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De
Montfort Hall
Theatre, music and cultural events, all year round, indoors and
out. Online booking available.
ArtSpace
A group of local practising artists in Charnwood involved in community
workshops, public art projects and a number of exhibitions.
The Beat
- the
ultimate gig guide for the East Midlands compiled by Dean Jackson
who presents The Beat on Radio Leicester on Saturday nights.
British
Waterways - find
out about canals in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Campaign
For Real Music
Music industry info supporting a campaign for greater awareness
among music consumers.
Caribbean
Carnival
Annual carnival which parades through Leicester city to Victoria
Park celebrating the best of Leicester's music, arts and food.
Castle
Park Festival
Sleep with a ghost, meet Daniel Lambert and hear music from across
the globe. Scores of events across the city between 18 and 25 August
2003.
Charlotte
One of Leicester's most established rock and pop music venues. Pulp,
Radiohead, Oasis, etc. have all played here.
Charnwood
Arts
Community arts and media organisation encompassing projects
and performances.
Cusack
Irish Ceilidh Band
Known for their work on the Irish dance circuit performing country
and traditional Irish music.
Comedy Festival
Year round info about the city's main event in February and
the add ons, like Summer Raspberry.
Arts
Council in the East Midlands
Info for artists of all media on funding, publicity, networking,
etc.
Farside
Music
Farside Music meets at 8pm every Sunday at the Y
Theatre/YMCA, East Street, Leicester for an evening of acoustic
music from around the world.
Grand Union Orchestra
Workshops, composition and performance from world artists
working with local musicians.
Great
Central Railway
Take a tour around Britain's only main line steam railway and find
out all about how you can drive your very own steam train!
Greg's
Music Room
Located near Loughborough. A home based studio for solo/duo/project
recording.
Haymarket Theatre
News of the forthcoming season and what's on stage in the main house
and studio theatres.
Harborough
Theatre
Heather Music
Festival
Now in its 10th year, the Festival hosts many types of music
from classical to jazz and modern sounds.
Heather
Scarecrow Festival - there are more than 90 scarecrows in
this year's event. Have a look at some of them here.
Internet Movie Database
The who, what, why, where and when of movies. All you need to
know.
Koelz
Triptich
The world famous anti-war triptych by German artist Johannes
Koelz is on display during August in Leicester Cathedral.
Leicester Artists' Collective
Bringing Leicester artists of all kinds together.
Leicester
Comedy Festival
Undoubtedly, Leicestershire's most laughable website, including
news of the annual joke-fest.
Leicester
Early Music Festival
Annual celebration of ancient music.
Leicester
Museums
Lots of information about Leicester's museums including current
exhibitions, ghost tour, interactive games and contact details.
Leicester
Music Scene
Gigs, bands, local musicians and live music in Leicestershire.
Leicester
Space Centre
A world-class teaching, research and consultancy centre
in astronomy, space and planetary sciences.
Leicester
Operatic Players
Leicester University Theatre
Leicester Writers'
Club
Long
Journey Home
Working with artists that have experienced migration to increase
understanding of diversity, creativity and cultures of the East
Midlands.
Loughborough
Town Hall
The
Musician
This venue has established an international reputation for American
music and holds regular themed nights for local acts.
Nick's
Greatest Flix welcome to local photographer Nick
Elliott's hall of fame. Pictures of everyone from Darius to Def
Leppard.
PaSSion
Passion is a weekly event taking place at the Emporium in Coalville,
playing the best in Trance and Funky House.
Pedestrian
Pedestrian provide workshops on Turntablism - using turntables as
an instrument to create new ways of structuring sound and music.
Phoenix
Arts Centre
The Leicester arts centre and cinema that launched the careers
of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sue Townsend and many other artists.
Pub
Utopia
Local pub guide with address, maps, ratings, pub jokes and a chance
to add your comments.
...seen...
An
annual, live,arts event. The 2004 incarnation of the shebang, called
"the big sell out" claims to be even bigger and better
than before.
The
Shed
City centre live music venue with bands on most nights of the week.
Dedicated to unsigned and acoustic acts.
Soft
Touch
A city co-operative which uses technology, words, images and music
to enable marginalised people to express themselves to the world.
SomewhereToGo
The site features an interactive map of Leicester showing hotels,
theatres and tourist information.
Sona
Rupa
Experts in Indian classical and world music recordings and instruments.
Soundtracks
A new initiative for East Midlands musicians from those just starting
out to the experienced professional.
The Spark
Children's theatre and arts festival which brought all kinds of
plays, dance, music, and storytelling to over 9000 children in June
2003, in schools, theatres and community centres. Now an annual
event.
St.
George's Day events
A not-for-profit organisation formed in October 2002 to promote
and celebrate our English patron saint's day on 23 April.
Stayfree
- Leicester-based rehearsal rooms, recording studios, storage facilities,
resident band rooms and cybercafe.
Tour
Leicester
Information on the Leicester Tour bus which visits 10 important
sites around the city. A great flash site with details on all the
sites, a map, timetable and prices.
Twinlakes Park
Designed for every member of the family to have a great day out.
Explore Twinlakes online, make sure you check out the Fun Map, it's
full of surprises.
urtalented
- Loughborough-based site with llinks, MP3s, forums and
news about local music.
Vivid Eye Productions
A Leicester-based
theatre partnership that encourages unknown actors to get invoved
in productions with a couple of better known thesps.
Vue
Pronounced View - Warner Village cinema becomes Vue.
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