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Leeds, Leeds Star
7th March 2017
2 mins read

Businesses invited to invest in culture and back city’s 2023 bid

Leading local businesses will come together tomorrow to hear how they can unite behind Leeds’s once-in-a-generation bid to be named European Capital of Culture 2023. Northern Ballet will host this Wednesday’s event (March 8), which will see more than a hundred of the city’s business leaders invited to get involved in backing the ambitious bid.…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
23rd February 2017
1 min read

Daring theatre project set to Transform Leeds

A ground-breaking new programme of international theatre will take over arts venues across Leeds this spring. The first project to officially get the backing of the Leeds 2023 bid, Transform 17 comes to the city from April 19-22 with a mix of performance art, outdoor theatre and large-scale shows created with the help of…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
23rd February 2017
2 mins read

Bringing Leeds together for giant leap towards 2023 title

The exciting campaign to get the whole of Leeds involved in the city’s ambitious bid to be named European Capital of Culture 2023 is officially underway today. As momentum behind the landmark bid continues to build, communities, organisations and individuals from across the city are being called upon to submit their ideas for how…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
16th December 2016
1 min read

Statement in response to announcement that UK cities including Leeds will bid for European Capital of Culture 2023

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has today announced that UK cities, including Leeds, will be bidding to become European Capital of Culture 2023. Councillor Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council said: “Leeds has been ready to bid since 2014 and we are delighted that today the Department for Culture Media and Sport has recognised…
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