Founded in 2015, Festival of Debate is a series of panel discussions, debates, Q&As, artistic responses, keynote speeches and other public events in Sheffield, exploring politics, economics and society in 2018.

Festival of Debate is coordinated by not-for-profit company Opus Independents in collaboration with over 40 partner organisations across the city. This year's programme takes place in April, May and June and features over 70 events of all shapes and sizes.

Browse events by month (April, May and June) or download our Festival 2018 brochure here.

This year's Festival strands are Culture, Self & Identity, Democracy & Activism, Fairness & Equality, Futures, and Science & Environment.

Sheffield panorama by St BC at English Wikipedia.