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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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A man wearing glasses and a dark shirt stands in thought in front of a background of plants and vegetation.
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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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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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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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Marcia Hutchinson
Wed 6 May 2026
An Evening with Marcia Hutchinson
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Free
Cardboard shed mock up
Tue 5 May 2026 - Wed 6 May 2026
The Shed
Left Bank Leeds
Exhibition
Activity
A packed crowd of people watch Skipinnish perform on stage, accompanied by spotlights and haze.
Wed 6 May 2026
Skipinnish
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Gigs
A still from the film "Slow"
Thu 7 May 2026
Slow (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "The Blue Trail"
Until Thu 7 May 2026
The Blue Trail (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Primavera"
Until Thu 7 May 2026
Primavera (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Hokum"
Until Thu 7 May 2026
Hokum 1(5)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Simeon Walker stood over an upright piano in a field.
Thu 7 May 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Simeon Walker
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
A drawing of a pencil with two yellow streaks on it.
Thu 7 May 2026
Visual Note-taking with Ellie Julings
Swarthmore Education Centre
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
A photograph of 3 people stood at easels drawing a life model, in the foreground is a woman with a black bob.
Thu 7 May 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (May)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
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Thu 7 May 2026
Rag Rugging Evening Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
P. P. Arnold smiles candidly on stage, wearing a a sequined beret-style cap and textured suit jacket. She is lit by a warm stage light and there is a hazy blue hue in the background.
Thu 7 May 2026
P.P. Arnold
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Joshua Burnside
Thu 7 May 2026
Joshua Burnside
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
darts players
Thu 7 May 2026
BetMGM Premier League Darts
first direct bank arena
Sports
Under £10
A still from "Bluey"
Fri 8 May 2026
Bluey at the Cinema: Playdates with Friends Collection (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
Four performers dance on stage in pairs. They have their arms in the air.
Fri 8 May 2026
Ballet Black
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
Free
Flamingos Cafe
Until Fri 8 May 2026
Proud 2 Be
Flamingos Coffee House
LGBT+
Social
Free
WW2 veteran Alford Gardner (left) and son Howard with the exhibition panel featuring Alford in 1945
Fri 8 May 2026
Caribbean RAF Veterans Memorial Garden Launch
Jamaica House
Heritage
Outdoor
Press shot of Ruth Notman.
Fri 8 May 2026
Ruth Notman
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
the band
Fri 8 May 2026
Friendship
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Three actors performing on stage, carrying black bin bags.
Until Sat 9 May 2026
I, Daniel Blake
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
Free
Photograph by Fadi A. Thabet
Until Sat 9 May 2026
Fadi A. Thabet - Lens on Gaza: The Sun and Moon Still Rise
Patrick Studios
Exhibition
Visual Arts
A close up photo of two hands manipulating a cylindrical form on a potters wheel
Sat 9 May 2026
Absolute Beginners Pottery Throwing with Jeannie Waterhouse
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A photograph of a think copper bangle and two chunky copper cuffs lay next to a jewellery tool with a red handle
Sat 9 May 2026
Make a Copper Bangle and Cuff with Charlotte Whitmore
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A photograph or some white flowers with a ladybird sat on one of them
Sat 9 May 2026
Urban Nature Connection Workshop with Ellie Julings
Swarthmore Education Centre
Creative Workshop
Healthy Living
Workshop
Free
Room with people sat watching people playing guitar and singing
Sat 9 May 2026
SongShare with The Swan Song Project - Dying Matters Week Special
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Healthy Living
Music
Performance
Free
Man playing guitar whilst Female singer performs in Library setting with Audience
Sat 9 May 2026
SongShare with The Swan Song Project - Dying Matters Week Special
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Healthy Living
Music
Free
Stella Wembley
Sat 9 May 2026
Stella Wembley Live in Leeds
HMV Store, Leeds
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
colour photograph of the bakery counter in an M&S store
Sat 9 May 2026
Sparky Saturdays: You're the boss!
M&S Archive
Exhibition
Family Friendly
Free
Otley Green Fair stalls in a hall.
Sat 9 May 2026
Otley Green Fair 2026
Otley Courthouse
Fair
Market
Screen printing screens stacked on a shelf
Sat 9 May 2026
Mono-Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Charcoal life drawing sketch of a nude seated figure on white paper
Sat 9 May 2026
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
Treasures of the Brotherton
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Free
Painting of three staff members behind a copper coloured bar. The person on the left is preparing food, the person in the middle is pulling a pint, and the person on the right is drinking from a glass. Behind them are various coloured bottles on shelves.
Until Sat 9 May 2026
A Continuous Circulation: Artists and Art Education in Mid-century Leeds – Selections from the archive of Maurice de Sausmarez
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
St Peter's Singers of Leeds
Sat 9 May 2026
Timeless Voices, Heavenly Echoes
St John's Church
Concerts
Heritage
Music
Nine Sixteenths cast
Sat 9 May 2026
Nine Sixteenths
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
Performance
A brass band sat on a stage ready to perform.
Sat 9 May 2026
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Pudsey Civic Hall
Concerts
Music
Performance
Black and white image of Tom Rosenthal smoking in the style of the Arctic Monkeys' album cover for Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
Sat 9 May 2026
Tom Rosenthal: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Photo by Anthony DELANOIX on Unsplash
Sat 9 May 2026
Guiseley Sounds Festival
Nethermoor Park
Festival
Gigs
Music
Jon Palmer Acoustic Band stood outside The Junction Inn in Otley.
Sat 9 May 2026
Jon Palmer Acoustic Band
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Smote
Sat 9 May 2026
Smote
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Dele Sosimi, UK afrobeat legend/keys player/bandleader/singer
Sat 9 May 2026
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Experience
Brudenell Social Club
Dance
Gigs
Music
A still from "hoppers"
Sat 9 May 2026 - Sun 10 May 2026
Hoppers (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
A still from "Death of a Bureaucrat"
Sun 10 May 2026
Death of a Bureaucrat
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Found Footage Festival
Sun 10 May 2026
Found Footage Festival (18)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Image shows a kestrel flying with prey in it's talons and greenery in the background
Until Sun 10 May 2026
Raptor ID Workshop- RSPB St Aidan's
RSPB St Aidan's
Guided Tour
Outdoor
Workshop
Mary Lou Williams on Piano
Sun 10 May 2026
Adam Fairhall and Johnny Hunter play Mary Lou Williams
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Free
4 pieces of Art
Sat 9 May 2026 - Sun 10 May 2026
Art in Your Eyes
Holy Trinity Boar Lane
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
Junk Yard event
Sun 10 May 2026
LS6 Junk Yard Sale
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Market
Vilarnau Cava Tasting Event
Sun 10 May 2026
Discover Cava with Vilarnau Cava
Ambiente Tapas Leeds
Food & Drink
Take part in the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon
Sun 10 May 2026
Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon
Sports