Sheffield Magazine

23/01/2025

Clear your calendars for Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th January as Kelham’s The Mowbray, Victoria, and The Chimney House are opening their doors to the public for a weekend of wedding inspiration at their Winter Love Wedding & Events Open House! 💍💒

Held across three of Sheffield’s most charming red brick venues within walking distance of each other in Neepsend, allowing you to float between the three.

It isn’t only a wedding venue that you may find at the event though, as open house also brings together some of the finest wedding creatives in the industry, all ready to offer their expertise and inspire you for your big day.

Open House is open 11am-3pm, be sure to register early for the event, as the first 100 guests to do so will be treated to a complimentary glass of fizz or Big Day Punch upon arrival at The Mowbray. Register and pre-order roast dinner butties (Sunday only) on The Mowbray’s website.

Find full details here: https://www.sheffieldmagazine.co.uk/post/kelham-s-most-loved-wedding-venues-open-house-is-back

Happy Wedding planning! 🥹🫶🏻

21/01/2025

Theatre lovers, this one’s for you! 🎭

The National Youth Theatre has announced their biggest ever round of free auditions for aspiring young creatives, taking place in 14 cities across the UK including here in Sheffield.

Auditions will be held on Saturday 1st March, and are open to individuals aged 14-25, as well as disabled and neurodivergent young people up to the age of 30.

Find out more information: https://www.sheffieldmagazine.co.uk/post/prepare-for-your-start-in-the-arts-as-national-youth-theatre-auditions-come-to-sheffield

13/12/2024

Bradley Simpson to head to Leadmill next year with his debut solo album

You may know him as the lead singer of The Vamps, but now he is solo artist, Bradley Simpson, and he’s coming to our Steel City next year.

Initially forming The Vamps in 2011, posting music on Youtube in 2012, and releasing their debut album in 2014, the band quickly rose in the charts at the height of the roar for boybands. Though still together, releasing music and touring, lead singer, Bradley Simpson, is exploring and expanding his creative boundaries by also pursuing a solo career.

Find out more: https://wix.to/gDHUoxh

25/11/2024

🚨 This is not a drill! ‼️

Tramlines have announced the first wave of acts for 2025’s festival! 🤩

Gracing Hillsborough Park in July, previously leaked in this week’s will be Friday headliners and curators Pulp, Saturday’s headliners The Reytons and closing the Main Stage on Sunday will be Kasabian. 👏🏻

Also previously leaked via Hendo’s bottle earlier in the week were Franz Ferdinand Rizzle Kicks Natasha Bedingfield The Lathums The Sherlocks The Last Dinner Party and Sigrid! 👀

Newly announced today for Friday, which is a day curated by Pulp, are Spiritualized, Hot Chip DJ, Baxter Dury, I Monster and Oracle Sisters.

Additions for Saturday are The K’s, Heather Small, The Futureheads, The Rosadocs, Freddie Halkon, Chloe Slater, K Dot, Daydreamers, She’s in the Parties, The Leadmill Studio Orchestra and special guests the Everly Pregnant Brothers.

To close the weekend, CMAT, Scouting for Girls, The Royston Club, Luvcat and Cliffords join the lineup. 🎶

Make sure to book your tickets early! Presale will be live from 6pm on Thursday 28 November for those who are signed up on the Tramlines website. General sale will go live at 12pm on Friday 29 November. 🎫

25/07/2024

Our Tramlines edition is here! 🥳🎪

Have you read it yet? 👀 If not, here's a sneak peek of all of the festival goodness inside!

The magazine covers everything you need to know about this year's festival including music, comedy and entertainment, Little Hillsborough, food and drink and Tramlines' work in the community.

Read Steel City Snapper’s Tramlines timeline, exclusive interviews with Harri Larkin and Annie Jude’s, main stage and T'Other stage headliner breakdowns and our recommendations of local acts to watch! 👀

With thanks to our wonderful team of writers, Tramlines, The Leadmill, DediKATed PR and Chuff Media PR.

The magazine is available now here: sheffieldmagazine.co.uk/tramlines-2024

24/07/2024

It’s Tramlines week! 🤩🥳

To celebrate, we’ve put together our very first Sheffield Magazine, Magazine, and it’s a whopping 50-page Tramlines Edition! 😮‍💨

Inside you’ll find everything you need to know about this year’s festival including music, comedy and entertainment, stallholders, food and drink and Tramlines’ work in the community.

Read a Tramlines timeline made by our own Steel City Snapper, exclusive interviews with Harri Larkin and Annie Jude’s, main stage and T’Other stage headliner breakdowns and our recommendations of local acts to watch! 👀

The magazine is available now on our website and issuu via the link in our bio!

With thanks to our wonderful team of writers, Tramlines, The Leadmill, DediKATed PR and Chuff Media PR.

Read here: https://www.sheffieldmagazine.co.uk/tramlines-2024

Tramlines The Leadmill

22/07/2024

Freddie is back! 🤩

The Lyceum Theatre’s legendary Mercury statue (affectionately named Freddie by Sheffield Theatres staff) has returned back to his spot atop the building’s green dome, looking over Sheffield’s skyline.

Early last year, a condition report on the statue was carried out by Sally Strachey Historic Conservation Ltd., concluding that further inspection and repairs were required.

The statue of Mercury was crafted by Wendy Wall in 1990. The figure stands around 12-foot-tall and was made using fibreglass with a layer of paint on the outside containing copper flakes. The current statue is a replica of one which adorned the Lyceum during its early years as a theatre. It is unknown when the original statue was removed, or whether it still exists, although there is suggestion that it was detached sometime after the Theatre Royal (formerly opposite the Lyceum on Tudor Square) suffered a fire in 1935 and was demolished officially in 1936.

We’re well chuffed to see Freddie back pride of place where he belongs 👋 We’ve missed him!

Sheffield Theatres

19/07/2024

Take a bow Sheffield Theatres because Chariots of Fire is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ masterpiece!

We recently attended the opening night of Robert Hastie’s final show as Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, and all we can say is wow! 🤩

Well, that isn’t ALL we can say, as we’ve written a full review which you can read on our blog here: https://www.sheffieldmagazine.co.uk/post/review-chariots-of-fire-goes-for-gold-at-the-crucible

Find out what we loved about the cast, set, costuming and staging of this timeless and timely production. 🏃‍♂️

Photos by Johan Persson.

17/07/2024

There’s only 4 more days to catch Come From Away UK at the Lyceum, and we’ve given it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

Come From Away is a heartwarming musical that tells the true story of the 7,000 stranded airline passengers who were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland and the people living there that welcomed and comforted them after the 9/11 attacks.

The narrative unfolds with humour, compassion, and the cast portrays multiple roles to highlight the diverse experiences and stories of both the townsfolk and the passengers.

Read our full review live now at sheffieldmagazine.co.uk!

Sheffield Theatres

15/05/2024

We’re looking for theatre writers! 🎭

If you love theatre and would like to write for Sheffield Magazine, we’d love to hear from you!

Drop us a DM or email us at [email protected]!

13/05/2024

BONGO’S BINGO RETURNS! 🍾

Bongo's Bingo has just announced that following the O2’s ongoing closure, they will now move over to their new home at The Octagon!

Don’t miss out on the action, the debut show launches on Friday 14th June, with further dates to be announced soon.

Doors open at 6pm, with last entry at 6.30pm. The game begins at 7pm.

Tickets are available at bongosbingo.co.uk!

30/04/2024

To mark his upcoming 3000th gig, and his new album Undefeated, singer-songwriter Frank Turner will be attempting a world record for the most gigs in different cities in 24 hours - an attempt that will see him play Sheffield’s The Foundry this Saturday 4 May, in partnership with Bear Tree Records!

You can read all about it at sheffieldmagazine.co.uk. Tickets for the show are now sold out.

Words by Dave, Steel City Snapper
Photo by Lukas Rauch

26/04/2024

We sure do look different… 👀

We’ve decided to switch up our vibe, it’s been a while.

Our original logo (last image) was designed back in 2022, and while we still love it, it felt disconnected from the style of the website and wider content that we would like to create.

So it’s out with the old and in with the new in time for summer and an extra special project 🤫

❤️🩶🩵🤍

02/04/2024

We can’t wait for Rock N Roll Circus to close our summer! 🎪

Some lovely words from Sheffield Magazine 🙌🏼❤️

We're over the moon with all the love we've received from releasing the latest round of artists, many of who come from this brilliant city!

Roll on August 🕺🏼💃🏻🪩

29/02/2024

Tramlines have just announced the second wave of acts for this year’s festival, and we’re well chuffed!

Adding to the music lineup, Tramlines have treated us to The Pigeon Detectives and Balancing Act 👀

But this announcement is largely for the comedy acts, Open Arms showcase and club nights, and there isn’t half some amazing talent gracing Hillsborough this summer!

Read more here: https://www.sheffieldmagazine.co.uk/post/tramlines-unveils-stellar-2024-comedy-and-open-arms-lineups