Previous weekends

Friday 9th December

For our Friday Interview we met with Trevor Payne, producer of the rock show That'll be the Day which played at the De Montfort Hall on Wednesday. We asked him to tell us about the long running show and its take on Rock 'n Roll.

Sunday 11th December

We report on the play staged on Sunday in the Markets area of the city centre: Market Forces

Sunday 4th December

Crowds turn out for the Queens Road Christmas Fair

Friday 18th November

How do comedians work? We talk to Leicester's Kirsty Munro.

Friday 11th November

Graphics artist, poet, singer, musician; we explore the many talents of Niall Alexander.

Saturday 12th November

Tattoos, skateboards and rock bands: Artsin reports on a day at Leicester's SoundHouse.

Saturday 5th November

Arts feature in youth work show

Friday 28th October

We visit the Moroccan market to see the remarkable handicrafts on display.

Saturday 22nd October

The Artsin Team was in the Cultural Quarter, to bring you a full report on the Oxjam Takeover 2011.

Reviews, pictures and videos of the 100 bands and artists playing on stages right across the Cultural Quarter in the city centre are in our report on Oxjam2011.

Friday 21st October

Leicester's got singers: our report on Leicester's top vocalists and acoustic artists.

Sunday 16th October

We take to the Market to see the free festival of bands and artists who Love Music, Hate Racism.

Saturday 15th October

Blind dancers attempt world record in Orton Square and we join Dusk to Dawn for thier third birthday party

Friday 14th October

We go to see comedian Kirsty Munroe at The Crumblin' Cookie.

Friday 30th September

Join us at the SoundHouse on Friday evening for the performance by rising star singer, Emmy The Great.

Find out what live music has to offer this weekend.

Saturday 24th September

Singer John Anthony goes live in the city centre

Artsin visits the Seahorse Hullabaloo and finds some nice cakes and singers

Friday 9th September

In the Friday Interview, we talk to Leicester Film Maker George Horne about filming, starting a new business and the British Film industry. George Horne interview.

Sunday 4th September

We join rock band Axis Mundi for a rocket-fuelled performance at the SoundHouse.

Saturday 3rd September

We join the Leicester Pride festival for a great day of music on Victoria Park.

Friday 2nd September

We go to Sub91 for the launch of Midnight Wire

Friday 19th August

Photo © Miles Marr Studio 68

Of poets and brothels. We interview Leicester poet Timothy Grayson for our Friday interview.

Sunday 14th August

We meet the legendary beat poet John Cooper Clarke.

Saturday 13th August

Artsin goes to the Summer Sundae Festival and meets India's Raghu Dixit Project; an internationally celebrated folk band.

Friday 12th August

The Friday Interview

Phoenix Arts Centre was the place where we met the new Chief ExecutiveJohn Rance who gave us some exclusive insights in the workings of Phoenix Square.

Friday 5th August

Visual arts: we talk to Stella Couloutbanis, from Embrace Arts about the visual arts in Leicester.

Saturday 6th August

We report on last night's launch of the Fringe Festival

Leicester Caribbean Carnival took place on Saturday 7th August.

Sunday 31st July and we take to the riverside for some great music.

Saturday 30th July. Writer Alice Grist launched her new book.

How do rock bands form? We meet a new Leicester band to find out, on Friday 29th.

Friday 22nd July: We talk to Leicester author Kerry Young.

Saturday 23rd July: We get alongside the cast of West Side Story as they party at CurveBall.

Sunday 24th July: Comedy forms the main story today, with more on live music in the city centre.

Friday 15th July: As digital arts open up interactive genres, we look at the work of Leicester artist Sean Clark.

Saturday 16th July: Artsin went to Fabrika Arts Centre to see a display by local artists and crafts people.

Sunday 17th July: We joined a tour of the Roman Baths at the Jewry Wall Museum, to celebrate the Festival of British Archaeology. See what we found

In the second of a series of in-depth interviews with top people, we talk to Jenny Hand, the head of Leicester's leading health charity LASS.

Artsin goes to the Leicester Belgrave Mela on Sunday 10th July.

Full coverage of the GlastonBlaby Festival on Saturday 9th July.

Fiona Allan of Curve talks to Artsin on Friday 1st July.

We joined the crowds at The Braunstone Carnival to see some of the talent lined up on the main stage on Saturday 2nd July.

We meet a young rock band that is finding it's artistic feet in Leicester and spend an evening with some of the city's up and coming Hip-Hop artists on Friday 24th June

Bright new dancer Tom Shilcock talked to us about dance in Leicester on Sunday 26th June.

Artists of all kinds gathered to entertain, amaze and instruct the public at The Manor arts festival and we head down to The Sound House to check out the bands, on Saturday 25th June

Indian Summer festivities, music in Clarendon Park, top bands playing in Leicester on Sunday 19th June

Zombie mob attack, Skateboard launch, live bands at the Soundhouse, a Refugee event and a spot of head banging in the Shed all on Saturday 18th June