Come join us at The Riverside on the last Sunday of the month for another night of music, spoken word, live performance and visual art.

Our musical headliner this month is the inimitable ANDREW CLEGG. Cubanas regular, Andrew is Sheffield’s finest Latin guitarist, providing perfect music for a relaxed summer’s evening.

“Fantastic guitar playing. A rare talent, not to be missed.” – Yorkshire Post

Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/andrewcleggguitar

Alongside this, DAVID HAGUE and TIM RALPHS from Sheffield Storyforge will be entertaining us with fantasies of wonder and magic; be sure to bring along your wizened staff and travelling cloak. Storyforge is a monthly tale-telling open-mic night held at The Fat Cat on the third Tuesday of the month. Make sure to ‘like’ the VOX facebook group to keep up to date with this and other creative events happening in Sheffield.

Back by popular demand, we are also very lucky to have our very own MONKEY BUTLER returning with another improvisation set. Make sure to bring your ideas for settings and situations to have them act out live and unrehearsed on stage!

As if we didn’t have enough already, Sheffield Photographer ALICE BAILEY will be displaying and selling some of her latest photos from the local area.

This month we’ve even got ourselves into the Olympic 2012 Weekend programme, so be prepared to come along and join in with not only Monkey Butler, but also some of our charity awareness work; it’s well worth a look.

PLUS the usual good beer, company and surroundings that we have come to expect from our wonderful hosts at The Riverside.

Why on earth would you want to miss it?

So, lets try another one! We’ll be meeting on Wednesday 14th July, 7-8.30pm at Crucible Corner to chat about ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo‘ by Stieg Larsson. There aren’t any library copies so we’ll need to find it ourselves. We had some ideas for future books. If anyone has any suggestions, just email them to me.

I look forward to seeing you on 14th July! Happy reading!

Rachel
rachel@voxsheffield.com

We’ll be discussing ‘What I Talk About When I Talk About Running‘ by Haruki Murakami.

We have 10 reading group copies from the library if you’d like to borrow one. Just email Rachel.

They’ll be more information up shortly about the venue, we meet at 7pm though.

“The Peace in the Park festival promotes peace and understanding by bringing together communities through artistic, musical and vocal expression. Peace in the Park is organised by a group of artists, musicians, students, events organisers and other everyday Sheffield folk, working together in a not for profit collective.

The 2010 festival is set to go ahead on Saturday 12th June, and will be the seventh Peace in the Park, which each year collects money for nominated good causes. The festival is funded by money raised in advance, so look out for these fundraisers to help make the festival happen, and have a good old knees up too!” (Taken from the www.peaceinthepark.org.uk)

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:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Louis-Romegoux/7685592001?ref=ts#!/pages/Louis-Romegoux/7685592001?v=info&ref=ts

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.

Musical headliners this month are THE CRANKS. One of our favourite bands in Sheffield, their foot stomping brand of folk is sure to make you move. They were tremendous when they performed for us in October, we’re very excited to have them back.

Don’t take our word for it, listen here: http://www.myspace.com/thecranksinsheffield

Plus, we’re also very pleased to be welcoming back W.P.K. WILLIAMS. Pretty new to the Sheffield scene, he performed a stunning debut show at Vox in January and we’ve been keen to get him back ever since. With delicate songs reminiscent of Kings Of Convenience or Joy Zipper, this will be a good show.

Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/abstraccas

Spoken word this month includes poetry by DAVID GREEN and the next installment of The Cloud Girl, by our own OLLIE FRANCIS: Frederick The Unhappy Wax Crayon.

Plus:

Work by local artists on the walls
Beautiful riverside location
Tremendous range of beer
Supporting local, national and international charities

AND it’s FREE!

See you on the 25th.

RSVP to the Facebook event here.

From Rachel:

Here’s the latest about next month’s book club.

The plan is to read “Killing the Beasts” by Chris Simms who is doing a ‘meet the author’ event at the Central Library on Wednesday 12th May 6pm-7.30pm. We thought those of us who can make it can go to the event (£2 including refreshments) and meet to chat afterwards at the Crucible Corner just after 7.30pm (Bar opposite the Crucible – think that’s what it’s called – used to be Ruskins!).

To get a copy of the book, it is stocked in Waterstones or you can search for a used copy on Amazon for not much money. Click here to go to the Amazon page. It’s a crime thriller and reviews say it’s a page-turner!

I’ll be going to the Central library tomorrow afternoon to get tickets. If you haven’t already let me know that you want one, email me by tomorrow afternoon and I’ll get you one. Alternatively call the Central Library on 0114 2734727.

If you want to come but haven’t been before, let me know and I can arrange to meet you beforehand. I’m excited about our evening out and we’ve got time to think of amazing questions to ask the author! Email me with any questions/suggestions.

Hi everyone!

April’s book club is next Wednesday (7th April)! We’ll be meeting at the Lounge Bar on West Street (which is a change of venue from our usual place – we’ll see how it goes!). We’ll be chatting about ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ by Sue Monk Kidd. We start at 7pm and are usually finished by 8.30pm.

For our May book we thought we’d match it to Central Library’s ‘Meet the Author’ event with Chris Simms. His book is called ‘Outside the White Lines’ and is a crime novel. He was named by Waterstones as one of their “25 Authors for the Future”. The book is available on Amazon from various sellers from £2.75. The Meet the Author event is on Wednesday 12th May 6-7.30pm and we can do book club the Wednesday before or the same night meeting afterwards? What do people think?

Feel free to email me with any questions or ideas. Hopefully see most of you next Wednesday at the Lounge Bar,

Rachel

This also now includes everything that you need to know about how to get in touch if you’re an artist or performer who is interested in performing at a future Vox Night.

Make sure you check it out.

Come and enjoy a relaxed Sunday afternoon with friends, drinks and good entertainment (including Carl Woodford and Captives On The Carousel). Full details are available here.

Our monthly Vox Night is always a night to remember and this month is looking no different. Don’t miss it.

Find out more about the Vox Night here.