Leisure and culture

• Call out for artists to enter Leicester’s popular Open exhibition

  15 August 2025

  2 minute read

  ARTISTS from across the East Midlands are being invited to submit their entries for Leicester’s annual Open exhibition before next month’s deadline.

• Family fun at Abbey Pumping Station this Sunday

  14 August 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Abbey Pumping Station will be welcoming visitors of all ages to its summer family fun day this weekend.

• Mobile museum takes its curiosities to the Brite Centre

  14 August 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER Museums are getting out and about in the city this summer, taking their mobile museum of fascinating artefacts to local neighbourhoods.

• Seeds from Hiroshima survivor tree take root in Leicester

  12 August 2025

  3 minute read

  SEEDS from trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester in time for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

• New PlayZone opens in Eyres Monsell

  6 August 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW and improved PlayZone has been opened in Eyres Monsell.

• Join Growing Spaces event for family fun

  6 August 2025

  2 minute read

  FREE seed giveaways, recipes, food-growing activities and a visit from the Bookbus will mark the launch of a new community growing strategy for Leicester.

• Community garden created on Leicester estate

  5 August 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW community garden that helps to combat social isolation has been officially opened on Leicester’s Saffron Lane estate.

• Grab your bike and take part in Leicester’s Cycle to Work Day!

  31 July 2025

  1 minute read

  FREE fruit, fix-it workshops and a bike buddy to guide commuters into the city will help mark Leicester’s Cycle to Work Day.

• Heritage panels highlight city’s links to Attenborough family

  30 July 2025

  3 minute read

  TWO new heritage panels have been unveiled highlighting Leicester’s links with the Attenborough family.

• Rolling road closures planned for carnival parade

  29 July 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Caribbean Carnival and parade returns to the city this weekend and motorists are being advised that there will be temporary road closures in place.

• Learn to become a storyteller at young people’s club

  24 July 2025

  1 minute read

  YOUNG people can learn to become storytellers as part of a fun four-week summer holiday project at Leicester’s Central Library.

• Reading and much more at Leicester Libraries this summer!

  23 July 2025

  1 minute read

  FREE games, crafts, workshops and performances are on offer at all of Leicester’s libraries over the summer holidays.