The Leicester Events Guide

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Our Launch Weekend

14 September 2026

We went live with The Leicester Events Guide last Friday and it's been exciting to see such a lovely reaction to what we're doing.

We thought we'd treat you to an early look at some stats we'll be publishing monthly so you can see what we'll be bringing you in future months. Obviously this is early days for a lot of this data - so take it with a pinch of salt - but its nice to see what the future holds for what we can show you...

September in numbers

Events listed413
Venues with something on30
Busiest daySunday 13 September, with 30 events
Busiest day of the weekSaturdays, 25% of dated events
On a Friday or Saturday36% of dated events
Most common start time19:30, for 14% of timed events
Starting at 9pm or later4%
Newsletters sent1
Events per day
Events listed per day in September so far.
Busiest days of the week
How the month's dated events fell across the week.

What kind of things were on

What kind of things were on
Every event listed in September, by kind.

What people went for

The ten events that drew the most interest on the guide in September, in order.

  1. Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From A Really Nice Guy at Curve, 11 October
  2. Li Jin Hao: Falling From A Moon at Firebug, 20 September
  3. The Death of Robin Hood at Phoenix, 13 September
  4. Tim Key: Loganberry at Curve, 16 September
  5. BUG INDUSTRY CLUB! at Firebug, 14 September
  6. CROWDED FESTIVAL 2026 at Firebug, 3 October
  7. Leicester Piano Club at Attenborough Arts, 13 September
  8. Chris Ramsey: Here Man at De Montfort Hall, 31 October
  9. Half Drunk Club 2026 at Firebug, 13 September
  10. Dizzee Rascal at O2 Academy Leicester, 6 November

The venues people looked at most

Share of all the interest in September, by venue.

The venues people looked at most
Where the clicks went in September, as a share of the total.

The busiest venues

By how many events they had on.

The busiest venues
The venues with the most on in September.

A few more facts

  • The longest run on during the month was You Are Here at New Walk Museum, 322 days from 14 February.
  • The quietest day was Saturday 12 September, with 26 events.
  • 14 of the month's events were talks, tours or history events.
  • 105 events ran all day rather than at a set time.

Figures come from the guide's own listings and what readers clicked on. They cover September 2026 so far and count each event once, however many times it was listed.