The funkraiser
2025-02-07 23:59 (Europe/London)
An all vinyl funk and soul event to fundraise for the Calais food collective, a charity that provides food and water access to displaced people living on our border who have to face police brutality and human rights violations daily. Come down for a boogie for a good cause!
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Listening Is Resistance
2025-02-08 14:00 - 17:00
Uncovered from old shops and markets across the West Bank, this archive compiles vinyl records and tapes along with stories of their production, distribution and relevance to Palestinian history. Founder Mo’min Swaitat tells us about the origins of the project.
Palestinian Sound Archive ******
Palestinian Sound Archive is a celebration of music, spoken word and album artwork from historic Palestine, mainly from the 1960s – 1990s. It is part of Majazz Project, a Palestinian-led record label and research platform founded by actor, director and filmmaker Mo’min Swaitat in 2020.
Over several years, Swaitat amassed an extensive archive of cassettes and vinyl records from Palestine and beyond, spanning everything from field recordings of Bedouin weddings to revolutionary albums from the First and Second Intifadas, instrumental tracks, poetry, soul, folk songs and jazz. Many of these were acquired from a former record label in Swaitat’s hometown Jenin, in the north of the West Bank.
Palestinian Sound Archive was born out of the archive and is focused on sampling, remixing and reissuing vintage Palestinian and Arab albums, shedding new light on the richness and diversity of Palestinian and Arab cultural and musical heritage.
Swaitat comes from a long line of Bedouin musicians and storytellers, and the archive references his rootedness in music as a means of celebrating one’s culture and sense of belonging. He plays everything from jazz to funk, soul to dabke, field recordings to spoken word, and folk to electronic music from Palestine, the broader region and across the Global South.
This event explores archival practice as a decolonial methodology and act of resistance, through sharing archival sounds and images that preserve and document Palestinian heritage, culture and resistance.
This listening session features sounds from the Majazz Project, Paluestinian Sound Archive and friends, with merchandise on sale to support the project.

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Hangout party
2025-02-08 18:00 - 22:30
Come celebrate the achievements of the Hangout youth CIC with free food, karaoke, a mini raffle. Free entry but option to pay donation for the charity – suggested donation £5. Trans and queer youth of Leeds forever!

MAJAZZ PROJECT + RESIDENTS fundraiser for LASSN
2025-02-08 23:59
Majazz Project will be bringing wax of music from the Arab world. A real digger, and collector, Majazz Project, a Palestinian-led record label and research platform founded by actor, director and filmmaker Mo’min Swaitat in 2020. Majazz will be supported by souqsounds residents. All proceeds will support Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network.
Expect: Arabic and north african funk, disco, Palestinian bedouin music
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Youth Anthems 40
2025-02-09 13:30 - 16:00
Our 40th gig! 12 years in the making and the first of 2025. Let’s make it an amazing one!
This is a family-friendly, everybody’s welcome, all ages matinee in the centre of Leeds, West-Yorkshire. There will be three incredible live bands, a fantastic compere taking you through proceedings and the best vegan bakes in the country courtesy of That Old Chestnut (www.thatoldchestnutishere.com).
Jamettone
https://www.jamett.one/
Party time! Led by ExP (who you may have seen here before as 1/3 of Flame Griller) the Yorkshire Hip-Hop/Jazz collective bring an improvised, fun approach to live music. You’re in safe hands here as members have played Montreux Jazz Festival, Glastonbury, Shepherds Bush Empire, Alexandra Palace & countless more. They’ve appeared on Jools Holland and Bob Harris’ shows, had their work used on national television and adverts: CBS, BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, UEFA, Sky Sports, Eurosport and had their music played on BBC radio 1, 2, 3 4 & 6. One of them even wrote the theme tune to Deal or No Deal! Don’t say we don’t aim to boost moods in the post-Christmas slump!
Kinaara
http://www.kinaara.co.uk/
Featuring Youth Anthem’s regular Satnam Galsian, Kinaara mix up Punjabi and Celtic folk songs in their own distinctive arrangements.
Small Gauge
https://smallgauge.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2023
My favourite new Leeds band. Mixing up new-wave, 80’s goth and power-pop they sit in the previously rarely mixed combination (to my ear anyway!) of The Cure, Editors, Elvis Costello and even a touch of the B52s.
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Seven by Seven
2025-02-09 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.

Rozemary, Ambrossia, daisy graves, limowreck (showcase)
2025-02-09 18:00 - 21:00
a night filled with metal and alternative music
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Red Brut / Bathing Suits / Territorial Gobbing / Victoria Peaches
2025-02-12 19:30 - 23:00
More Heinous Whining means more happenings from the fringes of rock, soundzzz, noise and performance art mischief galore! This time we got DIY tapewonk and bizarro art life bandster Red Brut from Groningen + no-wave party ranthems, murky awkward tape looped nonsense from T Gobbs and fresh DJ noise post-modern sample shred set from familiar Leeds drag face Vicotira Peaches
It’s my birthday too there’ll be cake and food and a good tim to be had by all – Theo x
8 quid or 4 low or unwaged or name your price x
Red Brut – Top tier work in the world of tape-collage murk. Implacable sounds perfectly balanced and then expertly smeared into mud-dense-inner-inner-sonic-worlds. Simple magic!
Bathing Suits – high energy low melody drum machine no-wave YES!
Territorial Gobbing – It’s my birthday and I’ll play if I want to. Please bring any whistles, flutes, tooty noisemakers if you want to be involved
Victoria Peaches – DJ shred noise debut from the charismatic terror of the Leeds drag scene
Poster by @red_brut

Battery Farm/ Bleach Brain/Mother Said/ Class Tourists
2025-02-13 19:00 - 23:00
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Queer Panic 4: OFF THE RAILS!
2025-02-14 19:00 - 23:00
An evening of Train-tacular Drag, singing, art, comedy, dance, games and our regular local charity raffle! So get your trans, planes & automoblanes, transform, rollout, strap-in, strap-on and get them busses out! Hosts: Anita Wyrd, Elle Lypsis Dot Dot Dot, DJ Derrique
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Entrance
2025-02-14 23:59
A Valentine’s hard dance at Wharf Chambers <33
Artists: Plea Bargain BMOL SFM NMDA Lights by SPEED Tickets are £5 Strobe Lights, smoke, and projector visuals will be featured.
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Bad Owl Presents... Sugar Horse + Trigger Thumb + Pigment
2025-02-15 19:30 - 23:00
SUGAR HORSE: Shoegaze? Sludge? Doom? It’s probably a little bit of all. From Bristol.
TRIGGER THUMB: Math / Metal from Bradford.
PIGMENT: Alt / Emo from The North.
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FORCED FUN
2025-02-15 23:59
Planet Fun is making it’s return to Leeds next month with it’s resuscitated nano-party.
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Gig For Gaza
2025-02-16 19:00 - 22:00

GIG FOR GAZA
2025-02-16 19:00 - 22:00
Fundraiser for Gaza – all profits will be donated to individual Palestinians’ Go Fund Me pages to buy food, medicine and other essentials for their families in Gaza.
Free improv/weird/noisy music.
£5 recommended minimum donation, £10 waged PAYF. NOTAFLOF
Lineup:
ANNA ROSS: Atmospheric/ambient/abrasive noise.
HOT ONES: Episode 2. Participatory improvised performance art with hot sauce [vegan, gluten free, check ingredients on programme]. Hosted by Rory Maslen, with special guest Colin Sutton. FREE SAMPLES
RITUAL WRANGLERS: Free improv punk from Messrs. Casling, Chan, Ticciati.

The Last Arizona & June Henry w/ Ewy & Pictureskew
2025-02-19 19:00 - 23:00
Live folk punk from the States, The Last Arizona and June Henry plus local support Ewy & Pictureskew

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Weston Olencki & Laura Cocks // Odie Ji Ghast // The Water // K Delinate
2025-02-20 19:30 - 23:00
Final Heinous Whine for a good while. See off the regular experimental showcase soiree with some HW regulars de jour…
Weston Olencki& Laura Cocks – avant garde honk drone extended techniqued duo
The Water – new trio adventures in rock from Lo Egginneeerrrs
Odie Ji Ghast – Regular HW vocal holler twist and explore
K Delinate – BUggy alien syntho beats and bleats

Computer Club
2025-02-21 23:59
Computer Club returns with its second edition, bringing a night of experimental live electronics and raw, improvised techno to Wharf Chambers. Coinciding with the University of Huddersfield’s Electric Spring programme, this event is a celebration of live performance and innovation in electronic dance music.
Lineup:
Jake Mehew x NikNak – A rare, improvised back-to-back set combining modular synthesis and turntable wizardry. Expect dynamic textures and deep grooves.
Tyger Blue – Crafting music in real-time through live coding, Tyger Blue offers a unique fusion of technology and sound.
Nilehn – Performing a solo set with the Elektron Syntakt, Nilehn delivers pulsating rhythms and hypnotic sequences.
This is your chance to experience live techno like never before, in an intimate setting with a focus on sonic exploration.
*Wharf Chambers Membership Required: Wharf Chambers is a members’ club. You must be a member or guest of a member to attend. Membership costs £2 and can be purchased at Wharf Chambers’ website.
Don’t miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in a night of raw, boundary-pushing electronic music!
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Lavender Gray @ Wharf Chambers + Prima Mobilia and Yuppie Supper
2025-02-22 19:30 - 23:00
Lavender Gray is a queer punk band born and raised in the North, emerging from rebellion and the unapologetic nostalgia of the early 2000s. With anthemic vocals and a ‘say it how it is’ attitude, The band embrace both vulnerability and strength, channeling resistance in every performance.
The Leeds DIY band Yuppie Supper play tunes guaranteed to get stuck in your head. Inspired by everything alternative about the 90s and 2000s, the picturesque lyrics of marginalised life contrasts their frenzied onstage state that compels audiences to waltz and mosh in the same two minutes.
Prima Mobilia are a four-piece alternative band from Leeds, using folk style storytelling and fluid song structures to create a strong atmosphere.

Lick Quid Gold w/ Bitzer Maloney
2025-02-22 23:59
Dearly Beloved Cru! Roll upeth, roll upeth. We return to Wharf for another night of mysticism and to embrace new pulses of the sonic spectrum.
It’s a privilege to announce our headliner, king of the wormholes and ecstasy swamp, Bitzer Maloney. As co-founder of Bakk Heia, he’s spent the past nine years shaping one of the UK’s finest labels and parties while fostering a community built on freedom and self-liberation. Prepare for a journey through crunchy dub churners, tripped out ravers, and heart felt healers.
Giving the ole LQG flagpole a workout this time around are residents Joe Kasteel and Roy Radiant, who will be warming our tootsies for the first two hours.
Tickets via RA starting at £6. No one turned away through lack of funds, please email lickquidgold@gmail.com.

Las Nubes
2025-02-23 19:30 - 22:00
Las Nubes are a fuzzy punk rock band from Miami, Florida.

Founded by Ale Campos (Iggy Pop’s guitarist) and Emile Milgrim (sound designer and co-founder of Miami Girls Rock Camp), two queer women based in Miami, where they are also heavily involved in musical education, empowering young girls, and the noise scene.

https://lasnubes.bandcamp.com/

https://www.seetickets.com/event/las-nubes/wharf-chambers/3251107

The Wind-up Birds + Instant Bin + Character Actors
2025-02-26 19:30 - 23:00
SINGLE LAUNCH – WED 26 FEB
THE PEOPLE WITH THE TELLY HEADS
Hey everyone – we’ve got a new single coming out at the end of February. Pre-save here:
https://distrokid.com/…/the-people-with-the-telly-heads
We are launching it at Wharf Chambers with two ace bands:
Instant Bin and Character Actors
Get tickets now whatever you do.

The Wind-up Birds + Instant Bin + Character Actors

THE CALL CENTRE
2025-02-27 19:00 - 23:00
“It’s silly and sad” — NiCKY

CALL CENTRE AWAY DAY is a performance programme hosted by artist-writer SAMRA MAYANJA featuring artists and writers concerned with the voice and the unspeakable.

Thurs 27th February we’re inviting Jamal Gerald to the stage! Jamal’s work serves as a holding space where the Orishas; divine intermediaries of West African origin, meet the concerns of the artist. His confessional practices make his voice one that exists between truth and the unsayable. His performance are playful, direct and magical.
For the ritual we invite you to share joyous memories honouring those who have passed on. Submit here
CALLER IG: @jamiboii
Hosted + featuring performances by SAMRA MAYANJA!

The Strange Parade
2025-02-28 19:30 - 23:00
Come on down to The Strange Parade!! We’ve got an eclectic mix of artists, showcasing the diverse array of talent that the best of Leeds queer music scene has to offer. This is a fundraiser for Come Play with Me, a queer led music development organisation that supports people from marginalised communities to further their careers in music and create a more equitable music industry. You can read more about their work here: https://www.cpwm.co/lgbtq-inclusion

We’ve got four stellar acts on the night for your enjoyment:

Them There Cowboys

Bela Spit

Lucas Assagba

Kaeya

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THE UNHOLY TRANITY
2025-02-28 23:59
Three Leeds lovelies join forces 2 bring you an ultimate birthday bash of cunty proportions… be there
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THE UNHOLY TRANITY
2025-02-28 23:59
Sapphire, Cara and Aerith join forces 2 bring you an ultimate birthday bash of cunty proportions… be there Party selections spanning techno, hyperpop, club, house, baile, garage and bass music, featuring local lovelies Zesty (SHAKE IT!), Anop (Dreamland) and Eveliz. Plus, all the way from Glasgow, a super special set from grlofswords (we’re sooo excited 2 bring her down)!! Tickets a fiver, keeping it cheap 🙂 get em while they’re hot
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Beat:Cancer Leeds – Code 64, Method Cell & Spray
2025-03-01 19:00 - 23:00
We are thrilled to welcome three amazing bands to Beat:Cancer!
Code 64, a Swedish synthpop band formed in 2000, makes their Beat:Cancer debut after over a decade since their last UK performance. Method Cell, an industrial synthcore act established in 2008, is known for blending high-energy harmonics with searing bass and innovative lyrics. Finally, Spray, another Beat:Cancer debut, features Ricardo Autobahn and Jenny McLaren, both former members of Cuban Boys. They gained fame with their chaotic technopunk sound and contributed to the 2006 Eurovision hit “Teenage Life.” We look forward to you joining us for an exciting evening in Leeds!

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INSURGENCE @ Wharf Chambers w/ Guest DJs Duracell Bunny + Victoria Fenbane
2025-03-01 23:59
INSURGENCE comes to Wharf Chambers, Leeds!
FREE ENTRY
Bringing the best of EBM, Industrial, Synthpop with wonderful DJ’s
DURACELL BUNNY [SENTINEL MANCHESTER]
VICTORIA FENBANE [EXIT THE GREY]
VISRA [NIGHTBREED / INSURGENCE]
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Kindle & Thaw Tour - Leeds
2025-03-02 18:00 - 22:00
STILL/ACCEPTANCE/BILECASTER/GREET IN LEEDS
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Glass Frogs Presents: Ribbit Ribbit, Bop it, Twist it
2025-03-05 19:00 - 23:00
A night of funk, soul-jazz, and psychedelic dance grooves ranging from weird to wonderful to weird and wonderful!
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