Step back in time to the golden age of the traditional Spook Show – an eerie theatrical experience inspired by the mysterious shows that entertained audiences in theatres from the 1920s onwards.

What’s happening with climate and nature, and what does it mean for everyday life in the UK? Join the University of Sheffield Allotment Society for a screening of an eye-opening film bringing together leading UK scientists and experts.

S*Glass creates live mixes of pre-processed noises, appropriated and found sound, disembodied voices, loops and location recordings. Marc Matter (works between sound and language. And ​Ian Francis Keye (Murphy) plays the MPC2000 sampler/sequencer.

A mysterious, spellbinding Halloween show at the Samuel Worth Chapel, featuring The Witching Tale.

This disturbing Japanese thriller follows Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a widower who decides to start dating again. Aided by a film-producer friend (Miyuki Matsuda), Aoyama uses auditions for a fake production to function as a dating service.

Discover a world of aerials, acrobatics, juggling, creativity and performance at Greentop’s holiday circus clubs.

Elevate brings an evening of experimental dance music and live-coding to Kelham Island's Factory Floor.

A cult classic like no other, with wild characters, elaborate dances and memorable songs. Stranded on an isolated road, a young couple find shelter with scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter and discover his latest creation – Rocky Horror, the ultimate man.

What better way to celebrate Halloween than an evening of the weird, wonderful and slightly macabre sounds of Tim Burton’s longtime collaborator Danny Elfman. With music from The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and more.

Step into the fascinating world of fungi with a guided walk through the Cemetery, led by expert Ziggy. Discover the variety of mushrooms and toadstools that thrive in this historic landscape and learn more about their role in the natural world.

Immerse yourself in an exclusive pre-release playback of Steven Wilson's stunning new album at Pitchblack Playback's listening session in the dark.

Come along to Sheffield Manor Lodge this October half term for spooky Halloween craft and trail activities.

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 30 August 2026.

LGBTQ+ art and heritage have endured across the centuries, with communities continuing to express and preserve their Queer stories. This new exhibition brings together artworks and objects from Sheffield’s collections to explore Queer art today.

Drawn from the city collection, this exhibition celebrates photography’s unique power to reveal connections spanning generations, geographies and shared histories. 

This Halloween, join the Showroom on Spooky Island and in Coolsville for the ultimate double-bill, Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

To welcome Freshers through the Showroom doors, the cinema team have selected some of the best coming-of-age tales set in schools, colleges and universities.

A free family-friendly jazz gig with a 20-piece band, live singers, and Halloween classics.

It's time to do the Monster Mash rave style. Bring your little ghouls to Big Fish Little Fish's Halloween party – helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.

Dystopia paves way for illusion and confusion, for the latter half of Sheffield Theatres' 2026 Shakespeare Season. Read our writer Ebony's review.

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.

A look at the curious, beautiful, macabre and magical connections people have made to the land through over 400 objects from Sheffield’s collections. Curated by Heavy Water Collective (artists Maud Haya-Baviera, Victoria Lucas and Joanna Whittle).

Author Richard Daniels presents an entertaining journey into an alternate realm of conspiracies, ghosts, and UFOs. Taken from his case file series, Occultaria of Albion, Richard uses audio and video to deliver a potent, mysterious show.

Calling all gamers, ghosts and ghouls! Get ready for a spooktacular Halloween takeover at the National Videogame Museum this October half-term.

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

Blurring the line between reality and fantasy, director Guillermo del Toro depicts the horrors of war against a child's innocence and imagination. A beautiful and terrifying dark fairy tale, back in cinemas with a 20th anniversary 4K restoration.

Dare you enter a world infected by fear? The Void is a sci-fi horror created for the stage, presented by Yorkshire company Thunder Road.

An exhibition tied to journalist Daniel Dylan Wray's book on a history of independent music in Sheffield. With photos, films, flyers and ephemera spanning everything from Warp to Self Esteem via Pulp, The Human League, Arctic Monkeys and more.

Hear Mariam’s vibrant, Malian, worldbeat music on the Octagon stage.

A youth-led film and arts programme working with five talented youth groups across Sheffield.

Showroom's BHM season closes with a celebration of young Black creativity and community. Good Burger (1997) is a comedy about two goofy high-school friends who take summer jobs at a local burger joint and try save it from being taken over by a chain.

In 17th-century France, a charismatic priest defies a Cardinal's consolidation of power. A prescient vision of obsession and corruption, censored for over half a century, director Ken Russell's landmark film returns in a 55th anniversary restoration.

A two-day event focusing on women in Japanese cinema, including screenings, filmmaker Q&A's, and an optional workshop.

An annual programme foregrounding East and Southeast Asian art practices, presented by Bloc Projects and Platform Asia. With an exhibition, a live performance and screening.

Amy doesn’t get angry and she’s starting to feel left out, so she’s on a quest to feel fury. From what she can discern from the world around her, it appears to be all the rage… literally.

Pianist Martin Roscoe joins forces with the Brodskys, a quartet who have been performing for over 50 years to prizes and plaudits around the world.

Praised for his “urgently visceral” playing (Tempo), London-based Canadian saxophonist David Zucchi is joined by Robert Laidlow for a programme of innovative works for saxophone and live electronics.

Join the award winning singer, harpist and composer in concert at Wild Traditions.

Writer/director Oliver Stone's personal and searing testament to the men who fought the war in Vietnam.

Join three artists at the atmospheric Samuel Worth Chapel for a night of experimental sound, immersive performance and music that resists easy description.

Ever wondered who helped shape Sheffield into the city it is today? Step back in time with us on a guided tour of Sheffield General Cemetery, a beautifully preserved Grade II* registered Park and Garden with over 190 years of history.

A powerful documentary delving into the experiences of the Somali community in Tower Hamlets. Plus two short films exploring the legacy of Somali women in Sheffield and a Q&A with the directors Asma Kabadeh and Hamda Ali.

At a Birmingham grammar bursting with overachievers, political meltdowns, and teenage delusion, best friends Sabrin and Ruqqiyah are free-falling to their futures.

Four Strangers. A fatal invitation. Amateur dramatics group TOADS present a production of the play based on Shirley Jackson's classic ghost story.

Discover the art of peg loom weaving.

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.

"Poet of the piano” Pavel Kolesnikov is one of the world’s most exciting young pianists. Lauded for his amazing ability to cast new light on familiar repertoire, he makes his Music in the Round debut with a tour through Chopin's complete Nocturnes.

Learn to quilt a beautiful Christmas stocking to last year after year.

Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra play Mahler’s Symphony no.5, Farrenc overture no.2 and Bottesini concerto for double bass.

Discover artisan craft, contemporary design and beautifully made work from 65 independent makers, set across two floors in the heart of Sheffield.

Cupola presents two new solo exhibitions: From Out of Silence by Antonia Salmon and The Solway Series by David Lucas.

Written entirely in rhyme, The Hypochondriac is Roger McGough’s hilarious take on Moliere’s 17th century comic satire of the medical profession. Presented by Sheffield University Drama Society.

A biennial festival of new ideas. Bringing together the city's creative community and its academic minds through exhibitions, talks, screenings, performances and more.

Come and celebrate the joy of dance as part of the Dancing Sheffield project. Including a mass join-in dance in Weston Park, performances, workshops and more.

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness as he physically and socially isolates himself from everyone. Screening as part of WTF, Showroom's monthly screening strand celebrating the films that make you say "What The F...ilm"!?

Get crafty this Christmas and learn how to create a festive fresh door wreath to take home.

FFStival returns for year three!

A special, 20th-anniversary screening tour of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North. Also presented as a tribute to the late Martin Parr, who shot the film.

Celebrate Doctor Who Day with an exclusive big-screen event marking 20 years of the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

In this insightful and thought-provoking conversation, British artist Jyll Bradley will join Ben Harman, Senior Curator of Photography at the National Galleries of Scotland, to talk about her extensive body of photographic work.

Showroom's monthly open mic invites writers of all styles are welcome to perform their work.

Founded in 2020 with the aim of elevating queer and Asian voices in the UK, Queer East has become one of the most important activities in the country’s cultural calendar.

Join a panel of musicians and experts who will shine a light on some of the composers and music featuring across Northern Lights, Music in the Round's weekend of elemental music from the frozen north.

A dazzling portrait of contemporary Icelandic music ranging from celebrated glacial works by Anna Thorvaldsdóttir and Oscar-winning Hildur Guðnadóttir, to new arrangements of Björk and Ólafur Arnalds’ haunting music for Broadchurch.

Widely acknowledged as one of the most important figures of the modern day and one of the greatest and most influential songwriters of all time, Bob Dylan has reshaped popular music by elevating lyric writing to a profound literary art form.

Music in the Round's resident Ensemble 360 performs masterpieces and miniatures for strings and piano by two giants of Nordic classicism.

Norway’s multi-award-winning Engegård Quartet brings its customary boldness, energy and freshness to Sheffield in a concert of Mozart, Beethoven and Grieg.

Explore inside the historic Portland Works to buy art, ceramics, glass, print, jewellery, textiles and more from the people who make them. With an opportunity to visit studios and share mulled wine and a mince pie with the resident makers.

Celebrate a Ukrainian Christmas with folk songs, handmade gifts, authentic food and more.

Formed under the midnight sun in the Lofoten Islands, Norway’s leading string quartet brings the rugged soul of the country to the stage, with arrangements of traditional joiks, haunting psalms and spirited bridal marches.

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival first landed at the Showroom in March 2006. To mark this 20th anniversary, the team have crafted a weekend retrospective of some of the festival's very best features and shorts.

A season of classic films from one of France's most iconic directors.

A new multi-genre music jam night in Sheffield city centre.

An evening of new short films about British Jewish life.

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets Maude at a funeral. A 55th anniversary screening.

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

Tim Horton performs an afternoon concert for Music in the Round, launching his a journey through Beethoven’s staggering achievements for piano, with works including his celebrated Appassionata sonata.

Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe presents a tour of four centuries of music, including Bach’s first cello suite, Steve Reich’s masterpiece Electric Counterpoint and a recent commission by the UK’s leading contemporary composer Thomas Adès.

Northern Lights Theatre invites you to tune in for a special Christmas broadcast. A small company brings this Christmas classic to life on stage with music, live sound effects, and you as the studio audience.

Arbrevyn perform a Christmas special concert. Featuring Cornish carols alongside more local carols and some of their favourite repertoire.

Sheffield Chamber Orchestra present a varied introduction to the richness of orchestral music. From Mendelssohn’s enchanted Shakespearean forest to Dvořák’s Czech dances, Handel’s Baroque elegance and Farrenc’s powerful Romantic symphony.

Andro and Eve are having a right royal celebration. Marking ten years of The Kingdom Come drag king cabaret – one of the longest running platforms for drag king talent in the UK!

An exhibition telling the story of Skinning the Cat, a ground-breaking all-female circus troupe from Bradford. With colourful artworks, costumes and historic items about women in circus.

Experience the epic conclusion.

A loose adaptation of the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, notable for its striking imagery and performances. Screening as part of the Showroom's monthly screening strand celebrating films that make you say "What The F...ilm"!?

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. Part of Spotlight, the Showroom's monthly screenings of unforgettable films brought back to the big screen, chosen by staff.

2019's refreshing adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel from writer-director Greta Gerwig, that's both faithful to its beautiful source material and strikingly original. Part of the Showroom's Christmas programme.

Delivered just days before his passing, Stanley Kubrick's mesmerising tale is the ultimate alternative festive film. It returns to the big screen for the Showroom's Christmas 2026 season.

Three homeless people – a former bicycle racer, a trans woman who used to work as a drag queen, and a runaway young girl – live together in Tokyo. On Christmas Eve, they find a baby in a rubbish dump and care for her as they track down her family.

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.

Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol can sometimes be a bit of a grizzly tale (especially when the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come appears on the scene), but the Muppets brighten the Christmas tale right up.

From family friendly classics to cult festive titles, Showroom's programme will have something for everyone this winter.

These two painters have shared a close friendship and artistic dialogue for decades. Here they trace the unfolding of a single day through the eyes of 80+ artists: themselves, William Blake, Prunella Clough, David Hockney, Claudette Johnson and more.

Founding member of the Impressionist movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists. Exhibition on Screen brings his world class works to cinema audiences.

Unique and captivating evening with singer, musician and theatre maker, Gemma Khawaja at Wild Traditions.

A 6-week workshop series exploring the fundamentals of clowning – not as a set of acrobatic skills, but as a way of relating to yourself, other people and the world around you. Build your confidence through collective experimentation in a DIY space.

Acclaimed folk musician and singer, Fay Hield performs at Soundpost's Wild Traditions.

Classical Weekend returns in 2027. The biennial festival is one big celebration of classical music – in all manner of forms, in all kinds of places.

An exhibition questioning ideals of health and the ‘productive’ body. An immersive installation of film and photography work by New York and Glasgow-based artist and filmmaker Alexis Kyle Mitchell.

The music of Anglo-Scottish duo Janice Burns and Jon Doran explores humankind’s connection with nature, love and loss.

A film season of adventure and human connection.

Jennifer Reid performs 19th century street song and industrial revolution work song in the Lancashire dialect. And clog dances. And has a few punk projects on the go.

An exhibition celebrating the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life.

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.

To celebrate Tate Britain’s blockbuster Monet and Time exhibition, Exhibition on Screen brings the story of Claude Monet to cinema screens.

The Royal Ballet and Opera bring their work to global audiences next this season, presenting nine productions in cinemas.

Get informed, inspired and filled with ideas for positive change. With talks on big social, political, environmental and economic issues. The festival is taking a break in 2026 – come back for details of the 2027 event.

Browse a diverse range of works from 14 talented Sheffield artists. With delicious food and drinks available from Daughters Deli and framing advice from Capstone Framing.

A mural and street art festival. Returning for a second edition in 2027. Expect smaller creative events from the team throughout 2026 though – watch this space for details!