City centre events 2024 📅
📖 Article last updated Monday 30 September 2024
There's another packed programme of events to look forward to in Sheffield city centre in 2024, everything from food and music festivals to special exhibitions and live performances 👏
Simply click the link below to take you straight to the month you're most interested in or simply scroll down to see the full events listing for 2024.
📅 January | February | March
📅 April | May | June
📅 July | August | September
📅 October | November | December
For further information on each event, click the 🖱️ icon.
💡 As new dates are confirmed these events will be added to this page, so make sure to add this page to your 'favourites' and check back through the year.
For information on live shows, theatrical performances, exhibitions and live sporting events in Sheffield city centre, please visit the following individual venue websites:
🖼️ The Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Museums
🏆 Events | Ponds Forge (sheffieldcitytrust.org)
⛪ Sheffield Cathedral
🎙️ Sheffield City Hall
🎭 Sheffield Theatres
Phlegm: Pandemic Diary 🎨
📅 Saturday 13 January to Sunday 7 July 2024
📝 Exhibition | Phlegm's 67 pen and ink drawings document the artists observations of daily life in lockdown during the pandemic.
🖱️ Phlegm: Pandemic Diary - Sheffield Museums Trust
Sheffield Heritage Fair 2024 🗣️
📅 Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 January 2024
📝 Exhibition | A celebration of Sheffield’s rich history, featuring over 40 local groups who care for and promote Sheffield’s history and heritage.
🖱️ Sheffield Heritage Fair 2024 - Sheffield Museums Trust
MOBO Awards Sheffield - The Fringe
📅 Monday 5 to Wednesday 7 February 2024
📍 Various locations
📝 Organised by Sheffield City Council in collaboration with MOBO and members of the local community, The Fringe sees the city showcase all it has to offer in the way of black music and culture. Events include the Off The Record Industry Panel at Sheffield City Hall on Tuesday 6 February and a Sheffield Spotlight event in the Winter Garden on Wednesday 7 February, the day of the MOBI Awards itself.
💡 This year's event marks the 26th time that the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards have been held since it was first introduced in 1996. This is the first time that Sheffield has been the host city.
🖱️ MOBO Awards (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
Sheffield Powerlifting Championships 2024 🏋️
📅 Saturday 10 February 2024
📝 24 of the world’s strongest powerlifters battle it out for the title of 'champion of champions'.
💡 The 2,271 capacity Oval Hall at Sheffield City Hall sold out weeks in advance of this year's event.
Sheffield Lunar Chinese New Year Festival 🐉
📅 Friday 9 to Tuesday 13 February 2024
📍 Various city centre locations including the Peace Gardens (10 and 11 February)
📝 Festival | A five day celebration to welcome the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon 🐉 Featuring a food market and Dragon Parade in the Peace Gardens and Gala at the Octagon.
More on this year's Festival programme here: Lunar Chinese New Year (sheffieldcitycentre.com)
💡 Dragon is the 5th animal in the 12-year cycle coming after the Rabbit and before the Snake.
Early Spring Makers Market 🧵
📅 Saturday 10 February 2024
📝 Craft Market | Discover botanicals, ceramics, clothing, jewellery, textiles, homeware, stationary and print.
Craft & Flea 🧵
📅 Saturday 17 February 2024
📝 Craft Market | Craft & Flea brings together a collection of independent makers, collectors, designers and creatives all under one roof.
🖱️ Sheffield's Craft & Flea Tickets, Sat 17 Feb 2024 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
Swimming and Para Swimming: Long Course Championships 2023-24 (BUCS Nationals) 🏊
📅 Friday 23 to Sunday 25 February 2024
📝 The Long Course Championships, part of BUCS Nationals, sees athletes tackle the 50m Olympic sized pool, as Sheffield gets set to welcome over 5,000 students to the city over the weekend.
💡 British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the national governing body for higher education sport in the UK.
🖱️ BUCS Swimming & Para Swimming: Long Course Championships 2023-24 (Part of BUCS Nationals)
Undergraduate Open Day 🎓
📅 Sunday 25 February 2024
📝 Open days provide an opportunity for prospective applicants to tour the University's campuses, see accommodation and talk to academic staff. For some visitors, it will also be their first engagement with the city of Sheffield and the city centre.
🖱️ Undergraduate applicant open days | Sheffield Hallam University (shu.ac.uk)
Festival of the Outdoors 🌲
📅 Friday 1 March to Sunday 31 March 2024
📍 Various locations across Sheffield and the city centre
📝 A month long celebration of 'The Outdoor City', featuring a wide range of events and activities including:
🥾 Living Streets’ National Walking Summit 2024
📍 Crowne Plaza Royal Hotel
📅 Thursday 7 March 2024
📽️ Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF)
📍 Sheffield Cathedral
📅 Friday 15 and Saturday 16 March 2024
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
📅 Sunday 17 March 2024
🚲 Park Hill Uprise: Urban Hill Climb 2024
📍 Park Hill
📅 Saturday 23 March 2024
Full Festival of the Outdoors programme available on the Welcome to Sheffield website 🖱️ Sheffield's Festival of the Outdoors (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
Indie Beer Feast 🍻
📅 Friday 1 and Saturday 2 March 2024
📝 Festival | Sheffield’s craft beer festival returns to the Trafalgar Warehouse for 2024. Tickets available here.
🖱️ Indie Beer Feast, a two day independent craft beer festival in Sheffield city centre
Sheffield Beer Week 🍻
📅 Monday 4 to Sunday 10 March 2024
📍 Various locations including Dog & Partridge, Hop Hideout, The Old Shoe, Rutland Arms, Shakespeares and Triple Point Brewing.
📝 A city-wide 'beer celebration' hosted across multiple venues
💡 March's event marks the 10th anniversary of Sheffield Beer Week.
🖱️ Sheffield Beer Week – A city-wide beer celebration at the beginning of March
🎭 The Crucible
📅 Saturday 2 to Saturday 30 March 2024
📍 Crucible Theatre
📝 Arthur Miller’s enduring masterpiece based on the events of the infamous Salem witch trials.
🖱️ The Crucible | Sheffield Theatres
🧵 Lou Lou's Vintage Market
📝 'Packed to the rafters' with 'the best independent UK vintage traders around', you'll be able to find 'incredible vintage treasures no matter the occasion'.
📅 Saturday 16 March 2024
📍 Sheffield Cathedral
🖱️ Lou Lou's Vintage Fair (@loulousvintagefair) • Instagram photos and videos
🎟️ Lou Lou's Sheffield Vintage Market Tickets, Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 17 March 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
Sheffield Varsity 🤼
📅 Wednesday 20 March to Wednesday 24 April 2024
📍 Various locations across Sheffield including Korfball Swimming and Water Polo at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre on Monday 22 April 2024.
📝 Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield go head-to-head in a celebration of student sport in the city of Sheffield.
💡 Sheffield Varsity began in 1997, when sporting teams from the city's two universities competed against each other in the first coordinated tournament of its kind. From there it snowballed, and Sheffield Varsity is one of the biggest Varsity competitions in the UK.
Undergraduate Open Day 🎓
📅 Saturday 23 March 2024
📝 Open days provide an opportunity for prospective applicants to tour the University's campuses, see accommodation and talk to academic staff. For some visitors, it will also be their first engagement with the city of Sheffield and the city centre.
🖱️ Undergraduate applicant open days | Sheffield Hallam University (shu.ac.uk)
🐰 Easter Egg Hunt
📅 Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 April 2024
⏳ 11am - 2pm
📍 Easter Garden Gazebo, near EE on The Moor
📝 Pick up a trail map and begin your search! Easter Egg stickers will be displayed in the windows of several retailers and eateries. Find where each one is hiding to receive an Easter treat!
🖱️ Easter on The Moor - (moorsheffield.com)
🧵 Orchard Square Makers' Market
📅 Saturday 6 April 2024
📍 Orchard Square
📝 Offering a wide range of hand made crafts from local artists in the wonderful surroundings of Orchard Square.
Sheffield Half Marathon 🎽
📅 Sunday 7 April 2024
📍 Starts and ends on Arundel Gate in Sheffield city centre
📝 The Sheffield Mutual Sheffield Half Marathon is South Yorkshire’s biggest event of its kind. Thousands of runners, of all abilities, take part raising thousands of pounds for numerous good causes.
💡 Click here to see the Sheffield Half Marathon route map and here for the interactive road closure map.
🖱️ Sheffield Half Marathon - 7th April 2024 | Run For All | Run For All
Other event highlights in April 2024 include:
🎭 Everybody's Talking About Jamie
📝 Following a record-breaking three-year West End residency, a sold-out UK & Ireland Tour, and an Amazon studios award-winning film, the smash-hit and critically acclaimed musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie returns to Sheffield 👏
📅 Tuesday 9 to Saturday 20 April 2024
📍 Crucible Theatre
🖱️ Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Sheffield Theatres
♻️ Sheffield Plastic Free Market
📝 The Plastic Free Market aims to be the one-stop shop for helping people to reduce their use of single-use plastics.
📅 Sunday 14 April 2024
📍 Trafalgar Warehouse
🖱️ Plastic Free Markets – Sheffield Action on Plastic
🗳️ Festival of Debate
📝 The largest annual non-partisan politics festival in the UK.
📅 Tuesday 16 April to Saturday 25 May 2024
🖱️ Festival of Debate 2024: Join the conversation
🏆 Cazoo World Snooker Championship 2024
📝 For 17 days, the very best players on the planet go through a test of endurance, skill and mental toughness with an ultimate goal: to lift snooker’s most famous and coveted trophy.
📅 Saturday 20 April to Monday 6 May 2024
📍 Crucible Theatre
🖱️ Cazoo World Championship 2024 Tickets - World Snooker Tour (wst.tv)
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 21 April 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
🧵 Craft & Flea
📝 Browse more than 50 stalls of handcrafted, artisan, vintage and indepedently made items that will cater to all tastes.
📅 Saturday 27 April 2024
🖱️ Sheffield's Craft & Flea Tickets, Sat 27 Apr 2024 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
🎓 Undergraduate Open Day
📝 Open days provide an opportunity for prospective applicants to tour the University's campuses, see accommodation and talk to academic staff. For some visitors, it will also be their first engagement with the city of Sheffield and the city centre.
📅 Sunday 28 April 2024
📍 Sheffield Hallam University
🖱️ Undergraduate applicant open days | Sheffield Hallam University (shu.ac.uk)
May's highlights include:
🥘 Sheffield International Market
📝 The ever-popular World Market returns to the city centre to mark the end of World Snooker Championship and the first of two May Bank Holidays. Featuring stalls selling food and other goods from all over the world.
📅 Thursday 2 May to Monday 6 May 2024
⏳ Thursday to Sunday - 10am - 6pm
⏳ Monday - 10am - 5pm
🖱️ World Market (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
🎨 Open Up Sheffield
📝 Open Up celebrates Sheffield’s cultural vibrancy, showcasing some of the city’s up and coming artists and makers.
📅 Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May and Saturday 11 to Sunday 12 May 2024
🖱️ Open Up Sheffield – Sheffield & South Yorkshire Open Artists Studios
🧑🤝🧑 Community Fun Day
📝 Everyone welcome and entry is free on the day. Expect free and low cost food and activities, with fun for all the family.
📅 Saturday 11 May 2024
📍 Sheffield College, City Campus
🖱️ Community Fun Day || The Sheffield College (sheffcol.ac.uk)
🧵 Spring Makers Market
📝 Join Endless Love Creative on Saturday 11 May for our Spring Makers Market. Discover a curation of contemporary art, craft and design, featuring 50+ emerging and established independent makers from across the UK at Showroom Workstation. Shop botanicals, ceramics, clothing, homeware, illustration, jewellery, print, stationary and textiles. Entry £2, free to 16’s and under.
📅 Saturday 11 May 2024
📍 Showroom Workstation
🖱️ Makers Markets in Sheffield, Edinburgh and Newcastle. (endlesslovecreative.com)
🧵 Artisan Makers Market
📝 Providing a mix of vintage, craft and artisan makers from Sheffield for a free market suitable for all the family.
📅 Saturday 11 May 2024
📍 Sheffield Cathedral
🖱️ Artisan and Makers Market — Sheffield Cathedral
🚨 999 Family Fun Day
📝 Back for another year, The Moor Sheffield will be hosting their 999 Fun Day in association with the National Emergency Services Museum. Fire your imagination with a jam-packed schedule of engaging free activities. Come face-to-face with front line firefighters, police officers, ambulance personnel and volunteers of the RNLI. Explore modern day emergency service vehicles, alongside the National Emergency Service Museum’s collection of ex-emergency service vehicles from across the country.
📅 Sunday 12 May 2024
📍 The Moor
🖱️ 999 Fun Day on The Moor - (moorsheffield.com)
🎶 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2024
📝 40th Anniversary Festival programmed by guest curator cellist Steven Isserlis.
📅 Friday 17 to Saturday 25 May 2024
🖱️ Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2024 In The Round (musicintheround.co.uk)
🍽️ Dev Fest
📝 A new festival for 2024 featuring artisan traders, street food and music.
📅 Saturday 18 May 2024, 12pm to 8pm
📍 Devonshire Green
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🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 19 May 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
🧵 Makers Mill Art Fair
📝 Featuring 30+ local artists and independent crafters
📅 Sunday 19 May 2024
📍 The Leadmill
🎫 £2
🖱️ Makers Mill Art Fair | The Leadmill
🧵 Lou Lou's Vintage Fair
📝 Grab yourself a unique piece of the past whilst doing your part for the planet by shopping the sustainable way. Browse through 40 stalls of vintage shopping or stop for a slice of cake at the tea party.
📅 Saturday 25 May 2024
🖱️ Lou Lou's Vintage Fair — Sheffield Cathedral
🍽️ Sheffield Food Festival
📝 Experience Sheffield's finest food, drinks and music at this free festival in the heart of Sheffield city centre.
📅 Saturday 25 to Monday 27 May 2024
📍 Peace Gardens
🖱️ We're back! - Sheffield Food Festival
🎙️ Crossed Wires. The Podcast Festival
📝 Podcasting's biggest names, in one city, for one weekend!
📍 Sheffield City Hall and The Lyceum
🎫 Sheffield City Hall website
📅 Friday 31 May to Sunday 2 June 2024
Featuring:
🎙️ The Adam Buxton Podcast with Self Esteem
🎙️ Katherine Ryan Telling Everybody Everything LIVE with special guest
🎙️ Wolf And Owl Live
🎙️ Elis James and John Robins Podcast | Sheffield City Hall | Saturday 1st June 2024
And much, much more! See the full line up on the Sheffield City Hall and Sheffield Theatres websites 👀
June's highlights include:
🗺️ The Urban Dwellers - Augmented Reality Character Hunt
📝 A fantastical interactive digital art experience for families. The trail features 15 augmented reality artworks and animated installations from legendary steel-city artists TADO and Lisa O'Hara 🖌️ The character hunt is suitable for 5-12-year-olds, but everyone is welcome free of charge.
📅 Monday 3 to Sunday 30 June 2024
The Urban Dwellers / Playground AR Character Hunt has received support from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
🎞️ Sheffield DocFest
📝 The UK’s leading documentary festival.
📅 Wednesday 12 to Monday 17 June 2024
🖱️ Sheffield DocFest: Sheffield International Documentary Festival (sheffdocfest.com)
⚽ Fan City Sheffield
📝 Coming to Devonshire Green this summer, screening every UEFA EURO 2024 match. Tickets will be required to attend Fan City for England matches, but non-England matches will be free. Expect a carnival atmosphere, food, drink and entertainment.
📅 Friday 14 June to Sunday 14 July 2024
🖱️ HOME | Fan City
🎪 Migration Matters Festival 2024
📝 A nine day celebration of sanctuary, cultural identity and migration in Sheffield.
📅 Friday 14 to Saturday 22 June 2024
🖱️ Migration Matters (migrationmattersfestival.co.uk)
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 16 June 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
🎖️ Sheffield Armed Forces and Veterans Day
📝 Armed Forces and Veterans Day honours the outstanding contribution made by current members of the armed forces and by veterans of all ages. The day is an opportunity for us all to join together to pay tribute to our armed forces past, present and future.
💡 This year’s event marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare.
📅 Saturday 22 June 2024
🖱️ Sheffield Armed Forces and Veterans Day (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
🕚 Information stands - 11am to 3pm
🕦 Parade form up - 11.30am
🕛 Parade - 11.55am
🕛 Ceremony - 12 noon
🕧 Music - 12.30pm and 2pm
🖱️ Sheffield Armed Forces and Veterans Day (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
🎓 Undergraduate Open Day
📝 Open days provide an opportunity for prospective applicants to tour the University's campuses, see accommodation and talk to academic staff. For some visitors, it will also be their first engagement with the city of Sheffield and the city centre.
📅 Saturday 22 June 2024
📍 University of Sheffield
🖱️ Open days | Undergraduate study | The University of Sheffield
🍷 Sheffield Wine Week
📝 Wine-loving venues from all corners of the city will hold a range of events highlighting the diversity and versatility of Sheffield’s expanding wine scene as part of this inaugural week of celebrating all things wine! City centre favourites The Old Shoe, based in Orchard Square, take centre stage as part of the city centre's involvement in Sheffield Wine Week.
📅 Wednesday 26 June to Sunday 30 June 2024
🖱️ Sheffield Wine Week
July's highlights include:
⚽ Sheffield Home of Football Exhibition
📅 Daily from Saturday 6 July 2024
📍 Sheffield Town Hall
🤝 Undergraduate Open Days
📝 Open days provide an opportunity for prospective applicants to tour the University's campuses, see accommodation and talk to academic staff. For some visitors, it will also be their first engagement with the city of Sheffield and the city centre.
📅 Saturday 6 July 2024
📍 University of Sheffield 📍 Sheffield Hallam University
🖱️ Open days | Undergraduate study | The University of Sheffield
🖱️ Undergraduate open days | Sheffield Hallam University (shu.ac.uk)
🧵 Orchard Square Makers' Market
📝 Offering a wide range of hand made crafts from local artists in the wonderful surroundings of Orchard Square. 17 stall holders will showcase artwork, fashion, jewellery, accessories, homeware, food and flowers - alongside local musicians who will be playing a selection of live acoustic music throughout the day 🎶
📅 Saturday 6 July 2024
📍 Orchard Square
💃 Chance to Dance Outdoor Festival 2024
📝 Community dance festival, a great opportunity to watch all kinds of dance and then...have a go yourself!
📅 Saturday 6 July 2024
📍 Peace Gardens, Winter Garden and Barkers Pool
🖱️ Festival 2024 | Chance to Dance
📸 Children's Media Conference
📝 The UK’s premier children and youth content conference.
📅 Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 July 2024
🖱️ CMC 2024 | The Children's Media Conference (CMC) (thechildrensmediaconference.com)
📖 See the 2024 Conference Guide here: CMC 2024 Conference Guide by thechildrensmediaconference - Issuu
⚽ Devonshire Green Food City
📝 Three days of mouth-watering food, live entertainment, and fun for all ages!
📅 Thursday 11 July to Saturday 13 July 2024
🖱️ Facebook | Fan City
💍 Goldsmiths North
📝 An international shopping experience bringing the finest contemporary silverware and jewellery from the UK and Europe to the magnificent Cutlers’ Hall in the heart of Sheffield city centre. View this year's full set of exhibitors here Exhibitors - Goldsmiths North Silverware & Jewellery Selling Fair.
📅 Friday 12 to Sunday 14 July 2024
🖱️ Contemporary Silverware & Jewellery Selling Fair-Goldsmiths North
🧡 Sheffield Pinknic
📝 A yearly event held at the Peace Gardens delivered by the committee of LGBTQ+ Sheffield.
📅 Saturday 13 July 2024
📍 Peace Gardens
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🚴 Sheffield Grand Prix
📝 Now in it’s 10th year, the Sheffield Grand Prix will attract the UK’s top teams and riders to race around a 1.4km circuit in the heart of Sheffield city centre.
📅 Wednesday 17 July 2024
🖱️ Sheffield Grand Prix Events - British Cycling
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 21 July 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
🖼️ Dig Where You Stand
📝 A new and ground-breaking exhibition sheds light on South Yorkshire’s hidden racial history. Commissioned and curated by Dig Where You Stand.
📅 Saturday 20 July to Sunday 18 August 2024
📍 Sheffield Cathedral
🖱️ Dig Where You Stand — Sheffield Cathedral
💡 For more information about the exhibition, including profiles about the artists and exhibition venues, visit the the Dig Where You Stand website.
⛱️ Sheffield by the Seaside
📅 Thursday 25 July to Tuesday 27 August 2024
🎸 The Fringe at Tramlines
📝 Taking place across outdoor spaces, pubs, bars and music venues in Sheffield city centre and beyond, The Fringe is a true highlight in the city centre's vibrant events calendar. Supported by Sheffield BID.
📅 Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 July 2024
🖱️ The Fringe at Tramlines
Visit Exposed for the full online guide to this year's Fringe and take a look at the official The Fringe at Tramlines 2024 programme on Issuu 📖
Daily listings
📅 THURSDAY 25TH JULY LISTINGS: THE FRINGE AT TRAMLINES 2024 - Exposed Magazine
📅 FRIDAY 26TH JULY LISTINGS: THE FRINGE AT TRAMLINES 2024 - Exposed Magazine
📅 SATURDAY 27TH JULY LISTINGS: THE FRINGE AT TRAMLINES 2024 - Exposed Magazine
📅 SUNDAY 28TH JULY LISTINGS: THE FRINGE AT TRAMLINES 2024 - Exposed Magazine
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🎸 The Other Festival
📝 A free-entry weekend, featuring some of the best alternative music on offer in Sheffield and beyond.
📅 Friday 26 to Sunday 28 July 2024
🖱️ The Other Festival — Sidney&Matilda (sidneyandmatilda.com)
🏊 GoCardless National Summer Meet
📝 Swim England’s biggest domestic swimming event of the year, held at Sheffield's Ponds Forge
📅 Tuesday 30 July to Saturday 3 August 2024
📍 Ponds Forge
🖱️ Swim England confirms dates for 2024 national swimming events
August's highlights include:
🎬 Sheffield Film Festival
📝 A new 'annual celebration of the rich film heritage and thriving film culture of Sheffield and the surrounding region.' The inaugural edition will focus on 'homegrown talent and showcase the continuing contributions of Sheffield-based filmmakers, producers, programmers, academics and cinephiles.'
📅 Friday 2 to Saturday 31 August 2024
📍 Showroom Cinema
🖱️ Sheffield Film Festival
🧱 Sheffield Bricktropolis
📝 The bricks (LEGO ones) are back this summer! Head to Sheffield city centre for a new Sheffield Bricktropolis adventure. This time we're going...On Safari! It's guaranteed to be wild 🐾
📅 Saturday 3 to Sunday 18 August 2024
📍 Sheffield city centre
🖱️ Sheffield Bricktropolis (Sheffield BID)
⛱️ Sheffield by the Seaside
📅 Thursday 25 July to Monday 26 August 2024
🍽️ Eat, Treat & Moor
📝 A celebration of all thing’s 'food, drink, and entertainment' for the whole family. A two-day event with over 30 stalls of delicious food and drink.
📅 Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August 2024
🖱️ Eat, Treat & Moor at The Moor’s Food Event - (moorsheffield.com)
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 18 August 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
🚗 Classics on The Moor
📝 Back for the 14th year 🎉 In association with the Rotary Club of Sheffield Vulcan. An enjoyable day out for the whole family with a real carnival feel!
📅 Sunday 18 August 2024
🖱️ Classics on The Moor - (moorsheffield.com)
🎪 Devonshire Green Festival
📝 A new event for 2024 featuring artisan traders, street food and music.
📅 Saturday 24 August 2024, 12pm to 8pm
📍 Devonshire Green
The Big Weekend 🎶
📝 City centre heavyweights, Orchard Square and The Leadmill have joined forces to deliver 'The Big Weekend' 👏 The three-day city centre festival is open and free to all, promising visitors a line-up of live music, family entertainment, silent discos, food, drink - and more!
📅 Saturday 24 to Monday 26 August 2024
📍 Orchard Square
🖱️ Orchard Square x The Leadmill Presents – The Big Weekend | The Leadmill
🎠 Sheffield Fayre
📅 Monday 26 August 2024
📍 Norfolk Heritage Park
🖱️ Sheffield Fayre 2024 (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
September's highlights include:
🚲 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain
📝 South Yorkshire hosts stage three of the men’s race which attracts top international cyclists, including Olympic and Tour de France champions. Sheffield that has the honour of hosting the start of the race on Arundel Gate 🏁
📅 Thursday 5 September
🖱️ Tour of Britain 2024 (welcometosheffield.co.uk
⚠️ Tour of Britain – Road closures and travel disruption information
Arundel Gate will close at approximately 4am on Thursday 5 September. The presentation of teams on the podium will begin at 9:50am, ahead of the stage start at 11am. Arundel Gate is expected to fully reopen at around 3pm. Full road closure and travel disruption information can be found on this page of the Welcome to Sheffield website.
⭐ Sheffield Showcase
📝 A collaborative event between a multitude of arts and culture groups.
📅 Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September 2024
🖱️ Sheffield Showcase → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide (ourfaveplaces.co.uk)
🥾 Sheffield Walking Festival
📝 This year the festival will once again run alongside Heritage Open Days. Led by knowledgeable and experienced walk leaders, all the walks are free to attend, but you must be registered.
📅 Friday 6 to Sunday 15 September 2024
🖱️ Visit Sheffield Walking Festival (welcometosheffield.co.uk) for the full programme
💡 See the full list of this year's walks, including many that are focussed in and around the city centre, on the Sheffield Walking Festival eventbrite booking page.
⚔️ Sheffield Heritage Open Days
📝 Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,000 organisations, 5,000 events and 40,000 volunteers. Every year in September, places across the country throw open their doors to celebrate their heritage, community and history. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – and it’s all FREE. Sheffield Civic Trust is proud to be the local co-ordinator of this important annual event.
Download this year's brochure here (PDF document).
📅 Friday 6 to Sunday 15 September 2024
🖱️ Homepage | Heritage Open Days
🏰 Castlegate Festival
📅 Friday 13 to Sunday 15 September 2024
🖱️ Castlegate Festival | Sheffield City Council
🌊 Quayside Market
📝 Back for September 2024 as part of the wider Castlegate Festival.
📅 Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ (1) Quayside Market IS BACK! | Facebook
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 15 September 2024, 10am-4pm
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
🧠 Festival of the Mind
📝 Festival of the Mind sees the brightest minds from the University of Sheffield collaborate with the city’s cultural and creative industries, to help bring their research to life in exciting, entertaining and innovative ways, through a programme of free exhibitions, films, performances, workshops and talks.
📅 Thursday 19 to Sunday 29 September 2024
🖱️ Festival of the Mind 2022 (sheffield.ac.uk)
Makers Market 🎪
📝 Shop stalls from local traders offering a wide range of homewares, plants, jewellery, crafts, deli stalls and much more. Plus, to welcome new students to the city centre, all stall holders and many venues across the Square will be offering student discounts to be enjoyed on the day.
📅 Saturday 21 September
📍 Orchard Square
🖱️ Makers Market at Orchard Square - STUDENT DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! | Facebook
🧵 Craft & Flea
📝 Browse more than 50 stalls of handcrafted, artisan, vintage and indepedently made items that will cater to all tastes.
📅 Saturday 21 September 2024
🖱️ Craft and Flea — Sheffield Cathedral
🌊 Float Along 2024
📅 Saturday 28 September 2024
🖱️ Float Along
🎽 Sheffield Mutual Sheffield 10k
📝 Starting and ending on Arundel Gate, the Sheffield 10k draws in thousands of runners, their friends and families to Sheffield city centre each year.
📅 Sunday 29 September 2024
🖱️ Sheffield 10K - 29th Sept 2024 | Run For All | Run For All
⚠️ Detailed road closure information for the Sheffield 10k can be found here (PDF opens in a new window).
🏆 International Championship 2024 Qualifiers
📝 Ponds Forge hosts many of the world's best players for the International Championship 2024 Qualifiers.
🎟️ Fans have access to games for just £12 per day.
📅 Monday 30 September to Wednesday 2 October 2024
🖱️ Fans Welcome At Sheffield Qualifiers - World Snooker Tour (wst.tv)
This month's highlights include:
🎞️ Sensoria
📅 Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October 2024
📝 Film and music festival
🖱️ Home - Sensoria
Makers Market 🎪
📝 Featuring local traders offering a wide range of homewares, plants, jewellery, crafts and much more.
📅 Saturday 5 October 2024
📍 Orchard Square
🖱️ Orchard Square - 📣On Saturday 5th October we bring you our BIGGEST... | Facebook
🏊 GoCardless National County Team Championships
📝 More than 900 swimmers compete from over 30 counties in front of a packed house inside Ponds Forge
📅 Sunday 6 October 2024
🖱️ County Team Champs | Event Information and Results (swimming.org)
📖 Off the Shelf
📝 The Off the Shelf Festival of Words pulls together a vibrant and diverse programme playing host to around 80 live and online events across the city. Delivered by the University of Sheffield, it is also supported by Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Hallam University.
📅 Monday 7 October to Sunday 3 November 2024
🖱️ Off The Shelf
🍽️ Dine Sheffield
📝 A 10 day celebration of Sheffield city centre's vibrant and diverse food scene.
📅 Monday 7 to Friday 18 October 2024
🖱️ Dine Sheffield | The Official Website of Dine Sheffield
🥘 Sheffield International Market
📅 Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October 2024
🖱️ Global Market (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
🌻 Pollen. Inner City Flower Market
📝 A monthly celebration of all things botanical in the UK’s greenest city.
📅 Sunday 20 October 2024
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate
🖱️ Pollen. Inner-City Flower Market - Sunday 20th October | Facebook
🎬 Celluloid Screams: Sheffield Horror Film Festival
📝 Three days of the 'best in classic and contemporary horror cinema', held at the Showroom Cinema on Paternoster Row.
📅 Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 October 2024
🖱️ Home | Celluloid Screams
💡 See this year's Festival trailer on the Celluloid Screams Facebook page.
🚀 Out of this World
📝 Celebrating its tenth year, the free event that celebrates 'all things otherworldly', returns to the city centre on Sunday 27 October.
📅 Sunday 27 October 2024
🖱️ Out of this World 2024 (welcometosheffield.co.uk)
This month's highlights include:
🍹 Sheffield Cocktail Week
📝 Unlock £5 cocktails at some of the city centre's best bars and restaurants over a 10-day special event.
📅 Friday 1 to Sunday 10 November 2024
🖱️ Sheffield Cocktail Week
📖 Read all about this year's Sheffield Cocktail Week in this special guide.
✨ Sheffield Christmas Market
📝 Christmas in Sheffield city centre wouldn't be Christmas without the Christmas Market.
📅 Thursday 14 November to Tuesday 24 December
This month's highlights include:
✨ Sheffield Cathedral Illuminated: The Gift
📝 Sheffield Cathedral is once again teaming up with award-winning art projection specialists Luxmuralis to help you start your Christmas celebrations in style with the world premiere of ‘The Gift’ son-et-lumiere.
💡 ‘The Gift’ is the Cathedral’s fifth Christmas illuminations event.
📅 Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 December 2024
🖱️ Sheffield Cathedral Illuminated: The Gift by Luxmuralis — Sheffield Cathedral
💡 For the full round up of events and activities from mid-November through December visit our fully updated Christmas section 🎄
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