Sheffield Socialist Choir – Timeline
| 1988 | April | WEA class ‘Songs of Struggle’ starts, led by Emer McKay, at the Leadmill |
| Anti-Apartheid National Conference | ||
| Poll Tax march | ||
| Street singing for the Keeton’s steel workers on strike | ||
| Street singing for Nicaragua | ||
| December | WEA Christmas social | |
| 1989 | 12 May | Nicaragua-Esteli Brigade benefit, at SADACCA |
| 13 June | Sheffield Esteli Society, with Bassa Bassa, at the Zap tent | |
| June | Demo at Sheffield Polytechnic against the Tianamen Square massacre in Beijing, where we sang the ‘Internationale’ in Chinese | |
| Street Band Festival in Leicester | ||
| 26 November | ‘Songs of Peace and Freedom’ concert for Peace Week, with Roy Bailey, at the Leadmill | |
| 19 December | Women’s Section of the choir sing at ‘Women Performers’, at the Leadmill | |
| 1990 | 11 February | Celebration of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, at Sheffield Cathedral where we sang from the choir stalls |
| 30-31 June | Choir weekend at Lodge Moor | |
| 10 July | Sheffield Friday Show, at the Leadmill | |
| 12 July | Anti-Apartheid Movement, York | |
| 27 October | Latin America Women’s Support Group, Woodhouse Community Centre, Leeds | |
| 15 November | Fundraiser for Women Working Worldwide, at SADACCA | |
| 3 November | We record our first tape (later CD) ‘Which Side Are You On?’ at Lodge Moor | |
| 14 December | Winter concert, fundraiser for Falls Road Women’s Centre, Belfast, and Sheffield Women’s Aid, with Simon Ogden’s Red Beat Disco, at the Irish Centre | |
| 18 December | Women’s Section of the choir perform at the Leadmill | |
| 1991 | 27 April | In support of the Keeton’s steel workers’ strike, on Sheffield Town Hall steps |
| 4 May | May Day with Sheffield Trades Council, City Hall steps | |
| 6 May | May Day rally at Chesterfield: maybe the first time we sing here? | |
| 15 June | Street Music Festival, Hackney, London | |
| 29 June | Choir weekend at Lodge Moor | |
| 13 July | Rally Against the Debt, London | |
| 3 August | Abbeyfield Multicultural Festival in Abbeyfield Park, Pitsmoor | |
| 15 August | ‘500 Years of Resistance’ performance | |
| 14 October | ‘Patients Before Profit’, NALGO candlelight vigil for the NHS outside various hospitals | |
| 16 October | Barnsley Folk Festival | |
| 26 October | Tools for Self-Reliance fundraiser, at SADACCA | |
| 15 November | Pogo for Palestine, benefit for Palestine Land Protections Campaign, with War On Want, at SADACCA | |
| December | Winter concert, at the Irish Social Club | |
| 1992 | March | Adult Learners Week, at the Crucible Theatre |
| 15 April | Labour Telematics international trade union conference, Manchester | |
| 4 May | May Day rally at Chesterfield | |
| 18 May | Workshop with Darien Pritchard | |
| 20 May | Rally for Cuba, at the Library Theatre | |
| May | Fundraiser for Woodcraft Folk | |
| 9 July | Women’s Section of the choir sing at an Irish Cultural Evening for Women in aid of Sheffield Women’s Cultural Club | |
| 10-12 July | We host the 10th National Street Music Festival | |
| 5 September | 4th European Work Hazards Conference, at Sheffield University | |
| 4 October | Choir workshop at Lodge Moor | |
| 10 October | ‘Nothing to Celebrate’, 500 years since the Last Day of Freedom for people of the Americas and Caribbean,War On Want, at St. Mary’s | |
| 17 October | Miners’ Rally, Barnsley Civic Hall | |
| 21 October | Campaign Against Pit Closures, at Sheffield City Hall | |
| 24-25 October | 1st weekend of recording for our second tape (later CD) ‘Watch Out!’ | |
| 14-15 November | 2nd weekend of recording for ‘Watch Out!’ | |
| 17 November | Campaign Against Pit Closures, singing at various South Yorkshire pits including Markham Main Colliery and Grimesthorpe | |
| 22 November | Sheffield Peace Week ‘Concert for Peace’, with Sheffield Peace Forum, at the Leadmill | |
| 9 December | We sing as the ‘Sheffield Anti-Apartheid Choir’ for the Sheffield Anti-Apartheid Movement, at Sheffield Cathedral | |
| 19 December | Morning: Rally against pit closures, at Barker’s Pool Evening: Free Speech on Ireland social, at Broomhall Centre | |
| 1993 | 16 January | Jobs and Industry rally, City Hall |
| 27 February | Winter concert, at the Irish Centre | |
| 15 May | Street singing for the ANC Election Fund, on Fargate | |
| 11 July | Bassetlaw Festival at Misterton | |
| 17-18 July | Street Music Festival in Cardiff | |
| Date? | July | Abbeyfield Multicultural Festival, in Abbeyfield Park, Pitsmoor |
| 6-9 August | Part of aTroops Out delegation to Belfast, including the West Belfast Cultural Festival and a march to Belfast City Hall, the first time that a rally of the Republican movement is able to get there. | |
| 11 December | Winter concert, at Sheffield Hallam University | |
| 15 December | Sheffield Anti-Apartheid carol service at Sheffield Cathedral, to raise money for the ANC Election Fund | |
| 1994 | March | Singing on the Moor for free elections in South Africa |
| April | Celebration of the ANC victory in South Africa, at Sheffield Cathedral | |
| 18 June | Street singing fundraiser for Deaf Children’s Association | |
| July | Fundraiser for playgroups, Abbeyfield Park | |
| 1994 | 2 July | South Yorkshire Festival at Wortley Hall |
| 20 October | Workshop with Sunduza Dance Theatre from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | |
| 2 November | Street singing for railway signalmen | |
| 14 November | Choir weekend workshop at Lodge Moor | |
| December | Winter concert in aid of Ashiana and a Children’s Centre in New Cross Roads, South Africa | |
| 1995 | 25 April | Retirement party for a Claycross Councillor who defied the Tories, at New Street Youth and Community Centre, South Normanton |
| 30 April | Celebration of the ANC victory, anti-racism rally on Devonshire Green | |
| 8 May | May Day in Chesterfield | |
| 10 May | Women’s Section of the choir sing at the Women’s Cultural Club | |
| 24 June | South Yorkshire Festival at Wortley Hall | |
| 7-9 July | Street Music Festival in Stroud | |
| September-October | We record our third tape (later CD) ‘Raise Your Banners’ | |
| 9 November | ‘Making Our Own Music’ weekend at Sharrow Lane | |
| 17-19 November | We organise the first ‘Raise Your Banners’ Festival of Political Song, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, IWW militant and songwriter, in the USA. | |
| 16 December | Hemsworth Library Action Sit-In | |
| 20 December | Street singing for Oxfam | |
| 1996 | 27 April | Concert with Roy Bailey plus disco, at the Radford pub |
| 3-5 May | ‘Vocal Chords’ weekend at the Playhouse, Newcastle, featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock | |
| 6 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 28-30 June | Street Music Festival in Nottingham | |
| 6 July | South Yorkshire Festival at Wortley Hall | |
| 19 July | Anti-Capitalist Cabaret, at St. Philips Social Club | |
| 21 September | WEA ‘Sustain the Vision’, at Crucible Theatre Studio | |
| 1996 | 9 November | ‘Making Our Own Music’, choir workshop, at the Hub, Sharrow |
| 27 November | World Aids Day, at Ecclesall Non-Political Club | |
| 1997 | 22 February | Winter concert, at Sheffield Hallam University |
| We work over the year on our 10 Anniversary songbook ‘With One Voice’ | ||
| 2 May | May Day Celebration, in support of the Chilean community in Sheffield, at the Yemeni Centre | |
| 5 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 27-29 June | Street Music Festival in Morecombe | |
| 3 July | ‘Redemption Song’ by the Banner Theatre | |
| 6 September | Green Fair, at the Merlin Theatre | |
| 4 October | Zimbabwe Conference for HIVAids Action, at Sheffield College | |
| 27 October | Workshop with Malaika from Canada | |
| 1-2 November | We organise the 2nd Raise Your Banners Festival of Political Song | |
| 1998 | 27 February | Winter concert, at the Irish Centre |
| 7 March | International Women’s Day event, at the Broomhall Centre | |
| 8 March | ‘Afternoon of Song, Dance and Solidarity’, Cuba Solidarity Campaign | |
| 24 April | Sheffield Popular Arts benefit, at the Broomhall Centre | |
| 30 April | May Day celebration with the Chilean community, at the Broomhall Centre : our attendance to be confirmed | |
| 4 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield, where we launch our songbook ‘With One Voice’ | |
| 16 May | G7 demonstration in Birmingham | |
| 5 June | ‘Cancel Third World Debt’ with Jubilee 2000, in Holmfirth | |
| 18-20 June | Street Music Festival in Bradford | |
| 3 July | Street singing for Dementia Week | |
| Late July | We sing ‘Mzi Wase Afrika’ for visitors from the Masizakhe Children’s Centre in New Cross Roads, South Africa | |
| 11 July | Sharrow Vale Festival | |
| 1998 | 5 September | Green Fair, at the Merlin Theatre |
| 2 October | Fundraiser for ‘Raise Your Banners’, with Leon Rosselson and Rob Johnson | |
| 1998 | 3 October | Joint workshop with Bonanza at the Priory Centre, Barnsley |
| 20-21 November | Choir residential weekend at Crowden Youth Hostel | |
| 1999 | 6 February | Choir’s 10th Anniversary Concert, with Seize the Day, at the Owen Building, Hallam University |
| 13 March | Fundraiser ceilidh for ‘Health Projects Abroad, Tanzania’ with Rapscallion, at King Edward Lower School | |
| 3 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| June-July | We record our 4th CD ‘Cry Out for Liberty’ at University of Sheffield Drama Studio | |
| 23 June | Concert with Si Kahn, at Brincliffe Oaks | |
| 3 July | Street singing fundraiser for Altzheimers Society, in Barkers Pool | |
| 23 July | Women’s Section of the choir (‘Raised Eyebrows’), with Body of Sound, at a ‘Woman to Woman’ benefit for Medica Kosova | |
| 12-14 November | 2nd ‘Raise Your Banners’ Festival, Sheffield |
| 2000 | 1 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield |
| 29 June | We sang at the funeral/commemoration of choir member Rachel Heatley at Wisewood Cemetary | |
| 1 July | South Yorkshire Festival at Wortley Hall | |
| 7 July | Fundraiser to send delegates from Sheffield to Iraq, at Merlin Theatre | |
| Autumn term | Our MD Emer McKay leaves and our new MD Val Regan joins us, supported by choir member Nigel Wright | |
| October | Singing Day with Woodcraft Folk at the Burton Street Centre | |
| 2001 | February | Winter concert with Bassa Bassa, in support of the Canon Collins Education Trust for Southern Africa and Sheffield Campaign Against War in the Gulf, at Sheffield Hallam University |
| 7 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 23-24 June | Street Music Festival in Nottingham | |
| 19 July | ‘Anti-Capitalist Cabaret’ with Sydney Solidarity Choir, at St. Philips Social Club | |
| 16-18 November | 3rd ‘Raise Your Banners’ Festival, at Sheffield Hallam University | |
| 2002 | April | We begin to discuss the idea of going to the choral festival in Santiago, Cuba, in late 2003: decision to go taken in September. |
| 6 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 29 June | Woodcraft Folk annual gathering, with Lemon Soul, at Wortley Hall | |
| 6-7 July | Street Music Festival in Hebden Bridge | |
| 11 July | First AGM of ‘Sheffield Socialist Choir’ where we agree to our new Constitution | |
| 13 July | Sharrow Community Festival | |
| 7 September | Green Fair at the Merlin Theatre | |
| 29 November | ‘An Evening in Palestine’ concert, with Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sheffield University Palestine Society, and students from the University Music Department, at St. Philips Social Club |
| 2003 | 5 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield |
| 17 May | Street Music Festival in Belper | |
| 7 June | ‘One Play, Two Play, Three Play, Four Play’ concert by Gay Abandon, led by former choir member Jane Edwardson, at Leeds University | |
| 21 June | Refugee Week concert venue unconfirmed | |
| Mid-2003 | We get our T-shirts with the SCC logo | |
| 15 November | ‘Sheffield Goes Cuban’ day of activities, including lunchtime performance in the newly opened Winter Gardens and evening concert | |
| 23-30 November | We perform at the choral festival in the city of Santiago, Cuba, followed by a trip to Havana | |
| 2004 | 21 February | Earthquake in Iran fundraiser, organised by the Iranian Community in Sheffield and District, at the Memorial Hall |
| 24 March | Report-back on our visit to Cuba | |
| 3 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 30 June | Abbeyfield Park Multicultural Festival in Abbeyfield Park, Pitsmoor | |
| July | Our MD Val Regan initiates the project to commission ‘new songs for our times’ for our 20th Anniversary in 2008, which later becomes ‘Sing for a Change’. Initial funding comes from Raise Your Banners. | |
| September | We move our rehearsals to Scotia Works, at the request of the WEA | |
| 12 November | 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1983-84 Miners’ Strike, at Worksop | |
| 27 November | Latin America Day School, with Cuba Solidarity Campaign, St. Mary’s | |
| 2 December | Workshop with Andrea Small |
| 2005 | 17 March | Irish Night at the Lord Nelson pub |
| 10 April | At our AGM, we decide to leave the WEA and become an independent, self-organised body | |
| 2 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 11 June | Peace in the Park, at the General Cemetery Recreation Ground | |
| 17 June | G8 European Ministers Conference, rally on Devonshire Green | |
| 16 July | Green Fair at St. Mary’s | |
| Autumn | We move our weekly rehearsals to St. Mary’s | |
| November | Some choir members join others from choirs around the north to form a scratch choir ‘Northern Lights’ and go to the choral festival in Santiago de Cuba | |
| 10 December | Amnesty International fundraiser, with Free Rads and Universal Pulse Percussion Orchestra, at St. Augustine’s | |
| 2006 | January | Emer rejoins us as co-MD with Val |
| 25 February | Open workshop ‘African Rhythms, African Grooves’ with Mandla Sibanda, at Endcliffe Methodist Hall | |
| 30 March | Open Mic Session, at FOB Cafe | |
| 20 April | Open rehearsal night: recording session for ‘God Bless America’ | |
| 1 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 15 June | Open workshop with Si Kahn from the USA, at St. Mary’s | |
| 19 June | Singing with Banner Theatre, at the Library Theatre | |
| 23 June | Refugee Week, at SADACCA | |
| 8 July | Woodcraft Folk fundraiser, at St. Phillip’s Community Centre | |
| 15 July | Green Fair, at St. Mary’s | |
| 2 November | Celebration of Diversity, Chaucer School | |
| 18 November | Open workshop with Pete Moser, at Endcliffe Methodist Hall | |
| 14 December | Open Mic Session, Gardeners’ Arms |
| 2007 | 26 January | Burns Night theme choir winter party |
| 17 March | Celebration of Joan and Bryan Crookes’ Golden Wedding, at the Millennium Hall | |
| 29 March | Open Mic Session, at Cafe Euro | |
| 7 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 24 May | Concert with Ndawo Yentsikelelo, a fundraiser for Woodcraft Folk, in the Millennium Hall | |
| 1 July | ‘Sing for Your Life’ Open Day, at the Royal Armouries, Leeds | |
| 7 July | Green Fair, St. Mary’s | |
| 27 October | Workshop with Ali Burns, at the Victoria Methodist Hall | |
| 2008 | 23 February | Workshop with Mahdia Daulne, at the Victoria Methodist Hall |
| 6 March | Concert with Leon Rosselson, at the Library Theatre | |
| 26 April | Open workshop to learn ‘The Power of Song’ by Leon Rosselson, one of the songs commissioned for our 20th Anniversary | |
| 5 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 17 May | 20th Anniversary celebration: food to share and singalong with former choir members, led by former choir member Kate Fletcher, at the Broomspring Centre | |
| 18 May | ‘Sing for a Change’ 20th Anniversary: daytime workshops with Ali Burns and Pete Moser, followed by an evening concert, with Chumbawamba, and compere Rony Robinson, attended by composers of our new songs: Ali Burns, Pete Moser, Leon Rosselson, Peggy Seeger and Theo Simon, at the Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield | |
| 11-13 July | Street Choirs Festival, in Brighton | |
| 4 September | Workshop with Steve Taberner from Australia, at St. Mary’s | |
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27 September | Open workshop with Bara Grimsdottir and Chris Foster of the band ‘Funi’, at Victoria Methodist Hall | |
| 11 October | Open workshop with Reem Kelani, in collaboration with Palestine Solidarity Campaign, at Victoria Methodist Hall | |
| 28 October | We sang at the funeral/commemoration of Kath Brown, former choir member, at St. Augustine’s | |
| 11 December | Amnesty card-signing evening | |
| 2009 | 16 January | ‘Voices from Palestine’ concert |
| 31 January | Choir-only workshop with MD Val Regan on rhythm, Heeley Institute, followed by choir winter party at Highcliffe pub | |
| 27 February | Demonstration against the barriers at Sheffield railway station | |
| 28 February | Open workshop with Yvonne Burgess, at Victoria Methodist Hall | |
| 18 March | Mention of our recording of the ‘Internationale’ in the Guardian | |
| 23 March | Concert with Reem Kelani, at the Unitarian Chapel | |
| 2 April | Open Mic evening at the Highcliffe Hotel | |
| 4 May | May Day in Chesterfield | |
| 18 May | Day of Action against Homophobia, with Out Aloud | |
| 27 June | Green Fair, at St. Mary’s | |
| 10-12 July | Street Choirs Festival at Whitby | |
| August | Choir summer party | |
| 3 October | First fundraiser for the planned visit of Camerata Vocal de Musica Aurea from Cuba to the UK, with the Free Radicals band | |
| 7 November | Raise Your Banners concert with Leon Rosselson at Bradford | |
| 14 November | Choir fundraising concert for Cuba | |
| 21 November – 7 December | Second visit to Santiago de Cuba to sing in the choral festival there | |
| 17 December | Amnesty card-signing evening | |
| 2010 | 23 January | Choir winter party |
| 25 January | Copenhagen Climate Conference feedback meeting | |
| 7 March | Cuba visit feedback meeting | |
| 27 March | Demonstration against the barriers at Sheffield railway station | |
| 3 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 26 June | Green Fair, at St. Mary’s | |
| 9-11 July | Street Choirs Festival, in Sheffield, hosted by Out Aloud | |
| 30 July | Choir summer party | |
| 2010 | 16 October | Open workshop ‘Rhythm Without the Blues’ by Val Regan |
| 1 November | Open Mic evening, at St. Vincent’s CMS Club | |
| 27 November | Open workshop ‘They Won’t Stop My Singing’ with Janet Wood, at Victoria Methodist Hall | |
| 16 December | Amnesty card-signing evening | |
| 17 December | Demonstration against the barriers at Sheffield railway station | |
| 2011 | 9 January | ‘Stop the Cuts’ rally, at Western Park |
| 5 February | Choir winter party | |
| 18 February | Paul Robeson memorial and exhibition at Site Gallery | |
| 5 March | International Women’s Day celebration, at Sheffield Town Hall | |
| 12 March | Protest rally at the LibDem Conference, held in Sheffield | |
| 26 March | ‘March for the Alternative’, London | |
| 2 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 3 June | ‘Justice for All’ Day of Action | |
| 18 June | Farewell party for our MD Val Regan | |
| 25 June | Green Fair at St. Mary’s, followed by City of Sanctuary concert at Sheffield Cathedral | |
| 6 July | 75th Commemoration of the International Brigade to the Spanish Civil War, Sheffield University | |
| 9 July | 75th Commemoration of the International Brigade to the Spanish Civil War, Peace Gardens | |
| 15-17 July | Street Choirs Festival, at Whitby | |
| 21 July | Farewell party for our MD Emer McKay | |
| 6 August | Choir summer party | |
| September | Janet Wood begins as our new MD | |
| 12 November | Open workshop with Mike Reid, at the Heeley Institute | |
| 15 November | Climate conference; venue to be confirmed | |
| 26 November | Raise Your Banners festival, in Bradford | |
| 10 December | International Human Rights Day celebration at Sheffield Town Hall | |
| 15 December | Amnesty card-signing evening | |
| 2012 | 27 January | Choir winter party |
| 18 February | Open workshop with Mona Zeidan | |
| 7 March | International Women’s Day event for Palestine, at St. Matthew’s | |
| 29 March | We sing at the funeral of Helen Bale | |
| 16 April | Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team Conference, at Derby | |
| 21 April | Latin America Day School, at SADACCA | |
| 7 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 15 June – 19 July | Voces de Cuba : Visit of Camerata Vocal de Musica Aurea from Santiago, Cuba, including our concert with them on 8 July at Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, plus tours hosted by fellow choirs in Edinburgh, York, Leeds, Nottingham, and London | |
| 19 July | Choir summer party | |
| 25 October | Assist AGM, at the Wilson Carlile Centre | |
| 25 November | Open workshop with Reem Kelani, with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign | |
| 7 December | Launch of ‘When the Sky Rained White Fire’, book about Gaza by Musheir el Farra | |
| 13 December | Amnesty card-signing evening | |
| 2013 | 9 March | Choir winter party, including a tribute to Oscar Menzes Mesa, Cuban interpreter/tour-guide/friend, who died on 30 January |
| 14 April | Concert in commemoration and celebration of Simon Banda and Mandla Sibanda, musicians from Zimbabwe who had long lived and worked in Sheffield, who had both recently died, at Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, with others including Sosa !Xa | |
| 6 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 18 May | Choir’s 25th Anniversary celebration, at St. Andrew’s | |
| 19-21 July | Street Choirs Festival, at Aberystwyth | |
| 26 July | Choir summer party | |
| 29 September | Street singing at the TUC march against the Tory Party conference in Manchester |
| 2013 | 2 November | Song-writing workshop with Ray Hearne, at St. Augustine’s, followed that evening by a fundraiser for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, at St. Andrew’s |
| 12 December | Amnesty card-signing event | |
| 14 December | Coordinated street singing in the city centre and the Winter Gardens to honour Nelson Mandela, recently deceased | |
| 2014 | 25 January | Choir winter party |
| 28 January | Recorded several songs for Ch4 News, following a proposed change in the relationship between the Labour Party and the trade union movement, at St. Andrew’s | |
| 8 March | International Women’s Day celebration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, at St. Mary’s | |
| 28 March | Evening showing of the DVD of the visit to the UK of Camerata Vocal de Musica Aurea from Cuba | |
| 5 April | Get-together with Nottingham Clarion Choir, in Nottingham | |
| 5 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| June | Anti-Austerity demonstration, London | |
| 4 July | Mesothelioma Society, at Sheffield City Hall | |
| 11-13 July | Street Choirs Festival, hosted by Calder Valley Voices, at Hebden Bridge | |
| 14 July | Reception by the Social Policy Association Conference, at Sheffield City Hall | |
| August | We were among those welcoming and hosting the Darlington Mums on their long march to London against the cuts and privatisation wrecking the NHS | |
| 22 November | Open workshop with Reem Kelani on songs in solidarity with Palestinians, at St. Augustine’s | |
| December | One of our weekly sessions was led by Frances Bernstein from Leeds | |
| 11 December | Amnesty card-signing evening |
| 2015 | 24 January | Choir winter party |
| 12 February | We sang climate change related songs to open a conference, at Vestry Hall, Burngreave | |
| 14 February | Gig to support the NHS and the Darlington Mums, along with the Hurriers, at New Barrack Tavern | |
| 7 March | ‘Time to Act’ for the climate: some choir members went to the demo in London, while others sang at the railway station to send them off | |
| 19 March | Fundraiser for rebuilding communities in Palestine, at Crookes Social Club | |
| 4 May | May Day rally in Chesterfield | |
| 11 June | Sang in bar after performance by Freedom Theatre, at Nottingham | |
| 4 October | Tory Party Conference demo, Manchester | |
| 12 November | Refugee event at CAST, Doncaster | |
| 28 November | Climate change event, in Sheffield | |
| 9 December | Sheffield Trades Council ‘Evening of Socialist Music’, at the Trades and Labour Club | |
| 12 December | Street singing in support of Unison’s campaign against zero hour employment contracts | |
| 17 December | Amnesty card-signing evening | |
| 23 December | We sang at the funeral of choir member Joan Crookes | |
| 2016 | 30 January | Choir winter social |
| 10 March | Small group singing on the picket line with Junior Doctors at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital | |
| 12 March | Choir organises full day workshop celebrating Joe Hill at St Andrew’s Church Hall | |
| 7 April | Small Group singing at the Junior Drs Rally outside City Hall | |
| 26 April | Small group singing on picket lines at Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Children’s Hospital | |
| 1 May | Performed at May Day Festival of Solidarity at Polish Club, Barnsley alongside other acts like The Hurriers and Grace Petrie | |
| 2 May | May Day Rally at Chesterfield |
| 2016 | 2 June | Participated in Poetry Army Choir at a performance in Crucible Studio Theatre, led by our Musical Director Janet Wood |
| 24- 26 June | Street Choir Festival Leicester | |
| 17 July | Summer Barbeque | |
| 2 October | Small group singing as part of the protest at the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham | |
| 16 October | Sang at Sheffield Railway Station to raise money for Health, Poverty,Action | |
| 16 October | Amnesty Card signing evening | |
| 2017 | 27 January | Winter social |
| 8 March | Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund raising event, Town Hall | |
| 10 – 12 March | Political singing weekend hosted by Strawberry Thieves Choir in London | |
| 5 April | Sang outside DWP offices in Doncaster in support of the Relative Poverty project | |
| 1 May | May Day Rally in Chesterfield | |
| 5 May | Sheffield Climate Alliance/Anarchist Bookfair fundraising event at Broomhall Centre | |
| 13 May | Choir members formed part of the Peace Choir at event marking International Conscientious Objectors Day | |
| 14 June | Performed in memory of Jo Cox at the DocFest event in Tudor Square | |
| 23-25 June | Street Choirs Festival in Kendal | |
| 3 July | Celebrated Rotherham Red Choir’s anniversary in Rotherham | |
| 8 July | Joined other local choirs to sing at the ‘Celebration of Cooperation, Work and Struggle’ event at the National Coalmining Museum at Wakefield | |
| 22 July | Choir Summer Celebration BBQ and Walk | |
| August | Some choir members sand with the Peace Choir to mark Hiroshima Day in the Japanese Walled Garden, Meersbrook Park | |
| 1 October | Small group joined protestors to sing at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester | |
| 14 October | Sang to support Friends of the Earth in Barkers Pool Sheffield | |
| 18 October | Performed at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign fundraising event in the Town Hall | |
| 2017 | 20 October | Some choir members led the congregation in the singing of the Internationale at the funeral of former Labour MP Bill Michie at the Upper Chapel in Tudor Square |
| 14 December | Amnesty Card signing evening | |
| 2018 | Our 30th Anniversary Celebrations begin! | |
| January – June | Choir banners and memorabilia on display at Weston Park Museum as part of the Changing Lives Exhibition marking 100 years of universal suffrage | |
| April 28 | Choir’s Singing for Change Workshop at Weston Park Museum led by our Musical Director Janet Wood | |
| 7 May | May Day Rally, Chesterfield | |
| 10 May | Recorded I Stand with You for distribution worldwide in support of “Millions Missing” day of action | |
| 29 Jun – 1 Jul | Street Choirs Festival Brighton | |
| July | Mesothelimia Society Memorial Event Sheffield Cathedral | |
| July 13 | Demonstration, Donald Trump not welcome here; City Hall | |
| July 14 | 30th Anniversary Garden Party Celebration and Singsong | |
| August 4th | Some choir members sang with the Peace Choir in the Peace Gardens at an event to mark Hiroshima and Nagasaki days | |
| October 1 | Radio Sheffield interview and performance | |
| October 4 and 11 | Give it a Go – Open Workshops at The Hubs | |
| October 6 | Songs for ChilyPEP ; concert featuring Caritas Choir as well as Sheffield Socialist Choir; fundraising for ChilyPEP | |
| 24 November | Singing for a Fairer World Celebratory Concert at The Hubs featuring the Choir, Sinsontes and The Fates | |
And of course, the singing will carry on in 2019… join us if you can!