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Still from Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me
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13 Nov 2026 - 6 Dec 2026
Leeds Palestinian Film Festival 2026

The 12th Edition of this annual film festival takes place across various venues in Leeds. 13 Nov 2026 - 6 Dec 2026.

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Joanne Harris
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12th October - 23rd November
Farsley Lit Fest 2026

The fifth annual Farsley Lit Fest returns with Jay Rayner, John Boyne and Joanne Harris headlining, on until 23rd November 2026.

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Joan As Police Woman
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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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Leeds 400 Web Banner
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2026
Leeds400

In 2026 Leeds commemorates a remarkable milestone — 400 years since receiving its first Royal Charter from King Charles I. Leeds 400 will showcase the diversity of the city and its people through events and activities held throughout the year.

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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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Autumn
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 man in a leather jacket rests his head in his palm, his arms folded across a white concrete block in a forest.
Wed 10 Mar 2027
Ed Night: Remains
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Thomas Dollbaum
Thu 11 Mar 2027
Thomas Dollbaum
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
Two ballet dancers in period costume perform a lift out in the moors, with rocks and a cloudy sunrise in the background.
Fri 5 Mar 2027 - Sat 13 Mar 2027
Northern Ballet's Wuthering Heights
Leeds Grand Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Music
Performance
Theatre
Mutant Movement 1987 Special : 40th Anniversary DJ Set . 13th March 27 . 3-9pm . The Backroom LEEDS
Sat 13 Mar 2027
Mutant Movement 1987 Special: 40th Anniversary DJ Set
The Backroom
Dance
Gigs
Music
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Sat 13 Mar 2027
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Pudsey Civic Hall
Music
Performance
Concerts
Illustrated-style image of Myra DuBois singing into a microphone, wearing a leopard-print robe, drag make-up and white hair. Three other dancers in sparkling leotards and pink feathers are in the background in front of neon lights.
Fri 12 Mar 2027 - Sat 13 Mar 2027
Myra DuBois: Siren
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
LGBT+
Performance
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Sun 14 Mar 2027
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
A large band with multiple instrumentalists and singers on stage perform under spotlights to a large crowd.
Sun 14 Mar 2027
Ireland the Show
City Varieties Music Hall
Dance
Music
Illustration of a religious scene, with purple gradient over the top
Sat 13 Mar 2027 - Tue 16 Mar 2027
Thackray Insights: Body Politics
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Talk
Heritage
Under £10
A busy bar with a queue of people waiting, red lights dangle above the bar.
Until Wed 17 Mar 2027
Sela's Big Music Quiz!
Sela Bar & Pizzeria
Activity
Music
Quiz / Gaming
Social
Toria Wooff
Wed 17 Mar 2027
Toria Wooff
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
Free
Large stone house with a columned entrance and tall sash windows, viewed from a lawn shaded by mature trees. A picnic bench stands on the grass in the foreground, with a driveway and entrance area to the left. The building is framed by leafy branches against a blue sky.
Thu 18 Mar 2027
The growth and development of Freemasonry in Leeds and its role in the civic life of the city
The Leeds Library
Talk
Heritage
Black Rose
Wed 3 Mar 2027 - Sat 20 Mar 2027
Romeo and Juliet
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Thu 18 Mar 2027 - Sun 21 Mar 2027
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
LAOS Musical Theatre Company
Tue 16 Mar 2027 - Sun 21 Mar 2027
9 to 5 the Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
Jeffrey Silverstein
Tue 23 Mar 2027
Jeffrey Silverstein
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
Chris Cantrill
Wed 24 Mar 2027
Chris Cantrill
The Wardrobe
Comedy
The Nightingales
Wed 24 Mar 2027
The Nightingales
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Jazz
A man poses on stage with his arms in the air, in front of a packed crowd mimicking the same gesture.
Wed 24 Mar 2027
Laugh in the Face of Cancer 12
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Collage of Supertramp album covers, including a snowy piano, a waitress in yellow uniform holding a drink on a tray, and a man sat beneath an umbrella on a deck chair.
Thu 25 Mar 2027
Logicaltramp
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Performance
In an all-black outfit, Deirdre O'Kane winks and sticks her tongue out, holding up a pixelated hand gesture.
Fri 26 Mar 2027
Deirdre O'Kane: All the Rage
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
In a sepia image, a hand emerges from darkness holding a bright red flower.
Tue 23 Mar 2027 - Sat 27 Mar 2027
Hadestown
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
Starry night sky with a bright beam of rainbow light above a factory and a floating pig with text reading '50 years of animals'.
Sat 27 Mar 2027
UK Pink Floyd Experience
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
REVISITED . Graeme Park + Graham Dixon . DAYCLUBBING Sat 27th March 2027 . 3pm - 10pm . The Backroom LEEDS
Sat 27 Mar 2027
REVISITED: Graeme Park + Graham Dixon - Dayclubbing
The Backroom
Dance
Gigs
Music
Henge
Sat 27 Mar 2027
HENGE
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Painting of Kirkstall Abbey, 'the old abbey'.
Wed 6 Jan 2027 - Wed 31 Mar 2027
Reflective Walks
Kirkstall Abbey
Healthy Living
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Walk
Under £10
Image shows a mother and daughter in the snow having fun with binoculars
Fri 1 Jan 2027 - Wed 31 Mar 2027
Winter Family Nature Adventures- RSPB St Aidan's
RSPB St Aidan's
Activity
Family Friendly
January List
Outdoor
Walk
Black Marble
Thu 1 Apr 2027
Black Marble
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
Lost Voice Guy: The Cerebral Palsy Puppet
Fri 2 Apr 2027
Lost Voice Guy: The Cerebral Palsy Puppet
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
Close up of man's face
Mon 15 Mar 2027 - Sat 3 Apr 2027
Sirens
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
Cartoon silhouette of a child riding on the back of a reindeer, with a scarf blowing in the breeze. They look at a distant moon in the yellow sky, along with a white bird and two black birds.
Fri 2 Apr 2027 - Sat 3 Apr 2027
The Last Wild
City Varieties Music Hall
Family Friendly
Theatre
A man in a blue suit leaps into the air, holding a red umbrella and surrounded by rain against a yellow backdrop.
Tue 30 Mar 2027 - Sat 3 Apr 2027
Singin' in the Rain
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
Carsie Blanton
Sun 4 Apr 2027
Carsie Blanton
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
Romesh Ranganathan
Sun 4 Apr 2027
Romesh Ranganathan
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Performance
Free
a photo of an organ keyboard
Until Mon 5 Apr 2027
Leeds Lunchtime Organ Series
Leeds Cathedral
Music
Concerts
Viewed from above, Rob Auton stands in a suit and looks up at the camera, surrounded by swirling orange smoke.
Fri 9 Apr 2027
Rob Auton: Jupiter
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Performance
Kitty Whately
Sat 10 Apr 2027
Kitty Whately, Anna Tilbrook and James Mayhew
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Music
Performance
Concerts
Gareth Malone
Sat 10 Apr 2027
Bring and Sing! Rehearsal with Gareth Malone OBE
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Concerts
Creative Workshop
Music
Performance
Workshop
Under £10
Gareth Malone
Sat 10 Apr 2027
Bring and Sing! Concert with Gareth Malone OBE: Mozart Requiem
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Music
Performance
Concerts
Rothwell Temperance Band
Sat 10 Apr 2027
Rothwell Temperance Band
Pudsey Civic Hall
Music
Performance
Concerts
Amy Geldhill wrapped in an oversized pink bow and layers of pink, silky fabric. She holds a neutral expression and looks at the camera.
Sat 10 Apr 2027
Amy Gledhill: Thanks For Having Me
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Ian Prowse
Sat 10 Apr 2027
Ian Prowse & Amsterdam
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
Free
Pencil sketch on paper of various female figures, with written notes
Until Sun 11 Apr 2027
Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the Collection
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Collage of animals and humans in comic altercations, including an octopus on a man's head, a man stuck in a bird cage, a woman and a squirrel holding water pistols, two men and a gorilla wrestling over a banana, and in the centre, an orangutan holding a sign that reads 'Animals rule!'
Sun 11 Apr 2027
Amazing Animals
City Varieties Music Hall
Family Friendly
Theatre
Portrait of Antony Vila in a dark jacket against a teal background.
Mon 12 Apr 2027
The Stand-up Experience
Hyde Park Book Club
Comedy
Free
photo of a violin, viola, cello, clarinet and flute
Until Wed 14 Apr 2027
Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Series
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Music
Concerts
Free
Chris Hindle, will explore the early development of motor vehicles in Leeds from 1896 to 1930, particularly looking at manufacture, retail, leisure and highway development.
Thu 15 Apr 2027
Leeds and the Motoring Age, 1896-1930
The Leeds Library
Talk
Heritage
A Band Called Malice
Sat 17 Apr 2027
A Band Called Malice
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
A man with a yellow beret and matching shoes sits smiling on pages of sheet music and Victoria Wood records.
Sun 18 Apr 2027
What Wood Victoria Do?
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Music
Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Sun 18 Apr 2027
Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Gigs