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Lowkey at Yellow Arch

Yellow Arch Studios, 30-36 Burton Rd, Neepsend, Sheffield S3 8BX
One of Britain’s best socially conscious hip hop poets, Lowkey brings his Soundtrack to the Struggle tour to Sheffield, live at Yellow Arch Studios. Alongside long time collaborator Akala, Lowkey uses his music to challenge the status quo and injustices both at home in London and worldwide.  
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Lick of Paint Fest

Various venues
Lick of Paint is a new festival to celebrate Sheffield’s long history of graffiti culture and street art. It was founded by Megan Russell (AKA Peachzz) and Alastair Flindall to showcase local and new talent and encourage people’s creativity. At numerous sites across the city, there will be free workshops, talks and events, with artists from Sheffield and the Yorkshire…
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Reading the names of Gaza's children killed

Sheffield Rail Station, Sheaf Street S1 2BP
At Sheffield Railway Station on Friday September 5, 2025, dozens of volunteers will be reading out the names of 18,500 children killed in Gaza by Israel’s military, to raise awareness of the horrific crimes against Palestinians over many decades. There are so many names that the event is predicted to last over 18 hours from a 6am start until about…
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Job vacancy at Lembas

Lembas is Hiring! Established since 1983, Lembas is a worker’s co-operative supplying vegetarian and vegan foods, organic, fair-trade products, and household goods across the region, to businesses and private homes. They also sell from their Heeley premises and from their retail shop “Down to Earth” on Sharrow Vale Road, Hunters Bar. The vacancy is for a Co-op Member in Production/Warehousing,…
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South Yorkshire Festival

Wortley Hall, Wortley, Sheffield S35 7DB
The annual family and cultural festival and celebration of the Trade Union and Labour Movement in South Yorkshire held in Wortley Hall – which is co-operatively owned and run, in the hands of the Labour Movement for decades. Fun for all ages, with dozens of stalls, crafts, gifts, dancers, face painting, bouncy castles, rides and games, music and entertainers, bars,…
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Remembering the Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Outside City Hall, Barkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2HB
A ceremony for the 80th anniversary commemoration of the horrific atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 Aug 1945. 200,000 people were killed, and many more, plus their descendants, have suffered health problems as a result of the bombing. The event will also celebrate the work of Mayors for Peace and the UN…
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