Must-see entertainment in Leeds

  • Belgrave ground-floor bar

    Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen

    Leeds

    Belgrave is the city's best live-music venue, with a diverse roll call of acts from burlesque to comedy and folk to hip-hop. Its three floors also…

  • Leeds United Football Club

    Leeds

    Leeds supporters know all about pain: the team was relegated from the Premiership in 2004, and then from the Championship down to League One in 2007…

  • City Varieties

    Leeds

    Founded in 1865, City Varieties is the world's longest-running music hall, where the likes of Harry Houdini, Charlie Chaplin and Lily Langtry once trod…

  • Domino

    Leeds

    A wooden door at the back of Lords' barbershop takes you down to this broody basement cocktail bar and live-jazz club. Shows are free and start around 9pm…

  • Leeds Arena

    Leeds

    This 13,500-seat venue opened in 2013 and hosts events ranging from major-name concerts and dance spectaculars to tennis, basketball and boxing matches.

  • Grand Theatre & Opera House

    Leeds

    Hosts blockbuster musicals, plays and opera, including performances by the acclaimed Opera North (www.operanorth.co.uk).

  • West Yorkshire Playhouse

    Leeds

    The Playhouse has a reputation for excellent live drama, from the classics to cutting-edge new writing. It's on the eastern edge of the city centre.