“I saw the sun for the first time in a long time today,” Ólafur Arnalds tells the Town Hall audience. It may just be coincidence, but it’s no less fitting that a rare sunny day […]
Students Set to Strike
Students of all ages are set to gather outside Leeds Town Hall at 11am today, in protest of inadequate climate control regulations and the British government’s perceived inability to effectively address the growing climate crisis. […]
Haunting and Heartwarming: Opera North’s Silent Night at Leeds Town Hall
The Christmas truce of 1914 has to be one of the most remarkable events in the history of mankind; we’re talking about a story in which thousands of valorous men left their trenches to unite […]
Leeds Alumni, alt-J, Return to Where it All Began, 23.10.18
No strangers to the city, University of Leeds Alumni and trio, alt-J, performed amidst the beautiful backdrop of the Town Hall last week. Opening the set with a mysterious darkness and the intense snare drum […]
Behind the scenes at Leeds International Film Festival 2017
Holly Radford tells Arts what it’s like working at one of Leeds’ biggest and most exciting creative events. The Leeds Independent Film Festival is a celebration of all things film, allowing for new and undiscovered […]
Slowdive @ Leeds Town Hall
When I first listened to Slowdive a year or so ago, I tried to describe their sound to my much more musically competent boyfriend. Little did I know he was already a fan and so […]
Preview: Prague Symphony Orchestra at Leeds Town Hall 28/11/15
Internationally renowned British violinist, Chloë Hanslip performs with one of the top Czech musical ensembles, Prague Symphony Orchestra at Leeds Town Hall on Saturday 28 November. Described as performing with ‘panache, poise, and laser-like accuracy’ […]
Hallé Orchestra @ Leeds Town Hall 18/10
On Saturday 18 October, the Hallé Orchestra joined us here in Leeds for a night to show us the strengths of a large Symphony Orchestra. If you’ve never been to the Town Hall for a […]
Preview : Basel Symphony Orchestra at Leeds Town Hall
The world-renowned Basel Symphony Orchestra opens the Leeds International Orchestral Season 2015/16 at Leeds Town Hall on Saturday 26 September. Under the baton of American conductor Dennis Russell Davies the orchestra will tackle Stravinsky’s notoriously divisive ‘Rite of Spring’, a composition so […]
Gig Guide w / 13th March 2015
Friday 13th March Fred P at Wire, £9 Butter Side Up return with another sterling transatlantic import. Radioland: Kraftwerk’s Radio-Activity Revisited at Belgrave Music Hall, £10 An audio-visual treat as the German pioneers’ seminal 1975 […]
The Music Of Burt Bacharach at Leeds Town Hall
“It makes you proud of the city. They don’t build things like this anymore,” says an elderly man gazing up in wonder at Leeds Town Hall’s magnificently decorated ceiling. He’s right. Architecture is on its […]
Opera | The BBC Philharmonic and Leeds Chorus play ‘The Creation’
The BBC Philharmonic came across from Salford and teamed up with the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus for a three-part recital of Haydn’s Creation. The work comprises Haydn’s oratorio of the Book of Genesis, narrated by tenor, […]