Please note- The entries are checked regularly but sometimes events are cancelled or venues change. Please double check venue and date before booking. Sheffield Folk Guide is not responsible for any losses due to changes or errors in the listing. For all sessions please see Jaki’s Sheffield Music Sessions website. The colours of the blocks indicates the type of event:
December 2025
SHEFFIELD CAROLS Come and sing the brilliant local carols in a pub! Please see the Local Carols Website for a list of sings. There is more information about the carols on the useful information page.
Friday 5th December
5/12 The Hunch at Beehive Folk Club, Harthill Village Hall A few floor spots, followed by the guest artist. Tickets are usually £10., email to go on the ticket list and pay (cash) on the door, see club website for details. Bring your own drinks. Five talented musicians at the top of their game. Their unique sound blends folk, rock, pop, Americana, Irish and Spanish music and features rich five-part harmonies and skilful instrumentation
5/12 Folk Club: First Friday Folk at The Commercial, Chapeltown. Acoustic music club with floor spots and guest artist performing “5 a side” 5 songs in both halves. – this month- Gloria Monday
5/12 Mambo Jambo Christmas Party Set at Cafe #9 Doors 7PM These Musical Explorers will be performing, as well as their own compositions, their upbeat mash-up of styles, with elements of roots, jazz, world and folk – on a fabulous array of instruments: Pete on guitar, banjo, vocals, accordion, Cuban tres, ukulele, and Frankie on sax, vocals, clarinet, flute, & between them all kinds of percussion including suitcase and spoons! TICKETS
Saturday 6th December
6/12 Sheffield Folk Chorale at St Mary’s Church, Beighton 2.30PM 
6/12 Magpie Lane at Royal Traditions, The Old Band Room (AKA The Village Hall), Dungworth. The evening includes a tunes session, house songs and song session. Doors 7PM Bar and hot drinks. TICKETS (The last Royal Traditions for a while- will not be running in 2026) Magpie Lane is a five-piece folk band from Oxford, specialising in traditional English songs and dance tunes.
6/12 Melrose Quartet Christmas Party at Crookes Social Club TICKETS Classic Sheffield village carols, contemporary seasonal songs and wassails, joyous harmony singing, and plenty of choruses for you to join in with! A whole new set of “Rudolph Variations” will challenge you in the hilarious quiz that runs through the night, and as usual, there’ll be a “best Christmas jumper” prize too.
6/12 The Fargo Railroad Co. at The Greystones Doors 7.30PM .Well… another orbit of the sun, another reason to celebrate beardedness and fine tunes, come on out to The Greystones where there is only goodness abounding as it’s almost that time of year folks when our fearless Fargo furry friends and family venture forth to celebrate the annual birthday bash. TICKETS
Sunday 7th December
7/12 Well Dressed Band Ceilidh at The Broomhall Centre, Doors 6.30PM. Fundraising for Sharrow Festival. Please bring food to share for a pot luck supper. TICKETS sold out
7/12 Alastair Gordon at Cafe #9 Doors 7PM launching the new single “Promenade” – taken off his forthcoming debut album, set for release in 2026. Since first performing original material on the Berlin open mic scene in his late teens, Alastair’s voice has been shaped into a rich baritone through years of busking and a creative approach to guitar and harmonica have been shaped by adventurous listening habits. TICKETS
7/12 Miranda Sykes, Jim Causley Seasonal Midwinter Show Live at Sam’s – sold out
Tuesday 9th December
9/12 Martin Simpson at The Greystones. One of the UK’s most revered folk performers. His remarkable shows are intense, eclectic, spellbinding and deeply moving, captivating audiences with stories of passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty. Also Weds 10th TICKETS
9/12 Seamus Fogarty at Cafe #9 Doors 7PM London-based experimental Irish folk singer-songwriter TICKETS
Wednesday 10th December
10/12 Martin Simpson at The Greystones. One of the UK’s most revered folk performers. His remarkable shows are intense, eclectic, spellbinding and deeply moving, captivating audiences with stories of passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty. Also Tues 9th TICKETS
Thursday 11th December
11/12 A Winter Union at Firth Hall, 7:30PM. Featuring two well established duo’s, Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts, Ben Savage and Hannah Sanders and superb singer Rhiannon Jade from The Willows expect soaring harmonies and exquisite musicianship as this 5 piece present an evening of fresh arrangements of traditional carols both well loved and little known, seasonal classics and brand new, specially written songs. TICKETS
11/12 Gloria Monday at Nether Edge Bowling Club 8PM start. Fundraising for Rethink Mental Illness charity. This months’ guests are Treebeard TICKETS
11/12 Folk Club: Mike Richards at Crookes Folk Club, The Princess Royal, Slinn Street, Crookes Doors 8.15, starts 8.30. Around 30 mins of floor spots before the guest artist in first and second half. Sign up if you want to perform. Entry by donation (cash only please). See Facebook for details
Friday 12th December
12/12 Icicles and Inglenooks: A Narthen Christmas at Shakespears. Doors 7.30PM heart-lifting music that includes polyphonic, unaccompanied carols from Yorkshire and beyond, and tunes that make you want to dance. Throw into the mix a few irreverent songs about pheasants and other seasonal fare, and you’ve got a show that’ll thaw your icicles and warm your inglenooks. Performing on fiddles, viola, hammer dulcimer, diatonic accordion, hurdy gurdy and more, with Jo Freya, Fi Fraser, Sarah Matthews and Doug Eunson. TICKETS
12/12 Sheffield Folk Chorale at Dore & Totley URC 7PM Tickets: 
12/12 Dance: Ceilidh Soc Ceilidh at The Edge, Endcliffe Student Village. Lively ceilidhs, all are welcome. Mainly students but many older folk also attend. There is usually a dance display by a Sheffield Morris side in the interval. £5 pay on the door. Doors 7.45PM
Sunday 14th December
14/12 Carols in the Winter Garden– Soundpost groups and sings for everyone. 2-4.30PM Details
14/12 Johnny Campbell + Lucy & Hazel at Cafe #9 Doors 7PM. Lucy & Hazel are a Sheffield-based folk duo charming audiences with self penned folk laced with humour, harmonies and heartache. Johnny Campbell emerged onto the UK folk scene writing self-penned material and delving deep into Northern English folk song and story. TICKETS
14/12 The Armitt Family + Archive film: The Kipper Family at Alder Bar, New Musical Traditions Club. Doors 7.30PM, Tunes session before the first act starts at 8PM.Gill, Samuel, Grace and Sean sing Derbyshire village carols in a tradition that their family has continued for centuries. Gill’s father Brian Armitt led the carollers in the villages of Wardlow and Foolow, when the tradition was for the inhabitants of the villages to sing through the night from door-to-door and village-to-village until the dawn rose the next day. TICKETS
14/12 Kate Rusby Christmas Show at Sheffield City Hall Kate Rusby is celebrating 20 years of spreading festive cheer with her beloved Christmas tour, making this year’s tour, ‘Christmas Is Merry’, extra special Tickets
14/12 The Buffalo Skinners at The Greystones Doors 7.30PM Roots-Rock & roll group The Buffalo Skinners are on tour with their fourth album: Picking Up What You’re Putting Down. The band, fronted by the four original members; Peter Seccombe, James Nicholls, Robbie Thompson and Lawrence Menard, the band weaves earthy accordion and fiddle with bluesy Rhodes and guitar, topped by their signature harmonies—now bolstered by new members Clare Quinn and Rebecca Philip. TICKETS
Monday 15th December
15/12 Sheffield Folk Chorale Spitewinter concert 1 at All Saints Church, Ringinglow Road. 7PM, Special Guests Pauline Cato and Ciaran Boyle. TICKETS
Tuesday 16th December
16/12 Sheffield Folk Chorale Spitewinter concert 2 at All Saints Church, Ringinglow Road. 7PM, Special Guests Pauline Cato and Ciaran Boyle. TICKETS
16/12 Folk Club: Hebric at Kiveton Park Folk Club, Kiveton Park Colliery Cricket Club, 8PM. Floor spots before the guest artist, £10 for non-members. The club website is not working. If you want details I can pass you email address on to the club organiser.
Wednesday 17th December
17/12 John Kirkpatrick ‘Carolling And Crumpets’ at Saint Andrews Church, Psalter Lane. Taking its title from John’s unforgettable song telling the Nativity story from the point of view of the animals in the stable, this show is a heart-warming look at the timeless rituals found in the folklore and folk music of England at Midwinter. TICKETS
17/12 Patakas at Cafe #9 Exceptionally talented brothers, Joe and Will Sartin … a skilful, innovative and assured acoustic duo bursting on to the folk scene. With Joe’s sublime voice and guitar playing and Will’s dexterous mandolin, the brothers beautifully and skilfully express the music-making and folk tradition that run through the very core of their family. TICKETS
Thursday 18th December
18/12 The Hearne Family Christmas Carols at Alder Bar (details TBC)
18/12 A Festive Feast of Sheffield Folk at Firth Hall, 7.30PM featuring Rowan Rheingans and Sam Carter, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan and The Magpie Arc. TICKETS
18/12 The Ciderhouse Rebellion/Vagabond at Cafe #9 Doors 7PM A gig of two halves at Sheffield’s quirky, chilled music venue on December 18th with The Ciderhouse Rebellion, the original folk improvisers followed by an about turn into their alter egos, the gypsy jazz virtuosos: Vagabond. TICKETS
Friday 19th December
19/12 Windborne at Upper Chapel, doors 7.30PM. US folk quartet Windborne is an internationally acclaimed group of vocal chameleons who specialise in close harmony singing, shifting effortlessly between drastically different styles of traditional music. Their music spans many continents and cultures, but they remain deeply rooted in American folk singing traditions. TICKETS
Saturday 20th December
20/12 Janice Burns & Jon Doran at Cafe #9 Doors 7PM Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came together after discovering a shared love of traditional music. Their songs tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world. TICKETS sold out
20/12 Scuppered Christmas Party at Coal Aston Village Hall. Doors 7.15PM starts 8PM Tickets OTD (usual price is £15) Bring your own drinks. Details
Sunday 21st December
21/12 The Midsommars at Samuel Worth Chapel 3.30pm & 7.00pm a spellbinding evening of alternative Christmas carols with The Midsommars – a multinational collective of mystical sisters who breathe new life into ancient and contemporary folk songs. TICKETS
Friday 26th December
26/12 Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers Boxing Day Dance 11:00 – Woodhouse Cross, 12:00 – St Mary’s Church, Handsworth (car park behind) Dance and traditional mummer’s play
26/12 Grenoside Sword Dancers Boxing Day Dance 11:00 on Main Street outside the Old Harrow Inn
A full list of events for each month will be available 2 weeks before the beginning of that month, and updated as new events are added. Click on the event for link to ticketing or event website. Sold out gigs- it’s worth checking with venues- some have a few tickets to sell in person, or they may have a waiting list, or returns on the day. For larger events try www.twickets.live. There is more information and advice about venues and attending gigs on the “about us” page. Information/ descriptions in italics are take from ticketing/ artist websites.