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Leeds Jazz Festival / 21 - 26 May 2026 / various locations / image: Sam Hopkins
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21st - 26th May 2026
Leeds Jazz Festival 2026

Leeds Jazz Festival - a celebration of jazz in Leeds. 21st - 26th May 2026.

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LGBTQ+ monthly drinks hosted by Angels of Freedom
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LGBTQIA+ Leeds

 A wide range of events happening across the city hosted by, and supporting, our varied LGBTQIA+ community.

 

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Alabama Shakes - Sounds Of The City
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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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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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The Turin Horse (15) / Mon 22 Jun 2026 / Hyde Park Picture House / Image: Curzon Film World Limited
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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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Buds, 2020 © Charlotte Verity photo Ben Westoby 
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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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Man holding vinyl record, talking to an audience
Thu 14 May 2026
Home Educator Musical Museum Day
Leeds City Museum
Music
Workshop
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A close-up of a floral still-life painting
Until Thu 14 May 2026
Treasures of Lotherton
Lotherton
Heritage
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Eric Rushton
Thu 14 May 2026
Eric Rushton
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Richard Durrant with his bog oak guitar by the sea
Thu 14 May 2026
Richard Durrant: The Art of Levitation
Left Bank Leeds
Gigs
Music
Under £10
Artist Florence To portrait
Thu 14 May 2026
Architectures of Sound
Patrick Studios
Music
Performance
Left Cultures Poetry
Thu 14 May 2026
A Plethora of Poetry from Left Cultures
Truman Books
Literature
Spoken Word
Talk
Under £10
Caravaggio painting of an angel meeting a man.
Thu 14 May 2026
Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio
Otley Courthouse
Exhibition
Film
Visual Arts
Black and white collage style overlay of Testament perform ing into a handheld microphone, with an outstretched hand and headphones round his neck. He stands behind Matthew Bourne, who sits at a piano. The background features a turquoise illustration of The Ancient of Days, a Zeus-like figure crouching in the sky.
Thu 14 May 2026
William Blake Remixed: Testament and Matthew Bourne
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Literature
Music
Spoken Word
Jesca Hoop
Thu 14 May 2026
Jesca Hoop
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Tony Lewis as Robbie Williams
Thu 14 May 2026
Robbie Williams Tribute
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink
Music
Performance
A still from "Bambi"
Fri 15 May 2026
Bambi (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
Free
black and white photograph of women working at a shop counter
Fri 15 May 2026
Guest Speaker – Shopping for Style in the Second World War, with Dr Lucy McConnell
M&S Archive
Talk
Heritage
Free
Fabric draped over tree
Until Fri 15 May 2026
Bearing
The Mill Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Gong & Sound Bath
Fri 15 May 2026
Gong & Sound Bath
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
A man holding a stringed musical instrument next to a woman smiling.
Fri 15 May 2026
Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko
Howard Assembly Room
Music
Performance
Gigs
The photo of the band: Roscoe
Fri 15 May 2026
May Escape Plan
Eiger Studios
Gigs
Music
Performance
Helen Anker dressed as Audrey Hepburn.
Fri 15 May 2026
The Essence Of Audrey
Otley Courthouse
Theatre
A bearded musician stands on stage with a microphone and electric guitar, arms outstretched.
Fri 15 May 2026
Clearwater Creedence Revival: Fortunate Son Tour 2026
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Under £10
Artist Dushume portrait
Fri 15 May 2026
Club NOMADIK
Patrick Studios
Gigs
Music
Performance
Two performers acting on stage. One is holding a tennis racket and the other is holding branches with leaves on them.
Fri 15 May 2026 - Sat 16 May 2026
A Squash and A Squeeze
Leeds Playhouse
Family Friendly
Theatre
A photograph of a black shirt with white stitching detail
Sat 16 May 2026
Personalise Your Clothes using Embroidery with Jane
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
A photograph of a purple pansy flower and some long green leaves. The backdrop to this is a blurred stone wall
Sat 16 May 2026
Find Your Focus with Ellie Julings
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
Photo showing stalls from 2024 with IDAHOBIT chalked on the ground
Sat 16 May 2026
IDAHoBiT Leeds, community together
Dortmund Square
Healthy Living
LGBT+
Outdoor
A repeated pattern of leaves being ecreen printed in black onto a green fabric
Sat 16 May 2026
Textile Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
University of Leeds
Sat 16 May 2026
Be Curious
University Of Leeds
Activity
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Workshop
The Cardigan Arms pub, Leeds
Sat 16 May 2026
Unity Clothes, Vinyl & Books Swap Fundraiser
The Cardigan Arms
Sale
Market
Image of Scott Bennett from the shoulders up lying on a pile of electronics including wires, a keyboard and hold phones.
Sat 16 May 2026
Scott Bennett: Stuff
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Under £10
Sound, Becoming Space–Saturday 16 May
Sat 16 May 2026
Sound, Becoming Space
Patrick Studios
Creative Workshop
Music
Performance
Talk
Workshop
Under £10
A girl covering an eye with her hand. In black and white.
Sat 16 May 2026
Romeo.Juliet
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
El Amor Es Amor
Sat 16 May 2026
El Amor Es Amor
The Attic
Concerts
Gigs
LGBT+
Music
Performance
James Bye, Shvorne Marks, Natalie Casey and Grant Kilburn stood against a black background.
Until Sat 16 May 2026
2:22: A Ghost Story
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Tide Lines
Sat 16 May 2026
Tide Lines
The Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
Photo by Kyle Head on Unsplash
Until Sat 16 May 2026
Heroes & Villains
Linton Memorial Hall
Theatre
Performance
Press shot of Robin Nolan playing his guitar.
Sat 16 May 2026
Robin Nolan Trio - For The Love Of George
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Jazz
Music
an illustration of the Old Flax Store
Fri 15 May 2026 - Sat 16 May 2026
Hop City 2026
Northern Monk Refectory Leeds
Festival
Food & Drink
Peter Kay
Sat 16 May 2026
Peter Kay Live
first direct bank arena
Comedy
A still from the film "Ashes and Diamands"
Sun 17 May 2026
Ashes and Diamonds (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
Four participants and their dog taking part and having fun in Walk For A Cure.
Sun 17 May 2026
Alzheimer's Research UK Walk For A Cure 2026
Roundhay Park
Healthy Living
Outdoor
Under £10
Viviana Caro
Sun 17 May 2026
Acoustic States of Consciousness
Patrick Studios
Music
Workshop
Helen Farrell holding an old-fashioned microphone wearing a red and white halter neck.
Sun 17 May 2026
The Fab 50s and Swingin' 60s
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Performance
Under £10
A workshop teacher smiling into the camera from a large workshop table filled with participants, paper and craft materials. The workshop is taking place on the top floor of the 1912 Mill - a red brick heritage Mill building with high ceilings and skylights.
Sat 16 May 2026 - Sun 17 May 2026
Threads Textile Festival 2026
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft
Festival
Market
Under £10
a group of people in armour holding weapons and fighting each other in a field
Sat 16 May 2026 - Sun 17 May 2026
History Collides - Leodis Cup 2026
Kirkstall Abbey
Festival
Sports
Otley Chamber Orchestra rehearsing.
Sun 17 May 2026
Otley Chamber Orchestra At Bridge Street Chapel Hall
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Free
Pyramid artists Alice and William pose in the studio garden
Mon 18 May 2026
Gardening and Nature Sketching for Wellbeing
Pyramid of Arts
Creative Workshop
Healthy Living
Outdoor
Visual Arts
Workshop
Image shows stitched baskets with darning mushrooms and yarns in them.
Mon 18 May 2026
Visible Mending Workshop at Kirkstall Forge
Butler's Cafe, Kirkstall Forge
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Mike Pickering
Mon 18 May 2026
An Evening with Mike Pickering
The Old Woollen
Music
Talk
Northlight pottery course tutor Niamh Phillips
Until Mon 18 May 2026
Exploring Ceramics
Northlight Arts Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Light blue ink being rolled out ready to use for printing with
Until Mon 18 May 2026
Two Colour Lino Printing – 2 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Seth Lakeman leans against a mossy standing stone in a woodland setting.
Mon 18 May 2026
Seth Lakeman: Freedom Fields 20th Anniversary Tour
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Theatre
The Handsome Family
Mon 18 May 2026
The Handsome Family
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs