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Likkle Lit Fest

Black children listening attentively to a story
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Likkle Lit Fest
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Festival
Half Term
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Spoken Word

Mindful Market in full swing with shoppers browsing each stall holder.
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Winter
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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Hedera

Hedera is a five-piece folk ensemble, as at home in the woods, as in a concert venue or community centre.
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Hedera
The Loft (Re:establish)
Gigs
Music
Performance

A.A. Williams
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Winter
Gigs In Leeds

Our regular listings guide to Leeds gigs, club nights, DJs, rock, jazz and pop.

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Buds, 2020 © Charlotte Verity photo Ben Westoby 
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Winter
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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Pied Piper / Leeds Playhouse / Thu 12 Mar 2026 - Sat 14 Mar 2026
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Theatre In Leeds

Our collection of theatre listings in Leeds taking place in venues and spaces across the city.

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A photograph of three flower stems made of silver wire and stained glass. These are laid upon a wooden workbench
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Sam Yates (February)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
A variety of letterpress type
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Letterpress Taster Day
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Hot Stones Massage
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Hot Stones Massage Course
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living
Free
Photo by Luba Glazunova on Unsplash
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Makers Market
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Market
Free
A group of three women dancing
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Celebration of South Asian Arts and Languages at the Museum
Leeds City Museum
Activity
Dance
Dance (Li)
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A girl playing a Guzheng
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations
Temple Newsam
Creative Workshop
Family Friendly
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Performance
Workshop
Charleston performance
Until Sat 21 Feb 2026
Hot Charleston
The Dance Studio Leeds
Dance
Dance Class
Healthy Living
January List
Pete Firman in a mustard-coloured shirt firing a pack of playing cards into the air with his right hand, his left levitating a cord microphone above it.
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Pete Firman: Tricks & Giggles
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Barry as Meatloaf
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Barrioke
The Old Woollen
Comedy
Music
An image of a chest and coins, with an image of an adult holding a toddler and pointing
Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
February Half Term: Treasures of Temple Newsam House
Temple Newsam
Activity
Family Friendly
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A woman and a young boy smiling over the bannister at Lotherton Hall, each holding a pen and paper.
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
Family Winter Tours
Lotherton Hall and Estate
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Man buying potatoes at Hollybush Potato Day 2024
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Hollybush Potato Day and Seed Swap
Hollybush Conservation Centre
Festival
Market
Social
A family sat in a row of cinema seats
Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Mystery Matinees
Leeds Industrial Museum
Family Friendly
Film
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
The Baines Wing of Leeds University
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
University of Leeds Heritage and History Walk
University Of Leeds
Heritage
Guided Tour
Under £10
Perfect Partners at Tropical World
Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Perfect Partners at Tropical World
Tropical World
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Half Term
A robin on a branch
Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
Love Birds
Lotherton Hall and Estate
Activity
Family Friendly
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Young boy in Abbey House Museum wearing ear guards, next to a symbol of a horse.
Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sun 22 Feb 2026
February half term - Year of the Horse
Abbey House Museum
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Russell Hicks
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Russell Hicks: This Time It’s Personal
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Chris Ramsey with his palm up to the camera smirking.
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Chris Ramsey: Here Man
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Spiers and Boden stand in the middle of a street of red brick buildings. Both wear casual suit jackets, one holds an accordion and the other a violin.
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Spiers & Boden
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Beginners Course
Mon 2 Feb 2026 - Mon 23 Feb 2026
Beginners Yoga Course
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living
Workshop
Maria Somerville
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Maria Somerville
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Kirkstall Abbey about 200 years ago. With trees in the foreground and background and a river to the left. People are riding horses in the foreground and there are hills, and clouds in the sky. The ruined Abbey is in the middle of the picture.
Tue 24 Feb 2026
A Creative Workshop: Explore Kirkstall Abbey
Abbey House Museum
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
book cover of Stitch it, don't ditch it
Tue 24 Feb 2026
SCRAP TALKS: “Stitch It, Don’t Ditch It” Interactive Clothing Repair Talk
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Talk
Craft
A performer on the main stage at the Roundhouse Poetry Slam Grand Final
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2026: Leeds heat
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Literature
Performance
Spoken Word
Desiree Burch
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Desiree Burch - The Golden Wrath
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Sharing skills and ideas with other performers
Until Tue 24 Feb 2026
Circus Open Training
Open Source Arts
Activity
Healthy Living
Workshop
Kristina Stead
Tue 24 Feb 2026
TNL: Kristina Stead
Heart Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
a graphic image
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Wednesday
O2 Academy Leeds
Gigs
Music
Gordon Buchanan
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Lions and Tigers and Bears with Gordon Buchanan
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Visual Arts
Free
A photograph of Boar Lane in the 1970s, black and derelict
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 4: ‘A City Transformed 1965-2025’: Leeds Civic Trust and 60 Years of Change in Leeds
Leeds Minster
Leeds 400
Talk
An artist adding ink to a screen
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Mono-Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Simon Brodkin on stage in a blue t-shirt
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Simon Brodkin
The Wardrobe
Comedy
A female musician sat at the piano.
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
Leeds Conservatoire
Concerts
Music
the band
Wed 25 Feb 2026
The Wave Pictures
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Free
A selection of nature-related books with scissors, pens and paper.
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Blooming Zine Workshop
Leeds Art Gallery
Activity
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Image of Ian Stone
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Ian Stone: Looking for the Wow
The Wardrobe
Comedy
A woman singing on stage (Lucy Rose) with a guitar
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Lucy Rose live at Howard Assembly Room
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Music
Girl with a ballon in the snow
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Paint a Pic: Winter Balloon Girl
Brasserie Blanc
Creative Workshop
Social
Visual Arts
Paul Merton and Suki Webster stood in front of an image of the moon with illustrations of clouds, a rocket ship, a small bird and a gramophone surrounding them and the moon.
Wed 25 Feb 2026 - Thu 26 Feb 2026
Paul Merton & Suki Webster's Improv Show
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Performance
Image of Scott Bennett from the shoulders up lying on a pile of electronics including wires, a keyboard and hold phones.
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Scott Bennett: Stuff
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theo Vandenhoff
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Theo Vandenhoff
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
a child in a wood
Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sat 28 Feb 2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
a red house
Fri 27 Feb 2026 - Sat 28 Feb 2026
It Walks Around The House At Night
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Free
A photographic portrait of author RAMZEE
Sat 28 Feb 2026
RAMZEE Author Event
Leeds Libraries
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Workshop
Under £10
Girl in a tower with long yellow hair opposite a witch emerging from a forest against a yellow backdrop
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Wrongsemble presents… Rapunzel
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Theatre
Free
Puppeteer with a swimming whale
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Hoglets presents… The Tale of the Loneliest Whale – Leeds Storytelling Festival
Leeds Libraries
Image shows the preserved walking dragline 'Oddball' with a field of buttercups in bloom in front of it
Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sat 28 Feb 2026
History Walk- RSPB St Aidan's
RSPB St Aidan's
Guided Tour
Outdoor
Free
A group of people facing each other in a circle all put their hands together in the middle
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Enneagram Retreat Day: Bridges and Blockades - Our Types and Our Relationships
Leeds Sanctuary
Healthy Living
Free
story performer is engaging a group of children with sensory play using a blue octopus prop.
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Embracing Arts - Under the Sea
Leeds Libraries
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Theatre