# Best Festivals Events in Leicester

- **Subtitle**: From Old Town streets to stadium takeovers, how Leicester really does festivals
- **Category**: Festivals
- **Type**: category

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## About

Festivals in Leicester are having a moment. You can feel it on the streets, in the group chats, even in the queue at the Highcross. The city loves any excuse to turn a regular day into a full on festival event, and right now the numbers back it up, with over a thousand people circling the latest festival listings and actually showing up.

The one locals quietly rate is Leicester's Old Town Festival. It is exactly the kind of festival that makes the city feel like a village, with the old streets doing what they do best, pulling in families, history nerds, and anyone who just wants an excuse to loiter in the Old Town without looking like a tourist. It feels homemade in the best way, and if you want to understand why people get oddly protective about the city centre, you start here.

Then you have the specialist festivals, the ones for people who live for this stuff. Japan Fest Leicester is pure catnip for anime heads, J culture fans, and anyone who thinks a good festival involves more art, merch, and food than your bank account can reasonably handle. Beat the Odds leans to the high energy crowd, the kind of festival where you do not really sit down, while Skawaddy in Leicester is basically a love letter to ska and the people who never stopped dressing for it.

Some of the biggest festivals events in Leicester sprawl into the city’s heavier hitters. Leicester Tigers Welford Road Stadium is where things scale up, with festival lineups that feel less like a day out and more like a full mission. Highcross Shopping Centre, on the other hand, keeps popping up with festival style happenings that turn a standard shopping trip into something you actually talk about later. Even the more niche stuff, like UML Vishu Easter Calibration at Leicester, pulls in tight knit communities who treat festivals less as spectacles and more as annual meet ups. If you are trying to find the best festivals in Leicester, you follow where the locals go: the Old Town streets, the stadium roars, and the slightly chaotic pop ups that everyone only seems to hear about at the last minute.

Quick picks, if you want the short list:
• Leicester's Old Town Festival, for pure city soul in the streets
• Japan Fest Leicester, for J culture obsessives and curious first timers
• Beat the Odds, for high energy festival chaos
• St. George and the Bard, a free guided tour with proper story time energy
• UML Vishu Easter Calibration at Leicester, for community focused celebration
• Skawaddy in Leicester, for ska loyalists and anyone who still loves a skank in the pit

## Festivals Events in Leicester

- **Event Name**: ABSOLUTE RAMPAGE - MIDLANDS BIGGEST FRESHERS EVENT
  - **Description**: ABSOLUTE RAMPAGE 🤯
BIRMINGHAM × NOTTINGHAM × LEICESTER
💣🔥 MIDLANDS’ BIGGEST FRESHERS EVENT 💥🎓
💥 2,000+ STUDENTS | ALL-STAR DJ LINE-UP | HUGE PRODUCTION
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After selling out our Freshers Tour across Birmin
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  - **Date**: Fri Sep 25 2026 at 09:00 pm – Sat Sep 26 2026 at 02:00 am (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/absolute-rampage-midlands-biggest-freshers-event/3600030557858155
  - **Venue**: O2 Academy Leicester
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  - **Categories**: art, concerts, festivals, music, photography, entertainment, nonprofit, raves
- **Event Name**: Navratri 2026
  - **Description**: UK Navratri Tour 2026 with Rajendra Pala & his group from Mumbai. Live Garba & Dandiya at The Jungle Club Leicester.
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 10 2026 at 08:00 pm – Sat Oct 24 2026 at 01:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/navratri-2026/100001998126386811
  - **Venue**: The Jungle Club
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  - **Price**: GBP 9 to 109
  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: Run Leicester Festival 2026
  - **Description**: The Run Leicester Festival will return on Sunday 11th October 2026 with thousands of runners taking to the streets of Leicester.

Choose your challenge:
✨ The iconic Half Marathon (13.1 miles)
✨ The much-loved Run Leicester 10K

Enjoy the entertainment on
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  - **Date**: Sun Oct 11 2026 at 09:15 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/run-leicester-festival-2026/200029244746951
  - **Venue**: Victoria Park, LE1 7RY Leicester, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: festivals, marathons, sports, volunteering, contests
- **Event Name**: Oktoberfest | Athena, Leicester
  - **Description**: The biggest German celebration is coming to Leicester, Experience the ultimate Bavarian celebration in the heart of Leicester!Music Genres :  Covers Band/Tribute Act, Folk
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 03 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat Oct 03 2026 at 05:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/oktoberfest-athena-leicester/300042623331
  - **Venue**: Athena
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  - **Categories**: oktoberfest, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
  - **Description**: Experience an unforgettable evening of thrilling adventure – up on the big screen!

The Banff Mountain Film Festival features a brand-new collection of short films filled with extreme journeys, untamed characters and captivating cinematography!

Join the
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  - **Date**: Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/banff-mountain-film-festival-world-tour/200030306900740
  - **Venue**: De Montfort Hall
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  - **Categories**: festivals, entertainment, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Leicester Diwali Shopping Festival Sunday 1st November 2026
  - **Description**: We are delighted to invite you to be part of the UK’s biggest indoor Diwali Shopping Festival taking place on Sunday 1st November 2026 at the Ramgharia Centre Leicester—close to the iconic Golden Mile renowned for its vibrant South Asian culture shoppi
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  - **Date**: Sun Nov 01 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sun Nov 01 2026 at 01:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/leicester-diwali-shopping-festival-sunday-1st-november-2026/80002896008838
  - **Venue**: Ramgarhia Community Centre
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  - **Price**: GBP 1
  - **Categories**: festivals, exhibitions, shopping, food-drinks
- **Event Name**: Leicester's BIGGEST Halloween Festival | Leicester Freshers 2026
  - **Description**: Leicester's BIGGEST Halloween Festival | Leicester Freshers 2026

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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 31 2026 at 10:00 pm – Sun Nov 01 2026 at 03:00 am (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/leicesters-biggest-halloween-festival-leicester-freshers-2026/3600030678995256
  - **Venue**: Athena Events Venue
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  - **Categories**: Festivals, dance, Art, Entertainment, Nonprofit
- **Event Name**: Leicester Witch Festival
  - **Description**: Gather in a beautiful venue for magic, community, ritual, learning, ceremonies and witchy market.About this EventA gathering is stirring in the heart of this historic city—within a beautiful, renowned, and reputedly haunt
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    - Count: 3
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 31 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat Oct 31 2026 at 05:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/leicester-witch-festival/100001986764254367
  - **Venue**: Guildhall Lane
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  - **Price**: GBP 0 to 28
  - **Categories**: fitness, Workshops, Festivals, Art
- **Event Name**: The Lestival With Smokescreen 35
  - **Description**: Outdoor day rave celebrate smokescreen soundsystem 35th Anniversary Tour
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun Sep 27 2026 at 12:00 am (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/the-lestival-with-smokescreen-35/300042629820
  - **Venue**: Foresters Arms Leicester Le35ag
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  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: Festival of AI 2026 - AI Conference
  - **Description**: Festival of AI 2026 is for small business owners, creators, and entrepreneurs looking to  go deeper, get smarter, and move faster using AIAbout this EventJoin us on October 16th in Leicester for Festival o
  - **Date**: Fri Oct 16 2026 at 09:00 am – Fri Oct 16 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/festival-of-ai-2026-ai-conference/100001993055671164
  - **Venue**: National Space Centre
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  - **Price**: GBP 247 to 347
  - **Categories**: fitness, Festivals, Business, Workshops
- **Event Name**: The Big Christmas Assembly 2026 with James B Partridge - Leicester
  - **Description**: Tickets on sale now: https://www.demontforthall.co.uk/event/james-b-partridge/

Join James B Partridge for The Big Christmas Assembly 2026 - the nostalgic, feel-good festive singalong that brings your childhood Christmases flooding back. Packed with more
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    - Count: 20
  - **Date**: Wed Dec 02 2026 at 07:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/the-big-christmas-assembly-2026-with-james-b-partridge-leicester/200029949855754
  - **Venue**: De Montfort Hall
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  - **Categories**: festivals
- **Event Name**: 4 Seasons Navratri 2026
  - **Description**: Get ready to celebrate Navratri in style once again at The Platinum Suite. It’s going to be another season to remember!About this Event4 Seasons Navratri 2026Wel
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    - Count: 5
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 10 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Oct 23 2026 at 11:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/4-seasons-navratri-2026/100001998264246152
  - **Venue**: The Platinum Suite
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  - **Price**: GBP 11 to 13
  - **Categories**: navratri, music, entertainment, parties, live-music
- **Event Name**: Common Folk Festival Leicester
  - **Description**: 3 days Folk Festival, great artists and workshops.Friday night opening singaround and shanty sessionSaturday performances by great local artistsSaturday evening concert featuring The Rye Sis
  - **Date**: Fri Sep 25 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sun Sep 27 2026 at 10:00 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/common-folk-festival-leicester/80001124517972
  - **Venue**: The Regent Sports & Social Club, Regent Road, Leicester, UK
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  - **Categories**: festivals, music, entertainment, art, concerts, workshops
- **Event Name**: Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll [Leicester]
  - **Description**: BRUV. The break-out star of Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff is only embarking on her first ever stand-up tour, isn’t she?! Fatiha’s ironed her swaggest hijab and she’s ready to hit the road to serve up her one-of-a-kind and award-winning stand-up.

Expect stro
  - **Date**: Sat Nov 28 2026 at 08:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/fatiha-el-ghorri-cockney-stacking-doll-leicester/200030306107657
  - **Venue**: Sue Townsend Theatre
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  - **Categories**: festivals, comedy
- **Event Name**: Diwali Lights Celebration
  - **Description**: ✨ Celebrate Diwali by the Water! ✨

Come and celebrate Diwali with us on Saturday 31st October, 5:30pm – 8:00pm for a magical evening of lights, music, and family fun.

Whether you celebrate Diwali every year or have never experienced it before, everyone
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 31 2026 at 05:30 pm – Sat Oct 31 2026 at 07:30 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/diwali-lights-celebration/200030715282244
  - **Venue**: Loughborough Road, LE4 5PN Leicester, United Kingdom
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, festivals, trekking

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  - **Description**: DMU'S Freshers Moving In Party - Sunday 20th September
Welcome to the start of your university adventure! We're kicking off the academic year with a bang with DMU'S Freshers Moving In Party. This is your chance to meet new people, make lifelong friends, a
  - **Venue**: 2 Funky Complex
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- **Event Name**: Alan Davies at De Montfort Hall
  - **Venue**: De Montfort Hall
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- [Festivals Events Today in Leicester](https://allevents.in/leicester/festivals--today)
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** ABSOLUTE RAMPAGE - MIDLANDS BIGGEST FRESHERS EVENT (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 09:00 pm at O2 Academy Leicester), Navratri 2026 (Sat Oct 10 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Jungle Club), Run Leicester Festival 2026 (Sun Oct 11 2026 at 09:15 am at Victoria Park, LE1 7RY Leicester, United Kingdom), Oktoberfest | Athena, Leicester (Sat Oct 03 2026 at 11:00 am at Athena), Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour (Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:30 pm at De Montfort Hall).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Leicester this weekend September 25–27, 2026?
  - **A:** ABSOLUTE RAMPAGE - MIDLANDS BIGGEST FRESHERS EVENT (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 09:00 pm at O2 Academy Leicester), The Lestival With Smokescreen 35 (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 11:00 am at Foresters Arms Leicester Le35ag), Common Folk Festival Leicester (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Regent Sports & Social Club, Regent Road, Leicester, UK).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Leicester in September 2026?
  - **A:** ABSOLUTE RAMPAGE - MIDLANDS BIGGEST FRESHERS EVENT (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 09:00 pm at O2 Academy Leicester), Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour (Wed Sep 23 2026 at 07:30 pm at De Montfort Hall), The Lestival With Smokescreen 35 (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 11:00 am at Foresters Arms Leicester Le35ag), Common Folk Festival Leicester (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 07:30 pm at The Regent Sports & Social Club, Regent Road, Leicester, UK).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Leicester on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Leicester include O2 Academy Leicester, The Jungle Club, Victoria Park, LE1 7RY Leicester, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in Leicester range from GBP 1 to GBP 347. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Leicester include The Pulse Hub, The Jungle Club, Run Leicester Festival.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Leicester.

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