Autumn

We love to talk, we love to listen and we love to share new ideas which means we love, love, LOVE our page of talks and discussions happening in Leeds.

With so many events about science, art, politics, culture, religion, music and history it's time to expand your mind and see what's out there!

Eerie depiction of someone if indeterminate age and gender walking down a woodland path as the trees curve overhead in sinister fashion
Sun 4 Oct 2026
Wordweaver Stories: Sun, Stars and Straw
Otley Courthouse
Music Talk
Mark Radcliffe
Sun 4 Oct 2026
An Evening with Mark Radcliffe - Wetherby Festival Event
Wetherby Town Hall
Music Talk Wetherby Festival
Free
Collage of Leeds cultural and social history artefacts, including historic newspaper mastheads, fanzine covers, posters, photographs, a printing press, board games and community publications spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Tue 6 Oct 2026
Play, Publish, Progress: How Leeds Led the World
Leeds City Library
All Library Events Heritage Leeds 400 Talk
Under £10
Woman sat on a bench
Tue 6 Oct 2026
Queer History Club: People Without History Are Dust - Queer Desire and the Holocaust
The Bookish Type
Literature Talk LGBT+
Photo of Nic Shuttleworth
Tue 6 Oct 2026
Document Photography. reframing the art of the Family portrait - Wetherby Festival Event
St James' Parish Church, Wetherby
Visual Arts Talk Wetherby Festival
Coloured squishy balls
Wed 7 Oct 2026
Is maths the root of everything?
Leeds Playhouse
Talk
Free
Black‑and‑white architectural drawing of a Gothic church with a square central tower, buttressed walls, and rows of arched windows; a low nave extends on both sides, and a few small figures and gravestones appear in the foreground churchyard.
Wed 7 Oct 2026
Ralph and John Went to Church: Ralph Thoresby & John Lewis, the first recorded Black person in Leeds
Leeds City Library
Talk Heritage All Library Events Leeds 400
Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), 1433. Oil on oak. The National Gallery, London.
Wed 7 Oct 2026
Jan van Eyck and the Tech Bros: Before and After Oil Painting
Northlight Arts Centre
Talk
Elizabeth Day
Wed 7 Oct 2026
LIFI26: Elizabeth Day – Failure is an option
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre Talk
Tasha Ghouri & Evelyn Glennie
Thu 8 Oct 2026
LIFI26: Tasha Ghouri & Evelyn Glennie – Strength beyond the silence
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre Talk
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Thu 8 Oct 2026
LIFI26: Dr Mya-Rose Craig, Juergen Maier CBE and Chris Packham CBE – The planet hasn’t stopped burning
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre Talk
Professor Brian Cox - Emergence World Tour
Sat 10 Oct 2026
Professor Brian Cox - Emergence World Tour
first direct bank arena
Talk Adults Only