206 events across 43 venues
Festivals and themes in December
All festivals, themes and brandsTuesday 1 December
Tue
1
The Pogues / Martin Stephenson & The Daintees
O2 Academy Leeds
Tue
1
wilt / ugly ozo
Oporto
Tue
1
Dayseeker
Project House · Slam Dunk
Tue
1
Northlane
Project House
Tue
1
Aquinas Piano Trio / Rachel Roberts
Leeds Conservatoire · 19:30
Tue
1
The Joint | Theo Stewart: The Joint | Theo Stewart
Sela Bar · 20:00 · Not a thing. + Theo Stewart
Wednesday 2 December
Wed
2
Electric Six
O2 Academy Leeds
Wed
2
Will Duerden / Svitlana Kosenko
Leeds Conservatoire · 13:05
Wed
2
Rush Hour Jazz: Jim Corry
Seven Arts · 18:00 · JazzLeeds
Wed
2
Sunami / Desolated / Missing Link / Extinguish
Boom · 19:00
Wed
2
Milo Korbenski
Headrow House · 19:00
Wed
2
LEAP
The Key Club · 19:00 · Slam Dunk
Wed
2
bugteeth / Green Gardens / Big Warm Bed / Milly Renu
Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen · 19:00
Wed
2
The Magic Numbers
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30 · Senbla
Wed
2
Talisk
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Wed
2
The Sick Man Of Europe / Leifert
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30 · Brudenell Presents
Thursday 3 December
Thu
3
The Snuts / The Kairos
O2 Academy Leeds · Futuresound
Thu
3
cowboyy
Wharf Chambers · Dirty Otter
Thu
3
Blossoms / The Royston Club
First Direct Arena
Thu
3
pyncher
Oporto · Futuresound
Thu
3
Makk / Hollie Mackenzie / Daisy Dalby
The Attic · 19:00 · Makk
Thu
3
The War That Never Ends Winter 2026: 1914
Boom · 19:00
Thu
3
CVC
Archive · 19:00 · Brudenell Presents
Thu
3
Amelia Coburn / Alice Faye
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Thu
3
The Veils / Anthonie Tonnon
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Thu
3
Ponzo / Eszter Vida / SHOPLIFTING
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30
Thu
3
Jamie Webster
The Wardrobe · 19:30 · This Feeling
Thu
3
The Domino Rhythm and Blues Band
The Domino Club · 22:00
Friday 4 December
Fri
4
Anarchy In The U.K. Tour: Sex Pistols / Frank Carter
O2 Academy Leeds
Fri
4
Locked In: Coco Dubz / Cunning MC / Froidy / Subtala / Sibz / Gnasha / Rekah / Noizheadz / Mylania
Wharf Chambers · Locked In
Fri
4
Bryson Tiller / Majid Jordan
First Direct Arena
Fri
4
THE ROOFTOP: Tarzsa
Headrow House · Natural Selection
Fri
4
Crossover / Televised / Slow TV / Chain for the City
The Lending Room · 360
Fri
4
Feral Family
Royal Park Cellars
Fri
4
Cory Wong
Stylus · Communion ONE
Fri
4
Lucy Robinson & Band
The Domino Club · 19:00
Fri
4
Restraining Order
Boom · 19:00
Fri
4
Conan
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Fri
4
The North
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30 · Futuresound
Fri
4
Captain of the Lost Waves’ Orchestra: Captain of the Lost Waves' Orchestra
Seven Arts · 19:30 · MEWL Music
Fri
4
Courtney Hadwin
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30
Fri
4
Angelina X
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30
Fri
4
World Jazz Jive: Yamikani / Levniz / Kanavu
The Attic · 19:30 · DJ Lubi
Fri
4
LC Pop Choir / Celebration Gospel Choir
Leeds Conservatoire · 19:30
Fri
4
Echoes Of Obsidian / Robyn Gair
Northern Guitars · 20:00
Fri
4
Isaac Malibu Band
The Domino Club · 22:20
Saturday 5 December
Sat
5
Billy Gillies Rocketman
O2 Academy Leeds
Sat
5
Musical Theatre Raves
O2 Academy Leeds
Sat
5
The Dunwells
Howard Assembly Room · Opera North
Sat
5
United Sounds: Heeley / Marc Leaf / Jae Depz
Beaver Works
Sat
5
Jon Cocker
Morley Live CIC
Sat
5
Dennis Quin / Job de Jong
Under The Arches
Sat
5
Winter Warmers: Laurel Canyon Acoustic
Seven Arts · 16:00
Sat
5
Art Club Christmas Doo: James Creed / DJ Pipe / Willow / Arty (UK) / Mango Boogy / Cian Joy
Distrikt · 18:00
Sat
5
Devon Salinas Trio
The Domino Club · 19:00
Sat
5
Bad Moods / Stewart 'Proff' Rhodes / Erin Rumble
Wharf Chambers · 19:00
Sat
5
Imperial Triumphant / Knoll
Boom · 19:00 · Old Empire
Sat
5
The Mechanist
Boom · 19:00
Sat
5
Daydreamers
The Key Club · 19:00 · Futuresound
Sat
5
Level//Headed / Matador / Bitcrush
Royal Park Cellars · 19:00 · FOE
Sat
5
NCTRN: Harry Flinto / JP / LSGrooves / Jaycee / Finlay Sheard / Tr4tn1k / Toby Connell / Ben Walker / Corey Strafford
EDIT · 19:00
Sat
5
Cudmas IV: CUD / Vig Vam Bam
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Sat
5
The Twilight Sad
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Sat
5
Ibiza Classics: Pete Tong / The Essential Orchestra / Ultra Naté / Poppy Baskcomb / Paige Cavell / Paul Woolford
First Direct Arena · 19:30
Sat
5
Morganway
The Attic · 19:30 · Brudenell Presents
Sat
5
Special Kinda Madness
Leeds Irish Centre · 20:30
Sat
5
Reek0 / Capo Lee
Headrow House · 21:00 · Natural Selection
Sat
5
Mojah
The Domino Club · 22:20
Sat
5
MUSAR: DMX Krew / Dweedo / Oscar (MITHA) / Ruby Ruby
Eiger Studios · 23:59
Sunday 6 December
Sun
6
Cara Dillon
Howard Assembly Room · Opera North
Sun
6
Liam C
The Lending Room · Gotobeat
Sun
6
The Flukes
Duck & Drake
Sun
6
Stephen Smyth Carvery
Leeds Irish Centre · 13:00
Sun
6
Celebrating the Big Bands at Christmas: Ronnie Bottomley Jazz Orchestra
Seven Arts · 13:30 · JazzLeeds
Sun
6
Kuntford and Sons: Kuntford and Sons
Brudenell Social Club · 14:00 · TV's Over
Sun
6
Pigeon Drop in
Wharf Chambers · 15:00
Sun
6
Club Cosmos: Cosmikuro / Etienne Groh / Maves / Simon Scott
Outlaws Yacht Club · 17:00 · Club Cosmos
Sun
6
John Bramwell (I Am Kloot)
Brudenell Social Club · 19:00
Sun
6
Ghostface Killah / Yapp City / DJ Tech the Technician
O2 Academy Leeds · 19:00
Sun
6
'Milk Teeth' Tour: Al Cologne / Kitty Fitz / Romy Taylor
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30
Sun
6
Halfmark
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30
Monday 7 December
Tuesday 8 December
Tue
8
Slade
O2 Academy Leeds
Tue
8
UB40 featuring ALI CAMPBELL
First Direct Arena
Tue
8
3PM Selects
Headrow House · 3PM Selects
Tue
8
The Big Fat Domino Live Music Quiz
The Domino Club · 18:00
Tue
8
Gwenifer Raymond
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30 · Please Please You
Tue
8
Hitlist / Plonk!
Hyde Park Book Club · 20:00 · Pal Presents
Wednesday 9 December
Wed
9
Trevor Horn and his band
O2 Academy Leeds
Wed
9
The Family Battenberg
Oporto · Futuresound
Wed
9
Andrew Cushin / the kowloons / The Corvids
Leeds Irish Centre · 00:00 · Futuresound
Wed
9
The Fell
Brudenell Social Club · 18:30 · Futuresound
Wed
9
The Best Of Tour: The Darkness / Feeder
First Direct Arena · 19:00
Wed
9
Rail Replacement Bus Service
The Attic · 19:30
Wed
9
Hi Stakes
The Domino Club · 20:00
Thursday 10 December
Thu
10
The Turning: Winter Ash & Snow Chapter I – The Still: Darkher / Deleza / Wair
The Lending Room · Hollow Sun
Thu
10
Quiet Houses / may payne
Oporto
Thu
10
HALF ME: LASTELLE / HALF ME: LASTELLE
The Key Club · 19:00
Thu
10
Bleech 9:3
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30 · Metropolis Music
Thu
10
Celebrating the Big Bands at Christmas: Tom Sharp Big Band
Seven Arts · 19:30 · JazzLeeds
Thu
10
James Yorkston
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30
Thu
10
Paddy Agius / Sound Point Trois / Delia Fraser
Wharf Chambers · 19:30
Friday 11 December
Fri
11
dublon
Headrow House · Futuresound + Natural Selection
Fri
11
Versus / exts / StoneVein / gloss.
The Lending Room · 360
Fri
11
The Nightmare Before Christmas 3: IMANU / Thrasher / Limewax / Napes / DJ JACKUM / IFFYHYPE / Greenhouse / @akov / @spongebobsquarewave @S.Murk / Milzy / @scozza / Jackum / @juicy goose @adamant scream @jade scarr / Selector Spinach / RAZE Sound System / CICELY / Juicy Goose / Tropigyal / Psyked / Ratlin / Keptek / Amelia Leigh / Dr Bumbercrease / Nice 'N' Spicy / Milzy & Scozza / Froggy / Church of Donkology / Skitzaphonic / Grandma Wubplate / EBZ / Eldrijj Carpet People Frequencies Keptek Iller Instinct T-Break / RAYBAY / Sn8pe Lizza B
Beaver Works · PRSPCT + BassOff
Fri
11
KEYSIDE: Keyside / Strata
The Wardrobe · 18:30 · Futuresound
Fri
11
Sam Shackleton
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:00
Fri
11
Worry Club
The Key Club · 19:00 · Slam Dunk
Fri
11
Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies / Interrobang!? / Nervous Twitch
Wharf Chambers · 19:15 · 01977PUNK
Fri
11
The Skids / Theatre Of Hate
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Fri
11
The Futureheads
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Fri
11
Hard Light: A Not-So-Silent-Night Of Dark Electronica
Fox & Newt · 19:30 · AlterViva Promotions
Fri
11
Caution Collective
Seven Arts · 20:00
Fri
11
Blondish
The Old Woollen · 20:00
Fri
11
FUSE: Enzo Siragusa / Seth Troxler / L.P. Rhythm / PACH. / Bobby O'Donnell / Dan Ghenacia / ADMNTi / B.Love / Just Jam / Lili / Rich NxT / Annie Errez
Mint XL · 22:00 · system
Fri
11
The Soul Shebang: Deptford Northern Soul Club
The Domino Club · 22:20
Saturday 12 December
Sat
12
Shedcember X: Shed Seven / The Academic
O2 Academy Leeds
Sat
12
Culture Club / ABC / Haircut One Hundred
First Direct Arena
Sat
12
Rory Holl & The Men
Leeds Irish Centre
Sat
12
Goodnight, Texas
The Lending Room · Scruff of the Neck
Sat
12
One Dimensional Creatures / Claudia
Northern Guitars
Sat
12
Winter Warmers: Meanwood Valley Stompers
Seven Arts · 16:00
Sat
12
The Bus Stop Christmas Disco Ball: Tony Loveshaft
Merkur Casino · 16:30
Sat
12
Merry CLITMAS: Clitspit / Wench! / Junk / Harlot / When I Say Heart / Fetish Society
Wharf Chambers · 17:15 · 01977PUNK
Sat
12
The Gatsbys Music Duo
The Grove Inn · 18:00
Sat
12
Max Cooper / Rival Consoles
Testbed · 18:30
Sat
12
The Winter Disco Ball: Hedkandi / Hatty Lovehearts / Mark Doyle
Crowded House · 19:00
Sat
12
Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival: Clearwater Creedence Revival
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Sat
12
green star
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Sat
12
Hope and Social
The Attic · 19:30
Sat
12
The Love Train: Brutus Gold
Archive · 19:30
Sat
12
Caution Collective
Seven Arts · 20:00
Sat
12
Quo Connection
The Old Woollen · 20:00
Sat
12
Third Floor Soul
The Domino Club · 22:20
Sunday 13 December
Sun
13
Shed Seven / The Academic
O2 Academy Leeds
Sun
13
The Flukes
The Grove Inn · 15:00
Sun
13
All 4 All / T.S. Warspite / Brutal Image / Dysthymia / Leather
Boom · 17:00
Sun
13
Abtuse
The Domino Club · 18:30
Sun
13
13/12 ACAB: Misgendered / Uncertainty / The Masochists / Docile
Wharf Chambers · 18:30
Sun
13
Fire and Folklore Tour 2026: These Wicked Rivers / JONNY MORGAN
Brudenell Social Club · 19:00 · LiveNow Promotions
Sun
13
Lines of Silence / Kosmischeboy / OWA / Guising
Fox & Newt · 19:00 · Ambient Leeds
Sun
13
Out There | December 2026
Sela Bar · 19:00 · Not a thing.
Sun
13
The Wildhearts
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Monday 14 December
Tuesday 15 December
Wednesday 16 December
Thursday 17 December
Thu
17
Thursday at Six: The Oswald Ensemble / Thursday at Six: The Oswald Ensemble
The Attic
Thu
17
Weetwood Mac
Brudenell Social Club · 14:00
Thu
17
Spite House / PRIZE HORSE / MISHIKU
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:00
Thu
17
DJ Lubi's Xmas Funk & Soul Party: The Haggis Horns / The 7:45s / DIG Family DJs Lubi & Gip / Lubi Jovanovic / Gip Dammone
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30
Thu
17
Hydeout / Poolhouse
Hyde Park Book Club · 19:30
Thu
17
Limehouse Lizzy
Leeds Irish Centre · 19:30
Friday 18 December
Fri
18
Fell Out Boy / Black Charade
O2 Academy Leeds
Fri
18
Merry Spookmas
Hyde Park Book Club · Obsidia Events
Fri
18
Will Todd / Will Todd
Howard Assembly Room
Fri
18
Man in the Mirror
First Direct Arena
Fri
18
Cruel Season / Lucky Iris
Headrow House · Live Nation
Fri
18
Steelers
The Lending Room · 360
Fri
18
London Concertante
Leeds Minster
Fri
18
Christmas Party Night: Adam Press as Neil Diamond / DJ Simon
Leeds Irish Centre · 00:00
Fri
18
Leeds City Stompers
The Domino Club · 19:00
Fri
18
Endorphinmachine
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30 · JFK aka 'Live in Leeds' presents…
Fri
18
The Soul Surgeons
Seven Arts · 20:00
Fri
18
Glamour Pussy
The Old Woollen · 20:00
Fri
18
Patches: Default Mode Network
Fox & Newt · 20:00 · Not a thing.
Fri
18
Mad Friday Special: Jenny Jones / Katie May / Sean Coy / Kieran Hudson b2b Titch / Craig Rico / DJ Katie / DJ Trotie / Bassline Bible
HiFi Club · 21:00
Fri
18
The Domino Funk & Soul Band (Chunky Butt Funky)
The Domino Club · 22:20
Saturday 19 December
Sat
19
Will Todd / Will Todd
Howard Assembly Room
Sat
19
Morrissey
First Direct Arena
Sat
19
Day Fever UK
Project House · Day Fever UK
Sat
19
Framework x Mugpie: Christian AB / Unai Trotti / Annie Errez / Bobby O'Donnell / Ethan McNamara / Ryan Ingleby
Mint XL
Sat
19
CATSEYE (Katseye Tribute)
Testbed · 11:00
Sat
19
Leeds Punk Rock Xmas: Dirt Box Disco / Pizzatramp / The Mau Maus / Geoffrey Oi!cott / Quick Romance / The King Effers / Litterbug
Brudenell Social Club · 15:00
Sat
19
CATSEYE (Katseye Tribute)
Testbed · 15:00
Sat
19
Winter Warmers: Joe Gallagher / Jon Taylor / Anne Gallagher
Seven Arts · 16:00 · MEWL Music
Sat
19
Dithering Masters Christmas Party 4 Palestine: landline1010 / Esther10Smith / Patchwerk / Goldblend
Wharf Chambers · 18:30
Sat
19
Dana Ali
The Domino Club · 19:00
Sat
19
Fleetwood Bac
The Old Woollen · 19:00
Sat
19
Touch Christmas Concert: Touch
Seven Arts · 20:00
Sat
19
Dolly Parton Tribute
Leeds Irish Centre · 21:00
Sat
19
Back Chat Brass (Christmas blowout)
The Domino Club · 22:20
Sunday 20 December
Monday 21 December
Tuesday 22 December
Wednesday 23 December
Thursday 24 December
Saturday 26 December
Sunday 27 December
Sun
27
Dennis Ferrer Yousef / Danny Howard
O2 Academy Leeds
Sun
27
Love to be... Leeds: Dennis Ferrer / Yousef / Danny Howard / TRIMTONE / AIMEE BARBER
O2 Academy Leeds
Sun
27
1991 Revisited All Dayer: Steve Luigi / Mike Speed / DJ Lightfinger / Russ Richardson
The Backroom
Sun
27
Twixmas Jazz Jam: Phil Green
Seven Arts · 13:30 · JazzLeeds
Sun
27
Our House Christmas & End of Year Party: Brandon Block / Rob Tissera / Dale Castell / Steve Kelly / Ben Bottomley / Moxxi / Ben Stevens / Shan / Sam & Deano / GRH / Mama P
Mint Warehouse · 16:00
Sun
27
The Boss & The Beeston Street Band: The Beeston Street Band
Brudenell Social Club · 19:30 · JFK aka 'Live in Leeds' presents…
Monday 28 December
Dates and times may change. Check venue listings for the latest information.