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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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A young boy is ballancing on one leg, arms stretched, whilst a group of young girls are gathered behind him in a dance studio.
Until Sat 11 Jul 2026
Ballet 4-6 | Saturday Superstars Dance Class
Yorkshire Dance
Dance
Family Friendly
Workshop
A girl is in a dance studio balancing on one leg, with the other extended behind her, her arms are stretched to the side
Until Sat 11 Jul 2026
Creative Pop 5-7 | Saturday Superstars Dance Class
Yorkshire Dance
Family Friendly
Workshop
A young, smiley boy is bending his knees wearing tap shoes in a dance studio.
Until Sat 11 Jul 2026
Creative Tap 4-8 | Saturday Superstars Dance Class
Yorkshire Dance
Family Friendly
Workshop
Brassed Off
Thu 18 Jun 2026 - Sat 11 Jul 2026
Brassed Off
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Children are dancing and jumping with different coloured scarves in a dance studio.
Until Sat 11 Jul 2026
Street Styles 5-7 | Saturday Superstars Dance Class
Yorkshire Dance
Family Friendly
Workshop
A group of young children are doing ballet in a dance studio, jumping, stretching and swaying.
Until Sat 11 Jul 2026
Ballet 6-9 | Saturday Superstars Dance Class
Yorkshire Dance
Family Friendly
Workshop
Free
Players on the pitch
Until Sat 11 Jul 2026
Leeds LGBT+ Angels Football Training Sessions
Powerleague Leeds Central
LGBT+
Social
Sports
Free
A group of people create something crafty in the M&S Archive exhibition
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Finishing Touches
M&S Archive
Exhibition
Family Friendly
A an ink roller being used to coat wood type with pink ink.
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Letterpress: Wood Type Posters
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A group of children are in different street dance poses in a dance studio
Until Sat 11 Jul 2026
TEMPO Street Crew | Saturday Superstars Dance Class
Yorkshire Dance
Family Friendly
Workshop
Scott Bennett and his baby.
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
Otley Courthouse
Comedy
Talk
A woman stands in a river of silk with two sticks to her head like antlers
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Wild Hope by TC Howard and Company of People | Ageless Festival
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Performance
Ageless Festival
Dance (Li)
A dancer poses on an extremely large tree stump outdoors in tap shoes, a top hat and tails
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Bird Nerd and the Red List by Marie-Louise Flexen | Ageless Festival
Chroma Q Theatre
Ageless Festival
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
A dancer in beige poses on a grassy hillside
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Ageless Festival Saturday 11 July
Yorkshire Dance
Ageless Festival
Dance
Dance (Li)
Festival
The three members of the band The Cribs pose against a red background; one sits on a stool in a black jacket, another stands in a striped shirt, and the third sits in a brown leather jacket.
Sat 11 Jul 2026
The Cribs | Sounds Of The City
Millennium Square
Gigs
Music
A woman in silk robes stands in a wood with arms in the air
Fri 10 Jul 2026 - Sat 11 Jul 2026
Ageless Festival 10-11 July 2026
Yorkshire Dance
Dance
Festival
Ageless Festival
Dance (Li)
Performance
Under £10
Wheelchair users in a big circle in a dance studio, raising theirs arms high with colourful scarves
Until Sun 12 Jul 2026
In Motion
Northern Ballet & Phoenix Dance Theatre
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
Free
Moortown Park Event
Sun 12 Jul 2026
Moortown Festival
Moortown Park
Family Friendly
Festival
Leeds 400
Music
Outdoor
A selection of abstract collograph prints in multiple colours drying on a drying rack
Mon 13 Jul 2026
Collograph Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Five faces lying on the ground in sunlight, with eyes closed and peaceful expressions.
Sat 13 Jun 2026 - Mon 13 Jul 2026
Lady Maisery and Jimmy & Sid present Wakefire: A Midsummer Celebration!
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Osees
Tue 14 Jul 2026
Osees
Leeds Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
Free
A photograph of Hope Foundry, Mabgate, Leeds
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Mabgate, a Forgotten Area of Leeds?
MAP Charity
Guided Tour
Walk
Gouache Workshop with Dawn Blatherwick
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Gouache Workshop with Dawn Blatherwick
Lotherton
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Three people holding coding devices
Until Wed 15 Jul 2026
Code Club at Yeadon Library
Yeadon Community Hub & Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Workshop
Lino Artwork
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Lino Printing with Megan Dobbyn | Pride Celebration Special
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Under £10
Go Fish!
Until Wed 15 Jul 2026
BYOBG - social gaming night
Flamingos Coffee House
LGBT+
Quiz / Gaming
Social
Under £10
A line drawing of an old brick building with multiple storeys, steep tiled roofs, tall chimneys, and many small-paned windows, shown enclosing a paved courtyard.
Thu 16 Jul 2026
Leeds in the 17th century: Handling workshop
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Heritage
Workshop
Free
Newspaper image of a cinema audience wearing 3D glasses
Until Thu 16 Jul 2026
Reel-ise
Leeds Industrial Museum
Exhibition
Heritage
LGBT+
Under £10
Portrait of Lady Betty Hastings
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Fri 17 Jul 2026
Leeds Philanthropy Over the Centuries
Leeds City Bus Station
Walk
Guided Tour
Heritage
Woolpack Choir & Rock Orchestra press shot.
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Woolpack Choir & Rock Orchestra
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Two artists screen printing an image of Frida Kahlo onto a t-shirt
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Screen Printing Tees & Totes
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A photograph of a person stitching natural elements on to a canvas
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Create with Nature Workshop with Jane Bevan
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Twin Lizzy
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Twin Lizzy
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Bingo Posters
Until Sat 18 Jul 2026
Bingo For The People!
The Old Woollen
Comedy
Performance
Quiz / Gaming
Echoes of the Bunnymen
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Echoes of the Bunnymen + True Order (Tribute Bands)
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
A plate of scones and a glass of champagne on a stone balcony, overlooking a garden
Until Sun 19 Jul 2026
Tea on the Terrace
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A selfie of Parkinson's UK Community Fundraiser, Ailsa Dragan stood in front of a large group of people all wearing Walk for Parkinson's t-shirts with their arms in the air in celebration
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Walk for Parkinson's, Yorkshire
Temple Newsam
Walk
Afternoon tea and a glass of prosecco overlooking Temple Newsam gardens
Fri 5 Jun 2026 - Sun 19 Jul 2026
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Sketched picture of life model posing with arms behind her head
Mon 29 Jun 2026 - Mon 20 Jul 2026
Life Drawing : Four Week Course with Life Model
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
Visual Arts
Workshop
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
image from mamma Mia
Tue 21 Jul 2026
MAMMA MIA - Adult Dance Class
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Dance
Dance Class
Free
a uke
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Wed 22 Jul 2026
Ukulele For Beginners Class (six week course) in partnership with Vera Media
Leeds Central Library
Adults Only
All Library Events
Music
Workshop
Free
A Second World War scene showing the front of a building with a Routemaster-style bus parked outside. The bus is marked “Mobile First Aid Post” and is surrounded by stacked sandbags. Nearby signs read “Clearing Station” and “Air Raid Shelter,” indicating its use as an emergency medical point during the war.
Fri 24 Jul 2026
Change and challenge: Leeds in the 1900s
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
Exhibition
Heritage
Leeds 400
Peter Kay
Fri 24 Jul 2026
Peter Kay Charity Show
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Performance
A photograph taken over the shoulder of someone with a drawing board on their knee working on a pencil drawing of a person
Sat 25 Jul 2026
Go Figure Life Drawing - Self-led Saturday (July)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Two artists looking at a selection of cyanotype prints on a drying rack.
Sat 25 Jul 2026
Cyanotypes
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Under £10
A lady in a dress wears a small propeller on her back
Sat 25 Jul 2026
Snoligoster
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
Performance
A etching press being wound by hand
Tue 28 Jul 2026
Embossing Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Graphic of Plants
Tue 28 Jul 2026
Plant Bingo
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Quiz / Gaming
Beginners lindy hop class
Until Wed 29 Jul 2026
Beginners Lindy Hop
The Dance Studio Leeds
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
Playscheme firelighting
Mon 27 Jul 2026 - Thu 30 Jul 2026
Skelton Rangers Playscheme
TCV Skelton Grange
Adventure
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays