Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.
Following their much-celebrated album, I Am Easy to Find, The National are bringing their melancholy alternative rock to Leeds’ First Direct Arena this December.
Oriental dining, live music and private karaoke, the upmarket Chinese restaurant Blue Pavilion is bringing the party to Leeds.
ibis Leeds City Centre Arena is a hotel that’s Yorkshire through and through. Brewed with the very best of Leeds and Yorkshire, this hotel’s bustling and modern like the city.
An independent bookshop specialising in literature across the LGBTIQA+ spectrum.
This music hall and canteen recently opened in the former site of Leeds Children’s Palace – a three-storey recreation hall and nursery school.
Jumbo Records is Leeds’ number one independent record store, with these large premises occasionally featuring in-store events with a bountiful record collection and coffee.
With a great mix of retailers over two levels including fashion, gifts and food, plus its own secure car park, St Johns Centre makes shopping in Leeds easy
The Brunswick offers great food, shabby chic decor and a whole range of real ales and craft beers on tap.
Surfing the nouvelle vague.
The Leeds branch of the O2 Academy chain.
Vintage Tearoom’s customers are treated to a diverse range of speciality teas and cold refreshments, all served with fresh-baked scones and cakes.
Irish post-punk firebrands M(h)aol return to Liverpool this September, bringing their raw, rhythm-driven new album Something Soft to Future Yard.
From £15.68
UrbanArtistry is back for a second season starting with a behind the scenes account of Rome’s most wanted street artist in The Art of Disobedience.
From £7.50
Skee Mask, the producer behind some of the most inspired electronic music of the past decade, returns to The White Hotel.
From £11.00
Expect a jam-packed day of outdoor performance, live music, family fun – plus Preston’s iconic Torchlight Procession and fireworks finale.
Free entry
10 artists fight for the champion title at this year’s Art Battle Mcr with a ‘back to school’ theme, in Stockport.
From £17.50
Questlove’s thumping documentary account of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival screens alongside music from Northern Soul DJs.
From £5.00
One of the most urgent voices in alt-punk right now, SPRINTS are heading to The Jacaranda for an intimate in-store show and signing.
From £19.50
Dialled In, the artist-led collective dedicated to South Asian expression, return to Manchester with a unique triple bill at Band on the Wall.
A host of Halloween horrors, experimental shorts, plus pioneering black British cinema make our October Cinema Guide.
Theatre this month bursts with contrasts - from bold new writing and Black History Month highlights to contemporary arts and reimagined classics.
Galleries around the North are gearing up for a new season of exhibitions - from iconic art prizes to smaller, artist-led gems.
From corrupted shoegaze to experimental electronica, post-hardcore to Indian classical, these are the shows that should be on your radar.
"Tours, tours, tours!" If this month's Tours and Activities guide were a sentient speaking person, this is what it would say.
Take some eating-out tips from our August guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
September and beyond brings culture, theatre, disgusting history and loads of fun.
