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We welcome you to the first ever Roots Indie Mag Market. Expect merch from the best indie mags, as well as stalls from your fave local artists, promoters and independent sellers. It’s Free Entry and remember to bring along some cash!

Stalls Available! Message @roots.leeds on Instagram

Tickets HERE

Cinema Cinètika, in collaboration with Hyde Park Book Club presents… a special film screening of the acclaimed Oscar winning Spanish feature, ‘All About My Mother’ by Pedro Almódovar (1999).

Following the death of her teenage son, nurse Manuela sets out to search for the boy's long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun, an illustrious star of the stage and a transgender sex worker.

Dealing with complex themes such as gender identity, sexuality, faith, existentialism and AIDS, this classic by Almodóvar is not to be missed. It is a true reflection of post-Franco Spain in the 90s as it celebrates the liberation from strict, traditional and authoritarian social structures. 

Screening in Spanish with English Subtitles

Film: All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre) (1999)

Date and Time: Monday 30th March at 7.30pm

Location: Hyde Park Book Club, 27-29 Headingley Lane, LS6 1BL

Students can enjoy reduced rate tickets and also 10% off drinks at HPBC with a valid admission ticket.

At this event we will also be raffling an original rare vintage poster of the film worth £80 with runner up prizes including free cinema tickets.

So come on down and enjoy an exclusive viewing of a Spanish classic and support a local film programming project!

More information is available on our instagram: @cinemacinetika

Tickets HERE

Thursday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club

Monthly Thursday yoga, spend your afternoon on the mat with me & stick around for coffee & treats at Hyde Park Book Club. a stunning Thursday!

open level vinyasa yoga class, everyone welcome :) from complete beginners to experienced yogis.

mats can be provided, however feel free to bring your own.
Liv X

Instagram @liv__moves 

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We’re emerging from winter hibernation with a screening that once again brings film and live music together.

Join us for Entr’acte (1924), a silent French short film directed by René Clair and widely regarded as a manifesto of Dada cinema. Playful, absurd, and defiantly anti-narrative, Entr’acte remains a landmark of early avant-garde film.

As the original score was composed by Erik Satie, the evening will be introduced by pianist and composer Joe Sinha Semple, who will perform a short set of Satie-esque piano compositions before the screening.

When: 25 March, 6:30 PM
Where: @hydeparkbookclub
Entry: Free

Tickets HERE

Here Comes The Bride! is a fundraiser for Open Theatre's newest show, Acetone. Join us in the Basement from 7pm on Monday 23rd March as you join the Bachelorette party of your dreams. In a night that's Traitors meets Married At First Sight, come help us raise funds for Acetone whilst having a blast!

Tickets HERE

Leeds Queer Film Festival is having their 21st birthday this year! To celebrate, they're putting on a one-day event to look back at their early days and share some of their favourite films.

Come along for:

- panel with folks who were at the very first LQFF back when it was in a squat in Woodhouse
- zine launch
- some greatest hits of short films, plus a few new ones
- the feature film Major, a documentary about the late great Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a phenomenal trans activist
- a retrospective of After Dark films, LQFF's explicit collection (strictly 18+ only)

Check it out HERE

Sip and Social is an opportunity to join an afternoon of casual conversation and community, doing easy-going activities such as board games, creative writing and drawing.

We’ll be creating a space to take time out from your regular routine at different venues across the city, starting with Hyde Park Book Club.

If you’d like to come to a Sip and Social session, take a look at our Events page for upcoming dates. If you’d be interested in hosting a Sip and Social session at your venue, please contact our Wellbeing Practitioner, Eleanor Gillott.

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More info here

A free-entry market showing love and solidarity for trans people in Leeds. Browse and buy artwork, accessories, clothes, stickers, trinkets and more, to help our stallholders raise funds. Many will be fundraising for vital gender-affirming care, at a time when it is getting harder and harder to access. Cis allies are especially encouraged to show up to support trans people whose rights are under attack. Grab a drink, check out the work of local creatives, and help bring care to our wonderful stallholders.

Free entry. Drop by the basement between 11 and 3pm.

Tickets HERE

Cafe Theologique is an opportunity to hear from world-class theologians in an informal setting, with an emphasis on conversation. This event features Dr Helen Paynter, Director of The Centre for the Study of the Bible an Violence, and author of several books, including, 'The Church, the Far Right and the Claim to Christianity'. She will be addressing the claim of several right wing politicians and campaigners that the UK is in a battle to preserve Christian culture.

Dr Paynter will give a 20 minute presentation, after which there will be discussion around tables and then, after a break, an open conversation.

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Leeds Ford Maguire Society (socialist and labour history) invites you to come and learn
more about Isabella Ford.  Born in Headingley in 1855, she was an internationally recognised socialist campaigner, suffragist and peace activist.  Our speaker is June Hannam, Isabella's biographer and professor emerita at Bristol University.

Do come and join us on International Women's Day 2026 - you will be very welcome.

Tickets HERE

Join Jess for an all-levels yoga flow at Hyde Park Book Club.

Mats provided but feel free to bring your own

£5 / £4 students

All welcome including total beginners :)

Instagram @yog.raga

Instagram @yog.raga

Tickets HERE

The Roundhouse Poetry Slam is the UK’s leading spoken word competition and one of our most anticipated live events. Since first taking to the stage in 2006, it has helped launch the careers of countless poets and writers, bringing together some of the most exciting voices in spoken word.

More than a competition, the Slam is a celebration of the power of words and the artists who wield them. Join us for the Leeds heat and experience bold, original performances from emerging poets at the very start of their journeys.

After battling through seven national heats, the strongest voices will progress to the Final on Thu 9 April in Camden on Roundhouse’s main stage as part of the Roundhouse Three Sixty Festival — where one will be crowned the Roundhouse Slam Champion.

Plus performances from heat judges Maria Ferguson, Bradley Taylor, plus a third very special guest host, TBA! The event will be hosted by Matt Abbott and is co-produced with LIVEwire Poetry.

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Welcome to the Hyde Park Stitch Club!

Come join us at the Hyde Park Book Club for a fun and relaxing stitching session. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, everyone is welcome to come and work on their latest projects together. Share tips, tricks, and stories with fellow stitch enthusiasts in a cozy and creative atmosphere. Don't forget to bring your current project and get ready for an evening of stitching and chatting. We can't wait to see you there!

Just bring your current project and meet us there — no experience required!

This is a free, friendly space for creativity and community. 🙌
Hosted by: @knittedbykee & @laurablackwell

See you there! 💕✨

Tickets HERE

Sunday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club

Monthly Sunday yoga, spend your afternoon on the mat with me & stick around for coffee & treats at Hyde Park Book Club. a stunning Sunday!

open level vinyasa yoga class, everyone welcome :) from complete beginners to experienced yogis.

mats can be provided, however feel free to bring your own.
Liv X

Instagram @liv__moves 

Tickets HERE

Law’s a Drag is a network of drag artists, working with academics to explore how drag artists experience law and injustice. With a range of drag queens, kings, nonbinary artists, and performers of all backgrounds, we showcase the talents of our members through the work we do. Featuring lip syncs, singing, dancing, comedy, and more besides in our cabarets, our goal is to celebrate and support local queer communities, to centre the lived experiences of drag performers – and to put on one hell of a show while we do so!

Check it out HERE

Sip and Social is an opportunity to join an afternoon of casual conversation and community, doing easy-going activities such as board games, creative writing and drawing.

We’ll be creating a space to take time out from your regular routine at different venues across the city, starting with Hyde Park Book Club.

If you’d like to come to a Sip and Social session, take a look at our Events page for upcoming dates. If you’d be interested in hosting a Sip and Social session at your venue, please contact our Wellbeing Practitioner, Eleanor Gillott.

Tickets HERE

Join us at Hyde Park Book Club for an intimate interview with Liz Flanagan, readings from her new novel, and a Q&A as we partner with The State of the Arts to celebrate writers shaping the northern literary scene.

Liz Flanagan is best known for her acclaimed books for children and young adults, and When We Were Divided marks an exciting new chapter in her writing career as she turns her attention to adult novels for the first time. A creative writing teacher, former book editor and former Centre Director for Arvon at Ted Hughes's Lumb Bank, Liz lives in Hebden Bridge and is deeply connected to the landscapes and communities of West Yorkshire.  

Set in Yorkshire, 1643 , against the backdrop of the English Civil War, When We Were Divided, follows the lives of three captivating characters.  Jane, a devoted mother, unravels when her last son goes to fight for the King. Her sister Isabel, trapped in an unhappy marriage, finds purpose supporting Parliament's cause. Kit, starving and alone, survives by taking his dead brother's identity, discovering danger, friendship and love within the King's army. As the conflict spreads across the land, these three lives as war fractures families, loyalties and identities with devastating and transformative consequences.

Tickets HERE

Pre-order your copy HERE

Join us at the launch of BIG LOVE on the 15th of February from 6pm for a PV,  artist’s talk with George Storm and the team, readings and live performances, followed by a Big Love Party with resident beauty DJ Subaru playing tunes in the Snug until 10pm.  

This event is free, all welcome, bring your love, reading glasses, or your dancing shoes! 

The BIG LOVE exhibition hosts 30 artists and the BIG LOVE BOOK expands the exhibition with a further 50 contributors into a veritable tome of art, prose and poetry in all imaginable forms - kept and treasured in this anthology as something possibly or impossibly sexy. 

Available for purchase at the launch - The BIG LOVE book is a beautiful forever publication, full of LOVE - yours for £25.

An enquiry of this kind only makes sense when it’s shared with others - so join us and our artists and writers to reflect on the theme and tickle a curious understanding of love and loving at this moment. 

Big love from George Storm and the HPAC team x o x

Tickets HERE

The night where LGBTQIA+ folks read their REAL teenage diaries. Expect angsty poetry, thirsty fanfic, old tumblr posts + a throwback playlist.

Queer Diary is an open-mic style night: new readers can sign up in advance to bring something from your coming-of-age era on stage (a diary, or something else!)

"A space to look back on our formative years with laughter and kindness… Often funny, sometimes moving and heart-warming, always entertaining" - Reviews Hub ★★★★★

Tickets HERE

Leeds Rag Fashion Show is the UK 2nd largest student-led fashion show and we are hosting a bingo social event involving structured games, audience participation, bar tab prizes and other goodies. All proceeds from our fundraising events for the annual show are donated to our chosen charities..

Reserve your table HERE

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Leeds favourite dive Wax Bar bring their DJs to the bingo night and call the numbers.

Prizes include exclusive wax bar merch, records, tapes, cash, wax bar vouchers.

Tickets available to buy between rounds, so come down and enjoy yourselves at any time.

Bingo rounds:

Round 1

Tickets on sale 18:30

Bingo at 19:00

Round 2

Tickets on sale 19:30

Bingo at 20:00

Round 3

Tickets on sale 20:30

Bingo at 21:00

Round 4

Tickets on sale 21:30

Bingo at 22:00

Tickets HERE

A collaboration between a Writer's Society and musical group - the music following the natural rhythms of the poetry, spontaneously creating brand new works and experiences.

Sonnets, ballads, prose, short stories, and all sorts of poems - all told with the backing of experimental musicians and a classical pianist, improvising to the rhythm of a story.

Tickets HERE

Leeds Lit Fest returns in June with another packed programme of readings, discussions, poetry, performance and more. Sadly, we are once again struggling to secure funding, and are relying largely on donations and ticket sales.

So, we’ve decided to get an early start in 2026 with this special open mic event at the Hyde Park Book Club to celebrate our local (and perhaps not-so-local) writers and performers, and to help us raise a bit of money at the same time. Our host is Leeds poet and Chemistry compere Joe Williams.

To sign up for the open mic, just ask Joe for a slot when you arrive. We welcome everyone from first-timers to veteran performers, so if you want to give it a go, please do. You can do poetry or prose, as long as you can fit it in to the time limit of 4 minutes (which includes any introductions and other preamble).

Tickets cost £5 in advance (whether you’re performing or just watching) and all the money raised will go towards putting on the best festival we can. 

Doors at 6pm, and we’ll be collecting open mic names from about 6.15pm, ready for a prompt start at 7pm. See you there!

If you can’t come but want to support Leeds Lit Fest with a donation, please visit our GoFundMe page.

Tickets HERE

Sunday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club

Monthly Sunday yoga, spend your afternoon on the mat with me & stick around for coffee & treats at Hyde Park Book Club. a stunning Sunday!

open level vinyasa yoga class, everyone welcome :) from complete beginners to experienced yogis.

mats can be provided, however feel free to bring your own.
Liv X

Instagram @liv__moves 

Tickets HERE

SEYMOUR is a Leeds art zine celebrating the best indie creatives. It's a project that aims to create a community of artists and connect people. We value soul over professionalism, collaboration over competition, and creativity just for the sake of it. The launch will be a place to hang out with some really cool people and connect as a community.

Tickets HERE

Set amid Paris of the 2000s, In My Skin details the commonplace life of Esther who, at a house party, unknowingly injures herself on discarded industrial equipment, leaving a viscous wound. Obsessed with the lack of pain she experiences and fascinated by the limits of her corporeality, she delves further and further into acts of exploratory self-mutilation.

In My Skin is a ferociously violent film, wholly unashamed of committing the grotesque to screen. Needless to say, de Van does not idolise self-harm, instead employing it as simulacrum. Pasted across the porous skin of film, the act grasps fundamentally at what it is to possess a body and, tacitly, where emancipation from such constraints lies - the open wound both revolting and beautiful.

Join us for a cozy and joyful Queer Winter Market in support of local Leeds LGBTQ+ youth!

This community-led market is raising funds for The Hangout, a vital youth club creating safe, affirming spaces for young people.

Come browse a curated selection of clothes, trinkets, handmade goods, and more 

Saturday 24th January 11am till 2:00pm 

Tickets HERE

Celebrate the new book about Leeds by the People's History Team

Join us to celebrate the publication of the first volume of the People's History of Leeds. The project team has gathered stories from a variety of people across the city and we can't wait to how you our work. Featuring stories about: Reclaim the Night; Leeds Kirkgate Market; African and Carribean Nurses; Leeds United Football Club; Roller Skating in Leeds; The Birth of Goth Music.

Highlights:

• Live Stories from our team and some of the interviewees

• Film

• Free light refreshments

• A free book!

• A chance to tell your story

The event is in the Hyde Park Book Club, which is a creative cafe and arts venue in Hyde Park. We are in the "snug" which is to the left of the main entrance.

People's History of Leeds is a Leeds Older People's Forum Project and funded by Heritage Lottery.

For more information: https://www.peopleshistoryofleeds.com

Check it out HERE

Sip and Social is an opportunity to join an afternoon of casual conversation and community, doing easy-going activities such as board games, creative writing and drawing.

We’ll be creating a space to take time out from your regular routine at different venues across the city, starting with Hyde Park Book Club.

If you’d like to come to a Sip and Social session, take a look at our Events page for upcoming dates. If you’d be interested in hosting a Sip and Social session at your venue, please contact our Wellbeing Practitioner, Eleanor Gillott.

Tickets HERE

A cabaret-style fundraiser in support of Leeds Drag Society’s Rocky Horror Picture Show, featuring drag performances, live singing and more.