Performing-arts Events in Leicester

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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

The Snuts, Brògeal in Leicester

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:00 pm O2 Academy Leicester

Jason Donovan in Leicester

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

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath @ The Y Theatre

 Tue, 10 Feb at 07:30 pm The Y Theatre

The UK Pun Championships

 Mon, 09 Feb 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

The Shoop Shoop Show

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

Jen Brister: Reactive

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

❤️ PREMAM – South Indian Night Leicester

 Fri, 13 Feb at 11:00 pm Eden Venue

Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners

 Thu, 02 Apr 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

Bardi Symphony Orchestra - West End Spectacular

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

Jersey Beats - Oh What A Nite! // 2026 // Leicester

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:30 pm The Little Theatre

Queenz - Drag Me To The Disco!

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

Bootleg Boss - Bruce Springsteen Tribute at The International.

 Sat, 31 Jan at 05:00 pm The International Music Venue

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

 Sat, 21 Feb at 08:30 pm Firebug

Disney’s Frozen Jr ❄️

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

The Comedy Store Players at The Y Theatre

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:30 pm The Y Theatre

Marcel Lucont: Liberté (Work In Progress)

 Wed, 11 Feb at 08:30 pm 68 High Street, LE1 5YP Leicester, United Kingdom

Crudi Dench: Someone Help Her!

 Sat, 14 Feb at 06:00 pm 68 High Street, LE1 5YP Leicester, United Kingdom

The Same Faces: Improvised Comedy

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

Michael Akadiri: Don't Call Me Uncle! - Leicester (TOUR PREVIEW)

 Fri, 13 Feb at 07:30 pm Duffy's Bar

The Bazaar Presents: Arabian Nights Live!

 Fri, 13 Feb at 07:30 pm Dover Street, LE1 6PW Leicester, United Kingdom

Dear Zoo Live - Leicester

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

Little Theatre | ON anoTHEr NIGHT Tour

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

Ricky Tomlinson - Retirement Tour My Ar*e!!

Fri, 13 Feb at 07:00 pm Braunstone Vic Wmc

Julia Knight - Songs of Joy & Justice

 Sun, 08 Feb at 02:00 pm King Richard III Visitor Centre

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

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

Shrek the musical

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

Barry Ferns: My Seven Years as Lionel Richie

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

Ask Granny – Kids

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

All Shades of Brown: A Creative Arts Conference

 Thu, 05 Feb at 10:00 am The Venue@DMU

All Shades of Brown: A Conference for Global Ethnic Majority Creatives

 Fri, 06 Feb at 10:00 am The Venue@DMU GBP 22 to 44

The Rollin Stoned play The International.

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

Valentines Vivaldi and Rachmaninov by Candlelight

 Sat, 14 Feb at 07:30 pm Leicester Cathedral

Rhythm of Peace plus support

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

The Hypnotist Live: Comedy Hypnosis Show

 Sat, 07 Feb at 05:00 pm Hansom Hall GBP 18

All-New Nik Coppin

 Fri, 06 Feb at 08:30 pm James' Bistro

Ask Granny – Kids

 Sat, 14 Feb at 11:00 am King Richard III Visitor Centre

The Real Queens Of Bollywood Leicester

 Sun, 01 Feb at 05:00 pm The Y Theatre

Tasmin Sarkany: Chaconne

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

Flame On: Leicester’s Official Poet Laureate Launch Event

 Fri, 23 Jan at 07:00 pm 7 East Street, LE1 6EY Leicester, United Kingdom

Grown-Up’s Story Time with Mama G

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

The Totally Improvised Musical

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

Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise

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

Joke Spot - The UK Kids' Comedy Festival

 Sat, 07 Feb at 01:00 pm Highfields Library

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

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

Uncle CCTV

 Sun, 08 Feb at 04:00 pm Kayal Restaurants

COMEDY: BRENNAN REECE

 Sun, 08 Feb at 06:00 pm 65 Narrow Lane, LE2 8NA Leicester, United Kingdom

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

 Fri, 20 Feb at 07:00 pm Kayal Restaurants

SOLD OUT: Alfie Moore: Fair Cop Radio Warm-up show

 Wed, 04 Feb at 07:00 pm Aylestone Black-Horse

Octopus (WIP)

Sat, 14 Feb at 05:40 pm The Real Ale Classroom

COMEDY: STEFFAN ALUN

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

TMA Collective | Training, Showreel, Headshots & West End Workshops for ages 15-20

 Sun, 25 Jan at 10:00 am Create Studios, LE2 1WF 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

Joke Spot - The UK Kids' Comedy Festival

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

Amelia Coburn + Toria Woof @ Firebug Sat 31 January £12 adv

 Sat, 31 Jan at 07:00 pm Firebug

CK Nath: "A Bit of Foreign Stuff" (Work in Progress)

 Sat, 14 Feb at 09:15 pm LCB Depot Free

SOLD OUT COMEDY: JAMES ELLIS 'Craig'

 Sat, 07 Feb at 06:00 pm 65 Narrow Lane, LE2 8NA Leicester, United Kingdom

Ed Sheeran Tribute Show

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

Moonshine Thursdays - Open Mic - Last Thursday Of Every Month

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Moonshine

Judi Love: All About The Love

 Fri, 08 May at 07:30 pm De Montfort Hall

Jazz In The Loft

 Thu, 29 Jan at 07:00 pm 65 Narrow Lane, LE2 8NA Leicester, United Kingdom

Spontadeity: Improvised Mythological Mayhem! Leicester Comedy Festival

 Thu, 05 Feb at 09:30 pm The Soundhouse Leicester

Aardvark Mums

 Sun, 08 Feb at 07:00 pm 31 Rutland Street, LE1 1RE Leicester, United Kingdom

Duncan Shmuncan

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

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

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

Mike Rice at The Y Theatre

 Sun, 15 Feb at 06:00 pm The Y Theatre

Leicester Comedy Festival - Adam Larter Who Remembers the 90s

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

Mr Punch plays Marillion - All the best Freaks are in Leicester

 Sat, 18 Apr at 08:00 pm Garden Street, Leicester

RE - IGNITE Carnival Youth Conference

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

Pauline Eyre: Anyone For Tennis? (LCF)

 Sat, 07 Feb at 02:00 pm The Y Theatre

The Mumford & Sons Story

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm Athena

Sarah Johnson: Crafternoon With Carol

 Sat, 14 Feb at 12:30 pm King Richard III Visitor Centre

Paranormal Courtroom Talk & Investigation

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:15 pm Leicester Castle

Name of the Dame

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

Den Of Laughs at Leicester Comedy Festival, 4th-22nd Feb 2026

 Wed, 04 Feb at 06:00 pm The Soundhouse Leicester

Clinton Baptiste: Spectral Intercourse

 Wed, 18 Feb at 07:00 pm De Montfort Hall

Total Cosmisch: Supermarketism

 Sat, 07 Feb at 08:30 pm James' Bistro

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

 Sun, 29 Mar at 02:30 pm Leicester Guildhall

The Paul McCartney Project Live

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

Steven Richie

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

Are we the problem?

 Wed, 11 Feb at 05:30 pm Wygston's House , LE1 5LD

Hannah Braggins & Stevie Yardy are in The HRT Locker

 Tue, 10 Feb at 07:00 pm Wygston's House , LE1 5LD

The History of Mermaids, Sea Spirits & Women

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

Daytime Band Concert

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

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

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

Medieval Music Concert: Musica Medievalis

 Sun, 12 Apr at 02:30 pm Leicester Guildhall

1 King, 2 Princes, & Shakespeare's Lie

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

BeHeMoth: Enter the Cupboard

 Sat, 07 Feb at 08:30 pm Knight & Garter

An Interview With Fatiha El-Ghorri

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

The Odd Bite - Alternative Compilation Show - Leicester Comedy Festival

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

Short Sharp Shocks! Volume 8

 Sun, 25 Jan at 03:00 pm Firebug