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MJ Lenderman and the Wind

Kate Rusby: Winter Light Tour

Award winning actor Richard Armitage speaks about his latest crime novel

After a lengthy career making his name in blockbusters such as The Hobbit and BBC’s Robin Hood, multi-award winning actor Richard Armitage has turned to the written word. He visited Bromley House to discuss his latest crime novel The Cut, and how writing and acting converge.

Western musical Calamity Jane blows in from The Windy City to Nottingham Theatre Royal in March 2025

If you're a fan of the classic 1953 comedy-Western film and its long-running stage adaptation, or just looking for some good ol' fashioned escapism, then you're in for a treat early next year...

Ian Peskett - Winging It Painfully (one Man's Path to Redemption) - Nottingham Comedy Festival

Truth or Legend? The Case of Oasis and Way Ahead Tickets

Back in August 2024, the UK was rocked by the news that Britpop icons Noel and Liam Gallagher had set aside their long-term feud and were reuniting their band Oasis for an August 2025 tour. The event brought back memories of peak Oasis-mania around 1994, at the centre of which was Nottingham ticketing shop Way Ahead. Editorial Assistant Caradoc Gayer takes us back to that time...

"Rough sleeping is the tip of the homelessness iceberg": Framework tell us about their urgent winter appeal on World Homelessness Day

Notts based charity Framework have launched an urgent winter appeal for funds, closely following the premiere of homelessness documentary Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son, by Lorna Tucker, at Broadway Cinema. We heard more from Claire Eden, Head of Fundraising and Communications at Framework, and Sam Lanes, Manager of Street Outreach, about the challenges that the charity are facing and the help that they need to tackle them. 

Nottingham Symphonic Wind Orchestra

Comedy Queen and RuPaul Drag Winner Bianca Del Rio charms Nottingham

Sam Harvey checks out Bianca Del Rio's Dead Inside tour as it stops off at the Royal Concert Hall 

Charity Wine Tasting With Weavers Wines & Base 51

Award-winning trentbarton improves eight key bus routes

Whether it's for a commute or a day out, buses are hard to beat for value and sustainability. If you want to get a little further afield and are setting off from Nottingham and it's surrounds, trentbarton are hard to beat. They're now improving eight key routes, and have picked up an award along the way...

Competition: Big City Reads - win an original artwork by author and illustrator Tyrell Waiters

Nottingham City of Literature's Big City Reads campaign is underway, giving away thousands of free books to young people in the city. We're teaming up to give away one amazing prize. Read on...

Windrush Day Celebrations 2024 With Esther Stapleton-stone and Others

World Garden Words Celebration

We speak to KAP aka Katie Anderson Price, winner of the Future Sound of Nottingham award

We caught up with Katie Anderson-Price, better known as KAP, winner of this year’s Future Sound of Nottingham competition and the opening act at Rock City for the 2024 Dot To Dot festival.

Young Creative Awards Winners 2024

Each year The Young Creative Awards picks out some of the rising stars of Nottingham. The winners were announced at the end of May, and here are some of our favourites…

Competition: Win A Pair of Tickets to Boho Family Festival with Martin Kemp, Ben Volpierre-Pierrot and Jeremy Healy

Boho is a three-day family festival taking place from July 26 – 28 2024 at Millview Glamping and Events site in Newton, a 30minute drive from the city centre. The line-up includes Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, Ben Volpierre-Pierrot from Curiosity Killed the Cat and singer Jeremy Healy as well as plenty of local talent.

We have two pairs of tickets to give away. To enter just fill out your details in the form below. This competition is open until Weds 19 June 2024. Our winners will be chosen at random on Thursday 20 June and notified by email soon after. Note these competition dates have been extended by a week.

Competition: Win Tickets For Hacienda Live at Wollaton Hall

Hacienda, the iconic music brand that has captivated audiences for over three decades, is set to make history once again. They will be bringing their live experience to Wollaton Hall for the first time on Saturday 31 August.

LeftLion have three pairs of tickets to give away. The winners will be drawn on Monday 10 June and notified by email soon after. To be in with a chance of winning read on...

Winners of Nottingham Young Creative Awards 2024 Announced

The winners of this year’s Young Creative Awards 2024 have been announced to the public during a live awards night at the Nottingham Playhouse...

Martin Kemp to Headline Notts' Boho Festival in July, with Tickets Starting at £35 for Adults

You don't have to travel halfway across the country, or blow half your savings, to get that festival feeling - Notts' own Boho Festival is one offer closer to home that hopes to tick all your boxes...

Competition: Win Tickets For Live At The Hall Featuring Razorlight

Get ready for an epic night of music at Wollaton Hall on Friday 30 August, as "Live at the Hall" brings together an all-star lineup featuring Razorlight, Feeder, The Pigeon Detectives, and The Sherlocks.

LeftLion have three pairs of tickets to give away. The winners will be drawn on Monday 20 May and notified by email soon after. To be in with a chance of winning read on...

LeftLion Contributor Scott Oliver Wins Prestigious Cricket Literary Prize

Former LeftLion sports editor, Scott Oliver, has won one of cricket’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Wisden Book of the Year, for his debut book Sticky Dogs & Stardust. The book is a collection of essays detailing the exploits of some of the sport’s bona fide legends – among them the former Notts players Garfield Sobers, Kevin Pietersen, Andre Russell and Imran Tahir - when they turned out in league cricket alongside enthusiastic amateurs who they were expected to dominate. Oliver himself also played at Wollaton CC for a time. To celebrate Scott's success we are delighted to present this extract from the book – covering Pietersen’s troubled stint at Cannock – along with an exclusive discount code.

Make a Medieval Stained-glass Window

Competition: Win 4 Tickets to Evolution Drone Light Show

On Friday 19 April something special is coming to Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Witness an epic-scale family-friendly theatrical event told through a swarm of mesmerising drones flying in unison.