Left Bank News

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July 2010

May and June saw some great events - the Beautiful World charity art exhibition, two Forest of Sound gigs, the Tinwolf conference and the Fashion North graduate fashion shows. Thanks to everyone who helped out and made them happen.

We also saw the start of our next round of repair works, to finish the roof works and window repairs - all very exciting stuff. Scaffolding is our constant friend, once again!

April 2010

The sun's shining and we've got cheerful news. We've raised enough money to get started on our final phase of roof repairs. Hurrah hurrah! We just need another £5000 and we'll have the full amount. The builders start back on site at the beginning of May. This means that by the autumn all our roof work and window repairs should be done and the building will be watertight.

Interest in Left Bank grows apace. We've had lots of enquiries and you'll see from our What's On page that there are loads of interesting things happening and plenty more to come.

March 2010

March was an arty month, with an exhibition on surveillance, a Leeds Met end of year exhbition of first year work and a lovely bunch from the Greenbelt Festival making groovy things.

Meanwhile the gang from Youthpoint were back, this time throwing custard pies at each other in pursuit of a Guiness World Record.

We've even got our own facebook page now, so you can become a fan of Left Bank Leeds.

January 2010

What a great couple of months we’ve had!

On November 21st the Ladybird Project ran an all day family activity session, followed by a Unity Day fundraising gig, which drew an appreciative crowd, who loved the entertainment and our venue!

The following Friday, November 27th, 200 people attended the preview night of “Advent – an exhibition for the festive season”. The art was thought-provoking, the candlelight atmospheric, Dan & Emily Norton added a subtle musical dimension, the cheese & wine was just the thing for a Friday night. It didn’t even feel that cold!

Over the next four weekends, over 600 people came into the exhibition and we’d like to thank our curators, Si Smith and Gav Mart, for their incredible hard work and vision in bringing the exhibition together so successfully. Cheers, guys!

Also in December we held three Advent services, a meditation, a carol service and a Christingle Service. Lots of people were involved but we’d especially like to thank Esther Richards for organising the meditation; the many people who heaved chairs back and forth for the carol service; the chestnut roasters and wine mullers; Steve Smith and the readers from All Hallows; Tim Knight, The Heritage Singers and the Heritage Masterworks Chorale for lifting the roof with their incredible singing. Shall we do it again next year?

On the 12th December, Gav also hosted New Leads, an evening of acoustic music. Have a look at the video below for a flavour of the evening.

Dan Wilde 'Beeswing' Live [New Leads @ Left Bank, Leeds] from Barnaby Aldrick on Vimeo.

The weekend before Christmas we were delighted that our next door neighbours at Youthpoint were able to host a talent night at Left Bank. Despite the snow, the show went on with much enthusiasm.

At the start of 2010 we’re getting lots of enquiries about using Left Bank and already have bookings for gigs, weddings, exhibitions and a Guiness Book of Records record-breaking day! Our goals for the year are to make the building much more accessible, hold a lot more events and get the rest of the roof fixed. We’ll keep you posted…

See the news archive for earlier news

Filming & Recording
The building has been used as a location for the feature film "Freight" and in the reality TV programme 'Make me a Christian' in 2008. It has also been used for live music recordings. Get in touch to find out more.

Weddings
We have had 3 weddings in the building in the last couple of years, which included the services, dinners, party games ceilidh bands and plenty of space for dancing! The building looks particularly romantic in candlelight - perfect for weddings!