Explore the city's rich gaming heritage at the National Videogame Museum, with their freshly revamped ‘Made In Sheffield’ exhibit.
Sheffield Showcase
Returning for its fourth annual event in 2024, the Sheffield Showcase is a collaborative event from over a dozen arts and culture groups based in the city.
With three days of activity at various locations across Sheffield, taking place over the first weekend of September.
From 6th to 8th September, the event will showcase the variety of cultural activity that takes place in the city.
Featuring film screenings, music performances, art exhibits, family-friendly activities and more.
A shared weekend of culture activity, the festival programme is created by and features events from:
Art in the Gardens | Apricot Ballroom | ArtWorks | Classical Sheffield | Cupola Gallery | GLOAM Gallery | Greentop Circus | Kelham Island and Neepsend Community Alliance | The Leadmill | Lick of Paint | National Videogame Museum | Off the Shelf | Park Hill Tours | Pattern Club | Reel Steel | Regather | Sensoria Festival | Sheffield Adventure Film Festival | Sheffield Games Collective | Sheffield Jazz | Sheffield Museums | Site Gallery | Strange Britain | Write from the Art.
Each event is produced and run independently.
See below for programme details (even more events to be announced soon).
Sheffield Jazz - Adam Glasser Quartet
Fri. 6 September 2024
Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, Sheffield, S10 1TD
South African-born Adam Glasser returns to Sheffield with his latest quartet, featuring top British jazz musicians.
ArtWorks: Open Studio at Wharncliffe Works
Fri. 6 September 2024 — Sat. 7 September 2024
Wharncliffe Works, 86 Green Lane, Sheffield, S6 3AF
ArtWorks invites you to their Open Studio event at Wharncliffe Works; supporting artists with learning disabilities, autism or both to flourish creatively and access professional opportunities from the art world.
GLOAM presents Twenty Truant Shapes
Sat. 7 September 2024
GLOAM Gallery
GLOAM presents Nathan Walker’s Twenty Truant Shapes, where an installation of low structures and apertures frame a body in parts, as language, speech, and memory are dissected.
Off the Shelf Festival of Words - A Bunch of Poems with Stan Skinny
Sat. 7 September 2024
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Visit Off the Shelf at Art in the Gardens, and meet their Poetry Gardener AKA comedian Stan Skinny for poetry fun amongst the flowers.
Walk the Streets in the Sky at Park Hill
Multiple dates
Park Hill
Park Hill Residents’ Association invite you on a resident-led tour to walk along the Streets in the Sky, where you will learn about the history of Park Hill.
Kelham Island Museum BSL Tour
Multiple dates
Kelham Island Museum
Discover British Sign Language (BSL) while exploring Kelham Island Museum and the latest collection highlights.
Strange Britain Presents... The Sheffield Showcase Ghost Tour
Fri. 6 September 2024 — Sat. 7 September 2024
Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 2LA
Strange Britain pull out all the stops with a very special ghost tour.
Write from the Art; in the Graves Gallery
Sat. 7 September 2024
Graves Gallery
Join Write from the Art at the Graves Gallery for this fun and thought-provoking art-inspired creative writing workshop.
Art in the Gardens
Sat. 7 September 2024 — Sun. 8 September 2024
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
One of the largest outdoor art exhibitions in the north. Discover paintings in the pavilions and marquees, sculptures on the lawns, and say hello to artists and craft makers – all in beautiful surroundings.
Pattern Club: synthesiser + live coding workshop
Sun. 8 September 2024
Soft Ground
Sheffield's Pattern Club host a synthesiser & live coding workshop, demonstrating how synths can be controlled and manipulated using live coding.
Apricot Ballroom at Sadacca
Sat. 7 September 2024 — Sun. 8 September 2024
Sadacca, 48 Wicker, Sheffield, S3 8JB
Apricot Ballroom will be throwing another one of their friendly late-night hi-fi parties down at Sadacca.
Textile Postcards Workshop with Anne Menary
Multiple dates
Cupola Gallery
Textile Postcards Workshop with artist Anne Menary at Cupola Gallery.
Greentop Circus - Aerial and Circus taster sessions
Multiple dates
Greentop Centre, St Thomas Building, 74 Holywell Road, Sheffield, S4 8AS
Join Greentop Circus for Aerial and Circus taster sessions.
KINCA Art Competition and Kelham Nature Day
Sun. 8 September 2024
Kelham Island Museum
Take part in an art competition with the Kelham Island and Neepsend Community Alliance (KINCA) and Sheffield Museums.
Community Gardening Session with Regather
Sun. 8 September 2024
Regather
Join Regather as they transform Sharrow’s community garden into an attractive and productive space for local residents to enjoy.
Strange Britain Presents... Further Sins of Sheffield: A True Crime Special
Multiple dates
Dorothy Pax
Prepare for a captivating evening of intrigue, laughter, and spine-tingling tales as storyteller Adrian Finney once again descends into the shadowy depths of Sheffield's long and storied past.
The Magic of Terry Pratchett
Sun. 8 September 2024
The Leadmill
Join author and comedian Marc Burrows on a journey through the life and work of Sir Terry Pratchett.