Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

I visited Leicester`s first dedicated Christmas Market in the city's New Market Square to sample the fabulous festive food, Bountiful beverages and festive fun on offer. Open every day from 23rd November to 23rd December 2017 we see stalls offering Mulled wine, artisan crafts, traditional German sausages and even Turkish delight sweets.

In this film we meet John Finney performing at A Woodlands Garden Centre Christmas event. John who is a traditional organ grinder in Leicestershire showed me his German Stuber street organ which has the "Berliner Sound", he tells me he prefers this model to other organs due to its brighter and less mellow sound. In the film John introduces himself and tells us about the organ before loading some music and playing a selection of well known pieces including some "Festive Favourites". John was fundraising for Newbold Verdon Methodist Church.

I visited the annual continental market in Leicester. The event features foods crafts and more with traders traveling to the city from many continental countries, this is an event in which you will find German sausages alongside Mediterranean olives and coconut macaroons !. My film aims to offer a glimpse of the events many stalls and the atmosphere but is sadly unable to bring you the smells and tastes, for that you must attend the event itself which i thoroughly recommend.