Since the end of March 2020, the vast majority of venues and live entertainment in the city has been closed because of lockdown. The Leicester organisations have been affected the most across the UK due to Leicester having the longest lockdown compared with other cities. As a loose collective, the members jointly organise over 1250 performances each year, employ over 269 people and entertain over 1/4million people a year.

These numbers for this city alone are huge! We and many of the venues across Leicester are taking part in Leicester's Good Friday event. Over 20 Leicester venues, promoters and performers have joined together for a unique online performance on Friday 2nd April (Good Friday) 2021. The performance will help raise money for the organisations involved in the live entertainment scene in the city and affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Organised by Big Difference Company and The Robot Needs Home Collective, the streamed performance will feature Leicester based artists performing in venues across the city and all the money raised will go towards those taking part.

Tickets are on sale now, priced from just £1 + booking fee, from http://www.comedy-festival.co.uk

Purchasing a ticket would mean the world to us and it would massively help the arts scene in Leicester massively. If you can, please give this a share and let's make this night a memorable one for all!
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