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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.

Migration Matters Festival

Fri. 20 June 2025 — Sat. 28 June 2025

A celebration of culture, compassion, and the positive impact migration and refugees have in Sheffield. Held on and around Refugee Week each June. The lineup for 2025 includes Asian Dub Foundation, Nadine Shah, comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri, and more.

We've Got Food At Home! Zine Fest

Sat. 28 June 2025

Soft Ground

Zine stalls, a pop-up zine library and all-day drop-in workshop, celebrating global cuisines. From Over Here Zine Fest, who showcase Global Majority makers, artists, writers and activists, plus artist ​​​​Seleena Laverne Daye and writer Dal Kular.

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.

Future Now Festival of Creativity

Tue. 29 April 2025 — Fri. 4 July 2025

A showcase of work by Sheffield Hallam University’s graduating artists, designers, filmmakers, animators, writers, architects and performers.

Inside/Outside

Sat. 7 June 2025 — Sat. 5 July 2025

Cupola Gallery

A celebration of outside spaces, with a collection of works designed for the garden by over 20 artists.

Marvellous Meadows

Sun. 6 July 2025

Manor Lodge

Join the Green Estate CIC as they celebrate National Meadows Day with the return of Marvellous Meadows. Explore their site as it becomes a blaze of colour and discover how meadows benefit people, pollinators and our planet.

Children's Media Conference

Tue. 8 July 2025 — Thu. 10 July 2025

Showroom

The UK’s premier event for everyone in kids TV, media and entertainment. With a free exhibition, Playground, bringing together interactive digital art and maker activities for children to play with.

Selected Space Sheffield

Fri. 11 July 2025 — Sun. 13 July 2025

Yorkshire Artspace: Persistence Works

Bringing together some of the region's finest artists, makers and designers for you to support and enjoy, over three days at Yorkshire Artspace.

Kelham Makes: Raku Taster Workshop

Sun. 13 July 2025

Kelham Island Museum

Join Kelham Island Museum for a special ceramics workshop.

Portland Works Open Day

Sat. 19 July 2025

Portland Works

A 19th-century cutlery factory turned home to artists, craftspeople and small businesses. Explore this fascinating birthplace of stainless steel cutlery at its annual Open Day. With open studios, tours, workshops, demos, live music and stalls.

Play Grounds

Fri. 27 June 2025 — Sun. 20 July 2025

GLOAM Gallery

An exhibition looking at the intersections of skateboarding and space, architecture and play. With photography and sculpture by Pierre Descamps, video by Jennifer West, and audio work to take out into the city by Dani Abulhawa.

Call for Artists: Join the Pride of Yorkshire

Just one month left for artists to join the Pride of Yorkshire. A paid creative opportunity on behalf of Sheffield Children’s Hospital to help deliver South Yorkshire’s biggest ever sculpture trail. Deadline Friday 25 July.

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.

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.

Algorithmic Pattern

Fri. 12 September 2025 — Sat. 20 September 2025

A festival and conference on algorithmic pattern-making. Exploring procedural approaches in human culture – from heritage arts and crafts like textiles and bell-ringing, to the contemporary likes of live coding and generative art.

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.