What’s happening in Leeds this week: 15–22 November 2026
Leeds has 47 events on this week. Most of them are concerts and comedy shows, with some club nights too. Here is what is on, who it suits and how to plan your days out.
For music fans
Choose between Mad Dog Mcrea at Brudenell Social Club (Sunday, 15:00), Thomas Nicholas Band Playing Songs From the American Pie Soundtrack at Nightrain (Sunday, 15:00) and Richard Shindell at The George Tavern (Sunday, 18:00), plus 33 more in the listings above.
For a laugh
Choose between Kevin Bridges - Venue Premium Tickets at Leeds First Direct Bank Arena (Thursday, 18:00), Michael Akadiri at Wardrobe (Thursday, 19:30) and Kevin Bridges: Here If You Need Me at Leeds First Direct Bank Arena (Thursday, 20:00), plus 1 more in the listings above.
Something different
Choose between The Early Years / Sennen at Belgrave Music Hall (Monday, 19:00), Royal Blood - Accessible Tickets - 6pm Show at Leeds Beckett Students' Union (Wednesday, 18:00) and Huddersfield Town v Leicester City at Accu Stadium (Saturday, 15:00), plus 1 more in the listings above.
For a late night out
Choose between Fishies Ft Curtis Pritchard at O2 Academy Leeds (Wednesday, 23:30) and Ibibio Sound Machine at Brudenell Social Club (Friday to Saturday).
Planning your days out
Most start between 18:30 and 19:30, which leaves time for dinner first. For a late one, Fishies Ft Curtis Pritchard at O2 Academy Leeds starts at 23:30.
Saturday is the busiest day, with 14 events.
Leeds this week: quick answers
What’s on in Leeds this week?
47 events, including Mad Dog Mcrea at Brudenell Social Club, Thomas Nicholas Band Playing Songs From the American Pie Soundtrack at Nightrain and Richard Shindell at The George Tavern.
What’s on late this week?
2 events start at 22:00 or later, such as Fishies Ft Curtis Pritchard at O2 Academy Leeds.
Which venues are busiest?
Brudenell Social Club (11 events), Leeds First Direct Bank Arena (8 events) and Nightrain (4 events).
Where to go in Leeds: events, concerts and shows worth your night
Leeds is the north’s nightlife city: a Victorian music hall, a first-division arena, a jazz and soul scene, the best-known Sunday club in the country, and a festival in August that fills Bramham Park. Below is where to go in Leeds for a night out, with addresses, and what tends to be on when.
Concerts and live music in Leeds: the Brudenell to the arena
The Brudenell Social Club (33 Queen’s Road, Hyde Park, brudenellsocialclub.co.uk) is the room every touring band wants to play, a working men’s club with a 400-capacity hall and a second room; the O2 Academy (55 Cookridge Street), the former Town and Country Club, takes the mid-sized tours, and the first direct Arena the arena shows. Leeds Town Hall (The Headrow) hosts the Orchestra of Opera North and the classical season while the Grand Theatre is home to Opera North itself.
Leeds nightlife: Call Lane, Headrow and Hyde Park
Call Lane and the streets around the Corn Exchange have the cocktail bars and late rooms; Headrow and Merrion Street the larger bars and clubs; and Hyde Park, north of the university, the student pubs and the Brudenell. Leeds clubs run until 4 am or later at weekends, and the city’s Sunday and midweek club nights are a tradition in themselves.
Theatre and dance in Leeds
Leeds Playhouse (Playhouse Square) produces new work on two stages; the Grand Theatre (46 New Briggate) takes Opera North, Northern Ballet and the touring musicals; and Northern Ballet’s own studio theatre on Quarry Hill shows smaller work. The City Varieties on Swan Street is the oldest music hall in the country, with comedy and music.
Museums and galleries in Leeds
The Leeds Art Gallery (The Headrow) is free, with a strong twentieth-century British collection and the Henry Moore Institute next door; the Royal Armouries in the docks is free too. The Tetley, a former brewery south of the river, is the contemporary art space.
Leeds festivals and events by season
- Winter: the Christmas market in Millennium Square from November, and the Leeds International Film Festival in November.
- Spring: Live at Leeds, the inner-city music festival across dozens of venues in May, and the Leeds Half Marathon.
- Summer: Leeds Festival at Bramham Park over the August bank holiday weekend, the West Indian Carnival in Chapeltown on the same weekend, and the Leeds Pride parade in August.
- Autumn: Light Night Leeds in October, when the city centre becomes an outdoor light-art trail for two nights, and the opera and ballet seasons opening.
Things to do in Leeds tonight and this weekend
The listings above are the live version of all this: every concert, show, club night and exhibition on in Leeds tonight, tomorrow and this weekend, with times, prices and tickets, updated every hour.
