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Poseidon coming out of the sea at a seaside, holding chips
Single date
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Grandpa Poseidon
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Theatre

Free
A monochromatic mermaid stands against a plain black backdrop. Her eyes are closed, hands framing her face and has long flowing hair. Her tail is long and spindly with three snarling dog heads placed at her waist.
Multiple dates
Fri 27 Jun 2025 - Sun 13 Jul 2025
No Ordinary Love
FiiK Studios
Exhibitions
LGBT+
Visual Art

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.

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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.
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Summer
Theatre In Leeds

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

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Free
Two people holding clipboards and drawing a bronze sculpture of a man bent over in thought.
Single date
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Public Art Walk and Draw
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Craft
Guided Tours
Outdoor
Visual Art
Workshop

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

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

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

Listen up! Dive in to our gig listings page and go wild on the dancefloor. 

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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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A still from the film "E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea"
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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.

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

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

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the band
Tue 24 Jun 2025
The Hard Quartet
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
the band
Tue 24 Jun 2025
The Pine Hill Haints
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
A photograph of the Cardigan Arms Exterior
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Social Quiz Mixer: Singles Night at Cardigan Arms (25-40)
The Cardigan Arms
Quiz / Gaming Social
A printed image of a bird in black and white, alongside a more abstract pice featuring a bird with pink and orange shades
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Tetra Pak Printing Taster
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
A picture of SEND 2024
Tue 24 Jun 2025
SEND Next Choices - Getting ready for adult life 2025
first direct arena
Discussion Social
Away From Home
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Tuesday Night Live: Away From Home
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Music
a sketchpad
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Walking Windrush: A Black History in Leeds Sketch Walk
Leeds City Centre
Guided Tours Heritage Workshop
Two women are having a conversation in a bright ambient room with sofas and coffee table. The young dark-skinned woman on the left has her hair tied in a high bun. She is laughing and looking at the woman seated on the right whose profile is mainly obscured by her long. straight and dark hair.
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Bills and Beats - How to Thrive Creatively and Financially
The Attic
Discussion Talk
photograph of mannequins with historic children's clothes
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Tea & Talk with the Curator: Mini Adults
Lotherton Hall and Estate
Heritage Talk
Dale Elliott Jr with his head tilted to the side. Behind him are enlarged visa passport stamps for countries such as Canada, USA, Jamaica, United Arab Emirates and the UK.
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Dale Elliott Jr: Son Of An Immigrant
City Varieties
Comedy
three hand painted trinket dishes
Wed 25 Jun 2025
JUNE Creative Club | Paint a trinket dish with Esk Haus
The Terminus
Craft Social Workshop
Chella Quint in a red dress in front of a red and silver background
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Leeds Zine Lates! Chart Your Cycle Turns 20: A Celebration of Zine Activism with Chella Quint OBE
Leeds Central Library
Craft Social Workshop
Bringing some of the finest comedians on the UK circuit to your doorstep!
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Comedy at the Cardi
The Cardigan Arms
Comedy Show
the band
Thu 26 Jun 2025
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Basia Bulat by Richmond Lam
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Basia Bulat
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
A black desktop featuring mono prints and a variety of print making equipment
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Introduction to Lino Printing
Otley Courthouse
Craft Workshop
Satnam Galsian in some long grass and Zawedde playing a guitar.
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Satnam Galsian and Zawedde: Folk Reimagined
City Varieties
Gig Music
Spread of football fanzine covers
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Football Heritage and Fandom: A Research Showcase
Leeds Central Library
Discussion Talk
Photograph of people socialising in Pride Place Venue
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Inclusive Voices: Intersectionality & LGBTQIA+
Pride Place
Discussion LGBT+ Talk
Quincey May Brown, has short brown hair and a floral green shirt, standing against a brick wall.
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Allsorts + Not a thing. present… Quincey May Brown with support from Nico Paul
Sela Bar
Could Be Real Tribute Festival is bringing the UK's best tribute artists to Harewood House!
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Could Be Real Tribute Festival At Harewood House
Harewood House
Gig Music Outdoor
Person in long 80s-style wig wearing sunglasses pointing towards the camera with illustrated stage curtains and a big disco ball appearing the background.
Fri 27 Jun 2025
The Greatest Disco Show on Earth
City Varieties
Gig Music Musical Performance Show
Blackmore's Blood playing on stage.
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Blackmore's Blood
Otley Courthouse
Gig Music
the band
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Third World
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
FESTIVAL FRIDAY NIGHT PARTY
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Festival Friday Night Party
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Midsommar
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Films at Heart: FilmFeast Midsommar
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Film Food & Drink
lucy
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Lucy Farrimond
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music Concert Music (Classical)
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collage
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Come Play With Me ft. tinyumbrellas, Isaac Malibu
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Gig Music Concert
A pink elephant-like creature happily leaping through the air, beside a small kangaroo wearing a blue top.
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A black and white photo of a woman in a sparkly dress on stage with the Strictly Smokin Big Band in front of an audience. Behind the band is a projection of images including Ella Fitzgerald, Porgy and Bess and a factory.
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Strictly Smokin' Big Band's Time After Time
City Varieties
Gig Jazz Performance Show
Echoes of the Bunnymen // True Order : Brudenell Social Club LEEDS
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Echoes of the Bunnymen / True Order
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
a stage
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Goodlife Festival at Harewood House
Harewood House
Festival Gig Music
A powerful portrait of eight Black women lying closely together against a warm brown background. Their heads are gently resting on one another, creating a circular formation that highlights unity, beauty, and sisterhood. Each woman has unique features, hairstyles, and expressions, with a variety of natural and styled hair. The lighting accentuates their skin tones and the soft, intimate mood of the image.
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Black Music Festival's Culture Fashion Show
Fearns Leeds Dock
Fashion Heritage Performance Show Social
A group of people rummaging through baskets and rails of clothes in a community centre hall with high wooden ceilings.
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Leeds Community Clothes Exchange June Swap
Woodhouse Community Centre
Market
Cultural Emporium Marketplace
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Cultural Emporium Marketplace
Cookridge Street
Food & Drink Market Outdoor
A lady sitting resting against a tree looking pensive with a mug of tea, in a green leafy woodland
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Yoga & Forest Bathing in the Woods Workshop
Otley Chevin Forest Park
Healthy Living Social Workshop
janice and jon
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Janice Burns & Jon Doran
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music Concert Music (Classical)
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Crystal Bowls - A perfect way to unwind and relax.
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Connecting With Nature Crystal Bowls Sound Bath
Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden
Healthy Living Workshop
Images of the short films that are playing at the event
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Nurture Nature: An Afternoon of Short Films about the Environment
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Discussion Film
Two women in football shirts, cheering. One has embraced the other, who has their arm in the air in celebration.
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Bend It Like Beckham - on 35mm
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Sound Bath & Yin Workshop
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Sound Bath & Yin Workshop
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living Workshop
Poster for Celtic Throne–Psalter of Ireland
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Celtic Throne–Psalter of Ireland
first direct arena
Dance Music Performance Show
The Dolly Show
Sun 29 Jun 2025
The Dolly Show Double Show
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Noémi
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Noémi Jazzmine ft SIL-VAH + Devon Salinas
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music
The legendary Arthur Baker in his studio
Sun 29 Jun 2025
In-store at Jumbo Records: Arthur Baker and James Smith (Yard Act) Q&A + DJ SET
Jumbo Records
Discussion Gig Music
Marching Band
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Drovers Day 2025
Wetherby
Music Concert Outdoor
A choir performing a concert in a church
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Seeking You - choir concert
All Souls’ Church
Music Concert Music (Classical)
Headshot of Tony Blackburn smiling in a beige suit.
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Tony Blackburn: Sounds of the 60s Live
Leeds Grand Theatre
Gig Music Performance Show
Pile of poetry books with gold, blue and white covers.
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Out Loud: Poetry and LGBTQ+ Identity Creative Workshop - with Natalie McKiddie
Leeds Central Library
LGBT+ Spoken Word Workshop
Four musicians holding string instruments about to start performing.
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Leonkoro Quartet
Leeds Conservatoire
Concert Music Music (Classical)