Look to the East, Look to the West, the new album by Camera Obscura, is a revelation. The Tracyanne Campbell-led outfit, reuniting with producer Jari Haapalainen (Let’s Get Out of This Country, My Maudlin Career), have crafted an album that simultaneously recalls why longtime fans have ferociously loved them for decades while also being their most sophisticated effort to date.
Jadu Heart are Diva-Sachy Jeffrey and Alex Headford, from London and Huddersfield respectively. Following in the footsteps of cult boy/girl bands before them such as Pixies, My Bloody Valentine and Belle and Sebastian, they have grown outside of the music industry slowly building their own world & an army of die-hard fans largely under the radar.
In November 2023, over 800 people from around the globe gathered in San Francisco for the Sundance Stompede, an LGBT+ country-western dance weekend that has been a cornerstone of queer culture for 27 years.
When Sam Amidon flew to Los Angeles late in the winter of 2024 to collaborate with Sam Gendel, he had a deceptively complex plan for their session: That is, he had no real plan at all. Amidon and Gendel had long been two members of a mutual admiration society.
Join Jaivant Patel, the charismatic Artistic Director of multi-award winning Jaivant Patel Company in conversation with Hannah Robertshaw (Yorkshire Dance). Jaivant will share his artistic vision, choreographic journey, creative influences and the stories behind his current and previous work.
Join AURA for a workshop of self-discovery transforming personal memories into artistic expression.
This interactive workshop invites self-reflection and discovery, tapping into personal experiences and memories before transforming these into creative expressions using movement, words and materials to break down and reimagine who we are.
We have linked up with Leeds Civic Trust this LGBT History Month for a walking tour of locations and venues integral to the LGBTQ+ community of Leeds. LGBT History Month's theme for 2025 is activism and social change and we think it's important to know where a community has come from to help it get to where it needs to go.
Join Alicia Meehan for this interactive workshop inspired by her latest work, What Adult Am I? Through movement, text, props, storytelling and creative tasks, Alicia and collaborator Lucy Harries invite you to explore themes of adulthood, societal conditioning, queer narratives and the freedom to be your unapologetic self.
We have linked up with Leeds Civic Trust this LGBT History Month for a walking tour of locations and venues integral to the LGBTQ+ community of Leeds. LGBT History Month's theme for 2025 is activism and social change and we think it's important to know where a community has come from to help it get to where it needs to go.
The tour will uncover sites from Leeds' Queer past along a route following the trail of Leeds Civic Trust's 2018 rainbow plaques. There will also be some bonus history thrown in - inspired by the West Yorkshire Queer Stories archive.
Join unapologetic Gujarati queer dancemaker Jaivant Patel, for a movement workshop unpacking notions of gender and challenging heteronormative constructs in contemporary society.