The Red Violin festival takes place in Leeds 14-19 October, celebrating the violin in different guises throughout
the city. It was founded by violinist extraordinaire Madeleine Mitchell who has performed in no less than 50 countries. The idea to stage it in Leeds came from the former Chairman of Opera North who heard Madeleine play in Leeds five years ago and said "let’s do the festival here".
South Asian Arts-uk (SAA-uk) are advertising a vacancy for HeadStart, a program designed for individuals aged 16-30 from global majority backgrounds. This opportunity offers comprehensive training, mentoring, and coaching to support career development in the creative sector.
Transform, the international performance festival that happens in Leeds, is inviting 10-12 people from the Leeds City Region to be part of a focus group that will help them to shape the 2025 festival.
“It took us fifty-odd years to learn that it wasn’t really about what we thought it was about,” says Joi Gresham, Director and Trustee of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust. Gresham is talking about the ending of Lorraine Hansberry's seminal work A Raisin in the Sun, which begins an English tour this month at Leeds Playhouse.
Light Night Leeds will take over the city on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th October 2024, showcasing spectacular projections, interactive installations, and absorbing street art to 200,000 visitors as part of the UK’s largest light festival. We want you to be part of our team for the 20th edition of Light Night Leeds this year.
Transform are looking for eight young people aged 18–25 with a passion for the arts and an interest developing a career in the sector to join their team as Young Curators. It’s an opportunity to learn, develop new skill and shape the programme of a major international arts festival taking place in October 2025.
With support from the Transform team, you will:
In 2017, Leeds local, Ruth Berkoff, had a brain haemorrhage. A perimesencephalic brain haemorrhage. She didn’t know anyone else who’d had one before, so she felt alone.
It got even worse when the neurologist said that there was little chance she’d go back to her dream job (being a gnome, getting people to high five her giant carrot).
Whether your preference is for salsa dancing or sleepovers, the Howard Assembly Room is the place to be this summer as the central Leeds music venue prepares for two very different HAR Lates.
The Leeds-based SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial award for unpublished fiction by UK-based Black and Asian women. The prize aims to act as a loudspeaker for underrepresented voices and to connect writers with new audiences and opportunities.
Perhaps not yet, but a community of playful spirits is organising the first city-wide DIY Festival of Play and Creativity for this Autumn Half-Term. Leeds is already known for its playful pioneers, and this year, we're planning a feast of fun to brighten the winter months. Our organising crew includes library workers, community members, council workers, artists, and residents — all dedicated to making play a priority. We've hosted three community meet-ups — drawing over 100 local participants from various backgrounds — including individuals and business owners.