The landmark Leeds rehearsal space, recording studio and community hub Old Chapel Music has announced its first ever Crowdfunder campaign, in response to an unprecedented rise in rental costs. The Crowdfunder campaign, formally launched on Sunday 23rd July, managed to raise over £1,200 in its first 24 hours - but the CIC is hoping to encourage more donations in the coming days, in service of reaching a £9,000 funding goal.
Join us to celebrate International Zine Month with a jam-packed programme of activity and Zine making at Leeds City Museum's Make A Zine Day on Saturday 22 July 2023.
Explore making self-published Zines with the help of Footprint Workers Co-op, creating radical riso art prints to contribute to a collective zine that you can get your own free copy of, to take home at the end of the day.
On 7-8 July, Yorkshire Dance welcomes international guests to Leeds for a 2-day festival of dance exploring gender, community and identity. Encounters Dancing In Your Shoes Festival boasts an eclectic mix of bold new performances, inspirational talks and exhilarating workshops.
The children of award-winning LS18 Rocks have taken inspiration from the classic 1972 Leeds United smash Marching On Together to write and record their very own song entitled Marching On.
In recent weeks they have been working with sporting groups and youth organisations in the city to showcase the song and teach participants the chorus which is already being praised as “the catchiest thing you will hear all year”.
The brand-new musical is written by Emmy and Golden Globe-winning and Tony and Olivier Award-nominated David West Read (Schitt’s Creek, &Juliet) featuring the iconic music of Roy Orbison and directed by multi-award winning Luke Sheppard (&Juliet, What’s New Pussycat?).
LEEDS 2023 believes that young voices are incredibly important. The Youth Fund has been designed for young people aged 14 – 30 across Leeds to develop projects driving social action in communities.
Young people have been at the core of this project throughout each step, and this fund has been entirely created by young people for young people.
If this is your first time applying for a grant, we have a set of online and in-person skills workshops to guide and train you through the process.
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.
The historic venue launched the initiative in November 2022 and will continue to host monthly tours until February 2024.
This May and June a major new production of the late Kay Mellor’s A Passionate Woman will be staged in her memory at Leeds Playhouse – the theatre which first staged her breakthrough play 30 years ago.
"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." Leeds Playhouse CEO and Artistic Director James Brining.
In November 2022 Leeds City Council's Employment and Skills Leeds and Leeds Culture Programmes hosted the first Leeds Creative Skills Festival. We welcomed over 2000 visitors to the Leeds first direct arena who spoke to over 60 exhibitors and attended a series of workshops and we are back for 2023.
We are currently accepting exhibitor bookings for the second festival which will be taking place on Monday 20th November 2023.
The festival is a unique opportunity to showcase everything Leeds has to offer in this sector.
One of our exhibitors last year told us: