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The Hundred Priority Window is Now Open!

Your priority access to early bird tickets for this summer’s Northern Superchargers fixtures at Headingley, is now open! Lights, music, entertainment, and world class sport. The Hundred is heading

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8 April 2023

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International Jousting Tournament brings American and Polish knights to Leeds

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds is welcoming highly-skilled jousters representing America and Poland to its famous international Jousting Tournament this Easter bank holiday weekend.   This sporting event like no other will

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7 April 2023

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Alan Bennett will join a lineup of mature talents, as more events are revealed for a ground-breaking celebration of age and ageing at Leeds Playhouse

  It is less than a month to go until Leeds Playhouse is taken over by the revolutionaries, modern-day activists and contemporary artists of 1001 Stories . As part of this exciting two-week t

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6 April 2023

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Leeds International Festival of Ideas 2023 – Full Programme Revealed

Davina McCall, Dame Prue Leith, Will Young, Matt Baker MBE, Lauren Mahon, Jay Blades MBE, Gemma Whelan, Amber Rudd, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Tommy Banks and more among the line-up

5 April 2023

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Spring has sprung at Victoria Leeds

Victoria Leeds has partnered with Opera North to offer a truly unique and enchanting experience with As You Are: Soundwalk 2023. Victoria Leeds has created an eye-catching sustainable window display that perfectly captures the seaso

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31 March 2023

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HISTORIC SUNNY BANK MILLS HOSTS MAJOR PRINT FAIR

Sunny Bank Mills is reopening the doors of its iconic 1912 Mill over the weekend of 1st-2nd  April for the second instalment of Printed Bound, the annual Artists’ Book and Print Fair. Printed Bound, which enjoyed a very successful launch

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30 March 2023

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Photograph of Kate Cross, cricket player on the pitch celebrating.

Kate Cross, Reece Topley, Tom Banton and Georgia Wareham join Northern Superchargers in The Hundred Draft

Northern Superchargers select Kate Cross and Reece Topley as their first picks in the men’s and women’s competitions In the men’s competition 30 players drafted, 34 players drafted in the women’s com

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28 March 2023

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AS YOU ARE: ABEL SELAOCOE’S SOUNDWALK FOR OPERA NORTH OPENS FOR LEEDS 2023 YEAR OF CULTURE

As You Are, a soundwalk for Leeds written for Opera North by South African-born composer and cellist Abel Selaocoe will open on Thursday 30 March as part of LEEDS

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25 March 2023

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Lord of the Flies launches at Leeds Playhouse

A Leeds Playhouse and Belgrade Coventry co-production presented in association with Rose Theatre

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24 March 2023

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Add Fuel mural inspired by Leeds’ ceramics heritage to be unveiled in the city

East Street Arts is set to unveil a new 10m x 9m mural by Portuguese visual artist Add Fuel on Monday 27 March 2023 . The artwork – painted on the two-storey gable-end of a former pub in Mabgate, Leeds – celebrates the area’s importa

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20 March 2023

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