Live in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen! The second Monday of the month
Readings by a different local published poet each month and this month were delighted to welcome Mark and Gill Connors – Mark and Gill will be reading from their debut joint collection ‘The Where We Were’, out now through Yaffle Press.
An exhibition by a dozen artists offering their work for sale. Buy and take it with you, or leave it on the wall to collect when you wish.
More art in the cafe too.
The last circus session of the year and as usual we are having a big party! (Picture is from last years party!)
To all the Circus loving folk of Leeds! All ages welcome, and all abilities, our youth circus group, our aerial classes, our adult club nights and our fans of things circus, join us and get festive!
What will we get up to?
UK Proms Weekend will coming to the stunning Harewood House near Leeds in 2025 as part of a UK wide tour of eight iconic historic locations including Whitby Abbey,Pendennis Castle and Carlisle Castle.
Featuring the sensational Dance Anthems Orchestra on Friday 20th June fresh from their sell out 2024 tour.
The UK Proms Weekend will be coming to the stunning Harewood House as part of a UK wide tour of eight iconic historic locations including Whitby Abbey, Pendennis Castle and Bolsover Castle.
Our 2025 Tour will feature:
- New set lists of the most loved classics from film and stage
- Well known hosts
- Incredible vocalists
- Support act
- Our new and improved huge stage with incredible sound system
- Bars including our very own Beartown Brewey draft lager and IPA bar.
- A selection of street food vendors
Embark on a journey of global folk songs and storytelling with The Apex Singers, the critically acclaimed vocal ensemble. Known for their intricate harmonies and gorgeous melodies, this live concert promises an unforgettable experience.
Witness Mark’s extensive knowledge live as he explores and details the instigation of the Victoria Cross, expels some of the myths, and presents some of the breathtaking stories of those men who have been awarded this country’s highest award for bravery.
While parenting teenagers, bogged down with knicker admin and considering dealing HRT on the black market, Kerry’s lost her mum bag but can’t remember what was in it as she’s outsourced her memory to her phone. The life of a middle-aged woman who hasn’t got the bandwidth for any of this.
Chin Music has two meanings. One is idle talk. The other is a brushback throw in baseball or cricket to intimidate the batter. Both describe Rich Hall’s comedy. Idle but intimidating. Sharp, quick, splenetic, and sublimely improvisational.
If you’ve never seen him, you need to hustle down to your local venue and grab a seat because he never disappoints. Ever.
Rich(ard) Dawson has drawn so many long drafts from the whirlpools of elemental North Eastern archetypes that he may now be one himself. Fearless in his research and willingness to follow his inspiration, Dawson has created an impressive catalogue of music and storytelling, steeped in both ancient myths and contemporary dread. A fog of sickness, trauma and mute inevitability inhabits his records and is often expressed in the havoc with which Dawson’s hands produce sounds from his long-suffering guitar, an instrument as bruised, individual and indefatigable as its owner.