# 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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## Featured Events

- **Event Name**: Harrow Fireworks Display – Saturday 7th November 2026 - Bonfire night meets Diwali
  - **Description**: 🎆 Harrow Fireworks Display – Saturday 7th November 2026 🎇The Ultimate Explosive Showdown: Diwali Meets Guy FawkesClear your calendars, Harrow — because 2026 is shaping up to be our biggest, boldest, most sparkle-packed year yet. On Saturd
  - **Date**: Sat, 07 Nov at 12:00 pm – Sat, 07 Nov at 01:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/harrow-fireworks-display-saturday-7th-november-2026-bonfire-night-meets-diwali-tickets/80009250946331
  - **Venue**: Byron Park, Byron Road, Harrow, UK
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  - **Price**: min: 14, max: 18, currency: GBP
  - **Categories**: festivals, food-drinks, entertainment, kids, bonfire-night, fireworks, calendar, funfairs
- **Event Name**: Kirtidan Gadhvi Live — King of Garba | Post-Navratri Garba Night Leicester
  - **Description**: Keep the Navratri celebrations going! Play Garba to live music by the legendary Kirtidan Gadhvi at our Post-Navratri celebration.About this Event👑 Celebrating Post-Navratri with Kirtidan Gadhvi – King of Garba 2026
  - **Date**: Fri, 23 Oct at 06:00 pm – Fri, 23 Oct at 11:30 pm (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/kirtidan-gadhvi-live-king-of-garba-post-navratri-garba-night-leicester/100002000480546165
  - **Venue**: Ramgarhia Community Centre
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  - **Price**: min: 21.59, max: 58.53, currency: GBP
  - **Categories**: fitness, Music, Entertainment

## 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**: 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, halloween, entertainment, parties, dance, art, nonprofit
- **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
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 3
  - **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 Uni Halloween Festival 2026
  - **Description**: 🎃 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗶 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹! 🤡
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  - **Date**: Mon Oct 26 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat Oct 31 2026 at 03:00 am (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/leicester-uni-halloween-festival-2026/200030751274838
  - **Venue**: University of Leicester Students' Union
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  - **Categories**: festivals, halloween
- **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
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **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**: Forest Fireworks
  - **Description**: Get ready for one of Leicester's biggest and best community fireworks events as Leicester Forest host their Annual Dispaly
  - **Date**: Sun Nov 01 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sun Nov 01 2026 at 10:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/forest-fireworks/300042794509
  - **Venue**: Leicester Forest Rugby Club
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  - **Categories**: fireworks, fourth-of-july-fireworks-shows, fourth-of-july-fireworks-cruises
- **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
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - 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**: Sharad Poonam 2026 - Saturday 24th October 6:30
  - **Description**: ✨ SHARAD POONAM 2026 – THE MAHER CENTRE ✨
Come and celebrate the biggest night of Sharad Poonam at The Maher Centre.About this Event🌕✨ SHARAD POONAM 2026 – THE MAHER CENTRE ✨🌕
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 24 2026 at 06:30 pm – Sun Oct 25 2026 at 12:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/sharad-poonam-2026-saturday-24th-october-6-30/100002003182969185
  - **Venue**: Maher Centre, Leicester, England (UK), Ravensbridge Drive, Leicester, UK
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  - **Price**: GBP 5 to 10
  - **Categories**: fitness, Music
- **Event Name**: Oadby Festive Light Switch On 2026
  - **Description**: 🎄 Oadby Town Centre Festive Light Switch On 2026 🎄

It’s nearly time to get Oadby feeling festive! 🎅✨

Join us on Saturday 14th November 2026, from 12pm until 8pm, for the Oadby Town Centre Festive Light Switch On.

Come along and enjoy an afternoon and e
  - **Date**: Sat Nov 14 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Nov 14 2026 at 08:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/oadby-festive-light-switch-on-2026/200030732235147
  - **Venue**: The Parade Oadby
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  - **Categories**: Nonprofit, Workshops, Kids
- **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
  - **Interested Audience**:
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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
- **Event Name**: Tiny Play
  - **Description**: A creative sensory play session at Leicester Gallery for babies under 12 months old for Journeys Festival International with Art Reach.About this EventOur Tiny Play sessions at Leicester Gallery are for babies
  - **Date**: Sun Oct 18 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun Oct 18 2026 at 11:00 am (+01:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/tiny-play/100002001611829865
  - **Venue**: Leicester Gallery
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  - **Price**: GBP 0 to 6
  - **Categories**: fitness, Art, Festivals, Theatre, Workshops
- **Event Name**: Oktoberfest
  - **Description**: Expect great music, steins raised, singing, dancing, and plenty of festive fun/ £20 gives you Entry 1 Stein 1 Bratwurst
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 24 2026 at 06:30 pm – Sat Oct 24 2026 at 11:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/oktoberfest/300042737961
  - **Venue**: Rose And Crown Le7 9pj
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  - **Categories**: oktoberfest
- **Event Name**: Girls Like R&B x The Terrace Leicester - Sat 14th Nov [TICKETS NOW ON SALE!]
  - **Description**: LEICESTER GIRLS, IT’S YOUR TIME 💘
The UK’s FIRST all female R&B Daytime Festival is coming to LEICESTER!
We’re taking over The Terrace, right in the heart of the city, for an intimate party made just for the girls who love R&B, slow jams,
  - **Date**: Sat Nov 14 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat Nov 14 2026 at 10:00 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/girls-like-randamp;b-x-the-terrace-leicester-sat-14th-nov-tickets-now-on-sale/3600030740183025
  - **Venue**: The Terrace
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  - **Categories**: festivals, art, nonprofit, parties, entertainment
- **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**: The Student Midwife Experience Festival 2026
  - **Description**: An in-person event with an online audience at each University campus creating new ways to share experiences in real time.About this EventVenue: University of Leicester
  - **Date**: Wed Nov 11 2026 at 09:30 am – Wed Nov 11 2026 at 04:30 pm (+00:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/leicester/the-student-midwife-experience-festival-2026/100001797730894499
  - **Venue**: University of Leicester
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  - **Price**: GBP 0 to 433
  - **Categories**: fitness, Festivals, Business, Workshops, Nonprofit, virtual

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  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/5a8d33c64078f46164cc152b6dfd708707f35ced3a3d8d17837f8706256a468d-rimg-w1200-h738-dcb89898-gmir.jpg?v=1785445342
- **Event Name**: Party and Bullshxt
  - **Description**: Party and Bullshxt
The Midlands Biggest Halloween Link Up PartyAbout this EventThe Midlands Biggest Halloween Link Up Party Ever With..3000+ RAVERS40+ UNI’S5 A
  - **Venue**: Club Republic
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/0c73ab36a2db8976322420ad97012613130fe1d697d026d03589fc71b95ff356-rimg-w1200-h856-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1787196488
- **Event Name**: Halloween Screamfest - Friday 30th October 🎃 BOOK NOW 🎃 ALLFRIGHTER TILL 5AM 🎃 [LAST 50 £5 TICKETS]
  - **Description**: HALLOWEEN SCREAMFEST - Friday 30th October
🚨 SCREAMFEST IS BACK! 🚨
The event that SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR returns for another HUGE Halloween takeover! 🎃👻
Tickets always go FAST, so get yours EARLY and don't miss out! 🎟️🔥
So get your masks out, get that blood
  - **Venue**: 2Funky Complex - Music & Event Venue Leicester
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/fd072ec0-c819-11f1-ac75-15a87e2724d8-rimg-w766-h428-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1792014937
- **Event Name**: Harry Enfield and No Chums
  - **Description**: Join us for a rare and entertaining evening with legendary satirical comedian and self-style stupid idot, Harry Enfield.

Harry will reflect on 40 years of being in comedy and bring some of his favourite characters vividly back to life on stage.

Then it'
  - **Venue**: De Montfort Hall
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/64ba578f676d9ae314df50fe113c4890b5c5b5038ec9a5b38682f4f987720b19-rimg-w1200-h726-dcb8c8c8-gmir?v=1788298503
- **Event Name**: Leicester's BIGGEST Halloween Festival | Leicester Freshers 2026
  - **Description**: Leicester's BIGGEST Halloween Festival | Leicester Freshers 2026

📍 ATHENA


After TWO YEARS STRAIGHT of SOLD OUT freshers shows, we thought it would only be right to come back to Leicester for a HUGE Halloween special in 2026 🔥!




🔊 MUSIC POLICY 🔊

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  - **Venue**: Athena Events Venue
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/ccb78c20-bb43-11f1-9913-21574437e213-rimg-w1200-h675-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1790603529
- **Event Name**: Kurupt FM Halloween Leicester
  - **Description**: We're bringing the full Kurupt FM crew to the o2 Academy Leicester for a very special Halloween party...ArtistsKurupt FMMusic Genres :  UK Garage, Bassline, Bass Music
  - **Venue**: O2 Academy Leicester
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** Leicester's BIGGEST Halloween Festival | Leicester Freshers 2026 (Sat Oct 31 2026 at 10:00 pm at Athena Events Venue), Leicester Diwali Shopping Festival Sunday 1st November 2026 (Sun Nov 01 2026 at 12:00 pm at Ramgarhia Community Centre), Leicester Uni Halloween Festival 2026 (Mon Oct 26 2026 at 07:00 pm at University of Leicester Students' Union), Leicester Witch Festival (Sat Oct 31 2026 at 10:00 am at Guildhall Lane), Forest Fireworks (Sun Nov 01 2026 at 04:00 pm at Leicester Forest Rugby Club).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Leicester this weekend October 16–18, 2026?
  - **A:** Tiny Play (Sun Oct 18 2026 at 10:00 am at Leicester Gallery).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Leicester in October 2026?
  - **A:** Leicester's BIGGEST Halloween Festival | Leicester Freshers 2026 (Sat Oct 31 2026 at 10:00 pm at Athena Events Venue), Leicester Uni Halloween Festival 2026 (Mon Oct 26 2026 at 07:00 pm at University of Leicester Students' Union), Leicester Witch Festival (Sat Oct 31 2026 at 10:00 am at Guildhall Lane), Festival of AI 2026 - AI Conference (Fri Oct 16 2026 at 09:00 am at National Space Centre), Sharad Poonam 2026 - Saturday 24th October 6:30 (Sat Oct 24 2026 at 06:30 pm at Maher Centre, Leicester, England (UK), Ravensbridge Drive, 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 Athena Events Venue, Ramgarhia Community Centre, University of Leicester Students' Union.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in Leicester?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in Leicester range from GBP 1 to GBP 433. 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, Leicester Diwali Shopping Festival, Official Leicester Uni Freshers.
- **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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