Leisure and culture

• City awarded over £1.8m for new PlayZones programme

  8 July 2025

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  NINE community multi-sports mini pitches are to be developed in neighbourhoods across Leicester thanks to a £1.8 million funding award.

• Scene is set for outdoor theatre at Abbey Pumping Station

  8 July 2025

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  THE GROUNDS of Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station will become the setting for an open-air production of a classic 18th century comedy of manners next week.

• Join Elmer and friends at Leicester Museum this summer

  7 July 2025

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  THE JOYFUL world of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant will be delighting visitors to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery this summer.

• Annual Diwali event to change due to crowd safety concerns

  3 July 2025

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  LEICESTER’S Golden Mile will continue to be the focus for Diwali Day celebrations, but with major changes to the annual event due to crowd safety fears.

• Join in a summer of fun at Leicester Libraries!

  30 June 2025

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  LEICESTER Libraries have launched their annual reading challenge, with free fun activities on offer over the long summer holidays.

• Book launch at museum celebrates remarkable curator

  18 June 2025

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  A CURATOR and art director who was instrumental in bringing German expressionism to Leicester is being celebrated with a new book launch in the city.

• Pumping station ready to pour pints for beer lovers

  13 June 2025

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  REAL ale, vegan beers and a range of ciders will all be flowing at the Leicester CAMRA Beer Festival this month.

• Sign up now for summer activity scheme!

  13 June 2025

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  CHILDREN in Leicester who receive benefits-related free school meals are invited to sign up for free summer activities before the deadline on Friday 27 June.

• Find out more about wildlife at free nature day

  11 June 2025

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  A FREE nature day packed full of family-friendly wildlife activities will be taking place at Watermead Country Park later this month.

• New boardwalk to be installed on Aylestone Meadows

  9 June 2025

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  WORK is set to begin on a new section of boardwalk at the south-western edge of Aylestone Meadows.

• Siege of Leicester to be re-enacted at Riverside Festival

  3 June 2025

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  LEICESTER’S role at the epicentre of the English Civil War will be re-created in a series of dramatic re-enactments this weekend.

• All aboard for Leicester’s Riverside Festival!

  28 May 2025

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Riverside Festival returns this weekend – and this year it’s bigger than ever, with more locations, more free activities and an exciting new collaboration with DMU.