Leeds and You events

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

Week commencing 19 May 

Tuesday 20 May

DARETOGROW Live. Live networking event + business growth workshop!

  • 10 – 4pm
  • The Rose Bowl, Leeds Beckett University, The Rose Bowl Portland Crescent Leeds LS1 3HB 
  • Tickets are £35 

XR Spotlight. Using the Omnideck

  • 10.30am – 12pm
  • HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 
  • Book tickets

Chopin’s Canvas 

Yoga at The Attic

3D Filament Printing Induction 

Let’s Chat 

MOOVA 05

  • 6.45pm
  • Evening Social Run - Hyde Park/Headingley (exact location will be sent to you in advance) 
  • Book tickets

Kinky Boots. Opening Night

Wednesday 21 May

Wednesday Wake Up Yoga & Coffee

Explore Creative Textile Art with Ling

Typewriter Poetry 

Glimpse at the Garden 

Write on Wednesday

  • 12.30 – 3.30pm 
  • Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery
  • Find out more

Campus Gardening Sessions

  • 1 – 3pm
  • Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens
  • Find out more 

Bike Maintenance. Wheels 101

Weekly Sewing Studio

  • 1 – 3pm
  • Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU
  • Find out more

Dante Reading Group

  • 1.30 – 2.30pm
  • Wilson Room, Emmanuel Centre, LS2 9JT
  • Find out more

Chat & Craft – bring your own craft 

Laser Cutting Induction

Edek’s Doodle Chats

PoeT[r]EA Workshop 

Lino Printing Workshop with Megan Dobbyn

LGBTQ+ Sustainable Pom Pom Keychain Making with Leeds LGBT+ Community Consortium

Macrame Workshop

Thursday 22 May

The Only Wrap to Bee 

Walk around Kirkstall 

Behind Closed Curtains 

Sustainable Labs Event Series. LEAF & Community

Leeds Goth Hall of Fame 

  • 11am-3pm 
  • Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH 
  • Learn more

Rainbow Junktion PAYF Community Cafe

Student Counselling and Wellbeing Meditation group

Anthroposcenes: in the words of Chekhov 

To Improvise a Mountain – Lunchtime Talks 

FREE 15 Minute Meditation Session

VR gaming, including Omnideck 

Volunteering Drop In: Crossroads

Wellbeing Walks 

Chat and Craft – Gnomes 

Let’s Chat 

Full Moon Market

  • 5 – 9pm
  • The Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s Square, LS9 8AH
  • Find out more 

forest of the (dance) floor 

Stretch & Unwind

An Evening with Rob Parsons 

Friday 23 May

Tiny Tigers

  • 10-11:45am 
  • Leeds City Museum, LS2 8BH 
  • Learn more

Early Years Atelier of Jazz 

The Only Wrap to Bee

Makers Market

Design a personalised embroidery pattern! 

Anthroposcenes: in the words of Chekhov 

Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes

Home Education Workshop: Ancient Greeks

  • 12.30 – 2pm
  • Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, LS2 8BH
  • Find out more 

Sketch Club

  • 12.30pm – 3.30pm
  • The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
  • Find out more

Meet & Make 

Maker Club

Friday Vinyasa Yoga with Jess 

Behind Closed Curtains 

Student Counselling and Wellbeing Feel Better Faster group

  • 2 – 3pm
  • Group Room, Student Counselling and Wellbeing, 19 Clarendon Place 
  • Join the group

Singing in the Abbey! 

  • 3-3:30pm 
  • Kirkstall Abbey, LS5 3EH 
  • Learn more

Presenting with Confidence 

The National Skateboard Co. S/S25 Release Party & Exhibition

Saturday 24 May

Embodied Word: Tabula Tantra

Makers Market

Plant & Seed Sale Swap: Scrap Creative Reuse

  • 11am – 3pm
  • The Spinning Mill, Sunny Bank Mills, LS28 5UJ
  • Find out more

Leeds City Square Artisan Village

Live at Leeds 2025

Free Family Activities. Yonder Events

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

It’s Strange Up North 2025 in Leeds!

Desi Live

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

  • 7.30pm
  • Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, LS2 7PA
  • Find out more 

Sunday 25 May

Boddington Junior Parkrun

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

Contact

If you have any questions or feedback about Leeds and You events, email the Leeds and You team at leedsandyou@leeds.ac.uk.

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