Leisure and culture

• Events will celebrate Sikh festival of Vaisakhi

  27 April 2022

  2 minute read

  CELEBRATIONS of a major religious festival are taking place in Leicester this weekend.

• New acts and co-hosts announced for Leicester’s Concert for Ukraine

  21 April 2022

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S forthcoming Concert for Ukraine will be hosted by Amy Payne, regional news presenter and reporter for BBC East Midlands Today, and Rajiv Popat, reporter and presenter for ITV News Central.

• Nine new Tiny Forests in Leicester will help celebrate the Commonwealth Games

  20 April 2022

  4 minute read

  HUNDREDS of local schoolchildren have helped to plant thousands of trees and create Tiny Forests at nine Leicester schools to celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

• Festival of family fun returns to mark St George’s Day

  14 April 2022

  2 minute read

  ENGLAND’S patron saint will be celebrated in Leicester as the city’s annual St George’s Festival returns to Orton Square on Saturday 23rd April.

• Latest heritage information panels take their places in the city

  13 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of 10 new heritage panels have been installed to tell the stories behind key historic and cultural sites across the city.

• Easter fun at Leicester’s libraries and museums

  8 April 2022

  3 minute read

  THERE’S lots going on in Leicester during the Easter break – with plenty of activities at the city’s museums and libraries to keep everyone entertained.

• Public artwork planned as permanent commemoration for city’s Ugandan Asians

  5 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A NEW piece of public art is due to be designed and installed in Leicester as part of commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the arrival of thousands of Ugandan Asians to the city.

• Leicester’s Concert for Ukraine to take place at De Montfort Hall

  29 March 2022

  2 minute read

  A FUND-RAISING concert to help support the people of Ukraine is to be held at De Montfort Hall.

• New skatepark planned for Abbey Meadows

  22 March 2022

  2 minute read

  PLANS for a new skatepark facility near Abbey Park have been announced.

• New community orchard planted on former allotment site

  16 March 2022

  2 minute read

  VOLUNTEERS have joined their local councillor and parks staff to plant dozens of small fruit trees on a site that was used as allotments until the 1990s.

• Refurbished gardens provide welcome green space for families in Highfields

  15 March 2022

  2 minute read

  A POCKET park close to Leicester railway station has been formally reopened after its £100,000 refurbishment.

• Steam toys in spotlight at Abbey Pumping Station

  2 March 2022

  1 minute read

  STEAM toys of all shapes and sizes will take centre stage at Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station this weekend (Sunday 6 March).