Wharf Chambers

Ambient Leeds: SARRAM // Dead Space Chamber Music // Null Assembly
2026-05-14 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
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

Seven by Seven
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.

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

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

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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