Live At Leeds: In The Park is the ultimate day fest for anyone looking to celebrate summer with indie favourites aplenty.
The bi-annual festival hosted either ‘In The City’ in the autumn, or ‘In The Park’ in the summer. The summer portion is the second of its kind to go ahead this year, and it promises an action-packed day of alternative indie anthems from a range of established and up-and-coming artists alike.
Here's everything from the lineup to tickets and where to park your car, so you have everything you need to prepare for Live At Leeds: In The Park 2023.
Lineup
Returning for 2023, Live At Leeds: In The Park, will see indie favourites Two Door Cinema Cub bringing Temple Newsam to life on Saturday 27 May 2023.
The Northern Irish musicians will be sure to bring the best of their latest album and true to the name, Keep On Smiling, and fuse their set with classics from their earlier days like Undercover Martyn, What You Know and Bad Decisions.
Adding to the plethora of talent already heading up Temple Newsam this summer, DMA’s and The Hives have been added to the line-up, set to bring the house (well, field) down with heavy guitar riffs and a host of non-stop hits that’ll have the crowd on their feet all night long.
The Hives’ frontman Pelle Almqvist says that the band are ‘very proud’ to be heading over to Leeds in May: “Some festival names just have a ring to them don’t they? Live At Leeds. It sounds like some upper echelon rock shit and if this year’s edition wasn’t before, now it is. The Hives are very proud and happy to join this upper echelon.
Joining the headline act are plenty of bands from near and far that need no introduction. The Lathums, Wigan’s finest, will be performing alongside Tom Walker, Everything Everything, The Big Moon, Black Honey and more besides.
The full lineup is as followed:
Two Door Cinema Club
Cavetown
The Hives
Tom Walker
Everything Everything
Låpsley
DMA'S
Lime Cordiale
Sir Chloe
The Big Moon
Gengahr
The Beths
Black Honey
Skinny Living
The Lathums
The Crawlers
Skinny Lister
CMAT
Pillow Queens
Ber
Panic Shack
Enola Gay
Modernlove.
Opus Kink
Brooke Combe
Afflecks Palace
deadletter
Psymon Spine
Rose Gray
Low Hummer
Prima Queen
PRIESTGATE
Dolores Forever
Ellur
When and where
Live At Leeds: In The Park takes place on Saturday 27 May 2022 at Temple Newsam, Leeds.
The full address is: Temple Newsam Road, Leeds LS15 0AE
Tickets
Early Bird tickets have now sold out but there's still plenty of tickets to get your hands on for the day itself.
General Admission tickets cost £60 each for the full day, and Under 5s go free.
All remaining tickets are available via See Tickets here.
Live at Leeds and Slam Dunk Tickets
Those wanting to make a full weekend festival, you can also get a combo ticket for Live At Leeds: In The Park, which takes place the day before, and Slam Dunk for a discounted price. Tickets cost £150.70 for the two festivals, with tickets available via See Tickets here.
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Getting there
Live At Leeds: In The Park Festival takes place at Temple Newsam, which is around 20 minutes from the city centre, and accessible by taxi, car or shuttle bus.
From Leeds
Coach travel is available for those trekking from further afield, but for us in Leeds, shuttle buses will be available from Sovereign Street in the city centre with a choice of booking in advance or on the day. Shuttles will be operating from 11.30am-4pm and to Temple Newsam and then 8pm-1am back to the city centre.
Shuttle tickets cost £5 each way (plus booking fee) and can be purchased via See Tickets here.
Car parking at Temple Newsam usually costs £6 per vehicle and can be booked in advance here.
Lockers
If you want somewhere safe to store your bags, Live At Leeds: In The Park is offering the opportunity to prebook lockers here.
Costs vary from £8 for smaller items to £15 for large lockers.
The official afterparty will be held at The Wardrobe in Leeds city centre, taking place from 9pm til late, and it's all themed around one of Leeds' most missed venues, The Cockpit.
DJ Dan Lomax – one of the original DJs from The Cockpit’s legendary club nights will be 'spinning the best post-punk, indie-sleaze, nu-rave, trashy rock'n'roll and reliving the old days with 2 decades of classics' all night long, and tickets cost just £3 each.
Sweet, savoury, filled or plain: pies are a staple in the British diet.
It's the best week of the year...it's British Pie Week, not that we need much of an excuse to celebrate that flaky, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth pastry, but we're taking all the excuses we can this week to embrace all things pie related.
We've rounded up al our favourite spots to grab a pie, as a lunchtime snack or on the go in the city centre - so take your pick, whatever the occasion.
Dave's Pies and Ales
Kirkstall Road, Burley | Open from 5pm
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Dave's Pies and Ales is locally known as the smallest pub in Leeds - and whilst the menu and seating area might be teeny, what it does do, it does well.
Choose from a range of pies and peas with classic ales on tap to choose from inside this micropub 12-11pm every day of the week.
Whitelocks Ale House
Turk's Head Yard, just off Briggate | Kitchen open from 12pm
Image: The Hoot Leeds
Whitelocks is known in Leeds for its Sunday Roasts, warm fire and homely pub ambience- but their pies are the unsung heroes on the menu.
The beef and ale pie is made from Yorkshire Meat Co. beef, a Wetherby-based supplier that brings beef from the likes of Tancred Grange Farm in Richmond to Leeds. This one is served with chunky chips and sautéed seasonal veg, seat by the fireplace optional.
Pieminister
Duncan Street, Leeds city centre | Open from 12pm
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Available as a Sunday roast, bottomless brunch or just a plain old (but beautifully presented) pie and mash, Pieminister is famous for its pies for all the right reasons. On the shelves in your local supermarkets and available as a sit-down scran on Boar Lane, Pieminister is a place where pies are guaranteed to make up the majority of the menu options.
Finer Pleasures
Multiple locations
If you don't know about Josh at Finer Pleasures, then you're seriously missing out. Josh is somewhat of a pie-oneer (sorry), and is the master of creating weird and wonderful pie creations from lasagna pies to gammon, egg and pineapple pork pies.
You can find him over in Crossgates most Wednesdays, but you're best bet is to keep an eye on his socials for the best chance on bagging one of his pies. Trust us, they're like gold dust.
Wilsons Butchers
Austhorpe Road, Cross Gates | Open from 7.30am
Image: Wilsons Butchers
Located in Armley, Morley and Pontfract - Wilsons Pies and Pasties is a small indie chain from Wilsons Butchers and crowned champions of the Yorkshire Small Pork Pie Championships.
At lunch time, the shops offer a true Yorkshire delicacy of pie and mushy pies with optional (but essential) mint sauce. All Wilsons pies and pasties are made using locally sourced produce in Garforth, so these a true Leeds pies, and well worth sampling.
Five of the best new openings to come out of Leeds so far this year
Clementine Hall
It's been a very busy start to 2026 so far this year in Leeds, and we're definitely not complaining.
It's safe to say our city is thriving, we've welcomed everything from shops and Italian cafes to tequila bars in just two months.
In case you've missed any of them, allow us to give you the lowdown of what's new in the city.
So, without further ado...
Salon Madre
Wellington Street, Leeds city centre
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Leeds welcomed its newest late-night destination last Friday, and it’s going down as smoothly as its tequila. Salon Madre is a Mexican-inspired bar with a dedicated margarita menu, fabulous food, and an atmosphere that’ll make you want to get up dancing almost immediately. And if you fancy unleashing your competitive side, then there’s plenty of pool tables ready and waiting to be played.
A slice of Puglia has landed over in Pudsey with this fabulous Italian cafe. Nodding to his hometown of Puglia, Fabio has created the Italian experience right here in Leeds, inviting people to swing by for Italian coffee, homemade pizza slices, as well as gelato by the cone (or tub) full.
Topshop
John Lewis in Victoria Gate, Leeds city centre
Images: The Hoot Leeds
One for the girlies… because Topshop is officially BACK in Leeds. The iconic high-street favourite has returned, taking over a dedicated space inside John Lewis inside Victoria Gate and yes, we’re already planning the outfit rotations. After Topshop and Topman disappeared from the high street back in 2021, it’s safe to say we’ve all felt the gap in our wardrobes. And of course… Joni jeans, we’ve missed you dearly.
Pollini's Pizza
Lands Lane, Leeds city centre
Images: The Hoot Leeds
These guys are known for dishing out huge New York-style pizza slices for less than £4 in Leeds Kirkgate Market since 2022. And now with a second site in Leeds, the big boy slices are making their way across the city, from classic margaritas to meat feasts.
And you best believe we were the first people down to grab it, because we can’t resist a slice from Pollini's.
Pop Mart
Briggate, Leeds city centre
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Pop Mart officially opened on Briggate in January, and Leeds turned out in full force with queues stretching all the way down Thornton’s Arcade. With endless blind boxes to choose from, there’s something for everyone. Whether you’re a Labubu girlie or obsessed with the Crybaby series, you can now get your favourites right here in Leeds.
Sophie Smith -
3rd May 2023 
