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Pantomines, plays, art, and singing: Here's what's on in Nottingham during Christmas 2025

Season's greetings everybody! We know that around now is the time when lots of us get off work for a bit, and look for new, festive things to do around Notts with people that we care about. With that in mind, here are eight events happening through Christmas and New Year, in Nottingham, which we're certain are worth attending... 

Johnny and the Raindrops legendary Christmas gig!

Carol singing, Christmas markets, doom-tinged gigs and the return of Divorce: here's what's on this week in Notts 8 - 14 December 2025

Can we officially say it's time to get festive this week in Notts? From carol-singing and Christmas markets to doom-tinged gigs and the return of Divorce - here's our top picks of what's on...

Total Singing Liberation

Raina Greifer - Manic

All singing, all dancing: Here's what's on in Nottingham 13 - 19 October

There's plenty to do this week in Nottingham, whether you're flexing your singing muscles, enjoying some immersive theatre, or participating in the yearly Reclaim the Night march. Here are our Picks of the Week. 

Perfect Harmony: talking the power of communal singing with the Nottingham Harmonic Choir

While a couple of decades ago the word choir may have brought to mind stuffy scenes of Sunday’s Songs of Praise, in the past ten years group singing has had quite a reputation change. Not only does group singing increase wellbeing and happiness, it has also been shown to release neurochemicals that aid in pain-relief. With this in mind, as the autumn sets in, Frances Danylec went along to check out the Nottingham Harmonic Choir, and learn about their nearly 170 year history…

Gospel Singing Workshop

Gospel Singing Workshop

Gospel Singing Workshop

LeftLion's Latest Listens #14: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this, the first edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Rainbow Frog Biscuits, Bad Milk Blood Robot, Eleanor McGregor and Divorce...

Gospel Singing Workshop

Crazy Little Sing Called Pub and the joy of communal singing

From relieving stress and tension to releasing endorphins, it’s no wonder more than two million people across the UK sing regularly in choirs. But singing classic anthems like James’ Sit Down and The Killers’ All These Things That I’ve Done in a pub with a bunch of strangers? Well, that’s a new one. At local event Crazy Little Sing Called Pub the impact has been undeniable, with hundreds gathering each month to take part. We caught up with event founder Abi Moore to find more about this communal phenomenon.

Under the Rainbow - Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades Of Lgbtq+ Struggle and Liberation

Ahead of Pride, Hockley's Rainbow Crossing is being repainted for it's fifth anniversary

The rainbow crossing on Hockley's Broad Street turns five this year. Our History Editor CJ DeBarra tells of how it came to be.

Follow the rainbow: we learn about Notts LGBT+ Network

With official Pride month coming to an end and Notts Pride coming up soon, we thought it important to honour a charity that has given nearly fifty years of its time to Nottingham’s Queer community: Notts LGBT+ Network. Beth Green is a current volunteer for the Network; they caught up with two others David and Rachel, to share their commendable work and dedication.

RAIN PARADE

The Thompsons on April Fools, Rainbow and Buses

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on April Fools, Rainbow and Buses

Rainbow Puppeteer Ronnie le Drew Talks About Bringing Zippy to Life Ahead of His Nottingham Show

The Nottingham Puppet Festival takes over the city centre this month once again, and when we saw Rainbow puppeteer Ronnie le Drew was on the line up, we pulled some strings to get a chat with the man who brought Zippy to life…

Johnny and the Raindrops

Johnny and the Raindrops

The Lost City Adventure Golf’s Birthday Fiesta in a Rainforest

With LeftLion turning twenty next month, we've been on the hunt for other birthday celebrations going on in Notts. It turns out our pals at The Lost City Adventure Golf is turning ten years old on Saturday 26 August. To celebrate, they’re putting on a Birthday Fiesta in their stunning rainforest venue, right in the heart of Nottingham.

Immersive Listening & Screening: Voices of the Rainforest by Steven Feld, followed by an online in-conversation with Jol Thoms