Chapel FM Arts Centre – 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Wed 16th October - Thu 31st October
Join us in celebrating Chapel FM's 10th anniversary with a series of special events throughout October.
Events
Have a look through all of our events (please note this includes our past events). You can filter the results to find the kind of events you are particularly interested in.
CHAPEL FM JAZZ COLLECTIVE IN CONCERT
Wed 16th October, 8:30pm
Chapel FM's resident jazz big band presents a special concert in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Chapel FM Arts Centre.
TELL US A STORY
Fri 18th October, 7:00pm
A night of storytelling featuring stories from the recent TELL US A STORY course at Chapel alongside seasoned Leeds tale-tellers.
Blue Owl Performance Loft: Youth Open Mic – October 2024
Wed 23rd October, 6:00pm
Our regular open mic for performers age 25 and younger. We welcome new participants who want to perform music, spoken word, theatre, or other arts. Contact martin@chapelfm.co.uk to sign up.
LIGHT NIGHT: EAST LEEDS COMMUNITY RADIO POP-UP
Thu 24th October, 7:00pm
Join us at Leeds Library in the city center for for live radio and vox pop story-gathering during this year’s Light Night Festival.
GHOST STORIES
Fri 25th October, 8:30pm
We explore how the past can return in unexpected and sometimes haunting ways with an evening of story-telling at Leeds Library.
Open Day: Celebrating Chapel FM’s 10th Anniversary!
Sat 26th October, 11:00am
We open our doors to the world, inviting newcomers and old friends to explore all that Chapel FM has to offer.
The Designated Mourner: Theatre on the Eve of the American Election
Tue 5th November, 7:30pm
The future hangs in the balance! What will survive from our culture when an angry revolution rises up to sweep away the people and ideas considered enemies? Chapel FM presents a special reading of this haunting play by Wallace Shawn to coincide with the suspenseful U.S. election. Following the play there will be a radio conversation.
Previous events
Sherlock Holmes and The Sting of the Scorpion
Fri 4th October, 7:30pm
Northumberland Theatre Company returns to Chapel FM with a brand new production after last years amazing performance of Frankenstein
Film Night
Fri 27th September, 7:00pm
Film Night returns to Chapel FM with another unmissable musical.
Crafty Connections
Sat 21st September, 3:00pm
Come learn some crafts LIVE in our radio theatre or even showcase your own craft passion to the world.
Writing on Air Festival 2024: Planning Meeting – Open to All
Mon 9th September, 7:00pm
Writers, performers, radio-makers, journalists, and anyone else interested in story-telling on the radio... Come join us on Monday 9th September at 7pm to find out about this year's festival.
Musicathon 2024
Sat 27th July - Sun 28th July
Our unique 24-hour music festival, live in the Seacroft Village Green and from our studios in Chapel FM Arts Centre.
Escaped Alone
Fri 12th July, 7:45pm
ESCAPED ALONE, a play by Caryl Churchill presented by Leeds Arts Centre.
Home From Home: Live Radio Shows & Sound-Art Installations
Sat 22nd June, 12:30pm
Be part of the studio audience for a pair of radio-theatre shows and experience immersive sound-art installations about 3 kinds of "Home From Home" spaces in Leeds: urban gardens, teen creative spots, and buses.
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
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.
Leeds Lit Forum: A Call to Action
Wed 12th June, 7:00pm
Does Leeds adequately support its emerging organisers, young writers, writers from under-represented communities?
Quiz Night at Chapel FM
Fri 31st May, 7:30pm
Get ready to test your knowledge in a wide variety of subjects from music, to movies to history and beyond.
Blue Owl Performance Loft – Youth Open Mic
Wed 22nd May, 6:00pm
Our regular open mic for performers age 25 and younger. We welcome new participants who want to perform music, spoken word, theatre, or other arts. Contact martin@chapelfm.co.uk to sign up.
Fixing the Buses of West Yorkshire – Community Forum and Live Radio Show
Sat 11th May, 3:00pm
Join us for a festive community forum, broadcast live on the radio, about plans to bring the buses of West Yorkshire back under public control along with music, poetry, performances about the adventures of travelling by bus!
The Mountain Witch
Sat 11th May, 11:00am
A playful adventure for 3-8 year olds and their grown ups, at Chapel FM Arts Center.
Left of Leeds Experimental Music LIVE!
Fri 10th May, 7:30pm
East Leeds Community Radio’s “Left of Leeds” and host John Toolan present an evening of live experimental music with three exciting guests.
Voices of Gaza
Fri 3rd May, 7:30pm
A diverse evening of music, poetry and readings from and for Palestine
Bingo Night Returns!
Fri 26th April, 7:30pm
After a wonderfully successful bingo at the start of the year, raising over £300 for the British Heart Foundation. Bingo Night Returns with another night filled with bingo, live entertainment and prizes! All for a good cause!
Wed 5th June, 12:09am
You are warmly invited to gather together and celebrate the fact that, despite everything, our hearts are still beating.
Wed 5th June, 12:09am
Chapel FM's unique open mic series for young performers age 25 or younger. This month, we are joined by LS18 Rocks and we welcome new participants.
Wed 5th June, 12:09am
A film depicting how a deprived local community is impacted by the arrival of asylum seekers and how the two communities come together
Wed 5th June, 12:09am
In celebration with the Irish Arts Foundation. The forgotten history of Irish communities in Leeds. Talks, live music & food.
Wed 5th June, 12:09am
A night of performances from recovering addicts, a Q+A/discussion, and an open mic on theme