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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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Helen Farrell holding an old-fashioned microphone wearing a red and white halter neck.
Sun 17 May 2026
The Fab 50s and Swingin' 60s
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Performance
Under £10
A workshop teacher smiling into the camera from a large workshop table filled with participants, paper and craft materials. The workshop is taking place on the top floor of the 1912 Mill - a red brick heritage Mill building with high ceilings and skylights.
Sat 16 May 2026 - Sun 17 May 2026
Threads Textile Festival 2026
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft
Festival
Market
Under £10
a group of people in armour holding weapons and fighting each other in a field
Sat 16 May 2026 - Sun 17 May 2026
History Collides - Leodis Cup 2026
Kirkstall Abbey
Festival
Sports
Otley Chamber Orchestra rehearsing.
Sun 17 May 2026
Otley Chamber Orchestra At Bridge Street Chapel Hall
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Free
Pyramid artists Alice and William pose in the studio garden
Mon 18 May 2026
Gardening and Nature Sketching for Wellbeing
Pyramid of Arts
Creative Workshop
Healthy Living
Outdoor
Visual Arts
Workshop
Image shows stitched baskets with darning mushrooms and yarns in them.
Mon 18 May 2026
Visible Mending Workshop at Kirkstall Forge
Butler's Cafe, Kirkstall Forge
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Mike Pickering
Mon 18 May 2026
An Evening with Mike Pickering
The Old Woollen
Music
Talk
Northlight pottery course tutor Niamh Phillips
Until Mon 18 May 2026
Exploring Ceramics
Northlight Arts Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Light blue ink being rolled out ready to use for printing with
Mon 11 May 2026 - Mon 18 May 2026
Two Colour Lino Printing – 2 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Seth Lakeman leans against a mossy standing stone in a woodland setting.
Mon 18 May 2026
Seth Lakeman: Freedom Fields 20th Anniversary Tour
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Theatre
The Handsome Family
Mon 18 May 2026
The Handsome Family
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
A still from "Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat"
Tue 19 May 2026
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
stop motion still, featuring a drawn girl coloured in. She has long brown hair tied back with a blue bobble, a patterned yellow top and stripey orange trousers. she is hold a stack of books in the palm of her hands.
Until Tue 19 May 2026
Free Stop Motion for Story telling workshop
Armley Community Hub and Library
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
A child dancing with a purple scarf
Until Tue 19 May 2026
Made with Music Early Years Classes
HEART Headingley
Activity
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Music
Free
Skippko
Tue 19 May 2026
Creative Health in Action - Part Two
University Centre Leeds
Workshop
Healthy Living
An image of plant pots being screen printed in shades of yellow and blue
Until Tue 19 May 2026
Introduction to Screen Printing – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Image from bridgerton
Tue 19 May 2026
BRIDGERTON Adult Dance Class
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Dance
Dance Class
Dr Louise Newson smiles in a patterned blowse in front of a dark green backdrop and illustrated logo of a woman reaching out from a bubble.
Tue 19 May 2026
Dr. Louise Newson: Breaking the Cycle: The Power of Hormones
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Talk
Colour of Light
Tue 19 May 2026
TNL: Colour of Light
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
Free
Variety of Lino Prints
Until Wed 20 May 2026
Mono & Lino Printing for Beginners
Space2
Craft
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Free
Graphic of journal
Until Wed 20 May 2026
Maternal Journalling & Poetry Club with Esta
Left Bank Leeds
Creative Workshop
Healthy Living
Literature
Free
Delegates at the Leeds Mindful Employer Network conference 2024
Wed 20 May 2026
Leeds Mindful Employer Network Conference 2026
Carnegie School of Sport
Healthy Living
Free
Elliot Richards playing saxophone
Wed 20 May 2026
Elliot Richards Quartet at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Graphic of house and cardboard
Wed 20 May 2026
Intro to Miniatures | A Hyde Park Scene with Gee!
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Screen Printed Tote Bag
Wed 20 May 2026
Print Your Own Tote: A Screen Printing Workshop with Jenny
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A still from "The Christophers"
Fri 15 May 2026 - Thu 21 May 2026
The Christophers (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
An image of Leeds City Square in 1926, with model moot hall erected for the tercentenary celebrations of Leeds getting its charter. A large building facade with a white statue in a central alcove (Queen Anne) stands in the centre. On either side the dates 1626 and 1926 are etched in what looks like stone. This is entrance to a station concourse. Pedestrians are milling about in period 1920s dress. A policeman in a white coat and gloves stands beneath the arch directing people.
Thu 21 May 2026
Talk: 400 Years of Leeds through the Collections of Leeds Museums and Galleries
Abbey House Museum
Heritage
Leeds 400
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Free
Two people holding clipboards and drawing a bronze sculpture of a man bent over in thought
Thu 21 May 2026
Public Art Walk & Draw
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Visual Arts
Guided Tour
Cumulus Quartet press shot.
Thu 21 May 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Cumulus Quartet
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
A person playing the saxaphone
Thu 21 May 2026
RP’s The Showcase | Day 1
The Attic
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
7 musicians sitting together on some stairs.
Thu 21 May 2026
Three or Four Shades of Mingus
The Domino Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Donovan Haffner with saxophone
Thu 21 May 2026
Donovan Haffner Quintet at Leeds Jazz Festival
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
5 musicians standing in a warehouse
Thu 21 May 2026
Submotion Orchestra
The Wardrobe
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Free
a person holding up some cloth while looking up to the sky
Thu 21 May 2026
Kanavu
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
A group of people at a table in an art studio
Until Thu 21 May 2026
Explore Printmaking – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
abstract images
Thu 21 May 2026
Radical Reading Room Book Event | Sound System with Dave Randall
Left Bank Leeds
Literature
Talk
Black and white photo of John Kearns in a simple suit, wearing a comic wig and fake teeth. He tilts sideways against a blank backdrop.
Thu 21 May 2026
John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
An image of Chris Dawkins wearing a flat cap and glasses, smiling.
Thu 21 May 2026
DJ E.A.S.E With The Original Nightmares On Wax Band
Howard Assembly Room
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Music
Performance
A group of 3 musicians performing on stage
Fri 22 May 2026
RP’s The Showcase | Day 2
The Attic
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
4 musicians playing instruments.
Fri 22 May 2026
Alligator Gumbo
The Domino Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Free
Louise Muxworthy on a brown background.
Fri 22 May 2026
Louise Muxworthy Trio
The Northern Market
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Poly-Math
Fri 22 May 2026
Poly-Math + Yoshizawa + Slow Loris
Wharf Chambers
Gigs
Music
Ian Shaw
Fri 22 May 2026
Ian Shaw sings Stephen Sondheim at Leeds Jazz Festival
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
A blurred image of a musician performing.
Fri 22 May 2026
Offshoots x Maz fundraiser for Watermelon Sisters
The Fenton
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
A scrapbook design of different images of the artists performing.
Fri 22 May 2026
Two Premiers: Fergus Quill and Nika Ticciati
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Holy Cow
Fri 22 May 2026
FaH FilmFeast celebrating France
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Film
Food & Drink
Head shot of Dave Rowntree.
Fri 22 May 2026
Dave Rowntree Of Blur: No One You Know
Otley Courthouse
Talk
Lence speaks into a microphone on stage.
Fri 22 May 2026
Lence Presents... Blur the Lines
City Varieties Music Hall
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
Spoken Word
Theatre
The Lemon Twigs
Fri 22 May 2026
The Lemon Twigs
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Lucy-Anne Daniels performing on stage.
Fri 22 May 2026
Lucy-Anne Daniels
Grammar School at Leeds
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz