Leeds and You events
Summer in Leeds 2025
Discover the events taking place in and around Leeds this season.
Week Commencing 30 June
Tuesday 1 July
Swarthmore Education Centre Pop-Up
- 11am to 3pm
- Unit 34, Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY
- Learn more about Kirkgate Market’s schedule for June
Yoga at The Attic
- 12 to 1pm
- 3 Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD
- Get your £6.13 ticket to Yoga at The Attic
Let’s Play… with language(s)
- 3 to 4pm
- Language Zone, Parkinson SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Oddsocks 2025
- 7.30pm
- RHS Harlow Carr, HG3 1QB
- Book Oddsocks tickets from £7-72
Wednesday 2 June
Wednesday Wake Up Yoga and Coffee
- 8 to 9am
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your £6.50 ticket to Wake up Yoga and Coffee
AHC Chill Study Session
- 9.30am to 12pm
- Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Building SR 12.05
- See the AHC Wellbeing x Interconnections Summer 2025 Programme
Explore Creative Textile Art with Ling
- 10am to 12pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your £3 ticket to Explore Creative Textile Art with Ling
Swarthmore Education Centre Pop-Up
- 11am to 3pm
- Unit 34, Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY
- Learn more about Kirkgate Market’s schedule for June
Write on Wednesday
- 12.30 to 3.30pm
- Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery
- Learn more about Write on Wednesday
Local Voices, Independent Media
- 1 to 2pm
- Leeds Central Library, Municipal Buildings, Calverley Street, LS1 3AB
- Get your free ticket to Local Voices, Independent Media
Language Zone Social
- 1 to 3pm
- Language Zone, Parkinson SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Weekly Sewing Studio
- 1 to 3pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Learn more about Weekly Sewing Studio
Talik: Batik as Indonesia’s Living Art
- 1.05 to 1.55pm
- The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery
- Book your free slot for Talik: Batik as Indonesia's Living Art
Let’s Explore Leeds
- 2 to 3pm
- Language Zone, Parkinson SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Keep Crafting
- 3 to 4pm
- Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH
- Learn more about Keep Crafting
Edek’s Doodle Chats July 25
- 3 to 9pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your free ticket to Edek’s Doodle Chats
Left Bank Plate Up - Pay As You Feel
- 6 to 8pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your ticket to Left Bank Plate Up
Zine Make and Share with Bethan
- 6 to 9pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your ticket to Zine Make and Share with Bethan
Art, Power & People: Art History Group with Amy
- 6.30 to 8.30pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your free ticket to Art, Power & People: Art History Group with Amy
Lino Printing Workshop with Megan Dobbyn
- 6.30 to 9pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your £27 ticket toLino Printing Workshop with Megan Dobbyn
Summer Festival 2025: Voices of the North – Tom Harris ft. Lucy-Anne Daniels and Anna Chandler-King
- 7pm
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Book your ticket to Tom Harris ft. Lucy-Anne Daniels and Anna Chandler-King
Queer on the Street Arts and Crafts Club
- 7 to 9pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Learn more about Queer on the Street Arts and Crafts Club
Lindsey Santoro & Jen Nolan – Work in Progress
- 7 to 9.30pm
- Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL
- Book £11 tickets for Lindsey Santoro & Jen Nolan
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Oddsocks 2025
- 7.30pm
- RHS Harlow Carr, HG3 1QB
- Book Oddsocks Tickets from £7-72
A Thing of Beauty
- 7.30pm
- Northern Ballet – Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, LS2 7PA
- Get your ticket to A Thing of Beauty
Thursday 3 July
Swarthmore Education Centre Pop-Up
- 11am to 3pm
- Unit 34, Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY
- Learn more about Kirkgate Market’s schedule for June
Throwback Thursday: Getting Around Town
- 2 to 4pm
- Abbey House Museum, LS5 3EH
- Find out more about events at Abbey House Museum
July Volunteer Session | Community Vegetable Garden
- 2 to 4pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your free ticket to Community Vegetable Garden
Let’s Chat
- 3 to 4pm
- Language Zone, Parkinson SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Go Figure – Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing
- 6 to 8pm
- Swarthmore Education Centre, LS3 1AD
- Get your £7.50 ticket to Go Figure – Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing
Craft and Create – Copper Embossing
- 6 to 8pm
- Leeds Discovery Centre, LS10 1LB
- Get your £25 ticket to Craft and Create – Copper Embossing
Cards or Die: Board Games Night
- 6 to 9pm
- Archive, LS3 1HD
- Book your free table to Cards or Die
Free Motion Machine Embroidery Taster Evening Workshop
- 6.30 to 8.30pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Get your £22.38 ticket to Free Motion Machine Embroidery Taster Evening Workshop
Drop Dead Gorgeous – Film Screening
- 6.30 to 11pm
- Wharf Chambers, LS2 7EQ
- Get your £5.42 ticket to Drop Dead Gorgeous
Summer Festival 2025: Voices of the North – Charlie Cooper and the CCs
- 7pm
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Book your ticket to Charlie Cooper & The CCs
Josh Jones and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Work in Progress
- 7pm
- Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL
- Get your £11 ticket to Josh Jones and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Alistair McGowan
- 7.30pm
- The Crown Hotel, Crown Place, HG1 2RZ
- Get your £25 to Alistair McGowan
Sofar Sounds
- 7.30 to 10.30pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your £20 ticket to Sofar Sounds
A Thing of Beauty
- 7.30pm
- Northern Ballet – Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, LS2 7PA
- Get your ticket to A Thing of Beauty
Friday 4 July
Sociable History Club: The Wonderful World of Miffy
- 10.30am to 12pm
- Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH
- Learn more about Sociable History Club
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Young Musician 2 – Charlotte Spruit
- 11am
- Wesley Centre, Oxford Street, HG1 1PP
- Get your £15 ticket to Charlotte Spruit
Swarthmore Education Centre Pop-Up
- 11am to 3pm
- Unit 34, Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY
- Learn more about Kirkgate Market’s schedule for June
Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes
- 12.15 to 12.45pm
- Mango Studio, LUU
- Learn more about Weekly Meditation Classes
Sketch Club
- 12.30 to 3.30pm
- The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
- Learn more about Sketch Club and other galleries events
Listening to Succeed at University, with Peter Matthews
- 1 to 2pm
- Language Zone, Parkinson SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Meet and Make
- 1 to 3pm
- Leeds Art Gallery, LS1 3AA
- Learn more about Meet and Make
Summer Festival 2025: Voices of the North – Love is a Spectrum, Neil Balfour and Jonathon Drummond
- 1.05pm
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Book your ticket to Love is a Spectrum: Neil Balfour and Jonathan Drummond
Presenting with Confidence
- 3 to 4pm
- Language Zone, Parkinson SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Summer Festival 2025: Voices of the North – Under the Cover of Night: Elizabeth Hardman, Beth Moxon and Jonathan Drummond
- 7pm
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Book your ticket to Under the Cover of Night: Elizabeth Hardman, Beth Moxon and Jonathan Drummond
Amy Annette and Grace Mulvey – Work in Progress
- 7 to 9.30pm
- Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL
- Get your £11 tickets to Amy Annette and Grace Mulvey
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Gigs at Gaia – Orchestra For The Earth
- 7pm
- St. Wilfrid’s Church, Duchy Road, HG1 2EY
- Get your £28 to Gigs at Gaia – Orchestra For The Earth
Saturday 5 July
5k Community Parkrun
- 9am
- Woodhouse Moor
- Register for Parkrun before attending
Beginners Sewing Workshop
- 10am to 12.30pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Get your £44.04 tickets for Beginners Sewing Workshop
Leeds Festival of Gothica: Alternative Market
- 10am to 4pm
- Leeds Kirkgate Market, Row J, Old Butcher’s Row
- Visit Leeds Festival of Gothica’s Instagram page
Paper, Collage and Stitch Textile Workshop with Hayley Mills-Styles
- 11am to 3.45pm
- Leeds Central Library, Municipal Buildings, Calverley Street, LS1 3AB
- Get your £24 tickets to Paper, Collage and Stitch Textile Workshop
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Our World – Family Workshop with Orchestra for the Earth
- 11.30am
- St. Wilfrid’s Church, Duchy Road, HG1 2EY
- Get your £2 tickets for Our World – Family Workshop
Waterfront Festival Party
- 12pm
- Brewery Wharf Tavern and Bar 212
- Learn more about Waterfront Festival Party
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Sublime Science’s Wacky Workshop
- 1pm
- St. Wilfrid’s Church, Duchy Road, HG1 2EY
- Get your £15 tickets for Sublime Science’s Wacky Workshop
RinkyDink Birthday Wax Melts Workshop
- 1pm to 3pm
- Castleton Mill, LS12 2DS
- Visit Little Crafty Crafts’ Instagram to find out more
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
- 2 to 4pm
- Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery
- Book £13.50 tickets to Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Young Musician 3: Jali Bakary Konteh
- 3pm
- St. Wilfrid’s Church, Duchy Road, HG1 2EY
- Get your £15 tickets to Jali Bakary Konteh
Pencil Case Making Evening Taster Workshop
- 6.30 to 8.30pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Get your £22.38 tickets to Pencil Case Making
Sunday 6 July
4 Hour Mosaic Taster Workshop
- 10am to 2pm and 11am to 3pm
- Seagulls Reuse, 129 Water Lane, Holbeck, LS11 9UD
- Get your £48.84 ticket to Mosaic Taster Workshop
Waterfront Festival Party
- 12pm
- Brewery Wharf Tavern and Bar 212
- Learn more about Waterfront Festival Party
Grandpa Poseidon
- 2pm
- Slung Low at The Warehouse in Holbeck, LS11 9RQ
- Get your Pay As You Feel ticket to Grandpa Poseidon
International Medieval Congress 2025: Second-Hand and Antiquarian Bookfair
- 4 to 9pm
- Leeds University Union Foyer
- Find out the confirmed booksellers and more
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Ahmed Dickinson
- 5pm
- St. Wilfrid’s Church, Duchy Road, HG1 2EY
- Get your £22 ticket to Ahmed Dickinson
Sean Morley – Work in Progress
- 7 to 9pm
- Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL
- Get your £11 ticket to Sean Morley - Work in Progress
Ian Smith – Work in Progress
- 7 to 9pm
- Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL
- Get your £11 ticket to Ian Smith - Work in Progress
International Medieval Congress 2025: Leeds University Union Medieval Society Film Night: The King
- 7 to 9.30pm
- University House: Beechgrove Room
- Learn more about Leeds University Union Medieval Society Film Night
Sketches [Life Drawing & Live Jazz]
- 7 to 10pm
- The Attic, 3 Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD
- Learn more about Sketches
HACS Harrogate Music Festival: Gigs at Gaia – The Marian Consort
- 8pm
- St. Wilfrid’s Church, Duchy Road, HG1 2EY
- Get your £28 ticket to Gigs at Gaia – The Marian Consort
Contact
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