As part of Leeds International Festival, the city’s Millennium Square plays host to a Spiegeltent this spring.
Dutch for ‘mirror tent’, the structure is a 400-capacity travelling cabaret venue that, in 2018, will host family events, as well as theatre productions and contemporary and classical music concerts.
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
With interactive encounters and live performance, Compass Festival is set to animate the city of Leeds once again this November.
Free entry
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
British-French singer-songwriter Lauren Auder brings her second, post-industrial love album to YES Basement.
From £15.61
Former black midi bassist Cameron Picton fronts a project that’s equal parts lush chamber pop and feral, goading chaos.
From £18.00
Thomas moves off the screen and onto the tracks in this immersive, steam-powered family railway adventure.
From £15.95
Steam trains, jump scares and swamp monsters. This East Lancashire Railway experience ticks a lot of boxes this October Half Term.
From £15
A major new production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s cult musical arrives at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre this autumn before heading down the M62 to Liverpool Playhouse for Christmas.
From £34.50
Leeds City Museum is home to six galleries and collections including the 3,000 year old Ancient Egyptian Mummy Nesaymun, and the Leeds Tiger.
A legendary Leeds venue, it had many rock stars grace its stage during the seventies. Today, it’s a home for local and regional artists and companies.
The Northern Market is a vibrant multi-purpose venue in the heart of Leeds, including a food hall and cinema room.
An award-winning public space and live entertainment venue in Leeds city centre.
Situated in the heart of Leeds, A Nation of Shopkeepers is a laid back bar, restaurant and events venue boasting a stunning, fully-contained outside courtyard.
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).
The Henry Moore Institute boasts one of Britain’s strongest public collections of sculpture, and ‘makes a significant impact on the future of art history’.
Comprising 147 sophisticated rooms and suites, this Leeds accommodation offers the desirable combination of a city centre location and historical character.
The Leeds branch of the O2 Academy chain.
Vue Leeds at The Light is a massive 14 screen multiplex located in the city centre. All the latest 2D and 3D movies.
Leeds Beckett Student Union hosts big-name artists and supports students through events, live music, and a vibrant campus venue.
Currently closed to the public as part of a huge £19.8 million refurbishment, scheduled to reopen in late 2025 / early Spring 2026.
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Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
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.
