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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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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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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
Natasha Walter
Tue 9 Jun 2026
An Evening of Feminism and Flourishing Futures with Natasha Walter
Cargo Wines
Literature
Talk
Under £10
A storyteller stands in front of a group of people.
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Brave Words: Community Storytelling Night
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Performance
Spoken Word
Herbie // Joe Frost - Beaten Track
Tue 9 Jun 2026
TNL: Herbie // Joe Frost - Beaten Track
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
Natasha Walter
Tue 9 Jun 2026
An Evening of Feminism and Flourishing Futures with Natasha Walter
Cargo
Literature
Talk
The Bevis Frond
Tue 9 Jun 2026
The Bevis Frond
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Free
Poetry & Motion
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Poetry & Motion
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Dance
Dance (Li)
Literature
Performance
Free
Guitar neck hand tuning guitar peg
Until Wed 10 Jun 2026
Guitar for Beginners Class (six week course) in partnership with Vera Media
Leeds Central Library
Adults Only
All Library Events
Music
Workshop
Free
Nick Bray dressed in a pineapple costume, holding a ukulele
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Creatures Songtime for Under 5s
Leeds City Museum
Music
Workshop
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Group of people at a book event.
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Literature Day @LIAAF 2026
Compton Centre Community Hub and Library
Creative Workshop
Literature
Workshop
Under £10
Cosy Crime or Evil Minds
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Cosy Crime or Evil Minds?
The Leeds Library
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Talk
Photo by Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Harper North Publishing Workshop
Hyde Park Book Club
Talk
Workshop
Leeds LitFest
Under £10
A spider's web
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Safety in Numbers
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Spoken Word
Talk
Illustration of little birds
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Felt a Little Bird! A Needle-Felting Workshop with Penny
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Under £10
A bronze statue of George Orwell stands outside the BBC. Its long shadow falls across a stone wall engraved with the quote: 'If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Orwell and Spain: The Birth of a Dystopia
Mill Hill Chapel
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Talk
Under £10
John Ironmonger: Tackling Climate Change via Fiction
Wed 10 Jun 2026
John Ironmonger: Tackling Climate Change via Fiction
Hold Fast Bookshop
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Talk
Under £10
Jacob talking through projector.
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Found Film Club
The Cardigan Arms
Film
Heritage
Jen Brister sits on a wooden block with her head tilted to the side, wearing long back trousers, white trainers a bright orange shirt.
Tue 9 Jun 2026 - Wed 10 Jun 2026
Jen Brister: Reactive
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Under £10
Banel and Adama
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Films at HEART: Banel and Adama
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Film
Under £10
A photo of Martin Parker, the speaker
Wed 10 Jun 2026
CAFE ECONOMIQUE: AI in farming: how much should we worry about big tech?
Seven Arts
Talk
A man in a long grey coat stands in front of a blue shutter door painted with large white wings and a yellow halo, making it look like he has wings.
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Rowan McCabe: Hard Knocks
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Comedy
Literature
Jake Lambert
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Jake Lambert LIVE in Leeds
The Glee Club Leeds
Comedy
Free
LAU Writers: Labyrinths Anthology Launch
Wed 10 Jun 2026
LAU Writers: Labyrinths Anthology Launch
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Performance
Spoken Word
Smile (Bright Sparks Theatre)
Wed 10 Jun 2026 - Thu 11 Jun 2026
SMILE!
Leeds Playhouse
Comedy
Theatre
Alan Lazenby holding sausage dog and Dee Lazenby holding their other sausage dog.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Wealth and Wellbeing Networking Morning
Roundhay Park
Healthy Living
Free
Manthology & More
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Manthology & More
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Social
Spoken Word
Press shot of Eira Lynn Jones standing behind her harp.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Eira Lynn Jones
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Under £10
Child painting flowers
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Flower Printing and Floral Art
Lotherton
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Photo of students from Leeds Trinity University MA in Creative Writing
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Tales from Trinity
Leeds Trinity University
Literature
Leeds LitFest
Photo by Darko Trajkovic on Unsplash
Thu 11 Jun 2026
The Tailor's Ghost
The Leeds Library
Theatre
Performance
Leeds LitFest
A man with short light hair, wearing a white jumper smiling.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Teddy Thompson: Never Be The Same
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Music
Performance
Barry Manilow
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Barry Manilow
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
Mick Miller wears a loud shirt featuring Looney Toons characters and looks to the side, along with a small image of Ryan Gleeson candidly smiling with a microphone.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
An Audience with Mick Miller
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Workshop
Sam Sweeney Trio performing live.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Sam Sweeney Trio
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Totally Tina Tribute
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Totally Tina Tribute
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
Performance
Rob Potts
Fri 12 Jun 2026
A Football Odyssey Book Signing with Local Author Rob Potts
Truman Books
Literature
Sports
Trauma Release Exercise Workshop
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Trauma Release Exercise Workshop
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Drum Healing Sound Bath Journey
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Drum Healing Sound Bath Journey
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Under £10
Dramatic portrait of a person in a bioluminescent-inspired anglerfish costume, adorned with pearls, seated in a carved wooden throne.
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Naomi Wood: Monster
Carriageworks Theatre
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Performance
Theatre
Free
SISTER JAYANTI 2025
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Overcoming Overthinking
Village Hotel Leeds North
Talk
Healthy Living
On stage, there is female singer and guitarist. Stage lights are hazy and pink.
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Cloudbusting: The Music of Kate Bush
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
A woman with a cloud tattoo on her shoulder sits at a wooden table, holding the book 'how to leave your psychopath' by Pura. She is in a cozy room with floral wallpaper and a lit candle.
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Isabella Dorta & friends
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
LGBT+
Literature
Performance
Under £10
A landscape painting of a beach under a blue sky, layered with cut-out images of classical sculptures. The sculptures act as protesters, holding colorful hand-made signs focused on environmental and social justice themes.
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Once Upon a Now
The Leeds Library
Leeds LitFest
Creative Workshop
Literature
Spoken Word
Workshop
Agnes and Friends Celebrate
Sat 13 Jun 2026
A Bright Room Called Day - PREVIEW SHOW
All Hallows Church
Theatre
Under £10
Bluemoose Books
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Bluemoose Books 20th Birthday Bash
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Literature
Talk
Leeds LitFest
A grainy, black and white picture of Field Lane in the 1840s. There are several graphite drawings of people going about their day on a busy street.
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Saturday Night at Miss Bianca's Molly House
The Leeds Library
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Performance
Theatre
Free
Keyboard with computer games characters on individual keys
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Retro Computing & Gaming Day
Horsforth Community Hub and Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Quiz / Gaming
Social
Free
keyboard and games characters
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Retro Computing & Gaming Day
Horsforth Community Hub and Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Quiz / Gaming
Social