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Gig review: Lizzie Esau + Dirty Blonde at Billy Bootleggers

Tue 04 Feb 2025

To celebrate Independent Venues Week, Lizzie Esau and Dirty Blonde teamed up for a co-headline tour, culminating at Nottingham’s dive bar extraordinaire, Billy Bootleggers…

We speak to Broadway, Arc and Savoy Cinemas about the future of cinema in Nottingham

Tue 04 Feb 2025

Last month we learned that Cineworld cinema in the Cornerhouse will be closing, to be replaced by Vue cinema later in the year. The last few years have seen plenty of change for the cinema industry, so we put some questions to the figureheads at our three other local picture houses; Mark Gallagher at The Arc Cinema, Lucy Askew at Broadway Cinema and Paul Scotton at Savoy Cinema…

Film Review: A Complete Unknown

Mon 03 Feb 2025

How well can a film capture an enigma? Join us as we review A Complete Unknown and wonder just that...

Gig review: Du Blonde at The Bodega, with bigfatbig

Mon 03 Feb 2025

A decade since their last visit to The Bodega, an awful lot has changed for Beth Jeans Houghton (Du Blonde). With the multi-talented Geordie artist now managing and releasing music under their own label Daemon TV, it was this DIY spirit that drove well-received fourth album, Sniff More Gritty, released in November last year. Returning to Nottingham with that album in tow, we went along to check out Beth’s sold-out show and their first one in the city since 2015…

Put your records on: we find out about Revinyl Sessions, a night where anyone can be a DJ

Mon 03 Feb 2025

Fancy sharing your music taste with other music lovers? Revinyl Sessions at The Golden Fleece has you covered. With an ethos that celebrates the DJ for their ability to create community in a crowd, Revinyl invites anybody, experienced or first-timer, the chance to get behind the decks and unite the room with their sound. We spoke to organiser Robin Powell to find out more…

Locating Lawrence: February 1924

Sun 02 Feb 2025

February is a rotten month for the Lawrences as they struggle with various illnesses.

Gig review: Origami Angel at Rescue Rooms

Sun 02 Feb 2025

Swapping Washington, DC for Nottingham, Origami Angel began their UK tour in style. Rescue Rooms became a place of escape, where the music could speak for itself...

Theatre, queer archive photography and hillbilly rock 'n' roll classics: Here's what's on in Nottingham, 3 - 9 February

Sun 02 Feb 2025

If you're interested in art exhibitions, 90s rock or theatre classics, there's lots to be getting out for in Nottingham this week...

The Claw's January Recap & February Preview for the Nottingham Panthers

Sat 01 Feb 2025

Catch up on all the action from January as we break down the season so far, plus a look ahead at what’s in store for the Nottingham Panthers in February…

Review: Beat The Streets 2025

Sat 01 Feb 2025

It may have been a cold and rainy day, but that didn’t stop thousands of Notts residents darting between Talbot, Pelham and Broad Street for this year’s edition of Beat The Streets. With the annual festival having raised a whopping £491,100 for Framework since it began back in 2018, this was another opportunity for local music fans to enjoy the vibrant sounds of our great city and raise vital funds for this great cause in the process. Not ones to miss out, we sent our team down to the festival to capture the sights and sounds of this amazing event...

Stage Review: Swan Lake

Sat 01 Feb 2025

Varna International Ballet's spellbinding take on the classic fairy tale

Northern Lights: Inside the queer 90s North and Midlands with the Linden Archives

Sat 01 Feb 2025

We go back to the hedonistic 1990s of Nottingham and the North of England with former photographer, Stuart Linden Rhodes, who comes to Nottingham on February 6 to launch his new book Linden Archives.

Nottingham Light Night 2025: Plans For 35+ Attractions Revealed

Fri 31 Jan 2025

Nottingham Light Night is set to return for its seventeenth year at the end of February. This year you can look forward to 35+ installations, performances and activities all for free across the city centre...

LeftLion Issue #180 February 2025

Fri 31 Jan 2025

This month featuring Gary Younge, Aisling Loftus, Revinyl Sessions, Tom Dale and Barret Hodgson on Light Night, Sobar, Nottingham Cinema Round Table, Notts County photographer John Anderson, Sarah Bard, Bellydancer Marija Zinkevica, Girl Scout, House of Pain Wrestling, Linden Archives and lots more...

Matt Berry: In Conversation at Rough Trade

Thu 30 Jan 2025

Dr. Lucien Sanchez. Dixon Bainbridge. Douglas Reynholm. Stephen Toast. Laszlo Cravensworth / Jackie Daytona. There are few comedy actors who could boast a list of iconic TV characters and performances to match that of the great Matt Berry. However, while a lot of people are familiar with his work on the screen, his many other artistic talents are lesser known. To spread the word, Matt stopped by Rough Trade to launch his 11th studio album, Heard Noises. Sitting down for a Q&A on his musical ventures and illustrious career in television, we had to go along…

Classical concert: London Philharmonic Orchestra with Andrey Boreyko

Thu 30 Jan 2025

A last minute substitution does nothing to dampen the success of the world famous orchestra in Nottingham...

What happens when you realise winning means betting on others losing? Gary Stevenson knows first-hand.

Thu 30 Jan 2025

Gary Stevenson became the youngest and most successful trader in the city. Now he shares the insider's guide to the financial world that influences all our lives.

Overheard in Notts: January 2025

Thu 30 Jan 2025

Oversized emojis and The Queen's Speech feature in this month's Overheard in Notts...

Ahead of this weekend's Palestine Film Festival we chat to Iro Bagiantera of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Thu 30 Jan 2025

In advance of Nottingham’s very first Palestine Film Festival, we spoke to the vice-chair of our city’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Iro Bagiantera, about what exactly attendees can expect from the event, taking place on Sunday 2 February at Nottingham Contemporary.

Gig review: ALT BLK ERA at Saltbox

Wed 29 Jan 2025

ALT BLK ERA are Nottingham’s alternative crown jewels, made up of sisters Nyrobi and Chaya, who both provide lush and powerful vocals, along with their instrumental backbone of Sam on drums and Alex on guitar. Hot on the heels of the release of their debut album, the incredible Rave Immortal, we went down to Saltbox for their sold-out launch party...