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Live: Dot To Dot Festival 2014

With Peace, Drenge, Saint Raymond, Wolf Alice, Georgie Rose and many more

Neat14 Music: Haiku Salut

Accordion, glockenspiel and electronics at CAST as part of Neat14 on Wednesday 28 May

Pick of the Week: 26 May - 1 June

There's plenty cracking off this week to help you enjoy this summer sun

Nottingham Acts at Dot To Dot Festival 2014

Every local vocal on the line-up at this year's event

Five Must See Acts at Dot To Dot Festival 2014

Who you should be fighting your way down to the front for at this year's festival

Interview: Mark Elder of The Hallé Orchestra

The Hallé Orchestra are Royal Concert Hall residents, bringing their fresh take on classical music over the Pennines from Manchester, to us, for over a decade. We spoke to music director and conductor, Sir Mark Elder, about why we should all treat our ears to a different kind of performance than they might be used to…

Neat14 Music: MuHa

Eastern European folk at CAST as part of Neat14 on Saturday 24 May

A History of Nottingham on Television 1953-2014

Neat14 Music: Manière des Bohémiens

The gypsy jazz outfit are performing at CAST as part of Neat14 on Friday 23 May

Live: Everywhere Festival 2014

With wAFF, Route 94, Hannah Wants, MK, Keela, Hudson Mohawke and more

Live: Hit The Deck Festival 2014

An all-dayer that is fast putting the rock back into our city

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2014

Broadway Cinema are part of the contemporary French film festival this week

Onlion Book Reviews

With Ross Bradshaw's collection of essays surrounding crime, The Artist and The Engineer, Seven Daze and more

LeftLion Reader Survey 2014 (Closed)

A History of Women and Feminism in Nottingham 1903-2014

In Celebration of International Women's Day 2014, WoLAN take us through the history of women's rights in the 20th and 21st century and Nottingham's part in the movement...

Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014

Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more

Interview: Charles Webster, House Music Legend

He’s got thirty-odd aliases and done umpteen squared remixes and cubed productions. After 25 years making electronic soul, Charles Webster is a bona fide legend of the deep house music for which Nottingham was once world-famous. We dropped in on him to chat about where he’s at, how he got there, and where he’s heading.

Interview: JT Soar

Using a DIY ethos, Joe, Phil and Nick from Nottingham punk band Plaids have turned an old fruit and veg warehouse at the back of Sneinton Market into a music and arts space. Run as a co-operative, together they’ve created a one-of-a-kind venue that’s already hosted bands from all over Europe and the US of A.

May Contain Notts: June-July 2012

"It dawns upon me that I have spent the entire duration of an episode of Bullseye copping a feel of a husky’s breast implant"

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Musical

Everything you fear it might be, that’s what it’s not...

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning the Musical

This May at the Playhouse, Alan Sillitoe’s definitive Nottingham novel gets the musical theatre treatment courtesy of local charity Musicworks, lyricist Catherine Spoors, and composer Stephen Williams…

The Music Exchange

Our music editor has a word with Andrew Thompson, manager of The Music Exchange in West End Arcade...

Interview: Fists

The on-their-own-terms, no-compromise, if-you-want-something-done-properly-do-it-yourself attitude of Fists has made them one of the most respected bands in town. We asked James Findlay and Angi Fletcher why it took ‘em so long to play a gig, and in which decade we could expect an LP...

LeftLion Music Exchange Takeover in photos

LeftLion took over a record shop in town for a day and put on some of the best bands and acts from our local scene

Final Cut Pros: Music Video Director Round Table Discussion

When the cream of Nottingham’s music scene need their work immortalised on video, they talk to Tom Walsh, Michael Holyk and Junglewire. But only when we’ve finished talking to them for this special round table interview...