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Gig review: Kid Spirit at Mist Rolling Inn

Alt-rock four-piece KID SPIRIT are carving their own path in Nottingham, and Mist Rolling Inn provided the perfect venue to showcase their talents...

Gig review: Soda Blonde at The Bodega

A Projectionist in Notts: The Savoy Cinema's Dave Cox recounts his career in pre-digital cinema

Since 2006, local Dave Cox has worked as the assistant manager of Lenton’s beloved local cinema The Savoy, but he also has decades of experience in the art of film projection, having started as a projectionist long before cinemas went digital. Delightfully, since the start of 2025, Dave’s used that skillset to facilitate The Savoy’s 35mm Films on Film showings. On learning this we were set-a-wondering: what was it like to work as a projectionist over decades, and how was it to return to that field after so many years? Dave was all too happy to tell us...

Sekoya [jazz]

Learn Capoeira With Capoeira Na Comunidade

Alyssia Kyria the Funny Mummy

The K's

Ulrika Spacek + Victory Lap + Pyncher

Secret Walled Garden Tours

A 'Touch' of Frost - we speak to jungle legend Jumpin Jack Frost about his collaborations with Nottingham musicians and promoters

Widely known as the Godfather of jungle and drum n bass, Jumpin Jack Frost talks to us about his upcoming collaboration with a dynamic collective of Nottingham musicians and promoters.

Gig review: Personal Trainer at Rescue Rooms

Dutch indie rock band Personal Trainer swung by Rescue Rooms on their UK tour of their 2024 release Still Waiting, much to the excitement of LeftLion. We headed down for a Thursday night boogie…

Connecting the Dots: Celebrating 20 years of Dot2Dot Festival

From intimate beginnings to sprawling across iconic venues in Nottingham and Bristol, Dot to Dot has become a cornerstone of the UK’s festival calendar. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, the festival has been championing emerging artists since the mid-00s indie boom, many of which have risen to international acclaim. 

With this in mind, we decided to take a look back at the festival’s history, speaking to the team behind the UK’s best metropolitan festival and explore the global superstars that have emerged from Dot To Dot over the last two decades…

Knit, Stitch and Bitch

Get a Wiggle On - Mama's Dance Class

Get a Wiggle On - Dance Through the Ages

Binks Yard Film Club - Grease

Brush Painting With Feng-ru Lee

Kroke

The Waterboys

Moonlit at Rough Trade

In Conversation With Kathy Slack

Luke Wright: Joy

Write With Me

Concert review: The Hallé at Royal Concert Hall

A programme of works from and inspired by America saw The Hallé, under dynamic Polish conductor Marta Gardolińska, on peak form at the Royal Concert Hall...

Comedy review: Disabled Cants at The Vat & Fiddle

Searing political rants, baited breath and a spit full of laughs was the best way for Bea Udeh to celebrate a Monday night of out-out comedy in Nottingham's South-side with Disabled Cants at The Vat & Fiddle...