History Events in Leicester

Check out happening history events all around Leicester, EN

Leicester Official Big Freshers Icebreaker - UK Largest Freshers Events - Sold Out 10 Years Running 🏆

 Mon, 21 Sep at 10:00 pm 2Funky Complex - Music & Event Venue Leicester

Natural History Museum Presents Dinosaurs Live

 Sun, 07 Jun at 12:30 pm De Montfort Hall

An Evening with Leicester City Legends

 Mon, 19 Oct at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Leicester Witch Festival

 Sat, 31 Oct at 10:00 am Guildhall Lane GBP 0 to 28

Leicester's True Crime Tales

 Sat, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

The History Of Rock

 Thu, 17 Sep at 06:00 pm Athena

Richard the Third's Leicester Outdoor Exploration Game

 Mon, 01 Jun at 12:00 am Trinity House GBP 7

Abbey Pumping Station Open Days

 Mon, 30 Mar Abbey Pumping Station

'No Speak English' - a journey of migration and resistance by Tara Mistry

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm Leicester Cathedral GBP 0 to 9

The Archaeology of Leicester Market by Joseph Peters

 Tue, 21 Jul at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

Group Walk - University of Leicester: Joe Orton's Leicester

 Fri, 22 May at 11:00 am Orton Square Free

1645 - The Siege of Leicester by Mathew Morris.

 Tue, 26 May at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

Leicester Castle – The castle the city forgot by Mathew Morris.

 Tue, 10 Nov at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

Meet the Police!

 Tue, 11 Aug at 11:00 am Leicester Guildhall

De Montfort University: Medieval Campus Walk

 Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm Leicester Castle Free

Goonhammer Open UK - Horus Heresy May 2026 - Those Who Die

 Sat, 23 May at 09:00 am De Montfort Students' Union GBP 60

The Guildhall and the Cathedral Church of St. Martin – The Herrick Connections Tour

 Tue, 07 Jul at 11:00 am Leicester Guildhall

Roman Monument meets Modernism

 Wed, 08 Jul at 03:30 pm Jewry Wall & Roman Baths GBP 0 to 12

Festival of Archaeology: Exploring Roman Connections walking tour

 Sat, 11 Jul at 02:00 pm Leicester Cathedral GBP 9

CWGC War Graves Week Tour 2026 - Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery

 Sat, 23 May at 11:00 am LE3 9QG Free

Festival of Archaeology: People of the Parish of St Martin walking tour

 Sat, 25 Jul at 02:00 pm Leicester Cathedral GBP 9

Group Walk: Exploring the area around Corporation Road

 Tue, 26 May at 02:00 pm Corporation Road Free

Sheesha Embroidery Workshop

 Sun, 31 May at 10:00 am DMU Museum, De Montfort University Free

Believe not Every Spirit: An Introduction to Victorian Spiritualism

 Wed, 21 Oct at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

Park Life – The Hidden Heritage in Leicester’s Green Spaces by Mathew Morris

 Tue, 15 Sep at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

CWGC War Graves Week Tour 2026 - Leicester (Belgrave) Cemetery

 Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm Leicester Belgrave Cemetery Free

Shakespeare and the Guildhall

 Sun, 19 Jul at 11:30 am Leicester Guildhall

Living Together - Sean Dudley

 Sun, 24 May at 06:30 pm Leicester Secular Hall Free

Leicester Martial Arts: Celebrating 60 years

 Sun, 21 Jun at 06:30 pm Leicester Secular Hall Free

Strange Majesty: Legends of Vortigern and the Forgotten Kings of Britain

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE1 5, United Kingdom

An Invitation to Understanding by Dr Malcolm Schofield

 Sun, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

Il Fior de Lino: Music from across seventeenth-century Italy

 Mon, 13 Jul at 12:30 pm Leicester Cathedral

Loose Cannons

 Sun, 14 Jun at 06:30 pm Leicester Secular Hall Free

Renegades, Rebels and Rogues – Outlaws in Medieval Leicestershire by Mathew Morris

 Tue, 27 Oct at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

Rupert & Montrose Civil War Brothers-in-Arms by Mark Turnbull

 Tue, 02 Jun at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

A Life of Barbara Villiers: Charles II's most infamous mistress!

 Sun, 24 May at 02:00 pm Leicester Guildhall

Craft Like a Viking - Living History Taster Workshop

 Wed, 06 May Braunstone West Social Centre Free

LRFHS Leicester Group

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:30 pm Friends Meeting House, Queens Road, Leicester.

Fight like a Viking - Beginner's Course

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:30 pm Braunstone West Social Centre GBP 5 to 10

Leicester Fun Puzzle Treasure Hunt! :)

 Fri, 13 Oct at 10:00 am Leicester Railway Station GBP 20 to 33

Historic Leather Armour: Crafting and Context

 Tue, 07 Jul at 10:00 am Leather Conservation Centre GBP 300

Open Studios (Free)

 Thu, 26 Mar Leather Conservation Centre Free

Gilt Leather and Leather Gilding

 Wed, 24 Jun at 10:00 am Leather Conservation Centre GBP 175

Leicester Cathedral Window Highlights Tour

 Thu, 02 May at 11:30 am Leicester Cathedral GBP 7

Museums in a Nutshell

 Wed, 17 Jun at 10:00 am Jewry Wall & Roman Baths Free