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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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Hand painted photo frames next to pots of paint and brushes
Wed 24 Jun 2026
Paint a Photo Frame Workshop
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Social
Free
Performer sings in a darkened room with green light in back ground
Until Wed 24 Jun 2026
Open Mic - at Leeds Libraries in partnership with Launchpad
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Gigs
Music
Performance
Four dancers perform in darkness, all crouching down. The dancer in the middle leans on the others. One dancer is sat, watching from behind them.
Wed 24 Jun 2026 - Thu 25 Jun 2026
Fireflies at Dawn
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
A lilac delphinium in flower in the Walled Garden
Thu 18 Jun 2026 - Thu 25 Jun 2026
Delphinium Walk and Cream Tea
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Walk
Free
Two cream flowers on a green background
Until Thu 25 Jun 2026
Growing Through Grief
Living Potential Community Garden
Healthy Living
Outdoor
Under £10
Sweet Sorrows
Thu 25 Jun 2026
From Ireland - Sweet Sorrows in concert
The Barn Coffee Shop
Gigs
Music
Performance
A woman wearing a white shirt standing in front of a colourful background.
Fri 26 Jun 2026
Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat
Howard Assembly Room
Music
Performance
Gigs
The Music of the Lord of the Rings
Fri 26 Jun 2026
The Music of The Lord of The Rings. Tribute to Howard Shore
St George's Church
Concerts
Music
Three faint figures with outstretched arms reach out through thick grey mist.
Fri 26 Jun 2026
Medea
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Performance
Under £10
Disco Ball
Fri 26 Jun 2026
Creative Summer Party and DeStash Market
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Market
Melanie Baker
Fri 26 Jun 2026
Melanie Baker
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
LGBT+
Music
One Leg One Eye
Fri 26 Jun 2026
One Leg One Eye
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
A newspaper with the headline 'A Bright Room Called Day', there is an image of an aeroplane on the cover
Wed 24 Jun 2026 - Sat 27 Jun 2026
A Bright Room Called Day
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
Performers are dancing on stage. One performer is in a wheelchair.
Sat 27 Jun 2026
National Youth Dance Company x Alleyne Dance
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
Free
cotton reels
Sat 27 Jun 2026
Scrap Crafters & Makers DeStash Market
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Social
Market
Mini Magic Flute / CBBC Summer Social 2018 / Mark McNulty
Sat 27 Jun 2026
Opera North Little Listeners: Mini Magic Flute
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Concerts
Family Friendly
Music
Woman holding whale puppet performing.
Sat 27 Jun 2026
The Tale of the Loneliest Whale
Stage@Leeds
Family Friendly
Theatre
Tour guests inside a pub, raising beer glasses to the camera
Until Sat 27 Jun 2026
The Leeds Heritage Pub Tour
The Tetley Pub
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
Under £10
Rails of colourful clothing in a brightly lit room
Sat 27 Jun 2026
Leeds Community Clothes Exchange June 2026 Swap
Woodhouse Community Centre
Social
Market
A lino printed image of a red bird with a blue background being revealed from the lino plate
Sat 27 Jun 2026
Linocut – Jigsaw Style!
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
After concert photo of the full choir.
Sat 27 Jun 2026
I Have Seen The Last Rays
St Edmunds Church
Concerts
Music
Performance
Ferg's Imaginary Big Band line up smiling on a street in front of a red brick building, adorned with a hand-painted banner that reads: Ferg's Imaginary Big Band.
Sat 27 Jun 2026
Ferg's Imaginary Big Band: 'The New Atomic' Album Launch Party
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Jazz
Music
the searchers & hollies Experience press shot.
Sat 27 Jun 2026
The Searchers & Hollies Experience
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Grainy image of a bride holding a bouquet laughing with text reading: Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus. Mamma Mia! The smash hit musical, based on the songs of ABBA.
Tue 16 Jun 2026 - Sat 27 Jun 2026
MAMMA MIA!
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
A group of singers performs energetically on stage in front of an orchestra, with a large "80s Classical" sign in the background.
Sat 27 Jun 2026
80s Classical 2026
Millennium Square
Activity
Gigs
Music
Free
An artist playing music on a big stage during a concert with a crowd in the background
Until Sun 28 Jun 2026
Music Leeds Us: Celebrating 60 Years of Music in Leeds
Leeds City Museum
Exhibition
Music
Free
A lilac entrance board for the exhibition, featuring yellow text and graphics of kitsch kittens, hearts and cherubs. In the background is a selection of formal dresses on mannequins.
Until Sun 28 Jun 2026
For the Love of Textiles
Sunny Bank Mills
Exhibition
Craft
National Theatre Live
Sun 28 Jun 2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Otley Courthouse
Film
Theatre
In a black and red leotard, Joe Tracini strikes a pose in mid-air with arms and legs outstretched, with an open-mouthed expression.
Sun 28 Jun 2026
Joe Tracini: 10 Things I Hate About Me
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Superchunk
Sun 28 Jun 2026
Superchunk
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
Graphic of yoga and coffee cups
Until Mon 29 Jun 2026
Monday Morning Yoga (plus a Free Hot Drink)
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Healthy Living
Free
Illustration of Toys
Until Mon 29 Jun 2026
Toddler Takeover
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Family Friendly
Workshop
Plant pots being screen printed in blues and yellows
Mon 1 Jun 2026 - Mon 29 Jun 2026
Introduction to Screen Printing – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Two people dangle upside-down from a rope around their ankles, encased in a bright neon light against an orange background.
Mon 29 Jun 2026
Jay & Joss: It's Not a Game
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
AA Dhand
Mon 29 Jun 2026
An Evening with AA Dhand
The Old Woollen
Literature
Talk
Good Flying Birds
Mon 29 Jun 2026
Good Flying Birds
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Music
Free
St Brigid's Arms Projects / Emerald LENS CIC
Until Tue 30 Jun 2026
Leeds Creative Sessions for Women of Irish Heritage
HEART Headingley
Craft
Creative Workshop
Heritage
Music
Performance
Workshop
A black and white printed portrait of a woman and the plate it was printed from
Tue 2 Jun 2026 - Tue 30 Jun 2026
The Portrait – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Graphic of plants
Tue 30 Jun 2026
Plant Bingo
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Quiz / Gaming
The quartet of Graffiti Classics jump up in the air with comic, open mouth expressions, each holding their instruments in a graffiti-covered tunnel.
Tue 30 Jun 2026
Graffiti Classics: The Comedy String Quartet
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Music
Performance
A man wearing a red cap and graphic t-shirt stands outdoors playing an acoustic guitar, with trees and grass in the background.
Tue 30 Jun 2026
Dylan Gossett - Sounds Of The City
Millennium Square
Gigs
Music
Performance
tote bag with chard screen printed on
Wed 1 Jul 2026
Print Your Own Tote: A Screen Printing Workshop with Jenny
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
The Spooky Men's Chorale sing into microphones together on stage, in dark outfits and hats, lit by a blue stage-light.
Wed 1 Jul 2026
The Spooky Men's Chorale
City Varieties Music Hall
Concerts
Music
Sunn O)))
Wed 1 Jul 2026
Sunn O)))
Project House
Music
Gigs
Three people in a warm, retro-lit room, with the central person wearing sunglasses, flexing and shouting, and a shirt that reads ‘How we love is who we are.
Wed 1 Jul 2026
Alabama Shakes - Sounds Of The City
Millennium Square
Gigs
Music
Performance
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Thu 2 Jul 2026
Floral Embroidery Evening Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Under £10
LGBTQ+ Open Mic
Until Thu 2 Jul 2026
LGBTQ+ Open Mic
Flamingos Coffee House
Comedy
LGBT+
Music
Performance
Spoken Word
Free
Image of Vinyl record and Headphones
Thu 2 Jul 2026
Seven by Seven
Left Bank Leeds
Dance
Music
Social
A lady is dancing with a big smile
Until Fri 3 Jul 2026
Dance On Up: Advanced dance class for adults aged 55+
Yorkshire Dance
Dance
Workshop
Adults Only
Dance Class
Healthy Living
Free
Colourful photograph showing 1970s men's underwear
Fri 3 Jul 2026
Guest Speaker – Style, Fit and Comfort: Considering Men's Underwear with Dr Shaun Cole
M&S Archive
Talk
Heritage