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Scalarama Leeds 2025 Opening Gala - Scala!!! + Surprise Film
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September 2025
Scalarama Leeds

The DIY celebration of alternative cinema and pop-up film exhibition in non-traditional venues returns! September 2025.

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Free
An image of clay being carved by an artist taking part in Leeds Open Studios
Single date
Sat 13 Sep 2025
Leeds Open Studios
Various Locations
Exhibitions
Guided Tours
Visual Art
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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.
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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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Pay what you can
sewing
Multiple dates
Sat 6 Sep 2025 - Sat 10 Jan 2026
Saturday Sew Social
Scrap Creative Reuse Arts Project
Craft
Social
Workshop
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A reinterpretation of ‘The Last Supper’ painting with people gathered around a table. In the background, the original artwork.
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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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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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Free
Photo shows two Artists, Mel Davies and Kim Coley, Wearing paint stained aprons, seated in front of large scale and colourful art works.
Multiple dates
Sat 30 Aug 2025 - Sun 21 Sep 2025
Joint & Several
Sunny Bank Mills
Exhibitions
Visual Art
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Spring
Gigs In Leeds

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

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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
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A large blue wale swims beneath a person wearing a wetsuit and fins.
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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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Iain Archer
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Iain Archer in Concert
Seven Arts
Gig Music
FRIDAY UNPLUGGED A NIGHT WITH PAUL PASHLEY
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Friday Unplugged: A Night With Paul Pashley
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
woodland yoga set up
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Soundbath with Reiki in the Woods
Otley Chevin Forest Park
Healthy Living Workshop
Red Events & Distribution Ltd
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Enigma. Enya. Neoclassica
St George's Church
Gig Music Concert Music (Classical)
Picture of one of the speakers with a Grey suit and an inner white shirt and black braided hair. Brown skinned with a smile
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Parent & Inclusion Conference
Bridge Community Church
Discussion Talk Workshop
A still from the film The Ceremony
Fri 29 Aug 2025
The Ceremony + Q&A
Hyde Park Picture House
Discussion Film Talk
A man (Philip Lassiter) with glasses and tattoos playing a trumpet
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Philip Lassiter
Howard Assembly Room
Italiano
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Saturday Social - Italiano
The Motorist, Sherburn-in-Elmet
Exhibitions Social
Picture of the Ancient Infinity Orchestra
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Ozzy Moysey's Ancient Infinity Orchestra
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Adults roller dancing in hall against a starlight backdrop in bright vibrant clothing.
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Northern Roll: Adult Roller Disco
New Dock Hall
Dance Music Social
Two adults and two children wearing helmets and rollerkstaing in a hall against starlit backdrop
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Northern Roll: Family Roller Disco
New Dock Hall
Dance Music Social
Girls celebrating rugby win.
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Girls Rugby Day
Roundhegians Rugby Football Club
Sport
the band
Sun 31 Aug 2025
DIIV
Project House
Gig Music
The Overtones
Sun 31 Aug 2025
The Overtones Double Show
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Portrait of Bob playing live in a gold jumpsuit
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Bob Log III
The Old Woollen
Gig Music
promo shot
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience
The Grove Inn
Gig Music
Crowd of people in Regent Street at the Chapel Allerton Festival Jazz Sunday
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Jazz Sunday at Chapel Allerton Arts Festival
Regent Street Festival Stage, Chapel Allerton
Gig Jazz Music
A man looks at a smiling woman with his arms around her.
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Badnam Basti
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Still from Mulholland Drive
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Mulholland Drive
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Sketch of a life model in orange
Mon 1 Sep 2025
Life Drawing 4-Week course with life model
Leeds Central Library
Craft Workshop
Image of John Waters sitting on a sofa from a still from the film Scala!!!
Mon 1 Sep 2025
Scalarama Leeds 2025 Opening Gala - Scala!!! + Surprise Film
The Cardigan Arms
Film
Illustration of James Phelan wearing glasses with his finger to his lips. In the background are falling playing cards, mini-flames and little devils.
Tue 2 Sep 2025
The Man Who Was Magic
City Varieties
Comedy Performance Show
Jon Cocker and Matt Lemon
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Tuesday Night Live: Jon Cocker
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Music
Stevie Ward
Tue 2 Sep 2025
JVL - Inspire to Inspire - Beyond the Game - with Larry Budd and Stevie Ward
Moda
Discussion Healthy Living
Still from the film Queer Fear
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Fright Night
Horsforth Brewery
Film
the artist
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Christopher Owens
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Adam Kay frowning wearing a white tshirt and jeans against a red background.
Wed 3 Sep 2025
A Particularly Nasty Case: A Murderously Funny Evening With Adam Kay
City Varieties
Comedy Show
A statue of a striking black woman, her body draped in cloth with a bright golden earring
Wed 3 Sep 2025
European Sculpture in the Royal Collection
Henry Moore Institute
Discussion Talk Visual Art
Photograph of women at a campfire
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Sowing Seeds of Confidence
Lineham Farm
Healthy Living Workshop
Rob Reed
Wed 3 Sep 2025
JVL - Inspire to Inspire - Looking For Sticks
Moda
Performance Spoken Word
Sax player John Dyson and guitarist Kathy Dyson
Wed 3 Sep 2025
John and Kathy Dyson
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Murder Inc Team
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Murder Inc - The Improvised Murder Mystery
Seven Arts
Comedy Theatre
Still from the film Demons someone with a mask over their head
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Demons
Wharf Chambers
Film
Aadal
Wed 3 Sep 2025
WNL: Aadal and Wandering Monster
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Jazz Music
Parts & Spares getting ready in a bathroom
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Parts & Spares
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music
Person on stage dressed as Tom Petty playing an electric song singing into a microphone on a stand.
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Heartbreak: The Tom Petty Show
City Varieties
Gig Music Performance Show
A photo taken over someones shoulder showing them holding a pencil over a sketch of a person
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (September)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
The Ultimate Live P!nk Experience
Thu 4 Sep 2025
The Ultimate Live P!nk Experience
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
A baby sat on the floor, supported by its mother, playing with coloured plastic objects.
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Gallery Babies: First Forms
Henry Moore Institute
Play Workshop
Headshots of Saxofonie.
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Lunchtime Recital: Saxofonie
Otley Courthouse
Gig Jazz Music
A yellow and blue striped school blazer
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Throwback Thursday - Back To School!
Abbey House Museum
Discussion Heritage Talk
Still from the film Bait
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Bait
Dry Dock
Film
Still from the film Girl 6
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Girl 6
The Cardigan Arms
Film
Neeta sat with her Himalayan singing bowls and bells on a blanket in the park on a warm day
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Community Sound Bath
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living Workshop
Head of bear made from recycled packaging paper
Thu 4 Sep 2025
David Cemmick Launch Event
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibitions Social Visual Art
Five images of a blonde woman wearing different iconic Celine dresses.
Fri 5 Sep 2025
Celine: My Heart Will Go On
City Varieties
Concert Gig Music
a chair and guitar neck
Fri 5 Sep 2025
Greg Freeman
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Three people wearing red clown noses with funny facial expressions
Fri 5 Sep 2025
Clowning Full Day Workshop
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Performance Workshop
The album cover of Letters from a Black Widow showing Judith Hill on a beach, sitting on a swing
Fri 5 Sep 2025
Judith Hill
Howard Assembly Room
Gig Music
A wood-fired pizza oven in the shape of a dragon's head. There are flames in its mouth.
Sat 6 Sep 2025
Skelton Grange Open Day
TCV Skelton Grange
Environmental Social