And this year’s event, at Norfolk Park on Monday August 28, is billed celebrating its 20th year. But for many, The Sheffield Fayre is just the new version of the Sheffield Show, fondly remembered by thousands, and going back more many years.
For generations, before the event was moved to Norfolk Park, the big summer event in the city was the Sheffield Show, and back in the 1970s and 80s the event was a fixture at Hillsborough Park.
As well as stalls for all sorts of community groups and public service organisations, there was always a music stage as well.
We have delved into The Star’s archives to bring out pictures of that famous event in the 70s and 80s, when the summers always seemed sunny, to bring back the memories for those who remember the show, and show the younger one what it used to be like.
Can you see anyone you recognise in those old pictures?
As well as stalls for all sorts of community groups and public service organisations, there was always a music stage as well.
![Young visitors on one of the Army stands, at Sheffield Show in Hillsborough Park..Aug 29th 1974](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjVhYjc0N2Y0LTVhMzUtNDViNS04NWYwLTU5YmE1NjBkNGNlODo5OWI4MDAxYS03NTg4LTRlMDAtYTY5Ny04ZDhhMWQ3ZjgyYTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Aim...
Young visitors on one of the Army stands, at Sheffield Show in Hillsborough Park..Aug 29th 1974 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
![Mounted fun at Sheffield Show, August 29th, 1974](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM4YzU0ZTU4LTBlYTktNGNmMy1iNjVmLWQ1NzEzM2JkYmQ0ZDpjMWY0MGZiNC1hZTJjLTRiMGQtYTM4OC04NDlhOTFiZTUxYzM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Wild West (of Sheffield)
Mounted fun at Sheffield Show, August 29th, 1974 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
![Malcolm Fox of the Hallamshire railway Preservation Society with a former Brown Bayley Steels shunting engine at the Sheffield Show Sep 2 1981](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ2MTdjMDgyLWNhN2YtNGEzYS1iNjY5LWViZDdiNzA2NDBjMjozYTQwNzZkYy0zODkxLTQ0ZTEtOTYzMS1mYTMyYWYyZWZhNDc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Full steam
Malcolm Fox of the Hallamshire railway Preservation Society with a former Brown Bayley Steels shunting engine at the Sheffield Show Sep 2 1981 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
![Pictured are children as they enjoy all the fun of the roundabouts, seen at Sheffield Show in Hillsborough Park - 30th August 1974](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhhYzc4MmYzLWY4NDctNDE1Zi04MjE5LWIxYjU4NzQ2NjU1ODplZmVmNDA0ZC0zMDZkLTQzZDAtOWY1Mi1hNzFlYTU2MGRjOTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Roundabouts
Pictured are children as they enjoy all the fun of the roundabouts, seen at Sheffield Show in Hillsborough Park - 30th August 1974 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers