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A Discovery Day / Thu 9 Apr 2026 / Leeds Discovery Centre
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28 Mar 2026 - 12 Apr 2026
Easter Holidays in Leeds

This Easter in Leeds why not eggsplore what's out there for children and families across Leeds.

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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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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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Punch

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Tue 7 Apr 2026 - Sat 11 Apr 2026
Punch
Leeds Playhouse
Theatre
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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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Under £10
Go Fish!
Until Wed 15 Jul 2026
BYOBG - social gaming night
Flamingos Coffee House
LGBT+
Quiz / Gaming
Social
Free
Newspaper image of a cinema audience wearing 3D glasses
Until Thu 16 Jul 2026
Reel-ise
Leeds Industrial Museum
Exhibition
Heritage
LGBT+
Jess Kitching
Until Thu 16 Jul 2026
An Evening with Jess Kitching
Truman Books
Literature
Talk
Under £10
Portrait of Lady Betty Hastings
Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Fri 17 Jul 2026
Leeds Philanthropy Over the Centuries
Leeds City Bus Station
Walk
Guided Tour
Heritage
Woolpack Choir & Rock Orchestra press shot.
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Woolpack Choir & Rock Orchestra
Otley Courthouse
Concerts
Music
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
Twin Lizzy
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Twin Lizzy
Otley Courthouse
Gigs
Music
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 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
Afternoon tea and a glass of prosecco overlooking Temple Newsam gardens
Fri 5 Jun 2026 - Sun 19 Jul 2026
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace
Temple Newsam
Food & Drink
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Sketched picture of life model posing with arms behind her head
Mon 29 Jun 2026 - Mon 20 Jul 2026
Life Drawing : Four Week Course with Life Model
Leeds Central Library - Art Library
Visual Arts
Workshop
All Library Events
Creative Workshop
image from mamma Mia
Tue 21 Jul 2026
MAMMA MIA - Adult Dance Class
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Dance
Dance Class
Free
A Second World War scene showing the front of a building with a Routemaster-style bus parked outside. The bus is marked “Mobile First Aid Post” and is surrounded by stacked sandbags. Nearby signs read “Clearing Station” and “Air Raid Shelter,” indicating its use as an emergency medical point during the war.
Fri 24 Jul 2026
Change and challenge: Leeds in the 1900s
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
Exhibition
Heritage
Leeds 400
Peter Kay
Fri 24 Jul 2026
Peter Kay Charity Show
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Performance
Two artists looking at a selection of cyanotype prints on a drying rack.
Sat 25 Jul 2026
Cyanotypes
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Under £10
A lady in a dress wears a small propeller on her back
Sat 25 Jul 2026
Snoligoster
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Theatre
Performance
A etching press being wound by hand
Tue 28 Jul 2026
Embossing Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Beginners lindy hop class
Until Wed 29 Jul 2026
Beginners Lindy Hop
The Dance Studio Leeds
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
Free
digital drop ins
Until Fri 31 Jul 2026
Digital Drop-ins
Leeds Libraries
All Library Events
Workshop
Dancer jumps in playing field
Mon 27 Jul 2026 - Fri 31 Jul 2026
NSCD Summer School 2026
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Dance
Dance Class
Workshop
Two women climbing up Brimham Rocks
Mon 27 Jul 2026 - Fri 31 Jul 2026
Moving Landscapes
Otley Courthouse
Activity
Healthy Living
Under £10
An old postcard of the Empire Palace 1904 on Briggate
Thu 23 Apr 2026 - Fri 31 Jul 2026
The Victorian Circuses of Leeds
White Cloth Hall
Walk
Guided Tour
Heritage
Free
People socialising at Pride Place @ Flamingos
Until Fri 31 Jul 2026
LGBTQ+ Networking Social
Flamingos Coffee House
LGBT+
Social
Neil Delamere perches on a high wooden stool in front of a yellow background.
Fri 31 Jul 2026
Neil Delamere: Reinventing the Neil
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy
Free
A group of people playing music together inside the Grand Arcade, Leeds
Until Sat 1 Aug 2026
Roda de Choro & Samba
Ohana
Family Friendly
Gigs
Music
Hifi Logo
Until Sat 1 Aug 2026
Hifi Comedy Club
The HiFi Club
Comedy
Picturesque landscape of snow-capped mountains and luscious green grass with clear blue sky.
Thu 9 Jul 2026 - Sat 1 Aug 2026
The Sound of Music
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre
Under £10
Two Male gladiators fearfully screaming
Sun 2 Aug 2026
Colosseum of Chaos
The Warehouse In Holbeck
Family Friendly
Theatre
Free
Kids Playing on Map
Until Mon 3 Aug 2026
Pages of the Park | Community Cabinet of Curiosities Creation with Nat Hues
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Creative Workshop
A range of different sized screen printing screens stacked on a shelf
Mon 20 Jul 2026 - Mon 3 Aug 2026
Experimental Screen Printing – 3 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
Screen printed pages from a zine drying in a marble drying rack
Thu 6 Aug 2026
Screen Printed Zine Workshop
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Free
Colourful printed fabric featuring a French high street design
Sat 8 Aug 2026
Sparky Saturdays: Perfect Prints
M&S Archive
Family Friendly
Activity
A selection of abstract prints in multiple colours
Sat 8 Aug 2026
Monoprint & Collograph
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
vw festival
Fri 7 Aug 2026 - Sun 9 Aug 2026
VW Festival
Harewood House
Family Friendly
Festival
Free
Children playing on a Map
Until Wed 12 Aug 2026
Pages of the Park | Local History Through Sound with Delilah Sykes
Left Bank Leeds
Activity
Workshop
Creative Workshop
Paul Smith
Wed 12 Aug 2026
Paul Smith - Happy
first direct bank arena
Comedy
Performance
The Bats
Fri 14 Aug 2026
The Bats
Brudenell Social Club
Music
Gigs
An image of birds being carved into a piece of plywood
Sat 15 Aug 2026
Woodcut Relief Printing
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
The Temple Newsam Food Festival 2026: A Summertime Feast
Sat 15 Aug 2026 - Sun 16 Aug 2026
The Temple Newsam Food Festival 2026: A Summertime Feast
Temple Newsam
Festival
Food & Drink
An ink roller being used to roll out light blue ink.
Thu 23 Jul 2026 - Thu 20 Aug 2026
Explore Printmaking – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
the band
Fri 21 Aug 2026
Humanfly
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
An image of a building cut into a piece of lino alongside a print in shades of blue and yellow taken from it
Sat 22 Aug 2026
Linocut Taster Session
Leeds Print Workshop
Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
a medaeival illustration of a person on a horse
Sat 22 Aug 2026
Gary Stewart presents Graceland
Brudenell Social Club
Gigs
Music
Images of families at Temple Newsam
Wed 22 Jul 2026 - Wed 26 Aug 2026
Summer Holidays: Plant Power!
Temple Newsam
Family Friendly
Leeds Museums & Galleries
A book being hand made, alongside thread and bookbinding tools
Sat 29 Aug 2026
Next Steps in Bookbinding
Leeds Print Workshop
Craft
Creative Workshop
Workshop
In a dark-lit room, two musicians sit on stools in front of a blurred dancer, in motion.
Sat 29 Aug 2026
Seven Cities of Love: Shahnai Persian Music Band
City Varieties Music Hall
Concerts
Music
With blonde hair, red lips and a baby blue satin dress, Helen George looks slyly at the camera
Tue 25 Aug 2026 - Sat 29 Aug 2026
Cole Porter's High Society
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music
Theatre