Major Events
Sheffield Lunar Chinese New Year Celebration 2025
Sheffield is set to celebrate the Lunar Chinese New Year with a huge festival taking place on 1 - 2 February 2025. The festival will transform the city centre into a vast celebration of culture, with an exciting programme of events and performances.
Sheffield Beer Week 2025
Sheffield Beer Week is an annual citywide celebration spread across multiple venues throughout the city. For 2025, a whole load of beery events will be taking place once again, 10 - 16 March.
Sheffield Half Marathon 2025
Taking place on Sunday 23 March, Sheffield Half Marathon is one the best attended in the country and most scenic too! Each year, the event attracts thousands of runners of all abilities to the city’s streets, raising many thousands of pounds for great causes.
Cazoo World Snooker Championship 2025
Professional snooker's most prestigious tournament and one of Sheffield’s biggest sporting events, the World Championship returns with 32 of snooker’s best players competing in a knockout style tournament, 19 April - 5 May.
Festival of Debate 2025
The largest annual non-partisan politics festival in the UK! Expect another challenging and diverse programme of events, featuring an array of well-known keynote speakers, when Festival of Debate returns 22 April — 30 May.
Open Up Sheffield 2025
With 100+ studios taking part, Open Up Sheffield is one of the largest open studio events outside of London and helps showcase some of Sheffield's finest creative talents. This year it will take place over two weekends, 3 May - 5 May and 10 - 11 May.
Get Together 2025
Now into its fifth year, Get Together has earnt a reputation as one of the best festivals for original and independent music, art, food and drink. For 2025, the festival returns to Kelham Island and Neepsend for another massive music takeover on Saturday 17 May.
Sheffield Food Festival 2025
One of the city's largest free to attend events for all the family, the festival is a bustling exhibition of Sheffield’s flourishing food & drink scene, with 90% of the traders taking part, based locally. This year's food festival takes place 24 - 26 May.
Sheffield DocFest 2025
The UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects, Sheffield Docfest returns Wednesday 18 June - Monday 23 June 2025.
Crossed Wires: The Podcast Festival
Podcasting's biggest party is back! Crossed Wires will once again be assembling the nation's top names in Sheffield, for one big weekend of special podcast events, Friday 4 July - Sunday 6 July.
