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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

What's On

Our Sheffield culture calendar. Filled with picks of the city’s arts, culture and heritage events, both in-person and virtual. Plus reviews and festival guides.

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Sheffield Festivals Guide

Our guide to Sheffield's cultural festivals for 2025. Featuring music, film, visual art, theatre, and more.

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Film picks

Our picks of the cinematic delights on Sheffield's screens and online this month.

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Art picks

Take a Sheffield art tour with our picks of the exhibitions and artists' events on now and coming soon – both online and in person.

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Music picks

Make some dates with excellent bands and artists in Sheffield, with a hand from our Tom's choice of upcoming gigs.

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Theatre picks

Our picks of the shows that are taking to the Sheffield stage over the coming weeks and months.

Park Hill Tour – Walk the Streets in the Sky

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'll learn about the history of Sheffield's brutalist icon.

Cash4cards – Secret Postcard Show

Sat. 19 July 2025 — Sat. 23 August 2025

Cupola Gallery

An exhibition of postcards by various artists, all exhibiting anonymously and selling their original artworks at a bargain price of £15. Raising money for charities as well as Cupola Gallery. Opening evening on Friday 18 July.

The Evil Dead (1981) - 16mm film screening

Sat. 23 August 2025

CADS, Arley Street, Sheffield, S2 4QP

Originally shot in 16mm, Reel Steel present one of horror cinema's most iconic titles in a special 16mm film screening.

Sheffield Fayre

Mon. 25 August 2025

Norfolk Heritage Park, Guildford Avenue, S2 2PL

A bank holiday day out for all of the family in Norfolk Park. With a fun fair, demos, arts and crafts, stalls, and more.

Belle

Sun. 24 August 2025 — Tue. 26 August 2025

The Light, The Moor, S1 4PF

Lonely 17-year-old Suzu enters a virtual world, where she becomes world famous singer Belle. She embarks on an adventure to become her true self, in this fantastical and beautiful animated film from Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda.

Wild Play

Multiple dates

Outdoor nature-inspired activities for 3-to-9-year-olds. On themes of: survival, amazing trees, art in the woods, woodland adventure, and pond dipping. At J G Graves Woodland Discovery Centre and Greno Woods.

Kids Creative Summer School

Multiple dates

The Art House

Wednesday afternoon sessions for primary school-aged children to have fun and learn new creative skills – from fun with Posca pens to decorating a small treasure box to folk art. Led by Rebecca Brambila

¡Up Yours! Fergus Quill Plays Xero Slingsby

Wed. 27 August 2025

The Lescar

Powerful, boisterous music from an all-star band drawn from the Leeds jazz scene, celebrating the anarchic spirit of UK jazz legend Xero Slingsby.

Family-Friendly Fan Fiction Writing Workshop with Sile Sibanda

Wed. 27 August 2025

Site Gallery

If you were in control of your favourite characters, what adventures would they get up to? Delve into fandom as you tell our own stories through your favourite fictional characters, inspired by the Fake Fans exhibition.

Summer Circus Minis

Wed. 27 August 2025

Greentop Community Circus Centre, St Thomas Building, 74 Holywell Road, S4 8AS

Join Greentop Community Circus for fun-filled early years circus for 4-to-7-year-olds. With basic skills such as hula hoop, scarf juggling, plate spinning, diablo, bucket stilts, flower sticks, beam, silk cocoons and trapeze.

Lifeboat tours

Multiple dates

National Emergency Services Museum

Every Thursday this August, it's your chance to climb aboard the 47-foot-long 'City of Sheffield' Tyne-class lifeboat. Discover the vital role this vessel once played, sit in the crew's seats and see the cabins where rescued people took shelter.

Summer Holiday Activities at Manor Lodge

Mon. 21 July 2025 — Thu. 28 August 2025

Manor Lodge

A season of crafts activities and trails around the historic grounds, on a different theme each week of the holidays. Nature crafts. Castles and dragons. Birds, bees and Bugs. Brilliant buildings. And more.

Utopia Theatre Youth Academy Summer Programme

Multiple dates

Utopia Theatre Creative Hub, 11 Rockingham Gate, S1 4JD

A weekly series of creative workshops and events for young people, with a focus on literature and theatre from the African diaspora. With theatre and gallery visits, a talent show, videogame fun, and a sports and games day.

Eddington

Tue. 19 August 2025 — Thu. 28 August 2025

Showroom

A stand-off between a mayor and a small-town sheriff sparks conflict, pitting neighbour against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico. A modern western with hard satire from Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) with Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal.

Neighbourhood Greentop Summer Circus Club

Multiple dates

A free holiday club bursting with circus magic, open to ages 8–12.

Summer Holiday Activities: Brilliant Buildings

Mon. 25 August 2025 — Thu. 28 August 2025

Manor Lodge

Join Sheffield Manor Lodge during the final week of the summer holidays and enjoy building-themed craft activities.

Survivors: The Spectre of Threads + Q&A/Intro

Sat. 30 August 2025 — Sun. 31 August 2025

Showroom

The untold story of the film that traumatised a generation. The world premiere of a new documentary, screening with a Q&A with its directors to close Sheffield Film Festival.

Graves Park Food Festival

Sat. 30 August 2025 — Sun. 31 August 2025

Graves Park, Hemsworth Road, S8 8LJ

A family-friendly celebration of international food, independent drink, live music, arts and charity – all taking place in the biggest park in Sheffield.
With stalls, bars, chef demos, children's entertainment, and lots more.

5 by Akerman

Fri. 1 August 2025 — Sun. 31 August 2025

Showroom

Chantal Akerman was ahead of her time in making feminist, queer, uncategorisable cinema. This August, the Showroom is screening five films by the iconic director.

5 by Stillman

Tue. 22 July 2025 — Sun. 31 August 2025

Showroom

Beloved indie director Whit Stillman comes to the Showroom for a Q&A this summer. To celebrate, the Showroom are screening all five of his feature films, starting with Metropolitan.

LEGO Controller Make + Take Event

Mon. 25 August 2025 — Sun. 31 August 2025

National Videogame Museum

From 25th - 31st August, offered exclusively with LEGO, you can Build your very own LEGO controller and take it home as a special souvenir of your visit.

Sheffield Film Festival

Tue. 1 July 2025 — Mon. 1 September 2025

Showroom

Sheffield Film Festival is Showroom Cinema’s annual celebration of its rich film heritage and the thriving film culture of Sheffield and the surrounding region.

Make It! Play It!

Thu. 24 July 2025 — Mon. 1 September 2025

National Videogame Museum

The NVM's summer exhibition takes a look at what it takes to bring a videogame to life. Including an exclusive first look at a brand new claymation game, plus drop-in sessions in sculpting clay characters, building scenes with LEGO, and animation.

Hidden Track

Multiple dates

The Beaten Track, 44–46 Campo Lane, S1 2DE

A free monthly contemporary classical music night. Half programmed performances, followed by a jam for both experienced and new improvisers alike.

Ben Shankland Trio

Wed. 3 September 2025

The Lescar

Winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2023, Ben Shankland brings his wonderful trio to The Lescar. Music marked by an unmistakable personality in every phrase and driven by melody and lyricism.

Against the Grain: My Beautiful Laundrette (40th Anniversary)

Fri. 5 September 2025

Showroom

Set in London's Pakistani community, this film follows Omar who, with his friend Johnny, takes over his rich uncle's run-down laundrette. Against a background of racial tension and poverty, their relationship blossoms to love.

Peddler

Multiple dates

Peddler Warehouse, 92 Burton Road, S3 8DA

Food, music and art in a former warehouse, one weekend a month. Plus kids craft activities on the Saturday afternoons. With bonus Christmas crafts for their festive edition.

Rockin the Bowl

Sat. 6 September 2025

FORGE Warehouse, 148 Effingham Road, S4 7YS

"Forged in fire, set in steel." An all-dayer dedicated to rock and metal. Back for 2025 in its new venue of FORGE Warehouse.

WPM 150: Let’s Celebrate! Weston Park Museum’s Birthday Party

Sat. 6 September 2025

Weston Park Museum

Wish Weston Park Museum many happy returns as it celebrates its 150th birthday! 

Open Mic Night

Multiple dates

Utopia Theatre, 11 Rockingham Gate, S1 4JD

Utopia Theatre’s free monthly platform for celebrating talent and creativity in Sheffield. Welcoming upcoming and established performers across all genres. First Sunday of every month.

Lick of Paint

Sat. 6 September 2025 — Sun. 7 September 2025

A weekend-long mural and street art festival. Bringing together local and international talent to transform the city's walls, underpasses and empty corners with powerful, high-quality public art.

Art in the Gardens

Sat. 6 September 2025 — Sun. 7 September 2025

Sheffield Botanical Gardens

One of the largest outdoor art markets in the north, filling the beautiful Botanical Gardens with the work of artists and crafts makers from across the country.

Circus Minis Early Years Classes

Multiple dates

Greentop Community Circus Centre, St Thomas Building, 74 Holywell Road, S4 8AS

Greentop Youth Circus’s sessions for children aged 4 to 7. Blending age-appropriate circus skills with warm-up games and a welcoming atmosphere.

Footprints Open Jazz Jam

Multiple dates

Alder

An open jam session led by the Footprints house band. All musicians and vocalists are invited to join – or just come down to enjoy the music.

The Heather Ferrier Trio

Thu. 11 September 2025

The Greystones

Accordionist, clog dancer, composer Heather Ferrier is changing the perceptions of alt-folk on her own terms. Joined by guitarist Alistair Paul and drummer Adam Stapleford.

Against the Grain: Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Fri. 12 September 2025

Showroom

This morally ambiguous and bawdy British comedy is set in the north of England, where teenage girls Sue and Rita earn some extra pennies babysitting for middle-class suburban couple Bob and Michelle.

The Ultimate Classic Rock Show 2025

Sat. 13 September 2025

The Octagon Centre

Dust off your air guitars for an evening of classic rock anthems from legends past and present.

Colour

Thu. 19 June 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025

Millennium Gallery

This new exhibition brings together over 150 objects spanning art, science, nature and cultural histories, alongside a range of interactive activities.

Sheffield General Cemetery History Tour

Multiple dates

Sheffield General Cemetery

Join the volunteers from Sheffield General Cemetery Trust for a fascinating glimpse into Sheffield's Victorian past. Their guided tours of this Grade II* listed historic site tend to run on the first Sunday of the month.

Fake Fans

Fri. 1 August 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025

Site Gallery

An exploration of the world of bootleg and fan-made objects. With an animation film, unofficial games remixing familiar franchises, zines, fan art, reimagined figurines, and a series of trading cards created by Site Gallery's youth collectives.

Dreaming of You: The Making of the Coral

Thu. 18 September 2025

Showroom

A coming-of-age documentary tracing six misfit friends from suburban Hoylake as they form The Coral.

Against the Grain: The Gold Diggers

Fri. 19 September 2025

Showroom

A ground-breaking, early-80s feminist film and the first feature from Sally Potter (Orlando; The Tango Lesson). Made by an all-woman crew, it follows a bank clerk (Colette Laffont) whose path crosses with an enigmatic film star (Julie Christie).

Far Gone

Wed. 17 September 2025 — Sat. 20 September 2025

Playhouse

Follow Okumu on his journey from innocent boy to child soldier in this gripping, physical one-man play. Written and performed by John Rwothomack. Read our review from the play's 2019 premiere ahead of its return in 2025.

Alpaca Festival

Fri. 12 September 2025 — Sat. 20 September 2025

A festival on algorithmic pattern-making in anything from heritage crafts to tech. With an algorave, a concert with pattern-based instrumental music, talks and workshops around patterns in juggling, textiles, music and more.

Powerlines

Sat. 20 September 2025

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

A new independent metal festival for 2025 – by the fans, for the fans. Showcasing a lineup of local homegrown artists and national acts, open to all ages and types of metalheads.

Sheffield Heritage Open Days

Fri. 12 September 2025 — Sun. 21 September 2025

Ten days to explore heritage treasures across the city.

Pollen

Multiple dates

Grey to Green, S3 8LB

An inner-city flower market, celebrating all things botanical. Taking over a patch of Sheffield city centre one Sunday a month, with plants, flowers, fresh produce and music.

DIY Filmmakers X KFC 3D Film Night: Piranha

Sun. 21 September 2025

Alder

Join DIY Filmmakers and Kelham Film Club for a 3D screening of this classic 2000s horror comedy.

Free business skills training for creative freelancers and small business owners

Tue. 15 July 2025 — Tue. 23 September 2025

Showroom

Over 60 hours of free business mentoring, spread over 10 weeks, for freelancers and business owners based in South Yorkshire. Learn how to get more clients and grow your freelance business.

Midnight Marauders

Fri. 18 April 2025 — Fri. 26 September 2025

Showroom

Because some films need to be watched late at night... A monthly late night cult film screening starting at 11:30pm and running into the early morning (often on the last Friday of the month).

Mozart Violin Sonatas

Fri. 26 September 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

Ensemble 360 perform some of Mozart’s most charming works, as well as music by Robert Schumann.

Float Along Festival

Sat. 27 September 2025

Float Along music festival returns to Sheffield city centre to do it all again for the third year running. Details of this year's lineup and venues to come...

Sheffield Home of Football Guided Walks

Multiple dates

Take a fascinating stroll around Sheffield city centre, as you explore the stories of how the modern game of football emerged in Sheffield and the early pioneers of the global game.

The Signatures: Northern Live

Sat. 27 September 2025

The Octagon Centre

Experience the soul-stirring magic of The Signatures, the backing band for many of the Northern Soul original artists.

Spirit of Independence Film Festival

Fri. 26 September 2025 — Sun. 28 September 2025

The Light, The Moor, S1 4PF

A celebration of fiercely independent filmmaking, showcasing raw, bold and passionate films from around the world.

Respect your Elders with Wild Combination

Sun. 11 May 2025 — Sun. 28 September 2025

Join experimental food duo Wild Combination for a series of outdoor workshops on identifying plants, their cultural and ecological importance, and ways to preserve and process them for modern use.

DIY Filmmakers X KFC 3D Film Night: Journey to The Center of The Earth

Sun. 28 September 2025

Alder

Join Sheffield DIY Filmmakers and Kelham Film Club for 2000s nostalgic 3D film fun – with this science fantasy action-adventure starring Brendan Fraser.

Esther Manito

Sun. 28 September 2025

The Steamworks, 111 Randall Street, S2 4SJ

Esther Manito comes to Sheffield to perform a hilarious set of stand-up comedy – embracing the sheer joy of having absolutely no dignity.

NT Live: Inter Alia

Thu. 4 September 2025 — Mon. 29 September 2025

Showroom

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.

Quacks

Showroom

A monthly queer comedy open mic night. Head down to their next event to join in the laughs or even take to the mic yourself. Back in September! Date TBC.

Romantic Piano Trios

Tue. 30 September 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

A stirring evening of romantic favourites performed by the Leonore Piano Trio.

Alan Davies - Think Ahead

Thu. 2 October 2025

The Octagon Centre

A late middle-aged stand up on tour for the first time in a decade. Funnier than ever, he says. Alan Davies is a staple of British television, known for his performance as Jonathan Creek, QI and his talk show, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.

James Allsopp Quartet plays Stan Getz

Thu. 2 October 2025

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

Sheffield Jazz presents saxophonist James Allsopp's tribute to the legendary Stan Getz – one of the most influential tenor sax players, who in the 1960s popularised the bossa nova sounds of Brazil.

Hundreds of Beavers: Live!

Fri. 3 October 2025

Showroom

A special immersive screening of a supernatural winter epic set in the 19th century, inspired by Looney Tunes and silent cinema. A drunken applejack salesman comes up against hundreds of beavers. Its stars will be here, alongside furry friends/foes.

The Star-Spangled Cabaret VI

Sat. 4 October 2025

Genting Casino, Saint Paul's Place, Arundel Gate, S1 2PN

Welcome to The Star-Spangled Cabaret, Sheffield’s very own curiously quirky experience. With entertainment in the form of burlesque, striptease, comedy, music, drag, and quite a few surprises.

Sensoria

Thu. 2 October 2025 — Sun. 5 October 2025

Sheffield's festival of film and music. Expect a truly unique mix of performance, live film scores, screenings, exhibitions, and music industry activity.

DIY Filmmakers X KFC 3D Film Night: Spy Kids

Sun. 5 October 2025

Alder

The Sheffield DIY Filmmakers have teamed up with Kelham Film Club to bring you a series of nostalgic 3D movies from the 2000s – including this, the third instalment of Spy Kids.

The Pocket Ellington, Alan Barnes & Dave Green & Vimala Rowe

Wed. 8 October 2025

Crucible Theatre

Sheffield Jazz present a double bill featuring a classic Ellington sound followed by award-winning singer Vimala Rowe, a major talent on the British jazz scene.

Three Acres and a Cow

Thu. 9 October 2025

Crucible Theatre

A history of land rights and protest in folk song and story. Part history talk, part folk club sing-a-long, part storytelling session.

Chris Addison's incomplete guide to chamber music

Fri. 10 October 2025

Crucible Theatre

Chris Addison (The Thick of It, Mock the Week) joins Ensemble 360 to bring his infectious enthusiasm for classical music to the Crucible. Telling the story of Europe from the courts of 17th century Italy to today’s contemporary composers.

Beatles Complete

Sat. 11 October 2025

The Montgomery

A night of Beatlemania packed with hits from the most influential band of all time.

Family Concert: The Storm Whale

Sat. 11 October 2025

Crucible Theatre

A musical version of Benji Davies’ modern-classic The Storm Whale. The story of a boy, a whale washed up on the beach and friendships that will change their lives forever.

Nigel Kennedy: Heart and Soul

Sat. 11 October 2025

Crucible Theatre

Nigel Kennedy is the best-selling classical violinist of all time and a past collaborator with Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, The Who and Led Zeppelin. He takes to the Crucible stage along with cellist Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska.

No Bounds

Fri. 10 October 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025

A weekend of bleeps, beats and sweaty grins – bringing together music, visual art and technology. Lineup for 2025 to be confirmed.

Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait

Sat. 24 May 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025

Millennium Gallery

For this new exhibition, New York-based visual artist Liliane Tomasko uses portraiture as an acute lens to shed light on the ever-changing human psyche.

Josephine Davies’ Satori

Thu. 16 October 2025

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

Sheffield Jazz presents acclaimed saxophonist and composer Josephine Davies with her dynamic ensemble. Playing music inspired by her Nordic roots in the Shetland Islands, weaving together contemporary jazz and evocative folk.

Sounds Of Now: Éliane Radigue for Organ

Fri. 17 October 2025

St Marie's Cathedral, Cathedral House, Norfolk Street, S1 2JB

Éliane Radigue’s Occam XXV – written for, and performed here by, the French organist Frédéric Blondy – envelops its listener in a slowly evolving ocean of sound.

Steel City Beer & Cider Festival

Wed. 15 October 2025 — Sat. 18 October 2025

Kelham Island Museum

Sheffield CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) know a thing or two about good beer, cider and perry. Join them for their 2025 festival, set to take place on 15–18 October.

Sounds of Now: Eliane Radique Roundtable

Sat. 18 October 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

Musicians Rhodri Davies, Angharad Davies and Dominic Lash are joined by Louise Gray (writer for The Wire) and author Julia Eckhardt to discuss the work of pioneering French composer Éliane Radigue.

Eliane Radique for Harp, Violin and Double Bass

Sat. 18 October 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

Welsh harpist and improvisor Rhodri Davies, together with Angharad Davies (violin) and Dominic Lash (double bass), present a selection of works composed for them by Radigue.

Harben Kay Quartet

Fri. 24 October 2025

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

A Sheffield Jazz debut for tenor saxophonist Harben Kay with a stellar rhythm section. Kay's original compositions reflect their experiences in their homeland of Scotland, time spent living in London and New York, and themes of identity and change.

Gwenda's Garage

Wed. 15 October 2025 — Sat. 25 October 2025

Playhouse

Created by an all-lesbian team, this new musical is inspired by the true story of a garage set up by three female mechanics in 80s Sheffield. A joyful, queer call to arms, fired by feminism, friendship and a belief in the power of collective action.

Bach for Solo Violin

Sat. 25 October 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

Ensemble 360’s violinist Benjamin Nabarro presents Bach’s third Sonata and Partita. Unmatched in the 400 years since their composition, these are pieces that continue to dazzle and amaze.

Celluloid Screams

Thu. 23 October 2025 — Sun. 26 October 2025

Showroom

Sheffield’s horror film festival returns for its 17th year in 2025. Getting you spooked just in time for Halloween.

Kelham Island Walks

Multiple dates

Kelham Island, S3

Explore the past and present of characterful Kelham Island and Neepsend, with walks on three themes. Discover stories of industrial Sheffield, working class community, and inspiring art.

Off the Shelf

Sheffield's festival of words, taking place each October. Look out for our guide to the writer talks, workshops and events in the 2025 programme in coming months.

Bach and the American Minimalists

Fri. 31 October 2025

Playhouse

Monegasque-Sri Lankan pianist Shani Diluka performs music by Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Moondog and JS Bach.

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

Thu. 4 September 2025 — Fri. 31 October 2025

Showroom

Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) plays a Crown Court judge at the top of her career – and also a karaoke fiend, loving wife and supportive parent – whose life is thrown off balance. The much-anticipated new play from the team behind Prima Facie.

Quartet for the end of time

Sat. 1 November 2025

Playhouse

Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is the centrepiece of this concert showcasing music to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Performed by Ensemble 360.

Messiaen Roundtable

Sat. 1 November 2025

Playhouse

Leading Messiaen scholar Professor Christopher Dingle joins musicians from Ensemble 360 for a roundtable discussion of one of the great masterpieces of the twentieth century: Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.

Ravel & Glass: Cinematic Quartets

Thu. 6 November 2025

Playhouse

Piatti Quartet perform string music composed for, and used in, cinema. Featuring compositions by Jonny Greenwood for There Will Be Blood, Bernard Herman’s for Psycho, and Philip Glass for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.

Songs of love

Fri. 7 November 2025

Playhouse

Singer Claire Booth and Ensemble 360 present an evening of French chamber music.

Sheffield Print Fair

Sat. 8 November 2025

Millennium Gallery

Enjoy watching printmaking in action and pick up a print or two to take home from among the 43 stalls featuring the wares of artists and printmakers from Sheffield and beyond. Call for applications open till 1 September 2025.

Piano Classics – Libby Burgess

Sat. 8 November 2025

Playhouse

Pianist Libby Burgess presents a recital of some of the best-loved music for solo piano – from the dazzling inventiveness of Schubert’s Four Impromptus to the lush romanticism of Rachmaninov’s Morceaux de Fantaisie.

Sounds Of Now: Konnakol, Drum Kit and Code

Sat. 8 November 2025

Playhouse

Konnakol (vocal percussive music from the South Indian Carnatic tradition) artist BC Manjunath, live-coder Alex McLean and drummer Matt Davies present an evening of live-coded electronic music and percussion.

Laura Jurd Quintet

Thu. 13 November 2025

Firth Hall

A trumpeter and composer with one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and improvised music. Hosted by Sheffield Jazz and University of Sheffield Concerts.

Ultimate 70s Show

Sat. 15 November 2025 — Fri. 14 November 2025

The Montgomery

Travel back in time and relive the sights and sounds of the 1970s.

Death & The Maiden

Thu. 20 November 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

The Dudok Quartet present Schubert’s extraordinary string quartet. Alongside their own arrangement of a 17th century Italian madrigal by Carlo Gesualdo and Kaija Saariaho’s modern masterpiece Terra Memoria.

Sam Newbould Quintet

Fri. 21 November 2025

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

A rare chance to see an internationally celebrated band as Yorkshire-born saxophonist and composer Sam Newbould leads his award-winning line-up from the vibrant Amsterdam jazz scene. Presented by Sheffield Jazz.

The Sheffield Sustainable Market

Multiple dates

Victoria Hall, Norfolk Street, S1 2JB

Bringing together the best sustainable gifts from local makers. Helping you to live a lower impact life.

Mozart Gran Partita

Sat. 22 November 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

Ensemble 360 perform one Mozart’s greatest works, immortalised in the 1984 film Amadeus, in this concert of chamber music on a large scale.

Doncaster Jazz Alumni

Sun. 23 November 2025

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

Another chance to see the Doncaster Jazz Alumni, a really great big band whose local name belies the national prominence of its members.

Ribbons Quartet

Thu. 27 November 2025

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

Beautiful and intimate music from singer Sara Colman and pianist Rebecca Nash, celebrating the joy of musical partnership, friendship and collaboration. Presented by Sheffield Jazz.

Vienesse Masterworks: Brahms and more for solo piano

Thu. 4 December 2025

Playhouse

Tim Horton returns to Sheffield for the latest in his series celebrating the musical history of Vienna. Beethoven’s well-known Piano Sonata No.15, nicknamed the ‘Pastoral’, is showcased alongside Brahms’s emotional and romantic Four Ballades.

Relaxed Concert: The Genius Of Beethoven

Sat. 6 December 2025

Playhouse

For this ‘relaxed’ concert, doors will be left open, lights raised, a break-out space provided, and there will be less emphasis on the audience being quiet during the performance. With Ensemble 360 performing Beethoven.

The Genius of Beethoven

Sat. 6 December 2025

Playhouse

Ensemble 360 celebrate one of the greatest composers to have ever lived.

The Snowman + Live Score

Sat. 6 December 2025 — Sun. 7 December 2025

Showroom

Unite the Union Brass Band present a special festive performance of the Christmas classic with a live score.

Moonlight – Isata Kanneh-Mason

Thu. 11 December 2025

Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason presents two of Beethoven’s best-loved works for solo piano: the ‘Moonlight’ and the ‘Waldstein’ sonatas.

Peter Blundell Jones: Architecture, Landscape and the City

Mon. 21 July 2025 — Sun. 14 December 2025

Western Bank Library

An exhibition celebrating the life, work and legacy of the late British architect, writer, and teacher Peter Blundell Jones who taught at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture.

Penny McCarthy: How to Look Through Time

Sat. 12 July 2025 — Sat. 20 December 2025

Graves Gallery

Artist Penny McCarthy sets out to find new ways to consider time, loss and preservation.

In Dreams: A David Lynch Retrospective

Showroom

Throughout 2025, Showroom Cinema is celebrating the life and work of one of the great film artists with In Dreams. A retrospective of the late David Lynch’s screen dreams and visual nightmares.

Celebrating 150 Years of Weston Park Museum

Weston Park Museum

This summer, join one of our city’s best-loved museums as it kicks off celebrations for its 150th anniversary. Including chance to play retro games, build a giant 3D map of the city, create decorations for the museum's big birthday party, and more.

Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio

Tue. 11 November 2025 — Wed. 31 December 2025

Showroom

The most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time. Featuring masterpiece after masterpiece and with first-hand testimony from the artist himself on the eve of his mysterious disappearance.

Slime Mother

Fri. 3 October 2025 — Sun. 1 February 2026

Site Gallery

An immersive, multi-sensory exhibition by artist and writer Abi Palmer. With film, text, sculpture and installation, inviting us to be more slug-like – to slow down, merge and connect – embracing the resilient strangeness of this complex gastropod.

Sheffield Chinese Lunar New Year Festival

Sat. 21 February 2026 — Sun. 22 February 2026

Peace Gardens, 50 Pinstone Street, S1 2HH

Welcome in the Year of the Horse in Sheffield with a festival extravaganza in the Peace Gardens. Come back closer to the time for details of the 2026 event.

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Thu. 22 January 2026 — Sat. 28 February 2026

Showroom

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

The Ladies Football Club

Sat. 28 February 2026 — Sat. 28 March 2026

Crucible Theatre

When World War 1 forces men onto the frontline, the women of Sheffield take their place in the factories – and on the football pitch. They play to crowds of over 50,000, unaware that something will soon blow the whistle on their beautiful game.

Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable

Tue. 10 March 2026 — Tue. 31 March 2026

Showroom

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo

Tue. 19 May 2026 — Sun. 31 May 2026

Showroom

A journey through the life of a true icon. Discover her art, and uncover the story of her rebellious, passionate life. With new material from the curators of the groundbreaking Tate Modern exhibition Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon.

In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home

Tue. 24 June 2025 — Wed. 23 December 2026

Graves Gallery

An exhibition curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, bringing together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.