Mim invites you to join her and friends for a special Zanzibari cultural show with live performance, Music, Comedy and tales of Swahili Heritage. Mim will be showing footage from a trip to her old home on the island of Zanzibar plus performances at the Sauti Sa Busara festival. More details in the full article, read more.. Photo Credit: Lisa Coleman for Puttyfoot.com

Celebrating their recent studio album, Eye on the horizon, Dreadzone are embarking on a tour of the UK including a date at Sheffield's Leadmill. For full details of the tour check their MySpace site.

Photo Credit: Lisa Coleman for Puttyfoot.com

Martin & Su have just got back from the wonderful "Drum Village" near Dundee in Scotland. In spite of the 500 mile journey it has invigorated them and they are looking forward to hosting the "Malobe" Camp to be held in the New Forest on Sept 10th - 12th - Read full article for all the details and visit the Baka Beyond website.

A musical celebration raising money for ASSIST to help financially disadvantaged refugees. On the bill, Telling the Bees, Sieben and Richard Masters & the Former Saints - all for £5.

Catch The Hut People at Rivelin Folk Club in Sheffield. They are constantly gaining more of reputation as one of the hottest duos to come out of the Yorkshire folk scene in a long while. Taking the audience on a voyage across the globe with their material, they perform a unique blend of home-grown tunes mixed with British, Nordic and European folk music, constructed & embellished with the driving accordion and a mind boggling array of exotic percussion.

Born in 1935, Peggy is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter; her life partner was the English songwriter Ewan MacColl, who wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for her and to whom she bore three children. Now she is sometimes thought of as the mother of Neill and Calum MacColl but is very much her own woman. She is probably best known for her feminist song Gonna Be an Engineer and for The Ballad of Springhill, which is rapidly becoming regarded as a traditional song.

Bright Phoebus presents ... The world class vocals of internationally lauded Chris While and the uncannily similar quality of daughter Kellie, combine for an evening of unforgettable live music. Their pleasure in singing together is obvious and when they duet, their voices blend so beautifully that it’s easy to lose sight of who is who! Also on the bill, sterling support from The Boardwalk All Stars (featuring Jon Boden & Martin Simpson) plus Folk Rising showcase spots from the spell binding vocals of The Fay Hield Trio and the great guitar and songwriting skills of Sam Carter! Plus craft stalls, morris dancing and the best raffle in town! A Four Hour Festival of Folk Fun!