LEICESTER · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Leicester
78 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Leicester. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Leicester
Leicester has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can see what’s on in Leicester over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Leicester: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Leicester pages? Browse the Leicester live music hub, Leicester open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Leicester guide, or find a band in Leicester. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
What’s on in Leicester this week — or see what’s on across the UK.
Coming Up
78 upcoming gigs in Leicester · sorted by date · page 1 of 4.
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SEPT
23
Birstall Open Mic
Old Plough Birstall·Birstall East & Wanlip, Leicester
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SEPT
26
Day Fever
Athena·Castle, Leicester
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SEPT
26
New School Reggae Jams
2Funky Music Cafe, Leicester
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- GenreReggae
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SEPT
26
Oasis forever unplugged
Sally Cinnamon's Music Venue·Castle, Leicester
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SEPT
27
Bollywood Mehfil : Leicester
The Y Theatre·Castle, Leicester
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27
Bollywood Mehfil
The Y Theatre·Castle, Leicester
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- GenreWorld Music
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SEPT
29
Captain Fantastic & the Rocket Man Band
De Montfort Hall·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
2
The Harbours - Leicester
Soundhouse·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
3
Michael Ball
De Montfort Hall·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
8
Cavern Beatles
Athena, Leicester
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OCT
9
Legends of Motown live at The Little Theatre, Leicester
The Little Theatre·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
9
LLOYD PARKS Live Roots Reggae Show
2Funky Complex·Westcotes, Leicester
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OCT
10
Mod revival night with THE SKANKINGS
Sally Cinnamon's Music Venue·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
10
Headsticks + Spitting Feathers
Firebug·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
11
Qawwali Live : A Soulful Sufi Experience Leicester
Y Theatre·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
11
Qawwali Live: A Soulful Sufi Experience, San2 Singh
The Y Theatre, Leicester
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OCT
11
Gbemi Oladipo, Travis Jay, Nancy Macdonald
The Y Theatre·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
12
The Burt Bacharach Songbook in Concert, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
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- GenreRock, Pop, Classical
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OCT
13
Steve Hackett
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
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OCT
16
Tides of Ire + Malicious Compliance Tour 26
THE VICTORIA BIKERS PUB·Coalville West, Leicester
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OCT
16
ABBA Tribute Band Sensation
MMC Venue·Mountsorrel, Leicester
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OCT
17
Oasis v Stone Roses
Blaby And Whetstone Social Club·North Whetstone, Leicester
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OCT
17
Graeme Park all night long
Sally Cinnamon's Music Venue·Castle, Leicester
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OCT
17
Kasabian Tribute
Sally Cinnamon's Music Venue·Castle, Leicester
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- GenreIndie Rock, Tribute Act
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Leicester Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Leicester, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Leicester page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 6 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Leicester venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 78 upcoming gigs.
78 upcoming gigs listed for Leicester. 6 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Leicester gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Leicester open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Leicester live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Leicester. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Leicester shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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