All Event Listings
So much happens in Sheffield every week! This is our comprehensive event listing page for every single event that gets submitted to our website, from small workshops and community events to international sporting fixtures and citywide festivals.
So if you're looking for something specific, please use the filter tags and date search below, to narrow the event listings for what you'd really like to see/find. Alternatively, visit our What's On page for seasonal highlights and roundups of the bigger events happening in Sheffield.
All Events in Sheffield
Harold Wilson – Alan Johnson
Join former politician and bestselling author Alan Johnson to take an in depth, new look at the life and premierships of Harold Wilson. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Heart, Be At Peace – Donal Ryan and Whale Fall – Elizabeth O’Connor
Donal Ryan is an award winning author from County Tipperary. Set in rural Ireland, Heart, Be At Peace is told in twenty-one voices. With Donal’s trademark understanding of what it is to be human this is a stunning lyrical novel from a consistently brilliant Irish writer.
Ten Times Calmer – Dr Kirren Schnack
Dr Kirren has extensive professional experience as a Clinical Psychologist and more than half a million followers on TikTok. Her book Ten Times Calmer is packed full of practical advice and support for dealing with everyday stressors and long-term anxieties
Tomi Oyemakinde, Benjamin Dean and Helen Comerford In conversation with Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Thrillers, Mystery, and Romance: Three rising stars of Young Adult fiction talk about their work with author Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson.
Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places – Paul Collier
Left behind places are found in prosperous countries – from South Yorkshire, integral to the industrial revolution and now England’s poorest county, to Barranquilla in Columbia. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Pity – Andrew McMillan In Conversation with Auriel Majumdar
The acclaimed debut novel from award-winning poet Andrew McMillan exploring community, masculinity and post-industrialisation in Northern England. The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and shovelling in the dust and the sleck.
Speed Date a Publisher
Book a 15-minute informal chat with an industry professional from Headline Publishing Group, a division of Hachette UK and pick their brains about the publishing industry.
The Life Cycle of a Book
Thinking of working in publishing? Want to know how a book gets published? Then come to Headline’s panel event! Representatives from editorial, production, publicity and marketing teams will show the life cycle of a book – from how a book gets acquired, to what an editor does and how to create a successful PR campaign.
Why We Came – Reverend Claris and Community Elders
Over 75 years ago the Empire Windrush brought people seeking new opportunities from the Caribbean to the UK. These passengers answered the call to fill post-war labour shortages in the UK and helped forge Britain’s future.
Writing on the Wall – Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain
What if walls could talk? Writing on the Wall is told through the marks its citizens left behind revealing lost voices from the highest to the lowest in society – political prisoners, sex workers, homesick sailors, Romantic poets and the artisans of the industrial revolution.
