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Tue 28 Nov 2023 - Sat 27 Jan 2024
Oliver!
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
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Fri 22 Dec 2023 - Sun 31 Dec 2023
The Gifting
Versa Leeds Studios
Leeds 2023
Music
Performance
Show
Spoken Word

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This Winter
Film in Leeds

Discover award winning documentaries, films with live music, screenings including directors talks and Q&A's, timeless classics in black and white, family favourites, subtitled foreign language films and animations from anime to Aardman. Pass us the popcorn!

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November / December
Christmas Markets & Fairs

If you're all out of gift inspiration and your best idea so far is a novelty Christmas pan-scourer it might be time to drop the big shop and make a beeline for some of Leeds winter markets.

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This Winter
Christmas Shows

Cold jelly and custard, wassailing choirs and enormous crocodiles ... it's Christmas Show time in Leeds!

a line drawing of a fantasy world
9 Nov 2023 - 24 Feb 2024
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination

Inspired by Fantasy: Realms of Imagination at the British Library, Leeds Central Library will explore the fantasy genre from Arthurian legends to fan culture through a programme of events and a new exhibition.

O. / 21 Feb 2024 / Hyde Park Book Club
This Autumn
Gigs In Leeds

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

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This Autumn
Comedy in Leeds

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

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Thu 7 Dec 2023
Drumbeat Heartbeat
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Craft Healthy Living Music Workshop
Beads and pearls for a jewellery and drinks workshop: a table displaying a variety of exquisite colorful assortment of materials for creating stunning accessories.
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Jewellery and Drinks - Upcycling Workshop @ Still Studio
Still Studio
Workshop
People roller skating under purple lights in a nightclub
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Project House Roller Disco Ages 18+
Project House
Healthy Living Social
Eleanor and Georgia stand at the head of a long table lined with workshop participants. The table if filled with paper and drawing materials.
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Overtime Art Club - Monoprinting Christmas Special
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Healthy Living Workshop
Professor David Glew
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Home truths: Exploring why our homes are the key to unlocking the net zero challenge
Leeds Beckett University The Rose Bowl
Talk
The members of Wind Power posing with their instruments.
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Lunchtime Recital: Wind Power
Otley Courthouse
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Examples of our Guest Artists' work.
Thu 7 Dec 2023
The Sculpture Gallery Retrospective - A Celebration of 2023 - Launch
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibitions Workshop
ABBA REVIVAL
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Abba Revival
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music
Macramé Christmas Tree Decoration
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Macramé Christmas Tree Decorations Workshop at Home Farm Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam Home Farm
Craft Workshop
close up of a drum kit
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Band Project
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Concert Gig Music
the band
Fri 8 Dec 2023
The Blockheads
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Angela Hewitt smiling at the camera.
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Angela Hewitt | Leeds International Piano Series 2023/2024
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Twinkly lights
Fri 8 Dec 2023
The Left Bank Christmas Night Market
Left Bank Leeds
Food & Drink Market Social
Group of people observing a print demonstration at Patrick Studios In Leeds as part of a Come Find Us Tour
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Come Find Us - December
The Old Red Bus Station
Guided Tours Social Visual Art
A photograph of a natural wreath made using green foliage
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Natural Wreath Making with Kate from Sow and Sprout Flower Co
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
A photo of Frankie Statham
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Frankie Statham (Leeds showcase)
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music
Dr Oliver Bray reads 'A Christmas Carol'
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Dr Oliver Bray reads 'A Christmas Carol'
City Square
Leeds 2023 Performance Theatre
Nastasya Sumantho
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Nastasya Sumantho Solo Piano Recital
Seven Arts
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Portrait of Hevelwood partly obscured by foliage
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Hevelwood (album launch) + Harry Orme + Lilian
The Barn Coffee Shop
Gig Music
Black and white photo of women dancing and smiling in a bar.
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Queer East Presents: Home Ground
Hyde Park Picture House
Film LGBT+
A photograph of a female dancer wearing a white ragged costume, standing in front of a yellow and black graffitied mural
Fri 8 Dec 2023
Ritual Bitchual
Serf Studios, 23-25
Exhibitions Visual Art
the band
Sat 9 Dec 2023
CVC
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
A single man and his dog facing the moon
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Fantasy Worlds: A Day of Talks live streamed from the British Library
Leeds Central Library
Discussion Talk
A fantasy landscape.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Fantasy Worlds: A Day of Livestreams from the British Library
Leeds Central Library
Discussion Talk
A Christmas tree with baubles and twinkly lights
Sat 9 Dec 2023
The Left Bank Saturday Christmas Market
Left Bank Leeds
Market Social
A white glass angel tops a wooden table. The angel has iridescent glass wings and a silver halo.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Stained Glass Workshop - Angel
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
A white stained glass eight point star is held in place by a woman's hand wearing a blue long sleeve tshirt.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Stained Glass Workshop - Star
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
A young woman holding flags of USA and Israel
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Israelism - Film & Speaker
Wheeler Hall
Film Talk
A Yorkshire Circus Performer creating a fireball effect using a lit fire whip
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Fire Jam - Open Stage
Open Source Arts
Outdoor Performance Social
Black and white drawing of a tent and campfire with a leafy border
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Get Creative: Imaginative Mapmaking with Joanna Whittle
Treasures of the Brotherton
Craft Workshop
People having fun at a Christmas party with drinks and confetti
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Leeds Disco for Grown Ups Christmas Party
Left Bank Leeds
Gig Music Social
A woman rests her head on her hands, she is staring into the distance.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Anna Magnnani...In a Day
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Black and white photo of a woman screaming in a restaurant while men and women at a table watch.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Mama Roma
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A traditional wreath in front of a wooden backdrop
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Wreath Making
Open Source Arts
Craft Workshop
photograph of a young girl playing with toy pots and pans in an exhibition
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Crafty Saturdays - December
M&S Archive
Workshop
The choir singing at St Paul's church.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Lully, Lulla charity choir concert
St Paul's Church
Concert
Multicoloured cow with holly on ears.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Christmas Colour and Chill
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Social Workshop
Imagine of a trombone player
Sat 9 Dec 2023
James Farrell Christmas Concert
The Holbeck
Concert Music
Letter to santa against a festive backdrop
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Family Film Screenings: Arthur Christmas
Winter Wonderfest at 11 Wellington Place
Film
Letter to santa against a festive backdrop
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Family Film Screenings: Elf
Winter Wonderfest at 11 Wellington Place
Film
A group of people waiting in line at The Moor Market stalls.
Sat 9 Dec 2023
The Moor Christmas Market
Woodhouse Moor
Market
Jenny Chamberlain sings
Sun 10 Dec 2023
The 007's
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
A man with short white hair wearing a high collar.
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Distilled: Ravel Piano Trio
Howard Assembly Room
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Alan is doing a yoga pose lifting one leg and holding his toe with straight legs whilst students look
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Morning Yoga workshop with Senior teacher Alan Brown
Yoga Metta
Healthy Living Workshop
the band
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Lankum
The Leeds Irish Centre
Gig Music
the artist
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Simeon Walker Live: In The Round
The Brudenell Social Club
Concert Gig Music
A christmas scene with a tree and stockings and fireplace in a cosy home
Sun 10 Dec 2023
The Left Bank Sunday Christmas Market
Left Bank Leeds
Market Social
Digital artwork of a black woman with blond hair wearing a red scarf.
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Museum of Colour | A Very British Rhythm: Ageless
The Riley Theatre
Dance Digital Exhibitions
A handmade foliage wreath hung on a door
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Natural Wreath Making with Kate from Sow and Sprout Flower Co
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Eleven Tower Of Song performers standing on stage holding sheets of paper with the words "Ten Years Of Tower Of Song" on them.
Sun 10 Dec 2023
Tower Of Song 10th Birthday Celebration
Wharf Chambers
Gig Music Social