Rebel Sparks: Take Flight

A women in a silver oufit and yellow neck roof, flying through the air with a kick in a dark room on yellow aerial ropes.

Take Flight is a stunning aerial theatre show for 0-2 year olds and their grown ups. The story follows a musical mother bird as their baby hatches, grows and explores, […]

Sunday Sessions: Sacred Patterns

A mixed palette of different swirls of coloured paint broken up by abstract silver lines across the image.

We are partnering with local creative community groups for our weekly Sunday Sessions, to support artists and organisations while bringing you incredible workshops each week. The sessions are designed and […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club: with Poonam Thanki

A piece of white paper on top of a collection of scattered photographs. The paper has shapes and squiggles created with pens, threads and cut up paper. In the corner is another white piece of paper with a black squiggle with leaves made out of paper cuttings.

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. This session has been designed […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club: with Jaida Salmon

An abstract, colourfully painted background with an outline of a black square over the top. Inside the square it says 'This is me'.

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. This session has been designed […]

Sunday Sessions

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Join in fun and engaging creative activities in our café, that are open and available for all. Give yourself permission to get creative in a welcoming and engaging environment with […]

Soundbites Lunchtime Concert

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Every Tuesday, we provide a lunchtime concert called Soundbites for anybody who wants to sit back and enjoy live music for free. All Soundbites Lunchtime Concerts are relaxed performances, so […]

Sunday Sessions: with Lizzie Howley

Four colourful squares in blue, red, yellow and pink fill the image. In three of the squares are a half-circle, a triangle and a circle with textured colourings inside them.

We are partnering with local creatives for our weekly Sunday Sessions, to support artists and organisations while bringing you incredible workshops each week. The sessions are designed and led by […]

Save the World: The 25th Annual Open Art Exhibition

A BrightSparks: Arts in Mental Health Group and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust exhibition. The main exhibition features selected artworks from The University of Leicester Collection with responses from members of […]

Saturday Gallery Art Club

A pair of hands creating with wire on a creative table.

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 […]

Literary Leicester

Literary Leicester is the University’s annual free festival of great literature. Between Wednesday 18 March and Saturday 21 March 2026, Attenborough Arts Centre will host a variety of daytime events, […]