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Gigs In Leeds

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Three actors control puppets of different dinosaurs, one is pink, one is blue and one is orange.
Mon 16 Mar 2026 - Sat 21 Mar 2026
Zog
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
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Two performers acting on stage. One is holding a tennis racket and the other is holding branches with leaves on them.
Fri 15 May 2026 - Sat 16 May 2026
A Squash and A Squeeze
Leeds Playhouse
Family Friendly
Theatre
A photograph of a black shirt with white stitching detail
Sat 16 May 2026
Personalise Your Clothes using Embroidery with Jane
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A photograph of a purple pansy flower and some long green leaves. The backdrop to this is a blurred stone wall
Sat 16 May 2026
Find Your Focus with Ellie Julings
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Healthy Living
A repeated pattern of leaves being ecreen printed in black onto a green fabric
Sat 16 May 2026
Textile Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Image of Scott Bennett from the shoulders up lying on a pile of electronics including wires, a keyboard and hold phones.
Sat 16 May 2026
Scott Bennett: Stuff
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Under £10
A girl covering an eye with her hand. In black and white.
Sat 16 May 2026
Romeo.Juliet
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
James Bye, Shvorne Marks, Natalie Casey and Grant Kilburn stood against a black background.
Mon 11 May 2026 - Sat 16 May 2026
2:22: A Ghost Story
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Tide Lines
Sat 16 May 2026
Tide Lines
The Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
Press shot of Robin Nolan playing his guitar.
Sat 16 May 2026
Robin Nolan Trio - For The Love Of George
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Jazz
Music
an illustration of the Old Flax Store
Fri 15 May 2026 - Sat 16 May 2026
Hop City 2026
Northern Monk Refectory Leeds
Festival
Food & Drink
Peter Kay
Sat 16 May 2026
Peter Kay Live
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Free
Four participants and their dog taking part and having fun in Walk For A Cure.
Sun 17 May 2026
Alzheimer's Research UK Walk For A Cure 2026
Roundhay Park
Healthy Living
Outdoor
Under £10
Visitors walking around a busy textile market space at last year's Threads Festival. The venue is an industrial former textile mill with red brick ceilings, and festoon lights hanging from the beams.
Until Sun 17 May 2026
Threads Textile Festival 2026
Sunny Bank Mills
Fair
Festival
Market
Helen Farrell holding an old-fashioned microphone wearing a red and white halter neck.
Sun 17 May 2026
The Fab 50s and Swingin' 60s
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Performance
Under £10
https://www.buhurtinternational.com/tournament/the-leodis-cup
Sat 16 May 2026 - Sun 17 May 2026
History Collides - Leodis Cup 2026
Kirkstall Abbey
Festival
Sports
Otley Chamber Orchestra rehearsing.
Sun 17 May 2026
Otley Chamber Orchestra At Bridge Street Chapel Hall
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Free
Pyramid artists Alice and William pose in the studio garden
Mon 18 May 2026
Gardening and Nature Sketching for Wellbeing
Pyramid of Arts
Creative Workshop
Healthy Living
Outdoor
Visual Arts
Workshop
Image shows stitched baskets with darning mushrooms and yarns in them.
Mon 18 May 2026
Visible Mending Workshop at Kirkstall Forge
Butler's Cafe, Kirkstall Forge
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Mike Pickering
Mon 18 May 2026
An Evening with Mike Pickering
The Old Woollen
Music
Talk
Light blue ink being rolled out ready to use for printing with
Mon 11 May 2026 - Mon 18 May 2026
Two Colour Lino Printing – 2 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Seth Lakeman leans against a mossy standing stone in a woodland setting.
Mon 18 May 2026
Seth Lakeman: Freedom Fields 20th Anniversary Tour
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Theatre
The Handsome Family
Mon 18 May 2026
The Handsome Family
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Free
stop motion still, featuring a drawn girl coloured in. She has long brown hair tied back with a blue bobble, a patterned yellow top and stripey orange trousers. she is hold a stack of books in the palm of her hands.
Tue 28 Apr 2026 - Tue 19 May 2026
Free Stop Motion for Story telling workshop
Armley Community Hub and Library
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
An image of plant pots being screen printed in shades of yellow and blue
Tue 21 Apr 2026 - Tue 19 May 2026
Introduction to Screen Printing – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Dr Louise Newson smiles in a patterned blowse in front of a dark green backdrop and illustrated logo of a woman reaching out from a bubble.
Tue 19 May 2026
Dr. Louise Newson: Breaking the Cycle: The Power of Hormones
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Talk
Free
Graphic of journal
Wed 25 Mar 2026 - Wed 20 May 2026
Maternal Journalling & Poetry Club with Esta
Left Bank Leeds
Creative Workshop
Healthy Living
Literature
Free
Elliot Richards playing saxophone
Wed 20 May 2026
Elliot Richards Quartet at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
An image of Leeds City Square in 1926, with model moot hall erected for the tercentenary celebrations of Leeds getting its charter. A large building facade with a white statue in a central alcove (Queen Anne) stands in the centre. On either side the dates 1626 and 1926 are etched in what looks like stone. This is entrance to a station concourse. Pedestrians are milling about in period 1920s dress. A policeman in a white coat and gloves stands beneath the arch directing people.
Thu 21 May 2026
Talk: 400 Years of Leeds through the Collections of Leeds Museums and Galleries
Abbey House Museum
Heritage
Leeds 400
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Cumulus Quartet press shot.
Thu 21 May 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Cumulus Quartet
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Donovan Haffner with saxophone
Thu 21 May 2026
Donovan Haffner Quintet at Leeds Jazz Festival
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
A group of people at a table in an art studio
Thu 23 Apr 2026 - Thu 21 May 2026
Explore Printmaking – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Black and white photo of John Kearns in a simple suit, wearing a comic wig and fake teeth. He tilts sideways against a blank backdrop.
Thu 21 May 2026
John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Ian Shaw
Fri 22 May 2026
Ian Shaw sings Stephen Sondheim
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music
Concerts
Poly-Math
Fri 22 May 2026
Poly-Math + Yoshizawa + Slow Loris
Wharf Chambers
Gigs
Music
Ian Shaw
Fri 22 May 2026
Ian Shaw sings Stephen Sondheim at Leeds Jazz Festival
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Lence speaks into a microphone on stage.
Fri 22 May 2026
Lence Presents... Blur the Lines
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
Spoken Word
Theatre
Head shot of Dave Rowntree.
Fri 22 May 2026
Dave Rowntree Of Blur: No One You Know
Otley Courthouse
Talk
The Lemon Twigs
Fri 22 May 2026
The Lemon Twigs
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash
Wed 20 May 2026 - Sat 23 May 2026
Yarn Bombers by Keith Burton
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
Theatre
Our publich house
Fri 15 May 2026 - Sat 23 May 2026
Our Public House
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
A photograph of a beige and white ceramic open top box on a wooden table
Sat 23 May 2026
Clay Boxes and Vases Workshop with Jeannie Waterhouse
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
An etching plate with an image ready to be printed from
Sat 23 May 2026
Drypoint Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A photograph of people stood at easels, sketching
Sat 23 May 2026
Go Figure Life Drawing - Self-led Saturday (May)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Under £10
A circular rail filled wit colourful clothing. Long rails line the walls behind it.
Sat 23 May 2026
Leeds Community Clothes Exchange May 2026 Swap
Woodhouse Community Centre
Social
Market
Under £10
Bobak Champion plating Saxophone, drinking tea and with bubble machines
Sat 23 May 2026
I'm Muslamic Don't Panik!
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Dance
Theatre
The Ancient Infinity Orchestra lined up and holding their respective instruments in a bright room laden with rugs.
Sat 23 May 2026
Ancient Infinity Orchestra
City Varieties Music Hall
Concerts
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
Genesis Songbook
Sat 23 May 2026
Genesis Songbook
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Two men in vintage prison gear look sternly at the camera, accompanied by a suspicious suited man behind them. In the background is a stylised illustration of a prison block.
Tue 19 May 2026 - Sat 23 May 2026
The Shawshank Redemption
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
The Lemon Twigs
Sat 23 May 2026
The Lemon Twigs
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Emma Rawicz
Sun 24 May 2026
Emma Rawicz’s INKYRA at Leeds Jazz Festival
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance