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6th - 14th June 2026.
Leeds Lit Fest 2026

A festival of words and imagination. 6th - 14th June 2026.

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LGBTQ+ monthly drinks hosted by Angels of Freedom
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LGBTQIA+ Leeds

 A wide range of events happening across the city hosted by, and supporting, our varied LGBTQIA+ community.

 

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Summer
Gigs In Leeds

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

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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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Summer
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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The Turin Horse (15) / Mon 22 Jun 2026 / Hyde Park Picture House / Image: Curzon Film World Limited
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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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Under £10
Two people browsing wool clothing stalls
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Woolfest 2026
Leeds Industrial Museum
Craft
Fair
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
Woman leaning over old plant drawings
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Dead Plants Society: Drink and Draw
Leeds Discovery Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
A bright, colourful painting showing two people sat at a table eating cakes and pastries.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
[uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
A mixed group of people standing on the pavement outside a bookshop in the sunshine.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Bookshop Crawl UK
North Star Coffee Shop & General Store
Literature
Social
Leeds LitFest
Free
Market scene
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Afrikan Market Leeds @LIAAF 2026 - Free Entry
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Craft
Market
Cacao Ceremony Facilitator Training
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Cacao Ceremony Facilitator Training
We Are Wellness
Food & Drink
Healthy Living
Workshop
Free
Nature walk at sunset
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Ink, Echo & Flight
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Craft
Creative Workshop
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Festival
Guided Tour
Oaths and Offerings with Carynx Press
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Oaths and Offerings with Carynx Press
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Spoken Word
Under £10
Someone in a green suit, with a cucumber mask holding a jar of gherkins
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Pickled Republic
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Comedy
Theatre
Under £10
Mutant Music
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Mutant Movement 1991 Daytime Disco : 35th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
The Backroom
Gigs
Music
Performance
80's girl looking through a neon blind
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Tainted Love : Back To The 80's
Project House
Dance
Music
Adults Only
Head shot of economist Vince Cable. He is wearing a suit and tie. He is looking directly towards the camera.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Vince Cable: Eclipsing the West
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Talk
Group of dancers on stage with blue lighting and motion blur
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Emergence | Triple Bill
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Performance
Dance (Li)
Ellie Kildunne smiles at the camera, wearing a stripy, long-sleeve collared shirt, with hands behind her back, in front of a blue backdrop.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Ellie Kildunne: Game Changer Live
City Varieties Music Hall
Sports
Talk
Nick Mohammed grips to the pole of a carousel horse, wearing a glittery suit against a patterned backdrop.
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Nick Mohammed is Mr. Swallow: Show Pony
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Cara Dillon press shot.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Cara Dillon
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Free
Zakvas
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Inny Świat: Different World Poetry and music
The Chemic Tavern
Leeds LitFest
Gigs
Literature
Music
Spoken Word
A still from "The Magic Faraway Tree"
Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
The Magic Faraway Tree (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
Free
A girl at a workshop.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Paper Dolls: Coifs, Coils & Curls (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Film
A still from "Rose of Nevada"
Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Rose of Nevada, on 35mm (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Innocent Sorcerers"
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Innocent Sorcerers 12A
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
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Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Charlotte Verity, The Season Following
Harewood House
Exhibition
Heritage
The Adelphi pub in Leeds
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Leeds City Centre Heritage Pub and History Walk
Leeds City Square
Food & Drink
Heritage
Free
A woman and man browsing the stalls of pottery.
Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Ceramics Market and Small Matters Showcase
Sunken Studio
Market
Restorative Yoga & Indian Head Massage
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Restorative Yoga & Indian Head Massage
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
Two ducks feeding on some seeds from a bowl.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Open Farm Sunday
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Activity
Leeds Museums & Galleries
The Adelphi pub in Leeds
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Leeds City Centre Heritage Pub and History Walk
Leeds City Square
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
Heritage
Blues Brothers Tribute
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Blues Brothers Tribute
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
Performance
Free
Montage of Sculptures for Sculpture North 2026
Sun 7 Jun 2026
The Sculpture Gallery Presents Its Summer Exhibition
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Author Carolyn O'Brien
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Shaping the Future with Lessons from the Past
Hyde Park Book Club
Literature
Leeds LitFest
A picture of a robot like person in the middle of the page, split between plain white and a technological graphic design.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Perdita - The Last Human
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Spoken Word
Under £10
Issey and The Big Band
Sun 7 Jun 2026
The Northern Swing Orchestra Big Band and Issey Chivers
Swillington Miners Welfare, Sports & Social Club
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Leeds International Tattoo Expo 2026
Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Leeds International Tattoo Expo 2026
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Exhibition
Market
Rufus Rice in a blue shirt
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Rufus Rice
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Five musicians playing instruments on an illuminated stage: piano, saxophone, trumpet, drums and double bass.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Dave Bristow Quintet
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Under £10
A red-brick Victorian chapel, now the Chapel FM Arts Centre, features ornate arched windows and a decorative gable. To the right, a modern one-story extension with a distinctive grey-and-white diamond pattern on its exterior wall includes a small paved terrace where people are seated at outdoor tables. A staff member is seen carrying a tray toward the patrons under a bright, cloudy sky.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Writing On Air: The First Ten Years
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Literature
Talk
Leeds LitFest
EMF
Sun 7 Jun 2026
EMF
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Close-up portrait of a woman with long blonde hair, looking off-camera with a thoughtful expression, wearing a purple and blue floral patterned blouse.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Say Owt Slam
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Social
Spoken Word
Gaza beachfront and buildings before its destruction
Sun 7 Jun 2026
The Phoenix of Gaza
Seven Arts
Film
Talk
A woman sits at in the snow with a snow-capped mountain behind her, she is in full snow climbing gear.
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Adriana Brownlee - Death Zone
Carriageworks Theatre
Talk
Adventure
Rough sizing sketch of life model
Until Mon 8 Jun 2026
Life Drawing : Four Week Course with Life Model
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Under £10
A smiling woman with short dark hair and a nose ring, resting her chin on their hand. They are wearing a black leather jacket in a room with a bookshelf and vintage bottles in the background.
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Arathi Menon: Illegal to be Gay?
Hold Fast Bookshop
Leeds LitFest
LGBT+
Literature
Talk
People dancing
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Mawanga @LIAAF 2026
RJC Dance
Dance
Dance Class
Healthy Living
Workshop
Under £10
Jake Morris-Campbell: Between the Salt & the Ash
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Jake Morris-Campbell: Between the Salt & the Ash
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Talk
Real Farmer
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Real Farmer
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
A still from "Blind Ambition"
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Blind Ambition (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "The People's Emergency Briefing"
Tue 9 Jun 2026
The People's Emergency Briefing (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
An ipad with the Ancestry.com home page open. The ipad sits on top of an old map.
Until Tue 9 Jun 2026
Family History for Beginners Workshop
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Heritage
Workshop
A image of Sarah Hart smiling at the camera
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Sarah Hart: Once Upon a Prime
Leeds Mathematics School
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Talk
Boots Dancing
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Line Dancing - Adult Dance Class
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop