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Sam Heaton talks turning Notts County's The Nest into a versatile live events venue

Mon 08 Jun 2026

In 2024 Notts County FC turned an old metal fabricators warehouse next to their stadium into a state-of-the-art live events venue. Thus The Nest was born and has since led a double life as a football fanzone and as a major player in Nottingham’s live music and events scene. We spoke to their events manager Sam Heaton about those last two years and their big plans for the future…

Director Alison Rashley talks us through Television Workshop's best known actors

Tue 02 Jun 2026

Workshop Director Alison Rashley talks through some of the Television Workshop’s best known actors and gives the lowdown on what they were like to teach…

Theatre Interview: Sam Harry Macgregor actor and writer from Hold The Line at Nottingham Arts Theatre

Wed 08 Apr 2026

Hold the Line is a new play coming to the Nottingham Arts Theatre that lifts the lid on life and work at the NHS 111 telephone service. Rising star Sam Harry Macgregor, who wrote and stars in the play, talks to Leftlion about the journey...

Interview : Sam Lupton and Tom Major the stars of Only Fools and Horses at the Royal Concert Hall

Thu 03 Apr 2025

Only Fools and Horses has to be one of the UK's most popular sitcoms ever. And now the musical revamp is coming to Nottingham. Leftlion chats with Sam Lupton and Tom Major as they become the new Del Boy and Rodney...

Gustavo Andrade & the Brasukas [brazilian/samba]

Fri 14 Mar 2025

LeftLion's Latest Listens #16: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 28 Feb 2025

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Otala, Sam Shaw & The Real Eyes, Green Grango, Fallowed and Divorce...

Samia Halaby: Performing Abstraction

Fri 07 Feb 2025

Sam Furlonger Presents the American Christmas Songbook

Sun 29 Dec 2024

Salt of the Earth: Catching up with musician and Saltbox manager Sam Heaton

Mon 02 Dec 2024

There are few people who live and breathe Nottingham’s vibrant music scene quite like Sam Heaton. From his own ambient rock band Eyre Llew being one of the city’s greatest exports, to a stint in charge of Rough Trade’s events, as well as independently booking and promoting local artists for the last two decades too, his fingerprints have been on a lot of the city’s musical successes. Earlier this year though, he took on a tough new challenge – transforming Saltbox from a little-known sports bar into a versatile 500-person capacity music venue and events space.

To find out more, we sat down with Sam to chat about his first seven months running the venue, the hurdles he’s had to overcome in that time, and what he has planned for the venue and his band in 2025…