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

Sheffield Folk Sessions Festival

Free – donations welcome

Sheffield Folk Sessions Festival brings pubs around the Kelham Island area to life with a weekend of song.

Expect singing sessions, instrumental sessions and workshops. There's usually also a concert on Sunday afternoon. All events are free with donations collected for the festival's chosen charity.

Keep an eye on the website for details of the Sheffield Folk Sessions Festival 2026 programme.

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Beethoven, Fauré, Mayer

Sat. 13 March 2027

All Saints Church, Ringinglow Road, S10 7PP

An evening that moves from bright orchestral drama, through quiet contemplation, to one of the most ambitious symphonies ever written.

Kelham Island Books and Music

A secondhand book and vinyl shop with a well-curated selection of local history, fantasy, crime thrillers, walking guides, and folk recordings.

Cemetery Sessions Present Lou Barnell, Stephen Carley & Teddy Hunter

Sat. 7 November 2026

Sheffield General Cemetery

Join three artists at the atmospheric Samuel Worth Chapel for a night of experimental sound, immersive performance and music that resists easy description.

Harry Christelis

Wed. 4 November 2026

The Lescar

Guitarist Harry Christelis brings an acclaimed quartet of musicians from the London jazz scene and utterly entrancing music. A hypnotic fusion of jazz and folk traditions with ambient electronics and immersive sonic landscapes, drones and textures.