The festival of Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts.
Details are still emerging below, but tickets are already available!
Hands-on workshops will be announced soon, and ticketed separately.
Friday 12th September 2025
TALKS – 10am-5pm Israac, Sheffield
Free, pre-booking required: tickets
Hosting diverse conference talks exploring the use of patterns across heritage and contemporary creative crafts, hosted in Israac in Sheffield UK.
CONCERT – 7:30pm-10pm CADS, Sheffield
Tickets £8 – £12 (or as part of £22 – £30 weekend pass)
Seated concert mixing ancient traditions with contemporary audio/visual performance.
Kourosh Kanani and Matt Davies – Kourosh’s guitar and Matt’s electronics-infused drum kit create soundscapes grounded in deep understanding of South Indian rhythm, woven into the rich musical traditions of Iran and Azerbijian (via Leeds and London). .
Sarah GHP and Molly Gunn – live, audiovisual code-based performance using handmade technology to make patterns across live video art and electronic music.
Prathap Ramachandra – Internationally acclaimed South Indian percussionist, specialising in Mridangam, Ghatam, Khanjira and Konnakol. Prathap will introduce us to some of the geometric patterns of Carnatic rhythms.
Saturday 13th September 2025
WORKSHOPS – 10am-midday, CADS, Arley Street Sheffield
Tickets available soon.
Hands-on workshops for adults curious to explore heritage and contemporary algorithmic patterns in the creative arts.
TALKS – 1pm-4:30pm, Israac, Sheffield
Free, pre-booking required: tickets
The Alpaca Conference continues with a session of diverse, inspiring talks held in Sheffield.
CLUB NIGHT – 7:30pm-late, Panke and Delicious Clam, Sheffield
Tickets £10 – £15 (or as part of £22 – £30 weekend pass)
A night of patterns over two venues. Panke’s dancefloor will host upfront pattern-based dance music, including some of the UK’s best algorave artists writing code to make music to dance to. Delicious Clam will be a chilled space with more laid-back performances and DJs, with some patterny craft activities to try out.
Featuring Bad Circulation, Bundy, Interworld, Myna, Pastagang, Polinski (65dos), Tyger Blue + more TBA!
Sunday 14th September 2025
WORKSHOPS – 10am-4:30pm, CADS, Arley Street Sheffield
Tickets available soon.
The daytime will be dedicated to more hands-on workshops, with a wide range of practices to try out, all suitable to beginners.
CLOSING PARTY – 7pm-10pm, CADS, Arley Street Sheffield
Tickets £8 – £12 (or as part of £22 – £30 weekend pass)
Sending off the first Alpaca Festival with an energetic mix of instrumental and electronic music. Featuring minimalist percussion duo Wood + Metal (Sarah Heneghan + Will Shaw) and algorave/live coding duo Epiploke (Lucy Cheesman + Alex McLean) with more TBA!