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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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Nick Bray dressed in a pineapple costume, holding a ukulele
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Creatures Songtime for Under 5s
Leeds City Museum
Music
Workshop
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Illustration of little birds
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Felt a Little Bird! A Needle-Felting Workshop with Penny
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Drawings of people writing
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Creative Writing with Jess Austin
Left Bank Leeds
Creative Workshop
Literature
Workshop
Jen Brister sits on a wooden block with her head tilted to the side, wearing long back trousers, white trainers a bright orange shirt.
Tue 9 Jun 2026 - Wed 10 Jun 2026
Jen Brister: Reactive
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Smile (Bright Sparks Theatre)
Wed 10 Jun 2026 - Thu 11 Jun 2026
SMILE!
Leeds Playhouse
Comedy
Theatre
Press shot of Eira Lynn Jones standing behind her harp.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Eira Lynn Jones
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Under £10
Child painting flowers
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Flower Printing and Floral Art
Lotherton
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Barry Manilow
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Barry Manilow
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
Mick Miller wears a loud shirt featuring Looney Toons characters and looks to the side, along with a small image of Ryan Gleeson candidly smiling with a microphone.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
An Audience with Mick Miller
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Workshop
Sam Sweeney Trio performing live.
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Sam Sweeney Trio
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
On stage, there is female singer and guitarist. Stage lights are hazy and pink.
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Cloudbusting: The Music of Kate Bush
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
Bluemoose Books
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Bluemoose Books 20th Birthday Bash
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Literature
Talk
Leeds LitFest
A photograph of a stained glass squirrel on some blue paper with a hand poised over it with a paintbrush
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Sam Yates (June)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
A group of models wearing summer clothes
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Summer Styling
M&S Archive
Exhibition
Family Friendly
A blue and green floral print lay on a table
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Introduction to Stencil Fabric Printing with Megan Carter
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Pink mortarboard graduation cap balanced on some old looking books with a chihuahua peeking out from behind the books.
Tue 9 Jun 2026 - Sat 13 Jun 2026
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Sunburst Deluxe
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Sunburst Deluxe
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
the band
Sat 13 Jun 2026
UB40
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
A still from "Moomins on the Riviera"
Fri 12 Jun 2026 - Sun 14 Jun 2026
Moomins on the Riviera (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Eddie Gripper trio in doorway
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Eddie Gripper "Americana"
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Free
junk yard at left bank
Sun 14 Jun 2026
LS6 Junk Yard Sale
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Market
Three people in regal period dresses and a dinner suit stand in front of a plain pink backdrop.
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Austentatious
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Theatre
Jennifer Saint
Mon 15 Jun 2026
An Evening with Jennifer Saint
The Old Woollen
Literature
Talk
On the left, Matt Forde smirks in green face paint, witch hat and all black suit in the style of Wicked. On the right, a second Matt Forde is whispering, wearing a tiara and sequined pink outfit. The backdrop transitions from golden, green-tinted clouds to shadow.
Until Mon 15 Jun 2026
Matt Forde: Defying Calamity
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
The four members of Opus13 Quartet in black concert dress.
Tue 16 Jun 2026
Opus13 - June 2026
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Music
Performance
Concerts
Seven people in matching black suits strut around a plain white backdrop with exaggerated movements, some holding a ukulele .
Tue 16 Jun 2026
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Music
Two sides of the same bronze coin, featuring the profile of Napoleon Bonaparte
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Napoleon Archive Talk
Lotherton
Talk
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A view through a stone arch shows a group of young people around a piano.
Wed 6 May 2026 - Wed 17 Jun 2026
Song writing for ages 15-18 (6 Week course) partnership with Cloth Cat
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Music
Ivo Graham smirks at the camera, in a bright orange suit and sunglasses, with orange-dyed hair.
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Ivo Graham: Orange Crush
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Alison Cotton
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Alison Cotton
The Attic
Music
Performance
Gigs
An image of Delphiniums on the Delphinium Walk at Temple Newsam
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Delphinium Walk and Cream Tea at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Gigs
Walk
Yellow and blue toned collage of musicians playing instruments along with icons of footsteps, drums and the portrait of a face.
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Charanga del Norte
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Free
Disco ball on a dark ceiling, casting scattered light reflections.
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Cabaret Mystic
Rowland Road WMC
Visual Arts
Performance
The Romano Ensemble
Fri 19 Jun 2026
The Romano Viazzani Ensemble London Tango Spring Tour 2026
The Wardrobe
Gigs
Music
Old photo of Paul Young standing on his left leg with his left knee up by his chest. He has a dark 70s-style haircut, wearing a long coat, white shirt and black trousers.
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Paul Young: Songs and Stories
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
Billy Fuller
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Billy Fuller
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Depeche Mode Image
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Depeche Mode Disco
Left Bank Leeds
Dance
Gigs
Music
Three men embrace with their arms around each other.
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Blue Mist
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
A photograph of a person threading a needle whilst holding a garment which has the hem folded and tacked with black stitches
Sat 20 Jun 2026
How to Sew Zips, Hems and Pockets with Alison Teece UK
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A range of different sized screen printing screens stacked on a shelf
Sat 13 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
Paper Screen Printing – 2 Day Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A logo for the show. It is graphic design. Showing the silhouettes of people running with a golden window in the background
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Sat 20 Jun 2026
A Bright Room Called Day
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
Under £10
The makers of the show, two men and a woman are standing, smiling at the camera.
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Selene
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Music
Theatre
The Pitmen Poets press shot.
Sat 20 Jun 2026
The Pitmen Poets
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Spoken Word
Under £10
Someone juggling outside Temple Newsam
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Summer Picnic
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Items of local produced food laid out on a table
Sat 20 Jun 2026 - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Family Fun Fest
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Festival
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
Lily Allen
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Lily Allen
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Shirt with colourful stitching repairs
Mon 15 Jun 2026 - Mon 22 Jun 2026
Monday Mending 2 week course with artist Lorna Johnstone
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
Activity
All Library Events
Craft
Creative Workshop
An image of two people wearing 1940's clothes. One is sat down wearing a hat and white shirt with a tie. The other is standing wearing a white dress, with their arm on the other person's shoulder. There is text above that reads 'WINDRUSH BY SONG'.
Mon 22 Jun 2026 - Tue 23 Jun 2026
Windrush By Song
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Free
Still from stop motion animation: featuring a bouncing ball with a face on. The ball has arms and legs and is bouncing up and down in a spotlight
Tue 2 Jun 2026 - Tue 23 Jun 2026
Free Introduction to Procreate Dreams Workshop (digital animation)
Armley Community Hub and Library
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
A stylised print of a woman in a red hat
Mon 22 Jun 2026 - Tue 23 Jun 2026
Gel Plate Printing & Mixed Media Collage (2 Day Course)
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop