Tramlines festival – Sheffield music city 2010

23-25 July 2010 Our biggest musical weekend of the year, Sheffield music city, will soon be upon us. And the main part of that weekend will once again be the Tramlines festival. Last year’s Tramlines was really good. The atmosphere around town was pretty special and even if you aren’t a music fan, it is [...]

Sheffield Pride 2010

Saturday 26 June, Endcliffe park Just a reminder that today sees Sheffield Pride 2010 take place in Endcliffe park. This is the third year that the city has hosted a major Pride event and it continues to grow. With the weather looking good, there is no reason why this year’s won’t be the biggest yet. [...]

Sheffield music festivals in 2010

How many will we see in Sheffield this year? The first Sheffield music city/Tramlines festival was a generally seen as a big success and last month’s announcement regarding both the scale and line up for the 2010 festival hint that this year’s could be even better. However, Tramlines is not the only music festival happening [...]

Tramlines festival 2009: the documentary

Highlights from last summer’s music festival This was plugged on the Facebook Tramlines fan page earlier: This year’s event takes place 23-25 July.

Sheffield on Twitter – March 2010 update

Twitter latest Here are this month’s additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on  Twitter. The full directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page. There is also a Twitter list of people and organisations in Sheffield in Twitter. Seven hills – 21st century women’s institute @sevenhillswi Showroom cinema [...]

Sheffield – city of culture 2013?

The city’s culture debate A free event is taking place this month at the City hall which will see a panel discuss what makes a city a great cultural destination and why is culture important: As Sheffield bids to become the first UK city of culture 2013, we bring together a diverse panel of national [...]

Sheffield and Meadowhall Christmas TV ads

Selling shopping The council and Meadowhall have made adverts for the Christmas season. Brace yourselves for the coach-loads of Londoners descending on the Moor to finish their Christmas shopping.

Grin up north 2009

England’s biggest comedy festival (1-31 October 2009) In a previous post I picked out some of the highlights from this year’s Off the shelf festival of reading and writing. Running during the same month is Grin up north comedy festival, so you are sure to find something to brighten up the autumn evenings as the [...]

Off the shelf Sheffield 2009

The festival of reading and writing (10-31 October 2009) Two of the city’s biggest cultural festivals return this autumn and by the look of the programmes, the line-ups this year are better than ever. Off the shelf is 18 years old and features the usual selection of readings, workshops, exhibitions, storytelling, talks, walks and poetry. [...]

Sheffield on Twitter – update nine

August 2009 update Here are this month’s additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on  Twitter. The full directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page. Paul Scriven – leader of Sheffield city council @Paulscriven Jon McClure – Reverend and the Makers front man @JonMcClure Cocoa  – chocolate shop [...]

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