Events Around Leicester

As part of our half-term trail we will be having some campfire fun. This half-term, book a visit to Stoneywell and warm yourself by our campfire. You can enjoy toasted treats, hear campfire stories and maybe even sing a song or two! We’ll supply the marshmallows you just bring your appetite! Booking Essential.

Can you find treasure in ‘The Cabin’ abandoned deep in the woods? Could you ‘Over throne’ the King and retrieve the sword to become new King or Queen? If you graduated in the school of ‘Witchcraft & Wizardry’, you must retrieve your wand and escape before you lose all magic forever!

The Hanuman Tales follow the Monkey King on his adventures. Using puppetry, dance and music, these interactive stories will get the whole family involved. Become enchanted by this playful character as he flies from traditional texts into our hearts.

Come and meet our medieval knight and find out what life was really like on the battlefield. Our knight will show you what to wear for battle and how it protects you; he’ll cure all your ills and injuries and best of all, he will enrol you in our Knight School.

Come and find out about medieval swords, swordsmanship and combat from our Sword Master.

Join Comedy Of Black Origin & 2Funky Comedy Jam as we come to The Y for a Black History Month special with an almighty bang! Leicester get ready some Comedy as we bring some of the best urban comedians on the circuit. Join Kat B, Axel Blake, Glenda Jaxson & Kane Brown for an evening of laughter.

Critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest tribute shows, Simon & Garfunkel Through The Years returns in 2019 with an all new production. Featuring a live band and stunning vocal harmonies, this spectacular concert takes audiences on a journey through songs and history of Simon and Garfunkel.

Leicester, are you ready for a night to remember? Sign up to Shine Night Walk today and take on a 10K night walk to raise money for groundbreaking cancer research!

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Dig out your snowshoes for an Arctic Adventure with live music and songs, 3D and shadow puppets, creative captioning, integrated sign language and song, plus the cosmic brilliance of the Northern Lights.

Spend time in the magical land of Fafunia, in an interactive puppetry and storytelling experience where anything is possible. Explore a forest of fairies during Autumn, or come and play in a Winter wonderland of snowflakes and stars.

Make some shapes at our multi-sensory discos, perfect for children aged 6 and under.

Little Angel and Goblin Theatre present a unique and heart-warming story brought to life with stunning puppetry that will take you soaring into the sky. Emily wakes up one bright autumn morning to find that her feet can’t touch the ground, and no one can understand why.

Leicester Philharmonic Choir Musical Director: Stephen Bullamore A Quest for Peace De Montfort Hall, Leicester Saturday 9th November, 7.

Come down and roar on the tigers, at our first Gallagher Premiership game of the season against Saracens, at Welford Road. Pre-match activities and bars open 2 hours before kick-off. Come down and enjoy the match! It would be great to see you at Welford Road. #TigersFamily

Come down and enjoy our second Gallagher Premiership home game of the season against Gloucester Rugby, at Welford Road. Pre-match activities and bars open 2 hours before kick-off. Come down and enjoy the match! It would be great to see you at Welford Road. #TigersFamily

Happy Halloween half term from space, the most dangerous place you could ever consider visiting. Join us as we discover the constant threat of high-speed micrometeorites, your bodily fluids from boiling in the hard vacuum of space and temperatures as low as -129C (-200F) or as high as 121C (250F), sounds like a...

Close encounters of a furred kind! Thanks for our friends Aardman and Studiocanal, we will be joined by some very special guests this Halloween. The National Space Centre is home to the Ministry of Alien Detection from A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmaggedon.

A curated evening packed with guest speakers, planetarium shows, stargazing and live demos. Space Lates is an evening created for people who want to know more – those who have an interest in astronomy, space missions, and the exciting research happening here in the UK, around the world, and out in space.

Weekly, Tuesday lunchtime Jazz Session with The Titanic Jazz Band. Guest musicians and singers are welcome. Food available

Bring the family together and enjoy a fantastic night of fireworks, fairground riders and live music, as we hold our annual ’Firework Spectactular’.

Weekly, Thursday Lunchtime Jazz session with different bands each week of the month in rotation: 1st Thursday: The Secret Jazz Band 2nd Thursday: The Jazz Crew 3rd Thursday: The New Orleans Hotshots Jazz Band 4th Thursday: The Secret Jazz Band 5th Thursday (when it occurs): one or other of these Bands.

Glebe Garden Centre by Cherry Lane, the value garden centre in Countesthorpe, will host its annual charity bonfire night on Saturday 2nd November. The event, run in conjunction with 109th Leicester Countesthorpe St Andrews Scout Troop, is now in its 20th year.

Active Arts Craft Market will take place on Saturday, November 2nd at Countesthorpe Leysland Community College - which is LE8 5PR for those who need that information!

Active Arts present: The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B’s Emporium. Songs about books! Whats not to like?