Got a date that sticks in your mind as being one of the important and significant days for the Arts in Leicester/shire in 2008? Tell us about it
Did we make 2008 a year of live music? Tell us what you think. What were your most treasured memories of live music this year?
What stood our for you as the most outstanding experiences of live music in Leicester/shire in 2008?
| January |
Deceptikon , Negative Brody, Martyr de Mona , Set in Stone , Aikon play the GYBO showcase at the Shed - one of the best gigs of the year and a great start to the band calender |
| February |
The Pavilion Venue opens its doors to live bands on Saturday nights.
The TWANG play in Leicester at Leicester Uni. |
| March |
JACK PENATE plays at Leicester Uni |
| April |
The Heroes, The Midbeats and the Chairman play at the Y Theatre. |
| May |
M48 and the Codes win the Original Bands Showcase at the Shed.
The Glastonbudget Festival takes place near Loughborough and over a hundred local bands and singers play to a gate of 6,000 on the new acts side of Leicester's biggest live music event. |
| June |
Leicester venues and stages empty as thousands of local rock fans head over to Donnington for the Download Festival
M48 win the Original Bands Showcase at the Shed |
| July |
The Displacements come home and play their first gig in their home town since they got signed. A huge crowd turned out to cheer them on and M48 played support. |
| August |
The Heroes open the main stage at Summer Sundae. The Chairmen play the main stage and Tired Irae and Kyte fill the De Montfort Hall. Leicester band Jersey Budd make a rare appearance in thier home town.
Hinckley singer Steve Faulkner wins the Silver Bullet/Pavilion Acoustics Competition.
The Caribbean Carnival hits the streets for another huge procession of musical floats and marching bands.
Freefall Felix play their last ever gig as frontman Charlie Drew exits the band |
| September |
Hinckley band The Chairmen beat 11,000 other bands to become of the overall winners of the national competition Surface Unsigned, playing the finals at the Carling Academy, in Birmingham |
| October |
The Black History Season 2008 gets underway in October and November with a series of events under the theme African Renaissance |
| November |
Syston band The Mile appear on Channel 4th Orange Act Unsigned. |
| December |
Leicester's new theatre CURVE is opened by the Queen and puts on its first show.
The Lowreys win the Silver Bullet Battle of the bands at the Pavilion
The Dirty Backbeats play their last ever show |
