Compass Festival 2024 – bringing a signature flavour this Autumn Season

If Leeds was a Sauce, what might it taste like? Find out with Leeds Sauce a week of events from 1-8 November. From locally harvested rhubarb, rose petals and local beer, join the Popeye Collective in collaboration with the people of Leeds. The events will encourage conversations over food as a catalyst for new culture, inspired by plant-based food systems. Take a look at the full programme of Compass Festival 2024 which runs across between Leeds from 1–30 November 2024.

Also part of the festival is Leeds’ Low Carbon China Town. This two-week installation at Kirkgate Market showcases an experimental food farm and data pop-up store, in collaboration with UK-based East and Southeast Asian migrant communities and the architect-artist Ling Tan. Visitors are invited to explore a myriad of sustainable ingredients, cooking techniques and food sources that, in combination, still retain a core essence of Chinese food culture. They’ll be housing locally grown ingredients that will be used in a not-to-be -missed one off Supper Club hosted by Leeds Cookery School at Kirkgate Market on Friday 15 November, 6.30–8.30pm.

Apple Feast – a celebration of many flavours!

If cooking is more your passion, why not join Fruit Works Co-operative at LILAC in Bramley for a celebration of the many things you can eat with apples? This free event is inspired by the “The Flavour Thesaurus” books by Niki Segnit which highlights 56 ingredients that pair well with apples! All they ask is that you prepare a dish featuring one of the flavors they list. More info and sign up here.

Let your Inner Child Loose to Play this Autumn!

Festival of Play and Creativity festival brings you a collection of events happening across the city. It is a chance to celebrate Leeds as a place that knows how to Play, happening 25 Oct to 3 Nov 2024.  From spooky crafts and putrefying potions, to Coco Rave‘s and a spooky splash with BoomChikkaBoom at Bramley Baths. Read about all the playful happenings here.

Market Scavenger Hunt Cooking Experience

Embark on a foodie adventure through Europe’s biggest indoor market with Leeds Cookery School! This is an experience like no other. First you will be treated to a food tour around Kirkgate, gathering ingredients from the market stalls, from local bakeries to fresh seafood. Next, you get to bring your spoils back to Leeds Cookery School and take part in a cooking competition – winner gets a bag of goodies! The Market Scavenger Hunt Cooking Experience is running at Leeds Cookery School in Kirkgate Market on October 26th 2024.

As the night falls, get wrapped up and experience the city in illuminated splendour. Leeds Light Night returns this year with all sorts of delights to add a glow this Autumn. Our pick is NocturnHog: The Enchanted Wanderer. A seldom seen hedgehog emerges from the shadows, now large and illuminated for all to see. Taking up residence in Leeds City Bus Station, its intricate details are captivating. Light Night Leeds 2024 is happening across the city from Thu 24 Oct 2024 – Fri 25 Oct 2024.

Just a small selection of the delights on offer this Autumn. So wrap up warm and enjoy the flavours of the city.