The JuJu Club is now based at "The Boardwalk’ and has been pumping out 'live' world music in Sheffield for the last eleven years.
Started by a collective of friends in the snowy winter of 1989 it has always been about creating a welcoming party atmosphere that makes us want to dance.
We still have a non-commercial vibe, we are now running as a not-for-profit organisation and going for charitable status.

Over the years JuJu has been held in different venues around Sheffield. For a long time we where at the popular Crookes Workingmen’s Club, where we also fought a long and finally successful battle to win equal rights in the club for women.

The JuJu Club’s 200 live promotions have spanned the full range of global music featuring artists like Hugh Masekela, Kanda Bongo Man, Misty & Roots, Fundamental, Jesus Alemany, Roberto Pla, Mouth Music, Shooglenifty and all points, north, south, east and west.

As well as promoting our own gigs, we have put energy into building up networks of promoters, particularly in the North of England and have supported regionally based world music and roots bands.

We have recently been given lottery grant and we are looking to raise the profile of world music in the region as well as move into production, putting out original and remixed global sounds on our own label.

The JuJu team are also partners in Headcharge a very successful monthly all-nighter with two rooms playing acid techno trance in one and dub, reggae, drum and bass and break beat in the other.

The two nights occasionally meet; the JuJu/Headcharge nights feature DJs and bands who combine heavier dance beats with global influences.

We are now busy programming for the rest of the year, planning more JuJu, JuJu/Headcharge and Headcharge nights. We'll also be busy over the summer working with local festivals in Sheffield and trying hard to get our foot in the door at Glastonbury.