Live Music Pubs in Sheffield

Tap & Snap

367 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield S7 1FS

Glass Frog

363 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield S7 1FS

Carlton

563 Attercliffe Road, Sheffield S9 3RA

Traditional pub. Old fashioned main bar and games room with pool table. Garden is a sun trap in the afternoons. Very lively on Friday and Saturday nights.

Belfry

Eckington Road, Sheffield S20 1EQ

Large family friendly food oriented pub offering a choice of real ales, outdoor drinking and dining, live music, quiz nights and TV sports events. Good choice of real ales with a variety of locally brewed beers.

Castle Inn

Heads Lane, Sheffield S36 3ZB

Large airy, imposing open plan pub next to church in the centre of the village. Popular with walkers and frequented by local male voice choir. Listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) in April 2014, the first Sheffield pub to achieve this status. Relisted in August 2019. Beers vary, but often include Black Sheep, Bradfield, Robinsons, Timothy Taylors and Wychwood. Occasional live music, quiz on Sunday evenings, Wednesday evening poker and Thursday, bingo and card night.

Interval

Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TG

Cafe/Bar of the Sheffield University Students Union. A choice of four real ales, with Abbeydale Moonside as a regular, and often have other local ales on the bar and have weekly showcase of ales from one brewery. Also host part of the annual Real Ale Society's Beer & Cider Festival - Friday 4th - Sunday 6th May 2018 (Bank holiday weekend). Has an open mic session every Tuesday night, and various food and music events.

Doctor's Orders

412 Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JD

Adjacent to the University Drama Studio, a pub with a difference, catering for students and young professionals. Bar area at the front of the pub with seating and games machine. Leads to a raised seating area at the rear with a large glass skylight. Picnic benches outside the front and back. Offers 10% discount to NHS staff on food and drink. Under new management from the end of August 2019.

Fox & Duck

223 Fulwood Road, Sheffield S10 3BA

Busy open plan pub welcoming both students and locals. Discounts for students and NHS. Good selection of guest real ales. Extensive menu including burgers, hot dogs and burritos.

Nottingham House

164 Whitham Road, Sheffield S10 2SR

Popular with locals and students alike "The Notty" has quizzes & live music. Has a reputation for good homemade pies.

Wentworth House Hotel

26 Milford Street, Sheffield S9 2LD

Former Wards pub close to the Alcoa Forgings River Don works and the Sheffield Arena. Interior thoroughly and very stylishly and imaginatively restored and extended in 2015. Serving up to three real ales, mainly local.

Bridge

Hollow Gate, Sheffield S35 1TZ

A family friendly cosy community pub with traditional pub food (like pie and peas), a choice of real ales, and varied entertainment.

Miners Arms

Warren Lane, Sheffield S35 2YD

Cosy pub dating back to 1885, originally three cottages built in the 18th century that were then converted into a pub in the 19th century. Small bar, large dining room and games room with pool table and darts board. The pub was purchased from Thwaites by a local community society in Oct 2014 and is now run as a community pub and free house. Two handpumps offer a constantly changing range of beers from Acorn, Bradfield, Kelham Island, Stanceil, and White Rose. Delicious, good-value food served except on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Norfolk Arms

29 White Lane, Sheffield S35 2YG

Traditional pub with seating and tables around bar and large dinning room. Popular with local diners. B+B in modern annexe.

Prince of Wales

80 Burncross Road, Sheffield S35 1SF

Friendly local offering a wide range of drinks at good prices. Weekend Diskoke from 8pm every Friday & Saturday. Live Singer Thursday.

Yorkshireman Rock Bar

10 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP

Traditional City Centre boozer on two floors - upstairs is the main pub with bar, pool table, jukebox and seating, downstairs also has its own bar is used for live entertainment including live music, karaoke and live sports TV events. See Facebook page for details of live bands. Open until 6am on Friday and Saturday 'nights'.

Maggie May's

23-27 Trippet Lane, Sheffield S1 4EL

An award winning Live Music venue, Indie/Rock nightclub, Scottish Restaurant, Lunch destination & Late night bar …

Bar Phoenix

6 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2QQ

Bar Phoenix is located the national centre for popular music a short distance away from Sheffield Hallam University City Campus. The venue is part of the Sheffield Hallam Students Union (HUBS) and offers good value pub food and drink. The drinks on offer, includes a wide variety of cocktails, cider, wine, spirits, draught and bottled beers. This bar is now open to the public.

Stein Haus

102-104 West Street, Sheffield S1 4EP

German themed basement bar/club with a party atmosphere and dancing on the seats with special events including live music, quiz nights and comedy nights with a DJ on at other times. Food menu features sausages, pretzels and burgers. Entry charge at certain times.

Maida Vale

88 West Street, Sheffield S1 4EP

Late bar with a focus on music

Revolucion de Cuba

1 Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 4DT

Bungalows & Bears

Old Fire Station, 50 Division Street, Sheffield S1 4GF

This sizeable, quirky establishment in the old fire station is now a hive of indie orientated activity with frequent DJ nights and live music. Central horseshoe bar with varied drinks selection

Dove & Rainbow

2 Hartshead Square, Sheffield S1 2EL

A one room pub devoted to rock and alternative music with a DJ or live music on most nights. Popular with all ages. Sells at least two Weston's ciders. Closing times may be later than those published.

Forum Cafe Bar

127-129 Devonshire Street, Sheffield S3 7SB

Part of the Forum complex alongside the shopping boutiques. An independent and stylish cafe bar, with art exhibitions, live music and food all day every day, relaxing by day and lively by night. Outside seating borders Devonshire Green.

Frog & Parrot

94 Division Street, Sheffield S1 4GF

Recently revamped and much smarter than previous incarnations. L shaped with a raised bar area, large windows overlook Division Street. DJ nights and live bands draw crowds at weekends.

Globe

54 Howard Street, Sheffield S1 2LX

Student based city centre pub with large screens and music. Opening times are longer during term times, 10.30-9 all week. Choice of three real ales and craft beers.

Graduate

94 Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH

Long, open plan pub with central bar and separate raised areas. Student orientated with very good value food and drinks. TV's, table football and pool tables provide extra entertainment.

Grapes

80 Trippet Lane, Sheffield S1 4EL

Centred around a tiled corridor drinking area, the three rooms comprise a snug, lounge and pool room. Sign outside reads "Flynns" as a reference to the Flynn family who have owned the pub for over 40 years. Has live music in the back room 6 days a week, mainly folk sessions.

Green Room

150 Devonshire Street, Sheffield S3 7SG

Known for its varied live music, the large windows of this bar overlook the redeveloped Devonshire Green. Inside, the worn sofa’s and church pews lend an air of faded glamour. Has a comedy club on occasional Wednesdays run in conjunction with Last Laugh.

Browns

8-12 St Paul's Parade, Sheffield S1 2JL

A bar and brasserie located next to the Peace Gardens. Focus is on food with cocktails, wine and continental beers.

Harley

334 Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2HW

A quirky establishment, featuring a mix of sofas, comic strip clad benches, greasy spoon café style tables, table football & pinball! Comes alive at night with DJ’s or live music.

Harrisons 1854

Regent Terrace, Sheffield S3 7QA

Former steeplejacks (of Nelson Column fame) now a small but classy bar thoughtfully laid out to create a spacious environment. Recently refurbished. Look out for the drunken fish above the bar. Local real ales from Abbeydale and Bradfield.

Molly Malones

140-144 West Street, Sheffield S1 4ES

Irish-themed bar

West Street Live

128 West Street, Sheffield S1 4ES

Large open plan pub with a central bar. The stage is home to a diverse array of live entertainment 7 nights a week, ranging from rock bands through indie pop acts to dancers.

Great Gatsby

73-75 Division Street, Sheffield S1 4GE

Popular city centre pub offering Mexican style food. Also has an upstairs cocktail bar, Daisy's, with table service only, open Fridays and Saturdays 8pm till 3am.

Red Deer

18 Pitt Street, Sheffield S1 4DD

A genuine, traditional local in the heart of the city. The small frontage of the original three-roomed pub hides an open plan interior extended to the rear with a gallery seating area. As well as the impressive range of eight cask beers, including five guest ales (from SIBA and the Punch Finest Cask ranges), there is also a selection of continental bottled beers, a real cider from Westons, and a range of craft beers. Meals are served weekday evenings, and lunchtimes and evenings weekends. The popular quiz is held Tuesday night, there is live music on Saturday, and an upstairs function room is available for bookings.

Roebuck Tavern

72 Charles Street, Sheffield S1 2NB

A large, tastefully decorated pub opposite the infamous ‘Cheese Grater’ car park, which can be admired from the popular beer terrace. Good value all day homemade food and lat least four real ales mostly from local breweries, often including Bradfield, Kelham Island and Stancill.

Royal Standard

156 St. Mary's Road, Sheffield S2 4AX

A traditional pub popular with students and football supporters. A small bar area serves an open plan lounge with a smaller room at rear. Good range of real ales including guest ales from local breweries.

Beehive

240 West Street, Sheffield S1 4EU

Sizeable bar venue often crowded with students and weekend revellers. Plasma TV screens abound.

Church House

4 St James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW

Premier rock venue in the heart of the city, situated in a Grade II listed building. Open Mic night every Wednesday, and live music every Friday (blues/folk/alternative) and Saturday (classic rock covers). Four real ales are available on Friday and Saturday, although there can be fewer during the week. Upstairs there is a recording studio available for hire.

Tap & Barrel

Waingate, Sheffield S3 8LB

Traditional city centre community pub refurbished in March 2015. Two rooms with games and bar room area to the rear and a large lounge to the front.

Three Tuns

39 Silver Street Head, Sheffield S1 2DD

A triangular shaped pub on a sharp corner with raised seating areas and lots of wooden and brass features (More character than Gerard Depardieu). It is popular with real ale enthusiasts as well as local office workers. The friendly staff serve up to six cask beers and a basic bar snack menu including cheese boards, chip butties and pizzas. Quiz Wednesday evenings. The pub's house beer is brewed on the micro-plant at Marston's.

Trippets

89 Trippet Lane, Sheffield S1 4EL

In the 19th century this was the Old Red Lion. Now serves champagne, gin and food to a jazz soundtrack as Trippets.

Washington

79 Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield S1 4JP

Two roomed corner pub with a music orientation, with regular DJ nights (Wed-Sat) and live music. The larger room has basic seating and a dance floor/stage and DJ box whilst the smaller room is comfortable, quieter and more traditional. There is also a beer garden at the rear with some covered and heated smoking areas. There are six handpumps on the bar, 2 of which are guest ales, one of which is often from Black Iris.

Closed Shop

52-54 Commonside, Sheffield S10 1GG

Traditional friendly local in a residential setting, with a focus on customer service and traditional pub values. Following a significant refurbishment in 2013 and further changes in 2017 when Stancill Brewery took over the operation of the pub, there are 10 handpumps, dispensing beers from Stancill and guests. Weekly quiz each Wednesday.

Hallamshire House

49 Commonside, Sheffield S10 1GF

Operated by Thornbridge Brewery, and known locally as The Tardis, the pub has two small comfy rooms at the front, and leading through bar area are a large lounge and an oak panelled snooker room with full size table.There is a courtyard drinking area downstairs with ample seating and soft furniture in the covered area. At least 5 Thornbridge cask ales plus guest beers and a wide range of bottled beers. Quiz night is on Monday and some Saturdays there is live music or a DJ.

Springvale

Commonside, Sheffield S10 1GA

Brick and stone frontage suggests two separate buildings. Inside there is a carpeted lounge on one side and a tiled and wooden floor in the more casual games area. Large beer garden to rear with children's play area.

Cobden View

40 Cobden View Road, Sheffield S10 1HQ

Situated on a quiet back street, there is a small drinking area near the front bar, a separate bar serves the games room at the rear with a lounge to the side.

Old Grindstone

3 Crookes, Sheffield S10 1UA

Managed by True North brewery from 2021. Extended greatly the upper level games areas was once a separate outbuilding. Has large projection screen in back room for televised sport. Plenty of other screens in rest of pub. Offers a range of beers from True North Brewery, some regular and some seasonal.

Princess Royal

43 Slinn Street, Sheffield S10 1NW

Traditional street corner Victorian local tucked away in the back streets between Crookes and Walkley. Two lounge rooms and large snooker room. Upstairs function room. Free quiz Mondays and Thursday with free sandwiches and chips for contestants.

Milestone

12 Peak Square, Sheffield S20 7PL

Home cooked food served everyday. Carvery Sunday 12 - 4.30pm. Small function room available. Wednesday night Jam night; Friday night Karaoke; Saturday night Live Bands; Sunday alternate live singer and acoustic jam evening at 6pm.