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A Discovery Day / Thu 9 Apr 2026 / Leeds Discovery Centre
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3 Apr 2026 - 19 Apr 2026
Easter Holidays in Leeds

This Easter in Leeds why not eggsplore what's out there for children and families across Leeds.

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A man wearing glasses and a dark shirt stands in thought in front of a background of plants and vegetation.
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Gigs In Leeds

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

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Buds, 2020 © Charlotte Verity photo Ben Westoby 
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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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Punch

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Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Punch
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
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A visitor inside the busy Print Fair at last year's festival inside the 1912 Mill. The space is a former textile mill with red brick walls, white pillars and strings of festoon lights hanging from the high beams. The space is filled with stalls of original prints and handmade books.
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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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Peter Clifford and the Great Baldini portray a suited Holmes and Watson, who point their walking sticks towards a clue off-camera in the grounds of a grand, old-fashioned building.
Mon 13 Apr 2026
Holmes and Watson: The Curious Case of the Masqued Magician
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Free
Kev McCready
Mon 13 Apr 2026
SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Performance
Spoken Word
A still from the film "Ocean with David Attenborough"
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Ocean with David Attenborough (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
35mm projector
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Cinema Then and Now
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
School Holidays
Heritage
Talk
Under £10
Part of the North Yorkshire coast managed by the National Trust
Tue 14 Apr 2026
"Yorkshire's Coastal Secret" a talk by David Banks
St Chads Parish Centre, Headingley
Talk
Heritage
Adults Only
Upside down, Olaf Falafel grins at the camera, wearing a prop banana headband and stripy blue and white t-shirt, positioned over a patterned purple background.
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Free
Man playing the keyboard within a museum.
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Family Singalongs
Leeds City Museum
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Music
Boss Caine
Tue 14 Apr 2026
TNL: Boss Caine
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Author Clare Mackintosh
Tue 14 Apr 2026
An Evening with Clare Mackintosh
The Old Woollen
Literature
Talk
Black and white headshot of Huey Morgan.
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Huey Morgan: The Fun Lovin' Criminal
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Talk
A still from "Underland"
Until Wed 15 Apr 2026
Underland (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
a still from "DJ Ahmet"
Until Wed 15 Apr 2026
DJ Ahmet (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Under £10
A woman dressed all in black pulls a silly face while a 6 year old boy laughs delightedly!
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Anything Could Happen @Seven Arts!
Seven Arts
Comedy
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
Free
A collection of instruments including guitar, flute, clarinet, violin, saxophone and trumpet.
Until Wed 15 Apr 2026
Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music
The Venue
Concerts
Music
Free
A man playing two drums
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Family Drumming Workshops
Leeds City Museum
Creative Workshop
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Music
Workshop
Free
Hand holding keys outside a house
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Mortgage Myth Busters
Work Café, Leeds
Talk
Adults Only
Free
A hand touches a lightbox with firework-like design on
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Artist Collin Van Uchelen in conversation
Henry Moore Institute
Visual Arts
Talk
Gregor Fisher smiles at the camera in front of a plain grey background.
Wed 15 Apr 2026
An Evening with Gregor Fisher
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gate
Wed 15 Apr 2026 - Thu 16 Apr 2026
Rude Science
Leeds Playhouse
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Performance
Under £10
A photograph of Leeds Dock on a sunny day
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Leeds Dock Photography Walk
Leeds Corn Exchange
Walk
Guided Tour
Heritage
Free
Colourful abstract painting representing flowers and the female body
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Thinking with Plants: Ecofeminism and Contemporary Art
Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Under £10
Two loopy professors jousting on wooden boxes with mops
Thu 16 Apr 2026
The Story Forge
Belle Isle TMO
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
Free
A curator holding a very large egg, next to red draws with more eggs from our collection in
Tue 14 Apr 2026 - Thu 16 Apr 2026
Egg-celent Easter
Leeds Discovery Centre
Creative Workshop
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Under £10
Mini LEGO figures holding up a mini LEGO earth
Until Thu 16 Apr 2026
LEGO® Build the Change: Rewild our Museum!
Leeds Industrial Museum
Activity
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
Black-and-white photograph of uniformed soldiers and civilians standing in front of a tram decorated with banners reading “Leeds Pals Recruiting Car” and draped with Union flags. The tram is filled with men in military uniform, and a church building is visible in the background.
Thu 16 Apr 2026
The AGM and lecture: Consensus and Dissent in Wartime Leeds, 1914-1918
The Leeds Library
Heritage
Leeds 400
Talk
12 Musicians from the band Grande Familia with instruments
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Billy Marrows’ Grande Família
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Whisky & Sherry Tasting in Ambiente Leeds
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Whisky & Sherry Night
Ambiente Tapas Leeds
Food & Drink
Under £10
Headliners Faraway
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Roots X Seymour presents: Faraway with support from Char & The Luca
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
Free
Charlie Smith
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Charlie Smith - MVT Fundraiser
Northern Guitars Cafe Bar
Music
Performance
Visual art of caterpillar with red face and tongue sticking out
Fri 17 Apr 2026
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
Free
Man giving a tour of the store room, surrounded by taxidermy
Until Fri 17 Apr 2026
Easter Store Tours
Leeds Discovery Centre
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A person stands on a stage with their hands splayed at either side of their head, an audience is in the foreground making the same gesture.
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Comedy Club 4 Kids
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
Free
A cat in a space shuttle, a fish in coral reef and a frog among leaves
Until Fri 17 Apr 2026
Story Explorers: Craft a Story, Create Your Own Lego World and Out of This World Coding
Leeds Libraries
All Library Events
Craft
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Free
A close-up of Zanib Mian's face
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Planet Omar with Zanib Mian - Author Event
Leeds Art Gallery
All Library Events
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Literature
Free
Drawing of a greenhouse with plants
Until Fri 17 Apr 2026
Easter Holiday Fun at Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
YUNGBLUD
Fri 17 Apr 2026
YUNGBLUD
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Yeadon Town Hall Theatre
Fri 17 Apr 2026
GOLD: An Audience With Will Burns & Stacey Leadbeatter
Yeadon Town Hall Theatre
Comedy
Music
A Cher tribute performer sings into a handheld microphone beside a guitarist on stage. She has long, black, curly hair, leather jacket, knee-high boots and a glittery leotard.
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Strong Enough: The Ultimate Tribute Concert to Cher
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Theatre
Promotional image for Bollywood Time Machine including images of actors in iconic Bollywood films against a backdrop of smoke and spotlights
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Bollywood Time Machine
City Varieties Music Hall
Dance
Music
The Burning Hell
Fri 17 Apr 2026
The Burning Hell + Carsie Blanton
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Martin Mylkebust
Fri 17 Apr 2026
KEiiNO - Chromium Heart World Tour
The Wardrobe
Gigs
Music
Performance
Alchemy Live performing on stage.
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Alchemy Live: A Tribute To Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits
Otley Courthouse
Music
Gigs
Temple Newsam House
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Dawn Chorus
Temple Newsam
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Walk
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Sat 18 Apr 2026
Beginners Knitting Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A playful cartoon character running with a net, reaching towards multicoloured floating bubbles of various sizes. Amongst the bubbles are images of workshops with young people.
Until Sat 18 Apr 2026
Explore
Leeds Grand Theatre
Family Friendly
Festival
School Holidays
Two chunky silver rings sit on top of a chunk of gritstone. The rings have a textured outer edge and a smooth inside
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Make a Textured Silver Ring in a Day with Toby Cotterill
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A woman is sat at a pottery wheel and is throwing a small vase
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Throw to the Soul - Pottery Throwing with Jeannie Waterhouse
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
A rubbish Romeo trying to kiss a very reluctant bearded Juliet
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Rubbish Romeo and Juliet
St Bartholomew's Church Hall
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
An abstract print on blues and greens being revealed on paper
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Monoprint & Collograph
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Under £10
thebookishtypeleeds@gmail.com
Until Sat 18 Apr 2026
Leeds Queer History Tour - City Centre
The Bookish Type
Guided Tour
Heritage
LGBT+