Events this weekend in Leeds

Events this weekend in Leeds this weekend 🔥

This weekend in Leeds isn’t about one massive festival swallowing the city whole – it’s a slow burn of solid plans that locals are quietly bookmarking. The feeds are full of the same names popping up again and again: TESTBED, The Domino Club and Brudenell Social Club. If you’re trying to figure out what to actually do between finishing work on Friday and that half-hearted Sunday roast, this is where the city is drifting.

Start with the one you should book first: the Brewery Open Day, Leeds – Saturday March 14th. That’s your daylight anchor plan. It’s peak “texts in the group chat at 10am, pints by 2pm” energy, and a very Leeds way to pretend you’re being cultured while basically sampling beer for hours. If you like your weekends to come with stainless steel tanks, chatty brewers and slightly blurry Instagram stories, lock this in early.

When the sun goes down, the nostalgia merchants clock on. The Phono 90’s Special (14th March 2026) is the one for people who still measure time in Now That’s What I Call Music volumes, while Tainted Love presents DARKSIDE: Alternative 80s with special live guests GHOST DANCE is firmly for the goths, post-punks and anyone who still owns eyeliner in more than one shade of black. Both have proper cult-night energy – less casual drop-in, more “I’ve planned my outfit since Tuesday”. Brudenell Social Club is right in the thick of that, doing what it does best: turning very specific music obsessions into very good nights out.

If you’re in a more wandering-about mood, Narrow Gauge North 2026 and the Leeds Record Fair lean hard into hobbyist heaven. Model railways, crate-digging, people who care deeply about pressing quality – these are the quietly intense communities that give Leeds its personality. Perfect for a chilled Saturday or Sunday when you want something to actually focus on that isn’t your screen. And somewhere in the middle of all that, there’s 🍻JIMMY SAVAGE BIG 40TH!🍻 – the purest big-night-out chaos on the list, the kind of birthday do that ends up absorbing half the bar and three separate friendship groups.

If you’re choosing between things to do this weekend in Leeds, here’s how it shakes out:

- Brewery Open Day, Leeds – Saturday March 14th: Daytime beers, behind-the-scenes brewery vibes, easy win for groups.
- The Phono 90's Special (14th March 2026): 90s nostalgia trip for people who know every word without needing a lyric screen.
- Tainted Love presents DARKSIDE: Alternative 80s with GHOST DANCE: Dark, alternative 80s night with proper live guests – big for the goth/alt crowd.
- Narrow Gauge North 2026: Model railway paradise – niche, detailed, weirdly soothing.
- Leeds Record Fair: Crate-digging, rare finds, and the usual vinyl vs streaming arguments.
- 🍻JIMMY SAVAGE BIG 40TH!🍻: Maximum birthday-party energy – expect noise, stories and at least one regrettable dance move.

Nothing here is trying to be the “event of the year”. It’s better than that: it’s exactly the kind of weekend Leeds actually does – a bit boozy, a bit nostalgic, quietly obsessive and anchored by the venues that know how this city likes to go out.

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