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Darbar Culture Festival 2025

Sat 2 – Sun 3 Aug

We’re excited to be partnering with Darbar Arts Culture & Heritage Trust for the Darbar Culture Festival 2025, bringing a world of colour, creativity, and South Asian culture to Leicester’s Cultural Quarter.

The festival begins with a FREE family fun day on Sat 2 Aug, with music, dance, crafts and storytelling, with events at Phoenix and LCB Depot.

On Sun 3 Aug, start your day with wellbeing sessions from yoga teacher and sound healer Lulu Rose.

There are film screenings on both days, plus delicious South Asian-inspired food and drink.

Festival events

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Darbar Culture Festival: Family Fun Day

Sat 2 Aug, 11.30am – 1.30pm & 2.30pm – 4.30pm | FREE

We're partnering with Darbar for this FREE Family Fun Day, with music, dance, crafts and storytelling.

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Indus Blues 18

Sat 2 – Sun 3 Aug | Free

Screening as part of Darbar Culture Festival, Indus Blues is a musical feature documentary highlighting the plight of the folk musicians and craftsmen of Pakistan and the state of their dying art.

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Intezar Farmaiye (Stay Tuned) 18

Sat 2 – Sun 3 Aug | Free

Screening as part of Darbar Culture Festival, Ali Mehdi's film is a journey through Pakistan's tumultuous history shown across the TV screen, seen through the eyes of three generations.

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Darbar Culture Festival: Wellbeing Sessions

Sun 3 Aug, 11.15am – 12.15pm & 12.30pm – 1.30pm | Tickets £11.43 via Eventbrite

Join yoga teacher and sound healer Lulu Rose, for deeply nurturing yoga sessions as part of the Darbar Culture Festival, here at Phoenix.

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The Lunchbox PG

Sun 3 Aug, 1pm

Trying to add some spice to her marriage, housewife Ila prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to her husband at work. When it is mistakenly delivered to another office worker, Saajan, it starts an unlikely friendship.