The Sheffield Culture Bulletin
Time to start planning your summer summer schedule. Read on for details about local circuses, textile exhibitions, EDM day parties, the National Saturday Club, Lunar New Year '26, a solid round of paid vacancies and much more.
Furthermore, at Culture Sheffield we are excited to announce a new UKSPF-supported scheme for diverse-led organisations in Sheffield. More info below!
It's also approaching the deadline for the CSAG and CSAG Facilitator roles, so make sure to get on that if you are interested.
Please note
The Culture Bulletin will be temporarily put on hold in August, with the final update going out later this month. If you have any August/September events to advertise then please submit them in time for the break.
Now, let's get into it.
 Tito Bone at WAARC with UoS, Credit Quiplash
What's on?
Bloc Projects: PLUS ONE, 4th July 2025 - Come celebrate Bloc's new artist development programme with a free screening of Nurturing Ecologies.
Ferham Festival, 5th July 2025 - Get ready for a vibrant celebration of music, art, sport, and community at the family-friendly Ferham Festival as part of CCOC.
Utopia Open Mic Night, 6th July 2025 - Come down for a bunch of new improvements, starting with their brand new bar and Artist Spotlights!
NOWT DAFT X 00 AUDIO: 2 HOT 2 HANDLE, 12th July 2025 - Lighting up the courtyard at Sidney and Matilda comes a huge summer day party.
Back to the Bones Festival, 12th July 2025 - To raise funds for Sharrow Festival's future, Back to the Bones will bring bands to two stages in Sheffield General Cemetery - Free entry!
Greentop Circus Presents UPLIFT, 13th, 19th and 27th July 2025 - In a forgotten circus ground where colour has faded and spirits have dimmed, eight performers drift through the ruins of their once-vibrant home...
Third Bite Dance 'The Fallen' at Graves Gallery, 17th July 2025 - Spend an afternoon in the gallery while a dance performance unfolds around you.
Performing Arts Workshop, 30th July 2025 - In this workshop you will creatively explore your thoughts, feelings and movements to help connect to your body.
Greentop Circus: Young People's Activities, July - August 2025 - Circus classes in the schools holidays with aerial hoop sessions, trapeze learning and more.
A Mind Apart Workshops: Drawing, Shakespeare, Musical Theatre & more, July-August 2025 - The core of their work includes delivering alternative education opportunities, performing arts classes and creative wellbeing sessions.
Threads Through the Cross Exhibition, August - September - Sheffield Cathedral will be transformed into a vibrant tapestry of colour, silk, and sacred storytelling.
Fake Fans Exhibition, August - September 2025 - George Gibson explores the fleeting visual languages of bootlegs, counterfeits, and pirated merchandise.
Rotherham Children's Capital of Culture Summer Programme - Don't forget to check out what CCOC has to offer when planning your summer!
National Videogame Museum Summer Programme - Videogames are for everyone, forever! The NVM are open everyday during the school holidays.
Workshops, development and networking
Sheffield Creative Communities Fund: Sharing Event, 4th July 2025 - Reflect on a year of Creative Communities - stories of impact, lessons learned, and ideas for the future.
Bookkeeping and Cloud Accounting for Small Businesses, 22nd July 2025 - Are you a new or existing business looking to take control of your finances? Join Business Sheffield for a free workshop on bookkeeping and cloud accounting.
Reflective Practice Workshop, 29th July 2025 - A workshop exploring the impact of our work through shared experiences and creative methods.
 Concerteenies at ZEST, Credit Ai Narapol
The Culture Strategy
We are running a new UKSPF-supported scheme for diverse-led organisations in Sheffield. Bridging the Gap has been created for events-based cultural orgs which have the potential to become resilient but need some support.
Click the title link to find out if you are eligible and email culturesheffield@sheffield.gov.uk for the application pack and guidance.
Culture Strategy Action Group Call-Out
Do you work in the culture sector in Sheffield? Do you want to make a difference to how the sector is led, organised and connected?
We're calling out for applications to the Culture Strategy Action Group (CSAG), a new group of passionate individuals contributing to culture in the city.
Deadline: 9th July 2025
CSAG Facilitator Position
We are also looking for a skilled facilitator to support this group. You’ll collaborate with Culture Sheffield to co-create a facilitation approach, ensuring meetings run smoothly and align with the wider goals of the Strategy.
Deadline: 7th July 2025
Show off your cultural events to over 1000 people by sending in photographs for the bulletin! We are also looking for professional footage from your projects/events to demonstrate the array of activity happening in the city.
Please get in touch with murray.wood@sheffield.gov.uk to find out more.
Other opportunities and call-outs
Promote your Tramlines Fringe event via Welcome to Sheffield.
If you have an idea for an activity - be it a festival, an exhibition, a community event, a performance or something else entirely - get in touch!
Are you passionate about the arts and creativity? Do you want to influence how the ACE supports culture in your region? Join the Area Council to help the Arts Council make local funding decisions and represent regional interests.
Young Creatives returns this autumn raising money for Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity and to support the arts in their schools. They're looking for a local sponsor to help deliver the project more efficiently,
Contact amerritt@merciatrust.co.uk to support the arts and young people.
A UK wide network of education institutions, industry, and the cultural sector is paving the way in providing free access to creative, extracurricular education.
The programme covers subject areas including arts, crafts, film/screen, theatre, fashion and more.
The next festival will take place in February 2026 and now belongs to the whole city! As the festival looks ahead, they are inviting partners who believe in connection, culture and community to join them in taking it even further.
Sheffield Print Fair are now looking for applications from the city and beyond to display your work. They are also looking for people willing to come and share their print technique.
Are you aged 16-25 and would like to hear about opportunities for involvement in the heritage sector? English Heritage are looking for young people to join their Youth Associates!
If you have ideas for a project, exhibition, event or workshop, please get in touch. Now is the last chance to make the most of Bloc's Matilda Street Meanwhile Space! Contact thomas@blocprojects.co.uk for more info.
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Bloc Projects Meanwhile Space & Members Scheme
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 Colour exhibition at the Millennium Gallery, Credit Andy Brown
Interesting links
In this episode of Selector Behind the Music, climate journalist Greg Cochrane joins Client Earth's Music and Culture Partnerships' lead, Isla Angus.
It has been estimated that 80% of all people worldwide who live with disabilities are living with a non-visible disability. That is over a billion people globally.
News
An incredible new art piece that could be the city’s biggest yet is nearing completion. The city really is an outdoor gallery.
The government sees the high-growth value of the Creative Industries now and in the decades to come.
The commitment of £75 million to expand two major AHRC-led creative industries programmes comes as part of the government’s Creative Industries Sector Plan.
This includes a £150 million Creative Places Growth Fund for six regions outside London, empowering local Mayors to support creative businesses in their communities.
Grants and funding
Three types of grants available to support artists at different stages of their immersive arts journey.
This funding is for organisations in England dealing with the causes of inequality, that being poverty, disadvantage and discrimination.
This project supports small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Yorkshire to grow, become more productive and measure that improvement.
This supports any training that can be bespoke, accredited or non-accredited, that contributes to your growth, development, and resilience.
Jobs, volunteering and opportunities
Culture Sheffield LinkedIn
Visit the Culture Sheffield LinkedIn page where we post about job vacancies, paid opportunities and volunteering in the culture sector.
Art Teacher & Art Club Manager at art-K
Deadline: 6th July 2025
Communications Officer at Sheffield Theatres
Deadline: 6th July 2025
Youth Work Co-ordinator at Base71
Deadline: 7th July 2025
Deadline: 8th July 2025
Immersive Arts Producer at Crossover
Deadline: 23rd July 2025
Board of Trustees and Chairperson at Arts Catalyst
Deadline: 18th August 2025
Young Board Advisors at Utopia Theatre
Deadline: Rolling until 4 suitable candidates apply
Useful bulletins and sites
A digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world, with a Sheffield section on their website.
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