Following on from recent meetings, Situation Leeds is now building a collaborative network for artists in Leeds - allowing space for discussion, development of ideas and strategic thinking. There will also be artists introducing their practice to the group as part of an informal sharing of work.

We’ll be meeting monthly at Hyde Park Book Club, where we can openly discuss Situation Leeds, but also the sector, and where practitioners can present their work to the wider group. 

Next meet-up: Tuesday 2 December 6 - 8pm
Venue: Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL

FREE JUST TURN UP

Leeds Cineforum Presents…

What could be better than an anti-capitalist film as a lead-up to Xmas? 🎄🏭

Following the recent 50th anniversary of his death, we are happy to screen Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Theorem" ("Teorema", 1968).

A handsome and enigmatic guest arrives at a respectable, wealthy household in Milan and soon seduces the maid, the son, the mother, the daughter, and the father. The sexual encounters with him provoke in each member a kind of revelation or epiphany, and when he mysteriously vanishes, the bourgeois family is left with nothing but the stark realization of their own inauthenticity.

📅 When: 1 December, 6:30 PM
📍 Where: @hydeparkbookclub
🎟️ Entry: Free

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

Friday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club

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

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 Instagram @liv__moves 

Tickets HERE

Join artist Paul Digby for a reflective seminar exploring his Arts Council England–funded projects created in collaboration with the ICU ward at St James’s Hospital, Leeds. Through a series of drawings and sculptures, Paul captures the human stories and emotional landscapes that emerged during and after the pandemic.

This talk will trace the development of his work — from projects leading up to the pandemic to his more recent Hand Series, which continues to explore gesture, touch, and empathy. Paul will discuss how art can document shared experience, support wellbeing, and open conversations between artists, healthcare professionals, and communities.

Accessible and insightful, the seminar offers a unique perspective on creativity within care environments and the role of contemporary art in times of change.

This event is funded by Leeds City Council's Grow programme.

FREE Tickets HERE

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

Award-winning indie press Bad Betty returns to Leeds on their UK tour! Featuring stellar performances from some of the UK's finest poets.

LIVEwire Poetry is thrilled to be hosting Bad Betty Press once more, on the Leeds leg of their UK tour. Featuring live performances from three of Bad Betty's latest poets — Antosh Wojcik, Agata Masłowska, and Francis-Xavier Mukiibi — alongside Leeds-based feature Maria Ferguson.

These events are designed to be engaging and accessible for all audience members, whether you're a poetry newcomer or a seasoned pro!

FREE JUST TURN UP

Launch of The Year of the Rat by KJ Taylor, a new speculative fiction novel on Northodox Press. 

Book launch, Author Q&A and signing.

Oracular visions shape his world, but Ryan no longer knows his own history.Confined for years due to experiencing overpowering 'episodes', Ryan is suddenly thrust out into the City beyond the Institution's walls. Now, he must navigate the landscape beyond, an environment ravaged by decline, de-population, and corruption, and the people who inhabit it. Uncured by the Institution’s treatments, Ryan is robbed of memories of the before. Does the mysterious District hold the answers he so desperately seeks?

FREE Sign up HERE

Join Unipol's 'Widen Your Circle' event at Hyde Park Book Club from 5pm - 7pm on Thursday 13th November.

Unipol, University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett, Leeds Arts University, Leeds Conservatoire and Trinity University are hosting an event to unite Leeds students and help you find new friends in the city. 

* Find flatmates for next year 
* Get to know like-minded students from other universities in Leeds 
* Share interests and hobbies 

This will be a relaxed event at Hyde Park Book Club with a few games for those who are interested or a chilled space if you just want to get to know other people. 

The event is open to all University students in Leeds who are looking for other students to live with. 

Please sign up below if you would like to attend this FREE event. 

Tickets HERE

An open mic poetry event with a northern twist. If you are in West Yorkshire come to Leeds for our first poetry event up north. Come along for good vibes, music and a great time!

Tickets HERE

The net-zero transition isn’t saving the planet — it’s a rigged game where the rich get richer and the rest of us pay the price. Or Something Worse exposes the brutal truth: green capitalism is a scam. Soaring bills. Broken promises. A future stolen in the name of "sustainability."

Governments and corporations are waging a one-sided class war, dressing up exploitation as progress while workers struggle and communities collapse. But resistance is growing.

From “Don’t Pay” rebellions to fossil fuel blockades and community counter-planning - people are fighting back. Or Something Worse reveals how we can seize the transition, dismantle green capitalism, and build a future that works for all — not just the powerful.

This isn’t just a crisis. It’s a war.

Join author and activist Nicholas Beuret as he launches his new book in conversation with Keir Milburn, (co-author of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future) and Cath Long (of the Institute for Commoning)

Tickets HERE

Friday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club

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

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 Instagram @liv__moves 

Tickets HERE

A magical blend of poetry and music by Parlour Punk Musicians and Poets  Sister Chain & Brother John. Vocalist and Poet Polly MacLean and eight poets from around Yorkshire. A blend of original  poetry snd music in a unique, beautifully planned, and choreographed  performance.

Tickets HERE

Join us for a cozy movie night at Hyde Park Book Club, where we'll be screening 'The Inspiration', and 'The Package'!

These films have been created by a student film crew, called 'The Golden Crew', at Leeds Art University, as part of their second year work. As they enter third year, they will be using all the proceedings to help fund their next projects!

Film Synopsis for both films include:

The Inspiration - After channelling her grief into a masterpiece, an obsessive writer tries to win the heart of her estranged friend with it -- unaware of his plot to steal it for his own literary success.

The Package - With a debt to a violent loan shark, a scrawny businessman must deliver a package by midnight to escape death -- except the package is a dead body.

Written and Directed By: Sam McLeod
Produced By: Ruby D'Arcy & Keira Day

Tickets HERE

Join us in celebrating the first birthday of Mette Productions, but with a spooky twist…

Tickets HERE

Out of the Blue presents an evening of conversation between curator Dr Adam Stone and artist Richard Baker, generously supported by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. Bringing together two leading voices from the region’s cultural landscape, the event will offer insight into contemporary painting and curatorial practice, exploring the ideas, influences, and processes that shape artistic work today. This is a free event and we expect a full house.

More details, including venue and booking information, will be shared closer to the date.

Tickets HERE

Scratch and Tickle is an independent theatre night in leeds celebrating new writing, upcoming artists and talent in the local area.

We will be showcasing between 4-6 new pieces for our upcoming first ever mini scratch festival on Monday 6th of October! Including material by our very own company!

Join us as we support and celebrate local new writing and new artists!

Tickets £3 OTD only

FESTIVAL DE TINNES PRESENTS...

Ever had a great idea for a film then crossed it out? Then changed it and then crossed it out again? Then had a Really great idea and suddenly the page is so messy there's no space for it? Sounds like you need a....

✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️ RUBBER ✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️

...themed short film screening? (Note: go back and erase previous sentence DOESNT make sense) WAIT! Look up there in the sky... A rubber balloon floating away 🎈... So moving.. Where were we?..... Oh yeah.......

Festival De Tinnes: RUBBER is a night of local/experimental/amateur/DIY micro short films which may or may not bounce, squeak, and/or splat onto the wall if you throw them hard enough... All for just £3 (if you can stretch your wallet that far).

SUBMIT TO FESTIVAL DE TINNES NOW. ALL SUBMISSIONS SCREENED. SEND SUBMISSIONS TO TINNESFILMFESTIVAL@GMAIL.COM.

FREE JUST TURN UP

The HPBC Freshers Fair returns on the 27th September! 

Last year was a blast, Come along, make new friends, find out what is happening in your local community, and buy some plants, prints and more

Stall’s from;

• Hyde Park Picture House

• The Vinyl Whistle

• Youth Demand Leeds

• Eiger Studios & Hyde Park Book Club

• Music Leeds / Launchpad

• Private Regcords

• Esco Romanesco

• Railed Magazine

• Kosh & Yog (Jewellery)

• Freya Elizibeth (UPCOMING NETWORK)

• Gwen Lawrence (Prints ceramics)

• Rat Depot (DIY film screening, art and stickers)

• Ebony Wright (Zines and photography prints)

• Catherine Porter (Crochet)

• Poppy Giles (Art prints, cards, stickers)

• Rain Bug Studio (Prints, Stickers, crafts)

• India Benjamin (Stationary)

• Leeds Bike Mill

Tickets HERE

Friday Yoga at Hyde Park Book Club

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

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 Instagram @liv__moves 

FREE JUST TURN UP

As part of Scalarama Leeds, we’re hosting something a little different. We’ll be screening Dog Star Man (1961–1964), a series of short experimental films directed by Stan Brakhage, accompanied by experimental live music performed by Mani S and Sam D.

When:Wednesday, September 24, 6:30 PM
Entry:Free

Tickets HERE

A young lad is trapped in a surreal world by his evil music tutor and forced to play a giant piano with 499 other boys in this musical fantasy written by Dr Seuss. Can Bart overthrow the diabolical Dr Terwilliker and save himself, his hypnotised mother, and their plumber?
Join Hi Magpie for this 1953 visually bizarre masterpiece; with a cast of bewildering characters that includes roller skating twins conjoined at the beard and an orchestra of human instrument hybrids, it's sure to be... atomic!

Tickets HERE

An evening of poetry with Bradley Taylor & M.L. Walsh - with open mic - Hyde Park Book Club

Come join us for a night filled with poetry local and beyond at the Hyde Park Book Club! Award winning poets Bradley Taylor and M.L. Walsh will be headlining the night, with a full open mic throughout the rest of the night. Want to jump on the mic? Simply sign up on arrival with Bradley or M.L.!

'A brand new voice and a fresh perspective on the art of poetry and performance'
Craig Charles on Bradley Taylor

'Impeccably timed, perfectly deadpan and at times even charmingly whimsical'
Luke Kennard on M.L. Walsh

Tickets HERE

Over Thinking Cinema invites you to overthink: Coffee & Cigarettes (2003) with us, Saturday 6th of August, at Hyde Park Book Club. 

Coffee & Cigarettes (2003) brings together a collection of strange, funny, idiosyncratic short films by legendary cult director Jim Jarmusch.

Each vignette stars a number of celebrities playing dramatised versions of themselves. They each meet for chats, about music; the dangers of caffeine and nicotine; a self-made tesla coil; Elvis Presley's evil twin; and more.

This event is part of Leeds Scalarama Film Festival 2025.

Following on from recent meetings, Situation Leeds is now building a collaborative network for artists in Leeds - allowing space for discussion, development of ideas and strategic thinking. There will also be artists introducing their practice to the group as part of an informal sharing of work.

We’ll be meeting monthly at Hyde Park Book Club, where we can openly discuss Situation Leeds, but also the sector, and where practitioners can present their work to the wider group. 

Next meet-up: Tuesday 2 September, 6 - 8pm
Venue: Hyde Park Book Club, LS6 1BL

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

Film screening for the DIY film The Hidden Tracks before it's official release on 25th August. The Hidden Tracks is a project put together by Anna Reed, combining a passion for cycling and grassroots music.

The film follows a Anna's journey across the UK by bike, towing recording gear and filming live sessions in remote locations across England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

It captures the ups and downs of the ride, the challenges faced and the amazing support from strangers along the way - all while raising money for Leeds Mind.

4 countries, 4 bands, 4 locations and 482.5 miles in 10 days.

Follow to keep up to date:Instagram - @thehiddentracksfilm @rideordirecordings

Watch the trailer HERE

Meet Leeds-based Typewriter Poet, Molly Ovenden and commission a bespoke poem to be written live. A uniquely personal gift for birthdays, anniversaries, in memory, new job or moving house -- for yourself or a loved one. In about 20 minutes, Molly will ask you questions to personalise your poem's topic, craft, and type your poem on her vintage typewriter. You leave with the typed poem gift as a memento of your poetic experience. £15 payable in-person 

PAYF Tickets HERE

Join us for an evening of boardgames with Cards or Die. I’ll be there to teach and recommend from a massive variety of modern classics and retro favourites. So, whether you fancy playing Battleship and Downfall or Cascadia and Forbidden Desert, we’ve got games to suit every interest, age, ability and mood! From co-op to brutally competitive – we’ve got you covered. Book your tickets together if you are coming as a group to help us reserve the right tables for you. 

Get in touch with requests. 

Solo gamers are encouraged. Please get in touch if there is anything I can do to help with your visit.

Tickets HERE

On Saturday, 2nd August, in Leeds, we will be hosting a festival of education, discussion, and celebration of Yorkshire’s people’s history and activist heritage

Join us for a day of talks and workshops from a range of groups and speakers including Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, Kier Milburn (Novara/ACFM), Leeds Marxists and more!

After covering venue costs, any profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians.