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Date

 

August 2008

Venue Links

 

Thursday 21st August

ROCK AT THE SHED

Celebrate your results with

Razmataz - one of Leicester's finest young bands with support from

+ Common Side Effects

+ The Averages

The Shed, Yeoman Street, Leicester, LE1 1UT

4 p.m.

£5 on the door

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Friday 22nd August

METAL NIGHT AT THE SHED

Insidious / Blood Divided / Sanctorum / Ancient Ascendant

The Shed, Yeoman Street, Leicester, LE1 1UT

7.p.m.

£5 on the door

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Saturday 23rd August

PUNK AT THE SHED

Dirty Revolution / Genocide

The Shed, Yeoman Street, Leicester, LE1 1UT

7.p.m.

£5 on the door

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Saturday 23rd August

BANDS AT THE PAVILION

SKYLIGHT (Leicester)

skylight band leicester

 

+ SOULSMITH (Swindon)

soulsmith band

Soulsmith - quality rock band from Swindon with a powerful and exhilarating performance

+ Zircon + Come Back Grayer

 

The Pavilion Venue, Victoria Park, London Road, Leicester, LE1 7RY

Convenient for student halls and Clarendon Park

FREE ENTRY

DRINKS OFFERS

Hot meals and snacks available at the venue

Great for chips and beer!

5 minutes walk from the loaded dog!

FREE CAR PARKING AT THE VENUE

Pavilion logo

Pavilion Venue

Map showing the location of the Pavilion

Find out more about The Pavilion Venue

Tel: 0116 255 1027

 

Sunday 24th August

ENDERBY

Charity Live Music Day

The Nags Head pub Enderby

in aid of the Rainbows Children's Hospice

A day of popular music from the 70s and 80s

Featuring

The Upbeatles

The Veneers

Groove Religion

The Nags Head, 41 Cross Street, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 4NJ

The Nags Head Pub

Doors open Midday, first band 12.30 until 6.30 pm

 
Sunday 24th August

GLASTONBUDGET AT THE SHED

Preview gig for the 2009 GlastonBudget Festival

Bands playing tonight to be selected to go forward to the GlastonBudget Showcase 31st August

Soulsmith (Swindon)

Zero Star (London)

Both these bands have played Leicester before to much acclaim. Quality bands playing top quality music.

The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE 1 1UT

doors from 7 p.m.

£5 on door

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Glastonbudget Festival

Our Glastonbudget info page

Sunday 24th August

CHARITY FESTIVAL

In order of appearance

Gypsy Arthur (Leicester)

Dave Letts (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/daveletts

Andy Whittle (Nottingham) - www.myspace.com/andywhittle

Jake Manning (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/thisisjakemanning

Andy Griffiths (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/andygriffiths

Fingertrap (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/fingertrapuk

SugarSnatch (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/sugarsnatch1

Paper Planes (Nottingham/Leicester) - www.myspace.com/papertheplanes

Actionforce (Leicester/London/Cambridge) - www.myspace.com/actionforce

Morph (Plymouth) - www.myspace.com/morphrock


Tracy Lee Collins (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/tracyleecollinstalent


Ictus (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/ictusband1


Razmataz (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/razmataz07


Fall Of Jupiter (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/fallofjupiter


The Kinells (Leicester) - www.myspace.com/thekinells


Charity Festival 24th August

Special guest appearance by Britain's Got Talent Semifinalist Tracy Lee Collins

The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester, LE1 2DE

FREE ENTRY

Donation bucket on door

Doors open at 12 noon, show finishes at Midnight

 

 

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Sunday 24th August

THE SCREENING

Afternoon all ages show

+ at 7 p.m. RAZMATAZ

The Charlotte, 8 Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XZ

FREE ENTRY

3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

ALL AGES (under 14s with an adult)

The Charlotte
Thursday 28th August

AIKON

Aikon Band

Party night

with The Utopians

The Utopians Band

The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE 1 1UT

doors from 7 p.m.

£5 on door

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Thursday 28th August

Psychedelic Rock Night

with Shapeshifter

Come see some of Leicester's most phenomenal alternative music. More than just a gig, come judge for yourself! BlackCarrot, Shapeshifter and Echolocation will blow your minds.

The Musician, Clyde Street, Leicester

Doors Open at 8 p.m.

£3

 
Friday 29th August

TASTE THE CHASE - NEW EP RELEASE SHOW

Taste the Chase band

+ Capture the Flag + Kids Can't Fly + Glitch + Detached.

The Charlotte, 8 Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XZ

7.30 p.m.

14+ show

£4 with flyer from bands

£5 on the door

The Charlotte

Taste The Chase

Saturday 30th August

MARTYR DE MONA

Martyr De Mona

One of the finest heavy rock bands in the Midlands. They played one storming set at the Shed and now they are back with a set of new songs.

If you appreciate the best heavy rock the Midlands can provide, this band is unmissible.

Read our review of their last appearance at the Shed

The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE 1 1UT

doors from 7 p.m.

£5 on door

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Saturday 30th August

DOWNSTAIRS AT THE SHED

ELETRONICA NIGHT

A line up of top class electronica sounds put on a unique night of sets including

Sleepiehead (Melton)

Rubixlight (Leicester)

Moral Edge (Leicester)

+ guests t.b.c.

 

The Lower Bar, The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE 1 1UT

doors from 7 p.m.

£4 with flyer from bands £5 on door

 

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Saturday 30th August

BANDS AT THE PAVILION

Urchin Child (Doncaster)

"Urchin Child area vibrant rock band, unconventional blues infused rock 'n' rollers, their music is youthful and energetic... crowd pleasing to the eye and the ear"

Assembly Point 3 (York)

Point 3 who have recently shared the stage with The Hoosiers, Gallows and Amy Macdonald.

+ Fall Of Jupiter (Leicester)

One of Leicester's best rising rock bands; strong songs and a massive stage show.

+ Consortium (Grantham)

Young indie band with some good dance songs

+ The Whiskey Syndicate (Classic rock/metal band from Wales)

+ The Martyrs (Leicester)

The Pavilion Venue, Victoria Park, London Road, Leicester, LE1 7RY

Convenient for student halls and Clarendon Park

FREE ENTRY

DRINKS OFFERS

Hot meals and snacks available at the venue

Great for chips and beer!

5 minutes walk from the loaded dog!

FREE CAR PARKING AT THE VENUE

Pavilion logo

Pavilion Venue

Map showing the location of the Pavilion

Find out more about The Pavilion Venue

Tel: 0116 255 1027

 

Sunday 31st August

THE CHAIRMEN PLAY IN BIRMINGHAM

Jonny from the Chairmen

Leicester band the Chairmen play a really important gig in Birmingham, when they join the lineup for The Midlands Regional Showcase of The Surface Unsigned Festival 2008

If you can get to Birmingham, please go to the gig and support your top local band, for the chance to play at The Surface Unsigned National Showcase on the 13th September,
2008 at the Birmingham Academy 1 in front of an industry committee.

The Rainbow Warehouse (Main Room), Adderley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4EE.

14+

Doors open 11.30 am

The Chairmen are playing the in the 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. slot

Food available throughout the day, fully stocked bar, chill out on the only beach in Birmingham City while watching the 14 best unsigned bands from the Midlands!

surface unsigned festival
Sunday 31st August

GLASTONBUDGET AT THE SHED

THE SHOWCASE

Bands playing tonight to be selected to go forward to the GlastonBudget Festival 2009

Paper Planes (Indie band from Nottingham)

Paper Planes

Royal Welcome (Progressive, Leicester)

Icelandic Traffic Badgers (Wolverhampton)

Slaine (Leicester)

Skylight (Leicester)

Bukatchi Boss (Leicester)

The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE 1 1UT

doors from 7 p.m.

£5 on door

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

Glastonbudget Festival

Our Glastonbudget info page

Date

 

September 2008

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Monday 1st September

CITY ACOUSTIC CLUB

Musician Open Stage

  • FREE open mic session every Monday
  • Electric and Acoustic
  • BANDS welcome (drums and backline provided)

At least 4 acts from the open stage nights will be selected to play SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL 2009

The Musician Pub

   
Friday 5th September

RADIO COLLECTIVE PLAY SOPHBECK

The Radio Collective

Sophbeck Sessions (formerly Nomad), King Street, Leicester

22:00 apparently

wow - how did they pull that one off?

 
Saturday 6th September

BAND PARTY AT THE PAVILION

THE RETURN (Birmingham)

You loved them last time they were here and now the boys from Brum are back

The Return band from Birmingham

+ Neon Sarcastic (Leicester)

It's time to party with one of Leicester's most exciting young indie bands

Neon Sarcastic

+ Pluto (Stoney Stanton)

Ace musicians from Stanton, with rock on tap

+ The Steptoos (Leicester)

Indie band with a set of really catchy indie songs - mint!!

Sticks and Stones

Indie funk band from Leicester

The Pavilion Venue, Victoria Park, London Road, Leicester, LE1 7RY

Convenient for student halls and Clarendon Park

FREE ENTRY

8 p.m.

DRINKS OFFERS

Hot meals and snacks available at the venue

Great for chips and beer!

5 minutes walk from the loaded dog!

FREE CAR PARKING AT THE VENUE

Pavilion logo

Pavilion Venue

Map showing the location of the Pavilion

Find out more about The Pavilion Venue

Tel: 0116 255 1027

 

Saturday 6th September

KYTE

kyte band leicester

One of Leicester's most amazing bands play Sumo

Read our review of Kyte's performance at the De Montfort Hall

Sumo, Braunstone Gate, Leicester

 

sumo bar leicester
Monday 8th September

CITY ACOUSTIC CLUB

Musician Open Stage

  • FREE open mic session every Monday
  • Electric and Acoustic
  • BANDS welcome (drums and backline provided)

At least 4 acts from the open stage nights will be selected to play SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL 2009

The Musician Pub

   
Wednesday 10th September

Spear of Destiny

Former vocalist/guitarist with Theatre Of Hate, Kirk Brandon formed the first S.O.D line up in 1983. Throughout the 80s, their albums went top 20 and led to them supporting U2. S.O.D are now back with some new material recalling the dark and high powered rock which made them so good in the first place.

The Charlotte, 8 Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XZ

8 p.m.

 

 
Thursday 11th September

BAD MANNERS

The famous Ska band returns; we saw them at Glastonbudget 2008

The Charlotte, 8 Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XZ

8 p.m.

£12.50 (18+)

 
Friday 12th September

LEICESTER'S BEST INDIE BANDS ALL AT ONE GIG - AWESOME!

The Chairmen

the chairmen band leicester

The Heroes

The Heroes band leicester

The Codes

The Codes band Leicester

Autohype

autohype band

The Charlotte, 8 Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XZ

£4 with flyer (contact the bands)

8 p.m.

 

 

 
Saturday 13th September

BANDS AT THE PAVILION

AIKON

One of Leicester's best party bands; as its free entry, it going to be one large show! Aikon played a storming headline set on the main new bands stage at this year's Glastonbudget festival.

Aikon rock band

+ The Screamin Eagles (Leicester)

+ Duke Lynton (Leicester)

 

The Pavilion Venue, Victoria Park, London Road, Leicester, LE1 7RY

Convenient for student halls and Clarendon Park

FREE ENTRY

8 p.m.

DRINKS OFFERS

Hot meals and snacks available at the venue

Great for chips and beer!

5 minutes walk from the loaded dog!

FREE CAR PARKING AT THE VENUE

Pavilion logo

Pavilion Venue

Map showing the location of the Pavilion

Find out more about The Pavilion Venue

Tel: 0116 255 1027

 

Saturday 13th September

SEX PISTOLS

Pistols Knees Up Night

The Shed, Yeoman Street, Leicester, LE1 1UT

8 p.m.

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

101 Promotions

 

Monday 15th September

CITY ACOUSTIC CLUB

Musician Open Stage

  • FREE open mic session every Monday
  • Electric and Acoustic
  • BANDS welcome (drums and backline provided)

At least 4 acts from the open stage nights will be selected to play SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL 2009

The Musician Pub

   
Saturday 20th September

BANDS AT THE PAVILION

Abduction of Margaret band

Abduction of Margaret (Newcastle)

+ Hotel Zulu (Nuneaton)

+ Toxin (Leicester)

 

The Pavilion Venue, Victoria Park, London Road, Leicester, LE1 7RY

Convenient for student halls and Clarendon Park

FREE ENTRY

8 p.m.

DRINKS OFFERS

Hot meals and snacks available at the venue

Great for chips and beer!

5 minutes walk from the loaded dog!

FREE CAR PARKING AT THE VENUE

Pavilion logo

Pavilion Venue

Map showing the location of the Pavilion

Find out more about The Pavilion Venue

Tel: 0116 255 1027

 

Monday 22nd September

CITY ACOUSTIC CLUB

Musician Open Stage

  • FREE open mic session every Monday
  • Electric and Acoustic
  • BANDS welcome (drums and backline provided)

At least 4 acts from the open stage nights will be selected to play SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL 2009

The Musician Pub

   
Saturday 27th September

Gritter opening party

Griiter electro tech
gritter opening party

Minimal Electro Tech with resident DJs Rio & Rogan and Hype on Hype

Sumo, Braunstone Gate, Leicester

9 pm to 2 am

FREE ENTRY

Sumo

Gritter Myspace

Saturday 27th September

BANDS AT THE PAVILION

Drag Queen Bingo (Nuneaton)

+ The Lowreys (Leicester)

+ White Water (Norwich)

+ The Penny Hangers (Leicester)

 

The Pavilion Venue, Victoria Park, London Road, Leicester, LE1 7RY

Convenient for student halls and Clarendon Park

FREE ENTRY

8 p.m.

DRINKS OFFERS

Hot meals and snacks available at the venue

Great for chips and beer!

5 minutes walk from the loaded dog!

FREE CAR PARKING AT THE VENUE

Pavilion logo

Pavilion Venue

Map showing the location of the Pavilion

Find out more about The Pavilion Venue

Tel: 0116 255 1027

 

Monday 29th September

CITY ACOUSTIC CLUB

Musician Open Stage

  • FREE open mic session every Monday
  • Electric and Acoustic
  • BANDS welcome (drums and backline provided)

At least 4 acts from the open stage nights will be selected to play SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL 2009

The Musician Pub

   

Date

October 2008

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Thursday 9th October

THE FUTUREHEADS

+ The Utopians (Leicester)

The Venue, Leicester University Students Union, LE1 7RH  
Saturday 11th October

THE SCREENING

The Screening

+ Fazed + Kalena + The Heroes + guests (tba)

The Charlotte, 8 Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XZ

Tickets are £4 advance and £5 entry on the door. ( Tickets available from Rockaboom & www.thecharlotte.co.uk )

This is a 14+ show

The Charlotte
16th October 13th Hour - Nottingham

The Shed, Yeoman Street, Leicester, LE1 1UT

8 p.m.

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

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Date

 

November 2008

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Saturday 1st November

VICE SQUAD

+ Beki Bondage & co

The Shed, Yeoman Street, Leicester, LE1 1UT

8 p.m.

shed venue leicester

The Shed web site

Shed MySpace

101 Promotions

 

Monday 3rd November HOT CHIP

The Venue, Leicester University Students Union, LE1 7RH

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