clubs
Watkins, Adam Carey and Luke
Oakley. Plus food from Viva
Brazil, face painting yadda
yadda.
Koko Gorilaz
Salisbury Road, Cardiff. 029
2034 1767 / www.kokogorilaz.
co.uk
*Fri 22 Catapult Presents
9pm-3am, £8 adv. See Clubs
for more on what should be a
stellar night of old skool jungle
and general early 90s rave
mayhem, courtesy of Uncle
Dugs, Billy Daniel Bunter, Stu
Grady, Kooley, Walshy Selecta
and Lubi J.
Kuku Club
Park Plaza Hotel, Greyfriars
Road, Cardiff. Members’ club.
029 2011 1177 / www.
kukuclub.co.uk
Fridays Kuku is available for
private hire on Friday evenings.
Get in touch with them via
the website if you want to take
advantage of this. Saturdays
10pm-4am, £5/free members
(10pm-1am); £10/£5 members
(after 1am). With DJs as
follows. Sat 2: Killer Tomato;
Sat 9: Jimmy Love; Sat 16:
Faux; Sat 23: Mikey Snooze and
Sat 30: GRL/TLK.
Ladybird
10/11 Mill Lane, Cardiff.
07851 387683 / info@
ladybirdcardiff.com
Mondays Paradiso Project
10pm-3am, £4/£3.50 guestlist.
Presented by Cirque Du
Cardiff. Wednesdays Trace
10pm-3am, £3/£2. House and
urban vibes from DJ Moses
Midas. Fridays Therapy
in those particular stakes.
The Loft in Newport should be
your destination on Sun 24 if
you fancy some reggae jams,
as Love N Harmony Soundz are
hosting a night there featuring
two other guest soundsystems.
9pm-3am, £4 adv. Student night
boasting “cutting edge music
washed down with a concoction
of cheap drinks and inexcusable
behaviour”. Saturdays Voodoo
8pm-3am. Ladybird: House
from Chris Evans plus guest sax
from Mr Saxobeat. Kapu: music
from Yacht Club (DJ Jay Styles
and Owen Shepherd on bongo
brums). Sundays Sunday
Project 7pm-3am, free with
guestlist. Floor fillers and house
classics from DJ Sarah Louise
plus Yacht Club.
Lava Lounge
The Old Brewery Quarter,
Caroline Street, Cardiff. 029
2038 2313.
Fridays Fever Fridays
9pm-3am. Cardiff’s only official
90s and 00s night. Dance to
tunes from the last two decades
with drinks prices to match.
Saturdays 9pm-3am. Our DJ
spins your favourite party tunes
from 70s disco to the most
recent chart toppers. Sundays
Industry Sundays 9pm-4am.
Folks in the bar, club and hotel
industry can come here after
work and party to the selections
of DJs Rhys Lewis and DJ
George.
The Loft
7 Market Street, Newport.
01633 252611.
Sun 24 Love N Harmony
Soundz Summer Jam
10pm, £7/£5 adv. Reggae
bashment featuring the Ecko
Vybz, Lava Rock and Love N
Harmony soundsystems, plus
guest appearances from Da
Fuchaman and Aleighcia Scott.
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
Subversion 9.30pm-3.30am,
£3 with flyer before 10.30pm.
Drinks promos, no dress
code. Rock, punk, metal and
alternative beats. Saturdays
Slacker 9.30pm-3.30am.
Wherein Hywel plays alternative
and new music.
Meze Lounge
Market Street, Newport.
01633 213161.
Wednesdays, Fridays
+ Saturdays The biggest
anthems at Newport’s
alternative insitution. Well, one
of them.
Minskys Show Bar
Cathedral Walk, St David’s
Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023
3128.
Fridays & Saturdays
8pm-1am. Dancing and cabaret
with regular drag acts including
Miss Kitty, Tina Sparkle, Miss
Babs and Jolene Dover.
Mocka Lounge
COOL
Seaz, Swansea, Fri 15 Aug
Admission: free. Info: 07805 464476 / www.
seaz.co.uk
They say that ‘cool’ is a state you have to attain,
and that you can’t just say you’re it, but here
are a bunch of Swansea clubnight promoters
who have ignored that diktat. Having hosted
one of the smaller rooms in Escape from time to
time, as well as nights at this Wind Street spot,
tonight they’re celebrating their first birthday
with a two-room, entirely free entry session.
Headlining the main room is Raptura [pictured],
who you may know better as Cally of hardstyle
DJ duo Cally & Juice. While C&J are playing
their final sets ever about this time, including a
couple of south Wales dates this month, Raptura
is taking his sound in a brash, EDM-influenced
direction. Robbie Jericho features among the
other attractions, while room 2 is headlined by
popular local lady DJ Frisky.
Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat
11am-late. 029 2022 1295 /
www.mockalounge.com
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
Fri 1 Dreams Project
10pm-4am, £5/£3. Drum’n’bass
upstairs from DJ Phyx, R1Xlive,
Bad Habit and Slee. Downstairs
has house and garage. I imagine
Monkey do have other things
taking place this month, but
they’ve gone back to their
default setting of not answering
my emails about such matters.
Oceana
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029
2023 3833 / cardiff@
oceanaclubs.com
Mondays OMG! 9.30pm-3am,
£3.50. Mayhem, games, cheap
drinks, r’n’b, dance, indie, inner
turmoil. Thurs 14 Bonkers
A Level Results Blow Out
10pm-3am, £7/£5. Presented by
some people with the gimleteyed name of Hashtag Cardiff.
Fridays Escape 9pm-3am,
£5.50. Tunes, drinks offers,
party. Saturdays The Sound
Of Saturday 9pm-3am, £8.
Oceana’s premier weekend
night out, just edging out Friday
Oceana
72 The Kingsway, Swansea.
0845 293 2872 / swansea@
oceanaclubs.com
Tuesdays Love Social
10pm-3am, £7.50. Under-18s
night. Fridays Threesome
Fridays 10pm-3am, £2.70.
Chart, party, pop and r’n’b
across three rooms Saturdays
Oceana Rocks 10pm-3am,
£4.50. House, electro and dance
anthems in the main room, plus
pop, chart, party and r’n’b in
the other two.
Odyssey
Wind Street, Swansea. 01792
476476.
Fridays I Love Fridays
10pm-3am, £2 adv. Main room:
r’n’b, chart and dance anthems
from D-Tone. Solitaire Lounge:
r’n’b, bashment, garage, funky
house and more. Saturdays
Rehab vs Kiss 10pm-3am,
£3.50 adv. Main room: r’n’b,
chart and dance anthems from
DJ Richie. Solitaire Lounge:
vocal funky house from Chris
Brown.
The Parrot
32 King Street, Carmarthen