Tuesday 30th September Open Forum
7pm Lower Hall, Victoria Hall, Norfolk Street S1 2JB (enter via Chapel Walk). Organised by Sheffield Palestine Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid.
Saturday 4th October Sheffield Nablus Live Link Concert
5pm Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, S10 1TD In Solidarity with Palestine
Sheffield Nablus 2025 – the live-link concert is back for a third year!
The live-link will run from 5pm to 7pm with performances from Nablus and Sheffield, followed by food and an evening of live artists featuring Tayo Aluko, followed by the Juju Club decks.
In recent years, Sheffield has forged close cultural and educational links with Nablus in the West Bank. In 2024, the two cities signed an official Declaration of Friendship.
The Sheffield Nablus live-link concert is organised by Palfest Sheffield, Sheffield Nablus Twinning Association and Nablus partners, Seeds Association for Development and Culture. The unique format delivers a diverse evening of music, dance and spoken word, with performances alternating between the two cities. Audiences in Nablus and Sheffield and share the experience via live-link screens. Last year’s event saw Crookes Social Club filled to capacity.
“We’re thrilled that the multi-talented artist and activist Tayo Aluko will be on the bill, alongside quality jazz musicians like Graham Jones and Peter Watt. Sheffield’s unique, women’s Palestine solidarity choir, Tadhamon, will be sharing powerful messages sung in both English and Arabic.”
Two hours of performance will be followed by an interval with food before Sheffield’s JuJu Club takes to the decks and gets everyone on their feet.
Proceeds from the concert will go to the Nablus-based, Seeds Association for Development and Culture. Seeds runs community projects and responds to local emergencies through a network of just under 350 volunteers. The association is also supporting the emergency effort in Gaza, through nutrition hubs and a blood donation campaign.
Tickets are £15, £10 for low-waged, or watching online. Additional donations welcomed. Tickets are available at: SheffieldNabluslivelink
For further information contact:
Julie Pearn, secretary, Sheffield Nablus Twinning Association Tel: 07951141642 Email: Sheffieldnablus@gmail.com
Sunday 5th October Manningham Mills Strike – commemoration and march
1pm Lister Mills, Bradford BD9 5BD, then march to Lister Park (about half a mile) led by the Unite Brass Band where there will be speeches etc.
An invitation has been extended to Sheffield TUC from Unite the Union to support this event/demonstration organised by Bradford & Shipley TUC to commemorate the historic Manningham Mills workers’ strike in the late 19th C.
Please bring your banners (and also any of the miners branches also with their banners, as we know from records of the strike there was a lot of support from the miners and others).
Saturday 11th October National Demo (LONDON): END THE GENOCIDE!
COACH DEPARTURE TIMES & PICK UP/DROP OFF LOCATIONS:
PLEASE NOTE – these times are 15 minutes earlier than previously
07.30am – HANIFAH MASJID (CAR PARK), 374 Sheffield Rd, Tinsley, Sheffield S9 1RQ
07.45am – HUBS PATERNOSTER ROW, S1 2QQ
08.05am – CHESTERFIELD TOWN HALL (CAR PARK), S40 1JF
*COACHES WILL DEPART PROMPTLY FROM PICK UP LOCATIONS. PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTURE TIMES.
**PLEASE BOOK TICKETS FROM YOUR PREFERRED PICK UP/DROP OFF LOCATION.
THE COACH WILL LEAVE LONDON AT 4.30pm FROM AN AGREED LOCATION NEAR THE END OF THE MARCH.
(It normally returns by 9pm)
The coach tickets cost £25 waged and £10 unwaged.
We have sponsored tickets for those not able to come but wanting to support those who do travel to London by donating a seat (£25) and free tickets for young children (under 16) who travel with adult supervision.
For tickets please click this link https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/6883073/chk/c02b/?modal_widget=true&widget=true
We are encouraging people who can to pay a £10 donation so we can keep the price of tickets down.
Thursday 23rd October Climate Conversations
7pm – 9pm Doors at 6:40pm 38 Mappin St Sheffield City Centre S1 4DT
Climate Conversations Sheffield presents the Barstool Project findings
What does the average citizen think about climate change and what to do about it? We present our research from the streets of Sheffield.
“We (Lauren Jones and Dr “Kathy Aston) are Climate Conversations Sheffield, and we have spent over three years listening to ordinary people in shopping centres, markets, sports centres, parks, and other public spaces talk about climate change. We asked them three open questions: how did they feel about it; what did they think had the biggest effect on climate change; and what did they think should be done about it – and by whom.
The answers might surprise you!”
Friday 28th – Sunday 30th November Sheffield Transformed Festival
Sheffield Transformed are running a festival again in 2025
We are excited to be launching an open call for session proposals! If you have thoughts on sessions you would like to see, or better yet be involved in running, please fill out our session proposal form *by 15th September*
https://forms.gle/oZDzp4ChJMmVFVRB7
We are particularly interested in concepts with a participatory element, which bridge politics, art and culture to engage and inform audiences in new ways.
We will have a space for stalls that attendees can browse throughout the day; please do let us know if you or your organisation or campaign group would like a stall by completing this form:
https://forms.gle/HXcCUU9swMei6xTT6
Please share with your contacts!