Church Leeds is a Grade II-listed building close to the city’s centre and university.
Recently benefiting from a major renovation, it is a flexible event space – hosting club nights and live concerts for up to 780 people.
Northern Monk, one of Leeds’ best breweries, is kicking off the weekend with a brewery tour to kick start your Saturday afternoon.
From £20.00
Leeds is a city best explored on foot. With a local guide leading the way, this 90-minute walking tour offers an engaging introduction to a city.
From £12.00
A Doncaster-born composer transforms Leeds Art Gallery’s Central Court into a chapel built from sound, sculpture and inherited grief.
Free entry
British-French singer-songwriter Lauren Auder brings her second, post-industrial love album to YES Basement.
From £15.61
Take a journey through 300 years of pub and brewing history in Leeds, with a heritage Pub and brewery tour.
From £35.00
An electronic auteur, a veteran of the world’s major clubs, and the man who named electroclash – playing a pub in Todmorden.
From £13.20
Foundational British synth-pop band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark play in Rochdale, with support from Peter Hook and the Light and A Certain Ratio.
From £55.00
Thomas moves off the screen and onto the tracks in this immersive, steam-powered family railway adventure.
From £15.95
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is an accredited art museum at the heart of the University of Leeds campus.
The University of Leeds Public Art Trail includes works by Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, alongside contemporary artists.
Stage@Leeds is a public theatre situated at the heart of the University of Leeds campus, programming a wealth of contemporary performance both on and offline.
Leeds Beckett Student Union hosts big-name artists and supports students through events, live music, and a vibrant campus venue.
Northern Monk brewery opens its doors to guests at The Old Flax Store, where a mighty range of their beers are available to try.
The Leeds branch of the O2 Academy chain.
An award-winning public space and live entertainment venue in Leeds city centre.
Leeds’ main municipal library, housed in a Grade II-listed late 19th-century building on Headrow, next to the Art Gallery (which you can access via the rather lovely tiled cafe).
Fettle Cafe is a forward-thinking café on Great George Street, near Leeds General Infirmary. Its main attractions are the great coffee and its fresh, locally-sourced food.
Leeds City Museum is home to six galleries and collections including the 3,000 year old Ancient Egyptian Mummy Nesaymun, and the Leeds Tiger.
Leeds International Festival will host a Spiegeltent at Live at Leeds 2018 in Leeds’ Millennium Square.
From post-industrial romance to experimental country, here's a hot new batch of weird gigs in small venues.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Discover the summer's most rewarding theatre in libraries, pubs, Fringe venues and unexpected spaces across the North.
From local painting to Chinese folklore on film, sound art to otherworldly installation – this month's guide covers the full spectrum.
It's heatwave time, so set your small talk phasers to 'weather' and get out there and grab some cold drinks and delicious food.
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
