Editing Sheffield (section)

===Music===
{{See also|List of musicians from Sheffield}}
The Tramlines Festival was launched as an annual music festival in 2009,<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunn |first=David |title=Sheffield's 'Urban Glastonbury' is on the right lines |url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/video/Sheffield39s-39Urban-Glastonbury39-is-on.5495682.jp |access-date=12 August 2010 |newspaper=The Star |date=27 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030030545/http://www.thestar.co.uk/video/Sheffield39s-39Urban-Glastonbury39-is-on.5495682.jp |archive-date=30 October 2014}}</ref> it is held at Hillsborough Park (the main stage) and at venues throughout [[Sheffield City Centre]], and features local and national artists.<ref name="tramlines">{{cite web |url=http://www.tramlines.org.uk/ |title=Tramlines Festival |work=Tramlines |access-date=7 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722094502/http://www.tramlines.org.uk/ |archive-date=22 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A number of major music acts, including [[Joe Cocker]], [[Ace (band)|Ace]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Paul Carrack]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Bring Me the Horizon]], [[65daysofstatic]], [[Rolo Tomassi]], [[While She Sleeps]], [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] and [[Moloko]], hail from the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/item_anUWk1M3eGoAmVHmRStw2K |title=Pub Pals: Arctic Monkeys Take Their Sheffield Local Wherever They Go |last=Huhn |first=Mary |date=13 May 2007 |work=[[New York Post]] |publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc. |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019124441/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/item_anUWk1M3eGoAmVHmRStw2K |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/08/pulp-jarvis-cocker-martin-scorsese-sheffield-doc-fest |title=Pulp to Scorsese: down-to-earth Sheffield Doc/Fest reaches for the stars |first=Helen |last=Pidd |work=The Guardian |date=8 June 2014 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226131738/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/08/pulp-jarvis-cocker-martin-scorsese-sheffield-doc-fest |archive-date=26 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Pete |last=Frame |year=1999 |title=Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland |page=211 |publisher=Music Sales Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.24dash.com/news/Local_Government/2007-12-10-Joe-Cocker-to-join-Sheffields-hall-of-fame |title=Joe Cocker to join Sheffield's 'hall of fame' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626131650/http://www.24dash.com/news/Local_Government/2007-12-10-Joe-Cocker-to-join-Sheffields-hall-of-fame |archive-date=26 June 2015 |publisher=Local Government |access-date= 24 June 2015}}</ref> [[Indie (music)|Indie]] band [[the Long Blondes]] originated from the city,<ref>{{cite news |title=The Long Blondes – they're so modern |work=The Independent |date=21 March 2008 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-long-blondes--theyre-so-modern-798615.html |access-date=27 November 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009130656/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-long-blondes--theyre-so-modern-798615.html |archive-date=9 October 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> as part of what the ''[[NME]]'' dubbed the [[New Yorkshire]] scene.<ref>{{cite book |first=Ben |last=Osborne |year=2013 |title=Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say They Are: That's What They're Not |publisher=Music Sales Group}}</ref>

Sheffield has been home to several bands and musicians, with a number of [[synth-pop]] and other [[Electronic music|electronic]] bands originating from the city.<ref>{{cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |title=Generation ecstasy: into the world of techno and rave culture |publisher=Routledge |year=1999 |page=116 |isbn=0-415-92373-5}}</ref> These included [[the Human League]], [[Heaven 17]], [[ABC (band)|ABC]], [[Thompson Twins]] and the more [[Industrial music|industrially]] inclined [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]] and [[Clock DVA]]. This electronic tradition has continued: [[techno music|techno]] label [[Warp Records]] was a central pillar of the [[Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass]] scene of the early 1990s, and has gone on to become one of the UK's oldest and best-loved dance music labels.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} More recently, other popular genres of electronic music such as [[bassline house]] have originated in the city.<ref>{{cite news |first=Hattie |last=Collins |title=Deep down and dirty |date=29 November 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/29/urban |work=The Guardian |access-date=15 July 2010 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427013744/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/29/urban |archive-date=27 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:City Hall, Barkers Pool, Sheffield (geograph 2846119).jpg|thumb|right|alt=Sheffield City Hall, a Neo-classical design with a large portico and prominent pillars which were damaged when a bomb fell on the adjoining Barkers Pool during the Second World War. It is a grade II* listed building|[[Sheffield City Hall]], a Grade II* listed building]]
[[File:Sheffield Arena 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Sheffield Arena]]]]
In 1999 the [[National Centre for Popular Music]], a museum dedicated to the subject of [[popular music]], was opened in the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/286909.stm |title=Entertainment Sheffield steels itself for pop centre |date=26 February 1999 |work=BBC News |access-date=18 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223091433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/286909.stm |archive-date=23 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was not as successful as was hoped, however, and later evolved to become a live music venue; then in February 2005, the unusual steel-covered building became the [[students' union]] for Sheffield Hallam University.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4261863.stm |title=Doomed pop centre opens as union |date=13 February 2005 |work=BBC News |access-date=18 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314002329/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4261863.stm |archive-date=14 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Live music venues in the city include [[Leadmill]], the [[Octagon Centre]], [[Corporation (nightclub)|Corporation]], the [[Sheffield City Hall|City Hall]], the [[University of Sheffield Students' Union]], the Studio Theatre at the [[Crucible Theatre]] and the [[O2 Academy Sheffield]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/may/01/uk.bars |title=10 top music venues in Sheffield |last=Dunn |first=David |date=1 May 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025200205/http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/may/01/uk.bars |archive-date=25 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk/events/list/music/ |title=Sheffield City Hall – Music |publisher=Sheffield City Hall |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801042331/http://www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk/events/list/music |archive-date=1 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.corporation.org.uk/info.php |title=Corporation – Info |publisher=Corporation |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327103421/http://www.corporation.org.uk/info.php |archive-date=27 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.view&SectionID=2&CategoryID=10&ContentID=2 |title=Venues |publisher=Sheffield Theatres |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101221034/http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.view&SectionID=2&CategoryID=10&ContentID=2 |archive-date=1 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.o2academysheffield.co.uk/venue.php |title=O2 Academy Sheffield – Venue Info |publisher=O2 Academy Sheffield |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520043456/http://www.o2academysheffield.co.uk/venue.php |archive-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/octagon |title=The Octagon Centre |work=The University of Sheffield Corporate Information and Computing Services |publisher=The University of Sheffield |access-date=13 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512183345/http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/octagon/ |archive-date=12 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The city is home to several orchestras and choirs, such as the [[Sheffield Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra]], the [[Sheffield Chamber Orchestra]], the [[City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra]], the [[Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus]] and the [[Chorus UK]] community choir.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csyo.org.uk |title=City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra |publisher=City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724011606/http://www.csyo.org.uk/ |archive-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldphil.org/ |title=Home Page of the Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus |publisher=Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216164044/http://www.sheffieldphil.org/ |archive-date=16 December 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldphilharmonic.org.uk/ |title=The Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra Welcomes You |publisher=Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214073832/http://www.sheffieldphilharmonic.org.uk/ |archive-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldsymphony.org.uk/ |title=Sheffield Symphony Orchestra |publisher=Sheffield Symphony Orchestra |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426154641/http://www.sheffieldsymphony.org.uk/ |archive-date=26 April 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is also home to [[Music in the Round]], a charitable organisation that exists to promote chamber music.

Sheffield has a folk music, song and dance community. Singing and music sessions occur weekly in pubs around the city and it also hosts the annual Sheffield Sessions Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Sheffield's Seshfest! |url=http://www.sheffieldseshfest.org.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209205800/http://www.sheffieldseshfest.org.uk/ |archive-date=9 December 2016 |access-date=7 September 2016 |website=sheffieldseshfest.org.uk}}</ref> The University of Sheffield runs a number of courses and research projects dedicated to folk culture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Music |url=http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/index |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919021948/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/index |archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

The tradition of singing carols in pubs around Christmas is still kept alive in the city. The Sheffield Carols, as they are known locally, predate modern carols by over a century and are sung with alternative words and verses.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Lewis&nbsp;K. |date=7 December 2011 |title=Sheffield gifts its carols to the country |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/dec/07/sheffield-pub-carols-christmas |url-status=live |access-date=7 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923230509/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/dec/07/sheffield-pub-carols-christmas |archive-date=23 September 2016 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Although there is a core of carols that are sung at most venues, each particular place has its own mini-tradition. The repertoire at two nearby places can vary widely, and woe betide those who try to strike up a 'foreign' carol. Some are unaccompanied, some have a piano or organ, there is a flip chart with the words on in one place, a string quartet (quintet, sextet, septet) accompanies the singing at another, some encourage soloists, others stick to audience participation, a brass band plays at certain events, the choir takes the lead at another.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Frazer |last1=Jarvis |first2=Pat |last2=Malham |title=Introduction to Local Carols around Sheffield |url=http://www.localcarols.org.uk/intro.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627121650/http://www.localcarols.org.uk/intro.php |archive-date=27 June 2016 |access-date=7 September 2016 |website=localcarols.org.uk}}</ref>

Sheffield was shortlisted to host the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2023|2023 Eurovision Song Contest]],<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC announces seven cities shortlisted to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/eurovision-2023-host-city-shortlist-announcement/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=bbc.co.uk }}</ref> which took place between 9 and 13 May 2023 in [[Liverpool]].