Get ready, Leeds! Our vibrant pop-up market is making its grand debut at a fresh new venue, Project House on Armley Road, promising an unforgettable day out for everyone! 

With a live DJ setting the vibe, mouth-watering street food to tickle your taste buds, and a treasure trove of independent businesses to explore, there's something for everyone in the family – furry friends included! Best part? It's totally free to enter and fully accessible. 

The Nigerian Yorkshire Communities Network UK CIC are offering NYCN subscribers free swimming lessons for children who are beginners/non-swimmers as part of our summer sporting activities sponsored by the Leeds Community Foundation.

If you would like your children to learn to swim, please do register your family and search for any suitable swimming lessons in your local Leeds City Council pool across Leeds.

What makes us feel good? From the mind-bending world of psychedelics to the cognitive effects of music, Thackray’s next after-dark event will explore what it is that makes our brains tick and why.

Step into three Zones across our museum as we explore the brain’s relationship to Music, Attraction and Psychedelics with the help of leading experts, workshops and live music:

Music Zone

Celebrate Summer Solstice and Midsummer with us at this month's zine late event. Make a magical folklore inspired zine, frolic around the zine library in a flower headdress and explore our specially curated midsummer inspired display. 

The zine library late events happen on the last Wednesday of the month. Each month we have a workshop, self-led activities, and music, making it a great opportunity to meet new zine makers, get inspired by the library collections and learn new skills.

Suitable for 16+

The waterfront in Leeds City Centre has a rich, interesting, and sometimes amusing history! This audio tour explores this in detail, with narration by local expert Mike.

Join the world's most famous consulting detective in a story of murder and stolen treasure that spans the globe!

The world’s first Sherlock Holmes opera is written by Lliam Paterson and produced by Northern Opera Group.

With Edward Hawkins, David Horton, Ellen Mawhinney
Katy Thomson, Dominic Mattos, Zahid Siddiqui, Trevor Eliot Bowes

Join us on 21 June for our Refugee Week Flourish Party, a community gala with music, food, performances, stalls, and workshops for the whole family!

Suitable for all ages. Everyone welcome. Free entry.

Featuring :

Performances 

Potternewton Park Rollers skate dance

Refuge Island dance from Whispered Tales 

Workshops

Live in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen!

Readings by a different local published poet each month and this month we're delighted to welcome JAMES NASH.

James is a writer and poet. A long-term resident of Leeds and
Bridlington, his third collection of poems, Coma Songs was published in 2003 and reprinted in 2006

Be part of the studio audience for a pair of radio-theatre shows plus experience immersive sound-art installations about three kinds of "Home From Home" spaces in Leeds: urban gardens, teen creative spots, and buses. 

You can book tickets for the 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm performances. Space is limited! See Tickets below.