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

Float Along music festival returns to Sheffield city centre to do it all again for the fifth year running in September 2026.

Come back soon for lineup and venue details for 2026.

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Cloudmakers Trio

Fri. 27 March 2026

Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD

An inventive blend of downtown New York and European improvised music with world and rock influences. Presented by Sheffield Jazz.

The Washington

An important venue for Sheffield’s grassroots music scene, hosting sweaty gigs in its side room since the 70s. The pub was a notorious hangout for The Human League and Pulp – the latter's drummer Nick Banks even enjoyed a brief stint as its landlord.

Bradfield Festival of Music

Sat. 20 June 2026 — Sat. 27 June 2026

St Nicholas' Church, Jane Street, High Bradfield, S6 6LG

A week of classical and jazz music in a magical setting.

Bird Tunes - Miranda Rutter, Sam Sweeney & Rob Harbron

Wed. 20 May 2026

Playhouse

Three of the finest folk musicians working today perform a new suite of tunes, crafted from fragments of birdsong recorded on woodland walks.