Handmade Festival

Handmade Festival A totally independent music and Arts festival in Leicester, UK. Hey. We’re Handmade. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram:

We’re a totally independent music and arts festival that takes place on May bank holiday in the city of Leicester. Our aim is to find the best new and forward thinking music, comedy, art, film, performance and photography and bring it all together for one weekend. The festival is curated by some of the city’s best loved independent venues and promoters, all of whom have been involved in putting on

events for decades, working tirelessly to bring great things to Leicester. We wanted to create an arts festival the city could really be proud of together. During the first four years of the festival we’ve seen sets from Deaf Havana, We Are Scientists, 65daysofstatic, Swim Deep, Los Campesinos, Dry the River, Dutch Uncles, Slaves, Bo Ningen, And So I Watch You From Afar, Shonen Knife, Eagulls, Honeyblood, Iliketrains, Rolo Tomassi, Nine Black Alps, Three Trapped Tigers, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Sam Duckworth, Johnny Foreigner, Tangled Hair, Tellison Sky Larkin, Sulk, Maybeshewill and Her Name Is Calla, with comedy performances from Robin Ince, Rob Deering, James Acaster and many more.

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Hey. We’re Handmade. We’re a totally independent music and arts festival that takes place on May bank holiday in the city of Leicester.

“Bigger and better than ever before” - Drowned in Sound “A world-class festival” - GQ “Huge tunes? Good times? Big grins? Yup” - Kerrang “Every guitar band worth their salt is playing Handmade” - NME During the first seven years of the festival we’ve seen sets from Frightened Rabbit, Metronomy, Futureheads, We Are Scientists, Idles, Twin Atlantic, Drenge, Circa Waves, Deaf Havana, 65daysofstatic and many more... Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @HandmadeTotally