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A selection of previously unseen ephemera from iconic TV programmes and films from Channel 4
Multiple dates
Fri 11 Apr 2025 - Sun 13 Apr 2025
Photo North Festival #6
Carriageworks Theatre
Exhibitions
Festival
Photography
Talk
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Mindful Market in full swing with shoppers browsing each stall holder.
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Spring
Pop Up Markets in Leeds

Crafts, gifts, clothes, junk, art, farmers, vintage, food & drink, seasonal, makers - you name it Leeds is shopping there.

Red

Free
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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Shonen Knife
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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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black record store owner owner wearing all black sat in his store surrounded by records
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Spring
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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A toned, bruised body stands wearing a dirty vest with the skull of a pig as its head. Green PVC butcher’s curtains hang in the background and white text displays ‘Animal Farm.’
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Spring
Theatre In Leeds

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

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A colourful stained glass window depicting Jesus standing with a shepherd's crook and surrounded by lambs
Single date
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Handel's Messiah
St Edmund's Church, Roundhay
Music
Concert
Music (Classical)

Middle-aged woman dancing at night in crowd outside.
Single date
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Crossing
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
LGBT+
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Abi Clarke
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Winter
Comedy in Leeds

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

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Free
The colours of Crossgates – the flags of the countries and regions represented by the members of Crossgates Cricket Club.
Single date
Wed 9 Apr 2025
Game Changer
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Film

Ribbons - Artist Pippa Hale - Celebrating 400 Inspirational Women of Leeds (Adjacent to Leeds Playhouse) Cited at Leeds Quarry Hill Cultural Quarter 2024
Multiple dates
Thu 27 Feb 2025 - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Milele Lullaby Choir
Leeds City College, Quarry Hill Campus
Music
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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.
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Spring
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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Tunng
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Tunng
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Image of Paul McKenna from the shoulders up wearing glasses.
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Paul McKenna: Power Manifesting
City Varieties
Healthy Living Performance Show
Textile artwork by Sarah-Joy Ford
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Visiting Artist’s Talk – Sarah-Joy Ford
University of Leeds
Discussion Talk
Analogue sound equipment against a wall constructed of chipboard within a white gallery space
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Mixed Up: Music and the Art School | Sound Studio Open Sessions
Leeds Arts University
Music Workshop
A photo of pipes from the Leeds Cathedral organ.
Mon 17 Mar 2025
RCO Young Performers Concert
Leeds Cathedral
Music Concert Music (Classical)
A woman adding purple ink to a screen ready to print from.
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Mono-Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
Boff with a guitar
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Boff Whalley: But Life's Not Like That, Is It?
The Old Woollen
Gig Literature Music Talk
TNL: Duncan McFarlane, Anne Brivonese and Steve Foster plus Beth Kilburn
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Tuesday Night Live: Duncan McFarlane, Anne Brivonese and Steve Foster + Beth Kilburn
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Gig Music
Jet Li strikes an martial arts pose in front of a burst of sparks
Tue 18 Mar 2025
The One - Film Screening at The Tetley
The Tetley
Film
A black and white image of a woman sitting on a park bench, looking into the camera
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Tish
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A lady with brown nail varnish taping two different trees together to make better fruit trees with different root stock
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Tree Grafting at Lady Pit Lane Allotments
Lady Pit Lane Allotments
Environmental Workshop
Barn Owl in flight
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Wildlife Photography - A talk by Tracey Lund
St Edmund's Church Hall
Photography Talk
Shadowy image of Katherine Priddy looking down showing off the outline of her curly hair with a greeny-blue light lighting up a brick wall behind her.
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Katherine Priddy
City Varieties
Gig Music
A group of people riding bicycles through a field of sunflowers.
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Matt Rendell’s Inside Stories Of The Tour De France
Otley Courthouse
Comedy Show Sport Talk
Section of Tapestry depicting a couple eating fish and chips
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Tapestry Tour
Leeds Central Library
Guided Tours Talk
Shôn sat on a pink sofa with an egg
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Cracking
The Old Woollen
Comedy Spoken Word Theatre
A ring of metal, roughly 30cm in diameter, hanging on a loop of string. A hand is steadying the ring, while a second hand is poised to strike it with a small, square hammer.
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Blindness and Expanded Sculpture one-day conference
Henry Moore Lecture Theatre, Leeds Art Gallery
Discussion Talk Visual Art Workshop
Dusley Nesbitt playing steel pans
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Rush Hour Jazz with Dudley Nesbitt
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Matt Rendell holding his head in his hand smiling.
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Matt Rendell’s Inside Stories Of The Tour De France
Otley Courthouse
Comedy Show Talk
a blank notebook with pen resting on top, awaiting you speak your inner voice
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Writing Workshop: Light & Shadow
Open Source Arts
Literature Workshop
Black and White photo of Jackie Shane
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Hyde Park Picture House
Film LGBT+
A selection of colourful coasters
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Ceramic Coaster Painting Workshop
The Terminus
Craft Workshop
A man with a beard and a cap looking upwards with his hand in a fist.
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Laugh in the Face of Cancer 10
City Varieties
Comedy Show
the band
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Danny & The Champions of the World
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Spencer Jones
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Spencer Jones
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Meatloaf Tribute
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Bibi’s Showtime: Meat Loaf Tribute "Back out of hell"
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink Gig Music
Yoga Teacher Holly smiling with hands in prayer position
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Evening Retreat For Office Workers
Yoga Hero
Healthy Living Workshop
Black and white close u photograph of John Angerson. John is wearing a dark 'baker boy' style cap and is winking at the camera with a slightly startled expression
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Creative Networks x John Angerson
Blenheim Walk Building
Talk
Close up shot of someone playing the flute.
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Lunchtime Recital with Students from Leeds Conservatoire
Otley Courthouse
Music Concert Music (Classical)
White textile embroidered with purple WSPU logo and the words Votes for Women in green
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Study Afternoon: Leonora Cohen, The Leeds Suffragette
Abbey House Museum
Discussion Heritage
A picture of felt flowers
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Make a felt wreath for spring equinox
Abbey House Museum
Craft Workshop
A woman wearing a yellow sari playing the violin.
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Jyotsna Srinkanth
Howard Assembly Room
Gig Jazz Music Concert Music (Classical)
wildflowers
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Wildflower Meadow Creation at Aysgarth Community Green Space
St Vincent's Centre, Leeds
Environmental Outdoor Social
Image from Santosh
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Preview Screening - Santosh with Director Q&A
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Images of a woman with long dark hair in a fringed blue jacket and man in a cowboy hat and leather waistcoat faded on the an image of the Nashville strip at night time.
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Country Hits Live
City Varieties
Gig Music
A white man in his early 30s wearing a dark coloured shirt, back trousers and a white t shirt. He is leaning against a white hip-height wall and is smiling at the camera.
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Benjamin Grosvenor
The Venue
Concert Music Music (Classical)
A man in a suit looks into his breast pocked where a smaller man looks at the camera with a shocked expression
Fri 21 Mar 2025
It's The Economy, Stupid!
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
CHARLOTTE SPRUIT
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Charlotte Spruit & Sergio Bucheli
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music Concert Music (Classical)
Two woman smiling at the camera. One is holding a harp.
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Rachel Newton & Lauren MacColl (Heal & Harrow)
Otley Courthouse
Gig Music
Two dancers in loose red and white clothing fall over each other
Fri 21 Mar 2025
An Evening with ỌKAN by Maya & Toussaint
Yorkshire Dance
Dance Digital Exhibitions Performance Workshop
Jenny Collier headline act for the show
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Archive Live! Comedy
Archive
Comedy
black record store owner owner wearing all black sat in his store surrounded by records
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Project Farsley Film Club: Harder than the Rock -  The Cimarons Story
Room 51 at FCC
Film
the venue
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Open R&B Jam ft Cold Illumination & Noemi Jazzmine
The Domino Club
the band
Sat 22 Mar 2025
The Tubs
Wharf Chambers
Gig Music
Andrew Newton is on stage hypnotising an audience member.
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Andrew Newton: The Hypnotist LIVE!
City Varieties
Comedy
scaffold board shelves
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Introduction to DIY - Using wall fixings How to put up a shelf and more!
Leeds Wood Recycling
Craft Workshop
A dimly lit room of tables, decorated with colourful paper buniting
Sat 22 Mar 2025
Balls to Cancer Ball
Centenary Pavilion
Dance Food & Drink Music Social
Two women on stage wearing period clothing. One looks excited, the other looks perplexed.
Sat 22 Mar 2025
The Complete Works Of Jane Austen (Abridged)
Otley Courthouse
Comedy Theatre
junk
Sat 22 Mar 2025
SCRAP Community Junk Market
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Craft Market
Abba Themed Bottomless Brunch
Sat 22 Mar 2025
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! ABBA Inspired Bottomless Brunch
Playroom
Food & Drink Music Social