Leeds outperforms other regional cities in tech sector growth.
New data reveals that Leeds companies working in the technology sector are growing at a rate of more than double the national average. The study by Leeds Digital Festival and The Data City examined data from 5.3m companies. It found that Leeds’ tech firms are growing 125% faster than the national average. Businesses classified in […]
Leeds Gigs: August 2024
Yard Act: at Millennium Square on 3 August The Leeds band released Where’s My Utopia on 1 March via Island. It’s the follow up to their critically-acclaimed debut record The Overload which arrived in January 2022. The Overload was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize after a slew of positive reviews, national radio playlistings and a placing at #2 in the […]
Birdsong: at Leeds Playhouse 17 to 21 September (including a conversation between writer Theo Bosanquet and leading actor Max Bowden)
“There is nothing more than to love and be loved” Award-winning actor Max Bowden, best known for the roles of Ben Mitchell in EastEnders and Justin Fitzgerald in Waterloo Road, will star as Jack Firebrace in Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’ epic story of love and loss, when it returns to the stage in a brand new production for 2024. Marking the 30th anniversary […]
John Owen-Jones Joins Johns’ Boys Welsh Male Choir in Leeds on 14 September
Star of West end and Broadway John Owen-Jones, who played Les Miserables and Phantom of The Opera, will be with the Choir at Leeds Grand Theatre on 14 September. There’s something special about listening to – and preferably watching – a Welsh male voice choir; and there’s something very special indeed when it’s Johns’ Boys […]
NQ64: Call Out for Volunteer Retro Games and Cocktail Testers
The Team behind NQ 64, the retro gaming bar, is looking for volunteer testers, ahead of its launch in August. Calling all gamers and cocktail drinkers! NQ64 needs your help as they gear up to launch in Leeds on Thursday 29th August. The team behind this retro arcade and classic console venue needs the nimble-fingered […]
