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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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Spring
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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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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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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Emma Cordell playing the flute.
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Lunchtime Recital: The Euclid Ensemble
Otley Courthouse
Music
Concerts
A Brazilian Ruby Hummingbird and Water Vole on a cream background
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Still Life Drawing: Animals
Abbey House Museum
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Visual Arts
Workshop
A Carved Wine Bottle Sculpture On A Black Background
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Stories Of Sculpture & Wine: An Evening Of Tasting & Storytelling
The Sculpture Gallery
Visual Arts
Food & Drink
Free
Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash
Thu 23 Apr 2026
#IAmRemarkable Workshop
Work Café, Leeds
Workshop
Healthy Living
Barry White photographed in black and white, set against a blank backdrop. He has a tight perm and carefully shaped beard, wearing a ring and chain necklace.
Thu 23 Apr 2026
The Legend of Barry White
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Blood Wizard
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Blood Wizard
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
UK jazz/global beats stars Nubiyan Twist play Project House Leeds on 23rd April launching their new album "Chasing Shadows"
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Nubiyan Twist "Chasing Shadows" Album Launch
Project House
Gigs
Music
Talking Spirits performing live at Seven Arts in Leeds
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Talking Spirits UK Tour - Leeds
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Music
Performance
Chris Brain
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Chris Brain
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Under £10
HerOrangeCoat
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Roots Presents: HerOrangeCoat with support from Nico Paul and Lilian
The Cardigan Arms
Gigs
Music
A still from "The Lorax"
Fri 24 Apr 2026
The Lorax (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
A still from "Rose of Nevada"
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Rose of Nevada (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Exit 8"
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Exit 8 (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Under £10
A black and white picture Tiss, wearing dark sunglasses and shiny trousers. Posing with a cigarette and drum.
Thu 23 Apr 2026 - Fri 24 Apr 2026
Tiss Vampiric - Live at Sela
Sela Bar & Pizzeria
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
A Mary Quant Mac
Fri 24 Apr 2026
History Wardrobe: Mary Quant – Fashion Icon
M&S Archive
Talk
Heritage
Image shows a black necked grebe mid dive with reedbeds in the background
Until Fri 24 Apr 2026
Specialised Black Necked Grebe Experience- RSPB St Aidan's
RSPB St Aidan's
Guided Tour
Outdoor
Walk
Dancers finding freedom of movement and voice.
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Experience & Expression - 5Rhythms movement and voice
Open Source Arts
Workshop
Healthy Living
A photo of Bicurious band.
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Bicurious + Wot Gorilla? + Patience
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
Free
The picture is of a group of people laughing and dancing around, having fun.
Until Fri 24 Apr 2026
Wellington Place's Improv Night
Wellington Place
Comedy
Social
Silverlode
Fri 24 Apr 2026
FNL: Silverlode
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Gigs
Music
Clive Gregson & the hayes sisters press shot.
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Clive Gregson & The Hayes Sisters: Love At The Five & Dime - Remembering Nanci Griffith
Otley Courthouse
Music
Gigs
Photo by Greyson Joralemon on Unsplash
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Diva of the Decades
Guiseley Theatre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Paintings , brightly coloured jewellery, stationery and pictures of collages
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Artists Studios Open for “Meet the Maker Day”
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft
Exhibition
Visual Arts
A photograph showing a while male wearing sunglasses and holding a microphone out in front of him. This has had the background removed and has been replaced with a pastel purple background
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Introduction to Podcasting with Simon Treen
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Performance
An image of a woman singing.
Thu 23 Apr 2026 - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Black is the Color of My Voice
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
a boy in a striped top with science objects around him
Until Sat 25 Apr 2026
Planet Omar
Leeds Playhouse
Family Friendly
Theatre
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Sat 25 Apr 2026
Macrame Basket Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Student outcomes at a recent workshop
Until Sat 25 Apr 2026
Fun Felting Workshops
Bardsey Art Studios
Craft
Creative Workshop
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Workshop
Free
clothes
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Fashion Revolution Week 2026 – SCRAP Clothes Swap
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Social
Market
A drawing in black pen and pencil of a horse, a lot of detail has gone into the face
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Horse Drawing and Construction with Michael Rios
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Free
sewing
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Fashion Revolution Week 2026 Mend In Public Day – SCRAP Drop in Mend, Repair and Upcycle
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Craft
Creative Workshop
Social
Workshop
Free
A pale silicone foot sits on a pile of dark brown hair on a concrete floor
Thu 23 Apr 2026 - Sat 25 Apr 2026
That's Because by Donglin Song
Assembly House
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Midlife woman lifting weights
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Hii Midlife Fitness
Flannels
Activity
Healthy Living
A photograph of a work in progress, there is the shape of a squirrel made from glass and a paintbrush suspended above it
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Sam Yates (April)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A stylised portrait print in black and white
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Portraiture: Drawing & Monoprinting
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Under £10
Groups of people browsing rails and holding up items of clothing in a brightly lit room filled with rails and baskets of clothing.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Leeds Community Clothes Exchange April 2026 Swap
Woodhouse Community Centre
Social
Market
There are 4 couples in Victorian dancing the waltz cotillion. Two couples in hold are dancing the waltz step. The other 2 couples are at the side of the square waiting their turn.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
International Day of Dance Workshop
Temple Newsam
Creative Workshop
Dance
Dance Class
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A colourful designed image of a black man in profile looking at a hibiscus flower decorated with ankara patterns.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Writing Hope on the Threshold
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Creative Workshop
Literature
Talk
Workshop
Photo montage
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Mutant Movement 1986 Daytime Disco : 40th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
The Backroom
Gigs
Music
Under £10
DJ Electrichead's Rock Club
Sat 25 Apr 2026
DJ Electrichead's Rock Club
The Key Club
Adults Only
Dance
Gigs
Music
Mutant Music
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Mutant Movement 1986 Daytime Disco : 40th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
The Backroom
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
Two goths standing at a bus stop
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Bus Stop Goths
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
Performance
2 male dancers in tracksuits dance in countryside
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Northern Rascals | SUNNY SIDE
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Performance
Dance (Li)
Free
Members of the flute ensemble performing.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Spring Concert: The Chamäleon Flute Ensemble & The St Matts Jazz Night
St Matthias' Church
Concerts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Blue-tones sketch drawing of the backs of the four Beatles with their original shaggy hair stood in front of a packed auditorium.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
The Mersey Beatles
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
A Bollywood dancer posing while wearing a traditional red outfit with long flowing brown hair. Paparazzi cameras flash around her.
Fri 24 Apr 2026 - Sat 25 Apr 2026
Frankie Goes to Bollywood
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
MoonAge performing on stage.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
MoonAge - The Best Of Bowie
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Mikey Kenney 1 Credit Charlie McKeon
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Mike Kenney
The Attic
Gigs
Music
A still from the film "White Chicks"
Sun 26 Apr 2026
White Chicks (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Savages"
Sat 25 Apr 2026 - Sun 26 Apr 2026
Savages PG
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film