The 2024 Leeds trades council (Leeds TUC) sing-along is being held 7pm – 10pm, Saturday 16 November at The Holbeck.

Please do come and join in if you can. It’s about socialising and passing on shared struggle and shared history through songs.

It’s a social event not a serious singing event. The songs will be sung by someone who knows it (some regular musicians, some just trade union members who fancy leading a song) and you will all get a song book so you can join in with the choruses.

There will be songs about trade unions, socialism, equality and liberation. Some old songs, some newer ones. This year, some songs about the 1984 miner’s strike (40 years ago).

Please come to the sing-along. You can buy tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-tuc-singalong-miners-strike-40th-anniversary-tickets-930319961047

More information

There’s a Facebook event if you like to be reminded that way https://www.facebook.com/events/3756761431201891

The Holbeck (or The Holbeck Working Men’s Club) address is Jenkinson Lawn, Holbeck, Leeds LS11 9QX

It is thought to be the oldest surviving working men’s social club (1877). (The club ceased to be men-only many decades ago.)

The event is in a room with a bar serving alcohol.

The Holbeck has a ramped entrance and a stairlift to the upstairs performance space. There is a small car park with some accessible spaces, and a wheelchair accessible toilet on the ground floor. Public transport is not great and I would recommend arranging lifts or taxis for the end of the event.

The event is in a wide function room with chairs grouped around small tables. There is a small stage with steps to it. People leading songs will do so either from the stage or the floor in front of the stage, either standing or sitting, with microphones and a PA system.

The venue has a basic air conditioning system and windows only open a small amount at one side of the wide room, and we don’t have airflow data for the room.

You should not attend any communal singing event if you have covid 19 symptoms, cold or flu symptoms, or have any reason to think you may have such a virus.

This page was last updated on 9 November 2024