Sheffield will host more events with greater impact in the future

Development of a new city-wide major events strategy has been given the go ahead. 

Sheffield already has an excellent reputation as a city of major events, festivals and conferences.

The city has played host to some of the UK’s biggest events in recent years, from Women’s Euros 2022 and the Rugby League World Cup, to the 2024 MOBO Awards, and most recently, the third leg of the Tour of Britain. Sheffield was also shortlisted to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in solidarity with Ukraine.

Alongside successfully bidding for some of the most high-profile and internationally significant events, Sheffield is also home of network of its own home-grown festivals.

From DocFest, which has been in the city for over 30 years, to Tramlines, one of the UK’s longest running, city-based music festivals. Sheffield is also home of Off the Shelf and No Bounds, which was recently described by the Guardian as ‘dizzingly daring’ and ‘impressive’.

Earlier this year, a brand-new podcast festival, Crossed Wires, was also launched in the city, attracting talent from across the UK and beyond, to Sheffield.

The city also has a strong track-record for bidding for and hosting a range of world-leading conferences, including the International Coeliac Disease Symposium and the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons.

But this morning (Thursday 31st October 2024) at an Economic Development and Skills Committee meeting, councillors approved the development of a new city-wide major events strategy.

The strategy would seek to take Sheffield's event's offer a step further – attracting more events to the city, better events and by creating a framework to ensure events hosted have a lasting, positive impact on local people, local businesses, communities and the Sheffield economy.

Read more on about the new plan on Sheff News.