Nightlife in Sheffield

26 clubs, live music venues and late-night spots in Sheffield.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Beauchief Golf Club
A varied, par 67 course, with sloping fairways and a stream to contend with. In the grounds of Beauchief Abbey (11th century) with views of the Peak District. Clubhouse equipped with bar on-site.
Daily 9:30AM–10:30PM
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Birley Wood Golf Club
Large course on the plateau of a hill; there are views over the city. Accessible to beginners and children, while still being quite challenging. Golf buggies available to hire. There is a pub just off-site.
Daily 7AM–3:30PM
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Cafe#9
A coffee shop by day and an intimate live music venue by night, Cafe #9 is a distinctive space whose eclectic décor reflects the character and creativity of its Sheffield surroundings. Gigs take place most nights and tend to lean towards folk music. Easily reached by the No.56 bus from the city centre or a 30 minute walk
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Corporation
A dirty rock club with dirty cheap vodka, just the way the locals like it. There's 'Skool Disco' every Wednesday night (free admission in school uniform) and metal/goth on Saturdays. Fridays is skate and metal downstairs and something of a mix of dance, indie and classics upstairs. Mondays are popular with the student crowd, playing music everyone seems to know.
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Foundry and Fusion
A fiercely active union night club that packs in students from Tu-Sa. The Tuesday Club is a surprisingly pricey hip-hop and drum & bass night that pulls in many big names. Roar on Wednesday night is big on cheap alcopops and inebriated sports teams. Friday is Space in the Octagon, a "chart" night, while visiting club nights and Climax, South Yorkshire's biggest gay club rotate monthly in the Fusion/Foundry. Saturdays is Pop Tarts, hosting 2 rooms (one is 1960s, 70s and "rock and roll", the other 1980s, 90s and 2000s).
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Sheffield Eagles Rugby Football Club
rugby league
The team plays in the Championship, which is the second tier in English rugby league. The 2017 season marked their return to a permanent home venue for the first time in several years.
£18 for adults, £14 for concessions, £5 for under 16s
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Sheffield Football Club
A minor team playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South. Yes, we really are recommending you attend a non-league game of a team whose last major win was in 1904. So what makes Sheffield F.C. special and internationally-important? Only that it is the oldest association football club in the world, having been founded in 1857! FIFA marked the club's 150th anniversary in 2007, when SFC played special matches against Ajax and Inter Milan, which Pelé attended, at Bramall Lane.
First team: £8 for adults, £4 for concessions
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Sheffield Giants American Football Club
The Giants play in the top division of the UK's fledgling American football league, and receive backing and players from the two universities' NFL teams.
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Sheffield Hallam Hockey Club
field hockey
One of the top hockey clubs in the UK, playing both men and women's teams at all levels both indoors and outdoors. The men's first team play in the English Hockey League (national/top tier), while the ladies' first team play in the Northern Hockey League (regional/second tier).
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Sheffield O2 Academy
It's in the centre of the city, and offers live music from popular artists and occasional club nights.
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Sheffield Steelers
ice hockey
An ice hockey team that play in the Elite Ice Hockey League, which is the top tier for the sport in the UK. There is a strong family ethos within the club, and the match atmosphere is rather Americanised, in great contrast to what you would find at local football.
£6-17
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The Common Room
Large pool/sports bar. 12 American pool tables. Cheap drinks weekdays between 5 and 8 and a good cocktail menu.
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The Frog & Parrot
A popular pub with a long history, in days gone by offering what it claimed as the strongest ale legally served in a British pub. These days it offers food and locally-brewed real ales and often features live music.
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The Harley
Plays host to cutting edge live music and varied club nights.
Open Late til 4AM on event nights
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The Night Kitchen
Somewhat more difficult of a find for the visitor due to its location outside of the city centre, this trendy club occupying an old cutlery factory was named as one of the ten best in the country by The Guardian in 2015.
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The Nottingham House
"The Notty"
As it is better known has been extensively refurbished. Catering for locals, visitors and students, it really is a pub worth a visit. Home-made pies are a speciality and real ales are aplenty. Occasional live music on Thursday nights with acts from near and far. Pool table is very good value at 50p.
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The Viper Rooms
Four-room nightclub with the feel of a cocktail bar. Dress code applies at weekends, but is relaxed during the week to cater for the student crowd.
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Tinsley Park Golf Club
18-hole, par 70 parkland course measuring over lots of hills and slopes. Fairways and greens to challenge all ages and abilities. On-site clubhouse with bar and catering.
Mon–Fri 7AM–5PM; Sat Sun 6:30AM–7PM
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West Street Live
Live venue (leans towards unsigned artists) that doubles as a bar-club, with expansive dancefloor and a late licence. Known to locals and students alike for its cheap drinks offers, and the flyers covering the walls of the venue advertising said offers.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest
International Documentary Festival; 7-12 June 2018
Held at the Showroom Workstation (behind the cinema) and other venues across the city. One of the biggest and best documentary film festivals in the world, with talks from high-profile speakers, special events, live music, parties and of course many film screenings, culminating in an awards ceremony.
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Sheffield Food Festival
26 - 28 May 2018
Held for three days over the spring bank holiday, the last weekend in May. Spread across Fargate, the Peace Gardens, Millennium Square and the Winter Garden. A culinary festival showcasing Sheffield's best offerings of food and drink with fresh hot food stalls, pop up bars, cookery master classes, chef demos and of course plenty of local produce sold. On Fargate, there is al fresco dining and drinking with a soundtrack of live music and DJ sets.
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Sheffield Hallam University Student's Union
This unusually shaped steel building is a bar downstairs and a club upstairs with four rooms playing different music genres.
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Steel City Beer & Cider Festival
10-13 October 2018
Held at Kelham Island Museum. Sheffield's official CAMRA-supported drinking festival has been going for over 40 years. Sample a great many local and international beers, ciders and perries, while enjoying live music and tasty street food from local producers.
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Tramlines Festival
20-23 July 2018
Sheffield's annual summer music festival. Tramlines attracts over 100 artists and groups, and is well-known for its cheap (and often free) concerts. The party atmosphere spills out into the streets as locals and visitors aim to enjoy themselves to the max. Don't miss the nightly after-parties held at club venues in town.
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Code
New club mostly hosting student nights and touring DJs.
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Fagan
Is a cosy chintz-free Irish pub with regular live music.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Sheffield (CC BY-SA 4.0).