Blending buzz-saw twin guitars, booming horns and a high-octane live set, Coldwave’s abrasive brand of post-punk is controlled in its chaos. The six-piece’s frantic instrumentation forms the landscape for uncompromising, half-spoken vocal delivery that captures the anxiety and mundanity of the day-to-day. Coldwave have asserted themselves in the South Australian music landscape over the last three years and are primed to cut their teeth over state borders in 2023.
“Fool’s Spring is a short period of time at the end of winter when the temperature warms temporarily making one believe spring is here only for the winter weather to return again.
The poetry of thinking a dark time is over only for it to return is something that resonates with the theme of the new album.
Leeds Conservatoire jazz graduate Sophie Speed on saxophone, showcases a passion for the jazz tradition. Jeff Hewer is a jazz guitarist and composer from Toronto, Canada who now lives in Leeds and has been playing for 20 years in many different musical settings – with duos, trios, quartets, and big bands. Together they draw inspiration from legends like Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane. With the Jazzleeds trio
Come over to Seven Arts bar for a drink and some lovely music
Payf collection
Stuart Garside and his 12 piece Nola Big band present The Harry Connick Jr Songbook. They will be swinging out live and delving into the songbook of one of the world’s greatest crooners, pianists, composers and arrangers of our time. The show will feature such hits as: “It had to be you”, “Recipe for Love”, “We are in love”, songs from the Grammy winning album “Songs I Heard” and much more.
Join us in the Seven Arts Bar for some holiday music and laughter! Come and sing/play your instrument, bring those last Christmas crackers or just watch the fun.
The trio will be the Jazzleeds House Band led by Chapel Allerton’s pianist wizard Andy Cholerton. Phil Green will be your MC. We invite you to come and join in – or just have a Twixmas drink at the bar and watch the fun!
Payf collection – 2pm-4pm in the Seven Arts Bar
Leeds Guild of Singers will perform a special Christmas concert on Sunday 15 December at 3pm at St John's Church in the village of Adel.
LGS is one of Yorkshire's finest chamber choirs, recently praised in audience feedback for its "wonderful purity of tone, accuracy of pitch and clarity of diction", and will perform an enchanting selection of works from the Christmas choral repertoire, which will surely warm your heart on a December afternoon.
Leeds Guild of Singers will perform a special Christmas concert on Saturday 7 December at 3pm at St Michael’s Church in the heart of Headingley.
LGS is one of Yorkshire's finest chamber choirs, recently praised in audience feedback for its "wonderful purity of tone, accuracy of pitch and clarity of diction", and will perform an enchanting selection of works from the Christmas choral repertoire, which will surely warm your heart on a December afternoon.
Headlining under the Dave Dray moniker for the first time, Dave and crew assures you, only the best music and finest local Leeds bands selected. Dave Dray: @davjamshutup Pharmacie: @pharmaciebandlds Crater: @crater.ls and Fishing.
Tickets - £5.
A night of festive music brought by Manchild Trio, Asher Freeman Quartet and Tincel.
We will be taking food donations for Rainbow Junktion! Free entry for those who bring food donations.
Leeds Baroque Orchestra, directed by Peter Holman return to the relaxed surroundings of The Old Woollen at Sunny Bank Mills for another exploration of the Italian Concerto. They are joined by two notable soloists: Gail Hennessy (Baroque oboe) and leader of the orchestra Asuka Sumi (Baroque violin) to perform a wide-ranging programme of music representative of Venetian taste in the late 17th - early 18th Century. Works by Vivaldi predominate but the programme includes Marcello’s popular Concerto in D minor and Albinoni’s Sonata a cinque in G minor, op.