clubs
Anniversary New Year’s
Spectacular 9pm-4am, £5
adv. It’s just over 10 years
since Bogiez started doing club
nights, and although they’ve
recently lost their venue,
Cardiff’s metal ambassadors
have booked The Globe for a
night of “ass kicking rock,” for
which they’d like you to wear
fancy dress. Fri 31 Jan Time
Flies 20th Birthday Party
9pm-3am, £18 adv/£15 early
bird. See Clubs for more on
this lineup – X-Press 2, Graeme
Park, Craig Bartlett, Dave
Jones, Shane Morris, Footlong
DJs and Jason King – as well as
a chat about TF’s two decades
in the game.
Gwdihw
6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff.
029 2039 7933 / www.
gwdihw.co.uk
Tue 31 Gwdihw New Year’s
Eve Extravaganza 9pm. DJs
include Jay and Chizol, there’s
a live band TBC and champagne and snacks will be available to drink and throw around
respectively. Thursdays
Juxtaposed 11pm, £3. Pop and
indie hits every week. Thurs 26
Delete Residents Party 8pm,
£5. Local techno and house
badmen invite you to dance off
those turkey sandwiches [closes
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Cliches]. Fri 6 + Fri 3 Jan
Sure Shot 9pm, £3. Funk, soul
and boogie night, featuring a
live set from Redlox & Fatneck
feat. Oort Kuiper in Dec. Fri
20 + Fri 17 Jan Devils Gun
10pm, £3. Funk, disco and soul
from DJ Veto, plus special guest
Bill Brewster in December.
Fri 27 Signor Funk 9pm,
free. Funk, northern soul and
disco. Fri 31 Jan Cafe A Go
Go 9pm. Mod, northern soul,
rhythm’n’blues and ska. Sat 7
+ Sat 4 Jan Juju Nations
9pm, £3. Funk, reggae, Afrobeat
and the like with special guest
DJ Rackabeat in Dec. Sat 14
+ Sat 11 Jan Fat City 9pm,
£3. Soul, Latin, jazz, house,
electro, funk and hip-hop,
with live sets from King Porter
Stomp in December; Soul
Strutters in January. Sat 21
Superchango Takeover 9pm,
£3 adv. Featuring a live set from
Suiperchango themselves. Sat
18 Jan Bustin’ Loose 9pm.
Featuring a live set by Captain
Accident & The Disasters. Sat
25 Jan Hully Gully 9pm, £3.
Funk, hip-hop, disco and house.
Hobo’s
6-10 Queen Street, Bridgend.
www.hobosmusicvenue.com
Thursdays Smashdown 9pm3am, free. A night “dedicated to
pure metal,” examples of which,
say Hobos, include Pantera,
Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax,
Mastodon and Slipknot. Offers
on shots and Jagerbombs.
Fridays + Saturdays
Distorted 10pm-3am, free.
Rock, punk and metal night in
the bar area where punters are
encouraged to make requests.
Kama Lounge
50 Cambrian Road, Newport.
01633 243500.
Wednesdays Pounded Indie
dance to deep house, courtesy
of Alex T Woodville. Fridays
Bits And Pieces DJ Slider
presents retro sounds remixed,
from soul to swing. Saturdays
NPclubhop Hip-hop and party
classics.
Koko Gorilaz
Salisbury Road, Cardiff. 029
2034 1767 / www.kokogorilaz.
co.uk
Fri 6 + Sat 14 Interplate
7pm-12am, free. Local dub/
step/steppas/roots reggae folks
with two nights of local talent.
Fri 6 has guest DJs from Fat
City, while Sat 14 has Exlo
(Good Vibe Tribe). Interplate
residents Shear and Sir Alin
will DJ at both. Held in the
downstairs bar. Sat 7 Abyssal
Audio & Firewire 10pm, £8.
Dubstep tearout taking you
all the way back to 2007 or so,
style-wise. Kaiju and Beezy
are the out-of-town guests;
Nanobyte and Sovex come from
local climes.
Kuku Club
Park Plaza Hotel, Greyfriars
Road, Cardiff. Members’ club.
029 2011 1177 / www.
kukuclub.co.uk
Thurs 12 + 19 Christmas
Party Night 9pm-1am. Killer
Tom plays a wide range of
music from hip-hop through to
drum’n’bass, 80s, garage, funk
plus anything that gets the party
started. Fridays Fri 6: Andy
Rackham (12-5pm and 9pm1am); Fri 13: Andy Rackham
(12-5pm), Jimmy Love (9pm1am); Fri 20: Andy Rackham
(12-5pm), Emil Macc (9pm1am). Saturdays 10pm-4am.
Sat 7 + 14: DJ Emil Macc; Sat
21: Sugar & Spice Christmnas
party.
Ladybird
10/11 Mill Lane, Cardiff.
07851 387683 / info@
ladybirdcardiff.com
Mondays Paradiso Project
10pm-3am, £4/£3.50 guestlist.
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