Compass Festival 2026

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.

Leeds’ bold biennial of live art returns for its eighth edition, celebrating 15 years of creative encounters across the city. Eight projects will activate spaces around Leeds that invite, that involve, that interact: throughout November, Leeds’ culturally curious can experience work from some of the most thought-provoking, human-focused artists active today.

From major installations to one-to-one encounters, from trade markets to gallery halls, the eight works in this year’s festival hope to connect audiences to new ideas, new people, and new ways of thinking about their city.