Concerteenies for Babies is designed to relax and reinvigorate parents/carers and create special bonding moments with their babies through specially tailored musical and sensory activities. Listen to high-quality live music in a calm, welcoming environment with buggy access, nappy changing facilities, cups of tea or coffee and breastfeeding is welcome. This Youth Music-funded project (2023-2024) enables us to work with four new community groups across the city and aims to interact with new, diverse and often underserved communities. This series is in partnership with Sheffield City Council's Sharrow Family Hub.
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10:00 - doors open
10:15-11:00 - concert
11:00-11:30 - stay, play, and have a cuppa!
Sheffield’s Family Hub works with a wide range of partners who all work together to help and support families. They offer support for families such as preparing for a new baby, Parent/Carer baby and toddler groups, 1:1 support, access to a variety of short courses and links to other support services in your local community such as housing and benefit advice.
There will be a University of Leeds researcher present at this concert. Together we are investigating the impact of our events so they will observe throughout the concert and we will ask for your feedback after sessions. Participation in the research is not compulsory. Please speak to a member of staff if you do not want to be included.
Over 30 years of studying Indian music and working across genres under the banner of ‘world music’, Deepa Shakthi has forged an international reputation as a vocalist and composer, receiving awards and acclaim in the UK and India. She has worked with artists including Kuljit Bhamra and is currently touring with Opera North’s production of Orpheus.
Ford Collier is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer of folk music who specialises in weaving influences from diverse traditions into his music. Since starting his music career in his teens, he has performed at festivals including Glastonbury, regularly toured the UK, released four studio albums with his two bands, The Drystones and Mishra, and received a nomination for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk award.
