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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.
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March
Festival of the Outdoors 2025
Every March, as the days are getting longer, drier, and warmer in Sheffield, we celebrate what it means to be The Outdoor City, by hosting the Festival of the Outdoors.
You'll find everything from large-scale international sporting events to small community gatherings; from guided walks to some of the worlds hardest bouldering problems; outdoor markets to film festivals.
Check out the festival programme so far, with more to be announced...
All Events in Sheffield
The Boy with a Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee
This major new exhibition takes visitors on a nostalgia-filled journey through the childhood of one of Sheffield best-loved artists, Pete McKee.
Work-Leisure
From the whimsical to the functional, Work-Leisure is a national survey of objects made in leisure time by workers across the UK’s industrial sites.
Sheffield Photographic Society - 2025 Annual exhibition
The Best of Sheffield Photography
Mystery Languages Part II - Art exhibition and Book Launch
Mystery Languages Part II is an art exhibition aiming to engage various expressions of a universal and unifying energy.
Orienteering - Give it a go!
Come and explore Chapeltown Park and give orienteering a go.
Simba's Jungle Jam
Come along for a wild time at Simba's Jungle Jam - a Lion King Toddler Session filled with music, games, and fun!
Orienteering - Give it a go!
Come and explore Chapeltown Park and give orienteering a go.
Culture Is Bad For You
Author Mark Taylor is in conversation with Désirée Reynolds about the inequalities at the heart of our creative industries.
Black Fire
The Enormous Wrath Tour with Black Fire and special guests, Wretched Souls and Dominion of Ashes reaches Sheffield. Free entry!
Kids' Free Easter Decoration Screen Printing
Join in at Cutlery Works for a screen printing pop-up hosted by Noons studio!
Frecheville Library Spring Fayre
Spring Fayre including cakes, garden plants, tombola, bric a brac and the local Knit and Natter group with Easter Themed gifts for sale. A stall run by Brackenfield Care Home will also be there.
Free Kids' Storytelling - The Flight of the Teddy Bears with Carmel Page
Come along for a fun storytelling session at Cambridge Street Collective with Carmel Page as we follow the exciting journey of the teddy bears!
Quayside Market: April 2025
Quayside is back in Victoria Quays 12 - 13 April with an incredible lineup of award-winning street food, small business stalls, live music, bars and more!
Free Kids' Easter Crafts
Come along to Cutlery Works for a fun day of free Easter crafts for the kids!
Love London Road Springtime Celebration
Come and celebrate the culture and diversity of Sheffield's London Road, with food, entertainment, a Chinese Lion Dance and fun for all the family.
Sharrow Vale Market: April 2025
Sharrow Vale Market is held three times year, with around 100 stalls selling a wide variety of locally sourced and homemade produce.
Black British Ballet - Darren Panton in Conversation
Darren Panton will be in conversation with Marsha Lowe about his career and experiences in ballet. He was the first black dancer to graduate from the Royal Ballet School’s White Lodge boarding school, and has danced with Rambert Contemporary Dance Company, Birmingham Royal Ballet and London City Ballet.
Black British Ballet: a history with Dr Sandie Bourne
Find out more about the hidden history of Black British ballet from the 1940s to the present day. Hear the stories of the pioneers, from those who were denied work in the UK to those who finally managed to smash the colour bar in Britain’s biggest companies. The talk is followed by a Q&A session.
Survival of the Sickest
The Survival of the Sickest event series allows junior skateboarders to compete in age category events and aims to encourage skaters onto the ‘Pipeline Project’ talent pathway for youngsters who are striving to compete at national and international events.
Kids' Free Pokemon Party
Come along for a super fun Kids' Free Pokemon Party where your little trainers can catch 'em all and enjoy Pokemon-themed games and activities!
Open Up Sheffield 2025
With 100+ studios taking part, Open Up Sheffield is one of the largest open studio events outside of London and helps showcase some of Sheffield's finest creative talents. This year it will take place over two weekends, 3 May - 5 May and 10 - 11 May.
999 Event
Back for another year, The Moor Sheffield will be hosting their 999 Fun Day in association with the National Emergency Services Museum
999 Fun Day
Back for another year, The Moor Sheffield will be hosting their 999 Fun Day in association with the National Emergency Services Museum
Free Kids' May The Fourth Be With You Poster Screen Printing
Come along for a fun morning of screen printing May the Fourth posters for kids!
Kids' Dino Meet & Greet and Crafts Session
Come meet some awesome dinosaurs, make cool crafts, and have a blast at this Kids' Dino Meet & Greet and Crafts Session!
Weston Park May Fayre 2025
Prepare to be amazed as Sheffield's Weston Park May Fayre returns for a day full of FREE family fun on Sunday 18 May, with fun fair, circus acts, comedy, live music, food stalls and more.
Sheffield Food Festival 2025
One of the city's largest free to attend events for all the family, the festival is a bustling exhibition of Sheffield’s flourishing food & drink scene, with 90% of the traders taking part, based locally. This year's food festival takes place 24 - 26 May.
Kelham Pride
Set to be be bigger and better, once again this inclusive street party returns on Saturday 21 June and will be centred around multiple Kelham venues offering a broad range of entertainment from live musicians, DJs, drag queens, comedians and guest speakers.
Chance To Dance Festival 2025
Chance to Dance is a free one day city centre dance festival that was established in 2000.
Abbeydale Road Beer Festival 2025
Four days of fun in the sun on Abbeydale Road, 31 July - 3 August. There are craft beer tap takeovers all down the road from some of the best craft beer breweries from all over the UK. Completely free to attend!
Ancient Egypt
From pharaohs and pyramids to mummies and myths, explore the wonders of Ancient Egypt in our gallery at Weston Park Museum.
Beneath Your Feet
Unearth the remarkable stories behind the stars of the city’s collection in the museum's archaeology gallery.
Gordon Bridge Gallery: Picturing Sheffield
Discover a new perspective on Sheffield in Weston Park Museum's art gallery, packed with local scenes and views of the city from the past 250 years.
Sheffield Life and Times
Discover some of Sheffield's fascinating stories, told from the point of view of people who’ve lived here, in our Sheffield Life & Times gallery.
What On Earth!
Explore the brand new additions joining Spike the Woolly Rhino and co. in the museum’s natural science showcase.
We are the Monument
Curated by artist Yuen Fong Ling, We are the Monument explores the ways in which the plinth can be seen as a social, political and cultural symbol and encourages us to consider the significance of those represented on, or in opposition to, the plinth.
The Ruskin Collection: Capturing Colour
The gallery looks at how Ruskin established his collection in Sheffield to help people find inspiration in art and nature, and explores the relevance of his ideas today.
Strange Presence: John Hoyland Paintings
This spring, two new exhibitions at the Millennium Gallery celebrate the acclaimed Sheffield-born artist, John Hoyland (1934 – 2011). On display in the gallery’s smaller exhibition space, Strange Presence showcases a selection of the bold, striking abstract paintings for which Hoyland is best known.
Derrick Greaves: Art Worlds
Derrick Greaves (1927 – 2022) grew up in Sheffield and his early experiences here had a significant impact on the development of his painting. This new exhibition at the Graves Gallery is the first retrospective of his work since his death, bringing together a selection of paintings, drawings and sketchbooks from a career spanning eight decades.
Anatomy at Sheffield: from scalpel to virtual dissection and beyond
This special exhibition at the University of Sheffield 10 February - 15 June, examines the teaching of anatomy and how it has evolved considerably through the ages, plus how the subject has been studied right here in Sheffield.
Subjects of State, Labours of Love
Subjects of State, Labours of Love is a two-chapter film by artist filmmaker Rhea Storr.
These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture
This spring, two new exhibitions at the Millennium Gallery celebrate the acclaimed Sheffield-born artist, John Hoyland (1934 – 2011). Showing in the gallery’s main space, These Mad Hybrids presents Hoyland’s rarely seen explorations of sculptural forms, alongside work by Caroline Achaintre, Phyllida Barlow, Hew Locke and more.
