What’s On
Autumn 2025
Celebrating a Decade of Exhibitions
Thursday 29 January 2026, 5pm – 8pm
To mark this special milestone, join us to launch our upcoming exhibitions ‘A Decade of Exhibitions’ and ‘Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles’.
Featured events
Every Saturday during Exhibitions, 1pm - 3pm
Saturday Gallery Art Club is your opportunity to get creative, explore art hands-on, and take inspiration from our latest exhibitions to create your own work. Open to everyone, each session is supported by our friendly Learning Team as they hold the space for you to work independently or with your friends and family.
Friday 12 December, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
So come join Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Adam Riches, (Cats Does Countdown), as he hits the road once more with his (k)night of chaotic buffoonery, to give you bastards a Christmas present you’ll never forget.
Thursdays & Sundays, January - April 2026
The club aims to increase opportunities for developing your performance skills, support nervous players to play in a friendly and relaxed setting, encourage alternative styles of performance and simply share and spread the love of piano playing to form a growing community in Leicester.
Recent news
8th December 2025
Join us to launch our upcoming exhibitions ‘A Decade of Exhibitions’ and ‘Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles’, Thursday 29 January 2026, 5pm – 8pm. In 2016, Attenborough Arts Centre...
3rd December 2025
Last week our Learning Team were at the International HandsOn! Making a Difference Conference hosted by Eureka to present, deliver and share our multi-award winning SENsory Atelier programme – and...
10th November 2025
Celebrate culture and creativity with Attenborough Arts Centre this spring by experiencing our latest range of exhibitions and performances and get creative with artist-led courses, workshops, and a range of...
Art for all
Based at the University of Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre runs a range of arts and culture initiatives for our students and delivers the institution’s public programmes together with a range of partners, collectively engaging over 250,000 people annually.
Upcoming events
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