Afrikan Market, Leeds: at the Leeds Caribbean & African Centre on 29 June

A warm welcome awaits you at the Afrikan Market Leeds, a vibrant cultural event, celebrating African and Caribbean culture. The Afrikan Market Leeds features a diverse range of stalls offering unique products, delicious food, and engaging activities for all ages. This event is not only a great opportunity for the community to come together and enjoy a day of cultural enrichment, […]

Caribbean Artist Helen France MBE Celebrates Windrush

Leeds-based Caribbean artist Helen France, MBE, is set to captivate art enthusiasts and those interested in Caribbean culture with her unique six-month “Windrush Stories” exhibition, which opened on Monday, June 17.   The Exhibition, a vibrant and joyous celebration of the Windrush Generation, is hosted on the ground floor at Shine, a community and business […]

Me Without You: at Howard Assembly Room on 22 June

Grief and joy collide in Me Without You, a new co-commission from Britten Pears Arts, Opera North and Spitalfields Music. Created and composed by Emily Levy and written and directed by Mella Faye, Me Without You brings together music, dance, visual art and storytelling to create a profound and intimate meditation on what it means […]

Leeds Minster and St Peter’s Singers Welcome Manchester Baroque on 29 June

The famous Manchester orchestra will join forces with St Peter’s Singers for a concert of Baroque classics in Leeds Minster on Saturday 29 June. One of Manchester’s most exciting orchestras, Manchester Baroque, will be crossing the Pennines to join forces with Leeds choir St Peter’s Singers in a stunning programme of music from the Baroque era (1600-1750). Manchester Baroque specialises in recreating the musical sounds of that period, using instruments […]

Fools on Tour!

The Three Inch Fools’ performance of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors takes place at Kirkstall Abbey on June 25th. The touring theatre troupe will present a madcap, musical take on a Shakespearean classic and perform, come rain or shine, for audiences of all ages! The Fools transform Shakespeare’s shortest comedy into 100 minutes of musical madness, as […]