Soundcheck: Leeds Gothica
Yesterday, 2:00pm
Elisabeth and Teresa talk about Leeds Gothica, a thriving space for anyone who’s been in this community for a longtime but can often go unknown in Leeds.
Chapel FM Arts Centre is a house of creativity, art, music, writing & more with radio at the core. Listen live or any time on our website. Based in Seacroft, East Leeds.
Chapel FM Arts Centre brings radio, writing, music, theatre, activism and so much more to our community of Seacroft, our city of Leeds and the wider world! They also run East Leeds Community Radio. Please consider donating before the end of 2024 to support our work in the new year.
Yesterday, 2:00pm
Elisabeth and Teresa talk about Leeds Gothica, a thriving space for anyone who’s been in this community for a longtime but can often go unknown in Leeds.
15th Sep '25 - 21st Dec '26
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.
Chapel FM’s work was featured in a nationwide broadcast of the BBC programme “The Breakfast Show” in November 2025. Also, in December 2025, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin visited Chapel FM. Click here to listen to Tracy Brabin’s interview on East Leeds Community Radio.
Fri 27th March, 7:30pm
Come show East Leeds what you have got! Poetry, music or even juggling? Live on the Radio and Youtube. For full details, Check out the information below.
Yesterday, 10:00pm
We bring you: Bix Beiderbecke, Kid Ory, Red Nichols, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Witherspoon - plus Sergio Mendes. Peter reads Philip Larkin. And more.
I’m looking forward to engaging with my first coaching session and following up on the intellectual and conceptual leads that have been presented to me in Seacroft…
A group of Chapel FM teenage radio broadcasters, staff members and community artists travelled to our twin city of Lille, France for five days in February 2026 to create a “Radio Cabaret” with our friends at La Compagnie du Tire Laine. Click here to listen to the Lille+Leeds Radio...
Sat 28th March, 11:00am
Calling all composers, songwriters, word-lovers and curious creatives! Ever wondered what it’s like to set someone else’s words to your own music? Or to turn a 500 year old poem into something new and alive? How about transforming a lemon sponge recipe, or even a tombstone inscription, into a song with real emotional punch?
An abundance of ingenuity… it’s near impossible to find fault with such ambitious and inventive design choices and use of space.
Yesterday, 4:00pm
Discussing Leeds hip hop with Bravo and Padjinha, in which it comes to light that I understand more about hip hop culture than I first thought.
3rd Nov '25 - 31st Dec '26
CHAPEL FM NEEDS YOU!!!! Come join our existing volunteer group. Come be that important part of Chapel FM and explore the world of Community Arts.
Talking about mental health has never been more important and it’s a privilege to be a part of an annual festival championing positive mental wellbeing and the arts
Support Chapel FM today! Click here to donate now
Fri 20th March, 7:30pm
Our resident experimental music show host has a brand new selection of experimental music, live in our radio theater.
26th Jan '26 - 30th Mar '26
Discover radio + podcasts through our free monthly workshop! Use your voice in our studios, give writing and producing a show a go and get involved with the technology behind broadcasting!
Media available soon!
ProgrammeYesterday, 7:30pm
The Wryter's Comedy Hour returns, and this time it's personal. Well, it's personal for the werewolf. Everyone else is just collateral.
