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Leicester Rock Clubs
Mosh
Indie night club popular with students and the rock going fraternity
The Fan Club
Now much extended, the Fan Club hosted a number of popular rock nights. Thursdays is 60s night with retro sounds of the Beatles and Motown. Friday night is 70s, 80s and 90s pop and disco sounds. Saturday is indie and dance night.
Increased growth in live
music in Leicester
More and more venues
are opening up to play live bands. A new
series of live rock shows is starting up
at Maddisons in Humberstone Gate.
Bands are sometimes playing at
Leicester Square in Belgrave Gate as well
as indie rock being played by DJs.
Leicester venues general
New live music venue
Situated on the edge of Victoria Park, the Pavilion has undergone a transformation, under its new management. Recently taken over, the Victoria Park Cafe still serves food and drinks for the visitors to the Park. At night it transforms into a live music venue, featuring bands and acoustic artists.
Find out more about the Pavlion Venue
Performing Arts Centre CURVE
Part of the transformation of Leicester's City
centre that is currently underway, is the building of the new Performing
Arts Centre. Work has already started on the site in Rutland Street.
Although the centre will probably not open to the
public before 2008, this is already creating considerable excitement.
The new building has been designed by internationally renowned architect Rafael
Vinoly.
Two auditoria situated either side of the stage
area will accommodate audiences of 350 to 750 people.
The stage has been placed in the centre of the building at street level. People
will be able to look in from outside the building to see sets being built and
other backstage activities.
The Centre is the key project in the regeneration
of the Leicester Cultural Quarter. Read more about this
First Multiplex Cinema for City
Part of the new developments of the Shires Shopping
Centre will be the addition of the city centre's first multiplex
cinema.
Read more about this
Peepul Centre
The new community and
arts centre in Belgrave - the Peepul
Centre, is now open.
It offers a distinctive mix of cultural,
educational and leisure facilities.
The Centre will is
packed with community support services, eating
and meeting places, health and fitness
facilities, leisure
and learning facilities and lots,
lots more. It represents
a truly national class project.
Visit
the Peepul web site |