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Waterfront Festival 2025

Tina - the Tina Turner Musical

Ncf Comedy Presents Huge Davies Album for My Ancestors (dead)

Ncf Comedy Presents Joey Page: Nice One.

Ncf Comedy Presents: Jamali Maddix: Aston

Ncf Comedy Presents: Micky Overman: Hold On

Ncf Comedy Presents Seann Walsh and Peter Rethinasamy

Ncf Comedy Presents: Joseph Parsons: Redesigned

Ncfcomedy Presents Ria Lina: Work In Progress

Ncf Comedy Presents: Canalhouse Comedy Night

Trupa Trupa / Wizards Can't Be Lawyers

Ncf Comedy Presents: Glenn Moore: Work In Progress

Candlelit Concert & Poetry With Chris Miggells

Ncf Comedy Presents: Canalhouse Comedy Night

Gig review: Ibibio Sound Machine at Rescue Rooms

On a cold Tuesday night in Notts, electronic Afro-funk masters Ibibio Sound Machine proved more than equal to the task of bringing warmth, joy and mirth to Rescue Rooms...

Ncf Comedy Presents: Mike Rice: Nasty Character

House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem

Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep house music - but what were the origins of these now legendary gatherings, and how did they fit into the politics of the time? We asked the individuals who lived out those joyful days firsthand about the history of sound-systems in Nottinghamshire and beyond.

Ibibio Sound Machine

We chat with Sports Team about changes in sound, their live show ethos, and KSI...

Sports Team are a band who take music seriously – and always have fun with it. Famous for headline-grabbing stunts, which have led to a feud with Matty Healy and a chart battle with Lady Gaga, the English alt-rockers are determined to keep making waves. Before their big headline show at rescue Rooms next week, Ali Glen caught up with the band...

Ncf Comedy Presents: Michael Akadiri: Trust Me, I'm a Daddy

Ncf Comedy Presents: Nina Gilligan: Goldfish

Ncf Comedy Presents: the Worriers Podcast Live!

Ncf Comedy Presents: Scott Bennett : Blood Sugar Baby

Controversial comic woos the Canalhouse crowd

Award-winning joker Alfie Brown is on the comeback tour after a year when he was 'cancelled.' And the route for that comeback winds through Nottingham... 

Long live The Bodega! We celebrate its 25th anniversary

Ah that special spot on 23 Pelham Street. From countless life-affirming gigs and hazy club nights inside the venue, to summer sessions outside in the quaint back alley of Cobden Chambers, The Bodega has been one of our city’s chief memory makers over the last quarter century.

Now to celebrate the iconic venue’s 25th anniversary this month, we thought we’d take a trip down memory lane with the bands, promoters and staff that have helped this space to endure as a cornerstone of our city’s vibrant music scene and nightlife, by reliving some of their favourite Bodega moments.