sarah’s inspiring legacy
Sarah’s remarkable contribution to the music scene has also been recognised with awards, songs and tributes.
The Sarah Nulty Women in Festivals Award
Launched in 2019, in part to honour Sarah’s profound legacy, the UK Festival Awards' Women in Festivals Award celebrates the accomplishments of women across all facets of the live events industry during the past year.
SAYiT Sarah Nulty Award
SAYiT’s Sarah Nulty Award will be presented annually to an individual, professional or organisation who has gone above and beyond for the LGBT+ community. Specifically, it will be awarded for those supporting and making positive contributions to the lives of young LGBT+ people and their communities in Sheffield.
The Sarah Nulty Award for Creativity
The Sarah Nulty Award for Creativity is part of the Sheffield Star’s annual Women of Sheffield Awards.
It was to Maria De Souza in 2020 for her work to bring the UK's biggest literary festival to Sheffield.
Remembering Sarah - listen now
Listen and download to this track which was reimagined and rerecorded by Sarah’s brother James, also known as Jaarvo, and performed at Tramlines 2019. All proceeds go to the charity.
To honour Sarah’s love of festivals, Tramlines have curated The Be More Nulty playlist, featuring favourite artists from the history of Tramlines, tracks from acts she would have loved to book and artists she enjoyed at other festivals. Join us in listening to Sarah’s favourite music and raise your glass to someone who meant so much to us all.
Watch Craig David’s tribute to Sarah at Tramlines
Watch team Tramlines remembering Sarah
WaterBear Sheffield and The Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation BA (Hons) Scholarship 2025
Waterbear has teamed up with The Sarah Nulty power of Music Foundation to offer this BA (Hons) scholarship award for 2025. The scholarship will cover all tuition fees for one lucky student throughout their degree at WaterBear Sheffield. The courses eligible for the scholarship award are our Sheffield-based 3-year on-site BA (Hons) Professional Music degrees in either Performance, Production, Electronic Music, Business or Songwriting.
FESTIVAL NEWS: Tramlines Festival renames its Main Stage in memory of the late Festival Director, Sarah Nulty
Organisers of Tramlines have announced its main stage is to be renamed The Sarah Nulty Main Stage in honour of late festival director Sarah Nulty.
Sarah Nulty (pictured) died just three weeks before the 10th anniversary of the Sheffield event, which returned to Hillsborough Park July 2019 with headliners Two Door Cinema Club, Courteeners and Nile Rodgers & Chic.
Sarah Nulty was instrumental in the launch of the Sheffield city centre event in 2009 and took on the role of festival director six years ago.
Tramlines Festival organiser, Danielle Gigg said: “Sarah was the driving force behind the festival, so it felt completely fitting to rename the main stage in her honour and as a memorial for everything she’s done for us. This event also saw the return of the backstage Nulty’s Bar supported by Amplify Events who donate all the profit to The Sarah Nulty power of Music Foundation and BeMoreNulty merchandise, designed by Sheffield’s own artists Tom J Newell and Rebecca Vincent