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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
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Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
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Two chunky silver rings sit on top of a chunk of gritstone. The rings have a textured outer edge and a smooth inside
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Make a Textured Silver Ring in a Day with Toby Cotterill
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A woman is sat at a pottery wheel and is throwing a small vase
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Throw to the Soul - Pottery Throwing with Jeannie Waterhouse
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
An abstract print on blues and greens being revealed on paper
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Monoprint & Collograph
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Under £10
thebookishtypeleeds@gmail.com
Wed 18 Mar 2026 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
Leeds Queer History Tour - City Centre
The Bookish Type
Guided Tour
Heritage
LGBT+
Life drawing sketch in yellow and pink pastel on yellow paper
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
Treasures of the Brotherton
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Free
Shipley School of Art (1871), Exhibition Road, Shipley
Until Sat 18 Apr 2026
John Beck and Matthew Cornford | The Art Schools of Yorkshire
Blenheim Walk Gallery
Exhibition
A group of young dancers perform on stage
Sat 18 Apr 2026
FRESH 2026 Matinee
Leeds City College Quarry Hill Campus
Dance
Dance (Li)
Leeds 400
Performance
Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
St George's Church
Concerts
Music
A woman poses as if she's about to start a race.
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Leila Navabi: Relay
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
Performance
Theatre
A group of young dancers perform on stage
Sat 18 Apr 2026
FRESH 2026 Evening Performance
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Leeds 400
Performance
A brass band stood on the steps outside the Royal Albert Hall.
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Rothwell Temperance Band
Pudsey Civic Hall and Art Forms Music
Concerts
Music
A glamorous blonde lady with shiny blonde hair and flowy silk dress stands atop a silver podium and raises a champagne flute against a stark black background
Tue 14 Apr 2026 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
The Constant Wife
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Rick Astley
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Rick Astley - The Reflections Tour 2026
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
The sign of Retro Heaven
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Retro Heaven @ Space >> Leeds
The Space Club
Gigs
Music
Under £10
An adult lifting up a child to look at a car in the museum
Fri 3 Apr 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Felted Egg Hunt
Leeds Industrial Museum
Activity
Family Friendly
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A cartoon dragon and five cartoon dragon eggs, against a purplish sky.
Sat 28 Mar 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Dragon Quest: The Search for the Lost Eggs
Lotherton
Activity
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
golden eggs
Sat 28 Mar 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Easter Dragon Egg Hunt
St John's Centre, Leeds
Family Friendly
Activity
Drummer Gareth Hughes, seated
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Gaz Hughes Trio
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
An oval frame hung on green patterned wallpaper. The frame picture is Africa by F Solimena
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Special Tour: Traces of Empire
Temple Newsam
Guided Tour
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
family rave
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave Leeds
Belgrave Music Hall
Family Friendly
Gigs
Music
Social
Children throwing scarfs in the air
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Made with Music
Brudenell Social Club
Family Friendly
Music
Free
Painting of woman looking across a river to a factory at night
Until Sun 19 Apr 2026
'Don't Let's Ask For The Moon...': Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Visual Arts
Free
Pyramid member artists designing clay artworks inspired by John Atkinson Grimshaw artwork
Until Sun 19 Apr 2026
Pyramid View On... John Atkinson Grimshaw
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
Photo by AJ on Unsplash
Sat 18 Apr 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Sakura in Bloom
Leeds Corn Exchange
Craft
Market
Free
Young family exploring Leeds City Museum
Sat 28 Mar 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Roman Rabbits Trail
Leeds City Museum
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Under £10
A new born lamb at Temple Newsam Home Farm
Sat 28 Mar 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Easter at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Outdoor
A family at Abbey House Museum
Fri 3 Apr 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Easter - Bunny Fun
Abbey House Museum
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Lenka Clayton, Sculpture For The Blind, By The Blind 2017
Until Sun 19 Apr 2026
Beyond the Visual
Henry Moore Institute
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
Emma Talbot, Spaceship Earth, 2022.
Until Sun 19 Apr 2026
Plant Dreaming
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Visual Arts
A still from "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace"
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Under £10
An illustration of birds and bumblebees at Tropical World
Sat 28 Mar 2026 - Sun 19 Apr 2026
Birds and Bumblebees at Tropical World
Tropical World
Family Friendly
Adventure
COBO: Comedy Shutdown
Sun 19 Apr 2026
COBO: Comedy Shutdown
The Wardrobe
Comedy
David Olusoga stands on stage in an auditorium, holding a vintage gun, beside two other old weapons.
Sun 19 Apr 2026
David Olusoga: A Gun Through Time
Leeds Grand Theatre
Talk
Heritage
Under £10
Animal skeleton at Leeds Discovery Centre
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Home Ed Workshop: Skeletons
Leeds Discovery Centre
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
"Amplify your voice" is written on a wooden sign, held high against a background of the sky.
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Social Justice Lunches - Anger into Action: Anti-Hate Crime Campaigning
Mill Hill Chapel
Social
Workshop
Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa
The Wardrobe
Comedy
A sheet of paper with dried plants, leaves and flowers adhered to it
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Plant and Rant: Making herbarium sheets
Leeds Discovery Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Anthony Horowitz
Mon 20 Apr 2026
An Evening with Anthony Horowitz
The Old Woollen
Literature
Talk
Six animated characters in white suits and skirts stand in front of pastel pink and purple shapes
Mon 20 Apr 2026
K-Pop All Stars
Leeds Grand Theatre
Gigs
Music
the band
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Acid Mothers Temple + Cotton Casino
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Kevin Sinfield running wearing a Leeds Rhinos hat.
Tue 21 Apr 2026
The Extra Mile: An Audience with Kevin Sinfield
Leeds Grand Theatre
Sports
Talk
Woman with woven basket
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Willow Sculpture workshop
Lotherton
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
Cherie Gears in front of a clock
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Cherie Gears at Rush Hour jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Free
Professor Claire Griffiths
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Inaugural professorial lecture of Professor Claire Griffiths | From Silos to systems: Transforming obesity research, policy, and practice
Carnegie School of Sport
Talk
Kane Brown
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Kane Brown
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Colourful Graphic of Yarn and Crochet Hook
Until Wed 22 Apr 2026
Crochet & Knit Craft Group with AJ
Left Bank Leeds
Craft
Creative Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
Painting of an open door
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Up North! an Exhibition by Elizabeth Nast | Launch Event
Left Bank Leeds
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
Book stack
Wed 18 Mar 2026 - Wed 22 Apr 2026
Silent But Social Book Club, Chapel Allerton
Further North
Literature
Social
Clinton Baptiste in a black turtle neck gesturing to the sky surrounded by stage smoke.
Wed 22 Apr 2026
Clinton Baptiste: Spectral Intercourse
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Performance
The-Prodigy-live-November-2025-promo-credit-Rahul-Singh
Wed 22 Apr 2026
The Prodigy
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music