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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.
All Events in Sheffield
Comrade Tambo's London Recruits
Winner of Best Documentary at the Johannesburg Film Festival 2024 Comrade’s Tambo London Recruits unfolds, after decades of secrecy, a nail-biting journey of espionage with those who risked it all in taking on one of the 20th century’s most brutal regimes
Alternate Realities: Collateral Echoes Performance
Choreographer and artist Anthea Lewis explores rituals of grief and the power of collective energy through movement and sound, in a live collaboration with musicians and dancers.
Mapping Memory – Somali Presence in Sheffield Archives
A workshop exploring Somali history in Sheffield through archives and memory, following a film screening of A Story Left Behind.
Sudan, Remember Us
This poetic yet urgent chronicle of Sudan’s youth revolution shows how hope was ignited though through music, murals and the unyielding power of words.
Sheffield DocFest: Alternate Realities
Sheffield Doc Fest's Alternate Realities exhibition showcases innovative non-fiction and immersive documentary in all forms.
Migration Matters Festival Opening Party
What would Migration Matters Festival be without the usual fare of opening party madness!
Echoes of the Front Room: Origins
Step into the extraordinary world of 'The Front Room,' a comedy play that brings the front room secrets and hilarious twists of Caribbean households to life!
Legend: The Music of Bob Marley
Legend, The Music of Bob Marley is an unforgettable evening celebrating this musical icon in one fantastic stage show extravaganza. Combining his superb, distinctive vocals with flawless musicianship, and a supremely talented cast.
Vibrant Voices: Songs and Stories of Sanctuary
Sheffield One World Choir brings a combined choral performance and photographic exhibition that reflects their rich cultural diversity. Come and be inspired!
Exhibition Launch feat. Sheffield One World Choir
Get ready for an evening of exploration across art, photography and more and meet the artists behind a wide array of inspiring pieces exhibiting at this years festival.
Film Beyond Borders
A series of films made by creatives from Film Beyond Borders in collaboration with City of Sanctuary, U-Mix, SOS for Sudan, One World Choir, Sheffield Hallam University and RAAH.
Kinky Boots The Musical
After inheriting his family's failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.
Dig Where You Stand: Women of Colour in the Archives
Women of colour have long been overlooked or marginalised in local archives. Dig Where You Stand seeks to change this.
Meduulla
Meduulla is a 25-year-old Zimbabwean-born rapper and DJ from North Manchester whose music defies labels. Combining modern flows and witty lyricism with jazz-infused hip-hop beats, her sound both reflects the present day and carries a nostalgic edge.
This Jungo Life
This Jungo Life takes us deep inside the hidden lives of young refugees and asylum seekers from Sudan and South Sudan, living and sleeping rough on the streets of Morocco; forced to flee Libya, and unable to return home due to ongoing war and conflict.
Home Away
Home Away is a three part docu-series that digs beneath the surface of migration.
Solo Journeys: An Evening of Performances and Film
Come along for an evening of ‘Solo Journeys’, exploring identity and belonging through Dance and Film.
Echoes of Exile Workshop
Echoes of Exile is a one-hour workshop blending music, identity, and creative expression, led by Mozambican-born Afro-fusion artist and IMIX Refugee Ambassador MoYah.
In The Cut
In the Cut is a pop-up barbershop spotlighting Black men’s mental health and the barbershop as a healing space.
Migration Matters Festival Closing Party
Come and celebrate and cap off the incredible week that was the Migration Matters Festival in style! With some fine SADACCA catering, some of the city’s best DJs and, of course, amazing bands!
Sheffield 80s & 90s Soul Festival
This June 2025 visit Network Sheffield for a celebration of classic Soul from the 80s & 90s. You can look forward to live acts & DJs across indoor & outdoor stages, Food vendors, and delicious drinks.
We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
Paul C Brunson, the world’s most influential matchmaker and TV star, brings his insightful commentary on how to create and sustain successful relationships through vulnerability, connection and understanding.
RnB Rewind: The Day Party
Step into a night of smooth grooves and unforgettable vibes at R&B Rewind – bringing you the very best in old school R&B, soulful slow jams, and a sweet touch of reggae rhythms.
Creativity Unleashed: Where Art Meets Attitude
Step into a world where fashion walks bold, art speaks loud, and music electrifies the soul.
The Sheffield Festival of Reggae
After the huge success of ‘The Sheffield festival of Reggae 2024’, The Sheffield Festival of Reggae returns for 2025.
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
West End mega-hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, comes to the Lyceum as part of its first ever UK and Ireland tour.
Babatunde Aleshe
Star of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Taskmaster, Babatunde Aleshe returns to The Leadmill after selling out his last show with there, in minutes!
Far Gone
“If I invited you to come with me on a journey, a story, will you come with me?” Northern Uganda. When Okumu’s village is attacked by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), he and his brother’s lives are changed forever.
Sheffield Jazz Double Bill: The Pocket Ellington/Vimala Row
Double bill featuring a classic Ellington sound followed by award-winning singer Vimala Rowe, a major talent on the British jazz scene.
Emmanuel Sonubi
Emmanuel’s hilarious and heartfelt show explores his life after surviving heart failure, facing the cause of the trauma, and the strange and funny ways we all find to keep going when life gets hard.
Black is The Colour Of My Voice
Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live.
Sheffield Community Choir - Lift Your Voice
Experience the sheer power of Sheffield's own Community Gospel Choir! With their mesmerising vocals and soul-stirring melodies, they captivate audiences like no other.
Craig Charles Funk & Soul House Party
A celebration of funk classics, soul essentials and undeniable dancefloor anthems, the legendary Craig Charles brings his Funk & Soul House Party to Foundry this November following on from back to back sold out appearances at The Leadmill.
JLS - The Club is Alive: 2025 Hits Tour
This autumn will see arenas across the UK and Ireland come alive with the sound of music as JLS announce details of 'The Club Is Alive: 2025 Hits Tour'.
The Wailers
Legendary outfit The Wailers are back with another set jam-packed with the most essential reggae tunes out there.
Main Character Energy
A high camp cocktail of comedy and cabaret, written and performed by Temi Wilkey.
Moonlight: Isata Kanneh-Mason
For this recital, Kanneh-Mason presents two of Beethoven’s best-loved works for solo piano: the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, with its famous extraordinarily beautiful opening movement, and the dazzlingly virtuosic ‘Waldstein’ Sonata.
Crown of Blood
A powerful retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth set during the civil wars of 19th-century Yorubaland.
The Bodyguard the Musical
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge – what they don't expect is to fall in love.
Diversity Soul 2026
Diversity is set to take to the road on a major new tour of the UK and Ireland in spring 2026. The UK's most successful dance group will bring their new concept tour SOUL to 31 towns and cities.
Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps
This new exhibition celebrates the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life.
