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Sweeping The Nation presents.... Leicester-based promoters, responsible for Leicesterval: Leicester Indiepop Weekender (formerly Alldayer, est. 2012)

SWEEPING THE NATION PRESENTS... ITS HISTORY (all at Leicester Firebug unless stated)

6/8/09 Love Ends Disaster!, Pagan Wanderer Lu (for Summer Sundae Fringe Festival)
28/10/09 Jeremy Warmsley, Peter Wyeth
3/12/09 4 Or 5 Magicians, Mascot Fight, Ace Bushy Striptease
4/3/10 The Indelicates, One Cure For Man, The Falling Leaves
28/3/10 Meursault, Stairs To Korea, Penfold Gate
11/4/10 Ice, Sea, Dead

People, Beyond This Point Are Monsters, Logfox
22/7/10 MJ Hibbett & The Validators, Standard Fare, The Lime Chalks (Leicester Musician)
1/10/10 Napoleon IIIrd, Pagan Wanderer Lu, Stairs To Korea, Mat Riviere (Brainlove Records tour)
6/7/11 Wake The President, Evans The Death, LookiMakeMusic
28/7/11 Help Stamp Out Loneliness, Ace Bushy Striptease, The Sunbathers (Indietracks warmup)
24/3/12: LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: Tender Trap, The Rosie Taylor Project, MJ Hibbett & the Validators, Just Handshakes (We're British), The Sweet Nothings, Anguish Sandwich, August Actually, The Sunbathers (followed by screening and Q&A for Serious Drugs - A Film About BMX Bandits)
16/10/12 This Many Boyfriends, cats:for:peru, Frantic Drift
23/3/13 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: Tigercats, Evans The Death, Ace Bushy Striptease, Haiku Salut, Lardpony, Seabirds, The Understudies, Owl & Mouse
23/7/13 Haiku Salut, Pete Green, The Sunbathers (Indietracks warmup)
27/10/13 Euros Childs, Laura J Martin, The Wellgreen
22/3/14 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: Kid Canaveral, The Spook School, Martha, Mascot Fight, Model Village, The Wind-Up Birds, Hillary & The Democrats, Superman Revenge Squad
23/3/14 Totally Acoustic: MJ Hibbett, David Leach, Pete Green, Alexander Christoper Hale (Leicester Cafe Bruxelles)
20/9/14 Post War Glamour Girls, The Wind-Up Birds, Ash Mammal
21/3/15 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: The School, Trust Fund, Simon Love & the Old Romantics, Fever Dream, Mowbird, T.O.Y.S, Two White Cranes, Mighty Kids, Alexander and the Christopher Hale Band
22/3/15 Totally Acoustic: MJ Hibbett, Daniel & Norbert Dentressangle, Joey Chickenskin, Alexander Christopher Hale (Cafe Bruxelles)
9/4/16 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: The Spook School, Flowers, Mammoth Penguins, Oh Peas!, T-Shirt Weather, Finnmark!, Sonic The Comic
22/7/16 Po!, MJ Hibbett & The Validators, The Sunbathers (Indietracks warmup)
11/3/17 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: Pete Astor, Cowtown, Chorusgirl, Po!, Peaness, Wolf Girl, Rainbow Reservoir, The 10p Mixes
26/7/17 Chorusgirl, Mammoth Penguins, Jesuscarfish (Indietracks warmup)
24/2/18 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: Steven Adams & the French Drops, Milky Wimpshake, Suggested Friends, Fightmilk, MJ Hibbett & the Validators, Charmpit, Emma Kupa, Jitterz
9/3/19 LEICESTER INDIEPOP HALF-DAYER: Personal Best, Wolf Girl, Pet Crow, Panic Pocket, Boarder
4/11/19 Fightmilk, Boarder, Small Man Society
3/10/21 SUNDAY SPECIAL: Nervous Twitch, Chemtrails, Duck, Throw Like A Girl!
5/3/22 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: The Just Joans, Fortitude Valley, Swansea Sound, Po!, Tugboat Captain, My Lo-Fi Heart, Throw Like A Girl!
4/3/23 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: ME REX, adults, Chemtrails, Lilith Ai, Breakup Haircut, The Verinos, Fan Rights, Pillow Fort (solo)
2/3/24 LEICESTER INDIEPOP ALLDAYER: Lande Hekt, Trust Fund, Mammoth Penguins, Nervous Twitch, Panic Pocket, Murder Club, Virginia's Wolves, Vom Vorton
29/11/24 Swansea Sound, Crumbs, Dayflower
1 & 2/3/25 LEICESTERVAL: Spearmint, Dancer, Cowtown, The Loves, Good Grief, Project Overload, Pink Opaque, Boilers; cheerbleederz, Fightmilk, Sassyhiya, Dayflower, ACHB

STN Presents... news very soon...In the meantime, Dayflower have included a track recorded live at Leicesterval on their...
01/06/2025

STN Presents... news very soon...

In the meantime, Dayflower have included a track recorded live at Leicesterval on their latest EP out today.

from the album Lazy ep

And so passes the only venue other than Firebug we've ever promoted a gig in (Indietracks warm-up, Standard Fare/MJ Hibb...
02/02/2025

And so passes the only venue other than Firebug we've ever promoted a gig in (Indietracks warm-up, Standard Fare/MJ Hibbett/Lime Chalks, 22nd July 2010), not to mention visited plenty of times down the years.
https://www.facebook.com/themusicianpub/posts/pfbid026HwvXvREks5NB3LMRefsAkdM2D5PnFXdfXqxoisQSGJYDUxj2MJj3i8G9CdxY8WSl

Further update
Sadly we have sold Musician VENUE.( STC)
Yes, after 25 years of unbelievably good live music from Leicester and around the world a new chapter has begun.
The music has moved from Crafton Street West to Garden Street and will present at The International www.the-international.co.uk
It’s a superb venue so please do give it your support.

After extensive talks with The Music Venues Trust -www.musicvenuetrust.com, a tough decision had to be made that the most sustainable route forward was to move as the building needs considerable amounts of money spending on it, and the business faces huge financial challenges.

So this is not the end - the story continues..... Yes, lots of us put our hearts and souls into that building but times are changing.

Thank you to all who have joined the adventures along the way!
A venue is nothing without the dedication and creativity of those who perform and work there so a huge thank you to all of the musicians, promoters, sound engineers, bar and door staff, cleaning staff, partners and supporters.
Most of all to you for buying tickets and loving music as much as we do!

See you at the next gig !
Darren Nockles

Remembering those good folk we have lost along the way : Ken Last, Paul Howe, Andy Wright, Mick Ridgeway, Dave Rae, Tony Lay, Geoff Bates, Russ Merryfield, Tony Jones, Geoff Beavan, Paul Alitson, Arnold Bolt, Andy Mann, Annie Smith, Ruth Miller, Geoff Overon, Tom Westmorland, Cameron Hinds, Steve Cooke ,Paul Robinson, Chris Gibson ,John Montague, Dave Irvin
Apologies to those I ’ve missed off this list.

Ps - We hope to have a sale of the Musician’s memorabilia and raise funds to create a new regular night supporting original music and artists from Leicester. Please keep an eye on socials for details of the sale

Thanks to everyone who came to a fun night last night!As a couple of people have been slightly confused by this, Saturda...
30/11/2024

Thanks to everyone who came to a fun night last night!

As a couple of people have been slightly confused by this, Saturday and weekend tickets for Leicesterval sold out a month ago but as Sunday is downstairs we've still got a good number of tickets available for cheerbleederz, Fightmilk, Sassyhiya (on Amelia and Rob's Skep Wax label, making them labelmates of Crumbs), Dayflower once more and ACHB.

After eleven Leicester Indiepop Alldayers and several years of selling out Firebug months in advance, we've expanded outwards. Two days of the kind of DIY musical feast you've come to expect from us, the regular hours (2.30pm-10.30pm) upstairs on Saturday, then on Sunday we'll be taking it downstair...

Tomorrow!
28/11/2024

Tomorrow!

Sweeping The Nation presents... its first standalone gig in (what by the date it happens will be) five years: SWANSEA SOUND Hue from the Pooh Sticks, Amelia and Rob from Heavenly, Bob from The Dentists and Ian from a whole bunch of bands, by their powers combined creators of two albums of sardonic t...

In five days' time we'll be putting on our first non-Alldayer show in five years with Swansea Sound, who were on form at...
24/11/2024

In five days' time we'll be putting on our first non-Alldayer show in five years with Swansea Sound, who were on form at the Cambridge Indiepop Alldayer last weekend, supported by Crumbs and Dayflower. Get you some tickets:

Sweeping The Nation presents... its first standalone gig in (what by the date it happens will be) five years: SWANSEA SOUND Hue from the Pooh Sticks, Amelia and Rob from Heavenly, Bob from The Dentists and Ian from a whole bunch of bands, by their powers combined creators of two albums of sardonic t...

21/06/2024

Hi, been a while. Just to say Leicesterval: Leicester Indiepop Weekender 2025 - just 36 weeks tomorrow! - is still set for ticket release on Monday September 2nd. Already, in the last week and a bit in fact, we've confirmed two exciting names for it, including someone we've been hoping for ever since this foolish endeavour began.

But also, we'll soon be announcing our first regular STN Presents night in five years...

02/04/2024

One month on, the Alldayer alumni playlist has been updated. Don't think we ever actually thanked everyone for coming to that remarkable day, so thank you and hope to see you again over the weekend in eleven months' time.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ogu8ivHqVZc39SdcDwBGz

05/03/2024
When you start selling out four months in advance, the only way to go is outwards. Event page when tickets go on sale, f...
04/03/2024

When you start selling out four months in advance, the only way to go is outwards. Event page when tickets go on sale, full line-up shortly afterwards.

At the end of another year and with the highlight of the one passing clearly the remarkable tenth Alldayer back in March...
31/12/2023

At the end of another year and with the highlight of the one passing clearly the remarkable tenth Alldayer back in March we thought we'd dig out some of Nigel King's photos of the day.

2024 will be STN's fifteenth year of promoting and we are making plans to do more than just the one gig - but it's now just 62 days until we do it all over again with another spectacular line-up...

02/11/2023

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