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an image of a giant pride flag in the parade
Multiple dates
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Leeds Pride
Millennium Square
Festival
Gig
LGBT+
Music
Outdoor
Social

Fourteen everyday wooden objects, including a plug, chip fork, lolly stick, peg are arranged in a line on a wall. They have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun.
event collection
Summer
Exhibitions And Visual Art In Leeds

Take a tour of all the artwork on display across Leeds in art galleries, cafes, museums, shops, community centres and outdoor spaces.

Green

A picture of a young man and woman in scout uniform, each tip toeing on one foot. the man is using binoculars
Multiple dates
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Breadcrumbs
Leeds Industrial Museum
Theatre
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A purple paint explosion in the place of a head. Below, a neck and a white t-shirt. The background is pink/orange.
event collection
Summer
Theatre In Leeds

Our collection of theatre listings in Leeds taking place in venues and spaces across the city.

Green

two cats and a tiger
Single date
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Geordie Greep
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig
Music

Free
The black and white image shows three women in an old industrial space with drawn-on moustaches with a white sheet held infront of them.
Multiple dates
Sat 12 Jul 2025 - Sun 5 Oct 2025
Many Hands
Sunny Bank Mills
Exhibitions
Visual Art
Blog
Dip into a world of Leeds news, opportunities and information.

Mindful Market in full swing with shoppers browsing each stall holder.
event collection
Summer
Pop Up Markets in Leeds

Crafts, gifts, clothes, junk, art, farmers, vintage, food & drink, seasonal, makers - you name it Leeds is shopping there.

Red
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the band
event collection
Spring
Gigs In Leeds

Our regular listings guide to Leeds gigs, club nights, DJs, rock, jazz and pop.

Purple

A child playing in some colourful ribbons
Single date
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Baby Band 2025
Lotherton Hall and Estate
Festival
Music
Concert

Pay what you can
A silhouette of a women standing menacingly inside a closet
Single date
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Kamillions
Horsforth Brewery
Film
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A still from the film "E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea"
event collection
Summer
Film in Leeds

Discover award winning documentaries, films with live music, screenings including directors talks and Q&As, timeless classics in black and white, family favourites, foreign language films and animation.

Purple

Free
A pastel green hospital food tray on a pastel green table. In the left half of the tray are brown and purple spotted balls on sticks. In the right side of the tray is a wire basket filled with colourful pills.
Multiple dates
Wed 2 Apr 2025 - Sat 19 Jul 2025
Sarah Roberts: SICK
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibitions
Visual Art
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news, views, opportunities in Leeds

Helen Bauer: Bless Her /Tue 9 Sep 2025 / City Varieties
event collection
Summer
Comedy in Leeds

Our hilarious round-up of comedy events in Leeds for the coming months!

Red

Pay what you can
A production photo from Slung Low Shorts 4 showing two actors portraying a ventriloquist and his dummy emerging from a basket.
Multiple dates
Fri 25 Jul 2025 - Sun 27 Jul 2025
Slung Low Shorts 5
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Performance
Theatre
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Interior of a large historic library with high arched ceilings, wooden beams, and two levels. The upper level has a balcony with bookshelves; the lower level features long tables, computer workstations, and a person using a computer.
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Heritage Tour of Leeds Central Library
Leeds Central Library
Guided Tours Heritage
Two people sit on the ground against a brick wall. One wears a denim jacket and jeans; the other wears a sports jersey labeled “Bovis” and holds papers or magazines. A bag or package lies in front of them.
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Football Fandom in the 1990s
Leeds Central Library
Exhibitions Heritage Visual Art
Photo of people socialising at a Pride Place event
Wed 16 Jul 2025
LGBTQIA+ Social Gaming evening!
Pride Place
LGBT+ Quiz / Gaming Social
A gradient pink and purple background
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Transform 25 Launch Party
Project House
Discussion Food & Drink Music Social
Colourful hand painted coasters
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Ceramic Coaster Painting with Esk Haus
Water Lane Boathouse
Craft Workshop
John Scully with trumpet
Wed 16 Jul 2025
John Scully
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Image of performer in a famous Michael Jackson pose with dramatic lighting around him.
Thu 17 Jul 2025
MAN IN THE MIRROR – A Tribute to Michael Jackson
Millennium Square
Gig Music Outdoor
Pyramid's Next Step group stand in front of their artwork
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Going Places Transport Mural Celebration
Seagulls Reuse
Exhibitions Social Visual Art
the artist
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Julian Lage
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Michael Jackson Tribute
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Two people holding clipboards and drawing a bronze sculpture of a man bent over in thought.
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Public Art Walk and Draw
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Craft Guided Tours Outdoor Visual Art Workshop
Image of a person riding a horse holding the Welsh flag heading toward the Civic Hall building.
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Funeral For A Friend – Sounds Of The City
Millennium Square
Gig Music Outdoor
Rebirthing Healing Workshop - Group Therapy
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Rebirthing Healing Workshop - Group Therapy
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living Workshop
Four people sitting opposite each, they are talking and have smiles on their faces.
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Improvised Storytelling
St Stephen’s Church Hall
Spoken Word Workshop
A night with The Alex Robinson Project
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Friday Unplugged: A night with The Alex Robinson Project
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Image of the performer and dancers on stage surrounded by lights.
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Taylormania
Millennium Square
Gig Music Outdoor
Image of the band on stage lit by various atmospheric lighting.
Sat 19 Jul 2025
ABBAOKE – The Sing-Along ABBA Experience
Millennium Square
Gig Music Outdoor
4 watercolour paintings depicting faces.
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Experimental Watercolour Portraits with Jo Whitaker
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
Pyramid fundraising stall
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Summer Art Market
Pyramid of Arts
Craft Market
the artist
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Anna Erhard
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Sister Chain & Brother John live at Miracle Cure Leeds Library.
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Miracle Cure: Poetry and Music from the North
The Leeds Library
Performance Spoken Word
Table of crafters crafting
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Leeds Pride Weekend Community Markeplace
Dortmund Square
Healthy Living LGBT+ Market Social
radios, record player, instruments and microphone
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Back in the House
Leeds Playhouse
Gig Music
Global Connections Market: Seacroft Goes Global
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Global Connections Market: Seacroft Goes Global
Food & Drink Social Workshop
A local independant artist peeks out from behind their colourful stall full of comics, prints, and stickers as a hand in the foreground gives a thumbs up of approval
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Leeds Comics Collective Small Press Day: Comics & Art Market
The Brew Society
Market
A series of cyanotypes of various imagery in blues, pinks and greens
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Cyanotypes
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
A child playing in some colourful ribbons
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Baby Band 2025
Lotherton Hall and Estate
Festival Music Concert
Photograph of a bridge at Meanwood Park
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Singles' Scenic Stroll & Coffee: Meanwood Park (25–40)
Meanwood Park
Guided Tours Social
The Queen of Hearts faces the camera with two guards behind her.
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Colourful photo of stalls from 2024
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Leeds Pride Village Fête 2025
Dortmund Square
Healthy Living LGBT+ Social
Group of friends outside Roxy Lanes
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Leeds Sober Pride Playground
Roxy Lanes - The Light
LGBT+ Social
A still from the film "Mulholland Drive"
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Mulholland Drive
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Organ player, guitar player and drummer
Sun 20 Jul 2025
The Rhythm Section
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Me and Michael with some of the people who Joined us at Community Connections Leeds
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Community Connections Leeds
St Stephen’s Church Hall
Healthy Living Workshop
Andrew Browning as George Michael
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Andrew Browning as George Michael
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Black and white images showing a woman leaning on a vintage car, speaking to a group of small children. She is smiling.
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Martha A Picture Story
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Dara Ó Briain in a black suit jacket and navy blue shirt.
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation
City Varieties
Comedy
Beginners Yoga Course
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Beginners Yoga Course
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living Workshop
Hebble
Tue 22 Jul 2025
TNL: Hebble
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Music
A silhouette of a women standing menacingly inside a closet
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Kamillions
Horsforth Brewery
Film
A still from the film "David Lynch: The Art Life
Tue 22 Jul 2025
David Lynch: The Art Life
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Press shot of Sally & Dave.
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear
Otley Courthouse
Gig Music
Dim lights surround Ibantuta playing oud live during his show in a chapel surrounded by candles providing an intimate atmosphere
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Ibantuta Live - The Musical Threads of the Silk Roads
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music Concert Music (Classical)
Two men roll around like baffoons on the floor, whilst children look on laughing and clapping
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Anything Could Happen @Seven Arts
Seven Arts
Play Show
Night Moves
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Films at HEART Retrospectives: Night Moves
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Film
A still from the film "Inland Empire"
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Inland Empire
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Raquel Alvaro voice, Rose Perry with sax
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Raquel Alvaro and Rose Perry
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
a cartoon of the statue of liberty
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Ugly Kid Joe
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Two faces illuminated with a heatmap effect
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Thackray Lates: Sunburn – The Science of Skin
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Discussion Museum Talk Workshop
Daniel Lucas
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Draw Doodle Design
Climate Action Leeds
Craft Workshop