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It’s incredible to think that across their 25+ year existence, the world’s most famous animated band – Gorillaz - hadn’t performed in Nottingham until now. However, in support of their highly ambitious and India-inspired new record The Mountain, Damon Albarn brought a huge ensemble along to the Motorpoint Arena to finally right that wrong. Here’s what went down at Gorillaz’s visually epic and guest-filled debut show in Nottingham…

Gig review: Kofi Stone at Rescue Rooms

Mon 30 Mar 2026

Known for his intimate, high-quality hip-hop, Kofi Stone brought his All The Flowers Have Bloomed tour to Rescue Rooms, showcasing new material as a notable independent artist, with support from Saiming, an alternative UK rap artist from South London...

Theatre Review: Horrible Histories Live (& Dead): The Concert at the Royal Concert Hall

Mon 30 Mar 2026

It may be horrible but still it is a much-beloved children's TV series that educates as much as entertains. And this weekend the horribleness came to Nottingham...

Straight off the top: the Nottingham jam nights where musicians test their skills

Mon 30 Mar 2026

Anyone who takes a deeper than average dive into Notts music will probably come across a corner of the scene with a very particular kind of magic – jam sessions – improvisation events where new connections are forged and the music is completely different each time. Acoustickle’s Parisa East and Joe Egan, founder of popular jam Perkalater, talk about why these occasions are valuable.

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Mon 30 Mar 2026

Classical Review: The Hallé – Vive la France! at the Royal Concert Hall

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Manchester's much beloved orchestra, The Hallé, is a regular visitor to Nottingham. This time with a treat for the francophiles with all things French, n'est-ce pas?

Immersive indie theatre, all day gigs, impactful exhibitions: here's what's on in Nottingham this week 30 March - 5 April

Sun 29 Mar 2026

This is a great week in Notts for music and art lovers... check out our top picks.

A semester in Notts: US photographer John Dean's snapshot of Nottingham in the 70s

Sat 28 Mar 2026

In the Spring of 1976, a then twenty-year-old photography student named John Dean arrived in Nottingham unaware that he would go on to capture some of the most beautiful, compelling and personal street photographs our city has ever seen. Five decades later, many of those images are being shown for the first time in a new exhibition at Bonington Gallery; A Semester in Nottingham, 1976.

Ahead of his exhibition, held at the very university that he briefly studied at fifty years ago, Dani Bacon sat down for a transatlantic Teams call (with a questionable signal), to talk to John about his time in Nottingham, his career and why he’s chosen now as the perfect time to unveil his photographs.