Barry Lyndon

Ryan O'Neal and Marisa Berenson star in Stanley Kubrick's lavish adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic 18th-century novel about the rise and fall of a sensitive and dashing rogue. Forced to leave Ireland after killing an English officer in a duel, handsome young Redmond Barry (O'Neal) seeks his fortune as a soldier in Prussia, as a spy then as a gambler living among the elite of Europe. He changes his name and marries an aristocrat (Berenson) for her wealth, but the acceptance he seeks finally eludes him.

Victorian Ballad Recitals

As part of our Heritage Open Day celebrations we are hosting a week of lunchtime recitals of Victorian Ballads, played and performed live by a host of enthusiastic volunteers. This series of lunch time recitals will take place on the 1st floor of Leeds Central Library in the new Music Library between 1-2pm every day from the 15th to the 19th of September 2025.

All are welcome to be entertained by performances of the often-comical pieces for piano in the beautiful setting of the library as part of the Heritage Open Days Festival.

Philosophy in Film: RoboCop

An era-defining cult phenomenon, Paul Verhoeven’s blistering sci-fi satire on the politics of corruption returns to the big screen, in all its hyper-violent, bombastic glory.

In an effort to stamp out crime in a dystopic, gang-ridden Detroit in near-collapse, the forces in power reconstruct the body of a policeman, killed on duty, within a steel shell and call it RoboCop. Plagued by memories of his death, he hunts down the supervillain responsible.

The Ceremony + Q&A

Two troubled migrant workers in a Bradford car wash are dragged into an escalating moral crisis as night falls. 

When two migrant labourers discover the body of an illegal colleague on site, they drive out to the isolated and unfamiliar hills to quickly dispose of the problem. When one demands to perform the dead man his rightful Islamic burial, nerves begin to fray and as the long and bitter winter night closes in on them, the two men must find a way to work out their differences if they're to stand any chance of saving themselves and their sanity.

SongShare with The Swan Song Project

We are very excited to invite you to attend our upcoming Songshare event!

Our Songshare events are a chance for people who have written songs with The Swan Song Project over the years (and/or their loved ones) to come together and share their songs. It is a beautiful place to celebrate these special songs and the people they are about. 

Everyone has a few minutes to speak about their song and then the group can listen to it all together, either the original or sometimes even a live performance!

Dave Finnegan's The Commitments

After packing out Leeds Irish Centre two years running, we welcome back Dave's band playing all the greats that made the film The Commitments such a huge success to this day.

Just like the movie, this live stage show sees a splendidly-cast group of incredibly-talented musicians share the stage with the energetic frontman – and star of the hit box office movie, Dave Finnegan. His superb, soulful voice delivers spectacularly in an acclaimed show that’s literally full of soul.

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Formed in 1917 in South Yorkshire, Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a British institution. National and British Open Champion on numerous occasions, the band received two gold discs and a BAFTA nomination for its contributions to the global hit movie Brassed Off. The band has long championed new music for brass and is noted for its diverse concert performances, including the FIFA World Cup, BAFTA Awards, BBC Proms, Eurovision, and London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

Programme details will be confirmed soon—please check leedsconcertseason.co.uk for updates. 
 

Gus Band

Originally known as the Munn and Felton Works Band, GUS Band has established itself as one of the leading brass bands, with a string of titles to its name and regular appearances at the National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall. Despite the changes in the band’s history over time, one thing that remains the same is the standards and ideals started by Fred Felton and his brother in 1933 when they formed the band and proclaimed: ‘We are going to aim high.’

Programme details will be confirmed soon—please check leedsconcertseason.co.uk for updates. 

KNDS Fairey Band

The KNDS Fairey Band is one of the most successful contesting brass bands in the world. Founded in 1937 by a group of employees at the Fairey Aviation Works in Stockport, the band achieved many musical successes under the brilliant direction of Harry Mortimer, its Musical Director for over thirty years. Since those early days, the band has won every elite band event on the contest calendar, including the National Championships of Great Britain on nine occasions and the British Open an incredible sixteen times.