What’s On
Spring 2026
Exhibition Launches in January
Thursday 29 January 2026, 5pm – 8pm, Free for all
Join us to launch our upcoming exhibitions ‘A Decade of Exhibitions’ and ‘Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles’. Food and drinks will be available throughout the night. Free for all with booking required.
Featured events
Thursdays 15 January, 8pm - 10:30pm
Leicester Jazz House presents a solo concert by Alcyona Mick, a pianist working at the forefront of the London Jazz scene. Alcyona has written and produced music for independent short films, documentaries, and animation.
Thursdays & Sundays, January - April
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.
Every Saturday during Exhibitions, 1pm - 3pm
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.
Recent news
15th January 2026
Attenborough Arts Centre presents Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles, an ambitious group exhibition exploring how artists are using textiles in surprising and radical ways. Illuminating the diverse roles textiles...
5th January 2026
On 29 January 2016, our galleries were officially opened by Sir David Attenborough as an inclusive space to celebrate culture and creativity. Join us exactly 10 years to the day...
17th December 2025
We have published a policy briefing paper with the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy to highlight how education for SEND children and young people can be transformed through arts...
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.
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