The THREE CITIES Project create and connect. The Three Cities Festival connections Leicester, Derby and Nottingham. It is run by a partnership including the local councils, the East Midlands Development Agency and the Arts Council.

Leicester Collge

The Leicester College of Performing Arts

Entertainment

Last Minute - Entertainment Specialists

See our profile on Last Minute Musicians.

Nottingham music venues and promoters

Black Market Venue

Button Pusher Bookings

Bands - national

BBC Radio 1 - Huw Stephens "In New Music We Trust"

BBC Radio 1 - Rock and Indie

Ents 24 - The UK's biggest guide to live events

Reverb Nation - the ultimate marketing solution for artists

Channel 4 - new music for unsigned bands

Garage Band - the web's largest music communit

Access all bands, based in Birmingham, provdes opportunities for bands, musicians and artists to to get support in the music industry. They help bans to get promotional material, arrange gig swaps, get tracks on to the radio, produce merch and much more besides. Check them out on their Access all Bands website.

Funding for the Arts

What's next in arts funding?

Leicester forums

ArtsIn is now a member of the LeicesterTalk forum; you can see our profile on the site.

Cultural diversity

Asian (Indian) arts are included in the Asian Community website

For broader information about support for black and Chinese arts and cultural activities, see the Mainstream web site.

Local festivals

Web design stuff

We found this really interesting article about the concept of 'above the fold' in web page design.

The arts in Leicester

The Leicester Creative Business Depot

Cafe Culturel - conversations in contemporary culture, public discussion meetings

Creative Leicestershire - funding and support for the arts

Foundation for Community Dance - dance for all

Leicester Society of Artists - visual arts

If you know of a good web site of interest to artists of any kind, please send us the link