A visual arts centre hosting evening and daytime classes plus exhibitions with an on-site coffee shop.
Drawing inspiration from the Bowery district of New York, home to artists, musicians and poets, the Bowery provides a home for West Yorkshire’s artisitic community. A welcoming space to create and be inspired!
Leeds International African Arts Festival partners with Hyde Park Picture House this summer, with a pair of films scheduled as part of the cinema’s ongoing Cinema Africa! strand.
free entry
Slow Knife perform a brand new live score for Dario Argento’s iconic giallo as part of Leeds Jazz Festival.
from £11.50
Leeds live literature regular Chemistry offers an exciting mix of open mic acts and invited poets – this month the headliners are Helen Ivory and Luke Samuel Yates.
free entry
Sarah Roberts: SICK explores environments of care in her signature style of brightly coloured installations, spread across two galleries.
free entry
Get lost in the magical world of Hayao Miyazaki.
from £28.00
See Roger Ackling’s sun-marked wooden artefacts in the artist’s more comprehensive exhibition to date, at Leeds’ Henry Moore Institute.
free entry
Leeds International Concert Season is on a mission to push boundaries, expand horizons, and ask the question: ‘What haven’t we heard?’ as it presents its city-spanning Sound Out Leeds series.
from £10.00
The authentic Japanese cuisine of Tada brings delicious sushi, ramen, yakitori and bespoke cocktails to the heart of Leeds, in the form of their ‘casual yet elegant’ establishment.
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (commonly abbreviated as HEART) offers a varied programme of music, films, performance, literature and talks, as well as hosting Assembly Bar + Kitchen.
Located in Headingley, Cottage Road Cinema is the oldest remaining cinema in continuous use in Leeds.
Sebby’s Deli is a small friendly cafe set on Otley Road, Leeds, and specialising in homemade cakes and tailored sandwiches.
Headingley Lodge is a neat, no-frills hotel in which every room boasts a view of Headingley cricket stadium.
Greasy Pig is an upbeat, colourful café with a range of wild and wonderful menu offerings like cheese-topped savoury pancakes or tasty veggie feasts.
Wine. Beer. Arts. Food. Music. Coffee. Lots of events and even a webstore selling zines etc. Vegetarian menu served 10am to 10pm.
Laid-back hotel based in a quiet village just outside Leeds. Ideal for a relaxing stay with the family, away from the hustle and bustle of Leeds city centre.
Leeds’ Hyde Park Picture House: a cinema experience like no other
Left Bank Leeds is an arts and events venue based in the breathtaking former St Margaret of Antioch Church on Cardigan Road, a popular spot to congregate for gigs, festivals, workshops.
We've got laughs and we've got leftfield on the live literature radar this month. Something for everyone, from poets playing with form to short story writers looking long.
With these lighter, brighter days and warmer temperatures, it's really starting to feel like summer here in the North West!
Open air clubs, new festivals and long-awaited gigs. The North West's live music scene is heating up this spring.
Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.
Read our latest highlights from the live classical music offer in Manchester and the North, taking in a number of the region's most cherished orchestral forces and venues.
Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
Live scores, midnight movies and the latest from Wes Anderson are just some of our upcoming film highlights.
Spring is here and the North is buzzing with must-visit new restaurants and bars.
