5th Birthday Ball
A night to remember
Rainbow Blades has recently won the Supporters' Group award at the 2025 Football v Homophobia awards. This now makes us a double award-winning group after also winning the Fans for Diversity award from the Football Supporters' Association.
Let's ALL celebrate, together.
We're holding a very special event for our 5th anniversary. We'll be celebrating 5 years of progress & much more.
This event is open to EVERYONE to attend.
Join us for drinks, food, awards and entertainment as we celebrate FIVE years of Rainbow Blades.
Standard ticket £40 (25% off Promo code: TWENTYFIVE)
Group ticket £240 (Table of 8 – 25% group discount)
Group ticket £300 (Table of 10 – 25% group discount)
Your ticket includes a welcome drink on arrival (choice of fizz, beer or soft drink), a delicious two-course meal cooked by the Hilton's brilliant chefs, and a night filled with entertainment, awards, music and dancing – all in our very own ballroom, featuring a private bar.
Food
Choice of starters
- Apricot, pancetta and chicken parfait with sticky fig chutney.
- Bruschetta, cherry tomatoes, crushed avocado, basil, olives, balsamic glaze (vegan)
Choice of mains
- Slow-cooked belly pork with Colcannon and rainbow carrots.
- Katsu sweet potato falafel on white rice and katsu curry sauce (vegan)
Annie Priest
https://www.anniepriest.com/
We're delighted that Annie Priest (aka, Rainbow Blades Vice Chair, Anna Kent) will be performing live at our 5th Anniversary Ball.
Annie Priest moved to Sheffield in 2023 and has since been writing songs in homage to people and places close to their heart. Whether it’s their smoking drinking nun of a grandmother or the friend who marched at Pride ’85 alongside the miners, Annie tells gentle stories of love and hope, whilst calling us to take on the baton and continue the fight – for rights, for progress, and for peace. Expect lilting melodies accompanied by fingerpicking on a rusty electric guitar.
The Fan Cave: Silent Auction
We're delighted that The Fan Cave Authentic Memorabilia will be our official Silent Auction partner.
The Fan Cave Memorabilia are an authentic supplier of memorabilia signed by some of the biggest names across sport, music and film.
Along with their own items, we have also sourced a range of items to bid on. The Fan Cave will run our Silent Auction on the evening and all proceeds will go to charity.
https://www.thefancavememorabilia.co.uk/
Rainbow Blades has achieved a lot over the past 5 years. Some of our highlights include:
- Marking LGBTQ+ football campaigns such as Rainbow Laces & Football v Homophobia.
- Building strong relationships with Sheffield United & the Community Foundation.
- Assisting in the delivery of LGBTQ+ education sessions with the club & foundation.
- Created our own bespoke campaigns such as Play your Part & United for All.
- Gaining 800 members.
- Making history by holding the first ever LGBTQ+ charity match at Bramall Lane.
- Winning the Fans for Diversity award from the Football Supporters’ Association & Supporters' Group award from Football v Homophobia.
- Empowering LGBTQ+ Blades to support and follow the club they love as their authentic selves.
All tickets are non-refundable.
Location
DoubleTree by Hilton, Sheffield City, S2 4SU