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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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Summer
LGBTQIA+ Leeds

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

 

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Alabama Shakes - Sounds Of The City
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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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Summer
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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Summer
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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Depeche Mode Image
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Depeche Mode Disco
Left Bank Leeds
Dance
Gigs
Music
A still from "Wake in Fright"
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Wake in Fright (18)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Three men embrace with their arms around each other.
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Blue Mist
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Introduction to Sound Training
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Introduction to Sound Training
We Are Wellness
Music
Healthy Living
A photograph of a person threading a needle whilst holding a garment which has the hem folded and tacked with black stitches
Sat 20 Jun 2026
How to Sew Zips, Hems and Pockets with Alison Teece UK
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
A photo of the Venn Bowling Machine, built from wood, with Thomas Glenday from University of Cambridge stood next to it
Fri 19 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Bowling Bonanza
Cookridge Street
Activity
Family Friendly
Leeds 400
Sports
Pregnancy Yoga Retreat
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Pregnancy Yoga Retreat
We Are Wellness
Activity
Healthy Living
A range of different sized screen printing screens stacked on a shelf
Until Sat 20 Jun 2026
Paper Screen Printing – 2 Day Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
Looking at pictures
Mon 15 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Bish Bash Bosh: Leeds Arts University Degree Show 2026
Leeds Arts University Blenheim Walk
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Elland Road general view
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Abseil at Elland Road
Elland Road Stadium
Sports
Adventure
A logo for the show. It is graphic design. Showing the silhouettes of people running with a golden window in the background
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
A Bright Room Called Day
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
Under £10
The makers of the show, two men and a woman are standing, smiling at the camera.
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Selene
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Music
Theatre
Free
Photo of art work that looks like a cake
Until Sat 20 Jun 2026
Food Glorious Food! Pyramid Exhibition at HEART
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Exhibition
Visual Arts
The Pitmen Poets press shot.
Sat 20 Jun 2026
The Pitmen Poets
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Spoken Word
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip
The Black Horse Otley
Music
Performance
Gigs
A still from "Watership Down"
Sat 20 Jun 2026 - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Watership Down (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Make Way For Tomorrow"
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Make Way for Tomorrow (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
G6 Garage, Dewsbury Road, South Leeds
Until Sun 21 Jun 2026
Lane Shipsey | Hard Shoulder Motorway City
BasementArtsProject
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Under £10
Someone juggling outside Temple Newsam
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Summer Picnic
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Items of local produced food laid out on a table
Sat 20 Jun 2026 - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Family Fun Fest
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Festival
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
A barman pulling a pint
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Leeds City Centre Heritage Pub and History Walk
Leeds City Square
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
Heritage
Deep Tissue Massage Training Course
Sat 20 Jun 2026 - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Deep Tissue Massage Training Course
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living
Bathers watch the sun set over Koh Samui from the sea
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Summer Solstice Sound Bath
Meanwood Community Centre
Music
Healthy Living
Free
Two women smiling and dancing together at an outdoor community celebration, surrounded by other participants, volunteers and colourful event tents in the Roxby Community Garden.
Fri 19 Jun 2026 - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Mafwa Midsummer - Refugee Week Festival
Roxby Community Garden (Leeds)
Creative Workshop
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Festival
Music
Outdoor
Workshop
Free
Lines of black and white tape on an orange background
Until Sun 21 Jun 2026
HOLD – BA Fine Art Degree Show 2026
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Bramley Baths
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Opera North at Bramley Baths
Bramley Baths
Concerts
Music
Performance
Free
Colourful image of Bramley Baths heritage pool hall
Fri 19 Jun 2026 - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Pop up exhibition - Art Merging with Life
Bramley Baths
Exhibition
Heritage
Sound of the 60s
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Sound of the 60s Tribute
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
Performance
Authors
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Midsummer Weird
The Old Woollen
Literature
Talk
Lily Allen
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Lily Allen
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
A still from "The Turin Horse"
Mon 22 Jun 2026
The Turin Horse (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
A warmly lit vintage-style living room featuring a floral upholstered sofa, striped area rug, round wooden coffee table with red roses in a vase, and eclectic décor including framed artwork, indoor plants, and a record player. The room is bathed in orange-red ambient lighting, creating a cozy, nostalgic atmosphere with artistic and retro accents throughout.
Mon 22 Jun 2026
In The Front Room
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Theatre
Shirt with colourful stitching repairs
Mon 15 Jun 2026 - Mon 22 Jun 2026
Monday Mending - two week course with artist Lorna Johnstone
Leeds Central Library
Activity
All Library Events
Craft
Creative Workshop
A still from "The Road"
Tue 23 Jun 2026
The Road (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
An image of two people wearing 1940's clothes. One is sat down wearing a hat and white shirt with a tie. The other is standing wearing a white dress, with their arm on the other person's shoulder. There is text above that reads 'WINDRUSH BY SONG'.
Mon 22 Jun 2026 - Tue 23 Jun 2026
Windrush By Song
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Free
Still from stop motion animation: featuring a bouncing ball with a face on. The ball has arms and legs and is bouncing up and down in a spotlight
Until Tue 23 Jun 2026
Free Introduction to Procreate Dreams Workshop (digital animation)
Armley Community Hub and Library
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
A stylised print of a woman in a red hat
Mon 22 Jun 2026 - Tue 23 Jun 2026
Gel Plate Printing & Mixed Media Collage (2 Day Course)
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A Blue Plaque remembering the Who's Live at Leeds performance in 1970.
Tue 23 Jun 2026
University of Leeds Heritage and History Walk
University Of Leeds
Guided Tour
Heritage
Walk
Olly Smith
Tue 23 Jun 2026
An Evening of Wine and Crime with Wine Expert Olly Smith
Cargo Wines
Literature
Food & Drink
Mambo Jambo
Tue 23 Jun 2026
TNL: Mambo Jambo
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
Two women in a park, wshrouded by the shade of overhead trees on a path, they are posed one holding the other up in the air. An opening to light through the trees is in the background
Until Tue 23 Jun 2026
AcroYoga
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living
Free
Image of Leeds Coat of Arms
Until Wed 24 Jun 2026
Leeds Owl Trail exhibition
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Exhibition
Heritage
Under £10
Black and white photograph of a library. Long tables are filled with people studying.
Until Wed 24 Jun 2026
Heritage Tour of Leeds Central Library
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Guided Tour
Heritage
Sketch of a woman holding a child
Tue 23 Jun 2026 - Wed 24 Jun 2026
Florence Nightingale Experience
Lotherton
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Jess is hanging split legged on the aerial silks at open source arts, a good 10 ft high, but smiling and posing calmly at the camera. Jess is being watched from below by one of her class attendents
Until Wed 24 Jun 2026
Youth Aerial Class - intro to aerial
Open Source Arts
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
A biro drawing by Mik Artisitik of Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle - Emmerdale)
Wed 24 Jun 2026
'Bags of Life' with Mik Artistik
Headingley Community Hub and Library
Visual Arts
Talk
All Library Events
Develop strength and agility, practising aerial silks.
Until Wed 24 Jun 2026
Aerial Silks with Jess
Open Source Arts
Activity
Healthy Living
Workshop
Free
Performer sings in a darkened room with green light in back ground
Until Wed 24 Jun 2026
Open Mic - at Leeds Libraries in partnership with Launchpad
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
Bramley Baths garden launch plant swap event
Wed 24 Jun 2026
Grow Your Own - workshop and talk
Bramley Baths
Outdoor
Workshop
Drawings of people writing
Wed 24 Jun 2026
Creative Writing with Jess Austin
Left Bank Leeds
Creative Workshop
Literature
Workshop