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Theatre review: Momentos de la Vida at Squire Performing Arts Centre

The Robin Hood Improv Festival is in full swing in Notts. Our reviewer Sam Harvey went along to check out Momentos de la Vida, a deceptively simple concept inspired by black-and-white photography...

Greening the streets: street artist Anna Wheelhouse on community and big canvases

Anna Wheelhouse is one of Nottingham’s most well-known street artists, with her signature, verdant nature-themed murals enlivening buildings and walls around the city, from pubs to parks to back gardens. We talked to her about her lifelong passion for the arts, and the benefits of working on a larger canvas. 

Salsa at Impacd Cic - Fun Dancing for People Of Determination

Explore & Imagine Creative Dance

Power Station

Thomas Atlas [ Blues/ Soul]

Me Rex & Terror Pigeon

Me Rex & Terror Pigeon W Support From Vom Vorton @ the Grove

Bama Lama Sing Song

Buttonpusher & Efbas Present : If It Kills You (usa)

Æsthetics and Resiliency: a Solo Exhibition by Alt Proc

Rat Pack: Swingin at the Sands

2025 World Tug of War Championships - World Club Competition - Friday 5 September

Musa Presents: Slam Against the Norm

The Last Stand Of Mrs Mary Whitehouse

Left Magpie: August 2025 Waiting for Jatta

Our monthly Notts County column is back with Julian McDougall, formerly of the beloved Notts County fanzine The Pie and currently of the excellent When Saturday Comes magazine. Here's his reflections on a languished start to the season at Meadow Lane...

New Art Exchange's Community Kitchen is Offering Cuisine, Culture and Connection

Nottingham’s diverse communities are benefiting from an initiative that brings them together in an inclusive and welcoming space to enjoy healthy food, experience new cultures and forge new friendships in the city...

Stage Review: Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell at the Theatre Royal

An intoxicating cinematic escape to 1930s Soho...

Whose streets are they anyway? How street art crossed the pond from New York to the East Midlands

Graffiti, tags, murals, stenciling, paste-ups… street art is a diverse artform with many subcategories and styles. While some might deride the practice under the blanket term of vandalism, for proponents of the artform, taking art out of the gallery and into the streets is about civil disobedience, ownership of space, and creative expression outside of the mainstream. We dip into the origins of graffiti in NYC and speak to artist Richie ‘Pops’ Baker about how the medium came to Nottingham in the 1980s…

7th international Refocus on Recovery conference

2025 World Tug of War Championships - World Club Competition - Thursday 4 September

Secret Walled Garden Tours

Left Brian: August - September 2025

Julie Pritchard, the creator of the classic nineties 'Brian' fanzine, is back with her thoughts on the last month at Nottingham Forest FC...

How Hockley venue Movers is redefining nights out

Bringing chilled afternoons of coffee and music that blend into evenings of DJ sets and dancing, Movers is the latest edition to Hockley’s hive of cultural activity. Since opening at the start of July, the multi-use venue has been making waves in the area as the hottest new bar in town. We spoke to director and founder Felix Coulton, also one of the minds behind Notts’ own Swing Dash Radio, to see how it's going so far and what they have coming up...

The Robin Hood International Improv Festival 2025