Vox Night 1st Birthday Special!
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Vox Sheffield in Blog, Events, Vox Night
Vox Night: MONDAY 31st May, 5pm @ The Riverside
Vox Night is ONE! It’s hard to believe, but in May we’ll have been at The Riverside for a whole year. So, to celebrate we’re planning a very special night indeed of the best acoustic music, poetry and art Sheffield has to offer.
Musical luminaries include…
LOUIS ROMÉGOUX – To quote some friends of ours – half France, half Buckley, all Sheffield. Louis has, simply, the best voice in the city. Tender songs of love and loss, accompanied ably with a beautifully restrained guitar style, and sometimes if you’re lucky an accordian or an autoharp too.
“An amazing musical talent … Jeff Buckley with even more romance” – Sandman Magazine
Most of you will already have heard of him, I’m sure. But if you haven’t, listen to some tunes here:
ANDREW DUXFIELD has been a friend of Vox since he played at our first event, and it’s only right that he’s back for our birthday. Bringing exceptional skill on the guitar Andrew is one of Sheffield’s most distinctive blues players.
“A Sheffield master of folk and blues numbers with an exceptional guitar style, bringing a dynamic sensibility rarely heard outside classical playing to a blend of covers and original instrumentals.” – Now Then magazine
http://www.myspace.com/andrewduxfield
Since it’s inception, Vox has proudly championed musicians just emerging on the Sheffield scene that we feel are worthy of putting on a stage – so with that in mind, we’re welcoming MICHAEL NARES to make his Vox debut. More info on him soon.
Our own Ollie Francis will be hosting the spoken word portion of the evening, and as usual, he’s brought together some of the most talented poets in Sheffield to read for you. More details will be posted soon, but to whet your appetites, we already have confirmed:
MATT BLACK, STAN SKINNY, JAMES OPUS and MATT MACATEER. Spectacular!
Vox is very proud of its sister organisation MONKEY BUTLER, who meet weekly (Tuesday nights in the upstairs room at The Riverside, feel free to join them, they’d love to have you. Yes, you!) to be creative with improvised comedy. They were a massive hit when they performed at our comedy special in February, so they’ll be back to set the tone for the evening, and probably make you join in too.
http://www.voxsheffield.com/events/monkey-butler/
AND we’ll be displaying the work of local artists…
AND it’s free…
AND The Riverside has one of the best selection of beers in Sheffield…
AND we support good causes close to home and further away…
AND we might even have a cake. (and maybe a barbecue – TBC)
THIS IS THE IMPORTANT BIT. WE NORMALLY DO VOX ON A SUNDAY. THIS TIME IT IS ON A MONDAY. GOT THAT? A DIFFERENT DAY TO NORMAL. IT’S A BANK HOLIDAY, THOUGH, SO DON’T WORRY, YOU WON’T BE AT WORK. MONDAY, RIGHT? GOOD.
(This is because most of us will be at Land Festival on the Sunday. It looks amazing, has some of Sheffield’s best bands playing, and is really cheap too. Find out about it here: http://landmusicevent.wordpress.com/)
See you on Monday 31st for a prompt start at 5pm!
RSVP to the Facebook event here.
