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This Winter
Film in Leeds

Discover award winning documentaries, films with live music, screenings including directors talks and Q&A's, timeless classics in black and white, family favourites, subtitled foreign language films and animations from anime to Aardman. Pass us the popcorn!

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Tue 5 Dec 2023

Promising Young Woman

Hyde Park Picture House
Film
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November / December
Christmas Markets & Fairs

If you're all out of gift inspiration and your best idea so far is a novelty Christmas pan-scourer it might be time to drop the big shop and make a beeline for some of Leeds winter markets.

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9 Nov 2023 - 24 Feb 2024
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination

Inspired by Fantasy: Realms of Imagination at the British Library, Leeds Central Library will explore the fantasy genre from Arthurian legends to fan culture through a programme of events and a new exhibition.

Missing Music
Sun 3 Dec 2023
Missing Music
Chapel FM Arts Centre
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Film
Music

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Fri 22 Dec 2023 - Sun 31 Dec 2023
The Gifting
Versa Leeds Studios
Leeds 2023
Music
Performance
Show
Spoken Word
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This Autumn
Gigs In Leeds

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This Autumn
Comedy in Leeds

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

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Wed 29 Nov 2023
The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
the band
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Slow Pulp
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Alt-jazz band MABGATE play Hyde Park Book Club Leeds with guest August Charles
Wed 29 Nov 2023
MABGATE featuring special guest August Charles + Fuji Speedway
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Music
a round pan of coals with a bratwurst packed grill pan suspended above
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Farsley Christmas Lights
Farsley Town Street
Market Outdoor
A still from I Know Where I'm Going featuring Torquil MacNeil and Joan Webster played by Roger Livesey and Wendy Hiller respectively.
Wed 29 Nov 2023
I Know Where I'm Going
Cottage Road Cinema
Film Spoken Word
Tall red-brick building with think, rectangular windows and dark-wood double doors. On either side of the doors sits the LEFT BANK logo, white text against a black background.
Wed 29 Nov 2023
15-Minute Friendships at Left Bank, Leeds
Left Bank Leeds
LGBT+ Social
Alam film poster
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Alam - Film & Speaker
Hyde Park Picture House
Film Talk
Festive bookmaking tools and materials with differing patterns on each
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Festive Workshop | Handmade Bookmaking with Kat Williams
Left Bank Leeds
Craft Workshop
the artist
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Seth Lakeman
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Eleanor in a bright pink dressing, giving the middle finger in a laundrette
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty To Me
The Old Woollen
Comedy
martyn Joseph contemplates the landscape
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Martyn Joseph
The Wardrobe
Gig Music
a microphone against an orange background
Thu 30 Nov 2023
People in Action's Leeds Talent 2023
Chroma Q Theatre
Performance Show
Also Online
Photo of the 2022 IDODP event from high up in Leeds City Museum, looking down at the event taking place below. In the large hall there are stall all around the room with lots of people talking to one another at the stalls and mingling. It seems like a hive of activity is taking place.
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Leeds for All International Day of Disabled People Marketplace Event
Leeds City Museum
Craft Market Social Talk
Leeds 2023 'Playing' programme surrounded by board games.
Thu 30 Nov 2023
All To Play For
Abbey House Museum
Quiz / Gaming Social
Exterior, background shows green field and trees. Daytime. Two men stand front and centre of the image, one immediately behind the other. Their faces serious. Both are topless, their upper torso and faces painted with white patterns.
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Free To Move - A night exploring freedom
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
An image of board games
Thu 30 Nov 2023
All To Play For Board Games session
Abbey House Museum
Social
Paint and sip party
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Boozy Brushes, Landscape Sip and Paint Party! Leeds
Three's A Crowd
Social Workshop
i am from palestine film poster
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Through Children’s Eyes - Three Short Films
St Lukes Cares
Film
Otto Baxter looks over his shoulder pat the camera with a pair of devil-style horns appearing to grow from his head. In the background is a camera viewfinder and a crew member of a film crew talking to someone out of shot.
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Left Bank Doc Club Presents: Not a F***ing Horror Story
Left Bank Leeds
Discussion Film
Alina Bzhezhinska playing Harp with her quartet
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Alina Bzhezhinska’s HipHarp collective ft. Tony Kofi
Seven Arts
Gig Jazz Music
Image shows 5 people sat round a low table filled with colourful and patterned paper scarps, each person is cutting and sticking the paper.
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Overtime Art Club - Collage Christmas Special
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Man on beach looking at camera with white pattern painted on his chest and face.
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Free To Move - A night exploring freedom
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Jude Law and Cameron Diaz in promo for The Holiday film.
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Festive Film Screening: The Holiday
Winter Wonderfest at 11 Wellington Place
Film
A man wearing a check shirt holding a microphone laughing
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Leeds Comedy Pick N Mix – December
Carriageworks Theatre
A group of dancers on stage wearing suits with lights shining forward and one dancer screaming in the centre
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Company MEK | Father Politics
The Riley Theatre
Dance Performance
piano in an empty hall
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Student Showcase
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Concert Music Music (Classical)
Lino cut Christmas card example
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Lino Cut Printing—Christmas Card Workshop at Home Farm Temple Newsam
Temple Newsam Home Farm
Craft Workshop
Sunflower Thieves
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Sunflower Thieves & Friends: Vol 3
Cardigan Arms
Gig Music
ISMA3: The Sound of Palestinian Resistance (Film & Speaker & Music)
Fri 1 Dec 2023
ISMA3: The Sound of Palestinian Resistance (Film & Speaker & Music)
Wharf Chambers
Film Gig Music Talk
A man walks down into the metro carrying a huge wooden harp.
Fri 1 Dec 2023
A River Runs Between Our Streets: The Underground Orchestra (Heddy Honigmann)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Hibiscus Rising
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Hibiscus Rising: The Legacy of David Oluwale
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Discussion Music Performance Spoken Word Talk
Also Online
Jade Rhiannon, Katriona Gilmore, Jamie Roberts, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage with their instruments
Fri 1 Dec 2023
A Winter Union
Otley Courthouse
Gig Music
Festive Wreath Making Workshop with Mulled Wine
Fri 1 Dec 2023
Festive Wreath Making Workshop with Mulled Wine
Humbl Coffee
A man and a woman playing the violin.
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Phaedra Ensemble: Gavin Bryars at 80
Howard Assembly Room
Concert Music Music (Classical)
the band
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Moin
The Brudenell Social Club
Gig Music
Mutant Movement 1978 Special : 45th Anniversary DJ Set
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Mutant Movement 1978 Special : 45th Anniversary DJ Set
Santiago Bar
Gig Music
Affrofusion band KONTIKI launch their "Mangrove Big Head" debut album ay HPBC Leeds
Sat 2 Dec 2023
KONTIKI (debut album launch party) + Afrodesia
Hyde Park Book Club
Gig Jazz Music
Man with a bloody mouth and fists raised in front of a fence behind which are more men.
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Riki-Oh: The Story of Riki
Hyde Park Picture House
Film Social
Glass bobbin with a piece of woven glass fabric laid on a wooden surface
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Emotional Fabric
Sunny Bank Mills Archive
Talk
Cartoon drawing of a middle-aged white man standing in the 'Tree' yoga pose. He has a greying beard and moustache and wears round spectacles. His brown hair is short and the sun is shining behind him. His eyes are closed and he looks peaceful.
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Justin Moorhouse: Stretch & Think
Otley Courthouse
Comedy
winter hare painting
Sat 2 Dec 2023
A Winter's Night: Guided painting class for the creatively curious.
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Workshop
A hand holding a pen adding detail to a black and peach life drawing of a woman laid on her side
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Craft Workshop
A red embroidered bag and two small embroidered hoops.
Sat 2 Dec 2023
A Georgian Christmas Visit!
Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library (1st floor)
Craft Workshop
Canned Heat
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Meanwood Takeover - Street Food & DJs
Canned Heat
Food & Drink Gig Music
black and white, a black man in a hooded top holds a bundle of letters.
Sat 2 Dec 2023
A River Runs Between Our Streets # 1
Hyde Park Picture House
Discussion Film
A paper Hellebore with pettled dyed a rick purple with light green and yellow pollen stems.
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Create a Paper Hellebore Flower - Festive Workshop
Sunny Bank Mills
Craft Workshop
Clear Out Your Closet
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Clear Out Your Closet
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Performance Spoken Word
Also Online
Red Kite Live
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Red Kite Live
Chapel FM Arts Centre
Discussion Radio & Podcasts
Also Online
Man in military outfit pointing gun at something with woman in the background watching, in front of a body of water.
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Saloum
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Whitby
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Horsforth Arts Society Christmas Fair 2023
The Studio - Horsforth Arts Society
Fair