A weekly series of creative workshops and events for young people, with a focus on literature and theatre from the African diaspora. With theatre and gallery visits, a talent show, videogame fun, and a sports and games day.
What's On
Our Sheffield culture calendar. Filled with picks of the city’s arts, culture and heritage events, both in-person and virtual. Plus reviews and festival guides.
Utopia Theatre Youth Academy Summer Programme
Multiple dates
Utopia Theatre Creative Hub, 11 Rockingham Gate, S1 4JD
Summer Holiday Activities: Wild & Weird Crafts Week
Mon. 18 August 2025 — Thu. 21 August 2025
Manor Lodge
Come along to Sheffield Manor Lodge during the fifth week of the summer holidays and enjoy wild and weird craft activities. And follow the trail to find mythical monsters from folklore in the grounds.
Cash4cards – Secret Postcard Show
Sat. 19 July 2025 — Sat. 23 August 2025
Cupola Gallery
An exhibition of postcards by various artists, all exhibiting anonymously and selling their original artworks at a bargain price of £15. Raising money for charities as well as Cupola Gallery. Opening evening on Friday 18 July.
Kids Creative Summer School
Multiple dates
The Art House
Wednesday afternoon sessions for primary school-aged children to have fun and learn new creative skills – from fun with Posca pens to decorating a small treasure box to folk art. Led by Rebecca Brambila
Family-Friendly Fan Fiction Writing Workshop with Sile Sibanda
Wed. 27 August 2025
Site Gallery
If you were in control of your favourite characters, what adventures would they get up to? Delve into fandom as you tell our own stories through your favourite fictional characters, inspired by the Fake Fans exhibition.
Summer Holiday Activities at Manor Lodge
Mon. 21 July 2025 — Thu. 28 August 2025
Manor Lodge
A season of crafts activities and trails around the historic grounds, on a different theme each week of the holidays. Nature crafts. Castles and dragons. Birds, bees and Bugs. Brilliant buildings. And more.
Summer Holiday Activities: Brilliant Buildings
Mon. 25 August 2025 — Thu. 28 August 2025
Manor Lodge
Join Sheffield Manor Lodge during the final week of the summer holidays and enjoy building-themed craft activities.
WPM 150: Let’s Celebrate! Weston Park Museum’s Birthday Party
Sat. 6 September 2025
Weston Park Museum
Wish Weston Park Museum many happy returns as it celebrates its 150th birthday!
Lick of Paint
Sat. 6 September 2025 — Sun. 7 September 2025
A weekend-long mural and street art festival. Bringing together local and international talent to transform the city's walls, underpasses and empty corners with powerful, high-quality public art.
Art in the Gardens
Sat. 6 September 2025 — Sun. 7 September 2025
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
One of the largest outdoor art markets in the north, filling the beautiful Botanical Gardens with the work of artists and crafts makers from across the country.
Colour
Thu. 19 June 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025
Millennium Gallery
This new exhibition brings together over 150 objects spanning art, science, nature and cultural histories, alongside a range of interactive activities.
Fake Fans
Fri. 1 August 2025 — Sun. 14 September 2025
Site Gallery
An exploration of the world of bootleg and fan-made objects. With an animation film, unofficial games remixing familiar franchises, zines, fan art, reimagined figurines, and a series of trading cards created by Site Gallery's youth collectives.
Alpaca Festival
Fri. 12 September 2025 — Sat. 20 September 2025
A festival on algorithmic pattern-making in anything from heritage crafts to tech. With an algorave, a concert with pattern-based instrumental music, talks and workshops around patterns in juggling, textiles, music and more.
No Bounds
Fri. 10 October 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025
A weekend of bleeps, beats and sweaty grins – bringing together music, visual art and technology. Lineup for 2025 to be confirmed.
Liliane Tomasko: The Psyche of the Portrait
Sat. 24 May 2025 — Sun. 12 October 2025
Millennium Gallery
For this new exhibition, New York-based visual artist Liliane Tomasko uses portraiture as an acute lens to shed light on the ever-changing human psyche.
Kelham Island Walks
Multiple dates
Kelham Island, S3
Explore the past and present of characterful Kelham Island and Neepsend, with walks on three themes. Discover stories of industrial Sheffield, working class community, and inspiring art.
Sheffield Print Fair
Sat. 8 November 2025
Millennium Gallery
Enjoy watching printmaking in action and pick up a print or two to take home from among the 43 stalls featuring the wares of artists and printmakers from Sheffield and beyond. Call for applications open till 1 September 2025.
Peter Blundell Jones: Architecture, Landscape and the City
Mon. 21 July 2025 — Sun. 14 December 2025
Western Bank Library
An exhibition celebrating the life, work and legacy of the late British architect, writer, and teacher Peter Blundell Jones who taught at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture.
Penny McCarthy: How to Look Through Time
Sat. 12 July 2025 — Sat. 20 December 2025
Graves Gallery
Artist Penny McCarthy sets out to find new ways to consider time, loss and preservation.
Celebrating 150 Years of Weston Park Museum
Weston Park Museum
This summer, join one of our city’s best-loved museums as it kicks off celebrations for its 150th anniversary. Including chance to play retro games, build a giant 3D map of the city, create decorations for the museum's big birthday party, and more.
Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio
Tue. 11 November 2025 — Wed. 31 December 2025
Showroom
The most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time. Featuring masterpiece after masterpiece and with first-hand testimony from the artist himself on the eve of his mysterious disappearance.
Slime Mother
Fri. 3 October 2025 — Sun. 1 February 2026
Site Gallery
An immersive, multi-sensory exhibition by artist and writer Abi Palmer. With film, text, sculpture and installation, inviting us to be more slug-like – to slow down, merge and connect – embracing the resilient strangeness of this complex gastropod.
Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable
Tue. 10 March 2026 — Tue. 31 March 2026
Showroom
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.
Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo
Tue. 19 May 2026 — Sun. 31 May 2026
Showroom
A journey through the life of a true icon. Discover her art, and uncover the story of her rebellious, passionate life. With new material from the curators of the groundbreaking Tate Modern exhibition Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon.
In Conversation: On the Border of my Peaceful Home
Tue. 24 June 2025 — Wed. 23 December 2026
Graves Gallery
An exhibition curated by artist Kedisha Coakley, bringing together artworks, objects and specimens from Sheffield’s collection to explore the relationship between empire and the trade in fruit and flowers.