This Black History Month, join us in celebrating this year’s powerful theme: ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’. It’s a time to recognise the strength, resilience and spirit of the Black community. We’ve highlighted a range of events happening across Leeds that honour Black history, culture and progress, so come along and get involved!
Black Women’s Collective Sip and Paint
The Terry Frost Building, LS7 1EH, 19th October 5pm-8pm
£4 student tickets
Join the Black Women’s Collective for a vibrant eventing of painting, sipping and celebrating Black History Month. It’s a night of creativity, connection and celebration, where art meets sisterhood and every stroke tells a story that honours a rich heritage and history!
Find all the details and tickets here: Paint & Sip
COBO: Comedy Shutdown Black History Month Special
The Wardrobe, Leeds, LS9 8AH, 26th October, doors 5:30pm
Tickets from £20.21
Catch COBO: Comedy Shutdown Black History Month Special, for an evening filled with unforgettable laughs and celebration, with acts including: Nabil Abdulrashid, Diesel, Kat B, Gbemi Oladipo. This Black History Month Special brings together some of the most talented comedians around for a night of guaranteed fun, where you can unwind, relax and have a laugh with friends and family.
Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
Hyde Park Picture House, LS6 1JD, 8th October 6pm
Wednesday 8th October 6pm
Tickets from £6
Head down to Hyde Park Picture House for a screening of this radical documentary, initially commission for Channel 4 in its early broadcasting days. Enjoy theatrical performance, verse, music and visual art, to narrate the struggles and triumphs of African diaspora communities globally. After the screening, stay for a talk with filmmaker and writer Imruh Bakari, to discuss workshop collectives that inspired him to create Time and Judgement film.
50 Years On: Caribbean women and the Chapeltown Bonfire Night incident of 1975
Lecture Theatre C, The Rose Bowl, City Campus, 14th October 6pm-7pm
Free tickets
Join Dr Olivia Wyatt to celebrate the culture, history and achievements of black communities and explore the often forgotten role of women on the Bonfire Night incident and its aftermath. Discover the events of Bonfire Night 1975 and the struggle and racism that black communities in Leeds faced, and understand why and how young Black women assisted the boys on trial.
Get your free ticket here: 50 Years On: Caribbean women and the Chapeltown Bonfire Night incident of 1975 | Leeds Inspired
Black Repetitions: A Lecture Performance
Opera North, The Grand Theatre, LS1 6NU, 24th October 3pm-4pm
Free tickets
Join Ahamefule J. Oluo in this lecture-performance and immerse yourself in Black music and its political, social and cultural reverberations. Weave personal and familial narratives of race and music with live demonstrations of the constructions and technologies of sound and instrumentations.
Get your free tickets here: Black Repetitions: A lecture performance | Leeds Inspired
Beyond the Monolith: Black histories, Diverse narratives
Community wellbeing hub, Reginald Terrace, Leeds, LS7 3EZ, 22nd October 5:30pm-7:30pm
Celebrate Black History Month this year through the richness of the Black diaspora and challenging the notion that Black identities are identified by pain, struggle and trauma. Through storytelling, performance, art, panels and workshops challenge stereotypes and witness the full spectrum of Black identities.
Sign up here: Leeds Culturally Diverse Hub Black History Month Event: Wednesday 22 October - Doing Good Leeds
The Story of Lovers Rock
Hyde Park Picture House, LS6 1JD, 25th October 5pm
Tickets from £6
Shabazz’s debut documentary comes to Hyde Park Picture House this Black History Month to tell the story of a genre of British reggae that still thrives today. Uncover an often forgotten period in British music that developed in the late 70s and 80s, against the backdrop of racial tensions and riots.
Grab tickets here: The Story of Lovers Rock | Leeds Inspired