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Beat The Streets 2025

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #8: George Akins on Rock City, Beat The Streets, Thekla, Dot To Dot, Massive Attack and 30 years working in live music

A bonus eighth episode  talking with the most influential man in the Nottingham music scene, George Akins; owner of DHP Family, Rock City, Rescue Rooms, Bodega, Stealth, Splendour Festival, Dot To Dot and more...

THePETEBOX on The Voice UK, Working With will.i.am, and Beat the Streets

Nottingham’s Pete Sampson, aka THePETEBOX, has been making music for about the same amount of time that this very magazine has existed. Now based in London, the 2023 semi-finalist of The Voice UK chats to us about being coached by will.i.am, his appearance at Beat The Streets, and what’s coming up for him in 2024…

Festival Review: Beat The Streets 2024

DHP Family’s Beat The Streets saw huge crowds gather to enjoy a full day of live music on Sunday, with tens of thousands of pounds expected to be added to the fundraising total for Framework from this year’s event. Here are the LeftLion music team’s thoughts on the 2024 edition of the festival…

Thousands Showed Up For DHP’s Beat The Streets Raising Vital Funds For Framework

DHP Family’s Beat The Streets saw huge crowds gather to enjoy a full day of live music on Sunday, with tens of thousands of pounds expected to be added to the fundraising total for Framework from this year’s event...

Beat The Streets 2024

We Speak to Festival Booker Joe Patten Ahead of This Year’s Beat the Streets

Tomorrow, Beat the Streets Festival will return to the streets of Nottingham. We spoke to festival booker Joe Patten to gain his perspective on the festival’s continued success since 2018...

We Chat to Framework Night Support Worker Jordan Francis Ahead of Beat The Streets

Ahead of this weekend’s Beat The Streets festival - founded in 2018 by Nottingham promotors DHP in conjunction with Framework - we caught up with night support worker Jordan Francis to find out more about the challenges he faces and the role music can play in shining a light on an a spiralling issue...

From Art Exhibition Launches to Beat The Streets Festival: Here's What's on in Notts 22 - 28 January 2024

This week in Nottingham, enjoy live music in aid of a great cause at Beat The Streets, celebrate the opening of new exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, or join the National Holocaust Museum for Holocaust Memorial Day...

We Catch Up With Bloodworm Ahead of Beat the Streets

In 2023 their first headline show in Nottingham sold out and in 2024 they will take to the Beat The Streets stage. We catch up with Bloodworm to find out what to expect from their set, what else they've got planned for the year, and when we can expect to hear some new tunes from them...

We Speak to Alfie Sharp Ahead of Beat the Streets

With debut EP Home Truths on the way, which will be celebrated with a launch show at Peggy's Skylight, we chat all things Beat The Streets with Alfie Sharp...

We Chat to the Cost of Loving Ahead of Beat the Streets

One of the most exciting up-and-coming bands from Nottingham right now, The Cost of Loving have made a mark with their recent singles Esports Player, Strings (Attached) and Remorse Code. We chat to them ahead of their appearance at Beat The Streets festival at the end of this month...

Beat the Streets Announces First Acts for 2024

Nottingham-based national music promoter, DHP Family, has announced the first wave of artists for charity fundraiser festival Beat The Streets...

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We Chat to Scott Taylor, the Brains Behind the We Share These Streets Podcast

Do you ever consider the streets you’re walking on? What happened on them hundreds of years ago? These are the exact questions Scott Taylor asked himself when he created We Share These Streets - the twenty-episode podcast exploring the days of Nottingham past…

Beat the Streets Raised £89,500 for Framework This Year

Vital funds raised by DHP Family's charity festival Beat the Streets in 2023 have been handed over to Framework to support its work helping the homeless population in Nottingham...

In Photos: Beat the Streets 2023

It brings together Notts' finest artists for a day full of great tunes - and it's all for charity. How could we not stop by? 

Review: Beat The Streets 2023

The well-anticipated Beat the Streets returned for its fifth year running last Sunday...

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Interview: Sugar Stealers ahead of their performance at Beat The Streets

Meet Sugar Stealers before they perform at Beat The Streets this weekend..

From Sleeping Beauty to Beat the Streets, Here's the Best of This Week

Shakespeare, Sleeping Beauty, Beat the Streets, there's plenty on this week...

Performing At Beat The Streets in Late January, Girlband Chat the Festival and Their Music

We chat with G, Jada and Kay from local indie-rock trio Girlband about their upcoming performance at Beat The Streets festival…

Interview: Venues Programmer Joe Patten on Beat The Streets 2023

We chat to Joe Patten, venues programmer of Beat The Streets, ahead of the 2023 festival...

Preview: Beat The Streets

It’s not like you lot need an excuse to party, but how does partying for a cause sound? Specifically, helping Framework Housing Association improve the lives of homeless people…

Beat The Streets Photos

Beat The Streets 2022 returned on Sunday, providing an amazing day filled with local Nottingham artists spread across Rescue Rooms, Rock City and Bodega, all in aid of supporting vital charity Framework. We headed down to catch the acts and had an amazing day!