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A Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals. ourfaveplaces.co.uk From Eleven Design: elevendesign.co.uk. Organisers of Photomarathon Sheffield: photomarathonsheffield.co.uk.

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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Sheffield's festival of music and film @sensoriafestival.bsky.social is back a week today. With a robotic botanical installation in the old John Lewis, a performance inspired by cult 70s album Plantasia, vinyl film scores mixed with VHS cinema, and lots more: www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/sen...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
With electronic music at its heart, No Bounds Festival is getting set to fill venues across Sheffield with DJs, live music and installations again this weekend. All culminating with late night after parties: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/no-...
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No Bounds → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A weekend of bleeps, beats and sweaty grins – exploring the relationship between music, art, technology and place. The 2026 lineup includes: Mark Fell, Blawan, Oppidan, The Black Dog and lots more.
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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FInd out more about our Jazz at The Lescar gig next Wednesday 7th October featuring guitarist Rory Green here, thanks to @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social, ahead of his debut album on @gondwanarecords.com. We're so excited for this gig. ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/ror...
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Rory Green → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Beautiful atmospheric music full of layered sounds and infectious rhythms. Ghanaian-English guitarist, composer and producer Rory Green joins Jazz at The Lescar following appearances at Lancaster Jazz...
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Helen Mort @helenmort.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excited about this event on Oct 21st!
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's Black History Month. A celebration of the rich history of Black British/African heritage people in the UK and in shaping local communities. Read our guide to what's on in Sheffield from the folks at the African Heritage Culture Forum: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/bl...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ten days to explore historic treasures across the city, Heritage Open Days kicks off today. With tours of everything from brutalist housing estates to historic gardens and old cutlery works: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Sheffield Heritage Open Days → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Ten days to explore heritage treasures across the city.
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Highly relatable to disabled people who create rich worlds indoors.” Read our writer Rae’s review of When the Sky Gets Bright, Babeworld's exhibition on “the intersection between online and offline emotional landscapes” at Site Gallery. Full review: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/whe... 📷: Tobi Tendl
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A neon-soaked thriller set in a futuristic, mist-shrouded metropolis. The 40th anniversary of Studio Ghibli's first film. Queer supernatural horror. These and more are coming to Sheffield's big screens this month in our Joe's film picks: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Coming to two beautiful venues in Neepsend this Sunday, Sheffield Flower Festival will be a joyful celebration of flowers, creativity and community. With a market, demos, talks, workshops, botanical cocktails, and activities for little ones: www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Sheffield Flower Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A joyful celebration of flowers, creativity and community, hosted across The Victoria and The Mowbray, and brought together by Bloom Sheffield.
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Sheffield Folk Guide @sheffieldfolkguide.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sheffield Folk Guide for the next 3 weeks
Thursday 13th August
Carl Jessop at Crookes Folk Club

Saturday 15th August
Joshua Arnold and Therine at Bishops’ House

Thursday 20th August
Jon Cocker at Crookes Folk Club

Monday 24th to Friday 28th August
The Edale Folk Gathering led by Bella Hardy

Wednesday 26th August
Newberry and Verch at The Greystones

Thursday 27th August
Alan Gill at Crookes Folk Club

Saturday 29th August
Paper Sparrows at Cafe No9

Sunday 30th
Banjo Jen + Cobalt Tales at Whirlow Brook Park
Michael Prewitt at Cafe No9

Monday 31st
Chapeltown Folk Festival at the Commercial
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Join Trubble Productions for Clown College at @cadssheff.bsky.social. A 6-week community-focused workshop series exploring the fundamentals of clowning – not as a set of acrobatic skills, but as a way of relating to yourself, other people and the world around you: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/clo...
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Clown College → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A 6-week workshop series exploring the fundamentals of clowning – not as a set of acrobatic skills, but as a way of relating to yourself, other people and the world around you. Build your confidence t...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Our Joe's Sheffield film picks for August. Including blood-soaked chaos with Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder. The long-awaited Wile E. Coyote film. A new Korean zombie action thriller. And more: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
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Reel Steel @reelsteelcinema.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This weekend! live audio-visual performances in Sheffield from Sculpture (@plasticinfinite.bsky.social), Rhizocorp (fka Soborgnost) and more... presented by Interworld (@interworldmedia.bsky.social) and Reel Steel. Friday July 31st at CADS/Arley Street: reelsteelcinema.com/intersteel/ #Sheffield
event poster from 'Interworld Media x Reel Steel Cinema', with a vinyl-like circle in the centre which reads the artist names 'Sculpture' and Rhizocorp' in rotationhorizontally split image, the top half displaying a live performance photo of Sculpture (taken by Pierre Bouvier Patron), the lower half displaying a live performance photo of Rhizocorp (taken by Tracey Welch).horizontally split image, the top half displaying a live performance photo of Sculpture (taken by Lucy Langley Palmer), the lower half displaying a live performance photo of Rhizocorp (taken by Tracey Welch).a photo of a stack of old VHS movie tapes, placed next to a Technics turntable with a vinyl soundtrack
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Starting next week at Sheffield's Showroom Cinema: PLAY. A new summertime festival of interactive creativity for children & young audiences. With an Aardman workshop, VR sessions, a Muppet all-dayer, chance to make your own stop-motion Moomin film & lots more: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/pla...
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PLAY Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A new summertime festival of interactive creativity for children and young audiences – for big and small screens. With an Aardman workshop, VR sessions, a Muppet all-dayer, chance to make your own sto...
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Fronteer @fronteer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Fronteer Gallery 🤝 Well Dressed We're really looking forward to this one! #art #folklore #welldressed #fronteergallery #exhibition
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It’s nearly Tramlines weekend – when Sheffield puts on one giant party. While the official action happens in Hillsborough Park, there’s loads of pun-heavy fringe fun to be had across the city. Make some plans with our Tom’s guide to Tramlines Fringe highlights: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/tr...
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The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Why do videogames matter to you? This summer, we’re exploring what makes videogames special to you, the players, in a new exhibition. Together We Play puts personal videogame stories, memories and collections centre stage. thenvm.org/togetherwepl...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
On the big screen this month in our Sheffield film picks: Taxi Driver turns 50. The new one from the Evil Dead franchise. A documentary following a photographer capturing global protest movements. A classic of French slapstick. And more: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
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Film picks → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Our picks of the cinematic delights on Sheffield's screens this month.
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The new Memory Dance exhibition Sheffield Cablevision opens today. With rare archive footage, photos and objects from a 1970s local TV station: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Sheffield Cablevision → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
An exhibition about local TV station Sheffield Cablevision, on air from 1973 to 76. With rare archive footage, photos and objects from its programming of kids shows, sports, politics, music, comedy an...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
There’s a new microcinema in town. Get to know Memory Dance on Chapel Walk, an archive of sound and vision, showcasing memories from Sheffield’s distinctive cultural landscape. Plus a gallery and record shop. Words by Joe of @reelsteelcinema.bsky.social: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/where-to-go/...
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Memory Dance → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
An archive of sound and vision, showcasing memories from Sheffield's distinctive cultural landscape. With exhibitions, a record shop and a basement microcinema.
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Reel Steel @reelsteelcinema.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This month... an incredibly rare chance to witness a screening on 16mm film: reelsteelcinema.com/16rsrhd Saturday May 23rd at CADS (@cadssheff.bsky.social) Arley Street. David Lynch's unforgettable debut feature, how it was meant to be seen and heard. #DavidLynch #Eraserhead #FilmOnFilm #FilmSky
16mm film reels and canisters, with 'ERASERHEAD' written on the outsidesscreening poster for the film ERASERHEAD (1977)
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Pint of Science @pintofscience.uk returns to Sheffield this month for three nights of science fun, with talks and demos in pubs and bars. This year's topics include the psychological impacts of video games and what happens when you fall into a black hole: www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/pin...
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Pint of Science Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Three nights of science fun. Academics bring their research out of the lab for talks and demos in pubs, bars and creative spaces. This year's topics include the psychological impacts of video games an...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Our Joe's Sheffield film picks for May. Inter-dimensional sci-fi horror. A look at the cultural phenomenon of northern soul. Action in the world of Japanese kabuki theatre. Eraserhead in 16mm. Guillermo del Toro’s first feature film. And more: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
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Music in the Round @musicintheround.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Absolutely thrilled to announce that BAFTA-winning Siobhán McSweeney will star in our #SCMF26 concert, Feldman & Beckett: Words & Music (Mon 18 May, 7pm)!! 🎭 Tickets here: musicintheround.co.uk/events/feldm... #ThisIsChamberMusic #SCFM26 #SiobhánMcSweeney #Sheffield
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Migration Matters Festival @migmatfest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Come together for sewing, storytelling, belonging and resistance! Workshops for The Union Jila project, inspired by The Union Jill flag of the 1990s road protests, are taking place ahead of our Sheffield festival in June 🔽
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Two nights of jazz and improvised music centred around a Steinway D grand piano, in the atmospheric Samuel Worth Chapel. Join Jazz at The Lescar next weekend at Sheffield General Cemetery. Saturday: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/cor... Sunday: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/lau...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Join Andro & Eve and Ghetto Fabulous at Forge Warehouse for Reyt Queer Extravaganza on 8 May. A night of drag, dance, pageantry and music, celebrating 10 years of Sheffield queer culture heroes Andro & Eve: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/and...
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Andro & Eve X Ghetto Fabulous presents Reyt Queer Extravaganza → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Join Andro & Eve and Ghetto Fabulous for a night of electrifying queer performance with drag, dance, pageantry and music.
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Sheffield Transformed @sheffieldtransformed.org · 27/04/2026
This Thursday, join us for a screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline at 7.30pm at the Broomhall Centre. In this political action-thriller, a crew of activists come together to destroy a Texas oil pipeline. 🎫 Get your tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/sheff...
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Festival of Debate 2026 @festofdebate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
How do we ensure everyone has good health? How do we ensure justice and a sustainable environment for all? On 6 May, @profkepickett.bsky.social comes to #Sheffield to talk with with @simonduffy.bsky.social about building The Good Society 🏗️ More info and tickets ➡️ tickettailor.com/events/festi...
A poster for an event titled "Kate Pickett: The Good Society" on 6 May. It also includes the Festival of Debate logo and a profile shot of Kate Pickett, with her arms folded and smiling away from the camera
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's Sheffield Indie Book Festival this weekend! With a market, talks on witches, folklore, queer memoir & more plus headliner Juno Dawson. From the folk at @gnrr.bsky.social @hillsboroughbooks.bsky.social @junobooks.bsky.social @labiblioteka.bsky.social & Novel: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Sheffield Indie Book Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
New for '26. Celebrating stories, and the shops and publishers who keep them alive. With talks and workshops from Bethan Woollvin, Steve Webb, Kavitha Rao, Michelle Tea, Sheaf Poetry, and more. Organi...
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Reel Steel @reelsteelcinema.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Coming Soon... David Lynch's unforgettable debut feature, Eraserhead (1977), presented in 16mm Saturday May 23rd Bank Holiday weekend at CADS (@cadssheff.bsky.social) Arley Street reelsteelcinema.com/16rsrhd the way it was meant to be seen and heard. #DavidLynch #Eraserhead #FilmOnFilm #FilmSky
poster for a screening of David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977); a black-and-white image, in the centre is the face of the main character (Henry Spencer), across the top reads the text ERASERHEAD, across the bottom reads "1.85:1", "16mm", "MONO" and "a Libra Films release".
a 16mm celluloid film strip displaying title frames for the 1977 film 'Eraserhead'
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A darkly comic thriller. Dystopian classic 1984. An extravaganza of drag, dance, pageantry and music. And a play reading based on older LGBTQ+ people's experiences in care. All coming up in our Sheffield theatre picks this spring: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/th...
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Sheffield Folk Guide @sheffieldfolkguide.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
New monthly happening in Hillsborough with a concert, singing session, tunes and signalong songs. First night's guest is Martin Simpson. Hillsborough Park Pavillion 9 May. More info and tickets: share.google/aFIa0JUysy4A...
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Sheffield Transformed @sheffieldtransformed.org · 13/04/2026
Join us for a screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline at 7.30pm on Thu 30 April at the Broomhall Centre. In this political action-thriller, a crew of activists come together to destroy a Texas oil pipeline.
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Film Screening - How to Blow Up a Pipeline – Broomhall Centre, Thu 30 Apr 2026 - Join Sheffield Transformed for a screening of 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline'. The film follows a collection of activists…
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Migration Matters Festival @migmatfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Volunteer at our Sheffield festival this June! Every year, amazing volunteers help bring our vibrant festival of sanctuary to life. We could not do it without them. Our 2026 volunteer team applications are now open. Apply here ➡️: bit.ly/3Qgws3V
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Reel Steel @reelsteelcinema.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Something special is coming soon... Full announcement with tickets on-sale next Tuesday April 14th. 🗓️ Event Date - Saturday May 23rd. 📽️ 🎞️ #DavidLynch #FilmOnFilm #Sheffield
a photo of a celluloid film strip, displaying 3 frames with text reading "David Lynch"
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A legendary 70s Zambian band. Intricate and atmospheric folk. Timeless, life-affirming soul. And a men's choir combining beauty and silliness. All coming up in our Tom’s Sheffield music picks: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/mu...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Sheffield Ceramics Festival comes to @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social's Kelham Island Museum on 18–19 April. Browse the unique wares of around 50 ceramic artists, potters and sculptors from across South Yorks and beyond: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
From the folks at @gnrr.bsky.social @hillsboroughbooks.bsky.social @junobooks.bsky.social @labiblioteka.bsky.social and Novel. At The Mowbray and Victoria in Neepsend.
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A celebration of stories and the shops and publishers who keep them alive, it's the first Sheffield Indie Book Festival this month 📕 With headliner Juno Dawson. A market. Poetry. Talks and workshops on witches and folklore, graphic novels, queer memoir and more: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
An 80s feminist sci-fi cult classic with @reelsteelcinema.bsky.social. Paranormal horror. Anime exploring human conscience. All coming to Sheffield's screenings this month. See more in our Joe’s film picks: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
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Sheaf Poetry @sheafpoetry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
As part of Sheffield Indie Book Fest, Sheaf Poetry is proud to present a spring reading by three poets: @helenmort.bsky.social, @suzannahevans.bsky.social, and Molly Naylor. Saturday 25 April (6pm-8pm) La Biblioteka, Leah's Yard, Sheffield S1 4HP Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/three-shef...
Sheaf Poetry flyer for event at La Biblioteka, Leah's Yard, Sheffield on Sat 25 April 2026, illustrated with photos of Molly Naylor, Helen Mort and Suzannah Evans
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A testament to Sheffield & how some things never change… yet somehow always do. Read our writer Wemmy's review of Living, a play based in one Burngreave living room, following Kathy & Brian through their ever-changing lives. On now @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/liv...
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Living → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A testament to Sheffield and how some things never change… yet somehow always do. Read our writer Wemmy's review of this play based in one Burngreave living room, following Kathy and Brian throughout ...
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Susie Wilson @concordmoose.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🔥 to have these 3 @ Central Library 22nd April. Come hear poems of radical friendship, aromantic & asexual identity, non-binary re-imagining of queer ancestry, sex, love, queerness & political commitment. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-poet... #nationalyearofreading2026 #queerpoetry #poetry #sheffield
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Queer Poets Reading
Sheffield poets Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) in conversation about their work with Susie Wilson
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Celebrate awards season in Sheffield with some of the Oscar winners back on the big screen. Sinners, winner of four Oscars, including best actor (Michael B. Jordan). Hamnet, winner of best actress (Jessie Buckley). Plus the nominated Sirat and The Secret Agent: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📷: 1. Champions Of The Golden Valley 2. Catching Pinecones 3. When Is Waste Not Waste? 4. Swim Sistas
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Enjoy the great outdoors from the comfort of your seat at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival this weekend. With films on an Afghan ski community & a pioneering rock climbing couple. Plus kit-repurposing, abseiling & a sauna. See more in our top ShAFF picks: www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Organised by Sheffield indie bookshops and book folk: @junobooks.bsky.social @hillsboroughbooks.bsky.social @labiblioteka.bsky.social, Novel, @gnrr.bsky.social. Taking place at The Mowbray and The Victoria in Neepsend.
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New for '26: Sheffield Indie Book Festival. Celebrating stories, and the shops and publishers who keep them alive. With a talk on witches and folklore, a graphic novel workshop with Steve Webb, writing from life and queer culture with Michelle Tea, and more: www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Sheffield Indie Book Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
New for '26. Celebrating stories, and the shops and publishers who keep them alive. With talks and workshops from Bethan Woollvin, Steve Webb, Kavitha Rao, Michelle Tea and more. Organised by Sheffiel...
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