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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Meet the Locals

Our interviews with some of the creative folk who happily call Sheffield home. Get to know local artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, poets, and more.

Mondo Radio

A grassroots online radio station, broadcasting from Sheffield. Providing a platform for expression for more than 60 DJs and musicians, plus artists, designers, writers and activists.

Gut Level

A community focused on dance music, making space for grassroots, queer, DIY arts and activities in Sheffield. Bringing people together since 2019 over parties, exhibitions, workshops, community gardening, communal meals and more.

Andro and Eve

Bringing people together over the joys of queer culture since 2016, through drag king cabarets, film, music, poetry, and cake.

Sheffield breweries

Sheffield is as much a city of ale as it is a city of steel. Get to know its finest small, independent breweries.

Society of Explorers

A curious, enthusiastic and creative collective of 14-to-19-year-olds, chatting, making and curating art from their Site Gallery base.

Our Mel

A grassroots collective putting black artists, storytellers, filmmakers and talent front and centre through pop-up events and the annual Melanin Fest.

CreativeMornings Sheffield

A monthly gathering over coffee, breakfast and creative ideas, taking place in cities around the world. Find out more about what makes CreativeMornings worth getting out of bed for, from the Sheffield chapter's Leanne Mallinshaw.

My Indie Wardrobe

My Indie Wardrobe is a website dedicated to promoting sustainable fashion. We speak to its Sheffield-based founder Hannah Clugston to find out more about the project and how to be kinder to our environment when choosing what to wear.

Handmade Cinema

A community cinema that transforms spaces into magical cinematic wonderlands.

Girl Gang Sheffield

Support your local Girl Gang.

Sheffield coffee roasters

Get to know Sheffield's growing community of coffee roasters.

CADS

DIY arts charity and Sheffield's go-to guys for artists' studios and unique event spaces.

The Village Screen

A pop-up cinema bringing modern classic films to incredible locations.

Ignite Imaginations

A charity dedicated to connecting, inspiring and enlivening Sheffield communities through creativity.

Sheffield food producers

Glorious food, made in Sheffield.

Opus Independents

"A force for good in Sheffield." Opus has been giving platform to ideas for change in since 2008 – whether that's through Now Then magazine, Wordlife, or Festival of Debate.