COMING UP · FRI 9 - SUN 11 OCTOBER
32 reasons this weekend is sorted
Every event, opening and one-off across Leeds this weekend, plus where to eat when everyone's flagging. Your only problem now is choosing.
Phoenix Ceilidh Band
The Phoenix Ceilidh Band play live at Bingley Arts Centre on 9 October 2026.
FRI 9 OCTOBER
Friday
SAT 10 OCTOBER
Saturday
SUN 11 OCTOBER
Sunday
NO ALARM CLOCK NEEDED
Running all weekend
FRI + SAT + SUNAll Creatures Great and Small from Windermere
Mountain Goat -York · 09:00
from £69
FRI + SAT + SUNFestive Skating
Wentworth Garden Centre · 10:00
- FRI + SAT + SUN
All Creatures Great and Small from York
Mountain Goat -York
from £69
FRI + SAT + SUNFeel Good Fridays
National Coal Mining Museum for England
FRI + SAT + SUNLive Music
Northern Guitars Cafe Bar
free
FRI + SAT + SUNGenghis Khan: How the Mongols Changed the World
Royal Armouries Museum
FRI + SATSHIRLEY VALENTINE
The Lamproom Theatre
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Yorkshire Dales from York
Mountain Goat -York
from £69
FRI + SAT + SUNGallery Talks
Yorkshire Museum
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Dinosaur Backpacks
Yorkshire Museum · 10:00
free
FRI + SAT + SUNYork Gate Garden Art Trail
York Gate Garden · 10:00
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Daily Shows
Royal Armouries Museum · 10:00
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Crossbow Challenge
Royal Armouries Museum · 10:30
from £8
FRI + SAT + SUNCecil Beaton: Staging Icons
Harewood Castle · 11:00
free
- FRI + SAT + SUN
Daily Talks
Harewood Castle · 12:00
FRI + SAT + SUNMeet Santa
Askham Bryan Wildlife & Conservation Park · 16:00
FRI + SATThe Tempest
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre · 19:30
SAT + SUNFright Fiesta
Gulliver's Kingdom
from £19
SAT + SUNThe Pumpkin Patch at Cannon Hall Farm
Cannon Hall Farm
from £5
- SAT + SUN
Pumpkin Picking & Carving
Wentworth Garden Centre
from £4.25
SAT + SUNPlay Revolution: A New Way to Play
National Railway Museum · 10:00
SAT + SUNGarden Tours
Museum Gardens · 12:00
from £5
SAT + SUNCarols by Candlelight
Treak Cliff Cavern · 14:00
FOOD & FUEL
Where to refuel when everyone's flagging
And if none of that lands, the bankers
Open most weekends, no booking needed. Check hours on the listing before you set off.
5 of the 32 are completely free 👏
Nothing to pay on the door. Some still want a booking, so check the listing.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Leeds today, with times and prices.
TOP PICKDaily Shows · free- Fri19 things · All Creatures Great and Small from Windermere
- Sat27 things · All Creatures Great and Small from Windermere
- Sun12 things · All Creatures Great and Small from Windermere
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