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Chill out this Christmas as Ice Cube returns to Leeds City Centre: Ice Cube 2023

04 Oct 2024

Chill out this Christmas as Ice Cube returns to Leeds City Centre

Get ready for a magical winter experience as the beloved Ice Cube at Christmas returns, spreading holiday cheer across Millennium Square, Victoria Gardens, and Cookridge Street starting November 22.

A perfect way to celebrate the festive season, the event is packed with exciting attractions for visitors of all ages, including the ever-popular outdoor ice rink, charming Christmas market stalls, and an array of seasonal attractions.

Millennium Square Christmas Christmas events Events

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01 Oct 2024

Young people encouraged to ditch their devices for ‘Disconnect to Reconnect’ week

Schools across Leeds are being invited to back a city-wide campaign encouraging children and young people to ditch their devices for a week – as figures show over half of pupils from years five and above say they spend over two hours or more a day on screens.

Schools Wellbeing Children

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30 Sep 2024

New images give a glimpse into the future of Leeds Town Hall

Music-lovers and gig-goers have been given an exciting first look at dynamic plans to transform concert and event facilities at historic Leeds Town Hall.

A series of eye-catching artists impressions have revealed how the building’s new entrance, box office and bar will look once work to revamp the stunning Victorian landmark’s interior is complete.

Leeds Town Hall Asset management Regeneration

Once Upon a Nightmare: Lotherton promises thrilling Halloween experience: Once Upon a Nightmare 1

26 Sep 2024

Once Upon a Nightmare: Lotherton promises thrilling Halloween experience

This Halloween, thrill-seekers are invited to Lotherton to step into the pages of twisted fairy tales where ‘happily ever afters’ don’t exist.

Lotherton Hall Events

City’s spectacular light show will be a real page-turner: bookbinderqueens

26 Sep 2024

City’s spectacular light show will be a real page-turner

A magical journey into the realm of fiction and fairy tales will transform one of the city’s most recognisable buildings during next month’s spellbinding Light Night Leeds. 

The BookBinder is set to be one of the highly-anticipated cultural event’s most spectacular installations when it is projected onto the façade of the Queens Hotel on October 24 and 25. 

A collaboration with the British Library, the enchanting, large-scale artwork is inspired by their vast collection, and features a stunning, specially commissioned animation and an immersive soundscape. 

Light Night Events

Leeds low carbon heat network set to expand to thousands more residents: Map of the Leeds PIPES district heating network, December 2023

24 Sep 2024

Leeds low carbon heat network set to expand to thousands more residents

Leeds’s South Bank is to enjoy more affordable and lower carbon heating after £24.5m funding was secured to further expand the Leeds PIPES district heating network.

Leeds PIPES district heating network

Consultation begins on proposed licensing scheme for private sector rented housing: Consultation-5

24 Sep 2024

Consultation begins on proposed licensing scheme for private sector rented housing

People in Leeds are being encouraged to have their say on the possible introduction of a new regulatory licensing scheme for private sector rented housing.

Housing

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23 Sep 2024

City’s station excavation finds are the rail thing

Historic relics from Leeds’s very first railway station have helped rediscover the city’s fascinating track record after being unearthed during an archaeological dig.

The remains of the former Marsh Lane station, which opened exactly 190 years ago this week, were revealed during a recently completed excavation carried out in the city centre.

Arts Leeds Industrial Museum Museums and galleries

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20 Sep 2024

Museum tunes up as twin city maestros prepare to Czech in

One of the world’s most unique performance spaces will welcome two pianists from Leeds’s twin city for a special performance this weekend.

The spectacular Pianodrome at Leeds City Museum will play host to pianists from Brno, in the Czech Republic this Sunday, September 22 as part of the Leeds International Piano Competition.

The magnificent Pianodrome, the world’s first amphitheatre of its kind made entirely from up-cycled pianos, was visited this week by expert piano tuner John Tordoff, who was at the museum to ensure the Pianodrome was on song ahead of the concert.

Arts Museums and galleries

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18 Sep 2024

Leeds City Council Deputy Leader sets out the scale of financial challenges facing the council and local authority sector

Leeds City Council has published an update on its five-year medium term financial strategy, outlining the severe difficulties it faces to deliver balanced budgets in the face of the continued need to make significant savings.

Council budget Finance