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 help narrow the event listings results 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 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.
Celluloid Screams 2025
Sheffield's annual Horror Film Festival, celebrating the best in classic and contemporary horror cinema! Celluloid Screams will host another weekend of big screen scares at the Showroom Cinema 23 - 26 October.
Understanding Society 2025: A Festival of Social Science
Understanding Society 2025: A Festival of Social Science is a series of free events and activities examining the ideas that shape our everyday lives.
Cabaret Voltaire
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.
Diverse Islands: British and Irish Multiculturalism
Kieran Connell, Emer O’Neill & Charlotte Rea-Patel in conversation with John Siddique.
Out of this World 2025
Taking place across numerous outdoor locations in Sheffield City Centre on Sunday 26 October, this FREE to attend event is for anyone who enjoys sci-fi, comic books, gaming, magic, illusion, Halloween and all things spooky.
Out of Character: From Abigail’s Party to Gavin and Stacey – Alison Steadman
In a career spanning film, television, stage, and radio, Alison Steadman has become a national treasure, renowned for her memorable roles in productions like Gavin and Stacey, Pride and Prejudice, and Abigail's Party, among many others.
Sheffield Biodiversity & Regenerative Food 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.
Untold Story: Empowered – Nina Bhadreshwar
Hosted by Dom Heslop, one of Nina's former English students, this in conversation is a celebration of her work. It explores Nina’s journey from writing and publishing to working with legendary figures in counter-culture music and art.
Slambarz x Pirate Studios present Behind the Bars
Slambarz, in collaboration with Pirate Studios, presents Behind the Barz. This powerful documentary follows 8 artists and 4 producers as they take on the challenge of creating a full record from scratch in just one day.
Illuminate The Gardens 2025
Illuminate the Gardens is a fireworks and lighting extravaganza that takes place over several nights at Sheffield's stunning Botanical Gardens, around the weekend of Bonfire Night. This years event will be 7 - 9 November.
Bolsover Castle – Lucy Worsley
Passionate about making history accessible, TV's Lucy Worsley will share the fascinating story of Bolsover Castle, a 17th-century pleasure palace in Derbyshire that holds special significance for her as the site of her first job with English Heritage.
Both more and less human
Step into the future at the National Videogame Museum! Join us for a thought-provoking and interactive event where fiction meets technology. Together we’ll explore how technological innovation challenges our ideas of what it means to be human.
Great British Beer Festival - Winter
Beer & Cider festival in a former steel works!
Crossed Wires: The Podcast Festival
The world's biggest podcast festival 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 3 July - Sunday 5 July.
Tramlines 2026
Sheffield’s biggest party! Tramlines returns to Hillsborough Park for their 18th edition, across the weekend of 24 - 26 July.
