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Sheffield’s Big Events & Festivals 2026

Plan ahead for Sheffield's major festivals and big events in 2026, including music weekends, city-centre celebrations, food and drink festivals, sport and family days. The listings below bring confirmed dates, venues, maps and ticket links into one place, while the related guides add practical context for choosing, travelling and making more of the day.

Festivals and big events in Sheffield 2026 132 events

22 October 2026 · 12:30 Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen – Kate Evans Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 22 October 2026 · 18:30 Punk Rock Ruined My Life – John Robb Crookes Social Club Arts & CultureFestivals 22 October 2026 · 19:00 Celebrate! A Decade and a Half of And Other Stories (Off the Shelf) Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 22 October 2026 · 19:00 The Savage Landscape – Cal Flyn Firth Hall Arts & CultureFestivals 21 October 2026 · 12:30 Ye Olde Sheffield Part 2: Buildings, People, Places – David Templeman Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 21 October 2026 · 19:00 Poetry with Helen Mort and Katharine Towers Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 20 October 2026 · 12:30 Plants Can Save Your Life – Ross Cameron Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 20 October 2026 · 18:00 Logging Off – Adele Zeynep Walton Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 18 October 2026 · 15:00 Art History’s Funniest Bits – Verity Babbs Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureComedy 18 October 2026 · 15:00 Honoured – Naz Shah Firth Hall Arts & CultureFestivals 18 October 2026 · 19:00 REDS – Paul Mason Firth Hall Arts & CultureFestivals 17 October 2026 · 14:00 Pickle Fest 2026 Social Pickle FestivalsFood & Drink

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Featured The Infamous Bunting Nook Ghost Tour: Fifth Anniversary Special Thu 29 Oct · 20:00 Five years after his very first Sheffield ghost tour on 29 October 2021, Adrian Finney goes back to where it all began… View event Featured Horror Icons Show with Dragula Season 666 finalist Auntie Heroine Thu 5 Nov · 19:00 · Corporation Sheffield gets a Bonfire Night like no other as Twisted Events UK brings the Horror Icons Show to Corporation on Thursday 5… View event