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Leeds Jazz Festival / 21 - 26 May 2026 / various locations / image: Sam Hopkins
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21st - 26th May 2026
Leeds Jazz Festival 2026

Leeds Jazz Festival - a celebration of jazz in Leeds. 21st - 26th May 2026.

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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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Death of a Bureaucrat / Hyde Park Picture House / Sun 10 May 2026 / Image: ICAIC
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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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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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LYR

Black and white, textured, collage-style image of the three members of LYR sitting candidly on a brick wall.
Mon 4 May 2026
LYR
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
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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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Nils Kavanagh on piano smiling with his trio
Sun 3 May 2026
Nils Kavanagh Trio
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Free
Embrace insectoid metal sculpture by Lily Honey-Doyle
Until Sun 3 May 2026
Tensile Strength
BasementArtsProject
Exhibition
Visual Arts
family rave
Sun 3 May 2026
Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave Leeds
Belgrave Music Hall
Family Friendly
Music
Under £10
James Stephens and The Northern Swing Orchestra
Sun 3 May 2026
The Northern Swing Orchestra Big Band and James Barrington Stephens
Swillington Miners Welfare, Sports & Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
Sound Bath & Yin Workshop
Sun 3 May 2026
Sound Bath & Yin Workshop
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
Echinaceas
Until Sun 3 May 2026
Horsforth Arts Society Spring Exhibition
Horsforth Arts Society
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
A sculpture made from elm wood, resembling uprooted tree
Sun 3 May 2026
The Sculpture Gallery Presents Guest Artist David Cruickshank
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Under £10
Dancers
Sun 3 May 2026
International Mother language Day by Purobi
Bangladesh Centre Leeds
Dance
Music
Reiki infused Meditation Workshop
Sun 3 May 2026
Reiki Infused Meditation Workshop
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Paulus the Cabaret Geek stands in a bright orange raincoat and yellow hat with a larger-than-life grin, wide-eyed and open-mouthed. The background is a soft pink and orange hue.
Sun 3 May 2026
Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Music
Clubland
Sun 3 May 2026
Clubland - Arena Tour 2026
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Free
Kids toys and Graphics
Mon 4 May 2026
Junior LS6 Junk Yard Sale
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Family Friendly
Market
Free
Roundhay Artists Open Studios Art Trail
Until Mon 4 May 2026
Roundhay Artists Open Studios Art Trail
Roundhay Artists Open Studios Art Trail
Exhibition
Guided Tour
Visual Arts
Free
The Wand And Tankard
Until Mon 4 May 2026
The Wand And Tankard Summer Launch
The Hole In Wand Leeds
Music
Food & Drink
Black and white, textured, collage-style image of the three members of LYR sitting candidly on a brick wall.
Mon 4 May 2026
LYR
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
A still from "ORwell: 2+2=5"
Tue 5 May 2026
Orwell: 2+2=5 (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
An image of a historic house with clear blue sky and a flower bed in the foreground
Tue 5 May 2026
The 1152 Club: Farsley Rehoboth Burial Ground
Abbey House Museum
Adults Only
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Out of Orbit Interplay Theatre
Tue 5 May 2026
Out of Orbit
Guiseley Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
Free
Two bikes in a bike shed made at LWR
Until Tue 5 May 2026
SkillShed: Hands on Program Turning Waste Timber into Bike Sheds!
Leeds Wood Recycling
Workshop
Craft
A person stansding on a rooftop terrace looking at the Leeds City Centre skyline
Tue 5 May 2026
Prospects of Leeds: Talk and Sketch Club
Leeds Central Library
Activity
Creative Workshop
Heritage
Leeds 400
Workshop
Hope Reese
Tue 5 May 2026
The Women Are Not Fine – with Hope Reese
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Duncan McFarlane Acoustic Band
Tue 5 May 2026
TNL: Duncan McFarlane Acoustic Band
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
Florry
Tue 5 May 2026
Florry
The Attic
Gigs
Music
A blue image with the figures of performers dancing on stage in a circle with their arms in the air above them.
Wed 6 May 2026
Verve: Triple Bill
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Flowers in vase
Wed 6 May 2026
Ikebana workshop
Lotherton
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
A close up image of a ceramic woman looking mournful
Wed 6 May 2026
Grief Café
Leeds Discovery Centre
Healthy Living
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Ali Woods
Wed 6 May 2026
Ali Woods
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Patsy Gilbert vocalist
Wed 6 May 2026
Patsy Gilbert at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Murder Inc Cast
Wed 6 May 2026
Murder Inc - The Improvised Murder Mystery
Seven Arts
Comedy
Theatre
Kate Butch stands behind a red curtain, she holds a pack of cards.
Wed 6 May 2026
Kate Butch: Choose Your Own Cabaret
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
LGBT+
Theatre
Example of Book you will be making!
Wed 6 May 2026
Book Binding with Jill Setterington
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Graphic of a Binding Book
Wed 6 May 2026
Book Binding with Jill
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Marcia Hutchinson
Wed 6 May 2026
An Evening with Marcia Hutchinson
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Free
Cardboard shed mock up
Tue 5 May 2026 - Wed 6 May 2026
The Shed
Left Bank Leeds
Exhibition
Activity
A packed crowd of people watch Skipinnish perform on stage, accompanied by spotlights and haze.
Wed 6 May 2026
Skipinnish
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Gigs
A still from the film "Slow"
Thu 7 May 2026
Slow (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "The Blue Trail"
Until Thu 7 May 2026
The Blue Trail (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Primavera"
Until Thu 7 May 2026
Primavera (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Hokum"
Until Thu 7 May 2026
Hokum 1(5)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Simeon Walker stood over an upright piano in a field.
Thu 7 May 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Simeon Walker
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
A drawing of a pencil with two yellow streaks on it.
Thu 7 May 2026
Visual Note-taking with Ellie Julings
Swarthmore Education Centre
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
A photograph of 3 people stood at easels drawing a life model, in the foreground is a woman with a black bob.
Thu 7 May 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (May)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
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Thu 7 May 2026
Rag Rugging Evening Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
P. P. Arnold smiles candidly on stage, wearing a a sequined beret-style cap and textured suit jacket. She is lit by a warm stage light and there is a hazy blue hue in the background.
Thu 7 May 2026
P.P. Arnold
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Joshua Burnside
Thu 7 May 2026
Joshua Burnside
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
darts players
Thu 7 May 2026
BetMGM Premier League Darts
first direct bank arena
Sports
Under £10
A still from "Bluey"
Fri 8 May 2026
Bluey at the Cinema: Playdates with Friends Collection (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
Four performers dance on stage in pairs. They have their arms in the air.
Fri 8 May 2026
Ballet Black
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
Free
Flamingos Cafe
Until Fri 8 May 2026
Proud 2 Be
Flamingos Coffee House
LGBT+
Social
Free
WW2 veteran Alford Gardner (left) and son Howard with the exhibition panel featuring Alford in 1945
Fri 8 May 2026
Caribbean RAF Veterans Memorial Garden Launch
Jamaica House
Heritage
Outdoor