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.
Crafted is Millennium Gallery’s new annual selling showcase celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond. On show now until Christmas Eve 24 December.
Free Christmas Afternoon Cabaret with bingo
Join Greenhead Church for their Christmas Fair on Saturday 23 November with tea, cakes and some fabulous gifts to peruse.
The Crookes Street Market is moving indoors to Wesley Hall for a their Christmas edition, taking place on Saturday 23 November, 11am - 3pm
Step inside the beautiful Sheffield Cathedral for a uniquely spellbinding concert. The prolific London Concertante presents a sensational evening at the opera with an array of the finest opera arias and overtures.
For many people, Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without attending a performance of Handel’s wonderful oratorio Messiah. Completed in just 24 days, it is one of the most glorious and popular choral works.
Celebrate Sheffield’s small businesses at the Terminus Road Christmas Market—packed with unique gifts, artisan goods, and free entry on Saturday 23 November.
Join youth development charity, Grow, and local flower farmers and florists, Greystone Flowers, for a festive workshop where you will craft your very own Christmas door wreath.
Get ready to immerse yourself in the festive magic of the season at the Whirlow Hall Farm Christmas Fayre sponsored by GRI Group, on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November.
Cupola has brought together a diverse collection of art across media for their latest Christmas exhibition. The selected work was chosen for its strength and the unique voice of each artist or maker. We are all different and we all find joy in diverse ways.
The original award winning family rave is back! Craft, Play and Dance!
Rex Market returns for their Christmas market, taking place on Sunday 24 November. An outdoor market based in Kelham Island, the event showcases an array of fantastic independent Sheffield businesses.
Book now for this festive wreath making workshops guided by local florist Leah Fleur Rebelle.
Come and enjoy a super cosy evening of making Christmas cards, gift tags and stickers using locally sourced and pressed flowers whilst enjoying a delicious glass of wine from Bench La Cave.
Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents A Christmas Carol at Sheffield Cathedral!
Get into the Christmas spirit here at the Showroom Cinema and celebrate Christmas with Frank!
Join OEC Sheffield for a festive party like no other! With live singers, delicious food and plenty of Christmas cheer!
Come celebrate the creativity housed at Portland Works at this Open Studios and Christmas Market!
Come and get into the festive spirit with Rosemary & Thyme at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens and make your own Christmas wreath for your door.
Come and get into the festive spirit with Rosemary & Thyme at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens and make your own Christmas wreath for your door.
Lou Lou's Vintage Market returns to Sheffield Cathedral to bring you a fabulous day of vintage shopping!
Join Orchard Square on Saturday 30 November for their Christmas Makers Market, offering a range of handmade craft and local Sheffield artists.
An artisan makers market and Santa's Grotto in the Sheffield Town Hall, for one day only on Saturday 30 November. Help your local youth homelessness charity raise money to help young people in the community.
Celebrate Christmas 2024 in style! With a live party band, delicious food and plenty of Christmas cheer!
Unwrap the magic with Santa and his merry helpers this Christmas! See Santa in his enchanting Woodland Grotto every weekend on 30 November - 1 December, 7 – 8 December, 14 – 15 December, 21 – 24 December | 10.30am - 3.30pm.
Gather under the gas-lamps and celebrate the start of the festive season as the much-loved Victorian Christmas Market returns to Sheffield's Kelham Island Museum on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December.
Come and get into the festive spirit with Rosemary & Thyme at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens and make your own Christmas wreath for your door.
Come and get into the festive spirit with Rosemary & Thyme at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens and make your own Christmas wreath for your door.
Visit Cambridge Street Collective for a fun-filled Elf Extravaganza with a FREE Mini Disco to kick off December in style!
Sheffield's most popular 10k race returns for 2024.
Sharrow Vale Road host their festive street market on Sunday 1 December with over 100 stalls selling a wide variety of locally-sourced and homemade produce, preserves, sweet treats, crafts, gifts and more.
Come along for a joy filled Festive Festival market on Sunday 1 December for a gathering completely dedicated to the celebration of a Sheffield Christmas.
Join Cambridge Street Collective for their very first Christmas Market!
Cambridge Street Collective have teamed up with a local social enterprise, Roots & Bloom CIC, to bring you a fabulous, festive wreath-making workshop!
Try lots of awesome Christmas cheese - get awesome hints, tips and practical advice, then order your cheese in time for Christmas!
A festive evening of carols from Sheffield's folk tradition in an informal atmosphere
Start your Chrisrtmas celebrations with a visit to Sheffield Cathedral Illuminated: The Gift created by Luxmuralis. This will be their fifth Christmas illuminations spectacular, lighting up the building inside and out, 3 - 7 December.
Sheffield Cathedral will sparkle and shine when it is lit up with more than 40 Christmas trees, each beautifully decorated by a local charity, community group or business. Free to visit, the Christmas Tree Festival will be on show from 3 December through to 12 January.
Come along for a fun bauble painting workshop where you can unleash your creativity and make unique holiday decorations!
Come along to Cambridge Street Collective for a fun and creative workshop where you can learn to make your own festive wreath!
Celebrate the holiday season with festive fun at The National Videogame Museum with their new Christmas Lates.
Come along for a night of fun, food, and community as Craft & Flea host a festive edition of their Night Market Social at The Steamworks, on Thursday 5 December.
The Annual Christmas Conference is back and will once again combine valuable skills, festive cheer, and profound insights for a day of personal growth and giving back.
Join Saltmine Theatre Company's rediscovery of Charles Dickens' classic tale; a festive, supernatural spectacular which appeals to us to 'honour Christmas in our hearts, and keep it all the year round'.
Sheffield Lyceum's 2024 spectacular, fun-packed, family pantomime is… Snow White! Starring Catherine Tyldesley as the Wicked Queen, Gladiator's Viper and Sheffield’s favourite Dame, Damian Williams, the show runs 6 December - 5 January.
A magical, musical family event to start to the festive Season and a wonderful bitesize introduction to classical music for children.
Come along for a festive day full of Christmas cheer at the Firth Park Christmas Fayre on Saturday 7 December! With something for everyone, it's the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit.
Come and visit our annual Christmas Market situated in the picturesque village of Castleton in the heart of the Peak District.
Moor Market & Crystal Peaks Christmas Grottos
RivelinCo’s Festive Makers Market returns for the third year! Join them 11am – 4pm at Hillsborough Park Pavilion on Saturday 7 December for a range of stalls showcasing brilliant local makers, plus refreshments and a raffle. Free entry.
Bring the little ones for a magical morning filled with festive fun as Kommune's Kids Christmas Party is back for two days only on Saturday 7 December and Sunday 8 December, 11am to 12:30pm.
Unwrap the magic with Santa and his merry helpers this Christmas! See Santa in his enchanting Woodland Grotto every weekend on 30 November - 1 December, 7 – 8 December, 14 – 15 December, 21 – 24 December | 10.30am - 3.30pm.
Turn the clock back 80 years and step into a fabulous forties festive wonderland at the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, 7 & 8 December!
Come along for fun-filled Frosty Festivities featuring a free Mini Disco with the Christmas Ice Sisters!
Santa Cruises along Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.
The Craft, Art and Makers Market is back with a showcase of some of Sheffield's top local artisans, artists and craftspeople, at the Dorothy Fox Education Centre in Sheffield Botanical Gardens on Sunday 8 December.
Featuring a screening of the complete film with the musical score performed live to the film, Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert comes to Sheffield City Hall on Monday 9 December.
Come along for a fun and creative workshop where you can learn to make your own festive wreath!
Discover unique art, connect with local talent, and enjoy a cosy evening of drinks, music, and last-minute Christmas shopping. Come along on Tuesday 10 December to Hagglers Corner—free entry, all vibes!
Get ready for a night of festive fun and trivia at Kommune’s Big Fat Christmas Quiz on Tuesday 10 December! Celebrate the holiday season with interactive questions, Christmas cheer, and amazing prizes.
Celebrate the start of the holiday season with Grow's annual festive quiz!
Come along for a magical evening filled with enchanting choral performances, lively brass bands, delicious winter beverages, and the spirit of remembrance.
Come along for a joyful Christmas celebration in aid of Support Dogs, to help us save and improve the lives of children and adults with various challenging medical conditions.
Intricate, evocative, utterly beautiful, ‘A Boy Was Born’ perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas and Ensemble 360 along with Sheffield Cathedral Choir, will be performing this at Sheffield Cathedral on Friday 13 December.
One of the UK’s premier swing orchestras is embarking on their most ambitious festive tour to date this Christmas and coming to Sheffield on Friday 13 December.
Step Into Christmas with the most magical show of the year, coming to Sheffield City Hall on Friday 13 December. This Christmas concert feel good show, brings all the magic of the season to life, with all you favourite festive songs.
A Sheffield tradition - and a fantastic way to start your festive celebrations !!
Join Andro and Eve at Sidney and Matilda for a festive party and queer cabaret hosted by drag artist and burlesque star Rhys Pieces!
Experience an enchanting evening at this Candlelight Concert performed by virtuoso pianist, Daniel Grimwood, where the flickering glow of candles sets the stage for a captivating musical journey. Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of classical music as we present a selection of exquisite masterpieces.
The Black Dyke Band and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus return once again for this wonderful seasonal celebration with carols for choir, singalongs for the audience and gems for the band, on Saturday 14 December.
Embark on a jolly journey through the heart-warming and hilarious worlds of beloved Christmas films with this musical festive celebration, coming to Sheffield Arena on Saturday 14 December.
An evening of beautiful seasonal music with The Abbeydale Singers.
Have you heard the news? Hallam Sinfonia are finally putting on a Christmas concert! Come and join them together with Steel City Choristers for a sparkling event full of Christmas classics as well as some very special extras.
Moor Market & Crystal Peaks Christmas Grottos
An afternoon of sparkling a capella festive favourites
Walkley Christmas Market is ready to greet you with a warm Walkley welcome and festive cheer at their fantastic market within the beautiful setting of St. Mary's Church on Saturday 14 December.
Chart topping soprano and star of The Voice UK, Nadia Eide, presents a spectacular Christmas concert for all ages this festive season.
Santa Cruises along Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.
Unwrap the magic with Santa and his merry helpers this Christmas! See Santa in his enchanting Woodland Grotto every weekend on 30 November - 1 December, 7 – 8 December, 14 – 15 December, 21 – 24 December | 10.30am - 3.30pm.
Join Owlerton Stadium for lunch with Santa on Dec 15th & 22nd! Enjoy a 3-course festive lunch, live greyhound racing, and gifts for kids. Adults from £25, kids from £17.
Kate Rusby rounds off 2024 in style with her annual, and much anticipated, Christmas Tour, coming to Sheffield City Hall on Sunday 15 December.
Pollen Market will be coming in from the Castlegate cold and relocating to Peddler Warehouse for their festive edition on Sunday 15 December.
This is Sheffield Music Hub's flagship concert to end the Autumn term is one you don't want to miss this one!
Enjoy an exceptional musical evening in the lead-up to Christmas with a performance of Vivaldi's timeless classic, The Four Seasons along with Rachmaninov's ever-popular Second Piano Concerto, in the spectacular candlelit setting of Sheffield Cathedral.
Returning for a third year, on Wednesday 18 December, the Sheffield Hospitals Charity sell-out event ‘A Cathedral Christmas’, is set to be hosted once again by the brilliant Reverend Kate Bottley (BBC Radio 2, Gogglebox).
Sheffield's first ever black-run Xmas event.
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Sheffield. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Christmas Classics at Sheffield Cathedral under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Sheffield. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Christmas Classics at Sheffield Cathedral under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Celebrate your corporate festive party at Owlerton Stadium on Dec 19th with a 3-course meal, live greyhound racing, and VIP options. From £20 per person.
Enjoy an outstanding candlelit concert in the run-up to Christmas with a selection from Handel's masterpiece, The Messiah and other exceptional classical works .
Formed in 1917, during the First World War, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a British institution. National and British Open Champions on numerous occasions, the band’s contest successes remain legendary.
Formed in 1917, during the First World War, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a British institution. National and British Open Champions on numerous occasions, the band’s contest successes remain legendary.
Moor Market & Crystal Peaks Christmas Grottos
Sip & Paint Christmas! Unleash your creativity – wine glass in one hand, paint brush in the other. No experience needed!
Santa Cruises along Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.
Unwrap the magic with Santa and his merry helpers this Christmas! See Santa in his enchanting Woodland Grotto every weekend on 30 November - 1 December, 7 – 8 December, 14 – 15 December, 21 – 24 December | 10.30am - 3.30pm.
Join Owlerton Stadium for lunch with Santa on Dec 15th & 22nd! Enjoy a 3-course festive lunch, live greyhound racing, and gifts for kids. Adults from £25, kids from £17.
Moor Market & Crystal Peaks Christmas Grottos
Breakfast with Santa
Moor Market & Crystal Peaks Christmas Grottos
Celebrate Boxing Day at Owlerton Stadium! Gates open at 10am, races start at 11:01am. Enjoy festive brunch, live greyhound racing, and betting. Packages.
Join Endcliffe Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of classical favourites.
Grenoside Pantomime Proudly Presents “Cinderella” at Grenoside Community Centre.
Looking to bring back the joy of classic Christmas singalongs? James B Partridge is set to light up Sheffield City Hall on Thursday 6th November 2025 with his festive show, The Big Christmas Assembly 2025.