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2 Oct 2026 - 11 Oct 2026
Wetherby Festival 2026

Wetherby Festival is now in its 49th year, held across Wetherby from 2nd to 11th October.

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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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PAT RIOT

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Fri 11 Sep 2026 - Sun 8 Nov 2026
PAT RIOT
Hyde Park Book Club
Exhibition
Visual Arts
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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Mon 28 Sep 2026
Creative Writing Course with Jess Austin
Bramley Baths
Activity
Creative Workshop
Literature
Workshop
Vittorio Angelone with a turtle neck pulled up over his mouth and his finger over where is mouth would be in a 'be quiet' gesture.
Mon 28 Sep 2026
Vittorio Angelone: you can't Say Nothing any more
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Images of the world and inscription of war still
Mon 28 Sep 2026
Images of the World and the Inscription of War
The Fox & Newt
Film
Festival
Scalarama
Free
Mic Drop Leeds
Mon 28 Sep 2026
Mic Drop Leeds
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Comedy
A still from "Extra Geography"
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Extra Geography (15 TBC)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
Historic black-and-white photograph of Garforth railway station. Brick station buildings line the left platform, where several people stand and sit beneath railway posters. Curving railway tracks run through the centre of the scene beneath a covered footbridge linking the platforms. Text at the bottom of the photograph reads “GARFORTH STATION”.
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Garforth: Local history workshop
Garforth Community Hub and Library
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
Heritage
Leeds 400
Workshop
Free
an abstract collage of a leaf and some ripples on the water are placed on a piece of white paper next to some scissors and leftover pieces of cut coloured papers
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Common Ground: Waterside Life - Draw & Make alongside Leeds/Liverpool Canal
Leeds Liverpool Canal
Craft
Creative Workshop
SoC
Visual Arts
Workshop
A pair of hands folding paper to make a book, surrounded by bookbinding tools
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Intro to Bookbinding
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Life-drawing-class-northlight-leeds
Until Tue 29 Sep 2026
Life Drawing Classes in Leeds | Northlight Arts Centre
Northlight Arts Centre
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Lee Bardsley
Tue 29 Sep 2026
TNL: Lee Bardsley and Friends
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Gigs
Music
Performance
The Slackers
Tue 29 Sep 2026
The Slackers
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Stood at a prop balcony, an actress in period costume rests her head in her hands and looks off-camera. In front of her, another actor is sat on the floor in a red tunic and boots, drinking from a bottle of gin beside an empty bottle and discarded dagger.
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Romeo & Juliet
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Theatre
R.M.F.C. + The Hobknobs
Tue 29 Sep 2026
R.M.F.C. + The Hobknobs
Wharf Chambers
Music
Gigs
Jim Ghedi
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Jim Ghedi
The Attic
Music
Performance
Gigs
A still from "Space Afrika: Opera Omnia"
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Space Afrika: Opera Omnia (PG TBC)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
Leeds Art Library
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Leeds Zine Lates! - Reading Zine!
Leeds City Library
All Library Events
Craft
Workshop
Halftone animal graphic
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Felt an Animal! A Needle-Felting Workshop with Penny
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Creative Workshop
images showing paper and pen then doodled paper, then small notebooks
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Zen Doodling & Notebook Binding
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Lemn Sissay sits on a wooden chair, smiling and resting his head on his hand, wearing a yellow jacket in front of a paper-textured illustration of a yellow sun.
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In LIVE
City Varieties Music Hall
Spoken Word
Talk
Theatre
Kane Brown
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Kane Brown
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Jawbreaker
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Jawbreaker
Sela Bar & Pizzeria
Film
Scalarama
A still from "Hope"
Until Thu 1 Oct 2026
Hope (15 TBC)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Queen At Sea"
Until Thu 1 Oct 2026
Queen at Sea (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Four individual portraits in black and white, there are three women and one man all holding Saxomophones of different sizes
Thu 1 Oct 2026
Lunchtime Recital: Saxofonie
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
A photograph taken over someone's shoulder as they're drawing a figure
Thu 1 Oct 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (October)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
A photograph of a flat lay featuring a selection of blue and white cyanotype prints
Thu 1 Oct 2026
Introduction to Cyanotype Printing with Abbie Mooney
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Bog witch with moss and mushrooms growing from the face
Wed 30 Sep 2026 - Thu 1 Oct 2026
Bog Witch
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
Headshot of Thomas Green wearing a black t-shirt under a pale cream light shirt stood against a grey background.
Until Thu 1 Oct 2026
Thomas Green: Brainstorm
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Portrait of the show
Thu 1 Oct 2026
Henry Naylor: Monstering The Rocketman
The Old Woollen
Theatre
Performance
The Rock Orchestra: Arena of Fire
Thu 1 Oct 2026
The Rock Orchestra: Arena of Fire
first direct bank arena
Concerts
Gigs
Music
Tony Lewis as Robbie Williams
Thu 1 Oct 2026
Robbie Williams Tribute
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Food & Drink
Music
Performance
A still from "Shaun The Sheep Movie"
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Shaun the Sheep Movie (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
Free
A man holding a VR180 camera smiles as he records. A woman wearing colourful clothes holds a boom mic audio recorder
Wed 30 Sep 2026 - Fri 2 Oct 2026
VR180 Filmmaking Masterclass
Leeds City Library
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Under £10
Badges
Fri 2 Oct 2026
It Takes A Community
Leeds City Museum
Exhibition
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Salsa de Cuba
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Friday Night Party Salsa De Cuba
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
The Pussycat Dolls - PCD Forever Tour
Fri 2 Oct 2026
The Pussycat Dolls - PCD Forever Tour
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Performance
Photo by Roberta Sorge on Unsplash
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Call My Wine Bluff - Wetherby Festival Event
St James' Parish Church, Wetherby
Food & Drink
Social
Wetherby Festival
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
Jacob Clark-Reyes
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Jacob Clark-Reyes Solo Piano Performance
Seven Arts
Concerts
Dancers in black & white
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Ballet Nights
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Theatre
Moustachioed Troy Hawke wears a shiny blue floral smoking jacket and matching neck tie against a plain grey background.
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Troy Hawke: Never Stop, Never Change!
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Elanor Moss
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Elanor Moss
The Attic
Gigs
Music
Performance
Picture of two women with short scruffy hair and cheeky smiles, they are wearing casual clothes and sunglasses, they look like their gig will be a lot of fun
Fri 2 Oct 2026
While & Matthews
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Gustavo Andrade & The Brasukas play live at Brudenell Social Club on 02.10.2026
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Gustavo Andrade & The Brasukas + Banda Zuêra + roda de samba / The Big Leeds Brazilian Music Party
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Performance
Gigs
Chunky Arm-Knitted Blanket Workshop
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Arm Knitting Blanket Workshop
Hoc Loco
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Wetherby Light Music Singers
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Wetherby Light Music Singers - Wetherby Festival Event
St James' Parish Church, Wetherby
Concerts
Music
Performance
Wetherby Festival
various hand tools, hammer, drill, screwdrivers
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Introduction to Woodwork - Hand Tools Level 1
Leeds Wood Recycling
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Free
Beige flowers on green background
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Grief & The Gut: An Ayurvedic Cooking Workshop with Sabine Horner
Living Potential Community Garden
Creative Workshop
Food & Drink
Workshop
SoC
Free
John Poulter in rehearsal with rainbow umbrellas with The Performance Ensemble
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Bloomin' in the Garden
The Rose Garden Bandstand at Roundhay Park
Theatre
Free
Young people are drawing onto some pottery designs at a messy table space.
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Community Get Together
Convention House
Visual Arts
Social