10 Dec 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Apart from being great musicians and performers, all our guests this month are very lovely people and it’s a real pleasure to welcome them back

Treebeard

Sheffield’s exuberant folk rock band, led by the irrepressible Chris MacMahon, some believe he is an actual wizard, with a loyal band of terrific musicians. It’s always a joyous night, expect a certain amount of dressing up as well as brilliant musicianship.

Plus Gloria Monday of course

your resident Orchestra of Truth

The Promised Land

All proceeds this month will go to The Promised Land, a local mental health charity based on a smallholding, focused on working together on the land and learning practical skills. We are returning to our old practice of supporting a variety of smaller local charities, who really appreciate and can make good use of the relatively modest funds we can raise for them.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

12 Nov 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Apart from being great musicians and performers, all our guests this month are very lovely people and it’s a real pleasure to welcome them back

Lost Kind Words

Always superb performers, their vocal harmonies and emotional expression are outstanding. We always have a special musical evening with Lost Kind Words and of course we always ask them back.

kat drury ash

A lovely singer and songwriter and a strong presence among the Sheffield musicians who get together at sessions around the city. kat will be singing songs from her new album but she also delivers beautiful versions of classic songs. Many will remember her performing here with Tom Chester producing a stunning rendering of ‘Over the Rainbow’.

Plus Gloria Monday of course

your resident Orchestra of Truth

All proceeds this month will go to Sage Sheffield, a local mental health charity focused on growing plants and singing together. We are returning to our old practice of supporting a variety of smaller local charities, who really appreciate and can make good use of the relatively modest funds we can raise for them.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

8 Oct 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Kate Green & Raymond Greenoaken

Two of our oldest music friends, Kate is a terrific singer whether she is interpreting classic folk songs or singing her own compositions. Raymond plays more instruments than we can count, sometimes more than one at a time. Their musicianship and self-effacing charm are always a delight.

Kate and Raymond are going west, quite a long way to Ireland, so we won’t be seeing them in Sheffield so often. This might be your last chance to see them here for quite a while.

Plus your resident Orchestra of Truth, Gloria Monday.

All proceeds this month will go to Men Actually Talking Together (MATT), a mental health charity based at Rotherham Rugby Club and run by one of our staunch supporters, Tony Clabby. We are returning to our old practice of supporting a variety of smaller local charities, who really appreciate and can make good use of the relatively modest funds we can raise for them.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

12 June 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

On the Back Porch + Oranjabanj + Gloria Monday

Bad News and Good News, The Giddy Aunts can’t play this time as planned and they are very sorry they won’t be there, we’ll be hoping to have them in the autumn. But we are very lucky that On the Back Porch are able to stand in, especially as Issy Howie of On the Back Porch is one of Jane Foggin’s previous partners in crime in the Outlaw Sisters.

Issy Howie and Bob Delbridge are old friends of Gloria Monday and it will be great to have their beautiful harmonies and authentic American music to make our evening complete.

And we welcome back Oranjabanj with their very personal and immediate songs, pointful, and charming in equal part. A double treat in store.

Plus your resident Orchestra of Truth, Gloria Monday. All proceeds as usual will go to Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness runs the Sheffield Crisis House, offering 24 hour residential support for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This short term but very focused intensive support can turn around the lives of people experiencing profound difficulties and distress.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

14 May 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Jig for a Kiss + Cold Bones + Gloria Monday

Jig for a Kiss, Chesterfield’s multi-instrumental, multi-talented folk big band always bring the house down, as well as filling our stage with more musicians than any other night. Lively, melodic and varied. Nothing to say really, get your tickets early because it will sell out.

Cold Bones is a Sheffield songwriter with real character, in the tradition of many of the great American singer/songwriters of the late 20th Century His songs and his performances are powerful and always worth attending to

Plus your resident Orchestra of Truth, Gloria Monday. All proceeds as usual will go to Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness runs the Sheffield Crisis House, offering 24 hour residential support for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This short term but very focused intensive support can turn around the lives of people experiencing profound difficulties and distress.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

9 April 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Julia Waldron + Charlie Osguthorpe
+ Gloria Monday

Julia really needs no introduction if you’ve been paying attention to music in Sheffield over the years, she is a wonderfully powerful, soulful singer who writes great songs with a good dollop of both feminism and humour.

She performs as one half of ‘Daisy Daisy’ with the bass player and jazz singer, Nicola Farnham and is the leader of the Orchestrators band performing classic folk roots and Americana. She is also one of the guiding hands of Under the Stars, the project that gets adults with learning disabilities and autism involved with the performing arts. Our fundraiser is a rare chance to see Julia playing solo.

Charlie Osguthorpe is an old friend, he writes very pointful songs with a strong social and political thread but mainly great lyrics performed with a voice of great power and character. He usually leads Mary’s Hammer but this is a chance to hear him solo so maybe we’ll see a more personal side of Charlie.

Plus your resident Orchestra of Truth, Gloria Monday. All proceeds as usual will go to Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness runs the Sheffield Crisis House, offering 24 hour residential support for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This short term but very focused intensive support can turn around the lives of people experiencing profound difficulties and distress.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

12 Mar 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Ordinary Joes + Robyn Wallis-Johnson
+ Gloria Monday

Last year Tom Chester performed a solo set for us, he is a superb musician and it’s always a delight to hear him. He also appeared last autumn as a one man backing orchestra for nel when she charmed us with her beautiful voice and very personal original songs.

So it’s great to welcome him back in a duo with Dave Westbrook, it will be a masterclass.

We met Robyn Wallis-Johnson at the Brampton Sessions Christmas Hootenanny last year and loved the power and character of her performance, She’s a true original and a great singer so it’s excellent to be able to showcase her talent at the Grand Ol’ Bowling Club

Plus your resident Orchestra of Truth, Gloria Monday. All proceeds as usual will go to Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness runs the Sheffield Crisis House, offering 24 hour residential support for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This short term but very focused intensive support can turn around the lives of people experiencing profound difficulties and distress.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:15, music starts at 7:45pm

12 Feb 2026, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Glass Ships
+ Paul Chisnell & Richard Freeman
+ Gloria Monday

Last year Glass Ships helped us out by performing at short notice when we had a change of plan. We had not seen them before but we were blown away by their musical partnership, Great vocals and really excellent playing on guitar & harp, we were so please that of course we’ve asked them back.

Paul Chisnell is a very old friend and a brilliant singer, we’ve shared many stages with him, particularly when he was a member of Ar Faoued, but he also popped up at the Bowling Club a year ago, invited to sing with Treebeard. He has a new partnership with guitarist Richard Freeman and when we heard them playing a collection of classic jazz era songs with great guitar accompaniment. we had to invite them to the Grand Ol’ Bowling Club of course.

Plus your resident Orchestra of Truth, Gloria Monday. All proceeds as usual will go to Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness runs the Sheffield Crisis House, offering 24 hour residential support for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This short term but very focused intensive support can turn around the lives of people experiencing profound difficulties and distress.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

13 Nov 2025, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

Gloria Monday + Nel + Ade Hall

It’s the big night for Gloria Monday, when we are top of our own bill. We are hoping it will also be the launch of our first actual recorded mini-album/EP thing.
For the past two years we have become increasingly noisy and original, it’s been a great refreshment of our shared musical career after ten years of being Break a Leg which was lovely but a bit more sedate.
So we’ll have pointful songs, good time songs and a few old favourite pop songs and we hope you’ll join in.

Plus we’ve invited two special friends to play for you, people whose music we admire and who are just great to be with. Self-effacing Ade Hall, who we’ve been sharing stages with for longer than we can remember and writes terrific songs with strong local roots, and Nel, who is a beautiful singer with great warmth and generosity and one of our new best friends.

Rethink Mental Illness runs the Sheffield Crisis House, offering 24 hour residential support for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This short term but very focused intensive support can turn around the lives of people experiencing profound difficulties and distress.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm

11 Dec 2025, 7:45pm start
Nether Edge Bowling Club

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Treebeard + Gloria Monday

It’s the end of the year, winter is on us and we need to have a party. So of course we have Sheffield’s most popular folk rock ensemble. Expect lots of dressing up, silliness and terrific music, they are a lot of fun but their playing is always sensationally good.

Treebeard’s very genial presiding genius, Chris MacMahon has been with us for longer than most can remember, he’s directly descended from Gandalf, leads ever-popular progressive rock band, Haze, as well as Treebeard, has a very impressive collection of hats and a tail he won in a bet with a lizard. His band lineups have changed over the years but many people feel that the current Treebeard is the best ever.

Plus your resident Orchestra of Truth, Gloria Monday of course. Karen & Chris have been playing together for 11 years but they continue to explore new ideas and invent new songs

Rethink Mental Illness runs the Sheffield Crisis House, offering 24 hour residential support for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This short term but very focused intensive support can turn around the lives of people experiencing profound difficulties and distress.

Tickets £5in advance (£7 on the night if there are any left)
8 Nether Edge Rd, Sheffield S7 1RU
Doors open 7:20, music starts at 7:45pm