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Lola and the Cartwheels

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About Me


We are Lola and the Cartwheels!
Lola is for anyone who wants to get together with a group of like-minded ego-free people to have fun, showcase their skills/talents/art and meet new people. We host monthly meetings for people to get together and discuss what they wanna see, wanna do, would like to learn or just to make good friends, really, as well as a monthly clubnight called Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases.
The clubnight showcases three/four female oriented or influenced artists followed by a disco with guest DJs and a distro and craft stall. We basically wanna re-address the gender balance in the Sheffield music scene and also celebrate the many different areas of DIY punk and riot grrrl such as zine workshops, diy DJs and performance art.
We also operate on a not for profit basis, basically aiming to cover the costs of the artists enabling them to spread their word further as well as making sure all of the money we make goes to the bands themselves.
We also run a distro at all our events, get in touch if you wanna add your zine! We currently stock:
♥ Colouring Outside the Lines (Also available from here: With Arms Outstretched, UK Ladyfest Artwork Zine
♥ She's So Very
♥ Chop Chop Comic
♥Blue/Grey
♥Suppedisne
♥Reassess Your Weapons
♥ Ribald
♥ Pulse
♥ Misery and Gin
♥CLIT
♥ Riot House Zine
♥ Toe Curl
Get your copies from us online or down at the shows! For more information on any of the zines or their authors, follow the links or send us a message!

My Interests

♥ GIG NIGHTS AND DISCOS! - COUGHS AND SNEEZES SPREAD DISEASES!
We take over 'The Redhouse' pub on Solly Street, Sheffield NOW on the last saturday of every month. Keep checking our calendar for details and updates...
Expect 3 bands/performers and a whole host of guest DJs as well as our residents: Ms Ova Ree, Katie Adams, Queenie and Toe Curl Soundsystem until 3am!
Also be sure to come and check out our distro and merch table at all events full of zines and loads of exciting treats!
8pm till late - £5♥

♥FOR INFORMATION ON ALL ARTISTS INVOLVED IN EACH LOLA EVENT, CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS LIST! ♥ ♥

♥WHO WE'VE PUT ON SO FAR!♥
Hotpants Romance, Ste McCabe, Town Bike, Cowtown, The Deirdres, Faby Licious, Drunk Granny, Valerie, Vile Vile Creatures, Lusk, Hug Party, Miss Pain, Furious Bears, Violet Violet, Uh'Ohs, Penny Broadhurst, The Brownies, Sow Sow, Das Wanderlust, Sailor Tongue, Kristofski Kabuki, Partyline, Noisy Pig, Robin Osterley, Pifco, DirtBlonde...♥

♥With Blackest Rainbow Records:♥
Mika Miko, No Age, Lovvers

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who wants to get involved or come and party with us!

If you are a band, artist, writer, poet, performer, knitter, seamstress, designer, promoter, venue, trapeze artist, DJ or just a super cool cat...
Then please get in touch to discuss ideas, drink tea, eat cakes and makes plans and lists!

CONTACT THROUGH THIS PAGE OR EMAIL:
[email protected]

Music:

Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Gossip, Bratmobile, Cat Power, Gravy Train!!!, April March, Bangs, Lunachicks, The Butchies, Ana Da Silva, Tegan and Sara, Alisha's Attic, CSS, Mirah, Bis, Chicks on Speed, Sonic Youth, Kelly Clarkson, The Sounds, Elastica, Daisy Chainsaw, Alanis Morisette, Emily's Sassy Lime, Cibo Matto, The Eyeliners, The Distillers, Excuse 17, Fastbacks, theStart, Free Kitten, Team Dresch, Babes in Toyland, Dresden Dolls, L7, Huggy Bear, I Object!, The Organ, Moldy Peaches, Katastrophy Wife, Hole, Fiona Apple, Feist, Joan Armatrading, Be Your Own Pet, Erase Errata, PJ Harvey, Nina Simons, Help She Can't Swim, The Capricorns, Lesbians on Ecstacy, Detroit Cobras, Dressy Bessy, The Physicists, Girls Aloud, Letters to Cleo, Mika Miko, Manda and the Marbles, M.I.A, The Like, The Knife, The Au Pairs, Mecca Normal, Peaches, Petula Clark, Juliana Hatfield, Patti Smith, The Go! Team, Tracy Bonham, Uffie, Love is All, Rilo Kiley, The Grates, Slant 6, Paramore, Shonen Knife, Red Aunts, Imperial Teen, Juliette and the Licks, Kait0, Ladytron, Martha Wainwright,Stereo Total, Rainer Maria, Melt Banana, The Slits, Sleater Kinney, The Soviettes, Tina and the Total Babes, Veruca Salt, The Muffs, Raoull, Electrelane, Tracy and the Plastics, Partyline, The Breeders, Throwing Muses...

Heroes:

All the other active collectives/chapters and exciting people who are doing things for themselves and getting off their arses to make a difference: FAG Club, Manifesta, Female Trouble in particular for being so supportive and fun!!!

My Blog

Lola does some interviews...

Hey all, Us Lola types have been doing a few interviews of late, so if you wanna check em out and find out a bit more about what we're about, what we're into, our ethos etc, follow the links below... ...
Posted by Lola and the Cartwheels on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:50:00 PST

Are you a band or performer interested in playing at a Lola event? PLEASE READ

Sheffield has a thriving DIY scene and many interesting promoters and collectives but unfortunately a specifically feminist/queer friendly and especially alternative gay scene has never been embraced ...
Posted by Lola and the Cartwheels on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:26:00 PST

Directions to The Shakespeare in Sheffield!

WHERE THE SHAKESPEARE SHEFFIELD ACTUALLY IS!! http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&ie=UTF-8&o e=UTF-8&q=the+shakespeare&near=Sheffield,+United+Kin gdom&fb=1&cid=53387412,-1...
Posted by Lola and the Cartwheels on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:49:00 PST

Information: Help Support Planned Parenthood!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendid=24628082 Go check out their myspace and find out what's happening across the USA in the fight to keep abortion legal!...
Posted by Lola and the Cartwheels on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:00:00 PST