Top events in Sheffield this week: 27 September – 4 October 2026
Sheffield has 4 events on this week. All of them are concerts. Here is what is on, who it suits and how to plan your days out.
For music fans
Choose between Amble at Octagon (Monday, 19:00), Niall Horan: Dinner Party Live On Tour at Utilita Arena Sheffield (Tuesday, 18:00) and Don Broco at Octagon (Tuesday, 19:00).
Something different
There is one pick: Niall Horan: Venue Premium Tickets at Utilita Arena Sheffield (Tuesday, 18:00).
Planning your days out
Most start between 18:00 and 19:00. All of them are within 3 km of the centre.
Tuesday is the busiest day, with 3 events.
Sheffield this week: quick answers
What’s on in Sheffield this week?
4 events, including Amble at Octagon, Niall Horan: Dinner Party Live On Tour at Utilita Arena Sheffield and Niall Horan: Venue Premium Tickets at Utilita Arena Sheffield.
Which venues are busiest?
Octagon (2 events) and Utilita Arena Sheffield (2 events).
Where to go in Sheffield: events, concerts, games and shows worth your night
Sheffield gave the world the Human League, Pulp and the Arctic Monkeys, and has the venues those bands came up in, plus an arena, a concert hall in the round, two football clubs and a peak of hills at the end of every street. Below is where to go in Sheffield for a night out, with addresses, and what tends to be on when.
Concerts and live music in Sheffield
The Utilita Arena Sheffield (Broughton Lane) takes the arena tours; the Sheffield City Hall (Barker’s Pool), the 1932 hall with the oval auditorium, the seated ones; the O2 Academy (Arundel Gate) and the Leadmill (6 Leadmill Road, leadmill.co.uk), the room every Sheffield band played first, the mid-sized. The Foundry at the Students’ Union, Yellow Arch in Neepsend and the Greystones cover the rest. Hope Works is the club.
Sheffield nightlife: Kelham Island, West Street and Ecclesall Road
Kelham Island has the breweries, bars and Yellow Arch; West Street and Division Street the bars and clubs; Ecclesall Road the pubs and restaurants; Neepsend the late rooms. Bars close at 2, clubs at 4; the trams stop around midnight.
Theatre and comedy in Sheffield
The Crucible (Tudor Square) produces its own season in the round when the snooker isn’t on; the Lyceum next door takes the touring musicals; the Studio the new work. The Last Laugh Comedy Club at the City Hall and the Leadmill’s comedy nights cover stand-up.
Sports in Sheffield
Sheffield United at Bramall Lane and Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, the Steel City derby; the Sheffield Steelers ice hockey at the Arena from September to April, the best-supported team in British hockey; and the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible every April and May.
Museums and galleries in Sheffield
The Millennium Gallery and the Graves Gallery are free; Site Gallery in the Cultural Industries Quarter shows contemporary art and digital work; Kelham Island Museum tells the steel story; the Sheffield Doc/Fest in June is the country’s documentary festival.
Sheffield festivals and events by season
- Winter: the Sheffield Steelers season and the Christmas market on the Moor.
- Spring: the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible from mid-April, and Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
- Summer: Tramlines at Hillsborough Park in July, and Sheffield Pride.
- Autumn: Off the Shelf, the literature festival, in October, the Crucible season opening, and the Steel City derby.
Things to do in Sheffield tonight and this weekend
The listings above are the live version of all this: every concert, show, game, club night and exhibition on in Sheffield tonight, tomorrow and this weekend, with times, prices and tickets, updated every hour.
