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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
Theatre
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Image shows two sets of stitched flowers with wavy lines in orange, pinks and cream with matching scissors.
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Bargello Accessories Workshop at Kirkstall Forge
Butler's Cafe, Kirkstall Forge
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Garth Marenghi in a red hood surrounded by fire.
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Garth Marenghi: This Bursted Earth Book Tour
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Image shows RSPB St Aidan's at sunset with the orange sky reflected in the water around the reedbeds and some birds flying above it
Until Tue 31 Mar 2026
Bespoke Reserve Tour- RSPB St Aidan's
RSPB St Aidan's
Adventure
Outdoor
Guided Tour
A still from the film "Being Ola"
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Being Ola
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Big Bamboo
Tue 31 Mar 2026
TNL: Big Bamboo
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Sharing skills and ideas with other performers
Until Tue 31 Mar 2026
Circus Open Training
Open Source Arts
Activity
Two women in a park, wshrouded by the shade of overhead trees on a path, they are posed one holding the other up in the air. An opening to light through the trees is in the background
Tue 17 Mar 2026 - Tue 31 Mar 2026
AcroYoga
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living
A still from the film "Romeo + Juliet"
Fri 27 Mar 2026 - Wed 1 Apr 2026
Romeo + Juliet 12A
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
Spring Mini Market
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Spring Mini Market
Kirkstall Forge
Fair
Market
Free
Professor Jim Morgan
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Inaugural professorial lecture of Professor Jim Morgan | From Eurostar to Yogurt: A Journey Superpowered by KTP
Leeds Beckett University The Rose Bowl
Talk
Free
Dr Patrick Eyres: The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Others
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Dr Patrick Eyres: The Lost Landscapes of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Others
Henry Moore Institute
Visual Arts
Talk
Free
Georgina Barr, jazz vocals
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Georgina Barr at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Alasdair Beckett-King's long red hair breezes over his shoulder as he holds a white telephone to his ear with a shocked expression. He wears an orange jumper and brown suit jacket, as he stands in front of a dark green background.
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
A photograph taken over a persons shoulder. They are sat with a board on their knee, drawing a figure on a piece of white paper
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (April)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
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Thu 2 Apr 2026
Circular Knitting Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
On a dimly lit stage, the camera is looking up at 2 male dancers dressed in black. One has his back to the camera and is holding up the other male performer. The one being lifted is facing the camera, with his right hand over his mouth as if stopping himself from speaking. His left arm is reaching out as if to try and grab something.
Thu 2 Apr 2026
2Faced Dance Company - TOMORROW
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
Janine Harouni in a red cord suit laughing against a red background.
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Lili Refrain
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Lili Refrain
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Old Red Eyes singer performing on stage.
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Old Red Eyes: Solo Tribute to The Beautiful South and Housemartins
Otley Courthouse
Music
Gigs
Richard Ashcroft
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Richard Ashcroft
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
UK global beats/folk roots band Me and My Friends play Brudnell Social Club Leeds on Aril 2nd with support for LoVu
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Me & My Friends + LoVu
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
A father and two small girls pond dipping. Dad is wearing bunny ears.
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Easter Trail
Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Family Friendly
Activity
View of the interior of Leeds Minster
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Brahms Requiem
Leeds Minster
Concerts
Music
The two suited and shades-wearing Blues Brothers bounce around a neon-lit stage in a dive bar setting featuring guitars and a saxophone.
Fri 3 Apr 2026
The Chicago Blues Brothers
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Performance
Under £10
A puppet animal leans against a ladder
Sat 4 Apr 2026
The Tower and The Telescope
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
Performance
A group of musicians all dressed in black, some holding brass instruments, stood on a red background.
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Too Much Too Young: The Music of 2Tone & Beyond
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Theatre
Image of Tina Turner with a rainbow tinge to the image. Tina is smiling wide in a gold fringe dress.
Tue 17 Mar 2026 - Sat 4 Apr 2026
TINA: The Tina Turner Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
A Head Full of Coldplay
Sat 4 Apr 2026
A Head Full of Coldplay
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
the band
Sat 4 Apr 2026
James - Love Is The Answer Tour
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
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Sat 4 Apr 2026 - Sun 5 Apr 2026
The Jam'd + Who's Next
Leeds Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Andrew Corry with saxophone
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Conservatoire Collection feat. Jack Preston Quartet and Andrew Corry Quartet
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Free
Oil painting of the artist Skye Davies as a child, set against a pink and green screen printed wallpaper
Until Sun 5 Apr 2026
Portrayals of Women
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Visual Arts
Under £10
A.D. Scruffs: Nick, Will and Jake
Sun 5 Apr 2026
A.D. Scruffs - Thirsty Old World Tour
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
The band Hejira perform in a crowded stage setting. From left to right, there is a keyboard player, guitarist, drummer and guitarist-vocalist beneath the moody spotlight.
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Free
Retro audio equipment.
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Play the Room - a Sensory Installation
Leeds City Museum
Music
Activity
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Two women screen printing images of Frida Kahlo onto t-shirts
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Screen Printing Tees & Totes
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
Drawing of the southwest view of Leeds in 1767, featuring historic landmarks such as Leeds Bridge, St John’s Church, the Coloured Cloth Hall, Leeds Parish Church, and the Leeds–Liverpool Canal.
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Revitalising a market town: Leeds in the 1700s
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
Exhibition
Heritage
Leeds 400
Man cramped inside of a pink box alongside various toys and other objects that are spilling out of the box like an exercise ball, slinky and squeaky chicken. He is holding a toy stuffed dog.
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Out of the Box
City Varieties Music Hall
Performance
Free
Seedlings in a tray
Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Wed 8 Apr 2026
Pumpkin and Wildflower Sowing in Walled Garden
Temple Newsam
Activity
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Dudley Nesbitt playing steel pans
Wed 8 Apr 2026
Dudley Nesbitt at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Ruby Wax smiles widely and speaks into a wireless telephone in a bubbly white bath tub, wearing striking red lipstick and make-up.
Wed 8 Apr 2026
Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Talk
Free
Two children colouring on a blue table
Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Thu 9 Apr 2026
Musical Museum Crafts
Leeds City Museum
Craft
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Music
Kristýna Farag head shot.
Thu 9 Apr 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Kristýna Farag
Otley Courthouse
Music
Concerts
Free
A girl and a boy sit at a table moulding with clay
Thu 9 Apr 2026
Artist Workshop: Mysterious Boxes with Serafina Min
Henry Moore Institute
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Free
A child looking at a taxidermy chimpanzee
Thu 9 Apr 2026
A Discovery Day
Leeds Discovery Centre
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
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Thu 9 Apr 2026
The Cinelli Brothers
The Attic
Gigs
Music
BCUC indigenous funk/afropunk band from Soweto, South Africa
Fri 10 Apr 2026
BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness)
Brudenell Social Club
Dance
Gigs
Music
Carol Decker poses in a decorative jacket with windswept hair blowing over her shoulder.
Fri 10 Apr 2026
T'Pau: Be Wonderful
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
North Leeds Charity Beer & Music Festival 2026
Fri 10 Apr 2026
North Leeds Charity Beer & Music Festival 2026
North Leeds Cricket Club
Festival
Food & Drink
a man with arms outstretched
Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Punch
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre