Shooting Tzars Expo #004: Crying Loser, Richard Carlson Band, Oliver! by Oliver
2026-04-25 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Shooting Tzars Promotions present a Shooting Tzars event via Shooting Tzars Presents; the promotional wing of Shooting Tzars Records:
Shooting Tzars Exposition Extraordinaire #004: Crying Loser – We host Cork avant-garde noise rockers Crying Loser, touring their debut album ‘The Ick’ . Featuring live musical performances from a premium selection of artists, we welcome Richard Carlson Band (Sheffield) and Oliver! by Oliver (Sheffield) .
Richard Carlson Band: “Richard Carlson Band: Drawing inspiration from unlikely icons including Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and classic showmanship, their sound is bold, irreverent and impossible to pin down. Expect a performance that’s lively, chaotic, and full of character: strange, entertaining, and offering a fresh perspective on what a live band can be.”
Oliver! by Oliver: ‘Oliver! by Oliver.’ is the synthetic reimagining of the woes and joys attributed to the historical boy we know as Oliver Twist, set to a backdrop of electronica and drum machines.Expect romance and passion, villains and crime, synthesizer and linn drum.
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/shooting-tzars-presents/t-xdddngo

Pigeon Drop-in session
2026-04-26 15:00 - 16:30
If you are a trans or nonbinary person self-medicating hormones, come along to one of our friendly sessions led by your peers. We offer harm-reduction information, free injecting equipment, and a non-judgemental space to chat to other trans people.
Instagram: Pigeon_Leeds
Bluesky: @pigeon-leeds.bsky.social
Mastadon: @Pigeon_Leeds

THANK 10th Birthday Party
2026-05-02 19:30 - 23:00
Dirty Otter & Adult Baby present TEN YEARS OF THANK (Leeds edition). Yes, somehow it has been a full decade! On the tenth anniversary of their first ever gig, Thank will play a birthday show at Wharf Chambers, with support from Self-Immolation Music and Clitspit. Expect brand new material alongside some old faves.
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Cyanide Pills, Geoffrey Oicott ,The War Lovers
2026-05-03 18:30 - 22:00
Hometown Punk Rock legends, and to quote Geoffrey Oicott ” Leeds’ greatest ever Punk Rock band” the Cyanide Pills come to the Wharf Chambers as part of an exclusive 3 date tour for the release of their Singles compilation album. Support will be the aforementioned Geoffrey Oicott, to open the gig we have The War Lovers who are over on tour from New York.

Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/cyanide-pills-geoffrey-oicott-the-war-lovers/wharf-chambers/3598636?src=event-page-share

Frock U Cancer 3.0
2026-05-09 18:30 - 23:00
Frock U Cancer 3.0 is back hotter than ever. A drag night for a worthy cause. All proceeds will be donated to St Gemma’s Hospice.
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Seven by Seven
2026-05-10 15:00 - 21:00, 2026-06-14 15:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-12 15:00 - 21:00, 2026-08-09 15:00 - 21:00, 2026-09-13 15:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-11 15:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-08 15:00 - 21:00, 2026-12-13 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.

Ambient Leeds: SARRAM // Dead Space Chamber Music // Null Assembly
2026-05-14 19:30 - 23:00
Join us at Wharf Chambers and immerse yourself in the best dark, strange and hypnotic soundscapes Europe has to offer!

SARRAM
Joining us from Italy, SARRAM creates crushing yet graceful compositions where heavy ambient, electronica, doomjazz and minimal post-rock blend to invite the listener to an intense sound journey

Dead Space Chamber Music
Powerful and atmospheric music incorporating improvisation, use of ‘found sounds’, vocals spanning medieval Middle English, Latin and Welsh, elements of dark ambient, post-industrial, avant-classical, sacred chant and dark-folk

Null Assembly
Field recordings, sample manipulations and guitar drones telling tales of mortality and capturing the true sounds of a situation or place

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Vipertime x Moron Butler - a jazz/punk album launch
2026-05-27 19:00 - 23:00
Leeds aggro-jazz group Vipertime and Kent-based post-punk band Moron Butler launch their new collaborative album ‘Vipertime & Moron Butler’. Lyric heavy, hard edged and combining the acerbic attack of Gang of Four, the motoric drive of Can and the abstractions of John
Coltrane, the album is released 20th May on Hastings label Property Of The Lost. Expect a set from each band plus plenty of cross-pollination.

More info here and here

Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/vipertime-x-moron-butler-jazz-punk-album-launch/wharf-chambers/3605208

Kakihara, Bite the Bullet, Bailed Out
2026-05-29 19:30 - 22:30
Come down to Wharf chambers for the start of Kakihara’s weekender!!
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/kakihara-bite-the-bullet-bailed-out/wharf-chambers/3595242

Part Time Punks
2026-06-06 14:30 - 22:00
A day of Indie-Pop, Punk, New Wave, and everything in-between! Featuring bands:
Ceiling Demons
Indignation Meeting
i-nichi
Litterbug
Nervous Twitch
Quick Romance
RRRapid-Kool
Silver Biplanes
Tickets advance £14 OR £18 OTD
Tickets: https://www.jumborecords.co.uk/tickets-single.asp?event_id=33099

THE DSM IV
2026-06-13 19:00 - 23:00
THE DSM IV are a Liverpool based three piece feat. Guy McKnight (The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster). An unpredictable powerhouse, he leads the audience on a journey of goth adjacent noise rock and synth pop. A seething lead guitar cuts through a wild mesmerising live energy. Support comes from Leeds’ own DEATHTRIPPERS who take you to a classic 80s land of Lynchian-esque dreams with their purist celestial goth new wave style. Finally, first on the bill are CELLAR MESSIAH; local psych shoegazers traversing existential dread via sonic topologies. Expect full immersion!
Tickets: https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/products/dsm-iv-the-13-06-26-wharf-chambers

Get Into the Vouv
2026-06-18 20:00 - 23:00
More info here
Tickets

BLYTH POWER / THE METATRONS / THE LOST SQUIRRELS
2026-06-21 14:00 - 19:00
BLYTH POWER were formed in 1984 by singer and drummer Joseph Porter, formerly of Zounds and The Mob. Forty-odd years later they are still surprising audiences with their evolving blend of folk and punk rock. Joseph, Annie, Ben, Dion & Hugo are celebrating the Summer solstice by returning to their favourite Leeds venue after a two-year absence.
THE METATRONS are a delightfully fuzzy Riot-Pop guitar band from Hertfordshire. Polly is the singer, Rico is the bass player, Steve is the drummer and Simon plays the guitar. This gig is part of a wider tour to promote their fifth album “The Ever Present Now” due in June 2026, and we’re delighted to be hosting their debut at Wharf Chambers.
THE LOST SQUIRRELS are Harry, Peter, Gilbert and Finlay, West Leeds teenagers who combine catchy choruses, bouncy guitar riffs and downright bizarre subjects in a beautifully eccentric manner. This is their first time at Wharf Chambers too – although you may recognise singing drummer Peter from his other band, Indignation Meeting.

JUMBO RECORDS
https://www.jumborecords.co.uk/tickets-single.asp?event_id=33162

WEGOTTICKETS

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Marm's Spotlight
2026-08-22 19:30 - 22:00
What happens when drag becomes a global phenomenon?

Rolling off the back of the Drag Race lorry, armed with nothing but a RuPeter Badge and a fading memory of the Werk Room, Marmalade wades into the territory of post show “fame”, and is left wondering…

Why did she do that? Why did she go on the show? What kind of impact does the show, one of that scale, have on local scenes and their? A show that doesn’t necessarily platform the drag she loves, and why doesn’t it? What kind of drag does she love? Does she still love her own drag? Why does she do it?

Welcome to Spotlight – a new venue designed, operated and built by Marmalade herself (it wasn’t, this is theatre), and her chance to explore these questions, pretend she has answers, and celebrate the drag and queer artists she loves.

Development stages of this show were funded by Arts Council of Wales. Directed by Elan Isaac, with written material by Priya Hall, creative support by Leo Drayton, and produced by Daniel Huw Bowen on behalf of The Queer Emporium, Marm’s Spotlight is a newly created theatre show by star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and drag artist, Marmalade.
Illustration by cakelikeowen
Cast

Marmalade

Marmalade is a drag artist and seamstress, who taught herself to sew during the lockdown period caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. She has made outfits for organisations including Frân Wen and National Eisteddfod Cymru, though she is most well known for outfits made for contestants on the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Her sewing recently made her a Guinness Book Record Holder and her outfit, ‘Marmalade’s Marie Antoinette Drag Ensemble’, is currently on display as part of the Marie Antoinette Style exhibition at the V&A South Kensington until March 2026.

In 2024, she competed on the sixth series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, placing in the top four. Since then, she has performed at notable LGBTQ+ venues and spaces, including The Clapham Grand, The Glee Club and Pride Cymru.

Thistle Thing
Thistle Thing is a sharp-tongued, high-glamour performer with a love for character, detail, and a perfectly timed wink. Blending theatrical flair with handcrafted looks, they bring wit, presence, and just the right amount of mischief to every stage.
Unknown Amazon
Taking you back to a time of revolution, funk & proud PROUD afros, it’s Unknown Amazon!

Tickets: https://queeremporium.co.uk/products/marms-spotlight-leeds

Newtown Neurotics / Attila The Stockbroker / Indignation Meeting
2026-09-17 19:00 - 23:00
Great friends and musical/poetic co-conspirators NEWTOWN NEUROTICS and ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER have played countless gigs together over the last five decades in Britain and Europe, including three groundbreaking tours of East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. To celebrate and acknowledge 40 years since the release of their live punk and poetry collaboration album ‘Kickstarting A Backfiring Nation’, they reunite for a short run of gigs in September. Expect an eventful evening of ranting, raving and rock & rolling!

They’ll be joined in Leeds by local punky rail enthusiasts INDIGNATION MEETING, fronted by 17 year-old singing drummer Peter Hirst.

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NAPR '26 (Nice as Pie Race 26)
2026-11-13 - 2026-11-15
Your annual best weekend of the year is back! Come and celebrate diverse music, punk, pals, and pies with us!
Find NAPR on Instagram HERE.
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