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Writing On Air Festival / Chapel FM / 20 Feb 2026 - 1 Mar 2026
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20 Feb 2026 - 1 Mar 2026
Writing on Air Festival

Writing on Air is Chapel FM Arts Centre's annual festival of words on the radio. Seven days and more than 75 events of inventive and exciting radio performed at Chapel FM Arts Centre in Seacroft, East Leeds. 20 Feb 2026 - 1 Mar 2026.

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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 visitor inside the busy Print Fair at last year's festival inside the 1912 Mill. The space is a former textile mill with red brick walls, white pillars and strings of festoon lights hanging from the high beams. The space is filled with stalls of original prints and handmade books.
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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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Likkle Lit Fest

Black children listening attentively to a story
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Likkle Lit Fest
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Festival
Half Term
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Spoken Word

Mandy, Indiana
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Gigs In Leeds

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

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Theatre In Leeds

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

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Amanda Crundall
Mon 9 Feb 2026
SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
Heart Centre
Performance
Spoken Word
Free
Alex Golledge, the Bank of England’s Agent for Yorkshire
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Bank of England - Economic prospects
Leeds Beckett University The Rose Bowl
Talk
Under £10
a recent Leeds & District Association in support of the National Trust
Tue 10 Feb 2026
A talk on The life, work and legacy of Leeds Scientist William Astbury by Kersten Hall
St Chads Parish Centre, Headingley
Talk
Heritage
Adults Only
A hand bound book being made, with tools such as a metal ruler, thread and an awl
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Bookbinding Taster Day
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Scarlett Smith
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Any Objections?
Hyde Park Book Club
Comedy
Theatre
Liz Flanagan
Tue 10 Feb 2026
An Evening of Yorkshire-based Historical Fiction with Liz Flanagan
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
The four players of Ensemble Jackalope
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Ensemble Jackalope
The Venue
Concerts
Music
Performance
Free
A black and white portrait of Ralph Thorseby
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 2: ‘The Ingenious Mr Thoresby’: First Historian of Leeds 1658-1725
Leeds Minster
Leeds 400
Talk
Free
A picture of Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair 2025
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair 2026
first direct bank arena
Fair
Free
Sam Thornton
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Sam Thornton at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Under £10
A man standing on a raised platform addressing a crowd. There is a notice behind him saying 'Declaration of the Rights of the Rover Wharfe'
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Café Economique: 'Cleaner, Cheaper, Fairer - why public ownership will stop sewage pollution' A talk by Proessor Malby, Visiting Professor at York University
Seven Arts
Talk
A drypoint etched print of a cat in a hat
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Drypoint Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Sheets of marbled paper
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Marbled Paper & Crafts Workshop
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Art History talk at Northlight Arts Centre Leeds
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Alan Davie and the Goblet of Fire: Abstract Expressionist to Magical Symbolist in Seven Easy Moves
Northlight Arts Centre
Visual Arts
Talk
A still from the film "ALl That's Left of You"
Until Thu 12 Feb 2026
All That's Left of You (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from the film "100 Nights of Hero"
Until Thu 12 Feb 2026
100 Nights of Hero (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
An actor performing on stage.
Tue 10 Feb 2026 - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Richard Blackwood
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Richard Blackwood
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Group of people sitting in circle
Thu 12 Feb 2026
The Climate Within
Catherine's Place Yoga Studio
Workshop
Healthy Living
A Michael Jackson tribute act wearing a black and gold-detailed top, white wrist warmers and black latex trousers. He has a headset microphone and is up on his tip-toes with a light shining on him.
Wed 11 Feb 2026 - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Man In The Mirror
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Performance
the band
Thu 12 Feb 2026
The Godfathers
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Hedera is a five-piece folk ensemble, as at home in the woods, as in a concert venue or community centre.
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Hedera
The Loft (Re:establish)
Gigs
Music
Performance
Under £10
LOTR
Thu 12 Feb 2026
The Lord of the Rings Quiz
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Activity
Quiz / Gaming
Two hosts pretending to lift stones
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Scarred For Life: Folk Horror Special
The Old Woollen
Comedy
Performance
A still from the film "Lady and the Tramp"
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Lady and the Tramp (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
Free
Olaya
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Forró Dance Workshop
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
Free
Gwilym Bowen Rhys Trio
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Gwilym Bowen Rhys Trio
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music
Concerts
The Oak Staircase at Temple Newsam
Until Fri 13 Feb 2026
Temple Newsam Winter Tours
Temple Newsam
Heritage
January List
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Guided Tour
Finding peace inside and out with regular yoga practice.
Until Fri 13 Feb 2026
Yoga at Open Source Arts
Open Source Arts
Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
Trailblazing
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Trailblazing at Interplay Theatre
Interplay Theatre
Heritage
Performance
Theatre
Dancer pulls plastic sheet across stage against a bright red background
Thu 12 Feb 2026 - Fri 13 Feb 2026
Co-LAB 2026
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Man playing Santoor
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Raga@7: Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley
Seven Arts
Concerts
Music
Under £10
Anora
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Films at HEART: Anora
Heart Centre
Film
The artist
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Floco
The Attic
Gigs
Music
In black and white, Rob Auton with dark shoulder-length hair and beard dressed in a black suit stands alone and serious against an empty backdrop.
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Rob Auton
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Talk
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Sat 14 Feb 2026
Introduction to Bookbinding Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
The Adelphi pub in Leeds
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Leeds City Centre Heritage Pub and History Walk
Leeds City Square
Food & Drink
Heritage
Free
Black children listening attentively to a story
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Likkle Lit Fest
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Festival
Half Term
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Spoken Word
Free
Bright floral print in purples and pinks
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Bouquets
M&S Archive
Exhibition
Family Friendly
Half Term
Paint a Pair
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Paint a Pair: Romantic Landscape
The Wardrobe
Creative Workshop
Food & Drink
Workshop
Hayao Miyazaki's Dreams by Mystery Ensemble
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Hayao Miyazaki's Dreams by Mystery Ensemble
St George's Church
Concerts
Music
Performance
Under £10
2 dancers on stage holding a polar bear teddy
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Coalesce Dance Theatre | Mika and The Polar Bear
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Family Friendly
Dance (Li)
Paint a Pair: Romantic Landscape
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Paint a Pair: Romantic Landscape
The Wardrobe
Creative Workshop
Social
Workshop
A brass band performing on a concert stage.
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Pudsey Civic Hall
Concerts
Music
Performance
Mark Simmons in a suit, a bow tie and red, blue and green jester trousers.
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Mark Simmons: Jest To Impress
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
pop music stars from the 1980s
Sat 14 Feb 2026
1980s Revisited All Dayer
The Backroom
Gigs
Music
A still from the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A cartoon dinosaur is using an electric guitar while a boy stands on his back with a microphone
Sun 15 Feb 2026
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Rock Show!
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
Half Term
Theatre
An image of birds being carved in to a wood plate to be printed from
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Woodcut Relief Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Nadim Teimoori Saxophones, Jeff Hewer Guitar, Martin Longhawn Organ, Steve Hanley Drums
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Duke Junction
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz