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

Music picks

Make some dates with excellent bands and artists, with a hand from our Tom's picks of the gigs coming soon in Sheffield.

Browse the What's On calendar for even more music events.

Wild Traditions

Multiple dates

The Gathering Ground, Hillsborough Park, S6 4HD

Soundpost's monthly concert, tunes and singing sessions. Launching with acoustic and slide guitar player Martin Simpson, followed by queer folk.

Hidden Track

Multiple dates

The Beaten Track, 44–46 Campo Lane, S1 2DE

A free monthly contemporary classical music night. Half programmed performances, followed by a jam for both experienced and new improvisers alike.

Aquifer: Egg Meat, sleepsang, Ol. G

Fri. 10 July 2026

Gut Level

A new party of leftfield bass and low-end psychedelia. With headliners Egg Meat, the duo of poet-musicians Tooth Rust (Laurel Uziell) and Georgie McVicar, whose sound cuts across synth-prog, AFX style IDM, two-step, noise, dancehall and elegiac song.

Elevate

Thu. 16 July 2026

Factory Floor, 92 Burton Rd, Neepsend, S3 8BX

Elevate brings an evening Techno and Experimental Club music to Factory Floor in Kelham Island.

Unherd Jam Night

Multiple dates

Mary St Live, 95 Mary Street, S1 4RT

A new multi-genre music jam night in Sheffield city centre.

Pattern Club Live featuring Switch Angel and Tim Exile

Thu. 30 July 2026

Sidney & Matilda

Sheffield Pattern Club are back with a banging lineup of algorithmic dance music.

Interworld and Reel Steel present Sculpture, Rhizocorp, and more...

Fri. 31 July 2026

CADS, Arley Street, S2 4QP

Interworld and Reel Steel present an evening of live audio-visual performances; crossing electronic music, cinema, and analogue media.

Gates + Sidechains: Collaborative Music Making with utopian_realism

Sat. 22 August 2026

Site Gallery

Join in a collaborative music making workshop inspired by tabletop gaming.

Float Along Festival

Sat. 26 September 2026

Float Along music festival returns to Sheffield city centre to do it all again for the fifth year running. The lineup so far includes: White Lies, Sprints, Warmduscher, Opus Kink, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Nuha Ruby Ra, Gia Ford and more.

No Bounds

Fri. 9 October 2026 — Sun. 11 October 2026

A weekend of bleeps, beats and sweaty grins – exploring the relationship between music, art, technology and place. The 2026 lineup includes: Mark Fell, Blawan, Oppidan, The Black Dog and lots more.

Classical Weekend

Fri. 12 March 2027 — Sun. 14 March 2027

Classical Weekend returns in 2027. The biennial festival is one big celebration of classical music – in all manner of forms, in all kinds of places.