Sheffield Jazz is a company limited by guarantee and charity run wholly by volunteers and it receives no funding other than some individual charitable donations from a small group of supporters. It began in 1974 as Hurlfield Jazz and since then has showcased leading jazz musicians from the UK, USA and other European countries. It has for some time been…
Sheffield Jazz is looking for more trustees to join us. The key requirements for becoming a trustee are to like jazz and be willing and able to give a few hours each month to the running of Sheffield Jazz. Our current team have mostly been involved with Sheffield Jazz for a number of years, and we are looking for people who want to…
In addition to using this website to get full details of our current programme of gigs you can also find out what’s on by joining our database of supporters. If you haven’t already, then simply contact us at admin@sheffieldjazz.org.uk and we’ll regularly e-mail you details of our forthcoming gigs and ensure you get to know promptly about any changes to…
If you want to grab a meal before a gig at Crookes Social Club, here are some places which are recommended: San Lorenzo (Italian): www.sanlorenzosheffield.co.uk/ Phone: 0114 268 7236 Casanova (Italian): www.casanovasheffield.co.uk/ Phone 0114 698 5866 Paesani (Italian/pizza): www.paesanisheffield.com/ Phone: 0114 3278 241 Indian Chef (Indian): www.indianchefcrookes.co.uk/ Phone: 0114 266 6052 Zara’s (Indian): www.zarasrestaurant.com/ Phone: 0114 266 0097 Jaflong (Indian):…
Would you or your business be interested in sponsoring one of these gigs? The benefits to you would be some reserved seats, a chance for you and your party to meet with the artists, and, if you wish, acknowledgement in our leaflets and website and on the evening. Sheffield Jazz and its audiences would benefit through being able to organise…
We will all have different views about what the appropriate level of overall funding for the Arts should be but the paltry proportion which Jazz receives (which is totally disproportionate to relative audience sizes) and its concentration on London is a scandal. From information compiled by Chris Hodgkins in 2019: Audience sizes According to the Arts Council about 3.4 million…