This Sunday celebrates all kinds of father-like figures and whether you're taking your grandpa out for lunch, treating your stepdad to a pint or you're a dad to be, everyone that wants to celebrate Father's Day with their loved ones deserves to find a special place to toast to their parental figure.
Leeds is always full of exciting places to visit at the weekend, but here's ten different ways you could celebrate with free entry, set menus and trips out of the city to get you started...
Fourth Floor Brasserie 'Dine with Dad' menu
Inside Harvey Nichols, Briggate, Leeds city centre
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The offer: Three courses and a Filey Bay whiskey cocktail and complimentary gift courtesy of Parfums de Marley fragrance
Cost: £35 per person
T&Cs: Served exclusively on Sunday 18 June from 12pm
Find out more here.
Elland Road tour and dinner
Inside Leeds United Football Stadium, Elland Road
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The offer: Two course Sunday lunch and mini tour of Elland Road stadium
Cost: £29.95 for adults, children aged 3-12 £14 and under 3's go free
T&Cs: Must be booked in advance, running on Sunday 18 June only
Find out more here.
Free trip to the zoo for 'daddy bears' in Yorkshire
At Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Hurst Lane, Doncaster DN9 3QY
The offer: Award winning comedian, actor and writer Jack Whitehall has said that this will be his most “personal” tour to date for two nights in Leeds this weekend - and tickets are discounted for a limited time.
Cost: £25 each exclusively through Ticketmaster
T&Cs: Friday 16 and Saturday 17 June only, full terms on Ticketmaster
Bespoke Father's Day meal from Simon Jewitt and Nyetimber
Inside Crafthouse, Trinity Shopping Centre, Leeds
The offer: Exclusive Father's Day meal with dishes including chicken and ham hock terrine, pork saltimbocca and cod schnitzel
Cost: £40 per person
T&Cs: Served only on Sunday 18 June, 2pm-4:45pm, book in advance
The offer: Sundays are off-peak times at Roxy Ball Rooms, so you can choose from ping pong, beer pong, shuffleboard, bowling, ice-free curling and more – all available with up to 20% off on Sundays.
The offer: No special offers here, but the chance to see legendary Pete Tong is available on Father's Day itself. The DJ will be taking to the decks once more to bring a taste of Ibiza to Leeds.
Cost: Tickets are still available via See Tickets, priced at £51.75 each and available here
T&Cs: See See Tickets for the full details
Sunday Roast with Peroni and fizz
Inside The Roundhay Fox, Roundhay
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The offer: The Roundhay Fox says "And because being the centre of attention is thirsty work, we’ll also pour one of his favourite drinks: A chilled pint of Peroni or Peroni Alcohol Free, or a glass of celebratory fizz. Only the best on his big day."
Cost: £25.95 for the three course set menu
T&Cs: Served on Sunday 18 June
Forest School and Art Club
Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds LS17 9LG
The offer: There's loads of events across Father's Day weekend at Harewood House, including lawn games, a 'Harewood-inspired tacos' taco bar, Forest School and plenty of arts and crafts workshops
Cost: Prices vary from free to around £5 each
T&Cs: See the Harewood website for more details
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Mercury Prize winners English Teacher announce HUGE gig in Leeds this year
Leeds breadwinners English Teacher are embarking on a UK tour with a date set for their hometown.
It has been quite a whirlwind experience for this four-piece Leeds based band recently and now they’re taking their hits on the road to play across the UK.
In September last year, they bagged the Mercury Prize for their landmark debut album ‘This Could Be Texas’, beating the likes of ‘Brat’ by Charli XCX and ‘early twenties’ by Cat Burns.
They kicked off 2025 with a bang too getting a spot on BBC Radio 1’s Sounds of 2025 list ranking at number 5 and performing a rendition of their track ‘Nearly Daffodils’.
The indie rockers have also managed to use their northern charm enough to bag a support act slot for Franz Ferdinand joining them for a one off gig in Glasgow this August.
And finally, the band are nominated for ‘Best Newcomers’ at the BRIT Awards 2025, they’re quite literally making history.
Now English Teacher have made their impact on music critics, they’re set to impress an even tougher crowd, the UK public, who have already grown fond of them.
This won’t be their first time educating a Leeds audience either as the band were billed on the Live at Leeds 2021 lineup with a slot at Brudenell Social Club.
English Teacher’s 2025 UK tour sees them travelling all around the country with stops at Nottingham, London, Newcastle and obviously Leeds.
Set to play songs from their ubiquitous LP, expect to hear favourites such as ‘R&B’, ‘This Could Be Texas’ and of course ‘The World’s Biggest Paving Slab’.
If the Leeds date isn’t you still have another chance to catch them as they’re playing just over the hill in Manchester two days earlier.
English Teacher are coming to O2 Academy in Leeds on 22 November with pre-sale tickets live on 26 February and general on sale 28 February both at 10am HERE.
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Sam Fender to play massive outdoor gig in Manchester this summer
Emily Sergeant
Sam Fender is set to play a massive outdoor gig at Wythenshawe Park this summer following the release of his next album.
The North Shields singer-songwriter has undeniably made a name for himself since bursting into the mainstream back in 2019 with the success of his debut album , followed the even more-successful release of his second, and so-called ‘coming of age’ record, Seventeen Going Under, in 2021, as well as several memorable festival headline slots and appearances, and arena and stadium shows.
Only recently, Fender blew the roof off Leeds' First Direct Arena, playing to thousands of adoring fans and cementing his place as one of the greatest live acts of the moment.
But now, with his forthcoming third studio album, People Watching, merely days away from release on 21 February, it’s been announced that he’ll headline Wythenshawe Park this summer.
Sam Fender 02 Academy Leeds;UK 28th November 2019Sam Fender will be playing a massive outdoor gig at Wythenshawe Park this summer / Credit: Wikimedia Commons | Live From Wythenshawe Park (via Facebook)
The 30-year-old indie rocker and his band will take to the stage at what is one of Manchester's most increasingly-popular outdoor venues in August.
Fender fans will get to sing along to the band’s most well-known hits, from title tracks ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ and ‘Seventeen Going Under’, to everything in between, as well as here the tracks from the upcoming People Watching album – which is being billed as “a collection of colourful stories and observations of everyday characters living their everyday, but often extraordinary, lives”.
Sam is currently gearing up for a sold-out tour of Europe in March, ahead of a US tour in the spring, and then a trio of sold-out shows at his boyhood football club’s stadium, Newcastle’s St James’ Park, as well as his biggest headline show to date at the London Stadium.
Support at Wythenshawe Park will come from acclaimed neo soul singer, Olivia Dean – with further supports to be announced soon, so keep your eyes peeled.
Sam Fender will play Wythenshawe Park on Saturday 16 August 2025.
Keen to get yourself some tickets then? Fans are advised to register or pre-order the album for the opportunity to get their hands on pre-sale tickets, with the registration period for this open now until Monday 17 February at 10am.
The pre-sale itself starts on Tuesday 18 February at 11am and concludes the following day on (Wednesday 19 February) at 10am.
All remaining tickets will then go on general sale on Friday 21 February at 10am, the same as the album release date.
Sophie Smith -
13th June 2023 
