Upcoming Events

Wharf Chambers is home to a diverse range of events. From gigs and club nights to fundraisers and socials, we’ve been host to craft markets, film screenings, creative workshops and so much more!

Interested in putting on an event?

Please contact bookings@wharfchambers.org

Wharfmas

Whether it's the most wonderful time of the year or the season you try to avoid, we've got the Christmas event for you. Join The Hangout for Wharfmas, an Alternative Christmas night of Drag, Live Music, stalls, festive food, and our very own drag Santa! Think Nightmare before Christmas, goth snowmen, or edgy Christmas elves. […]

Lilac Unknown: Momentum II feat. Girl Called Sim and Lotus Phaze

Lilac Unknown returns on Friday December 20th at Wharf Chambers (11:59PM-4:00AM). We can't wait to play some bassy, multi-genre goodness all night long! We have our Leeds-based co-founders Girl Called Sim and Lotus Phaze on the bill, and there might be a rumour that this event may be a F2F battle or just a b2b […]

Jingle Bell Frock

Christmas is the most magical time of the year, and Frock Events is thrilled to present Jingle Bell Frock! Join the flabulous plus-size Barbie, Sian De Paul, and an extraordinary cast of drag performers for the ultimate Christmas party! Get ready to be enchanted by live vocals, campy comedy, and dazzling dancing divas. Plus, a […]

Mosquito Farm // Dolmen Dweller // Becky Mahay & Neil Campbell // Mic & Stand

Heinous Whining congeales into 2025 with a braod sweep of the net through unpopular music. Lots of inventive self made instruments or self discovered self-sounds abound No one turned away for lack of funds as always Mosquito Farm - Electro-acoustics from self-built instruments and machines assembling and dis-assembling sounds and themselves Dolmen Dweller - Solo […]

Cellar Messiah // Deathtrippers // Die Schöne Familie

Join us for a night of psych that will throw the mid-winter blues into oblivion: Die Schone Familie deconstructs song structure through processing and layering of sonic repetition, delivered with casual poetic self-deprecation. Deathtrippers are a mix of goth and shoegaze. Cellar Messiah includes ex-members of Leeds/Bradford bands Rent Boys and Jon Jones & the […]

Seven by Seven

Seven by Seven is a friendly open decks vinyl playing session. You can bring along and play us seven of your 7” 45rpm vinyl singles – hence Seven by Seven – or just come and listen to others play. The 7” 45rpm format is the only limitation. We don’t dictate the type of music – […]

Katya Shirshkova // Odie Ji Ghast & David Birchall // Bird Brains // Local Bliss

Midwinter Whining abound as per. Another free-wheeling collection of the musically confused. This time all rooted in the gob. Choral layering, free rock improv, mouth sounds and computer slurp and operatic drama hurrah! no one turned away for lack of funds as alwasy 4 to 8 quid sliding scale Katya Shirshkova Vocal resonance relooped and […]

Free Music Lessons – Zhu Wenbo, Zhao Cong, Sun Yizhou

Hey hey we're back in the new year with some of the most amazing musicians going right now over from Bejing. Genuinely unmissable night this one! Expect some top non-music-music, object action. Zhu Wenbo: runs Zoomin' Night https://zoominnight.bandcamp.com/, releases all over the place, collaborations with Li Song who played our outside gig 2024. Zhao Cong: releases […]

Contort Yourself

After a successful night at the beginning of 2024, Contort Yourself finally returns to Wharf Chambers, Leeds, for another all-vinyl DJ set spinning all the best floor-fillers from across the world of no wave and post-punk. Presented by DJ Benfrombradford, the event will start at 23:59 on Saturday 18th January and run through until 4am […]

DISASTER BAIT X SIGMUND VOID

a night of high energy punk noise from Bradford based ear destroyers Sigmund Void and Knaresborough based digital dirt outfit Disaster Bait.