What's on, what to do and where to go ✨
The festive season is upon us and Sheffield city centre is well and truly ready to embrace it!
Our updated guide will help you discover the sights and revel in the sounds of Sheffield city centre at Christmas 🎄
This guide was updated on Wednesday 30 November. All information correct at time of writing 🖊️
Magical Christmas events for all the family ✨
Full details of the main festive events this year can be found here.
For crafts, fairs, markets, pantos, films, theatre and shopping keep reading or click the link to take you straight to the section you want to know more about 🤩
🔗 Craft fairs, markets and workshops 🎨
🔗 Pantos and shows 🎭
🔗 Festive music 🎤
🔗 Christmas comedy 😂
🔗 Christmas at the movies 🎞️
🔗 Christmas shopping 🛍️
Craft fairs, markets and workshops 🎨
Craft fairs, independent markets and workshops are perfect places to pick out truly special, one-off gifts, straight from the person who made it, or sometimes, to even make something yourself.
Handmade for Christmas 🧵
📅 Open until Saturday 24 December
📍 Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate (Google Maps)
📅 Plus 'Meet the Maker' events on Saturday 10 December.
Shop for wonderful wares, all crafted by hand, at the Millennium Gallery’s annual festive shop. Handmade for Christmas offers gift ideas for everyone, with work available from over 40 artists, designers and craftspeople at a range of prices.
🖱️ For further information visit: Museums Sheffield
Meet the Maker 🧵
There is also an opportunity to meet the people behind this year's Handmade for Christmas creations at a very special 'Meet the Maker' event on Saturday 10 December. Meet Jane Maxwell, from Maxwell Harrison Jewellery, Debra Burrell from A&D Creations and Fiona Wilson.
Pantos and shows 🎭
Panto season is upon us. Oh yes it is! And the city’s stages are once again preparing to dazzle audiences of all ages with spectacular sets and outrageous costumes. December in Sheffield theatreland brings a vibrant mix of shows and festive-themed performances guaranteed to get you feeling all Christmassy 🎄 Here are our pick of this year's festive treats 🍬
Please note: many of the performances listed below will be very popular and tickets do often sell quickly.
Jack and the Beanstalk 🪓
📅 Friday 2 December to Tuesday 3 January 2023
📍 Lyceum Theatre, Norfolk Street, S1 1DA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
A Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Pantomimes co-production, Jack and the Beanstalk features an all-star cast, with Wendi Peters (from Coronation Street fame) as Fairy Sugarsnap starring alongside legendary panto dame Damian Williams in the role of Dame Trott. This year's show promises fun for all the family!
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield Theatres
Strictly Ballroom - The Musical 💃
📅 Thursday 8 December to Tuesday 13 December
📍 Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Strictly Ballroom: The Musical heads to Sheffield as part of a new UK and Ireland tour starring Strictly Come Dancing favourite Kevin Clifton and BBC's Eastenders' and Strictly alumni Maisie Smith.
Directed and co-choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, Strictly Ballroom: The Musical follows arrogant, rebellious young ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings (Kevin Clifton). When his radical and daring dance style sees him fall out of favour he must dance with beginner, Fran (Maisie Smith). Together they find the courage to defy tradition and discover that to win, your steps don’t need to be strictly ballroom!
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield City Hall
Standing at the Sky's Edge 🎼
📅 Saturday 10 December to Saturday 21 January 2023
📍 Crucible Theatre, Norfolk Street, S1 1DA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Winner of the Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards and the 2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre, Standing at the Sky’s Edge is a celebration of strength and solidarity across six decades, set to the irresistible sounds of Sheffield favourite Richard Hawley. Standing at the Sky’s Edge captivated audiences during its sell-out 2019 debut tour, so it makes a very welcome return to the Crucible stage.
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield Theatres
Jack Frost and the search for Winter ❄️
📅 Tuesday 13 December to Saturday 31 December
📍 Playhouse, Crucible Theatre, Norfolk Street, S1 1DA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
When temperatures drop and cold snaps come, that means only one thing: Jack Frost is here! Jack Frost is a mischievous young boy with a frozen touch. His magic transforms the landscape and brings the colours of autumn and the chill of cold winter. Jack Frost and the search for Winter is an enchanting new play by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho with important environmental themes, a touch of wintery fun and original live music.
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield Theatres
The Snowman Tour ☃️
📅 Wednesday 14 December
📍 Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here for performances at 1:30pm and 6:30pm
Make it a Christmas to remember, with a special screening of family-favourite The Snowman, accompanied by a live orchestra. Alongside The Snowman, enjoy The Flight Before Christmas – the sensational new Shaun the Sheep film staged with live orchestra for the first time! Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get stockings for the Flock goes wrong. Prepare for a 'Santastic' adventure suitable for all ages, as everyone learns the true value of Christmas! This magical award-winning show is ideal for the whole family to enjoy together, and is sure to create cherished memories.
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield City Hall
Cinderella - The Fairy Godmother of all Pantomimes 👗
📅 Tuesday 27 December to Sunday 8 January 2023
📍 Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Formed in the 1950s on Sheffield's Manor estate, Manor Operatic Society is one of the biggest amateur theatre companies in the UK. Join them in pantoland this winter for the magical tale of Cinderella.
Festive music 🎤
Festive sounds will ring out across Sheffield city centre this year. Yes, there’ll be classic carols aplenty, but there’ll also be a jolly set from Sheffield’s premiere comedy-ukulele quintet, plus options for those who’d rather rock or rave their way into Christmas 🤘
Neil Sands presents Christmas Memories 🎤
📅 Monday 5 December
📍 Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
“Like a sparkly Christmas card come to life.” Neil Sands and his wonderful cast are back in a spectacular spirit lifting, heartwarming afternoon of festive nostalgia with the new 2022 production of their hit show.
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield City Hall
East 17 with special guests S Club and Blazing Squad 🎤
📅 Wednesday 7 December
📍 Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
The legendary EAST 17 embark on their first ever national theatre tour which promises to be the Christmas must see show in 2022. Alongisde special guests S CLUB ALL STARS and BLAZIN SQUAD, this will be one night you will never forget.
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield City Hall
Roxy Xmas 🕺
📅 Saturday 10 December
📍 O2 Academy Sheffield (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Expect the biggest festive throwback pop hits, as Sheffield’s biggest 80s and 90s party night hosts its Christmas do.
🖱️ For further information visit: O2 Academy Sheffield
Christmas Club Tropicana 🍹
📅 Tuesday 13 December
📍 The Leadmill, Leadmill Road, S1 4SE (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Sheffield’s biggest beach party, Club Tropicana returns this December for an unforgettable Christmas Special!
Spinning the very best 80s Pop and Disco anthems, alongside all your favourite festive classics, let us transport you to our funky winter wonderland for a throwback night you’ll never forget.
🖱️ For further information visit: The Leadmill
A Gospel Christmas 2022 😇
📅 Thursday 15 December
📍 Victoria Hall, Norfolk Streer, S1 2JB (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Everly Pregnant Brothers Xmas Show 🎸
📅 Friday 16 December
📍 The Leadmill, Leadmill Road, S1 4SE (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets: £25 available here
Guaranteed that there'll never a dull moment tha knows when Sheffield’s beloved Everly Pregnant Brothers take to the stage for two very special Christmas shows - one at 3pm and one at 7:30pm.
The local legends return for their joyous annual festive special, ukuleles and all. With singalong classics, Christmas hits and special guests.
For further information visit: The Leadmill
Joe Carnell JNR & Friends XII 🎤
📅 Friday 23 December
📍 O2 Academy Sheffield (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Join the Milburn frontman for his much-loved Christmas show, where he’ll be joined by a host of well-known musical faces. Over the years, the show has welcomed some rather special guests: Tom Grennan, Self Esteem, Matt Bowman (Pigeon Detectives), Nick O'Malley (Arctic Monkeys), Milburn, Reverend & The Makers, Good Cop Bad Cop, Steve Edwards, Dave McCabe (The Zutons), Pete McKee...the list goes on!
As always, the show takes place on Christmas Eve Eve (#joeday) and this year's falls on a Friday night. Expect an incredible atmosphere and plenty of Christmas spirit. It really is the most wonderful time of the year 🎊
🖱️ For further information visit: O2 Academy Sheffield
Christmas comedy 😂
The Last Laugh Comedy Club 🎙️
📅 Every Friday and Saturday with the final show before Christmas on Thursday 22 December
📍 Memorial Hall, Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Guaranteed laughs every Friday and Saturday night as the Last Laugh Comedy Club brings together the finest comedians in the country and puts them on stage in the splendour of The Memorial Hall.
For further information visit: The Last Laugh website
Christmas at the movies 🎞️
Settling in for a festive film is a holiday tradition for most families, and Sheffield city centre's 'big four' (Curzon, the Light, ODEON Luxe and Showroom) won’t let us down!
As well as the usual 'big screen' offerings, here are a few of this season's 'special showings' in the run-up to the 'Big Day' 🎄
Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight 🕯️
📅 Thursday 1 December
📍 Montgomery Theatre, Surrey Street, S1 2LG (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Experience Christmas movie classics performed by a live orchestra surrounded by candlelight.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story 🎬
📅 Thursday 1 December
📍 Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row (Google Maps)
Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Dracula, Doctor Who) stars as Jacob Marley in his own ‘irresistibly theatrical’ retelling of Dickens’ classic winter ghost story, A Christmas Carol, alongside Nicholas Farrell (Chariots of Fire, The Crown, The Iron Lady) as Scrooge.
🎫 Tickets available here
TV Time Machine: On the Manor + Q&A 📺
📅 Thursday 1 December
📍 Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row (Google Maps)
🎟️ LAST FEW tickets available here
Showroom Cinema and Yorkshire Film Archive celebrate the 35th anniversary of On the Manor with this special screening of highlights from the four-part 1987 documentary series.
The Leadmill Cinematic Presents: The Nightmare Before Christmas 💀
📅 Friday 2 December
📍 The Leadmill, Leadmill Road, S1 4SE (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
To celebrate the festive season, The Leadmill Cinematic returns with a series of special Christmas film screenings. On Friday 2 December, its the Tim Burton cult classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas, perfect for those that never want spooky season to end 🎃
🖱️ For further information visit: The Leadmill
The Muppet Christmas Carol - the film with a live orchestra 🎺
📅 Monday 5 December
📍 Memorial Hall, Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol presented live in concert, featuring its musical score performed live to the film.
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield City Hall
The Leadmill Cinematic Presents: Love Actually 💕
📅 Monday 5 December
📍 The Leadmill, Leadmill Road, S1 4SE (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
To celebrate the festive season, The Leadmill Cinematic returns with a series of special Christmas film screenings. On Monday 5 December, its 'everyone’s favourite festive rom-com', Love Actually ❤️
🖱️ For further information visit: The Leadmill
Love Actually In Concert 🎺
📅 Tuesday 6 December
📍 Memorial Hall, Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, S1 2JA (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Indulge in one of the nation’s favourite seasonal romcoms, as it comes to the City Hall alongside a live orchestra performance of the film’s score.
🖱️ For further information visit: Sheffield City Hall
The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Charity Immersive Screening 👄
📅 Thursday 8 December
📍 Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
Showroom Cinema is proud to collaborate with Sheffield Horror Society on a special immersive screening of the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in support of LGBTQ+ youth charity, SAYiT.
The Leadmill Cinematic Presents: Home Alone 🍕
📅 Monday 12 December
📍 The Leadmill, Leadmill Road, S1 4SE (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
To celebrate the festive season, The Leadmill Cinematic returns with a series of special Christmas film screenings. On Monday 12 December it's another chance to find out if 'trouble-maker Kevin' can protect his house against two pretty useless burglars, in the Christmas classic...Home Alone 🏠
Kevin! 😱
🖱️ For further information visit: The Leadmill
Christmas Special: The Polar Express 🚂
📅 Wednesday 21 December
📍 Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row (Google Maps)
🎟️ £7 - includes film entry, a hot drink and cookie, and a gift from Santa. Tickets available here
This holiday season, Showroom Cinema is proud to present a special Christmas screening of the festive family favourite, The Polar Express. All ticketholders will be invited to the café grotto for hot chocolate and cookies before the film, and after The Polar Express, there will be a special appearance by none other than Santa himself.
Berliner Philharmoniker NYE '22 🎼
📅 Saturday 31 December
📍 Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row (Google Maps)
🎟️ Tickets available here
To ring out the old year, the Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko present a thrilling Russian-Italian programme with tenor Jonas Kaufmann as special guest.
🎬 Christmas at The Light
A hand-picked selection of festive films, guaranteed to satisfy those Christmas cravings!
📅 Various dates in December
📍 The Light, The Moor (Google Maps)
Festive favourites and seasonal flicks including:
🚆 The Polar Express Pyjama Party - Saturday 10th, Sunday 11th, Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th December
☃️ The Snowman & The Snowman And The Snowdog - Sunday 11th and Wednesday 14th December
🏢 Die Hard - Monday 12th and Wednesday 14th December
😱 Home Alone - Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 22nd December
🔔 It's a Wonderful Life - Thursday 15th, Sunday 18th, Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th
Christmas shopping 🎁
📍 The Moor
The Moor’s been given quite the makeover in recent years. First, it got a shiny new market, which now houses around 90 independent retailers. It is also home to multiplex cinema The Light, a string of restaurants plus a number of the UK's biggest names on the high street. Longstanding department store Atkinsons is still thriving after 150 years of trading!
And to add to all this year's fun, The Moor will also host the Alpine Bar and the Big Wheel as part of the Sheffield Christmas Market.
🖱️ www.moorsheffield.com | www.sheffieldmarkets.com/markets/moor-market
📍 Fargate and High Street
Running between the Peace Gardens and Sheffield Cathedral, Fargate is undergoing a significant programme of regeneration thanks to investment from the government's Future High Street fund. You’ll still find big names like Superdrug, Marks and Spencer, Hotel Chocolat, O2 and Paperchase alongside an interesting mix of temporary pop-ups.
Just off Fargate, at Barker's Pool is luxury jewellers H.L. Brown whilst Orchard Square is home to the likes of TK Maxx and Waterstones. On High Street you’ll find favourites such as HMV and Boots.
On Fargate and the surrounding area you'll also find plenty of banking services including Virgin Money, Metro Bank, The Nottingham, Nat West, HSBC, Lloyds, Barclays and Santander.
📍 Chapel Walk
Tucked away just off Fargate, Chapel Walk has always been a charming lane of family-run and independent shops. Visitors will understand the pandemic had a huge impact on the area, but don’t let that put you off from exploring this gem of the city centre. On a present-hunting mission? Head to Bird’s Yard for one-offs by local artists and makers, including scented candles, eye-catching homeware and unique jewellery. Head to the fabulous Dr Martens for shoes and boots. And rejuvenate with a cake or bake from local bakers Staniforth or a sandwich from deli outlet Feast.
📍 Devonshire Quarter
Known as the independent end of the city centre, the Devonshire Quarter fills the area between Division Street, Devonshire Street and West Street. By day, enjoy an expertly brewed barista coffee at the likes of Steam Yard and Tamper, before hitting designer boutiques such as Sa-Kis, vintage shops like Glass Onion, jewellers such as Green and Benz, and outlets trading in everything from skateboards to unusual plants to tattoos. The Devonshire Quarter is also a nighttime hotspot, serving up cocktails and pints into the early hours at the likes of Forum, BrewDog and hosting live music at Bungalows and Bears, The Green Room and Sheffield-staple, Frog and Parrot 🦜
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Getting here 🗺️
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