Wharf Chambers

Nina Garcia (FR) + Arnaud Rivière (FR) + Pleb (UK)
2025-09-23 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
NINA GARCIA (FR)
Miraculous solo shredding from the electric maverick formerly known as Mariachi. Nina Garcia’s dynamic guitarwork amasses immensity through minimalism, using an electromagnetic microphone to create great tensions from the smallest of gestures. Shades of noise, drone, post-punk and blues converge and collapse around the artist and instrument’s dance.
PLEB (UK)
Slow, synergised sorrow from a guitar-and-drums sludge duo playing in the tradition of void enjoyers Corrupted. Spun off from Give Over, Pleb grind metal down to its rawest form, schlepping sparse, despondent riffs through a chorus of amps, thumps and growls.
ARNAUD RIVIÈRE (FR)
Arnaud Rivière’s scrapyard experiments are a loving tribute to repaired and repurposed sound. Equipped with a decrepit, fixed-up turntable, along with as many devices he can fit in a single square foot, he creates ecstatic, jumpstarted noise that’s all about the physical connections between performer and object.
£8 advance / £12 on the door
£5 unwaged / no one turned away for lack of funds
Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/event/669682

Re-Animator (1985) Film Screening
2025-09-24 19:00 - 23:00
DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING…
Obsessed with defeating death, brilliant but deranged medical student Herbert West invents a glowing green serum that can reanimate dead tissue. Roping in his sceptical roommate and fellow student Dan Cain, the two perform increasingly dangerous experiments on dead bodies that spiral out of control. Loosely based on a H.P. Lovecraft short story, this deliciously camp, darkly comic cult favourite blends grotesque, glistening body horror with outrageous slapstick – a descent into madness and joyous chaos!
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/re-animator-1985-film-screening-tickets-1597351604649?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Ashes To Soil Tour
2025-09-25 19:00 - 23:00
Nomadic Rituals, a trio from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been delivering a powerful mix of sludge and doom metal since 2012. They are a hidden gem in the UK metal scene. Since their inception, they have been pushing boundaries to produce distinctive and immersive sounds that blends elements, including psychedelic and progressive patterns, yet keep unbridled heaviness at their core. Their intensity is distinct, powerful and impactive. Nomadic Rituals latest release, ‘Fust’ in 2025, under Cursed Monk Records, is a compelling affair that creates expansive, hefty soundscapes from substantial elements, conveys an immense sludgy weightiness, and showcases a significant and formidable presence.

Bile Caster have been ripping concrete across the UK in recent months with their brand of horrifically hefty slow sludge. Akin to Primitive Man and Torpor, they released their first album ‘Writhing Between Birth and Death’ in 2024 (Road To Masochist)

Acceptance (formerly Fatalist) are existentially harrowing, atmospheric black metal catharsis from Leeds. With the release of their forthcoming album “Crucifixion of Orchids” in 2025 (Road To Masochist) attendees can anticipate a powerful and immersive sound experience.

Support – UBURU
Tickets: https://roadtomasochist.co.uk/gigs

Arch Femmesis/Gaydar/Your Personal Vendetta
2025-09-26 19:30 - 23:00
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/arch-femmesis-gaydar-your-personal-vendetta/wharf-chambers/3449777?fbclid=PAVERDUAMSbsNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp-zd_WXYV1t1_NCec4HXQytFO14Vk-T1z41lAp7tZqJk-o4CrDZUrmnmswA0_aem_h0Z3XqFZ7r_TOMJqzYNAjw

SEVERIN
2025-09-26 23:59
A night of sleaze, soundtrack, erotica, rock and roll, 60’s garage and more..
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Yum Yum: The Return
2025-09-27 19:00 - 23:00
Yum Yum is BACK and camper than ever! Featuring some of Wharf’s favourite drag acts, and some newer faces to fall in love with too. Hosted by everyone’s favourite gobshite: Vicky P!
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/yum-yum-events/t-yaoxmqk

Law's a Drag: "F*** For Women Scotland" Cabaret!
2025-09-28 19:00 - 22:00
Local drag artists are teaming up with legal academics at Law’s a Drag to show the Supreme Court and EHRC what we think! Support trans and nonbinary siblings! Featuring stunning drag performances, information about YOUR rights, and fundraising to fight back!
insta @lawsadrag
bluesky @lawsadrag
website lawsadrag.org.uk

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Film screening: Heart of a Dog (2015)
2025-10-01 18:00 - 23:00
Centred on remembrances of Laurie Anderson’s late, beloved, piano-playing dog, Lolabelle, Heart of a Dog presents an enchanting, essayistic reflection on storytelling, death, memory, and experience.

Vegan food will be sold at the bar from 18.00
Doors 19.00
Screening begins 19.30
The price of admission is £5 (minus booking fees).
If you would like to support this film club and future screenings, please buy a ‘supporter’ ticket (£8 minus booking fees).

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1715798231699?aff=oddtdtcreator

Free Music Lessons -- Haptic, Hell on Hearth, Thomas Carroll
2025-10-02 19:30 - 23:00
Haptic
Across two decades of restless experimentation, the Chicago trio Haptic (Steven Hess, Joseph Clayton Mills, Adam Sonderberg) has earned a reputation for meticulously assembled recordings that are complemented by unpredictable, often riveting live performances. They’ll be joined by Linda Jankowska for this performance.
Hell on Hearth
Sean Wárs has a truly monolithic set of releases over the last few years, ‘unsettling ambient’ or perhaps the sound of a giant metal door with bad things behind it being opened very slowly.
Thomas Carroll
Probably I’m going to mess around with electronics in some capacity.
More info here
TICKETS ON DOOR ONLY

"An Intergalactic Affair"
2025-10-03 19:00 - 22:00
Good Emotions invite you to don your spacesuits and journey with l
them into the cosmic unknown with “An INTERGALACTIC AFFAIR!” Expect Music, Comedy, Drag, Art and Aliens in this high concept low budget sci-fi cabaret!
On Instagram: @goodemotionsarts
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FUNDRAISER GIG FOR LEEDS PSC
2025-10-04 19:30 - 22:30
COWTOWN, RACKET BALL AND NORMAL VILLAGE
Tickets £5 on the door

Fightmilk ft. We Are the Weirdos and efemel
2025-10-05 19:00 - 22:00
London’s loudest chaos pop merchants, Fightmilk, are coming to Leeds with a bunch of bangers from their newest (and excellent) album No Souvenirs under their belt. Known for their infectious hooks, jagged indiepop, and choruses you can shout to, Fightmilk promise to bring Wharf Chambers a night of spiky chaos pop for lovers.
“a joyous riot from start to finish” (Kerrang)
“Rom-com songs of lust and betrayal, charging guitars and soaring, shouty choruses. Fightmilk has them all.” – Echoes And Dust
“With Contender, Fightmilk truly are contenders in the album of the year contest” 9/10 – Noizze
FFO: Weezer – Cheekface – Superchunk – The Breeders – Bully
We Are the Weirdos bring their defiant, deeply personal punk-pop/post-hardcore cocktail to the stage. Expect fearless lyricism, wide-ranging influences, and the kind of sing-along joy you’d expect from a band born in the busking stages of 2000 Trees.
FFO: Against Me – The Wonder Years – Holding Absence
efemel are a Leeds-based queer country punk band who’ll make you dance and cry.

Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/friendsofbebepromo/t-dvnezqr

Monarkki - Hive Mind
2025-10-08 19:00 - 23:00
Join Monarkki and her guest acts for a night of niche references good music and Widget. (She’s probably going to mention Finland at some point too)
Tickets: https://www.fatsoma.com/e/9x00iurq/monarkki-presents-hive-mind

Ambient Leeds: Liz Hanks // rhubiqs // Guy Richardson
2025-10-09 19:30 - 23:00
Join us at Wharf Chambers for magical night of immersive soundscaping!

Liz Hanks
Minimalist cello explorations of the loss of nature in the urban environment and forgotten natural worlds.

rhubiqs
Far-reaching electronic and ambient sounds that provide immersive soundscapes for listeners to lose themselves in amidst thought-provoking textures, samples and field recordings.

Guy Richardson
Music as a temporal, spontaneous art form drawing inspiration from Delia Derbyshire, Brian Eno, the Berlin School, Craven Faults and Hinako Omori.

Ticket Link: https://www.skiddle.com/e/41262650

PUFFER / The Shits
2025-10-10 19:30 - 23:00
Puffer, of Montreal, are somewhere between rock n roll and street punk. They go hardddd and have huge riffs. Someone described them as “sound not too dissimilar to what I’d imagine it’d be like if a rottweiler learned to sing” FFO: Slaughter & The Dogs, Fucked Up, OSEES, METZ
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/puffer-the-shits-wharf-chambers-leeds/wharf-chambers/3484506

GBOSA Fuego
2025-10-10 23:59 - 2025-10-11 04:00
first GBOSA back after the summer and we’re making it hot as the nights get colder.
an event focusing on latin and african rhythms, it won’t be a night to miss
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Beck Marks Birchall
2025-10-11 15:00 - 16:00
Fierce free jazz and improv
Mick Beck (tenor sax, bassoon, whistles) has been influential as a saxophonist and improvising band leader since the 1980s. He has also been a leader on improvising bassoonery since the millennium, and hosted the internationally acclaimed Sheffield venue Over The Top from 1995 till the pandemic.
Phillip Marks (drums, percussion) has been a member of the electro-acoustic band Bark! for 35 years as well as having longstanding musical partnerships with guitarist Dave Tucker (with whom he played for many years in the Alan Tomlinson Trio), guitarist Dave Birchall, pianist Stephen Grew and Mick Beck. He has also worked in theatre, dance and as a solo percussionist.
David Birchall (guitar) is a player and organiser living in Manchester, UK. He’s played the same Ibanez guitar since 2001. He has performed in the UK, Europe, Russia, Palestine, USA & Japan. Recently regular projects include duos with Odie Ji Ghast and Alistair Zaldua, the Minimum Wage Immance Unit with Adam Fairhall and Michael Perrett and solo music for films of Peak District stone circles.
Note: Wharf Chambers is a members club. You must be a member or the guest of a member to attend. See https://wharfchambers.org/membership/
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Queer Panic 666: Leeds Least Haunted
2025-10-11 19:00 - 22:30
Dragging Paranormal TV

Are you ready to Cvnt some Ghosts?
Have you ever danced with Yvette Cooper in the pale moonlight?
Get ready for something ooky spooky and kooky down the old Wharf Chambers

Host: Anita Wyrd
Host: Elle Lipsis Dot Dot Dot (who is on Vaginal Rest)
Host: Philli Mi Up
DJ: DJ Derriqúe
More acts to be revealed.

Promoted by Queer Panic

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Lock the Doorz presents: Sywel Nyw
2025-10-11 23:30 - 2025-10-12 04:00
Lock the Doorz is back with three back to back months of insane club nights for you this Autumn, we’re here to bring the dance with the best of Welsh language club music, producer Sywel Nyw.

More details are to come…. but for now we’re just letting you know incase you’re keen and want an early bird xoxo
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Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies
2025-10-12 14:00 - 18:30
Matinee Sitting, 2pm doors, first band 2.30pm
Plus Geoffrey Oi!Cott, The Samples and Zapiain
The return to Leeds for Liverpool’s Pete Bentaham and The Dinner Ladies to support the release of their new album Is There Life In Rhyll?
Plus UK82 legends The Samples and local kids Geoffrey Oi!Cott and Zapiain
Vegan Cake stall hopefully.
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Seven by Seven
2025-10-12 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.

IEOGM / LIMP MODE / CC V
2025-10-15 19:30 - 23:00
IEOGM is the duo project of Marie Vermont and the concept horse, founded in Vienna in 2022. Working with a shifting range of electronic, electro-acoustic and tape-based objects and devices, IEOGM has released numerous albums and collaborative compositions on labels such as Molt Fluid, Beach Buddies Records, Steep Gloss, eë editions, Hard Return and Breton Cassette – and has performed live in across Austria, Japan and the USA. Both members have active solo projects and are part of the improvisational quartet BILLA ENSEMBLE.
https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/ibid
LIMP MODE – No-audience underground bottom feeders; Rovellasca and Posset team up with a dusty suitcase full of gritty electronics and warped cassette tape maxing the greyscale void. Listeners should expect houndstooth pixilation behind the eyes.
https://limpmode.bandcamp.com/album/limp-mode
CC V – Tape loop installation. Reel to Reels running MULTIPLE CUT UPS and LOOPS. Remote collaboration between a list of names.

Find this gig: Facebook

Cheque
2025-10-16 19:00 - 23:00
Check. Check again. Check me out. You’d better double take.
Watch as we reveal an exhibition combining drag, video, installations and performance art, full of checkerboards and play. Cheque will draw on the language of games and tricks, unveiling performers who are moving across artworks and working within, or transcending, a series of rules. Witness something between an art exhibition and a drag show. Our performers will explore experiences of being queer and being seen, ultimately reclaiming the experience of being stared at, demanding that you double take, look twice, and look hard.
Drop-in (ticketed) from 7-10.45pm.
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Black Pilgrimage
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
Goth City Promotions present ‘Black Pilgrimage’ – taking place on 17th & 18th October at Wharf Chambers in Leeds, coinciding with Leeds Alternative Day alongside great events by Leeds Festival of Gothica and Le Phonographique amongst others!
On the Friday, our headliners are resurgent West Yorkshire goth legends Rhombus, with top-class special guests in rising north-eastern insurgents Social Youth Cult and brutal doom duo The Medea Project. Doors at 7.30pm until 11pm.
And on the Saturday it is the almighty ST///LL, rising from the ashes of The Last Cry to make their Leeds debut, with special guests in local goth vanguard Byronic Sex & Exile, the ever-wonderful The Glass House Museum, insurrectionary neo-futurism from Jan Doyle Band and the superlative electro power of IAmImperfect. Doors at 5pm.
And on the Saturday evening we have DJ Orpheus (Monolith, Boys Don’t Cry, Slimelight) spinning tunes until late.
Tickets are £10 (Friday), £20 (Saturday) or £25 (weekend), with all profits going to PAFRAS.
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DREAMLAND W/ SONIKKU
2025-10-17 23:59 - 2025-10-18 04:00
Dreamland is BACK to Wharf once again, inviting the very best of the north’s ethereal selectors with a very special guest…
Here for a Leeds Debut, London-based DJ and Producer SONIKKU joins us! Cutting his teeth DJing at parties across London’s underground club scene, eventually fusing his experience at raves with a love of pop music and video game soundtracks, SONIKKU’s eclectic sound perfectly encapsulates the intersection of pop and dance music, releasing club records with the likes of Ava Max, Partiboi69, DJ_Dave and being remixed by SOPHIE. Joining them we have Local Legends and Dreamland mainstays Princess Elf Bar, ANOP and Ashtylr, and popstar sensation Akam.
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MEANS TO AN END... DIY EUROPEAN PUNK FEST DAY 3
2025-10-19 14:30 - 18:00
DAY 3 of MEANS TO AN END…’s 15th Anniversary.
RITES OF HADDA (London) Anarcho, pagan, gothic, psychedelic Witchpunk. Amazing ‘live’ band
HEMPITERA (Brighton) Melodic anarchist crust with cello
NARKAN (Italy) WRETCHED influenced hardcore punk
CACOPHONY (Sheffield) Noize punks from Steel City
2:30pm Door open
First band 2:40pm
Ends 6pm
£8 CASH ONLY. NTAFLOF

Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1083777953935935/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22left_rail%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_calendar%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

SUCKLE with Room Service and Plonk
2025-10-22 19:30 - 23:00
Straight-up stickiness oozing out of the Yorkshire hills. Suckle are a four-piece rock outfit with a shared love of blurring the lines between the dark, daft, and delightful. Bringing intense riffs to complement proper good storytelling, we serve swampy glam and gore with a touch of country cool.
Playing Leeds’ iconic Wharf Chambers for the second time, a hometown show to kickoff a winter tour run, alongside Brighton’s Room Service and Leeds’ own Plonk.
Wharf Chambers is a members-only space. You must be a member or guest of a member to attend. Joining costs £2- see warfchambers.org/membership
On Instagram: @suckleband
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FACE OFF
2025-10-23 19:30 - 23:00
Come on down to wharf chambers October 23rd, where they’ll be presenting an unforgettable hardcore show! Headlining face off – Hardcore punk, supporting acts include invasion of privacy – grindcore band, The Batt Project – Hardcore Punk – Noise/crusher punk band. It will be a crazy fun night you won’t want to miss.
Where to find em: linktree
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Alpha Male Tea Party + Trigger Thumb + Yeah. Maybe
2025-10-24 19:30 - 23:00
Alpha Male Tea Party: Math-Rock from Liverpool, Trigger Thumb: Math-Metal from Bradford, Yeah. Maybe: Angular emo from Bradford.
Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/event/672218

Lick Quid Gold w Abena & Jetsam
2025-10-24 23:59
Party announcement!
On Friday 24th October, we invite you back to the club to indulge in a night of deep frequencies and dizzy measures.
Headlining the evening will be Abena! All Hands On Deck co-founder, NTS resident and a mainstay of the Manchester music scene, Abena’s dubbed-out, rhythmic approach is an instrument of brain dance and body movement. Heads (safely) in the speakers, we look forward to two hours of their forward-thinking and dynamic selections.
On warm up, LQG resident Constance is teaming up with dear friend and part time crazy frog, Jetsam.
Together their sound is formed of unpredictable blends and a layered sonic palette that will set the dancefloor on its course – expect percussive cuts traversing techno, electro and acid.
Tix are 6/8/10 on RA, link in bio!
No one turned away through lack of funds; please email lickquidgold@gmail.com
Please note that you must be a Wharf Chambers member or guest of a member to attend. Joining costs £2 – link to membership and Wharf’s Safer Spaces agreement in our bio.
Artwork by @al_robertson, master of poster-smithing
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