Leeds and You events

Discover the events taking place across Leeds in your third term.

Week commencing 2 June

Friday 6 June

2025 Further Education Show: Made It

Sociable History Club: Riots and Protests in Leeds

Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes

Guest Speaker: Day Tripping into the 60s and 70s with Steph Hoy

Forward Leeds Drug and Alcohol Advice Weekly Drop In 

Student Counselling and Wellbeing Feel Better Faster group

Community Choir

Presenting with Confidence 

Leeds Comedy Fest: Tiff Stevenson: Husband Material 

Phobia

Saturday 7 June

Get Out Get Active (GOGA) Walking Trip: Explore ambleside, Lake District

5k Community Parkrun 

Pottery Taster Session – Hand-building and Throwing on the Wheel 

Stained Glass Saturday Workshop with Same Yates 

2025 Further Education Show: Made It

Cyclist Magazine Presents: Leeds Track Day

Drawing with thread – Hand Embroidery and Applique Workshop with Hayley Mills-Styles 

Leeds Card and Tattoo Expo

Inspired by Temple Newsam: Tour and Meet the Artists 

Leeds International African Arts Festival: Heritage Walk with Joe Williams 

Yonder at the Castle

Leeds Comedy Fest: Kieran Hodgson Saves America – Work in Progress 

Inspired Music Night

Leeds Comedy Fest: Rob Auton, ‘CAN’ The Story of a Man Called Can – Work in Progress 

Pixiematosis 

Leeds Comedy Fest: Rob Mulholland: Allegations 

Sunday 8 June

LS6 Junk Yard Sale 

The Big Leeds Vintage Flea Market 

Leeds Card and Tattoo Expo 

Seven by Seven: Vinyl Record Social

Chloe Petts – Work in Progress 

Leeds Comedy Fest: Pierre Novellie – Work in Progress 

Summer in Leeds 2025

Discover the events taking place in and around Leeds this season.

Week commencing 9 June

Monday 9 June

Lindsey Burrow in Conversation with Carers Leeds

COMMUNI-TEA! 

Weekly Crochet Group 

Let’s Chat 

Global Cafe 

Leeds Comedy Festival: Tom Rosenthal – Work in Progress 

See You Naked Mondays | June 

SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic 

Monday Night Comedy 

Leeds Comedy Festival: Vittorio Angelone, You Can’t Say Nothing Anymore – Work in Progress

Tuesday 10 June

Yoga at The Attic 

Get Out Get Active: Social Run 

Period Pack Sewing Group 

Let’s Play... with words 

CrAFTERwork 

Leeds Comedy Festival: Alison Spittle, Big – Work in Progress 

Lauren Pattinson: Big Girl Pants 

Wednesday 11 June

Wednesday Wake Up Yoga and Coffee 

LUU Trips: Liverpool

Explore Creative Textile Art with Ling 

Plus Programme: Focus on your Finances – Budgeting 101 

Wildlife Wander 

AHC Wellbeing Cafe – Sunkissed Creations: Crafternoon

Weekly Sewing Studio 

Dante Reading Group 

Edek’s Doodle Chats

Mindful Yoga and Somatics 

Leeds’ Queer History Tour – City Centre Ticket, first tour of 2025! 

Left Bank Plate Up

Candle Making with Poppy Curtis

LGBTQ+ Felt Earring Making Workshop with Leeds LGBT+ Community Consortium

Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes 

Leeds Comedy Festival: Jessica Fostekew, Iconic Breath – Work in Progress

Thursday 12 June

Weekly Sewing Studio 

Meditation – Student Counselling Service 

Get Out Get Active: Social Run 

June Volunteer Session | Community Vegetable Garden 

XR Showcase 

Let’s Chat 

The Diversity Blog Launch 

Miffy’s 70th Birthday: Museum Lates 

Leeds Comedy Festival: Stuart Mitchell, Tips Not Included 

Sunny Side – Opening Night 

Friday 13 June

Guided Farm Tour 

Bretton Hall’s Legacies: Conversations on an Ethos of Learning and Teaching 

Weekly Meditation Classes

Meet & Make 

Presenting with Confidence 

Leeds Comedy Festival: Angelos Epithemiou – Can I Just Show You What I’ve Got?

The Second of Bite Back! Queer Childhoods Cabaret... How the Internet Made Me Gay!

Jack Skipper: Skint 2025 Tour 

Disco For Grown Ups | 90s/00s Dance Anthems

Lucy Beaumont and Friends 

Saturday 14 June

GOGA Walking Trip: Explore Flamborough and the Yorkshire Coast 

5k Community Parkrun 

Sparky Saturdays: Summer Styling 

1940s Weekend 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Bards Do Brunch – Poetry Share 

Leeds International African Arts Festival: Kuhmba Screening

Make a Miniature Polymer Clay Pet with Georgina Osborn

Bird Drawing and Construction with Michael Rios 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Northodox Press Fifth Birthday Bash

To Improvise a Mountain – Lunchtime Talks  

Play with Paint (Women Only) 

Play with Paint 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: The Worst Princess Opening Night 

June Family Disco with DJ Jonny Strangeways

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Voice of the Fans Now 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Dune - Science Fiction and the End of the Future with Writer and Critic JJ Charlesworth 

Church of Dance

Leeds Rhinos versus Warrington Wolves 

The Big 90’s Disco

Sunday 15 June

Yoga Brunch | June 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Community Book Swap with Novel Notions

Summer Picnic

Youth Collective – Sunday Special 

LS6 Junk Yard Sale 

LS6 Junk Yard Sale 

Leeds International African Arts Festival: Step into Africa 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Navigating the Publishing World: A Women’s Perspective 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: An Evening with Rosie Wilby

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Quiz by Gary Wigglesworth 

Week commencing 16 June

Monday 16 June

Home Education: Rocks and Fossils

2025 Undergraduate Show: Made It – Launch

Student Success Forum – Hope Circuits: Student Success and co-Creative Change in Times of Disruption

COMMUNI-TEA! 

Weekly Crochet Group

Let’s Chat 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Dirty LAUndry with Leeds Arts University 

Global Cafe 

The Poet Within – Performance Poetry Workshop with Jamie H Scrutton

Leeds International African Arts Festival: MAWANGA Dance Workshop. Move, Connect, Empower! 

See You Naked Mondays | June 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Zineophilia: the Zine Social Club 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Goth Night – The Darker Side of Books with Simon Price & John Robb

Monday Night Comedy 

Tuesday 17 June

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: The Poetry Chair

2025 Undergraduate Show: Made It

Leeds International African Arts Festival: Who Am I? North African Narratives 

Yoga at The Attic 

Public Art Walk and Draw 

Get Out Get Active: Social Run 

Let’s Play... with cards 

CrAFTERwork 

Radical Reading: Discussing Diverse Stories and Book Swap Social 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: James Nash: ‘Notes of Your Music’ 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: What Have You In Your Heart 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Wild Women Writing the North, Rachel Bower in conversation with Emily Zobel Marshall 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Love Is Not all – the story of Edna St. Vincen Millay 

Wednesday 18 June

Wednesday Wake Up Yoga and Coffee

Explore Creative Textile Art with Ling

2025 Undergraduate Show: Made It 

Inspired by Temple Newsam: Tour & Meet the Artists

Weekly Sewing Studio 

Willow Obelisk Workshop 

Dante Reading Group 

Edek’s Doodle Chats

Scrunchie Making Workshop 

Left Bank Plate Up 

Scrunchie Making with Jess G 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Esther’s Revenge 

Disco Boots Workshop with Poppy 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Embodied Word – Poetry, Movement, and Self-Exploration

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Poetry, Yorkshire & Beyond featuring Andrew McMillan and Maria Ferguson 

Northern Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet: Opening Night 

Thursday 19 June

2025 Undergraduate Show: Made It 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Learning from Esther’s Revenge 

Nature Recovery and Connections Conference

Get Out Get Active: Social Run 

June Volunteer Session | Community Vegetable Garden 

BBC News Workshop 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Our City, Our Lives, Our Stories – meet the authors

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Cosy Crime with a Windrush Flavour with debut author Mel Pennant 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: All the Other Mothers Hate Me: In Conversation with Sarah Harman 

Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park! 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Lucy Vine, Laura Wood & Rebecca Ryan in conversation

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Another Midsummer Cushion - Poetry Showcase 

Alphabet Soup 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Small Distractions Literary Salon

Friday 20 June

2025 Undergraduate Show: Made It 

Weekly Meditation Classes 

Leeds International African Arts Festival: Fusion x Leeds, Innovating at the Intersection of Art, Tech, and Business 

Meet & Make 

Presenting with Confidence 

Friday Night Creative Heaven feat. The Big Doodle Fundraiser 

Dance Anthems Orchestra

Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park!

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: But: Life Isn’t Like That, Is It? With Boff Whalley 

Leeds International African Arts Festival: Cinema Africa! - Wax Print 

Saturday 21 June

5k Community Parkrun

2025 Undergraduate Show: Made It 

Public Art Walk 

Shearing Demonstration 

Belgrave Feast 

Trans Saints Exhibition & Zine Launch 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Summer Solstice Book Fair

Leeds Anime and Gaming Con 2025 

Pyramid View On... Bramley Baths Exhibition 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: White Rabbit Books Showcase 

10th SAFAR Film Festival: A State of Passion 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: SI Leeds Literary Prize Showcase 

UK Proms in the Park 

Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park! 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Lence presents – Blur the Lines 

South Asian Arts: Leeds Summer Solstice 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: READATHON 

MTR Leeds 2025: The Musical Theatre Rave Revival! 

Sunday 22 June

4 Hour Mosaic Taster Workshop 

Shearing Demonstration

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Windrush Day with Howard Gardner 

Lord Halifax’s Legacy 

Leeds Anime and Gaming Con 2025 

Home Education Workshop: Ancient Romans 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Gemma Styles – Why Am I Like This? 

10th SAFAR Film Festival:  Watch Out for ZouZou

Leeds’ Queer History Tour – LS6 Ticket 

Leeds Lit Fest 2025: Boater, a life on England’s Waterways – Jo Bell 

Contact

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