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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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Theatre In Leeds

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

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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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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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The Baines Wing of Leeds University
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
University of Leeds Heritage and History Walk
University Of Leeds
Heritage
Guided Tour
A family sat in a row of cinema seats
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
Mystery Matinees
Leeds Industrial Museum
Family Friendly
Film
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Under £10
Perfect Partners at Tropical World
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
Perfect Partners at Tropical World
Tropical World
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Half Term
The Parkinson Tower of Leeds University
Sun 22 Feb 2026
University of Leeds Heritage and History Walk
University Of Leeds
Heritage
Guided Tour
Under £10
New born lamb at Temple Newsam Home Farm
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
Treasures of Temple Newsam Farm
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Outdoor
Free
Leeds Jazz
Sun 22 Feb 2026
February Jazz Jam at Northlight
NorthLight
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
The Brotherton Library of Leeds University
Sun 22 Feb 2026
University of Leeds Heritage and History Walk
University Of Leeds
Heritage
Guided Tour
Free
Straw Into Gold
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Straw Into Gold
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Literature
Performance
Radio / Podcast
Writing On Air
Young boy in Abbey House Museum wearing ear guards, next to a symbol of a horse.
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
February half term - Year of the Horse
Abbey House Museum
Family Friendly
Guided Tour
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A robin on a branch
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
Love Birds
Lotherton
Activity
Family Friendly
Half Term
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Beowulf
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Beowulf
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Literature
Performance
Radio / Podcast
Writing On Air
Free
The Big Pub Quiz
Sun 22 Feb 2026
The Big Pub Quiz
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Literature
Activity
Radio / Podcast
Writing On Air
Free
Abstract art showing the farm barn
Sun 22 Feb 2026
LGBTQ+ History Month with the Angels and friends
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Creative Workshop
LGBT+
Outdoor
Social
Workshop
Russell Hicks
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Russell Hicks: This Time It’s Personal
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
A wide view of a brightly lit funfair at sunset in a city square, with colourful rides, food stalls, and crowds of visitors.
Until Sun 22 Feb 2026
Leeds Valentine's Funfair
Millennium Square
Fair
Family Friendly
Half Term
Chris Ramsey with his palm up to the camera smirking.
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Chris Ramsey: Here Man
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Spiers and Boden stand in the middle of a street of red brick buildings. Both wear casual suit jackets, one holds an accordion and the other a violin.
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Spiers & Boden
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Beginners Course
Until Mon 23 Feb 2026
Beginners Yoga Course
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living
Workshop
Maria Somerville
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Maria Somerville
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Under £10
A person sat on a gymnasium floor surrounded by confetti and a suitcase.
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Search for the Missing Sparkle
Leeds Libraries
All Library Events
Family Friendly
Leeds Storytelling Festival
Theatre
Kirkstall Abbey about 200 years ago. With trees in the foreground and background and a river to the left. People are riding horses in the foreground and there are hills, and clouds in the sky. The ruined Abbey is in the middle of the picture.
Tue 24 Feb 2026
A Creative Workshop: Explore Kirkstall Abbey
Abbey House Museum
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
book cover of Stitch it, don't ditch it
Tue 24 Feb 2026
SCRAP TALKS: “Stitch It, Don’t Ditch It” Interactive Clothing Repair Talk
Scrap Creative Reuse Art Project
Talk
Craft
Desiree Burch
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Desiree Burch
The Wardrobe
Comedy
A performer on the main stage at the Roundhouse Poetry Slam Grand Final
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Roundhouse Poetry Slam 2026: Leeds heat
Hyde Park Book Club
Gigs
Literature
Performance
Spoken Word
Desiree Burch
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Desiree Burch - The Golden Wrath
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Kristina Stead
Tue 24 Feb 2026
TNL: Kristina Stead
Heart Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Sharing skills and ideas with other performers
Until Tue 24 Feb 2026
Circus Open Training
Open Source Arts
Activity
Healthy Living
Workshop
a graphic image
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Wednesday
O2 Academy Leeds
Gigs
Music
Gordon Buchanan
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Lions and Tigers and Bears with Gordon Buchanan
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre
Visual Arts
A stil from the film "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain"
Until Wed 25 Feb 2026
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
A photograph of Boar Lane in the 1970s, black and derelict
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Leeds In Your Lunch Hour Lecture 4: ‘A City Transformed 1965-2025’: Leeds Civic Trust and 60 Years of Change in Leeds
Leeds Minster
Leeds 400
Talk
An artist adding ink to a screen
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Mono-Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Simon Brodkin on stage in a blue t-shirt
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Simon Brodkin
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Molly Pukes
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Leeds Zine Lates LGBTQ+ History Month Special - Comic Drawing Workshop with Molly Pukes
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
All Library Events
Craft
Creative Workshop
LGBT+
Workshop
Under £10
Mariana Villa-Gilbert (1937-2023)
Wed 25 Feb 2026
A Jingle Jangle Song - In Conversation with D-M Withers Hosted by Kit Heyam
The Bookish Type
LGBT+
Literature
Talk
A female musician sat at the piano.
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
Leeds Conservatoire
Concerts
Music
the band
Wed 25 Feb 2026
The Wave Pictures
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Free
A selection of nature-related books with scissors, pens and paper.
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Blooming Zine Workshop
Leeds Art Gallery
Activity
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
Lutenist playing lute in crowded room
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Lute-song duo Ava Lewis and James Logan - Leeds Libraries Thursday lunch time pop up events
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Concerts
Music
Performance
Free
Lille Leeds Groups
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Leeds & Lille – Twin Cities Celebration & Stories
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Festival
Performance
Radio / Podcast
Writing On Air
Ian Stone
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Ian Stone
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Through the Looking Glass
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Through the Looking Glass
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Literature
Theatre
Radio / Podcast
Writing On Air
Free
A drawing of a frog with it's face emerging from water.
Thu 26 Feb 2026
A Bigger Bestiary - Roy Best Solo Exhibition - Private View
Swarthmore Education Centre
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Image of Ian Stone
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Ian Stone: Looking for the Wow
The Wardrobe
Comedy
A woman singing on stage (Lucy Rose) with a guitar
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Lucy Rose live at Howard Assembly Room
Howard Assembly Room
Gigs
Music
National Theatre Live: The Audience
Thu 26 Feb 2026
National Theatre Live: The Audience
Otley Courthouse
Film
Theatre
Free
Stories from the Sofa
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Stories from the Sofa
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Literature
Performance
Radio / Podcast
Writing On Air
Girl with a ballon in the snow
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Paint a Pic: Winter Balloon Girl
Brasserie Blanc
Creative Workshop
Social
Visual Arts
Paul Merton and Suki Webster stood in front of an image of the moon with illustrations of clouds, a rocket ship, a small bird and a gramophone surrounding them and the moon.
Wed 25 Feb 2026 - Thu 26 Feb 2026
Paul Merton & Suki Webster's Improv Show
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Performance
Under £10
A blonde woman in a beige coat looks off camera in front of a white wall.
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Poems For Parents with Liz Berry
Sunny Bank Mills
Literature
Performance
All Library Events
Spoken Word
Leeds Storytelling Festival