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The wonderful local music blog site ‘Music In Leicester‘ came along to our recent ‘66 Days Reunion Gig‘ at Duffy’s and have posted a brilliant review of the event and the movement in general. Check it out here We are very proud of what we have achieved and its great

Our Punk Mum Ruth has inspired women from all over the world. Here is a wonderful blog written by GG on the site https://boneandsilver.com/2023/12/19/in-her-honour-we-played-our-first-ever-gig-as-the-ruths/ She has given us permission to repost it here.     Have you ever been in a band? It’s a complex juggle of personalities, skill, nerves,

Wow! What a night! It was wonderful to get the bands back together and celebrate Leicester women in music at Duffy’s Bar with most of the 2025 Riotous Collective cohort.   The night started with the banging Celestar Coco, complete with flash mob line dance, finishing with their famous Lord

Celestar Coco & The Manananas & Venus Attax & UFO Cult at Duffys on 12th July We are over 3 years into the great adventure in women’s music started by our much missed friend Ruth Miller. Events move fast and the constant energy about Leicester is palpable. I think this

Rogue Notion with St Brigid’s, Celestar Coco plus Libby and Chloë Bates at Firebug on 4th July Emma Rogue Notion’s birthday and so the atmosphere here was extra joyful. Em is not just a much loved member of the community – she IS the community. We have a lot of

Sunday 22nd June, another “Up the Duffy’s” and as always Chris put together a terrific bill to give us a terrific evening of music.. On the line up there was  Chris Cottis-Allan, Rai Waddingham, Dada Women and A Kick in the Bits. ‘Dada Women, representing the Riotous Collective who were

 High Maintenance’s second ever gig was on June 14th at The Soundhouse. They supported Luna Del Tigre They went straight into a spacey dubby vibey Melodica feel with ‘Restring My Heart’ ‘Manbaby’ kept up the feeling, the whole band utterly confident, Jen’s bass playing and vocals were spot on, strong

Venus Attax were down to a trio at The Tarthouse on 8th June, with Simon Gilroy making a guest bass appearance on a delightfully subversive ‘Queer’. Wild rocker Peta made a good attempt at smashing everything up and Carole looked very dapper, the smartest and most smiley drummer in town!

Velvet Crisis opened up at The Soundhouse on 6th June Their more punky end, very exciting, one of the best live acts around and always full of joy on their stages, this band love what they do! ‘When You Know You Know You Know’, ‘One Day’ ‘Give Me Back any

Botheration 2 was Duffy’s Bar on 5th June with Riotous Collective; The Manananas, Karyn A, Libby plus Peter Wyeth and Kevin Hewick Celestar Coco’s Libby  made her first ever solo appearance playing her own songs. She was both assured and vulnerable, the dark wit of her lyrics veering on the

Rogue Notion + Heart Of The Hydra + The Rollbacks and more at The Reprobates at Duffys Leicester on 1st June This was not at all the usual Duffy’s crowd. These were folk from Rogue Notion Emma and Libby’s choir, They performed a fabulous VE Day show by them a

St Brigid’s played their third gig yesterday, headlining The Big Difference Debut; New Band Showcase. They were supported by Blackhorse Hotel and The Sydneys. The eclectic Black Horse Hotel had a male and female lead, who also played a range of instruments, including some from the future. The Sydneys performed

Boilers and Virginias Wolves supported Produkty and The Barely Credible at Duffys Leicester 28th May Boilers jumped in at the very last minute to complete the line up, like the legends they are! Virginias Wolves Chrissie Wolf looked oddly like the Boilers bass player Whizee McFly – could they be

Up The Duffys 1 @ with Not My Good Arm + Tinderbox + Chris Ilett + Kevin Hewick  on 25th May Tinderbox RC proved to be yet another new Riotous band who have come on leaps and bounds with a surprising amount of quality material in such a short time.