A FUNERAL FOR MY YOUTH
2025-03-06 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Danneh is turning 30! So we’re celebrating with a funeral for their youth – and we hope to see you there!
A night of drag and music to celebrate the end of their 20s, with performances from:
Danneh Gleave
Fae Fatale
Mars Blossom
Anita Biff
Mhad Mheezie
Izzie Drizzle
Threat Detector
and more
Wear black, it’s a funeral! (emo party)
Tickets are on a pay what you feel policy!
ACCESS INFO:
Wharf Chambers has a wheelchair accessible entrance around the back of the venue. However, it should be noted you have to go up cobbles in order to get around the back. The ramp up to the door does not have any handles, if you require assistance getting in please let us know! There is a wheelchair accessible toilet to the right as you enter the toilets which are situated next to the bar. The event space is in a separate space to the bar and there is a large outdoor area which is often quieter. If you are made to feel uncomfortable at any point or need assistance, please speak to our door staff or any of the bar staff at Wharf – any of us will be more than happy to assist you.
Trigger/content warnings will be applied throughout the show as needed.

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NO FUN (Stooges covers band), Milky Wimpshake, Billy Billy 5p
2025-03-07 19:30 - 23:00
NO FUN: Have zero fun with Leeds’ own Stooges stooges. Featuring the very worst reprobates from your waking nightmares. Bring earplugs and sunglasses. FYI their words not mine.

Milky Wimpshake: They have been playing their brand of witty punk since 1993. Having lyrics about politics, getting a puncture, milkmaids and everyday office life, they are smart and noisy and 7 years to late for the C86 boom for which most of their material is indebted. With song titles like Etymology, I love you you weirdo, My heart beats faster than techno and Noam Chomsky vs The Ramones, you get the idea that they’re not your average songs of (at most) 3 minutes long.

Billy Billy 5p: Despite resistance from the band, my dogged perseverance had paid off and I’ve finally managed to secure these internationally unsuccessful behemoths from Bingley, Cumbria and Australia. They have a song about Terry McCann, a questionable one about a farmer and they wear bee-keeping outfits. You don’t need to know anything more than that. Trust me.

It’s a fiver on the door…more if you feel flush…..if you can bring cash then would would be great. I’m sure I’ll be able to work out the card machine by then so don’t worry too much. Thanks.

ULTRAVIOLET 2.0
2025-03-07 23:59
Get sweaty and shake your ass to raise money for Basis, a local charity that supports women in sex work and young people who are sexually exploited in Yorkshire. Come on down to Wharf Chambers and join us for a fun night of big gay tunes, glitter and dancing into the early hours of the morning. We’ll have 4 banging DJs from midnight until 4:00am, as well as a raffle with all proceeds being donated to Basis.
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Love Muscle w/ J. Aria
2025-03-08 11:30
Love Muscle returns for a spring affair with Dalston Superstor resident J. Aria. LM support on the night will be from Izzy Iz and Marjai. Your monthly dose of pumping queer dance party awaits!
Please read the ticket info on the LM events pages. Tickets from behind the bar at Wharf Chambers or by email for guestlist & out of towners – lov3muscl3@outlook.com
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Seven by Seven
2025-03-09 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.

Kosmische Kommune: drone, ambience, freakout and groove-
2025-03-09 18:30 - 22:00
Krautrock Kurator returns to Wharf Chambers for an entirely new stand-alone event. Travel deeper into Kosmische with tracks mixed on vinyl at audiophile quality within a mixed media experience. Plus bring, introduce and (we will) spin your vinyl’ after session-make sure it’s krautrock or krautrock influenced!

Praise for Krautrock Kurator:

“I was fascinated by the way a narrative was created to give a context to the tracks. Reading (and hearing) about the social and political events which were the backdrop to those tracks, was really interesting and gave a sense of the development of the genre over time”.

“Krautrockkurator is an educative, almost meditative immersion into this most innovative of genres. Essentially a listening party, it appeals to the curious novice as well as older heads.”

“Loads of music that I’ve never heard before….. I think it’s a really well put together show…. It has inspired me to look up lots of stuff on krautrock”

“Thank you for a magical evening”

Conception
2025-03-12 19:30 - 23:00
What’s the big idea?
Conception is an experiment-all open mic, aiming to promote creative thinking and the furthering of ideas. New concepts, works in progress and other happenings will be prioritised over completed acts.
There are a limited amount of available slots on the night, so please contact us via email if you’d like to book in advance:
ourconception@gmail.com
Wharf Chambers is a members’ club and you need to be a member, or guest of a member, in order to attend. To join, please visit our website. Membership costs £2 and requires a minimum of 48 hours to take effect.

Free Music Lessons -- Kieran Daly, Territorial Gobbing, CatsYouMiss
2025-03-13 19:30 - 23:00
Kieran Daly
Unaccompanied monophonic guitar improvisations.
Check out his recent release of jazz standards in Toronto: link.
Link, also a favourite
Territorial Gobbing
Do we need to introduce him? Extremely prolific artist and performer. Not sure what he’s doing but it’ll be good!
Link
Link
CatsYouMiss
Cat-themed band.
Instagram, there’s bits in the tagged posts

Ming City Rockers/The Puncturists/Gevaudan Dogs
2025-03-14 19:00 - 22:45
Ming City Rockers headline gig in promotion of their new album release

Facebook event

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Ming City Rockers/ The Puncturists/ Gevaudan Dogs
2025-03-14 19:30 - 23:00
01977Punk Promotions proudly present Ming City Rockers at the Wharf Chambers. With a brand new album Clementine set for release expect a mix of new material alongside the old favourites. Great supports for the gig from The Puncturists and Gevaudan Dogs, so get there early to see all three bands.

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Dirt Dykes
2025-03-14 23:59
Join us for DJs, performances, gogo dancers and tarot readings from Emily.
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Skint As!
2025-03-15 19:30 - 23:00
It’s been a year of SkintAs!
Come celebrate with us and our sick line up of performers (including some old faves from our first ever show)

Please note no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you are unable to afford a ticket please drop us a message on instagram @skintas_drag or email skintasdrag@gmail.com and we will add you to the free guestlist, no questions asked.

Wharf Chambers is a members club, you must be a member or guest of a member to attend. Membership costs £2 per year. For more info and to sign up please visit wharfchambers.org

HARDCORE BESTIEZ X MAKE HARDCORE HAPPY AGAIN: GFOTY LIVE
2025-03-15 23:59
bsb are teaming up with Bristol-based promoter Make Hardcore Happy Again for the third leg of their epic UK tour <3
Headlining the night, we have the one and only Queen of Chaos, GFOTY, who will *not* be playing a DJ set but performing live for your enjoyment. Expect her to debut tracks from her unheard new album, alongside some absolute classics.
For support, we’re bringing down Pure Girl and TinyHandz from Glasgow, alongside Manchester legend Kuriboh, guaranteeing an unmissable night of high-energy chaos.
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DAYDREAMERZ
2025-03-16 16:00 - 22:00
“ATOMIC presents an all dazer for the dreamgazers, a wonderment of psychadelia, kulture, and sweetness. Opening with a free art market in the bar, bringing the works of local artists, the day follows into the evening with a showcase of shoegaze and dream pop.

HINATA started as a bedroom project, and evolved into a dynamic 4-piece band. Deep rooted in the DIY music scene, the band work collaboratively across a sea of genres and communities, and pull inspiration from all waves of art. Their sound draws influence from shoegaze likes of DIIV and Slowdive, with heavy synth and echoes of emotion to rock and sway to.

CONTRAIL are an ethereal ensemble with sounds of mellow, emotional rock infused with jazz. The 5-piece are dreamy, sax-fueled, and firmly making their mark on the local scene.

RATS TAILS are the dreamiest of dream rock rodents. A trance with unique experimentation and nostalic sound, the band have been making their name in Hackney and join us on their tour to make their Leeds debut.”

£4 – unwaged/low income
£8 – waged

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Midding + CRIG + Cellar Messiah
2025-03-19 19:30 - 23:00
Midding headline with their raw yet widescreen take on psych, noise-rock, and industrial-pop – Spector-sized ambition, tremolo guitars, and feedback waves, all shaped through the grit of an 8-track Tascam. CRIG follows with stripped-back, deadpan charm – lo-fi strumming and wry lyricism. For fans of early Guided By Voices. Cellar Messiah open the night with driving, fuzz-drenched psych – Spacemen 3 meets Jefferson Airplane.
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Yuppie Supper/ The Turncoats/Twin Size
2025-03-20 19:30 - 23:00
An evening of fresh new sounds breaking in the City of Leeds.
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DREAMLAND W/ REAL TEARS, PRINCESS ELF BAR, ZESTY, AYDJ + MORE
2025-03-21 23:59
The Euphoric selectors at are back to Whatf with another star-studded lineup, including Leeds Trance Princess Elfbar, Garage girlie Zesty, 90s Trance icon Aydj, and a debut for Real Tears, and resident Anop.
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Brudenell Presents… The Tubs / Vehicle / Autocamper
2025-03-22 19:30 - 23:00
The Tubs’ second album, Cotton Crown, sees the Celtic Jangle boyband venture into darker, more personal territory while continuing to hone their highly addictive brand of songcraft. It’s a true level up album which sees the band expand their sonic palette to take in a kaleidoscopic range of influences: everything from soulful pub rock (Chain Reaction) to Husker Du aggression (One More Day) to melancholy sophisto-pop (Narcissist) gets a look in. As Pitchfork noted, The Tubs see jangle as a ‘vast world of moods and muses’ and Cotton Crown sees them continuing to explore this world and creating a distinctly Tub-ular sound in the process.
This is in no small part down to Owen ‘O’ Williams’ vocal performance- often compared to a young Richard Thomson- and his frank, bleakly funny lyric writing. Cotton Crown sees him delve further into his favorite themes of love-psychosis, unsympathetic mentally ill behavior, and the humiliations of being a musician in London. This time around, however, there’s a palpable sense of risk in his self assessments/confessions. No more so in the track’s closing track Strange- an accounting of the clumsy, intrusive, well-meaning social interactions that took place in the period following the suicide of his mother (the folk singer Charlotte Greig.) As Williams says: “I’d tried a few times to write a song about it. The result had always seemed either mawkish, simplifying or like I was hawking my trauma. But then this one came out, and it felt right because it looked at something smaller: the weird, unsatisfying, strangely funny ways everyone, including myself, acted after the dust settled.” The album artwork features an image of Williams as an infant being breastfed by Greig in a graveyard- a promotional shot taken around the release of her debut album (the re-issue of which was featured in The Guardian in 2023.)
The essential trick Cotton Crown plays is to offset Williams’ lyrical bleakness with joyous, hook-laden blasts of pop perfection. This is largely down to the guitar work of George Nicholls, who, across the album, effortlessly slips between the virtuoso jangle of Marr, the driving folk-rock of Pentangle and the chorus-heavy hi-fi grooves of contemporary bands like Tops or The 1975. Add to that the breakneck rhythm section of Taylor Stewart (Drums) and Max Warren (Bass)- who attack each song with power-pop ferocity, recalling Guided by Voices at their drunken-yet-tight best- and you’ve got yourself a recipe for indie rock greatness.
The band’s debut ‘Dead Meat’ was a word-of-mouth sensation that saw the band earn accolades from Pitchfork, The Guardian, MOJO, SPIN and more. They even gained some celeb fans: the inimitable Mark Proksch (The Office (US), Better Call Saul, What We Do in the Shadows) starred in the video for their “Round the Bend” single & punk legend Iggy Pop has praised them on his BBC 6Music radio program. Standing in opposition to the UK norm of post punk, and hookless high-minded indie prog, the album was described by Kitty Empire (Observer) as a “shot in the arm for indie rock”. The band’s hard touring and raucous, beery live show have seen them stand out at festivals like Greenman, End of The Road, Melbourne Rising and Canela Party. The band (minus Stewart) were previously members of Joanna Gruesome- who won the Welsh Music Prize, toured the UK and US extensively, and were praised in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The NY Times, The Guardian and others. Lan McCardle (Joanna Gruesome, Ex-Void) also provides backing vocals on several tracks. The Tubs are part of the Gob Nation collective- the London-based network of bands, writers and promoters who were recently profiled in The Guardian.

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.”
“You must be a member or guest of a member to attend. Joining costs £2. See wharfchambers.org/membership

Lock the Doorz presents: SS25
2025-03-22 23:59
‘It’s giving fashion’. We want your favourite runway look, fascinate us, enamour us, make us fall in love, give us sex, give us glamour, walk for us, dance for us, sweat for us. YOU are the moment, this is the party. SS25 is our latest party instalment of high energy club music and gogo dancing, with a special creative treat from TH3Y. At 2am we walk, and you can too. For the rest of the night we dance. Come as you are or as you want to be.
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CineClub Azúcar present: PICO: Un Parlante de África en América, Invernomuto & Jim C. Nedd (2020)
2025-03-23 18:00 - 22:00
Join us on Sunday, 23rd March at 6 PM for the second installment of CineClub Azúcar, a space to watch and discuss cinema and moving-image works from Abya Yala. This month, we’ll be watching PICO: Un parlante de África en América.

Filmed in 2017, the documentary follows the woodworkers, technicians, and craftsmen who assemble and maintain the tradition of picós, vividly decorated sound systems that animate street parties in the Costa Atlántica region of Colombia.

The history of picós can be traced back to the 1960s, yet their roots run deeper, originating from the time of the transatlantic slave trade when coastal cities like Barranquilla and Cartagena served as key access points. The film traces the origins of this transatlantic sonic style inland to a village called Palenque, founded in the 1590s by West Africans who escaped slavery, still inhabited by their descendants, and where new aesthetic and sonic styles were developed.

Hot food is available from 18:00.

The film starts at 18:30.
£4 entry / No one turned away for lack of funds.

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Return of Kibitz!
2025-03-27 19:30 - 23:00
Kibitz are back!

After a 5-year hiatus of soul-searching and escaping various viruses, they’re back in full force with some new friends, new music & plenty more dancing! Their latest incarnation shifts the focus to new original music. Still inspired by the soundscapes of klezmer and Balkan music, Kibitz bring a sonic whirlwind of their expansively eclectic influences, incorporating elements as far reaching as jazz manouche, Irish trad, reggae, classical and prog rock, playfully experimenting with time, texture, mood and dynamic.

Leading us into the dance are their captains: accordionist Barney Tabor and violinist Robin Timmis – expect to get a sweat on with their infectious beats and melodies on the triumphant return!

On this fine evening, Kibitz will be sharing the stage with new locals Heart Shaped Logic and Erÿs!

Heart Shaped Logic will take listeners on a journey through the human existence via sound, weaving music that is as dynamic as it is heartfelt. Brainchild of Samwise Seidel, who brings his sound and songs from an extended time in the Southern Hemisphere. Expect to be taken on a trip through lush landscapes and emotional adventures that feel both timeless and profoundly present.

Erÿs are a vibrant three-piece contemporary folk band that breathe new life into the genre – combining rich new melodies with traditional repertoire. Meriel Paget, Buffy Hughes and Freyja Evelyn work together to create original compositions and reimagined arrangements, creating a rich acoustic palette with fiddle and cello, weaved in around Freyja’s beautiful voice, all supported on a bed of guitar.

£7 Presale tickets here!
£8 On the door

Doors open 7.30pm

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Sqweezer
2025-03-28 20:00 - 2025-03-29 04:00
Celebrating transexuallence. Showcasing QTBIPOC talent. An impartation of our unrelenting queer culture & our undeniable royalty. Raising funds for trans+ healthcare. SQWEEZER consists of two segments: Soirée [20:00-23:00] An illustrious lineup of bands, stalls and a raffle hosted by Victoria Peach with prizes that’ll make a girl go, goo-goo. The Gala* [00:00-04:00] Featuring some of Leeds’ gaggiest DJ’s, showcasing beauty artists and go-go dancers, serving opulence to the house, for your consideration. *All phone cameras will be covered upon entry to The Gala.
Soiree: 8-11. Gala: 00:00-04:00
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Fix Your Hearts Or Die: Transgender Day of Visibility show
2025-03-29 19:30 - 23:00
“When you became Denise, I told all of your colleagues, those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die.” – Gordon Cole, 2017.
Poltergeist Promotions’ gig celebrating some of Leeds’ finest transgender alternative musicians for Transgender Day of Visibility 2025 at Wharf Chambers. We’re hoping to get angry and fix some hearts together. Featuring the Teesside protest singer-songwriter That Clare, the banterous Football Crazy, pop-rock bangers from National Citizens, and lo-fi emo tunes from Shaene.
Follow @poltergeistpromotions on Instagram for updates and to discuss NOTAFLOF tickets.
All attendees must be a member of Wharf Chambers, or a guest of a member who is also attending. Sign up for a £2 annual membership online or at the bar. Please see Wharf Chambers’ Safer Spaces policy.
Original poster photography by Emily J Tonge, edited by Nina-Morgan Young.

PH4RMACY: Flash Mitra, Torin, Willis & Bav, Sutt
2025-03-29 23:59
PH4RMACY is bringing the next party to Wharf Chambers on the 29th of March. We couldn’t wait to have another dance after the last one, so we present: Sutt, Flash Mitra, and Torin, alongside residents Willis and Bav. As always, expect sleazy electronic music and intimate dance floors. On opening duties is SUT. After playing at our last party and launching Signal & Riddle, we had to bring them back. PH4RMACY residents Willis & Bav will take on a B2B. Flash Mitra, founder of Amadeus, will be delivering leftfield, acidy, and techno-driven bits. On closing duties is Torin, the second half of Synthetica and a resident of Late Night Essentials, who will be spinning wax until the early hours. Through this event, we will be supporting Save Our Scene (SOS) and MAP Charity. Save Our Scene supports small independent music venues across the UK, helping keep the underground electronic scene alive. MAP Charity provides aid to those impacted by the Gaza conflict. See you there!
Expect: Acid House, House, Techno, Italo Disco.
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The Handover + support
2025-04-01 19:30 - 23:00
Aly Eissa, Ayman Asfour and Jonas Cambien meld Arabic classical and rural folk music from Egypt with free improv, psych and kosmische in this mesmerising ritual!
+ SUPPORT TBC
£8 advance / £12 on the door
£5 unwaged / no one turned away for lack of funds
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Wormboys / Tiger Island / Etheriel / Kit Watson
2025-04-02 19:30 - 23:00
No-one turned away for lack of funds!

Wharf Chambers is a members’ club and you need to be a member, or guest of a member, in order to attend. To join, please visit our website. Membership costs £2 and requires a minimum of 48 hours to take effect.

Formed in a bedroom, wormboys yoke dreamy melodies to driving rhythms and fuzzy soundscapes, they a have a wholely unique and weird sound that I like to refer to as “compop” (pop+compost).

Tiger Island are a garage punk band from Leeds, fuelled by massive riffs, pounding drums and tunes you can actually dance to.
Think PJ Harvey Vs Hot Snakes via the B-52s. But faster!

Etheriel are a shoegaze(ish) band from Bradford, they’re a bit punky, a bit post-punky, very sad and a little bit angry, I like to say they’re like if slowdive, Radiohead and joy division grew some ball hair.

Kit Watson: Hi I’m kit, I’m a vj and visual artist, with a love of fractal and glitch projections, and making any brick wall look like it’s made of magic
I’ll be throwing the lights at the wall while you guys have a good knees up

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A-Sun Amissa, Aidan Baker, Sulk Rooms
2025-04-03 19:30 - 23:00
A-SUN AMISSA
Video – Live in Cambridge / Listen – Bandcamp / Website – slowsecret.com / Instagram

A-Sun Amissa are a group in a permanent state of metamorphosis, existing on the fringes of some kind of avant-rock, relentlessly searching out new angles and new directions to push the noise they create. A sound underpinned and overlaid with drones, moving in and around a diverse chasm of post-rock, melancholic doom, noise and ambient.
Led by Richard Knox since 2011 and now existing as a trio with Luke Bhatia and Claire Knox, A-Sun Amissa have a fiercely DIY approach to music that takes in recording, tour booking, artwork and putting out their own records via Richard’s Gizeh label that has been in operation since 2004.
AIDAN BAKER
Listen – Bandcamp / Website – aidanbaker.org / Instagram
Aidan Baker is a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist focusing on the electric guitar as his
primary instrument. Using prepared and alternate methods of playing the guitar, along with various electronic effects, Baker creates music which generally falls within the ambient/experimental genre but draws on influences from post-rock, shoegaze, electronica, neo-classical, and jazz.
A highly prolific artist, Baker has released numerous recorded works, both solo and with various
group projects—most notably his dreamsludge duo, Nadja—and including collaborations with such artists as Tim Hecker, Carla Bozulich, Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle/Pharaoh Overlord), Ekin Fil, FM Einheit, and many more—on such independent labels as Karlrecords, Southern Lord Records, Important Records, Alien8 Recordings, and Gizeh Records. A frequent live performer, Baker has toured extensively around the world, including appearances at such international festivals as FIMAV, SXSW, Amplifest, Unsound, Roadburn, and Supersonic. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Baker currently resides in Berlin, Germany.
SULK ROOMS
Listen – Bandcamp / Website – linktr.ee/sulkrooms / Instagram

A pseudonym of Yorkshire based composer Thomas Ragsdale, the music of Sulk Rooms draws the link between euphoric electronica and smoke engulfed drones. Slow-morphing textures sequence and cascade, encapsulating intimate moments of colliding sound amongst fluttering arpeggios and transcending synth builds.
A predominant soundtrack artist included in many of Adam Curtis’ groundbreaking BBC documentaries as well as scoring BBC true crime series, Netflix features and Prada commercials, Sulk Rooms is part of Domino Publishing’s prestigious composer roster.

Atmospheric music for the head alongside the heart, Sulk Rooms’ music captures spontaneous audio mirages and saturated imperfections within a crushing backdrop of low end and harmonic ferocity. Electric soundscapes and rising techno map Sulk Rooms’ universe where panoramic pulses fuel adrenaline charged synths to feelings of both wonder and unease.
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Cowtown - Objections - Unit Ama - Señor Pink
2025-04-04 19:30 - 23:00
Cowtown, Objections and Unit Ama reunite once again this April joined by the younger Leeds outfit Señor Pink
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Decolonise Fest
2025-04-05 18:00 - 23:00
Decolonise Fest is coming to Leeds with Decolonise On Tour (funded by PRS), bringing some of our favourite northern punx of colour on stage at Wharf Chambers. Decolonise Fest is an annual London-based, volunteer-run, non-profit DIY punk festival collectively organised by and for punx of colour. There will also be a bracelet making activity before the show, to come and get to know your fellow punx!
Hang Linton: Splicing avant funk, dance punk & breakbeats, Hang Linton is an interdisciplinary artist based in Leeds, who previously opened for Yard Act and writes about the struggles of modern British life.
Pleasure Centre: An alt/art rock quintet from the North Yorkshire coast who take influence from My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and Jesus and Mary Chain.
Lia Rye: Leeds-based alternative rock artist who takes inspiration from Bloc Party and Royal Blood.

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