You can’t go far wrong with a Malmaison hotel room, and the Malmaison Leeds arm is one of the best around. It’s based in a converted Victorian office block and boasts gorgeous rooms, with every stylish mod con you could possibly wish for. Not to mention the best-smelling range of toiletries of any hotel ever – trust us on this.
Part post-punk grit, part gothic spectacle, Dog Race are a strange and compelling presence in the UK’s alt underground.
From £11.00
Poor Creature reimagine centuries-old folk songs with dreamlike textures, earthy harmonies, and a subtle, timeless pull.
From £15.00
Take a cinematic journey across the city with Leeds Cinema Crawl.
From £8.00
Leeds’ Transform Festival is an engine room of powerful, urgent and trailblazing performance, visual arts, dance, conversations and adventure.
Free entry
Aaron Sorkin’s riveting, award-winning stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird comes to Leeds Playhouse this autumn.
From £16.50
Fragment and Form is an exhibition of sculpture by artists Emii Alrai, Mónica Mays and Dominique White at the Henry Moore Institute.
Free entry
Take a journey through 300 years of pub and brewing history in Leeds, with a heritage Pub and brewery tour.
From £35.00
Malmaison Leeds is a historic and dramatic building, full of character and individual style. Beautifully refurbished quirky bedrooms with power showers, blackout curtains and great beds.
Riveresque is a laid-back riverside café in the heart of Leeds.
Salem Chapel is a multipurpose venue for conferences, exhibitions, meetings and training days in Leeds.
Old Victorian pub, decked out with wood panelling and old tiling, specialising in real ale and quality pub food.
Forward-thinking restaurant and cocktail bar on Leeds’ bustling Call Lane. Named after the equally-excellent New Order album, but you knew that already, right?
The go-to place in Leeds when it comes to vibrant Mexican food and tequila-based cocktails and special one-off menus.
The Tetley Bar and Kitchen is a British restaurant based in the heart of Leeds, where all proceeds go towards supporting the venue’s artistic programme.
Marriott Hotel is a contemporary hotel in the city centre of Leeds. It boasts the largest indoor swimming pool in Leeds, a well-equipped fitness centre, and a sauna.
Authentic Italian pizza and skillfully-made cocktails at this new Italian restaurant on Cloth Hall Street in the centre of Leeds.
If you are passionate about real ale you would be foolish to pass by the Brewery Tap. Located just opposite Leeds train station it is in a prime spot for one last beverage before leaving the city.
For people who respect a good cup of coffee.
The autumn leaves might be falling already, but the harvest is plentiful as the live literature scene gets back into the swing of things after a summer break...
September and beyond brings culture, theatre, disgusting history and loads of fun.
This season’s theatre is gloriously eclectic: from radical cabaret and reinvented classics to new musicals and boundary-pushing performance.
Take some eating-out tips from our August guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
This month we recommend a season of Film noir, cult Australian movies and a huge celebration of DIY community cinema.
"Tours, tours, tours!" If this month's Tours and Activities guide were a sentient speaking person, this is what it would say.
10 fresh shows across Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, threading together noise, ritual, euphoria and release in all their messy, beautiful forms.
