Tickets HERE
Mind Over Matter Arts CIC is proud to present the return of Mind Over Slammer, a national spoken word initiative combining free, high-quality creative workshops with regional poetry slams, culminating in a Grand Finale in the heart of London.
12 Regional Finalists will compete for £3,000 in prize money at the London Grand Finale in 2027
TICKETS HERE
Hyde Park Art Club [HPAC] are delighted to announce PAT RIOT Presents - a film screening and In conversation event featuring works by KP Culver and invited guest artists. Join us for an informal evening to hear the artist in conversation and to see some amazing film works that connect to the themes of our current exhibition PAT RIOT.
KP Culver is an interdisciplinary artist, attending to how collective and personal narratives are shaped, distorted, and reimagined over time. This approach is deeply informed by an interest in how we come to know and sense the world through embodied practices. Through touch, voice,
or shared acts of noticing - works seek out, and create intimate encounters that challenge
extractive or binary logics.
Pat Riot is a new exhibition by KP Culver Open Daily / 9.30am - late / 11.09.2026 - 08.11.2026 at Hyde Park Book Club. This exhibition explores performance and belonging through
photography, moving image and material transformation. Playing on the word patriot, the
exhibition asks what it means to gather not through nations or borders, but through creativity and shared acts of imagination. At the centre of the exhibition is an enlarged photograph of
Culver’s nan, Pat, taken by the artist as a child. Covered in face paint, Pat appears both familiar and uncanny, transformed on a monumental scale to welcome us into the space.
Accompanying works in the space draw on wider histories of performance, whilst remembering Pat’s garden as an early site of play, imagination and becoming. Chroma green surfaces become a threshold where the body can shift and transform. The green recalls both the artificial space of image production and the pictorial “green” of landscapes and pastoral myths.
Please note: If you have any specific access needs please drop us a line on hydeparkartclubls6@gmail.com
@hydeparkartclub
Tickets HERE
Local poet Tom Branfoot launches his debut collection Volatile, with readings from J. R. Carpenter and David Dobson.
Tom Branfoot's debut poetry collection explores nature during a time of political crisis, drawing its title from the Middle English use of 'volatile' to name birds and other winged creatures. Pulling apart what it means to dwell, habitat loss appears synonymous with eviction, and birds become fellow travellers in our precarious present.
Featuring the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem shortlisted "A Parliament of Jets", these complex, formally daring poems are concerned with the entanglements between personhood, global catastrophes, and ecosystems. These poems swoop between the unpredictable relationship between a son and their alcoholic parent, fighter jets soaring over the Lake District, and the mercurial rustle between memory and truth when childhood is stored in waterlogged pastures.
Ticket cost will be redeemable against a purchase of Volatile.
Tickets HERE
Leeds Side Quest Saturday is a little social experiment hosted by Lavanya and Jhalak. The idea? Get 15 people who might have never crossed paths in the same room and see what happens! Think random conversations, questionable icebreakers, unexpected common interests, new friendships and maybe a few stories worth telling later.
We're creating a space for people to step out of their usual routines, put their phones away for a bit and say hello to someone new. Whether you're an introvert warming up to the idea, a social butterfly or someone who just needs an excuse to leave the house on a Saturday, there's a spot for you. No awkward expectations, no elaborate plans and definitely no networking pitches. Just good people, a little chaos and an evening of seeing where the conversations take us. Come solo, come curious, leave with a story!
Tickets HERE
Are you ready to have a HOOT?
Hoot and Holler is the brand new cabaret night that's turning heads! Join us for our very first show at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds on 28th October with your host, musical comedy maestra Selena Mersey.
Lineup to be announced soon. Hoot hoooot!
ABOUT SELENA MERSEY
Selena Mersey (she/her) is a musical comedy powerhouse, bisexual burlesque babe, and a force of nature theatremaker.
A rising star on the UK's theatre landscape, her cabaret theatre productions exploring gender and sexuality have gathered awards on the UK festival circuit and toured internationally to Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden.
Selena has performed in the finals of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, the 2022 semi-finals of Europe’s most prestigious burlesque competition Burlesque Idol, been featured on the UK’s premier comedy streaming platform NextUp, and made a splash on TikTok with over 3.5 million views.
Tickets HERE
Blades & babes is an open-to-all romantasy book club. This month, we're diving into the whimsical and slightly unhinged world of Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber ✨
We'll be chatting characters, favourite moments, plot twists and, of course, all the bits that made us swoon— plus whatever chaos this book throws at us 👀
Whether you're already obsessed with romantasy or Once Upon a Broken Heart is your first taste of the genre, everyone is welcome <3
FREE
We are raising money to support Sierra Leonean students attending University in the country. In 2025, we raised £ 3,800, which went towards supporting a student to attend university for 4 years; now we want to try to repeat this feat in 2026-7! We are selling second-hand clothes to try to raise funds just outside of Hyde Park Book Club. We have some great deals and stock for you to see!
FREE ENTRY
We’ll be screening "The Suspended Years: Movements and Paths in Porto Marghera" (2009), directed by Manuela Pellarin.
Porto Marghera – the industrial area on the Venice Lagoon – is the place where, in the 1960s and ’70s, the Italian New Left current known as operaismo (or workerism) met with the extreme toxicity of large-scale chemical industry, and developed an original approach to tackle it.
This perspective was based on the thesis of the inherent noxiousness of capitalist work and it shaped a cycle of radical interventions in workers’ struggles to survive the productivist inferno in which they had been tossed. Today, this little- known side of operaismo can inform a much-needed working-class environmentalist politics.
The documentary "The Suspended Years" by Manuela Pellarin depicts a vivid portrait of this collective journey through an assemblage of interviews with the protagonists of those mobilisations.
The screening will be introduced by Dr Lorenzo Feltrin.
Free entry!
Tickets HERE
Join us on the 15th of November at HPBC for a fundraiser for @frameless.0 – a Palestinian collective supporting children and artists in Gaza City!
Doors open at 6.30pm where you can visit our pop-up exhibition, Archive of Home, featuring works from artists across Gaza who have visualised what home means to them. We will also be selling art prints and comics based off children’s interpretation of daily life in Gaza.
Expect a night of great music, art and people – featuring local Leeds DJs: Eyo96, Slaya, ihatenoise, ilionlostherbs, and bundy.
Tickets HERE
The Secret Lives of Greyhounds is an investigative documentary exploring the lives of greyhounds bred and raced, exposing a pipeline of exploitation at the heart of an industry now facing worldwide condemnation. Join us for a screening of the film, as well as a Q&A with one of the documentary's interviewees.
Tickets HERE
Join local artist Holly Greenwood for a fun, festive and cosy evening of Christmas bauble painting! This relaxed 2 hour workshop is the perfect excuse to get your pals together for a festive evening out.
You’ll be given two baubles to design and paint, with lots of inspiration and ideas to help you create your masterpiece.
Holly will guide you through the process, sharing tips and tricks from her own painting practice and helping you bring your ideas to life. No previous painting experience is needed just come along, get creative and enjoy a few hours away from the Christmas madness!
At the end of the evening, you’ll take home two hand painted baubles, finished with a luxury ribbon of your choice, ready to hang on your tree or gift to someone special.
All materials are provided and absolutely no experience is necessary. Just bring yourself, your festive spirit and your creative vibes!
Tickets HERE
Blades & Babes is an open-to-all romantasy book club. This month, we're diving into the cosy, chaotic and completely charming world of Swordheart by T. Kingfisher ⚔️✨
We'll be chatting unexpected romance, enchanted swords, favourite moments and all the bits that made us questions how on earth things could get any more chaotic <3
Whether you're already obsessed with romantasy or Swordheart is your first taste of the genre, everyone is welcome <3
Tickets HERE
At what point do we figure it out // does it get easier // will we find the answers // will I feel okay?
Join Caitlin O'Ryan for an evening of spoken word poetry featuring work from her debut collection, At What Point.
Known for her raw, relatable and deeply honest writing, Caitlin's poetry moves between tenderness and fury, humour and heartbreak, exploring what it means to be human, to love, and to navigate a world that often asks us to carry too much.
Fuelled by the times we are living in, these poems leap from the page and vibrate off of the stage with a sense of urgency. Journey through the ladies' loos, terrible dates, existential dread and the quiet power of platonic love, before arriving at a place of acceptance, resilience and hope.
Audience members’ own anonymous contributions are woven with care throughout the show, highlighting the spectrum of our shared experience.
Whether you're a long-time poetry lover or discovering spoken word for the first time, At What Point is an intimate, thought-provoking and uplifting performance that feeds the soul, gives voice to our unspoken fury, and reminds us that we are never as alone as we think.
*Support acts TBC*
‘A poignant, uplifting experience that will feed your soul. An essential experience for women of all ages’ ★★★★★ The Review’s Hub
‘Perfect poetry for when the world feels a little daunting’ Hollie McNish
‘At a time when we need people to speak out for women’s rights more than ever, Caitlin understands the assignment’ Amnesty International UK
‘Caitlin’s words are as powerful on the page as they are on the stage’ Harry Baker
Tickets HERE
"Frank Sidebottom Calling" is the brilliant new show from award winning, Sky Arts nominated spoken word comedy group The 4 Johns.
It's Frank Sidebottom Calling, you know it is, it really is!
The landline is ringing, the fax machine is going off, there's a stack of mail from adoring fans. Everybody wants a piece of the legendary spoken word band. But The 4 Johns are waiting for Frank Sidebottom and he's at the door.
Funny, satirical, original, challenging, innovative and unique. With sketches, comedy and spoken word, Frank Sidebottom Calling is highly original, anarchic, fast-paced, relentless and brilliant throughout.
The 4 Johns take a sledgehammer to the myth of celebrity, hero worship and fame in a way that will make you laugh out loud, chuckle under your breath and groan in shameful self-acknowledgement.
We also welcome Jimmy Andrex as our special guest:
Poetry you can dance to, Laurie Anderson meets Sylvia Plath, Phillip Larkin joins Kraftwerk? Meet Jimmy Andrex.
Tickets HERE
myndstate (he/him) is a spoken word artist, poet, and performer known for blending hard-hitting, vulnerable performances with wit and humour. His words - full of emotion, storytelling, and rhyme - have made him a national poetry slam winner, got him featured on the likes of BBC Radio London, Sky Sports, and Attitude, plus have amassed millions of views online.
In his new show he takes you on a journey of hope and survival through his debut collection, deep breath. Exploring themes of sexuality, identity, love, and shame, it beautifully narrates the struggles of finding yourself, and your place, in a world that often doesn’t want you to belong. Having spent so much of his life holding his breath, hiding who he is, myndstate's latest performance has him fully exhaling - and you can’t help but do it too.myndstate (he/him) is a spoken word artist, poet, and performer known for blending hard-hitting, vulnerable performances with wit and humour. His words - full of emotion, storytelling, and rhyme - have made him a national poetry slam winner, got him featured on the likes of BBC Radio London, Sky Sports, and Attitude, plus have amassed millions of views online.
In his new show he takes you on a journey of hope and survival through his debut collection, deep breath. Exploring themes of sexuality, identity, love, and shame, it beautifully narrates the struggles of finding yourself, and your place, in a world that often doesn’t want you to belong. Having spent so much of his life holding his breath, hiding who he is, myndstate's latest performance has him fully exhaling - and you can’t help but do it too.
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Oxfam music fair on the 10th of October from 10 – 2:30 !! with Band and Graphic Tees and Vintage Winter Jackets
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LIVEwire Poetry are once again teaming up with Bad Betty Live to present an evening with some of the best poets on the UK scene. This event features special performances from Keith Jarrett, Hannah Silva, Perla Kantarjian, Jake Wild Hall, and Erin Bolens. LIVEwire Poetry is a Leeds-based poetry organisation that partners with the Roundhouse and co-created Leeds Storytelling Festival. Bad Betty Press is one of the UK's leading small poetry presses, famed for its dynamic live events around the country. This event will be hosted by Matt Abbott of LIVEwire Poetry and Jake Wild Hall of Bad Betty Press. This event is ideal for seasoned poetry-goers or total novices! Accessible, friendly, and engaging.
Tickets HERE
Babes & Blades is an open-to-all romantasy book club. We're leaving the romantasy shelves behind (just for a month) to read our popularly voted for Sci-Fi special: Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
We'll be chatting characters, tropes, favourite moments, plot twists, questionable decisions and, of course, all the bits that made us scream and swoon.
Whether you're a seasoned Sci-Fi babe or Red Rising is your first ever Sci-Fi read, everyone is welcome <3
Free just turn up
Leeds RAG Fashion Show is back for 2027, bringing together a fresh new student team to deliver one of Leeds’ largest student-led charity events for its 19th year.
LRFS brings together creative talent from across Leeds to build an exciting campaign throughout the year, culminating in the annual fashion show in February 2027.
Our Core Team will be taking over the snug at Hyde Park Book Club for an exclusive team shoot, marking the beginning of the road to LRFS27.
The society is currently recruiting a wide range of talent from universities across Leeds, with plenty of opportunities to get involved throughout the year. Keep an eye on the LRFS27 social channels for upcoming events, fundraising initiatives and applications.
Tickets HERE
Lauren Jane Eling is a multidisciplinary artist from Leicestershire, based in Leeds. She embodies characters and narratives through tactile costumes and puppets. Lauren combines 3D making, performance, photography and illustration which she documents in print formats like zines.
Last October, Lauren gained a studio at East Street Arts and began working on a zine combining her 2D and 3D processes to bring new life to her old character, The Wizard.
Magical Mundane is a zine following a magical wizard who resides in Leeds. He does regular things like washing his pants, taking the 56 bus and having a pint at his local pub. He just has a bit of trouble blending in.
Lauren will be hosting a launch event and exhibition for Magical Mundane at Hyde Park Book Club on the 30th September 2026. This zine launch and exhibition will be far from mundane with photography, illustrations and 3D works to view. Copies of Magical Mundane will be available to purchase at this event.
Tickets HERE
‘Don’t do that – you’ll miss the sunset.’ Sam Browne’s new poetry show is equal parts hard-hitting and hopeful, with a decent helping of humour in the mix as well. It explores both mental health and masculinity while telling the story of what got Sam through his darkest days. Sam Browne is a spoken word poet from Southend, Essex, who originally set out to be a stand-up comedian until he realised all his jokes rhymed and were all a bit sad. So he pivoted to poetry, and things started to click. Since then, Sam has developed an online following of over 100,000 followers on Instagram as well as tens of millions of views. He has won awards for his activism work, numerous poetry slams and was more recently featured in the BBC documentary Eastenders investigates the Manosphere and in the Guardian. Some reviews of his work include “Try harder” — Andrew Tate, and “Yeah, but is it real poetry?” — Sam’s mother.
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As well as our usual freshers fair, this year we're also bringing you a freshers art market.
With a great selection of stalls from local artists and creatives selling; Prints, Art, illustrations, Homeware, Handmade crafts, Jewellery, Plants, Ceramics, cards and more…
Perfect for making your new uni place feel like home!
With stalls from;
Hairy Lemons Design (cards and prints)- (@hairylemonsdesign)
Harry ( Hade ) (lino prints, t-shirts and photography) - @_hade81_
Freya White (alternative sustainable art work) - @pale_skull_
Isabel Yip (hand engraved signet rings, chainmail jewellery/accessories)- @inthewanderingshack
Yasmin McMeeking (art, painting and prints)- @fineart_mcm
Well Made Crafts (fabric goods, purses, tote bags, cosmetic bags, pencil cases, tablet/laptop pouches) - @wellmadecrafts
Meg Lent (art, prints, stickers, badges and bookish products with a spooky/ fantasy feel)- @fun.gal.designs
A Wiggly Line (jewellery)- @a.wiggly.line
Jenny Wright (screen-prints and fresh and dried cut flowers)- @niceisntit
Red & Coco (upcycled accessories, illustrations and more)- @red.and.coco
Angelika Kaccouris (jewellery from clay and second hand beads)- @avalentiniart
Blumine Bijoux (colourful flowers inspired beaded jewellery and matching crochet scrunchies)- @bluminebijoux
PATATINA (sustainable jewellery brand creating unique, handmade and up-cycled pieces)- @patatinasstudio
Mannshozmart- (homeware and accessories from clay including fridge magnets, coasters, necklaces, earrings and trinket dishes)- @mannshozmart
The Crafty Cat (knitted headbands/ scarfs and XL chunky blankets, embroidered art, crochet and handmade cards)- @thecraftycatleeds
Kimikoroi (prints, stickers, badges, bookmarks, and lino printed goods)- @kimikoroi
Paige Ashley (Illustrative ceramics)- @p.ashley.art
Zoe Boswell (vintage photographs, postcards, and some other materials. I sell the original pieces, and some stickers)- @somethinglikeartmaybe
Mirela/ Studio Glina (handmade clay pieces)- @studio.glina
Moreira (ceramics)- @moreira_makies
Isla Brownlee (press on Nails and crochet goods)- @fairynailhouse , @madameisla_stitch
Sophie Doyle (prints, stickers)- @studiogilbert_
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The HPBC Freshers Fair returns on the 26th September!
Last year was a blast! Come along, make new friends, find out what is happening in your local community, and buy some crafts, prints and more!
DJ, local venues, local labels, art stalls, creatives and a BBQ!
Stall’s from;
Hyde Park Picture House (cinema)-@hydeparkph
Eiger Studios (event space, recording studio, rehearsal space)
Holding Patterns (local venue, event space, bar)
The Attic ( local venue/ event space)-@theatticleeds
Super Friendz (promoter) - @superfriendzlds
Private Regcords (promoter/ label) - @privateregcords
Esco Romanesco (promoter/ label) - @escoromanesco
Contact Buzz - (cassettes, lofi recordings)- @contact.buzz
Hyde Park Jazz Club- @hydeparkjazzclub
Seymour (zine)- @seymourmagazine
Roots (zine)- @roots.leeds
Rainbow Junction (community)- @rainbowjunktion
Leeds Community Sauna (community)- @leeds_community_sauna
Leeds Sanctuary (community)- @leedssanctuary
Sofar Sounds (community, events)- @sofarleeds
A Wiggly Line (jewellery)- @a.wiggly.line
Poppy Giles (art/prints/ cards)- @poppyinkk
Ufy Art (art/ prints)-@ufy_art
Bo Colston (art/ prints)- @bocolstonart
Abbie Bruff (art/ prints)- @abbierosebruff
Holly (Tooth Gem Technican) - @hooolly.tats
Imo Dunkley- (art/prints)- @imodunkleyart
Kelly Boyle- (prints / t-shirts)- @kellyboyleart
Ugly Accessories / Georgiana Triggs ( (jewellery, keyrings etc).- @uglyaccessories
Rhiannon Ankers (bags/ jewellery)- @ankers____ @rhiankers
Rat Depot (DIY film screenings, art and stickers)- @rat_depot
PAYF TICKETS ON THE DOOR
Join us for the launch for our trans inclusive football zine. We’ll be screening a programme of queer sports short films curated by Olivia Thomas from Leeds Queer Film Festival. You’ll have a chance to look at our zine and do some crafting of your own!
About us: Doing it together League Leeds is a non-FA trans inclusive football league run by local teams who wanted to provide a safe space for all to play in response to the FA ban on trans women playing football. We created a zine about the joys and beauty of trans inclusive football to celebrate what we have created and encourage other teams to join our new league.
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"Instrument" (1999) + Leeds Cineforum 10th Anniversary Party
"Instrument" (1999) is a fittingly unconventional portrait of the legendary DC punk band Fugazi, tracing the band’s evolution from its origins through its electrifying prime.
Directed by filmmaker Jem Cohen and filmed over more than a decade (1987–1998), the documentary captures the ferocious energy of the band’s live performances alongside intimate moments backstage and in the studio. In doing so, it offers a rare glimpse into an often-enigmatic group whose unwavering commitment to independence, anti-corporate ethics, and activism continues to inspire the DIY underground.
The film will be introduced by Fugazi-fan Dr Alice Borchi.
In the same DIY spirit, after the screening of "Instrument", we'll celebrate the 10th anniversary of Leeds Cineforum. We've got plenty of surprises in store, so don't miss it!
Free just turn up
We’re a really new growing collective of East and South East Asian artists. Our practices span across painting, textiles, cyanotype, ceramics, installation, sculpture, illustration, performance, drag, metalwork, glasswork, and tattooing.
For our inaugural event we’ll showcase our work, whilst launching a zine based on the theme of Food, and it’s connections to home, family recipes and politics. We're responding to the theme in our varying creative practices, and will be celebrating the zine launch with a pop up exhibition and DJs.
Tickets HERE
Peter Knaggs will be reading from his brilliant new collection "My Blue Suede Shoes Are at the Cleaners" He is amazing and so is the book.
Peter will be reading from and talking about his brilliant new collection "My Blue Suede Shoes Are at the Cleaners"
As you'd expect from Peter this isn't just a collection of poems. It's a story of pain and angst, but also a story of strength and spirit and told with Peter's trademark wit, humour and general all-round brilliance.
A story of a personal battle against unchecked power and the injustice and exploitation it permits. Never has there been a more relevant and frightening analogy for the modern times than this collection.
£3 Tickets OTD only
BEGIN the countdown, 🕢 19:30:00 🗓️ 16/9/2026 fast approaches, and the triannual Festival de Tinnes will once more come into season, blooming into a beautiful bokeh of DIY 2-MINUTE-short films at Hyde Park Book Club! That vague memory.. Those weeks away.. The feelings that lingered.. Forever frozen on film and memorialised this historic month of Scalarama!
🕛TIME🕛
Sátántangó in sixty seconds? Zack Snyder's Justice League in just a minute? 00:02:00 isn't long, but we're impatient to find out how much can be squeezed into a short film. We're due a report on your favourite second hand hourglass, or a retrospective on a fleeting moment that just passed. Or maybe two minutes is an age; send us your distilled, crystalline nine second cinema. The brief is to be brief, so don't dilly dally (yes YOU!) first timer!
It's HIGH TIME you submitted a short film to us at TINNESFILMFESTIVAL@GMAIL.COM.
SUBMISSIONS WILL CLOSE AT EXACTLY 23:59:59 ON 15/09/2026. ALL SUBMISSIONS SCREENED.
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Roller Cola Coaster is a zine celebrating indie twee jangle pop, focusing on bands signed by Sarah Records and the C86 scene. Reviving Jonathan Webb’s zine from 1991, this 35th anniversary edition features an interview with Robert Wratten of the Field Mice from the original zine, a gig review of BMX Bandits at Hyde Park Book Club, band recommendations and more. Whether you’re a well-seasoned jangle pop pro or interested in going down a niche music genre rabbit-hole, Roller Cola Coaster welcomes all.
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Hyde Park Art Club [HPAC] are delighted to invite you to the opening of PAT RIOT - an exhibition by KP Culver 10th September 7pm - 10pm . . Please do join us for this free event and circulate within your networks and friends.
Opening 10th September 7-10pm with DJ’s
Exhibition Open Daily / 9.30am - late / 11.09.2026 - 08.11.2026
Hyde Park Book Club/ 27-29 Otley Road, Leeds, LS6 1BL
KP Culver is an interdisciplinary artist, attending to how collective and personal narratives are shaped, distorted, and reimagined over time. This approach is deeply informed by an interest in how we come to know and sense the world through embodied practices. Through touch, voice, or shared acts of noticing - works seek out, and create intimate encounters that challenge extractive or binary logics.
Pat Riot is a new exhibition by artist KP Culver that explores performance and belonging through photography, moving image and material transformation.
A linked edition and further screening night will accompany the show details to be announced
@hydeparkartclub @hydeparkbookclub @kp.culver
Thanks and Summer Loving
KP Culver and Team HPAC
xoxo
Tickets HERE
A World War II pilot cheats death, much to the anger of the foppish French aristocrat ghost sent to collect his soul. Can he win his fight for life in the court of Heaven— and win the love of an American gal back on Earth?
Join Hi Magpie as we present this classic Powell and Pressburger weird masterpiece as part of the Scalarama DIY film festival. Expect a raffle!
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Flock Foto is a community led collective for female and non-binary photographic artists offering a space for collaboration, experimentation & peer support.
The Flock Foto Zine Launch & Exhibition celebrates a publication made possible through a HPBC Summer Zine Fund. The zine showcases work by members created through shared learning around sustainable photography processes, including cyanotypes and foraged toning techniques. Developed through a collaborative workshop at Convention House on the 2nd of August, this zine highlights experimental photographic practices rooted in creativity, sustainability and collective knowledge exchange. Come and explore the community-led zine, view selected works by participants and discover more about Flock Foto.
Instagram- Flock Foto
Tickets HERE
Come along to the launch event for Leeds Scum: Litter in Leeds!! This zine is a collection of watercolour paintings of litter seen in Leeds, mostly around Burley and Hyde Park.
We'll be doing a 'junk' painting night, using acrylic paints to redecorate these items so you can take them home and give them a brand new life <3 we'll be playing some chill music so it'll be a classy little paint and sip night! No art skills needed.
This ticket doesn't include a zine, but there'll be the option to buy a zine on the night!
Tickets Here
Hi, I'm Lily, an interdisciplinary artist who specialises in drawing, performance and curation, and I am passionate about empowering others to be creative.
Come and join me for an experimental collage workshop where you will have opportunities to be bold and collaborate at a relaxed pace.
See you there!
Tickets HERE
Join to celebrate allthingssound 3rd zine release! Acoustic sets from the stunning Gloria and Jeanpool (who both feature in the issue) along with badge making and zine reading in Hyde Park Book Club's lovely snug. Ticket price includes a copy of the zine
Tickets HERE
This zine launch celebrates the Leeds music scene through a photography collection.
To celebrate the release, the artist is hosting an inclusive launch party at the Hyde Park Book Club on August 22nd. Far from a formal exhibition, the night is designed as an open refuge for music lovers and creatives. It features a stellar lineup of local talent, including weekend at dads, NI?G, and Clea Wang. Everyone is invited to bring their instruments, chat with fellow creatives, and join the live jam session. Whether you want to talk, jam, or simply connect over independent art, this is a night to celebrate the sounds of Leeds.
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We are 2 vintage clothing sellers. I (Harri's Vintage) specialise in vintage sportswear, such as football shirts, rugby shirts, vintage sweats, tees & more. Retro etiquette specialises in mainly vintage rugby shirts. We will be bringing stock catered to students.
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Come to a queer summer market with trinkets, clothes, and books to raise funds for LGBT youth club The Hangout in Leeds.
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Pop Smear!! A Night for Feminine and Feminist Music. DJs Bethany and Gill, plus special guests, play records in the Snug from 6-11pm. indiepop - riot grrrl - girl groups - punk & post-punk - r&b and soul - left of the dial - sha la la - ba ba ba - pop bangers. FREE.
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This exhibition presents a custom typeface developed through research into the history of printmaking. Drawing inspiration from traditional printing techniques, historic letterforms, and the textures created by ink and press, the typeface explores the relationship between craftsmanship and communication.
“Type Into Print is a showcase exploring a typeface inspired by the history of printmaking. Visitors can view posters displaying the finished typeface alongside research into three key eras of print that influenced its design. A zine explains the creative process, research, and development behind the project. The exhibition also includes a hands-on printing activity using custom wooden type created for the final typeface, allowing visitors to produce their own prints and take them home as a keepsake.
Tickets HERE
What A Hit Zine Launch
What A Hit is a new zine studying the connections between music and football, launching in the Snug on 3rd August. With a starting lineup featuring members of Adult DVD, English Teacher, Lucky Iris and more, the first issue includes poetry, paintings, musings on illegal football streaming sites and memories of a childhood spent supporting Boro.
The launch party will feature DJ sets from Weak Spell, Alex Calder (Bug Teeth), and Lucky Iris. Price of entry includes a zine. Football shirts mandatory.
Tickets HERE
Aireborne Theatre presents our two 2026 Fringe shows, 'Sweaty Clowns' and 'Girlbosses & Billionaires', for a one night preview in Hyde Park Book Club's Basement Space in Leeds!
'Sweaty Clowns' is a miserable new comedy written by Sam Dallamore-Hynd and Chris Louridas that invites you, the audience, to be the unsuspecting guests of a Boogie Woogie Entertainments Party. Two clowns war with a school disco DJ/magician to host one last party in attempts to save the company, whilst their bumbling manager struggles to hold it all together. Katy Connolly's 'Girlbosses & Billionaires' follows four female* (*with one exception) high-profile crew members into space in an attempt to make history: because we all know that the patriarchy’s biggest weakness is space travel.
Both shows run at approximately 50 minutes each, but we will have a brief interval in between. All further information can be found on the ticket platform.
Tickets HERE
Another highly anticipated Seymour party is here celebrating the latest edition - Seymour Four. Come along to meet artists, connect with friends and listen to good music - and invest in local art! The theme of this edition is horses, come dressed ready to horse around.
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Internationally recognised Spoken Word Artist, Msb Mario “El Niño de la Pili” presents a contemporary live performance combining storytelling, poetry and performance art. Originally from El Montserrat (Reus), he has developed a distinctive artistic identity across Europe centred around spoken word and live sound, creating deeply engaging and emotionally driven work.
His upcoming show at Hyde Park Book Club, is an intimate, capacity-limited performance for lovers of alternative live music and contemporary poetry, with only 60 seats available, ensuring a close and intimate setting.
The work focuses on a direct connection with the audience, supported by subtle rhythmic and sonic elements that enhance the narrative rather than overwhelm it. Each performance is built in real time, shaped by the energy of the room and audience interaction.
An experimental live performance exploring identity, emotion and human experience through raw, immediate delivery, exclusively at Hyde Park Book Club.
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“A fresh collection of Cookson’s verse … if it’s laughter you’re after you could do worse”
Dr John Cooper Clarke
“You, me and some poems” – that’s exactly what this evening will be. Paul has worked as a poet for nearly forty years and sold over a million books. Since Lockdown Paul has written and shared on line a brand new poem every day. There are now over 2000 consecutive daily poems. The show will feature work from his latest Flapjack Press collections – “Psycho Seagull Stole My Dog” and “Slim Volume”. While the latter is gentle and thoughtful, “Psycho Seagull” features poems based on newspaper headlines such as “Brian Blessed Wrestles Forty Stone Gorilla”, “I Saw The Ghost of Lemmy Riding a Horse Eating Pizza”, “Gregg Wallace Sex Dwarf Hid A Frozen Chicken in His Underpants” and many more.
Expect an evening of laughter, occasional audience participation with moments of quiet reflection and balance.
“A poet for all seasons” – Henry Normal
“Funny, irreverent” – Brian Bilston
