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Amazing Animated Shorts for 8 - 15 year-olds / Sun 24 May 2026 / Hyde Park Picture House
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23 May 2026 - 31 May 2026
Spring Half Term in Leeds

Family friendly things to do across the city for Spring Half Term, 23 May 2026 - 31 May 2026.

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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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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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Summer
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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Emma Rawicz
Sun 24 May 2026
Emma Rawicz’s INKYRA at Leeds Jazz Festival
Howard Assembly Room
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Performance
2 musicians playing instruments on stage.
Sun 24 May 2026
Tian Qiyi + Crowd Work
The Wardrobe
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Under £10
A blurred picture of Sela Bar venue.
Sun 24 May 2026
Any Given Sunday
Sela Bar & Pizzeria
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
That's So 90s
Sun 24 May 2026
That's So 90s
Yeadon Town Hall
Gigs
Music
Performance
On the left, image of Jo Harrop singing into a microphone on-stage. On the right, image of Hannah Horton smiling candidly and playing a saxophone.
Sun 24 May 2026
Jo Harrop Quartet and Hannah Horton Quartet
City Varieties Music Hall
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Under £10
David Kayode, London jazz saxophonist
Sun 24 May 2026
Warriors RISE Showcase / Leeds Jazz Festival / David Kayode + Yamikani + Miles Hardy Quartet
Brudenell Social Club
Leeds Jazz Festival
Dance
Gigs
Jazz
Music
Free
The Zak Parlby Quartet playing on stage.
Sun 24 May 2026
The Zak Parlby Quartet
The Northern Market
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Under £10
A collage made in session with The hangout
Sun 24 May 2026
Hawthorn: A LGBTQ Youth Fundraiser
Wharf Chambers
Gigs
LGBT+
Music
Performance
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch Band
Sun 24 May 2026
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch
Bibis Italianissimo Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
Music
Food & Drink
Bear Winder DJ
Sun 24 May 2026 - Mon 25 May 2026
LIT Ibiza Takeover Bank Holiday Sunday
CrowdedHouse
Gigs
Music
Outdoor
Social
Free
flowers
Mon 25 May 2026
Bank Holiday Market - Books I Art I Stationery I Zines
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Market
a person in a chefs outfit holding a pan over a grill, with a person in an apron next to them
Sat 23 May 2026 - Mon 25 May 2026
Great British Food Festival
Harewood House
Family Friendly
Festival
Food & Drink
Market
Outdoor
3 musicians playing their instruments together
Mon 25 May 2026
Jazz Sabbath
City Varieties Music Hall
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Low light photo of 2 women leading the Decofit session, dressed in full cowgirl clothing and mid-stomp
Until Mon 25 May 2026
Decofit
Open Source Arts
Dance
Dance Class
Healthy Living
Workshop
Free
Matthew Jungling via UnSplash
Mon 25 May 2026
Mic Drop Leeds
Terminus Tap Room & Bottle Shop
Comedy
Performance
Kit Downes on a blurred background.
Mon 25 May 2026
Kit Downes
Mill Hill Chapel
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Under £10
A close up picture of someone snapping some celery near a microphone
Tue 26 May 2026
Behind the Magic: Film vs Theatre Workshop
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Film
School Holidays
A still from "Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie"
Tue 26 May 2026
Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (U)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Family Friendly
Practising balance and flow, using a suspended hoop.
Until Tue 26 May 2026
Morning aerial hoop class
Open Source Arts
Dance
Healthy Living
A still from "Beauty and The Beast"
Tue 26 May 2026
Beauty and the Beast (U) presented with Leeds Grand Youth Theatre
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Film
School Holidays
Theatre
Free
Nicky Bray, a woman with dark hair wearing red glasses, with face paint on, next to a cat
Tue 26 May 2026
Spiky Singing With A Side of Silliness
Leeds City Museum
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Music
Workshop
Under £10
A child and a librarian looking at artefacts in Leeds Central Library
Tue 26 May 2026
Your Future Leeds: 400 Years Ahead
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Craft
Heritage
Leeds 400
Miles 100
Tue 26 May 2026
Miles 100
The Domino Club
Music
Leeds Jazz Festival
Gigs
Jazz
Jim and Nancy Moir smile and pose cheerily in sailor's caps and beachwear, in front of a circular sea backdrop.
Tue 26 May 2026
Chin Wag Chit Chat with Jim and Nancy Moir
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Talk
Life-Drawing-Leeds-Northlight-Arts-Centre
Until Tue 26 May 2026
Life Drawing in May
Northlight Arts Centre
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Bingo and Plant Graphic
Tue 26 May 2026
Plant Bingo
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Quiz / Gaming
Hardtimes Orchestra
Tue 26 May 2026
TNL: Hardtimes Orchestra
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
Music
Performance
Gigs
Free
Sharing skills and ideas with other performers
Until Tue 26 May 2026
Circus Open Training
Open Source Arts
Activity
Healthy Living
Two women in a park, wshrouded by the shade of overhead trees on a path, they are posed one holding the other up in the air. An opening to light through the trees is in the background
Until Tue 26 May 2026
AcroYoga
Open Source Arts
Healthy Living
Workshop
The four members of Opus13 Quartet in black concert dress.
Tue 26 May 2026
Opus13 - May 2026
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire
Music
Performance
Concerts
Carla J Easton
Tue 26 May 2026
Carla J Easton
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman
Tue 26 May 2026
Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman
The Attic
Gigs
Music
A still from Romeria.jpg
Until Wed 27 May 2026
Romería (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
illustrations of sewing equiptment
Until Wed 27 May 2026
Textile Art with Ling
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Under £10
An 7 year old boy with a microphone laughs with delight as a woman strikes a funny pose on a stage
Wed 27 May 2026
Anything Could Happen @Seven Arts!
Seven Arts
Comedy
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
One stupid gladiator gives a piggyback to another. They are both smiling.
Wed 27 May 2026
Colosseum of Chaos
Carriageworks Theatre
Comedy
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Theatre
Free
Image shows a man holding an open book showing fossil illustrations
Wed 27 May 2026
Who Read Our Overdue Book? A Geological Bestseller at the Dawn of the Victorian Age - History Talk
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Heritage
Literature
Two artists looking at a selection of cyanotypes drying on a drying rack
Wed 27 May 2026
Cyanotypes
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Jess is hanging split legged on the aerial silks at open source arts, a good 10 ft high, but smiling and posing calmly at the camera. Jess is being watched from below by one of her class attendents
Until Wed 27 May 2026
Youth Aerial Class - intro to aerial
Open Source Arts
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Healthy Living
Workshop
Practising balance and flow with aerial hoop.
Until Wed 27 May 2026
Aerial Hoop with Jess
Open Source Arts
Activity
Dance
Healthy Living
Workshop
Develop strength and agility, practising aerial silks.
Until Wed 27 May 2026
Aerial Silks with Jess
Open Source Arts
Activity
Healthy Living
Workshop
Charcoal life drawing depicting a reclining figure
Until Wed 27 May 2026
Introduction to Life Drawing - 6 week course
Leeds City College Quarry Hill Campus
Creative Workshop
Visual Arts
Workshop
Painting of a finished plate
Wed 27 May 2026
Paint Your Plate: A Painting Workshop with Liz Nast
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Lino Printed Artwork
Wed 27 May 2026
Lino Printing with Megan Dobbyn | Beltane Mayday Special
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Leeds aggro jazzers Vipertime launch their new joint album with Kent post-punk band Moron Butler at Wharf Chambers on May 27th for Leeds Jazz Festival
Wed 27 May 2026
Vipertime x Moron Butler - A Jazz/Punk Meltdown Album Launch / Leeds Jazz Festival
Wharf Chambers
Leeds Jazz Festival
Dance
Gigs
Jazz
Music
A still from "Paris 75"
Thu 28 May 2026
Paris 75 (12A)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
A still from "Orphan"
Until Thu 28 May 2026
Orphan (15)
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Under £10
A still from "The Jungle Book"
Thu 28 May 2026
The Jungle Book (U) with Made with Music Workshop
Hyde Park Picture House
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
Film
School Holidays
Music
Images of Taylor Swift
Thu 28 May 2026
TAYLOR SWIFT-inspired Adult & Child Dance Class
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Dance
Family Friendly
Family Friendly Workshop
School Holidays
Free
Piano Keys being played
Thu 28 May 2026
Piano Unplugged Presents - Phonically
Leeds Central Library
All Library Events
Concerts
Family Friendly
School Holidays
Music