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What to do in Leeds in October 2026

107 events from Monday, October 19 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 8. Busiest venues: Hyde Park Book Club, Brudenell Social Club, City Varieties Music Hall.

Monday, October 19, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 3

Mike Nelson: M62 (East, West)

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 10

‘Some Steel’: Sculpture and Steel in Britain, 1960-90

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 11

Lines of Enquiry: Drawings from the collection

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Apr 12

Peat. Plants. People.

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Aug 29

Dinner Party: With Matthew Smith, Jacob Epstein, Olivia Bax

Leeds Art Gallery · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Genghis Khan: How the Mongols Changed the World

Royal Armouries Museum · Leeds Dock
- Visual arts
£9 Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 16

Our Memories of Leeds Banner

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 24

Sophie Taeuber-Arp: A Legacy in Print

Henry Moore Institute · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 25

Now We Breathe Free

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free
Dance
until Nov 24

Speak to the Streets presents: Bboy Litefoot Breakdance Classes

Howard Assembly Room · City Centre
- Dance
£8 Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Ebb & Flow: Bookworks by Yoko Terauchi from the Research Library

Henry Moore Institute · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir

Henry Moore Institute · The Headrow
- Visual arts
Free
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Visual arts
until Jun 20

It Takes a Community

Leeds City Museum · Millennium Square
- Visual arts
Free
Literature
6 PM

Mind Over Slammer: Leeds Heat

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Literature
Other
7:30 PM

10cc's Graham Gouldman & Heart Full of Songs

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
£36.50–£39.50 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Bitchin Bajas

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Tickets

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Music
7:30 PM

HEIDI CURTIS

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Other
7:30 PM

Simon Evans is Staring at the Sun

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
£24–£27 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

William Jack

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Music
7:45 PM

SAA-uk presents: Arun Ramamurthy Trio

Arun Ramamurthy Trio

Howard Assembly Room · City Centre
- Music
- Jazz
£26.50 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 24

A Man For All Seasons

Leeds Playhouse · Quarry Hill
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

GA-20

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
£17.50 Tickets

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Music
6 PM

NOVELISTS

Project House
- Music
Tickets
Music
6 PM

The Devil Wears Prada

Project House
- Music
Tickets
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Visual arts
7 PM

PAT RIOT PRESENTS Film Screening and Artist Talk

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Visual arts
Music
7:30 PM

Emily Mercer Album Launch + Nicky Bray's Musical Menagerie

Wharf Chambers · City Centre
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Kytes

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Other
7:30 PM

Michael Spicer: Hope All's Well

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
£28–£29 Tickets
Music
7:45 PM

Brudenell presents: Margaret Glaspy

Margaret Glaspy

Howard Assembly Room · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Folk rock
- Indie
£24 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive · Mamas Gun

O2 Academy Leeds · City Centre
- Music
£35 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

MT Jones

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
£18 Tickets

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Music
7:30 PM

Acceptance

Boom Leeds
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Annie-Claude Deschênes

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Jesus & The Zealots 'The Mask' Tour - featuring MASI MASI and Tiss Vampiric

Wharf Chambers · City Centre
- Music
Comedy
7:30 PM

Robert White: 'THAT' Gay Autistic Keyboard Tanktop Comedy Guy!

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
- Comedy
£20–£23 Tickets
Music
7:45 PM

Jasmine Myra

Howard Assembly Room · City Centre
- Music
- Jazz
£24 Tickets
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Music
Time not announced

CQ Wrestling

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
£16 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Jon Gomm

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
£22.50 Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 7

Peanut Butter & Blueberries

Leeds Playhouse · Quarry Hill
- Theatre
Tickets

Friday, October 23, 2026

Literature
7 PM

BOOK LAUNCH: Volatile by Tom Branfoot with J. R. Carpenter and David Dobson

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Literature
Music
7 PM

National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope (Screening)

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
- Music
- Theatre
£20.50 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Iguana Death Cult

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Music
Time not announced

Benjamin Steer

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
£18 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 24

Close Enough To Touch

Leeds Playhouse · Quarry Hill
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Hayseed Dixie

Hayseed Dixie · Sweet Electric

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
£26 Tickets

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Comedy
1 PM

Jon Richardson in Conversation: The Teenage Diaries of a Stand-Up Comedian

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
- Comedy
£39 Tickets
Music
6:45 PM

COSM EP Tour & Guests

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Music
7 PM

NOAHFINNCE

Stylus
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Duran Duran at First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK with special guest Pigeon

Duran Duran

first direct bank arena
- Music
Tickets
Other
7:30 PM

Imagine Lennon

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
£30–£33 Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Masquerade Str!p Show

Wharf Chambers · City Centre
- Music
Music
7:30 PM

Paul Marshall (Lone Wolf)

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music
Music
7:45 PM

Hurricane Promotions presents: Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader

Howard Assembly Room · City Centre
- Music
- Folk
- Pop
£34 Tickets
Music
8 PM

The Emerald Dawn

Seven Arts
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

In Colour

Brudenell Social Club · Hyde Park
- Music
£27.50 Tickets

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Other
11 AM

The Giant Bubble Show

City Varieties Music Hall · City Centre
£16–£19 Tickets
Music
3 PM

Pigeon Drop in

Wharf Chambers · City Centre
- Music
Music
6:30 PM

Evil Sword

Wharf Chambers · City Centre
- Music
Music
7 PM

Modern Color

Stylus
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Oxford comma

Hyde Park Book Club · Hyde Park
- Music

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