We went to Get Together festival, Sheffield, and it was wet, weirdly wonderful and wonderfully enjoyable
We run the rule over the sixth annual Get Together festival at Kelham and Neepsend
Get Together 2026 has returned for its sixth annual festival takeover of Kelham and Neepsend.
And The Star was there at each of the venues, watching a number of acts, enjoying plenty of locally-produced beer, and eating plenty of food - but we still didn’t get to see as much as we wanted to.
Spread across nine venues in the Kelham Island and Neepsend area, Get Together is a celebration of music and one of the new additions for this year was Curious Thoughts, a space dedicated to encouraging creativity through a series of engaging talks, conversations and art installations.
The first port of call for the day was a trip to The Old Workshop, where everyone goes to collect their tickets, before heading off around the corner to the Alder.
After ordering a quick pint (courtesy of the tap takeover from Full Circle Brewery) and making our way indoors, we were pleasantly surprised by the aural delights of Curiosity Shop, an alt-folk five-piece from Edinburgh that I’d never heard until then. Impressive vocals and a little bit of sunshine amid the ominous grey clouds.
This was followed by a trip around the corner and over the road to Church - Temple of Fun, which saw us being introduced to an aural oddity in 1,000 Rabbits. The Suffolk quintet delivered a free-flowing auditory assault on the senses, in an intriguing and sometimes unsettling way. Their performance definitely gave me some Bjork folk-like vibes.
Not for me perhaps, but they acquit themselves well, and the audience liked it.
Next up was a trip to Heist on Neepsend Lane to see Pollyfromthedirt. The Darlington-born artist has been described as if Elliot Smith had a drum machine and an Instagram account. A pretty accurate take on the masked performer, who deftly utilises audio loops mixed in with some emotive dissection of modern England. Weird, yet weirdly decent.
Walking between the different venues spread out across the area there were plenty of people in attendance, despite the continuing rain threatening to dampen the proceedings.
The Victoria was host to Curious Thoughts as well as the Curious Yard. As we walked into the yard we saw the band Silver Gore and its lead singer, Ava Gore, conducting a soundcheck.
Vocally amazing and the only negative is that there were not nearly enough people in the crowd to see them perform.
Which brings me to one of my only problems with Get Together. When there are more than 40 acts performing throughout the day from 1pm through until 3am, how will you ever get to see them all? Quite simply you don’t, and as I dismount my proverbial high-horse I have to say this is a good problem to have.
Part of the fun about attending a festival such as this is the limited, fleeting moments you are granted to enjoy in the presence of such an abundance of talent.
Tickets were priced from £45-£55 granting access to nine venues, all within walking distance, alongside the promise of witnessing something you may never have seen until that moment. It’s raw, it’s rare, and it’s undoubtedly a fun affair.
Sadly, I didn't quite make it all the way through until the end, missing the likes of The Horrors and Erol Alkan. But what I did see more than justified the experience.
The food offerings were pretty decent too with plenty on offer at The Food Village, curated once more by Peddler. After trying to decide between the Honey Buffalo Strips from Feed Fried Chicken or Kebab Cartel’s shawarma, I ended up going for the Pulled Beef Rendang Loaded Fries. For £15 it may not be particularly cheap but tasted great, a decently sized snack for two and did us nicely.
Each of the venues served up a decently varied selection of local beers, IPAs, specially curated brews and plenty more besides. It’s not just a celebration of the richly varied musical talents on display, Get Together is also a showcase for the plethora of beers, ales and plentiful brews on offer. It’s all pretty decently priced in comparison to other festivals as well.
One gripe I did have was with the arbitrary one-way system at Peddler, which was clearly designed to manage the flow of the crowds, but which I felt created an awkward means of having to go around the houses in order to try and find somewhere to sit and eat.
Thankfully the one-way system was all but abandoned by the time Fat Dog stepped onstage, meaning that I could get some food without having to fight my way through the masses.
The Peddler Warehouse main stage was absolutely packed for an anarchic medley of songs from the South London electro-punk pioneers. It was also the first time I’d seen someone crowd surfing for a good few years too.
It was chaotic, frenetic, yet almost poetic at times. If you get the chance to go and see these perform live I’d highly recommend it.
One of the stand-out performances of the day came at the hallowed Yellow Arch studios and a band from Brighton called Lemonsuckr. This five-strong act have been steadily building quite a reputation for themselves and on this evidence it is clear to see why they continue to receive so much praise.
In a nutshell they are indie sleaze, eager to please, and if they continue on this trajectory they could be massive - And it would be deserved.
Get Together 2026 once more delivered an intriguing, varied and multi-faceted experience that provides something for everyone.
The annual one-day celebration of indie headliners and up-and-comers delivers plenty of warming vibes, dance-inducing goodness, decent food and plenty of locally-produced beers. What’s not to like, except the weather of course.