Sheffield comes top in TimeOut's most underrated city breaks

Sheffield has been listed at No.1 by TimeOut magazine as the most underrated city break in the UK. The feature which included 12 cities such as Glasgow, Durham, Bristol and Liverpool, sited Sheffield's affordability, travel time from London and best-of-both-worlds offer as major perks.

Plughole: Shefffield's Weirdest New Material Night

A night of alternative weirdness, where performers try out new material - That would otherwise have fallen down the drain!

Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers

Namaste Motherf*ckers is the new show from Cally Beaton (QI, Live at the Apollo) - a quick-witted, unexpected and unapologetic insight into life in midlife.

Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath

Hometown hero, Jessica Fostekew, is back in Sheffield! A monster’s guide to tolerance and temperance. Jess can feel herself becoming an emotional wildebeest right when her world (and the whole world, thanks) demands cool, collected ultra detached saint-like kindness and understanding.

PLUGHOLE Presents - HIVE (Work in Progress) + Support from Tom & Jones

A Darkly comic clown show exploring a bee's life cycle and the eerie secrets of the hive mind.

Beat the Pit

A curated mix of experienced comics and new blood step into the Pit. Some will Beat the Pit some will be eliminated.

Comedy

Raga pianist Utsav Lal to perform in Sheffield for Yorkshire Silent Film Festival

A trailblazer in the worlds of jazz and raga, Utsav Lal will improvise a unique live score for Carl Dreyer’s emotional masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc at the atmospheric Abbeydale Picture House in Sheffield on 15th May

Russell Howard - Don't Tell The Algorithm

Russell Howard is back with a brand-new stand-up tour in 2026. After breaking records with sold-out shows across the globe, 'one of the world's top comedians' is inviting you back into the room: no phones, no distractions, just humans and jokes. Don't tell the algorithm.

Mike Wozniak - the Bench

New stand-up tour show from Mike Wozniak in which a story about a bench will be prominent. Previous experience of or strong opinions about benches not required. Let Mike worry about that.