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A Discovery Day / Thu 9 Apr 2026 / Leeds Discovery Centre
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28 Mar 2026 - 12 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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Two goths standing at a bus stop
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Theatre In Leeds

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

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Punch

a man with arms outstretched
Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Punch
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
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Mandy, Indiana
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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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Buds, 2020 © Charlotte Verity photo Ben Westoby 
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Spring
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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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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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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Free
Leeds Indie Market at The Black Horse in Otley
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Spring Indie Market at The Black Horse in Otley
The Black Horse Otley
Craft
Fair
Market
line drawing
Until Mon 30 Mar 2026
Life Drawing : Four Week Course with Life Model
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
2 ladies dancing in a studio, mid stomp, where glitter-y cowgirl costumes
Until Mon 30 Mar 2026
Decofit
Open Source Arts
Workshop
Image shows two sets of stitched flowers with wavy lines in orange, pinks and cream with matching scissors.
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Bargello Accessories Workshop at Kirkstall Forge
Butler's Cafe, Kirkstall Forge
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
Photo by Snehanshu Dharmadhikari on Unsplash
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Bollywood Indian Yoga Contemporary Dance Class
Yorkshire Dance
Dance
Dance Class
Healthy Living
Workshop
Garth Marenghi in a red hood surrounded by fire.
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Garth Marenghi: This Bursted Earth Book Tour
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Under £10
Film still from Hola Frida
Until Tue 31 Mar 2026
Leeds Young Film Festival: Cine Takeovers
Hyde Park Picture House
Festival
Activity
LYFF
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays
Image shows RSPB St Aidan's at sunset with the orange sky reflected in the water around the reedbeds and some birds flying above it
Until Tue 31 Mar 2026
Bespoke Reserve Tour- RSPB St Aidan's
RSPB St Aidan's
Adventure
Outdoor
Guided Tour
A still from the film "Being Ola"
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Being Ola
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Big Bamboo
Tue 31 Mar 2026
TNL: Big Bamboo
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Two women in a park, wshrouded by the shade of overhead trees on a path, they are posed one holding the other up in the air. An opening to light through the trees is in the background
Until Tue 31 Mar 2026
AcroYoga
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living
Free
Sharing skills and ideas with other performers
Until Tue 31 Mar 2026
Circus Open Training
Open Source Arts
Activity
Healthy Living
Workshop
A still from the film "Romeo + Juliet"
Until Wed 1 Apr 2026
Romeo + Juliet 12A
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
Spring Mini Market
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Spring Mini Market
Kirkstall Forge
Fair
Market
Free
Professor Jim Morgan
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Inaugural professorial lecture of Professor Jim Morgan | From Eurostar to Yogurt: A Journey Superpowered by KTP
Leeds Beckett University The Rose Bowl
Talk
Free
Dr Patrick Eyres: The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Others
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Dr Patrick Eyres: The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Others
Henry Moore Institute
Visual Arts
Talk
Free
Georgina Barr, jazz vocals
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Georgina Barr at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Makk
Wed 1 Apr 2026
WNL: Makk
Heart Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
Alasdair Beckett-King's long red hair breezes over his shoulder as he holds a white telephone to his ear with a shocked expression. He wears an orange jumper and brown suit jacket, as he stands in front of a dark green background.
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
A photograph taken over a persons shoulder. They are sat with a board on their knee, drawing a figure on a piece of white paper
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (April)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
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Thu 2 Apr 2026
Circular Knitting Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
On a dimly lit stage, the camera is looking up at 2 male dancers dressed in black. One has his back to the camera and is holding up the other male performer. The one being lifted is facing the camera, with his right hand over his mouth as if stopping himself from speaking. His left arm is reaching out as if to try and grab something.
Thu 2 Apr 2026
2Faced Dance Company - TOMORROW
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
Janine Harouni in a red cord suit laughing against a red background.
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Lili Refrain
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Lili Refrain
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Old Red Eyes singer performing on stage.
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Old Red Eyes: Solo Tribute to The Beautiful South and Housemartins
Otley Courthouse
Music
Gigs
Richard Ashcroft
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Richard Ashcroft
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
UK global beats/folk roots band Me and My Friends play Brudnell Social Club Leeds on Aril 2nd with support for LoVu
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Me & My Friends + LoVu
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
Man with grabbing tool and dog with net in a vegetable patch with rabbits and a large rabbit shadow behind them
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
School Holidays
A father and two small girls pond dipping. Dad is wearing bunny ears.
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Easter Trail
Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Activity
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
School Holidays
View of the interior of Leeds Minster
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Brahms Requiem
Leeds Minster
Concerts
Music
The two suited and shades-wearing Blues Brothers bounce around a neon-lit stage in a dive bar setting featuring guitars and a saxophone.
Fri 3 Apr 2026
The Chicago Blues Brothers
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Performance
Under £10
finding optel
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Leeds Young Film Festival: Finding Optel
Hyde Park Picture House
Activity
LYFF
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Festival
Under £10
Robin cheers triumphantly before a crowd of dissomulated acolytes.
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Robin & The Hoods
Hyde Park Picture House
LYFF
Family Friendly
Film
Under £10
The Karate Kid himself stares at his opponent in intimidating fashion.
Sat 4 Apr 2026
The Karate Kid
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
School Holidays
The headliner of the festival, Lost Voice Guy. He is wearing blue jeans and is wearing a blue t-shirt as well which said "I'm only in it for the parking."
Sat 4 Apr 2026
You Can Laugh You Know Fest
Archive Leeds
Comedy
Festival
Under £10
A puppet animal leans against a ladder
Sat 4 Apr 2026
The Tower and The Telescope
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
Performance
A group of musicians all dressed in black, some holding brass instruments, stood on a red background.
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Too Much Too Young: The Music of 2Tone & Beyond
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Theatre
Image of Tina Turner with a rainbow tinge to the image. Tina is smiling wide in a gold fringe dress.
Until Sat 4 Apr 2026
TINA: The Tina Turner Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
A Head Full of Coldplay
Sat 4 Apr 2026
A Head Full of Coldplay
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Gloria Jones
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Women of Soul Play Left Bank
Left Bank Leeds
Dance
Gigs
Social
the band
Sat 4 Apr 2026
James - Love Is The Answer Tour
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
Under £10
A still from the film "Dancing Queen 2 in Hollywood"
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Dancing Queen 2 in Hollywood (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
LYFF
Family Friendly
Film
logo for LEEDS INSPIRED (no wording)
Sat 4 Apr 2026 - Sun 5 Apr 2026
The Jam'd + Who's Next
Leeds Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
hola frida
Sat 4 Apr 2026 - Sun 5 Apr 2026
Leeds Young Film Festival: Hola Frida
Hyde Park Picture House
LYFF
Family Friendly
Festival
Film
Andrew Corry with saxophone
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Conservatoire Collection feat. Jack Preston Quartet and Andrew Corry Quartet
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Under £10
screendance short films
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Leeds Young Film Festival: Screendance Short Films
Hyde Park Picture House
LYFF
Family Friendly
Festival
Film
Free
Oil painting of the artist Skye Davies as a child, set against a pink and green screen printed wallpaper
Until Sun 5 Apr 2026
Portrayals of Women
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Visual Arts
Under £10
A.D. Scruffs: Nick, Will and Jake
Sun 5 Apr 2026
A.D. Scruffs - Thirsty Old World Tour
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
The band Hejira perform in a crowded stage setting. From left to right, there is a keyboard player, guitarist, drummer and guitarist-vocalist beneath the moody spotlight.
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Free
An exterior view of The Sculpture Gallery in Leeds Corn Exchange
Mon 6 Apr 2026
The Sculpture Gallery Dual Exhibition Launch: Damon Price & Helaina Sharpley
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibition
Visual Arts