During the past year, despite the global pandemic, Chapel FM Arts Centre underwent an exciting expansion and renovation, adding new spaces for arts, broadcasting and community activities as well as a new café and other features. To celebrate our return, we invite you to join us for the following special events…
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Thu 23rd September, 7:00pm
Find out what it's like to create and host an inventive community radio show in this special live gathering of many of the presenters from East Leeds FM (ELFM). From activism to experimental music, African culture to northern brass bands, sports to science, ELFM is community radio at its finest.
Fri 24th September, 7:30pm
Chapel FM transforms into an imaginary pub for an evening of short theatre pieces, music and more. Created by artsatthearms.com
Sat 25th September, 11:00am
We invite you to explore the newly renovated Chapel FM Arts Centre, take part in a mini radio show or create a song or make a bird puppet or go on a Seacroft oral history walk and enjoy some food from the new Chapel FM Café. See below for a full schedule. Perfect for families and kids of all ages. No reservations needed. From 11am to 5pm
Sat 25th September, 5:00pm
A live broadcast of our spectacular podcast and radio show all about how young people from Leeds see the world in adventurous and unexpected ways. And hear about our plans to travel to the Climate Summit in Glasgow.
Sat 25th September, 7:30pm
In celebration of the opening of the recently renovated and expanded Chapel FM Arts Centre, join us for a special Seacroft Community Open Mic featuring a whirlwind of local talent from music to comedy to creative writing.
Sun 26th September, 3:00pm
This screening of the legendary Yorkshire cinema classic, directed by Ken Loach, is followed by live radio discussion with young people from “Red Kite” about how the story speaks to today. "Kes" will be proceeded by the short film "Goin' Back (The Birds / The Byrds" by Mark Dean presented in partnership with Leeds Art Gallery.
Wed 29th September, 7:30pm
Delightful, frightening and strange Mik puffs, pants, roars, makes stuff up, sometimes croons like a dream and talks about his podcast “Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip.”
Thu 30th September, 5:00pm
This fun and unique workshop is exclusively for young people aged 14 to 26. It will explore identity and how creativity can support wellbeing and a positive sense of self.
Thu 30th September, 7:30pm
We celebrate the special people who helped make the newly expanded Chapel FM building possible in this event featuring Irish musician Sabrina Piggott. Special invitation only event.
Fri 1st October, 10:30am
The 6th annual edition of Chapel FM’s literature-on-the-radio festival features the work of more than 100 writers from across Yorkshire. The theme for this year is Vision: seeing different futures, dreaming dream, in the blink of an eye – what do we see, what don’t we notice, what might the future look like?
Fri 1st October - Mon 4th October
This interactive giant cube in the heart of Seacroft will allow participants to pose and respond to questions with others in the community. Part of Chapel FM's sister projects UNION and the Fellowship of Questions.
Sat 2nd October, 10:30am
The 6th annual edition of Chapel FM’s literature-on-the-radio festival features the work of more than 100 writers from across Yorkshire. The theme for this year is Vision: seeing different futures, dreaming dream, in the blink of an eye – what do we see, what don’t we notice, what might the future look like?
Sun 3rd October, 10:30am
The 6th annual edition of Chapel FM’s literature-on-the-radio festival features the work of more than 100 writers from across Yorkshire. The theme for this year is Vision: seeing different futures, dreaming dream, in the blink of an eye – what do we see, what don’t we notice, what might the future look like?
Thu 7th October, 11:00am
Our partners from Leeds Age UK and Seacroft Friends and Neighbours present a day of activities for older residents from dementia friendly singing to local oral history gathering to a broadcast of our radio show “Care to Air.”
Thu 7th October, 7:30pm
In this heart-warming theatre production set in “the time that never was” the two Grimm brothers lock themselves out of Castle Grimm up the road from us!
Fri 8th October, 7:30pm
An evening of music, storytelling, interviews and more showcasing the many creative roles of women in our community and wider Leeds.
Sat 9th October, 2:00pm
Hear excerpts and join a discussion about amazing new podcasts and audio documentaries and meet the creators.
Sat 9th October, 5:00pm
A special concert by one of Yorkshire’s most celebrated brass bands.
Sat 9th October, 7:30pm
The Good to Go festival concludes with a closing celebration featuring the Chapel FM Jazz Collective and community creations.
Tue 28th November, 5:23pm
This special radio broadcast explores the power of posing questions across Europe through a special broadcast/presentation from Chapel FM’s sister project UNION – The Northern School for Creativity & Activism (unionarts.org.uk)