What's On in Leeds

Hothouse Flowers (MATINEE) — If you have never seen Hothouse Flowers live, this Sunday afternoon matinee at the Brudenell Social Club is the perfect introduction to one of Ireland's most soulful, joyful, and utterly life-affirming live acts. Kicking off at 3:30pm, it is a rare chance to catch these legends in one of Leeds' most beloved grassroots venues, where the intimacy makes every note feel like it was played just for you. Check the website for tickets — and note they are back the same evening if you simply cannot get enough.

Myles Smith: My Mess, My Heart, My Life. Tour — Myles Smith arrives at the First Direct Arena at 6:00pm on the back of one of the most talked-about breakthrough years in British pop, bringing his emotionally raw, beautifully crafted songs to one of the biggest stages in the north. This is the kind of show that will have entire crowds singing every word back to him with tears streaming down their faces — in the best possible way. Check the website for tickets, and move fast, because arenas do not stay empty for long when the hype is this real.

Flo & Joan - With Feeling — The magnificent City Varieties Music Hall — one of the oldest music halls in the country — provides the perfect backdrop for Flo and Joan, the sibling comedy-cabaret duo who have been making audiences howl with laughter and occasionally wipe away a genuine tear for years. Sharp, witty, and musically brilliant, their show at 7:30pm is the kind of night out that reminds you live performance can be this funny and this warm at the same time. Check the website for tickets.

I'm Being Serious - The Note Release Tour — For just £5 to £7, Wharf Chambers offers one of the best-value live music propositions of the weekend at 7:30pm, with I'm Being Serious bringing their Note Release Tour to this much-loved Leeds co-operative venue. Wharf Chambers has an energy all of its own — egalitarian, unpretentious, and genuinely community-rooted — making it the ideal place to discover something new on a Sunday night. Affordable, adventurous, and absolutely worth your evening.

Joy Guidry — Belgrave Music Hall hosts Joy Guidry at 7:30pm, and if you have not yet encountered this extraordinary American bassoonist and composer, now is your moment. Guidry blurs the lines between contemporary classical, experimental, and electronic music in ways that feel genuinely boundary-pushing, and an intimate venue like the Belgrave is exactly where that kind of art can crackle with electricity. Check the website for tickets and prepare to hear an instrument you thought you knew in a completely different light.

Cloud Nothings — The Lending Rooms welcomes Cloud Nothings at 7:30pm, and fans of raw, propulsive, emotionally charged indie rock will not want to sleep on this one. The Ohio band have spent well over a decade refining their ability to make a relatively small room feel like the centre of the universe, and the Lending Rooms — with its perfect acoustics and loyal crowd — is exactly the right setting for that kind of contained intensity. Check the website for tickets.