All Event Listings
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
Off The Shelf Festival of Words 2024
Sheffield's annual festival celebrating books, words and ideas, is one of the UK’s largest literary festivals. Taking place 7 October - 3 November, the festival will be bringing some of the biggest names in literary talent, media and the arts to South Yorkshire.
Haywire: A Political History of Britain since 2000 – Andrew Hindmoor
Haywire is the first history to tell the story of Britain and its political fortunes since the start of the Millennium. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum – Daniel Tammet
Nine Minds delves into the unique lived experience of nine neurodivergent people from around the globe. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Novel Slam
Novel Slam is the legendary event where aspiring novelists pitch their novels to a supportive audience and trusty judges. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
The Impossibility of Words: A Linguist’s Cure for Writer’s Block
What makes words impossible? To the blocked writer, words can be an elusive currency, stubbornly refusing to flow. For linguists, words present a different challenge—how to define them. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World
This illustrated talk by historian Jane Robinson celebrates the charismatic founder of the first university college for women, the first women’s suffrage society and the campaign to allow women to keep their own property after marriage. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
A Mudlarking Year – Lara Maiklem
For over two decades, Lara Maiklem has scoured the banks of the Thames to find objects – lost or discarded – that tell the greatest stories. She became a bestselling author with her debut Mudlarking. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Black Women Writers – Dorothy Koomson and Kit de Waal
Bestselling authors Dorothy Koomson and Kit de Waal discuss their paths to publication, what it was like being Black women writers when they began their careers, what it’s like now, and advice for new writers.
Developing as a Poet: Poetry Workshop With Joey Connolly
How can poets move from the notebook to the printed page? The gap can seem daunting, but there are established routes and elements of craft, editing and motivation to help get there.
Introduction to Translating Poetry - Mymona Bibi and Ibrahim Hirsi
How would you translate a poem? Join translator Ibrahim Hirsi and poet-translator Mymona Bibi for a unique poetry translation workshop that faces this impossible question.
