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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.
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.
A dazzling portrait of contemporary Icelandic music ranging from celebrated glacial works by Anna Thorvaldsdóttir and Oscar-winning Hildur Guðnadóttir, to new arrangements of Björk and Ólafur Arnalds’ haunting music for Broadchurch.
The back room of this flagship Thornbridge pub is an intimate setting to catch artists slightly off the beaten track. Leaning towards folk and blues acts, it plays host to a mix of established artists, emerging talent and local grassroots performers.
Pianist Martin Roscoe joins forces with the Brodskys, a quartet who have been performing for over 50 years to prizes and plaudits around the world.
