Sheffield marks start of 2021 with spectacular firework display lighting up the sky This is the spectacular moment fireworks lit up the sky over Sheffield to celebrate the arrival of 2021. Friday, 1st January 2021, 8:54 am On a New Year’s Eve like no other, revellers were forced to swap bars and pubs for their own homes with Sheffield under Tier 3 lockdown restrictions. But this didn’t stop people in Sheffield marking the start of a new year in truly remarkable fashion. As the clock struck midnight on a year many of us would wish to forget, a huge display of fireworks lit up the sky above Sheffield.