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.
Free, family-friendly activities exploring neuroscience research
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.
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.
The UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects, Sheffield Docfest returns Wednesday 18 June - Monday 23 June 2025.
Sheffield Doc Fest's Alternate Realities exhibition showcases innovative non-fiction and immersive documentary in all forms.
What would Migration Matters Festival be without the usual fare of opening party madness!
The UK's biggest event of its kind, Migration Matters Festival brings international artists to Sheffield for a lively celebration of sanctuary. The tenth anniversary edition has a legendary lineup between June 20-28.
Come along to the picturesque setting of St Nicholas Church High Bradfield to hear Sheffield’s exciting and award winning a cappella choir, Abbeydale Singers in a mix of traditional, contemporary and popular choral music.
Set to be be bigger and better, once again this inclusive street party returns on Saturday 21 June and will be centred around multiple Kelham venues offering a broad range of entertainment from live musicians, DJs, drag queens, comedians and guest speakers.
Come taste some delicious wines with Department in their wine bar, Cheers!
A Wine Festival in Bole Hills - a relaxed, family friendly day out with a focus on wine.
The Bradfield Festival of Music returns with a week of glorious music in a magical setting 21 - 28 June, featuring some of the finest international and local classical artists.
Sheffield One World Choir brings a combined choral performance and photographic exhibition that reflects their rich cultural diversity. Come and be inspired!
RivelinCo are once more teaming up with partners iand brilliant local groups for an EPIC Midsummer Festival across all the different venues in Hillsborough Park!
Celebrating the music and songs inspired by British and Irish poets
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.
Women of colour have long been overlooked or marginalised in local archives. Dig Where You Stand seeks to change this.
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 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.
Come along for an evening of ‘Solo Journeys’, exploring identity and belonging through Dance and Film.
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 is a pop-up barbershop spotlighting Black men’s mental health and the barbershop as a healing space.
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!
Podcasting's biggest party 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 4 July - Sunday 6 July.
The Help I Sexted My Boss podcast comes to the Crossed Wires Festival.
Covering subjects from Finnish meatballs, to lobster flirting and presidential enemas, No Such Thing As A Fish always guarantees an unexpected and hilarious show.
Live at the Bowl are excited to announce that Craig David will be bringing the TS5 vibes to Sheffield on Friday 11 July 2025, with supporting acts including Nathan Dawe and Patrick Nazemi.
The UK's biggest 90's Festival returns to Sheffield's Don Valley Bowl once again, this time for a full weekend of nostalgic partying 12 - 13 July 2025.
Chance to Dance is a free one day city centre dance festival that was established in 2000.
Bringing some of the biggest names in bass for another weekend of high-octane partying, Bassfest returns to Sheffield's Don Valley Bowl 19 - 20 July.
Northern Monkey will be having local DJs performing all weekend during Tramlines.
While the main festival is taking place, Forum Sheffield will be having our own live music festival. Join them for three days of free live music, mouth-watering food, unbeatable drink deals, and proper summer vibes in the heart of the city.
Sheffield’s biggest party! Tramlines returns to Hillsborough Park 25 - 27 July for their 17th edition.
Vist Mary Street Live on Tramlines Saturday evening to see some of Sheffield's best bands.
Once again, Devonshire Green in Sheffield's city centre will be home to The Fringe Stage- a family-friendly area, with loads of live music from a wide variety of genres 26 - 27 July.
Step into a world where fashion walks bold, art speaks loud, and music electrifies the soul.
Four days of fun in the sun on Abbeydale Road, 31 July - 3 August. There are craft beer tap takeovers all down the road from some of the best craft beer breweries from all over the UK. Completely free to attend!
A lively and welcoming free festival celebrating theatre and arts created with community groups across Sheffield.
After the huge success of ‘The Sheffield festival of Reggae 2024’, The Sheffield Festival of Reggae returns for 2025.
Sheffield's 7 Hills Beer Festival returns for 2025 and will once again be showcasing a wide selection of the best cask beers available from local and regional craft brewers, 22 - 24 August.
Brand new for 2025! The Graves Park Food Festival will be taking place 30 - 31 August in Sheffield’s largest park!
A new street art festival for Sheffield! ‘Lick of Paint Festival’ is set to be an artist-led, weekend-long mural and street art event taking place 6 - 7 September, celebrating the diversity and talent of creatives in the North.
Powerlines festival is one of the UK’s newest Independent Metal festivals, an exciting addition to the Yorkshire the heavy metal calendar.
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 18th edition will once again bring live events and exhibitions to iconic venues across Sheffield, 2 - 5 October.
No Bounds are set to host another very special weekend of music, art, technology and dancing in Sheffield, when the 8th edition of the festival takes place 10 - 12 October 2025.
Sheffield's annual festival celebrating books, words and ideas, is one of the UK’s largest literary festivals. Taking place 10 - 26 October, the festival will once again be bringing some of the biggest names in literary talent, media and the arts to South Yorkshire.
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 15 - 18 October.
Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder and Chris Watson will mark 50 years of CABARET VOLTAIRE live with an exclusive performance at FORGE Warehouse in Sheffield for SENSORIA Festival.
The festival brings together and celebrates the growers, producers and organisations that contribute to a regenerative local food system and a wilder, more biodiverse region.