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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Migration Matters Festival

Fri. 20 June 2025 — Sat. 28 June 2025

Migration Matters 2024, photo by Smart Banda

In 2007 Sheffield became the UK’s first City of Sanctuary – a place that welcomes asylum-seekers and refugees, that offers a hand to people in need of safety. Held around Refugee Week each June, Migration Matters Festival is a celebration of diversity and the positive impact migration and refugees have in Sheffield.

The festival launched in 2016, the year of the Brexit referendum and Syrian refugee crisis. Each year the Migration Matters programme brings communities together over fantastic, globe-spanning variety of theatre, music, dance, workshops, exhibitions, and more.

Come back soon for our guide to Migration Matters Festival 2025.

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Mon. 19 May 2025 — Wed. 21 May 2025

Three nights of science fun. Academics bring their research out of the lab for a series of talks, demos and experiments in pubs, bars and creative spaces. Info for 2025 coming soon.

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The playwright behind the Park Hill-set musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge talks about tackling big ideas through theatre, and finding honest human stories that an audience can connect with.

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Sun. 27 April 2025

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Sunday eve surreal puppetry soundtracked by DIY noise music. Support from Zaron Mizmeras and Graceful Degredation.

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A playful and dramatic public artwork by William Pye, sitting at the entrance to Weston Park Museum.