Whats Happening?

Here are a selection of events happening in and around Leeds in October and November

Leeds


Leeds Print Fair - 7th November, 10am to 5pm

Leeds Print Festival has entered its fourth year featuring an exciting programme of workshops, print exhibitions, a talk series, and a print fair. This annual event has also brought together a host of high-profile print makers, design champions, and internationally-renowned lecturers to discuss and debate the traditional and contemporary printmaking processes. It is truly a celebration of all things printed and is great for fans of printmaking of all types.

The Leeds Comic Art Festival - 9th November to 15th November, 10am to 5pm

Thought Bubble is the UK’s largest annual event which celebrates sequential art in all its forms, including everything from superheroes to independent and small press comics.
The 14th and 15th is the actual comic-con. From the 9th to the 14th are various other events occurring at the Thought Bubble. 

29th Leeds International Film Festival - 5th to 19th November

Showing a range of 6 film programmes such as Cinema Versa, Fanomenon, Free Cinema, Official Selection, Retrospectives and Short Film City, LIFF aims to present audiences with a wide range of films British and International alike. 

International & in the UK 

The Big Draw -1st to 31st October

The Big Draw is the world's biggest drawing festival with thousands of enjoyable, and mainly free, drawing activities which connect people of all ages with museums, outdoor spaces, artists, designers, illustrators - and each other.  

The Modern Magazine 2015 - 29th October

A celebration of creative editorial design as well as forward-looking advice and opinion on the future of our industry. Includes speakers such as Scott Dadich, editor-in-chief, Wired US and Charlotte Heal, design director, Kinfolk. 

The Amazing World of M.C. Escher - 14th October 2015 to 17th January 2016, 10am to 5pm 

Dulwich Picture Gallery presents the first major UK show of work by the Dutch master draughtsman, bringing together works which made him one of the most famous artists of the 20th Century. The exhibition will include woodcuts, lithographs, drawings, watercolours and mezzotints, as well as exclusive archive material.

The exhibition has been organised by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, and showcases nearly 100 works from the collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in the Netherlands.