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Barwick Beer Festival Returns to Secure Village Traditions

The historic village of Barwick in Elmet is preparing to welcome back its most anticipated fundraising event of the season, with organisers locking in the official

July 27, 2026

Entertainment·Festival

Garforth Brass keeps community music alive

Garforth Brass is expanding opportunities for local musicians in East Leeds after receiving a £1,000 grant from a local community fund. The four-figure sum

July 27, 2026

Arts & Culture·Community·Entertainment·Garforth

Let’s Grow East Leeds Festival Inspires Family Fun in Seacroft

People from across East Leeds came together to celebrate food, nature and community at the Let’s Grow East Leeds Festival, with organisers hoping the

July 27, 2026

Art·Arts & Culture·Arts and Crafts·Entertainment·Festival·National holidays and festivals·Seacroft

DR GEORGE WEBSTER PROVES WE ARE ALL ‘SOMETHING SPECIAL’

When I interviewed Leeds’ own George Webster for East Side Story at the Aberford Literature Festival recently, his core mission was crystal clear. Speaking

July 20, 2026

Celebrity·Community·Diverse Communities·Entertainment·Everday Heroes·Local champions

Free Summer Fun Inspired by Yorkshire Folklore

Children and young people in East Leeds have been invited to sign up for a free summer programme combining drama, storytelling, nature and weekly

July 20, 2026

Arts & Culture·Entertainment·Festival

The seeds of ‘sunburn’: How an inhaler and a car battery fuel leeds’ most haunting new duo

There is a rare, devastating kind of beauty that occasionally emerges from the local music scene, the kind that catches you entirely off guard and leaves

July 13, 2026

Chapel FM·Entertainment

Lee Murtagh making actors out of boxers

Thirteen-year-old local lad Jayven Koroma agrees that when he started attending classes at Lee Murtagh’s Bethlehem Boxing Club in Richmond Hill he never expected

July 6, 2026

Arts & Culture·Boxing·Entertainment·Richmond Hill·Sports·Theatre

Roundhay Festival Wraps Up After Three Days Of Music

Roundhay Festival has come to a close after a three day run that brought some of the world’s biggest music names to Leeds. Pitbull

July 6, 2026

Art·Arts & Culture·Arts and Crafts·Culture·Entertainment·Festival·Roundhay

Vinnie’s Theatre Company Seeks Fresh Talent in LS9

Vinnie’s Community Theatre Company is calling on East Leeds to join its next show. The inclusive community drama group is ready to welcome fresh

July 6, 2026

Art·Arts & Culture·Burmantofts·Community Spaces·Community Spirit·Entertainment·Theatre

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Barwick Beer Festival Returns to Secure Village Traditions

Garforth Brass keeps community music alive

Let’s Grow East Leeds Festival Inspires Family Fun in Seacroft

DR GEORGE WEBSTER PROVES WE ARE ALL ‘SOMETHING SPECIAL’

Free Summer Fun Inspired by Yorkshire Folklore

The seeds of ‘sunburn’: How an inhaler and a car battery fuel leeds’ most haunting new duo

Lee Murtagh making actors out of boxers

Roundhay Festival Wraps Up After Three Days Of Music

Vinnie’s Theatre Company Seeks Fresh Talent in LS9

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WETHERSPOONS SILENCES THE DIGITAL CACOPHONY: WHY TIM MARTIN IS KEEPING IT QUIET

BACK FROM THE BRINK: ARE OUR LOCAL SAM SMITH’S PUBS REOPENING THEIR DOORS?

Seacroft hero honoured on 81st VJ day anniversary

Garforth garden centre becomes home to new show site

Crossgates community garden summer celebration brings residents together

Mark Dobson welcomes public debate: “Let’s keep the argument about Garforth”

Lee Murtagh’s East End park boxing show report

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