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Watershed moment for Leeds as festival returns to make a splash this summer
We are delighted to announce that Leeds Waterfront Festival is back.
The spectacular Leeds Waterfront Festival is set to make a triumphant return this weekend with its biggest ever series of events and activities. After last year’s event…
Stage is set for new arts grants scheme to boost city’s live events
A new funding package to support an exciting programme of post-lockdown live events and performances across Leeds has been launched this week.
The innovative Leeds Inspired LIVE grants scheme is aimed at harnessing the power of culture…
Leeds City Council celebrates International Women’s Day 2021
Leeds City Council is encouraging people across the city to celebrate International Women’s Day on Monday (8 March) by getting involved with a range of free digital events.
The council is holding its annual celebration over Zoom this…
Online civic remembrance event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
‘Be the light in the darkness’ is the theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day which, due to the current national lockdown, will be shown online on Sunday, January 24 from 2.00pm at www.leedstownhall.co.uk
Members of the public are…
Live music lives on at Leeds Town Hall during the 2020 pandemic
Despite two lockdowns and stringent restrictions between and since, Leeds Town Hall has enabled professional musicians, school children and audiences to rehearse, perform and enjoy live music throughout the pandemic, all within the…
Line-up announced for city’s first ever virtual Christmas lights switch-on
Stars of stage, sport and screen will join residents from all across Leeds for the city’s first ever virtual Christmas lights switch-on which will premiere on December 2.
The exciting line-up for the online seasonal showpiece has been…
Bright idea calls on residents to help light up Leeds this Christmas
A fabulous festive appeal has gone out to families, residents and communities all across Leeds calling on them to be part of the city’s first ever virtual Christmas lights switch-on.
Leeds City Council is asking people to submit video…
Light Night Leeds is the UK’s largest annual arts and light festival is taking to the skies
Experience Art in the Dark. Light Night Leeds is the UK’s largest annual arts and light festival.
Over two incredible nights in October some of Leeds' most recognisable indoor and outdoor spaces are transformed by spectacular artworks and…
Glide into the new decade as Ice Cube turns 20
The city will once again be getting its skates on when Leeds’s coolest wintertime attraction returns to Millennium Square to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Open until Sunday, February 23, Ice Cube will once again give visitors a chance to…
Light Night’s love-themed artwork will be all heart
A romantic illuminated artwork will set hearts racing outside Leeds Town Hall during next month’s highly-anticipated Light Night Leeds.
The striking piece entitled With Love will see a giant, bright red love heart take centre stage…
Dreams come true as Light Night Leeds returns to transform city
A breath-taking parade of music and light will take an awestruck crowd of thousands on a journey into dreamland when Light Night Leeds returns next month.
The annual cultural spectacular is set to transform the city centre for the 15th…
Time travellers turn back the clock at Temple Newsam
Colourful characters plucked from the pages of history will to come face-to-face with visitors in the stunning surroundings of modern day Temple Newsam.
The estate’s amazing Time Travellers weekend will see a line-up of Saxon warriors,…
Leeds Dads host the biggest free Father’s Day party in the UK
This Father’s Day, Leeds Dads will be hosting a free ‘Dadtastic’ event to support dads to engage with their children.
Dadtastic Day takes place on Sunday 16 June 2019 from 11am - 3pm at Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, LS2 8BH. In…
St Peter’s Singers present JS Bach’s dramatic and stunningly beautiful setting of the…
St. Peter’s Singers of Leeds present Music for Good Friday on 19 April at 7.00pm at Leeds Minster.
This year the St Peter’s Singers present JS Bach’s deeply moving setting of Christ’s Passion according to St John. By turns dramatic and…
Yorkshire’s coolest wintertime attraction returned to Millennium Square for more icy fun and…
Skates at the ready as Yorkshire’s coolest wintertime attraction is back for 2019!
Organised by Leeds City Council with support from media partners Radio Aire and now in its 19th year, the Ice Cube will be open from Friday 1 February…
Feast of festive sights and sounds as German market returns
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Leeds with the return of the city’s hugely popular Christkindelmarkt German Christmas market.
Staying open right through until Saturday December 22, the seasonal showpiece has seen…
‘50 things to do before you’re five’ unveiled for Baby Week Leeds
Baby Week Leeds toddles into town for the third time this week with more than 70 events happening across the city!
Leeds was the first UK city to use the Semana do Bebe idea, an initiative founded in Brazil, supported by UNICEF. Baby…
Light Night’s glowing goliaths will be out of this world
A group of gigantic, luminous humanoids will land in the city centre for a captivating interplanetary installation at this year’s Light Night Leeds.
The mesmerising piece, entitled Fantastic Planet, is set to be one of the highlights of…
HSBC UK Let’s Ride – a fun, free cycling festival comes to Leeds
We’re closing the roads to traffic in Leeds on Sunday 2 September and hosting a street festival for anyone on a bike.
Saddle up as we take over the streets of Leeds city centre for a day of cycling fun at the HSBC UK Let’s Ride Cycling…
Don’t miss out on Amazing Animals at Temple Newsam Home Farm
A wonderful array of exotic animals and birds are once again set to take centre stage at a popular Leeds farm next week.
Held from 11th – 19th August, visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities and events at…