Events 5/22

Light up Leicester has returned for 2022.

Light Up Leicester has returned this year it’s bigger and better than ever with even more installations and impressive large-scale pieces...

Council to award highest honours to LCFC and current and former chairman

Councillors in Leicester have voted unanimously to back proposals to award the Honorary Freedom of the City to Leicester City Football...

Welford the Leicester Tigers mascot heading to Charnwood Museum to meet a famous stripy friend

The 'Tiger Who Came to Tea' exhibition receives a very exciting special guest this month There’s more than one tiger coming to tea at...

Bosworth Medieval Festival 2022 to go ahead in August

The hugely popular Bosworth Medieval Festival is to make a welcome return in August, following two years in which it didn’t go ahead due...

Return of the Brick

On 14/15 March 2020 the National Space Centre hosted its tenth annual weekend dedicated to LEGO©, an event that was overshadowed by talk...

Mastermind series 20 casting near you!

Hat Trick / Hindsight Productions are currently casting contestants for the next series of the BBC Two quiz show – Mastermind, which will...

The Spark festival 2022

The best children’s arts festival in the world Leicester is the home to so many extraordinary things. A Pork Pie library, world renowned...

Time to get your skates on!

Leicester’s real ice rink opens in Jubilee Square tomorrow (Thursday), so people can now start planning their visits to the city’s...

Community pulls together to hold fundraiser for knife victim Kieron Moore

Kieron’s friends, family and the community will all come together to create a day in memory of Kieron where they will be raising...

City counts down to Thursday’s big Christmas switch-on

Christmas celebrations make a welcome return to the streets of Leicester this year – but with a new format for the traditional lights'...

Self-confessed football novices take to the pitch to take on LGBTQ+ team in special charity match

Self-confessed football novices take to the pitch to take on LGBTQ+ team in special charity match to raise funds and celebrate equality A...

Happy Wheel’ to light up Jubilee Square from Friday

There’ll be a new attraction in Leicester’s Jubilee Square from Friday (12 November), as the preparations for the city’s Christmas...