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Exploring Beeston's Street Art - Smartphone Photography Workshop

Wille & The Bandits

“tonight!” – the Music Of Leonard Bernstein Re-imagined, Featuring Emma Smith [jazz]

Disco Duck - House & Nu Disco Grooves

The Purple Hearts

Just the Tonic Comedy Club - Nottingham - 7 O'Clock Show

Just the Tonic Comedy Club - Nottingham - 9 O'Clock Show

Craft Of the Month: Nottingham Lace Embellishment

Craft Of the Month: Nottingham Lace Embellishment

SPIKE - up close and personal!

Crime and a cuppa

Sam Shaw & The Real Eyes

LeftLion's Latest Listens special: Divorce

In this special edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, we sample the debut album Drive to Goldenhammer from Nottingham's own Divorce...

We chat with Rob Green about music, musicals, and the value of the grassroots

Uplifting alt soul-pop Notts sensation Rob.Green is back and has dialled everything to the absolute max - bringing the emotion, fierce hyped energy and brand-new music for his first ever headline UK tour, which kicks off at Saltbox on 20th March. Rob shared his infectious joy with us in a conversation covering the tour, his collaboration with Cassell the Beatmaker, his ventures into musicals, and the value of grassroots venues...

Comedian Natalie Bellingham brings her one woman show to Nottingham

Ahead of her upcoming solo performance at Nottingham Lakeside Arts, where comedy meets life’s biggest transitions, Emma Oldham caught up with Natalie Bellingham to uncover the hidden layers behind Look After Your Knees...

Macbeth as it was meant to be

Nottingham Shakespeare Company has conjured the world of Macbeth with a tragic, rugged intensity that grips the audience from the first words to the final clash of swords. This is Shakespeare stripped bare and raw, each word spoken with purpose...

Pick Six: Rastarella Music Programmer & Community Engagement Expert at Cultural Vibrations (Unity Through Music)

For this month’s Pick Six, we spoke to Rastarella - Music Programmer & Community Engagement Expert at Cultural Vibrations (Unity Through Music) and Radio Host at 97.5 Kemet Fm. Rastarella will oversee the music programming at this month’s Ay-Up Market.

Oh What a Night! 2025

Abdoujaparov

Kiss the Water

James Morton Groove Den + Dennis Rollins [jazz/funk]

Hidden History Tour

Sunny Grace

Local playwright Jane Upton on her brand new play (the) woman

Written by Nottingham’s own Jane Upton and shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, (the) Woman is coming to Nottingham Playhouse this month. Following a woman struggling to balance her potential as a playwright with her responsibilities as a mother, it tackles hard truths about motherhood and conflicting identities. Jane was able to take the time out of her day to talk to us at LeftLion, having raced back from picking up arts and craft supplies for her children. But, as Jane herself puts it: “Sums it up, doesn’t it?”

Gig review: You Me At Six at Rock City

You Me At Six bid farewell to their Nottingham fans with three shows at Rock City on their Final Nights of Six Tour. Intensity and nostalgia were mixed with the undeniable energy of a band at their peak...