Set in an 1840s Victorian polish factory on Percy Street, Alder is a bar, brewery and live-music venue in the Neepsend and Kelham Island corner of Sheffield. The redbrick building has had many lives over its 175 years, serving as stables, a Land Rover repair shop, a builder's yard and most recently the Sheffield Brewery, whose mash tuns and fermenters remain visible in the bar's decor. Two friends from nearby Hillsborough took the bar on independently in October 2021, building it into a local f.....

The parish church of Ecclesall, a leafy suburb in the south-west of Sheffield on the edge of the Peak District, All Saints serves both as an active place of worship and as a venue for concerts and community events. The church sits between Ecclesall Road South and Ringinglow Road, with its parish halls and office on Ringinglow Road. The church building is regularly used for musical events, hosting orchestras, choirs and chamber performances that take advantage of its acoustics; recent programmes.....

Arundel Emporium is an independent indoor market and community arts space at 14-16 Matilda Street in Sheffield city centre, between The Moor and Eyre Street. Located on the first floor above the Network music venue, it was created as a lively creative hub where the local community can gather, shop, socialise, study, eat, and drink. The emporium brings together a range of independent vendors and stalls - covering vintage, books, jewellery, fashion, and more - alongside a fully licensed bar servi.....

Affectionately known to Sheffield as Corp, Corporation is an independent live music venue and nightclub on Milton Street in the city's Devonshire Quarter, long established as the home of rock and alternative music in the city. Since 1997 it has combined a packed programme of live gigs by touring bands with weekly alternative club nights, and it has been named by the rock press as one of the country's top clubs of its kind. Spread over several floors, it is one of the busiest and best-known indep.....

Run as a collective on Exchange Street on the fringes of Sheffield city centre, Delicious Clam is an independent DIY institution that combines a small live music venue, a record label, a recording studio and rehearsal rooms under one roof. Since its founding in 2013 it has carved out a role as a keystone of the city's alternative and underground music scene, providing affordable space for bands to practise, record and perform. It operates from a base in the Castlegate area, an unpolished and his.....

A natural grass amphitheatre on the eastern side of Sheffield, the Don Valley Bowl is one of the north of England's premier outdoor concert and festival sites, set within the Olympic Legacy Park beside the Utilita Arena. Its tiered banks descend towards a large central stage, giving an open-air capacity of up to around fifteen thousand while keeping the atmosphere closer than many larger arenas. The bowl sits within the Don Valley sporting complex, an area long associated with major sport and e.....

Built around sound-system culture and a do-it-yourself ethos, Dryad Works is a grassroots underground music venue and creative workspace on Parkwood Road in Sheffield. Describing itself as a "home on the hill" for sound-system culture, it brings together an eight-hundred-capacity events space with eighteen studios, workshops and a community of creative individuals under one roof. The venue's mission is rooted in independence and the arts, valuing creative practice, unique nightlife experiences .....

Bringing the beat of New York to Sheffield, Manahatta is a stylish cocktail bar and restaurant located in the Fountain Precinct on Leopold Street, in the heart of the city centre. Part of a successful group of New York-themed venues across the north of England and Scotland, it offers a polished blend of all-day dining, an extensive cocktail list and weekend club nights, making it a popular destination for everything from brunch to late-night partying. The venue embraces its Manhattan inspiratio.....

Network is a live music and club venue at 14-16 Matilda Street in Sheffield city centre, opened in 2019 on the upper floor of the Cambridge Street DINA complex through a partnership between the arts centre DINA and the local music shop Music Junkee. The project repurposed a historic former Sunday-school and spoon-factory building, pairing original character with new staging, lighting and PA. The venue is laid out as three interconnected performance spaces -- often called Network 1, 2 and 3 -- p.....

A compact, neon-lit nightclub on Rockingham Street in the centre of Sheffield, Onyx is a student favourite known for its quirky decor and high-energy weekend nights. Its frontage is tucked into the city's dense central nightlife cluster, with neon signs, intimate booths, colourful light shows and even bathtubs among the touches that give the room its distinctive look. The club is deliberately small in footprint, with corridors opening onto a main dance floor framed by raised booths and a low, l.....