7.15-8.45pm on Saturday, 13th September.

Join us for an intimate breathwork session at Open House, facilitated by Sophie Kirkton. This deep meditative practice honours the healing power of conscious breathing, allowing us to become truly embodied and to feel again.

Our breath is the only part of our autonomic nervous system that we can control and the effects are profound. When breathwork is done safely, it is gentle, powerful, healing and can transform our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

6.30-7.30pm on Thursday, 18th September.

Join us for the final instalment of our transformative wellness series, led by experienced yoga teacher and nutritional health coach, Holly Benson.

In this session, you’ll explore the powerful link between gut health, inflammation, and mood - and how the state of your digestive system influences everything from your energy and emotions to your long-term cognitive health. Learn how to calm internal inflammation with food and lifestyle shifts, and discover why nervous system regulation is a missing piece in many gut healing journeys.

From 7pm on Friday, 19th September.

Celebrate the end of summer and the launch of our Music as Medicine programme with an evening of Django Reinhardt-inspired hot swing from Hot Flamingo!

Featuring the spellbinding vocals of Molly Amour, soaring Grappelli-like violin tones of Emily Chaplais, a magic mix of Reinhardt and rockabilly from ace Sheffield guitarists John England and Danny Lowndes, and driving double bass grooves from Kate Whittaker…

Grab your dancing shoes and join us for some hot tunes and phenomenal musicianship from these rare birds!

10-11am every other Saturday.

Children's yoga is fun for the whole family! This session is aimed at children aged 3-8 years old but you know your child best, this is a guide age.  All abilities and bodies welcome, this is an inclusive session.

We will embark upon a nature themed story to take us on a yoga journey - expect noise, laughter, imagination, fun and calm!  Each session has a connection to our current season, weather or moon cycle using yoga to help us learn about the world around us.  Subtly incorporated into each session are opportunities for touch/self massage, breathing technique, sound making, floor based and standing poses, relaxation and reflection.  

1.30-2.30pm on Saturday, 20th September.

Discover the joy and wellbeing that comes from using your voice. In this friendly, inclusive session, we’ll explore beautiful accessible songs, movement and gentle vocal techniques that boost mood, improve wellbeing, and bring people together.

No singing experience is needed—this is about feeling good, not sounding perfect. Andrea will introduce beautiful songs from a range of cultures, collected from many years of community choir singing.  Leave feeling lighter, more energised, and with a song in your heart.

3-4.30pm on Saturday, 20th September.

Calling all young musicians! Whether you play fiddle, flute, guitar, bodhrán, or any other instrument, come join our friendly folk band sessions and be part of a foot-tapping, toe-tapping, smile-making sound.

We’ll learn some traditional tunes and discover how to play together as a group. Sessions are relaxed, friendly and supportive.  All levels are welcome (basic ability on your instrument is helpful), we’ll be playing by ear so there’s no need to be able to read music.  

Bring an instrument, your curiosity, and your love of music - and get ready to make some noise!

7.15-8.30pm on Saturday, 20th September.

Join us for an Autumn Equinox Soundbath - a meditative experience aligning with the seasonal shift as day and night stand in balance. 

This soundbath will use crystal singing bowls, gongs, and chimes to create a soothing atmosphere that fosters deep relaxation, reflection, and energetic harmony.

10-11am on Sunday, 21st September.

Join us for a serene morning of deep relaxation in the heart of the 10 Trees garden in Bamford.  Immersed in nature, with views of the hills and edges, the sounds of nature will blend with the soothing tones of the handpan. An opportunity to pause, breathe, and reconnect—with yourself, with nature, and with the gentle rhythm of the season.

2-3pm on Sunday, 21st September.

Community drumming is the most inclusive and accessible way to make joyous music with others.  At heart, we are rhythmical beings and drumming is a very natural way to connect with our innate musicianship.

In this session you will have the opportunity to play African drums, Brazilian percussion and instruments made from junk as we raise the roof with our co-created beats.  

All instruments are provided and there is no need for previous musical experience. Come along, meet new people, and find out just how nourishing music-making can be. 

4.30-5.30pm on Sunday, 21st September.

Kirtan is very much a ‘practice of the heart’. It involves singing / chanting together, usually as call and response. The chants are mostly in Sanskrit but the words are straight forward and everyone can join in.  You don’t need any experience for kirtan and everyone is welcome.

Together, we’ll sing ancient mantras accompanied by harmonium, drums, creating a shared soundscape that invites connection and inner peace.  Whether you sing softly, listen quietly, or let your voice soar, you’ll be part of the collective energy that makes kirtan so transformative.

6.30-8pm on Sunday, 21st September.

As day and night meet in perfect balance, gather with us to move, release, and celebrate the turning of the seasons. The Autumn Equinox invites us to honour change, harvest our blessings, and let go of what no longer serves - through the freedom of ecstatic dance.

With live electronic music from Sheffield based duo Opposable Drums

1-3pm every last Thursday of the month.

With ‘Philosophy Café’ we aim to ignite our minds to deep thinking. To consider, reconsider and seed new thoughts. This is a group which offers a meeting place for those wishing to engage in deep debate, but also those who are wishing to meet others and spark up meaningful conversation.

Each month we introduce concept, thought and perception to evoke a strong dialogue , allowing all to participate or to sit, consider and enjoy. Like the great philosophers of the past, we reintroduce a small space for expansive thought.

7-9pm every last Thursday of the month.

Come join us for a companionable reading experience at Open House. Readers bring their own book, there is no assigned reading, we read together at our own pace. The group offers an opportunity for focused, quiet reading time - an introvert friendly social meet up, no small talk required.

Over the 2 hours the first 30 minutes would be used to settle in, get a drink and find a comfortable space. An hour of silent reading would follow and then the last 30 minutes given over to chat or keep reading.

2-3.30pm every 1st Thursday of the month.

Are you an artist in the local area and want to meet other creatives? Does the beauty of the local area fill you with a creative lust & you want to be inspired by how other artists are creating? 

Join our artist meetup! This casual gathering is an opportunity for us to connect as a creative community, share ideas, collaborate and be inspired by one another.

Each meetup, we take it in turn to lead a creative class. One meetup, Pip Mactaggart shared her watercolor technique, and on other meetups we painted outside with Samuel Rignall, and explored drawing from the imagination with Shaun Friend. Join our artist meetup, share your creative skill or come to enjoy the community.

From 7pm on Saturday, 4th October.

Katie Bosworth & Fusion Inusual blend soul, R&B, rock and jazz into a smooth, distinctive sound.

Covering artists like Erykah Badu, Jorja Smith, Stevie Wonder, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, and Earth, Wind & Fire, they bring fresh energy to timeless and contemporary songs.

Authentic sound. Great musicianship. Music that moves.

10-11.30am every 2nd Thursday of the month.

Join the Open House Stitch Club to create, mend and gather together in community. 

Bring along clothes to repair, your sewing needles, crochet hooks, knitting needles, for a coffee, knit and chat in the Open House Cafe. Whether you are a keen knitter, have hole-y socks to repair or would like to learn to crochet - all are welcome to join and learn from each other.

From 7pm on Saturday, 18th October.

“An immersive album of depth and subtlety” - Folk Radio UK

Liz Hanks is a cellist, composer and collaborator based in Sheffield.  She has worked with an impressive and varied array of high-profile artists including performing and recording with Richard Hawley, Liam Gallagher, Self Esteem, Martin Simpson, Pulp, Thea Gilmore, Cara Dillon, Jason Singh and Jasdeep Singh Degun.

Based on the local and natural history of her neighbourhood in Sheffield, Liz Hanks’ ‘Land’ album (Hudson Records) explores both the loss of nature in the urban environment and forgotten natural worlds. She discovered that the now urban area of Meersbrook was once a beautiful valley called ‘Rush Dale’. Inspired by reading written accounts of this lost valley she created ‘Land’ in remembrance of these lost times and places.

7-9pm on Saturday, 25th October.

Ecstatic Dance is a free-form movement journey and moving meditation that’s sweeping the world! Guided by live DJ Reya Caroub, we flow through an epic soundscape of all genres: fast and slow, classical to psytrance, drum and bass to dub - no style is off-limits! The music moves in waves; starting gently, building to vibrant peaks, and ending in stillness.

There are no steps, no judgment, no need to perform - just pure, free expression. We generally dance barefoot, without talking, in a sober, mindful space where respect and presence create a safe container. Ecstatic Dance is transformative, playful, and deeply liberating.

From 7pm on Saturday, 22nd November.

"Spectacularly beautiful, vivid songwriting" - Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

Rowan Rheingans is an award-winning fiddle player, banjoist, songwriter and theatre-maker regarded as one of the foremost innovators in the English folk scene. Best known for her work with acclaimed bands Lady Maisery and The Rheingans Sisters, Rowan will perform a clutch of solo gigs this autumn, embracing the hibernating season with an intimate show of reimagined songs, emerging sonic adventures and musical connection in the warmth of small venues. A rare treat!

Rowan has won two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, is a six-times nominee, and her courageous one woman theatre show Dispatches on the Red Dress won a Fringe First award after a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2021, Rowan was awarded the Paul Hamlyn Award for composers.