I love you,
will you
dance with me?
CRONELINES 2025
Saturday 22 February 2025, 2pm-7.30pm at a secret squirrel location, Sheffield UK
An afternoon celebration of cronehood for women in midlife and beyond!
(Because age is a privilege and life is hard enough!)
This is event is for anyone who identifies as a crone or is approaching cronehood!
A friendly space for all crones!
NOW SOLD OUT!!!
NOW SOLD OUT!!!
Cronelines 2025 is now sold out! THIS IS A TICKET ONLY EVENT, NO ENTRY ON THE DOOR. Please send Juzza an email hello@justjuzza.co.uk if you would like to join the waiting list and she will let you know if we get any returns! xxx
Congratulations, you phenomenal woman!
You have been sent this link because a crone or crone-in-training wants to celebrate having got this far through menopause (or out the other side of it!) and wants to honour your friendship in a suitably bat-shit-crazy way.
This is your personal invitation to Crone Club’s afternoon party with a difference!
The day will feature the very best Crone DJs including: DJ Kitty (Society, Speed for Lovers), Crone Juzza (Hoochi Coo, Runaway Girl), Sarah Wilson aka DJ Moonrise (La Luna), Crone Lyn Lockwood and Disco Clare (Disco Choir).
PLUS crone-related spoken word performances from Insta crone model and writer Cathi Rae, Manchester’s Joy France (Aka The Rapping Nana), Vicky Morris (Hive) and a performance by Angelina Abel of Mulembas D’Africa.
What we want to achieve through the event
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Honour the women who help make your life worth living.
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Celebrate your own fabulousness and the privilege of reaching the age we are.
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Dance, laugh and have fun with the crones you know…and connect with new ones!
LAST MINUTE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT - CRONE UNA BAINES IS COMING!
One of THE founding members of The Fall in the 70’s and backing for Nico 😮 Manchester’s Una Baines is a punk pioneer who is still supporting grassroots/punk music in Manchester, and plays in her all female band ‘Poppycock’. She will be attending CroneLines to perform some spoken word at the start of the day. 🥳
Punk Pioneer Una Baines Interview in the Manchester Evening News
Also featuring guest spoken word performances from…
Joy France aka Rap Battle nana (Manchester, Afflecks Palace)
(Warning some of Joy’s documentary is a hard watch as she enters a lions den of misogony and ageism.) @JoyFranceWords
Vicky Morris
Vicky Morris is a Sheffield/Welsh poet, tutor, editor and mentor. Her debut pamphlet, If All This Never Happened, was a winner of the Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition, 2021. Her poems have appeared widely in magazines and journals, including: The Rialto, The Poetry Review and The North. Vicky is the founder of Hive Young Writers and, along with our Juzza, received a Sarah Nulty Award 2019 for her years developing young and emerging writers. She is a recent Arvon/Jerwood mentee, and along with Juzza, was one of our Crone Club’s Crone Spoken Library books sharing her experience of crone neurodiversity.
Angelina Abel (Mulembas D’Africa)
Angelina Abel is a qualified dance teacher based in Sheffield with over 10 years of dance experience. As a choreographer, Angelina believes in the power of dance as a healing tool, as a point of unity, and on its use, to promote social cohesion.
Angelina will get us moving with a dance based on her Angolan heritage, where ancestral spirituality guides you through each movement allowing you to release the energy, expand the soul and embrace the roots.
Cathi Rae
Body positive and slow-fashion crone model, crone Insta goddess, writer and performer, and campaigner against agism in the world of fashion.
Also featuring the following Crone DJs
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DJ Crone Juzza
3.30-4.15pm
From Nina Simone to Queen Latifa, ESG, Rosin Murphy and, of course, a bit of Crone Dolly.
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DJ Crone Lyn
4.15-4.45pm
Playing Crone Punk, Indie and Newwave, from Brix Smith (shameless selfie above!) Kim Deal, Siousie Sioux, Una baines and PJ Harvey.
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DJ Clare Disco Choir
4.45-5.15pm
Legendary leader of Sheffield’s Disco Choir will be banging out the best of crone disco. 🕺🏿
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DJ Moonrise
5.15-6.15pm
DJ Moonrise Crone Sarah Wilson (La Luna Social Club) playing powerful toons from powerful women up to the modern day. Expect crones of the future Self Esteem, She Drew the Gun, Lizzo and crones from the past such as Nenah Cherry and Joni Mitchell.
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DJ Kitty (Speed for Lovers)
6.15-7pm
Expect the best of Crone House and closing crone bangers from Crone Kit!
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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If you’re in menopause or on the other side of it, you are CRONE COOL, so please come and bring with you a sister you want to honour and have fun with.
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Your best crone/hag-related wear is most welcome for the revelry - from a crone badge to full-on crone gowns! For ideas and inspiration, visit @twistedTweeHag and Crone wear.(They will customise second hand clothes for you too!)
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If you’re in menopause or out of the other side of it, we’d love to dance with you and celebrate the joy of sisterhood in midlife and beyond!
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Erm, yes, if you can! It’s going to be a fast-paced and carefully curated afternoon, with a beginning, middle and end. Please turn up on time for the welcome march before 2pm! More details will follow - keep your eyes peeled for the email!
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Crone VIPs get one free ticket at checkout (using the code CRONEVIP) then it’s £15 for each sister ticket you are buying.
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It’s a secret location in Sheffield, UK. You will receive an email with details of the venue nearer the time.
Huge thanks to The Tramlines Trust for helping subsidise this event. If you’re a community group in Sheffield UK and want to apply for funding for next year, check out their website!
Thanks to our generous secret squirrel venue hosts, Nik and Jon at 99 Mary Street. If you’re looking for a classy venue for around 100 people, check them out!
Thanks also to Sheffield Female entrepreneur Natalia Welsh, founder of Sheffield-based Pura Panela and co-founder of Loro Crisps, driven by a desire to connect Columbian and UK cultures.
