An Indian Summer is taking over Leicester's Cultural Quarter from 9th - 11th August!
This year, the festival is expanding to 7 venues, including Curve Theatre, Phoenix, LCB Depot, Chutney Ivy, Sixes, The Real Ale Classroom and Brick & Beam.
Our full programme will be announced soon, and includes live performances, workshops, immersive experiences and exhibitions, bringing you an electric fusion of contemporary South Asian arts, creativity and culture.
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We’ll kick off with a Bollywood blockbuster outdoor cinema on Jubilee Square, and a drag & burlesque night in the Cultural Quarter.
Our festival day at the Curve includes creative workshops for people of all ages, storytelling, a wellbeing zone, outdoor street cricket, spoken word, sizzling street food from Bangladesh and a festival after party.
We’re excited to welcome world class musicians Abi Sampa, Rushil Ranjan and Arun Ghosh to the festival’s live music programme this year.
And we close the festival weekend with a relaxed film screening at Phoenix.
Have you noticed something new? This year, the festival has been through some exciting developments including a rebrand, logo change, and refining our vision and values.
Our theme and vision this year is ‘We Gather’
An Indian Summer Festival nurtures and platforms the breadth and intersectionality of contemporary South Asian arts and creativity
Our festival programme is open to all to attend.
Within a world that is currently fragmented and divided, we invite you to be the antidote, to Gather and proactively build a sense of Community.
Immerse yourself in Collective Moments, Creation and Action.
Enter a Shared Space to be curious, question, talk, seek wonder, imagine, re-imagine, find joy, ignite hope, nurture compassion, and authentically Connect.
See no stranger
Choose to say ‘You are a part of me that I do not know yet’.
When people come together, we begin to build the solidarity needed for collective transformation, building a world rooted in justice, love and humanity
(words inspired by and quoted from Valarie Kaur)