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6th - 14th June 2026.
Leeds Lit Fest 2026

A festival of words and imagination. 6th - 14th June 2026.

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LGBTQ+ monthly drinks hosted by Angels of Freedom
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LGBTQIA+ Leeds

 A wide range of events happening across the city hosted by, and supporting, our varied LGBTQIA+ community.

 

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Alabama Shakes - Sounds Of The City
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Summer
Gigs In Leeds

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

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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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Summer
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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The Turin Horse (15) / Mon 22 Jun 2026 / Hyde Park Picture House / Image: Curzon Film World Limited
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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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Buds, 2020 © Charlotte Verity photo Ben Westoby 
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Summer
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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Free
Selection of archival material relating to LGBTQIA+ histories at the University of Leeds, including GaySoc adverts and newsletters.
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Tracing Queer Pasts, Imagining Queer Futures
LGBT+
Online
Talk
MC Hammersmith
Wed 3 Jun 2026
MC Hammersmith
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Under £10
Old portrait of a woman
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Queer History Club: Silences, Signals, and Subtext - A Queer Look at Emma Novello
The Bookish Type
LGBT+
Talk
Visual Arts
Lit by a solitary spotlight against a dark, hazy backdrop, Rebecca Ferguson looks into the distance with elegant makeup and red lipstick.
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Rebecca Ferguson: 15 Years Stripped
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Veasey//Ticciati Duo
Wed 3 Jun 2026
WNL: Veasey//Ticciati Duo
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
Murder inc cast
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Murder Inc - The Improvised Murder Mystery
Seven Arts
Comedy
Theatre
Joanne McNally looks to the side and sits cross-legged in shiny black trousers and an oversized, frilly purple top, in front of a purple background.
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Joanne McNally: Pinotphile
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Under £10
Sela Bar customers sitting down enjoying pints.
Until Wed 3 Jun 2026
Sela's Big Music Quiz!
Sela Bar & Pizzeria
Activity
Music
Quiz / Gaming
Sugar - Love You Even Still Tour
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Sugar - Love You Even Still Tour
The Irish Centre
Music
Gigs
A still from the film "Backrooms"
Until Thu 4 Jun 2026
Backrooms (15 TBC)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from the film "Hen"
Until Thu 4 Jun 2026
Hen (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Power Ballad"
Until Thu 4 Jun 2026
Power Ballad (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from one of the Lagos Fringe Shorts
Thu 4 Jun 2026
LIAAF Presents... Lagos Fringe Shorts
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
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Thu 4 Jun 2026
Circular Weaving Evening Taster Workshop
Stitch-Up Craft School
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
MC Hammersmith holding a croquet mallet in a menacing way!
Thu 4 Jun 2026
MC Hammersmith
The Wardrobe
Comedy
A photograph of three people stood at easels drawing, in the foreground is a man with a green sweater drawing a life model with charcoal
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Go Figure - Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (June)
Swarthmore Education Centre
Visual Arts
Workshop
Creative Workshop
A print of a bird in shades of blue and green with the tetra pak image it was printed from
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Tetra Pak Printing Taster
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A woman posing in a dark setting, framed by vibrant, flowing streaks of red and blue light. She's wearing a dark corset and jacket, looking upward with a confident expression.
Thu 4 Jun 2026
SAA - uk presents: Maya: Birth of a Superhero
Howard Assembly Room
Music
Performance
Free
LIAAF
Thu 4 Jun 2026 - Fri 5 Jun 2026
Earthwise Photo Exhibition
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Sound Bath by Candlelight
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Sound Bath by Candlelight
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
Angelic Reiki Training - OPEN DAY
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Angelic Reiki Training - OPEN DAY
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Under £10
Photograph of a woman holding a small holly branch
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Unruly Bodies: Herbal and Creative Writing Workshop
The Bookish Type
Creative Workshop
Talk
Workshop
The Bug Club
Fri 5 Jun 2026
The Bug Club
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
People dancing
Fri 5 Jun 2026
LIAAF 2026 Dance Party
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Dance
Healthy Living
a young woman in a throne
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Perfect Show For Rachel
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
DJ deck playing music for a crowd
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Project 80's Rewired
The Wardrobe
Dance
Gigs
Music
A split-screen style image showing a man with curly hair and glasses on the right, and his artistic workspace on the left, which includes a vibrant fantasy map, a spiral notebook, and several colourful pens.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
The Worldbuilder
Carriageworks Theatre
Leeds LitFest
Creative Workshop
Literature
Workshop
A graphic illustration, on the right is a demonstration with people waving placards in protest. On the left is a toppled statue falling into a river pushed in by a large crowd of people.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Placards & Panels
Hyde Park Book Club
Talk
Leeds LitFest
Headstand & Tripod Masterclass
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Headstand & Tripod Masterclass
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
A child painting a picture of flowers
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Flower Printing and Floral Art
Lotherton
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Under £10
Black line drawing of a yorkshire rose inside a black circle
Sat 6 Jun 2026
The Art of the Short Story with Alice Jolly, Naomi Booth and Nicholas Royle
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Festival
Literature
Leeds LitFest
Free
Market scene
Thu 4 Jun 2026 - Sat 6 Jun 2026
Afrikan Market Leeds @LIAAF 2026
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Market
Markets at Lotherton
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Real Markets at Lotherton
Lotherton
Market
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A group of people on the platform by the pond.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
The Big Wild Play Out
Skelton Grange Environment Centre
Family Friendly
Activity
Under £10
A horizontal, three-part illustration of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. On the left, prisoners are chained in a dark cave, looking at shadows on a wall. In the middle, figures walk behind a wall carrying statues of horses and people in front of a large fire. On the right, a person emerges from the cave into a bright coastal landscape with a tree under a shining sun.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Why Read Plato’s Republic Today?
Mill Hill Chapel
Literature
Talk
Leeds LitFest
Charcoal life drawing sketch on brown paper.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
Treasures of the Brotherton
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Free
Kirkgate Market Food & Craft Fair
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
Kirkgate Market Food & Craft Fair
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Food & Drink
Market
Under £10
Two people browsing wool clothing stalls
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Woolfest 2026
Leeds Industrial Museum
Craft
Fair
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Market
Woman leaning over old plant drawings
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Dead Plants Society: Drink and Draw
Leeds Discovery Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
A bright, colourful painting showing two people sat at a table eating cakes and pastries.
Until Sat 6 Jun 2026
[uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibition
Visual Arts
A mixed group of people standing on the pavement outside a bookshop in the sunshine.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Bookshop Crawl UK
North Star Coffee Shop & General Store
Literature
Social
Leeds LitFest
Free
Market scene
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Afrikan Market Leeds @LIAAF 2026 - Free Entry
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Craft
Market
Cacao Ceremony Facilitator Training
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Cacao Ceremony Facilitator Training
We Are Wellness
Food & Drink
Healthy Living
Workshop
Free
Nature walk at sunset
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Ink, Echo & Flight
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Craft
Creative Workshop
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Festival
Guided Tour
Oaths and Offerings with Carynx Press
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Oaths and Offerings with Carynx Press
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Spoken Word
Under £10
Someone in a green suit, with a cucumber mask holding a jar of gherkins
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Pickled Republic
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Comedy
Theatre
Under £10
Mutant Music
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Mutant Movement 1991 Daytime Disco : 35th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set
The Backroom
Gigs
Music
Performance
80's girl looking through a neon blind
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Tainted Love : Back To The 80's
Project House
Dance
Music
Adults Only
Head shot of economist Vince Cable. He is wearing a suit and tie. He is looking directly towards the camera.
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Vince Cable: Eclipsing the West
Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds LitFest
Literature
Talk
Group of dancers on stage with blue lighting and motion blur
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Emergence | Triple Bill
The Riley Theatre
Dance
Performance
Dance (Li)