Events this weekend in Leeds

Events this weekend in Leeds this weekend 🔥

Live-music events in Leeds are having a bit of a moment. You can feel it walking through town right now – from the queue snaking round the Brudenell to the late-night brass drifting out of The Domino Club under the railway arches. Nearly 5,000 people are already clicking ‘interested’ or ‘going’ on this week’s lineups alone, which basically means if you’re not planning at least one night out, you’re the one missing the memo.

The mix is very Leeds: a little sweaty, very DIY, and somehow managing to combine Cuban salsa, steampunk, and a charity craft market in the same city centre radius. A Night in Havana with Omar Puente & Raices Cubanas plus DJ Yersin Rivas isn’t just another gig – it’s big-night-out energy with a built-in dance class, ideal if you like your live music served with actual movement rather than just nodding at the back. Stop Making Sense at Live at The Brudenell is one for the music nerds and the nostalgics – the sort of communal, shout-the-words night that makes you remember why this venue is basically a second home for half of LS6.

If you’re into the heavier, darker, or just more niche corners of the scene, Beat:Cancer Leeds at Wharf Chambers is the one you book first – industrial and electronic acts like Xenturion Prime, Neonsol and The Cuban Boys, all raising money for charity, in one of the most community-driven spaces in the city. Over in bass-land, Subdub’s 25 Years of Dispatch Recordings with Croydub is very much ‘cancel your Sunday plans’ territory: heads-down, chest-rattling sound system culture for people who like their weekends loud and late.

Not everything is about tinnitus and 3am bedtimes, though. Little Fox Charity Craft Market is the softer side of Leeds culture – live vibes swapped for browsing, chatting and supporting local makers, perfect for a Sunday reset before you go wreck your ears again. And if you like your subcultures fully committed, the Thackray Medical Museum Steampunk Meet is pure costume, community and conversation – less mosh pit, more meticulously curated goggles.

Threading through it all, the usual heavyweights are still doing the city proud. First Direct Arena keeps delivering the big-ticket memories (the ones you plan months ahead and lose your voice at), while The Domino Club remains the go-to for late-night jazz, cocktails and pretending you ‘just stumbled in’. Brudenell Social Club, as always, is where bands, superfans and curious locals happily share the same sticky floor.

So if you’re wondering where to start: pick one big live-music hit (Havana, Subdub, or a Brudenell night), add something low-key and local (craft market, Domino, Wharf Chambers), and you’ve basically cracked the best live-music in Leeds this month. This is what discovery looks like here – a bit chaotic, very friendly, and absolutely not meant to be experienced from your sofa.

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