Leeds and You events
Summer in Leeds 2025
Discover the events taking place in and around Leeds this season.
Week commencing Monday 11 August
Friday 15 August
Guided farm tour
- 10.30 to 11.30am
- Temple Newsam, LS15 0AE
- Book £3 Temple Newsam farm tour tickets (£10 house admission ticket required)
Sketch club
- 12.30 to 3.30pm
- The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
- Learn more about Sketch club and other galleries events
Panto at the Abbey: The Snow Queen
- 2 to 2.50pm
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Get your £10.84 ticket to Panto at the Abbey: The Snow Queen
Family Chocolate Adventure
- 3pm
- Hotel Chocolat, LS1 5EL
- Get your £15–£25 ticket to Family Chocolate Adventure
Friday night comedy
- 6.45pm
- The Glee Club Leeds, LS2 8EL
- Get your £8–£24.50 ticket to Friday night comedy
Queer ceilidh trans fundraiser
- 7 to 10pm
- Rainbow Junktion, LS6 1NP
- Get your £10–£20 ticket to Queer ceilidh trans fundraiser
Saturday 16 August
5k Community parkrun
- 9am
- Woodhouse Moor
- Register before attending for 5k Community parkrun
Stretch in the square
- 9 to 9.45am
- Tower Square Wellington Place, LS1 4AJ
- Book your free ticket to Stretch in the square
The Temple Newsam food festival
- 10am to 7pm
- Temple Newsam, LS15 0AD
- Get your £0–£10.95 ticket to Temple Newsam food festival
Leeds Dock market
- 10am to 4pm
- Fearns, Leeds Dock, LS10 1PZ
- Learn more about Leeds Dock market
Vintage kilo sale
- 10am to 5pm
- Leeds Minster, LS2 7DJ
- Get your £2.50–£3.50 ticket to Vintage kilo sale
Paint and Sip – female body
- 2 to 4pm
- The Northern Market, LS1 3ED
- Get your £35.37 ticket to Paint and Sip - female body
Hyde Park summer ball
- 6 to 10pm
- All Hallows’ Church, LS6 1NP
- Get your £15–£30 ticket to the Hyde Park summer ball
Twelfth Night
- 7 to 9pm
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Get your £12–£15 ticket to Twelfth Night
Sunday 17 August
Sunday yoga
- 10am
- Project House, LS12 2DR
- Get your free ticket to Sunday yoga
Record Plant record fair
- 10am
- Old Woollen, Sunny Bank Mills, LS28 5UJ
- Find out more about Record Plant record fair
The Temple Newsam food festival
- 10am to 7pm
- Temple Newsam, LS15 0AD
- Get your £0–£10.95 ticket to Temple Newsam food festival
LS6 Junk yard sale
- 11am to 3pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Get your free ticket to LS6 Junk yard sale
Neurodiverse creative network
- 1 to 3pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Find out more about Neurodiverse creative network
The Leeds Central Soul Club northern soul alldayer
- 2 to 8pm
- The Hifi Club, LS1 6DE
- Get your £7 ticket to Leeds Central Soul Club Northern Soul Alldayer
Week commencing Monday 18 August
Monday 18 August
Weekly crochet group
- 1 to 3pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Learn more about Weekly crochet group
Let’s chat in the Language Zone
- 3 to 4pm
- Parkinson Building SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Yoga at The Studio
- 5.30 to 6.30pm
- Welcome Skate Store, LS1 6LQ
- Book your £0–£7.50 ticket to Yoga at The Studio
Global cafe
- 5.30 to 7.30pm
- Common Ground, Leeds University Union
- Find out more about Global cafe
Dawson’s presents: Do the Right Thing
- 6pm
- Belgrave music Hall, LS2 8JP
- Book your free ticket to Do the Right Thing film screening
See you naked Monday – life drawing
- 6.30 to 8.30pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1JL
- Book your £8.50 ticket to See you naked Monday life drawing
Pub quiz
- 7pm
- Water Lane Boathouse, LS11 5PS
- Tickets are £5 per team for pub quiz
Monday night comedy
- 7.30pm
- Headrow House, LS1 6PU
- Get your £5 ticket to Monday night comedy
Tuesday 19 August
Arty in the Abbey
- 10 to 11.30am
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Learn more about Arty in the Abbey
Recycled tins workshop
- 10am to 12pm
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Book yor £5 ticket to Recycled tins workshop
Pattern making poetry
- 11am to 3pm
- Leeds Art Gallery, LS1 3AA
- Find out more about Pattern making poetry
Yoga at The Attic
- 12 to 1pm
- 3 Sheaf Street, LS10 1HD
- Get your £6.13 ticket to Yoga at The Attic
Let’s play in the Language Zone... with our hands
- 3 to 4pm
- Parkinson Building SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Homework club: focus, write, thrive
- 3.30 to 5pm
- The Language Zone Study Room, Parkinson Building 2.26
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
War Horse – opening night
- 7.30pm
- Leeds Grand Theatre, LS1 6NZ
- Book your £31–£79 ticket to War Horse opening night
Pink Pony Club – open mic night
- 8 to 11pm
- Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL
- Get your £11.55 ticket to the Pink Pony Club open mic night
Wednesday 20 August
Wednesday wake up yoga and coffee
- 8 to 9am
- Left Bank, LS6 1LJ
- Book your £6.50 ticket to Wednesday wake up yoga and coffee
Urban nature: building in Lego
- 10 to 11.30am
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Learn more about Urban nature: building in Lego
Once upon a time...workshop
- 10am to 12pm
- Leeds Discovery Centre, LS10 1LB
- Get your pay as you feel ticket to Once upon a time...workshop
Write on Wednesday
- 12.30 to 3.30pm
- Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery
- Learn more about Write on Wednesday and other galleries events
Language Zone social
- 1 to 3pm
- Language Zone Lobby, Parkinson Building
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Campus gardening session
- 1 to 3pm
- Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens Building
- Find out more about weekly campus gardening sessions
Werewolf
- 1.15 to 2pm
- Parkinson Building SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Panto at the Abbey: The Frog Prince
- 2 to 2.50pm
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Get your £10.84 ticket to Panto at the Abbey: The Frog Prince
Wellbeing workshop
- 3 to 4pm
- Parkinson Building SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Chat and craft: let’s make zines
- 3 to 4.45pm
- Language Zone, Parkinson Building, Level 2
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Mindful yoga and somatics
- 5 to 6pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Find out more about Mindful yoga and somatics
The ultimate Leeds United quiz night
- 7 to 9pm
- Waterstones, LS1 5AP
- Book your £5 ticket to The ultimate Leeds United quiz night
Thursday 21 August
Leeds festival 2025
- All day
- Bramham Park, Wetherby, LS23 6ND
- Get your £125–£361 ticket to Leeds festival 2025
Homework club: focus, write, thrive
- 10.30am to 12pm
- Language Zone Study Room, Parkinson Building SR 2.26
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Inspired by Temple Newsam: artist workshops – Sarah Sharpe
- 11am and 1.30pm
- Temple Newsam, LS15 0AE
- Learn more about Inspired by Temple Newsam
The great LS6 bear hunt – teddy bears’ picnic
- 12 to 3pm
- Bear Pit, Cardigan Road, LS6 1DW
- Learn more about The great LS6 bear hunt
Get Out Get Active social run
- 12.05 to 12.45pm
- Meet at the Staff Wellbeing Hub, University Road (opposite Institute for transport studies and school of fine art)
- Sign up for a social run
Weekly crochet group
- 1 to 3pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Find out more about Weekly crochet group
Crafty in the cloister
- 2 to 4pm
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Learn more about Crafty in the cloister
Let’s chat in The Language Zone
- 3 to 4pm
- Parkinson Building SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Leeds Rhinos versus Hull KR rugby league match
- 8pm Kick off
- AMT Headingley Stadium, St Michael’s Lane, LS6 3BR
- Get your 40% off discount code for Leeds Rhinos versus Hull KR
Friday 22 August
Leeds festival 2025
- All day
- Bramham Park, Wetherby, LS23 6ND
- Get your £125–£361 ticket to Leeds festival 2025
Sketch club
- 12.30 to 3.30pm
- The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery
- Learn more about Sketch club and other galleries events
Theo In Between
- 2.30 and 7.30pm
- Carriageworks Theatre, LS2 3AD
- Get your £19–£21 ticket to Theo In Between
Presenting with confidence
- 3 to 4pm
- Parkinson Building SR 2.31
- See the Language Zone’s schedule of events for this week on their Sharepoint
Reception: The Wedding Present Musical – opening night
- 7.30pm
- Slung Low Warehouse in Holbeck, Jenkinson Lawn, LS11 9QX
- Get your £16.90–£115 ticket to Reception: the Wedding Present Musical
Leeds outdoor cinema – A Knight’s Tale
- 8.30pm
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Get your £0–£22.38 ticket to Leeds outdoor cinema – A Knight's Tale
Saturday 23 August
Leeds festival 2025
- All day
- Bramham Park, Wetherby, LS23 6ND
- Get your £125–£361 ticket to Leeds festival 2025
5k Community parkrun
- 9am
- Woodhouse Moor
- Register before attending 5k Community parkrun
Pottery taster session – hand-building and throwing on the wheel
- 10am to 1pm
- Swarthmore Education Centre, LS3 1AD
- Get your £45 ticket to Pottery taster session
Leeds kpop market 2025
- 10am to 4pm
- Meanwood Community Centre, LS7 2QU
- Get you £3.96–£6.13 ticket to Leeds kpop market
Roman festival
- 10am to 1pm and 1pm to 4pm
- Royal Armouries Museum, LS10 1LT
- Get your free ticket to the Roman festival
Summer stride
- 10.30am to 12.30pm
- Temple Newsam, LS15 0AE
- Get your £8 ticket to Summer stride
Rory’s Saturday club
- 11am to 12.15pm
- Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH
- Find out more about Rory's Saturday club
Leeds City Square artisan village
- 11am to 4pm
- City Square, LS1 2ES
- Learn more about Leeds City Square artisan village
Theo In Between
- 2.30 and 7.30pm
- Carriageworks Theatre, LS2 3AD
- Get your £19–£21 ticket to Theo In Between
RnB mania
- 3pm
- Project House, LS12 2DR
- Get your £20.25 ticket to RnB mania
Leeds West Indian carnival: the carnival royalty show
- 6pm
- Leeds Playhouse, LS2 7UP
- Book your £20–£40 ticket to Leeds West Indian carnival: the carnival royalty show
Leeds outdoor cinema – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- 8.30pm
- Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH
- Get your £0–£22.38 ticket to Leeds outdoor cinema – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Sunday 24 August
Leeds festival 2025
- All day
- Bramham Park, Wetherby, LS23 6ND
- Get your £125–£361 ticket to Leeds festival 2025
Sunday yoga
- 10am
- Project House, LS12 2DR
- Book your free ticket to Sunday yoga
4-hour mosaic taster workshop
- 10am to 2pm and 11am to 3pm
- Seagulls Reuse, LS11 9UD
- Get your £48.84 ticket to mosaic taster workshop
Roman festival
- 10am to 1pm and 1pm to 4pm
- Royal Armouries Museum, LS10 1LT
- Get your free ticket to the Roman festival
Craft markets
- 10am to 3pm
- Temple Newsam, LS15 0AE
- Find out more about Craft markets
Dawson’s movie milestones: 30 and thriving!
- 11.30am
- Belgrave Music Hall, LS2 8JP
- Book your free ticket to Dawson's movie milestones: 30 and thriving
Black music festival
- 12 to 8pm
- Potternewton Park, LS7 4HA
- Get your free general admission ticket to Black music festival
Arty facts
- 1 to 4pm
- Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH
- Find out more about Arty facts
JazzLeeds – August jazz jam
- 1.30 to 4pm
- Seven Arts, LS7 3PD
- Learn more about Jazzleeds – August jazz jam
Contact
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