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Ferg's Imaginary Big Band playing live on stage
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22nd - 27th May 2025
Leeds Jazz Festival 2025

Leeds Jazz Festival is back for its fourth year from 22nd - 27th May 2025.

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Werner Herzog faces the camera while behind him, on the other side of a murky river, a steamboat is being pulled up a muddy hil.
Multiple dates
Sat 24 May 2025 - Wed 28 May 2025
Burden of Dreams
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
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A piece of red coloured art being held up.
Multiple dates
Thu 22 May 2025 - Tue 27 May 2025
First Pressings
Holding Patterns
Exhibitions
Visual Art

Free
A figure in a bedroom sits backwards on a chair with a pillow covering their head and limbs contorted.
Multiple dates
Thu 22 May 2025 - Sun 25 May 2025
Drift by Meg Erridge
Assembly House
Exhibitions
Visual Art

Sisters 360 / Wed 7 May 2025 - Sat 10 May 2025 / Leeds Playhouse
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Spring
Theatre In Leeds

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

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Fourteen everyday wooden objects, including a plug, chip fork, lolly stick, peg are arranged in a line on a wall. They have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun.
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Spring
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
the cast
Single date
Wed 14 May 2025
Meet the Dreamers
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Discussion
Talk
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Mindful Market in full swing with shoppers browsing each stall holder.
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Spring
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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Free
A pastel green hospital food tray on a pastel green table. In the left half of the tray are brown and purple spotted balls on sticks. In the right side of the tray is a wire basket filled with colourful pills.
Multiple dates
Wed 2 Apr 2025 - Sat 19 Jul 2025
Sarah Roberts: SICK
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Exhibitions
Visual Art
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Shonen Knife
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Spring
Gigs In Leeds

Listen up! Dive in to our gig listings page and go wild on the dancefloor. 

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A white, female tour guide with brown hair, a black cloak and a microphone gestures with a ghoulish expression as she tells a scary story. She is stood in front of a dark stone wall at night time.
Multiple dates
Sat 5 Apr 2025 - Sat 20 Dec 2025
Otley Ghost Tour
Otley Market Place
Guided Tours
Heritage
Outdoor

Free
Stalls in Dortmund Square with 'IDAHOBIT' chalked into the pavement
Single date
Sat 17 May 2025
IDAHoBiT Leeds 2025
Dortmund Square
Craft
LGBT+
Market
Social
Workshop
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Spring
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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Abi Clarke
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Winter
Comedy in Leeds

Our hilarious round-up of comedy events in Leeds for the coming months!

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Rebirthing Healing Workshop - Group Therapy
Fri 16 May 2025
Rebirthing Healing Workshop - Group Therapy
We Are Wellness
Healthy Living Workshop
80S SYNTH POP ICONS
Fri 16 May 2025
Mad World Special I 80s Synth Pop
Left Bank Leeds
Gig Music
Self Portrait
Fri 16 May 2025
Feel Seen - LGBTQ+ Impressionistic Portrait Drawing Workshop
Flamingos Coffee House
Craft LGBT+ Workshop
The Miyazaki Dreams
Fri 16 May 2025
Hayao Miyazaki's Dreams by Mystery Ensemble
St George's Church
Music Concert Music (Classical)
multi-coloured paint patterns on an art studio floor
Fri 16 May 2025
Impulse: The Unconscious Form
Assembly House
Exhibitions Visual Art
promo shot
Fri 16 May 2025
Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience
The Domino Club
Gig Music
Solomon looking down the cambra in a shocked way
Fri 16 May 2025
Solomon
Seven Arts
LGBT+ Theatre
Image still of the film I Get Knocked Down
Fri 16 May 2025
I Get Knocked Down + Q&A
Hyde Park Picture House
Discussion Film
Karoliine-Lisette Kõiv (fiddle and vocals) and Stuart Ironside (guitar and vocals) stand with their instruments, smiling and looking at each other, in front of a decorated wall.
Fri 16 May 2025
Duo Compass: Live
Open Source Arts
Gig Music
Image from Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures
Fri 16 May 2025
Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures: Snuff & Jack and Nancy
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Blue-tones sketch drawing of the backs of the four Beatles with their original shaggy hair stood in front of a packed auditorium.
Sat 17 May 2025
The Mersey Beatles
City Varieties
Gig Music Performance Show
Country Themed Bottomless Brunch
Sat 17 May 2025
Country Superstars Bottomless Brunch
Playroom
Food & Drink Music Social
Actor playing Sherlock Holmes stood in a gold jacket.
Sat 17 May 2025
Sherlock Holmes - The Last Act
Otley Courthouse
Theatre
an arty photo of four vintage wooden cotton spools with mustard yellow and dark blue thread,
Sat 17 May 2025
DeStash Sale
NorthLight Arts Centre
Craft Market
A wooden board with paint tubes neatly clipped and hung in rows, displaying a variety of colours used for painting.
Sat 17 May 2025
The Art of Blending: Mastering Colour & Texture in Oils
The Mill Gallery
Craft Workshop
Canned heat
Sat 17 May 2025
Liquid Sessions : Street Party
Canned Heat
Gig Music Social
A series of abstract screen prints in a variety of colours
Sat 17 May 2025
Stencil Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft Workshop
image of two adorned pairs of sunglasses.
Sat 17 May 2025
Festival Sunglasses Workshop at Hyde Park Book Club
Hyde Park Book Club
Craft Workshop
Three party-worn women sitting on the floor of a village hall surrounded by balloons in front of a blue sparkling backdrop
Sat 17 May 2025
Wise Woman
Seven Arts
Gig Music
Three embroidery hoops with different stitch examples in a variety of colours.
Sat 17 May 2025
Beginners Guide to Embroidery with Jane Gibson
Swarthmore Education Centre
Craft Workshop
Stalls in Dortmund Square with 'IDAHOBIT' chalked into the pavement
Sat 17 May 2025
IDAHoBiT Leeds 2025
Dortmund Square
Craft LGBT+ Market Social Workshop
Image shows two textile samples, one is an abstract black shape with stitching and the other a flack printed flower with coloured stitching.
Sat 17 May 2025
Create a Screenprinted & Embellished Wall Hanging - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows felt artist Henry Morris posing in a black and white outfit made from felted wool.
Sat 17 May 2025
Wet Felted Scarves - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image show a watercolour palette and jar of water, along with monoprinted fabric in a retro floral.
Sat 17 May 2025
Monoprint & Mixed Media on Fabric - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image of a printing table top messy with ink. there is a block printed piece of green fabric, an ink roller and flower design block.
Sat 17 May 2025
Design, Block Print and Make a Lampshade - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows a light pink and cream appliqued fabric square and hads manipulation a flower cut out.
Sat 17 May 2025
Zero Waste Applique - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows a large dark wood weaving loom with a woman sat weaving.
Sat 17 May 2025
Dobby Loom Weaving Taster Workshop - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows a section of an abstract woven structure in pink, yellow and green.
Sat 17 May 2025
Postcard Weaving - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows Dr Rose Sinclair.
Sat 17 May 2025
Finding Craft in the Archive: Crochet and Crokus Bag Stories
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows a vintage quilt with a start pattern in dark coloured fabric
Sat 17 May 2025
Quilts and Their Makers: Textile Stories from The Quilt Collection
Sunny Bank Mills
Discussion Talk
Image shows artist Andy Black talking to two visitors stood in front of his artwork.
Sat 17 May 2025
An Evening with the Artists: Loops Meet & Make
Sunny Bank Mills
Discussion Exhibitions Talk Visual Art
Portrait of the band
Sat 17 May 2025
One Night In Nashville
The Old Woollen
Gig Music
Sam and Suzy hug, and look out past the camera
Sat 17 May 2025
Moonrise Kingdom
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A performance at Be Curious taking place at the University of Leeds
Sat 17 May 2025
Be Curious 2025
University of Leeds
Workshop
A glitzy image of Tim Rice wearing a black suit jacket and partially-unbuttoned white shirt with his left arm up to his left temple. Faded into the image is a singer with a microphone in a sparkly dress and a figure wearing a suit with their back to the camera in a spotlight.
Sun 18 May 2025
Sir Tim Rice: My Life in Musicals
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music Musical Performance Show
flowers
Sun 18 May 2025
Throwing Muses
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Levison Wood stood in a rainforest pool in all khaki with his left hand on his hip.
Sun 18 May 2025
Levison Wood: Walking the World
City Varieties
Show Talk
Illustrate picture of 3 girls in a forest
Sun 18 May 2025
Three Little Vikings by Wrongsemble
The Warehouse in Holbeck
Theatre
Participants at Walk For A Cure
Sun 18 May 2025
Walk For A Cure with Alzheimer's Research UK
Harewood House
Healthy Living Outdoor Social
Home Service playing on stage.
Sun 18 May 2025
Home Service
Otley Courthouse
Gig Music
A close-up image image of artist Keeley Forsyth
Sun 18 May 2025
Keeley Forsyth With Matthew Bourne
Howard Assembly Room
Gig Music
A photograph of Lazy Lounge, Leeds. Public Access.
Sun 18 May 2025
Singles Social at Lazy Lounge - For the Fabulous 40s and Beyond!
Lazy Lounge
Food & Drink Social
Promotional poster for Merlina Pearl: A Windrush Journey – The Musical. The image features two smiling Black women against the backdrop of a large passenger ship. On the left is a young woman with natural hair styled with an orange headband, wearing a colourful vintage-style dress. On the right is an older woman with short grey hair, pearl earrings and necklace, wearing glasses and a deep purple wrap.
Sun 18 May 2025
Merlina Pearl: A Windrush Musical UK Tour 2025
Riley Smith Theatre
Musical Spoken Word Theatre
Simeon Walker plays the piano at Brudenell Social Club
Sun 18 May 2025
Simeon Walker LIVE in Leeds
The Attic
Gig Music
Image shows multiple fextile forms in the shape of other worldly plant life in bright colours and sea greens.
Sun 18 May 2025
Fantasy Fibre Flowers - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows four hand stitched fabric mushrooms displayed on a branch. They are decorated with naturally dyed fabrics.
Sun 18 May 2025
Sew a Naturally Dyed Toadstool - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows three colourful woven pot holders / coasters.
Sun 18 May 2025
Colourful Weaving - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows a table top view with busy collaged papers in milticolours and patterns.
Sun 18 May 2025
Pattern Play - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows a group of people sat around a wooden table stitching into cloth.
Sun 18 May 2025
Clothing Repairs with Tråd Collective - Threads 2025
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Image shows embroidered work in jewel tones and gold. Details incllide embroidered birds and flowers, as well as a scalloped pattern
Sun 18 May 2025
The Origins of Haute Couture: From Opéra to Le Sentier
Sunny Bank Mills
Discussion Talk