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Gig Review: Gogol Bordello at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Formed in New York in 1999 from an eclectic collection of musicians from all over the world, this was Gogol Bordello's first show in Nottingham in five years, yet they have lost none of their anarchic fervour, dynamism and sweaty energy in the intervening period...

Gig Review: The Amity Affliction at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

This Australian Metalcore outfit showed that their twenty years of experience was not to be messed with. Rock City and its crowd moshed and crowd-surfed their hearts out...

In Photos: Apollo Junction at The Bodega

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Born in the eighties, inspired by the nineties, moulded by the noughties. Hailing from Leeds, Apollo Junction are a five-piece that have been described as a modern day Britpop band. They were joined by Bee-Sides and Shadows of A Silhouette at The Bodega last week...

Gig Review: Cucamaras at The Carousel

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Nottingham’s very own Cucamaras return home for two intimate, back-to-back shows at The Carousel…

We Chat to Divorce About Their New EP 'Heady Metal’ and Sold Out Rescue Rooms Show

Sun 10 Dec 2023

Whether you’ve heard them at one of Nottingham’s music festivals such as Dot to Dot or Hockley Hustle, or more recently on Radio 1, Divorce are poised for huge success in 2024, following the release of their Heady Metal EP last month and a sold-out headline tour that they are in the midst of. While they were in Brighton supporting Willie J Healey, we caught up with vocalist and bassist Tiger Cohen-Towell, vocalist and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, and guitarist Adam Peter Smith…

Festive Musicals, Big Stars, Film Quizzes and Enchanting Children's Animation: Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 11 - 17 December

Sun 10 Dec 2023

December is the month for going out to see a fabulous show, or cosying down with a pub quiz or a library day. This week in Notts you can do either, plus lots more...

We Round up the Best Experiences to Gift Your Loved Ones So You Can Have a Minimal but Memorable Christmas

Sat 09 Dec 2023

Christmas is touted as the most wonderful time of the year - full of sweet treats, endless gifts and dazzling decorations - and in the deep of December, we really do need a few lovely things to cheer us up. But pull back the curtain and it is also statistically the most wasteful time of year, too...

Theatre Review: Hansel and Gretel at Nottingham Playhouse

Sat 09 Dec 2023

Dave Kingsbury visits the gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel at the Playhouse...

Interview: Sinfonia Viva

Sat 09 Dec 2023

With Sinfonia Viva's New Year's Eve performance at the Royal Concert Hall fast approaching, Ian C Douglas chats with Lucy Galliard, their Chief Executive, about all things orchestral...

We Meet Some of the Local Champions Who Are Bringing Live Poetry Back to Nottingham

Fri 08 Dec 2023

The legacy of Nottingham’s literary history runs deep, but as poetry collectives have come and gone post-pandemic, it’s important to keep up. We meet some of the local champions who are bringing live poetry back to Nottingham…

Gig Review: DMA'S at Rock City

Fri 08 Dec 2023

There is quite simply nothing better than a packed Rock City crowd, singing together at the top of their lungs. It doesn’t always happen but when it does, you’ll find yourself at a mighty special gig. Having already caught Australian indie heroes DMA’S a few times previously, including one time on their home turf in Australia, our Karl Blakesley had good inkling this could have been one of those magical nights. So, we headed down to Rock City to see if our assumptions were correct…