jamesfire

Hello Folks, So, just ten days to go until the charity event of the century!!! Rockin' Against Cancer - The Scholar, Saturday 30th November! A night of great music, raffles, food and general fun all in aid of 2 great local charities!!! The proceeds from the night will be split 50/50 between Weston Park Cancer Charity and St Luke's Hospice. The night will be held at The Scholar on London Road who have very kindly donated their pub for the night for free so huge thanks to them! We now have 4 acts confirmed: Marion Jeffery (Trditional Scottish Folk) Ryan Birch (Acoustic Covers) Pretend Best Friend (Powerpop) Bad Whiskey (Classic Rock Covers) Doors are at 8pm and the music will run to midnight! Entrance is £5 and their will be a raffle, food and other events on over the course of the evening with all proceeds being donated to the good causes. So, why not come down if you have been touched by cancer or just want to give something back or even if you just want a good rockin' night. Let's make this a night to remember! We have a facebook event set up, so why not take a look and let us know you are coming: Hope to see you there!!! James

Hello Folks, So, now we are here with less than a month to go until the exciting Rockin' Against Cancer! We can't wait! All proceeds from the night will be split 50/50 between Weston Park Cancer Charity and St Luke's Hospice. The night will be held at The Scholar on London Road who have very kindly donated their pub for the night for free so huge thanks to them! We now have 3 great bands on including: Pretend Best Friend (PowerPop) Bad Whiskey (Classic Rock Covers) Doors are at 8pm and the music will run to midnight, there is also a late licence until 2am!!!! Entrance is £5 and their will be a raffle, food and other events on over the course of the evening with all proceeds being donated to the good causes. So, why not come down if you have been touched by cancer or just want to give something back or even if you just want a good rockin' night. Let's make this a night to remember! We have a facebook event set up, so why not take a look and let us know you are coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/247716692042553/?ref=22 We also have a virgin money giving site so you can still donate even if you cannot make it: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/rockinagainstcancer Hope to see you there!!! James

Hello Folks, Just wanted to let you know about an event we are organising called Rockin' Against Cancer. We were inspired to set this up following the loss of my Uncle, Sam Kenney who was a great keys player and played in local band Bad Whiskey. We decided what better way to pay tribute to a great man and also raise a whole ton of money for the great charities that helped him than to put on a charity concert! We now have a venue and a date so the time has come to start promoting this and try to turn this into a really huge success and raise a whole ton of money for good causes. All proceeds from the night will be split 50/50 between Weston Park Cancer Charity and St Luke's Hospice. the night will be held at The Scholar on London Road who have very kindly donated their pub for the night for free so huge thanks to them! We have two great bands on: Pretend Best Friend (my new PowerPop band) Bad Whiskey (Sam's band featuring some special guests) Plus other special guests to be announced... Doors are at 8pm and the music will run to midnight Entrance is £5 and their will be a raffle, food and other events on over the course of the evening with all proceeds being donated to the good causes. So, why not come down if you have been touched by cancer or just want to give something back or even if you just want a good rockin' night. Let's make this a night to remember! We have a facebook event set up, so why not take a look and let us know you are coming: https://www.facebook.com/events/247716692042553/?ref=22 Hope to see you there!!! James ---------- Post added 16-10-2013 at 19:40 ---------- We now have even more great stuff confirmed: Excellent acoustic support band from Derby Exclusive event T-Shirts Cupcakes ...and much, much more. So please come along and show your support!

Hi All, I am looking to put on a charity gig for Weston Park in aid of my uncle who recently passed away. He played in bands all his life so this seems like a fitting tribute and a good way to raise funds for a good cause. I am trying to find a venue / function room where we can charge on the door to raise a bit of money that is close to the city centre so people can get to it easily and that is available on Saturday 30th November. If you have a place and may be able to help, please could you give me a call on 07968 228 338 ASAP. Thanks! JJ

Conversation will be interviewed by Paul Gregory on "Sheffield Live! 93.2fm" this Tuesday between 12:00 and 13:00 to help promote the event. Have a listen!!! http://www.sheffieldlive.org

Just a couple of weeks to go folks! Look out for the bands appearing at Jam Nights / Sessions around town armed with flyers promising discounts!!!

Steel City Synthpop 2!!! Following on from huge success of the launch of Steel City Synthpop back in March, we have decided to organise another unique event of Synth-based madness! This night remains the only live Synthpop event in the whole of Sheffield - the home of all things synth. Again, the event will be held at the fabulously intimate Grapes on Trippet Lane and we are hoping for a sell out, building on the incredible response to our first event. We are pleased to announce that the following acts will be making an appearance: "Peachy!" (http://www.myspace.com/peachy1969) are a superb local electro-acoustic band. The band consists of Sarah Peach on lead vocals (occasional guitar) Crash (guitars) and Ant Hutchinson (keyboards). Mixing both retro and contemporary with their own original material, and taking time out from recording new tracks, Peachy's return to the stage is long overdue. Travelling all the way from Hastings/London, "Vile Electrodes" (http://www.myspace.com/vileelectrodes) are a three piece electro band who describe themselves as... "Beautiful noise. High heels on thin ice. Whip cracks on latex. Flickering neon signs. Car crashes on concrete overpasses. Long lashes behind dark glasses." The band line up consists of Anais Neon, Loz Tronic and Martin Swan. After performing at West Street Live on 2nd September, Sheffield welcome their return and prepare to be dazzled once more. Finally, the night's headliners are "Conversation". (http://www.myspace.com/conversationonline) This homegrown two piece Synthpop band have been causing havoc on the Sheffield scene for the last 9 months. With catchy melodies and powerful vocals injecting life and soul into synthetic beats, basslines and bleeps, expect the unexpected! PLUS: Unconfirmed special guest appearances…watch this space!!! Doors are at 8pm. Entry is £4, £3 with a flyer. Official website: www.steelcitysynthpop.com Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=865565044#!/event.php?eid=147202645315863 See you all there! James

Dempsey's is tonight folks!!!

Looking forward to Dempsey's on Thursday! Hope to see you all there, shakin' everything you got!!!

Hi All, Just to let you know that after a few month's away from gigging we have a few dates confirmed in Sheffield and beyond. Hope you can join us! July 29th 2010 - Dempseys - Sheffield. We've been invited to perform at their 10th anniversary party, along with other acts now confirmed, DJ's and burlesque style presentations. Free entry before 10pm. Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=140327295986936 August 21st 2010 - Karma Kafe - Norwich. The event Artifical 01 is a night full of synth based acts, seven in all. Tickets available by advance booking at £3 per person (£10 for four) Official Website: http://www.artificialinfo.co.uk September 1st 2010 - West Street Live - Sheffield. Supporting Alt Track from Bradford Hope to see you all there!!! James

Oooooh! This is tomorrow folks! I can't wait!!!!

Hello All!!! Don't miss this! It looks like it's going to be a corker! We have three fantastic bands and excellent DJs at this special Synthpop edition of the excellent Whip-It event at West Street Live. Thursday June 3rd Doors are at 8pm, party til 1am!!! Lots of ace drink offers all night! The lineup is as follows: MASHEMON (Liverpool) "In 1984 a Texas Instruments Speak and Spell fell into a barrel of radioactive slime before it was dumped into the ocean depths. In 2009 it resurfaced as a bloated behemoth of beepiness and fish heads. If you wanna know more you only have to ask. AND THEN BE CONSUMED" http://www.myspace.com/mashemonmusic LET'S GO AUTO! (Somewhere between the ridiculous and the sublime) "Two musical legends join forces for what promises to be a real synth set to remember...a tour de force of sorts....I'm just not sure what that force is!" CONVERSATION (Sheffield) "This synthpop duo continue the musical tradition of their steel city forefathers..." http://www.myspace.com/conversationonline Link to the Facebook event page is here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=124614324234490 Hope you can all make it!!! James

The West Street Live gig is tonight!!! Hope to see you all there. Doors are at 8pm, Conversation are on at 9.30. It's FREE to get in!!!

Just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came down and made this night a success. We hope to organise another similar event soon. A lovely review of this night can be found here... http://www.counterfeitmag.co.uk/live-reviews/synthpop-comes-home-sheffield-grapes And if you think that sounds good, then come to see Conversation in Sheffield at these great nights: Thursday 22nd April - Lickety Split at West Street Live Tuesday 27th April - The Washington

A preview of the night can be found here: http://www.thesheffieldscenester.co.uk/#/steel-city-synthpop/4539316107 Also, if you want to be the first to hear Conversation's new track Tell Me (I'm the One) then get yourselves down to Synthetic, this Saturday at The Raynor Lounge, Sheffield Uni!!!