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It's a great shame the Juju club appears to be no longer happening in Sheffield. It was one of my favourite nights out because it was good value for money and whether or not you knew the band that was performing they were always guaranteed to be excellent and you was always guaranteed a fun and inspiring night out. The JuJu club helped open my mind up to lots of styles of music. There seems to be no other organisation that's promoting roots bands in Sheffield these days so myself and some friends have formed the group Roots Up North and we plan to host bi-monthly live roots music nights in Sheffield starting with festival favourites Tarantism on the 25th October supported by Fishfish (trio spawned out of Sheffield's ever popular ska legends Bison). Tickets are £6 / £5 and can be purchased from Jack's Records. For more info see the following links:- rootsupnorth.org facebook.com/group.php?gid=27950251053&ref=ts facebook.com/event.php?eid=29162645856

Yes I know Bob Worm and he does have a lot of experience in organising festivals but let's see how much he's researched about highland flings. I imagine he's just going to keep the Sheffield fling running smoothly in the false tradition that it always has.

What is it with Sheffield city council, why can't they do anything properly? They have always failed in previous years to put on a proper highland fling, last year they at least made a bit of an effort to hire a couple of experienced pipers and highland games. This year I'm told there is going to be neither although I'm not sure about the highland games (but they're not advertising them). It also appears that the event has been put in the hands of Green City Action. These guys organise multicultural hippie festivals like the Burngreave festival! They do a semi decent job of it but what on earth do they know about organising highland flings? All they've said to sell it this year is it's going to be the best one yet? Well what else can they say, they're adding nothing new. It's all about the same old traders! There are two large highland flings in Derbyshire, the Ashbourne Highland Gathering and The Chatsworth Country fair. The Sheffield City Council should look to these gatherings and learn a thing or two because they put our fling to shame. A highland fling is never just about falconry displays, cattle shows, showing off dogs and horses, nor is it just about a marquee full of people selling anything but Scottish related goods. It's about mass pipe band competitions, solo piping competitions, highland dancing, ceilidh's and proper well organised highland games. Take it from someone whose spent 5 years competing in them all across the country and Scotland. We have the land, we have the money (especially now that they're getting away with charging people to get into this con of an event) so why the hell can't we get professional organisers on board to give Sheffield a proper highland gathering and something that can match or give Ashbourne and Chatsworth a run for it's money. At the moment the fling is nothing more than an embarrassment to Scotland. See the following websites for the Ashbourne highland gathering:- ashbournegathering.com

Felt it in Stocksbridge, was playing Guitar Hero and thought either that's an earthquake or neighbours getting seriously ****** off!!!!!

Yeah best gig I've seen em do yet. Shame about the ****ty Leadmill sound system but non the less awesome gig and brutal mosh pit! Thought the Briggs rocked too, would like to see more of them. If there's anyone out there wanting to do stuff like the Dropkicks I'm probably the only bagpiper in Sheffield or even Yorkshire gagging for it! So get in touch if you're interested. Just realised this post is for their gig in 2005 and therefore several years old! Duh!!!!!