Nope, all you need to do now is turn up! We will email you a few weeks before the event with any last minute information, but you just need to come to Crookes Social Club for registration on Saturday 22nd March 2025 between 9.30-10.00 am. Please don't arrive before 9.30am, we won't be ready for you! 

You should receive a confirmation email within a few days of booking your ticket - if you haven't, please check your spam/junk folder and check whether the payment has been taken from your card. If there is any problem with payment or confirmation email please contact us.

You've probably spotted that we only do two types of ticket - full festival, or Saturday half day. Full festival tickets give you access to every part of the event, Saturday half day tickets are aimed at those who prefer to just come to concerts and singarounds. That's because while we can fit a lot of people in to the concerts, there is a limit on the capacity for workshops and that's the same for both days, so a lower price Saturday only ticket would reduce capacity for Sunday too (we think there would be less demand for a Sunday only ticket).

We hope you'll agree though that £60 for the whole weekend is a bit of a bargain, so if you can only attend on Saturday but want workshops and therefore want a full festival ticket, you're still getting a lot for your money.

You will need to arrange your own accommodation as that is not covered by the ticket price. Since Crookes Social Club is located in a busy part of Sheffield not too far from the University of Sheffield and several major hospitals etc there are choices to suit most budgets - hotels, bed & breakfasts, AirB&Bs etc. We recommend not leaving it til the last minute to book something suitable for your needs.

Crookes Social Club has a smallish car park but there are lots of parking on the streets surrounding the Club.

There will be limited Motorhome/campervan parking available at the venue - please email us to reserve your space.

Please note that the building will be locked overnight.

Crookes is well served by the 52/52A bus route to/from the city centre. You can plan your journey using https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/

The Club do not do food but they kindly allow you to bring your own, either from home or shop/takeaway.

Crookes High Street is very close and has many shops, cafes, pubs and takeaways. There will be time between workshops/concerts to go off and eat.

The Club do serve tea and coffee, and bar snacks such as crisps/nuts.

No, please don't, as Crookes Social Club has its own bar and is very reasonably priced.

While you are welcome to bring your own food into the Club, there are no facilities for heating it or washing up, and no crockery or cutlery. Please bring everything you need with you and ensure you take it all home again afterwards. Thanks.

Crookes Social Club has step-free access throughout. There is a disabled toilet.

Although you may be invited to stand some of the time during workshops if you wish, you can take part sitting down as much as you need to.

While assistance dogs are welcome, we respectfully request that you don't bring any other dogs (or other animals, for that matter!)

Not at all - the social club is well equipped with chairs, tables and bench seating.

The festival has sole use of the main hall, but the bar may be open to the public at certain points so please be aware that there may be non-festival people in the building at various times.

See above on this page for an overview. A detailed timetable will be made available a few weeks before the event.

Workshops last an hour with half hour breaks in between, and anybody who needs to duck out during a workshop, concert or session is free to move around as needed - we are sure you'll keep disruption to a minimum.

That depends on who is running it! Melrose Quartet will be teaching a song in parts and exploring their approach to harmony, and Jess Arrowsmith will be looking at different practical ways to improvise harmonies of your own. What Narthen, Culverake and Marilla teach will be up to them! 

Each morning there are two workshop time slots, in two different rooms, i.e. four different workshops in all. Each band/workshop leader will deliver the same material two days running. When you register you'll pick either the Main Hall or the Bar, and we'd like you to stick with that location for both workshops on both days so that you will get to take part in all four sessions. (Those who are later to register may get assigned to one location or the other if one is already full, but don't worry, the rooms are next to each other and there will be plenty of space for all ticket holders.) The only other workshop happens at Saturday tea time in the main hall where there is room for all ticket holders who want to attend.

We hope not, that was an issue with the air conditioning having been turned on full by mistake. We'll double check to make sure that doesn't happen again!

No, for 2025 we've managed to book Crookes Social Club for both days - hooray!