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6 ideas for a great summer in the city…

Posted July 5th, 2010 by DIGS Admin. Filed in DIGS Student, Pinnacles

At last! Praise mother nature, summer has finally kicked in! Flip flops are as far as the eye can see, sunglasses that eclipse your face are bouncing the rays throughout our glorious city that looks so much nicer bathed in sunlight.

With sunshine comes energy and the desire to get out there and do stuff, so here’s some stuff to do!

#1. We’ll start with one of the most talked about the events soon to hit the streets of Sheffield this month; Tramlines Festival.

After it’s phenomenal success last year it’s back and even bigger this year, spread across 3 days (23rd – 25th July) it practically takes over our fair city, almost every bar, green space and club is joining forces to make this a moment in Sheffield’s history that will go down as legendary. Echo & The Bunnymen headline, along with Mystery Jets, Simian Mobile Disco, Annie Mac, Mary Ann Hobbs and Tramlines champion Toddla T.

We can’t write anymore about it because the excitement is making our hands shake and eyes roll, bring it on! Oh one more thing…. IT’S FREE!

Here’s some more info.

#2. This weekend (9th July) means the Great Sheffield Art Show is back for it’s 23rd year and will showcase over 1,500 pieces from local artists. A fantastic day out, held at the Octagon Centre at Sheffield Uni and £4.50 to get in, well worth it.

Here’s some more info.

#3. On the 17th July the CandyFloss Summer Craft Fair comes to town, with over 30 stalls packed full of contemporary arts and crafts, loads of things to see and do and the best bit? Another FREE one!

Here’s some more info.

#4. Also on the 17th July but a little further out is the Three Valley’s Festival supporting “Real Ale” in our county. Spread across several venues which will be offering music, food and of course ale! There’s also a bus service put on to get you from place to place on the crawl!

Here’s some more info.

#5. The 22nd July sees Sheffield’s Farmer’s Market and the Continential come to town at the same time this month! Bringing mouth watering delights with it. Even if you can’t afford to get your weekly shop from organic and hand reared producers nothing is stopping you from going and tasting their wares, yummy!

The Farmer’s Market is located at Barker’s Pool (outside John Lewis / City Hall) and the Continental is all the way down Fargate, you’d have to be blindfolded to miss it!

#6. On the 29th and 30th August Sheffield’s Fayre comes to town. With fun for all ages, battle reenactments, displays, tons of stalls, fun and games it’s a great day out and just like Tramlines…. it’s FREE!

Here’s some more info.

Sheffield is jam packed full of things to do over summer, all you have to do is take a peak and you’ll never have a moment twiddling your thumbs again…. Enjoy!!!