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A LOT HAPPENS WITHIN SHEFFIELD’S SEVEN HILLS This culture calendar brings together some of the city’s 2018 highlights – from festivals of music, beer, film and literature to exhibitions, gigs, and shows. It’s lovingly put together by Our Favourite Places, the Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals. For more event listings, plus art and theatre reviews and insider tips on where to eat, drink and shop while you’re in town, visit ourfaveplaces.co.uk SHEFFIELD CULTURE CALENDAR 2018 Beer Sheffield is as much a city of ale as it is city of steel. It’s crammed full of brilliant boozers – from the Sheffield Tap in all its Edwardian splendour off platform 1B at the railway station to the cosy Rutland Arms to neighbourhood favourites like The Broadfield, The Hallamshire House and The Brothers Arms. In recent years, a handful of specialist shops have opened the city’s palette to weird and wonderful brews too. And at the heart of any good pub or bottle shop is excellent beer; luckily, Sheffield’s also home to some smashing breweries – you can even drink in some of them, like Sentinel in the city centre. Music DIY culture thrives in Sheffield, and nowhere is that more evident than in its music scene. Small DIY venues dot the city, filling spaces that once belonged to shops or factories with eclectic lineups of musicians from both near and far. These places – like The Audacious Art Experiment, Delicious Clam, Foodhall, Regather, The Lughole – run on love, big dreams, and a good helping of community spirit. Establishments like The Harley, the iconic Leadmill, Plug, O2 Academy, The Greystones, Picture House Social, Yellow Arch, and Bungalows and Bears, meanwhile, bring to town some of the most exciting names in everything from indie and pop to blues and reggae. Start your beery trip with a trail round the real ale paradise that is Kelham Island and Neepsend, where you’ll find The Fat Cat, Kelham Island Tavern, The Gardeners Rest, The Wellington, The Riverside, and more. Don’t miss Sheffield Beer Week in March and Steel City Beer and Cider Festival in October, and find us online (ourfaveplaces.co.uk) for more pointers on pubs, booze shops and ale trails. Corporation is the city’s longstanding home for those about to rock. Hope Works is there for the late-night revellers. Sheffield Jazz has been a prolific promoter in the city for over 35 years. For things at the more classical end of the spectrum, there’s Music in the Round and Sheffield City Hall. And one weekend a year, party with the whole city, as Tramlines festival and its fringe events bring all manner of music to pretty much every corner of Sheffield. JAN FEB MAR Mon 1 Thu 1 LGBT History Month Season, Showroom 1-28 Feb Abstract Orchestra: Dilla, O2 Academy Thu 1 Bad Blood Blues, Theatre Deli 1-3 Mar Tue 2 Fri 2 Bobby Mair, Leadmill Kaia Kater, Greystones Lee Gamble & more, Hope Works Fri 2 Outlines Festival 2-3 Mar Peddler, 92 Burton Rd 2-3 Mar Wed 3 Sat 3 Veg Out, 92 Burton Rd Cabbage, Plug The Wedding Present, Leadmill Sat 3 Stick In The Wheel, The Greystones Comedy Club: Sarah Bennetto/Bec Hill, Regather Thu 4 Sun 4 Yungblud, Harley Antiques Quarter Flea Market, Abbeydale Picture House Sun 4 Antiques Quarter Flea Market, Abbeydale Picture House Fri 5 Mon 5 Highly Suspect, Leadmill Mon 5 SheFest: celebrating International Women’s Day 5-11 Mar Sat 6 Tue 6 Japan Film Season, Showroom 6 Feb-2 Mar Changing Lives, Weston Park Museum 6 Feb-1 Jul Tue 6 Russell Brand, City Hall Bruno Heinen, Firth Hall Sun 7 Wed 7 Jorja Smith, Leadmill Thomas Truax, Greystones Out Ink, Regather Wed 7 Verse Matters, Theatre Deli Beth Nielsen Chapman, City Hall Mon 8 Thu 8 Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist, Theatre Deli Beth Orton, Plug Thu 8 Wild Woman, Theatre Deli 8-9 Mar The Wailers, O2 Academy Tom Binns, Leadmill Tue 9 The Nutcracker, Lyceum 9-13 Jan Under the Bed Sale, Cupola 9 Jan-3 Feb Fri 9 Chicken Soup, Crucible Studio 9 Feb-3 Mar British Sea Power, Leadmill Bill Bailey, City Hall Fri 9 The Outdoor City Weekender 9-11 Mar Sound Junction, DINA Helena Hauff, Hope Works Wed 10 Sat 10 The Lost World/King Kong, Abbeydale Picture House Pastoral Echoes, Upper Chapel Sat 10 Motherlogues, Theatre Deli 10-11 Mar Indie Beer Feast, Abbeydale Picture House Thu 11 Verse Matters, Theatre Deli To Kill A King, Plug Sun 11 Paul Chowdhry, City Hall Bowling for Soup, O2 Academy Marmozets, Leadmill Sun 11 La Belle Époque: The Short Straw, Firth Hall Fri 12 Dick Whittington, The Montgomery 12-20 Jan Mon 12 Fat Friends: The Musical, Lyceum 12-17 Feb Mon 12 Sheffield Beer Week 12-18 Mar Sat 13 Sufi Singers, Regather Tue 13 Parliament of Trees, Yorks. Artspace 13 Feb-24 Mar Schubert in Sheffield III, Firth Hall Tue 13 University of Sheffield Chamber Orchestra, Firth Hall Sun 14 Wed 14 Valentine’s with The Village Screen, Abbeydale Picture House Wed 14 On the Outskirts of a Large Event, Crucible Studio 14-15 Mar Samantha Baines, Leadmill Mon 15 Strangers on a Train, Lyceum 15-20 Jan Thu 15 Skip Rap, Theatre Deli Mark Nevin, Greystones High Contrast, Leadmill Thu 15 Damien Dempsey, City Hall King No-One, Leadmill Tue 16 Fri 16 Jack Cheetham, Bloc Billboard 16 Feb-13 Apr The Black Madonna & more, Hope Works Fri 16 Up ‘n’ Under, Crucible Studio 16-17 Mar Yazz Ahmed Band, Crookes Social Club Wed 17 Ben Ottewell, Greystones Sat 17 Hope is Strong, Millennium Gallery 17 Feb-10 Jun The Orielles, Yellow Arch Studios Sat 17 I, Cupola 17 Mar-21 Apr Tom Williams, Regather National Steaming Weekend 17-18 Mar Thu 18 2ndlife, Bloc Projects 18 Jan-10 Feb Sun 18 John Reilly, Greystones Sun 18 Handsome Family, Plug Wahala Comedy Clash, Leadmill David Baddiel, City Hall Fri 19 Kofi/Barnes Aggregation, Crucible Studio Club Rush #2, The Audacious Art Experiment Mon 19 Mon 19 Sat 20 Leonore Piano Trio, Crucible The Cribs, Foundry Tue 20 Quartet, Lyceum 20-24 Feb Tue 20 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Lyceum 20-24 Mar Sam Smith, Fly DSA Arena Ruhaani, Firth Hall Sun 21 Lucy Farrell, Regather Wed 21 John Robins, City Hall Kings of The South Seas, Greystones Wed 21 Gary Numan, Foundry Harriet, Greystones Mon 22 Thu 22 The Witching Hour, Samuel Worth Chapel Frost/Nixon, Crucible 22 Feb-17 Mar Thu 22 Verdi La Traviata, City Hall Blancmange, O2 Academy Tue 23 George’s Marvellous Medicine, Lyceum 23-27 Jan Fri 23 Here I Am, Millennium Gallery 22 Feb-20 May Me & My Bee, Theatre Deli 22-23 Feb Fri 23 Simon Day, Abbeydale Picture House Field Music, Foundry Eliza & the Bear, Harley Wed 24 Sat 24 Between the Lines Children’s Festival Japan Now North 24 Feb-1 Mar Sat 24 Siobhan Miller, Greystones Thu 25 Andrey Zvyagintsev Season, Showroom 25 Jan-8 Feb Rik Carranza, Leadmill Sun 25 The Music Man, Firth Hall My Neighbour Totoro, Abbeydale Picture House Sun 25 Hookworms, Picture House Social Peter Cropper Alumni Orchestra, Firth Hall Fri 26 Trish Clowes, Crookes Social Club DJ Stingray 313 & more, Hope Works Mon 26 Lefty Scum: Josie Long/ Grace Petrie/Jonny & the Baptists, City Hall Tribal, Theatre Deli Mon 26 Sat 27 The Revival: Women and the Word, secret venue Lughole 2 Fundraiser, The Audacious Art Experiment Tue 27 Mamma Mia!, Lyceum 27 Feb-17 Mar We Are The Lions..., Lantern 27 Feb-3 Mar Tue 27 Sun 28 Whitney: Queen of the Night, City Hall Wed 28 Chouk Bwa Libète, Firth Hall Stephen Bailey, Leadmill Wed 28 Shrek: The Musical, Lyceum 28 Mar-8 Apr Schubert Piano Sonatas, Crucible Studio Mon 29 Hairspray, Lyceum 29 Jan-3 Feb Thu 29 Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) DJ set, Leadmill Tantz & Mansion of Snakes, Abbeydale Picture House Tue 30 Fri 30 Wed 31 Loveless preview + Q&A, Showroom Johnny Dowd & Melle de Boer, Greystones Sat 31 Received Dissent: American Mail Art from 1968, Graves Gallery 31 Mar-28 Jul APR MAY JUN Sun 1 Sharrow Lantern Carnival An Evening with Bez (Happy Mondays), Leadmill Tue 1 My Dad Wrote A Porno: Live, City Hall The Rat Pack, Lyceum 1-5 May Fri 1 Peddler, 92 Burton Rd 1-2 Jun Mon 2 Wed 2 Sat 2 Sister Act Live Choir, City Hall Tue 3 Sofa, Crucible Studio Thu 3 Verse Matters, Theatre Deli Simon Evans, Leadmill Sun 3 Antiques Quarter Flea Market, Abbeydale Picture House Wed 4 Brooke Sharkey, The Greystones Fri 4 A Party After the End of the World, Theatre Deli 4-5 May Peddler, 92 Burton Rd 4-5 May Mon 4 An Officer and a Gentleman, Lyceum 4-9 Jun Thu 5 Dane Baptiste, Leadmill Showhawk Duo, Plug Sat 5 Open Up 5-7 May The Music Makers, Firth Hall Tue 5 Fri 6 Peddler, 92 Burton Rd 6-7 Apr Evanescence: Live with Orchestra, City Hall Sun 6 Iain Stirling, City Hall Antiques Quarter Flea Market, Abbeydale Picture House Wed 6 Sat 7 Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, Plug Mon 7 Dan and Phil, City Hall Thu 7 Sheffield Doc/Fest 7-12 Jun Sun 8 Grumpy Old Women To The Rescue, City Hall Tue 8 Yorkshire Silent Film Festival 8-27 May Chk Chk Chk (!!!), Leadmill Fri 8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Crucible 8-23 Jun Mon 9 Black Men Walking, Crucible Studio 9-12 Apr Shame, Leadmill Wed 9 Trump the Musical, Theatre Deli 9-12 May Sat 9 Peace in the Park, Ponderosa Seize the Day, Cupola 9 Jun-7 Jul Tue 10 Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre, Lyceum 10-14 Apr Little Comets, Leadmill Thu 10 Bully, Picture House Social Sun 10 Wed 11 Declan O’Rourke, The Greystones Nerina Pallot, Leadmill Fri 11 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival, Crucible Studio 11-19 May Ray Lamontagne, City Hall Mon 11 Alexander Glass, Bloc Billboard 11 Jun-4 Aug Thu 12 Words of Beauty, Theatre Deli Sat 12 Our Country’s Good, Crucible 12-19 May Eurovision, Showroom Open Up 12-13 May Tue 12 Fri 13 Joey Holder, Bloc Projects 13 Apr-5 May Kim Wilde, Plug James Elkington, Regather Sun 13 National Mills Weekend, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet & Shepherd Wheel 12-13 May Wed 13 Sat 14 Goat Girl, Picture House Social Bastille: Reorchestrated, City Hall Mon 14 Thu 14 Sun 15 Gregory Porter, City Hall Tue 15 Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella, Lyceum 15-19 May Fri 15 Mon 16 Art, Lyceum 16-21 Apr Girl Ray, Leadmill Wed 16 Portraits from the Market, Yorkshire Artspace 15 May-23 Jun Sat 16 Tue 17 Thu 17 Museums at Night, Kelham Island Museum Sun 17 Belly, Leadmill Wed 18 Indie Business Fair, Showroom Fri 18 Alex Hitchcock Quintet, Crookes Social Club Mon 18 Thu 19 Mo Gilligan, City Hall Toko Telo, Firth Hall Sat 19 Nettles Longs for Butterflies, Theatre Deli Tue 19 Migration Matters Festival, Theatre Deli 19-23 Jun Katy Perry, Fly DSA Arena Fri 20 Sound Laboratory Week, Firth Hall 20-28 Apr Festival of Debate, 20 Apr-30 Jun Sun 20 Wed 20 Sat 21 Record Store Day Mon 21 Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok, Crucible Studio 21-23 May May Fayre, Weston Park Thu 21 Sun 22 Wild Willy Barrett’s French Connection, The Greystones Eric Bibb, City Hall Tue 22 Alexander Armstrong, City Hall Fri 22 Mon 23 Sunset Boulevard, Lyceum Theatre 23-28 Apr Wed 23 Sat 23 Tue 24 Lilly Hiatt, The Greystones Thu 24 Sun 24 Wed 25 Shonen Knife, Plug Fri 25 Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here, Theatre Deli 25-26 May The Hallé, City Hall Mon 25 Thu 26 Tom and Bunny Save the World, Theatre Deli 26-28 Apr Paul Sinha, Leadmill Sat 26 Sheffield Food Festival 26-28 May Tue 26 Fri 27 Scott Doonican, Lantern Theatre Vein Trio, Crookes Social Club Sun 27 Yorkshire Silent Film Festival finale: Andy Warhol’s Empire + live score, Abbeydale Picture House Wed 27 Sat 28 Rhesus Negative, Cupola 28 Apr-2 Jun The Hollies, City Hall Mon 28 Thu 28 Music in the Gardens, Sheffield Botanical Gardens 28 Jun-1 Jul Sun 29 Tue 29 This House, Lyceum 29 May-2 Jun Fri 29 Love and Information, Crucible Studio 29 Jun-14 Jul Mon 30 Josh Rouse, Plug Wed 30 Fleabag, Crucible Studio 30 May-2 Jun Sat 30 Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography, Millennium Gallery 30 Jun-23 Sep Thu 31 Shappi Khorsandi, Leadmill Ongoing The Wizard of Oz, Crucible -20 Jan Mapping the Limits of Space, Graves Gallery -17 March The Wonderful Mr Willughby’s New Natural History, Western Bank Library -28 Feb Traceability is Credibility, Yorkshire Artspace -3 Feb Photomarathon Sheffield 2017 Exhibition, Millennium Gallery -28 Jan
