Sheffield: What’s going on this September?

Sheffield is the place to be this September as a hub of un-missable activities and action, so clear your diaries and make sure you visit as many events as you can from our great list, trust us you’ll be a fool not to.  

Festival of the Mind: 18th – 28th September

In its second outing, this festival sees the collaboration between the City and the University of Sheffield teams academics with cultural, creative, digital industries from Sheffield to bring their research to life.

Following on from the highly successful inaugural Festival of Mind in 2012, which was visited by more than 18,000 people, this year’s event focuses on six key themes: Change, Chaos, Global, Joy, Resilience and Urban.

The festival will appear all over the city and events such as Chaotic Chemical Waves, Computer Love 2.0 and Sounds of the Cosmos are not to be missed. To book tickets or to see which events are free to attend check out their 2014 programme today.

Sensoria – 27^th September – 4^th October

The month of September also brings the UK’s festival of film and music, Sensoria. Beginning on the 27^th September and continuing into the month of October, the festival brings a wonderful appetiser in the form of Nick Cave’s 20,000 Days of Earth which has a showing at the Showroom Cinema on the 17^th.

Sensoria festival itself represents the cities creative, technical innovation and rich musical heritage perfectly, with a mixture of screenings, performances, talks and exhibitions.  The Sensoria team have collated a great timeline of Sheffield music including Heaven 17, Moloko and Arctic Monkeys to showcase ‘’The DNA of Sheffield Music’’ and the musical powerhouse that is Sheffield.

We would highly recommended that you visit Bands on the Run, the UK premiere of Alive Inside and the Stop Making Sense 30^th year anniversary screening which is a live stage show featuring the Talking Heads.

Check out their site to see the event dates and to support the non-profit company, you can donate here, to keep the festival running for many years to come.

The BUPA Great Yorkshire Run – 28^th September

If you’re feeling sporty this month, get your running shoes on and enter the Great Yorkshire Run which takes place Sunday the 28^th September, even if you’re not feeling sporty you can spectate the event for free and cheer on runners of all ages and sizes.

The run was first launched in 2007 with 5,000 runners partaking in the 10km route around the Steel City of Sheffield. Over the course of the last 5 years the size of the entrants has doubled with many famous faces and world-class athletes taking to the route.

 To suit each and every partaker the event now includes BUPA Junior and Mini Great Yorkshire Run events. It’s a great family day out and features live music performances all over the city and course, to book your place or to find out more about the event check out their website.

MADE – 24^th – 25^th September

Got a passion for entrepreneurship? Well get yourself down to the MADE Entrepreneur Festival in Sheffield. The event will take place in the Ballroom of the Sheffield City Hall and will give you a great chance to network with people within your chosen industry.

Over the course of the two days, the event will feature names such as Levi Roots, Jamal Edwards and Michelle Mone, who will be delivering keynote presentations as well as being on an interactive panel discussing entrepreneurship in the UK.

The event will give you expert views and advice for creating, growing and succeeding with your own business.

Tickets are available on their website with discounts available for single day attendance and students of Sheffield College, Sheffield Hallam and the University of Sheffield.

Sheffield is booming this month with great events, so if you’re feeling creative, sporty or have a flavour for entrepreneurship this month get on down to these recommended events.

Have we missed any other great events for the month of September, if so let us know or why not organise your own event in conjunction with us to raise money for SRSB.

Famous Faces from Sheffield

The steel city of Sheffield is one the eight largest regional cities in England as well as being the third largest English district by population. With such a large population, it’s no surprise that a few famous faces have either been born or grew up in the South Yorkshire city.

We start with the Hollywood actor, Sean Bean. Born in Handsworth to Rita and Brian Bean in 1959, he has since starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, James Bond’s GoldenEye and the fantasy series of Game of Thrones. It is a well know joke in popular culture that Sean Bean dies a lot during his movies and TV shows.

 

Putting Sheffield on the map during Britpop movement of the nineties, Jarvis Cocker is next on our list. Born in 1963, he grew up to be the front man of Pulp who delivered the highly successful ‘’His ‘n’ Hers’’ and ‘’Different Class’’ albums. He is currently pursuing a solo career as well as presenting Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service on BBC Radio 6.

Travelling the world in 80 Days our next Sheffield star is Michael Palin. Born in Broomhill during 1943, Palin was a part of the highly successful comedy group Monty Python, whose influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles’ influence on music.  As well being a highly successful comedian in recent years he has been well known for his travel documentaries including ‘’Around the World in 80 Days’’ and ‘’Pole to Pole’’.

Another famous face from Sheffield is Helen Sharman. Sharman is a star of the sky, being the first Brit to ever enter space. Born in 1963, the British chemist visited the Mir space station in the Project Juno mission after initially responding to a radio advertisement asking for applications to be the first British astronaut.

Judy Parfitt is one of the most gifted actresses of British theatre, film & television and is next on our list of famous Sheffield personalities. Born in 1935, Judy has starred in Girl with a Pearl Earring, Dolores Claiborne and most recently the popular television show Call the Midwife.

A rocker whose band, Arctic Monkeys, has been the voice of the Steel City of Sheffield in recent years. Born in 1986, Alex Turner has grown up to be one of the biggest names in rock music after being gifted his first guitar for Christmas in 2001 by his parents. The band itself is purely a Sheffield- born collective with members, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O’Malley also being born in the South Yorkshire city.

Our next famous Sheffield-born face had a golden summer in 2012 winning the heptathlon at the London Olympics. Born in 1986, Jessica Ennis-Hill became the face of British women’s athletics after winning Gold at European, Outdoor and Indoor World Championships. Her parents initially gave her first experience in athletics with a Start:Track event at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield.

Gordon Banks, the acrobatic keeper who made a stunning save against one of the greatest players ever, Pele. Born in Sheffield in 1937, he had an illustrious career as goalkeeper for various teams including Chesterfield, Leicester City and Stoke City. During his career he played each and every game of the winning 1966 England team’s World Cup campaign.

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