Join the cemetery for an exhibition in its beautifully restored chapel. Plus trails to follow, a guided tour for children, a look at the site's habitats, and more.
What's On
Our Sheffield culture calendar. Filled with picks of the city’s arts, culture and heritage events, both in-person and virtual. Plus reviews and festival guides.
Nature and History at Sheffield General Cemetery
Sat. 7 September 2024 — Sun. 15 September 2024
Sheffield General Cemetery
Kelham Makes: Autumnal Wreaths
Thu. 19 September 2024
Kelham Island Museum
Kick-start your autumn and learn how to make a fresh door wreath using traditional craft techniques.
Kelham Island Walks
Multiple dates
Kelham Island, S3
Explore the past and present of characterful Kelham Island and Neepsend, with walks on three themes. Discover stories of industrial Sheffield, working class community, and inspiring art.
Plant Pot Pal Workshop – Tom J Newell
Sat. 21 September 2024
Anomaly Arts Collective, 54–56 Abbey Lane, S8 0BP
Work with Tom J Newell to decorate an everlasting wooden flower to plant into your plant pots, window boxes or gardens.
Wine Tasting at the Graves Gallery
Wed. 25 September 2024
Graves Gallery
Raise a glass and savour good wine and glorious art with an exclusive evening at the Graves Gallery.
Woodland by Rachel McDonnell
Sat. 24 August 2024 — Sat. 28 September 2024
Cupola Gallery
Paintings looking at two cultures with very different attitudes to woodlands. From the Finnish reverence for the land and nature to our own, slightly more distant, connection with the world around us.
Festival of the Mind
Thu. 19 September 2024 — Sun. 29 September 2024
Feed your mind with a series of fascinating and inspiring talks, exhibitions and performances. Organised by folks from the University of Sheffield in collaboration with local artists and creatives.
Show Your Metal
Thu. 13 June 2024 — Sun. 29 September 2024
Millennium Gallery
Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of the Cutlers’ Company in Hallamshire, this major exhibition celebrates the marvel of the material in all its forms.
Changing Seasons: online exhibition
An online visual art exhibition by Sheffield and district ESEA (East South East Asian) artists. Curated by Panni Loh for ESEA Heritage Month, on the theme of the cyclical nature of life. Submit your artwork by 15th August.
Meet the Artist: Lubna Chowdhary in Conversation with Dr Emilia Terracciano
Wed. 2 October 2024
Graves Gallery
Hear artist Lubna Chowdhary discuss her work, inspiration and life as an artist, in conversation with Dr Emilia Terracciano.
No Bounds
Fri. 11 October 2024 — Sun. 13 October 2024
A weekend of bleeps, beats and sweaty grins. Returning in October to bring together music, visual art and technology.
Tess Jaray: Paintings and Drawings Across 60 Years
Sat. 20 July 2024 — Sun. 13 October 2024
Millennium Gallery
An exhibition by one of the most influential British painters of the last century. With abstract painting exploring form and space, led by her interest in architecture, pattern, repetition and colour.
Saturday Art Workshop: Printed Lampshades inspired by Lubna Chowdhary
Sat. 19 October 2024
Millennium Gallery
Create your own unique and original hand printed lampshade, using the current Lubna Chowdhary exhibition PLURIVERSE as inspiration.
City of Rivers
Fri. 24 November 2023 — Sun. 3 November 2024
Weston Park Museum
An exhibition of stories, objects, artwork, film and photography chronicling Sheffield's relationship with its waterways.
Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh – Poets & Lovers
Wed. 6 November 2024
Showroom
The National Gallery is hosting the UK’s biggest ever exhibition of work by Van Gogh – one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood. This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist.
Harcourt Road Exhibition
Sat. 28 September 2024 — Sat. 9 November 2024
Bloc Projects
A showcase of objects and stories about two Harcourt Roads: one in Hong Kong, the other in Sheffield. Collected by artist-organisers C & G Artpartment (Clara Cheung & Gum Cheng).
The Ruskin Collection: Hand, Head and Heart
Sat. 9 December 2023 — Sun. 1 December 2024
Millennium Gallery
A display about the positive power of making by hand. Including a new memorial quilt commemorating Terry Higgins, the first named person in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness, on public display for the first time.
PostNatures
Thu. 16 March 2023 — Sat. 7 December 2024
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Victoria Lucas, centred around a painting of an imaginary landscape by JMW Turner. Exploring perceptions of reality and representations of the relationship between women and nature.
Portraiture and the Human Figure
Thu. 16 March 2023 — Sun. 8 December 2024
Graves Gallery
“A celebration of being, making and looking.” Read our writer Wemmy's review of this inspiring exhibition full of love letters to bodies.
Dead Cat Bounce
Thu. 17 October 2024 — Sat. 14 December 2024
Soft Ground
An experimental opera and exhibition imagining parallel realities of environmental and financial catastrophes across time and space.
Roy Fisher 1930–2017
Mon. 29 July 2024 — Fri. 20 December 2024
Western Bank Library
Open to the public now at Western Bank Library, this exhibition looks at the life and work of the poet and musician Roy Fisher through his notebooks and typescripts, his small press pamphlets, his private press extravaganzas and his music.
We are the Monument
Sat. 27 January 2024 — Sat. 21 December 2024
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Yuen Fong Ling, encouraging us to consider the significance of those represented on, or in opposition to, the plinth.
Lubna Chowdhary: PLURIVERSE
Thu. 4 July 2024 — Sat. 21 December 2024
Graves Gallery
Bold, hybrid installations, drawings and sculptures exploring the interconnectivity of objects in the material world. Including new work the artist developed during residencies in India and Italy.
Industrial Echoes
Fri. 9 August 2024 — Wed. 1 January 2025
Kelham Island Museum
A celebration of creativity, inclusion and Sheffield’s industrial heritage. With artworks responding to the museum’s collection made by ArtWorks, a collective of artists who have learning disabilities, autistic artists or both.
Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps
Fri. 10 May 2024 — Sun. 2 May 2027
Weston Park Museum
An exhibition celebrating the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life. With stories of sport, carnival, fighting racism, and more.