A view from the back of a crowd as they watch a lively band perform on the Yellow Arch stage

There are loads of great music venues in Sheffield that host brilliant musicians, bands, artists and DJs from all genres throughout the year.

Enjoy well-known names in some of the city's bigger venues, catch the next big thing in a pub backroom, or delve into the pioneering electronic scene... whatever you choose, you'll never be short of a great performance.

Delve into our music event listings below to see what’s coming…

Music events in Sheffield

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Brigantes Orchestra - Proms Spectacular | England

Brigantes Orchestra takes you around the world! Stop five: England!

16 May 2026 1930 - 2110

Family Concert - Izzy Gizmo

By popular request, Izzy Gizmo is back! Perfect for 3–7 year-olds, this delightful family concert is based on the best-selling children’s book ‘Izzy Gizmo’ by Pip Jones, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.

16 May 2026 11:00 - 12:00

Get Together 2026

Now into its 6th year, Get Together festival returns to Kelham Island and Neepsend for another massive music takeover on Saturday 16 May.

16 May 2026

Gwilym Simcock & Friends

For one night only, Gwilym and his band of incredible jazz musicians are joined by world-class classical artists for what promises to be a hugely entertaining evening.

16 May 2026 19:15

Sheffield Fake Festival 2026

The Sheffield Fake Festival returns to Endcliffe Park on Saturday May 16th 2026 with fake bands for Queen (Flash), Arctic Monkeys (Antarctic Monkeys), Fleetwood Mac (Fleeting Rumours), Green Day (Ultimate Green Day), INXS (INXS UK), REM (Stipe). 

16 May 2026 11:15 - 22.00

Folk Who Roam Film Premiere ft. Sāwol

An in-person Folk Who Roam Film Premiere featuring a performance from folk five-piece Sāwol.

17 May 2026 19:30 - 21:30

Feldman & Beckett: Words & Music

This evening of music, theatre and a dramatic meeting of the two includes Beckett’s monologue of memory and loss Rockaby and the pair’s most extraordinary collaboration Words & Music, in which a small group of musicians playing a distinctively taut Feldman score becomes a character in the drama.

18 May 2026 19:00

Beethoven Septet

The hopeful, energetic and lyrical ‘Spring’ Sonata is one of the most famous of all Beethoven’s works for violin, paired here with an intense and stormy early quartet.

19 May 2026 14:00

La Voix Humaine

Claire Booth is joined by GRAMMY-winning pianist Christopher Glynn to present an immersive staging of Poulenc’s searing operatic melodrama. Take a seat at the heart of the action to absorb this most intimate operatic setting of Jean Cocteau’s ground-breaking play, eavesdropping on a life in the balance.

19 May 2026 19:00

Bird Tunes: Miranda Rutter, Sam Sweeney & Rob Harbron

Three of the finest folk musicians working today perform a new suite of tunes, crafted from fragments of birdsong recorded on woodland walks by the brilliant fiddle player and composer Miranda Rutter.

20 May 2026 20:00
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