 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.
Fri 29 Bedlam present Cru Cast 10pm-5am, £18 adv. Bassline and the like from Skepsis, Darkzy, Bru-C, TS7, Mr Virgo, Lazcru and Window Kid.
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.
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 Souljam: Keep On Dancing 11pm, £8. Soul, funk and disco.
Thurs 7 Thank U, Next 11pm-3am, £3-£7. Modern pop music such as Ariana Grande, as you could probably guess for yourself.
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 Lanezman, Clique with MC XL, Beesman and Incursion Audio.
Fri 8 Get Funky 10pm-4am, £7 adv. With groovy lo-fi houser Frits Wentink, plus support from Viewpoints.
Fri 5 Apr Dazed Disco: The Fiesta Funkdown 11pm-3am, £3-£7. More or less monthly disco night.
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.
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
Fri 15 Crossfaded 7-11pm. Drum’n’bass plus a little bit of hip-hop from 4K, Wonkcrafts & Friends, Matenj b2b Llew and Mackay.
THE DUKE
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 30 Hedone 8pm-2am. House and techno, headlined by Matt Kent and with more details TBC.
EDDIES
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Sat 2 Black House 9pm-5am, £14 adv. With Andy C & MC Tonn Piper, DJ Hazard, Harriet Jaxxon, Rogue One & Illustrate, a Useless Generation hip-hop showcase featuring Culture Vultures, Defects Of The Dock and more, One_Z, Boundary and a DJ competition winner, plus MCs Trafic, Y Dott and Twitchee.
Sat 30 Example 10pm-5am, £12 adv. Pop-rap fella. It says he is playing “LIVE” but given that his tour this month seems to exclusively be in provincial nightclubs I suspect they are using that word in the sense of “physically present in the building“.
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.
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 22 Saved By The 90s 9pm-2am, £7/£5. Pop songs from the 90s.
Fri 29 On The Sixth Day God Created Manchester 9pm-2am, £9-£14 adv. Featuring a DJ set by Bez from the Happy Mondays and a live PA from Rowetta sort of from the Happy Mondays. Other events under this name I’ve seen also feature Graeme Park, who unlike Bez is an actual DJ, but he isn’t listed here.
THE HANBURY ARMS
17 Clarence St. Pontypool. 01495 764519 / hanburyarms.co.uk
Sat 9 PH Takeover 8pm-1am. Hosted by local DJ duo the PH Brothers and also featuring Lam and Spctrm. Tech-house, techno, trance, psy and hardstyle are on the musical menu.
HANGAR 18
50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv
Sat 2 District 10pm-3am, £3. Emo, pop-punk, metal, alterantive etc.
Fri 8 Polymer 10pm-4am, £8. House and techno, headliner TBC as I write but already sold out.
Sat 9 Resist-Stance 10pm-4am, £7. New acid techno/free party types with north Wales’ A.P. headlining over Fattman b2b Salted Slug, Jaime B, 4NR and the SUSS Twins.
Fri 22 XL Invites Swansea Launch Party 10pm-3am, £5-£12. Cardiff drum’n’bass MC XL visits the auld enemy and brings Kasra, Ransom, Benji, Llew, Woz and Mogs with him.
Sat 23 Charity Bass Event 10pm-4am, £3-£8. Featuring a headline set by Ky with Madconcepts, Milott, M.i.i.A and more TBC; in support of Hollie Gazzard Trust and Rape Crisis.
THE HEFTY CHEST
The Strand, Swansea. facebook.com/kingshandbar
Sat 2 Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Relocated from The Last Resort which closed in January but is set to reopen with new owners and a different name that doesn’t make people think of Papa Roach. This place, meanwhile, is a pirate bar.
INKSPOT
The Old Church, Newport Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 0254 / www.inkspotartsandcrafts.com
Sat 6 Apr Cellar Door 10pm-4am, £10 adv. First April event for CD, who are in these listings elsewhere (Play, Abertillery) and in this venue for the first time.
JACOB’S MARKET
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Fri 15 Teak 10pm-5am, from £13. Fifth birthday night for this Cardiff house/disco/other party crew. Orpheu the Wizard, Rikki Humphrey and Seka feature.
JAC’S
Bryngolwg House, Wind Street, Aberdare. 01685 882198 / [email protected]
Sat 30 Northern Soul Night 7pm, £4. With DJs Matthew Morgan, Liam Curtin and Andrew Jones.
KARMA CLUB
75 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 07722 523192 / karmaclubcardiff.wix.com/karma-club
Sat 2 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 3 9pm-3am, from £10. Techno and minimal from Spektre and Gary Burrows.
Fri 29 Wonkcrafts 8.30pm-1am, £5. Drum’n’bass locals with an 18th birthday party for Pie-Fi, who is performing this evening alongside 4K, Arkade, Proffesorjo, Matenj, LRB, Aksrevenge, Syphr, Nu-East and MCM.
LEVEL 2 @ KONGS
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Fri 8 90s Rave 10pm-3am, £3 adv. One of those low-effort nostalgia nights aimed at students who were babbies or sperm when it was actually happening. Lloyd Haines and guests play acid house, hard house, hard trance, house and trance.
Fri 29 The Spin Doctors 10pm-3am, £12/£10. Drum’n’bass from Etherwood, Double A-Sides, Ark b2b Calamity, Mascot, JuicE, and host MC XL.
Sat 6 Apr Stickylemons v Circle Eight Soundclash Sessions 10.30pm-3.30am, £tbc adv. Two local drum’n’bass promoters with a night whose premise is 90-minute soundclashes between two DJs, who will come from the Low Down Deep and Playaz stables.
LOCOS
7 Miskin Street, Cardiff. 029 2034 1767 / www.locoslatinbar.co.uk
Fri 1 The Shutdown Show: St David’s Cypher 8pm-2am, free. Local hip-hop and grime showcase featuring MCs Lucas J Rowe, Razkid, Ez-rah and and more TBC, plus DJs Prem and Dontheprod.
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]
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.
Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Until 4am, free. Bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between, after bands finish playing.
Sat 9 Ladies Of Rage International Women’s Day Showcase 4pm-4am, free. Spoken word, acoustic, hip-hop, grime, r’n’b, drum’n’bass, house and garage, variously in live and DJ form. See Clubs.
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.
Fri 1 Jungle:Code 10pm-5am, £5. Launch night with a tonna DJS/MCs over two rooms. Main room (jungle/d’n’b): Frenzee, Riddim 68, Matt Kirke B2b Fr:zn, Bason b2b MLD, Ransom b2b Comfort, Quadey b2b Ini Jungle, Kevlar b2b Bootleg, DJ Illa B b2b DJ Natural, Shai Guy, Tention and hosts Fernquest and a guest. Room 2: UK funky, deep house and garage from Shep, Lucas Alexander, Gaz Clue and host Bookie.
NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF
Cathays Park, Cardiff. 029 2057 3500 / www.museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff
Fri 5 Apr Hush Silent Disco 8pm-12am, £14 adv. The return of an event offering you the chance to don headphones and shuffle among the art, fossils etc in this storied building. Sold out already though.
NO.3
The Old Warehouse, Bridge Street, Haverfordwest. [email protected] / facebook.com/no.3nightclubhaverfordwest
Fri 1 Mar Back To Bassix 10pm-5am, £7 adv. Drum’n’bass/jungle night headlined by Benny Page, who is also playing in Aberystwyth tonight.
PENARTH EX-SERIVCEMEN’S CLUB
69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 16 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Further 2019 dates are on Sat 18 Mat, Sat 13 July, Sat 14 Sept, Sat 16 Nov and NYE
THE PHILHARMONIC
76-77 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2132 0740 / www.thephilharmoniccardiff.co.uk
Fri 1 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 9 023 7pm-4am, £5-£9. Headlined by chunky house DJ Tristan Ingram.
PLAY
20 Market Street, Abertillery. 07973 777717.
Sat 2 Cellar Door Lite 9pm-2am, £10. House and techno in a 200-capacity club.
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.
PORTLAND HOUSE
Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. 029 2048 7602 / www.portlandhousecardiff.com
Fri 1 The Dock Of The Bay Soul Night 7.30pm-12am, £5 adv. Hosted by Penarth Soul Club, DJs Liam Curtin, Shelley Barrett, Matthew Morgan and Wayne Sheppard play 60s and 70s soul and Motown off vinyl.
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 15 features a live set from Example which is sold out.
Saturdays Agenda 10pm-3am, £5. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff.
Sat 23 Smirnoff Big Night Out 10pm-3am, £5 adv. Featuring a headline set by James Hype, a Scouse DJ with a terrible name that might actually also be his real one?
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 John Hughes, Sat 23 has Jay P and Sat 30 has Judge Jules, Big Al, Johnny Griffiths, John Hughes and Rob Rees.
Sat 2 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. Sat 30 Logic 10pm-4am, £10 adv. Featuring Judge Jules, Big Al, Jonny Griffiths, John Hughes and Rob Rees.
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 5 Apr 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 Mall Grab 10pm-4am, £15. Aussie house jock, playing in Cardiff Uni tonight as well. Local residents will also feature I daresay.
Fri 8 What Hannah Wants 10pm-4am, from £15. Brummie bass music fave tours the so-called small venues of the UK, plays a three-hour set herself and has others (TBC) playing. Sold out; in Cardiff tomorrow, which is sold out too.
Fri 15 Wilkinson 10pm-4am, free. Drum’n’bass biggie on the Ram label, here with MC Ad-Apt and support DJ Benny L. Sold out.
Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South.
Sat 23 Dazed 10pm-4am, £10-£15. Drum’n’bass collective Problem Central (aka Majistrate, Logan, Eksman and Evil B) headline this’un. Clique, Friends On Benefits and Ebbens also feature. See Clubs.
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.
TALYWAIN RFC
New Road, Talywain, Pontypool. 01495 772597 / talywain.rfc.wales
Sat 2 Tremor 7pm, £10 adv. Hard dance with Andy Whitby, Bradz vs CJM, Steve Hampton and Caii B.
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
Splott Market, Titan Road, Cardiff. www.titanwarehouse.com
Fri 8 Opening Weekend 4-11pm, £25 adv. First of two raves in this new, huge, daytime-and-evening-only-sorry venue which we previewed in Clubs last month. Today features Andy C, Jauz X Holy Goof, My Nu Leng & Dread MC, SASASAS and Sub Focus b2b Dimension. Probably all sold out by the time you read this.
Sat 9 Opening Weekend 2-11pm, £25 adv. Second of aforementioned two rave, featuring MK presents Area 10, Jax Jones, Weiss, Icarus, Eli Brown and KC Lights.
TRAMSHED
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Fri 15 Goodgreef 10pm-4am, £20 adv/£25 VIP. Trance brand that blew up in the 00s but which I for one have not thought about for some time hits Cardiff with sets from Gareth Emery, Ashley Wallbridge, Standerwick, Hywel Matthews and Richie Knight.
Sat 23 Mungo’s Hi Fi 11.30pm-3am, £12/£10. Dub reggae festival crew bring their big rig to thrill the venue’s punters and neighbours alike. Gardna, Stagga & Magugu, Benny Bootleg and Shanti-Squire also feature.
UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Fri 1 Helium 10pm-4am, £5/£4 adv. House and techno, residents showcase.
Sat 2 Flatline 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass.
Tue 5 + Tue 19 Wile Out 10pm, £5/£3 adv. Bassline and drum’n’bass.
Thurs 7 Nxtgen 10pm-3am, £3-£8. Bassline and drum’n’bass.
Sat 9 Paranoize 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass, dub and bassline.
Tue 12 Luna 10pm. House, techno and acid.
Thurs 14 The Bass Warriors 10pm-3am, £3. Bass music (mixed genres) with DJs Fiberwire, Delphine Radio, CJ Watson and DJ Hyde. Consistently astonished by how many new nights launch here all doing pretty much the same thing.
Fri 15 Housewerk 10pm-4am, £5. House and tech-house from ADR, Locomote, Antwon&NTM, Scott Phillips, Callum Bergin and Lewis John.
Sat 16 Junction 11pm. Drum’n’bass. Fri 22 Haws 10pm-4am, £5-£8. With a now-rare hometown headline set from lo-fi house-adjacent fave Harrison BDP.
Wed 27 Pressure 10pm. Drum’n’bass.
Sat 30 10243 10pm-4am, £3 adv. Techno Berlin style.
Fri 4 Apr Elevate 10pm-4am, £3. Liquid drum’n’bass/jungle.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Sat 9 What Hannah Wants 10pm-4am, from £14. See Sin City listing for the basic deal. This is sold out, as is that one.
Fri 5 Apr Canopy 10pm-5am, £12.50-£15.50. Drun’n’bass from Kings Of The Rollers, who are on an album tour, plus Inja and more TBC.
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.
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.
