10 Feet Tall
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / [email protected]
Fri 1 Afrofusion 9pm. Monthly night of music from Africa, or influenced by same. Fridays Soulection 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Soul, boogie and the like from Blue Honey DJs. Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk, neo-soul and Motown with music from James Morgan-Rees & Alex Moxham. Sundays 10 Feet Tall Industry Night 5pm-3am, free. 50% off all drinks for industry staff with this venue’s Industry card, alongside late-night Blue Honey DJs.
The Arch
11 Commercial Street, Neath. 01639 635377 / www.thearchnightclub.com
Sat 2 Memorex & Solo 10pm-4am, £8-£12. “A wide spectrum of house and techno” is promised from Lauren Lo Sung, Blake Parker, Scott Kerr, Sam Balla, Jason Wilkinson, Sean Morris and JV.
The Attic
5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. www.facebook.com/theatticswansea
Fri 29 Criminal Hype & Friends 6pm-3am, £5-£9. Chunky upfront house from Ke-An, Hotted, Simon (Criminal Hype) and DJ Shaw, who’s on the rooftop terrace from 6-9pm.
Blind Tiger
49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.
Fridays Shake It Off Alternative anthems, pop-punk, hardcore and guilty pleasures. Saturdays Koncept & Friends House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights: Sat 2 J Fader, Sat 9 Illa B, Sat 16 Dubzta, Sat 30 Newport Festival afterparty.
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, £4/£3 before 11.30. 90s r’n’b/hip-hop night. Fri 1 Aperture 10pm-4am, £10 adv/£8 early bird. Monthly drum’n’bass blowout, headlined by the raggatastic Benny Page this month and also featuring Jimanoli b2b Ben Britton, Pablooo, Beeson, ERB and host XL. Fri 8 Heat Summer Sessions 10pm-3am, £5/£3adv. Featuring UK dancehall/garage crossover queen Lady Chann in the top slot. Nice! Fri 29 Hideaway 10pm-4am. Jack J, from Vancouver. headlines with a set of blurry deep house stuff. He might have a very boring name but this could be good. Jack Siddall, WooHa, High For This and Van Pelt alsdo feature. Saturdays Shindig 10pm-4am, £3. Pop, chart, funk and soul from residents over two floors. Drinks deals.
Club Oxygen
1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk
Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, from £5. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy. Saturdays 10pm-6am. Room 1: ED, progressive, big room, electro, deep and house. Room 2: r’n’b, bassline, garage and hip-hop. Plus big name guests TBC. Sat 9 Warehouse 10pm-5am, £10 adv. Featuring longstanding tech-house duo Prok & Fitch as top dogs here. John-E b2b Evs, Teri Simmonds b2b Kieran Lansley, Taz b2b Rob Illing, Vedra b2b Luca and Nicky G b2b Rob Lane are also in room 1, while room 2 coasts Rob Illing, Jamie Bevan and Nicky G.
Clwb Ifor Bach
Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net
Fridays (bottom) Zerox 10.30pm-3am, £4/£3 NUS. A “party jukebox” night. With DJs, though, not an actual jukebox. Fri 1 Journey Free before 11. Regular trance night with a lineup TBC. The venue’s listings say this opens at 11pm, which would make the ‘free before 11’ offer a bit mean. Fri 8 Bullion 11pm-4am, £13/£10. Drum’n’bass night featuring Heist and Serum plus a clutch of local DJs I shouldn’t wonder. Fri 15 Hey Mary Underwater Ball 11pm-4am, £4/£3. Cardiff’s newest alternative gay night serve up riot grrrl, disco, electro, punk, guilty pleasures and whatever you request. This month it’s chosen a sea-based theme, inviting fish-based humour which I am confident will stay within the boundaries of good taste. Fri 29 Time Flies Summer Ball Allnighter 10pm-5am, £20/£15 adv. An afterparty of sorts for Sasha’s appearance in the Tramshed this evening, Time Flies’ latest night of throwbacks boasts Seb Fontaine, Brandon Block, John Kelly, Craig Bartlett, Shane Morris, Footlong DJs and many more. 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. Sat 16 is an unofficial afterparty for the Kaiser Chiefs gig.
Colour Clash Newport
Rodney Parade, Newport. 01633 670690.
Sat 16 Colour Clash 12-11pm, £20 adv/£27.50 VIP. Another of those things where everyone gets coloured powder paint dropped on them. More appealing, in this reporter’s opinion, is the lineup: Krept x Konan, Lethal Bizzle, Danny Jones (McFly) doing a DJ set, Big Narstie, Ultrabeat, Artful Dodger, DJ Cameo, Matt Lissack and a special guest TBC. There’s also a Disco Den stage with DJ sets from Luke Hubba, Luke Oakley, Koncept, Carey, Quadey, Gatesy, Beekay, Lyam Matthew, Owen Kilby and Ryan Howells. See Clubs.
Colour Fest West Wales
Penparc, Cardigan. 01559 370861.
Sat 2 Colour Fest West Wales 12pm-1.30am, £25 adv. Alldayer in the rolling greenery of Ceredigion, with various strains of raveable dance genres on offer. Main stage: Dr Meaker, Slamboree Soundsystem, Utah Saints, Dowsy, Kodia, Asteroid, Fusion Freaks, Daylight and Ape House Music. Bonkers Arena: Hixxy, Dougal, MC Whizzkid, Skoobi, DJ Burn and Chrisy B. Breathe Arena: Kutski, Alex Kidd, Andy Whitby, Mark EG, Cally, Juice, Frisky, Ed ET & DTR, MKN, MC Shocker, Jo9t, Mark M and Deimos. Black House & Subsonic Bass: TC & MC Carasel, Oxide & Neutrino, Annix and more TBC.
Courtyard
48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.
Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”. Fridays The Kickstart / Terrace Session Classic anthems, downstairs, Mr Ifsta plus allstar residents up on the roof terrace. Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays Sunday Sessions DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights.
Dempseys
Castle Street, Cardiff. 029 2023 9253 / www.dempseyscardiff.com
Thursdays (downstairs) Twisted By Design 9.30pm-2am, free. Weekly night along the lines of the Saturday lineups. Fridays (downstairs) Blah Blah Blah 10pm-3am, free. Gary Twisted offers up Motown, indie, rock’n’roll, reggae and “no cheesy pop”. Saturdays 9pm-3am, free. Rock’n’roll, funk, soul, party tunes yadda yadda, selected by Chris PJ Martin.
The Duke
Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892.
Sat 30 Hedone Opening Party 8pm-2am, £5. Underground house and techno from Dean Morgan, Nathan Lazda, JohnE, Evs and Joe Thomas. I think this has been rescheduled from earlier in July.
Eddie’s
4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co
Wednesdays WTF 9pm-2.30am. Drinks deals and the DJing presence of Chris Lee and Wayno. Fridays Stock Exchange 9pm-3am. Toby Ellis and TTD are the DJs as the drinks rise and fall in price according to some pseudo-stock exchange thing, inviting you to be the ‘Wolf Of Quay Street’. Topical reference. Saturdays The Main Event 9pm-3am. Three floors, three DJs, one venue. Amazing but true.
El Rio
19-21 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 765411.
Fri 15 Powerjam 10pm, £5 before 11. Raucous-sounding hard dance bash out west with Andy Whitby, D-Grove, Narcotic Smugglers, Dark Stylerz (Dark Styler b2b Intense), Smart-E, Milsom, Kinky Beats b2b Smith-E and hosted MC Outbreak. Fri 22 Asylum Old Skool Summer Ball Special 10pm-3am, £5. Rave, house, trance and techno from Danny slade, David Jay, Mark M, Obelix, Collycol and Doghouse Al.
Freerotation Electronic Audio/Visual Festival
Baskerville Hall, Hay-On-Wye. Members only event. www.freerotation.com
Fri 8-Sun 10 Freerotation £125 adv (sold out). Back again for ‘16, amazing lineup of house, techno etc as usual, tickets handed out according to a strict member system with a 50/50 male/female split again. Lineup: A Made Up Sound, About Face, Alex Downey, Altern-8, Andrew James Gustav & Gwenan, Batu, Beatroots, Ben UFO, Benjamin Brunn, Bill Kouligas (Pan), Blawan, BMO, Bovill & Murmur, Burnt Friedman, Cabannne, Cary Grace, Christina Wheeler, Cubic Space Collective, Dan Bean, DJ Bone, DJ Spider, Dr Nojoke, Duckett, DVS1, Earthdoctor, Fade 2, Frits Wentink – Grimes Adhesif, Hodge, Ilmajaam, Jakooky, Jane Fitz, Jenifa Mayanja, J-Lab, Jo Johnson, Joe Ellis, Joey Anderson, JuJu & Jordash, Jus Ed, Karenn, Kowton, Laurel Halo, Leif, Magic Mountain High, Mark Hand, McTurk, Midland, Miles Atmospheric, Monoak, Mono-Poly & Osc1899, Move D, Mudkid, Munk, Neel, Objekt, October, Pangaea, Patricia, Pearson Sound, Pender Street Steppers, Peverelist, Reflektor, Reg Williams, Russ Gabriel, Sam Watson, Shackleton, Shanti Celeste, Simon Lynch, Steevio & Suzybee, Steffen Bennemann, Suade Bergemann, Surgeon & Lady Starlight, Sven Weisemann, The Transcendence Orchestra feat. Anthony Child and Daniel Bean, Tom Demac, Tom Ellis, Tripcode, White Peak, Wolf Tech and XDB.
Fuel
5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 07970 063107 / www.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 Full Moon / The Moon Club
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / [email protected]
Thurs 28 Fusion 10pm-3am, £4. House and grime night, more details TBC. Fridays Gigantic Free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae, soul until 3am. Fri 8 Killing Moon 11pm, £4. Night celebrating 80s alternative music. Fri 22 Ultimate Power 11pm-4am, £4. Regular night of power ballads and silliness. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Free. DJ Puddlefunk with bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between. Sat 2 Mumbo Jumbo 11pm-4am. Funk, soul, hip-hop and house night with DJs Tbone, Shaun Llewelyn, Shanti Squire and Mr Styles. Sat 16 Synapse 9pm-3am. Psytrance clubnight.
Glam
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2022 9311 / [email protected]
Mondays The Fest 10pm-3am, £3.50. Two floors of charts, dance and student anthems (room one) and r’n’b, hip-hop, urban and funky (room two). Fridays Smack. 9pm-3am. This night has moved from, er, some other Cardiff club, I can’t be arsed looking up which one. Saturdays Vanity 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed.
Gwdihw
6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk
Fri 1 Signor Funk 9pm-2.30am, £3. Motown, northern soul and funk. Fri 15 Cafe A Go Go 9pm, £5 adv. James Parker, Mark Taylor and Eddie Crole play a vinyl mixture of mod, jazz, R&B, soul, Hammond groove and boogaloo, plus there’s a live set from The Firewalkers. Fri 22 Einbahn & City Bass 9pm-2.30am, £5/£4 adv. Glowing Palms, a nu-disco type producer with ties to Ruf Dug from Manchester, is the guest tonight. Fri 29 Pleasuredome 9pm-2.30am, £5/£3 before 11. Conroy, Deemo and Teoman play the electronic music of the 80s. Sat 2 Blue Honey 9pm, £3. Modern disco, electro, house and boogie. *Sat 9 Sure Shot 9pm, £4. A disco special as Dave Little, Andy Rich, Van Pelt and Miles Day select their favourite Paradise Garage and Larry Levan cuts. Sat 16 Mise En Bouche 9pm. DJing from Gidge and Toclifrench. Sat 30 Hully Gully 9pm, £4. Details TBC. *Sun 31 Delete 1-10pm, £22 adv. Featuring the Welsh debut of Detroit techno ledge Robert Hood and his Floorplan alias, the new album of which I am listening to right now. It rips and so will this alldayer. Matt Owen, Lee Graves, Marc Parsons, Owain Kimber and Midge will help it along too. See Clubs.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939.
Sat 2 Babylon Cardiff Rooftop Party 2-10pm, £15 adv. DJs, cocktails, face painting and an afterparty somewhere. This event happened here last summer as well.
Ladybird
41 St Mary St, Cardiff. 029 2066 5500 / [email protected] / www.ladybirdcardiff.com
Wednesdays Cheeky 10pm-4am, £2. Tickets are £2, drinks (some of them) are £2 and there are two rooms of music. Thursdays Propaganda 10pm-4am, £4. UK-wide indie night’s Cardiff wing. You can tell it’s the Cardiff one becuse they list Stereophonics first on the list of bands likely to be played. Fridays Mi Casa 10pm-4am. House and techno every week, often with some pretty big names. They never announce them in time for these listings though. Saturdays Solution 10pm-4am. A night whose flyer has a big photo of a model in her bra and pants. Sundays Sunday Project 7pm-3am, free with guestlist. Free industry night offers floor fillers and house classics.
The Mackintosh Sports And Social Club
Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. 029 2049 4697 / www.mackintoshsportsclub.org
Sat 9 The Saturday Social 7.30pm-12am. Acid house, new wave, funk, electro and techno from Jake Mercanoglu plus guest DJ Pascal Klein.
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
Fri 1 The Ab Fab Party Sweetie Darling 4pm-3am, £3/free before 10. Celebrating the premiere of the Absolutely Fabulous movie, which “limps to the big screen” in the words of our review this month. Sundays Mary’s Mad Sundays 12pm-1am, free. Cabaret and cocktails with Mary Mac.
Metros
Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www.metroscardiff.com
Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £5. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Fridays Freespirit 9.30pm-3.30am, £3 with flyer before 10.30pm. Drinks promos, no dress code. Rock, punk, metal and alternative beats. Saturdays Cherry Bomb 9.30pm-3.30am. Indie, electroclash (!) and good time rock’n’roll.
Meze Lounge
6 Market Street, Newport. 01633 259144 / www.facebook.com/theloungenewport
Fridays The Friday Night Project Signature cocktails and a selection of retro-centric grooves from the 80s, 90s and 00s. Saturdays Live:Lounge Air guitar anthems and indie classics, along with live bands whose names you can hopefully find in the Live Music listings.
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
Fridays Unfunkinbelievable Half price drinks from 5-10pm. What I find ‘unfunkinbelievable’ is that there’s a club night called ‘Unfunkinbelievable’ in the year 2016. Saturdays ‘Miss’ Behaviour Music, cocktails, party. All these things are found here.
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.
Monkey Bar
13 Castle Street, Swansea. 01792 480822 / www.monkeycafe.co.uk
Wednesdays Drop 10pm-4am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, house, garage, jungle and grime. Fridays Dime 10pm-6am, £5/£3 before 12 or with a Kon Tiki stamp. Hip-hop, grime, house and drum’n’bass. Saturdays Get Busy £3 with a Kon Tiki stamp. Funk, soul, hip-hop, Motown, boogie and party.
Mozarts
Walter Road, Swansea. 01792 649984 / www.mozartsswansea.co.uk
Fri 1 Hip-Drop 8pm-3am. Mod, Stax, reggae and northern soul. Fri 8 Yum Yum Club 8pm-3am. Funk, soul, reggae, disco and hip-hop. Sat 2 Rewind 8pm-2.30am, free before 12. Nineties revival night.
Penarth Ex-Servicemens Club
69 Windsor Rd, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www.penarthexservicemensclub.co.uk
Sat 30 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12.30am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc, at this venue every other month (September and November are still to come).
Popworld
96 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm-3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am. 029 2023 5825.
Mondays Candy Pop Karaoke 9pm, free. Does what it says in the tin I guess. Wednesdays Giggle Free before 12. Student night. Thursdays Poptails. 9pm-3am. Non-stop pop with DJ Lyndon and 2-4-1 cocktails deals. Fridays + Saturdays 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.
Tuesdays Popstar Karaoke 9pm-3am. Karaoke night with a £50 prize. Wednesdays W.H.I.P. 9pm, free before 11. That’s short for What Happens In Popworld. Thursdays T.N.T. 9pm-3am. That’s short for Thirsty Night Thursday. All drinks are £1.50 before 12am, apart from wines, cocktails, champagnes and – oh, Swansea – Rekorderlig. Fridays + Saturdays Ain’t No Party Like A Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4 (Fri)/£3-£5 (Sat).
Pryzm
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www.pryzm.co.uk/cardiff
Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3am. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff. Saturday is in conjunction with Jongleurs comedy club, which also takes place here.
Pulse
3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www.pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue.
Wednesdays Warped 10pm-4am. Join DJ Craig W on a journey through time with the best hits from the last two decades. Fridays Pulsetastic 10pm-5am, £4/£3. With live PAs once a month. 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
Fri 1 Dirtbox 8pm-4am, £5. Hard dance pandemonium and all thanks to… Karlston Khaos, Re-Noise, Rob Davies, D Grove, Cut-Up, Leg3ndz, Emack, The Wikidz (ADHD & Hex), Butty, Percy and hosts K-Ner & Venom. Fri 15 Back 2 The 70s 80s 8pm-1.30am, £5. DJ Scotty is the tune selector for this self-explanatory, if slightly painfully named, nostalgic club night.
Revolution
Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk
Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.
The Robin Hood
16 Severn Grove, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 029 2037 8829 / www.robinhoodbar.co.uk
Sat 2 + Sat 6 Aug Mod For It Free. Every first Saturday of the month, DJ 45 presents an evening of 60s/70s beat, rhythm & blues, soul, ska, 80s/90s Britpop and 2-tone.
Room 112
3-6 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Thurs 9pm-3am, Fri + Sat 10pm-4am. 029 2066 7996 / www.room112.net
Fridays Bedrock 9pm-4am, £10/£5 before 12. R’n’b, hip-hop and dancehall. Saturdays Pillow Talk 9pm-4am, £10. Old skool r’n’b, hip-hop, house and decadent partying is this night’s deal.
The Scene
Plymouth Street, Swansea. [email protected] / www.thesceneclub.co.uk
Fri 1 Shikari Sound System 8pm, £9 adv. The guys from Enter Shikari doing a DJ set. Fri 22 Funktion Tek x Subversion 7.30pm, £7.50 adv. MC Devvo will be appearing earlier on in the evening, as part of what he solemnly promises will be his last ever tour. Later on, underground techno boshers Subversion will host room 2 – specifically, Rage N Tekhead, Bolchi, Suss Twins and George. Sat 2 + Sat 6 Aug Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Sat 30 Delusion 10pm-4am, £10 adv. Seventh birthday night of trance fun with headliners Jordan Suckley and Will Rees, plus Big Al, Rhys Thomas and Callan Christie.
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. 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
Thursdays Thursday Club 10pm, £4. Live music, live DJ and live games. Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, really the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that.
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, now transferred from Revolution. You don’t need NUS to get in though. Fridays Tic Toc 10pm-3am, £4. Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.
Tramshed
Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 0117 9259273 / www.tramshedcardiff.com
Sat 16 RAM Cardiff BBQ 2-11pm, £18 adv. Drum’n’bass stable hits Grangetown for an alldayer. Eat burgers while givin’ it some to Wilkinson (DJ set feat. MC Ad-Apt, Roni Size, Delta Heavy, Spectrasoul and DJ Zinc. MCs: Ad-Apt, Dynamite, 2Shy and SP:MC. Fri 29 Memorex 7pm-12am, £20/£15 adv. Sasha, epic house pioneer nicknamed ‘God’ during an especially giddy point in the 90s, headlines tonight with a three-hour set. Dave Mills, Matt Joy and Neil Young also feature, with Cool House DJs hosting room 2. An afterparty is hosted by Time Flies at Clwb Ifor Bach.
Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com
Fri 1 Groove Theory x Rotary Club 10pm-4am, £3. Cheap night featuring residents from both these promoters. Fri 8 La Fiesta 10pm, £4/£3. Guilty pleasures, commercial hits and traditional Spanish music. Fri 15 Selecta 11pm, £7/£5. Leeson, Onslaught and Woo Ha serve up classic garage and grime. Fri 22 Paranoize 10pm. “Dance music” say the venue listings. Sounds good! Fri 28 Temple 10pm. Monthly drum’n’bass night, lineup TBC as always. Sat 2 Graft x Leftback Records Party 10pm-4am, £5. Deep, house, dub techno and garage al promised from Leftback Records’ Dudley Strangeways and Michael Mclardy, alongside Richie Curran and The Organ Grinder. I really like the flyer for this night. Sat 9 Gangster’s Paradise 11pm, £5/£3 before 11.30. Pre-2010 hip-hop and r’n’b night. Sat 16 Rotary Club 10pm-4am, £5/£3 before 12. Disco, house and boogie with a headline set by Kofi Tarris aka Dave Little. See Clubs. Sat 23 City Bass 10pm-4am. First night in ages, don’t know who’s playing at the time of typing, hope it’s someone fresh and ace and that. Sat 30 Cardiff’s Finest 10pm-4am. House, techno and tech-house.
Unit
Neath Road, Swansea. www.facebook.com/events/1708523832750187
Sat 23 Strictly Techno Warehouse Party 8pm-3am, £14/£12. All you need to know is in the event name, right? Well, that and the fact that Rotterdam technohead Stranger is the special guest, while Luke Winds b2b Matthew Griffin, Blake Parker, Sam Balla b2b Sean Morris, Jason Wilkinson and Nicky Hewitt b2b Lewis Elsey comprise the rest of the lineup.
The Vaults
The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents.com
Sat 2 Vaults Presents 10pm-5am, £13 adv. Drum’n’bass from Fred V & Grafix, Kooley, Ransom, Screwy, Sundance and Coop in room 1. Circle 8 and Sticky Lemons DJs hold down room 2.
Warehouse 54
Cambrian Rd, Newport. 01633 259144 / www.wh54.com
Friday Aloha! Live sessions and drinks deals early on; club classics from residents later. Saturdays Old Skool Saturdays R’n’b, hip-hop and urban classics from Mr Ifsta and others. Sat 16 Summer Reggae Jam Featuring spots for Troy Ellis And His Hail Jamaica band live in session alongside Aleighcia Scott, Carl Bassett, Mista Ifsta, VJ Jordan and special guests.
Wow Bar
4 Churchill Way, Cardiff. Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com
Wednesdays Wish You Were Here Free. Student night with “inflight entertainment” from Lambrini Rampage and Mary Golds, plus music from DJ Krys. Thursdays The Night With No Name Free. DJ Craig and Mary Golds offer “mad games and crazy entertainment.” Fridays The Greatest Show In The City Free b4 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week. Saturdays The VKend Free b4 11. With DJs Craig and Krys. You can get cheap deals in VK. £6.50 for a fishbowl. £6 for a jug of WKD. Settle down now, kids. Sundays The Cuckoo Club Free. DJ Krys plays the tunes until late.