Events

Great How Stean Duck Race

1 August / How Stean Gorge www.visitharrogate.co.uk

The Great How Stean Duck Race, in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association, will be a fun family event. Both organisations provide essential emergency services for visitors and residents alike in such a remote part of Yorkshire. The duck race begins at the top of the How Stean Gorge. Visitors will be able to follow the progress of the race from the bridge and in the gorge itself. Visitors in the cafe will also see from the partial glass-floored cafe overhanging the gorge.

Doncaster Pride

12 August / Elmfield Park www.visitdoncaster.com

After the success of the first ever Doncaster Pride at award-winning Elmfield Park, Pride returns this year for an equally bigger and better celebration of Doncaster’s LGBTQ+ community.

Summer Food & Drink Festival

13 August

Best Western Premier Mount Pleasant www.visitdoncaster.com

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Producers from around the region will be setting up stalls here at Mount Pleasant Hotel to tempt, treat and tantalise festival visitors. With entertainment, drinks, tastings, demos, samples and much more. There will be something for all ages and all tastes. Whether you have a sweet tooth or you’re a stickler for something savoury, the festival will offer plenty to tickle your taste buds.

Open from 11am-5pm. Free parking and free admission.

Bingo Lingo

19 August / Chow Down www.skiddle.co.uk

A different breed of bingo in Leeds, Bingo Lingo is an outdoor event with a brilliant host and stage performers taking you on a wild ride of nostalgic music and prize winning. The evening also includes dance offs, lip sync battles and fabulous prizes. The event creators say, “we’ve taken bingo and turned it into a crowd pleasing, interactive experience for warehouse ravers,festival goers and corporate parties alike.”

Theatre

1-6 August / Leeds Grand Theatre / www.leedsheritagetheatres.co.uk

Reigning on Broadway and in the West End, the international smash hit musical SIX makes its royal return to Leeds, following its previous sell-out success! Winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Original Score and Best Costume Design, the 2022 WhatsOnStage Award for Best West End Show, and a gold-disk winning album, From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing 500 years of historical heartbreak into an 80minute celebration of 21st century girl power.

Music

Ronan Keating

5 August / Millennium Square www.jambase.com

Ronan Keating’s UK tour comes to Leeds with his latest album Twenty Twenty. Keating’s solo career began in 1999, resulting in 11 albums and the smash hit, When You Say Nothing At All, which was featured in the film Notting Hill and went to number one in many countries.

Hacienda Classical

19 August / Doncaster Racecourse www.doncaster-racecourse.co.uk

Once the racing is done, Hacienda Classical comes to Doncaster Racecourse. The act is a widely acclaimed live orchestral clubbing series featuring DJ Graeme Park, Manchester Camerata Orchestra. Hacienda Classical brings arrangements of much-loved, defining records within its wide repertoire of tracks. With a live DJ soundtrack from Graeme Park aligned to the full orchestra. Enjoy live musicians, vocalists and special guests in a fully immersive experience. Musical director Tim Crooks leads the collective of artists and musicians in Doncaster, live! Performing well-known favourites and new versions of club classics all mixed into one non-stop set.

Leeds Music Festival

25-27 August / Bramham Park www.ticketmaster.co.uk

The greatly anticipated Leeds Festival is back with a star-studded lineup. Headliners include Sam Fender, Billie Eilish, The Killers, and Lewis Capaldi to name a few. As one of the biggest rock festivals in the UK, attendees can expect a wide-ranging musical experience catering to different demographics. Standard camping and glamping options are available, along with day tickets.

Olly Murs

August 26 / Yorkshire Wildlife Park www.songkick.co.uk

Olly Murs first found success on the television talent competition X Factor in 2009, impressing judges and audiences alike with charisma in abundance and incredible talent. Olly has scored four UK number one singles: ‘Please Don’t Let Me Go’, ‘Heart Skips a Beat’, ‘Dance

With Me Tonight’ and ‘Troublemaker’. Grab tickets to the show that will bring sing-along tunes and fun for all the family.

Summer Series

Various Dates / Millennium Square, Leeds www.millsqleeds.com

The annual Summer Series makes a welcome return to the heart of Leeds ity entre this July and August, promising an unforgettable experience with 16 openair gigs from world-renowned and emerging acts.

The eclectic programme truly has something for everyone; featuring eighties favourites with a classical twist (80s Classical), an electrifying club vs classical night (Club Classical Anthems), a seventies disco extravaganza hosted by the iconic Brutus Gold, an ABBA tribute night (Thank You For The Music), performances by top names in Ska & Mod (Leeds Ska & Mod Festival) and the ultimate Popworld celebration (The Popworld Festival).

Tickets for all events are now on sale, so don’t miss out on one of the top things to do in Leeds this summer.

Film

The Meg 2: The Trench

4 August

Jason Statham reprises his role as Jonas Taylor and leads a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a highstakes battle for survival.

Blue Beetle

18 August

After Jaime Reyes graduates from college and returns to his hometown Palmera City, he is chosen to become a symbiotic host to the Scarab, an ancient alien biotechnological relic that grants him a powerful exoskeleton armor, turning him into the superhero Blue Beetle.