Women | Music | Leeds takes you on a journey to explore women’s relationship with music in the city. We’ll learn about Leeds’s influential women musicians, like Big Band leader Ivy Benson, punk rockers Delta Five and Girls At Our Best, and Star Wars composer Angela Morley. We’ll revisit the places where women have danced the night away and the clubs that have put women’s needs first. And we’ll find out about some of the community-based projects that have supported and championed women to fulfil their musical dreams.

Leeds was living the indie highlife at the turn of the 20th/21st century: Kaiser Chiefs, Sky Larkin and ¡Forward Russia! were among the city’s bands reaching national and international acclaim. Now with the 20th anniversary of Kaiser Chief’s Employment coming up, join the musicians who were there to explore key venues of the New Yorkshire scene, to hear the inside story of ‘I Predict a Riot’ and understand what made – and continues to make – Leeds especially supportive for birthing new music.

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The relics of Saints Andrew, Columba and Margaret of Scotland will be visiting Leeds Cathedral from Monday 10th March until Sunday 16th March 2025.

It will be possible to visit the relics, which will be housed in the North Transept, outside the times of the advertised services and during the usual opening hours of the Cathedral.

The event is organised by the Knights of Saint Columba.

Guided Tours of Leeds Cathedral lasting about one hour.  

Come and experience the beauty and peace of this fine Arts and Crafts design Cathedral Church in the heart of the City of Leeds.

Join us for a programme of special tours exploring fascinating elements of Temple Newsam’s rich and varied history.  Subjects include power, art, costume and ghosts: these tours promise to reveal a different side to this magnificent house.

These tours will last between 1-1.5hrs.  Meeting point is the Great Hall, unless otherwise stated. Cost for the tours is £5 (plus house admission).

4, 5, 12, 19 October, 11am & 2pm

Join this spine-tingling tour and discover ghostly goings on at the big house, past and present.

Join us for a programme of special tours exploring fascinating elements of Temple Newsam’s rich and varied history.  Subjects include power, art, costume and ghosts: these tours promise to reveal a different side to this magnificent house.

These tours will last between 1-1.5hrs.  Meeting point is the Great Hall, unless otherwise stated. Cost for the tours is £5 (plus house admission).

Friday 1 August (Yorkshire Day), 11am and 2pm

Celebrate Yorkshire Day by exploring the local connections associated with Temple Newsam.

Join us for a programme of special tours exploring fascinating elements of Temple Newsam’s rich and varied history.  Subjects include power, art, costume and ghosts: these tours promise to reveal a different side to this magnificent house.

These tours will last between 1-1.5hrs.  Meeting point is the Great Hall, unless otherwise stated. Cost for the tours is £5 (plus house admission).

Saturday 26 July, 11am & 2pm

Join us for a programme of special tours exploring fascinating elements of Temple Newsam’s rich and varied history.  Subjects include power, art, costume and ghosts: these tours promise to reveal a different side to this magnificent house.

These tours will last between 1-1.5hrs.  Meeting point is the Great Hall, unless otherwise stated. Cost for the tours is £5 (plus house admission).

Sunday 22 June, 11am & 2pm