Housed in the medieval Kirkstall Abbey’s magnificent former gate house, Abbey House near Leeds is an award-winning museum of social history and childhood. Take a stroll along the recreated Victorian streets of 1880s Leeds, and rediscover the toys and games of the past.
Threshold presents Hannah Platt: Playing Out, a humorous blend of photography and sculpture in the form of an outdoor installation.
Free entry
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
Get literarily lit with Gary Wigglesworth and the Leeds Literary Festival 2025 quiz at Hyde Park bookclub.
From £7.50
Meg Erridge asks what it means to live without direction in her first solo exhibition ‘Drift’ at Assembly House in Leeds.
Free entry
Emerging from a four-year crucible of creative tension and personal reckoning, Brooklyn shoegazers DIIV return to Leeds.
From £22.50
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
Founded in 1152, Kirkstall Abbey on the bank of the River Aire is one of the most complete examples of a medieval Cistercian monastery in Britain.
Sebby’s Deli is a small friendly cafe set on Otley Road, Leeds, and specialising in homemade cakes and tailored sandwiches.
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.
Headingley Lodge is a neat, no-frills hotel in which every room boasts a view of Headingley cricket stadium.
Located in Headingley, Cottage Road Cinema is the oldest remaining cinema in continuous use in Leeds.
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.
Weetwood Hall Estate is 17th century manor house that has been repurposed into a modern luxury hotel.
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.
Threshold is an artist-led project space for sculpture, located in the front garden of a traditional back-to-back house in Burley, Leeds.
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.
Gigs are coming in hot this spring – from long-awaited returns to one-off happenings you’ll blink and miss (unless you’re paying attention).
From city-wide art festivals to open-air sculptural installations, we have exhibitions from all around the North, both indoors and out.
Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.
With these lighter, brighter days and warmer temperatures, it's really starting to feel like summer here in the North West!
Books, beer and burlesque. Dive into a glorious tangle of joyful happenings.
The sun is shining in the North, so use our guide to get out there and eat, drink and be merry in it.
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.
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.
