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Gig review: Inspiral Carpets at Rock City

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Following the hammer blow which was the news of the sudden passing of The Stone Roses’ ebullient and much -loved bassist Mani the day before, it felt strangely apt to spend the next night in the company of some of their Mancunian peers: Inspiral Carpets

In photos: Revenge of Calculon EP launch at Rough Trade

Sun 23 Nov 2025

To celebrate the launch of their uniquely dance-able Casino Fight EP, Nottingham's own mask-wearing electro-heroes Revenge of Calculon put on an upbeat show at Rough Trade. Emzae was there to support...

Gig review: Baxter Dury at Rock City

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Baxter Dury returns to the East Midlands just as sharp, as he enters his dance-pop era. The last time we saw him in Nottingham was hitting supporting duties for Primal Scream back in April. Now, with his ninth studio album in tow, Dury gets to do it all again. But this time as the leading man...

Gig review: Wet Leg at Rock City

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Wet Leg were back in Nottingham for an eagerly anticipated performance at Rock City, with support from Faux Real. It's the first time since 2022 that Wet Leg have performed at the venue, and since then, word has spread about the award-winning indie-rockers. They've gained some new band members too...

Gig review: JERUB at Rescue Rooms

Sat 22 Nov 2025

JERUB - born in Nigeria and raised in Nottingham - already has north of 3 million plays on his latest record The Wonder Years. It was only out a week when he returned to Notts on his UK tour to play a well-received homecoming gig...

Comedy Review: Suzi Ruffell's The Juggle at Nottingham Playhouse

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Multi-award winning comedian Suzi Ruffell brings her brand new tour to Nottingham. Described as part confessional, did any of her secrets shock the audience...

The Nottingham Cultural Exchange: a place of community and belonging

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Whether you’re a student, international or otherwise, new to the city, and looking to make connections with people in the same boat as you, or if you’re an established Notts resident who likes the idea of broadening your cultural horizons, the Nottingham Cultural Exchange is bound to do something for you. Since 2019, the meetup group has provided a welcoming opportunity to share your respective language and culture (with a drink in hand, of course, if you so choose). With its current home being Juicebar on High Pavement, the event has only grown in popularity – Riya Pereira met the organizers…

Everyone’s a star: Five Seconds of Summer bring nostalgia and new sounds to The Palais Nottingham

Fri 21 Nov 2025

We take a trip to The Palais - and down memory lane - for a very special album listening event with Aussie pop-rock four-piece Five Seconds of Summer...

Gig review: Hard Life at Rock City

Thu 20 Nov 2025

In a room packed-out with loyal East Midlands fans, the newly formed and renamed Hard Life marked their humble but powerful new beginnings. The sold-out Rock City show was the final night of their Onion tour, and the band went out with an absolute bang, proving their fierce return with passion and a palpable vengeance to be heard...

Comedy Review: Babatunde Aléshé's High Expectations at Nottingham Playhouse

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Multi-award-winning comedian, Babatunde Aléshé', brings his new stand-up show to our city. Family life, fame and Costco are among his topics, but will these make the Nottingham audience laugh?

Gig review: BC Camplight at Rock City

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Tonight starts with a goodbye and not a hello. Brian Christinzio is blowing out his Camplight in the UK for one last time, not forever, but for this leg of the tour at least. But, as he says in a sorrowful post on Instagram, “this will be the last time… for a very long time." We dropped in to Rock City to say goodbye, for now, to BC Camplight...

Gig review: Sunday (1994) at Rescue Rooms

Tue 18 Nov 2025

Nottingham loves a band with a bit of myth around them, and as their dreamy, cinematic sound is woven together with lyrics sung like secrets, Sunday (1994) seem determined to give us one. We caught up with them at Rescue Rooms...

Gig review: Nouvelle Vague bring bossa nova new wave suave to Metronome Nottingham

Tue 18 Nov 2025

French bossa nova collective Nouvelle Vague came to Notts last week to bring sumptuous spectacle and sophistication to Metronome with their new-wave covers...

Gig review: CMAT at Rock City

Mon 17 Nov 2025

Wisdom tooth removal may have delayed CMAT’s UK tour, but it would never stop her from eventually putting on the show of her life…

Gig review: Dea Matrona at Rescue Rooms

Mon 17 Nov 2025

In a big week for overseas acts playing in Britain, with Lorde, Mac Demarco and Alex G making stops across the country, Nottingham closed out the week with a band from slightly closer to home. Belfast’s blues-rock duo Dea Matrona played to a packed audience at Rescue Rooms, marking their first headline stop in the city. After opening for Swedish band Royal Republic at Rock City last year, the band are back and ready to run their own show, delivering a confident set that could sway even the toughest of crowds...

Gig review: SPRINTS at Rock City, with Dog Race

Sat 15 Nov 2025

With the memory of their standout Bodega show still fresh in our minds, there was no way we were going to miss SPRINTS' return to Nottingham. This time, Rock City was the venue for a milestone performance which defined the absolute best of the outspoken, anarchic, post-punk spirit...

Night Creatures Podcast #3: Killer Jim from Out To Lunch on 25 years of Northern soul, jazz funk and jazz dance events in Nottingham

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Night Creatures is a new LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him over twenty years of experience of putting on great parties in the city.

Gig review: Echobelly at The Level

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Summer is over, Halloween and Bonfire Night gone. It'll soon be Christmas. In the meantime there are lots of gigs. Fitting into this build up to Christmas were Echobelly on the final date of their tour, celebrating 30 years of their album, On. Returning to Nottingham again, the band saw their venue moved up from Metronome to the larger space of The Level. Expectations were high...

Gig review: Bastille at Motorpoint Arena

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Bastille returned to Nottingham for the first time in three years on their From All Sides tour, celebrating 15 years as a band…

Gig review: TRANKS at Mist Rolling Inn

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Nottingham techno-trio TRANKS played a long-awaited first headline gig at Mist Rolling Inn on Derby Road, supported by DJ Big Vern and Tval...

Nottingham celebrates ten years as a UNESCO City of Literature with a spectacular gala on 1 December

Wed 12 Nov 2025

In 2025, Nottingham turns the page on a remarkable chapter; ten years as a UNESCO City of Literature and the charity is throwing a party worthy of Nottingham’s words!

Gig review: Dekker at Rough Trade

Wed 12 Nov 2025

Dekker is a Chicago born artist now settled in Nottingham where he is setting the local scene alight with his folky, indie vibe. At first listen Dekker is a throwback to the best of Jack Johnson with a laid back performance style but closer inspection of his lyrics reveal great introspection and vulnerability. Rough Trade proved the perfect setting for an intimate local show...

Gig review: Billie Marten at Rescue Rooms

Wed 12 Nov 2025

Still only 26, Billie Marten finds herself a relative veteran despite her youth. Now on her fifth album, she has followed fellow folk heroine Laura Marling on a journey from prodigiously gifted teenager to assured songwriting talent and a beacon of her genre. She returned to Rescue Rooms in support of that new LP, the excellent Dog Eared, at the tail-end of a winding European tour and ahead of a jaunt to North America and beyond...

Gig review: Bow Wow Wow at Metronome

Tue 11 Nov 2025

Annabella’s Bow Wow Wow returned this year for their first UK headline tour in a decade, stopping off at Metronome to bring cheerful intimacy on a dark autumn night...

Gig review: Maruja at Rescue Rooms

Tue 11 Nov 2025

After the long-awaited release of their debut album Pain to Power, Mancunian post-punk jazz four-piece Maruja swung by Rescue Rooms to celebrate a huge new chapter for the band, who’ve been generating buzz in Nottingham for quite some time. We headed down to see what all the fuss is about…

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