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We chat to Day Fever co-founder Jonny Owen

Day Fever is less than two years old but has already become a cultural sensation. Launched in early 2024 with a debut event in Sheffield’s City Hall Ballroom and growing to a nationwide tour that’s sees thousands around the UK hit the dance floor each month, the message is clear: people everywhere are craving a space to let loose, laugh, and dance, all before 8pm. Ahead of Day Fever's return to Nottingham on 20th September, We sat down with co-founder Jonny Owen to discuss how the event came about, how it has become so popular and why Nottingham is the ideal venue...

By youth, for youth: Nottingham celebrates 25 years of International Youth Day

This year marked the 25th anniversary of International Youth Day; we headed down to the pop-up shop organised by Nottingham City of Literature’s Youth Board to join in with the celebrations...

Exhibition Review: 30 Objects Representing Justice at the National Justice Museum

The National Justice Museum Launches Annual Pass

The National Justice Museum in Nottingham has launched a new annual pass, giving visitors the chance to return to the iconic Nottingham attraction over and over again for free for an entire year...

Three days of darkness and light: the Nottingham attacks as they happened

Two years on, Benedict Cooper remembers how the city came together in the wake of the Nottingham attacks, in which students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and caretaker Ian Coates were tragically killed.

Classical Music Concert: Candlelight's Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at the National Justice Museum

In the pews of a Victorian courtroom, we hear the music of Fleetwood Mac like
never before...

Get Your Skates On at Nottingham's National Ice Centre

When was the last time you went ice skating? With arguably the nation's best facilities right on your doorstep we look at what's coming up at the National Ice Centre over the next few months and how you can get involved...

The halcyon days of printed matchday programmes and a long-forgotten 1980s Notts County football tournament

In an increasingly technology-driven era in football, Julian McDougall harks back to the halcyon days of the printed matchday programme and a long-forgotten 1980s football tournament Notts County took part in…

Review: Record Store Day 2025

Last weekend, Rough Trade Nottingham hosted the 18th consecutive Record Store Day, with local bands and international acts hitting the stage for a series of exciting live performances from the likes of Bored Marsh, Chloe Rodgers, Sancho Panza, Airport Dad and more...

Film Review: One of Them Days

Keke Palmer and SZA are the comical duo we didn’t know we needed. Join us as we review this jam-packed tragicomedy… 

Beyond the Blame: Photographer Jayne Jackson on her social justice exhibition Asking For It at the National Justice Museum.

Documentary photographer Jayne Jackson’s award-winning exhibition Asking For It examines the pervasive issue of victim blaming in sexual and gender-based violence through a historical lens. Ahead of its installation at Nottingham’s National Justice Museum, we spoke to Jayne about the personal, political, and emotional layers of the work, highlighting the urgent need to shift societal perceptions and better support survivors of sexual violence.

The Thompsons on The Marcus Garvey Centre, International Women's Day and Wild Swimming

Here's what the Thompsons had to say about The Marcus Garvey Centre, International Women's Day and wild swimming. 

Guilty?! Escape Room Returns to the National Justice Museum

Travel back to the 1830’s as you solve clues to prove your innocence and explore hidden spaces in Nottingham’s ancient gaol...

Gig review: International Women's Day show at The Bodega, with Lara Elise Grant, Emily Alice and Dorothy Ella

The Bodega played host to a set of empowering gigs commemorating International Women's Day, in collaboration with Dizzy Magazine. We dropped in at the downstairs bar, where pink lighting, disco balls, glitter streamers (and crucial background music of Chappell Roan and Wet Leg) were ready to celebrate and support the local female artists of Nottingham’s music scene - to honour what we have achieved, and what work still needs to be done and recognised in the predominantly patriarchal industry...

Offline crafting, theatre, day parties, cultural festivals, and 80s new wave: here's what's on events this week 10-16 March 2025

This week in Notts! Get yourself out to enjoy the first inklings of spring, plus a load of great events around the city. Check out a four day festival at New Art Exchange, enjoy gripping theatre at Nottingham Playhouse and Theatre Royal, get crafting in a no-phone-zone, or head down to Vicky McClure's Day Fever at the Palais...

Nadia on… International Women’s Day

In her monthly column, Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome writes about the history of International Women's Day, and how the Labour government's new Employment Rights Bill will tackle aspects of gender equality.

The Thompsons on Cinemas, the NHS and Candlemas Day

In Cider Info: We stop by at St Ann’s Allotments on Apple Day

One of the many events and projects taking place at St Ann’s Allotments, Apple Day takes place each October in the Community Orchard. Katherine Monk-Watts went along to speak to STAA’s Community Orchard Project Worker Richard Arkwright, following his afternoon apple pressing workshop, to find out what’s at the core of this celebratory event.

We meet urban and rural explorer Ant Daykin, or Trekking Exploration on YouTube

Bulwell’s Ant Daykin has accumulated nearly thirty thousand followers by posting category-evading content on his YouTube channel: Trekking Exploration. Having spent days exploring derelict, industrial sites in-and-around the Peak District and abandoned corners of towns between Derby and Notts, there are few people as familiar with East Midlands industrial history as he is. We met Ant to chat about hiking, history and his feelings about our innate ‘right to roam’ in the country and town.

From local rap to national comedy: Here's what's on this week in Nottingham, 28 October-3 November

There's plenty to keep you busy this week in Nottingham, from hip-hop, to poetry, to comedy...

"Rough sleeping is the tip of the homelessness iceberg": Framework tell us about their urgent winter appeal on World Homelessness Day

Notts based charity Framework have launched an urgent winter appeal for funds, closely following the premiere of homelessness documentary Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son, by Lorna Tucker, at Broadway Cinema. We heard more from Claire Eden, Head of Fundraising and Communications at Framework, and Sam Lanes, Manager of Street Outreach, about the challenges that the charity are facing and the help that they need to tackle them. 

LeftLion's Latest Listens #6: Notts music we're currently spinning

After a week off, LeftLion's Latest Listens is back with our music team's picks of the latest and greatest sounds from all around Nottingham and the Midlands. This time, we feature new releases from Drew Thomas, London Grammar, The Days of Tomorrow, The Publics and flöat...

Day One at Broad Marsh's New Green Heart Space

After years of imagination and careful planning, a brand new spot for nature has been opened for city-dwellers in Notts. We go to tally up the dragonflies...

In photos: Launch day at The Grove

Nottingham has always been renowned for its live music scene. That scene has become even brighter with the opening of brand new venue The Grove, in Sneinton Market. We were there to document the opening day, which featured music from seven of our city's most exciting up and coming bands...

Review: Monuments and Melodies all-dayer at Rough Trade

2024’s Monuments & Melodies Festival at Rough Trade Nottingham promised to be "a beacon for music enthusiasts”. LeftLion spent the day, and discovered a varied and dazzling array of talent, showcasing alternative music at its best...