Leeds and You events
Summer in Leeds 2025
Discover the events taking place in and around Leeds this season.
Week Commencing 23 June
Thursday 26 June
Get Out Get Active: Social Run
- 12.05 to 12.45pm
- Meet at Cromer Terrace Studio
- Sign up for a social run
Wu Qin Xi
- 12.15 to 12.45pm
- Jade Studio, Leeds University Union
- Find out more about Wu Qin Xi
Football Heritage and Fandom: A Research Showcase
- 1 to 2pm
- Leeds Central Library, Municipal Buildings, Calverley Street, LS1 3AB
- Get your free ticket to the football heritage and fandom exhibition
Dante Reading Group
- 1.30 to 2.30pm
- Wilson Room, Emmanuel Centre
- Find out more about the Dante reading group
June Volunteer Session, Community Vegetable Garden
- 2 to 4pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your free ticket to June Volunteer Session, Community Vegetable Garden
Wartime Leeds: Curator Talk and Object Handling
- 2.25 to 4.45pm
- Leeds Discovery Centre, LS10 1LB
- Book your place at the Wartime Leeds curator talk
Let’s Chat in the Language Zone
- 3 to 4pm
- Parkinson Building SR 2.31
- Find out more about the Language Zone
Bradford 2025: Youth Pass – Guided Walk at Goit Stock with Shanaz Gulzar
- 6pm
- Corner of Wilsden Road and Goit Stock Lane
- Get your free Bradford 2025 Youth Pass to join this guided walk and more
Old Bar Open Mic Night
- 6 to 10pm
- Old Bar, Leeds University Union
- Find out more about Old Bar Open Mic Night
Ultimate Disney Quiz
- 7pm
- Archive, LS3 1HD
- Get your £3 Disney Quiz ticket
Swing Dancing Night with Frankly Jazz
- 7 to 10pm
- The Attic, Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD
- Book your £11.55 ticket for Swing Night
The Lovely Boys and Friends Do Skins
- 7 to 10pm
- Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL
- Book your £8-12 tickets for The Lovely Boys and Friends Do Skins
Friday 27 June
Sketch Club
- 12.30 to 3.30pm
- The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
- Find our more about Sketch Club
Meet & Make
- 1 to 3pm
- Leeds Art Gallery, LS1 3AA
- Learn more about the Meet & Make drop in
Summer Festival 2025: Voices of the North – Lucy Farrimond and Justine Gormley
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1 to 2pm
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Book your ticket and listen to Lucy Farrimond & Justine Gormley perform
Swallows and Armenians
- 1.15pm and 7pm
- Stage One
- Book Swallows and Armenians tickets for £8 concession rate and £15 general admission
Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Class
- 12.15 to 12.45
- Mango Studio Leeds University Union
- Find out more about the meditation session
Summer Festival 2025: Voices of the North – Come Play With Me: tinyumbrellas, Alice Kim, Isaac Malibu
- 7pm
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Book your ticket to Come Play With Me and listen to performances from tinyumbrellas, Alice Kim and Isaac Malibu
Leeds Rhinos versus Leigh Leopards Rugby League Match
- 8pm
- AMT Headlingley Stadium, St Michael’s Lane LS6 3BR
- Book Leeds Rhinos tickets with a 40% UoL discount
Saturday 28 June
5k Community Parkrun
- 9am
- Woodhouse Moor
- Register with Parkrun
Leeds Playhouse Costume Sale
- 9.30am
- Barber Studio, Leeds Playhouse, Quarry Hill, LS2 7UP
- Find out more about the costume sale
Young Traders Market with NMTF
- 10am to 4pm
- Leeds Kirkgate Market, LS2 7HY
- Learn more about Kirkgate Market’s schedule for June
Miffy’s Birthday Family Fun Day
- 11am to 4pm
- Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH
- Book your ticket to Miffy's Birthday
Leeds City Square Artisan Village
- 11am to 4pm
- Leeds City Square, LS1 2ES
- Find out more about the Artisan Village
Kirkstall Abbey Markets
- 11am
- Kirkstall Abbey, Abbey Road LS4 3EH
- Find out more about Kirkstall Abbey Markets
Summer Festival 2025: Voices of the North – Janice Burns and Jon Doran
- 7pm
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Book your free student ticket and listen to Janice Burns and Jon Doran perform
Sunday 29 June
A Beginners Guide to Painting and Decorating
- 10am to 1pm
- Seagulls Reuse, 129 Water Lane, Holbeck, LS11 9UD
- Get your £45.32 ticket to A Beginners Guide to Painting and Decorating
Contact
If you have any questions or feedback about Leeds and You events, email the Student Welcome Team at leedsandyou@leeds.ac.uk.
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