JULY 2025
THURSDAY FUNK CLUB
Friday 4th July / 8pm / £13
This show has been moved to September 26th. All sold tickets will apply for the new date.
A mash up of the best Funk, Soul and Disco tunes played by seven amazing musicians from an eclectic mix of rock, indie, jazz and R&B backgrounds. In essence your favourite 70’s funky party numbers energised up to have you on your feet from the first minute to the last.
All seven members have played in various successful bands all over the Sheffield region and beyond for the last 25 years, however this collaboration is on another level.
Following recent sell out shows Thursday Funk Club hit the Greystones once again for a night of fun, dance and a dam good singalong – so make sure you bring your dancing shoes!
ELIZA CARTHY
Sunday 6th July / 8pm / £22
If there’s one musician who embodies the dynamism and vitality of the current folk revival it’s Eliza Carthy.
Beloved of staunch traditionalists and iconoclasts alike, Eliza’s music effortlessly crosses boundaries of genre and style.
Whether performing a centuries old ballad or a self written song her powerful nuanced voice, fiercely beautiful fiddle playing and mesmerising live performances have influenced a whole generation of new musicians.
Describing herself simply as “a modern English musician” multi award winning Eliza is one of the most recognisable faces in English folk.
Support from Jennifer Reid
OPEN MIC NIGHT
Monday 7th July / 8pm / FREE
Anyone can join in, all abilities welcome. Contact Peter Hill on hillpeter@live.com or just come along on the night.
P.A. and mics provided, so just bring yourselves, your instruments and your friends to enjoy the proceedings.
SARA PETITE BAND
Wednesday 9th July / 8pm / £16
Fiery, outlaw country badass goddess Sara Petite has been tearing up stages for over 15 years. Her music’s been described as “the benchmark for what Americana music should be like in the 21st century”, but it reaches far beyond the genre’s borders and owes as much to the relentless, rock & roll roadhouse as it does to the honky-tonk but it’s a sound so original it can’t be pinned down to specific influences, it’s familiar but distinctive and unique. A multi award winner she’s recorded and shared the stage with some of the best musicians out there, including Todd Snider, Lucinda Williams, Lonestar, Bobby Furgo (Leonard Cohen), Kenny Vaughan (Lucinda Williams, Marty Stuart), Steve Peavey (Don Williams and Dwight Yoakum) and Dave Ro (Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam). Sarah’s released seven albums, The Empress is her latest and won three top awards at the recent San Diego Music Awards including Best Country/Americana Album and Best Country/Americana Artist.
THE DIZZY CLUB
Friday 11th July / 8pm / £17.50
The Dizzy Club are delighted to return to the Greystones for a Summer Ball.
With Strawberries and Pimms available at the bar, your straw boater certainly won’t be out of place. Our 30th anniversary concert last year at the pub was a sell out and once again we will be featuring many songs from our back catalogue with some new Dizzy Club songs to dance the night away.
The North’s king of swing, the enigmatic John Naylor, leads this band of jazz stalwarts with verve and charm aplenty. A night of Swing, RnB and Latin music.
MIKE SANCHEZ & THE PORTIONS
Sunday 13th July / 8pm / £20
A rare opportunity to see one of the most exciting, charismatic and flamboyant performers on the international jump, rhythm and blues, rock n roll scene.
The indelible image as Mike Sanchez the legendary, frenetic frontman has won him fans all over the world and an enviable following from many in the music world who are continually lining up to work with him and in a stellar career so far he’s played alongside Eric Clapton. Mark Knopfler, Dave Gilmore and Albert Lee to name just a few. He was in Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings for 4 years and was a member of Big Town Playboys when they did a 2 week stint supporting Eric Clapton at The Royal Albert Hall.
Mikes constant aim is to make every live show his best yet as he continuously enjoys growing acclaim and admiration for his powerful, energetic and electrifying performances.
“Mike Sanchez completely blew the afternoon crowd away with probably the wildest set of the festival. He’s a born showman and appears to work without a set list which is a sure sign of a natural performer. We’ve rarely seen such a huge post gig queue to buy cd’s.” Blueprint
“Mike Sanchez would have invented rock n roll if no one else had bothered” Mark Lamarr
“A great singer, songwriter, musician and a brilliant entertainer” Imelda May
“Mike Sanchez deserves the best because he is the best” Mike Zito
THE WEEPING WILLOWS
Your Roots Are Showing Tour
Wednesday 16th July / 8pm / £15
An acoustic, multi award winning duo, long ranked among Australia’s premier songwriters, who’ve been getting much attention in the UK since a hugely successful appearance at Maverick Festival. Steeped in bluegrass tradition and draped in Gothic Americana imagery, they tell tales of sunshine and romance, God and the Devil, murder and decay. This is real music, music that mixes song writing, story telling, exceptional musicianship and the simple delight of two perfectly matched voices singing in harmony.
Their sublime live shows mesmerise audiences from the first note with out of this world guitar playing and sublime rich, warm, powerful vocals taking us back to what is beautiful about traditional country music.
“Right up there with the finest Americana you’ll hear year” The Music
“Stunning acoustic guitar work, heavenly harmonies and haunting melodies rooted in American Gothic” Pop Matters USA
“…performed with brilliance and expressiveness” American Highways
“…some of the sweetest, most spine-tingly, awesome vocals that you’ll ever hear in this world – or probably even in the next” At The Barrier
Support from Dan Webster and Emily Lawler
TONY CHRISTIE & RANAGRI
The Great Irish Songbook Vol II
Thursday 17th July / 8pm / £26.50
There are some, albeit ‘misguided’ souls, that think Tony Christie appeared out of nowhere in 2005, to grace our TV screens and ask the way to Amarillo. Nothing could be further from the truth. Those who know better, who appreciate his wonderful voice and his ability to get inside a song, can tell you that over the last 50 years he has recorded a string of exceptional records.
So: Is This the Way to Amarillo? No!
Fifty four years after the release of his million-selling hit, Tony Christie takes a nostalgic journey through his family’s Irish roots, revisiting the music of his grandparents who played in ceilidh bands and sang the songs of their homeland in County Mayo, Ireland. Once again joining forces with award-winning folk band Ranagri, they wind their way through the music of their childhoods, the stories that crafted the musicians they are today, and the inspirations that have brought them all together. Entering his 83rd year, this collaboration brings to light aspects of Tony Christie which many won’t have ever expected: emotional and introspective. With exquisite arrangements from Ranagri – guitars, percussion, flutes, dulcimer, harps – amidst haunting melodies and lush harmonies, many of the old traditional songs shine with new brilliance. Melded with musical influences from all over the world, their new album ‘The Great Irish Songbook Volume II’ will be released later this year. Expect to sing out loud, laugh and cry! Join these exclusive performances for an uplifting evening to remember for many years to come. Ranagri have performed in Canada, Portugal, Ibiza, Italy, Germany, France and all across Ireland and will be touring throughout the UK this coming Autumn.
‘Stunningly executed’ FATEA
‘A match made in heaven’ The Irish Post
**** Irish World
Ranagri – Band Of The Year 2022, Fatea Magazine
Tony Christie – Lifetime Achievement Award 2024, Fatea Magazine
DALE STORR
PLAYS THE MUSIC OF DR.JOHN AND JAMES BOOKER
Friday 18th July / 8pm / £12.50
This show will be exclusively dedicated to the music of Dale’s two biggest heroes – Dr.John aka Mac Rebennack and the piano prince of New Orleans, James Carroll Booker III.
Dale Storr is recognised as one of the UK’s leading exponents of New Orleans piano.
He continues to tour extensively across the U.K. and Europe delivering the sounds of Dr.John, James Booker, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino and many more.
“Dale is the best New Orleans player I’ve ever heard” Richard Hawley
“A very, very fine piano player indeed” Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2
“If there is a better New Orleans-style pianist in the UK than the outrageously talented Dale Storr, please point me in his or her direction because he or she must be very, very special” Lionel Ross, Blues in Britain
JOHN OTWAY & WILD WILLY BARRETT
Saturday 19th July / 8pm / £20
Legendary duo Otway and Barrett have been touring together, on and off, for 50 years during which time their irreverent, mad cap performances have confused and captivated audiences throughout the UK building them a huge, fanatical, cult following.
Otway’s songwriting and self deprecating performances together with multi instrumentalist Willy’s exceptional talent and deadpan humour make their shows unpredictable, ingenious, inconsistent, reckless, theatrical and thoroughly wonderful, shows that are as musically tight as they are entertaining.
With a total disregard of anything else that might be happening in the world of music they follow their own eccentric muse with total dedication so expect a completely mind boggling, haphazard show with great music, heaps of foolishness and Otway’s trademark incompetence.
Massive fun and a do not miss show.
BRAVE RIVAL
Sunday 20th July / 8pm / £18
After a sell out show last year we’re pleased to have the supremely talented, rock powerhouse Brave Rival back at Greystones. No gimmicks, no frills. Just raw, high energy, riff driven rock with killer songs, massive hooks and stunning guitar work. A do not miss show for all blues rock fans.
“One of my favourite discoveries” Joe Bonamassa
“They rock like beasts…” Music News
“Mature, fiery, excellent” RnR
“Mind blowing” Rockgig
“Brave Rival is not like any other rock band, they’re better” Rock and Blues Muse
Support Star Circus, a London-based rock band led by Dave Winkler and Sophie Aurélia Young. “Possessing an eclectic range of influences stretching from classic hard rock, through AOR, ’80s Glam Metal, ’90s American power pop, heavy funk and post-grunge, these fuse faultlessly to form a sound that is stacked full of infectious melodies, grandiose vocal and instrumental harmonies plus colossally catchy choruses. It is this musical melting pot that makes Star Circus so fascinating.” Sophie James (MetalTalk)
HILLBILLY VEGAS
Wednesday 23rd July / 8pm / £17
We are excited to welcome Hillbiilly Vegas to the Steel City and for their debut at The Greystones. This will be a night to remember and is one of only a handful of dates on their visit to the UK.
Hillbilly Vegas, the colourful, hard-working rock band from Oklahoma feel just as much at home in the UK as in their native USA. Regular tours and festival appearances on this side of the pond has made them hot property as one of the best live artists on the scene. Having started out as a school-mates in Tulsa, Oklahoma, HILLBILLY VEGAS became a group in 2011 and immediately released their self penned debut album, Ringo Manor. The band had sales and Billboard chart success, with several tracks remaining in the US Top 20 for weeks.
In 2022 HILLBILLY VEGAS signed a record deal with UK Conquest Music and their sophomore album The Great Southern Hustle brought their music to a global audience. Soon afterwards, Sony Music Publishing got to work with main songwriters, Steve Harris, Johnny Reed and Stacy Thornburg. USA and UK tours and festivals have shone the spotlight on Hillbilly Vegas who could be described as Southern Rock, Outlaw Country, Classic Rock or just good time rock and roll.
Hillbilly Vegas are: Steve Harris (Lead Vocal), Stacy Thornburg (Guitar), John Reed (Guitar), Geraldo Dominelli (Keys), Gunnar Molton(Drums), and Todd Ronning (Bass)
They make a welcome return to the UK this summer, following three successful tours in 2024. “To be honest, we were shocked by the level of response on our tours of the UK,” says frontman Steve Harris. “It was exciting that so many people bought tickets to see us. From the moment we arrived in the country we couldn’t have been made any more welcome. One of the greatest things was that we kept on seeing certain faces every night, there were people that followed us around from town to town, city to city.”
Planet Rock radio listeners have been treated to several Hillbilly Vegas singles: Hell to Pay, High Time For A Good Time and Shake It Like A Hillbilly. Whether on stages big or small, Hillbilly Vegas have learned how to make every audience feel like an important part of the show.
JOHN REILLY
in Concert with Lewis Nitikman
Friday 25th July / 8pm / £15
Singer-songwriter John Reilly (voice of Boy on a Dolphin, Acoustic Angels) returns to one of his favourite venues – the iconic Greystones Backroom in Sheffield with pianist and composer Lewis Nitikman.
Join them for an evening of moving and inspirational songs and the usual banter when these two fabulous musicians get together. John Reilly will play a mixture of new songs, old favourites, one or two Boy on a Dolphin tunes, and, of course, some amazing covers. A great chance to chill, listen and relax, it’s an intimate, listening concert, no better way to spend a Friday evening in July.
John Reilly provides an evening of wonderful live music leaving the audience enthralled and wanting more. It always sells out here, so don’t leave it too late to get your tickets !!
CRICKLADE 21ST MARCH 2024
About last night… John Reilly and Lewis Nitikman anointed the good souls of Cricklade with their songs of love and grace. Such beautiful musicians, power punch melodies and lyrics that would make Taupin and Joel weep. Yes, I loved it, hard to distinguish the cover song from their crafted originals. Catch them if you can in a venue near you. Sean Devine. Indevine Music Promotions
