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12th October - 23rd November
Farsley Lit Fest 2026

The fifth annual Farsley Lit Fest returns with Jay Rayner, John Boyne and Joanne Harris headlining. 12th October to 23rd November 2026.

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Red fork painted on nose
Fri 11 Sep 2026 - Sun 8 Nov 2026
PAT RIOT
Hyde Park Book Club
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2026
Leeds400

In 2026 Leeds commemorates a remarkable milestone — 400 years since receiving its first Royal Charter from King Charles I. Leeds 400 will showcase the diversity of the city and its people through events and activities held throughout the year.

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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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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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Gigs In Leeds

Our regular listings guide to Leeds gigs, club nights, DJs, rock, jazz and pop.

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Free
An photograph of the reflection of the photographer in a wet bin lid
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Gathering Exhibition - Opening Event
Space2
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
Black and white photo depicting area of Sheepscar
Wed 14 Oct 2026
'My Early Life Haunts Me' Artist Talk with Pam Skelton- Leeds 400
Leeds City Library
All Library Events
Exhibition
Leeds 400
Talk
Free
Image of audience enjoying past show at interplay
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Top of the Wold - Mikron Theatre
Interplay Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
Ignacio Lopez
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Ignacio Lopez
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Matt Coyne
Wed 14 Oct 2026
An Evening with Matt Coyne
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays
Sara Jasmin Page and Angela X
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Bookclub Ballads
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Literature
Music
Performance
image of a ceramic pumpkin with paint brushes and pots of paint next to it ready to paint
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Ceramic Pumpkin Painting
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Free
composition ©James Sewell
Wed 14 Oct 2026
James Sewell: Project Space Residency
Patrick Studios
Music
Visual Arts
Under £10
A photo pf the speaker Peter Anderson
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Making the Invisible Visible: a new civic infrastructure for community empowerment, resilience and operationalising the commons
Seven Arts
Talk
Under £10
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Films at HEART: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Film
Shaun Ryder holds a neutral gaze, donning a pair of Ray Bans and navy jacket. The background is blurred but busy with lights and activity.
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Shaun Ryder: Happy Mondays, and Fridays, and Saturdays, and Sundays
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Talk
Portrait of Hannah
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Hannah Wicklund
The Old Woollen
Gigs
Music
Performance
London rising star future soul singer Bel Cobain plays live at Belgrave Leeds in 14th October
Wed 14 Oct 2026
Bel Cobain (Brownswood Recordings) / live at Belgrave Music Hall Leeds
Belgrave Music Hall
Music
Performance
Gigs
A picture of someone sitting and meditating
Thu 15 Oct 2026
A Quiet Mind in a Loud World - The Art of Raja Yoga Meditation
Abbey House Museum
Activity
Healthy Living
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Creative Workshop
Free
Mio and Guzheng, He is seated wearing traditional outfit
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Discover the Guzheng: Sounds and Stories from China
Leeds City Library
All Library Events
Concerts
Music
Performance
A lady with long wavy dark hair stares enigmatically into the camera, she is stood in front of a plain grey wall
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Sophie Iliaifar & Tsukushi Mitsuda
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Luther Vandross
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Harry Cambridge as Luther Vandross
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
Free
Design featuring two branches
Until Thu 15 Oct 2026
Long Time No See – exhibition
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
Exhibition
Free
Close-up outdoor portrait of a person with grey hair, prominent eyebrows and a full beard, wearing a light checked shirt, with dense green foliage in the background.
Thu 15 Oct 2026
1875: The Inauguration of the Yorkshire College of Science and the formation of the University of Leeds
The Leeds Library
Heritage
Leeds 400
Talk
Free
Simeon Walker plays the piano at The Attic
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Thursday At Six - Simeon Walker
The Attic
Concerts
Music
Performance
Harriet Kemsley
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Harriet Kemsley
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Adrian Tchaikovsky & RJ Barker
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Enter New Worlds with the Masters of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Farsley LitFest
an image shows the riso room, with a riso drum on the table, and prints hung on the walls around the room
Thu 15 Oct 2026
North or Nowt Riso Workshop
Convention House
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Collagraph Printing image
Thu 15 Oct 2026
An Introduction to Collagraph Printing
Bramley Baths
Activity
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Vonda Shepard lightly tips the brim of her black hat, from a candid camera angle.
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Vonda Shepard
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Theatre
Under £10
Woman screaming on the phone
Thu 15 Oct 2026
SCREAM (1996) and SCREAM 2 (1997) Double Feature
The Cardigan Arms
Film
Panchiko
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Panchiko
Project House
Gigs
Music
Portrait of the duo
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Hudson & Hudson Magicians
The Old Woollen
Comedy
Performance
A still from "The Social Reckoning"
Fri 16 Oct 2026
The Social Reckoning (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
Illustration showing models wearing bras and panty girdles
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Guest Speaker – 100 Years of Bra History, with Lorraine Topper
M&S Archive
Talk
Heritage
Free
Portraits of the performers: Bronwen Forbay (soprano), Christiaan Bester (baritone), and Nico de Villiers (piano)
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Expanding the Art Song Canon - Introducing Afrikaans Art Song
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Music
Concerts
How Could I Forget?
Fri 16 Oct 2026
How Could I Forget?
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
Performance
A grainy, black and white image of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a long white shirt.
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Beth Orton
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Music
Performance
Live band performing in a stunning candlelit cathedral.
Fri 16 Oct 2026
The Music Of Coldplay By Candlelight at Leeds Minster
Leeds Minster
Concerts
Music
Performance
Digital photo of Scott Bennett comforting and holding a baby with an oxygen tube in his arms.
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Performance
Legends of Motown
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Legends of Motown live at Yeadon Town Hall
Yeadon Town Hall Theatre
Gigs
Music
Performance
An ancient Greek Helmet lie beside a goblet decorated with eyes and an ancient stringed instrument
Fri 16 Oct 2026
A Musial Iliad
Otley Courthouse
Music
Spoken Word
Portrait of the singer
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Antarctic Monkeys
The Old Woollen
Gigs
Music
Performance
A still from "The Exorcist"
Sat 17 Oct 2026
The Exorcist (18) - Theatrical Cut
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
Floral graphic
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Bramley Baths In Bloom
Bramley Baths
Activity
Healthy Living
Chunky Arm-Knitted Blanket Workshop
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Arm Knitting Blanket Workshop
Northlight Arts Centre
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A young woman stands, her shadow is her as a paladin
Wed 14 Oct 2026 - Sat 17 Oct 2026
She Kills Monsters
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
Under £10
Image of Bramley Baths and old vintage food wrappers
Sat 17 Oct 2026
A Sensory History of Bramley Baths (1904-1992)
Bramley Baths
Talk
Guided Tour
Inside a museum collections store, gloved hands open a drawer full of old medical instruments.
Until Sat 17 Oct 2026
Behind the Scenes: Stores Tour
Thackray Museum of Medicine
Guided Tour
Heritage
School Holidays
A photograph of someone holding a soldering iron over a blue, green and purple piece of stained glass
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Sam Yates (October)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Space Explorers Academy
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Space Explorers Academy
Carriageworks Theatre
Family Friendly
Performance
Photo by Robert Ban on Unsplash
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Pumpkin Floral Arrangement Workshop at The Arium
The Arium
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
a hand holding a spoon placing a topping onto a pale pastry
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Le Cordon Bleu Patisserie Demonstration – Leeds
Printworks Kitchen and Bar
Food & Drink
Academy94 group at Mine event
Sat 17 Oct 2026
M.I.N.E - Music Industry Network Event 2026
Academy94 - Crown House
Social
Talk
Workshop
Free
Errol, founder of Leeds Dads plaiting his child's hair
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Plaits and Play
Leeds City Library
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Social