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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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Jack Dee holds a neutral expression, wearing glasses, a grey suit and red tie, positioned in front of a red curtain and lit by a spotlight.
Mon 1 Jun 2026
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Free
Criminal using a computer
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Fraud & Cyber-Crime Awareness Workshop
Work Café, Leeds
Talk
Workshop
A willow obelisk in the corner of the Walled Garden at Temple Newsam.
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Willow Obelisk Workshop
Temple Newsam
Activity
Craft
Leeds Museums & Galleries
An image of a Willow Obelisk in the Walled Garden at Temple Newsam
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Willow Obelisk Workshop at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Dermot Kennedy
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Dermot Kennedy
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Free
Two people looking at a taxidermy penguin and other items in Leeds Discovery Centre's collection store
Until Wed 3 Jun 2026
Behind The Scenes Store Tour
Leeds Discovery Centre
Guided Tour
Activity
Leeds Museums & Galleries
MC Hammersmith
Wed 3 Jun 2026
MC Hammersmith
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Lit by a solitary spotlight against a dark, hazy backdrop, Rebecca Ferguson looks into the distance with elegant makeup and red lipstick.
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Rebecca Ferguson: 15 Years Stripped
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Joanne McNally looks to the side and sits cross-legged in shiny black trousers and an oversized, frilly purple top, in front of a purple background.
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Joanne McNally: Pinotphile
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Under £10
Sela Bar customers sitting down enjoying pints.
Until Wed 3 Jun 2026
Sela's Big Music Quiz!
Sela Bar & Pizzeria
Activity
Music
Quiz / Gaming
Sugar - Love You Even Still Tour
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Sugar - Love You Even Still Tour
The Irish Centre
Music
Gigs
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Thu 4 Jun 2026
Circular Weaving Evening Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
MC Hammersmith holding a croquet mallet in a menacing way!
Thu 4 Jun 2026
MC Hammersmith
The Wardrobe
Comedy
A photograph of three people stood at easels drawing, in the foreground is a man with a green sweater drawing a life model with charcoal
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (June)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
A print of a bird in shades of blue and green with the tetra pak image it was printed from
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Tetra Pak Printing Taster
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
The Bug Club
Fri 5 Jun 2026
The Bug Club
Project House
Music
Gigs
a young woman in a throne
Thu 28 May 2026 - Sat 6 Jun 2026
Perfect Show For Rachel
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
DJ deck playing music for a crowd
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Project 80's Rewired
The Wardrobe
Dance
Gigs
Music
A child painting a picture of flowers
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Flower Printing and Floral Art
Lotherton
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Under £10
Black line drawing of a yorkshire rose inside a black circle
Sat 6 Jun 2026
The Art of the Short Story with Alice Jolly, Naomi Booth and Nicholas Royle
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Festival
Literature
Leeds LitFest
Markets at Lotherton
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Real Markets at Lotherton
Lotherton
Market
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A group of people on the platform by the pond.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
The Big Wild Play Out
Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Family Friendly
Activity
Free
Kirkgate Market Food & Craft Fair
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Kirkgate Market Food & Craft Fair
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Food & Drink
Market
Under £10
Two people browsing wool clothing stalls
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Woolfest 2026
Leeds Industrial Museum
Craft
Fair
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
Woman leaning over old plant drawings
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Dead Plants Society: Drink and Draw
Leeds Discovery Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
A bright, colourful painting showing two people sat at a table eating cakes and pastries.
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
[uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Under £10
Someone in a green suit, with a cucumber mask holding a jar of gherkins
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Pickled Republic
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Comedy
Theatre
Under £10
Mutant Music
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Mutant Movement 1991 Daytime Disco : 35th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
The Backroom
Gigs
Music
Performance
Group of dancers on stage with blue lighting and motion blur
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Emergence | Triple Bill
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Performance
Dance (Li)
Ellie Kildunne smiles at the camera, wearing a stripy, long-sleeve collared shirt, with hands behind her back, in front of a blue backdrop.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Ellie Kildunne: Game Changer Live
City Varieties Music Hall
Sports
Talk
Nick Mohammed grips to the pole of a carousel horse, wearing a glittery suit against a patterned backdrop.
Fri 5 Jun 2026 - Sat 6 Jun 2026
Nick Mohammed is Mr. Swallow: Show Pony
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Cara Dillon press shot.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Cara Dillon
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
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Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Charlotte Verity, The Season Following
Harewood House
Exhibition
Heritage
The Adelphi pub in Leeds
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Leeds City Centre Heritage Pub and History Walk
Leeds City Square
Food & Drink
Heritage
Free
A woman and man browsing the stalls of pottery.
Until Sun 7 Jun 2026
Ceramics Market and Small Matters Showcase
Sunken Studio
Market
Free
Two ducks feeding on some seeds from a bowl.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Open Farm Sunday
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Activity
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Leeds International Tattoo Expo 2026
Sat 6 Jun 2026 - Sun 7 Jun 2026
Leeds International Tattoo Expo 2026
first direct bank arena
Exhibition
Market
Rufus Rice in a blue shirt
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Rufus Rice
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Five musicians playing instruments on an illuminated stage: piano, saxophone, trumpet, drums and double bass.
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Dave Bristow Quintet
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
EMF
Sun 7 Jun 2026
EMF
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Rough sizing sketch of life model
Mon 11 May 2026 - Mon 8 Jun 2026
Life Drawing : Four Week Course with Life Model
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
Visual Arts
Workshop
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
A woman sits at in the snow with a snow-capped mountain behind her, she is in full snow climbing gear.
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Adriana Brownlee - Death Zone
Carriageworks Theatre
Talk
Adventure
Real Farmer
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Real Farmer
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Free
An ipad with the Ancestry.com home page open. The ipad sits on top of an old map.
Until Tue 9 Jun 2026
Family History for Beginners Workshop
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Heritage
Workshop
Boots Dancing
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Line Dancing - Adult Dance Class
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
Natasha Walter
Tue 9 Jun 2026
An Evening of Feminism and Flourishing Futures with Natasha Walter
Cargo Wines
Literature
Talk
Under £10
A storyteller stands in front of a group of people.
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Brave Words: Community Storytelling Night
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Performance
Spoken Word
Natasha Walter
Tue 9 Jun 2026
An Evening of Feminism and Flourishing Futures with Natasha Walter
Cargo
Literature
Talk
The Bevis Frond
Tue 9 Jun 2026
The Bevis Frond
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Free
Guitar neck hand tuning guitar peg
Until Wed 10 Jun 2026
Guitar for Beginners Class (six week course) in partnership with Vera Media
Leeds Central Library
Adults Only
All Library Events
Music
Workshop