Leicester has more live bands per head of population and more live music gigs per average week, then most other cities of comparable size.

Latest news

New column on live music.

So much is happening in Leicester, on the rock music scene, that the Artsin Editor has started a new column to keep up with it all. Trevor Locke explains "I needed somewhere where I could 'blog' about my experiences of following bands and music in Leicester.

"News items get posted on our page News about Bands but there will still be a need to handle material not newsy in nature but deserving comment and narrative." So in 2011, we started the:

Leicester live column.

News about bands from Leicester/shire

Our news page gives short news items about the bands and acts of Leicester city and Leicestershire county. Updated frequently so well worth adding to your browser's bookmarks.

News about bands in Leicester.

Urban is next most popular genre

Hip-hop, Dubstep, RnB and other flavours of Urban Music are the next most poular thing after rock music. Several artists in this genre are making at at national level and new recordings are coming out almost on a daily basis.

Leicester's Urban Music Scene.

Other pages you might like

The Home Page for the current Bands Section

For articles about live music, bands and artists, see the Artsin Blog