Leeds and You events

10am-4pm: 

The Only Wrap to Bee – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

12:15-12:45pm:
Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes - Mango Studio, LUU 

12:30-13:15pm:
Archivist’s Talk – Commemorating VE Day: M&S and the War Effort - Marks and Spencer Archive, Western Campus 

12:30-15:30pm:
Sketch Club - The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery 

1-3pm:
Maker Club - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 

1:05-1:55pm:
Student Showcase - Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall 

2-3pm:
Student Counselling and Wellbeing Feel Better Faster Group – Group Room, Student Counselling and Wellbeing, 19 Clarendon Place 

2:05-3pm: 

United in Music 2025, Celebrating Black Music: Carnival Troupe – from Edit Room to School of Music 

3-3:10pm: 

United in Music 2025, Celebrating Black Music: Welcome & Thanks – Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall 

3-4pm: 

Presenting with Confidence – The Language Zone, Parkinson SR 2.31 

3:10-4pm: 

United in Music 2025, Celebrating Black Music: Student Showcase, Jen Townsend & Ellie Stainsby-Grenville - Clothworkers Bar 

5:30pm:
Choral Music at Rush Hour - Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall 

6-10pm:
Young Musicians 4 Palestine - Hyde Park Book Club, 27-19 Headingley Lane, LS6 1BL 

Tickets are £8.30 

6:30pm:

Nevermore – Alec Clegg Studio 

Tickets are £10, concessions £8 

7-8pm: 

United in Music 2025, Celebrating Black Music: Open Decks, Kalila Hambloch (DJ) - Clothworkers Bar ​​​​​

7:30-10pm:
Paint Can Gogh’s Starry Night - Dakota Leeds, 8 Russell Street, LS1 5RN 

Tickets are £35.99

8pm:

Present Laughter – Stage One 

Tickets are £10, concessions £8 

9:45-4:45:
LUU Trips: Knaresborough and Mother Shipton’s Cave - meet at Parkinson Steps 

Tickets are £27 

10am-4pm: 

Leeds Record Fair – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

10am-4pm:
Community Gardening Event - Brudenell Primary School View, LS6 1EW (20 min. walk from campus) 

10am-4pm:
Sparky Saturdays: Design and Dance! – Marks and Spencer Archive, Western Campus 

10am-4pm:
Leeds Brick Festival May 2025 - New Dock, Armouries Drive, LS10 1LT 

Tickets are £5-18 

1-2pm:
Her Melody: Charity Piano & Chamber Music Concert to Promote Female Composers - Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall 

2-4pm:
Life Drawing with Rob Oldfield - Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery 

Tickets are £13.50 

6:30pm:

Nevermore – Alec Clegg Studio 

Tickets are £10, concessions £8

7pm:
An Evening with Robert Macfarlane & Amy-Jane Beer in Leeds - Waterstones, Albion Street, LS1 5JS 

Tickets are £5-28

8pm:

Present Laughter – Stage One 

Tickets are £10, concessions £8 

9am:
Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon - AMT Headingley Stadium, LS6 3BR 

10am-3pm:
Craft Markets - Temple Newsham, LS15 0AE 

12-2:30pm: 
Instructor Led Cycling Ride Around Open Gardens Day Sites - King Lane Park and Ride, LS17 7AG 

12-3pm:
Leeds Heritage Pub and History Walk - City Square, LS1 2HT 

Tickets are £20 

3-9pm:
Beltane Celebration with Georgia Buchanan and Alana Middleton - Meanwood Institute, 94 Green Road, LS6 4LD 

Tickets are £11.55-27.80 

7-10pm:
Sketches (Life Drawing & Live Jazz) - The Attic, 3 Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD 

11am – 12pm:

Biodiversity Monitoring – Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens

11:30 – 3pm:

Rainbow Junktion PAYF Community Cafe – All Hallows Church, LS6 1NP

12:00-13:00:

Introduction to Self-Recording - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 

12:30:

COMMUNI-TEA! - Emmanuel Centre, LS2 9JT 

13:00 – 14:00:

Introduction to Podcasting – HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner

13:00 – 14:00: 

Weekly Crochet Group - Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU

17:30 – 19:30: 

Global Cafe – Common Ground, LUU

18:30 – 20:30: 

Crap Art Club - Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, LS6 3HN

Tickets are £8.50-11.55 

19:00:

 Pub Quiz - Water Lane Boathouse, LS11 5PS

£5 entry per team 

10:00- 16:00 

Black Leaders Programme Grit & I See Myself: Empowering Black Voices – Fairbairn House Suite A Rm 4 and 5 (G.04), University of Leeds Clarendon Road Leeds LS2 9PL 

Pre-workshop Zoom information sessions available, email emma@grit.org.uk to find out more.

10:30 – 11:30: 

Guided Farm Tour – Temple Newsam, LS15 0AE

Tickets are £3

10:30 – 12:00:

Getting Started with Unity VR Development - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner

12:00 – 13:00:

Yoga at The Attic - 3 Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD

Tickets are £8.50

12:00 – 13:30:

Public Art Walk and Draw - The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

13:00 – 14:00:

T-Shirt Printing Induction - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner

13:00 – 15:00:

Period Pack Sewing Group - Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU

17:00 – 18:00: 

Laser Cutting Induction - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner

8-9am:
Wednesday Wake Up Yoga & Coffee | May – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

Tickets are £6.50 

10am-12pm:
Explore Creative Textile Art with Ling – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

Tickets are £3 

12-1pm:
Wildlife Wander - Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens 

12-2pm:
AHC Wellbeing Cafe: Felt and Flourish: Creating Felt Crafts - Helix Makerspace, Level 7, EC Stoner 

12:30-3:30pm:
Write on Wednesday - Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery 

1-3pm:
Campus Gardening Sessions – Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens 

1-3pm:
Weekly Sewing Studio - Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU 

1:30-2:30pm:
Dante Reading Group – Wilson Room, Emmanuel Centre, LS2 9JT 

2-4pm:
Wellbeing: British Sign Language Training - Room 5, LUU 

3-4pm:
3D Resin Printing Induction - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 

3pm-9pm:
Edek’s Doodle Chats | May 25 – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

4-5pm

BBC News Workshop – Parkinson Building SR 2.31

6pm:
Make and Glaze Your Own Pinch-Pot Workshop with Ceramic Room - Water Lane Boathouse, LS11 5PS 

Tickets are £33 

6:30-8:30pm:
Scrunchie Making with Jess G | May 25 – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

Tickets are £15 

7-8pm:
LGBTQ+ Collaging Workshop with Leeds LGBT+ Community Consortium – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

7-8pm:
“Silver-Zine” Zine Launch by Shannon Kee | CULTURE SPOTLIGHT – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

PAYF 

7-9:30pm:
The History of Witchcraft and Feminism - The Wardrobe, 6 Saint Peter’s Square, LS9 8AH 

Tickets are £14.25

10am-4pm: 

The Only Wrap to Bee – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

11:30am-3pm: 

Rainbow Junktion PAYF Community Cafe – All Hallows Church, LS6 1NP 

12-1pm:
Student Counselling and Wellbeing Meditation group - Room 6, Second floor, LUU 

1-1:30pm: 

FREE 15 Minute Meditation Session – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

1-2pm:
VR Gaming, including Omnideck – HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 

1-2pm:
Volunteering Drop In – Crossroads, LUU Union Square 

1-2pm:
Bike Maintenance: Adjusting Gears – Bike Hub 

2-3:30pm:
XR Spotlight: Using the Omnideck – HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 

2-4pm:

May Volunteer Session | Community Vegetable Garden – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

10am-4pm: 

The Only Wrap to Bee – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

10am-4pm: 

Health and Wellbeing Networking Event – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

11am-1pm:
Design a personalised embroidery pattern! - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 

12-1pm:
Biodiversity Monitoring - Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens 

12-1:30pm:
Peregrine Show and Tell 2025 – Imagine Leeds, 9 Blenheim Terrace, Ground Floor (G.01) 

12:15-12:45pm:
Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes - Mango Studio, LUU 

12:30-3:30pm:
Sketch Club - The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery 

1-5pm:
XR Development Zone Drop In - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 

2-3pm:
Student Counselling and Wellbeing Feel Better Faster group - Group Room, Student Counselling and Wellbeing, 19 Clarendon Place 

3-4pm:

Presenting with Confidence – Parkinson Building, SR 2.31

5pm:
Varsity 2025: Rugby League - AMT Headingley Stadium, St Michael’s Lane, LS6 3BR

7-10pm:
Swing Night with Frankly Jazz - The Attic, 3 Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD 

Tickets from £11.55 

7-12pm:
Mad World Special | 80s Synth & Alternative – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

Tickets are £8-10 

8pm:
Leeds Rhinos vs. Hull FC - AMT Headingley Stadium, St Michael’s Lane, LS6 3BR 

07:15am-8pm:
LUU Trips: Cambridge - meet at Parkinson Steps 

Tickets are £39 

10am-4pm: 

Makers Market – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

10am-4pm:
Be Curious: The Supply Chain Challenge! - Marks and Spencer Archive, Western Campus 

10-11am:
Be Curious Quiet Hour – University of Leeds, LS2 9JT 

11am-4pm:
Be Curious 2025 – University of Leeds, LS2 9JT 

11am-4pm: 

Tango Dance Event – Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY 

12-1pm:
Be Curious 2025: Make Your Own Board Game Workshop – Helix, Level 7, EC Stoner 

1am-9pm:
EMOM Festival 2025 - Society, 14 Swinegate, LS1 4AG 

Tickets are £3.96 

2-9pm:
Handley’s High Tea - AMT Headingley Stadium, Saint Michael’s Lane, LS6 3BR 

Tickets ate £54.88 

10am-4pm:
LS6 Junkyard Sale May – Left Bank, LS6 1LJ 

11am-2pm:
Blossom Festival: The Big Picnic - Headingley Community Orchard, LS16 5JT 

12-4pm:
Second Hand Sunday to raise funds for the Good Law Project - The Bookish Type, 77a Great George Street, LS1 3BR 

6:30pm:
The Attic Presents: Simeon Walker + Nat Bartsch – The Attic, 3 Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD 

Tickets are £11.55