Gather under the gaslamps and celebrate the start of the festive season as the much-loved Victorian Christmas Market returns to Kelham Island Museum.

A joy-filled festive market. Full to the brim with incredible local makers and creators – Chatsworth Farm Shop, Bench La Cave, Crumb Sheffield, Pottery West, Nomad Maison and more. With two bars, coffee hangouts and choirs too.

Join Steamworks for an indoor yard sale, just in time for Christmas. Browse 50 pitches of clothing, bric-a-brac and household goods, all from non-business sellers. Also serving hot food, hot drinks, cakes, plus drinks at the bar.

A purr-fectly festive time with Crafty Cats. Let your little ones unleash their inner artist as they create handmade ornaments, decorations, and more.

It’s right before Christmas and high-powered businessman Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is fighting a shopping war in order to buy his son the hottest action figure of the season – Turbo Man.

Food, music and art in a former warehouse, one weekend a month. Plus kids craft activities on the Saturday afternoons. With bonus Christmas crafts for their festive edition.

Join RivelinCo in Hillsborough for their 2024 Festive Makers’ Market. A range of stalls will showcase brilliant local makers, plus refreshments and a raffle.

A brilliantly imaginative, dark fantasy stop-motion animated musical. Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town and attempts to bring Christmas under his control. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Join Heeley's new communal workshop space for their Winter Warmer. With open workshop actives, food, drink, music and stalls.

This Leeds-based trio are known for their unique live performances and madcap antics. They're back once again at Dorothy Pax this December, for what is fast becoming a Paxmas tradition. With support from Captain Hotknives.

Join Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra for their annual Christmas Concert. A festive afternoon for all ages, filled with Christmas classics including music from The Nutcracker, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and more.

Calling all indie-loving families with babies and young children: bop on down to the next Indie Kids disco. December's Christmas Bop will play the least annoying Christmas songs by The Pogues, Elton John, Ron Sexsmith, Pretenders, Low, and more.

Bring the little ones for a magical morning filled with festive fun.

A 1951 classic. Miserly Victorian businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is persuaded to change his ways one Christmas by visitations from the ghost of his former business partner and the spirits of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come.

Independent Abbeydale celebrate the independent ethos of the businesses in the Abbeydale Road area, south of the city centre. Join them for their Winter Festival. With food, kids activities, music, and street-wide pop-up events. Details coming soon.

Join Janine Dyer and her renowned Sheffield Community Choir at Sheffield Cathedral for a joyous evening celebrating Christmas.

Celebrate the start of the holiday season in style with Grow's annual festive quiz.

Join flautist Kristýna Farag and harpist Ruth Lee for their winter concert at Cafe #9 in Nether Edge. Featuring music and yuletide stories from around the globe – from classic Christmas favourites to contemporary winter-themed pieces.

Join Ladies, Wine & Design (LWD) at Bon in Broomhill to craft vibrant, colourful garlands to celebrate the festive season. The perfect way to add a cheer to your space or create a special homemade gift. Beginners welcome, all materials provided.

A magical night of music and holiday cheer.

A joyful Christmas celebration in aid of Support Dogs, helping them save and improve the lives of children and adults with challenging medical conditions.

One of the UK’s premier swing orchestras stop in Sheffield on their Christmas tour, transporting you to a world of timeless classics and fresh takes on festive favourites.

A seasonal celebration with carols for choir, singalongs for the audience and gems for the band. Including local Sheffield carols and a long-forgotten carol by Barnsley composer Arthur Godfrey.

Screenprint your very own Christmas stockings, just in time for the big man’s arrival. Add colourful designs and decorate with markers and more to make them extra special. All ages welcome.

Join Andro and Eve at Sidney and Matilda for a festive party and queer cabaret hosted by drag artist and burlesque star Rhys Pieces.

Join Abbeydale Singers for an evening of festive music.

Film Girls Galore is a club bringing women and girls together to discuss film and forge friendships. Join them for the nostalgic and iconic How The Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Jim Carrey. Followed by crafts.

Celebrate the festive season with OEC's Christmas comedy drag show.

Enjoy an amazing night of Drag Bingo hosted by local drag sensation Emma Maezin, that will have you calling out HOUSE (down boots!).

After realising he doesn't fit in with the other elves, Buddy sets out to find a place where he belongs – in search of his dad in New York City.

A bittersweet anime comedy set on Christmas Eve in Tokyo. The film follows three homeless people – a middle aged alcoholic, a former drag queen and a runaway teen. When they find a baby, they attempt to reunite the baby with its parents.

Sheffield Arts Lab (SHLAB) return to take on the folk tradition of a mummers’ play. Followed by the fourth annual Hearnes Christmas Carols sing-along hosted by Rebecca L Hearne, Ray Hearne and Emily Hearne. Donations to Prostate Cancer Care.

Playing material from the likes of Dr.John, James Booker and Louis Armstrong along with a selection of festive hits, the New Orleans-style pianist returns to The Greystones for his annual Christmas show.

A ridiculous, delusional hot pink and denim fantasy, told through Glitterbomb Dancers’ signature high energy dancing, drag, comedy and chaotic queer aesthetic.

Celebrate the holiday season with festive fun at the National Videogame Museum with their new Christmas Lates.

Join the Toolmakers Comedy Club for their Christmas Special. A night of laughs and festive cheer, with a lineup of comedians who will have you in stitches all night long.

Sheffield’s one and only Everly Pregnant Brothers return once again to the Octagon for their annual Christmas show.

A festive film favourite. Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for the holidays in this action-packed adventure.

Join storyteller Adrian Finney and folk singer Rebecca L Hearne for a night of folk tales and dark folk music from Christmas past. Plus radishes. Named after Noche De Rábanos, aka the Night of the Radish, a Mexican Christmas tradition.

Released in 1946, this black and white iconic film is the heartwarming treat you need on a chilly December night.

It's that time of year again... where friends, families and strangers on the internet argue over whether Die Hard is a Christmas film. Seeing John McClane take on Hans Gruber at this time of year is almost as much of a tradition as Christmas itself.

Millennium Gallery’s new annual selling showcase celebrating excellence in making across the region and beyond.

Based on Raymond Briggs' well-loved character. After a hard night's work on Christmas Eve, Father Christmas goes on holiday. But he discovers he's forgotten to deliver one present – to a certain resident at Buckingham Palace. From 29 November.

Belt out Let It Go and Do You Want to Build a Snowman? at this special screening of the Disney fave.

Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol can sometimes be a bit of a grizzly tale (especially when the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come appears on the scene), but the Muppets brighten the Christmas tale right up.

A folk tradition, filling pubs with the sound of locally written songs that have passed down the generations. Gather in the pubs to join in the sings this November and December.

The killer rock musical comes to the Crucible in time for Christmas. When flower shop assistant Seymour acquires a mysterious new plant, he names it ‘Audrey II’ after his crush. But this plant’s out for blood.