Sheffield Drag & Burlesque 2026: Your Guide to the City's Best Shows, Tours and Cabaret Nights
Sheffield's drag and burlesque scene is absolutely thriving. From all-day burlesque festivals and rock'n'roll strip nights at Corporation, to touring Drag Race winners, Dragula finalists and that holiday drag show you probably saw in Tenerife, there's a lot of glitter on the calendar.
Whether you want tassels and thrash metal, a cosy evening of live music and drag storytelling, or a full-blown cabaret spectacular, this is your guide to the best drag and burlesque in Sheffield in 2026. We've sorted everything by date and tucked a couple of alternative options at the end for shows that don't quite fit the brief but are absolutely worth your time.
Breakfest: Forged in Fire, Sunday 19th July, Corporation
3:00pm to 10:00pm
Kicking things off with a proper all-dayer. Breakfest: Forged in Fire is a burlesque-meets-heavy-music festival in Corporation's Big Room, headlined by Fracture and Thorn Faustus, with bands including Lo Rays, Misery Channel, Fakeout and Polat across the afternoon and evening.
The burlesque lineup is stacked: Thorn Faustus, Flmads, Wandavull, Luna Eclipse, Dianeka Lovestrange, Jenifer Veil, Torrential Raine, Pesty Cide and Theo Valentine. Ten performances, breakdowns and boas. Doors at 3pm, IDs checked on the door.
If you like your striptease with a side of distortion pedals, this is your summer sorted.
Tickets: £19.80 (inc. fees). Age 18+.
Comedy Drag Bingo, Friday 21st August, OEC Sheffield
7:00pm to 1:00am
A festive-flavoured night of drag, bingo and chaos at the OEC. Comedy Drag Bingo brings glamorous queens, sharp wit, outrageous antics and fabulous costumes, with bingo, games and a disco until 1am. Doors and food from 7pm, entertainment from 9pm.
Tickets: £12 per person on OEC Sheffield. Age 18+.
The Star-Spangled Cabaret VII, Saturday 26th September, Genting Casino Sheffield
Doors 7:00pm | Show 8:00pm to 11:00pm
Sheffield's own curiously quirky cabaret experience returns for its seventh outing. The Star-Spangled Cabaret VII promises bonkers entertainment in every direction: burlesque, striptease, comedy, music, drag and quite a few surprises along the way. This iteration features a newcomer, a baby burlesquer known as Silver Saint, alongside more veteran performers like alt-rock burlesque artist Gladys Golightly and local cabaret legend, Warren Peace.
It's held in Genting Casino's small theatre area on Arundel Gate. Relaxed dress code, no theme, no pressure. As it's a gambling venue, bring ID if you look under 25.
Tickets: £24.45 (inc booking fee). Age 18+.
Burning Hell Burlesque, Saturday 17th October, Corporation
7:30pm to 10:30pm
Your resident rock and roll burlesque night invades Corporation's Big Room again, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. Hot twirlin' tassels, cheap drinks, pure chaos.
Producer Bella Muse brings live, hot, weird and wild alternative burlesque from some of the best performers around: striptease, rock'n'roll and pure sin, served with a side of eternal FOMO if you miss it.
Tickets: £24.20 (inc. fees).
Horror Icons | Auntie Heroine Plus UK Alternative Drag Stars, Thursday 5th November, Corporation
7:00pm to 10:30pm
Twisted Events heard you, and they're bringing one of the most iconic monsters from the Boulet Brothers' Dragula to Corporation. Auntie Heroine, a Dragula season 6 finalist, headlines a night of guts, gore and glamour that is absolutely not for the faint-hearted.
Expect petrifying performances, jaw-dropping looks and a coven of local queens, kings and things alongside Auntie's set, plus games and a Q&A. Local performers will be announced on @twistedevents_uk. Fancy dress as your favourite horror icon is strongly encouraged, and there may even be drink tokens for the best dressed.
Tickets: From £14.30 (inc. booking fee).
MHT Roadshow, Wednesday 11th November, Crookes Social Club
7:30pm to 10:30pm
Remember that drag show you saw on holiday in the Canary Islands? The one that had the whole bar crying with laughter? That's Music Hall Tavern, legendary on Tenerife and Lanzarote, and they're bringing the Viva La Fabulous 2026 UK tour to Crookes Social Club.
Featuring Miss Shona and the full MHT cast, it's a dazzling night of live vocals, high-energy dance, outrageous comedy and that unmistakable holiday sparkle, just with a much shorter taxi ride home. Bursting with laughs, music and glamour, and suitable for all ages. Bring the granny. Bring the kids. Everyone will be howling.
Tickets: £25.
An Evening with Flamy Grant, Wednesday 18th November, Café #9
Doors 7:00pm | Show from 7:30pm
Call her a drag queen, call her a musician, call her an entertainer, but trust: you will call her. Flamy Grant is a trailblazing artist from Asheville, North Carolina, and Café #9 in Nether Edge is the perfect intimate setting for an evening with her.
Fantastic vocals, fabulous looks, and brilliant songwriting. Flamy made drag herstory when her debut album Bible Belt Baby hit #1 on the iTunes Christian music charts, and her record CHURCH earned a 2026 International Folk Music Award nomination.
Tickets: From £16.50 (inc. fees). All ages (under-14s must be accompanied by an adult).
Ginger Johnson: Show Pony, Friday 20th November, Foundry
7:00pm to 10:30pm
You've seen her in the MasterChef kitchen. You've seen her on the Drag Race runway. Now see Ginger Johnson completely off the reins.
The winner of Drag Race UK season 5 is back on the road with Show Pony, following the smash-hit success of her 2024 tour Ginger Johnson Blows Off! High camp, low morals, double helpings of ridiculousness and whip-smart comedy from one of Britain's most beloved and funniest queens.
Tickets: £31.72 (inc. fees). Age 14+.
Alternative options: not quite drag or burlesque, but absolutely worth the diary
These sit slightly outside the strict drag-and-burlesque brief, but if you're building a queer night-out calendar in Sheffield, you'd be daft to skip them.
Dyke Systems Ltd, Wednesday 25th November, Playhouse Theatre
7:00pm
Not drag, not burlesque, but one of the sharpest queer cabaret-theatre shows touring the UK right now. Dyke Systems Ltd is the Edinburgh Fringe hit from Fag Packet (Kheski Kobler and Holly Wilson-Guy), and it's landing at the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse for one night only.
Equal parts corporate seminar and queer fever dream, it's a subversive takedown of pyramid schemes, ruthless heteronormativity and corporate feminism. Sally and Susan aren't your average suburban women. They're business women, and you're invited to the most prestigious seminar of the year. Bring your wallet, your carabiner, and get ready to find your inner (D)ynamic! (Y)oung! (K)nowledgeable! (E)ntrepreneur!
Tickets: From £15. Age 16+.
Cabaret Extreme, Monday 8th February 2027, Sheffield City Hall Oval Hall
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Okay, yes, this one sneaks into 2027. But if you want drag, burlesque, circus stunts and variety under one roof in a proper grand venue, save the date now.
From the creative visionaries behind some of the world's most iconic circuses, Cabaret Extreme is a beautifully bizarre blend of burlesque, daring drag, extreme stunts and contemporary circus. It's designed to make you laugh, gasp and marvel in wonder. A revolutionary showcase of some of the most talented artists on the circuit.
Tickets: From around £26. Age 18+.
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Dates, lineups, prices and venues can change, so always double-check before you book. And if you're eyeing Flamy Grant at Café #9 or Ginger Johnson at Foundry, don't sit on it. Those intimate and touring dates will shift fast.