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Installation view of The Traumatic Surreal at Henry Moore Institute, 22 November 2024 – 16 March 2025, showing Bady Minck still from La Belle est la Bête / Beauty is the Beast 2005 © Bady Minck, AUT/LUX/NED 2005, sixpackfilm. Photo: John McKenzie
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January 2025
The Leeds Inspired January List

New year, new you? Full of positive resolutions? Why not take a look at our January List of inspiring and intriguing events for the first month of 2025.

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Chinese dragons in red and yellow performing for a crowd
Multiple dates
Sat 25 Jan 2025 - Sat 1 Feb 2025
Chinese New Year
Merrion Centre
Craft
Performance
Show
Workshop
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A man on a seahorse underwater swims into the gaping jaws of a monstrous fish creature.
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Spring
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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A sculpture of a dark brown dog looks to the right, hanging out of its middle and the back are what appears to be its insides (in cream) spilling out.
Multiple dates
Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Sat 15 Mar 2025
The Traumatic Surreal
Henry Moore Institute
Exhibitions
Visual Art

A sepia photo of two people sat beside each other.
Multiple dates
Thu 16 Jan 2025 - Sat 18 Jan 2025
Opera North: Love Life
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Concert
Music (Classical)
Opera

Mindful Market in full swing with shoppers browsing each stall holder.
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Spring
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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Spring
Gigs In Leeds

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

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A person with blonde hair and a dark green dress. In the background, red bricks and a poster.
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Spring
Theatre In Leeds

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

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The Muslims Are Coming / The Wardrobe / Sun 6 Apr 2025
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Winter
Comedy in Leeds

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

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Sophie Duker wearing a big pale pink bow in her hair with pale pink tears on her cheek.
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Sophie Duker: But Daddy I Love Her
City Varieties
Comedy Show
the band
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Nearly Dan
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
the band
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Langkamer
The Attic
Gig Music
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Sat 18 Jan 2025
Beginners Crochet Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft Workshop
two hands cutting some brown coloured glass
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Sam Yates
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
A young girl wearing a red scarf, boots and gloves, stands aganist a snowy glowy background with her arm outstretched as her red heartshaped balloon flies away.
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Sip & Paint Winter Street Art
The Wardrobe
Craft Social Workshop
A pop art vibe, the background is wavy shades of red with a white moon. A blue woman sits in front of the background. There is arches of different shades of blue at the bottom of the picture.
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Sip & Paint Pop Art! Leeds
The Wardrobe
Craft Social Workshop
two lino prints of mermaids, using black ink.
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Exploring British Folklore through Lino Printing with Rhiannon Kenny
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
Part of a rainbow
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Steve's Swap Shop - January Refresh
Left Bank Leeds
Market Social
Black and white charcoal sketch of a nude reclining figure on purple paper
Sat 18 Jan 2025
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
Treasures of the Brotherton
Craft Workshop
A black and white image of performers from Art of Andalucia
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Art of Andalucia: Flamenco Dance
City Varieties
Concert Dance Music Music (Classical) Performance Show
Yoga teacher Claire Reynolds sitting in meditation
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Yin Yoga by Candlelight
Yoga Hero
Healthy Living Workshop
A vocal recital featuring Schubert’s beloved song cycle journeying through joy, longing, and heartbreak with tenor Nicolas Watts and David Cowan on piano.
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Distilled: Schubert's Schöne Müllerin
Howard Assembly Room
Music Concert Music (Classical)
Graphic design image of people doing yoga and eating food
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Stretch & Supper
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living Workshop
An image of the MindBody Studio in Chapel Allerton
Sun 19 Jan 2025
January Reset / A Half Day Yoga Retreat
BodyMind Agency
Healthy Living Workshop
Worth The Weight event
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Worth The Weight Leeds: Vintage Kilo Sale
Left Bank Leeds
Fair Market
A musician looking into the distance.
Mon 20 Jan 2025
Hannah Parry
Leeds Cathedral
Concert Music Music (Classical)
the band
Mon 20 Jan 2025
The Belair Lip Bombs
The Attic
Gig Music
Two women screenprinting images onto t-shirts and tote bags
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Screen Printing Tees & Totes
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
Jakub Klimiuk Quintet
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Tuesday Night Live/Jazz at HEART: Jakub Klimiuk Quintet
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Jazz Music
A person covered in yellow sticky notes.
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Dosh & Doodle: Self-Assessment Account(ability) Drop-In Coworking
Open Source Arts
Workshop
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A black cat paws at a crystal ball
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Pipistrelle Pipistrelle
Carriageworks Theatre
Radio & Podcasts Theatre
2 musicians with their instruments (a double bass and Slovak traditional fujara flute)
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Nosferatu (1922) + Michaela Antalová & Adrian Myhr
The Northern Market
Film Gig Music
A sketch of scissors, paper and glue
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Queering Love Zine Workshop
The Bookish Type
Craft LGBT+ Workshop
SELECTION OF CHARMS
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Pop-up Charm Station
Left Bank Leeds
Craft Workshop
three people talking together
Wed 22 Jan 2025
The Creative Meet Up Leeds
The Attic
Discussion Social Talk
A photo of musicans at Auschwitz.
Thu 23 Jan 2025
The Orchestras of Auschwitz
Howard Assembly Room
Music Concert Music (Classical)
Beyonce Tribute Beyonce Fierce
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Beyonce Fierce - Beyonce Tribute Show
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music
Sophie Jamieson promo picture
Thu 23 Jan 2025
In Store at Jumbo Records: Sophie Jamieson
Jumbo Records
Gig Music
People preparing monoprint plates by adding stencil cut paper shapes
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Monoprint Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
Blurred image of a male with a background of grassy hills
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Niall Summerton
The Cardigan Arms
A head shot of Hattie with a top hat, red eyeshadow and lipstick and a cane resting on their shoulder
Thu 23 Jan 2025
"I've Put a Spell On You" - Burlesque Workshop with Hattie Go Lucky
Swarthmore Education Centre
Performance Workshop
CRAFT MATERIALS
Thu 23 Jan 2025
2025 Vision Board Session - January Refresh
Left Bank Leeds
Craft Workshop
A white woman with short light brown hair wearing a blue blazer stood in front of a large graphite drawing with horizontal white lines
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Mary Griffiths: Everything and All of Us - In-conversation
Treasures of the Brotherton
Discussion Exhibitions Visual Art
An image of DNA taken with an iridescent filter.
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Thackray Insights: Unnatural Selection
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Discussion Museum Talk
Andy Zaltzman in a sailor-blue suit jacket with a floral shirt under it holding a sand timer out in his left palm.
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Andy Zaltzman: The Zaltgeist
City Varieties
Comedy
A picture of the acoustic duo Colour Blue
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Friday Night Unplugged: Colour Blue
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music
A still from the film
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Project Farsley Film Night: The Trouble with Mr Doodle
Room 51 at FCC
Film
The moomins are all on a small boat
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Hyde and Seek: Moomins on the Riveria
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
the band
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Just Radiohead
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Ed Byrne is wearing glasses and a black suit. The background is a red sky with a clock faded behind. The image seems to be a smashed mirror with cracks spreading throughout.
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time
City Varieties
Comedy
Two people sit on furry beanbags watching a screen showing a woman with her mouth open, sticking out a furry tongue.
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Tongueomania: Languages, Animals and Surrealist Anatomies
Henry Moore Institute
Craft Spoken Word Workshop
A large room with a high ceiling and fairy lights high up. People are sitting on benches at tables and playing boardgames.
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Boardgames Afternoon at Archive
Archive
Quiz / Gaming Social
Image of scaffold board shelves with objects on including a plant, clock and vases
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Introduction to DIY - Using wall fixings How to put up a shelf and more!
Leeds Wood Recycling
Craft Workshop
3 people stand on a stage in front of red curtain
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Balbir Singh Dance Company | Love & Spice
The Riley Theatre
Dance
A beige macrame wall hanging against a white brick wall
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Macramé Wall Hanging Workshop with Hannah from Dear Prudence Macramé
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
A pencil drawing of hands held behind the back
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Introduction to Drawing with Paul Digby
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
6 silver rings laid down next to some green succulent
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Make Silver Stacking Rings with Charlotte Whitmore
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
A mixed media painting by artist Lydia Rain
Sat 25 Jan 2025
An Introduction to Image Transfer Workshop
NorthLight Arts Centre
Craft Workshop
A SELECTION OF FILM REFERENCES INCLUDING POPCORN, CLAPPER BOARD AND TICKETS
Sat 25 Jan 2025
Family Film and Craft Afternoon
Left Bank Leeds
Film Workshop