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Leeds Jazz Festival / 21 - 26 May 2026 / various locations / image: Sam Hopkins
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21st - 26th May 2026
Leeds Jazz Festival 2026

Leeds Jazz Festival - a celebration of jazz in Leeds. 21st - 26th May 2026.

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A man wearing glasses and a dark shirt stands in thought in front of a background of plants and vegetation.
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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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Death of a Bureaucrat / Hyde Park Picture House / Sun 10 May 2026 / Image: ICAIC
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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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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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LYR

Black and white, textured, collage-style image of the three members of LYR sitting candidly on a brick wall.
Mon 4 May 2026
LYR
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
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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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Two actors performing on stage. They are both sat on the floor.
Until Sat 2 May 2026
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
Performance
An image of four people whipping their hair dancing.
Until Sat 2 May 2026
Interplay
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Performance
Ki Kefir have been making real & Traditional Kefir since 2019.
Sat 2 May 2026
Kefir Making Workshop
The Attic
Food & Drink
Healthy Living
Two women smiling while smelling strips of paper dipped in perfume
Until Sat 2 May 2026
Fragrance Design Experience
Clayton Hotel Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Inversion & Arm Balancing Workshop - Crow & Side Crow
Sat 2 May 2026
Inversion & Arm Balancing Workshop - Crow & Side Crow
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Two female actors, one holding a small robin puppet and the other interacting with a small child holding blue pom poms.
Sat 2 May 2026
Hello Birds
Guiseley Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
Painting of flowers and fruit
Sat 2 May 2026
Special Tour: Women Artists of Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Talk
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Free
A set of artists' books on a table
Sat 2 May 2026
Artists' Publishing Practices – Then & Now
University Of Leeds
Visual Arts
Workshop
Image shows little loops made from cotton cord on hessian with a blue latch hook and cord scraps in the background.
Sat 2 May 2026
Heritage Rag Rugging Techniques at Calverley Old Hall
Calverley Old Hall
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
Young Trader Market products
Until Sat 2 May 2026
National Market Traders' Federation (NMTF) Young Traders Market
Leeds Kirkgate Market
Craft
Market
Image of bright coloured strained glass goldfish
Sat 2 May 2026
The Finest in the City - tour and guided tour of Bramley Bath's unique stained glass
Bramley Baths
Guided Tour
Heritage
Talk
A male dancer in red attire stands in the centre surrounded by 5 female dancers. They surround the central image and pose, balancing on one foot with the other leg elevated to the back.
Until Sat 2 May 2026
Three Short Ballets
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Dance
Dance (Li)
An image of bats in the moonlight
Sat 2 May 2026
Bat Walk at Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam
Guided Tour
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Walk
Press shot of Pauline Eyre holding a tennis racket.
Sat 2 May 2026
Pauline Eyre: Anyone For Tennis?
Otley Courthouse
Comedy
Russell Howard in a blue t-shirt holds up a microphone and smiles at the camera.
Sat 2 May 2026
Russell Howard: Don't Tell the Algorithm
Leeds Grand Theatre
Comedy
Oasish & Made Of Stone Roses - LEEDS Irish Centre
Sat 2 May 2026
Oasish & Made Of Stone Roses: 30 Years of Indie Party
Leeds Irish Centre
Gigs
Music
A still from "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain"
Until Sun 3 May 2026
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (PG)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
A still from "The Hunger Games"
Sun 3 May 2026
A Day in Panem (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Nils Kavanagh on piano smiling with his trio
Sun 3 May 2026
Nils Kavanagh Trio
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Free
Embrace insectoid metal sculpture by Lily Honey-Doyle
Until Sun 3 May 2026
Tensile Strength
BasementArtsProject
Exhibition
Visual Arts
family rave
Sun 3 May 2026
Big Fish Little Fish Family Rave Leeds
Belgrave Music Hall
Family Friendly
Music
Under £10
James Stephens and The Northern Swing Orchestra
Sun 3 May 2026
The Northern Swing Orchestra Big Band and James Barrington Stephens
Swillington Miners Welfare, Sports & Social Club
Gigs
Music
Performance
Sound Bath & Yin Workshop
Sun 3 May 2026
Sound Bath & Yin Workshop
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Free
Echinaceas
Until Sun 3 May 2026
Horsforth Arts Society Spring Exhibition
Horsforth Arts Society
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Free
A sculpture made from elm wood, resembling uprooted tree
Sun 3 May 2026
The Sculpture Gallery Presents Guest Artist David Cruickshank
Leeds Corn Exchange
Exhibition
Visual Arts
Under £10
Dancers
Sun 3 May 2026
International Mother language Day by Purobi
Bangladesh Centre Leeds
Dance
Music
Reiki infused Meditation Workshop
Sun 3 May 2026
Reiki Infused Meditation Workshop
We Are Wellness
Workshop
Healthy Living
Paulus the Cabaret Geek stands in a bright orange raincoat and yellow hat with a larger-than-life grin, wide-eyed and open-mouthed. The background is a soft pink and orange hue.
Sun 3 May 2026
Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Music
Clubland
Sun 3 May 2026
Clubland - Arena Tour 2026
first direct bank arena
Gigs
Music
Free
Kids toys and Graphics
Mon 4 May 2026
Junior LS6 Junk Yard Sale
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Family Friendly
Market
Free
Roundhay Artists Open Studios Art Trail
Sat 2 May 2026 - Mon 4 May 2026
Roundhay Artists Open Studios Art Trail
Roundhay Artists Open Studios Art Trail
Exhibition
Guided Tour
Visual Arts
Free
The Wand And Tankard
Sat 2 May 2026 - Mon 4 May 2026
The Wand And Tankard Summer Launch
The Hole In Wand Leeds
Music
Food & Drink
Black and white, textured, collage-style image of the three members of LYR sitting candidly on a brick wall.
Mon 4 May 2026
LYR
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs
Leeds 400
Music
A still from "ORwell: 2+2=5"
Tue 5 May 2026
Orwell: 2+2=5 (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Free
An image of a historic house with clear blue sky and a flower bed in the foreground
Tue 5 May 2026
The 1152 Club: Farsley Rehoboth Burial Ground
Abbey House Museum
Adults Only
Heritage
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Out of Orbit Interplay Theatre
Tue 5 May 2026
Out of Orbit
Guiseley Theatre
Family Friendly
Theatre
Free
Two bikes in a bike shed made at LWR
Until Tue 5 May 2026
SkillShed: Hands on Program Turning Waste Timber into Bike Sheds!
Leeds Wood Recycling
Workshop
Craft
A person stansding on a rooftop terrace looking at the Leeds City Centre skyline
Tue 5 May 2026
Prospects of Leeds: Talk and Sketch Club
Leeds Central Library
Activity
Creative Workshop
Heritage
Leeds 400
Workshop
Hope Reese
Tue 5 May 2026
The Women Are Not Fine – with Hope Reese
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Duncan McFarlane Acoustic Band
Tue 5 May 2026
TNL: Duncan McFarlane Acoustic Band
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
Florry
Tue 5 May 2026
Florry
The Attic
Gigs
Music
A blue image with the figures of performers dancing on stage in a circle with their arms in the air above them.
Wed 6 May 2026
Verve: Triple Bill
Leeds Playhouse
Dance
Dance (Li)
Flowers in vase
Wed 6 May 2026
Ikebana workshop
Lotherton
Creative Workshop
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Workshop
Free
A close up image of a ceramic woman looking mournful
Wed 6 May 2026
Grief Café
Leeds Discovery Centre
Healthy Living
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Talk
Ali Woods
Wed 6 May 2026
Ali Woods
The Wardrobe
Comedy
Free
Patsy Gilbert vocalist
Wed 6 May 2026
Patsy Gilbert at Rush Hour Jazz
Seven Arts
Music
Performance
Gigs
Jazz
Murder Inc Cast
Wed 6 May 2026
Murder Inc - The Improvised Murder Mystery
Seven Arts
Comedy
Theatre
Kate Butch stands behind a red curtain, she holds a pack of cards.
Wed 6 May 2026
Kate Butch: Choose Your Own Cabaret
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
LGBT+
Theatre
Example of Book you will be making!
Wed 6 May 2026
Book Binding with Jill Setterington
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Graphic of a Binding Book
Wed 6 May 2026
Book Binding with Jill
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Creative Workshop
Workshop