Leisure and culture

• Preparations underway for city’s Riverside Festival

  1 June 2023

  3 minute read

  A WEEKEND of free, family-themed fun and activities will take place along Leicester’s River Soar as the city’s summer events programme gets underway.

• Museums and libraries offer low-cost ideas for half-term fun

  25 May 2023

  3 minute read

  THERE’S lots going on at Leicester’s museums and libraries this half-term, offering families low-cost ideas for a fun day out.  

• City rated best in the region to live and work

  25 May 2023

  2 minute read

  Leicester has been ranked as the top city in the East Midlands to live and work as part of an influential nationwide industry report.

• Punk returns to Leicester this summer in major new exhibition

  22 May 2023

  2 minute read

  THE PUBS, clubs and characters that were part of Leicester’s punk scene in the 1970s will be remembered in a new exhibition that opens in the city on Saturday (27 May).

• Riverside Festival will take to Leicester’s waterways

  17 May 2023

  5 minute read

  LEICESTER’s biggest free family festival is set to bring alive the city’s waterways and parks once again next month with a fun-packed programme of activities for all ages.

• Leicester’s Ugandan Asian exhibition wins award at museums’ ‘Oscars’

  12 May 2023

  2 minute read

  A GROUNDBREAKING exhibition commemorating the arrival of thousands of Ugandan Asians in 1972 has been named joint best ‘Temporary or Touring Exhibition’ at the Museums + Heritage Awards in London.

• City prepares to celebrate the King’s coronation

  4 May 2023

  3 minute read

  THE CORONATION of King Charles III will be broadcast live on a giant screen in Leicester on Saturday as part of a programme of events to mark the historic occasion.

• Step out for Walk Leicester Festival

  27 April 2023

  1 minute read

  A MONTH-long programme of free walks exploring Leicester’s environment, heritage and hidden history gets underway next week.

• Photographic exhibition celebrates children’s hopes and aspirations

  27 April 2023

  1 minute read

  PORTRAITS of more than two dozen children from a Leicester primary school will go on display in a city gallery from Saturday (29 April).

• Annual festival celebrates England’s patron saint

  11 April 2023

  2 minute read

  ENGLAND’S patron saint will be celebrated this month as Leicester’s family-friendly St George’s Festival returns to Orton Square.

• King Richard III Visitor Centre shortlisted for tourism award

  5 April 2023

  2 minute read

  THE tourist attraction telling the story of King Richard III’s discovery and reburial has been shortlisted for a national industry award.

• Enjoy some family fun in Leicester this Easter

  29 March 2023

  3 minute read

  THERE’S lots going on in Leicester during the Easter break, with a programme of events at city council venues that are mostly low-cost or free of charge.