Leeds and You events
Discover the events taking place across Leeds in your third term.
Monday 28 April
09:00-17:30:
Royal Armouries Conference 2025 – Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, LS10 1LT
Tickets are £22-55
12:30:
COMMUNI-TEA! – Emmanuel Centre, LS2 9JT
13:00-14:00:
Introduction to Podcasting – HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
13:00-15:00:
Weekly Crochet Group – Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU
16:00-17:00:
Let’s Chat – The Language Zone, Parkinson Building, Level 2, SR 2.31
16:30:
Varsity 2025: Monday Fixtures – Leeds Beckett Arena, Headingley Campus
17:30-19:30:
Global Cafe – Common Ground, LUU
17:30-20:00:
Varsity 2025: Colour Run – LUU Precinct
18:00-22:00:
Open Mic Night – Old Bar, LUU
19:00:
Belgrave Listening Group #67 – Sade Special – Belgrave Music Hall, LS2 8JP
Pub Quiz – Water Lane Boathouse, LS11 5PS (£5 per team)
Tuesday 29 April
13:00-14:00:
Language, Culture and Business Secrets: Guest Lecture with owner of Chinese Surfing! - online
3D Resin Printing Induction - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
13:00-15:00:
I See Myself Workshop: Campus to Career Pathways - 11-14 Blenheim Terrace SR (G.12)
15:00-15:30:
Mindful Movement - Teaching Room 1, Laidlaw Library
16:00-17:00:
Creative Workshop: Wearing Oneself is in Fashion, but Who? - The Language Zone, Parkinson Building, Level 2, SR 2.31
17:30:
Varsity 2025: Tuesday Fixtures - Sports Park Weetwood
18:00-19:00:
The Marketing Meetup IRL - Glean, 4 The Boulevard, Leeds Dock, LS10 1PZ
PAYF entry: £3-30
19:00:
A Spellbinding Evening with Georgia Leighton in Leeds - Waterstones, Albion Street, LS1 5JS
Tickets are £5-20
19:00-22:30:
The Big Fat Domino Quiz - The Domino Club, Unit 7, Grand Arcade, LS1 6PG
Tickets are £13.70
19:30:
Lay Down Your Burdens - Wisbey Park, BD6 3QD
Tickets cost £10
Wednesday 30 April
10:00:
Titanic Exhibition Leeds - Royal Armouries, LS10 1LT
11:00:
Varsity 2025: Wednesday Fixtures - Various venues
12:00-14:00:
AHC Wellbeing Cafe – Make Your Mark: DIY Bookmark Making - Helix Makerspace, Level 7, EC Stoner
12:30-15:30:
Write on Wednesday - Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery
13:00-15:00:
Weekly Sewing Studio - Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU
13:30-14:30:
Dante Reading Group - Wilson Room, Emmanuel Centre, LS2 9JT
14:00-16:00:
Wellbeing: British Sign Language Training - Room 5, LUU
15:00-16:00:
T-Shirt Printing Induction - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
15:00-17:00:
Language Exchange Event: English, Spanish, Mandarin - The Language Zone, Parkinson Building, Level 2, SR 2.31
16:30:
Varsity 2025: Rugby Union FINALE - Headingley Stadium
16:30-17:00:
Music Public Lecture: I Got Rhythm, I Got (Some) Music – Reconstructing Musicals as Critical Editions - Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
17:00-18:00:
3D Filament Printing Induction - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
18:00:
Belgrave Book Group - Belgrave Music Hall LS2 8JP
18:30-21:30:
Create and Date – Inclsuive Speed Dating - Headrow House, 19a The Headrow, LS1 6PU
Tickets are £13.70
19:00-21:00:
Mosaic Workshop - Kirkstall Forge, Number One Great Exhibition Way, LS5 3BF
Tickets are £31.05
19:00-22:00:
Project Phoenix - Hyde Park Book Club, 27-29 Headingley Lane, LS6 1BL
Tickets are £6.13
19:30:
Lay Down Your Burdens - Wisbey Park, BD6 3QD
Tickets cost £10
Thursday 1 May
12:00-13:30:
Student Counselling and Wellbeing Meditation group - Room 6, Second Floor, LUU
13:00-14:00:
VR Gaming (including Omnideck) - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
Volunteering Drop In - Crossroads, LUU Union Square
13:00:
Meet James Holland and Al Murray in Leeds! - Waterstones, LS1 5JS (£22)
14:00-15:00:
Getting Started with Unity VR Development - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
16:00-17:00:
Let’s Chat - The Language Zone, Parkinson Building
18:00-20:00:
Go Figure – Monthly Self-Led Life Drawing (May) - Swarthmore Education Centre, LS3 1AD (£7.50)
Friday 2 May
10:00-16:00:
Beginners Pastel Pencils Workshop – Field Mouse and Wheat Heads - The Craft House, Bingley, BD16 2HT
Tickets are £80
10:30-12:00:
Sociable History Club: Leeds Goth - Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH
11:00-12:30:
Introduction to Blender - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
12:00-13:00:
Biodiversity Monitoring - Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens
12:15-12:45:
Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes - Mango Studio, LUU
13:00-15:00:
I See Myself – Campus to Career Part 2: Day 1 at Work - 11-14 Blenheim Terrace SR (G.12)
13:05-13:55:
Emma Rawicz and Gwilym Simcock - Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
14:00-15:30:
XR Development Zone Drop In - HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner
14:00-15:00:
Feel Better Faster group - Student Counselling and Wellbeing, 19 Clarendon Place
14:30-16:00:
Community Choir - Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH
15:00-16:00:
Presenting with Confidence - The Language Zone, Parkinson Building
17:30-19:30:
Make It Social: Wearable Protest Art - Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery
18:00:
LSTwo: a concert with a memorial performance of Sandy Goehr’s Manere for clarinet and violin - Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
19:00-20:00:
Drumming Circle - Studio 6, Scott Hall Mills, LS7 2HT
Tickets are £11.55
Saturday 3 May
10:00-13:00:
Stencil Printed Lampshade Workshop with Millie Rothera - The Craft House, Bingley, BD16 2HT
Tickets are £55
10:30-14:30:
Beginners Watercolour – Ocean Life - Bowery, LS6 2AL
Tickets are £60.29
10:30-16:30:
Yorkshire Vegan Festival – Pudsey 2025 - Pudsey Civic Hall, LS28 5TA
Tickets are £5.60-16.54
19:00:
An evening with Terry Deary in Leeds - Waterstones, LS1 5JS (£5-14)
Tickets are £5-14
Sunday 4 May
09:00-17:00:
May the 4th be with you – England Roller Derby - The Edge, Willow Terrace Road, Woodhouse, LS2 9JT
Tickets are £11.55-33.22, free for children 11 and under.
11:00-13:30:
Book Club + Poetry Painting - The Wild Orchard, 119 Westgate Hill Street, BD4 0SF
Tickets are £10
16:00:
Varsity 2025, Ice Hockey - Planet Ice Leeds
19:00:
Boathouse Bingo - Water Lane Boathouse, LS11 5PS
£5 entry per team
19:00-23:30:
Divas Bingo: Bank Holiday Special - Archive, 94 Kirkstall Road, LS3 1HD
Tickets are £7.21-9.38.
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Contact
If you have any questions or feedback about Leeds and You events, email the Leeds and You team at leedsandyou@leeds.ac.uk.