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Listening Workshop With Dylan Robinson: Wó:thel Sq'eq'ó Telhlímelh, Sthí:ystxwes Te Syó:ys

We Review Nottingham Poetry Festival 2025

Callum Minford reflects on this year's Nottingham Poetry Festival and what it reveals to us about Nottingham's writing scene. 

Nadia on... child poverty

In her monthly column, Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome talks about child poverty in Nottingham.

Summer Reading Challenge

The Influencer Presents Bingo Bonanza! - Disco Bingo-Quiz-Karaoke

The Influencer Presents Bingo Bonanza! - Disco Bingo - Quiz - Karaoke!

Cyan Kicks

Gallery Art Group Led by Jane Stockley & Elaine Winter

Juliet Lloyd at Waggon & Horses

We speak to this year's eight Future Sound of Nottingham finalists

The Future Sound of Nottingham returns to the Rock City main stage this Sunday 6th July. Eight Nottingham artists, living their dream and playing the most iconic stage in the city... plus there are two slots on the Splendour Festival main stage up for grabs! We had a chinwag with the eight finalists so you can get to know them a little better. Read on to hear from No Cash Refunds, Emily Alice, Megs, Molly in the Metro, Louie Walsh, Benji Romeo, Archy & The Astronauts and Saffron Gray...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #25: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Parisa East, Torn Sail, Those Once Loyal and Mollie Ralph...

We chat to Set In Motion about what drives them, Splendour Festival, and their playlists...

Set in Motion are one of the Nottingham music scene’s most promising bands. Noted for catchy indie hooks, powerful songs and incredible live performances, over the last two years they’ve made a name for themselves as a guitar music powerhouse act. We caught up with vocalist and guitarist Alfie Wallace, guitarist Dillan Telford, bassist Niall Hopkins and drummer Joe Carnell - outside the Fox and Grapes - to discuss their imminent Splendour Festival set, their future plans and what they’re listening to at the minute...

We celebrate one year of The Grove with the team that have made it a creative hub for local music

Proving that you don’t need a big budget to make a big impact, The Grove is built by gig-goers, run by musicians, and powered by the scene. It may be small in size, but Talia Robinson discovers that it’s massive in heart, helping local artists record, perform, and find their place in Nottingham’s ever-growing music family... 

The Notts Rap Show 3

Ocean With David Attenborough

Dom Pipkin’s All-star New Orleans Trio

Bridget Jones Diary

Palop Takeover

Six: Teen Edition

Save the last dance: how Torvill and Dean put Nottingham on the ice dancing map

Beeston, 14 February 1984. I was fourteen, with nowhere to go for Valentine’s Day and zero interest in ice skating. However, these were the days of four TV channels (and the fourth was quite new), so mass TV events were a must watch. Plus Torvill and Dean were from Nottingham! So, we joined the twenty million to tune in to their Bolero at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics…

Stage Review: Kinky Boots at the Theatre Royal

A joyful celebration of the beauty in being different (and shoes, lots of shoes), Kinky Boots the Musical sashays onto the stage at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal in an explosion of glitter, music and exceptional choreography. 

Talk: Vibrant Vestiges Of Vehicles – the Power Of Ponies In Iron Age Britain

Forest and Frequency: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Secret Walled Garden Tours

A Midsummer Night's Dream