Festival of the Outdoors 2025 🌿

The Festival of the Outdoors is a month-long celebration of Sheffield’s outdoor culture, bringing together a vibrant mix of sporting events, guided walks, film screenings, and community activities. Whether you're a runner, climber, beer enthusiast, or history buff, there's something for everyone!

 

Headline Events

Sheffield Beer Week 🍻

📅 10-16 March 2025
📍 Various venues across Sheffield
🌐 www.sheffieldbeerweek.co.uk

Celebrating the city’s brewing heritage, Sheffield Beer Week features brewery tours, beer tastings, food pairings, and pub trails across multiple venues.

Pollen Market 🌿

📅 16 March 2025
📍 Grey to Green, Castlegate, Sheffield
🌐 www.pollenmarket.co.uk

A vibrant inner-city flower market, offering plants, crafts, street food, live music, and entertainment in a unique setting.

 

Sheffield Classical Weekend 🎼

📅 16 March 2025
📍 Various locations across Sheffield City Centre
🌐 www.classicalsheffield.org.uk

A free festival of classical music, with performances by orchestras, choirs, and soloists across Sheffield.

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF) 🎥

📅 21-23 March 2025
📍 Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
🌐 www.shaff.co.uk

Showcasing the world’s best adventure and extreme sports films, with screenings, panel discussions, and Q&As.

 

The Climbing Works International Festival (CWIF) 🧗

📅 22-23 March 2025
📍 The Climbing Works, Sheffield
🌐 www.climbingworks.com

An elite bouldering competition, featuring world-class climbers, fun challenges, and a CWIF Watch Party in Sheffield Winter Garden.

 

Orienteering with South Yorkshire Orienteers 🧭

📅 22 & 26 March 2025
📍 Bolehill & Crookes (22 March), Loxley Common (26 March)
🌐 www.southyorkshireorienteers.org.uk

Try orienteering across Sheffield’s scenic landscapes, with events for beginners and experienced participants.

Sheffield Half Marathon 🏃‍♂️

📅 23 March 2025
📍 Starts from Arundel Gate, Sheffield City Centre
🌐 www.runforall.com

A scenic but challenging half marathon, featuring the Triple-Test Challenge, live entertainment, and thousands of spectators.

 

Park Hill Uprise: Urban Hill Climb 🚴

📅 29 March 2025
📍 Park Hill, South Street, Sheffield
🌐 www.sheffieldurbancx.co.uk

An urban cycling hill climb on Park Hill’s cobbles, featuring club riders, cargo bikes, and commuter heroes.

 

FOTO Walks & Heritage Events 🚶‍♂️

A selection of guided walks exploring Sheffield’s history, art, and nature:

 

📍 Origins of Central Sheffield Street Names – 2 & 30 March 2025
📍 Sheffield Old Town: Echoes of the Past – 6 & 20 March 2025
📍 Sheffield Street Art Walk (AM & PM) – 9 March 2025
📍 The Great Sheffield Flood Anniversary Walk – 11 March 2025
📍 Burngreave: Then and Now – 17 March 2025
📍 Sheffield: A Civilised Place Walk – 25 March 2025
📍 Peoples, Plants & Pavilions Walk – 25 March 2025

📍 Sheffield, UK
 

🌐 Full Festival Info: www.theoutdoorcity.co.uk

 

Whether you're a runner, climber, film buff, beer lover, or history enthusiast, the Festival of the Outdoors 2025 has something for everyone! Check the website for the full event schedule and updates.