clubs
and celeb DJ sets. Thursdays
Propaganda 9pm-3am, £3 adv.
UK-wide indie night comes to
Cardiff with special guests on
some weeks. Residents: DJ Dan,
The Postman, Andy Tokyo, Matt
Nelmes and Joshcat. Fridays
Antisocial 9pm-3am. Level 1:
r’n’b, hip-hop and mash-ups
from DJ Sole and DJ Pro. Level
2: house, electro, dubstep and
drum’n’bass from Ian Davies
and DJ Rewire. Saturdays
Vanity 9pm-3am, £5. Two
rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed.
Jaguar Skills is special guest
on Sat 7 (I say special but he is
here about every three months
at least).
Gwdihw
6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff.
029 2039 7933 / www.
gwdihw.co.uk
Thursdays Juxtaposed
11pm, £3. Pop and indie hits
every week. Fri 6 Sure Shot
9pm, £3. Featuring a live set
from The Dirty Gentlemen. Fri
13 Superchango Takeover
9pm, £4. This month, local funk
dudes have a B-boy special.
Fri 20 Blue Honey 9pm, £3.
Funk, disco and soul with a
guest set from Kutmah. Fri 27
Tuxedo Junction 9pm, £3.
New electroswing night. Sat 14
Fat City 9pm, £4. Soul, Latin,
jazz, house, electro, funk and
hip-hop, with a live set from
Anushka – see Clubs for more.
Sat 17 Bustin’ Loose 9pm,
£4. Funk, hip-hop, disco, soul
and Motown with a live set from
Greg Blackman & The Band.
Sat 28 Hully Gully 9pm, £3.
Funk, hip-hop, disco and house
with a guest four-deck set from
Bad Books. Sun 8 Dragon
Era 7.30pm, free. Live electronic music from Welsh acts
Tribal Hooligan, King Rolo and
Stereoripe. Sun 15 Sunday
Best 4pm, £3. Disco, italo and
early house are promised from
this new night, aiming for seasonal Balearic vibes.
Hobo’s
6-10 Queen Street, Bridgend.
www.hobosmusicvenue.com
Fridays + Saturdays
Distorted 10pm-3am, free.
Rock, punk and metal night in
the bar area where punters are
encouraged to make requests.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff.
029 2039 0939.
Sun 1 Babylon Day Party
2-9pm, £10 adv. Following up
their party in The Vulcan last
month, this time we’re in the
city centre with sets by Nick
Saunders - Disco Palace residents, Josh Thomas & Andrew
Watkins, Adam Carey, Luke
Oakley and DJs TBC playing
reggae in the bar. Plus lots
of nice sounding food, face
painting yadda yadda. Sat
14 Teak 5pm-5am. Two-part
bash, the first of which is in
Jacob’s outside car park from
5-11pm and features Eddie C,
Pardon My French and Studio
89 DJs. From 11pm-5am it’s
back indoors for Damiano Von
Eckhert, Owain Kimber b2b
Rikki Humphrey and Seka.
There’s also a Miami Vice
theme, if that sways you either
way.
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 TBC.
Loyal burners of the
trance flame, Escape
in Swansea, have a
marquee booking on
Sat 5 July in the form
of Jack Eye Jones,
Scottish DJ and selfconfessed Tiësto fan.
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 10pm3am, £3/£2. House and urban
vibes from DJ Moses Midas.
Fridays Therapy 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 9pm3am. 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.
Sat 28 Perc Attic Sessions
10pm-6am, £5. Emma Jayne
Smith, Matt Kirke, Paul
Blandford, Owen Kilby, Billy
Jordan and Chris Cain are your
DJs for tonight’s techno/house
hoedown.
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 Meze Rocks!
9pm-4am, £3/£1 before 10.
Main room: rock, indie, electro
and punk. Studio: Visuals/
games and chills. Attic: ska,
punk and reggae. Fridays
Dressed To Kill 10pm-5am.
This two-room club night has
bubblegum punk pop (their,
accurate, words) in the main
room and nu-metal type stuff
in room 2. Saturdays Crash!
10pm-5am, £3-£5. Two rooms
ofindie/dance/alt (main room);
and d’n’b/dubstep/hip-hop/
bass (Attic).
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
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
Wednesdays Swerve 9pm3am. Student night. Fri 6
Faux Pas 10pm-4am, £6/£