Last year 17,942 visitors came to Chapel FM (a massive 78% increase on the previous year).
Welcome to Chapel FM
This is the website for Chapel FM—the first-ever arts centre in East Leeds. You will be able to find everything you need to know about what is going on in the Centre; about how you can get involved and be part of it; and how you can listen and watch all the programming from our community radio station, East Leeds FM.
Explore Chapel FM...
Your show’s always well worth the listen. I can only hope/imagine how many people have been turned onto Reggae, or have gotten to hear some new tunes by listening in….. Well done!
The Pickleball Ensemble
8th Jan '24 - 24th Jul '24
A welcoming space for people playing music at all levels, to come together and explore song-writing skills, practice and create music collaboratively. Wednesdays from 11 am to 1 pm, 18+ only
Sh@nty
Sun 16th June, 5:00pm
Poet Lydia Kennaway and musician Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne present ‘… a form of contemporary metaphysical poem where scientific and technological vocabularies are brought into the service of the poetic imagination.’ – Sean O’Brien
Chapel FM Arts Center is closed over the Summer – 2023
Like many organisations we are closed over the Summer holiday period, for regular activities. This will be from Friday the 11th August 2023 – Monday the 11th September 2023 With many regular activities starting back up the week of Monday 11th of September 2023 Please keep an eye on our website for all...
All-Night Readathon
Sat 15th June - Sun 16th June
Come and read a book aloud with other volunteer readers in Chapel FM’s beautiful radio theatre.
Business Networking #66: Self-Care is Not a Luxury as a Business Owner
Wed 24th Apr '24, 3:00pm
As a business owner, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of running a company. However, amidst the chaos, it's essential to remember that self-care is a necessity.
Vandal Factory #23: Decorated with Solidarity
Wed 24th Apr '24, 8:00pm
Featuring Red Ladder's We're Not Going Back, a powerful play about Women Against Pit Closures. Argentinian artists Florencia and Clare discuss how they collaborated with scientists
Red Kite: Hyde Park Book Club, Studio 12 & Skateboarding Culture.
Yesterday, 6:00pm
Join us as we visit and discuss youth arts spaces in Leeds: Hyde Park Book Club, Studio 12 & Skateboarding culture.
Leeds Lit Forum: A Call to Action
Wed 12th June, 7:30pm
Does Leeds adequately support its emerging organisers, young writers, writers from under-represented communities?
Next Generation: Youth Radio
18th Jan '24 - 19th Jul '24
Join our radio youth group to explore a world of radio broadcasting, podcasting, music-making and radio technology!
ELCR Discovery #30
Wed 24th Apr '24, 2:00pm
Jamie Carnie is back with the best new local music. Expect anything from metal to hip hop and everything in between!
Home From Home: Stories, Radio, Performance Project 2024
Get involved in Chapel FM Arts Centre / East Leeds Community Radio’s big project exploring the places in Leeds & Yorkshire where people come together to create. In 2024 we are gathering and sharing stories about: Creative Youth Spaces across Leeds where people make art and look after one another...
THE BIG BUS FORUM
Sat 11th May, 3:00pm
As the people & the Mayor of West Yorkshire fights to try get the buses under public control, join us at Chapel FM as we explore how its all going....
Tech Volunteering & Training 2023-24
15th Jan '24 - 16th Dec '24
Want to learn and volunteer at a fantastic community radio studio? We have some great opportunities to help out on a wide variety of radio broadcasts, live gigs, radio theatre and much more, no prior knowledge required as all training is provided.
A raw, provocative performance which highlights the sense of community within the working classes, and how this can serve to either strengthen you or isolate you.
Chapel FM is closed over the festive season- Winter 2023
Like many organisations Chapel FM is closed over the festive season. Live broadcasts stop on Sunday 17th December 2023, with some pre recorded broadcasts going out during the festive season and live broadcasts will return in January 2024 The building will officially closed on Friday 22nd December until Monday 8th...
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