Leeds International Festival of Ideas 2025: 14 – 18 October
Leeds International Festival of Ideas (LIFI25) is proud to announce its initial three speakers for this year’s Festival, set to take place in October 2025. Chuck D, Myleene Klass MBE and William Hanson lead the first wave of the LIFI25 line-up. Chuck D, founder of the pioneering hip-hop group Public Enemy, is not only a […]
Live at Leeds: In The Park 2025 – Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire – Saturday May 24. Part 3
I’ve been privileged with the virtue of covering Live at Leeds In The City two times in recent years. This summer presented a new opportunity. It has been truly something to have championed the uprising channel of artists breaking through the glass ceiling. It’s been affirming to see artists such as Wunderhorse, Kid Kapichi, Pigs […]
Live at Leeds in the Park on 24 May: Part 2
What better way to welcome the summer than a good old one day festival? Live at Leeds kicked off festival season this weekend at Leeds’ Temple Newsam Park. Live at Leeds is a great celebration of up-and-coming artists, and this weekend gave us some great acts. Despite the cooler weather after a well overdue sunny […]
Live at Leeds in the Park 2025 on 24 May
Live at Leeds in the Park 2025 will go down as one of my favourite one-day festivals — big enough to get lost in the festival atmosphere, small enough to find your friends once the dust of the last act settles. A family-friendly, party-ready day out and, despite the threat of rain all day, just […]
Leeds Lit Fest 2025: 14 – 22 June
In its seventh year, the City’s award-winning festival of words and thought will take place across a diverse range of the City’s venues and aims to bring together, and help develop, Leeds’ literary scene. Writers, poets and performers from Leeds, the UK and beyond will take part in 34 events over 9 days. Gemma Styles, […]
