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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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Promotional image for Here & Now. Four singing and dancing characters in matching blue and pink supermarket uniforms, as one of them sits in a moving shopping trolley, in front of neon lights and backing dancers.
Tue 5 May 2026 - Sun 10 May 2026
Here & Now: The Steps Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Stylised image of a neon-lit street below a starry night sky, depicting music stores, dive bars and music venues. On either side there are floating portraits of two musicians one in a denim jacket, the other in a leather vest and cowboy hat.
Sun 10 May 2026
Country Hits Live
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Free
Phantom Bagman Standing on a Staircase
Sun 10 May 2026
Phantom Bagman - Indie Jazz Group Live & Free
The Domino Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
A still from "Top Hat"
Mon 11 May 2026
Top Hat (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Grainy close-up shot of Tom Smith playing an acoustic guitar, with a subtle green hue.
Mon 11 May 2026
Tom Smith
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
A man is climbing a hill and holding a map
Tue 12 May 2026
Damian Hall - Running Forever
Carriageworks Theatre
Talk
Adventure
Under £10
A purple background with a mannequin with a Victorian dress on and a framed photograph of a woman wearing the dress.
Tue 12 May 2026
Curator Talk: Fashion in the Early Years of Photography
Abbey House Museum
Talk
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A close up image of some red and yellow coreopsis flower heads being held in the palm of a hand.
Tue 12 May 2026
Gathered Colour: Natural Dyeing & Screen Printing onto Textiles
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Set against a glowing deep pink backdrop, five uniformed ladies stand poised and smiling in a triangle formation. Behind them is a woman singing into a microphone with an outstretched hand.
Tue 12 May 2026
The D-Day Darlings: Victorious
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Performance
Under £10
Tulips
Tue 12 May 2026
A Flower Is Not a Rat - A Weave of Jewish Stories As Told By Ruth Steinberg
Left Bank Leeds
Literature
Theatre
Cobalt Tales
Tue 12 May 2026
TNL: Cobalt Tales
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
A man in running gear runs up the side of a mountain
Tue 12 May 2026
Damian Hall: Running Forever
Carriageworks Theatre
Talk
A still from "The Stranger"
Fri 8 May 2026 - Wed 13 May 2026
The Stranger (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Stewart Lee vs The Man Wulf
Mon 11 May 2026 - Wed 13 May 2026
Stewart Lee Vs The Man-Wulf
Leeds Playhouse
Comedy
Free
Toddler wearing sunglasses, surrounded by tinsel
Wed 13 May 2026
Toddler Raves
Leeds City Museum
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Tom Sharp playing trumpet
Wed 13 May 2026
Tom Sharp at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Under £10
Hands crocheting
Until Wed 13 May 2026
Learn to Crochet with Rita
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Under £10
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Wed 13 May 2026
Films at HEART: The Ballad of Wallis Island
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Film
Comedy
Under £10
A still from the Linden Archives, of a club-goer pouting for the camera.
Thu 14 May 2026
Linden Archives (E)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
LGBT+
Talk
A still from "Kokuhu"
Fri 8 May 2026 - Thu 14 May 2026
Kokuho (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Man holding vinyl record, talking to an audience
Thu 14 May 2026
Home Educator Musical Museum Day
Leeds City Museum
Music
Workshop
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A close-up of a floral still-life painting
Wed 13 May 2026 - Thu 14 May 2026
Treasures of Lotherton
Lotherton
Heritage
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Eric Rushton
Thu 14 May 2026
Eric Rushton
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Richard Durrant with his bog oak guitar by the sea
Thu 14 May 2026
Richard Durrant: The Art of Levitation
Left Bank Leeds
Gigs
Music
Left Cultures Poetry
Thu 14 May 2026
A Plethora of Poetry from Left Cultures
Truman Books
Literature
Spoken Word
Talk
Under £10
Caravaggio painting of an angel meeting a man.
Thu 14 May 2026
Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio
Otley Courthouse
Exhibition
Film
Visual Arts
Black and white collage style overlay of Testament perform ing into a handheld microphone, with an outstretched hand and headphones round his neck. He stands behind Matthew Bourne, who sits at a piano. The background features a turquoise illustration of The Ancient of Days, a Zeus-like figure crouching in the sky.
Thu 14 May 2026
William Blake Remixed: Testament and Matthew Bourne
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Literature
Music
Spoken Word
Jesca Hoop
Thu 14 May 2026
Jesca Hoop
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
A still from "Bambi"
Fri 15 May 2026
Bambi (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
Free
black and white photograph of women working at a shop counter
Fri 15 May 2026
Guest Speaker – Shopping for Style in the Second World War, with Dr Lucy McConnell
M&S Archive
Talk
Heritage
Free
Fabric draped over tree
Until Fri 15 May 2026
Bearing
The Mill Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
A man holding a stringed musical instrument next to a woman smiling.
Fri 15 May 2026
Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko
Howard Assembly Room
Music
Performance
Gigs
Helen Anker dressed as Audrey Hepburn.
Fri 15 May 2026
The Essence Of Audrey
Otley Courthouse
Theatre
A bearded musician stands on stage with a microphone and electric guitar, arms outstretched.
Fri 15 May 2026
Clearwater Creedence Revival: Fortunate Son Tour 2026
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
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
Free
Photo showing stalls from 2024 with IDAHOBIT chalked on the ground
Sat 16 May 2026
IDAHoBiT Leeds, community together
Dortmund Square
Healthy Living
LGBT+
Outdoor
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
Free
University of Leeds
Sat 16 May 2026
Be Curious
University Of Leeds
Activity
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Workshop
The Cardigan Arms pub, Leeds
Sat 16 May 2026
Unity Clothes, Vinyl & Books Swap Fundraiser
The Cardigan Arms
Sale
Market
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
El Amor Es Amor
Sat 16 May 2026
El Amor Es Amor
The Attic
Concerts
Gigs
LGBT+
Music
Performance
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
Photo by Kyle Head on Unsplash
Wed 13 May 2026 - Sat 16 May 2026
Heroes & Villains
Linton Memorial Hall
Theatre
Performance
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