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Pop Up Markets in Leeds

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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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DJ deck playing music for a crowd
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Project 80's Rewired
The Wardrobe
Dance
Gigs
Music
A child painting a picture of flowers
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Flower Printing and Floral Art
Lotherton
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Markets at Lotherton
Sat 4 Apr 2026 - Sat 6 Jun 2026
Real Markets at Lotherton
Lotherton
Market
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A group of people on the platform by the pond.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
The Big Wild Play Out
Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Family Friendly
Activity
Free
Kirkgate Market Food & Craft Fair
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Kirkgate Market Food & Craft Fair
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Food & Drink
Market
Under £10
Two people browsing wool clothing stalls
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Woolfest 2026
Leeds Industrial Museum
Craft
Fair
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
Woman leaning over old plant drawings
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Dead Plants Society: Drink and Draw
Leeds Discovery Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Under £10
Someone in a green suit, with a cucumber mask holding a jar of gherkins
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Pickled Republic
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Comedy
Theatre
Under £10
Mutant Music
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Mutant Movement 1991 Daytime Disco : 35th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
The Backroom
Gigs
Music
Performance
Nick Mohammed grips to the pole of a carousel horse, wearing a glittery suit against a patterned backdrop.
Fri 5 Jun 2026 - Sat 6 Jun 2026
Nick Mohammed is Mr. Swallow: Show Pony
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Cara Dillon press shot.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Cara Dillon
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
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Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Charlotte Verity, The Season Following
Harewood House
Exhibition
Heritage
The Adelphi pub in Leeds
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Leeds City Centre Heritage Pub and History Walk
Leeds City Square
Food & Drink
Heritage
Free
A woman and man browsing the stalls of pottery.
Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Ceramics Market and Small Matters Showcase
Sunken Studio
Market
Free
Two ducks feeding on some seeds from a bowl.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Open Farm Sunday
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Activity
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Leeds International Tattoo Expo 2026
Sat 6 Jun 2026 - Sun 7 Jun 2026
Leeds International Tattoo Expo 2026
first direct bank arena
Exhibition
Market
Rufus Rice in a blue shirt
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Rufus Rice
The Wardrobe
Comedy
EMF
Sun 7 Jun 2026
EMF
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Rough sizing sketch of life model
Mon 11 May 2026 - Mon 8 Jun 2026
Life Drawing : Four Week Course with Life Model
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
Visual Arts
Workshop
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
A woman sits at in the snow with a snow-capped mountain behind her, she is in full snow climbing gear.
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Adriana Brownlee - Death Zone
Carriageworks Theatre
Talk
Adventure
The Bevis Frond
Tue 9 Jun 2026
The Bevis Frond
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Jen Brister sits on a wooden block with her head tilted to the side, wearing long back trousers, white trainers a bright orange shirt.
Tue 9 Jun 2026 - Wed 10 Jun 2026
Jen Brister: Reactive
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Smile (Bright Sparks Theatre)
Wed 10 Jun 2026 - Thu 11 Jun 2026
SMILE!
Leeds Playhouse
Comedy
Theatre
Press shot of Eira Lynn Jones standing behind her harp.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Eira Lynn Jones
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Under £10
Child painting flowers
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Flower Printing and Floral Art
Lotherton
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Barry Manilow
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Barry Manilow
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
Mick Miller wears a loud shirt featuring Looney Toons characters and looks to the side, along with a small image of Ryan Gleeson candidly smiling with a microphone.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
An Audience with Mick Miller
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Workshop
Sam Sweeney Trio performing live.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Sam Sweeney Trio
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
On stage, there is female singer and guitarist. Stage lights are hazy and pink.
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Cloudbusting: The Music of Kate Bush
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
A group of models wearing summer clothes
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Summer Styling
M&S Archive
Exhibition
Family Friendly
Pink mortarboard graduation cap balanced on some old looking books with a chihuahua peeking out from behind the books.
Tue 9 Jun 2026 - Sat 13 Jun 2026
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Sunburst Deluxe
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Sunburst Deluxe
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
the band
Sat 13 Jun 2026
UB40
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
Eddie Gripper trio in doorway
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Eddie Gripper "Americana"
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Three people in regal period dresses and a dinner suit stand in front of a plain pink backdrop.
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Austentatious
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Theatre
Jennifer Saint
Mon 15 Jun 2026
An Evening with Jennifer Saint
The Old Woollen
Literature
Talk
On the left, Matt Forde smirks in green face paint, witch hat and all black suit in the style of Wicked. On the right, a second Matt Forde is whispering, wearing a tiara and sequined pink outfit. The backdrop transitions from golden, green-tinted clouds to shadow.
Tue 28 Apr 2026 - Mon 15 Jun 2026
Matt Forde: Defying Calamity
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Seven people in matching black suits strut around a plain white backdrop with exaggerated movements, some holding a ukulele .
Tue 16 Jun 2026
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Music
Two sides of the same bronze coin, featuring the profile of Napoleon Bonaparte
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Napoleon Archive Talk
Lotherton
Talk
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A view through a stone arch shows a group of young people around a piano.
Wed 6 May 2026 - Wed 17 Jun 2026
Song writing for ages 15-18 (6 Week course) partnership with Cloth Cat
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Music
Ivo Graham smirks at the camera, in a bright orange suit and sunglasses, with orange-dyed hair.
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Ivo Graham: Orange Crush
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Yellow and blue toned collage of musicians playing instruments along with icons of footsteps, drums and the portrait of a face.
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Charanga del Norte
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Old photo of Paul Young standing on his left leg with his left knee up by his chest. He has a dark 70s-style haircut, wearing a long coat, white shirt and black trousers.
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Paul Young: Songs and Stories
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
Three men embrace with their arms around each other.
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Blue Mist
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
A range of different sized screen printing screens stacked on a shelf
Sat 13 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Paper Screen Printing – 2 Day Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Under £10
The makers of the show, two men and a woman are standing, smiling at the camera.
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Selene
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Music
Theatre
The Pitmen Poets press shot.
Sat 20 Jun 2026
The Pitmen Poets
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Spoken Word
Under £10
Someone juggling outside Temple Newsam
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Summer Picnic
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Items of local produced food laid out on a table
Sat 20 Jun 2026 - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Family Fun Fest
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Festival
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
Lily Allen
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Lily Allen
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music