Wharf Chambers

R.U.B ( Australia), The Menstrual Cramps, Clitspit, Sourflake
2026-04-08 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Atomic Presents and 01977Punk Promotions bring a night of Queer Punk and angry Riot Grrrl to the Wharf Chambers. R.U.B are over from Australia for a short UK tour, this is an exceptional chance to catch them live. The Menstrual Cramps, IMO the greatest current Punk band in the UK , sharp, relevant and politically on the ball. Leeds locals Clitspit continue to progress at a rapid pace and will be sure to rock the joint. We have Sourflake to open, that’s how great this line up is …..we have the superb Sourflake opening the gig…..so get in early.
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/r-u-b-the-menstrual-cramps-clitspit-sourflake/wharf-chambers/3592981

Maraudeur // Mia La Metta // Swimming Wraith // Together in Electric Nightmares DJ set
2026-04-06 16:00 - 20:00
Easter Monday matinee-ish fun featuring – Maraudeur – motorik deconstructed lofi-pop-post-punk propulsive klang from Leipzig/Geneva /Lyon.“70s NY no wave/Rough Trade art-punk that when applied to mechanical ’80s coldwave, sounds beyond modern”https://maraudeur.bandcamp.com/
Mia La Metta – Weird and dark pop songs from Kathy of Nape Neck.https://mialametta.bandcamp.com
Swimming Wraith – guitar-and-drums duo twisting 90s art rock into surrealist improv somewhere between the transcendent and the absurd. ex Pifco/Guttersnipe
https://arcanepariahrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cd-2025
plus together in electric nightmares DJ set in the barEARLY GIG – 4pm til 8pm bands, DJs til whenevs

tickets here

Songwriter Circle Time
2026-04-05 19:00 - 22:00
Whoa, we’re back! and better than ever 😉 AHH! … Come Down! and let’s celebrate Leeds’ very best alternative/odd songwriters … WOO! we’re so EXCITED!
Tickets: On the door £7

Pareidolia: 03
2026-04-04 23:59 - 2026-04-05 04:00
PAREIDOLIA returns for a very special third iteration, bringing left-field dance music and audio-reactive projection art to the depths of Wharf Chambers.
As usual, ALL PROFITS will go directly towards alleviating starvation and providing essential supplies in Palestine through grassroots charities working on the ground.
First on the roster is IHATENOISE, hitting the ground running with GQOM-inflected, heavy-hitting underground pop and hip-hop.
CBABY joins us next, flitting through multi-genre bangers featuring bass-heavy club sounds, UK-leaning rhythms and fast-paced electronic styles.
At the peak of the night, STOLEN VELOUR delivers experimental club music punctuated with trance, techno and hyperpop, threaded with surreal sound design.
MAEVIE keeps the momentum through to the end, weaving ethereal yet high-intensity trance and hard dance into a euphoric late-night finale.
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Objections / Big Break / No Peeling / Small Gauge
2026-04-04 19:00 - 23:00
Sacred Windows presents…
OBJECTIONS
Post-punk powerhouse
https://objections.bandcamp.com/
BIG BREAK
Garage punk bounce
https://big-break.bandcamp.com/
NO PEELING
Synth-punk palpitations
https://nopeeling.bandcamp.com/
SMALL GAUGE
Jangle punk mood swing
https://smallgauge.bandcamp.com/
£10 waged / £5 unwaged
Wharf Chambers, Wharf Street, Leeds, LS2 7EQ.
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.

Ticket: https://wegottickets.com/event/692573

Rat Party
2026-04-03 23:59 - 2026-04-04 04:00
We’re linking up with some friends for a special edition of Rat Party…. This one’s a sapphic affair, starting with some pre-drinks at Outlaws Yacht Club from 8pm hosted by lesbian and FLINTA* pop up bar Club Copine, before moving over to Wharf Chambers for what can only be described as the sexiest lesbian party of the year. Allies always welcome, community members prioritised 🙂

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GENRE(S): Techno, Club, Bass

Heavinly Tweed
2026-04-03 19:30 - 23:00
underground artist from across the uk coming together to share their sound mix with a fashion show presented by ‘Only Pretending’
expect a night music and fashion blended together with artists expressing their craft along side the beautiful works of Sasha
Free event come join to bring the community together.
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Drury Hill / two blinks, i love you / Speedway Star / Nap Hotel
2026-04-02 19:00 - 23:00
Moving to Leeds this ear after being born from the lovely Nottingham scene, Drury Hill make beautiful slacker soft-rock that is so addictive. Their incredible Bancamp-only EP ‘Fields’ is their only work online to date, recorded at Nottingham’s buzzing little venue The Grove.

Despite being a band for such a short time, they have already supported Gal Go, Dove Ellis, and playing at 2 Regtown festivals in Leeds, this debut Leeds headline is going to be special.
With support from the incredible two blinks, i love you / Speedway Star / Nap Hotel

MORE INFO HERE AND HERE

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The Exu + Support
2026-04-01 19:30 - 23:00
James Mainwaring (saxophones), Dave Kane (double bass) Emil Karlsen (drums)
Named after a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting and inspired by the artist’s multi-faceted stylistic approach – known for its raw, expressive, and dynamic qualities, blending street art with neo-expressionism to create bold, thought-provoking work. The Exu make layered, intense, creative & beautiful, thought provoking, genre fluid improvised music. The trio brazenly draw their musical influences from the worlds of free jazz, grunge, death metal, hip hop, bebop, & experimental music. Kane says ‘we are the sum of our record collections, the films we have seen, the books we have read. It all goes into the mix to make our music.’ Kane & Mainwaring share the compositional duties while young Norwegian drummer Emil Karlsen brings versatile, intricate textures and groove. Mainwaring (of Mercury Prize-nominated Roller Trio) blends fiery and sensitive saxophone approaches with playful edge, while double bassist Dave Kane ignites each performance with cathartic, heartfelt energy that lingers long after the final note.
Tickets:

eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-exu-support-tickets-1983619663812?aff=oddtdtcreator

Dirt Dyke Dive
2026-03-31 19:00 - 23:00
A pop-up dyke bar with stallholders and board games from Cardsordie. Free entry!

VLMV + Runeweaver
2026-03-29 19:30 - 23:00
Bad Owl Presents… VLMV: Cinematic, ambient post-rock from London. RUNEWEAVER: Dark folk from Leeds.
Tickets: https://wegottickets.com/event/689121

Pigeon Drop-in session
2026-03-29 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

GBOSA: Blossom
2026-03-28 23:59
GBOSA is back at Wharf for a party in spring, showcasing our beloved resident DJs and black dance music in the effort to foster a black, queer, and non-Eurocentric dance community.
GENRE(S): Dancehall, Afro Beats, GQOM, Baile Funk, Soca, Afro House, Global Bass
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I'd Rather Be A Cowgirl
2026-03-28 19:30 - 23:00
The Ballad of Red Wednesday & Duck Williams, outlaws on the run searching for the myth of Halcyon. Asking that all important question: “Is being a cowgirl all it’s cracked up to be?” A tale of gender exploration, found family, and surviving in the harsh world of the American West. Join Red Wednesday, Duck Williams, and the musicians of Them There Cowboys round the campfire for a queer tale of adventure, found family, and exploring who you really want to be. Duck Williams is a runaway who doesn’t ever want to look back, Red Wednesday’s a mysterious and striking cowgirl who’s feared across the West, and holds her cards to her chest. Duck is questing for the mythical town of Halcyon… if they can find it, and if it even exists at all… Red takes Duck under her wing, but is Duck just grateful for her help and companionship, or is there a deeper affinity with the idea of being a cowgirl, and embracing what they had been forced to repress? Interwoven with the musical storytelling and Queer Cuntry Stylings of Them There Cowboys. A story to warm your heart but make your hair stand on end, as you’re swept along for the ride of your life in wide open plains.
Tickets: https://www.citizenticket.com/events/look-sharp-theatre/i-d-rather-be-a-cowgirl/
Leah Hand – Writer & Red Wednesday
Lewis Fraser – Writer, & Duck Williams
Spike Woodley – Musical Director, Dramaturg, Live Musician, & Chanterelle, Dolly, River, and Ghoul
Nathan Stewart- Musical Director, Dramaturg, Live Musician, & Liberty and Ghoul
Morgan Scriven – Graphic Design & Clint and Billy
Hugo Knowles – Director
Saffy Wehren – Costume & Set Design and Stage Manager
Callie O’Brien – Lighting Design
Grace Revill – Lighting & Sound Technician & Producer
Eva Lafontan – Producer
Ash Dickson – Sunny

With special thanks to Grace Marsh, Tali Simmons, Richard Marshall Lee, John Woodley, Anna Powis, Luke Haywood & Space2 for making this possible.

Computer Club v5.0
2026-03-27 23:59
Computer Club returns for its fifth iteration, refining its focus on live electronic process, deep-listening dancefloor moments, and improvised systems in motion. This edition brings together three distinct approaches to hardware-led performance and club-rooted experimentation, navigating the space between techno propulsion, textural abstraction, and raw signal manipulation.
At the core of Computer Club remains a commitment to real-time decision making. Patching, sequencing, and responding to the room as it unfolds. Expect fluid transitions between form and function, club energy and exploratory sound design, with each set feeding into a continuously evolving sonic ecosystem.
AM sin
Opening new pathways within the Computer Club framework, AM sin brings a live-focused approach grounded in tension, rhythm, and textural pressure. Drawing from techno, industrial, and experimental electronics, their sets balance driving structures with moments of disintegration, where grit, repetition, and subtle shifts take centre stage.
Nilehn (Resident)
The Computer Club resident returns with a continually evolving live configuration. Built around hardware and improvisation, Nilehn’s performances blur techno, abrasive electronics, and industrial atmospheres, shaped by real-time patching and an instinctive response to the dancefloor.
Musaji
Manchester-based duo Musaji bring acid-tinged momentum and genre-fluid sensibility to the night. Moving between live hardware performance and DJ-informed flow, their sound folds driving basslines, broken rhythms, and atmospheric passages into sets that remain physical, playful, and unpredictable.
Visuals once again form a critical component of the Computer Club experience. Our custom AV systems continue to develop with each event, translating raw signal feedback, generative processes, and live manipulation into responsive, immersive imagery. The screen becomes a parallel instrument, amplifying the sense of total system interaction.
Join us for Computer Club v5.0. Another late-night session of live electronics, evolving machines, and collective immersion in the mainframe.

GENRE(S): Techno
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Max’s Top Surgery Fundraiser - The FINAL fundraiser!
2026-03-27 19:30 - 23:00
After a few AMAZING fundraisers over the past three years at Wharf, my top surgery is finally in sight.

For this FINAL fundraiser, expect drag, poetry, tombola, food + more.

Line up will be revealed soon.
Check out @maxx_lawsonn for more info!

Tickets: https://www.citizenticket.com/events/max-lawson/the-final-fundraiser/

Breathing Below, Blair Bitch Project, IO, She is Carnage
2026-03-26 19:00 - 23:00
A night of the best in new post metalcore . Breathing Below have recently released a run of outstanding singles which they will be sure to be showcasing.Blair Bitch Project ( York) arrive for their debut Leeds gig, watch this band rise rapidly as the year progresses. IO are Leeds’ hottest new post metal sensation, if you have already caught them live you will sure be back. She is Carnage ( Sheffield) are a new band assembled by Rachael Gane ( Static Lives and ex Blood Stained Reputation), new, but with pedigree guaranteed.
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/breathing-below-blair-bitch-project-io-sheiscarnag/wharf-chambers/3587509?src=event-page-shareHi,

FILTH
2026-03-25 19:30 - 23:00
A cabaret show celebrating all things gruesome and unsettling…
Featuring local and national performers!
Tickets: https://www.skiddle.com/e/41930880

Strange New Places / Rat Pakk / Destroya
2026-03-22 18:30
Strange New Places are a Belfast-based queer-punk band of right-on radicals with low self-esteem; a
band where queerness and neurodivergence intersect, and intersect hard. Sometimes they intersect in
fun and interesting ways and other times they intersect in strange and annoying ways. Each member
looks like they’re in a different band, and sometimes they sound like it too. In June 2025, they released
their debut album, Second Puberty and now they’re taking it out to show it off a little!
Rat Pakk: Anarchist queer punk, bringing you banging tunes, off yer arse energy and aggressive,
in yer face, piss on yer Christmas dinner kinda attitude. Edgy, political and a live riot
Destroya: Leeds based female fronted grunge.
Tickets: https://www.skiddle.com/e/41781338

Contort Yourself
2026-03-21 23:59 - 2026-03-22 04:00
An all-vinyl club night spinning all the best post-punk and no wave tunes from across the years. Expect to hear the likes of James Chance, Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth, The Slits, and Kleenex, among others…
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Poltergeisting
2026-03-21 19:30 - 23:00
poltergeist, n. a type of ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed
poltergeist, v. interrupt usual peace and quiet with loud noises, provocative language and destruction of the given norm
Dinnerbone – alt-rock shoegaze
National Citizens – pop-punk
Benji Arnold – TBA
Morgan Song – acoustic folk
Tickets: https://www.skiddle.com/e/42132028

Legally, This is Drag
2026-03-20 18:00 - 21:00
Connection and Promo Oppurtunity Workshop, Hosted by Faye Blush.
All Artists/Performers welcome!
Practice your numbers! Film your numbers! Get photos taken for social media! Connect with other artists!
Free Event

Roots Live
2026-03-18 19:30 - 23:00
Roots x Railed presents: Rat Pakk, Destroya and Call Me Animal for a night celebrating Leeds’ vibrant punk rock scene. This is a night to remember – a blend of queer punk and self-proclaimed ‘off yer arse’ energy from Rat Pakk, gritty grunge with notes of thrash and emo from Destroya and a healthy dose of punk rock attitude from Call Me Animal. Expect aggressive riffs and plenty of fun from this trio of high-energy collectives – you don’t want to miss this.
Info here
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The Gun Show: The Motherlode
2026-03-15 19:00 - 22:00
Packin’ Heat Productions presents The Gun Show: The Motherlode!
Hosted by Leeds’ drag king duo Packin’ Heat, AJ-47 and Tommy Gun bring you a drag show that’s not like your mother’s! Everyone and their mum is going to this family reunion – and we have the mother of all line ups! Are you motherf*cking ready for Mother’s Day?
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.
MORE INFO HERE
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Panic! At The Drag Show
2026-03-14 19:00 - 23:00
Look alive, sunshine. S0ph1nat0r and Yum Yum Productions team up to give you the 2000s emo themed drag cabaret riot! Get the gang together, bring high hopes and leave with a new perspective.
More info here and here
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Cum to the Cabaret: Satanic Panic
2026-03-13 19:30 - 23:00
Welcome saints, sinners, herectics and homosexuals….
‘Herein you will find truth – and fantasy. Each is neccesary for the other to exsist, but each
must be reconginsed for what it is. What you see may not always please you; but you will
see!’
Cum to the Cabaret have explored the deepest, darkest and wettest crevices of hell to bring
you a night a satanic worship, real-life human sacrifice, blood, gore and much much
more…..
It’s the Satanic Panic!
With the world burning and sanity collapsing all around, prepare for a night of your deepest
desires. Inspired by the real 1980s American Satanic Panic, which saw the evil perils such
as DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS…POKEMON..and AC/DC exposed for what they really
are…purveyors of evil and the downfall of youth!
Hosted by candlelight on Friday 13 th March, at Wharf Chambers, we warmly invite you to join
in our séance of Satan.
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/leeds/wharf-chambers-cooperative-club/the-satanic-panic/e-lolazo

ME REX / Gravel / HeavySet
2026-03-12 19:30 - 23:00
For fans of: Los Campesinos! / Martha / Jeff Rosenstock / Manchester Orchestra
File Under: Indie Rock
ME REX is a three-piece UK indie band from London and Brighton, consisting of Myles McCabe (guitar, keys, vocals), Phoebe Cross (drums, vocals), and Rich Mandell (bass, keys, vocals). Originally a solo project by McCabe, it evolved into a full band in 2019 with the addition of Cross, Mandell, and Kathryn Woods. The band is known for its distinctive blend of introspective lyrics, “surging, gargantuan hooks,” and experimental song structures, often weaving in themes of friendship, forgiveness, and myth.

Plus Gravel + Heavyset
https://merex.bandcamp.com/
https://gravel2000.bandcamp.com/
https://heavysetleeds.bandcamp.com/

Tickets: https://dirtyotter.seetickets.com/event/me-rex/wharf-chambers/3561468

UNEXPLAINED BLOOD (Newcastle/Cymru) / AFTERNOON TEATIME + special guest / WIRE MOTHERS / SWIMMING WRAITH
2026-03-11 19:00 - 23:00
Toon-Town Absurdist harsh noise duo UNEXPLAINED BLOOD (feat Will from Yeah You!), Hull’s best kept squeaky-and shrill secret AFTERNOON TEATIME (with a special guest on drums!), local nouveau Industrial hags WIRE MOTHERS and Free-Rock autists SWIMMING WRAITH
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Heinous Whining Presents: Able Noise // Erosion Control // Cyfarwydd
2026-03-10 20:00 - 23:00
An evening of extensions of the long-form logic of post-rock/drone/folk. The insturments are at least instruments!
£10 or 5 low or unwaged – payf and no one turned away for lack of funds always
Able Noise – Able Noise are a cross-continent duo based between The Hague (NL) and Athens (GR), built around the experimental baritone guitar and drum playing of George Knegtel and Alex Andropoulos.Inert stilted spontaneous music drawing from post-rock and classical at a glace. Measured but hard to measure yanno
Erosion Control – New trio venutre from Sophie Cooper (trombone logic extender), Flo Christman (drums!) and Tom Hawkins (gravel voiced cello) Long form dub adjascent lock in noise rocked minimalism

Cyfarwydd – Electro-acoustic drone folk duo from the soil to the stars. grotty and spacey

TRANSGENRE: Reloaded
2026-03-08 19:00 - 22:00
Bite Back! are proud to announce…
TRANSGENRE: RELOADED at WHARF CHAMBERS!
With funding from PRS Foundation from the ‘Early Career Promoter Fund’, TRANSGENRE, Bite Back’s all trans, independent musician event is proud to bring you the fourth edition of Transgenre on the 8th March.
Featuring:
The debut of Leeds hottest new band, Dial-an-octopus
Rat Pakk
National Citizens
Mars Blossom
Danneh Gleave

Tickets are on a pay-what-you-feel basis, which allows our events to be attended by anyone regardless of income. Our suggested fee is £5, or £10 for those who are allies or on a higher income. We always offer free guestlist for those who are unable to afford our events, you just need to email or message us on instagram.

Tickets: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/32554/transgenre-reloaded
