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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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An artist book work. The pages are painted blue on one side, with three tears on the page showing the red-painted reverse side.
Fri 15 May 2026 - Sun 30 Aug 2026
Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library
Henry Moore Institute
Exhibition
Visual Arts
David Jason holds his hand to his chin with a slight smile, dressed in a suit in front of a red curtain.
Sun 30 Aug 2026
An Evening with Sir David Jason
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Talk
Peter Bleksley stands in a trench coat in front of a bright blue light and rainy brickwork.
Tue 1 Sep 2026
The Makings of a Murderer: The Undercover Detective
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Talk
Weird Nightmare
Tue 1 Sep 2026
Weird Nightmare
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Phil Ellis stands upright, one hand on hip and his leg raised to his hip. He wears a dark suit and is surrounded by a silhouette of yellow, orange and red.
Until Wed 2 Sep 2026
Phil Ellis: Bath Mat
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
A cauliflower designed teapot from Temple Newsam's collection
Until Thu 3 Sep 2026
Tea Traditions
Temple Newsam
Activity
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Three women sing into handheld microphones, surrounded by purple haze and fireworks.
Thu 3 Sep 2026
Women in Rock
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Marty Wilde sings into a microphone on stage, wearing a suit and bolo tie.
Fri 4 Sep 2026
Marty Wilde and The Wildcats: A Lifetime in Music
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Free
Sew Social
Until Sat 5 Sep 2026
Saturday Sew Social
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
A boy making a monoprint on a table in the woods. There are tubes of ink on the table.
Sat 5 Sep 2026
Skelton Grange Environment Centre Fundraising Open Day
Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Family Friendly
Festival
Three illustrated figures stand facing away from the camera towards a sparkling light, hands on hips and holding croquet mallets. They wear matching blazers, knee-high socks and short skirts in vibrant green, red and yellow.
Tue 1 Sep 2026 - Sat 5 Sep 2026
Heathers: The Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
Free
A selection of pots on a stall, made by members of sunken studio.
Until Sun 6 Sep 2026
Leeds Ceramics Market at Sunken Studio
Sunken Studio
Exhibition
Market
Emilio Santoro performs as Elvis into a microphone, wearing a gold jacket and black shirt with open neckline.
Sat 5 Sep 2026 - Sun 6 Sep 2026
Emilio Santoro as Elvis
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Jon Ronson smiles in a relaxed pose against a bare wall.
Mon 7 Sep 2026
Enter The Castle with Jon Ronson: Mystery, Crime & Unmoored Men
City Varieties Music Hall
Literature
Talk
Altered Images
Tue 8 Sep 2026
Altered Images
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Renny Conti
Tue 8 Sep 2026
Renny Conti
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Gigs
Evanescence band in a dark room with red strobe lighting
Tue 8 Sep 2026
Evanescence
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Sheets of paper with drawings and watercolour paintings of plants on
Wed 9 Sep 2026
Nature Diary Workshop
Lotherton
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Larry Dean crouches in a suit with a turquoise jacket, resting his hands on his knees and wearing large angel wings on his back.
Wed 9 Sep 2026
Larry Dean: Hellbent
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Free
A group of children smiling wearing school uniform
Sat 12 Sep 2026
Sparky Saturdays: The Science of Schoolwear
M&S Archive
Family Friendly
Activity
A stern Alfie Moore in police uniform stands in front of a red-tinted apocalyptic landscape, featuring flaming rubble, ruined buildings and helicopter silhouettes in the sky.
Sat 12 Sep 2026
Alfie Moore: Acoplaypse Now
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
A yellow background with a black marker scribble.
Mon 7 Sep 2026 - Sat 12 Sep 2026
Operation Mincemeat
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
Sword II
Sat 12 Sep 2026
Sword II
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Temple Newsam rooftop
Until Sun 13 Sep 2026
Rooftop and Cellar Experience
Temple Newsam
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Photograph of Phil Wang's face surrounded by copies of itself, to give a trippy effect.
Sun 13 Sep 2026
Phil Wang: UH OH
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
King King
Tue 15 Sep 2026
King King
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Free
Film still from a 1960s M&S cinema advert
Wed 16 Sep 2026
Heritage Open Days: Fashion on Film
M&S Archive
Film
Heritage
Jack Rooke lies in a coffin-shaped basket full of sweets and biscuits, holding a cola bottle with a label reading 'Dad', surrounded by red material.
Wed 16 Sep 2026
Jack Rooke's Good Grief
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Four figures looking into a historic room, with a piano, fireplace and painted portraits.
Until Thu 17 Sep 2026
Lotherton Hall: A Historic Tour of Yorkshire’s Edwardian Gem
Lotherton
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Sculpture Nymph and Greyhound
Until Thu 17 Sep 2026
An Evening of Love, Sex and Scandal at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Guided Tour
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Tez Ilyas stands with his hands behind his back, wearing a leather jacket and white t-shirt as he looks off-camera in front of a white backdrop.
Thu 17 Sep 2026
Tez Ilyas: Tez Things I Hate About You
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
In black and white, Jonathan Pie looks sternly off-camera, standing poised in a black suit.
Fri 18 Sep 2026
Jonathan Pie: Work in Progress
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Talk
Jan Hunt in The Magnificent Music Hall show, wearing a bright red dress with dangly jewellery, performing on stage.
Sat 19 Sep 2026
The Magnificent Music Hall
City Varieties Music Hall
Leeds 400
Music
Theatre
Two actors portraying Johnny Cash and June Carter stand in profile as they share a microphone. The are in golden light in front of a lyrics sheet, and framed by a large vinyl record.
Tue 15 Sep 2026 - Sat 19 Sep 2026
The Ballad of Johnny and June
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
MC Grammar holds out a microphone in front of him, with a wide open-mouthed smile, wearing a black baseball cap, dark sunglasses and a thick chain, in front of a blue and pink graffiti background.
Sun 20 Sep 2026
MC Grammar: The Mic Drop Tour!
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Family Friendly
Music
The Smyths
Thu 17 Sep 2026 - Sun 20 Sep 2026
The Smyths
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
Adam Garcia balances on a chair at a bar, wearing a vest and jeans, looking at another dancer who poses alongside him. A green smoke emits from the corner of the bar.
Sun 20 Sep 2026
Adam Garcia's Emerald Storm
Leeds Grand Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Theatre
Red and yellow stylised image of Mark Thomas in a jacket with two extended arms held up to the camera.
Sun 20 Sep 2026
Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-Up Years
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Image shows three hand stitched and marbled books on a wooden background.
Mon 21 Sep 2026
Marbling & Book Binding at Kirkstall Forge
Butler's Cafe, Kirkstall Forge
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
James B Partridge smiles in a maroon suit, with arms open.
Mon 21 Sep 2026
James B Partridge: Primary School Bangers
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Music
Sam Campbell's face super-imposed onto a small naked body, holding a comically large microphone and riding the back of a purple dinosaur-like creature, surrounded by blue shapes.
Wed 23 Sep 2026
Sam Campbell: Kid Giblet
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
In the stone doorway of a manor house, a group of people in coloured suits and dresses with comically mad expressions each hold a cartoonish weapon towards the camera, including a mallet, dynamite, candlestick and shovel.
Tue 22 Sep 2026 - Wed 23 Sep 2026
Murder, She Didn't Write
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Dead Bob
Wed 23 Sep 2026
Dead Bob
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Wed 23 Sep 2026
Man/Woman/Chainsaw
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Ornate vase
Wed 23 Sep 2026 - Thu 24 Sep 2026
Studio Pottery Experience
Lotherton
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Workshop
The three members of Leveret stand on a dry grassy hill and surround a bare tree. Each man holds an instrument and candidly looks off-camera.
Thu 24 Sep 2026
Leveret
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
With a shocked expression and bleached blonde hair in a wide-collared shirt, Maisie Adam looks wide-eyed and open-mouthed as she points off-camera.
Thu 24 Sep 2026
Maisie Adam: Whatsherface
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Laura Smyth looks fiercely off-camera, hands on her waist and is wearing a yellow button-up dress, red lipstick and red nails.
Fri 25 Sep 2026
Laura Smyth: Born Aggy
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Free
A small child in a striped hat constructing a makeshift shelter with tarps and bamboo poles. They appear focused, surrounded by a woodland setting.
Until Sat 26 Sep 2026
Rowland Road Play Patch
Rowland Road Play Patch
Activity
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Free
group sat listening to singer accompanied by 2 guitarists
Sat 9 May 2026 - Sat 26 Sep 2026
SongShare with The Swan Song Project - Dying Matters Week Special
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Gigs
Music
Performance