Gigs

From big names to hidden gems, see what’s playing live in Sheffield and plan your next night out.

The Itchy Pig

The Itchy Pig is a great a micropub, with good beer, games and bar snacks. With all this in mind, The Itchy Pig aims to bring you delicious ales from near and far in a place where you can catch up with friends old and new.

Honey & Fig

Honey & Fig, serving up good vibes, your favourite coffees, sandwiches, corndogs and pastries.

Sheffield hosts Third National Dietetic GI Symposium

Last week Sheffield played host to third National Dietetic GI Symposium, held at the Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria Hotel, on Friday 18 June.

Sheffield School of Gin

Step into the world of gin with the team behind Sheffield Dry Gin, and enjoy an immersive, hands-on experience in this exclusive gin emporium—tucked away above True North Brewery on Eldon Street, right in the heart of Sheffield city centre.

The Gin Bar at Vintedge

A bar selling premium and local gins, The Gin Bar is located in the heart of the Abbeydale Road scene with a vintage look and feel.

Bluey's Big Play

Back by popular demand - Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli are returning to Sheffield in the Olivier award-nominated live stage show, Bluey’s Big Play.

Peppa Pig's Big Family Show

Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show is packed full of music, adventure and surprises for little ones and is the perfect introduction to theatre.

Concerteenies Greystones Gigs - Mambo Jambo

Mambo Jambo's musical safari for 0-5 year-olds, their grown-ups and any siblings!

Def Leppard

Def Leppard, one of the UK's biggest rock bands, play a home town gig at Utilita Arena Sheffield, on June 30 2026.

Toad Sounds Presents: Synthetic Swamp

Get your Saturday right with a party of big wigs and rib-bits. 6 DJ's will be nourishing your ears with beautiful bass and bouncing bops.

Pitch Decks: What’s The Big Deal?

Every different type of business has its own favoured route for presenting itself in the best light. Whereas traditional retailers might spend hours crafting the perfect ‘shop window display’ or product brochure, in the digital era, attention and resources are lavished on perfecting websites or indeed carefully curating an Instagram feed with on-brand imagery.

Sheffield's Big Events & Festivals 2024

2024 promises another huge line-up of exciting events and festivals happening across Sheffield, from large music festivals and international sporting events to food & drink celebrations, outdoor markets and lots of family fun.

Sheffield's Big Events & Festivals 2025

2025 promises another huge line-up of exciting events and festivals happening across Sheffield, from large music festivals and international sporting events to food & drink celebrations, outdoor markets and lots of family fun. Get planning your adventures in Sheffield with our event guide.

Sheffield's Big Events and Festivals 2026

2026 promises another huge line-up of exciting events and festivals happening across Sheffield, from large music festivals and international sporting events to outdoor markets and lots of family fun. Get planning your adventures in Sheffield with our event guide.

Joel Arthur - Sheffield Hallam University Student

Whether he’s playing at the student music society, heading to a gig or performing at an open mic night, games design student Joel lives to the beat of the city.

Big Fat Rave: 4am Kru & Many More / Powered By Raze Sound System

4am Kru is a London-based production duo known for their vibrant blend of jungle and drum and bass, drawing heavily on the iconic sounds of 1994 jungle while incorporating influences from slow jam R&B, hardcore bands, Scottish folk, and classical music.

SPACE

Celebrating 30 years of Spiders, Space return with their brand-new studio album Ten Neurotic Fairytales and a full UK tour. Expect classic Space hits.

Heather And Harlan at The Lantern Theatre

Heather Findlay returns to The Lantern Theatre after the album launch of Wildflower in March 2025, this time accompanied by her son Harlan Findlay-Loftus on bass, keys, and guitar.

Jason Charles Miller – Live at The Lescar (+ Special Guests)

Jason Charles Miller brings his powerful blend of rock, country and Americana to The Lescar, Sheffield on April 12th. Known for the chart-topping Shadowbringers theme from Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers and a career spanning major tours & hit albums.

Neighbourhood Watch 2

An evening of live electronic music and vinyl Djs plus oil wheel projections.

Craven

Welsh and English dark-folk trio exploring sounds from symphonic, through grinding, to ethereal.

Westlife 25 - The Anniversary World Tour

Westlife, one of the biggest boy bands, play Utilita Arena Sheffield, on October 7 2026.

Clams In Their Eyes 2026

Clams In Their Eyes is back again and it’s bigger than ever! Delicious Clam’s live reboot of a TV classic brings chaos to the format. A show that's been described as “Stars In Their Eyes on Psychedelics” puts members of the public into the shoes of pop icons.

Feet

Fresh off supporting The Royston Club on their recent UK tour, five-piece indie rock band FEET are heading out on their own UK tour this spring.

Picture Parlour

Picture Parlour crafts a world of neon-lit escapism, where the lost and restless find sanctuary in raw, electrifying rock ‘n’ roll.

Danny Mellin

Danny Mellin is back in Sheffield for a special headline show on Saturday 25th April, live at Yellow Arch Studios , celebrating the release of his debut record ‘Ideas Above My Station’, out 20th March!

Hardy Hardon and the Church of Elvis Band

Elvis like you have never seen before! 12 piece band rocking the night away.

Razor: At the heart of digital in the North

It’s no longer about the big beating the small, but the fast beating the slow. And Razor are certainly at the front of the pack when it comes to digital transformation in the North.

Kris Drever

Kris Drever is among Scotland’s most acclaimed and distinctive contemporary musicians, celebrated for his warm voice, virtuosically expressive guitar playing and imaginative and evocative songwriting.

Neil Cowley Trio: Built on Bach

Built on Bach is a new live show from the Neil Cowley Trio, exploring the subtle but powerful influence of Johann Sebastian Bach on Cowley’s original music.

Katona Twins Alhambra Inspirations

Virtuoso Spanish music for two guitars inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Granada

Hartwin Dhoore & Ross Grant

Two of the finest innovators within their own country’s traditional music culture, turned a lockdown collaboration into an exciting live act.

Country Lovin'

Sheffield chosen to Host Hottest Country Music Festival This May! Sheffield, UK, May 23rd, 2026 - A brand new country music experience is coming to the heart of South Yorkshire as Country Lovin’ Festival debuts at Don Valley Bowl.

Sheffield Adored

Sheffield Adored Brings Indie Anthems and 80s & 90s Classics to Don Valley Bowl

Your Song - John Reilly & Lewis Nitikman celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Billy Joel

Singer-songwriter John Reilly returns to Club Baize in Beighton, this time with Canadian pianist and composer Lewis Nitikman to play 'Your Song', the concert which has been wowing audiences all over the UK.

The Definitive Burt Bacharach Songbook

John Reilly and The Smooth Operators are delighted to bring the ‘Definitive Burt Bacharach Songbook’ back to the Ballroom at Sheffield City Hall.. A sublime and intimate journey through Burt Bacharach’s 7 decades of hit making.

Stop Making Sense Live

On 19th October 1984 Talking Heads and Jonathan Demme released the greatest concert movie of all time. In 2026, Slippery People will recreate ‘Stop Making Sense’ live at various cities throughout the UK.

Levellers

Levellers are an English folk rock and anarcho-punk band formed in Brighton, East Sussex, in 1988. Taking their name from the Levellers political movement, the band released their first EP in 1989 and LP in 1990, with international success following.

Saint Etienne

To celebrate their last album and the band’s long goodbye, Saint Etienne are touring the UK one last time. Rather than a moment of sadness, the band see this as a series of celebrations: parties built around a live set that draws on the “best of the best” from their illustrious 35-year catalogue.

The Lemonheads

The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band, originally from Boston, Massachusetts, but now based in New York City. The primary (and only consistent) member is Evan Dando.

Goldie Lookin Chain

Lock up your shell suits and hide your vape pens. Goldie Lookin Chain are back on the road for their Stairway To Newport 2026 tour.

Overpass

In their short history, Birmingham’s Overpass have inspired an ever-growing fanbase with songs pulsating with youthful exuberance and the vulnerabilities of young adulthood. Their shows have been just as life-affirming, providing a dopamine burst of wall-to-wall singalongs and an all-in-this-together communion.

Joshua Idehen

Lately, it feels like the world is one endless bad news cycle. Joshua Idehen isn’t here to pretend otherwise – but on the spoken word artist’s new album, I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try, he provides a phenomenal sonic, poetic space.

Around About Dusk

Around About Dusk bring their captivating blend of New Orleans jazz, European folk, roots and blues to the Samuel Worth Chapel for an evening of richly atmospheric live music.

Amit Dattani & Chris Cleverley - Live at Cafe #9

For one special Solstice evening this June, Contemporary folk songwriters Amit Dattani and Chris Cleverley bring a rare, collaborative live show to Sheffield's iconic Cafe #9.

Too Damn Loud Festival

Too Damn Loud Festival is a celebration of music, love, and mutual support within the music scene. The event brings together bands and artists from across a range of genres to celebrate creativity and community.

The Drifters

The Drifters are the longest running singing group in pop history still performing live, having enjoyed over 50 hits world wide.

Toots and the Maytals feat. Leba Hibbert

Four Five Six Live presents, direct from Jamaica, Toots and the Maytals featuring Leba Hibbert.

YUNGBLUD at Sheffield Arena

YUNGBLUD brings his explosive new era home on Saturday 11 April 2025, kicking off the IDOLS UK Tour at Sheffield Arena.

Sheffield Fake Festival 2026

The Sheffield Fake Festival returns to Endcliffe Park on Saturday May 16th 2026 with fake bands for Queen (Flash), Arctic Monkeys (Antarctic Monkeys), Fleetwood Mac (Fleeting Rumours), Green Day (Ultimate Green Day), INXS (INXS UK), REM (Stipe). 

Noise Annoys Fest 2026

Distort Sheffield and The Lughole proudly announce the 6th annual Noise Annoys Festival! On the 22nd - 24th of May 2026, they’re once again bringing outrageously ripping punk and hardcore bands from around the globe to the city of Sheffield.

Omar 'Brighter The Days' UK Tour

Celebrating 40 years in music, Omar Lyefook MBE—one of the UK’s most celebrated soul artists—returns with his new album Brighter The Days.

Container complex coming to Fargate

Sheffield City Council is working with the team from Steel Yard Kelham to create the hub which will be made out of shipping containers and feature food vendors, shops, toilets, living walls, outdoor seating and a big screen.

Symphonic Ibiza

Get ready for a mind-blowing journey through the legendary sounds of Ibiza as you’ve never heard them before.

Paul Carrack

The tour will see Carrack and his renowned live band perform across the UK in April and May 2026, with shows in Gateshead, Glasgow, Manchester, London, and right here in Sheffield.

Sheffield Festival of Reggae

After the huge success of ‘The Sheffield festival of Reggae 2025’, the event returns on Saturday 15th August 2026.

Float Along Festival 2026

Float Along Festival returns to Sheffield on Saturday 26 September 2026 for its fifth edition, transforming the city centre into a multi‑venue celebration of post‑punk, psychedelic rock, indie and alternative music.

Erik Palmberg Quartet

A Sheffield Jazz debut for Erik Palmberg’s group who’ve attracted glowing international reviews and captivated audiences well beyond jazz circles, playing evocative, cinematic jazz full of captivating melodies and harmony.

Let Spin

Based in London and Berlin, Let Spin are a cutting edge post-jazz quartet who have been making waves in the UK and European jazz scenes since their formation in 2012.

Cloudmakers Trio

Cloudmakers Trio brings together three of the most inventive players on the UK scene and blends downtown New York and European improvised music with world and rock influences.

Jalen Ngonda

The incredible voice of Jalen Ngonda is coming to the Octagon, known for hits like ‘All About Me’, ‘If You Don’t Want My Love’ and ‘Come Around and Love Me’.

A Night To Remember: Motown Show

A Night To Remember: Motown Show takes you back in time to 1960’s Detroit. Be prepared for a high energy show, packed with the greatest Motown hits of all time.

No Bounds 2026

No Bounds Festival returns to Sheffield from 9 -11 October 2026 for its ninth edition, transforming the city with another forward‑thinking weekend of music, art, technology and dance. Experience high‑energy performances, immersive installations and boundary‑pushing creativity across multiple unique venues.

90s Fest & Summerbowl (2026)

The UK's biggest 90's festival returns to Sheffield's Don Valley Bowl once again, for a full weekend of nostalgic partying 11 -12 July 2026. 

City Breaks

Whether you’re looking for a weekend escape with the kids, a culture‑packed short stay for two or a food‑fuelled getaway with friends, Sheffield delivers big‑city experiences with plenty of space to breathe.

Summer Holiday Culture Highlights

If you're in need of ideas to keep the kids entertained, Our Favourite Places have pulled together their cultural holiday highlights for a creative summer in Sheffield.

Meet the conference team

The city’s conference team should be every event organiser’s first point of call. We know what a big deal organising an event can be. Luckily we’re a dab hand at organising the support and expertise you’ll need whether this is your first look at Sheffield or we’re welcoming you back.

Music events in Sheffield

Enjoy well-known names in some of the city's bigger venues to watching the next big thing in a pub backroom, you'll never be short of a great performance. Delve into our music event and gig listings to see what’s coming…

Start or grow a business

Sheffield is a great place to start a business because it's big enough to feel like there's opportunity, but small enough to feel that you can make a difference. We have a strong business community with a genuine appreciation of local independents, a tech sector positioned for great collaboration and a rich manufacturing base.

Trippets Lounge Bar

The only Jazz bar in Sheffield offering live music and an excellent gin bar.

Gwilym Simcock & Friends

For one night only, Gwilym and his band of incredible jazz musicians are joined by world-class classical artists for what promises to be a hugely entertaining evening.

Tramlines 2026

Sheffield’s biggest party! Tramlines returns to Hillsborough Park for their 18th edition, across the weekend of 24 - 26 July.

Brass Monkey

Located in the heart of Hillsborough Sheffield, Brass Monkey is a Craft Beer and Artisan Gin bar.

The Fulwood Ale Club

A cosy drinking den and bottle shop in Fulwood, Sheffield. The Brew Foundation brewery's 2nd tap house. They specialise in beer but sell gin, wines & spirits.

Delicious Clam

Operating as a label, practice room and small gig space from their Castle Market headquarters, they fuel the fire of Sheffield’s alternative scene, and also explore new territories, from stand-up to brilliantly daft club nights.

Electric Studios

Electric Studios is a new music and cultural space for Sheffield. It is a state-of-the-art music and collaborative art and working space for young creatives. They also host an eclectic mix of late-night club events, gigs, cultural events and everything in between.

Locksley Distilling Co.

Join Locksley Distilling Co. on a distillery tour, gin making experience, or cocktail class. Learn about how craft spirits are made in their historic premises and taste a selection of their premium spirits.  

Sakushi

Sakushi do Japanese food! Sushi from the belt, a big bowl of ramen noodles, appetising Japanese starters, mixed bento boxes and fresh Sashimi to order.

Groups

A brilliant city for that long-needed weekend away with your mates, Sheffield's size means there's loads to go at, but it's not so big that getting around becomes a mission - plus as The Outdoor City there's tonnes of adventure to be had.

'Fires and Fascism' film screening and Director Q&A

Live film screening of this powerful documentary which links the wildfires in Europe to factors beyond just climate change: big business, organised crime, and the rise of the far right. Plus Q&A with Director Pete Knapp

Crossed Wires: The Podcast Festival

The world's biggest podcast festival is back! Crossed Wires will once again be assembling the nation's top names in Sheffield, for one big weekend of special podcast events, Friday 3 July - Sunday 5 July.

Back to the 80s Day Party

Step back into the 80s at this totally rad brunch featuring VHS, a live band bringing all your favourite hits from the decade of neon, synth, and big hair.

The Washington

The Washington is one of the spiritual homes of Sheffield’s music scene. Through the years they’ve all passed through; drinking, performing and perhaps even working behind the bar. From the glory years of The Limit when Pulp would meet there, to intimate gigs from Wet Nuns, The Washington has seen it all - and you will too if you visit.

The Riverside Kelham

Situated alongside the River Don in Kelham Island, The Riverside Kelham is the perfect place to indulge in food and drink.

Craft & Berry

Bottle shop / Taproom, six keg lines with ever changing craft beers, stocking over 300 different cans and bottles plus 70 artisan gins, rum and vodka, monthly events from gin tastings, beer tastings, meet the distiller plus private parties.

Transform your business with the Business Productivity Programme

Do you have a big idea to jump-start productivity in your business? Maybe you can see your productivity has room to grow, but need some guidance to get there? Don’t miss the opportunity to get the help you need through the Business Productivity Programme!

What's On

Sheffield has a fantastic programme of vibrant events and festivals all year round, from international sporting fixtures and summer music festivals to world-renowned theatre and exhibitions.

Morgan Killick, tech scale up advisor

Meet Morgan. He lives and breathes tech. Morgan knows what he’s talking about because he’s an an ex-tech founder himself, with 20 years’ experience in starting and growing multiple businesses of his own.

Mountain biking

Head straight out to the UK’s only inner-city mountain bike trail at Parkwood Springs, take in some big views and berms at Lady Cannings Plantation or venture north to Sheffield's Greno Woods for some technical trails through the trees. Beyond the city boundary, a whole network of trails and bridleways will take you into the heart of the stunning Peak District National Park.

Sheffield Folk Scene

Sheffield is often referred to as the folk music capital of England and there are many of the UK’s most popular folk musicians living in here.

A monumental year for Sheffield Music

2023 is set to be a landmark year in the city’s music history, as some of Sheffield’s best-known exports return to play historic headlining shows. Meanwhile a Sheffield-made musical has just won two Oliver awards and Sheffield's DIY music scene is also making waves in national press...

Safe, affordable and welcoming

Us Sheffielders are known for being friendly and welcoming, making Sheffield a fantastic city to live in whilst you get to grips with student life - plus we are the UK's most affordable student city!

Migration Matters Festival 2022

A vibrant arts festival celebrating the ‘richness of Sheffield’ returns this summer - with 50 pay-as-you-feel events.

An exploding food & drink scene

Over recent years, Sheffield has seen a boom in independent eateries, breweries and bars, and the city's food & drink scene is getting some real attention right now. From food halls to fine dining, street food to cosy cafes, across the city you'll be spoilt for choice.

Music

Sumo: Global player in the world of video games

Video games have a long heritage in Sheffield, from Gremlin back in the 80s to Sumo Digital today. And from its humble beginnings, Sumo Digital has grown into a world-beating, multi-award-winning studio since it was founded in 2003.

The best places to meet outdoors

As the sun starts to shine we know that outdoors will once again become to the new indoors for meetings!

Work begins on new street art project set to create Sheffield’s biggest mural

Measuring 483.69 square metres in total, the artwork will be painted across 6 facades of the brown-brick NCP building on Wellington Street, paying homage to the natural topography which has defined Sheffield since the 12th century, as a city built on hills and rivers.

Chermaine Cooil - Sheffield Hallam University Student

Mum and nutrition student Chammy loves the city’s family friendly vibe, as well as its many vegan hangouts.