For the past couple of years we have been putting on Showcases at various venues around Leicester. The only criteria is that you have to rehearse here 🙂 If you would like to play at a Showcase then email or message us, it would be good if you could link us into your socials or …
We had such a year of highs and lows, looking back at 2023 seems like a decade rather than just one year. In January the Unglamorous Project started again with a new set of women ready to be in bands. This attracted to a lot of media coverage, local interest like Leicester Mercury and BBC …
The Stayfree Christmas Party at Firebug, or as we liked to call it ‘Stayfree Snowcase’ This was a great get together of customers and bands from previous Showcases. The first band on the night was Unglamorous Band – Mental Load. These women formed just 6 months ago . Facebook – Mental Load Next up was …
First on tonight at The Big Difference was the beautiful Joyce Embers. This was her first billing as usually she plays a lot of open mic nights. Her set was fantastic, with a range of ballads and heavier material. She is a thoughtful song writing with a great voice – Instagram –@joyce_embers Next band to …
This is the first of two showcases at The Big Difference this Autumn. This months line up starts with Pretty Dirty Rats, one of the great women bands to form out of the Unglamorous Project. These guys are funky, punky and have great rat based songs with very entertaining stories Facebook Next up was residents Dum …
This was our first showcase at OMC Music Venue on Frog Island, by far the easiest one to transport equipment to as I just have to cross the road to get to it. The opening band was brand new trio – Acute Echo, part of the Unglamorous project, they formed in May , had their …
Well its 30th June, exactly a year since our first Showcase and I’m please to say how much fun we have been having doing the event. This line up may look a bit eclectic from a distance but Jake from The People Assembly would only play a Showcase if they were to support The Verinos. …
This Showcase was all about pedal boards and plenty of sick guitar solos! The winner of the biggest pedal board goes to Mysterious Voices. I wasn’t the only person taking photos of their pedal boards too! Mysterious Voices opened up the night with a great set. They have a very interesting sound, the bassist often …
This was our very first all women Showcase! As Stayfree is the home of Unglamorous, we have plenty of amazing women bands to choose from and Im sure there will be more women bands appear on our line ups in the not to distant future. Boilers opened the night. This brand new band played their …
We were back at The Big Difference last night with the First Showcase of the year, celebrating another set of talented young artists that rehearse with us. First off was the marvellously kooky The Societys who entertained the audience with their new up coming single ‘Keys Phone Wallet’ and my personal favourite ‘Goals’ They have …
This was our first time at The Big Difference venue. I was very eager to put Showcases on at The Big Difference because it the bar is run by an old staff member – Anthony from Earls. This event was incredibly busy so I spent most my time upstairs on ‘door duty’ so my pictures …
Pheonixshire, 11 Years Tyranny, Wollow at Duffy’s Bar This month was all about Heavy Metal – Rock. Pheonixshire Eleven Years Tyranny The pace quickened somewhat with death metal/ metalcore Eleven Years Tyranny. There was a permanent mosh pit throughout their set, hair was flying everywhere! Alex on vocals …
Szyslak, Our Souls, First Wave at Firebug 29th July 2022 This was another great night of guitar rock with a punk edge to celebrate Stayfree’s 30th anniversary by showcasing some of the bands that rehearse or are based here. We think Firebug is a brilliant venue to see live bands and our second showcase gig …