Emporium, Cardiff

Pigtails, long socks and trainers. I never thought I would find it fun to wear school uniform, but when my friend came to stay with me at uni we decided to go to a school disco club night at The Emporium, which is on the High Street in the centre of Cardiff, opposite pizza hut. The school disco is every Tuesday night, and is called Hoochie Koochie. We felt a bit self-concious walking round the streets in school uniform and we got a lot of strange looks and a few comments. I was actually quite worried that I would get asked for ID as I'm quite small as it is and what with my drawn on freckles I ... more

I find it hard to find a satisfactory conclusion regarding the Emporium. I went there to see Paul Van Dyk back in February and didnt have the best of nights to say the least. Don't get me wrong, the club regularly attracts top name DJ's and with regular stints from the TIME FLIES team the club is definitely good in that respect. They layout however was a problem, with a very narrow, cramped dance floor and no air conditioning leaving you soaked in sweat by the end of the night, and most of it doesnt even belong to you. I swear there was sweat dripping off the sealing onto people, which left me ... more