The upcoming charity event at Crookes social club will have live music with three bands playing indie alternative rock music with a dance floor and food.
Money raised for Sheffield Hospitals Charity will be going towards research into a rare form of blood cancer called myeloma.
Helen Elleker one of the event organisers said: “My husband was diagnosed with myeloma 4 years ago and as of the result I raised some money and did the London triathlon for the research project and about 18 months ago Andrew Chantry suggested that we needed to raise some more money so we decided to put on this gig with music and my brother got on board.”
Dr Andrew Chantry a professor at the University of Sheffield and researcher is leading the team research into myeloma, which is a rare type of blood cancer.
Bone marrow makes the blood cells however when having myeloma bone marrow makes the blood cells however they aren’t they do not act as blood cells and are known as plasma cells.
These plasma cells that are created means that different parts of the body are affected like kidneys and your immune system which are weakened.
There is not a cure for myeloma but it can be managed by treatment. This would include blood therapy, stem cell transplants and drug treatments.
In October last year they first put on the event and Ms Elleker said: “We did the first one which was very well supported. About 300 people came and we raised £5,000 and we put another one by popular demand and we are hoping that it will be as successful.
“It was a great night. Everybody enjoyed it dancing from the word go, we had a tiki van outside for people to buy pizzas throughout the night.”
The 3 bands that will be playing are The Zeroes which Dr Chantry is a part of, The Ventilators and Bad Combover.
It starts at 7:30pm on June 12th this year at Crookes Social Club House. And all tickets which are £15 for entry will go towards the charity research as well as all money earned.