The Wryter’s Comedy Hour
Fri 13th November, 7:30pm
The Wryter's Comedy hour returns for another helping of madcap radio sketch comedy.
Events: Spoken Word
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THE CHAPEL FM OPEN MIC NIGHT, LIVE! November 2026
Fri 27th November, 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.
Previous events
THE CHAPEL FM HALLOWEEN OPEN MIC NIGHT, LIVE!
Fri 30th October, 7:30pm
Prepare for a spook, prepare for a fright, its the Chapel FM Halloween Open Mic Night.
LIGHT NIGHT AT THE LEEDS LIBRARY 2026
Wed 28th October - Thu 29th October
Leeds Leeds Night this year is Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th October. On these nights, between 6pm and 10pm, Chapel FM will be in residence at The Leeds Library, the city’s famous subscription library founded in the eighteenth century and still thriving.
PLAYING THE POEM
Wed 21st October, 7:00pm
A poet reads a poem and a musician plays between the words. A singer sings the poem. What happens next?
CZECH POETS AT THE CHAPEL
Fri 17th July, 7:30pm
As well as being vigorously local to East Leeds, Chapel FM takes great pride in its international connections, in particular with Leeds’s twin cities, including our sister city in The Czech Republic: Brno.
Leeds Lit Fest @ Chapel FM
Sun 14th June, 12:00pm
3 amazing events at Chapel FM in collaboration with Leeds Lit Fest.
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.
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
BEOWULF
Sun 22nd February, 4:45pm
Four storytellers. One ancient tale. A thousand interpretations. Live theatre performance of this thrilling, darkly comic retelling from Treadlight Theatre
STRAW INTO GOLD
Sun 22nd February, 3:45pm
How do you spin straw into gold? What is gold anyway? Live storytelling and song with Vickie Orton and Carol Timlin.
RIGHT HERE WITH YOU
Sun 22nd February, 3:00pm
Live drama from Dales Ball that welcomes you into a world where everyone feels seen, heard, and cherished in their own neighbourhood.