AMP: ARTS, MUSIC, POETRY on radio
Wed 20th May, 6:30pm
Young radio makers & musicans from Chapel FM’s Next Generation showcase everything they have to offer. with special guests.
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.
Film Screening: Seacroft Goes to Lille France
Thu 21st May, 6:00pm
In celebration of Leeds' twin city partnership with Lille, France, we present a special screening of a new documentary film about young people from Seacroft travelling to connect with Compagnie Tire-Laine.
Playing the Poem
Fri 22nd May, 7:30pm
A singer sings a poem. A poet reads a poem and a musician plays between the words. Musicians play an improvised groove and a poet riffs fragments of a poem between the notes.
THE CHAPEL FM OPEN MIC NIGHT, LIVE!
Fri 29th May, 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.
Writing On Air: the First Ten Years
Sun 7th June, 7:00pm
To mark its 10th birthday, Chapel FM hosts a celebration of the festival with past highlights and casting forward to a bright radio future.
Leeds Lit Fest @ Chapel FM
Sun 14th June, 12:00pm
3 amazing events at Chapel FM in collaboration with Leeds Lit Fest.
Previous events
PRIDE IN PLACE: Get involved! Chapel FM Arts Centre
Tue 19th May, 3:00pm
All welcome, come and explore our space and find out and talk about Pride and Place
Piano Trail
Sat 9th May, 2:30pm
Listen, Watch and Play at Chapel FM’s Cafe Piano Trail featuring headliners and local talent.
Writing Hope on the Threshold
Sat 25th April, 2:00pm
Join the Remember Oluwale charity and Chapel FM in Leeds for a creative writing workshop and live radio broadcast inspired by David Oluwale. Explore thresholds, identity and hope. Attend one or both events – if booking both, please book separately.
THE CHAPEL FM OPEN MIC NIGHT, LIVE!
Fri 24th April, 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.
The Seacroft Canto: Premiere Performance
Sat 18th April, 6:30pm
Taking inspiration from Dante’s Divine Comedy, The Seacroft Canto was co-created by the Seacroft community and poet Kimberly Campanello.
LEEDS SONG AND CHAPEL FM PRESENT: OLD WORDS / NEW SONG – A Day of Musical Creativity in Leeds
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?
Left of Leeds LIVE
Fri 20th March, 7:30pm
Our resident experimental music show host has a brand new selection of experimental music, live in our radio theater.
The Wryter’s Comedy Hour
Fri 13th March, 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.
WRITING WORKSHOPS: Creative Translation & the Seacroft Canto
Fri 6th March - Sat 7th March
Take part in one or both workshops exploring "creative translation" as part of a new writing, film and performance project by Kimberly Campanello supported by the University of Leeds Cultural Institute and the National Poetry Centre.
DANCE FOR RADIO
Sun 1st March, 4:30pm
Musician Martin Berger, poet Peter Spafford, and dancers Rachel Dean and Anthony Haddon make the improbable possible
EATING HISTORY, 1938-46
Sun 1st March, 3:30pm
More stories from Len Biran about a world in turmoil. But you have to eat! Live storytelling in the radio theatre
A CHILD DRAWS A BUTTERFLY IN THE SAND SCAR
Sun 1st March, 2:30pm
Ruth Steinberg, storyweaver, and sound artist Martin Berger, in a performance that combines words with sounds.
WORKSHOP: IN TANDEM
Sun 1st March, 1:00pm
Musician Martin Berger and storyteller Ruth Steinberg lead an improvisation session with words and music
WORKSHOP: WRITING SPACES
Sun 1st March, 11:00am
Faye Marshall leads a session inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space. Explore the relationship between physical space and emotional memory to create new poetry.
CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET
Sat 28th February, 7:30pm
Join the local and international COYC poets for a vibetastic evening of poetry, performance and lots of soul, hosted by Julie Jones.
TOWER OF SONG
Sat 28th February, 4:00pm
Live music with regulars of this themed night for songwriters who turn their talents to Threshold, with Nicky Bray and Carl Flattery
WORKSHOP: HAIKU
Sat 28th February, 11:00am
Award-winning writer and poet Todd Murphy shows how the techniques and discipline of haiku can sharpen writing of any kind.
THIS PLACE, TO ALL PLACES LINKED: JOURNEYING WITH DANTE
Fri 27th February, 9:00pm
Poet Kimberly Campanello leads a journey through her new version of Dante’s Divine Comedy, based on her experience of Parkinson’s disease.
THE LINES BETWEEN
Fri 27th February, 7:30pm
Rise & Howl presents four short plays interwoven with poetry, exploring the moments that shapeshift, and connect us.
GRADE OF EXECUTION
Fri 27th February, 6:30pm
As a change in admin brings up Enriquez’s past, how much will he risk for his 3rd consecutive Olympic gold? Live drama reading from Catherine Shonack.
STORIES FROM THE SOFA
Thu 26th February, 8:15pm
A candlelit weave of tales and myths from storytellers Ruth Steinberg, Vickie Orton and Matthew Bellwood.
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Thu 26th February, 7:00pm
The Stone Soup performance group returns for a show about life past, present and future told through song, stories and conversation.
LEEDS-LILLE
Thu 26th February, 6:00pm
Young radio makers from Chapel FM's Next Generation share stories and sounds from their recent trip to Seacroft's twin community of Moulins in Lille, France.
THE BIG PUB QUIZ
Sun 22nd February, 6:00pm
Enjoy a drink at the end of the day whilst tackling fun threshold questions, solo or in a team. Free entry and a prize for the winner.