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Jim Ever, Help Needed to Redo Time 2025. Photo © Jim Ever, courtesy YSP.
17th July 2026
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park launches 2026 graduate award for emerging regional artists

Yorkshire Sculpture Park has opened applications for its 2026 Yorkshire Graduate Award, reaffirming its commitment to supporting the region’s next generation of artistic talent. The annual initiative offers recent graduates from Yorkshire universities the chance to undertake a residency at the park, with access to dedicated time, workspace and professional guidance to develop their…
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White Rose Shopping Centre is set to welcome the Kids Carnival this summer.
17th July 2026
1 min read

Summer Holiday Fun for the Whole Family at White Rose

White Rose Shopping Centre is set to welcome the Kids Carnival this summer, bringing six weeks of fairground entertainment to South Leeds. Running from Friday 24 July until Sunday 6 September, the event will feature new activities including inflatable axe throwing, penalty shootouts and flamingo pedal boats. The free-to-enter carnival will open daily throughout…
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Christmas Tree Bar
28th October 2022
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Ice to see you again as popular outdoor skating rink returns to Leeds

Skate expectations as Leeds gets ready for a cool Christmas. The hugely popular Ice Cube@Christmas outdoor skating rink will be back on Millennium Square next month, headlining a host for Christmas family fun in Leeds. Taking over Millennium Square for the second year from November 25, with a string of attractions and stalls also…
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Zauberin des Mondes (Sorceress of the Moon)
14th October 2022
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Towering display as modern day fairytale prepares to captivate Leeds

Visitors to this week’s spectacular Light Night Leeds can let their hair down as they experience a spellbinding modern take on the story of Rapunzel. The historic lifting tower on Wellington Place will be the backdrop for a jaw-dropping twist on the classic fairytale tonight, as the city centre is transformed by one of…
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House of Cards
23rd September 2022
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Play your cards light as arts extravaganza stacks the deck for Leeds

Leeds City Centre will be decked out with a giant display of illuminated playing cards when Light Night Leeds returns next month. The spectacular structure entitled House of Cards will be in place at Victoria Leeds, one of an incredible array of illuminated artworks coming to the city for the two-night arts extravaganza on…
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Light Night Leeds 2022
2nd September 2022
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Come out and play as Light Night Leeds returns to dazzle city

Celebrating the diverse and thriving creativity of Leeds, Light Night Leeds is an annual free multi-arts and light festival that takes over Leeds City Centre. The streets of Leeds will be transformed into an incredible illuminated playground when Light Night returns to the city this October. More than 50 spectacular light installations, dynamic projections…
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Breeze in the Park
29th July 2022
2 mins read

Family fun coming to parks in Leeds this summer

The iconic Breeze events will be touring Leeds this summer – as Breeze in the Park returns for 2022 with its popular inflatables, giant obstacle course, sporting and craft activities. Taking place until Friday 2 September, Breeze will be hosting Breeze in the Park events at locations such as Harehills Park, Scott Hall Playing…
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Vintage Bus Day
22nd July 2022
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Summer family fun with Leeds Museums and Galleries

Leeds Museums and Galleries are gearing up for a bumper summer of family fun, with a number of events set to take place in Leeds over the summer school holiday. Over the summer months, events will be taking place at some of the city’s most popular attractions, such as Temple Newsam, Lotherton, Leeds City…
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Leeds Waterfront Festival
24th June 2022
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Leeds waterfront set to shine as festival returns with a splash

We are delighted to announce that Leeds Waterfront Festival is back. The annual Leeds Waterfront Festival is set to make a return this weekend with an exciting range of family activities, showcasing the best of city’s vibrant waterfront. Featuring dragon boat racing, live music performances, a fun fair, street food and water sports the…
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Frances and the Fairies
20th May 2022
3 mins read

New installation and free activities at Leeds Central Library bring to life the fascinating story of the Cottingley Fairies

Cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths took photographs of themselves with what looked like winged dancing fairies at the bottom of their garden in Cottingley. The story of the Cottingley Fairies has intrigued generations ever since the first photographs took the world by surprise in 1920. The fairy photographs captured the public imagination, and…
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What We Go Through Together
25th March 2022
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Beautiful butterflies pay tribute to frontline NHS Staff

Hundreds of stunning origami butterflies have taken flight at Leeds City Museum in a moving tribute to the remarkable efforts of the city’s frontline NHS workers. Entitled What We Go Through Together, the poignant new display is made up of 600 carefully folded butterflies which were created by members of the Adult Critical Care…
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Jill McKnight. Photo- Jules Lister
18th March 2022
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Artists bring Leeds voices to life in new exhibition

The voices, stories and songs of generations of Leeds folk have inspired a thought-provoking new exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery. Leeds-based artist Jill McKnight immersed herself in the collections of the British Library and Leeds Art Gallery for Desire Lines, which retraces the steps different people from the Leeds area have taken and how…
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Ice Cube Leeds
12th November 2021
3 mins read

Skate expectations as Leeds gets ready for a cool Christmas

Skaters in Leeds will be taking to the ice this Christmas when Millennium Square hosts the city’s coolest attraction over the festive season. For the very first time, the hugely popular Ice Cube will be on the square in the lead up to Christmas along with a programme of seasonal family fun and a…
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