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Music in Leicester Home Page

You will find a wide range of musical tastes and genres in Leicestershire. Use the guide below to find the type of music that suits your taste.

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

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Rock & folk Jazz & Blues Classical Singers & karaoke Acoustic & open-mic

or browse by type of event

General articles | Music festivals | Shows listings | How to get your band listed

Bands wanted to play gig dates | Vacancies for musicians | Music services

weekend warriors at work

Never to old to rock! Find out what happens when the Weekend Warriors pick up their instruments.

Live music in Leicester

Leicester's live music scene - we have updated our feature on live music

A new series of band nights has startied at the Mandarin Lounge in Charles Street

Why Leicester struggles to attract good bands?

Why is Leicester always left off the tours of big bands? (Leicester Mercury)

Call for new live music venue in Leicester (Artsin editorial)

Leicester's rock music scene

Our guide to live music in Leicester

Our blog article on live music now

Our daily guide to rock gigs

Our guide to rock bands

Leicester Covers bands for hire

Our Gig Notes column

Our backstage column

We provide a list of all Leicester music venues

What to do after the gig? Night clubs for rock fans

Reviews

Gig reviews current | Gig reviews Jan to May 2009 | Gig reviews 2008 | Gig reviews 2007

Gig notes

Discovering out of town bands

Record reviews - new CDs, singles and EPs

Reviews of New Tracks

Bands

What makes a good band? Blog article

Leicester bands A to M

Leicester bands N to Z

New bands - when we find a new band we list them on this page.

Band notes

Photos

Rock Bands photogallery

More photos

Videos

New videos of bands playing live

Festivals and competitions

Leicester festivals at which rock bands played

The Surface Unsigned festival

See our page on the Glastonbudget festival

Summer Sundae festival 2008

Summer Sundae festival 2009

Our coverage of the Big Session Festival in May.

The Original Bands Showcase (OBS)

The Pavilion Battle of the Bands

The Empire Band of the Land competition

The Silver Bullet/Pavilion Battle of the bands 2008

Our feature article on competitions

Top bands

Find out which one is Band of the Month

Best songs of 2008

Get a gig

If your band is from out of town find out how to get a gig in Leicester

Bands wanted for gigs

Old stuff

Archive of past gigs listings

Folk

Go to our world music page

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Jazz and blues

Jazz is making a come-back and no less so than in Leicester.

Go to our jazz section

Read our interview with Jazz Musician Henry Lowther

Jazz and blues gig dates

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Classical music

From full-scale concerts through to chamber performances, there is always something for you to go to.

Go to our classical music section

Concerts are listed on our general events list

Check concerts at the De Montfort Hall

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Karaoke, open-mics nights and popular music

Karaoke nights provide slots for anyone who wants to turn up and sing to a Karaoke machine.

See our page on open mic nights are for singers who also play instruments.

See our page on solo singers in Leicester - artists, reviews and singer of the month.

Check the listings for dates when solo artists are performing.

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Acoustic

Check the results of the competition for singers and acoustic artists

See our listings for acoustic shows, jazz, song shows and other events in Leicester and Leicestershire.

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General articles

See our page on music services in Leicester

Music issues are often covered in our editorial page

See also our Dance page

Find out how to hire a band for your party

Our article on promoting live music in Leicester

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Ethnic interest

For details of African and Caribbean music and arts see The Leicester African Caribbean Arts Forum (LACAF) web site.

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