Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for S6 Foodbank Network

Thursday 8 June 2023 | 8pm
Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield

8 Nether Edge Rd, S7 1RU, Doors Open 7:30

LAPWING

We were very disappointed when Lapwing could not play for us recently, but their health is restored and they are back. Ben and Ellen are a new duo but both are very experienced musicians and their vocal harmonies and arrangements are just beautiful. We are really looking forward to hosting them.

MICHELLE LAVERICK

is another of our very old musical friends and we always love having her, This time it’s a bit more special as it will be the Sheffield Launch of her new Album, ‘Songs from a Cold Conservatory’. She is a consummate musician and knows how to hold an audience’s attention without raising her voice.

So a double bill to look forward to, plus your resident orchestra of course

Your resident orchestra will be supporting them. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are we Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares? We just love to play for you.

We are sorry to say that the demand for help from S6 Foodbank Network continues to grow and grow so we’ll be passing the bucket for them again. Please bring money and a generous heart.

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

Doors open 7:30pm. Get there in good time and we won’t keep you sitting around, music starts at 8pm.

If you are unable to come but would like to send us a donation for this month’s charity partner, here’s a link.

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Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for Roundabout Homelessness Charity

Thursday 11 May 2023 | 8pm
Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield

TOP OF THE BILL – LOST KIND WORDS

We are always looking out for musicians that have something special. We met Lost Kind Words a few years ago when we played at the Beeston Oxjam Festival, we saw a lot of performers that day but Jo and Q really stood out. Their energy and musicality was something special.

This is the third time they have played for Break a Leg & Friends. The first time was great and the second was just brilliant. Their exquisite and passionate performances of ‘Dark Country’ music entranced our audience last summer and it’s very exciting to have them back. https://www.facebook.com/LostKindWords

If Dave Mills had been born a few decades earlier he might have been a singer with one of those bands that took people away from their grey lives into a technicolor dance hall dream every weekend. Listening to his delicate performances of those beautiful songs from the era of Rogers and Hart and Al Bowlly is like slipping into a warm musical bath.

Your resident orchestra will be supporting them. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are we Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares? We just love to play for you.

Our Charity Partner this month , like last month, is the Roundabout charity who do wonderful work to help homeless young people in Sheffield get their lives back on track. All income we receive through ticket sales, collection and raffle go to Roundabout.  https://www.roundabouthomeless.org/ 

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

Doors open 7:30pm. Get there in good time and we won’t keep you sitting around, music starts at 8pm.

If you are unable to come but would like to send us a donation for this month’s charity partner, here’s a link.

SOLD OUT – Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for Roundabout Homelessness Charity

Thursday 13 April 2023 | 8pm
Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield

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Ar Faoued are among our oldest musical friends and always bring the house down when they play for us. Moving effortlessly between their own songs, traditional folk songs or songs that everyone wants to join in, their arrangements, musicianship and humour keep the audience engaged right through to the encore.  https://www.facebook.com/arfaoued

Sharpish is an Anglo-Spanish family band playing traditional music from the British Isles France and Spain. The Loreto-Miller family spend many years on the road across Europe growing, learning and playing together before settling in Sheffield. Expect beautiful instrumental arrangements and delicate playing, not your standard jigs and reels thrash!
https://www.facebook.com/SharpishBand

Your resident orchestra will be supporting them. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are we Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares? We just love to play for you.

Our Charity Partner this month and next month is the Roundabout charity who do wonderful work to help homeless young people in Sheffield get their lives back on track. All income we receive through ticket sales, collection and raffle go to Roundabout.  https://www.roundabouthomeless.org/ 

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

Doors open 7:30pm. Get there in good time and we won’t keep you sitting around, music starts at 8pm.

If you are unable to come but would like to send us a donation for this month’s charity partner, here’s a link.

Postponed – Break a Leg & Friends Fundraising for The Lord Mayor’s Charity

New Date to be announced
Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield

The bad weather and illness means we can’t run the event tonight, ticket holders have been notified. We were sold out but there may be a few tickets coming available with the change so if you want to be on the returns list please use the form below. If you are already on the list we haven’t forgotten you.

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This might be our most harmonic Fundraiser yet, with two exquisite duos.

The Pitsmoor Ladies Ukelele Chorale (Caroline Webb and Stacey Almond) are guaranteed to raise some very big smiles and a lot of laughter with their very individual mix of beautiful harmony singing and stories of their exciting lives as students at the prestigious Pitsmoor Conservatoire.

Karen & Chris met Lapwing only recently and were bowled over by their singing and harmony arrangements. We decided straight away that they were just right for us. Ben and Ellen are both experienced musicians but they’ve just started performing together and this is their first proper public performance, so another World Premiere for Break a Leg and Friends.

Your resident orchestra will be supporting them. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are we Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares? We just love to play for you.

This month, by special request of our guest musicians, we are raising funds for the Sheffield Lord Mayor’s Charity. This year’s causes chosen by the Lord Mayor are children’s literacy, women & children fleeing domestic abuse & The Palliative Care Centre at the Northern General Hospital.

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

Doors open 7:30pm. Get there in good time and we won’t keep you sitting around, music starts at 8pm.

If you are unable to come but would like to send us a donation for this month’s charity partner, here’s a link.

SOLD OUT – Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for Sheffield S6 Food Bank Network

Thursday 12 Jan 2023 | 8pm
Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield

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New Year, New Faces. Kootch played for us a while back when they were a duo but Becky and Dean have been joined by Katy Campbell and Ian Tilbrook so we are looking forward to hearing what this new combination have been cooking up.

And we have Becky Dunn, a lovely singer who deserves to be heard more. Plus of course your resident orchestra. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are we Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares? We just love to play for you.

This month again we are raising funds for S6 Food Bank Network which operates at 12 locations across our city. So many people are facing great hardship this winter so we hope you will be generous.

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

Doors open 7:30pm. Get there in good time and we won’t keep you sitting around, music starts at 8pm.

If you are unable to come but would like to send us a donation for this month’s charity partner, here’s a link.

Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for Sheffield S6 Food Bank Network

Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield
Thursday 08 Dec 2022 | 8pm

It’s the Break a Leg end of year celebration. So your resident orchestra will be top of the bill. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are we Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares? We just love to play for you.

We will be supported by two lovely musicians, Bob King, a big favourite with our supporters, and Carol Fieldhouse, somebody new for us but highly recommended by our very good musical friend, Michelle Laverick (who has had to drop out of this one). We are really looking forward to the final event of a great year of live music.

This month we are raising funds for S6 Food Bank Network which operates at 11 locations across our city. So many people are facing great hardship this winter so we hope you will be generous as we approach Christmas.

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

Doors open 7:30pm. Get there in good time and we won’t keep you sitting around, music starts at 8pm.

If you are unable to come but would like to send us a donation for this month’s charity partner, here’s a link.

Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for The Rose Garden Cafe

Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield
Thursday 20 Oct 2022 | 8pm

Bone Cupboard is not your usual folk trio. Charlie Osguthorpe is an irreverent songwriter with an amazing voice, more gravel than a highways department dump truck. He is joined by two great musicians, Dave Markham and Kathy Cookson to produce an infectious mix of songs that will keep you wide awake throughout their set.

As usual there will be a second guest performer so watch this space.

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart. If you are unable to come but would like to send us a donation for this month’s charity partner, here’s a link.

This month we are raising funds for a campaign to rescue the Rose Garden Cafe. The Friends of Graves Park are aiming to get this very popular community resource re-opened after neglect by Sheffield City Council had allowed the building to become dangerous, costing ten people’s jobs.

And of of course your resident orchestra, Break a Leg! will be starting each half of the evening. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are they Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares?

Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for Men Actually Talking Together (MATT)

Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield
Thursday 29 Sept 2022 | 8pm

Two lovely singers returning to delight us, Kate Green (accompanied by Raymond Greenoaken) is a brilliant interpreter of folk songs, Julie Pehl is an award-winning songwriter. It’s great to have them both back.

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

This month we are raising funds for MATT (Men Actually Talking Together) whose slogan is ‘Emotions have no gender, don’t lock yours in the dark.’

And of of course your resident orchestra, Break a Leg! will be starting each half of the evening. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are they Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares?

SOLD OUT Break a Leg! & Friends Fundraising for Sayit Sheffield

Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield
Thursday 16 June 2022 | 8pm

This event is now SOLD OUT and there will not be unreserved tickets available on the door. Also Helen Rice has had an unexpected circumstance and can’t play for us but the music gods are still smiling and the very excellent Katy Ryder is stepping in at short notice. Katy is a lovely singer and part of the three piece band, Lonan, who delighted us back before Covid.

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night if we don’t sell out, usually we do) and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

This month we are raising funds for SAYiT (The Sheena Amos Youth Trust) who support the emotional wellbeing of young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. This year all our events have a strong mental health theme.

Our guests this month:

On the Back Porch (Issy Howie and Bob Delbridge) are masters of Old Time American music, as well as playing a big part in supporting the community of music-makers in Sheffield. Issy is also one third of the Outlaw Sisters and Bob is a key figure in The Bapchilds, regarded by many as Britain’s leading exponents of Honkytonk music.

Helen Rice is Showing Off
Helen writes quirky songs exploring a broad range of themes and reflecting on her experiences as a middle-aged disabled woman who likes bread a bit too much. As well as solo showing off she is a member of Fish Pie Cabaret and performs folk music with Mush Melons. She is very funny and often quite moving.

Unfortunately the PITSMOOR LADIES UKELELE CHORALE have had to pull out as Caroline has had a painful accident. Thanks to Helen for stepping up at short notice and a speedy recovery to Caroline (who is still cracking jokes)

And of of course your resident orchestra, Break a Leg! will be starting each half of the evening. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are they Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares?

Break a Leg & Friends Fundraising for Sage Sheffield

Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield
Thursday 12 May 2022 | 8pm

Tickets are £4 in advance (£5 on the night)
and we will also be doing fundraising activities on the night so bring cash and a generous heart.

Sage Sheffield support people’s mental health by getting them involved in creative practical activity, especially in horticulture and the arts.

We welcome back Jig for a Kiss, an eight piece band full of excitement and musical talent. Last time they played for us they brought the house down so it’s going to be another terrific night.

We are also welcoming Sage’s own singing group, Singing through the Seasons so Sage won’t just be there to raise money for their valuable work but putting something back into the evening as well

And of of course your resident orchestra, Break a Leg! will be starting each half of the evening. Is it Folk Music? Is it Jazz? Are they Sheffield’s smallest Swing Band? Who knows? Who cares?