The Leeds Song Festival is an annual celebration of art-song, taking place at venues across Leeds, featuring performances, workshops, and talks by international musicians and emerging talent.

The festival is open to everyone, whether you’re brand new to art-song or a seasoned attendee at one of our events.

Our events are accessible to all, especially those who are curious to try art-song for the first time. We perform songs in many different languages and provide audiences with translations and surtitles for songs performed in foreign languages. We commission programme notes to give you an overview of what you’re listening to, and offer enlightening pre-concert talks to delve further in to the repertoire given by prominent experts on song.

Come as you are – there is no dress code for attending any of our events. We want our audience to feel relaxed and comfortable at the festival.

You can find out more and book tickets via the What’s On pages of our website.

Tickets for our 2025 Festival (events between 5 – 12 April 2025) are being sold via Opera North’s box office. If you have any questions relating to tickets you have purchased, please contact the Opera North box office directly via 0113 223 3600.

Yes – we open all our events free of charge to students and anyone under the age of 30. We also off discounts when booking multiple tickets via our festival pass bundles.

Accessibility is at the fore of our festival planning. All our venues are accessible for anyone with mobility issues, or those who require use of a wheelchair. Visit our venue page to learn more about each venue.

If you wish to make us aware of specific access requirements to ensure you have a comfortable visit to our festival, please don’t hesitate in contacting a member of our team.

You can support the festival by becoming a Friend of Leeds Song, making a donation, or attending events.

Yes, we make a commitment to live stream, free of charge, as much of the festival as possible. Live streams can be viewed for our Facebook and Youtube channels. You can also watch back any past event via our archive of video content.

Absolutely. All the information you require for the 2025 festival can be downloaded via this page.

Leeds is well supported by a network of public transport, with the bus station and train station acting as regional hubs for travel. Most festival sites are a short walk from the bus and train stations.

 

Although we encourage you to travel to our festival by public transport, there are plenty of car parks to service our festival venues.

Leeds Song is a politically neutral organisation. Views expressed in the works performed at the Leeds Song Festival or by the artists appearing at the Festival are not necessarily the views of the organisation, or anyone who works for the charity.