October 2025

Black History Month throughout October celebrates the incredible richness of Black and Brown heritage in the UK.

The theme for Black History Month UK 2025 is “Standing Firm in Power and Pride,” highlighting the resilience and contributions of the Black community.

Find out more at Black History Month UK.

A charcoal sketch of 4 portraits
Fri 16 May 2025 - Sat 4 Oct 2025
To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates
Leeds Art Gallery
Exhibitions , Visual Art
Still from Burning An Illusion
Sun 5 Oct 2025
Burning An Illusion
Hyde Park Picture House
Film , Talk
Join us for Aunty Dolly's Clay Pots Exhibition this Black History Month in Leeds! Celebrate creativity and heritage—don’t miss it!
Mon 6 Oct 2025 - Fri 31 Oct 2025
Aunty Dolly's Clay Pots
Shine Community and Business Hub
Exhibitions , Visual Art
Black and white photograph from chapel stone-laying event
Tue 7 Oct 2025
Tracing Your African Caribbean Ancestry
The Reginald Centre Community Hub and Library
Heritage , Workshop
Still from the film Time and Judgement
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
Hyde Park Picture House
Discussion , Film
From left to right L-R: Linton Kwesi Johnson, Conceição Evaristo, Roger Robinson and Malika Booker
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Sound System: Music & poetry of the black atlantic
Royal Armouries
Performance , Spoken Word
Jean Toussaint with saxophone
Thu 9 Oct 2025
Jean Toussaint Quintet
Seven Arts
Gig , Jazz , Music
An older man faces a younger one and looks at him fondly. They are both wearing cricket clothes and are on a playing field.
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Playing Away
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Dr Olivia Wyatt
Tue 14 Oct 2025
50 Years On: Caribbean women and the Chapeltown Bonfire Night incident of 1975
The Rose Bowl
Heritage , Talk
Medium closeup of a woman in walking a field with her head covered by a t-short to protect her from the sun.
Tue 14 Oct 2025 - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Amakki
Hyde Park Picture House
Film
Still from one of the shorts in Young, Rebel and Black programme
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Young, Rebel and Black
Hyde Park
Film
A black man is pictured in motion with his profile central to the image, he is visible only from the waist up. The room is brightly lit and has white industrial features. He has short, dark, afro hair and is wearing an oversized black t-shirt. His right arm extends out in front of him, bending at the elbow, his hand reaches around, resting on the nape of his neck.
Tue 21 Oct 2025
blackmilk
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Dance , Performance , Theatre