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When
Family friendly

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1 Nov 2024 – 30 Nov 2024
Compass Festival

Interactive art across Leeds. 1–30 November 2024.

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Nov/Dec

Christmas Shows

A lino printed dove in red ink, next to the piece of lino the print was taken from.
November / December
Christmas Workshops

With our list of festive workshops you can craft it, build it and make your Christmas look tip-top.

A sketch drawing of a man and his shadow sat above a busy motorway. Headlight like beams of light shine upwards from the bottom of the image
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Toxic
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre

Girl and boy twins in black and red uniform hold a red balloon
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Creepy Boys
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Comedy
Theatre

A black and white image of a woman staring into the camera, with black painted squiggles on her face and red gems layered over the image.
Thu 28 Nov 2024 - Sun 1 Dec 2024
Smogg Says
Assembly House
Exhibitions
Visual Art
Arts & Culture News
Find out more on our blog.

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

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

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Sun 20 Oct 2024 - Tue 24 Dec 2024
LORE
Sunny Bank Mills
Exhibitions
Visual Art
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Winter
Theatre In Leeds

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

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Winter
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
Winter
Comedy in Leeds

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

Browse all of our events below

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Wed 6 Nov 2024
Warmduscher
Project House
Gig Music
Author Paddy Clarke
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Bedsit Land – The Strange Worlds of Soft Cell
The Old Woollen
Discussion Literature
Ali Woods
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Ali Woods: At The Moment
The Wardrobe
Comedy
The six members of Oysterband wearing black on the top against a plain black background.
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Oysterband: A Long Long Goodbye
City Varieties
Gig Music
John Dyson playing saxophone, Kathy Dyson playing guitar
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Rush Hour Jazz with John and Kathy Dyson
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
PRINT OF ARTWORK
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free| Exhibition Launch
Left Bank Leeds
Exhibitions Visual Art
Tracy Chevalier
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Literary Journeys with Tracy Chevalier
University of Leeds
Discussion Literature Talk
a photograph of cinema reels
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Mining the Moving Image Archives
Henry Moore Institute
Film
Cast members in props
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Murder Inc - The Improvised Murder Mystery
Seven Arts
Comedy Show Theatre
Writer and art critic Hettie Judah
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Acts of Creation with Hettie Judah
Sunny Bank Mills
Discussion Literature Talk
A man wearing a hat and glasses.
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Seckou Keita
Howard Assembly Room
Gig Music
the band
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Mercury Rev
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
the band
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Gurriers
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music
Grace Campbell laughing in a blue dress holding the leads for three dogs.
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Grace Campbell is on heat
City Varieties
Comedy
Sherry Week at Ambiente Leeds
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Sherry Week Tasting Experience at Ambiente Leeds
Ambiente Tapas Leeds
Food & Drink Social Talk
colourful skeleton wearing a big hat with marigolds in the background
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Museum Lates: Living with Death
Leeds City Museum
Craft Exhibitions Social Workshop
Author Mary Ann Ochota holding two of her books by a stone wall
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Mary-Ann Ochota presents Secret Leeds
University of Leeds
Discussion Heritage Talk
Finlay Christie
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Finlay Christie: I Deserve This
The Wardrobe
Comedy
a crowd watching a concert for peace
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Then and Now: Exploring the past with BFI Replay
Leeds Central Library
Film
Firewalkers prepare to walk the hot coals in front of Leeds Art Gallery. Spectators are gathered
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Leeds Mind Charity Firewalk
Victoria Gardens
Outdoor Performance Social
Folk-art image of woman's face in black clay
Thu 7 Nov 2024
Drew Caines: Exhibition Launch
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibitions Social Visual Art
hannah and ben
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Concert Music Music (Classical)
90'S VS Y2K
Fri 8 Nov 2024
90'S vs Y2K
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music Show
Sound Bath Relaxation Session
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Sound Bath Relaxation Workshop
Yoga Hero
Healthy Living Workshop
Three tarot card sketched against a red background
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Tarot for Writers Workshop
The Bookish Type
LGBT+ Literature Workshop
The Motown Gospel Choir on stage at City Varieties Music Hall.
Fri 8 Nov 2024
The Motown Gospel Choir
City Varieties
Concert Gig Music
james newby and joseph middleton portraits
Fri 8 Nov 2024
James Newby & Joseph Middleton
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Ash Bhardwaj sitting outside on a rock
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Ash Bhardwaj explores Why We Travel
The Leeds Library
Literature Talk
Larry & Paul: Broken News
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Larry & Paul: Broken News (and other Less Successful Sketches)
Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen
Comedy
Lion hEd Events presents, United CommUnity Care Fayre on 8th November. Community Market and workshops from 4-8pm. Impressa Soundsystem and friends 8-12am.
Fri 8 Nov 2024
United CommUnity Care Fayre
Left Bank Leeds
Food & Drink Healthy Living Market Music Social
Joao Caçador and Lila Fadista
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Fado Bicha
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig LGBT+ Music Performance
Stuart Croft pictured kneeling looking to a camera viewfinder on the set of Comma 39.
Fri 8 Nov 2024
Introducing Stuart Croft – talks, screenings and Q&A
Henry Moore Lecture Theatre, Leeds Art Gallery
Discussion Film Visual Art
the band
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Dreadzone
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Julia Fordham on stage singing into a microphone in a black dress with a black sequin pattern on it.
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Julia Fordham
City Varieties
Gig Music
Group of dancers wearing school uniforms in triangle formation with their arms curved upwards
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Hofesh Shechter | From England with Love
The Riley Theatre
Dance Performance
A computer generated image showing a crowd of blurred pedestrians in a daylight urban setting
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Leeds Library Walk
University of Leeds
Guided Tours
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Sat 9 Nov 2024
Darning & Mending Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft Workshop
Puritans in black and white outlined in Neon colours
Sat 9 Nov 2024
High Sobriety Daytime Rave
The Skate Sanctuary by RGG
Food & Drink Healthy Living Music Social
toys
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Reuseful Christmas - Toy Swap
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Fair Market
a party dress
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Reuseful Christmas - Party Clothes Swap
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Fair Fashion Market Social
Bare Jams
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Bare Jams - Genre Mashing Collective at Boom, Leeds
Boom Leeds
Gig Jazz Music
Join James Thompson for a walking tour of art spaces past and present from Mabgate to Hunslet.
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Sixty Skylines Walking Tour: Mabgate to Hunslet
East Street Arts
Guided Tours
Girl and boy twins in black and red uniform hold a red balloon
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Creepy Boys
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Comedy Theatre
Portrait of the band
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Space
The Old Woollen
Gig Music
A colour illustration of Christmas baubles in bright colours.
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Sparky Saturday: Christmas Family Crafternoon
M&S Archive
Workshop
Beware it’s Crime Day – Crime Scene Do Not Cross!
Sun 10 Nov 2024
Beware! It’s Crime Day – Crime Scene Do Not Cross!
The Old Woollen
Discussion Literature Talk
Picture of John Stowell playing guitar, Jamie Taylor playing guitar, Jeremy Brown playing double bass, Dave Walsh playing drums
Sun 10 Nov 2024
Jamie Taylor Quartet featuring US guitarist John Stowell
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Neil Diamond Double Show
Sun 10 Nov 2024
Neil Diamond Double Show
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music Show
Yoga teacher Claire Reynolds sitting in meditation
Sun 10 Nov 2024
Yin Yoga by Candlelight
Yoga Hero
Healthy Living Workshop
A lampshade constructed using pyramid shapes of Ordnance Survey maps.
Sun 10 Nov 2024
OS Map Lampshade Making with Florence Makes
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop