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30: AND THE WINNER IS…

The Exposed Awards made a triumphant return to Peddler Warehouse last month, celebrating the best that Sheffield has to offer across music, fashion, hospitality, culture, events and more! We’ve got a big roundup of how it all went down on the night, including nominees, interviews with winners and a memorable appearance from the cast of Standing at the Sky’s Edge.

21: DOC ‘N’ ROLL

From world premieres to immersive AR installations, our seasoned DocFest regular Mark Perkins takes us through this year’s programme before settling down for a chat with MD Annabel Grundy and acting creative director Raul Niño Zambrano.

46: TURNING UP THE HEAT

Exposed’s Iago Castro Charlón invites you to step into the culinary chaos with him for the first instalment of ‘Kitchen Diaries’, taking us behind the well-prepared small plates and exposing what a busy service at a local restaurant actually looks like.

52: LARKIN ABOUT

Following the release of their latest single, ‘Dopamine’, we caught up with the lead singer of genre-blending Sheffield-based outfit Harri Larkin for a natter about new music, changing influences and a busy upcoming festival season.

58: TOGETHER AS ONE

Get Together Festival rocked up in Kelham Island towards the end of last month, taking over six venues with a plethora of live music, food and drink, art and DJ sets on offer. Our guy Ash Birch reports on how it all went down.

Ayup.

The summer months look good on Sheffield, don’t they? Green spaces spring to life across the city, beer gardens bustle from Hillsborough to Heeley and open-air events begin taking over the parks, stadiums and arenas.

In terms of live music alone, there can’t have been many better summers for colossal homecoming shows. As I write this welcome note, multi-platinum-selling rockers Def Leppard have recently played to 850 packed into the Leadmill before performing in front of 30,000 at Bramall Lane a few days later. This month, you’ll have High Green’s finest taking over Hillsborough Park, playing to 80,000 over two nights, prior to the mighty Pulp completing the hat-trick of epic back-to-the-roots gigs with consecutive Sheffield Arena shows in July.

A massive shoutout, too, for South Yorkshire legend Self Esteem returning to the Steel City, now fully recognised as one of the most empowering pop artists in the UK. Rebecca will be headlining the Rock N Roll Circus at Don Valley Bowl on 2nd September, bringing the summer festivities to a close with another show to make you feel proud of the artistry this city has produced over the years.

And that’s far from all! Throw the likes of Get Together, Tramlines, Migration Matters, DocFest, Sheffield Food Festival, Woodseats & Heeley Live, Festival of Debate, Float Along, Mosfest, Pax in the Park and everything else I’ve missed into the mixer and you could make a very compelling case for summer 2023 being the best one… ever?

I mean, we could even have both football clubs celebrating promotions! When has that ever happened?! (I’ve just checked and it’s 1984, before anyone @s me).

So, here’s the rallying call from your friendly neighbourhood mag. There’s positively tons going on over the next couple of months and plenty of experiences not to be missed. So, if you’re able to, get out there and support your local venues, events, theatres, pubs, bars, shops, cafes, bands, artists and breweries – make the most of everything that makes this city a special place to live.

And if you need a bit of inspiration, there are some wonderful nominees and winners listed in the Exposed Awards round-up over on page 30.

That's all from me. I'll let you crack on.

Have a good’un!

@josephfood

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