What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Opera North’s flagship music education project, In Harmony Opera North, has won the award for ‘Best Classical Music Education Initiative’ at the Music Teacher Awards, sponsored by Classic FM. In Harmony Opera North launched in January 2013 and is the only In Harmony programme that is delivered by an
A competition has been launched for up and coming new bands in South Leeds. South Leeds Youth Hub are organising a ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition on Saturday 15 February, 2-6pm. The winners will receive a week of free studio time with technical support at the Youth Hub’s state
Local music charity Cloth Cat is encouraging South Leeds residents to “find the music in you”. They have set up a new programme of practical music courses which start this month. The courses are designed to help people in inner city Leeds to develop new skills and find ways
Annual General Meetings are, by and large, not the most exciting events. One group are trying to change that by disguising their AGM as a tea party. The people behind Beeston Festival are holding a tea party on Saturday 5th October. Along with tea and cake they are laying
Sophie Bevan, from South Leeds Music Centre has been in touch about the new term’s activities: We recently received this letter from one of our members, who started learning ukulele with us last year. “I am writing to tell you about my experiences at the South Leeds music centre
I arrived at the Hunslet Club to see a large amount of families had already arrived for this fun day. But where were all the boys? Girls outnumbered them five to one. [slideshow_deploy id=’18890′] There were as many inflatables as I had ever seen at a Gala or
On Saturday thousands flocked to a sun-soaked Beeston Festival in Cross Flatts Park to enjoy music, dance, stalls, food and of course the fun fair. [slideshow_deploy id=’16856′]
Greenhouse, the multi award winning development situated in Beeston represents a new way of life and the community here is flourishing. On Sunday 2nd June from 12-4pm Greenhouse will be hosting a good old-fashioned neighbourhood get together for “The Big Lunch”. The Big Lunch is a national event and
The South Leeds Music Centre are running their first ever music summer school. The summer school will be run over four Saturdays in August, with each morning having a variety of activities for new and more experienced young musicians to try. The summer school will run at the South
This term the South Leeds Music Centre had two new projects, writes Sophie Bevan from South Leeds Music Centre: Music passport Music passport is aimed at young children under 8 who are interested in music, but don’t know what instrument they would like to play. It’s also a great opportunity