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LCB DEPOT BUSINESS BREAKFAST
12 February – 12 February
Meet like minded business people in a relaxed informal environment. Enjoy breakfast and refreshments for free!
LCB20: Exhibition
27 September – 18 October
Showcase of LCB tenants past and present, and our creative community
AOP: Sustainability for Productions
17 July – 17 July
A free ‘How-To’ of practical steps for agencies, studios, photographers & freelancers to engage in sustainable best practice for their shoot productions.
Free Business Breakfast in Partnership with Anicca Digital: July 2024
Fashion 2024
7 May – 16 May
Fashion exhibitions from DMU Fashion Design x Fashion Communications + Leicester College Fashion students
Create growth at phoenix cinema : Part of LCB Depot film season
18 April – 18 April
Join us for the Film Leicester Growth Event at the Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre! This in-person gathering will bring together filmmakers, industry professionals, and enthusiasts to discuss the growth and future of the film industry in Leicester. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to network, learn, and be inspired by the thriving film community in our city. See you there!
Screen 2024
CQ Earlies: Making movies
International Upcycling Festival 2024
12 April – 12 April
This first International Upcycling Festival in Leicester, UK, in 2024 aims to enhance our understanding of upcycling in theory and practice in businesses (of design, making, production or waste management) and the consumption domain (as behaviour or lifestyle) drawing on different disciplines, sectors and socio-cultural contexts.
FORMAT24 International Photography Festival
LCB FREE BUSINESS BREAKFAST
14 February – 14 February
LCB Business Breakfast is BACK with more networking for 2024!
Stand up! Get Down! creative family fun
Leicester Comedy Festival: presented by Jokes On Us
9 February – 24 February
Leicester Comedy Festival 2024 LCB Depot will be hosting three weekends of live comedy brought to us by Jokes On Us
Re/Thread: a trail of giant sequins
Midlands Makers winter market
Makers Yard Christmas shopping weekend
#LastFriday November 24th Pop UP Shop
24 November – 24 November
As a part of #LastFriday street food night, amongst the comedians, musicians and around the pit fire this month we have a bigger Pop Up Shop!
Tickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/598361/
FREE Business breakfast
Create Leicester
Design 2023
30 September – 22 October
architecture | interior | experience | product | furniture | graphics
#LastFriday street food night
Creative Coffee
20 September – 20 September
Creative Coffee Leicester with Documentary Photographer Kavi Pujara – September 2023 + the usual blend of informal creative networking.
Cultural Quarter Earlies: Punk
Art Auction for Action
6 April – 5 May
Gartree High School X LCB Depot
Art auction to raise funds for the DEC, supporting the disasters in Syria and Turkey
Creative Coffee
15 March – 15 March
Creative coffee FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIAL!
Creative networking 10am – 12pm
Creative Coffee
15 February – 31 March
Creative Showcase
Creative networking with comedy from Ishi Khan
How to Become a Transformer
18 January – 15 September
Hear how three creative businesses like yours turned their expertise into passive income machines!
5:30 pm
LastFriday
25 November – 16 December
Street food night, Makers’ Fair, and Graphics Season launch, 5-10pm
Electric Shadows : Leicester Chinese Film Festival
14 November – 20 November
including Tips To Enter The Chinese Film Market brunch workshop at LCB Sat 19 Nov 11am-1pm
Leicester Art Week
Create Better Content
9 November – 20 November
How to tell your story, generate more leads and sales through creating better content in your marketing
A Leicester Business Festival workshop from LikeMind Media at LCB Depot
LastFriday
29 October – 20 November
Street food, launch of LCB Art Season, comedy, DJ, LCB Stop performance, popup shop, 5-10pm
FREE ENTRY between 5 and 6pm!
L.O.V.E. Art exhibition
Push (12A)
14 October – 20 November
Part of the ‘Phoenix on Tour’ programme
7pm | Tickets £6 (£5 for MyPhoenix Members) | £10 with meal
Creative Coffee Leicester
5 October – 27 October
A free meet-up for creative people and those looking to meet creatives
LCB Depot, Weds 5 October, 10am to 12 noon, free
Love Architecture Festival
4 October – 27 October
Leicester’s annual architecture festival from Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects
LastFriday
30 September – 21 October
Street food night, plus launch of LCB’s Design for Life Season, 5-10pm
Convergence 2022
22 September – 25 September
A festival/conference celebrating new work & ideas in music and technology, at DMU and LCB Depot
British Science Festival
13 September – 17 September
At De Montfort University and venues across the city, including LCB Depot and an LCB Depot Takeover on Friday 16th September
Sound of Metal (15) – SCREENING CANCELLED
9 September – 10 September
Part of the ‘Phoenix on Tour’ programme
Friday 9th September 7pm | Tickets £6/£5
LastFriday
26 August – 24 September
Street food plus comedy, art, DJ, popup shop, Friday 26 Aug 5-10pm
Graduating DMU students get in FREE!
The World Reimagined
13 August – 31 October
Transforming how we understand the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact on all of us
In seven cities across the UK including Leicester
Kendrick Snodin : The Prism of Memory
5 August – 26 August
A solo exhibition by the Leicester artist & illustrator, 5-26 August
Midlands Makers Market
30 July – 26 August
at LCB Depot, free entry but we ask for donations for Help The Homeless food bank
1-9pm (market 1-5pm)
LastFriday
29 July – 30 July
The legendary LCB street food night, Friday 29 July 5-10pm
Food, drink, comedy, DJs, SPEC3 exhibition + afterparty, popup shop
Spec 3
11 July – 30 July
A group art exhibition curated by Marcus Dove
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, admission free*
Billion O’Clock
2 July – 30 July
by Interact Digital Arts and David Conrad Dhonau, 6-11pm, free
Live music, art installations, merch, party!
LastFriday
24 June – 30 July
The legendary LCB street food night, 5-10pm
Leicester Creative Expo edition
Creative Cocktails
23 June – 30 July
Part of Leicester Creative Expo
At Manhattan 34, Rutland Street, Leicester, 4-6pm
Create Leicester
23 June – 30 July
Aiming to inspire Leicester’s digital design community
Part of Leicester Creative Expo. With two guest speakers, 6.30-7.30pm, free
Creative Industries Week
20 June – 24 June
Shaping the future of the city’s cultural strategy
including Leicester Creative Expo & Creative Expo Showcase
LastFriday
27 May – 28 May
The legendary LCB street food night, Friday 5-10pm & Saturday 11am-5pm
Street food, drinks, comedy, art, DJ, popup shops/Bring The Paint on Saturday
Craft Season
16 May – 1 June
metal | ceramic | wood | glass
LCB Depot, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, free
LastFriday
29 April – 1 June
The legendary LCB street food night, 5-10pm
Plus popup fashion shop, catwalk fashion show by Mode Collective, comedy, DJ, & fashion exhibition
LastFriday
25 March – 29 April
The legendary LCB street food night, 5-10pm
Food, drinks, art, music, comedy
Light Up Leicester 2022
3 March – 6 March
Lighting up the city after dark with a trail of nine illuminated artworks
6pm to 10pm, free
LastFriday
25 February – 6 March
The legendary LCB street food night, 5-10pm
Street food | art | culture | vibes
Cultural Quarter Lates
25 February – 6 March
Late night gallery openings & events in Leicester’s Cultural Quarter. Last Friday each month
Beta X
Festivals Season 2022
2 February – 6 March
Leicester Comedy Festival, Spark Festival, BETA X, UKNA Leicester Takeover, Chinese New Year, Cultural eXchanges Festival, Light Up Leicester
LastFriday
28 January – 29 January
The legendary LCB street food night, Friday 28 Jan, 5-10pm
Our first street food night of 2022!
Graphics Season
10 January – 28 January
Graphic design, illustration, and animation
LCB Depot, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, free
Creative Cocktails Xmas Quiz
Makers 4 Makers
10 December – 28 January
Welcome to the NEW community support hub for makers in Leicester
6pm at Crafty Sew & So in Makers Yard
LastFriday
26 November – 24 December
The legendary LCB street food night, 5-10pm
Our last street food night of 2021!
The Magic of the Real
5 November – 26 November
painting | sculpture | installation | textiles | photography | print
LastFriday
29 October – 26 November
The legendary LCB street food night, 5-10pm
Featuring Design Season closing party!
Design Season 2021
18 October – 30 October
Celebrating Design in Leicester
Talks, exhibitions, events, workshops and films
Book launch
Mughal E Azam
1 October – 29 October
Outdoor screening of ‘the biggest Indian film ever’
plus live performance by Bhangra artist H-Dhami and dancers
Blade Runner – NOW SOLD OUT
23 September – 29 October
Watch the classic movie at LCB!
plus DJ set and food by Grays cafe-bar
Heritage Open Days 2021
14 September – 16 September
Explore LCB Depot and Makers’ Yard – Guided Tours, free
Plus Creative Family Day Sat 11 Sept
Arabesque
3 September – 14 September
Art inspired by Architecture – solo exhibition at LCB
Lasercut art by The Archist
This Machine Is Black
13 August – 30 August
An interactive exhibition exploring race and technology!
£3.83 entry*
Alternative Degree Show
19 July – 5 August
Student-led show featuring design crafts, graphic design, illustration and fine art
What’s Buzzing at the LCBee Depot?
15 July – 16 July
To Bee Or Not To Bee book and beehive launch, Thurs 15 July 2.30-4.30pm
Suitable for children aged 5 – 11
Rocket Round Leicester
LastFriday+1
Stay Connected 2021
22 June – 28 June
A trail of design work by this year’s DMU Graphic Design & Illustration students
LastFriday+1
Creative Coffee Showcase
CQ Earlies – Digital Creative Play
Interactive
5 February – 26 February
Virtual, Mixed, Augmented Reality, Gaming, UX design, Interactive Art
Overgrown City
Grays Christmas Burger Takeaway
Art & Makers’ Online Shopping
Design Showcase
Design Season 3
12 October – 30 October
An exciting season of 20+ events celebrating design led by Leicester’s design community
Grays summer garden party
RAW@LCB
20 March – 27 March
Exhibition by DMU 2nd Year BA Hons Photography & Video students ONLINE/ON-SCREEN ONLY
Online on Twitter @lcbdepot and on-screen in our window
Creative Coffee
26 February – 13 March
Creative Networking at LCB, 10am-12noon
with Guest speaker Charlotte Angharad of MBD
VR talks and demos
LastFriday
31 January – 1 February
Street food night, Friday 31 January 5-10pm
Chinese New Year edition
Creative Coffee
29 January – 1 February
Creative Networking at LCB, 10am-12noon
with guest speaker Sophie French
Easy Saturday Family Day
Founders Social
LastFriday
25 October – 26 October
Street food night & closing party for Design Season 2, 25 October 5-10pm
Design Season 2
LastFriday
LastFriday
26 July – 27 September
Street food night, 5-10pm
food+bars+music+comedy+art+performance
Taiko exhibition
3 July – 13 July
part of the 13th UK Taiko Festival in Leicester
Time and Space Between the Drum
Summer BBQ
21 June – 22 June
Summer Solstice BBQ Friday 21 June, 5-9pm
relax and unwind on the longest day in our courtyard henge
Design Crafts : New Work
Spring Proaction Cafe
LastFriday
29 March – 30 March
Street food night, Friday 29 March 4-10pm
with musical peformance by special guest Anneka
Demystifying Finance
Cultural Exchanges Festival : Soofiya
28 February – 13 April
Hairy Femmes Forever
A DMU Pride/Cultural Exchanges/LCB presentation
Upstarts : Reinvention of Tradition
LastFriday
22 February – 8 March
Street food night, Friday 22 February 4-10pm
Chinese New Year edition
LastFriday
25 January – 26 January
Street food night, Friday 25 January 4-10pm
food | drink | music | comedy | art | afterparty | rickshaws | firepits
Create Leicester
24 January – 26 January
aiming to inspire Leicester’s digital design community, 6.30-10pm Thurs 24 Jan
speakers | lightning talks | food | drink
Leicester Mercury Connections
Volunteer Info Morning
Danni Spooner : Baby
3 January – 27 January
LCB Depot artist bursary residency by danni/baby
art | workshops | open studios | interactions | collaborations | projects
Last Christmas
Makers’ Yard Xmas Weekend
24 November – 25 November
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 November
amazing gifts and products handmade by local artists and designers
Fire Walk Fundraiser
Pottery Classes
StudionAme residency
Create Leicester
18 October – 27 October
aiming to inspire Leicester’s digital design community, 6.30-10pm Thurs 18 October
speakers | lightning talks | food | drink
Leicester Beer Convention
Loop
Canteen
24 August – 25 August
The last Canteen street food night at LCB Depot, Friday 24 August 4-10pm
The 19th and final Canteen at LCB Depot!
FakeNews
Empire Soldiers
25 July – 3 August
stories of forgotten Indian soldiers of WWI
Open 11am-5pm Monday to Friday
Create Leicester
12 July – 13 July
aiming to inspire Leicester’s digital design community, 6.30-10pm Thurs 12 July
speakers | lightning talks | food | drink
Canteen
29 June – 30 June
Street food night, Friday 29 June 4-10pm
food | bars | DJs | comedy | art | Rickshaw rides to CQ Lates venues
LCB Showcase Prizewinners
27 June – 19 July
Exhibition of work by Jane French, Catherine Headley & Tiffany Tangen
Migrate
19 June – 23 June
100+ Polaroids by 8 artists exploring global migration
Exhibition, talk and workshop
Millinery Workshops
26 May – 27 May
with Giulia Mio Haute Couture Millinery at Makers’ Yard Saturday 26 May
Canteen
27 April – 28 April
Street food night, Friday 27 April 4-10pm
food | bars | DJs | comedy | art | performance
Create Leicester
5 April – 28 April
aiming to inspire Leicester’s digital design community, Thurs 5 April 7-10pm
speakers | lightning talks | food | drink
Leicester Mercury Connections
Pinch Pots Projects
17 March – 18 March
Hey Clay! workshops for the Get Creative Festival
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 March, 11am-6pm
Soulful Woman
8 March – 9 March
Deconstructing & celebrating the 21st Century Woman, on International Women’s Day Thursday 8 March 5.30-8.30pm, £5
Cultural eXchanges at LCB Depot
26 February – 3 March
DMU festival of ideas – fringe events at LCB Depot on 27 & 28 Feb, and 1 & 3 March
Clicking Comedians Talk
20 February – 3 March
By Steve Best, Tuesday 20 Feb, 7pm, free
A Leicester Comedy Festival event
Kids Comedy Hub
Made in China
Clicking Comedians
Create Leicester
18 January – 24 February
aiming to inspire Leicester’s digital design community, 7-9pm
speakers | lightning talks | food | drink
Canteen : StudionAme Edition
24 November – 25 November
Street food night, Friday 24 Nov 5-10pm
food / drink / music / comedy / art / performance / graffiti workshops
Leicester Print Festival
11 November – 12 November
printmaking weekend at Leicester Print Workshop and LCB Depot
Saturday & Sunday 11am-4pm
Oxjam Leicester Takeover
28 October – 12 November
One wristband, one day, one huge amount of money raised for Oxfam.
Five venues including LCB Depot
Meet Your (Designer) Maker
Lines Crossed
Creative Coffee
11 October – 25 November
Creative Networking at LCB, 10am-12noon – film/animation special
Set The Bar
21 September – 22 September
Networking for creatives, Thurs 21 September 7-9pm : Disruption in the creative industries
Heritage Open Days
Canteen
25 August – 26 August
Special Journeys Festival International street food night, Friday 25 August 5-10pm
Cafe Saturday
13 May – 14 May
Saturday 13 May – Family fun with Bambino Disco and the Afghan Box Camera, meet Convergence artists, eat & drink with Nelly’s Doughnuts and Grays, 11am-4pm
Canteen
28 April – 29 April
Street food night at LCB Depot Friday 28 April, 5-10pm, with live music from the Handmade Festival, bars, DJ, & comedy
Cafe Saturdays
25 February – 1 April
Grays from 12pm, children’s lunchtime comedy workshop 1-2pm, then Comedy Cafe
DMU Fine Art exhibition
5 January – 24 February
The State of Art
See the range of fine art practice at Leicester School of Art
Leicester Makers
3 November – 4 November
Makers’ Yard showcase in Highcross Thursday 3 November, 9am-5pm
Leicester Business Festival
Adult Clay Days
Family Clay Days
21 July – 9 August
with Jo Keogh Ceramics at Makers’ Yard
creative pottery sessions for children
An Indian Summer
Shelf Life
Clay Days
2 June – 9 July
with Jo Keogh Ceramics at Makers’ Yard
Half-term family clay day sessions
Creative Coffee
Robert Hardaker : Remnants
12 January – 28 January
A sculptural exchange – in our Gallery Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm
Portrait Painting Workshop
26 November – 28 January
A one-day workshop on Thurs 26 November with Jane French at Makers’ Yard, 10am – 4pm
Journeys Extra
2 November – 6 November
Visual, interactive and musical events at the Platforma Festival
RSA Engage : Leicester
13 October – 14 October
Find out about the RSA’s current activities, LCB Depot Tuesday 13 October 6-8pm, free*
Writing From The Clouds
DMU Graduate Champions
Summer Art Trail 2015
Show Off!
30 May – 31 August
Spark Festival 2015, for children 0-13, takes over LCB Depot 11am – 4pm
Comedy Cafe
1 May – 2 May
Kick-off your May Day Bank Holiday weekend with a laugh on Friday 1st May!!
Beginners’ Arduino Course
Leadership Training
Leadership Training
Ornamentum : open day
Fashion Network Event 2
13 November – 2 May
Talks and networking for fashion designers & manufacturers, at LCB Depot 6-8pm, free
Still Life Paintings
1 November – 2 May
A one-day workshop with Jane French, 11am – 4.30pm
In the City Studio at Makers’ Yard
Arduino Workshop
27 September – 2 May
A one-day workshop with Interact Labs, 1.00 – 5.00pm
In Leicester Hackspace at Makers’ Yard
St George’s Festival
26 April – 13 September
Folk, food and floral art at LCB Depot 12-4pm; Make & Take at Makers’ Yard
Meet & Mingle
12 February – 8 May
A free event for people thinking about starting up a business or in the early stages of trading.
LCB Depot, 6.00 – 8.00pm
Light the Night
17 November – 8 May
Local and international artists light up Leicester’s Cultural Quarter like never before!
Sunday 17th November 3.30pm until late!
Creative Business Showcase
Meet & Mingle
2 October – 22 October
A free event for people thinking about starting up a business or in the early stages of trading.
LCB Depot, 6.00 – 8.00pm
Jack Shotbolt
28 August – 12 September
Exhibition by winner of the LCB Depot prize at the Open 24 exhibition
Felting Workshop at Makers Yard
IllustrARTe exhibition
Exhibition – Home Truths
Workshop – Creative Practice
2 March – 3 March
A 2-day experiential training in group facilitation
Expand your creativity in working with groups
Exhibition – Sophie Oakley
Exhibition – Secret Postcards
5 September – 15 September
Dozens of 6″ x 4″ artworks for sale at £20 each
In the Pedestrian Gallery
Seminar – Business Structures
Exhibition – Luci Eldridge
