Performance Venues

Announcing: L.Y.R. 🌔

L.Y.R. are UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, producer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Pearson, and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Richard Walters. After sell-out shows in previous years, a breath taking performance at the 2025 BBC Proms, and following two highly acclaimed albums, the trio are undertaking their most extensive tour to date, featuring songs from their much-anticipated new album Dark Sky Reservation.

📆 Wednesday 9th December, 2026
📍 Firth Hall
🎟️ On sale now! https://tinyurl.com/73vf7yjz

Announcing: Orchestra Baobab

Founded in 1970 in Dakar, Orchestra Baobab is more than just a band—it is an institution, a cornerstone of African music. Initially a club formation inspired by the Afro-Cuban fever that swept through West Africa, Baobab quickly forged a unique style, blending Mandinka, Wolof, and Serer sounds with Latin rhythms and timeless elegance.

Join us for a deep dive into the soul of Senegal.

🎟️ On sale now: https://tinyurl.com/yv2jndyk
📆 8pm, Monday 12th October
📍Octagon Centre

Friday night = sorted ✅

Dabbers at the ready, there's still time to get tickets for our next Bongo's Bingo! Expect prizes, singalongs, dance offs, and that TGIF feeling.

🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/2nhvwj63
⏰Doors 7pm, last entry 8:30pm

On sale now! Mariam sings Amadou & Mariam, The Mary Wallopers and DMA's! 😍

Tickets here: https://performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/whats-on/

Announcing: MARIAM sings Amadou & Mariam

Experience the sounds of Malian, worldbeat music with one half of the legendary duo Amadou and Mariam.

Mariam is returning to the road after the passing of Amadou, who was also her husband. Accompanied by her faithful musicians, she carries the melodies that have made the couple a success, and brings them to the Octagon stage.

🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/ysbvsfbz
📆 Thursday 5th November, 2026
📍 Octagon Centre

Chuck Prophet live at Firth Hall! The California native's unique brand of Americana has been loved by audiences since 1990, racking up more than a dozen critically acclaimed solo records. 🎤

Rolling Stone - 'a streetwise kid with an eye for the country'
Uncut - a 'renaissance-rocker'
NPR - 'no one can turn tales from the outer limits into catchy songs quite like Prophet does.'

🎟️ Tickets available through the link below!
https://tinyurl.com/3bvduwnr

📆 Friday 27th November, 2026
⏰ 7:30 pm
📍 Firth Hall

🚨Gig Announcement: The Mary Wallopers🚨

SJM Concerts presents The Mary Wallopers plus special guests!

Don't miss The Mary Wallopers as they return to bring their iconic twist on Irish folk music to The Octagon stage!

“The punk spirit of Irish traditional music” Mojo

“Injecting a thrillingly contemporary political zeal into a songbook that was dying to be dragged into the 21st century” NME

“A raucous power to traditional Irish music not seen since the heyday of The Pogues” UNCUT

🎟️Tickets on sale Friday 12 June 9:30 am

🗓️Monday 19 October, 2026
📍Octagon Centre

An Intimate Piano Performance from Lambchop 🎹

After a run of memorable shows, including appearances at London’s Barbican and Primavera Sound, Lambchop returns to Europe and the UK for a new series of intimate performances.

Lambchop has consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around its creative centre, frontman Kurt Wagner. Initially indebted to traditional country, the band’s music has subsequently moved through a range of influences including post-rock, soul and lounge music. Whatever the style, the characteristic mood of Lambchop’s music is evoked by Wagner’s distinctive song writing: lyrically subtle and ambiguous, the vocals melodic but understated.

🎟️ Tickets available through the link below!
https://tinyurl.com/yc7vfhuh

📆 Wednesday 25th November, 2026
⏰ 7:00 pm
📍 Octagon Centre
Lambchop is a Band