333 presents. Ages 18+ £10 adv & booking fee / £12 on the door (card or cash). Noise rock, atonal punk, feedback-laden filth from Tunic, who are on tour with London queercore band Death Goals. Open 5pm-12am (free after the gig).

1pm doors, Ages 18+ £14 adv & booking fee (early purchase recommended as this event is likely to sell out in advance). Alldayer to celebrate 10 years of DIY Cardiff. Live bands all day - punk, emo, indie, hardcore from Wales & beyond. Bar open after til late (free entry after the bands).

7pm 18+ £5 adv + booking fee, £7 on the door. Ready to rock with their first ever gig, fronted by a crab costume-clad vocalist, set to deliver an exciting performance of crab-themed indie rock. The band have put together tonight’s bill of acoustic, synth-punk and high-energy rock artists.

7pm 18+ £tbc. Fundraiser quiz for Peculiar Productions, the Cardiff-centric theatre company with a penchant for Pratchett.

Celebrating Radio Wigwam’s DAB launch including live music from CAITLIN LAVAGNA, THE LOST & FOUND and Wigwam's own MARTYN PETERS. Invitation-only (see event for details of competition for chance of winning invite).

£5 entry, ages 18+. Safe, fun and inclusive disco & social for adults with additional needs (eg learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health conditions). New attendees always welcome.

🪩 5.30pm-8.00pm

7.30pm Ages 18+ Pay What You Can donations. Act Happy present another fundraiser for their chosen charity, Umbrella Cymru.

Bar opens 5pm, live music from 7pm. Ages 18+ £5/donations. Love Music Hate Racism x Stand Up To Racism: Party with a Purpose. ”Following the tradition of Rock against Racism of 1970s, music can be used as a unifying force against attempts by the far right to use racism to divide us. Join us for a celebration of multiculturalism, unity and solidarity” ✊🏾❤️🫂

11pm-3am. Ages 18+ free entry. Dark electronic club night with a futuristic, post-apocalyptic twist.

🍺Bar opens 5pm 🎸Live music 7pm 🎧MK Clubnight til 3am

Bar opens 5pm, gig 7pm-10pm. Ages 18+ Free entry. Showcase of indie rock bands from South Wales. Clubnight after the bands til late.

10.30pm-3am Ages 18+ Pay What You Can entry (card or cash), no-one turned away for lack of funds. Underground dance party mixing hip-hop/grime plus jungle, drum’n’bass & beyond til the early hours. Freshers special (all welcome).

7pm-10.30pm Ages 18+ £10 adv + booking fee / more on the door (card or cash), extra donations also welcome. Fundraiser aiming to spread awareness and raise funds for CALM and Papyrus. The event will feature music from Mercury Calculus, Shlug and Em Koko. The gig will be in memory of our friend and Moon regular Rhion Butcher.

7pm-10.30pm Ages 18+ £10 adv + booking fee, £12 on the door (card or cash). Heavy psychedelic rock band based in Shizuoka, Japan.

7pm-10.45pm. Ages 18+ £4 adv + booking fee, £5 on the door or Pay What You Can (card or cash). HONDDU warp their catchy melodies via a 90s tape machine found in a dumpster. They create a spectrum of exhilarating atmospheres and irresistible melodies using synths, voice and violin. Their music has been compared to Portishead and Kate Bush, with influences including Jenny Hval, PJ Harvey and Broadcast. Part of Cardiff Music City Festival.

Part of Cardiff Music City Festival. 6.30pm-10pm (early show). £4 adv & booking fee, £5 on the door (card or cash) or pay what you can. All-ages show featuring young emerging bands from South Wales - expect rock, grunge, shoegaze & indie. U16s must be accompanied by an adult.

7.30pm Ages 18+ £9 adv + booking fee, £11 on the door (card or cash). Announcement & tickets on sale shortly.

F.H.E.D. presents. Ages 18+ £5 adv + booking fee or Pay What You Can on the door (card or cash). Including chaotic hardcore supersoldiers GOOD COP.

7.30pm Ages 18+ free entry. Balkan ska reggae band - an unorthodox quintet on a mission to enchant the world with their sensational blend of sounds. Bar opens 5pm. DJs after til late.

2pm-4.30pm £5 adv & booking fee, £7 on the door or pay what you can (card or cash). Leeds trio NERVOUS TWITCH bring their short, snappy, savvy songs back to The Moon! Perfectly powerful pop music with a smidge of teenage angst and social commentary, exploring styles from 80s British indie to 90s American alt college rock, while maintaining signature pop sensibilities.

7pm-11pm Ages 18+ Donation entry. Live bands to be announced shortly.

Part of Cardiff Music City Festival. 7.30pm Ages 18+ £4 adv & booking fee, £5 on the door or pay what you can (card or cash). Cardiff-based papaya noon seamlessly blend jazz-infused rnb with intimate vocals and have created a large online community on their socials. Greg Marriott (producer) and Annie Akerman (vocals) have been championed by Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot and Fatman Scoop whom have all shown their appreciation online.

7pm-11pm. New performers always welcome - please sign up to perform at the bar from 7pm, first act starts 7.30pm. Seated event. Ages 18+ free entry.

7.30pm-10pm early finish show. Ages 16+ (please bring ID if you’re 18+ and wish to purchase alcohol). Scruff of the Neck presents. £12 adv + booking fee, more on the door. Indie rock quartet from Manchester

8pm Ages 18+ Free entry. Bar open 5pm ahead of the Iceland v Wales match, then the gig will start shortly after, with DJs after the bands til late. The Empty Page play anxious, noisy music with massive pop hooks, shoegaze-influenced guitars, socially conscious lyrics and punk attitude. Inspired by Sonic Youth, Pixies, Radiohead, L7, Manic Street Preachers, PJ Harvey, IDLES, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd & other outcasts.

Part of Cardiff Music City Festival. 2pm-4pm. Free. All-ages (u16s must be accompanied by an adult). Unreserved seating. Please book free tickets so we have an idea of numbers to expect. We're joined by Huw Stephens & Neil Collins who have both recently released books on music from Wales.

Part of Cardiff Music City Festival, presented by Same But Diff & Verbal Remedy. 6pm-2am. U18s allowed til 9pm. Followed by a free drum’n’bass clubnight after til late (18+).

6pm-10pm 18+ Pay what you can entry, card or cash. Brand new Northern Soul event coming to The Moon every other month!

We’ll be open from 2pm before the football at City Stadium for WALES V MONTENEGRO. Pop over to Womany Street ahead of the game : )

Part of Cardiff Music City Festival. 7pm-10.45pm Ages 18+ Tickets £4 + booking fee, £5 on the door or Pay What You Can (card or cash). Our monthly intimate night of acoustic & folk sounds - this event is part of the Cardiff Music City Festival progarmme.

7.30pm-10.45pm Ages 18+ Early bird tickets £5, £6 adv & booking fee, £7 on the door (card or cash). Shimmering, no-wave pop from blastbeat drums, glittery keyboard loops & ethereal bubblegum vocals - laced with velvet and firecrackers. Blending rap & pop vocals with hard, industrial textured beats reminiscent of no wave acts such as Ike Yard, with the avant-garde tension of bands like The Locust and Melt-Banana.

7pm-10pm Ages 18+ Wilding Promotions presents. Tickets £5 adv + booking fee, more on the door (card or cash). Alternative Against Cancer returns with its fourth instalment after raising over £1K for Cancer Research UK this summer. Wilding Promotions’ popular fundraising effort will feature the headlong HERTZ with special guests James Kennedy & The Underdogs, Odessa & We Are Zero.

7.30pm-10.30pm, Ages 18+, Tickets released soon. JENNA KEARNS is a disabled singer/songwriter from South Wales. Writing since she was a teenager, Jenna’s songs have grown in strength and maturity over the years due to life events. Including songs like 'Time Has Passed', ‘Thank You’ and ‘Better’ exploring many themes such as friendships, betrayal, mental health and trauma.

7pm-11pm Ages 18+ £10 adv + booking fee / more on the door. Live Nation presents. 2-piece psych alt rock band from Edinburgh.

11pm-3am. Ages 18+ free entry. Dark electronic club night with a futuristic, post-apocalyptic twist.🍺Bar opens 5pm 🎸Live music 7pm 🎧MK Clubnight til 3am

11am-4pm Free. Cardiff’s only alternative & goth market has now expanded due to huge demand to The Moon as well Fuel next door! All-ages, u16s must be accompanied by an adult.

7pm-10.30pm 333 presents. Ages 18+ Free show.Bar open after til late. Noise rock shoe-gazers NOVA SCOTIA celebrate the release of their new song "Teething" with a big free entry party

"Due to unfortunate circumstances that prevent the band from traveling to the UK, The Split Squad must cancel their planned October tour. The band was looking forward to seeing all of our UK friends this fall, but circumstances will not presently allow it. We hope to reschedule sometime in 2025”.

We have asked all ticket sites to refund ticketholders.

£5 entry, ages 18+. Safe, fun and inclusive disco & social for adults with additional needs (eg learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health conditions). New attendees always welcome.

🪩 5.30pm-8.00pm

7.30pm-11pm. Scruff Of The Neck & friends in association with Magnificent Agency present. Ages 18+ £12.50 adv +booking fee, more on the door. Tickets on sale Fri 7th 10am. Indie rock’n’roll band - already hailed by label owner & mentor Alan McGee as “one of the great Scottish bands”, Shambolics are a fervently ambitious outfit from Scotland ready to take on the World.

7pm-10.45pm Ages 18+. Indie pop band CUD were critically acclaimed throughout their career, supported the Pixies and recorded sessions with John Peel. Despite this, CUD never broke through to a mainstream UK record-buying audience and remain as one of the most underrated bands from the British music scene in the last 20 years. CUD disbanded in 1995 and reformed in 2006. "Sexy rhythms and memorable sparky lyrics. The music press hated them, the fan’s couldn’t get enough of em!"

7.30pm Ages 18+ Blowout presents. Tickets £12.50 adv + booking fee, more on the door. SUGAR HORSE are riding high following the release of their storied collaborative EP Waterloo Teeth, which features members of Heriot, Conjurer, IDLES, Biffy Clyro & more.

Bar opens 5pm, live music 7pm-10.45pm, DJs after til 3am. 333 presents. Ages 18+ £6 adv & booking fee, more on the door (card or cash). Bristol-based Brummies making synth punk music.

7-10pm Ages 18+ Early bird tickets £7 + booking fee, £8 adv / £10 on the door (card or cash). Post-garage-punk and psychedelic power pop anomaly Chemtrails play danceable and rhythms, fuzzy guitars with playfully sinister melodies.

7pm-11pm. New performers always welcome - please sign up to perform at the bar from 7pm, first act starts 7.30pm. Seated event. Ages 18+ free entry.

7pm-10pm Ages 14+ £10 adv + booking fee, more on the door. Metropolis Music & This Feeling present. Trampolene lead singer/guitarist Jack Jones’ debut album comes out 20th September on Pete Doherty’s label Strap Originals.

7-10pm Ages 18+ £5 adv + booking fee, £7 on the door or Pay What You Can (card or cash). Ellis Jones has played music as TRUST FUND since 2012, releasing four albums that range from lo-fi bedroom pop to full-band indie rock. His songs have been critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and The Guardian, and endorsed by Frank Ocean's Blonded Radio. Trust Fund have played extensively in the UK & EU, including tours supporting MITSKI, FRANKIE COSMOS and LOS CAMPESINOS!

7pm-10.30pm 18+ £4 entry (card/cash). Our intimate night of acoustic & folk sounds. Unreserved seating and standing. Line up announced shortly.

7-10pm Ages 14+ Tickets available now £12+booking fee
Cameron returns to UK venues for his Autumn Tour.

7pm-10pm early show £15 adv & booking fee / £17 on the door (card or cash). “One of the finest guitarists of his generation, his soaring vocal range and propensity for epic song place him somewhere between Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley" Mojo.

5.30pm-8pm. £5 entry (card or cash), ages 18+. Safe, fun and inclusive disco & social for adults with additional needs (eg learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health conditions). New attendees always welcome.

7pm-11pm. New performers always welcome - please sign up to perform at the bar from 7pm, first act starts 7.30pm. Seated event. Ages 18+ free entry.

7pm-10.30pm 18+ £4 entry (card/cash). Our intimate night of acoustic & folk sounds. Unreserved seating and standing. Line up announced shortly.

Ages 18+ £7 adv & booking fee, £8 on the door (card or cash) & more donations welcome with profits going to Crisis. Hue and Amelia from the Pooh Sticks, plus Rob, Bob and Ian from other places. Mis-Shapes free indie disco after playing indie pop, Britpop & alternative classics til late.

7pm-11pm. New performers always welcome - please sign up to perform at the bar from 7pm, first act starts 7.30pm. Seated event. Ages 18+ free entry.

5.30pm-8pm. £5 entry (card or cash), ages 18+. Safe, fun and inclusive disco & social for adults with additional needs (eg learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health conditions). New attendees always welcome.

7-10pm All-ages £17.50 adv & booking fee - pre-booking recommended as past shows have sold out. U16s must be accompanied by an adult. “When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert” - Kurt Cobain