What's big in November (in Leeds)
Leeds is 800.
Happy birthday Leeds! Leeds is officially 800 years old this month. In 1207, landowner Maurice de Paynel wanted to kickstart trade and generate wealth in his borough. His charter established a new town close to the river Aire – on the “road to the bridge”, or Briggate. To this day, the plots of land rented out to craftsmen and traders shape the city's arcades and trading is still going strong! The charter was signed “on the morrow of the feast of St Martin” - 12 November. Throughout the month, special events will celebrate this historical landmark for our city.
Words At War
A literature festival at the Royal Armouries Museum featuring readings and performance events curated by Royal Armouries Writter-in-Residence Peter Spafford. The festival's theme is the relationship between words and war: how war is converted into fiction, poetry, film, and song, and how words are all we have when we want to make peace.
21st Leeds International Film Festival
Running from 7 – 18 November, the region's largest annual film event comes of age with more than 200 screenings at venues across the city. On the city's 800th anniversary date itself, 12th November, there will be a special celebratory night of film.
November | Events | Where |
7 – 18 November | 21st Leeds International Film Festival – one of the UK's leading film events turns 21! | Various throughout city and Carriageworks |
8 November | Opera North's Madame Butterfly – Puccini's touching story of innocent love betrayed. | Grand Theatre |
8 November | Leeds Lights Switch On – Free stage-based entertainment on Victoria Gardens for all the family to start the festive season's. | Victoria Gardens |
8 November | Leeds Fashion Show presents “Dress Me Beautiful” (tickets £10, £20) in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. | Oceana, 16 – 18 Woodhouse Lane |
8 November – January 2008 | Leo Labyrinth – lose yourself in this intricate installation featuring multi media work creating pathways through an alien environment. | City Art Gallery |
9 November | Opera North's Falstaff – Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi turned to Shakespeare's greatest comic character as inspiration for his final masterpiece. | Grand Theatre |
9 November 10:45 am | Remembrance Service – annual service of remembrance with the Yorkshire Regiment to commemorate all those who have given their lives in service since the start of the First World War. | Royal Armouries Museum |
9 November | Launch of Oastler Centre – a new initiative to help the faith communities in Leeds engage with the economic life of the city. | Kirkstall Abbey Visitor Centre |
9 November | Presentation of “A Common Thread” - a woven piece of art, which forms a timeline highlighting the significant contribution that faith has made to social and economic life in Leeds over the last 800 years. | Kirkstall Abbey Visitor Centre |
10 November | Opera North's The Fortunes of King Croesus – Reinhard Keiser. Keiser skilfully blends the serious and the comic in an almost Shakespearean tale of war, love, disguise and the changing fortunes of a fabulously wealthy king. | Grand Theatre |
10 – 17 November | Tree planting – the 800 Trees project is encouraging the people of Leeds to plant 800 trees for 800 years. | |
10 November | Celebrate Leeds at the Queen's Hotel – the official 800th birthday dinner, also marking 70 years of the Queen's Hotel. | Queen's Hotel |
11 November | Russian Spectacular – White Russian Army Central Band. Special guests soloists from the Bolshoi and dancers from the Belarussion National Folk Dance Academy. | Town Hall |
12 November | Leeds is 800! | Leeds |
12 November | Celebrate Leeds Lecture – speaker tbc | Banqueting Hall, Civic Hall |
16 – 29 November | Together for Peace – Leeds Together for Peace (LT4P) is a unique, pioneering initiative, working with communities, organizations and justice issues. | Various throughout |
16 November - 20th December | Christkindlmarkt – a little piece of Germany returns to the heart of Leeds city centre with over 40 traders from Frankfurt. | Millennium Square |
22 November | Schools Music Concert – celebrating 800 years of music in partnership with Opera North. | Leeds Schools |
22 November | Northern Arts Prize – the first exhibition of this major new art prize for artists resident in the north sees work by four artists, selected by a prestigious jury go on show at the Gallery. | City Art Gallery |
24 – 26 November | Words At War – a literature festival at the Royal Armouries Museum. | Royal Armouries Museum |
25 November | Together for the Peace Gala – A gala and presentation event including poetry readings, competitions and prize giving. | Royal Armouries Museum |
27 November – 8 December | The Nutcracker – Northern Ballet Theatre present a brand new production of this Christmas favourite for all ages. | Leeds Grand Theatre |
References:
Celebrate Leeds 2007 Autumn Events Guide
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