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Likkle Lit Fest

Black children listening attentively to a story
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Likkle Lit Fest
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Festival
Half Term
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Spoken Word

Mindful Market in full swing with shoppers browsing each stall holder.
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Winter
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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Hedera

Hedera is a five-piece folk ensemble, as at home in the woods, as in a concert venue or community centre.
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Hedera
The Loft (Re:establish)
Gigs
Music
Performance

A.A. Williams
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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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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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Pied Piper / Leeds Playhouse / Thu 12 Mar 2026 - Sat 14 Mar 2026
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Theatre In Leeds

Our collection of theatre listings in Leeds taking place in venues and spaces across the city.

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UK global beats/folk roots band Me and My Friends play Brudnell Social Club Leeds on Aril 2nd with support for LoVu
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Me & My Friends + LoVu
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
A father and two small girls pond dipping. Dad is wearing bunny ears.
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Easter Trail
Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Family Friendly
Activity
The two suited and shades-wearing Blues Brothers bounce around a neon-lit stage in a dive bar setting featuring guitars and a saxophone.
Fri 3 Apr 2026
The Chicago Blues Brothers
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Performance
Under £10
A puppet animal leans against a ladder
Sat 4 Apr 2026
The Tower and The Telescope
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
Performance
A group of musicians all dressed in black, some holding brass instruments, stood on a red background.
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Too Much Too Young: The Music of 2Tone & Beyond
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Theatre
Image of Tina Turner with a rainbow tinge to the image. Tina is smiling wide in a gold fringe dress.
Tue 17 Mar 2026 - Sat 4 Apr 2026
TINA: The Tina Turner Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
the band
Sat 4 Apr 2026
James - Love Is The Answer Tour
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Adults Only
logo for LEEDS INSPIRED (no wording)
Sat 4 Apr 2026 - Sun 5 Apr 2026
The Jam'd + Who's Next
Leeds Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Oil painting of the artist Skye Davies as a child, set against a pink and green screen printed wallpaper
Until Sun 5 Apr 2026
Portrayals of Women
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibition
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Visual Arts
The band Hejira perform in a crowded stage setting. From left to right, there is a keyboard player, guitarist, drummer and guitarist-vocalist beneath the moody spotlight.
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Two women screen printing images of Frida Kahlo onto t-shirts
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Screen Printing Tees & Totes
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Man cramped inside of a pink box alongside various toys and other objects that are spilling out of the box like an exercise ball, slinky and squeaky chicken. He is holding a toy stuffed dog.
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Out of the Box
City Varieties Music Hall
Performance
Ruby Wax smiles widely and speaks into a wireless telephone in a bubbly white bath tub, wearing striking red lipstick and make-up.
Wed 8 Apr 2026
Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Talk
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Thu 9 Apr 2026
The Cinelli Brothers
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Carol Decker poses in a decorative jacket with windswept hair blowing over her shoulder.
Fri 10 Apr 2026
T'Pau: Be Wonderful
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
a man with arms outstretched
Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Punch
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
A close-up image of a brain scan
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Thackray Insights: The Science of Song
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Talk
Patricia Nolz
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Patricia Nolz & Joseph Middleton
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Concerts
Festival
Music
Free
A model poses in four different outfits in bold colours
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Colour
M&S Archive
Exhibition
Family Friendly
Under £10
Louise Alder
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Louise Alder, Huw Montague Rendall & Joseph Middleton
Howard Assembly Room
Concerts
Festival
Music
Europes Strongest Man
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Europe's Strongest Man 2026
first direct bank arena
Sports
Under £10
Someone in blue overalls and yellow high heels slouches in a light blue convertible car
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Fixing
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Comedy
Theatre
In moody blue lighting, Imelda May passionately sings on stage in a flowy dress, in front of an acoustic guitarist
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Imelda May
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Spoken Word
Animated image. A mossy wooden plank sign protrudes from messy grass and mushrooms, accompanied by a smiley gingerbread man with a moon and starry sky in the background.
Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Shrek: The Musical
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
A person dresses as a mouse sits at the front of a snowy stage
Sat 11 Apr 2026 - Sun 12 Apr 2026
The Gruffalo's Child
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
Nardu Williams
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Nardus Williams & Elizabeth Kenny: ‘Dowland 400’
Royal Armouries Museum
Concerts
Festival
Music
Man wearing an open shirt and a pink swimming rubber ring stood behind a small paddling pool with a blackboard with science-y things written behind him and someone in a lab coat next to him.
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Exciting Science
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Family Friendly
Al Murray in a maroon suit incorporated into a bright and colourful cartoon image. He's holding on to a cartoon pint.
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Al Murray: All You Need is Gov
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Peter Clifford and the Great Baldini portray a suited Holmes and Watson, who point their walking sticks towards a clue off-camera in the grounds of a grand, old-fashioned building.
Mon 13 Apr 2026
Holmes and Watson: The Curious Case of the Masqued Magician
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
Under £10
Part of the North Yorkshire coast managed by the National Trust
Tue 14 Apr 2026
"Yorkshire's Coastal Secret" a talk by David Banks
St Chads Parish Centre, Headingley
Talk
Heritage
Adults Only
Upside down, Olaf Falafel grins at the camera, wearing a prop banana headband and stripy blue and white t-shirt, positioned over a patterned purple background.
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Family Friendly
Black and white headshot of Huey Morgan.
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Huey Morgan: The Fun Lovin' Criminal
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Talk
Free
A collection of instruments including guitar, flute, clarinet, violin, saxophone and trumpet.
Until Wed 15 Apr 2026
Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music
The Venue
Concerts
January List
Music
Gregor Fisher smiles at the camera in front of a plain grey background.
Wed 15 Apr 2026
An Evening with Gregor Fisher
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gate
Wed 15 Apr 2026 - Thu 16 Apr 2026
Rude Science
Leeds Playhouse
Family Friendly
A person stands on a stage with their hands splayed at either side of their head, an audience is in the foreground making the same gesture.
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Comedy Club 4 Kids
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
Family Friendly
Theatre
YUNGBLUD
Fri 17 Apr 2026
YUNGBLUD
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Yeadon Town Hall Theatre
Fri 17 Apr 2026
GOLD: An Audience With Will Burns & Stacey Leadbeatter
Yeadon Town Hall Theatre
Comedy
Music
Promotional image for Bollywood Time Machine including images of actors in iconic Bollywood films against a backdrop of smoke and spotlights
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Bollywood Time Machine
City Varieties Music Hall
Dance
Music
The Burning Hell
Fri 17 Apr 2026
The Burning Hell + Carsie Blanton
The Attic
Gigs
Music
FRESH 2025 (C) Point of View Photography
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Fresh
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
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
An abstract print on blues and greens being revealed on paper
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Monoprint & Collograph
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
Shipley School of Art (1871), Exhibition Road, Shipley
Thu 26 Feb 2026 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
John Beck and Matthew Cornford | The Art Schools of Yorkshire
Blenheim Walk Gallery
Exhibition
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 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
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
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
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 Hall and Estate
Activity
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries