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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

17 October 2026 · 11:00 A Place of Dreams: Desire, Deception and a Wartime Coming of Age – Alison Twells Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 17 October 2026 · 15:00 When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors – Paula Akpan Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 17 October 2026 · 17:00 Poetry of Resistance and Transcendence – Carolyn Forché and Kwame Dawes Showroom Cinema Arts & CultureFestivals 17 October 2026 · 18:00 One Small Step – Paul Sinton-Hewitt Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 17 October 2026 · 19:00 Wimmy Road Boyz – Sufiyaan Salam University of Sheffield Drama Studio Arts & CultureFestivals 16 October 2026 · 18:00 Groovy, Laidback and Nasty – Daniel Dylan Wray Showroom Cinema Arts & CultureFestivals 16 October 2026 · 18:00 The Parkwood Murders – Chris Chibnall University of Sheffield Drama Studio Arts & CultureFestivals 16 October 2026 · 19:00 Ancient: Reviving the Woods That Made Britain – Luke Barley Millennium Gallery Arts & CultureFestivals 15 October 2026 · 18:00 Deliverance – Saima Mir University of Sheffield Drama Studio Arts & CultureFestivals 15 October 2026 · 19:00 Holbein: Renaissance Master – Elizabeth Goldring The Auditorium, University of Sheffield Students’ Union Arts & CultureFestivals 15 October 2026 · 19:00 Later Life Letter – Luke Wright Showroom Cinema Arts & CultureFestivals 15 October 2026 · 19:00 Wild Rock – Matt Heason University of Sheffield Drama Studio Arts & CultureFestivals

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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