THE ANDREW BUCHAN
29 Albany Road, Cardiff. 029 2021 2509 / facebook.com/andrewbuchanbar
Sun 8 Vinyl Cruise: September Sailing 6-9pm, free. Monthly vinyl guest DJs session.
THE ARCH
11 Commercial Street, Neath. 07791 923214 / [email protected]
Sat 14 Glitch 10pm-4am, £5 adv. “Flat out techno” from Tom Murray, Alexander Eley, Rhys Jenkins, Prydie, Callum Gillings and Luke Armstrong.
THE ATTIC
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. 01792 450850 / facebook.com/theatticswansea
Sat 21 Con7rol x 100% Old Skool 9pm-4am, £20 adv. Defected-signed house DJ Sam Divine headlines here (she’s also at Bambu Beach bar earlier in the evening – see below), with residents also featuring.
Wed 2 Oct Loose 9pm-3am, £4/£2. Lauching a new night here every Wednesday across four rooms (drum’n’bass / techno, house and disco, plsu chart toppers / r’n’b and urban in Walkabout next door). Young T and Bugsey will both be doing sets here.
Fri 4 Oct 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 Oct The Deep 10pm-3am, from £5 adv. Drum’n’bass from Lenzman and MC DRS, plus more TBC.
BAMBU BEACH BAR
51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www.bambu-bar.co.uk
Saturdays Tropical 5pm-3am. New night that promises “chilled, disco, soulful, jackin’ and funky grooves” from DJs Leon Atolagbe, Laidback Lew and Dan Purcey plus weekly guests.
Sat 21 Con7rol Rooftop Pre Party 6-10pm, £10 adv. Sam Divine plays an earlier event here before moving onto The Attic (see above).
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 20 Killing Moon 10pm-3am, £4. Eighties alternative, pop, postpunk, goth etc.
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.
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. Fri 27 has a guest DJ set by Ryan and Darren from the about-to-be-briefly-reformed-for-charity Funeral For A Friend.
THE BUNKHOUSE
63 The Kingsway, Swansea. [email protected] / www.bunkhousebar.co.uk
Sat 7 Winger Records Takeover 8pm-2am. Hip-hop, dubstep, drum’n’bass and an open mic cypher from 8-9pm. Lineup: Luke RV, Culture Vultures, WheezeTeam, Zhubat, Spaced Apes, Boofy, Huntu and Cyanne.
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com
Tue 24 Triple Cooked 11pm-4am, £6-£12. Gimmicky touring clubnight for students.
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 26 Shangri-La Cardiff Opening Party 10.30pm-4am, from £10. Student-centred club promoters with the first event of term. Claptone, Nic Saunders and Lucas Alexander are confirmed so far.
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 Oct Electric Soup 6.30-10.30pm, £15 adv/£13 NUS/NHS. See Clubs for more on a night of live electronica headlined by veteran (and still dead good) duo Plaid, with Boris A Bono and Jaxson Payne also featuring.
CHAPEL 1877
Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2022 2020 / www.chapel1877.com
Sat 28 Father Funk’s Church Of Love 8pm-4am, £8 adv. See Clubs for more about this zany-sounding Bristol-raised night, with hip-hop, funk and disco on the menu courtesy of Dr Syntax & Pete Cannon, Mr Woodnote & Skunkadelic, Father Funk, Twogood, X-Ray Ted, Bear Twists, RogueOne, Rose Rokoko’s Sleazy Sisters, DJ Veto and Benny Bootleg.
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
Fridays (bottom) Yum! 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Indie and pop.
Fri 6 The Spin Doctors 11pm-4am, £8-£12. Drum’n’bass featuring the Cardiff debut of the TNA trio, plus Benji b2b Ebbens, Diskrete, Shed, Replicait and MCs A.R.K and Pablow.
Fri 20 Dazed 11pm-4am, from £6 adv. Drum’n’bass from Sub Zero & Mr Traumatik, Clique and more TBC.
Fri 4 Oct 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 (FORMERLY WAREHOUSE54)
54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Hump! 7pm. Cocktails, drink deals and tunes over two floors.
Fridays Rock & Rum 9pm, £2-£4. Rock, indie, alt and pop from Aaron Lillie and Jaivinder. Selected drinks from £1.50.
Saturdays Raise The Roof 10pm. Funk, disco, r’n’b and classics.
COURTYARD
48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”.
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 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.
THE DRAGONFFLI
Crumlin Street, Pontypool. 07756 769141 / thedragonffli.com
Sat 28 Unity 9pm-1am, £/free before 10. House, tech-house and techno from Dave Jones, Oliver Harvey and Greg Baker. This is Unity’s first event in this venue, their previous nights taking place in Cardiff.
THE DUKE
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 21 Hedone 8pm-2am. House and techno residents’ night.
EDDIES
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Sat 7 Rocktheblock 5pm-5.30am, from £18 adv. Giant half-day of rave across four stages. Main stage: Black House and Back To Bassix present Shy FX and Friction. Terrace: HouseWerk and Con7rol present Friend Within and Jacky. Gold Room: Wonkcrafts. Basement: dance classics.
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. Wed 2 Oct has a set from Varski.
Thurs 26 Basshunter 10pm-3am, £5-£10. “This is a sell-out show every year!” chirp the venue, as if begging for the winds to change and grant them some respite from Basshunter. Who is also in Pryzm, Cardiff the day before this.
Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Fri 4 Oct 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 Oct is a UV Rave.
FRONTAL LOBE WAREHOUSE
Unit G, St Catherines Park, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.flwarehouse.co.uk
Sat 7 High Fidelity: The Warehouse Rave 8pm-3am, £12.50 adv. Techno and tech-house from Frankyeffe, Argy, Tekno Tom, Natasha, Jack Coles, Spctrm & 5Am and Mason James & Lewis Frazie.
Fri 4 Oct 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.
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
Sat 21 Huey Morgan’s NYC Block Party 9pm-2am, £14 adv. Radio DJ and Fun Lovin’ Crinimals vocalist plays some of the music he likes.
Fri 27 Make Emo Great Again 10pm-2am, £5 adv. Like ‘Make America Great Again’, the slogan used by Donald Trump in his victorious 2016 election campaign, but a clubnight where they play “all of the emo classics”.
THE GLOBE AT HAY
Newport Street, Hay-On-Wye. 01497 821762 / www.globeathay.org
Sat 14 Reggae Pie 8pm, £5. Hereford-based DJ collective playing stuff from more or less the whole recorded history of Caribbean music.
HANGAR 18
50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv
Sat 7 + Sat 5 Oct Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.
Wed 18 Dance Anthems 10pm-3am, £3 adv. Student night featuring Jonny Griffiths playing house, technoi and trance.
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.
Kongs
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. [email protected] / www.kongsbars.com
Sat 28 Kongs Takeover 003 9pm-3am, £6-£15 adv. This is a co-promotion between Rotary Club, Blue Honey, Groove Theory and Rhythm Project and features Prosumer and Earl Jeffers for the full six hours.
Fri 4 Oct 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.
LABYRINTH
13 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 760680 / www.labyrinthbar.com
Sat 7 Grimecrafts 10pm-2am, free. Billed as a pre-party for Rocktheblock in Eddies (see a few columns left), this features sets by Defects Of The Dock, Raw with OJ, LispyJ and Azzo, DG BOH with Syphr, LRB, MCM and AK, 4K, Sir Dokha and Joel O-P b2b Execute.
LASER STATION
Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www.laserstationwales.com
Sat 21 Summer Sound Clash 6pm-4am. Conspiracy with a night promisiung “sunshine vibes” (reggae, dancehall, jungle, bashment, old skool garage, hip-hop and r’n’b) early on, and “moonlight vibes” (UK garage, house, bassline, afrobeats, drum’n’bass and grime) later. Genre-based distinction between bright and gloomy seems pretty spurious to me.
LE PUBLIC SPACE
High Street, Newport. 01633 221477 / www.lepublicspace.co.uk
Sat 7 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.
LOGIC FESTIVAL
Riverside Caravan Park, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.logicfestival.co.uk
Sat 7 Logic Festival 2019 11am-11pm, £40 adv. Big dance alldayer, previewed in Clubs last month. Lineup like so. Logic Trance Arena: Judge Jules, Scott Project, Bliss, Dave Pearce, Marcella Woods, Nicholson, Argy, Big Al, Jonny Griffiths, Rob Rees, John Hughes and Andrew Butty Davies. Logic Xtra Hard: Darren Styles, Technoboy, Uberdruck, Francesco Zeta, Andy Whitby, MKN, L.E.D, Juice b2b Jason P, Faze 2, Frisky, Ed ET, Odd-S-E b2b Angle Eyes and hosts Wotsee, K-Ner and Skyz. Clubland Arena: Ian Van Dahl, N-Trance, 4 Strings, Flip & Fill, Breeze, Scott Brown, Fallon, Martin Dibble, Rob EJ, Jay P, Chris Miller and hosts MC Keyes and Finchy. 100% Old Skool Arena: Marcella Woods, Greg P, Nicky G, Newmans vs Stiens, Dan T, Justin Thomas, Peters Mobile Disco, John Steffanick, Josh Morgan, D-Vox, Steve John and James Wilding. Chill Out Area: Trixta, Cabreeni, DJ XJ, Wesley Harding, Madame Twisted, J-Tech and DJ Pure.
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.
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]
Wed 11 Electronic Producers Network 7-9pm, free.
Wed 25 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.
Wednesdays (from 25 Sept) Rum & Reggae 10.30pm-2.30am, free. Reggae, dub, ska, hip-hop and jungle.
Thursdays (from 26 Sept) 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.
Fri 27 Urban Dun Differently 6pm, free. Hip-hop showcase.
Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Until 4am, free. Bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between, after bands finish playing.
MUSIQUE BAR & LOUNGE
Market Street, Newport. 01633 533666 / theneon.co.uk/neon-bar-lounge
Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-2am, free. Soul, funk, old skool hip-hop, reggae, house, UK garage, lovers rock etc.
NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF
Cathays Park, Cardiff. 029 2057 3500 / www.museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff
Fri 27 Hush Silent Disco 8pm-12am, £14 adv. Another of these regular events, offering the chance to dance (silently) among the museum’s exhibits. Sold out weeks in advance, as they all do.
OCEAN ARTS CARDIFF
Unit 2, East Moors Business Park, East Moors Rd, Cardiff Bay. 029 2132 0030 / www.oceanartscardiff.co.uk
Fri 6 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.
Sat 14 Project X 8pm-2am, £7 adv. Fusion Events present a night aimed at ages 15+, which I assume means under 18 although it’s not clear. Pretty much every danceable type of music is slated to be played according to the event description anyway.
PEN & WIG
22-24 Stow Hill, Newport. Mon-Thurs 10am-11pm, Fri + Sat 10am-12am, Sun 11am-10.30pm. 01633 666818.
Sat 14 ‘Port Electro 7.30pm-1am, £3 adv. Electro/alternative club night with lots of classic 80s synthpop etc plus a live set from Binomial, who do covers of… classic 80s synthpop.
PENARTH EX-SERVICEMENS CLUB
69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 14 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Further 2019 dates are on Sat 16 Nov and NYE.
PLATFORM 11
High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk
Sun 14 030 6pm-4am, £7-£12. Headlined by George Smeddles, who I don’t know much about but who has one of those bios that reads like a generic writeup about a UK house DJ and they’ve just dropped in his name and a couple of record labels. Also he’s in Swansea on Wed 25 this month.
PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTRE
Herbert Street, Pontardawe. 01792 863722 / www.pontardaweartscentre.com
Sat 21 Upset The Town 7pm-1am, £8/£7 adv. Rhythm & Soul, mod club classics and Latin with Glyn Preece, Dean Read, Malc Beedle, Geoff Twitchen and Mark Taylor.
POPWORLD
96 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm-3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am. 029 2023 5825.
Mondays Pop Rocks 9pm. A night of what they call alternative pop.
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, 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 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
Tue 24 Cardiff Freshers Festival 10pm-3am, £2-£10. Mashup bloke Jaguar Skills plays one of what I imagine will be many freshers’ week nights.
Wed 18 Rak-Su 10pm-3am, £2-£10. Today it’s the turn of these Latin/urban popsters and X Factor alumni.
Wed 25 Basshunter 10pm-3am, £5-£10. It’s the week after but I’m pretty sure it’s still freshers’ week, in the same way happy hour can actually be several hours.
Thurs 19 Freshers UV Rave 10pm-3am, £4. With Nathan Dawes.
Saturdays (from 21 Sept) Agenda 10pm-3am, £5. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff.
Sun 22 Freshers Fest 2019 10pm-3am. With a guest set by Steel Banglez.
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 RED LION
97 Queen Victoria St, Tredegar. 01495 724449
Sat 28 Powercore 7pm-2am, £5. Hardstyle with a lineup that’s mostly TBC right now, in fact only PH has been announced.
REVOLUTION
Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk
Sun 29 Raver Tots 2-4pm, £8-£12. Afternoon club events for babies, toddlers and their parents/guardians, this time on a UK garage tip with The Wideboys.
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.
Wed 25 Shangri-La Swansea Opening 10pm-3am, from £8. House from Mason Maynard (who’s also at Platform 11 in Pontypridd this month) and George Smeddles.
Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night.
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 17 Psychedelic Jungle 10pm-3am, £4/£2. “A magical and mysterious world, where we take you on an exploration of your senses.An immersive experience that will take over your mind, body and soul.” Chinny reckon.
Tue 24 90s Rave 10pm-3am, £4. Dance anthems and glowsticks.
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.
SMALL WORLD THEATRE
Bath House Road, Cardigan. 01239 615952 / smallworld.org.uk
Sat 21 Move On Up 8-11.30pm, £7 adv. Detroit soul, New Orleans funk, West Coast wah-wah, Harlem Shuffle and New York disco from Mr A.
STORY
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. [email protected]
Mondays (from 16 Sept) Quidz 10pm-3am, from £1. Student night in this club which is where Glam used to be and is doing basically the same thing as Glam. Launch night has a guest appearance by Alex From Glasto. Remember that guy?
Fridays (from 13 Sept) Smack. 10pm-3am. Student night across four rooms, poached back from Pryzm who I guess poached it from some other crap student club. Sat 20 is a Frshers Launch Party.
Fridays (from 20 Sept) Antisocial 11pm-4am, £4 adv/£6 VIP. Weekly student night with special guests Official Nancie (Fri 21) and Tom Zanetti (Fri 28, £8-£15).
Sat 21 Level 4 Rooftop Opening Party 4-11pm, £12.50-£17.50. Lineup TBC but it’ll be scoop neck housey housey stuff I daresay.
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.
Thurs 26 Freshers UV Neon Rave 10pm-4am, £5-£12. “Disclaimer to Parents: Children that attend may never want to return home again after this once in a lifetime unforgettable experience!” Pretty sure they shouldn’t be in the venue if they’re children.
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 15 The Cardiff Moving In Silent Disco 10pm-3am, £5 adv. Featuring three channels in one’s headphones, playing cheese, r’n’b and house.
TITAN WAREHOUSE
Titan Road, Cardiff. titanwarehouse.co.uk
Fri 4 Oct 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 Oct 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.
UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Thurs 5 Free Rave 10pm-3am, free before 11.30 with your name tagged on the event page wall. Drum’n’bass all night.
Fri 6 Darth 10pm-4am, £5-£8. Drum’n’bass from Dutta, Raudi TT, Leightdon, Archive, Obsidian, Sour Sounds, Ejay and Omni.
Sat 7 Tukan Techno 10pm-4am, £5 adv/£3 NUS. New night, this being their second in fact, headlined by UK dub techno guy El Choop with Tom Gatley and Innerkey also DJing.
Wed 11 NRG Presents Sub-Liminal Takeover 10pm-3am, from £3. Drum’n’bass from DJ Hybrid, Agro, Raudi TT, ADHD b2b AWOL, Package and MC XL.
Fri 13 Rotary Club 11pm-4am, £5. House, disco and techno with Blue Honey, Groove Theory and Rhythm Project DJs.
Sat 14 Rezonate 10pm-4am, £3-£7. Drum’n’bass from Wilson, llew, Dayo, Esigra, Sam Coady, Aktik, Kalo and hosts Pablow, Supa Darkaz and Mr Mantej.
Wed 18 XL Invites 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass.
Thurs 19 Apex 10pm-4am, House and techno bods who do stuff in south-west England also. This lineup looks to be TBC though.
Fri 20 Helium 10pm-4am, £5. House, techno and disco headlined by Jody Barr of the Last Night On Earth stable.
Sat 21 Junction 10pm. Drum’n’bass with Sl8r and Nuvaman plus more TBC.
Tue 24 Nightshift Productions: Techno Tuesday 10pm-4am, £5/£3 adv. Techno and minimal from Get Funky, Haws and Rotary Club residents, plus James Kimberley and Joe Wallace.
Wed 25 House Party 10pm-3am, £5/free before 11 if registered in advance.
Thurs 26 Summit 10pm-3am, £5/£3 before 11.30. Bass, techno, house and garage from Elianne, BMI, Zonal and Maxwell. Launch night.
Fri 27 Breathe 10pm-4am, £5. House and/or techno from Billie George, Jack Darwin and LÄUFT.
Sat 28 Switch Up 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass, jungle, bassline and UK funky. “Cardiff to Bournemouth we bring the party!”
Fri 4 Oct Spectrum 10pm-4am. Techno from Daniel Waite, Andrew Powell, Iolo, JaMo and J-Tech.
VALE WAREHOUSE
Cambria House, Penarth Road, Cardiff. [email protected]
*Sat 7 Sundown 6pm-3.30am, from £5 adv. Blue Honey and Rotary Club with what they’re calling the last party of the summer. Outdoors earlier on and then inside the warehouse, DJs will include Andy Warphole, Jessie Belters, Brawd, Danny O’Reilly, Adam From Space, Josh Worthy and Jack Siddall.
Fri 27 Canopy 10pm-3am, from £10. Drum’n’bass with Kings Of The Rollers & Inja, DJ Hype & Daddy Earl and Dub Phizix & Strategy.
Sat 28 Good Life Cardiff Disco Festival 4pm-1am, £10-£15. Touring club brand, loosely disco-themed and with lots of extraneous guff like “adult ball pit” and “pop-up cocktail bars”, still the music might be OK. Dan Shake, Romare, Crazy P, Just William, Get Funky, Seb Bliss, Jahmed, Global Sounds and Good Life residents feature.
THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Fri 27 Applebum 11pm-4am, £6-£12. Touring ‘urban’ night aimed at students.
WALKABOUT SWANSEA
Castle Bailey Street, Swansea. 01792 450850 / www.walkaboutbars.co.uk/venues/swansea
Mon 23 Freshers UV Paint Rave 10pm-3am, £3. Drum’n’bass, bassline, house and “commercial” will soundtrack an evenign of getting covered in neon paint among other hijinks.
Sat 28 Classic Anthems 10pm-4am, £3-£7. Featuring a DJ set by Ultrabeat, a live PA by Flip N Fill’s Karen Parry and local discman Big Al.
Wed 2 Oct Loose 9pm-3am, £4/£2. Lauching a new night here every Wednesday across four rooms (chart toppers / r’n’b and urban, plus drum’n’bass / techno, house and disco in the Attic). Young T and Bugsey will both be doing sets here.
WOW BAR
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Gay venue. www.wowbarcardiff.com
Mondays Ida’s Mellow Mondays Free. Music from DJ Chris, hosted by Ida Mann.
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 Capilicious 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 guests artists every week.
