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Poseidon coming out of the sea at a seaside, holding chips
Single date
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Grandpa Poseidon
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Theatre

Free
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

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.
event collection
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 purple paint explosion in the place of a head. Below, a neck and a white t-shirt. The background is pink/orange.
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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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Two people holding clipboards and drawing a bronze sculpture of a man bent over in thought.
Single date
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Public Art Walk and Draw
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Craft
Guided Tours
Outdoor
Visual Art
Workshop

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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A child playing in some colourful ribbons
Single date
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Baby Band 2025
Lotherton Hall and Estate
Festival
Music
Concert
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Spring
Gigs In Leeds

Listen up! Dive in to our gig listings page and go wild on the dancefloor. 

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A pastel green hospital food tray on a pastel green table. In the left half of the tray are brown and purple spotted balls on sticks. In the right side of the tray is a wire basket filled with colourful pills.
Multiple dates
Wed 2 Apr 2025 - Sat 19 Jul 2025
Sarah Roberts: SICK
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibitions
Visual Art
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A still from the film "E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea"
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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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Helen Bauer: Bless Her /Tue 9 Sep 2025 / City Varieties
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Summer
Comedy in Leeds

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

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Four musicians holding string instruments about to start performing.
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Leonkoro Quartet
Leeds Conservatoire
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Luke De-Sciscio The Blur of Dreams
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Luke De-Sciscio brings "The Blur of Dreams Tour" to Leeds
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music
A colourful image of the exterior of Leeds First Direct Arena
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Leeds Youth Music Festival Celebration Concert
first direct arena
Music Concert Music (Classical)
Pyramid studio facilitator Poppy shares artist work with visitors
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Playing Around: Pyramid Studio Days Exhibition
Sunny Bank Mills
Exhibitions Social Visual Art
Jean Watson
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Tuesday Night Live: Jean Watson Collective - Jazz on a Summer Evening
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Jazz Music
Image from Sky above Zenica
Tue 1 Jul 2025
The Sky Above Zenica
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Photograph showing a pages from local newspapers with people on a Pride march in Leeds laid on top
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Local Voices, Independent Media
Leeds Central Library
Discussion Talk
The Attic, 3 Sheaf Street, Leeds.
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Of A Summer Day with Carolyn Sampson
The Attic
Music Concert Music (Classical)
collage
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Lucy-Anne Daniels & Tom Harris
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Gig Jazz Music Concert
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Section of a batik fabric with a design showing a blue and orange bird on a stylised branch surrounded by a blue and orange floral pattern, on a pale brown background.
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Talk: Batik as Indonesia’s Living Art
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Discussion Talk Visual Art
Murder inc cast
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Murder Inc - The Improvised Murder Mystery
Seven Arts
Comedy Theatre
Floral and circular embossed piece of copper.
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Craft and Create: Copper Embossing.
Leeds Discovery Centre
Craft Workshop
Image of Mika dressed in a white suit. The photograph is taken on a white background with colourful details at the top.
Thu 3 Jul 2025
MIKA – Sounds Of The City
Millennium Square
Gig Music Outdoor
A black and white photo of a street with tramlines down the middle. Houses and trees line the road.
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Throwback Thursday: Getting Around Town - Transport in Leeds
Abbey House Museum
Discussion Heritage
ABBA REVIVAL
Thu 3 Jul 2025
ABBA Revival
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
Author Rachel North
Thu 3 Jul 2025
An Evening with Rachel North
Truman Books
Literature Talk
The back of a man stood at an easel drawing
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (July)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
Collage of characters from the film. Girl with sash on smiling, one girl wearing a hat topped with huge ball of yarn on top. 3rd girl holding a huge trophy smiling. Two women blonde lady is stood doing her friends hair
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Wharf Chambers
Film
charlie
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Charlie Cooper & The CCs
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music Concert Music (Classical)
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Neeta sat in a park, in front of trees, on a nice clear day,. She's sitting on a blanket, with various instruments of the sound bath. A gong, tibetan bowls, and bells. Her presence is calm and serene
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Community Sound Bath
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living Workshop
A snow-white bird sculpted in alabaster
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Deborah Harrison: July Guest Artist for The Sculpture Gallery
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibitions Social Visual Art
A young man puts a set of three lit candles on a table where two older men are sat in a dark room.
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Bobby Liebling
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Pentagram
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Photograph of an orchestra playing
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Pink Floyd: An Orchestral Tribute
The Old Woollen
Gig Music Concert
a microphone
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Library Live Open Mic
The Leeds Library
Heritage Literature Spoken Word
performer collage
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Under the Cover of Night | Opera, Musical Theatre, and Art Song | An Opera Cabaret
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Festival Music Concert Music (Classical)
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neil
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Love is a Spectrum: Neil Balfour & Jonathan Drummond
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music Concert Music (Classical)
Also Online
Lead singer Darren Driver playing his signature Fender Telecaster guitar.
Fri 4 Jul 2025
The Boss & The Beeston Street Band live at Leeds Irish Centre
The Leeds Irish Centre
Gig Music
A still from the film "Molang at the Movies"
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Molang at the Movies
Hyde Park Picture House
We are Spirit Bird and Michael holding Sacred Sound Journey and Cacao Ceremony for the Community.
Fri 4 Jul 2025
Sacred Sound Journey & Cacao Ceremony
The Clearing Healing Centre at St Catherines Mill
Healthy Living Workshop
Abba Themed Bottomless Brunch
Sat 5 Jul 2025
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! ABBA Inspired Bottomless Brunch
Playroom
Food & Drink Music Social
Four mean in various dress standing against a brick wall
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Big Strong Man
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Theatre
Embroidery stitched graph paper in white, blue and red
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Paper, Collage and Stitch Textile Workshop with Hayley Mills-Styles
Leeds Central Library
Craft Workshop
Family friendly Ceilidh
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Ceilidh in Aid of Bowers Allerton Hall
Bowers Allerton Hall
Dance Music Social
Ceilidh
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Ceilidh in aid of Bowers Allerton Hall with Garforth Lions
Bowers Allerton Hall
Dance Gig Music Social
Handprinted pages from a zine hanging to dry
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Screen Printed Zine Workshop
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
Image of people on 5 canoes on a canal, under a bridge
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Leeds Waterfront Festival 2025
Granary Wharf
Outdoor Social
Toyah on stage in a pinky-purply shiny dress pushing a microphone stand out to the side.
Sat 5 Jul 2025
An Evening with Toyah: Songs and Stories
City Varieties
Gig Music Show Talk
Image of Professor Ruth Robbins
Sat 5 Jul 2025
The Sensation Novel: Sex and Scandal in the mid-Victorian Age
The Leeds Library
Heritage Literature Talk
Life drawing sketch on yellow paper
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
Treasures of the Brotherton
Craft Workshop
Heritage walkers on Monument Moor in Leeds, walking towards the statue of Henry Rowland Marsden. A seagull is sitting on the statue's head.
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Woodhouse Heritage Music Walk
Music House
Guided Tours Heritage Music
Reiki Infused Meditation Workshop
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Reiki Infused Meditation Workshop
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living Workshop
Simply Red By Red Mick
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Simply Red By Red Mick Double Show
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Gig Music Show
An orchestra playing
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Kate Bush: An Orchestral Journey with Live Vocals
The Old Woollen
Gig Music Concert
Poseidon coming out of the sea at a seaside, holding chips
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Grandpa Poseidon
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Theatre
The River Aire at Kirkstall, shown in six images taken in different seasons.
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Kirkstall Neighbours - Collaborative Sculpture Workshop
Kirkstall Neighbours Workspace
Craft Workshop
A photograph of the entrance to the Northern Market, Leeds
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Mix & Mingle: 50+ Singles Social at Northern Market
The Northern Market
Food & Drink Social
A still from the film "Daguerréotypes"
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Daguerréotypes
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
people at a pub
Mon 7 Jul 2025
Marching On-Line Together: A history of the Leeds United Email List
Leeds Central Library
Discussion Heritage
Singer-songwriter Juliet Lloyd in a pink tulle top, posing against an ornate green backdrop.
Mon 7 Jul 2025
Juliet Lloyd at Hyde Park Book Club
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music