Free events in Leeds
Free things to do in Leeds, sorted for quick planning.
Current events and activities in Leeds
- Let's Grow! Family Friendly Bulb-Planting, Crafting, and Lego
Local families are invited to help Calverley Horticultural Society beautify the area outside the Library by planting lots of spring bulbs in the banks. Then, pop in for a hot chocolate and some creative activities.
14:00-16:00 at Calverley Library
- GG Leeds x Let's Lift the Curfew: Rokeby Gardens- Various Tasks
Tonight's Task Litter picking, cutting through a new path, general woodland maintenance, possible pond being dug/wildlife area created.
18:00-19:45 at Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre ( HEART)
- Meanwood Valley Farm - Various Tasks
Lots of jobs to do on the farm and a real variety! Including compost turning. Meet at Heart at 6pm to run or meet at the farm at 6.30pm Sugar Well Rd, Meanwood, Leeds LS7 2QG The farm ask that everyone brings a head torc
18:00-19:45 at Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre ( HEART)
- Textile Sculpture with Jane Claire Wilson
Create textile sculptures in this half term family-friendly workshop inspired by Henry Moore Institute’s current exhibition Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir. This event is free of charge and no booking is required, just drop in any time between 11:00 and 16:30.
11:00 at Henry Moore Institute
- Halloween – Lotions and potions
LOTIONS, POTIONS & A LITTLE BIT OF HALLOWEEN MAGIC! Get ready to get slimy, messy and creative at Leeds Kirkgate Market! From *Wednesday 28th – Friday 30th October, join us in Market Kitchen for FREE sensory play and mak
11:00 at Leeds Kirkgate Market
- Ceilidh Club
Edit: sold out again super quick! Join us for a Ceilidh The Attic, Leeds. Tickets sell out first so buy as soon as you can here ( The next session's batch of tickets will be released around 4-5 weeks before the session.
19:00-20:45 at The Attic
- VIVA SALSA vinyl salsa party with DJ LUBI / HAR Bar (Howard Assembly Room) Leeds
After three fantastic and packed monthly VIVA SALSA vinyl salsa & Latin music parties at HAR Bar Leeds (Howard Assembly Room) – July, August, September – the next one is on Friday 30th October. Same time – 7pm to 11pm.
19:00-23:00 at Howard Assembly Room
- Spooktacular Family Day
Join us for a frightful mini-festival for young readers and their families, featuring children’s poet and former Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho, author of children’s series ‘The Ministry of Mayhem’ Alex Foulkes, and t
Check official times at Leeds City Library
- Oktoberfest @ BAR events Leeds
Oktoberfest @ BAR Events Leeds, Temple Arches, LS11 5QG. 10 min walk from Leeds train station.
15:00 at Events
- Ahhh Freak Out! Halloween Disco at Sela
Everybody knows Sela is the place to be for a good old spooky shin-dig and this year is no different.
21:00 at Sela Bar & Pizzeria
- The Northern Swing Orchestra Big Band featuring Ben Eagle
Join us for an afternoon of live Big Band music as we welcome Ben Eagle for his debut with The Northern Swing Orchestra!
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- Home Educator’s Day
Why are some mushrooms delicious but others deadly? What is a jelly ear fungus? And can mushrooms really talk to trees? Join us for our next Home Educators’ Day to explore the fantastic world of fungi!
Check official times at Thackray Museum of Medicine
- Cleaning folding chairs at Shire Oak Primary
Clean 120 folding chairs at the school. This is an indoor session & we'll do a run beforehand. If you want to meet at the school, please arrive for 6.30 at Shire Oak Primary School, Headingley, LS6. Please bring some sui
18:00-19:45 at Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre ( HEART)
- Painting Planters & Gardening for Ash Road Residents Association
We're going to go & support the resident's association on Ash Road & paint some planters that we sanded last year. Please wear suitable clothing for painting & high viz/head torches if you have them.
18:00-19:45 at Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre ( HEART)
- World Pianist Weekender
Join Leeds International Piano Competition on the 7th and 8th of November in Leeds City Museum and on the Leeds Piano Trail to celebrate World Pianist Day with a weekend of free activities including live music, free pian
Check official times at Leeds City Museum
- You Don’t Have to Cover Your Eyes
This is a performance made especially for people who love horror but can’t bear to be frightened. For those who like the idea of horror told as gossip, and enjoy the tingly feeling that things might not be entirely as th
Check official times at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
- Durufle’s Requiem- a concert for remembrance
Hear Duruflé’s dramatic yet contemplative Requiem in the beautiful surroundings and acoustic of Leeds Cathedral.
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- Gardening at Bedford Fields
We'll meet at Heart (Assembly Bar & Kitchen) at 6pm & then run to the fields, spend an hour there & then run back. If you want to meet at the fields we'll be there around 6:20pm ish (please let me know if you're meeting
18:00-19:45 at Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre ( HEART)
A genuinely low-cost day in Leeds
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