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Fourteen everyday wooden objects, including a plug, chip fork, lolly stick, peg are arranged in a line on a wall. They have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun.
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Summer
Exhibitions And Visual Art In Leeds

Take a tour of all the artwork on display across Leeds in art galleries, cafes, museums, shops, community centres and outdoor spaces.

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A picture of a young man and woman in scout uniform, each tip toeing on one foot. the man is using binoculars
Multiple dates
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Breadcrumbs
Leeds Industrial Museum
Theatre
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A reinterpretation of ‘The Last Supper’ painting with people gathered around a table. In the background, the original artwork.
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Summer
Theatre In Leeds

Our collection of theatre listings in Leeds taking place in venues and spaces across the city.

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Pay what you can
A silhouette of a women standing menacingly inside a closet
Single date
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Kamillions
Horsforth Brewery
Film
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Mindful Market in full swing with shoppers browsing each stall holder.
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Summer
Pop Up Markets in Leeds

Crafts, gifts, clothes, junk, art, farmers, vintage, food & drink, seasonal, makers - you name it Leeds is shopping there.

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two cats and a tiger
Single date
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Geordie Greep
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig
Music

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The black and white image shows three women in an old industrial space with drawn-on moustaches with a white sheet held infront of them.
Multiple dates
Sat 12 Jul 2025 - Sun 5 Oct 2025
Many Hands
Sunny Bank Mills
Exhibitions
Visual Art
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Spring
Gigs In Leeds

Our regular listings guide to Leeds gigs, club nights, DJs, rock, jazz and pop.

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Eraserhead / Sat 9 Aug 2025 - Wed 13 Aug 2025 / Hyde Park Picture House
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Summer
Film in Leeds

Discover award winning documentaries, films with live music, screenings including directors talks and Q&As, timeless classics in black and white, family favourites, foreign language films and animation.

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A production photo from Slung Low Shorts 4 showing two actors portraying a ventriloquist and his dummy emerging from a basket.
Multiple dates
Fri 25 Jul 2025 - Sun 27 Jul 2025
Slung Low Shorts 5
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Performance
Theatre
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Helen Bauer: Bless Her /Tue 9 Sep 2025 / City Varieties
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Comedy in Leeds

Our hilarious round-up of comedy events in Leeds for the coming months!

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Image of the 80s Classical stage in Millennium Square. In the foreground the concert attendees can be seen with the stage lit at the back. The Leeds Town Hall building can be seen in the background.
Sat 26 Jul 2025
80s Classical
Millennium Square
Gig Music Music (Classical) Outdoor
the band
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Deerhoof
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Image of DJ Ruby and Kamilo Sanclemente on a dark background
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Kamilo Sanclemente & DJ Ruby
Freedom Mills
Gig Music
the artist
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Fanny Lumsden
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
An embroidery hoop with some plain coloured fabric which has been embroidered with a yellow sunshine which has a smile and closed eyes.
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Hello Sunshine Embroidery Workshop with Jane
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
Two hands soldering a blue toned stained glass piece
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Sam Yates (July)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
Cloud Canyons
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Cloud Canyons: Live Concert
Gig Music
REVISITED - John Kelly / Andy Carroll - Quadrant Park DAYCLUBBING Quadrant Park comes to Leeds as part of their 35th Anniversary Tour, taking you back to the era when House Music hit every UK city, monstrous tunes! Saturday 26th July, Tickets £19 with limited Early Birds at only £15
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Revisited - John Kelly / Andy Carroll - Quadrant Park Dayclubbing
Gig Music Social
A photo of ThemTheres Cowboys performing at wharf. Lewis is in their dungarees with a colourful pattern and Spike is wearing a pinkc owboy hat, a blue skirt and carrying their guitar.
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Hangout Youth CIC LGBT Youth Fundraiser
All Hallows Church
Food & Drink LGBT+ Music Social
A cast of vocalists and full live band, surrounded by hundreds of candles, in a grand historic building.
Sat 26 Jul 2025
The Music of U2 By Candlelight
Leeds Minster
Music Concert Music (Classical)
Rally Legends
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Saturday Social - Rally Legends including An Evening with Louise Aitken-Walker MBE, hosted by Paul Woodford
The Motorist, Sherburn-in-Elmet
Discussion Exhibitions Social Talk
Trauma Release Exercise Workshop
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Trauma Release Exercise Workshop
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living Workshop
Gaelforce playing on stage.
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Gaelforce
Otley Courthouse
Gig Music
A linocut image of a street scene with the sky and sun being printed in blue, green and red
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Jigsaw Linocut
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
Roundhay Park
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Ironman Leeds
Roundhay Park
Sport
WALK LIKE A MAN
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Walk Like a Man
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
A still from the film "The Straight Story"
Sun 27 Jul 2025
The Straight Story
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from the film "The Elephant Man"
Sun 27 Jul 2025
The Elephant Man
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A small boy with blonde hair looking at a table full of steam toys
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Steam Toys & Meccano Show
Leeds Industrial Museum
Exhibitions
From Where We Stand film
Sun 27 Jul 2025
From Where We Stand: Documentary Film about the North
Film
Picture of musicians playing at Northlight
Sun 27 Jul 2025
July Jazz Jam at Northlight
NorthLight Arts Centre
Gig Jazz Music
An image of Frida Kahlo being screen printed onto t-shirts
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Screen Printing Tees & Totes
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
Essence of Django
Tue 29 Jul 2025
TNL: Essence of Django
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Music
collage and painting mythical creatures
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Children's Art Workshop - Mythical Creatures: Collage and Painting Inspired by the Bestiary
Otley Courthouse
Workshop
Albert Lee with a Gibson guitar at his right side, with its strap on his shoulder. He is stood on a backcountry road.
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Albert Lee
City Varieties
Gig Music
Colour photograph of a man stood at the side of a busy urban street.
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Caryl Phillips: Writing about being a Football Fan
Leeds Central Library
Discussion Talk
Image shows young girl working on a textile piece on a table, another young girl is in the background along with workshop facilitator Sonia.
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Creative Summer School 2025 (6-11 year olds)
Sunny Bank Mills
Workshop
animal painting
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Children's Art Workshop - Animal Painting Workshop
Otley Courthouse
Workshop
Plain white bud vases with pots of paints and brushes
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Bud Vase Painting - Esk Haus Creative Club
The Terminus
Craft Workshop
Flat Iron's Carcass Club Returns to Leeds
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Carcass Club at Flat Iron
Flat Iron Leeds
Food & Drink
Image shows workshop facilitator Sonia taking to a group of young people. She standsinfornt of a wall which has 3 large still life images in bright and bold colours.
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Creative Summer School 2025 (6-11 year olds)
Sunny Bank Mills
Workshop
drawing and printmaking work
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Young Persons Print-Making Workshop inspired by Historical Japanese Woodcuts
Otley Courthouse
Workshop
UK Bee Gees Tribute Band
Thu 31 Jul 2025
UK Bee Gees Tribute Band
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Ibiza Rewind Friday Night Party
Fri 1 Aug 2025
Ibiza Rewind Friday Night Party
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Back to the 00s Themed Bottomless Brunch
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Back To The 2000’s Bottomless Brunch
Playroom
Food & Drink Music Social
A tree at night with bats flying against the moon
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Bat Walk at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam House and Estate
Environmental Guided Tours Workshop
Still from Blue Velvet
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Blue Velvet
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Young David Lynch sitting on a sofa with a TV in the background
Sat 2 Aug 2025
David Lynch 101... in a day
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Mutant Movement 1985 Daytime Disco : 40th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Mutant Movement 1985 Daytime Disco : 40th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
Gig Music Social
Cops & Cars
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Saturday Social - Cops & Cars
The Motorist, Sherburn-in-Elmet
Exhibitions Social
Charcoal life drawing sketch of a seated nude figure on white paper
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
Treasures of the Brotherton
Craft Visual Art Workshop
The run course will feature highlights from Roundhay Park
Sun 3 Aug 2025
Leeds Triathlon
Roundhay Park
Healthy Living Sport
Emilio Santoro as Elvis
Sun 3 Aug 2025
Emilio Santoro as Elvis
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Still from Twin Peaks, picture of Laura Palmer
Sun 3 Aug 2025
My Log has Something to Tell You: Three Episodes from Twin Peaks with the Evolution of Horror podcast
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Trumpet player and sax player
Sun 3 Aug 2025
Abtuse
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
a dog
Sun 3 Aug 2025
Scruffs
Water Lane Boathouse
Food & Drink Social
Irish music 'session'.
Sun 3 Aug 2025
Lughnasadh: An evening of Traditional Irish Music & Song
The Foundation
Gig Music
Bollywood Ratpack singer
Sun 3 Aug 2025
Bollywood Bratpack
The Wardrobe
Gig Music Performance
Big Band and singer
Sun 3 Aug 2025
The Northern Swing Orchestra Big Band and Tessa Smith
Swillington Sports & Social Club
Gig Jazz Music
A selection of handmade dresses in a montage style photo
Mon 4 Aug 2025
Up-cycling your Wardrobe with Alison Teece UK
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop