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Overheard in Notts: March 2025

Wed 30 Apr 2025

From the Lion King to lost blueberries, here's what we overheard in Nottingham in April...

Stage plays, Stewart Lee and vegan food at Sneinton Market: Here's what's on this week in Nottingham 28 April - 4 May

Sun 27 Apr 2025

This week in Nottingham it's all about the stage, as legendary productions like Les Misérables coincide with experimental, modern shows like Ghost Stories. Meanwhile, the Sneinton Market Avenues host one of our city's most loved markets...

We head to 'The Writers' Conference 2025'

Thu 24 Apr 2025

We head out on a day-trip to attend Writing East Midlands' yearly jamboree.

Artist Luke Jerram tells us about Gaia: an installation displayed this month at Mansfield Palace Theatre

Tue 22 Apr 2025

This month the avid stargazers of Notts can experience a new perspective of life on earth over at Mansfield Palace Theatre. Featuring audio soundscapes and stunning visuals, Gaia is a vast, breathtaking replica of planet Earth by artist Luke Jerram. Aiming to get to the core of this installation, we spoke to Luke about public collaboration, merging science with art and what it takes to create on such a large scale….

Musicals, exhibits, legendary bass players and groovy deep sea gigs: Here's what's on this week in Nottingham 21 - 27 April

Sun 20 Apr 2025

From a musical adaptation of British TV classics to giant replicas of Earth, take a look at what's happening in Nottingham this week...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #20: Notts music we're currently spinning

Sat 19 Apr 2025

In this Easter weekend edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews recent releases from Katie Keddie, Joey Collins, Blu Syrup, Lace Thief and Karen Macleod...

Review: Record Store Day 2025

Thu 17 Apr 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...

Interview: The Northern Rascals present Sunny Side at Lakeside Arts

Thu 17 Apr 2025

Northern Rascals are bringing their dance drama Sunny Side to Nottingham, a painfully honest account of male mental wellness, or the lack if it. Founders Anna Holmes and Sam Ford talk to Left Lion about their work championing those outside the mainstream...

Our picks from the 2025 event calendar of the Malt Cross: Nottingham's preserved Victorian music hall

Wed 16 Apr 2025

There are few locales near Old Market Square quite like the Malt Cross. As a nearly perfectly preserved Victorian music hall, the building toes the line between its status as a treasure trove of architectural history, and an epicentre of some of the city's most enjoyably 'out-there' occasions. Below, we've provided a rundown of what they have coming up this year...

Nottingham author Dr Paul Crawford is back with a new mystery novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent

Mon 14 Apr 2025

Professor of Health Humanities at the University of Nottingham, Dr Paul Crawford is back with a new mystery novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent. Aurora Amaryllis speaks to Paul about how his passion for creative writing converges with his experience researching institutional mental health.

Dom Joly, Spontaneous Potter, Phat bass therapy and theatre: here's what's on this week in Nottingham 14-20 April 2025

Sun 13 Apr 2025

Here in Notts this week we've got plenty happening, from theatrical twists on classic stories to delicious Cuban dining, and comedy. Here's our top picks...

We speak to Alabama 3 about nicknames, The Sopranos theme song, and keeping it very real

Sat 12 Apr 2025

Our writer Ria was thrilled - and a little nervous - to speak with Alabama 3 frontman Rob Spragg following the band's triumphant Rescue Rooms show. But nerves were quickly put aside as the conversation turned to nicknames, storytelling and The Sopranos...

Exhibition review: The Lovers at New Art Exchange chronicles LGBTQI+ couples over the years

Fri 11 Apr 2025

New Art Exchange presents The Lovers, an exhibition of photographic works by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh. Bringing together two collections of photographs taken forty years apart, the exhibition depicts LGBTQIA+ couples alongside a slideshow of images and a vitrine of publications featuring Gupta’s work.

Gig review and interview: Pale Blue Eyes at The Bodega

Thu 10 Apr 2025

Following the release of their third album New Place, Pale Blue Eyes have been bringing their new record, carefree charm and hypnotic energy to the stage. The innovative Totnes-Sheffield shoegaze trio have travelled far and wide, and we were lucky to be graced with their surreal presence yet again at The Bodega in Nottingham, and have the chance to chat to the band, too...

Corner Cafe brings an ethnically diverse menu to New Art Exchange

Wed 09 Apr 2025

Opened at the end of February 2025, the Corner Café is a brand new rejuvenation of the coffee and food spot attached to the New Art Exchange, the UK’s largest gallery dedicated to contemporary visual arts from the Global Ethnic Majority. With a lack of community-led food, drink and social spaces present in the Hyson Green area, the NAE team sought to provide that, enlisting community on everything about the venue, from the decor, to the food, to the events. We popped down to see the colourful results.

Have You Got What It Takes To Be Nottingham’s New Nature Poet Laureate?

Tue 08 Apr 2025

Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature has announced an open call for a Nature Poet Laureate...

We chat to Cliffords ahead of their Bodega headline show

Tue 08 Apr 2025

In this part of the world, it feels as if Cork five-piece Cliffords have come out of nowhere. They broke through onto the scene with their EP Strawberry Scented followed up by the powerhouse single Bittersweet, packed with a gorgeous blend of melody and layered guitars, shoegaze and grunge influences abounding. But as LeftLion found out when chatting with vocalist Iona Lynch, the band have a rich history…

Gig review: Black Country, New Road at Rough Trade Nottingham

Tue 08 Apr 2025

British math-rock sextet specialists Black Country, New Road have returned to the fold with their third album and recently hit Nottingham with a special live and signing even at Rough Trade...

James Davidson is Awarded trentbarton Bus Driver of the Year 2025

Mon 07 Apr 2025

The results of the 2024-2025 trentbarton really good service awards are in...

Chicago takes over Notts, unleash your Primal Scream, get creative with Collage N’ Cocktails, and lots more: here’s what’s on in Nottingham this week 7 April - 13 April 2025

Sun 06 Apr 2025

With BBC Introducing’s Tom Hewitt and Riley Marsh making appearances in Acoustic Rooms, to 130 years of War of the Worlds and a Broadway classic making its way to Nottingham's Theatre Royal, there is a lot going on this week in Nottingham so make sure to clear your calendars…

LeftLion's Latest Listens #19: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 04 Apr 2025

In this week's expanded edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Keane Baldwin, KALIKO, Pretty Windows, No Setting Son and Dusty 4 Track...

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #9 DJ Jonathan on The Palais, the changing art of DJing, Northern Soul, Jazz Funk and Tiswas

Fri 04 Apr 2025

Our first podcast of 2025 and we're back with a chinwag with a veteran DJ, talking through the 1970s Nottingham scene at The Palais De Danse, as well as the changing face of music, festivals and more...

Interview : Sam Lupton and Tom Major the stars of Only Fools and Horses at the Royal Concert Hall

Thu 03 Apr 2025

Only Fools and Horses has to be one of the UK's most popular sitcoms ever. And now the musical revamp is coming to Nottingham. Leftlion chats with Sam Lupton and Tom Major as they become the new Del Boy and Rodney...

As Motorpoint Arena celebrates its 25th birthday, we look through the stories from 25 of their seminal gigs

Tue 01 Apr 2025

From Beyonce to Bieber and Dolly Parton to the Dalai Lama, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena has brought some of the world’s most famous people into our city. As the Arena celebrates its 25th birthday, we look through the stories from 25 of their seminal gigs…

Theatre Review: The Paper Cinema at Lakeside Arts

Mon 31 Mar 2025

The Paper Cinema’s take on moving pictures dazzles and delights at Lakeside...

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