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Sheffield Radical Bookfair 2025 - to be confirmed: UPDATE

Venue not decided
Update : NO DATE YET Sheffield Radical Bookfair 2025 remains under discussion, the committee has not announced a venue or date yet. When there is more news, hopefully, the 2025 date will be announced.   In 2023 and 2024, very successful bookfairs ran, including political and publication stalls, meetings/discussions and refreshments.
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Migration Matters Festival 2025

Over 20 venues around Sheffield
Migration Matters Festival is proud to be in its tenth year. A big achievement for this major landmark on the calendar of Sheffield, the country’s first City of Sanctuary. It’s a volunteer-run annual celebration of the positive impact in Sheffield of migrants, diaspora, refugees and asylum seekers, which has been popular, influential and great fun. There’s a short 89-second video…
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Festival of Co-operatives

Manchester and Rochdale (both towns have buses and train is about £25+ return)
A four-day celebration of cooperative activity is being held in Manchester and Rochdale, the place where the modern day co-operative movement was born. For visitors there will be visits to co-operatives in the region, tours of the Rochdale Pioneers Museum, talks, seminars and more. The event marks the International Year of Cooperatives proclaimed by the United Nations and 130th anniversary…
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