Creative Pathway celebrates Mexborough’s past, present and future
Ask people from Mexborough what they remember most fondly about the town and the answers come quickly. Saturday afternoons spent browsing through Woolworths. The excitement of a trip to the Empire or Majestic cinema. Dancing the night away on the Empress Ballroom’s iconic sprung dancefloor. The Yorkshire rose on the...
Library Corner: autumn reads by Rotherham Libraries
As the evenings draw in and autumn arrives, there’s nothing better than settling down with a good book. In this autumn edition of Library Corner, staff from Kimberworth Library share their selection of favourites from across the shelves, with something for readers of all ages. From a charming picture book about...
Free Art for Wellness Sessions in Barnsley
Art has long been recognised as a powerful tool for wellbeing, with creative activities helping you slow down, express emotions, reduce stress and find moments of calm in everyday life. This autumn, adults across Barnsley and Penistone can experience those benefits for themselves through a series of free therapeutic art...
40 Years of Hitting the Right Note for Thorpe Hesley Brass Band
This year marks a very special milestone as Thorpe Hesley Brass Band celebrates its 40th anniversary. Over the past four decades, the band has grown from a small school project into a thriving community band that continues to bring people together through a shared love of brass music. The band...
Celebrating 20 years of world-class classical music in Barnsley
This year, Barnsley celebrates 20 years of a very special musical relationship. Since 2006, Sheffield charity Music in the Round has been bringing some of the world’s finest classical musicians to the town, giving local audiences the opportunity to experience live chamber music without travelling further afield. What started with...
Annual music festival returns to Wentworth Church
This September, the fine acoustics of Wentworth Church will strike the right note as it hosts its annual music festival. The grade II* listed church in the heart of Wentworth village will have a series of free and paid-for concerts from Friday 25th to Wednesday 30th September showcasing some of South Yorkshire’s...
Sheffield Childrens’ Pride of Lions is the Mane Event this Summer
Lions are not usually spotted roaming through Barnsley, gathering in Rotherham town centre or basking in the sunshine in Sheffield’s parks. But this summer, a pride unlike any Yorkshire has seen before has taken over the region as hundreds of beautifully decorated lions and cubs arrive for the Pride of...
Heritage Open Days 2026: What’s On in South Yorkshire
The popular Heritage Open Days festival returns this September with plenty of free events and experiences taking place across South Yorkshire. Running from Friday 11th to Sunday 20th September, this year’s festival is themed around ‘everyday histories’, the often overlooked stories of ordinary working people and their daily lives. Here...
Barnsley’s most unconventional museum
If you’re drawn to places that do things differently, Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum in Barnsley is well worth a visit. What its volunteers modestly describe as a ‘Victorian hotchpotch’ is, in truth, the museum’s greatest charm. In this most unconventional of museums, founded in the 1880s and owned by the...
Cannon Hall: A Story of a House and its Family
For centuries, Cannon Hall in Barnsley has watched the world go by. Visitors have admired it, locals have walked past it and history has settled quietly into its walls, but the family who once called it home has often remained in the background. This May, a new exhibition brings them...
