Sharrow Festival is set to make a colourful return to Mount Pleasant Park on Saturday 4 July, bringing one of Sheffield’s best-loved community celebrations back after last year’s event was cancelled due to lack of funding.
First launched in 1997, the free one-day multicultural festival has become a much-loved fixture in the city’s community calendar, bringing together music, dance, food, workshops, children’s activities, local groups and residents from across Sheffield.
This year’s event will run from 12 noon to 8pm and is expected to welcome around 4,000 people throughout the day.
After a year away, organisers say the 2026 festival will be bigger than ever, with four stages across the site and a programme designed to celebrate the energy, creativity and diversity of Sharrow and the wider city.
A major new addition for this year is the Youth Music Stage, programmed by Heeley-based Hybrid 3 Studio, giving young artists and emerging talent a platform to perform at one of Sheffield’s most vibrant community events.
The all-weather pitch will also host the Sheffield Graffiti Jam, with recognised spray can artists from across the country creating work live throughout the day.
Music will be provided by a line-up of Sheffield DJs, including Maypleef and JuJu Master from Calabash!, Donpapa and Magzy from Native Sonics, and DJ Dylor, all powered by Demus sound system.
The Music Stage, hosted by MC Jonny Douglas and headlined by Malachite, will showcase six of Sheffield’s finest bands. The Community Stage will welcome back MC Nige, alongside Cowbird, the latest musical project from Captain Jack Avery, live Nigerian music from Café Sound, belly dancers and more.
For the first time, the festival will also feature Dynamic Dance youth dancers, led by dance leader and youth worker Chekere Williams.
Alan Deadman, one of the festival’s volunteers, said:
“It’s been an uphill struggle to bring the festival back. We’ve been organising fundraising events through the year to get the funds together, but we all feel that it is so important to bring people from all ethnic backgrounds together to enjoy themselves, particularly now when there are people out there trying to sow division and hatred.”
Sharrow Festival has always been shaped by the people who make the area what it is. Its return after a year away is a powerful reminder of what can happen when a community comes together to protect spaces for joy, culture, creativity and belonging.
The festival is free to attend and open to all.
Event Details
Sharrow Festival
Saturday 4 July 2026
12 noon to 8pm
Mount Pleasant Park, Sheffield
Free entry