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<\/div>\n

31st August 2014<\/p>\n

That was August<\/h1>\n

Live music in Leicester in August 2014<\/h2>\n

Sunday 31st<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve Faulkner<\/strong> plays at Sloanes Bar<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/a>
Steve Faulkner at Sloanes Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Singer Steve does a three hour non-stopper of popular songs.<\/p>\n

Saturday 30th<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Miss<\/a>
Miss Marty with Hollyoaks actor PJ Brennan Pride 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Singers, dancers and bands perform on the main stage at Leicester Pride with Lisa Lashes<\/strong> in the headline slot.<\/p>\n

See the report on Arts in Leicester<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday 29th<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Casin<\/a>
Casino Empire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Murmur, Casino Empire, Ash Mammal, Over the House at The Soundhouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monday 25th<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Leicester Mela<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rapper LackyC<\/strong> was back again this year on the stage at the Clock Tower.<\/p>\n

Sunday 24th<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dancers<\/a>
Dancers at the launch of the City Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

City Festival main stage at Humberstone Gate.<\/p>\n

Read the report of the City Festival on Arts in Leicester<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year the City Festival featured a large main stage in Humberstone Gate; several local artists were on it including Jonezy, Joe Doyle, Kevin Hewick, Mia and The Moon \u00a0and Bizzie Dixon.<\/p>\n

\"Rhett<\/a>
Rhett Barrow
City Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The stage opened with a performance by Rhett Barrow.<\/p>\n

Read our report on the City Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

Siobhan Mazzei<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Siobhan<\/a>
Siobhan Mazzei
Photo Keith Jobey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Siobhan Mazzie at Thornton. Read our review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jonezy at BeaconFest<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jonezy's<\/a>
Jonezy’s set at the Brush Jubilee event
Photo: Mat Borland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Singers at The Shed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>
Joe Connor at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Singers and bands at The Shed<\/p>\n

Saturday 23rd<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Cosmopolitan Carnival 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cosmopolitan Carnival<\/strong> took place in the City Centre with bands, musicians, dancers and artists of all kinds.<\/p>\n

Friday 22nd<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Billy<\/a>
Billy Chamberlain from The Bench That Rocked
Photo: Mat Borland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Glastonbudget auditions at The Shed with The Bench That Rocked<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 19th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruthie Coles<\/strong> was at the Barley Mow<\/p>\n

Rhett Barrow<\/strong> at the Soundhouse<\/p>\n

Monday 18th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kevin Hewick<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a>
Kevin Hewick
City Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin Hewick was at The Musician<\/p>\n

Saturday 16th<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Launch<\/a>
Launch of the City Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

City Festival Launch with band and dancers took place at The Clock Tower. Mayor Soulsby welcomed people and then Paraiso Samba dancers and their band entertained people.<\/p>\n

Read our report on the City Festival on Arts in Leicester magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stop That Train<\/strong> headlined a show at the Cookie Jar<\/p>\n

\"Elizabeth<\/a>
Elizabeth Cornish August 2014
Photo Keith Jobey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elizabeth Cornish at the Musician<\/a><\/p>\n

The Simpletones<\/strong> played at Duffy’s Bar<\/p>\n

\"Canadian<\/a>
Canadian Band Double Experience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Double Experience<\/strong> at the Soundhouse<\/p>\n

A band from Canada stopped to play at The Soundhouse as part of their UK tour<\/p>\n

Friday 15th<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Beneath<\/a>
Beneath The Lights at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beneath the Lights<\/strong> at The Shed<\/p>\n

Thursday 14th<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Radio<\/a>
Radio Active at The shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Young bands showcase at The Shed plus
\nLeicester Promotions gig in the basement<\/p>\n

Sunday 10th<\/strong>
\nStrawberry Fields Festival<\/p>\n

Saturday 9th<\/strong>
\nStrawberry Fields Festival<\/p>\n

Friday 8th<\/strong>
\nStrawberry Fields Festival<\/p>\n

\"Neon<\/a>
Neon Sarcastic at The Shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Neon Sarcastic at The Shed<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday 3rd<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Steam<\/a>
Steam traction engine at the Brush jubilee event.
Photo: Mat Borland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Loughborough \u2013 bands and singers at the Brush Silver Jubilee<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday 2nd August<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ronin<\/a>
Ronin
The Shed, August 2nd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Music First Promotions birthday show at The Shed.<\/p>\n

Read our report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Caribbean Carnival<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Read the report on Arts in Leicester<\/a>
\nCosby Big Love Festival day 2<\/p>\n

Friday 1st<\/strong>
\nCosby Big Love Festival day 1<\/p>\n

See also:<\/h4>\n

Sionhan Mazzie<\/a><\/p>\n

Casino Empire<\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Cornish at The Musician<\/a><\/p>\n

Music First Promotions celebrates its birthday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

31st August 2014 That was August Live music in Leicester in August 2014 Sunday 31st Steve Faulkner plays at Sloanes Bar Singer Steve does a […]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":4689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[110,119,54],"tags":[124,122,128,127,125,117,121,149],"class_list":["post-4714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-from-2014","category-bands","category-gigs-music-home-page","tag-cookie-jar-venue","tag-donkey-venue","tag-firebug-venue","tag-musician-venue","tag-o2-venue","tag-shed-venue","tag-soundhouse-venue","tag-young-bands-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Featured-image-Siobhan-Mazzei-Thornton-24-08-2014.jpg?fit=300%2C247&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-1e2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11558,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/2016-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4714,"position":0},"title":"2016 review","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"13\/01\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Review of music in Leicester in 2016","rel":"","context":"In "2016"","block_context":{"text":"2016","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2016\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Oxjam-KG-Yodaclub-2.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Oxjam-KG-Yodaclub-2.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Oxjam-KG-Yodaclub-2.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5366,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/thatwas2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":4714,"position":1},"title":"ThatWas2014","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"20\/12\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Page last edited: 1st January 2015 That Was 2014 The year has been good for music. 2014 was a bumper year for bands, singers, rappers and music artists of all kinds. 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