Please note:
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, all upcoming events have the potential to be postponed, or to go ahead without an audience. Either way they will all be live streamed (see individual event information for streaming and ticket links).
Most events will be streamed through Wharf Chambers’ Twitch account Or Mixcloud Live account
We have carried out a thorough risk assessment. Here is a link to our current guidelines. Please note these will be regularly updated to reflect changing legislation and advice.
Friday 14th May – UML Beer Garden DJ’s
Union Music Library DJs descend on Wharf Chambers yet again to bring you tunes. What the music will be after months of being stuck inside, no one knows… But they’re sure to bring the bangers
Saturday 15th May- Beer Garden DJ Set: Dr Kill and Wags present
Dr Kill and Wags return to Wharf Chambers with guest Simon G (Speed Queen) to put some joy into your lives! High quality music all night long. Outdoor seating available to book. Join us as we take you on a ride!
Thursday 20th May – Drag & Draw
An evening of life drawing and drag! Bring some art supplies ( there will be some provided too!) and get ready to drag some amazing drag artists!
With three drag artists modelling across the evening, plus music and some performance.
Feel free to come in drag yourself, this is a safe space for gender expression, art prizes for ticket holders with the sickest drag!
This event is also a fundraiser for PAFRAS. PAFRAS support asylum seekers who are destitute or at risk of destitution who have no access to housing or benefits and are not allowed to work.
Friday 21st May – Crossed Wires 9pm
NikNak, Griet Beyaert, Jo Scott, Yorkshire Modular Society, Ben Lewis (DJ), other DJs tbc
Crossed Wires is back with healing sounds from four of Leeds’ finest ambient/experimental musicians, as well as sculptures and visuals from two of the city’s premier artists.
This will be a sit down event, limited to 33 people in the venue, and stream live on Wharf Chambers’ Mix Cloud Live
To attend in person, email bookings@wharfchambers.org with your name and how many people will be with you. They will confirm then your place. Payment of £5 per person will be taken at the door.
Saturday 22nd May – Chunk Fundraiser 7pm PAYF
Rave memories. Prepare to dance in your chairs (you do have to stay in the chairs though).
Fiendish industrial sounds from the Black Antlers noiselord.
hey hey i’m neeto i write happy songs about being sad n sad songs about being sad :^)
@heyitsneeto
Songy-ass songs from Fred M-G (ZoZo/M-G Dysfunction).
Sunday 23rd May 4-6pm – OVER/AT: Vocal work with Rylan [one trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse, and one LGBTQ+]
OVER / AT is a trans music-making world, woken from its slumbers by composer Rufus Isabel
Elliot. It is a world with big dreams of imaginative, unmedicalised approaches to trans, non-binary,
and gender-diverse voices – whether speaking, singing, or howling.
Working with Wharf Chambers this summer, OVER / AT will be presenting workshops which
introduce vocal techniques, improvisation, and imaginative approaches to exploring your own
voice. These workshops will prioritise trans, non-binary, and other gender-diverse participants,
regardless of previous musical experience.
Wednesday 26th May – Leeds Anti-Fascist Network
fundraiser gig for migrant solidarity
28th,29th & 30th of May – One in, One out: Leeds’ Smallest Gay Bar
Created by artist Lucy Hayhoe, One in, One out: Leeds’ Smallest Gay Bar is a playful interactive installation exploring the role of the gay bar in contemporary queer culture. The project asks what we want to preserve and what we want to change as we reflect on a year that has presented huge threats to the existence of queer spaces which occupy a unique position in our cities. As the needs of the queer community change, and we grow more aware of intersecting identities – is the gay bar part of the future of queer space? One in, One Out explores nostalgia for lost LGBTQIA+ scenes, the consumption of queer space as novelty and what it means to be queer and alone.
Saturday 29th May- Pie Race presents
PizzaTramp
Electric Press
Distort
Sunday 30th May 4-6pm – OVER/AT: Vocal work with Rylan [one trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse, and one LGBTQ+]
OVER / AT is a trans music-making world, woken from its slumbers by composer Rufus Isabel
Elliot. It is a world with big dreams of imaginative, unmedicalised approaches to trans, non-binary,
and gender-diverse voices – whether speaking, singing, or howling.
Working with Wharf Chambers this summer, OVER / AT will be presenting workshops which
introduce vocal techniques, improvisation, and imaginative approaches to exploring your own
voice. These workshops will prioritise trans, non-binary, and other gender-diverse participants,
regardless of previous musical experience.
Friday 9th July midnight-Drag n Bass £7.50-£10.50
Nathan X, Sicario, Dr Exquizit, DJ Mae B
Drag n Bass is a DnB night with a difference. A new inclusive space for anyone and everyone who loves DnB.
Friday 15th October 8pm – lice Hubble + Western Edges + Andrew DR Abbott
Alice Hubble is the solo project of Alice Hubley, and the product of one lady locked at home with her enormous collection of synthesisers. Inspired by the 70’s recordings by Tangerine Dream, Ashra and Mike Oldfield (particularly the records he made with his sister Sally), Alice takes a more delicate approach; a distinctly feminine take on the 70’s progressive synth sound.
Western Edges is the ambient/electronic solo project of Richard Adams, founder member, alongside his brother Chris, of the legendary Leeds band Hood and front man of The Declining Winter. Inspired by the countryside in the Aire Valley, Western Edges music has been compared to Boards Of Canada, Aphex Twin, bvdub and Basic Channel.
Andy Abbott is an artist, musician and writer who lives in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He is best known for his deafening guitar work in the leftfield rock bands That Fucking Tank and NOPE but recent output as ‘Andrew DR Abbott’ centres on instrumental compositions for 8-string baritone acoustic guitar.
Friday 3rd December 7:30pm – Part Chimp £11
