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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