Performing-arts Events in Leicester

Check out happening performing-arts events all around Leicester, EN

The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins

 Fri, 20 Feb at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Javed Ali Live In Concert at De Montfort Hall

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm De Montfort Hall

Jason Donovan in Leicester

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Midge Ure in Leicester

 Mon, 11 May at 07:00 pm De Montfort Hall

Sing The Musicals

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Jen Brister: Reactive

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Festival2Funky 2026

 Fri, 01 May at 05:00 pm 2Funky Complex - Music & Event Venue Leicester

The Shoop Shoop Show

 Sat, 18 Apr at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

What's Love Got to do With it - Tina Turner Tribute

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Comedy Club 4 Kids in Leicester

 Sat, 21 Feb at 01:00 pm De Montfort Hall

Cirque Enchantment

 Mon, 16 Feb at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Queenz - Drag Me To The Disco!

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Patni Premier League PPL - Leicester (Sunday Evening)

 Sun, 08 Mar at 07:00 pm Peepul Centre GBP 22 to 33

Bardi Symphony Orchestra - West End Spectacular

 Sun, 17 May at 03:00 pm De Montfort Hall

Proper Funny Comedy's Saturday Showcase (Leicester Comedy Festival 2026)

 Sat, 21 Feb at 08:30 pm Firebug

Groovin' in The Theatre: ALISHA, Laidlaw, Cam Stockman + more

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:00 pm LEICESTER ATHENA QUEEN ST, LEICESTER LE1 1QD

Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston

 Sat, 16 May at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

COMEDY: STEFFAN ALUN

 Fri, 20 Feb at 04:30 pm 65 Narrow Lane, LE2 8NA Leicester, United Kingdom

Disney’s Frozen Jr ❄️

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:30 pm Sue Townsend Theatre

The Same Faces: Improvised Comedy

 Sun, 22 Feb at 07:30 pm Wygston's House , LE1 5LD

Contrary Motion D&B: Charli Brix

 Fri, 06 Mar at 10:00 pm 440 Venue

Ask Granny – Kids

 Fri, 20 Feb at 11:00 am King Richard III Visitor Centre

COMEDY: TAL DAVIES

 Sun, 15 Feb at 05:30 pm 65 Narrow Lane, LE2 8NA Leicester, United Kingdom

Dear Zoo Live - Leicester

 Wed, 18 Feb at 11:00 am CURVE theatre, Leicester

Barry Ferns: My Seven Years as Lionel Richie

 Sun, 15 Feb at 04:00 pm 68 High Street, LE1 5YP Leicester, United Kingdom

Alice India: In Bloom

 Fri, 20 Feb at 04:30 pm 43 Silver Street, LE1 5EU Leicester, United Kingdom

LEICESTER, The Little Theatre | Everything Changes - Take That Tribute Show

 Sun, 01 Mar at 07:30 pm The Little Theatre

The Rollin Stoned play The International.

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:30 pm The International Music Venue

Eric Rushton: Innkeeper

 Sat, 21 Feb at 07:30 pm The Big Difference

Shrek the musical

Tue, 19 May at 12:00 am The Little Theatre

Rhythm of Peace plus support

 Sun, 17 May at 04:00 pm International Arts Centre

Grown-Up’s Story Time with Mama G

 Fri, 20 Feb at 05:30 pm James' Bistro

Tasmin Sarkany: Chaconne

 Sun, 15 Feb at 05:30 pm 68 High Street, LE1 5YP Leicester, United Kingdom

The Totally Improvised Musical

 Sun, 15 Feb at 07:00 pm 68 High Street, LE1 5YP Leicester, United Kingdom

Russell Hicks: A Work That is Forever in Progress (an actual work in progress)

 Tue, 17 Feb at 08:30 pm 68 High Street, LE1 5YP Leicester, United Kingdom

K-Pop Live | Athena, Leicester

 Sun, 24 May at 09:00 am Athena

The Great Gatsby by This Is My Theatre

 Wed, 15 Jul at 07:00 pm Leicester Cathedral GBP 0 to 21

Sounds Of The 60s Live - Hosted by Tony Blackburn MBE

 Wed, 13 May at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

MAN OF THE WORLD... The Music of Peter Green

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:30 pm 28 Southampton Street, LE1 1SJ Leicester, United Kingdom

Duncan Shmuncan

 Wed, 18 Feb at 02:00 pm King Richard III Visitor Centre

Adam Hopkins: Sorry, What? (Work In Progress)

 Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm Kayal Restaurants

Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm International Arts Centre

Ed Sheeran Tribute Show

 Sat, 07 Mar at 08:00 pm Beaumont Leys, Leicester

Joke Spot - The UK Kids' Comedy Festival

 Thu, 19 Feb at 01:00 pm New Parks Library

The Odd Bite - Alternative Compilation Show - Leicester Comedy Festival

 Thu, 19 Feb at 09:30 pm The Soundhouse Leicester

The Andy Wales Band & PJ Baker's Blues Irregulars

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:30 pm The International Music Venue

Lata & Asha: Purane Gaane... Side A | Side B Leicester

 Sun, 14 Jun at 04:00 pm Y Theatre

Excavating and analysing the King in the Carpark

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Leicester Cathedral GBP 0 to 9

Ryan Kenny: Some More Words, in an Order, on a Stage.

 Sun, 22 Feb at 04:00 pm Kayal Restaurants

Moonshine Thursdays - Open Mic - Last Thursday Of Every Month

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Moonshine

Leicester Comedy Festival Show - Chaos Theory: DESPERATE SKETCHWIVES

 Wed, 18 Feb at 08:00 pm The Soundhouse Leicester

Leicester Comedy Festival - Adam Larter Who Remembers the 90s

Sat, 21 Feb at 09:30 pm Duffy's Bar

Improv Wolves

 Sat, 21 Feb at 05:30 pm James' Bistro

A Pandemonium of Poe - Don't Go into the Cellar

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:30 pm Leicester Guildhall

The Mumford & Sons Story

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm Athena

Paranormal Courtroom Talk & Investigation

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:15 pm Leicester Castle

RE - IGNITE Carnival Youth Conference

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am African Caribbean Centre - Leicester Free

Lawless Part 1: Riordan b2b Murphy's Law + more

 Fri, 27 Feb at 10:00 pm 440

The Paul McCartney Project Live

 Fri, 03 Apr at 07:30 pm The Little Theatre

The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits & Women

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Sue Townsend Theatre GBP 14 to 32

Lady Bolognese: CLASS WAR @ Leicester Comedy Festival

 Wed, 18 Feb at 09:00 pm The Globe

Watoto Children's Choir in 'Better Days' 2026

 Sun, 17 May at 06:00 pm Elim Pentecostal Church Free

Name of the Dame

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm 68 High Street, LE1 5YP Leicester, United Kingdom

Steven Richie

Sat, 14 Mar at 09:00 pm Beaumont Leys, Leicester

1 King, 2 Princes, & Shakespeare's Lie

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Leicester Cathedral GBP 0 to 23

An Interview With Fatiha El-Ghorri

 Sun, 22 Feb at 03:00 pm CURVE theatre, Leicester

Harmonies of heaven and earth - a concert of great music for voices

 Sat, 18 Apr at 07:30 pm Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester

Riotous Voices

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am Stayfree Music

Medieval Music Concert: Musica Medievalis

 Sun, 12 Apr at 02:30 pm Leicester Guildhall

Riotous Voices

 Sat, 21 Feb at 10:30 am Stayfree Music

Murder Mystery Night "Death In The Shadows"

 Sat, 18 Apr at 07:00 pm Checkland Road, Thurmaston, Leicester LE4 8FN, LE4 8FN Leicester, United Kingdom

Oops my neurodiversity is showing!

 Thu, 19 Feb at 10:30 pm James' Bistro

Big Backstory

 Thu, 19 Feb at 08:30 pm James' Bistro

Mike Rice at The Y Theatre

 Sun, 15 Feb at 05:50 pm The Y Theatre

The Survival of the Princes in the Tower - Matthew Lewis

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:00 pm Leicester Cathedral GBP 0 to 9

Clarendon Park Open Mic

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:30 pm Bar Dos Hermanos

Yur Mum , Bad Toaster , Ginkgo Cloud

 Sat, 04 Apr at 07:30 pm Duffy's Bar

Daytime Band Concert

Wed, 25 Feb at 12:00 pm St Crispin's Church Braunstone Town with Thorpe Astley

CATIL Quintet

 Thu, 26 Feb at 01:00 pm Hansom Hall

David Anthony: Treason (Work In Progress)

 Fri, 20 Feb at 08:30 pm James' Bistro

Clitosaurus , Eddie Roxy & The Adjacent Kings , Velvet Crisis

 Fri, 17 Apr at 06:30 pm Duffy's Bar 18 Pocklington Walk Leicester

Belly Dance Mania Show 2026

Sat, 18 Apr at 07:00 pm Leicester

Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Amy Harman (bassoon) & Antonio Oyarzabal (piano)

 Thu, 26 Mar at 01:00 pm Hansom Hall

Clarendon Park Open Mic

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:30 pm Bar Dos Hermanos

Area 4 Drum Auditions

 Sun, 29 Mar at 09:00 am Leicester Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church

AITCH LIVE - ABBEY PARK | FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2026 [TICKETS ON SALE NOW!]

 Fri, 12 Jun at 03:00 pm Abbey Park

The Park Series Presents Madness - Abbey Park Leicester

 Sat, 13 Jun at 01:00 pm Abbey Park

Improv Comedy drop in workshop Leicester

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:00 pm Braunstone Frith Recreation Centre GBP 0 to 10