We come to the end of the first month of the Leicester Events Guide and here are the stats from September!
September in numbers
| Events listed | 547 |
|---|---|
| Venues with something on | 48 |
| Busiest day | Saturday 26 September, with 64 events |
| Busiest day of the week | Saturdays, 26% of dated events |
| On a Friday or Saturday | 39% of dated events |
| Most common start time | 19:30, for 12% of timed events |
| Starting at 9pm or later | 5% |
What kind of things were on
What people went for
The ten events that drew the most interest on the guide in September, in order.
- Handmade Festival 2026 at O2 Academy Leicester, 5 December
- Li Jin Hao: Falling From A Moon at Firebug, 20 September
- CROWDED FESTIVAL 2026 at Firebug, 3 October
- Workshop: Print Your Own Tote Bag at Cathedral, 19 September
- Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From A Really Nice Guy at Curve, 11 October
- Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? at Phoenix, 18 September
- Lucy Porter – Let Yourself Go! at Attenborough Arts, 26 September
- Tim Key: Loganberry at Curve, 16 September
- The Death of Robin Hood at Phoenix, 13 September
- Album Listening Club at Attenborough Arts, 16 September
The venues people looked at most
Share of all the interest in September, by venue.
The busiest venues
By how many events they had on.
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 Tuesday 22 September, with 10 events.
- 18 of the month's events were talks, tours or history events.
- 112 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 and count each event once, however many times it was listed.