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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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Three actors control puppets of different dinosaurs, one is pink, one is blue and one is orange.
Mon 16 Mar 2026 - Sat 21 Mar 2026
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Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
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Close up of gamelan
Fri 13 Mar 2026
The Golden Thread: Music for Gamelan
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music
Concerts
Free
closeup of gamelan
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Come and Play: Gamelan
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music
Workshop
Concerts
Santosh
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Films at HEART FilmFeast celebrates India
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Film
International Women's Day
Free
Spike Marshall
Fri 13 Mar 2026
The Wryter's Comedy Hour
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Comedy
Radio / Podcast
Jens Lekman
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Jens Lekman
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Music
Press shot of Daoirí Farrell.
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Daoirí Farrell
Otley Courthouse
Music
Gigs
Smoove & Turrell
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Smoove & Turrell
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
the band
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Blackbeard's Tea Party
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Under £10
Pleiades
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Pleiades + Red Sun Alert + Death Rituals
Santiago Bar
Gigs
Music
A group of people
Until Sat 14 Mar 2026
Pied Piper
Leeds Playhouse
Music
Theatre
children on a swing
Sat 14 Mar 2026
My Brother's A Genius
Leeds Playhouse
Family Friendly
Theatre
A picture of blue white and green felt flowers on a wooden counter top with art pottery in the background.
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Make a Felt Flower Bouquet
Abbey House Museum
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
Nathan from Hawthornearts draws a face on a flipchart board
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Create a Comic Book Hero with Hawthornearts
Leeds Libraries
Family Friendly
Workshop
All Library Events
Family Friendly Workshop
Free
Storyteller Ian Douglas entertains a big crowd outdoors
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Storytelling with Ian Douglas
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Performance
Free
Two people sat at a desk
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Wales in Venice: Manon Awst and Dylan Huw in conversation
Henry Moore Institute
Visual Arts
Talk
A photograph of someone using a soldering iron to melt solder onto a stained glass piece. There are shards of different coloured glass in the foreground.
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Sam Yates (March)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
black and white photo of a 1960s fashion show
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Fashion by Design with special guest Percy Pig
M&S Archive
Exhibition
Family Friendly
JS Bach / Tim Knight
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Come and Sing Day - Bite-sized Bach and Friends
St Mary's Church, Whitkirk
Creative Workshop
Music
Workshop
Free
Buttercrumble illustrate a portrait on an iPad.
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Be Illustrated for Buttercrumble’s Leeds 400 Drawathon
John Lewis & Partners Leeds
Family Friendly
Leeds 400
Visual Arts
Free
a montage image
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Leeds Ceramic Fair
Heart Centre
Craft
Market
In a dark background, and dancer is captured mid-movement surrounded by a cloud of smoke.
Sat 14 Mar 2026
HUMANHOOD - Vortex
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Richard Todd Trading
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Tainted Love presents DARKSIDE : 80s Alternative
The Key Club
Dance
Gigs
Music
4 dancers on stage in a circle
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Area Jeune Ballet | Double Bill
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
A group of burlesque performers in glimmering red dresses and extravagant feather plumes stand together on stage beneath smoky spotlights.
Fri 13 Mar 2026 - Sat 14 Mar 2026
An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Dance
A ballerina in black with a cane and a top hat with another ballerina in pink on pointe with an arched back.
Until Sat 14 Mar 2026
Northern Ballet's Gentleman Jack
Leeds Grand Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Leeds 400
Music
Crime and Punishment
Until Sat 14 Mar 2026
Crime and Punishment
Chroma Q Theatre
Theatre
A silhouette of a man stood at the top of a mountain at night time.
Sat 14 Mar 2026
London Mountain Film Festival Returns to Otley Courthouse
Otley Courthouse
Film
Howling Bells
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Howling Bells
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
an explosion
Sat 14 Mar 2026
A Day To Remember UK / Tekkin Back Sunday / Friday Night Lights
Eiger Studios
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Tow book covers with eyes looking at each other
Until Sun 15 Mar 2026
World Book Day® book-token exchange in Leeds Libraries
Leeds Libraries
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Half Term
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Literature
Geri by Soulla Petrou from her exhibition REWIND capturing 15 years of the UK music scene, radiating the raw energy & spirit of a defining era in club & youth culture
Until Sun 15 Mar 2026
Photo North Festival #7
Carriageworks Theatre
Exhibition
Visual Arts
The members of QOW trio with instruments
Sun 15 Mar 2026
“QOW” – the Rule of Three
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
A grand library with pillars
Sun 15 Mar 2026
University of Leeds Heritage and History Walk
University Of Leeds
Heritage
Guided Tour
Under £10
Family looking at equipment on Home Farm
Until Sun 15 Mar 2026
British Science Week: Curiosity - What's Your Question?
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Under £10
thebookishtypeleeds@gmail.com
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Leeds Queer History Tour - Music & Nightlife
The Bookish Type
Guided Tour
LGBT+
Music
A scone with afternoon tea sandwiches, a pot of jam and a cup of tea behind
Until Sun 15 Mar 2026
Mother's Day Afternoon Tea
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
An afternoon tea stand with scones and jam on top
Until Sun 15 Mar 2026
Mother's Day Afternoon Tea
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A line of performers on an outdoor stage raise their joined hands, wearing matching green tops and dark skirts or shorts. Flags and banners hang along the front of the stage, with sound equipment and a black backdrop behind them.
Sun 15 Mar 2026
St Patrick's Day Celebrations
Millennium Square
Family Friendly
Performance
Prime Pass
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Paint a Pair: Mothers Love
DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre
Craft
Workshop
Free
Colourful image of people lifting weights in the pool
Sun 15 Mar 2026
LGBTQ+ Aqua Aerobics at Bramley Baths
Bramley Baths
Activity
Healthy Living
LGBT+
Social
Man holding Sitar
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Jugalbandi: Ustad Shahid Parvez & Shashank Subramanyam
Howard Assembly Room
Music
Concerts
The members of The Fureys with their instruments.
Sun 15 Mar 2026
The Fureys
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
Black and white of Eric Bibb sat outdoors playing a guitar, wearing a plaid shirt and hat shading his face.
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Eric Bibb: One Mississippi UK Tour 2026
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
A still from the film "Amakki"
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Amakki (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
A photo of someone pointing imaging equipment at a dark bust sculpture.
Tue 17 Mar 2026
From Portrait to Pixel: Historic Objects in Virtual Worlds
Treasures of the Brotherton
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Flo/ra
Tue 17 Mar 2026
TNL: Flo/ra
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Claire
Until Wed 18 Mar 2026
Coffee, craft and chat with Bowers
Bowers Allerton Hall
Social
Workshop
Free
Image shows a red mug of tea on a table, next to a flyer for Sip and Social, near a window. A courtyard with benches and red umbrellas can be seen outside.
Until Wed 18 Mar 2026
Sip and Social - Hyde Park Book Club
Hyde Park Book Club
Healthy Living
Free
Leeds Sanctuary
Wed 18 Mar 2026
A Tale of Two Cities: A Sketch Walk on the History of Wealth Inequality in Leeds
Leeds City Square
Talk
Guided Tour
Free
Tom McEwan, Herbie Underwood and Joe Wilkes
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Tom McEwen Trio at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz