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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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Lino Printed Artwork
Wed 27 May 2026
Lino Printing with Megan Dobbyn | Beltane Mayday Special
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds aggro jazzers Vipertime launch their new joint album with Kent post-punk band Moron Butler at Wharf Chambers on May 27th for Leeds Jazz Festival
Wed 27 May 2026
Vipertime x Moron Butler - A Jazz/Punk Meltdown Album Launch / Leeds Jazz Festival
Wharf Chambers
Leeds Jazz Festival
Dance
Gigs
Jazz
Music
A still from "Paris 75"
Thu 28 May 2026
Paris 75 (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Under £10
A still from "The Jungle Book"
Thu 28 May 2026
The Jungle Book (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
School Holidays
Images of Taylor Swift
Thu 28 May 2026
TAYLOR SWIFT-inspired Adult & Child Dance Class
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Dance
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays
Felt collage with ladybirds and a hen
Tue 26 May 2026 - Thu 28 May 2026
Woolly Wonders - Wet Felting
Leeds Industrial Museum
Craft
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A bean seed emerging from the soil
Wed 27 May 2026 - Thu 28 May 2026
Bean Planting
Temple Newsam
Activity
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Child doing arts and crafts
Tue 26 May 2026 - Thu 28 May 2026
Spiky Crafts
Leeds City Museum
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Image of a large warehouse containing museum collection objects, such as a rocking horse, taxidermy and furniture.
Tue 26 May 2026 - Thu 28 May 2026
Everyday Heroes - May Half Term
Leeds Discovery Centre
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
black and white photograph of two smiling models wearing hats
Thu 28 May 2026
Have a Go at Half Term: Magnificent Millinery
M&S Archive
Activity
Family Friendly
School Holidays
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Thu 28 May 2026
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Otley Courthouse
Film
Theatre
Shot in profile, Macy Gray looks through a misty window, her face lit by a deep blue light, the rest of her in shadows.
Thu 28 May 2026
An Intimate Evening with Macy Gray
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Under £10
ADRIAN SNELL | SPECIAL ONE OFF SOLO CONCERT | The Barn Coffee Shop Meanwood | Leeds | Thur 28th May 2026
Thu 28 May 2026
Adrian Snell - Special One Off Solo Concert
The Barn Coffee Shop
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
A still from "The Snail and The Whale"
Fri 29 May 2026
The Snail and the Whale (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
You Choose
Thu 28 May 2026 - Fri 29 May 2026
You Choose
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
Free
Close up of colouring table.
Tue 26 May 2026 - Fri 29 May 2026
Free Family Half Term Activities
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Activity
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Free
Leeds City Museum choir stood in the abbey
Fri 29 May 2026
Leeds City Museum Choir in the Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Concerts
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Music
Free
Historic drawing of the Leeds skyline in the 1840s, viewed from Rope‑Hill in what is now Middleton Park. The scene shows prominent landmarks including St Paul’s Church, Trinity Church, Woodhouse Methodist, Bower’s glassworks, and the Middleton Colliery railway. Numerous factory chimneys across the town release smoke into the sky
Fri 29 May 2026
Booming Borough: Leeds in the 1800s
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
Exhibition
Heritage
Leeds 400
John Barrowman smiles in a sparkling suit in a shimmering auditorium.
Fri 29 May 2026
John Barrowman: My Life in Musicals
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Theatre
Free
Looking into a shop window there is a vinyl sign saying THE ART COURT X Eye Room with a QR code beneath in. Inside we can see a light wooden shelf with a pair of thick rimmed glasses and a stack of books with a lump of white coral and thin orange synthetic rope tangled around it. Further inside the shopw we see shelves of glasses and tow framed artworks made up of coloured rectangles.
Until Sat 30 May 2026
grounded
Eye Room
Exhibition
Visual Arts
An image of some drawing of female forms wearing different outfits.
Sat 30 May 2026
Fashion Illustration Workshop with Alison Teece UKs
Swarthmore Education Centre
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Malory Towers
Wed 27 May 2026 - Sat 30 May 2026
Malory Towers
Leeds Playhouse
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
An embroidery hoop with various embroidery patterns, besides some thread spools and a pair of scissors
Sat 30 May 2026
Improvers Embroidery Day - with Textile Artist, Hayley Mills Styles
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
All Library Events
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A white macrame plant hanger is suspended against a pink background, It has a white pot containing a green dangly plant.
Sat 30 May 2026
Make a Macramé Plant Hanger with Hannah Sibai of Dear Prudence Macramé
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
plants
Sat 30 May 2026
SCRAP Plant and Seed Sale & Swap
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Sale
Market
A photograph of three bird drawings lay on a wooden table. The drawing are of an owl and two swans, they are on brown paper and use white and black pens and pencils
Sat 30 May 2026
Bird Drawing and Construction with Michael Rios
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
A group outside the Tetley brewery
Sat 30 May 2026
The History of Briggate - Leeds Walking Tour
The Tetley Pub
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
A selection of wood type
Sat 30 May 2026
Letterpress Taster Day
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
A family wearing animal masks
Until Sat 30 May 2026
Story Explorers: Animal Trail
Leeds Libraries
Activity
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
School Holidays
A stylised digital image with a dot matrix-like overlay, resembling a large LED screen. On the left, a person’s face is visible, with an individual behind them looking away, while the right side features abstract, curved shapes in vibrant teals and purples.
Sat 30 May 2026
Banco de Gaia (live)
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Music
Susan Calman casually stands smiling, with hands in pockets, wearing a floral white shirt and red trainers against an orange backdrop.
Sat 30 May 2026
Susan Calman: Work in Progress
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Ian Smith press shot.
Sat 30 May 2026
Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty
Otley Courthouse
Comedy
Within a circular ring of sunlight, a young man stands central in karate robes and headband, flanked by two other characters, including a young woman an older man.
Tue 26 May 2026 - Sat 30 May 2026
The Karate Kid: The Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Music
Theatre
Under £10
Django sitting on a windowframe
Sat 30 May 2026
Django Durrant - 'Stories As You Pass By' Album Tour
The Attic
Gigs
Music
KERRANG'D! + Friday Night Lights - LEEDS
Sat 30 May 2026
KERRANG'D! + Friday Night Lights
Eiger Studios
Gigs
Music
Social
Under £10
3 adults and a toddler looking into a industrial machine with wool in
Sat 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
Woolly Good May Half Term
Leeds Industrial Museum
Activity
Craft
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Under £10
An adult and child looking at a trail in the victorian streets at Abbey House Museum
Sat 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
Gnomes Sweet Gnome
Abbey House Museum
Activity
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A still from "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie"
Sat 30 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
School Holidays
Free
Colourful pop filtered image of trees
Sun 31 May 2026
LGBTQ+ foraging walk and social event
Meanwood Park
Activity
LGBT+
Walk
Free
Plants being grown for plant sale
Sun 31 May 2026
Hollybush Plant Sale
Hollybush Conservation Centre
Sale
Market
Under £10
Piglets at Temple Newsam Home Farm
Until Sun 31 May 2026
Springtime Babies
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Outdoor
Free
Red illustrated poppies on a beige background
Sat 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
Petals and Poisons Trail
Kirkstall Abbey
Activity
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Walk
Under £10
The Hole In Wall
Sat 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
The Serpent’s Bite: Taste the Venom, Claim the Power
The Hole In Wand Leeds
Activity
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Girl twirling in fancy historic dress
Sat 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
May half term: Find your Happy!
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Women on Tarzan Swing at Go Ape Temple Newsam
Mon 25 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
May half term at Go Ape Temple Newsam
Go Ape Temple Newsam
Adventure
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Three young children sit on cut tree stumps in a shaded woodland area, gathered around a larger stump being used as a table. They appear focused on a simple activity with small round wooden pieces and a bowl. Sunlight filters through the trees, creating a bright opening along the path behind them and giving the scene a calm, playful outdoor atmosphere.
Sat 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026
May Half Term: Bugs and Beasties
Harewood House
Adventure
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Two singers with microphones perform on stage, surrounded by a soft halo of purple light.
Sun 31 May 2026
The Real Thing: 50th Anniversary Tour
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Large ensemble photo of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox of a variety of musicians posing with their instruments or candidly smiling in front of a gold curtain, all wearing glamorous ball gowns and vintage suits.
Sun 31 May 2026
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox: The Future is Vintage
Leeds Grand Theatre
Gigs
Music
Theatre
Free
Exterior view of The Sculpture Gallery on Balcony of Leeds Corn Exchange
Sun 3 May 2026 - Mon 1 Jun 2026
The Sculpture Gallery Presents David Cruickshank Exhibition
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Black and white image of Craig Revel Horwood looking pensive wearing a black leather jacket.
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Craig Revel Horwood Revelations: Songs Boys Don't Sing
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Performance