Our Power

This performance weaves climate action, British Sign Language, and Bollywood dance into a vivid language of movement. It’s a celebration, a protest, and a prayer—where the body speaks for the earth, and silence moves louder than words.

 

Life Drawing Course - 4 Weeks

Northlight Arts Centre offer an abundance of courses and activities to enable the creative mind. Our Life Drawing workshops are tailored to the needs of each participant. Perfect for the beginner and advanced artists alike.

The models are exquisitely lit within our gallery space. Easels, drawing boards and materials all provided 

All Out Together Ball 2025

The All Out Together Ball is back and bigger than ever!

Join us on Saturday 21st June at The Queens in Leeds for a night of entertainment, celebration and fundraising all in support of Out Together!

The evening will be hosted by our very own Matt Jameson and filled with fantastic performances and a delicious three-course dinner.

You're invited to this fabulous evening where you can enjoy a VIP drinks reception on arrival before we entertain you throughout the night!
Tickets are £60pp all-inclusive, so book your places now!

Speaking to Ourselves for family holiday fun

Inspired by 'To improvise a Mountain' selected by artist Lynette Yiadom Boakye, Will Humphries and Spike Edwards (SPILL) have designed Artspace for families to express themselves in movement, light drawing and chatter to each other sat on special rocking chairs.

This half term holiday Tuesday - Friday, different free activities each day will be offered by gallery staff or artists to carry on the idea that art is a way of speaking to ourselves.

Climate Action Leeds Showcase

After five years of community-led activities, Climate Action Leeds invites the city to come together to celebrate our collective achievements. Thousands of people have been, and continue to take action to help create the sustainable city we deserve - one that is zero carbon, nature positive and socially just. This showcase event will offer a chance to recognise our successes, acknowledge key challenges, and share plans for our next steps.

The Sensation Novel: Sex and Scandal in the mid-Victorian Age

Explore the salacious side of the Victorians!

The Sensation Novel, a popular form from the 1860s and 1870s, is a challenge to our assumptions about the Victorians. Far from being narratives about propriety and happy marriages, sensational plots are filled with crime, adultery, bigamy and misbehaviour. Join us for discussions of the key sensational novels of the 1860s-70s. You may not have heard of all the novelists, but there is a world of Victorian naughtiness to explore.   

Library Live Open Mic

Grab the mic and say it with your chest at our open mic fundraiser

Whether you’re a poet or novelist, short-story writer, musician, stand-up comedian, or want to share a favourite piece of writing, the stage in our brand new event space awaits.

Sig-up for spots is on the night on a first-come, first-served basis, and strictly for a maximum of five minutes. Any accompaniment must be acoustic only. A paid bar will be available, as will a table for performers to sell books/CDs/merch directly to the audience. 

The Leeds Library Sleep Over

Spend the night in one of the country’s oldest libraries!

The Leeds Library on Commercial Street, Leeds, is a haven for readers, writers, and booklovers. Founded in 1768, its forever home in the heart of the city centre dates from 1808.

Housing a growing collection of 140,000 books, the Leeds Library Sleepover—back by popular demand—is your chance to immerse yourself in the library’s atmosphere, its labyrinth of shelves and bookcases, galleries, and basement. And who knows —one or other of our friendly spooks might put in an appearance.

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