Utopia Friday 29th August - 6.30 - 9 pm. Doors at 7pm. As part of our Culture Just Wants To Grow initiative and residencies. Join us for a sharing of work made during our latest residency. Music and Performances by Chloe Maybury & The Undead Cat Costume Design by Lauren Jane Eling A live ambient […]
The Limpet Club Presents: Leeds Improvisor's Orchestra in residency! Sharing 7pm to 9pm, 12th September at Open Source Arts An experience of a lifetime - come and see what we've been up to. https://youtu.be/eQ3UhOZ4-jc?si=_6PZ6-NVWhn-etvP
The Forcefields present an immersive evening of live music fusing scorching vocals, riveting visuals, and epic soundscapes — part theatre, part concert, part spectacle. From Cornwall and Kansas City, Max and Aayama Forcefield invite us on a journey through sound and light, catharsis and celebration. “One of the most talented artists I’ve seen in a […]
A night of new improvised performance from a bunch of clowns, fools and really lovely weirdos. Come for a very special showing of new improvised performance from a gathering of Fools, Clowns and really lovely weirdos who will take to the stage (or in this case the other part of the studio floor) to tell […]
Innovative Leeds songwriter and improviser Herbie Hopkins returns to Open Source Arts, for an evening of his unique music, drawing inspiration from alternative songwriting, found sound, and experimental composition. His recent single "What Am I Doin Here? (lie)" has been described as “Shimmering with an evocative, hand-made quality... sparklingly immediate and uniquely expressive". Advance tickets […]
A new poetry event comes to Leeds for the first time!
Poetry Scene: A spotlight for poets without borders.
Hedera is a chamber folk ensemble from Bristol featuring Lulu Austin (violin), Maisie Brett (violin, hardanger d'amore), Tamsin Elliott (accordion, harp), Beth Roberts (double bass, violin) and Isis Wolf-Light (clarinets). They perform original and traditional pieces inspired by music from England, Scotland, France, Bali, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ethiopia and beyond, translated through a prism of experimental […]
Emily Portman is an award-winning singer and songwriter with a passion for traditional songs, hailed as ‘one of the new British folk scene’s most beguiling presences’ (Uncut). She has toured widely for over 15 years as a band leader, with The Furrow Collective, the folk chart-topping Sea Song Sessions, and in a duo with Leveret’s […]
