The Phoenix Music Club puts on regular folk and roots events in the city.

The programme is mainly music and song, but accompanied by story-telling, dance and spoken-word performances.

The club also works within communities around Sheffield, getting performers out and about, and encouraging people to share their culture, beliefs and ideas through music, song, dance and story-telling.

The next gig is on Thursday, July 3, at 8pm, at the club's regular venue, Sheffield Companions Club in Barnsley Road, Firvale.

Guests stars include folk band Seize the Day, the funky Balkan-style East Handed and Chechelele, an a capella choir from York.

Bold, beautiful, front-line folk, Seize The Day are a multi-talented band with a unique way of getting their message across with lively, upbeat, music.

East Handed are fronted by singer-guitarist Vesna Panic, who draws on the ancient Yugoslavian folk song repertoire for her inspiration. Her distinctive voice is complemented by the lower tones of Lindsay Aitkenhead's acrobatic viola.

The viola puts the jazz in Balkan music, pulling the strings that move your feet! Meanwhile, a funky bass 'n' drums rhythm section keeps those complex Balkan beats rocking.

Chechelele specialise in world folk music, drawing heavily from Africa and the Balkans.

They sing songs about harvesting and famine, love and death, sickness and war, slavery and emancipation, and women fighting about fish.

Admission is £8, or £5 concessions.

More information at www.phoenixmusicclub.org.uk

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