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.
Richard Ayoade is a BAFTA-winning actor, director and writer. The gifted filmmaker chances upon a copy of The Two-Hander Trilogy by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop.
Butter is the cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook turned serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Join Morgan Talty as he talks about his debut novel, Fire Exit – a deeply layered story of family and bloodlines, culture and inheritance and what, if anything, we owe one another. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.