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May 2013	Festivals start this month. Get the dates from our festivals page.	Advertise here
Saturday 18th May	Monsfest, Leicester Eyres Monsell Park Hillsborough Rd LE2 9PQ Saturday 18th May - from 12 pm to 5 p.m. Live music, freestyle biking stunts, stalls and funky tents. See Savage Skills perform on the day with their freestyle biking stunts Last year: Monsfest 2012 Follow this event on Facebook
Saturday 18th May	The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE1 1UT • 0116 319 1238 Shed Website Semi-final 2 of I Wanna Be A Rockstar Amy Wyke The Brandy Thieves Micro Jupiter The Bowbridge Band FourPointOh Visit our page to get names of the bands and reviews of previous gigs Join this event on FB
Saturday 18th May	The Musician Clyde Street Leicester, LE1 2DE The Musician web site OBS Grand Final See our new article on the Original Bands showcase and see reviews of the gigs. With special guests Midnight Wire, playing at the end of their 2013 tour. See our feature article on Midnight Wire. This year's finalists Leaving Party The Brandy Thieves Theia Mattyoux Mondigreen Stop That Train Get the latest reviews of the OBS 2013
Sunday 19th May	The Crumblin Cookie/Cookie Jar 68 High Street Leicester LE1 5YP Cookie web site Siobhan Mazzie's Album Launch Nile McGregor Becky Edwards Rhett Barrow The Simpletones There is a suggested donation entry fee of £2 which you DO NOT HAVE TO PAY but it would be extra extra lovely if you did to put towards costs of the night 5 pm to 10 pm Join this event on Facebook
Sunday 19th May	The Musician Clyde Street Leicester, LE1 2DE The Musician web site Miles Hunt Erica Nockalls Long before "Britpop", British indie music had a golden era that saw the likes of Pop Will Eat Itself, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, EMF, Jesus Jones and of course, perhaps the biggest band of the era - The Wonder Stuff. With a sound that mixed post-punk guitars, psychedelia, pop-rock and folk they were the perfect alternative band in a time of Stock Aitken and Waterman. Armed with killer, catchy tunes and sneering lyrics The Stuffies were to go from indie darlings to headlining the Reading festival and enjoying hit success with "Welcome To The Cheap Seats", "Size Of A Cow" and their number one collaboration with Vic Reeves, "Dizzy". Details from the Musician web site
Sunday 19th May	The Firebug Millstone Lane Leicester LE1 5JN Firebug web site The Big Figure Exciting up and coming Indie Rock band from Glasgow 'The Big Figure' who are playing at the Firebug with support from Josh Kemp I am the Dice Join this event on FB
Friday 24th May	Upper Brown Street Theatre 16 Upper Brown Street Leicester LE1 5TE Tann-I Browne See our review of Tann-I Browne Join this event on Facebook
24th to 26th May	Back Lane Turnpost Farm, Wymeswold, near Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 6SU Glastonbudget Festival Three days of live music to kick off the Festival Season Tribute acts and lots of local bands. The Bands Get Tickets Find more festivals on ArtsIn See our review of last year's Glastonbudget Festival Join this event on Facebook
Saturday 25th May	Lock 42 2 - 4 Frog Island Leicester, LE3 5AG LiveinLeicester web site Flip Like Wilson
Saturday 25th May	The Criterion 44 Milstone Lane Leicester Le1 5JN Notorious Dawson Brothers Brothers-in arms - Dawson Smith, Gareth Jones and Steve Burton - offer probably the best Americana roots music in the East Midlands. In a real ale pub. What more could you ask? Admission free. Quality real ales on tap. Plus pizzas. Join this event on Facebook
24th - 26th May	Leicester Hand Made Festival We're Handmade. We're a music and arts festival, and we live in the city of Leicester in the UK. For one weekend a year we take over venues and more ‘unusual' spaces across the city and fill them with awesome things. Music, comedy, art, photography – you name it. We endeavour to bring the best national and international performers to the city and have them play alongside the awesome l ocal talent we have to offer. The people behind Handmade have been putting on shows for over a decade, working tirelessly to bring awesome people and things to the city of Leicester. Five years ago we started a festival called White Noise Christmas with our friends. This is the next logical step. 2013 is our first Handmade festival. We're very excited. Follow this event on Facebook See our listing of all this year's festival in Leicester and Leicestershire
Thursday 30th May	Sumo Braunstone Gate Leicester The Big Band Theory with Tanni Browne Jeth Infinite Euphemia nancy Dawkins The Bomb Jesse Wright Ten KC de Rookee B.O.O. Kezia Live Wire Steppa 7 p.m. to midnight £5 entry In support of Macmillan Cancer See our review of the previous night Join this event on Facebook
June	Training for musicians and artists - find out what courses are running	Advertise here
Saturday 1st to Sunday 2nd June	Riverside festival Leicester's Riverside festival - with its substantial offering of live music stages, takes place on 1st and 2nd of June 2013. Our guess is that Riverside 2013 will have more significance this year, due to the loss of the Summer Sundae Festival. See our review of the 2012 Riverside Festival. The official web site for the Riverside Festival See our listing of all this year's festival in Leicester and Leicestershire
Sunday 2nd June	The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE1 1UT • 0116 319 1238 Shed Website Carnage at The Shed - all day metal festival Sworn Amongst Project Mischief Chaos Engine Immerse Untermensch Invictus Foul Body Autopsy Drowning Grace My Legacy Internal Conflict Join this event on Facebook
Monday 3rd June	The Exchange Bar Rutland Street (Opposite Curve Theatre) Leicester Music in Leicester The launch of Music In Leicester from 7.30 pm A short presentation of nes and announcements about the publication of Music In Leicester and other services for bands, artists and musicians. followed by A line-up of local artists and singers performing music and song Free admission - everyone welcome
Friday 7th June	The Sound House Southampton Street Leicester LE1 1SJ Soundhouse web site Location map Random Hand Anti Vigilanti The Karma Party Join this event on Facebook
Saturday 8th June	The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE1 1UT • 0116 319 1238 Shed Website Young Bands Club The next in the monthly series of matinee gigs for bands, singers and artists aged 18 and under. Please come and support the next generation of acts, many of whom have performed for the first time at these events. Several bands and singers come back regularly to perform at these shows. Line up to be announced soon. Join this event on Facebook
Friday 14th June	The Musician Clyde Street Leicester, LE1 2DE The Musician web site Preacher & the Bear The Pale Faces Subtitles Wild Strawberries Quintent The Bear and his House Rockers Join this event on FB
Saturday 15th June	The Shed, Yeoman Street, LE1 1UT • 0116 319 1238 Shed Website The Grand Final of I Wanna Be A Rockstar with Smokin The Profit Strike Up The Colours Luzon Bleeding Heart Titan Visit our page to get names of the bands and reviews of previous gigs Join this event on Facebook
21st and 22nd June	Hinckley Music Festival See the Festival Web site
Saturday 22nd June	Lock 42 2 - 4 Frog Island Leicester, LE3 5AG LiveinLeicester web site Valentiine Cable 35 Shrink Goldstein
29 and 30th June	Foxton Locks Festival Foxton Locks Festival web site
July	Thousands of people read this page every month - find out how you should advertise here	Advertise here
Saturday 6th July	The Western Park Festival Western Park, Leicester Western Park Festival Mainstage and Bandstand together with Marquee Stage will host an array of the wealth of local talent on Leicester's newest Festival. We have started to announce the selected acts, the full Bands and Acoustic Line Up to be confirmed shortlyA fun packed day is scheduled for this, the newest family friendly festival with something for everyone to enjoy. Over 32 music acts to enjoy and it's FREE! Find out where Western Park is Join this event on FB The Western Park festival on Facebook See our listing of all this year's festival in Leicester and Leicestershire
26th to 28th July	Heather Music Festival Heather, Leicester, LE67 2QP See the festival web site Includes a Battle of the bands See this event on Facebook
August
2nd and 3rd August	Cosby Big Love Festival 2013 Visit the festival web site See our listing of all this year's festival in Leicester and Leicestershire
Saturday 24th August	Lock 42 2 - 4 Frog Island Leicester, LE3 5AG LiveinLeicester web site Bleech Box 8 Miles High Satelitte Empire Fallen Empire Join this event on Facebook

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