What's On in Leeds

Planet Circus OMG presents -Daredevils Stunts OMG! Tingley — The Big Top is up in Tingley and it is packed with the kind of breathless, edge-of-your-seat spectacle that reminds you why live performance exists. Daredevil stunts, gasping crowds, and that irreplaceable smell of sawdust and excitement make this an unmissable midweek treat for families. Catch it from 4:30pm for between £10 and £19 — brilliant value for an evening that will have the little ones talking for weeks.

Obere — Northern Guitars Bar is one of Leeds's most intimate and unpretentious live music rooms, and on Wednesday evening it belongs to Obere — a chance to catch something genuinely close-up and personal from 7:30pm. At just £4 on the door, this is the kind of low-risk, high-reward midweek gamble that reminds you why live music in small rooms beats almost everything else. Show up, lean against the bar, and let yourself be surprised.

Man/Woman/Chainsaw — Brudenell Social Club — beloved, slightly scruffy, reliably excellent — hosts Man/Woman/Chainsaw for a 7:30pm show that promises to be anything but predictable. The name alone suggests a band with a flair for the dramatic, and Brudenell's room has an uncanny ability to make gigs feel like events. Check the website for pricing and get there early, because this is exactly the sort of night that sells out quietly and gets talked about loudly the morning after.

Decades @ Mint Warehouse: Dancing Through The Decades — When Mint Warehouse throws a party, it does not do things by halves, and Dancing Through The Decades is the kind of night that makes Wednesday feel like the best decision you ever made. From 10:00pm the floor will be yours, moving through the hits that defined generation after generation in one of Leeds's most impressive club spaces. Entry is £8 to £10, which for a night of this scale feels almost criminally reasonable.

Fishies Freshers Week — The O2 Academy Leeds opens its doors at 11:30pm for a Freshers Week night that captures that particular electric energy of a city recharging with new arrivals and new possibilities. Whether you graduated years ago or just unpacked your first student flat, there is something intoxicating about a room full of people ready to make memories. Check the website for ticket details and prepare to stay out far later than you planned.