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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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Jess Kitching
Thu 30 Jul 2026
An Evening with Jess Kitching
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Composite image of Shez Raja and Guthrie Govan both enthusiastically playing guitar on stage.
Thu 30 Jul 2026
Shez Raja featuring Guthrie Govan
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Free
digital drop ins
Until Fri 31 Jul 2026
Digital Drop-ins
Leeds Libraries
All Library Events
Workshop
Dancer jumps in playing field
Mon 27 Jul 2026 - Fri 31 Jul 2026
NSCD Summer School 2026
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
Two women climbing up Brimham Rocks
Mon 27 Jul 2026 - Fri 31 Jul 2026
Moving Landscapes
Otley Courthouse
Activity
Healthy Living
Under £10
An old postcard of the Empire Palace 1904 on Briggate
Until Fri 31 Jul 2026
The Victorian Circuses of Leeds
White Cloth Hall
Walk
Guided Tour
Heritage
Free
People socialising at Pride Place @ Flamingos
Until Fri 31 Jul 2026
LGBTQ+ Networking Social
Flamingos Coffee House
LGBT+
Social
Neil Delamere perches on a high wooden stool in front of a yellow background.
Fri 31 Jul 2026
Neil Delamere: Reinventing the Neil
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
The are 4 female dancers and 2 male musicians in civil war outfits are stood in the garden at Temple Newsam house.
Sat 1 Aug 2026
400 years of Historical Dancing
Temple Newsam
Dance
Heritage
Leeds 400
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A group of people playing music together inside the Grand Arcade, Leeds
Until Sat 1 Aug 2026
Roda de Choro & Samba
Ohana
Family Friendly
Gigs
Music
Free
Room with wooden chairs and colorful abstract paintings. Peeling ceiling and walls suggest an aged interior.
Wed 13 May 2026 - Sat 1 Aug 2026
Parham Ghalamdar: Aerotheology
Leeds Arts University Blenheim Walk
Exhibition
Hifi Logo
Until Sat 1 Aug 2026
Hifi Comedy Club
The HiFi Club
Comedy
A woman in a light blue dress with long dark hair, sat on a suitcase holding a guitar in front of a blue background of drawn abstract mountain shapes.
Thu 9 Jul 2026 - Sat 1 Aug 2026
The Sound of Music
Leeds Grand Theatre
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Music
Theatre
Under £10
Two Male gladiators fearfully screaming
Sun 2 Aug 2026
Colosseum of Chaos
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Family Friendly
Theatre
Free
Kids Playing on Map
Until Mon 3 Aug 2026
Pages of the Park | Community Cabinet of Curiosities Creation with Nat Hues
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Creative Workshop
A range of different sized screen printing screens stacked on a shelf
Mon 20 Jul 2026 - Mon 3 Aug 2026
Experimental Screen Printing – 3 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Screen printed pages from a zine drying in a marble drying rack
Thu 6 Aug 2026
Screen Printed Zine Workshop
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
Colourful printed fabric featuring a French high street design
Sat 8 Aug 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Perfect Prints
M&S Archive
Family Friendly
Activity
A selection of abstract prints in multiple colours
Sat 8 Aug 2026
Monoprint & Collograph
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Hacktivist
Sat 8 Aug 2026
Hacktivist+ Waterlines
The Lending Room
Gigs
Music
Performance
vw festival
Fri 7 Aug 2026 - Sun 9 Aug 2026
VW Festival
Harewood House
Family Friendly
Festival
Free
A man and a woman dance next to each other smiling with their hands on their hips
Until Wed 12 Aug 2026
Dance On Sumangal
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Healthy Living
Free
Children playing on a Map
Until Wed 12 Aug 2026
Pages of the Park | Local History Through Sound with Delilah Sykes
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Paul Smith
Wed 12 Aug 2026
Paul Smith - Happy
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Performance
The Bats
Fri 14 Aug 2026
The Bats
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
An image of birds being carved into a piece of plywood
Sat 15 Aug 2026
Woodcut Relief Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
The Courettes
Sat 15 Aug 2026
The Courettes
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
The Temple Newsam Food Festival 2026: A Summertime Feast
Sat 15 Aug 2026 - Sun 16 Aug 2026
The Temple Newsam Food Festival 2026: A Summertime Feast
Temple Newsam
Festival
Food & Drink
A group of women in 'Dance On' T-shirts dance together
Until Mon 17 Aug 2026
Dance On Beeston
St Andrews Methodist Church
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
A lady in a yellow top is dancing with her arms outstrectched
Until Mon 17 Aug 2026
Dance On Seacroft
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
A lady is dancing in a chair with her arms above her head
Until Mon 17 Aug 2026
Dance On Tinshill
OPAL - Welcome In Community Centre
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
A group of ladies in 'dance on' T-shirts are dancing with their arms in the air
Until Tue 18 Aug 2026
Dance On Belle Isle
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
A lady in yellow looks extemely happy dancing in a chair
Until Tue 18 Aug 2026
Dance On Pudsey
Pudsey House
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
A group of women in 'dance on' T-shirts are dancing together
Until Tue 18 Aug 2026
Dance On Moortown
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
A white lady with short light hair strikes a disco pose with a big smile on her face. She wears a purple 'Dance On' Tshirt.
Until Tue 18 Aug 2026
Dance On Harehills
Harehills Lane Baptist Church
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
Golomb
Wed 19 Aug 2026
Golomb
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Gigs
An ink roller being used to roll out light blue ink.
Thu 23 Jul 2026 - Thu 20 Aug 2026
Explore Printmaking – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
2 people are dancing smiling and gesturing toward each other
Until Fri 21 Aug 2026
Dance On Holbeck
St Matthew's Community Centre, Holbeck
Adults Only
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
A lady in a yellow top is dancing with arms outstretched
Until Fri 21 Aug 2026
Dance On Seacroft
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
the band
Fri 21 Aug 2026
Humanfly
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
An image of a building cut into a piece of lino alongside a print in shades of blue and yellow taken from it
Sat 22 Aug 2026
Linocut Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
a medaeival illustration of a person on a horse
Sat 22 Aug 2026
Gary Stewart presents Graceland
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Images of families at Temple Newsam
Wed 22 Jul 2026 - Wed 26 Aug 2026
Summer Holidays: Plant Power!
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Photo by Matthias Wagner on Unsplash
Until Thu 27 Aug 2026
Northern Market Open Mic Night
The Northern Market
Gigs
Music
Performance
A book being hand made, alongside thread and bookbinding tools
Sat 29 Aug 2026
Next Steps in Bookbinding
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
A young child standing outside a colourful room
Until Sat 29 Aug 2026
Story Explorers
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Exhibition
Family Friendly
School Holidays
In a dark-lit room, two musicians sit on stools in front of a blurred dancer, in motion.
Sat 29 Aug 2026
Seven Cities of Love: Shahnai Persian Music Band
City Varieties Music Hall
Concerts
Music
Helen George smiles in the centre, raising a gloved hand to her chin, flanked by Freddie Fox and Julian Ovenden who look at her from each side, set against a starry blue backdrop.
Tue 25 Aug 2026 - Sat 29 Aug 2026
Cole Porter's High Society
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
Free
Person with voluminous curly hair and glasses stands against a blue background. They wear gold hoop earrings, layered necklaces, and a black top, conveying confidence.
Thu 21 May 2026 - Sun 30 Aug 2026
UNEARTHING(S): Hannah Catherine Jones
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
A triptych of three drawings that combine machine and organic elements.
Until Sun 30 Aug 2026
Phantasmagoria: Folkloric Sculpture for the Digital Age
Henry Moore Institute
Exhibition
Visual Arts