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
The Unfinished Harauld Hughes: Richard Ayoade
Richard Ayoade is a BAFTA-winning actor, director and writer. The gifted filmmaker chances upon a copy of The Two-Hander Trilogy by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop.
Off The Shelf Festival of Words 2024
Sheffield's annual festival celebrating books, words and ideas, is one of the UK’s largest literary festivals. Taking place 7 October - 3 November, the festival will be bringing some of the biggest names in literary talent, media and the arts to South Yorkshire.
Asako Yuzuki – Butter
Butter is the cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook turned serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Curdle Creek: Yvonne Battle-Felton
Come along and celebrate the launch of the new novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of Remembered.
Morgan Talty – Fire Exit
Join Morgan Talty as he talks about his debut novel, Fire Exit – a deeply layered story of family and bloodlines, culture and inheritance and what, if anything, we owe one another. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Haywire: A Political History of Britain since 2000 – Andrew Hindmoor
Haywire is the first history to tell the story of Britain and its political fortunes since the start of the Millennium. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum – Daniel Tammet
Nine Minds delves into the unique lived experience of nine neurodivergent people from around the globe. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Novel Slam
Novel Slam is the legendary event where aspiring novelists pitch their novels to a supportive audience and trusty judges. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
The Impossibility of Words: A Linguist’s Cure for Writer’s Block
What makes words impossible? To the blocked writer, words can be an elusive currency, stubbornly refusing to flow. For linguists, words present a different challenge—how to define them. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World
This illustrated talk by historian Jane Robinson celebrates the charismatic founder of the first university college for women, the first women’s suffrage society and the campaign to allow women to keep their own property after marriage. This event is part of the Off the Shelf Festival of Words.
