World Unite Festival
Let's get together as a global community
The World Unite Festival (WU Fest) celebrates the diversity of Leeds. To capture the breadth of cultures in Leeds, the festival offers a great selection of activities, including singing, dancing, language exchanges, workshops, food, academic presentations and discussions. Each event encourages you to consider differing perspectives on a variety of topics relevant to internationalisation.
This year, we will be celebrating WU Fest in both Term 1 and Term 2. Our Winter WU Fest will take place from the 27 November to 1 December.
Some key events in the WU Fest diary are:
- Show of Unity
- International karaoke night
- Latin American music night
- WU Fruity with a K-pop room
- Themed menus in our cafes and food vendors
Events
Recipe Exchange | Monday 27 November, 10am – Friday 1 Dec, 5:00pm
Monday 27 November
Global Fair | 10:30am – 4:00pm
Let’s Chat | 4pm – 5pm
Cultural Quiz | 5:30pm – 7pm
Global Café | 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Latin American Rhythms Night | 8pm – 2am
Tuesday 28 November
Wednesday 29 November
Show of Unity | 5:30pm – 11pm
Thursday 30 November
International Tea Tasting | 1:30pm – 4pm
Speed Language Learning | 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Discover your Business Confucius Institute | 4pm – 5pm
Dance Workshop | 6pm – 8pm
Pub Quiz | 8pm – 10pm
Friday 1 December
WU Fest Fruity | 11:30pm – 4am
Get involved
Getting involved as a club or a society
Clubs and societies are invited to host Give It A Go style events and workshops, such as dance classes, language exchanges and pub quizzes. Student societies will be rewarded with up to £50 incentive funding.
Societies are also invited to perform at the Show of Unity night.
Please get in touch with eventsbystudents@leeds.ac.uk or use the form below to get involved.
The deadline for event submissions is the 29 October 2023.
Not a student society?
If you are not a member of a club or a society but have an event or a workshop which you think would fit in our programme, please get in touch. In previous years, we hosted academic talks, wellbeing classes, a city chase and film screenings.
Share your ideas with eventsbystudents@leeds.ac.uk
