A family-friendly celebration of international food, independent drink, live music, arts and charity – all taking place in the biggest park in Sheffield.
With stalls, bars, chef demos, children's entertainment, and lots 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.
Graves Park Food Festival
Sat. 30 August 2025 — Sun. 31 August 2025
Graves Park, Hemsworth Road, S8 8LJ
Sheffield Film Festival
Tue. 1 July 2025 — Mon. 1 September 2025
Showroom
Sheffield Film Festival is Showroom Cinema’s annual celebration of its rich film heritage and the thriving film culture of Sheffield and the surrounding region.
Rockin the Bowl
Sat. 6 September 2025
FORGE Warehouse, 148 Effingham Road, S4 7YS
"Forged in fire, set in steel." An all-dayer dedicated to rock and metal. Back for 2025 in its new venue of FORGE Warehouse.
Lick of Paint
Sat. 6 September 2025 — Sun. 7 September 2025
A weekend-long mural and street art festival. Bringing together local and international talent to transform the city's walls, underpasses and empty corners with powerful, high-quality public art.
Alpaca Festival
Fri. 12 September 2025 — Sat. 20 September 2025
A festival on algorithmic pattern-making in anything from heritage crafts to tech. With an algorave, a concert with pattern-based instrumental music, talks and workshops around patterns in juggling, textiles, music and more.
Powerlines
Sat. 20 September 2025
Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD
A new independent metal festival for 2025 – by the fans, for the fans. Showcasing a lineup of local homegrown artists and national acts, open to all ages and types of metalheads.
Sheffield Heritage Open Days
Fri. 12 September 2025 — Sun. 21 September 2025
Ten days to explore heritage treasures across the city.
Float Along Festival
Sat. 27 September 2025
Float Along music festival returns to Sheffield city centre to do it all again for the third year running. Details of this year's lineup and venues to come...
Spirit of Independence Film Festival
Fri. 26 September 2025 — Sun. 28 September 2025
The Light, The Moor, S1 4PF
A celebration of fiercely independent filmmaking, showcasing raw, bold and passionate films from around the world.
Sensoria
Thu. 2 October 2025 — Sun. 5 October 2025
Sheffield's festival of film and music. Expect a truly unique mix of performance, live film scores, screenings, exhibitions, and music industry activity.
No Bounds
Fri. 10 October 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025
A weekend of bleeps, beats and sweaty grins – bringing together music, visual art and technology. Lineup for 2025 to be confirmed.
Steel City Beer & Cider Festival
Wed. 15 October 2025 — Sat. 18 October 2025
Kelham Island Museum
Sheffield CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) know a thing or two about good beer, cider and perry. Join them for their 2025 festival, set to take place on 15–18 October.
Celluloid Screams
Thu. 23 October 2025 — Sun. 26 October 2025
Showroom
Sheffield’s horror film festival returns for its 17th year in 2025. Getting you spooked just in time for Halloween.
Off the Shelf
Sheffield's festival of words, taking place each October. Look out for our guide to the writer talks, workshops and events in the 2025 programme in coming months.
Sheffield Chinese Lunar New Year Festival
Sat. 21 February 2026 — Sun. 22 February 2026
Peace Gardens, 50 Pinstone Street, S1 2HH
Welcome in the Year of the Horse in Sheffield with a festival extravaganza in the Peace Gardens. Come back closer to the time for details of the 2026 event.