Leicester's Biggest Bonfire Night at Abbey Park, Simon Brodkin at De Montfort Hall, Plus Stand-Up at Just the Tonic!

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

🎆 - Leicester's Biggest Bonfire Night - Two Firework Displays and a Funfair at Abbey Park!
📍 - Abbey Park
📅 - Sat 7th Nov
⏰ - Gates open 5:00pm
⏰ - Main display 8:00pm
🎟️ - Family of four from £28
📷 - @visitleicester

Abbey Park hosts the city's biggest bonfire night, with a traditional bonfire, a quieter first display at 6:45pm, a bigger one at 8:00pm, plus a family funfair, hot food stalls and a licensed bar.

It is cheaper to book ahead, because the price goes up on the day. Wrap up warm, because a hot dog tastes better in a field in November.

THE WEEKLY PLANNER

TUESDAY

The Stylistics - De Montfort Hall
7:30pm | More Info

Richard Shepherd: Time of Death - Loughborough Town Hall
7:30pm | More Info

WEDNESDAY

Chris Packham's World of Wonder - De Montfort Hall
7:30pm | More Info

THURSDAY

Life in Medieval Leicestershire - The Guildhall
2:00pm | More Info

Ashtanga Yoga with Spiral Sounds - Groby Village Hall
7:00pm | More Info

Simon Brodkin: Unleashed - De Montfort Hall
7:30pm | More Info

Bonfire and Fireworks Night - Great Central Railway, Quorn
7:30pm | More Info

SATURDAY

Interstellar Under the Stars - Leicester Cathedral
6:30pm | More Info

Tom Davis: Spudgun - De Montfort Hall
7:30pm | More Info

SUNDAY

Remembrance Sunday Parade - Argents Mead War Memorial, Hinckley
10:15am | More Info

Remembrance Sunday - Great Central Railway, Loughborough
10:45am | More Info

Accessible Afternoon - National Space Centre
3:00pm | More Info

SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP

🍛 - Mem Saab - Railway Lamb Vindaloo, Kothimbir Jingha King Prawns and Lamb Nihari!
📍 - 98 Vaughan Way
⏰ - Mon to Sat: 5:30pm to 10:30pm
⏰ - Last orders: 10:00pm
⏰ - Sun: Closed
📷 - @memsaableicester

Mem Saab is a family-run Indian fine dining restaurant in the city centre, with a champagne bar, a piano lounge and a Leicester Restaurant of the Year badge on its own site.

The Railway Lamb Vindaloo is slow cooked with pot roasted potatoes and extra green chillies, so it is really fiery. The Lamb Nihari melts in your mouth. Ordered "medium" before and regretted it? This is your redemption.

ACTIVITY ALLEY

🎤 - Just the Tonic Comedy Club - Four Stand-Ups in One Night at The Cross!
📍 - The Cross
📅 - Sat 7th Nov
⏰ - 7:00pm
🎟️ - £13.50 standard, £8.50 concession
📷 - @jttleicester

Four comedians, one night, one ticket. Ben Van Der Velde, Ethan Formstone, Sam Serrano and Jason Neale are on the bill at The Cross, so you get a whole mix of funny instead of one bloke's whole personality.

Book ahead and save the panic for the punchlines.

HOUSE OF THE WEEK

🏡 - A Detached Home With a Log Burner, a Gas Aga and Steam Trains Behind the Garden!
💰 - Guide Price £750,000
📍 - Chestnut Close, Quorn
🛏️ - 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 2 Reception Rooms
📷 - @reed_and_baum

A detached house at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, with a log burner in the character lounge, a handcrafted kitchen with a gas Aga and a walk-in pantry. The heritage Great Central steam railway runs just beyond the back garden.

Real steam trains at the bottom of the garden is more excitement than your commute has ever managed. And with two en-suites, the morning bathroom queue is cancelled.

LIVE MUSIC

FRIDAY

• Immersion - Firebug - 7:30pm

• Govannen - The Guildhall - 7:30pm

• The Killerz - Mountsorrel Memorial Centre - 7:30pm

• Blue Green - James' Cafe Bistro - 7:30pm

SATURDAY

• New Age Grace - Firebug - 7:00pm

• Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA - Holy Trinity - 6:00pm

• Autumn Concert - St Philip's Church - 6:30pm

• The Chicago Blues Brothers - Loughborough Town Hall - 7:30pm

• Raise the Roof 2026 - Ashby Road Sports Club - 7:00pm

• A Night at the Movies - Mountsorrel Memorial Centre - 7:30pm

• Choral Compline - St Mary de Castro Church - 7:30pm

• Muddy Summers - Duffy's Bar - 8:00pm

• Candlelight: Ed Sheeran & Coldplay - Holy Trinity - 8:30pm

• Urbanheightz Jungle - 440 Venue - 9:00pm

• Mucky Mentality - 2Funky Music Cafe - 9:00pm

SUNDAY

• James Allsopp Plays Stan Getz - Three Swans Hotel - 12:30pm

• No Buddy Does It Better - Mountsorrel Memorial Centre - 7:00pm