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22 Jul 2026 - 1 Sep 2026
Summer Holidays in Leeds

Family friendly things to do across the city for the school summer holidays 22 July 2026 - 1 September 2026.

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Mill Fest

Mill Fest Singer
Sun 2 Aug 2026
Mill Fest
Swinnow Grange Mills, Bramley
Festival
Food & Drink
Gigs
Market
Music
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Leeds 400

On 13 July 2026, Leeds marks an extraordinary milestone - 400 years since receiving its first Royal Charter from King Charles I. This historic moment set Leeds on its path to self-governance and city status, shaping the vibrant, diverse city we know today. Leeds 400 is a year long celebration inviting everyone to come together to celebrate Leeds' rich heritage, and future.

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

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

 

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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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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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A black and white vintage photo shows a man sitting at a desk, and a woman standing in front of library shelves reading an open book of sheet music.
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Leeds 400 Launch concert - Leeds Libraries and West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Concerts
Heritage
Leeds 400
Music
Performance
Under £10
Elizabeth Gaskell's House in sunshine with two people walking up to it.
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Online Event: Harriet Martineau – ‘Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare’
Literature
Heritage
Under £10
Go Fish!
Until Wed 15 Jul 2026
BYOBG - social gaming night
Flamingos Coffee House
LGBT+
Quiz / Gaming
Social
Under £10
Silent But Social Book Club, Chapel Allerton
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Silent But Social Book Club, Chapel Allerton
Further North
Literature
Social
A still from "Rosebush Pruning"
Until Thu 16 Jul 2026
Rosebush Pruning (18)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
A man in a blue shirt sits in front of a fence, he is playing a lute.
Thu 16 Jul 2026
Songs in Bloom - 17th century songs for Tenor and Theorbo
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Heritage
Leeds 400
Music
Under £10
A line drawing of an old brick building with multiple storeys, steep tiled roofs, tall chimneys, and many small-paned windows, shown enclosing a paved courtyard.
Thu 16 Jul 2026
Leeds in the 17th century: Treasures Showcase
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Heritage
Leeds 400
Workshop
Free
Newspaper image of a cinema audience wearing 3D glasses
Until Thu 16 Jul 2026
Reel-ise
Leeds Industrial Museum
Exhibition
Heritage
LGBT+
Pierre Novellie
Thu 16 Jul 2026
Pierre Novellie
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Dancers from Expressions 2025, Ascendance.
Until Thu 16 Jul 2026
Expressions
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
ABBA
Thu 16 Jul 2026
ABBA Revival
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
Performance
Under £10
Portrait of Lady Betty Hastings
Until Fri 17 Jul 2026
Leeds Philanthropy Over the Centuries
Leeds City Bus Station
Walk
Guided Tour
Heritage
Free
Czech Poets at the Chapel
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Czech Poets at the Chapel
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Literature
Performance
Spoken Word
Woolpack Choir & Rock Orchestra press shot.
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Woolpack Choir & Rock Orchestra
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
Crowd shot of attendees at an event. There are a selection of individuals shown looking towards the stage.
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Trans Pride Showcase
Wharf Chambers
Gigs
LGBT+
Music
Performance
Free
Photo of Leeds Frontrunners at last year's event
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Leeds Pride Parkrun 2026
Woodhouse Moor
Healthy Living
LGBT+
Sports
Free
Gardening group looking at trees and teacher
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Summer Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Bramley Baths
Workshop
Outdoor
BFF
Sat 18 Jul 2026
BFF
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
Free
Summer Art Market at Northlight
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Summer Art & Makers Market
Northlight Arts Centre
Fair
Market
A still from "The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel"
Sat 18 Jul 2026
The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel (18 TBC)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
LGBT+
Two artists screen printing an image of Frida Kahlo onto a t-shirt
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Screen Printing Tees & Totes
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
A photograph of a person stitching natural elements on to a canvas
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Create with Nature Workshop with Jane Bevan
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Photo by Alexander Mass on Unsplash
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Summer Music Extravaganza at The Barn Coffee Shop
The Barn Coffee Shop
Gigs
Music
Performance
Free
Matt Allen
Sat 18 Jul 2026
LSRPG: Worldbuilding Workshop | Compass Festival 2026
Grand Stategium
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Leeds 400
Quiz / Gaming
Free
People sat crafting together, with a range of community group banners in background
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Leeds Pride weekend, Community Marketplace
Dortmund Square
Festival
LGBT+
Social
Xander Baker with Viola da gamba sitting on the left. Sofia Pedro sitting on the right.
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Otley Baroque Summer Festival: The Lyra-Way
Sancta Bookshop Cafe (Otley)
Concerts
Music
Leeds Young Creatives
Until Sat 18 Jul 2026
Matilda the Musical Jnr performed by Leeds Young Creatives
Grammar School at Leeds
Family Friendly
Performance
Theatre
Rod Cordner, Joe King, Chris Milner
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Rod Cordner | Joe King | Chris Milner | Charity Fundraiser
The Barn Coffee Shop
Gigs
Music
Performance
Dwayne Hutchinson
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Gospel Music Night with Dwayne Hutchinson & Company
Buna Beans Coffee House
Gigs
Music
Social
Rachel Modest
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Rachel Modest | Rod Cordner
The Barn Coffee Shop
Gigs
Music
Performance
Acoustic Nights @ The Barn Meanwood
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Irish Trad Session | Irish Singlalong
The Barn Coffee Shop
Gigs
Music
Social
Under £10
Belgrave
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Take it to the Stage 2026
Belgrave Music Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
Twin Lizzy
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Twin Lizzy
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
Jem Spence
Sat 18 Jul 2026
The Attic Presents: Rodeo Disco with DECODANCE
The Attic
Dance
Social
Bingo Posters
Until Sat 18 Jul 2026
Bingo For The People!
The Old Woollen
Comedy
Performance
Quiz / Gaming
Echoes of the Bunnymen
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Echoes of the Bunnymen + True Order (Tribute Bands)
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
A plate of scones and a glass of champagne on a stone balcony, overlooking a garden
Until Sun 19 Jul 2026
Tea on the Terrace
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A still from "Shrek"
Fri 17 Jul 2026 - Sun 19 Jul 2026
Shrek (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
A selfie of Parkinson's UK Community Fundraiser, Ailsa Dragan stood in front of a large group of people all wearing Walk for Parkinson's t-shirts with their arms in the air in celebration
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Walk for Parkinson's, Yorkshire
Temple Newsam
Walk
The Brotherton Library of Leeds University
Sun 19 Jul 2026
University of Leeds Heritage and History Walk
University Of Leeds
Heritage
Guided Tour
Image shows a close up of a wildflower meadow with lots of diversity, coulours and species of wildflower
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Wonderful World of Wildflowers Guided Walk - RSPB St Aidan's
RSPB St Aidan's
Guided Tour
Outdoor
Walk
Afternoon tea and a glass of prosecco overlooking Temple Newsam gardens
Until Sun 19 Jul 2026
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
Village Fete stalls in 2024
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Leeds Pride weekend, village fete
Dortmund Square
Festival
LGBT+
Social
bunting
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Weeton Show
The Weeton Show Ground
Festival
Outdoor
Free
A collage of photos from Kirkstall Art Trail over the years
Sat 18 Jul 2026 - Sun 19 Jul 2026
Kirkstall Art Trail 2026
Kirkstall
Festival
Guided Tour
Visual Arts
Under £10
Butterfly
Sat 18 Jul 2026 - Sun 19 Jul 2026
The Big Butterfly Count
Tropical World
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Workshop
Members of Cantus Quintus walking on the street in Amsterdam with their viola da gamba.
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Otley Baroque Summer Festival: Cantus Quintus
Otley Parish Church (All Saints’ Parish Church)
Concerts
Music
Performance
Free
Alexander Woodrow the Director of Music at Leeds Minster
Sun 19 Jul 2026
The Hiking Organist: Launch Organ Recital at Leeds Minster
Leeds Minster
Concerts
Music
Performance
ELTON JOHN
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Joel Coombes as Elton with Band
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
Under £10
a print of a soccer ball
Until Sun 19 Jul 2026
World Cup 2026 at Refectory Leeds
Northern Monk Refectory Leeds & Garden
Social
Sports