Events
What's On at the Showroom Bar
At the Showroom Bar and Café we pride ourselves on the eclectic range of entertainment we provide, from House DJs to Harpists. Please see below all of the regular events scheduled for the forthcoming weeks. This page is regularly updated, or if you would prefer up to date information in your mailbox, please join our e-list.
Jazz on Tuesdays
Every Tuesday 9.00pm - late | free entry
June 10th - The Karen Lake Swing Band
Karen Lake is joined by four horns, piano, bass and drums for a night of songs made famous by Sinatra, Ella and Sarah Vaughan.
June 17th - Digame
Contemporary jazz and original grooves from 5 of the best young musicians from Sheffield and Leeds. With Nick Fletcher (piano), Pete Lyons (tenor sax), Alex Baker (alto sax) Amy Baker (bass) and Johnny Hunter (drums).
June 24th - Nicola Farnon Trio
Sheffield's favourite singer / bass player performs her unique brand of swing with Piero Tucci on piano and Phil Johnson on drums
Settle The Score: Film Trivia Quiz
Thursday nights 7.00pm - late
Film soundtracks from the over-familiar to the ultra-obscure, plus the ultimate movie quiz starting at around 8.30pm.
Friday nights in Showroom Bar:
Diggery Pokery
Friday 6 June
9.00pm - late
Lady J (B-Music), Brother Logic, Vibra and guests delve into the crates to present a fine selection of freak-folk-funk-jazz-disco-soul-rock-reggae-psych-euro-beat-soundtrack vinyl obscurities, oddities and stone cold classics.
Supermodified
Friday 13 June 9.00pm - late
Independent, leftfield, forward-thinking dance music from Sheffield and beyond.
Mondo Psycho Cine Club
Friday 20 June 9.00pm - late
Euro cine and cult movie soundtrack night. Blazing beats and cultrasonic grooves abound!
Friendly Pressure
Friday 27 June 9.00pm - late
Deep jazz, afrobeat and latin rhythms, future soul science & super heavy funk.
Play It As It Lays
8.00pm – 1.00am every Saturday
playing: tropicalia / delta blues / disco / afrobeat / dancehall / krautrock / exotica / post-punk / folk / psychedelia / electro / rap / doo-wop / chamber pop / minimal techno / garage rock / soul / funk / electronica / calypso / gospel / avant rock / balearic
from: detroit / trinidad / berlin / iceland / hawaii / mali / manchester / sao paolo / bergen / paris / tokyo / chicago / glasgow / nyc / nigeria / london / atlanta / montreal / stockholm / puerto rico / cologne / laurel canyon / mississippi / sheffield
Jazz Lunch - Every Sunday
Live Jazz to accompany your Sunday Lunch, served from 12 midday to 6 pm. Performances from approximately 1pm - 3pm.
15th June
Nicola Farnon and Guest
Mainstream vocals, double bass and jazz piano from the Great American Songbook.
22nd June
Chris Walker and Piero Tucci
Jazz standards from two of Sheffield's top players: guitar, piano and saxophone.
29th June
Bill Sutton and Rob Skeet
Lyrical, intimate jazz on piano and sax; Ellington, Cole Porter and Jobim.
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