Promoters
of live music in Leicester 2019
This page lists people and organisations that put on live music in Leicester and Leicestershire in one or more venues. Several permanent live music venues book their acts directly. This list focuses on promoters who do not have their own venues but use third-party venues to put on their shows.
This page will be updated as new information comes in, so please bookmark this page and come back to it if you want to see updates.
Page last updated: 17/1/2019
Paul Collins
Wakeup Promotions. Regular gigs in many different Leicester venues.
Casbah
Casbah Music Management and Promotions. Regular events in a variety of venues.
Xander Promotions
Chris Sims organises gigs, mainly at The Musician
Visit the website for Xander Promotions.
Resin
Resin Events. One of the main promoters for metal in Leicester.
This is the body that organises Metal2TheMasses in Leicester.
Armageddon Events
Armageddon Events’ Facebook page for gigs mostly at Deffy’s bar
Jazz
For jazz nights see the Regent Sports and Social Club
on Facebook. Or visit their website.
Individuals and bands
From time to time individuals promote shows and bands also put on their own gigs at venues.
Pubs and clubs
Leicester, like most other places, has many pubs and clubs where live music takes place from time to time.
To see a list of live shows taking place in the city and in the country, log into Facebook and use our group.
Leicester Gigs 2019.
Theatres
Live music is a feature of several theatres and concert halls in the city and county. Included here are Curve, The De Montfort Hall and several smaller theatres including The Y in East Street.
These events are often listed on local websites such as that for Visit Leicester.
See also:
See our list of local live music venues.
Archived pages on this subject, for 2013.
feature article about Dreaming In Colour Productions, from January 2017.
