Live music in Leicester!

Leicester has a vibrant and exciting music scene, with events taking place almost every night of the week. Rock and pop, classical, touring artists and local up and comers all share stages across the city.

Venues range from the 2,000 seat De Montfort Hall, the 100-year old theatre setting of the Y through to pubs and bars like Duffys, Firebug and the Soundhouse. There’s also The International, which has taken on the mantle from the much missed Musician of showcasing exciting unsigned and touring bands from across the world.

This summer there is a wealth of fantastic talent taking to the stage and we’re wrapping up some of the best picks in this new blog. Take a look at our list and let us know if we’ve missed anything!

Sounds Of The Lioness – A tribute to Amy Winehouse at The International Tickets       

The Flaneurs at Firebug Tickets

Eastfield Rail Punks, Tri Subversion, Dropping Like Flies at Duffys. £5 on the door

The Sydneys plus Aguyilike and Injury Output at The Big Difference Tickets

David Wyatt Band at The International Tickets

Bonnie and the Jets plus Amy Dx Tickets

Home Grown Leicestershire featuring Tom Meighan and The South at Leicester Racecourse Tickets

Bank Holiday Sunday Annual Alldayer at Firebug and Duffys FREE ENTRY!

Zero Plus One at The International Tickets

10 Years of 2Funky Complex, live music and DJs at 2Funky Music Café Tickets

The Soundhouse takeover at The Cradock Arms featuring Anouk, Rob Mason, Paddy McCullough, John Fryer, Dean Welch, Northstar, Talking With Ghosts. Free entry from 1.30pm

Nashville Nights: The Other Country, Dust & Debris, Leannan at The International Tickets

Ultimate Texas at The International Tickets

Ba’al, Cairns, Acceptance, Pluto Tickets

The Essence at 2Funky Music Café Tickets

Brewbeat on Jubilee Square. Free live music, craft ale food and cocktails

Hellbent Forever and Counterfeit Kiss at The International Tickets

LUV LUV LUV: Alternative Pride Party at Firebug Tickets

Cyclops One, Freida, Above Your Station and Venus Attax at The Soundhouse Tickets

Formation Records presents Formfest 2025 at 2Funky Music Café Tickets

Brewbeat on Jubilee Square. Free live music, craft ale food and cocktails

Highway 61 Revisited by Kenny Wilson and Friends at The International Tickets

Skeletal Family at Firebug Tickets

Brewbeat on Jubilee Square. Free live music, craft ale food and cocktails

Keep Flying, Eat Defeat, Fighting Evil is Cool!, Shackleford, and False Summits at Duffys. Tickets just £10 plus booking fee. Tickets

Tickets are just £10 + bf, which is just over £2 a band and an absolute STEAL for a line up this good. 

Skloss + The Dirt + Oscillator at The International. Tickets

Hotter Than Hell KISS tribute at O2 Academy. Tickets

Elvis Returns tribute act at 2Funky Music Café. Tickets

Moretallica: Metallica tribute at The International. Tickets

All In The Planning Presents: GOO at The Big Difference. Tickets

Publicity | In From the Rain | Obi Denim at The Soundhouse. Tickets

Metal Fatigue at The Metal Monocle. Tickets

HRH Sleaze at O2 Academy featuring Babylon A.D., Pretty Boy Floyd, Warrior Soul and Voltstorm Tickets

Looma + Andy Griffiths + Bride Of The Blues at The International. Tickets

Alan Fletcher Back to School album tour at The International. Tickets

Franck Carducci and The Fantastic Squad at The International. Tickets

Fortitude Valley plus Virginia’s Wolves and The Marlinas at Duffy’s. Tickets

Leicester Jazz House presents Arun Ghosh Quintet at The Y Theatre. Tickets

Limehouse Lizzy at the Y Theatre Tickets

IQ at the Y Theatre Tickets

The Herron Brothers plus JJ Lovegrove at Firebug. Tickets

Dayflower plus Leave Your Body Behind and Green Grango at The Big Difference. Tickets

Divide The Truth plus Lucid High and Arwassa at The Metal Monocle. FREE ENTRY

Gypsy Pistoleros plus Spitting Feathers at Duffy’s. Tickets

Boilers and Friends at Firebug. More info

Never The Bride at The Soundhouse. Tickets

Earthbound, Mysticist, and Awaiting at The Metal Monocle. FREE ENTRY

Classic Albums Live perform The Beatles White Album at the O2 Academy. Tickets

Emhc Collective Presents: Torture (USA) + Built Up On Hatred – Spawned From Hate – Bile Caster at Duffy’s. Tickets

Leicester International Music Festival 2025: Concert 1, ‘The Trout” at Hansom Hall. Tickets

Broken Narrative/ Mercy Falls/ Shallowdrown at Firebug. Tickets

Leicester International Music Festival 2025: Concert 2, ‘The Wanderer’ at Hansom Hall. Tickets

Jo Quail at The Big Difference venue. Tickets

The Rose of Avalanche + Salvation & The spiritual bat at Duffy’s. Tickets

Blank Manuskript and Dandelion Charm at The International. Tickets

Reggae Winehouse at 2Funky Music Café. Tickets

Dopamine Carsh/ Bad Toaster/ The Marlinas/ St Brigids at Firebug. Tickets

Plastic Circus, Injury Detail, Canvas Tile at The Soundhouse Tickets

POGO and special guests at The Metal Monocle. FREE ENTRY

The Antarctic Monkeys tribute at O2 Academy. Tickets

RnB vs Garage at the O2 Academy. Tickets

Leicester International Music Festival 2025: Festival Finale, Schubert String Quintet at Hansom Hall. Tickets

Who’s Next – Tribute To The Who at Duffy’s. Tickets

Idol Maiden: Iron Maiden tribute act at The International. Tickets

Blurd and NotRadioHead: tribute acts at The International. Tickets

Palms | Slowburn | Then it Exploded at The Soundhouse. Tickets

9 Carat Purple: Deep Purple tribute at The Shed. Tickets

Fu Fighters: Foo Fighters tribute at The Metal Monocle. Tickets

◀◀ Rewind : The Journey of Soul, R&B and UK Garage Live! Tickets

The Book Of Genesis: Genesis tribute act at The International. Tickets

Leicester Jazz House Presents: John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits Trio at Phoenix Cinema. Tickets

Hot Squash and Friends at Firebug. Tickets

Casey McQuillen Live in Leicester. Tickets

Vicious Nature, RattleSnakesband, Apollyon Rising at The Metal Monocle. FREE ENTRY

Crowded Festival. Independent Heavy Metal Festival across Firebug, Duffy’s and The Big Difference venue. Tickets

Common Folk Festival at Various venues in Leicester.

Candlelight: Coldplay vs Ed Sheeran at The Guildhall. Tickets

The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican at The Soundhouse. Tickets

Johnny2Bad UB40 tribute at 2Funky Music Cafe. Tickets

V8 at The Metal Monocle. Tickets

Leicester Raga Rhythms, Kathak, Indian Slide Guitar & Tabla Duet at the Sue Townsend Theatre. Tickets

The Phil Beer Trio at the Y Theatre Tickets

Leicester Philharmonia: Beethoven and Shostakovitch at De Montfort Hall. Tickets

Tuesday nights at the Soundhouse.

Tuesday nights at King Richard III pub with Rhett Barrow

Wednesday nights at The Western with Joe Scott

Last Thursday of the month at the Real Ale Classroom.

Last Friday of the month at James Café Bistro.

Third Thursday of the month at Baton Rouge.