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Writing On Air Festival / Chapel FM / 20 Feb 2026 - 1 Mar 2026
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20 Feb 2026 - 1 Mar 2026
Writing on Air Festival

Writing on Air is Chapel FM Arts Centre's annual festival of words on the radio. Seven days and more than 75 events of inventive and exciting radio performed at Chapel FM Arts Centre in Seacroft, East Leeds. 20 Feb 2026 - 1 Mar 2026.

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Likkle Lit Fest

Black children listening attentively to a story
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Likkle Lit Fest
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Festival
Half Term
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Spoken Word

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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Hedera

Hedera is a five-piece folk ensemble, as at home in the woods, as in a concert venue or community centre.
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Hedera
The Loft (Re:establish)
Gigs
Music
Performance

Mandy, Indiana
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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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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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Theatre In Leeds

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

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Music From The Floor
Tue 3 Feb 2026
TNL: Music From The Floor
Heart Centre
Gigs
Jazz
Music
A group shot of the nine members of Anda Union standing with their instruments in an outdoor setting.
Tue 3 Feb 2026
Anda Union
Howard Assembly Room
Concerts
Music
Harry Redknapp in a tuxedo stands smiling in front of a collage of desaturated shots from his life, including Harry on I'm a Celebrity, in a football kit, and on the touch-line as manager.
Tue 3 Feb 2026
An Evening with Harry Redknapp
City Varieties Music Hall
Sports
Workshop
Free
A singer
Tue 3 Feb 2026
Soul of The City - R&B Open Jam - Ft. Jauceyy
The Domino Club
Gigs
Music
Social
A blonde person with shoulder length hair is surrounded by butterflies.
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Sara Pascoe: I Am a Strange Gloop
Leeds Playhouse
Comedy
Free
The Moot Hall, Briggate, circa 1825, where the Leeds Corporation held its meetings and courts
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 1: ‘1626 and All That’: The first Municipal Charter and 400 years of municipal and metropolitan government in Leeds
Leeds Minster
Leeds 400
Talk
Free
Martin Berger and Pitanga at Chapel Allerton Festival
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Pitanga Acoustic Trio play Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
A print of a bird in blues and greens being taken from a design on a Tetra Pak carton
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Tetra Pak Printing Taster
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Black and white picture of Victorian policemen marching in formation while pedestrians look on. To the left is Leeds Town Hall. Picture taken in the Leeds Gas Strike of 1890.
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Study Afternoon: Crime and Punishment
Abbey House Museum
Activity
Creative Workshop
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A photo of 3 women stood up at easels, they are all drawing a life model. the woman in the foreground is using a pink pencil to add colour to her work
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (February)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Ink rollers and inks being rolled on a white surface
Until Thu 5 Feb 2026
Print Club – 5 Weeks
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
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Thu 5 Feb 2026
Hand Embroidery Evening Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Matisse cat
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Paint a Pic: Matisse’s Cat
The Alchemist Greek Street
Creative Workshop
Social
Workshop
Maddie Grace Jepson smiles with an open mouth and looks off camera, holding up manicured hands. She wears a silk dressing gown with feathery sleeves and makeup.
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Maddie Grace Jepson: Live
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Under £10
Shaun of the Dead
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Shaun of the Dead Quiz
The Winchester
Activity
Quiz / Gaming
A person with short black hair wearing glasses leaning on their hand. 
Fri 6 Feb 2026
The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins
Leeds Playhouse
Comedy
Doctor Seaweed
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Thrive Through Menopause: Mind, Body & Balance
Love Yoga Leeds
Activity
Healthy Living
Workshop
A lovely ambient image of backlit musical instruments with gongs, rainsticks and other percussion.
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Sound bath - by Resonate with Hope
Abbey House Museum
Activity
Healthy Living
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Two figures are tethered together and climbing a rock face, in the background of the image is a snow-capped mountain and a sky full of stars.
Wed 4 Feb 2026 - Fri 6 Feb 2026
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Carriageworks Theatre
Film
Adventure
Sound Bath
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Singing Bowl Sound Bath
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
A silhouette of a woman standing in front of blurred purple lights
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Manchester Collective: Sky with the Four Suns
Howard Assembly Room
Concerts
Music
the band
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Just Radiohead
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Ania Magliano stands in profile, wearing a fluffy coat and holding a peach in her hand. She smiles against a plain peach background.
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Jason Derulo
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Jason Derulo
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Legend singer
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Legend: The Music of Bob Marley
The Old Woollen
Gigs
Music
Performance
Inversions
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Inversions & Arm Balancing - Workshop
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Two hands covered in sand are uncovering a piece of red fabric woven with flowers and a black and red repeating geometric pattern which is buried in the sand.
Fri 6 Feb 2026 - Sat 7 Feb 2026
A Grain of Sand
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
poster graphics for insights
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Thackray Insights: The Sick Sense
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Talk
An etched design of leaves on a zinc plate ready to be printed forom
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Etching with Copper Sulphate
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Stag
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Paint a Pic: Monarch of the Glen In Snow
DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre
Creative Workshop
Social
a man and a border terrier
Sat 7 Feb 2026
We're Not Getting A Dog
Stage@Leeds
Comedy
Theatre
Man in tuxedo and bow tie wearing glasses and smiling against a blue background playing a Fender electric guitar.
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Buddy Holly & The Cricketers
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Theatre
Cuban violinist Omar Puente and his band Raices Cubanas play Howard Assembly Room Leeds at A NIGHT IN HAVANA on Saturday 7th February
Sat 7 Feb 2026 - Sun 8 Feb 2026
A Night in Havana ft. Omar Puente & Raices Cubanas + DJ Yersin Rivas
Howard Assembly Room
Dance
Gigs
Music
Scones with cream, jam and strawberries, with a plate of sandwiches behind
Until Sun 8 Feb 2026
Afternoon Tea and Tour at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Alexia Gardner
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Alexia Gardner Quintet
Seven Arts
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Afternoon tea with cakes on plates
Until Sun 8 Feb 2026
Afternoon Tea and Tour at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Beginners Course
Until Sun 8 Feb 2026
Beginners Yoga Course
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living
Workshop
Group of dancers facing forward photographed from below stage
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Ebnflōh | La Probabilité du Néant
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Two hands cupped together holding a fabric heart made from yellow fabric with a smaller flowered fabric heart shape stitched on to it.
Mon 9 Feb 2026
Stitch a Heart for Valentine's Day with Jane
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Craft
A squeegee being used to screen print images of plant pots in blue and yellow inks
Until Mon 9 Feb 2026
Introduction to Screen Printing – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
Amanda Crundall
Mon 9 Feb 2026
SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
Heart Centre
Performance
Spoken Word
Free
Alex Golledge, the Bank of England’s Agent for Yorkshire
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Bank of England - Economic prospects
Leeds Beckett University The Rose Bowl
Talk
Under £10
a recent Leeds & District Association in support of the National Trust
Tue 10 Feb 2026
A talk on The life, work and legacy of Leeds Scientist William Astbury by Kersten Hall
St Chads Parish Centre, Headingley
Talk
Heritage
Adults Only
A hand bound book being made, with tools such as a metal ruler, thread and an awl
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Bookbinding Taster Day
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Scarlett Smith
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Any Objections?
Hyde Park Book Club
Comedy
Theatre
Liz Flanagan
Tue 10 Feb 2026
An Evening of Yorkshire-based Historical Fiction with Liz Flanagan
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
The four players of Ensemble Jackalope
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Ensemble Jackalope
The Venue
Concerts
Music
Performance
Free
A black and white portrait of Ralph Thorseby
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 2: ‘The Ingenious Mr Thoresby’: First Historian of Leeds 1658-1725
Leeds Minster
Leeds 400
Talk
Free
A picture of Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair 2025
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair 2026
first direct bank arena
Fair
Free
Sam Thornton
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Sam Thornton at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz