Absolutely Made Up

(Jack Flash & Jamettone)

World champion freestyle rapper Jack Flash joins forces with live hip-hop jazz band Jamettone for a one-of-a-kind improvised experience. Fuelled by audience suggestions and the moment’s energy, no two shows are ever the same. Expect razor-sharp wordplay, electrifying live instrumentation, and an unforgettable night where anything can happen.

HashFinger

DJ set from WY’s own globally renowned hip-hop producer

Oliver Rees with DJ Agent M

Two shining stars of local hip-hop talent

ExP

We are proud to announce that Leeds Legend, Kevin Sinfield will be joining us in the shop again to meet fans and sign copies of the paperback publication of Try.

Try, by fundraising heroes, rugby legends and best friends Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield, is a big-hearted picture book about a friendship between two young boys. What makes someone a hero? That’s what best friends Rob and Kevin are trying to find out.

Offshoots is at The Vinyl Whistle for the first time, featuring Jack Williams and Elio Tome, Oli Reeves and Joe Cross.

Combining the detailed synth work and live looping of Elia Tomé with the ambient soundscapes and striking string textures of Jack Williams. This collaboration fuses elements to create evocative and rich sonic landscapes, bore from guided improvisation combined with audio visual elements.

Come join us at The Old Fire Station for an evening full of up-cycling, mending and reusing clothes. 

Drop in workshops led by Angie from The Curious Closet, Kim from Darn It and Harriet from Leeds Beckett University. 

Let's celebrate the power of fashion to create positive change in the world together. See you there!

The film is a fictionalised portrait of the late “avant-garde and misunderstood” artist Audrey Amiss, starring Monica Dolan as the artist and Kelly Macdonald as her fictional psychiatric nurse.

Carol Morley’s warm and sympathetic film imagines the artist, whose mental illness curtailed her ambitions, on a tragicomic road trip to exhibit her work. The Guardian

Tickets ££6.50/£5.50 concessions available from HEART reception and online

Dir Carol Morley/1hr 48mins/Certificate 12A/2022

Doors 7pm Film 7.15pm

Live in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen!

Readings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome TIM BROOKES.

Tim has lived in West Yorkshire most of his life. He started writing after recovering from a Stroke in 2017. Now he helps run a food bank and Under the Lobby Lights (previously Getting Gobby in the Lobby) spoken word night in Wakefield. His first pamphlet Taking 6 away from 100 was published in December 2023.

Sheffield's Pink Lemonade Roller Disco are teaming up with Leeds' LS-TEN and The Skate Scholarship to put on the official Northern Roll Warm Up Roller Disco. Practice your moves and get into the groove ahead of the main event in August!

THE HUNCH – Hard Hitting Irish, Americana & Latin Folk with a generous dash of humour.

Advance tickets £7/£6 concessions available from HEART reception and online

On the door, on the night from 5pm £10/£9 concessions.

Doors 7.00pm Music 7.15pm.

Formed in the summer of 2015 by US Grammy Nominated ex Acoustic Alchemy drummer John Shepard, this union of fully professional, experienced musicians take their inspiration from the late 60’s/early 70’s American West Coast singer songwriter era, playing well known songs from artists such as Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Eagles, The Byrds, James Taylor, and Buffalo Springfield…

Rewind to the Counterculture Woodstock Generation, and enjoy a great playlist of ‘Laid Back California Country Rock’.

Union Members are:

Rob Watkins – acoustic guitar / lead vocals

New Folk Award winning songwriter, Rachel Laven performs a blend of Texas Folk and Americana music.  A positive force of nature on stage, Laven not only captivates with her smiling lyricism, but with her electric vocals and accomplished guitar work. She calls Nashville, Tennessee home these days, but her roots are deep in Texas where she was born and raised. Laven is currently building a team to produce her third album titled, Hard Truths.

Advance tickets £7/£6 concession available from HEART reception and online

OTD on the night from 5pm £10/£9 concession