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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.

WPM150 Connecting with Collections: Philosophy in the Museum

Tue. 11 November 2025

Weston Park Museum

Join Weston Park Museum for an informal but in-depth conversation about museums and philosophy.

Craft Jam

Thu. 13 November 2025

Millennium Gallery

Try your hand at a variety of crafts with hands-on activities and mini workshops in the Millennium Gallery’s flagship late-night crafting extravaganza.

More and Less Human

Thu. 13 November 2025

National Videogame Museum

Explore how technological innovation challenges our ideas of what it means to be human, blurring the boundaries between human and machine.

Paintings by Andy Cropper

Sat. 11 October 2025 — Sat. 15 November 2025

Cupola Gallery

Best known for his atmospheric night‑time cityscapes, Andy Cropper has been mapping Sheffield in paint since 2009. This exhibition forms a portrait of a city across time, light and memory, revealing the evolution of his craft over 16 years.

ESEA Futures

Fri. 10 October 2025 — Sat. 15 November 2025

Bloc Projects

An annual programme foregrounding East and Southeast Asian art practices, presented by Bloc Projects and Platform Asia. With a group exhibition, moving image artwork screening, and closing party.

Slime With Me: Guided Meditation and Discussion

Sat. 15 November 2025

Site Gallery

Join artist Abi Palmer for a gentle guided meditation and discussion. Connected to the exhibition Slime Mother, on now at Site Gallery.

Autumn Almanac V

Fri. 24 October 2025 — Sun. 16 November 2025

Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works

The annual Yorkshire Artspace members show returns to Persistence Works.

Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios

Sat. 15 November 2025 — Sun. 16 November 2025

Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works

Each November, over a hundred creative residents at Yorkshire Artspace's two sites open their doors to the public for one weekend. Meet some of Sheffield's most talented artists, nosy around their creative workplaces, and enjoy workshops and demos.

Kelham Makes: Festive Willow Decoration Workshop

Thu. 20 November 2025

Kelham Island Museum

Spend an evening making a pick and mix of festive decorations from locally grown willow.

Winter Makers Market hosted by Endless Love Creative

Sat. 22 November 2025

Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, S1 2BX

A curated market, celebrating the beauty of independent art, craft and design.

Kelham Makes: Festive Wreath Making

Tue. 25 November 2025

Kelham Island Museum

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

Open Studios & Christmas Market

Sat. 29 November 2025

Portland Works

Meet some of the makers based in historic Portland Works and buy directly from them. With art, ceramics, glass, woodwork, print, jewellery and more.

NVM Festive Social

Thu. 11 December 2025

National Videogame Museum

Join the National Videogame Museum for their Festive Social. An evening of games, gifts and crafting, including a unique workshop with artist Tom J Newell.

Slugs & Slug Life Film Screening

Fri. 12 December 2025

Site Gallery

A double bill of short film Slug Life (2018) followed by horror feature Slugs (1988).

Sheffield Artist Maker Exchange Winter Makers Market

Sat. 13 December 2025

Sheffield Artist Maker Exchange, 108 Prospect Road, Heeley, S2 3EN

Join Sheffield Artist Maker Exchange for an afternoon of festive crafts and a celebration of local makers.

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.

Crafted

Sat. 25 October 2025 — Wed. 24 December 2025

Millennium Gallery

The Millennium Gallery’s annual selling showcase returns this autumn. Celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond.

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.

Unquiet Landscapes

Fri. 5 December 2025 — Sat. 10 January 2026

Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works

An exhibition taking us on a journey into landscapes both real and imagined, psychological and metaphorical. Opening up a terrain that reflects our relationship with the landscape today.

New Horizons: Growing Sheffield’s Art Collection

Sat. 18 October 2025 — Sun. 25 January 2026

Millennium Gallery

Sheffield’s art collection has evolved since it was founded 150 years ago. This exhibition presents highlights of artworks that have joined the collection in the last 10 years. By Lubna Chowdhary, Grayson Perry, Bridget Riley, Marlene Smith and more.

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.

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.

Sheffield Ceramics Festival

Sat. 18 April 2026 — Sun. 19 April 2026

Kelham Island Museum

Browse the wares of around 50 ceramic artists, potters and sculptors from South Yorkshire and beyond.

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.

Migration Matters Festival

A celebration of culture, compassion, and the positive impact migration and refugees have in Sheffield. Held on and around Refugee Week each June – come back soon for details of Migration Matters 2026.

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.