> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # This weekend in Leeds: 13–15 November - URL: https://the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io/this-weekend-in-leeds-13-15-november-2026/ - Published: 2026-11-12T16:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-12T16:00:01.000Z - Description: The film festival's final weekend, Mrs. Doubtfire at the Grand and a stacked weekend at the Brudenell: your Leeds weekend, sorted. - Author: Will - Tags: Weekend guide No football this weekend (it's an international break), so Leeds has its cinema hat on: the film festival's 40th edition signs off on Sunday. There's also a famous nanny at the Grand and a stacked weekend at the Brudenell. **Get The Leeds Brief every morning at 7am.** Leeds news, weather and what's on in two minutes. Free. [**Subscribe free →**](https://the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io/?ref=weekend#/portal/signup) ## 🎬 Film **Leeds International Film Festival, final weekend:** the 40th LIFF runs until **Sunday 15 November** at venues including Vue in The Light, Everyman, Hyde Park Picture House and Cottage Road Cinema. - **Friday the 13th** is, naturally, the horror all-nighter **Night of the Dead**. - The Saturday pick for film nerds is *Los Angeles Plays Itself* at Hyde Park Picture House (7.30pm). - The festival closes on Sunday with Mike Leigh's *Tender Loving Care*. [*YEP*](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/leeds-international-film-festival-2026-schedule-lineup-highlights-tickets-9264074?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) *·* [*LIFF*](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leedsfilmfest%5Fliff2026-activity-7472673647116136448-KmTO?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) *·* [*Cottage Road Cinema*](https://www.cottageroad.co.uk/liff-returns-to-cottage-road-cinema-for-its-40th-anniversary-edition/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) ## 🎭 Theatre and comedy **Mrs. Doubtfire at Leeds Grand Theatre, until 29 November:** the musical version of the Robin Williams film. [*Leeds Heritage Theatres*](https://leedsheritagetheatres.com/whats-on/mrs-doubtfire-2026/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) **Once Upon a Time in Sokoto at Leeds Playhouse, until Saturday 14 November:** Inua Ellams (*Barber Shop Chronicles*) with an epic story of friendship, family and the making of Nigeria. [*Leeds Playhouse*](https://www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/once-upon-a-time-in-sokoto/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) **City Varieties all weekend:** **Hugh Cornwell: Never Say Goodbye** on Friday 13, **Andrew Newton: The Hypnotist Live!** on Saturday 14, and **Paul Foot: The Future** on Sunday 15\. [*Hugh Cornwell*](https://leedsheritagetheatres.com/whats-on/hugh-cornwell-2026/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) *·* [*Andrew Newton*](https://leedsheritagetheatres.com/whats-on/andrew-newton-nov-2026/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) *·* [*Paul Foot*](https://leedsheritagetheatres.com/whats-on/paul-foot-2026/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) ## 🎸 Gigs at the Brudenell ![Brudenell Social Club in Leeds](https://storage.ghost.io/c/13/20/13209d8e-c5a1-439d-8878-db8a0ddfb87b/content/images/2026/10/leedsbrief-2026-10-30-brudenell.jpg) Brudenell Social Club in Hyde Park. Photo: Sam Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0, [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunday%5FLunchtime%5FOutside%5FThe%5FBrudenell%5FSocial%5FClub%5F%285700395673%29.jpg?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) **Friday 13:** Liz Lawrence (doors 7.30pm, £17.50 adv). [*Brudenell*](https://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/whats-on/liz-lawrence2/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) **Saturday 14:** the **Seventh Sun Festival**, all day from 1pm, featuring Artio, Omoia, Helle and more (£19.50 adv), then **DORKs Day Out** from 5pm, featuring Panic Shack, Cowboy Hunters, Ain't and more (£23 adv). [*Seventh Sun*](https://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/whats-on/seventh-sun-festival/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) *·* [*DORKs Day Out*](https://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/whats-on/dorks-day-out/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) **Sunday 15:** **Mad Dog Mcrea** (doors 3pm, £21 adv) and **The Sheepdogs** (doors 7.30pm, £18 adv). [*Mad Dog Mcrea*](https://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/whats-on/mad-dog-mcrea/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) *·* [*The Sheepdogs*](https://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/whats-on/sheepdogs3/?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) ## ⚽ Sport **No Leeds United game this weekend.** It's the international break. Next up is Chelsea away on Saturday 21 November (3pm). [*Leeds United*](https://www.leedsunited.com/en/matches/mens/fixtures?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) ## 🗓️ Coming next week **Leeds Christmas Market opens on Thursday 19 November** in City Square, with a new look, and runs to 23 December. **Ice Cube** returns to Millennium Square the same day, running to 31 December. Advance skating tickets are on sale. [*Leeds City Council*](https://news.leeds.gov.uk/news/christmas-with-a-twist-gives-a-proper-taste-of-yorkshire?ref=the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io) --- *Members get the *Leeds Brief Weekender* every Friday at noon: last week's planning applications, newly registered food businesses and your weekend.* [*Become a Founding Member →*](https://the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io/founding) **Know someone who needs weekend plans?** Send them this page. Want the Brief every morning at 7am? It's free: [**Subscribe free →**](https://the-leeds-brief-1.ghost.io/?ref=weekend#/portal/signup) – Will