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October 2024
Black History Month in Leeds

Black History Month throughout October celebrates the incredible richness of Black and Brown heritage in the UK.

Arts & Culture News
Find out more on our blog.

Los Bitchos / Fri 25 Oct 2024 / Leeds Irish Centre
Autumn
Gigs In Leeds

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

Collage of words ready to be turned into poems
Fri 18 Oct 2024 - Sun 20 Oct 2024
Rubbish Words
Leeds Corn Exchange
Literature
Spoken Word
Workshop
Collections
We've taken the stress out of searching and pulled together lots of event collections for you to explore.

A black guitar to the left of a drumskin that read Leeds Beat '24
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Leeds Beat '24
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig
Music
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Thu 17 Oct 2024 - Sat 2 Nov 2024
(M)other
Leeds Drawing Club
Exhibitions
Visual Art
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Autumn
Theatre In Leeds

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

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Autumn
Pop Up Markets in Leeds

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

Sophie Duker: But Daddy I Love Her / City Varieties/ 18 Jan 2025
Autumn
Comedy in Leeds

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

Browse all of our events below

Pierre in colour amongst a crowd of people laughing who are in black and white
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing?
The Wardrobe
Comedy Show
Tom Ollendorff with guitar, Will Vinson with saxophone
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Tom Ollendorff Trio with Will Vinson
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Author event with SJ Bradley
Thu 17 Oct 2024
An evening in conversation with SJ Bradley
Truman Books
Festival Literature Talk
Pink Tribute
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Pink Tribute
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music Show
An illustration of the Ribbons sculpture taken from Pippa Hale's website
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Ribbons Panel Discussion
City Room, Leeds Playhouse
Discussion Talk
A diverse group of people clink their glasses together
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Leeds Inclusive Employers Network (LIEN) October
Answer Digital
Discussion Social Talk
1920s woman wearing a fur coat, standing on a stage with red background
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Jennie Lee
Interplay Theatre
Theatre
London Chamber Ensemble: Madeleine Mitchell & Gordon MacKay - violins, Bridget Carey - viola, Joseph Spooner - cello
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Red Violin Festival: The Violins of Hope
The Venue
Concert Music Music (Classical)
artwork
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Ishmael Ensemble
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Jason Byrne wearing chunky white gloves typing on a typewriter looking confused.
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Jason Byrne: No Show
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Felix Yaniewicz (1762-1848)
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Felix Yaniewicz (1762-1848): A Polish Violin Virtuoso in Britain
The Leeds Library
Discussion Heritage Music Talk
Tell us a Story event
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Tell Us a Story: Storytelling at Chapel FM Arts Centre
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Performance Spoken Word
promo pic
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience: Album Launch
The Domino Club
Gig Music
A picture of an overgrown ruin
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Mindfulness for Better Mental Health
Abbey House Museum
Healthy Living Workshop
Green Drag Queens Looking Spooky
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Glamour Pussy
The Old Woollen
Comedy LGBT+ Performance Show
A sunlit picture of a garden in daylight with green trees and bushes,
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Mindfulness in Nature
Abbey House Museum
Healthy Living Workshop
A depiction of the nave of Kirkstall Abbey in ruins, surrounded by livestock
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Lakshmi - Divine Feminine Power of Abundance and Grace
Abbey House Museum
Healthy Living Workshop
Madeleine Mitchell, Gordon MacKay & Nigel Clayton
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Madeleine Mitchell, Gordon MacKay & Nigel Clayton
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Composer James B Wilson & Madeleine Mitchell / image: Ian Pace
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Red Violin Festival: University of Leeds International Concert Series
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Sir Kamalbir Singh (violin), Sir Vijay Venkat (violin)
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Red Violin Festival: South Asian Arts - Raga@Seven
Seven Arts
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Jah Wobble
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Jah Wobble: performs Metal Box
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Serena Terry holding a black microphone with the cord tangled around her neck and upper torso.
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Serena Terry: Creator of Mammy Banter
City Varieties
Comedy
Grainy Black and Whute Image of Band onstage
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Antarctic Monkeys
The Old Woollen
Gig Music
Special Kinda Madness/ Acoustic Skadom + Ska Afterparty: LEEDS IRISH CENTRE
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Special Kinda Madness/ Acoustic Skadom + Ska Afterparty
The Leeds Irish Centre
Gig Music Social
A black and white photograph of two performers wearing matching black clothing and hats. One carries a piece of wood and faces the camera, the other stands in profile, carrying a shovel over their shoulder.
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Alas! Poor Yorick by Ridiculusmus
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Theatre
Siren Sounds
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Siren Sounds: Open Decks Takeover
Canned Heat
Gig Music Social Workshop
WH Lung looking groovy
Sat 19 Oct 2024
In Store at Jumbo Records : W.H. Lung
Jumbo Records
Gig Music
A photograph of author and journalist Lucy Jones
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Story Time with Lucy Jones
Leeds Drawing Club
Literature Talk
A black guitar to the left of a drumskin that read Leeds Beat '24
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Leeds Beat '24
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Music
Photo of Pride flag flying on Leeds town hall
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Leeds LGBTQ+ community groups gathering
Freedom Quarter
Discussion LGBT+ Social
This is a black and white image of two women enjoying some food and discussing the festival
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Filmmakers For Change Film Festival
St Luke's CARES Charity Shop
Festival Film
Candy Floss
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Mahogany Market
White Rose Shopping Centre
Market
View of Bramley Baths from the balcony
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Bramley Baths 120 Years Birthday Celebration
Bramley Baths
Healthy Living Play Social
Gustavo Andrade & The Brasukas + Zagotinho Do Arcodeon play a Brazilian Beats Leeds party at Headrow House
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Gustavo Andrade & The Brasukas + Zagotinho Do Acordeon - a Brazilian Beats Leeds party at Headrow House
Headrow House
Gig Jazz Music
A group of people with smiling faces protesting for love and peace.
Sat 19 Oct 2024
68 the Musical
Carriageworks Theatre
Musical Theatre
David Greed (violin, Director), Tom Greed (violin) Madeleine Mitchell (violin)
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Red Violin Festival: Sinfonia of Leeds Concert
St Edmund's Church, Roundhay
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Flashmob performance in Trinity Centre, 12-1pm
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Red Violin Festival: A HundRED Violins Flashmob and Workshop
Leeds Conservatoire
Concert Music (Classical) Musical Workshop
Two people playing trumpets
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
Leeds Playhouse
Concert Music Music (Classical)
A man wearing a blue shirt sat in front of a brown background.
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Bernard Butler
Howard Assembly Room
Gig Music
Special Kinda Madness / Acoustic Skadom + Ska Afterparty
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Special Kinda Madness/ Acoustic Skadom + Ska Afterparty
The Leeds Irish Centre
Gig Music
Ian Stone
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Ian Stone is Keeping it Together
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Harrogate Theatre Choir
Sun 20 Oct 2024
The Sound Of Musicals
Otley Courthouse
Concert Music Musical Show
Pictures of Flo Moore George Crowley Deschanel Gordon and Rod Oughton
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Tomorrow’s New Quartet
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Gladys & Dionne- That's What Friends Are For
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Gladys & Dionne- That's What Friends Are For
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music Show
Brudenell Record Fair
Sun 20 Oct 2024
The Brudenell Record Fair
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Market Music
A crowd of people at an indoor flea market, shopping vintage clothing, furniture and craft.
Sun 20 Oct 2024
The Big Leeds Flea Market
Testbed
Food & Drink Market
the artists
Sun 20 Oct 2024
COBO : Comedy Shutdown Black History Month Special
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Marnie Glum sits on a rock resting her chin on her hand beside a mountain stream in some woods
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Marnie Glum
Shadow Brewing
Gig Music
Alt-jazz band Nova.Sol launch their 2nd single at Hyde Park Book Club Leeds on Sunday 20th October supported by soul jazz band FEE
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Nova.Sol (single launch) + FEE
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Jazz Music
Desi Central
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Desi Central Comedy Show
The Wardrobe
Comedy