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Inspire Youth Arts Huge Showcase Held At Nottingham Playhouse

Every now and again, people feel as though the creative scene can be a slightly restrictive place for inspiring creatives to be, but over at Inspire Youth Arts, they have made it their mission to ensure that every young person has access to the arts. We visited Nottingham Playhouse to immerse ourselves in some top quality performances as part of Inspire’s huge showcase...

We Chat to Nottingham Forest’s Charlotte Greengrass After a Very Successful Season

Double winner and top scorer in the Premier League Northern Division: It’s safe to say Charlotte Greengrass made the right decision to ditch the West for the East Midlands in 2020, and to shift from centre-back to centre-forward just over twelve months ago. We chat to Nottingham Forest’s clinical finisher after a very successful season…

From a Skateboarding Workshop to a Metal Festival, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 10 July - 16 July

Here's our recommendations of what to see and where to go over the next seven days...

From Morrissey to The Coffee Shop Musical, Here's What's On in Nottingham This Week 3 July - 9 July

Looking for things to do in Nottingham this week? Then look no further…

From Waterfront Festival to Tales of Victorian Crime, Here's What's On in Nottingham This Week 26 June - 2 July

Our recommendations of what to see, do, buy and drink over the next seven days in Nottingham...

Review: Nottingham Craft Beer Festival 2023

Lovers of craft beer, street food and general vibes gathered in their thousands at Sneinton Avenues for NCBF23 last weekend...

Radfest Review: Nottingham's Best One Day Family Festival Has Everything You Could Wish For

Radfest 2023, a festival primarily for teens, families and the community, had something for everyone, writes Bassey...

The Garibaldi Red Podcast Is Becoming Our City’s Leading Nottingham Forest Podcast - We Hear All About It

Featuring leading Nottingham Forest experts, former Nottingham Forest players, and die-hard Nottingham Forest fans, the Garibaldi Red podcast is quickly becoming our city’s leading - you guessed it - Nottingham Forest podcast. Our own Reds correspondent, Gareth Watts, runs us through its rise… 

Notts Filmmakers Michael and Rafe Bird Discuss Genre-Bending Short Spooky Bastard

We chat to the brothers about their fantastic, subversive film...

From a gig in a Victorian courtroom to Nottingham Refugee Week - Here's what’s on in Nottingham this week

Here's our recommendations of what to see and where to go over the next seven days...

We Chat About the 5-9 Albums of the Month Podcast with Its Nottingham Co-Host Karl Blakesley

With co-hosts located all over the country and beyond, the 5-9 Albums of the Month podcast is a go-to for discovering new music. We chat to Nottingham-based co-host Karl Blakesley to find out more about how the podcast came to be…

We Visit Gasleak Mountain, Nottingham’s Newest Inclusive Art Space

A brand new art gallery called Gasleak Mountain has just opened in Nottingham - we sit down with its founders to learn all about this exciting, inclusive space...

Theatre Review: Annie at Theatre Royal Nottingham

From Neil Warnock to Nottingham Craft Beer Festival, Here's What’s on in Nottingham This Week

Our recommendations of what to see, do, buy and drink over the next seven days in Nottingham...

Green Hustle Festival - the Free Nottingham City Party Uniting Communities on Climate Action

Our Partnerships Manager and Environment Co-Editor Adam Pickering is a busy boy, somehow managing to find space to run some of the city's biggest festivals in his spare time. Here he talks about how the latest effort, Green Hustle Festival, helped bring our community together around celebrating life, nature, creativity and climate action...

Meet the man behind the unique take on Macbeth at the Playhouse

Ian C Douglas interviews Henry Maynard, Artistic Director at Flabbergast, the radical theatre company appearing at the Playhouse...

We Chat to Scott Taylor, the Brains Behind the We Share These Streets Podcast

Do you ever consider the streets you’re walking on? What happened on them hundreds of years ago? These are the exact questions Scott Taylor asked himself when he created We Share These Streets - the twenty-episode podcast exploring the days of Nottingham past…

From Ale Trails to EM-Con, Here's What’s on in Nottingham This Week

Here's our recommendations of what to see and where to go over the next seven days...

Meet Jayahadadream, Nottingham’s Hip Hop Sensation Set to Take the Music Industry by Storm

Raised in Cambridge with Jamaican and Irish heritage, Jayahadadream moved to Nottingham in 2018 to study at university. Since then, her time has been split between the two locations, and we were lucky enough to catch her for a chat in our LeftLion offices while she was visiting our city for the weekend…

Review: Dot to Dot Festival Nottingham

This past bank holiday weekend, the annual Dot to Dot Festival took place at various venues across Nottingham. Over 80 acts performed throughout the day, and you would need a TARDIS and a sturdy pair of shoes to see them all. We sent Bassey and Rich Higton down to cover the event...

We Visit COW’s Brand New Nottingham Thrift Store

Thrifty vintage treasure hunters rejoice! Popular independent vintage clothing brand, COW, has opened the doors to its third Notts store...

From Green Hustle Festival to Kinky Boots, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week

Lots of live music and theatre this week, so hopefully you're a fan of one or the other...

Binks Yard Sessions Provide Real Hope to Musicians in Nottingham With a Unique Deal

Ben Hicklin is the Head of Events at Nottingham canal side bar, restaurant and entertainment venue Binks Yard, and he kindly took time out to answer questions about the Binks Yard Sessions…

Find Out How Nottingham Playhouse Are Working With Ramps on the Moon to Improve Inclusivity in Theatre

Part of an ongoing project with Ramps on the Moon, Nottingham Playhouse hired theatre designer and maker Nikki Charlesworth as an Agent for Change - a position designed to increase inclusivity and accessibility for disabled people in the stage industry. We chat to her about what it means to be a disability-led theatre…

This is How Nottingham Played a Role in the Rise of The Beatles (Kind Of)

They sold countless records. They were worshipped across the planet. They changed the state of music forever. But would The Beatles have achieved it all without Nottingham? Well, probably - but we’d like to think we played some part in their success…