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Punk, sustainability, physical theatre and opera on screen: here's what's on in Notts this week: events 6 - 12 July
Sun 05 Jul 2026We've got quite the variety of events happening this week, from opera on screen and DIY punk gigs with Bad Milk Blood Robot to theatre infused with circus skills. Here's our top picks...
Forget the high street: Why niche perfume is having a moment
Sat 13 Jun 2026Spend an afternoon wandering round perfume counters and you'll notice something. The same handful of bottles keep turning up everywhere from the big department stores to the smaller chemists tucked along the side streets. It's not that these scents are bad, as such, but there's a decent chance that at least three other people in any given pub have dabbed on the exact same one before heading out.
Blues, dance, and Hong Kong culture: Here's what's on in Nottingham
Sun 05 Apr 2026There's lots of events this week set to spread some strong community spirit and selfless sentiment here in Notts. Here are some of our favourites...
Night Creatures Podcast #6: Oli Gibbons from Tumble Audio, Risque Rhodes and Build Beats on Notts and Rave Culture
Fri 13 Mar 2026Night Creatures is a LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him two decades of experience of putting on great parties in the city.
Riding high: the triumph and tragedy of Tom Simpson
Fri 23 Jan 2026Six thousand feet up a mountain in southern France, surrounded by a pitiless landscape of sun-bleached rocks, stands a stone memorial to a Nottinghamshire man. Professional cyclist Tom Simpson collapsed and died there in 1967, creating a sporting legend still being kept alive by his family back home. As an annual festival in his memory grows into a week of Simpson-mania, Chris Breese pedals off in search of how a skinny miner's son from Bassetlaw created a legacy still being lauded from Lowdham to Leuven.
Boutique chic: a look inside Flying Horse Walk's high fashion outlet Gigi Bottega
Wed 10 Dec 2025Nestled in the heart of the city centre at Flying Horse Walk, Gigi Bottega has quietly clothed a range of stars and fashion-savvy style lovers for ten years. As thousands of shoppers gear up to hit the city and get their hands on Christmas treasures, we talk to owners Gabriella Trivigno and her mum Debra Trivigno about how this hidden boutique is flying the flag for independent luxury fashion in Notts.
Comedy Review: Babatunde Aléshé's High Expectations at Nottingham Playhouse
Thu 20 Nov 2025Multi-award-winning comedian, Babatunde Aléshé', brings his new stand-up show to our city. Family life, fame and Costco are among his topics, but will these make the Nottingham audience laugh?
Comedian Rosa Keaton shares highlights from the coming Club Wormhole Festival
Fri 10 Oct 2025Alternate comedy is thriving in Nottingham. And among the comedians leading that boom is Club Wormhole, very much a home for non-conventional humour. And with Wormhole Weekend coming up, now is a great time find out more...
Wok This Way: The Seafood Guy Brings Hong Kong to Notts
Thu 25 Sept 2025There’s a new café in town serving Hong Kong classics. Our Food Co-Editor, Julia Head, AKA Nottingham Food Guide, met up with owner Johnny Tam to find out how he brought the flavours of Hong Kong to Nottingham with The Seafood Guy.
We chat to Death Of The High Street about life, music and taking things just seriously enough
Sun 07 Sept 2025Death Of The High Street are a force to be reckoned with: a hard grafting, guitar-based rock band with bags of energy, a distinct social conscience, and a desire to spread their message far and wide. We caught up with founding members Scott Baxter and Ash Simpson to talk about hard work, music with a message, and why they chose Nottingham for their album launch show…
Flamboyant theatre, nature documentaries, comedy by a castle and up and coming Notts music: here's what's on 30 June - 6 July 2025
Sun 29 Jun 2025This week in Notts... check out flamboyant theatre, thought provoking film, up and coming Notts music, vegan food and a comedy night by a castle.
LeftLion's Latest Listens #21: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 02 May 2025We're back once again with a pre-Bank Holiday edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens. This week, our music team reviews new releases from Swallowtail, highspeedpeach, MCØ and Drew Thomas...
Christie Classics, Castle Beer Festival and the Netball Super League: Here's what's on this week in Nottingham 31 March - 6 April 2025
Sun 30 Mar 2025Whether your idea of a good time is brushing up on your Orwell and Christie in the theatre, or enjoying live music and a drink in the sun, there's plenty going on in Nottingham for you this week...
Notts writer Hongwei Bao on the poetics of queer and diasporic experiences
Mon 17 Mar 2025Raised in Inner Mongolia, Dr. Hongwei Bao is now a Director of Research at the University of Nottingham and the industrious community organiser of events like the Queer Chinese Arts Festival, Poetics of Migration, Ode to Notts, plus many more. He’s also one of our most exciting creative writers, so we decided to invite him for a coffee…
Gig review: High Vis at Rescue Rooms
Sun 16 Feb 2025Following on from their third studio album Guided Tour, which was well-received by fans and critics alike, High Vis threw down a marker at Nottingham's Rescue Rooms. Arguably one of the most enigmatic hardcore punk/rock groups on the live circuit at the moment, the second date on their tour saw the rock five-piece hit the East Midlands with a headline show too hard to forget...
Nadia on… the future of the high street
Sat 25 Jan 2025Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome talks about the future of the high street.
Magic, caves, exhibitions and music: Here's what's on in Nottingham events 6 - 12 January 2025
Mon 06 Jan 2025It might be cold outside, but there's no need to be bored in January. This week in Notts there's magic, exhibitions, caves, live music and more....
Buy: Overheard In Notts (Vol 6): Artificially Unintelligent
Thu 21 Nov 2024We like to think that Christmas isn’t Christmas without a bit of Overheard in Notts in it. Thus we are happy to announce the arrival of our latest book baby...