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Since 1983, The Leeds Waits have performed at many events and historic venues.
We are sorry to announce that our future 2020 performances below are cancelled until further notice due to the Corona virus pandemic and the latest Government guidelines.
| 15 February | Music for Newcastle's Regiment (SK) Feast, Chapeltown, Sheffield |
| 27 June | White Rose Baroque Ball, Clayhouse, Greetland |
| 3 July | "The Shepherd Lord", Sociable History Club, City Museum, Leeds, 10.30-11.30 |
| 26 July | "The Shepherd Lord",Ouakwell Hall, Batley, 2.00-3.30 |
| 1-2 August | Music for The Queen's Regiment, Skipton Castle, daytime |
| 30 August | "Lord Darnley", Oakwell Hall, Batley, 2.00-3.30 |
| 27 September | "Lady Anne Clifford", Oakwell Hall, Batley, 2.00-3.30 |
| 6 November | Music for medieval wedding, Leeds |
| 14 November | "Waits and Christmas music", Bradford, 2.00-3.00 |
In 2019 we gave the following performances
| 8 February | "The King of Scotland born in Leeds", The Sociable History Club, City Museum, Leeds |
| 14 April | Performance at NEEMF Playing Day, Temple Newsam, Leeds |
| 28 April | Music for the Queen's Regiment at Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Lichfield |
| 6 May | May Day music and dance, Oakwell Hall, Batley |
| 26 May | Music for local history fair, Retford market square |
| 23 June | "The Private Life of King Henry vii", Wakefield Chantry Chapel |
| 29 June | Music for the White Rose 17th Century Ball, Clayhouse, Greetland, Halifax |
| 30 June | "The Private Life of King Henry vii", International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds |
| 4 July | Strolling minstrels for the IMC Medieval Fair, University of Leeds |
| 7 July | Music for the White Rose 17th Century dance display, Temple Newsam, Leeds |
| 13-14 July | Music for the Queen's Regiment, Bolsover Castle |
| 31 July | Music for the Abbey's 950th anniversary History Day, Selby |
| 3-4 August | Music for the Civil War "Green Auxiliaries", Skipton Castle |
| 24 August | "Rotherham and the Civil War", Rotherham Bridge Chapel |
| 15 September | Music for 6th Virginia Regiment, Oakwell Hall, Batley |
| 21-22 September | Music for the Landmark Trust, Calverley Old Hall, Calverley, Leeds |
| 5-6 October | Music for the Batts in Virginia, Oakwell Hall, Batley |
| 12 October | "The Cliffords of Skipton", Amnesty Concert, Quaker Meeting House, Rawdon, Leeds |
| 15 October | "The Private Life of King Henry vii", Horsforth Historical Society, Leeds |
| 30 October | "The Tragic Life of Lord Darnley", Dewsbury U3A, Mirfield |
| 30 November | Music for the Christmas craft fair, Oakwell Hall, Batley |
| 5 December | Christmas music, Oakwell Hall, Batley |
| 7 December | Christmas music, Temple Newsam, Leeds |
| 8 December | "A Seventeenth Century Christmas", Pontefract Castle |
| 11 December | "Borough Waits", Wakefield Historical Society, Town Hall, Wakefield |
| 13 December | "A Seventeenth Century Christmas", The Sociable History Club, City Museum, Leeds |
| 15 December | "A Seventeenth Century Christmas", Oakwell Hall, Batley |
| 19 December | Guests in St. Austin's Choir Christmas concert, Chantry Chapel, Wakefield |
| 21 December | 18th century Christmas music, Temple Newsam, Leeds |
| 29 December | With the Frei Compagnie for Battle of Wakefield anniversary, Sandal Castle, Wakefield |
If you can't get to any of our public performances, there is a listing of performances by other groups of waits around the country and abroad here.