Your guide to the best things to do in the city.
Light Night Leeds returns over the October half-term on 28 and 29 October, with free light installations, projections and performances across the city centre and the University of Leeds campus. The festival marks 400 years since Leeds received its first Royal Charter and runs from 6pm to 9.30pm both evenings.
No-phones bassline rave at The Warehouse where DJs play UK garage and bassline and phones are banned on the dancefloor.
Singer-songwriter Benjamin Steer plays live with guests at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds.
Friday and Saturday comedy cabaret night at Lost & Found Leeds Club, with pre-show drinks and a prosecco prize draw in the interval.
Live gig by Iguana Death Cult with support from Wax Head and Plonk! at Hyde Park Book Club in Headingley.
Beginners' birding guided walk led by RSPB staff and volunteers at RSPB St Aidan's, with a free hot drink in the Little Owl cafe.
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Leeds marks four centuries since its city charter with an international cultural programme. The LICA event on Saturday 24 October offers a free afternoon of traditional costumes, music and dance at Events North.
Hold Fast Bookshop is an independent bookshop housed in a restored 1946 coal barge at Leeds Dock. It sells new and second-hand books, gifts and plants, and it hosts author events. Opening hours and directions are included.
Beginner-friendly macramé workshop with Hannah Sibai where attendees learn knots and techniques to make their own plant hanger.
Beginner workshop led by Florence Hoy to hand-manipulate vintage Ordnance Survey maps into a unique sculptural lampshade.
Alternative Christmas party with rock, metal and punk music and local vinyl DJs, with a spooky winter solstice theme for over-18s.
Late-night party where Lift Your Feet and low notes share a bill of jazz, disco, electronic, hip hop, UKG, soul, funk and house.
Beginner memoir writing workshop for adults aged 18 and over, led by professional writer Chris Bartlett at Swarthmore Education Centre.
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Grand DĂ©part of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes with Zwift, starting on The Headrow in central Leeds before heading to Manchester.
Duran Duran play their first UK arena show in three years, with support from the psychedelic five-piece Pigeon.
Annual Christmas market with around 60 traders, food vendors, music, entertainment, and festive attractions including the Big Wheel and Ice Cube at Christmas.
A bold, award-winning production of Verdi's Rigoletto by Opera North, directed by Femi Elufowoju Jr, exploring the double life of a court jester.
Free light festival with more than 40 installations, including a six-part projection on Briggate and 'In Dual Light' on Leeds Civic Hall, under the theme 'A City SpeaksâŠ'.
