So much happens in Sheffield every week! This is our comprehensive event listing page for every single event that gets submitted to our website, from small workshops and community events to international sporting fixtures and citywide festivals.
So if you're looking for something specific, please use the filter tags and date search below, to narrow the event listings for what you'd really like to see/find. Alternatively, visit our What's On page for seasonal highlights and roundups of the bigger events happening in Sheffield.
The largest annual non-partisan politics festival in the UK! Expect another challenging and diverse programme of events, featuring an array of well-known keynote speakers, when Festival of Debate returns 16 April — 25 May.
Sheffield Life, Loss and Death Festival offers a month of free events in Sheffield, throughout May 2024. There will be a series of over 40 free events across Sheffield and online, with at least one event each day throughout the month of May.
In 2024, Music in the Round celebrates its 40th anniversary, with the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival set to be a highlight bringing nine sensational days of concerts in the Crucible Playhouse 17 – 25 May 2024.
For this ‘Relaxed’ concert featuring ‘The Carnival of the Animals’, 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.
Camille Saint-Saëns’ most celebrated work, ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ is a work unlike any other, transporting the listener into a musical menagerie that includes a swan, a tortoise, lions and a plunge into a truly magical aquarium.
The heart of César Franck’s Piano Quintet contains some of the most darkly passionate music he ever composed, surrounded by storms and drama that make this magnificent work a truly captivating experience.
Three acclaimed musicians and frequent collaborators perform music they adore. This thoughtfully crafted programme celebrates the musical loves and legacy of the French composer, Gabriel Fauré.
Named ‘Critics’ Classical Music Breakthrough Artist’ in The Times Arts Awards 2021, Mishka Rushdie Momen was praised as “one of the most thoughtful and sensitive of British pianists” shortly before she gave her debut recital at the Crucible Playhouse in January 2022.
Violinist Irène Duval, a prize-winner at the 2021 Young Concert Artists Trust International Auditions, opens this concert with a monumental sonata written by Fauré’s violin virtuoso pupil, George Enescu.
Musical national treasure Roderick Williams, soloist at King Charles III’s Coronation and Singer-in-Residence with Music in the Round, returns to the Crucible Playhouse with Ensemble 360 for a magical tour through the City of Light.
Five wind musicians and a very special guest breathe life into the wondrous world of chamber music. Created specially for young audiences, this concert combines well-known classical favourites with new works performed on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, with singer.
A grand work for a grand finale: captivating charm and wit from George Onslow’s Nonet. Nicknamed the ‘French Beethoven’, this is a chance to hear one of his finest and largest-scale chamber works whose five movements move through an expressive array of moods from turbulence to a jubilant conclusion.
Experience the complexities of organ, one of the most remarkable musical instruments there is at the inaugural South Yorkshire Organ Festival.
An on-stage celebration of the South Yorkshire institution. With special guests including the assistant manager of Royal Oak FC Steve Bracknall, this is Football Heaven like you’ve never seen it before!
The Gonzo journalist and podcast royalty will let the audience peer behind the curtain of his most terrific, terrifying and troubling experiences making his award winning shows.
Fresh from their Times Radio show Jane Garvey and Fi Glover keep the mics on, grab a cuppa and say what they really think.
Set to be podcasting's biggest party! This brand new festival will host the most exciting podcasting talent in Sheffield for three days, 31 May - 2 June, with a lineup of blockbuster lives shows, never-seen-before performances and special guests.
Tilted and Crosswed Wires present Bringing their ground-breaking podcast to life, the hugely talented Poppy and Rubina will tackle the taboo topic of sex in Asian communities with audiences in Sheffield.
Comedians Elis James and John Robins bring their award-winning #content to Crossed Wires, featuring all the fun from their weekly podcast.
The super couple-casters bring their hit podcast to Crossed Wires as an added stop on their sell-out tour. Expect laugh-out-loud moments, audience participation and mystery guests.
Actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament host Talk Art, a podcast dedicated to the world of art featuring exclusive interviews with leading artists, curators & gallerists, and even occasionally their talented friends from other industries like acting, music and journalism.
The Patron Saint of Real Talk, will live up to her podcast titles, Telling Everybody Everything, in a no-holds-barred night of eye-watering anecdotes, side-splitting stand-up and gold star guidance.
Podcast royalty and the artist of the moment, Self Esteem, come together for an afternoon of over-sharing, laughter and music.
The Pricey's back! Katie Price and her little sister Sophie bring their hit podcast 'The Katie Price Show' to Crossed Wires Festival! Expect a healthy dose of chaos, singing and juicy stories!
For those sweet sweet souls who listen to the podcast, expect more of Tom and "party" Rom shooting the breeze but in an unedited live show. They'll be solving problems, reminding you to do you but most importantly doing it to the max.
With unprecedented access to Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir, who together dominated the heavyweight boxing world for more than a decade, Klitschko: The Fight of his Life captures the longest serving Mayor of Kyiv as he holds his city together in the face of constant Russian aggression.
Following a successful 30th edition of the festival in 2023, Sheffield Docfest returns Wednesday 12 June - Monday 17 June 2024.
The UK's largest Refugee Week festival, Migration Matters returns to Sheffield 14 - 22 June with another extensive programme of music, comedy, conversation, art, theatre, film and more.
Join Executive Producer and Narrator Idris Elba and the teams from 22Summers and October Films for a case study into the development and production of Nat Geo’s new series, Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Colour.
Taking place on Saturday 15 June in Weston Park, Jazz On The Park is Sheffield's brand new charity music and arts festival, in aid of low grade serous ovarian cancer.
Visit the Fox Valley Food Festival for food stalls, live music and much more!
Africa's hottest musical export, Amadou & Mariam, are performing live in Sheffield for one night only.
Swiss collective Sirens of Lesbos create a sound like no other.
Beautiful singing in a magical setting
The Bradfield Festival of Music returns with a week of glorious music in a magical setting, featuring some of the finest international and local artists.
Blueprint is not just another music festival – it's an immersive experience that celebrates the best of house music culture.
Walkley Festival takes off with a bang on the South Road Launch Day.
A community event - Open Gardens & Community Green Spaces, Yard Sale Trail, Open Artists’ Studio, Walkley Pub Crawl.
Walkley's biggest event of the year. The end of the annual ten day festival celebrates with the local makers mega market, local beverages, street food and live music.
Come explore new discussions in Gothic literature and Horror film, led by scholars and artists from around the world.
Bringing some of the biggest names in bass for a weekend of high-octane partying, Bassfest returns to Sheffield's Don Valley Bowl 20 - 21 July.
Forum hosts some amazing bands as part of The Fringed at Tramlines.
A free-entry weekend of the best alternative music on offer in Sheffield and beyond. No ticket required, just come along for a wide array of bands, singers, DJs and more.
Sheffield’s biggest party! Tramlines returns to Hillsborough Park 26 -28 July for their 16th edition.
The Sheffield Festival Of Reggae all-dayer is back! 3 stages featuring Reggae, Dub & Roots. There will also be an outside courtyard with amazing food vendors.
Back for their third year, Float Along festival makes a welcome return to Sheffield on Saturday 28 September, with another encompassing mix of post-punk and psychedelic rock, as well as the best in indie and alternative music.
A celebration of a city and its music, film, art and electronica, Sensoria festival's 17th edition will once again bring live events and exhibitions to iconic venues across Sheffield, 3 - 6 October.
Sample whiskies from around the world at the Seven Hills Whisky Festival on Saturday 5th October, 2024.
No Bounds is thrilled to announce their 7th edition this year to be held across 11 venues in the heart of Sheffield & Rotherham, UK.
The annual beer and cider festival hosted by the Campaign for Real Ale in Sheffield, offers a massive selection of the best beer, cider and perry, plus live music and street food. They'll be back at Kelham Island Museum again 16 - 19 October.
Live music, workshops and more than 60 stalls featuring all things chocolate will once again make the event a chocolate lover’s paradise, bringing together some of the county’s best bakers, crafters, chocolatiers and makers!
Sheffield's annual Horror Film Festival, celebrating the best in classic and contemporary horror cinema! Celluloid Screams will host another weekend of big screen scares at the Showroom Cinema 24 - 27 October.