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Amazing Animated Shorts for 8 - 15 year-olds / Sun 24 May 2026 / Hyde Park Picture House
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23 May 2026 - 31 May 2026
Spring Half Term in Leeds

Family friendly things to do across the city for Spring Half Term, 23 May 2026 - 31 May 2026.

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LGBTQ+ monthly drinks hosted by Angels of Freedom
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Summer
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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Summer
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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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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The Turin Horse (15) / Mon 22 Jun 2026 / Hyde Park Picture House / Image: Curzon Film World Limited
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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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Buds, 2020 © Charlotte Verity photo Ben Westoby 
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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 person playing the saxaphone
Thu 21 May 2026
RP’s The Showcase | Day 1
The Attic
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Free
a image in black paint on a white background, of 3 figures, dancing to one of them on drums
Thu 21 May 2026
Ecstatic Drum Circle (for Creativity & Wellbeing Week)
Open Source Arts
Creative Workshop
Dance
Dance Class
Healthy Living
Workshop
7 musicians sitting together on some stairs.
Thu 21 May 2026
Three or Four Shades of Mingus
The Domino Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Donovan Haffner with saxophone
Thu 21 May 2026
Donovan Haffner Quintet at Leeds Jazz Festival
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
5 musicians standing in a warehouse
Thu 21 May 2026
Submotion Orchestra
The Wardrobe
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Free
Neeta hosting a sound bath ar open source arts. She is ringing tibetan singing bowls sat on a rug, attendents are all lying down, eyes closed listening
Thu 21 May 2026
Flow State Activation Sound Bath (for Creativity & Wellbeing Week)
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living
Social
Workshop
Free
a person holding up some cloth while looking up to the sky
Thu 21 May 2026
Kanavu
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
A group of people at a table in an art studio
Until Thu 21 May 2026
Explore Printmaking – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
abstract images
Thu 21 May 2026
Radical Reading Room Book Event | Sound System with Dave Randall
Left Bank Leeds
Literature
Talk
dancers on a dark stage
Thu 21 May 2026
VERVE x Equilibrio Dinamico
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
Black and white photo of John Kearns in a simple suit, wearing a comic wig and fake teeth. He tilts sideways against a blank backdrop.
Thu 21 May 2026
John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
An image of Chris Dawkins wearing a flat cap and glasses, smiling.
Thu 21 May 2026
DJ E.A.S.E With The Original Nightmares On Wax Band
Howard Assembly Room
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Music
Performance
A group of 3 musicians performing on stage
Fri 22 May 2026
RP’s The Showcase | Day 2
The Attic
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
4 musicians playing instruments.
Fri 22 May 2026
Alligator Gumbo
The Domino Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Free
Louise Muxworthy on a brown background.
Fri 22 May 2026
Louise Muxworthy Trio
The Northern Market
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Poly-Math
Fri 22 May 2026
Poly-Math + Yoshizawa + Slow Loris
Wharf Chambers
Gigs
Music
Ian Shaw
Fri 22 May 2026
Ian Shaw sings Stephen Sondheim at Leeds Jazz Festival
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
A blurred image of a musician performing.
Fri 22 May 2026
Offshoots x Maz fundraiser for Watermelon Sisters
The Fenton
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
A scrapbook design of different images of the artists performing.
Fri 22 May 2026
Two Premiers: Fergus Quill and Nika Ticciati
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Jess on the aerial silks, 3 metres above ground in mid pose, split legged, arms balanced and smiling to the camera. An attendent on the lower left watches up at Jess in amazment
Fri 22 May 2026
Aerial Jam
Open Source Arts
Activity
Workshop
Rebirthing Healing Workshop - Group Therapy
Fri 22 May 2026
Rebirthing Healing Workshop - Group Therapy
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
A Photo of the Venue- Cardigan Community Centre
Fri 22 May 2026
Your Voice in Health Research Summit
The Cardigan Centre
Workshop
Holy Cow
Fri 22 May 2026
FaH FilmFeast celebrating France
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Film
Food & Drink
Head shot of Dave Rowntree.
Fri 22 May 2026
Dave Rowntree Of Blur: No One You Know
Otley Courthouse
Talk
Lence speaks into a microphone on stage.
Fri 22 May 2026
Lence Presents... Blur the Lines
City Varieties Music Hall
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
Spoken Word
Theatre
The Lemon Twigs
Fri 22 May 2026
The Lemon Twigs
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Lucy-Anne Daniels performing on stage.
Fri 22 May 2026
Lucy-Anne Daniels
Grammar School at Leeds
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Free
A collage of different musicians playing instruments.
Fri 22 May 2026
Sharkeygroup + Jazz Club DJs
The Chemic Tavern
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash
Until Sat 23 May 2026
Yarn Bombers by Keith Burton
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
Theatre
A group of ten people in stylish, artistic attire posing on tiered seating. The walls and furniture are decorated with vibrant, overlapping geometric patterns in a variety of colours.
Fri 22 May 2026 - Sat 23 May 2026
HAR Late: A Night In Havana
Howard Assembly Room
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Music
Performance
A still from "The Garden"
Sat 23 May 2026
The Garden (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Top Gun"
Until Sat 23 May 2026
Top Gun (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Some old 16mm film, curled and degraded
Sat 23 May 2026
16mm Creative Workshop: Tear it Up! (18)
Hyde Park Picture House
Creative Workshop
Film
Workshop
Biomechanics for Birth: Movement & Support for Labour
Sat 23 May 2026
Biomechanics for Birth: Movement & Support for Labour
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Our publich house
Until Sat 23 May 2026
Our Public House
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
Under £10
Colourful map of Leeds
Until Sat 23 May 2026
Treasure handling session - Leeds and Yorkshire
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Heritage
Workshop
A photograph of a beige and white ceramic open top box on a wooden table
Sat 23 May 2026
Clay Boxes and Vases Workshop with Jeannie Waterhouse
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
An etching plate with an image ready to be printed from
Sat 23 May 2026
Drypoint Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A photograph of people stood at easels, sketching
Sat 23 May 2026
Go Figure Life Drawing - Self-led Saturday (May)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Under £10
A circular rail filled wit colourful clothing. Long rails line the walls behind it.
Sat 23 May 2026
Leeds Community Clothes Exchange May 2026 Swap
Woodhouse Community Centre
Social
Market
Free
A stained glass illustration of St.Cecelia the patron saint of music with a gothic edge including deep hues of red, wings and bloody tears.
Sat 23 May 2026
Gothic Takeover at Leeds City Museum
Leeds City Museum
Festival
Guided Tour
Heritage
Market
Music
Free
Paul Murphy standing against a wooden background
Sat 23 May 2026
Paul Murphy: In Conversation
Hyde Park Book Club
Music
Talk
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Under £10
Bobak Champion plating Saxophone, drinking tea and with bubble machines
Sat 23 May 2026
I'm Muslamic Don't Panik!
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Dance
Theatre
Free
Boot Polish
Sat 23 May 2026
Boot Polish
Yorkshire Dance
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
The Ancient Infinity Orchestra lined up and holding their respective instruments in a bright room laden with rugs.
Sat 23 May 2026
Ancient Infinity Orchestra
City Varieties Music Hall
Concerts
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
Free
A band of 4 people playing on stage.
Sat 23 May 2026
Retrospect
Northern Guitars Cafe Bar
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Genesis Songbook
Sat 23 May 2026
Genesis Songbook
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Two men in vintage prison gear look sternly at the camera, accompanied by a suspicious suited man behind them. In the background is a stylised illustration of a prison block.
Until Sat 23 May 2026
The Shawshank Redemption
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre
Performance
The Lemon Twigs
Sat 23 May 2026
The Lemon Twigs
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
A mirror-ball illuminated by purple and blue light casting a colourful light pattern.
Sat 23 May 2026
HAR Late: Reach Up Disco Wonderland with Andy Smith and Nick Halkes
Howard Assembly Room
Music
Performance
Gigs