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Arts and entertainment in Leicester and Leicestershire

The leading web site for finding out about what's on in the arts, music and entertainment in Leicester and Leicestershire. This is the best directory of live music, shows and gigs in Leicester

Leicester shows and music guide

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What's coming up in 2009? Our new page on next year's Arts

Keep up to date with music events. Go to shows and entertainment in Leicester - our general listing of music events.

rock guide

Live Bands

This month's featured band is The Heroes

Music in Leicestershire

karoke | acoustic and open mic | jazz and blues

Leicester's festivals

Bredfruit band

We have started a new page, listing singers, soloists and acoustic artists in Leicester/shire.

Theatre, photography and concerts

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Promoting music in Leicester

See our new page about promoting live music in Leicester and Leicestershire.

Shows and entertainment

See our shows listing

News about Arts in Leicester

Freefall Felix play another "last ever gig" and front man Charlie announces he is leaving the band.

New theatre to open soon

Leicester's new theatre CURVE opens its doors to the public in December. For details of the first show see our events listing

Project Notion wins Competition Prize

Project Notion band Leicester band Project Notion won the Supersonic 08 Battle of the Bands competition which was held at Glebe Garden Centre, Countesthorpe on Sunday 17th August.

Eleven bands from around the County took part and Project Notion took first prize, from amongst lots of prizes, including £600 worth of studio time and £400 cash. The band also performed at the recent Summer Sundae festival.

Project Notion

Singers Competition Grand Final

Steve Faulkner (left) receives his prize from the Owner of the Pavilion Venue. Steve, from Hinckley, was the overall winner of the Silver Bullet/Pavilion Acoustics competition 2008

Find out about the finals of the competition to find Leicester's best singers and acoustic artists

Summer Sundae

Read our coverage of the Leicester bands that played and our feature the festival as a whole.

Recognition for local bands

The Utopians get signed - find out

Leicester's winning bands get more publicity. This time THE MILE and THE CHAIRMEN hit the leadlines.

Editorial comment (new!)

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The Displacements came home and played at Sumo

Tame The Season wins song award

Your Guide to Arts in Leicestershire

See our listing of Leicester Rock Bands

Gigs - day by day

Rock clubs and venues

Gig reviews

Glastonbudget Festival 2009

Open mic and acoustic nights flourishing

Singers are heading down to the increasing number of open mic nights around Leicester.

Cultural diversity and black and minority ethnic arts focus

For African and Caribbean arts see the LACAF web site.

For broader information about support for black and Chinese arts and cultural activities, see the Mainstream web site.

Asian (Indian) arts are included in the Asian Community website.

Music in Leicestershire

We have a variety of pages that will bring you the latest news and information about all kinds of music in Leicestershire.

Just click on Music on the Main Menu to go to our music home page and there you will find links for classical, jazz, blue, singers and rock music.

We cover many types of shows: rock gigs, open mic, karaoke, pubs and bars, festivals and some of the bigger concerts for both the city and the county.

New competition for singers and acoustic artists

See our listings for Acoustic Shows, Jazz, Song shows and other events in Leicester and Leicestershire.

Theatres and drama

Find out what's happening at Leicester's new theatre now called Curve

Comedy

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Find out What's On at the Y

Music and Comedy

Leicester Arts News

A new approach for our arts and music news page

See our new page on Leicester Festivals

Youth Arts

Youth Arts Leicestershire provides participatory performing arts activities for young people aged 5 to 25.

Students from Shepshed's Hind Leys College will be showing us the world through "Nature's Lens" at the Pixel and Grain Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall from now until August.

Find out more

Visual Arts in Leicester

Check out our page about painters and photographers

New and revised pages

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Leicester's writers, poets, playwrights

Singers, soloists and acoustic artists

Music and arts news

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General arts and music shows

Acoustics, jazz, blues and open mic night concerts

Arts promotion in Leicester

News about venues in Leicester.

Leicester painters and art photographers are featured in our page on the visual arts.

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