Contrary Life

Contrary Life is a website covering quirky events across the UK.

  • Home
  • About
  • Events by region
    • North East
    • North West
    • Yorkshire
    • East Midlands
    • West Midlands
    • East
    • London
    • South East
    • South West
    • Scotland
    • Northern Ireland
    • Wales
Home > Festival > Boating, food and music at Leeds Waterfront Festival

Boating, food and music at Leeds Waterfront Festival

By Caroline King - June 21, 2018Posted in : Alternative Sport, Classes & Workshops, Dance, Festival, Food & Drink, Heritage, Museum, Music

Leeds Waterfront Festival 2016 - Raj Passy Photography

Dragon Boat Racing at Leeds Waterfront Festival (Photo: Raj Passy Photography).

When: 23rd & 24th June 2018, from 10am

Where: Leeds Dock, Brewery Wharf and Granary Wharf, Leeds, West Yorkshire

£: Many events are free

What is it?

Leeds Waterfront Festival is an annual celebration of the city’s waterside heritage, with boating activities and entertainment, taking place on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June.  This year’s festival will feature heritage boats, pirate battles, live music and dragon boat racing.

This year’s festival will see events taking place across Granary Wharf, Leeds Dock, the Royal Armouries Museum, and Brewery Wharf.  At Granary Wharf there will be a festival hub, where free activities during the daytime will include a climbing wall, mini interactive Martial Arts workshops, fishing sessions, and canoe, kayak and paddle boarding.  There will also be a live music stage and deck chairs.

At Leeds Dock there will be dragon boat races, street food, pop up pirate activities and a 7″ disco on the Saturday; and live music, a dog show and Leeds’ Strongest Human on the Sunday. At the Royal Armouries Museum there will be pirate battles, an 18th century naval encampment where visitors can discover what life was like at sea, big guns and cannons, Blackbeard events, and Treasure Island storytelling.

Finally, at Brewery Wharf there will be DJs, a karaoke competition, live music, samba dancers and capoeira performers throughout the Saturday afternoon.

More info: canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/events

Related Posts

  • City aglow for Light Night Leeds
  • Watch a travelling creative circus with the Handmade Parade
  • Pigeon performances and giant puppets at Greenwich and Docklands festival

Tagged With: Family events, Free events, Leeds events, Yorkshire

Curiosity of the Week

Take a ride through history at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach sign

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we thought we’d bring you a bit of cheery escapism in the form of fairground rides!

Top Story

Discover nocturnal wildlife wonders at Virtual Dark Skies Festival
Dalby Forest North York Moors Dark Skies cSteve Bell

This year’s Dark Skies Festival is going virtual to help you explore space, nocturnal wildlife and the night sky…

What are you looking for today?

  • Alternative Sport
  • Art
  • Cabaret and Circus
  • Cinema
  • Classes, Workshops & Talks
  • Club Night
  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Exhibitions and Installations
  • Fairs and Markets
  • Festival
  • Food & Drink
  • Heritage and History
  • Interview
  • Literature
  • Museum
  • Music
  • Nature and Outdoors
  • Review
  • Science and Technology
  • Theatre
  • Walks and Tours

Sign up to our Newsletter

Copyright © 2021 · Contrary Life