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

Dancing Palestine

In a culture facing erasure, young Palestinians use the traditional dabke as a form of resistance and identity assertion. Dancing Palestine showcases how this folk dance embodies collective memory and cultural resilience, highlighting its vital role in preserving Palestinian heritage.

This short film will screen as part of Shorts: Body as Archive, followed by a Q&A with the directors.

Book now:
12 June, 3:30pm, Showroom
13 June, 5:15pm, Curzon

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Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

A unique 18th-century scythe-making works, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a piece of Sheffield’s history preserved. Explore the workers' cottages while the sounds of hammering and grinding float out of the working hand forge.

Kelham Island Museum

Kelham Island is one of the city's oldest industrial sites. Find out about the buffer girls, grinders and little mesters whose skills and sweating brows are to thank for establishing world renown for the words "Made in Sheffield".

Royal Ballet & Opera 2026-27

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The Royal Ballet and Opera bring their work to global audiences next this season, presenting nine productions in cinemas.

Nether Edge Festival: Bats, Beer & Bela Lugosi

Tue. 15 September 2026

Sheffield General Cemetery

A thrilling night of wildlife, horror and vintage cinema in the gothic surroundings of the Samuel Worth Chapel. With your choice of a guided bat walk or horror walk through the grounds at dusk, followed by 1940 cult classic The Devil’s Bat.