Leeds Inspired Blog

Embrace drummer Mike Heaton will be the special guest on Sunday 28 May when Old Chapel Music Studios in Leeds open its doors for the latest round of free public tours.    

Kay Mellor's A Passionate Woman, is being staged in memory of the leading British dramatist who passed away in May 2022. Leeds Playhouse until 10 June.

"An incredible feel-good musical that will speak to the experiences of a huge amount of people on the universal themes of love, loss and the legacy we leave behind." Leading Broadway and West End musical theatre actors Lena Hall and Oliver Tompsett are to star in the new musical In Dreams which will premiere at Leeds Playhouse from 3 July – 5 August.

Martha Boyd, Hyde Park Picture House's Digital Marketing Coordinator updates us on progress with redevelopment of our favourite 100+ year old local picture house.

Leeds Creative Skills Festival returns to first direct Arena this November and are currently accepting exhibitor bookings.

Amy Letman, Creative Director Transform reflects on how children are our future.

Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of one of Yorkshire’s historic worsted mills at Threads a weekend festival celebrating textiles through a series of talks, workshops and more, part of our celebration of 10 years of arts and culture at the mills. 12 - 14 May 2023, Sunny Bank Mills.

Something rather special is happening right now in Leeds and Our Jane is in amongst it all.

Slung Low take us behind the scenes for their series of upcoming practical workshops for Leeds People's Theatre's performance of Noah's Flood.

Leeds artists and creatives are invited to pitch ideas for short-form film projects for broadcast on Sky Arts, as part of the LEEDS 2023 Year of Culture.

Photographer Casey Orr takes us through the evolution of her pop up portrait studio documenting youth culture which started in 2013.

Throughout the Summer, every ward in Leeds is celebrating the Year Of Culture and you’re invited to take part through the LEEDS 2023 Community Grants Scheme.
 

Henry Moore Institute celebrates 30 years of being open to you.

Leeds Jazz Festival will be returning to the city from Thursday 25th - Tuesday 30th May 2023, and with plenty of free and ticketed events to discover over the Late May Bank Holiday weekend there's something for everyone.

Full Programme Revealed. September 27 - 30 September 2023. Davina McCall, Dame Prue Leith, Will Young, Matt Baker MBE, Lauren Mahon, Jay Blades MBE, Gemma Whelan, Amber Rudd, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Tommy Banks and more among the line-up.

The Out of Many Festival, organised by the Jamaica Society Leeds, takes its name from Jamaica’s motto Out of Many, One People and launched in 2022 to celebrate 60 years of Jamaican independence. The festival continues into Summer 2023.

Leeds Young Film Festival is back this Easter holidays at the Carriageworks Theatre.

Sunny Bank Mills presents a weekend celebrating the art of printmaking and artists' books with over 40 stalls per day, workshops, demos and more. 1 & 2 April 2023

LEEDS 2023 has partnered with National Youth Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Compass Collective to provide a free ten-day acting course for young people across Leeds and West Yorkshire.

The festival will bring together some of the most innovative and thought-provoking minds from around the world to encourage conversation, connection and curiosity. 27 September - 30 September 2023.