Easter Craft Day - Slime Jars & Pop-up Card Making

Join our brilliant artists Alice and Elnaz in the Stitch-Up Studio this Easter for a fun day of Easter making and creating!

You'll spend the morning getting messy and making Sensory Spring Slime Jars before breaking for lunch. After lunch you'll be making exciting Spring Pop-up Cards.

All materials are included in the session and you will get to take home your creations.

Please send your children in clothes they dont mind getting messy.

DRINKS AND SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED.

Authors at the Armouries

Come and meet over 200 authors and vendors in vibrant Leeds and enjoy an unforgettable festival weekend. 

This is your chance to buy signed books, chat to authors AND party the night away with them at the Gothic Ball. 

Don't miss this must-attend occasion for literary lovers of all genres.

Canned Beet : Street Party

Once again, Beet Roots Soundsystem is joining forces with Canned Heat to bring you the second instalment of CANNED BEET!

A daytime session of roots reggae and dub, good beer, good food and positive vibrations.

Selectors on the day:

Joe 9000 (Leeds)

Blacka Brown - Quad One Sound System (Leeds)

Dubcentral Sound System (Sheffield)

Lady R (Middlesbrough) Beet Roots Crew (Leeds)

All this through a two-scoop arrangement of Beet Roots Soundsystem!

Jam On Toast: Dance Workshop and Jam

A dance workshop followed by an open Jam with live musicians. In these events we provide a space to exercise our creativity through sound and body, to share our practices, and to improvise.

In this edition @amani_sans_r will be sharing a workshop focused on bringing contact with others into improvisation, working on skills of listening, playfulness, and taking and giving space. More info to come x

This is the second in a series of dates we are building up for the year with our lovely hosts @opensourcearts:

3rd April
1st May
29th May
26th June

Funcho! presents: Beltane Kibitz

Live music, food, frenzy and celebration.

The pagan feastival of fire and fertility. Join us for a night of music, food and fire juggling!

Live music from @KibitzMusic - Klezmer & Eastern European Folk
Support from @HeartShapedLogic - Alternative & Psychedelic Folk

Fire show brought by @YorkshireCircus

Game or mushroom (vegan) barbajuan (fried ravioli), blood orange and smoked almond choc ices available to buy! Food by @funchofuncho

Crazy Pony

Crazy Pony is a Bluegrass duo full of surprises!

This duet will take you on an intense and entertaining journey; virtuosic banjo picking and a charming bass with sweet harmonies meet incredible surprises leaving you on the edge of your seat and entranced!

Created in 2011, the duo of French-speaking Swiss Léa Rovero and English Frank Powlesland, combine their talents and their love for bluegrass to create this unique one of a kind show.

Dress Me Beautiful: The Future of Fashion

Join us at the Michael Sadler Building, room number (LG.10), University of Leeds, with Urban Zulu's latest innovative styles and sustainable practices shaping the fashion industry's future. Fashion is a creative expression connecting the observer, the body, and the surroundings. Congolese-born South African designer Papy Kaluw and guest artists will explore the intersection between textiles, activism and movement to envision a fashion-forward world.