Springfield Cabaret: Live in Leeds!
2025-10-29 19:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
After a phenomenal show in Manchester, we’re bringing Springfield Cabaret to Leeds! Join your host, Ash Bestos (they/them, Winner of Yshee Black’s Big B*stard Competition) on a drag tribute show to the longest running animated sitcom of all time, joined by some of the North’s rising drag stars. After 36 years on air, 35 seasons, and a whopping 781 episodes, it’s finally time for Leeds to welcome an unauthorised, unofficial drag tribute show!
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SMR Presents: A Virtual Vaudeville
2025-10-30 19:30 - 23:00
From the darkest crevices of the internet, where crawlers and spiders daren’t poke their pixelated heads, comes SLIME MOLD RODEO. An immersive virtual vaudeville, a cyber cabaret of glitching flesh and tangled wires. A showcase of transgressive and forward-thinking queer performance art, from artists around Leeds and beyond. A full-length spectacle for stage and screen by Leeds shapeshifters Vivid Tadpole, taking satiric aim at artificial intelligence, data centres, and the end of things.
Tickets: https://tickets.matterpay.com/s/slime-mold-rodeo/ZXZlbnQ6ODAyMQ==/slime-mold-rodeo-presents-a-virtual-vaudeville?fbclid=PAZnRzaAM_-jhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp0AIrViLYGJeY1BNY94edUDROc2665yVKaPEaF5bhiU4BADnaAgzo1UfkRwA_aem_HC-h7f1dGNPcvS-orxTs-Q

Haus of Hex presents Haunted Haus!
2025-10-31 19:30 - 22:30
Join the Haus of Hex and a spooktacular cast as we celebrate Halloween at our Haunted Haus! Expect camp, kooky, creepy and downright terrifying performances, games and more!
Haus of Hex are: The Witch Blair, Ella Demonio and Pop Tart
Full cast to be announced soon!
Tickets range from £4-10, get yours now or forever be cursed xoxox
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/poptartqueenxo/haus-of-hex-presents-haunted-haus/e-qdrxpx

PHUCSE FEST
2025-10-31 23:59 - 2025-11-01 04:00
A Halloween Fundraiser for Gender Affirming Healthcare, hosted by Xero Phucse.
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on IG: @phucsefest

The Gun Show: Hungover Halloween
2025-11-01 19:00 - 23:00
Packin’ Heat Productions presents The Gun Show: The Hungover Halloween!
Hosted by Leeds’ drag king duo Packin’ Heat, AJ-47 and Tommy Gun have conjured a horde of c*nty creatures and slutty spooks to give you the thrill of your life! Prepare for devilry and debauchery as we *drag* your soul to damnation – there will be no salvation for sinners we’ll make of you!
The Gun Show is an 18+ event that celebrates a diverse array of artists: we kindly ask all our attendees be respectful of each other and our performers.
Free accessibility programs containing content warnings and additional guidance will be available on the night.
Follow us on Instagram for more information: @the.gun.show.drag @packin.heat
Tickets: https://www.eventbookings.com/b/event/the-packin-heat-gun-show-the-halloween-hangover?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadJxjRZgSZbnQ6d6s5pTc03v4alvhQTAGTdm5zaF7ZEaE785u98X-pqyCZ_aA_aem_nKyYvEZb0hQqyRwak6QUDg

Hearken Quartet with support from Erÿs
2025-11-02 19:00 - 23:00
Inspired by the lively traditional dance scene of continental Europe, Hearken Quartet are an energetic ensemble of diatonic button accordion, clarinet, uilleann pipes, low whistle, synths and guitar. Bringing fresh flavours to Euro-bal music, whether it’s the chain dances of Brittany, Scandinavian couple dances, or the bourrée of the French Auvergne, Hearken Quartet delivers delicious arrangements of tunes new and old that will whet the appetites of traditional and contemporary music fans alike.
Erÿs are a vibrant three-piece contemporary folk band that breathe new life into the genre, combining rich new melodies with traditional repertoire; ranging from lively, foot-stomping compositions to more delicate melodies, each piece reflecting their shared love for musical storytelling – offering fresh perspectives for new generations.
(facebook/insta) https://linktr.ee/hearkenquartet, instagram: @hearkenquartet, facebook: hearkenquartet
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The Flaming Hog
2025-11-05 19:00 - 23:00
A night of camaraderie, heavy music and lots of yelling.
Lead and promoted by leeds’ silliest newcomers to the heavy scene: hog! who are way in over their heads.
Friends Sans Solis and Cherry Fuzz Club supporting and bringing a jolly ol’ time.
FREE EVENT!

UPCHUCK (US, Domino Records) /
2025-11-06 19:30 - 23:00
For Fans of: Amyl and the Sniffers, Black Flag, Angel Du$t, Thee Oh Sees
Upchuck is a five-piece band from Atlanta, formed from connections made in skateboarding, construction, and teenage delinquency. Shortly after releasing of their debut album, Sense Yourself, Upchuck embarked on a break-neck string of live shows, touring alongside the bands like Fuzz, Amyl and the Sniffers, and Subhumans.
For their sophomore record, Bite the Hand That Feeds, the band enlisted the production talents of Ty Segall whom they credit with helping to elevate the arrangements to bold new heights. Layered drum polyrhythms, tasteful use of oddball effects, and fuzzed out, every-guitar-pushed-into-the-red ethos attest to it and reflect a new level of confidence.
https://www.seetickets.com/event/upchuck/wharf-chambers/3430277

Nice As Pie Race
2025-11-07 19:00 - 2025-11-08 23:00
A weekend of pies, pals and partying featuring DIY punk, metal, hardcore, ska and pop-punk from across the UK.
Tickets: https://niceaspiefest.bigcartel.com/product/napr-25-ticket

Seven by Seven
2025-11-09 15:00 - 21:00
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 – you can play whatever you want to, and we relish that variety!

No DJ skills are needed, and our ethos is – no pressure, no competition, no egos.

Please get there early to put your name down. We draw names out for the running order and later arrivals may be too late to be drawn. We also sometimes reduce the number of records that some people can play if we have high numbers attending – but we do try to fit in as many seven record sets as possible.

Seven by Seven is a non-commercial operation. We run our sessions purely for the joy of playing and listening to records as a shared experience.

Performers for Palestine
2025-11-09 18:00 - 22:00
It’s finally happening – our Performers for Palestine event is here! A night of drag, music, dance and a huge raffle to raise funds for Palestinian mutual aid.
Tickets: https://ra.co/events/2263812

Free Music Lessons - Legion of Swine, Peter J Woods, Gerst
2025-11-12 19:30 - 23:00
Legion of Swine: Dave Procter’s long running project, left for Sweden now but a giant of the old Leeds noise scene a few years ago running Hogwash et al.

https://legionofswine.bandcamp.com/album/they-took-democracy-and-threw-it-onto-the-pyre-with-the-rest-of-the-legion-of-swine

Peter J Woods: Nottingham-via-Milwaukee noisenik, expect the finest noise that can only be produced by years of academic research.

https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/learning-by-listening-vol-9-learning-to-make-noise-toward-a-process-model-of-artistic-practice-within-experimental-music-scenes

Gerst: London up and comer, dense veil of fog music.

https://gerst.bandcamp.com/album/a-crass-chant-for-the-pigs

Gilded Chambers
2025-11-13 18:30 - 23:00
gilded chambers is coming
experience a night of renassiance to fundraise for leeds lgbtq youth club the hangout
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music from milly renu and the hot ones ft. evil blonde
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hosted by puppi gutz productions
Tickets: https://www.citizenticket.com/events/the-hangout-cic/gilded-chambers/

Fortitude Valley, Nathy SG, Gravel
2025-11-14 19:30 - 23:00
Fortitude Valley – the brainchild of Laura Kovic. Taking influence from the likes of The Beths, The Go-Go’s and Pavement, what results is a ludicrously addictive cocktail of heart-stopping indie-punk power-pop melody and a back catalogue of songs that’ll be living in your head, rent free, for evermore.
https://fortitudevalley.bandcamp.com/
Nathy SG – the latest project from North East songwriter / DIY punk lifer Nathan Stephens-Griffin (Martha / Onsind). Over the past eighteen months he has released two 7” records, a cassette and a handful of digital singles all via his own bedroom label Cowie Jaw Recordings. Nathy’s music has been described as “available to stream online”.
https://nathysg.bandcamp.com/
Gravel – ‘meth era R.E.M.’ bangers, brought to you by new act formed by local Leeds legends of Milk Crimes, Worm Boys, Heat Wrays and Instant Bin fame.
https://gravel2000.bandcamp.com/album/demo

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Ruffkut presents: Cottam B2B Merker
2025-11-14 23:59 - 2025-11-15 04:00
Two of UKG’s most prolific producers join forces on the 14th November for a never seen before b2b at one of Leeds’ most intimate venues. Joined by a plethora of rising young talent, prepare for a night of no-nonsense club music and be ready to shake a leg.

Brudenell Presents... Prostitute
2025-11-15 19:30 - 23:00
Formed in 2020 in Dearborn, Michigan, Prostitute is an experimental post-punk and Arab rock band. Born out of the isolation of the COVID-19 lockdown, the band’s debut album, Attempted Martyr, was written in the midst of global and personal turmoil, capturing the zeitgeist of a world unraveling. A loose concept record, it chronicles the rise and fall of a doomed zealot whose pursuit of holy vengeance spirals into a psychotic orgy of violence, greed, and lust.
The band was initially formed by Moe Kazra who enlisted childhood friends Andrew Kaster and Dylan Zaranski, with Ross Babinski and Bret Wall later completing the lineup. Together, they self-funded the album, working with legendary engineer Chris Koltay to shape a sound that’s both abrasive and hypnotic—an unrelenting blend of warped guitars, primitive basslines, frenzied drumming, and corrosive synthesizers, interwoven with samples from diverse cultures, ranging from African to Middle Eastern and East Asian influences.
Tracks like “All Hail” (inspired by the 1977 Hanafi Siege of Washington D.C.) immerses listeners in a volatile, hostage-like environment. “Judge” channels Milton’s Satan in a chilling rallying cry, while “Body Meat” grapples with religious desperation and the tenuous boundary between faith and madness. Khachab and Kaster’s lyrics have been described by Pitchfork as “disturbingly poetic” with the ability to “lacerate with image alone.” Crude sloganeering and scenes of horrific violence are juxtaposed with literary allusion and Islamic symbolism, creating what the band calls a “theatricalization of terrorism.” Through this lens, they examine and critique the xenophobic stereotypes targeted at Arabs, distorting them into grotesque caricatures.
Over the past four years, Prostitute has established a reputation for their punishing, high-energy performances. The band’s live shows, described as “dangerous” and “volatile”, finds Moe delivering politically charged sermons atop a deafening bacchanal of sound. In 2023, Prostitute performed at the re-opening of the iconic UFO Bar in Detroit, followed by a series of benefit concerts for Palestine, Lebanon, and Sudan. These performances solidified their growing presence, leading to invites to play at No Rest Fest and New Colossus Festival.
As Prostitute continues work on their sophomore album, they are delving deeper into electronic and Arabic dance influences, drawing inspiration from the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon. Their sound continues to evolve, with new tracks incorporating dabke rhythms, Arabesque melodicism, and industrial synth textures, all while retaining the same anarchic energy that defines their unique sound.
Wharf Chambers Co-operative Club is a members’ club, and you need to be a member, or a guest of a member, in order to attend. To join, please visit wharfchambers.org. Membership costs £2 and requires a minimum of 48 hours to take effect.
Age Restriction: 14+ w./ adult, or 18+ without

LGBTQ Book Launch: An Uncommon Betrothal by Johannes T. Evans
2025-11-16 18:00 - 22:00
A book launch by gay disabled author Johannes T. Evans, featuring a story of love and lust in the 1920s between a gentleman polio survivor and his new butler! Featuring themes of disability, body positivity, joyful queerness and polyamory, and friendship and connection!
Tickets are free. Books at the event will be for sale, and there’ll be an opportunity to ask questions and get new books signed by the author. There’ll also be some wine and cheese!
Wharf Chambers Co-Operative Club is a members’ club, and you need to be a member, or a guest of a member, in order to attend. To join, please visit wharfchambers.org. Membership costs £2 and requires a minimum of 48 hours to take effect.
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Alexos Fox, an introverted academic and polio survivor, is naturally quite sad when the long-time butler of his household, the man who all but raised him, retires. He is not at all prepared for the old man’s replacement: his exceedingly attractive and painfully tempting nephew.
Unbeknownst to Alexos, his old butler chose Henry Sutton hoping the two of them might marry their interests together, and the gentleman is as suspicious as he is entranced when the new butler comes to him with talks of a secret marriage between them.
M/M erotic romance, rated E, 100k. Set 1927, primarily in West Sussex, England. Featuring themes of disability, chronic pain, piercings and tattoos, loneliness and isolation, bodily autonomy, class dynamics, a butler/gentleman relationship, joyful non-monogamy and casual sex.
Buy eBook on Amazon / / Buy eBook through Books2Read
Tickets: the Eventbrite booking page.

Another Heinous Whining confusing music showcase, this time steeped in oozing ambient mental drift and psych damage frommm
2025-11-18 19:30 - 23:00
Jake Muir – Berlin based sample smearer and mood-moulder. Lending an ear to church bells and vintage gay porn soundtracks in the past his current work involved wind on microphone buffer getting re-re-reordered-assembled-disguised. Deep blue sinking in
https://sferic.bandcamp.com/album/bathhouse-blues
https://www.jakemuir.org/
Astral Social Club – solo moniker of Yorkshire noise lifer Neil Campbell (You know who this is!! CV as long as 8 arms just dive in). Expect insistent beat beds from 1000 years of pedal meddled synth violin, vocal shred. Technicolour goth future
https://astralsocialclub.bandcamp.com/
Not Above Music – No PA CnR collective drone ensemble, wheeze and wooze and ooze and gooes

Doors 730
£8/4 low or unwaged
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Druids vs Robots
2025-11-19 20:00 - 23:00
Druids vs Robots is an event combining story telling with live performance using jungle techno remixes and arrangements from the forthcoming debut album from Siluri Kin. Jenny Silurian, writer, performer and producer is a trans woman based in Bradford who is bringing the queer and pagan themes of the album to life in a rave/club setting. Will the time travelling druids save nature from total annihilation, or will the robots prevail and enslave humanity? Whether you are druid, robot, rocker or raver – be part of the story. Siluri Kin have so far released two singles from their forthcoming debut album. These are “All Caps Black Hats” and “We Are Mycelia”. The third single, “Trans Pennine Express”, is released on 24/10/2025. The self titled debut album is released on 13th February 2026.
Tickets: https://www.skiddle.com/e/41470809

Slow Loris and The Brackish
2025-11-20 20:00 - 23:00
Slow Loris is an experimental alt-rock project fusing modern prog, nu metal and electronica into heavy cinematic instrumentals.

The Brackish sound is characterised by its use of dynamics, long-form composition and improvisation. Face melting heavyness gives way to gentle, spacious soundscapes within a single composition.

Find Slow Loris here

Find The Brackish here

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slow-loris-the-brackish-yoshizawa-tickets-1881280674139?aff=oddtdtcreator

Yum Yum Presents: Loosely Women 2
2025-11-21 19:00 - 23:00
Loosely Women is back for a second helping of camp, comedy, and chaotic drag all about Pop & Vicky’s favourite subject: Telly! It has been said Yum Yum is the most fun you will have at a drag show, and knowing the bangers we have in store for you, it’s hard to disagree with that.
Yum Yum is a trans & working class ran show, so we price our tickets according to people’s financial capabilities. You do not have to be trans or working class to come along, just be sound and you’ll be reyt.
Costume is encouraged, but not enforced. You can also buy a double ticket to both this show & the club night afterwards ran by Bite Back! For more info, visit @bitebackevents on Instagram

Find Yum Yum on insta

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Bite Back...and dance!
2025-11-21 23:59
It’s the first BITE BACK! club night – expect emo and alternative tunes throughout the night, with sets from Threat Detector, Izzie Drizzle and DJ sets throughout the night. All profit will be going to raise funds for gender affirming care for members of the community.
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PROMOTER: Bite Back! Events

NOX: Gothic Dicotheque
2025-11-22 11:30
Societie Nuctemeron & ARS DIY Presents…
Spirits twist in the freezing fog under a funeral moon… Dark flowers weep their dried petals onto frozen ground… In the dirt a skeleton twitches and rattles, reanimated by the distant sounds of synth and drum machine. NOX is BACK!!!! Come writhe with us again in the bittersweet romance of a churchyard disco after dark. Resident DJs are back this November playing benighted sounds from the crypt, as well as a set by our special guest SOBORGNOST – recently seen supporting Cabaret Voltaire. Halloween is 4 Eva!!!
GENRES: Goth, industrial, post-punk, coldwave, techno, post-industrial, darkwave
https://www.instagram.com/nox.leeds/

S0PH1NAT0R PRESENTS: SHORT-NOTICE SHOWCASE
2025-11-22 19:00 - 23:00
SHOWCASING DRAG AND LIVE MUSIC FROM ALL UR LEEDS FAVS BUT WE ONLY HAD 3 DAYS TO PLAN AND ORGANISE IT!! no themes, no rules, anything goes
Tickets: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/31738/s0ph1nat0r-presents-short-notice-showcase

King Oliver’s Birthday Court
2025-11-23 17:30 - 21:30
Hear Ye, hear ye! King Oliver holds a celebration of his birth! Watch the court compete for his approval. The night will feature a number of short performances of varied performance types and experience. This is a birthday celebration but also a celebration of the many creatives around me and an opportunity to have fun together, so anyone is welcome.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/king-olivers-birthday-court-tickets-1670747634149?aff=oddtdtcreator

Natural Jackrz
2026-02-27 23:59
Imagine Queer Acid House for the Hot, the Bold, and the Jackin’
Natural Jackrz is a new club night rooted in queer energy and acid house ecstasy. We’re bringing back the raw, sweat-drenched spirit of the underground — pulsing 303s, stripped-back grooves, and that unmistakable jackin’ rhythm that moves you. This night is for the beautifully unfiltered: bodies in motion, eyes closed, sweat glistening under lights. Think sexy, inclusive, and unashamedly euphoric. A space to lose yourself, find your people, and ride the acid groove ‘til sunrise. Give the dancefloor back to the queers who jack.

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Class, Soup Activists & Solderer
2025-11-25 19:30 - 23:00
CLASSRun-ragged, New York Dolls-indebted, Maximum Rocknroll-approved power pop from Tucson, Arizona.nowthatsclass.bandcamp.com
SOUP ACTIVISTSWistful, janky new wave pop from Martin Meyer of Lumpy and the Dumpers fame.soupactivists.bandcamp.com
SOLDERERLooney Tunes pogo punk hivemind playing the notes between the notes.solderererer.bandcamp.com

£8-£12 SLIDING SCALEskiddle.com/e/41386059

Pudding, Tightrope Moon + Support TBA @ Wharf Chambers
2025-11-26 19:00 - 23:00
London-based bands Pudding and Tightrope Room come to Wharf Chambers for a night of Alternative Folk blended with post-punk.
Promoted by North<3South Records
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Kling Klang // HORSEBASTARD // Wire Mothers
2025-11-27 20:00 - 23:00
KLANG KLANG – Underground synth-rock ensemble. Distillations from inner space, performed with primitive synthesisers, drums and attitude. New LP “Half Life” available soon on Wrong Speed Records

HORSEBASTARD – Insane Grind / Equestrian Blastcore from Liverpool

WIRE MOTHERS – Wretched synth shadow work from Leeds

https://klingklang.bandcamp.com/music
https://horsebastards.bandcamp.com
https://wiremothers.bandcamp.com/album/ragged-desire

tickets – https://wegottickets.com/event/681098/

£5 – 10 NOTAFLOF

Tulpa, Live in Leeds (Album Launch)
2025-11-29 19:30 - 23:00
ulpa are an indie rock band from Leeds. Their sound contrasts detuned and lo-fi guitar textures with hyper-melodic vocals, creating songs with emotional warmth and sonic intrigue. The group consists of Josie Kirk, Daniel Hyndman, Myles Kirks and Mike Ainsley. The band have recently supported Throwing Muses, Pale Blue Eyes and Bug Club and have recently done a live session for Marc Riley and Gideon Coe on BBC6 Music.
Not much is known about Tulpa, they don’t have any songs online yet (Just a live video of the band playing in a chapel in Wakefield) but in the quieter corners of the UK’s DIY festivals and indie venues they amass a following of lovers of noise, melody and good rock music. Live their songs lean into texture and tone creating a dreamy atmosphere and distortion that feels like a big hug. The songs meander from catchy hooks into tangents of musical experimentation and guitar wizardry.
Their debut album ‘Monster of the Week’ is out on Skepwax records this November. It was recorded by Jamie Lockhart ( The Cribs, Mush, Drahla). The record is the first ever album to be produced at Jamie’s new studio at Lamigo Bay, a picturesque and remote region of the Highlands.
A Tulpa is a mythical being manifested into existence through the act of concentrated thought, like an imaginary friend brought to life but (sometimes) scarier. The lyrics on ‘Monster of the Week’ sometimes riff on the esoteric, strange and cultish. More often than not though, the songs are about the simple stuff – universal emotions expressed sometimes directly and sometimes more abstractly through playful imagery.
FFO: Breeders, Pavement, Yo La Tengo etc.

Tickets: https://brudenellpresents.seetickets.com/event/tulpa/wharf-chambers/3474442
