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 help narrow the event listings results 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
Penny McCarthy: How to Look Through Time
Penny McCarthy sets out to find new ways to consider time, loss and preservation.
Peter Blundell Jones: Architecture, Landscape & the City
An new exhibition looking at the life, work and legacy of the late British architect, teacher and writer Peter Blundell Jones
House of Fun Exhibition
A little weird. A lot wonderful. Art that’s immersive, surreal, and seriously selfie-worthy. Explore stories of parties, excess, and fun in a new playful and interactive exhibition – expect costumes, games, and a space made for wild imaginations!
Slime Mother
Slime Mother is a multi-sensory solo exhibition by artist and writer Abi Palmer.
Paintings by Andy Cropper
Cupola Gallery are excited to announce Paintings by Andy Cropper, a new exhibition opening on Saturday, 11 October 2025, with a special preview event on Friday, 10 October, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. There will also be an Artist Talk on Thursday 23 October 2025, 7:30 pm at the gallery.
New Horizons: Growing Sheffield’s Art Collection
Sheffield’s art collection has been expanding and evolving ever since it was founded 150 years ago. Today, it continues to develop, celebrating artistic excellence that reflects the world we live in and helps us find our place in it.
Young Creatives
Young Creatives is a vibrant art exhibition showcasing the talent of pupils from Mercia Learning Trust schools. Visit Mercure St Paul’s to see the exhibition and bid on the artwork, with proceeds supporting Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity.
Autumn Almanac V
Autumn Almanac is an annual survey show featuring works by studio members of Yorkshire Artspace, offering a snapshot of contemporary practice amongst some of the most talented artists in Sheffield.
Crafted at The Millennium Gallery
The Millennium Gallery’s popular selling showcase, Crafted returns this autumn, celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond, 25 October - 24 December.
Art and Nature: Draw with artist Jessica Heywood
Meet local artist Jessica Heywood and draw along with her.
Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios 2025
Visit the creative workspaces of some of the best contemporary artists and craftspeople in the region. Join Yorkshire Artspace for their annual Open Studios showcase at Persistence Works and Exchange Place Studios 15 - 16 November.
Portland Works Open Studios and Christmas Market
Buy from local makers and see the spaces they work in
Unquiet Landscapes
38 contemporary artists from across the UK explore real and imagined landscapes.
Pride of Yorkshire
A brand-new sculpture trail will be taking to the streets of South Yorkshire from June right through to September 2026, as the Pride of Yorkshire roars into life.
The Sykes Gallery Metalwork Collection
Sheffield Museums’ Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. It contains the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made Sheffield famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.
We are the Monument
Curated by artist Yuen Fong Ling, We are the Monument explores the ways in which the plinth can be seen as a social, political and cultural symbol and encourages us to consider the significance of those represented on, or in opposition to, the plinth.
Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps
This new exhibition celebrates the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life.
The Ruskin Collection: Capturing Colour
The gallery looks at how Ruskin established his collection in Sheffield to help people find inspiration in art and nature, and explores the relevance of his ideas today.
Collection Display: Portraits and the Human Figure
Drawn from Sheffield’s collections, this recently refreshed display explores artists’ enduring fascination with depicting people.
Collection Display: Colour, Form & Line
Discover how artists have experimented with colour and form, with displays including work by Joseph Cutts, Naum Gabo, Tess Jaray and Bridget Riley.
Collection Display: Place and Identity
See how ideas around place and identity have been explored by artists including Fay Godwin, David Hockney, Mandy Payne, Frank Auerbach, Eric Ravilious and and Kateřina Šedá.
In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home
This new exhibition, curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, brings together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between Empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.
