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Hustle Up: Queer Hustle, bands not to miss and what to expect from Hockley Hustle 2025

Mon 06 Oct 2025

It’s hard to find a better way to describe Hockley Hustle than by its own succinct label: Nottingham’s arts and music festival. It’s a day of creativity, showcasing the best of our city and at the same time letting us give back to Nottingham – while having loads of fun. We all know the drill by now, but before you start planning your itinerary, why not check out what’s new this year and some of our recommended highlights…

From the Kitchen: With Luke Matterson, chef at The Pudding Pantry

Tue 23 Sep 2025

For this instalment of From the Kitchen we reached out to Luke Mattherson, who works at The Pudding Pantry - an independent, coffee and desserts restaurant popular across the city.

Whose streets are they anyway? How street art crossed the pond from New York to the East Midlands

Thu 04 Sep 2025

Graffiti, tags, murals, stenciling, paste-ups… street art is a diverse artform with many subcategories and styles. While some might deride the practice under the blanket term of vandalism, for proponents of the artform, taking art out of the gallery and into the streets is about civil disobedience, ownership of space, and creative expression outside of the mainstream. We dip into the origins of graffiti in NYC and speak to artist Richie ‘Pops’ Baker about how the medium came to Nottingham in the 1980s…

Art is the heart: what to expect from year two of Art Fest in Notts

Sat 30 Aug 2025

With its first year in 2024 bringing 34 new murals to Nottingham’s streets, Art Fest is back this month to splash more colour and creativity on walls throughout the city. Festival Director Benjamin Kay, who co-runs The Carousel in Hockley, tells us why he set up the festival and what to expect from this year…

From grassroots to Fields: we speak with rising local band Drury Hill

Tue 26 Aug 2025

Nottingham born-and-bred Drury Hill are one of the emerging bands repopulating the local grassroots music scene with a softer rock, post-folk influenced sound. Transitioning between softly lilting, storytelling tracks and jangly, spirited choruses you find yourself humming days afterwards, the four-piece’s live gigs and recent EP Fields capture a fittingly self-described "soft rockin’, slacker poppin’’ voice. But their DIY, offbeat and grassroots ethos runs deeper than their distinct sound; Drury Hill have always been shaped by the band members’ shared adolescence in Nottingham. We met with Charley to talk about the ways a sense of place seeps into their songwriting, the nostalgia that infuses Fields, and the support of the grassroots music scene...

From the kitchen: With Dan Coles, chef at Piccalilli

Sat 23 Aug 2025

For the first instalment of our recurring feature From The Kitchen we heard from Dan Coles, chef at Picalilli.

We built this city: celebrating twenty years of I'm Not From London with head promoter Will Robinson

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Man about town, creature of the night, gig aficionado, and master of mayhem Will Robinson has been keeping Nottingham’s music scene alive and kicking for twenty years with promotion company I’m Not From London. As the fifteenth Waterfront Festival draws close on Saturday 2 August at the Canalhouse, anniversary celebrations in the works and a great roster of gigs coming up, we caught up with Will to hear some highlights from two decades of gigs.

From painting to dating: what's happening at the Malt Cross until September 2025?

Wed 09 Jul 2025

The next three months are set to be a busy few for the Malt Cross: Nottingham's buzzing, preserved Victorian music hall, on St James' Street. If you're looking for a weird or wonderful event that will get you socialising with all kinds of different people, they've probably got you covered. Here are some highlights, which we've picked out...

Stage Interview: Rosie Hollingsworth from Sugar Theatre

Wed 11 Jun 2025

The Playhouse's AMPLIFY SEASONS is an opportunity for new talent to break through. And breaking through this summer is Rosie Hollingsworth, playwright and founder of Sugar Theatre. But as Rosie shares below, the journey has been anything but sweet...

Community action from #LoveChilwell brings people together this weekend

Mon 02 Jun 2025

The only thing better than enjoying a beautiful Spring day out in Chilwell is enjoying it with other people in the community and making a difference at the same time. After its success in December, #LoveChilwell is back with another campaign and a Community Action Day on Saturday 7 June 2025.

Novelist Alison Moore and LeftLion's Andrew Tucker Leavis talk connecting Notts to Melbourne in a month long digital residency

Fri 23 May 2025

For all of its flaws, the internet has become a wonderful tool of cross-country collaboration, allowing the movement of ideas between far-flung time zones and territories. Last year, in a month-long virtual City of Literature residency, LeftLion Literature Editor Andrew Tucker Leavis took a virtual trip down under to explore the imagined meeting of outlaws Robin Hood and Ned Kelly. Here he recounts his experience and talks to fellow Notts writer Alison Moore about what they got up to.

Nottingham Restaurant Week Returns from 2-8 June 2025

Wed 21 May 2025

Nottingham’s vibrant food scene is set to sizzle once again as Nottingham Restaurant Week makes its much-anticipated return offering deals and discounts in over 50 establishments...

Gig review: Bryan Adams at Motorpoint Arena

Mon 19 May 2025

With new songs under his belt, and a vast back catalogue of hits, Bryan Adams has come a long way since his 90s Wembley Stadium heyday. We headed to Motorpoint Arena to find out if the Canadian rocker is still on form...

How the Lenton Centre is providing for the people of NG7

Wed 14 May 2025

The past couple of years have been more challenging than ever for Nottinghamshire’s community centres and hubs. In recent times of austerity many have seen their funding cut, despite their services being needed more than ever. However, shining out like a beacon is The Lenton Centre, which will soon be celebrating twenty years of independent community ownership. We spoke to Ben Rawson and Amy Whitmore about the challenges of providing a charity and providing a swimming pool, gym, café and quite a lot more to the residents of NG7…

Exhibition Review: Money Talks: Stories from the Coins at Mansfield Museum

Mon 28 Apr 2025

An exhibition about money featuring, amongst other things, a hoard of Roman coins that have gone on public display for the first time and date back to the BC era...

Nature, rituals, misconceptions and community: we hear from the organisers of Nottingham Pagan Market

Sat 19 Apr 2025

After a long winter it’s easy to see why our ancestors created rituals and festivals to celebrate the coming of spring. With the Pagan festival of Beltane on the horizon, the Nottingham Pagan Market returns to Sneinton Market later this month with a Beltane special. With live music, independent makers, dance, talks, guerrilla theatre, and more, we spoke to organisers Dee Miller and Esme Knight to find out what to expect and discover why more people are turning to Paganism to find a spiritual connection…

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...

We heard from the director of Nottingham Playhouse production Animal Farm at Bromley House Library

Fri 04 Apr 2025

The director of a new Olivier Award-nominated stage production of George Orwell’s Animal Farm has described the “vibrant, visceral, youthful” experience awaiting Nottingham audiences. Speaking at a special ‘Meet the Director’ event at Bromley House Library on Wednesday afternoon, Amy Leach said that the play offers “the kind of experience you can only have in the theatre” and feels “very much like it’s set now”.

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…

Ay-Up Market returns to the Old Market Square from Friday 28 March to Sunday 30 March

Mon 17 Mar 2025

Bringing communities together, the popular Ay-Up Market returns to Nottingham city centre bigger and better than ever this year, with stalls from local businesses, food, drinks, workshops, music and entertainment for your little ones...

Short Stack From All Angles: We Hear About The Short Film Festival

Sat 15 Mar 2025

Last week, we attended Short Stack, the short film festival hosted at Broadway Cinema. For a Sunday evening, the event had a buzzing atmosphere and packed attendance. After it was over, we caught up with the festival’s director, one of the featured filmmakers, and an artist whose music was shown on the big screen…

Film review: 1% of War, a new documentary reveals harrowing details from the frontline in Ukraine

Sat 01 Mar 2025

Ukraine war three years on: new documentary, 1% of War reveals harrowing details from the front...

How Sarah Bard went from battling chronic illness to breaking through in wheelchair tennis

Fri 21 Feb 2025

Wheelchair Tennis player and Nottingham resident Sarah Bard is nothing less than a soldier. Having fought through lifelong chronic pain and mobility problems, which peaked after an accident she suffered at age thirty, she’s cemented her position as one of our city’s most admired sportspeople. Back in 2018, LeftLion joined other local media in promoting Sarah’s story, and ‘Go-Fund-Me’ for a new wheelchair to help her travel to national tournaments. Here we pass Sarah the pen to tell her inspiring story.

From Masterchef to Market Street: Vanilla Bean bakery and café opens in Bingham

Wed 19 Feb 2025

Opened by former MasterChef contestant Amy Vyse, Vanilla Bean is an artisan bakery, café and patisserie in Bingham, which doubles as the new residence for popular Nottingham supper club Incognito Club. Lucy Campion, food co-editor, chatted to Amy about her culinary journey so far and tried a selection of the baked goods on offer.

We hear from GOBs Poetry Collective on their fifth anniversary

Mon 17 Feb 2025

One of Nottingham’s leading poetry groups, GOBS Collective, turns five this year. With an impressive list of publications, events and live showcases under their belts, our Literature Editor Andrew Tucker talks about the need for such creative communities that help people find their poetic voice.

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