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Gig review: Sunday (1994) at Rescue Rooms
Tue 18 Nov 2025Nottingham 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 2025French bossa nova collective Nouvelle Vague came to Notts last week to bring sumptuous spectacle and sophistication to Metronome with their new-wave covers...
Run raves, poetry celebrations, the return of some loved Notts musicians and a soulful Sunday: Here's what's on in Notts this week 17 - 23 November 2025
Sun 16 Nov 2025This week, kill two birds with one stone and rave whilst you run, head to the return of Notts bands Unknown Era and Captain Dangerous, delve into some poetry, or enjoy a soulful Sunday. Here's our top picks...
Left Stag: November - The Fading Beauty of the FA Cup
Sat 15 Nov 2025At the risk of this column being renamed Grumpy Stag, Nostalgia Stag, or In My Day Things Were Better Stag, I’m going to have to moan about something else here...
Theatre Review: Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak at Lakeside Arts
Sat 15 Nov 2025Using a combination of comedy, storytelling and knitted vegetables, Victoria Melody treated us to a tale of resistance that was both tender and galvanising...
Gig review: SPRINTS at Rock City, with Dog Race
Sat 15 Nov 2025With 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 2025Night 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.
Buy: Overheard In Notts (Vol 7): The Pierre of the Resistance
Thu 13 Nov 2025We like to think that Christmas isn’t Christmas without a bit of Overheard in Notts in your stocking. Thus we are happy to announce the arrival of our seventh(!) book baby...
Gig review: Bastille at Motorpoint Arena
Thu 13 Nov 2025Bastille returned to Nottingham for the first time in three years on their From All Sides tour, celebrating 15 years as a band…
Nottingham celebrates ten years as a UNESCO City of Literature with a spectacular gala on 1 December
Wed 12 Nov 2025In 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: Billie Marten at Rescue Rooms
Wed 12 Nov 2025Still 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...
Theatre Review: Steps Here and Now at the Theatre Royal
Wed 12 Nov 2025Dazzling homage to the 90s pop powerhouse...
Out of time: the curious case of the body in Room 24
Wed 12 Nov 2025It's not every day that police officers turn to psychics to help with their more mysterious cases, but one such case at the County Hotel left them with no choice. CJ De Barra investigates…
Gig review: Bow Wow Wow at Metronome
Tue 11 Nov 2025Annabella’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: The Smyths at The Level
Mon 10 Nov 2025Top tribute band The Smyths packed in fans young and old into The Level for an electrifying and believable rendition of The Smiths’ legendary album, Meat Is Murder, as well as a selection of the 80s band's best-loved songs...
Competition: Win a Sauna and Plunge experience for up to 8 People at Saunahood in the National Watersports Centre
Mon 10 Nov 2025Saunahood offers wood-fired sauna and contrast therapy from a quiet corner in the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham's Holme Pierrepont Country Park. You can win a Sauna and Plunge experience for up to 8 People to be taken sometime between January and March next year by entering our totally free competition below…
SherWords: The Writing Group with Community and Connection at its Heart
Mon 10 Nov 2025"Sherwood is almost synonymous with Nottingham and Nottingham with writing." That's how Frances Thimann, a short story writer and member of the SherWords writing group, traces the link between the Nottingham area and the act of writing. This connection remains very much alive today in SherWords, a friendly, collaborative writing group rooted in the local community and sustained by their passion for literature...
Artworks: Anna Mylonas of Nine Two Five Silver
Mon 10 Nov 2025For this month’s Artworks, we hear from Anna Mylonas, a Notts-based silversmith who runs Nine Two Five Silver.
5 Perfect Gifts for Coffee Lovers This Black Friday
Mon 10 Nov 2025Black Friday is one of the best times of the year to score great deals on everything coffee-related — from premium beans to high-end brewing equipment. Whether there’s a coffee lover in your family or you’re looking to upgrade your own setup, this is the perfect opportunity to find thoughtful and affordable gifts.
Classical Music Review: The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with guest conductor Elena Schwartz at the Royal Concert Hall
Sun 09 Nov 2025Turmoil, transcendence and orchestral grandeur are the order of the day in the BBC Philharmonic’s latest Nottingham appearance...
French post-punk, brew festivals, Disney on Ice and festive ballet: here's what's on in Notts this week 10-15 November 2025
Sun 09 Nov 2025This week, get yourself down to the Craft Brew Festival, enjoy some elegant post-punk covers, welcome Christmas in early with a ballet of A Christmas Carol, or skate down to Disney on Ice. Here are our top picks of the week....
Review: JT Soar Fest 2025
Sat 08 Nov 2025This time last week, one of Nottingham's most intriguing music and arts spaces, JT Soar, played host to an ultra-eclectic festival packed with intriguing names and tunes. Here's what happened over the weekend at JT Soar Fest 2025...
Nouvelle Vague's Marc Collins and Mélanie Pain talk about the band's beginnings ahead of the Metronome show
Fri 07 Nov 2025With twenty years of covering some of the most seminal post-punk and new wave tracks of all time, French band Nouvelle Vague bring their elegant live performance to Metronome next Wednesday. We sat down to speak to producer Marc Collins and singer Mélanie Pain to discover how the band began and what inspired their sound...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #35: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 07 Nov 2025In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Kai-Otee, LYVIA, Bored Marsh, Fools & Sages, Willow Bay and Revenge of Calculon...
Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest folklore
Fri 07 Nov 2025With its elegant ruins, serene rolling gardens and rich literary history, Newstead Abbey already makes for an atmospheric autumnal wander, but currently, another escape awaits within its historic landscape. Dotted within the grounds, the Hart of the Wood project shares a series of intriguing 16mm films exploring the seasons, our relationship with folklore and the land. We spoke to Notts filmmaker Benjamin Wigley to hear about the artistry and story behind these curious hand-powered moving pictures…
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