Events this weekend in Leeds

Events this weekend in Leeds this weekend 🔥

This weekend in Leeds has that slightly feral, mid-season energy where everyone’s either hunting for a massive night out or something charmingly niche to cling to until spring arrives. Over 4,000 people are already circling the usual suspects on their feeds, and the city’s doing what it does best: sweaty basements, cult club nights, oddball meet-ups and a charity market to make you feel better about all your other decisions.

If you’re in full big-night-out mode, start with the Cuban takeover: **A Night in Havana feat. Omar Puente & Raices Cubanas + DJ Yersin Rivas + Cuban salsa dance class**. It’s got proper live musicianship, DJ-led party energy and the all-important salsa class so you can pretend you know what you’re doing by the time the room gets steamy. It’s the one you book first if your group chat keeps saying “let’s do something different” but secretly still wants a dance and a strong rum.

On the other side of the spectrum, the alternative and electronic heads are spoilt. **Beat:Cancer Leeds Ft Xenturion Prime, Neonsol & The Cuban Boys at Wharf Chambers** is pure subcultural comfort: industrial, futurepop and an actually decent cause behind it. Expect band T‑shirts that haven’t seen daylight in years and people who care deeply about the set times. Then there’s **Subdub / 25 Years of Dispatch Recordings / Croydub** – that’s your heavy, low-end pilgrimage. If you’re not prepared to feel your organs rearrange by the bass, this one’s not for you.

If you’re allergic to packed dancefloors but still want in on the weekend, go delightfully odd instead. The **Thackray Medical Museum Steampunk Meet** is peak Leeds niche: Victoriana, goggles, corsets and people who absolutely live for this stuff. It’s social, it’s visual, and it’s perfect if you want a day out that isn’t just “another pint in town”. Balance that with a slow browse at the **Little Fox Charity Craft Market**, where you can pick up handmade bits, support a good cause and quietly judge everyone else’s tote bags. When evening hits and you’re not ready to admit you’re actually 30+ and tired, **Indie Club Leeds (25+)** is there for the grown-up moshers who still know every word to ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ but would also quite like to be home by 1am.

Here’s how to actually plan your weekend in Leeds:

- A Night in Havana feat. Omar Puente & Raices Cubanas + DJ Yersin Rivas + Cuban salsa dance class – for big-night-out, rum-fuelled dancing and pretending Leeds is tropical.
- Beat:Cancer Leeds Ft Xenturion Prime, Neonsol & The Cuban Boys @ Wharf Chambers – intense, alternative and for the industrial/electro faithful.
- Subdub / 25 Years of Dispatch Recordings / Croydub – serious sound system business; bring earplugs and stamina.
- Thackray Medical Museum Steampunk Meet – delightfully eccentric daytime plans, great for costume nerds and curious mates.
- Little Fox Charity Craft Market – low-key, wholesome and ideal hangover activity.
- Indie Club Leeds (25+) – indie bangers for grown-ups who still miss the Cockpit.

First Direct Arena, Brudenell Social Club and The Domino Club are still doing the heavy lifting for live nights and late drinks, but this weekend in Leeds belongs to the people hunting out the slightly weirder corners of the city. Pick one big event, one low-effort daytime wander, and you’ve got yourself a proper Leeds weekend.

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