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

Crossed Wires Festival

Fri. 4 July 2025 — Sun. 6 July 2025

Ticket prices vary

Sheffield's Crossed Wires Festival brings some of the UK's top names in podcasting from your headphones to the stage for one weekend.

Following its launch event in 2024, the festival returns in July 2025.

Expect another incredible lineup of podcasting talent across comedy, current affairs, culture and more. Plus food pop-ups, after parties and fringe events.

So far, the 2025 programme includes matchmaking icon Paul C. Brunson’s We Need to Talk, cricket legend Jimmy Anderson’s Tailender’s to broadcasting powerhouses Nick Grimshaw’s Dish, comedy podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime, and more.

More shows to be announced.

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Kethiwe uncovers the extraordinary life of her mother Lauretta Ngcobo, a rural South African storyteller turned revolutionary feminist. Combining archival footage, reenactment & readings of Lauretta’s work to explore the costs of liberatory struggle.

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Fri. 25 July 2025 — Sun. 27 July 2025

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A three-day summertime celebration of music. On the lineup for 2025: Pulp(!!!), Spiritualized, The Last Dinner Party, Sigrid, CMAT, John Grant, Franz Ferdinand, and more.

Rockin the Bowl

Sat. 6 September 2025

SteelYard Kelham, The Yard, Bardwell Road, Neepsend, S3 8AS

"Forged in fire, set in steel." An all-dayer dedicated to rock and metal. Back for 2025 in its new venue of SteelYard Kelham.

A Story Left Behind

Wed. 18 June 2025 — Thu. 19 June 2025

Director Asma Kabadeh and cinematographer Darshan Gajjar tell the story of Halima, the first Somali woman in Sheffield, through the eyes of Najma, a researcher who moved here from Somalia aged 11. Najma attempts to fill in the gaps in Halima’s story.