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Splendour 2025

The Easy Rollers Album Preview Tour [jazz/swing]

Nottingham Comedy Festival Preview Show

Hockley Hustle 2024: preview and highlights

The indomitable Hockley Hustle is back! Taking place on Sunday 20 October, and showcasing 400 artists over fifty venues, see the city’s music, arts and culture come alive with music, art dancing and creative workshops. With proceeds going to nine different Nottingham charities, the festival has raised £200,000 over its eighteen years. We spoke to some of the people involved this year to hear their highlights from previous years and see what they are looking forward to.

Preview: 'LeftLion Live At The Library' events: Natalie Duncan and Chanel Cresswell

We've now confirmed our final guests for our 2024 'LeftLion at the Library' events. These take place on the first Friday of each month at Nottingham Central Library thanks to funding from the Arts Council England...

Ncf Comedy Presents Elliot Steel and Susie Mccabe Double Edinburgh Preview

Preview: Live At The Hall at Wollaton Hall

Get ready for an epic night of music at Wollaton Hall on Friday 30 August, as "Live at the Hall" brings together an all-star lineup featuring Razorlight, Feeder, The Pigeon Detectives, The Sherlocks and more...

Edinburgh Fringe Preview - Caitroina Dowden Is Holier Than Thou & Rob Duncan: Basement Child

Five reasons to attend Dot To Dot Festival in 2024

For almost 20 years, Dot To Dot Festival has remained the standard bearer for all metropolitan festivals in the UK. Launched in Nottingham during the mid-00s indie boom, Dot To Dot has since become a staple of the late May Bank Holiday weekend, showcasing only the very best new music across an epic all-day event. With the 2024 edition boasting one of the best line-ups to date, we thought we’d dive into what makes Dot To Dot so special…

Bearded Theory Festival Preview

Having previously lugged a tent hundreds of miles to music festivals, the prospect of an amazing weekend just an hour away from Nottingham in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside was too tempting to pass up. Bearded Theory Festival celebrates its fifteenth birthday this year and the line up is a brilliant blend of old school greats and modern marvels. Here’s some of the highlights we’re looking forward to catching…

Could Be Real Tribute Festival Bringing Music to Newstead Abbey this Summer

Get ready to immerse yourself in a night of nostalgia as the Could Be Real Tribute Festival descends upon the serene grounds of Newstead Abbey on Friday 5 July...

Blue Soup Club Night Preview

Blue Soup is a brand-new club night coming to The Carousel in Hockley. Ahead of the opening night, we caught up with organiser David Triggs as he was playing a special warm-up DJ set at our Sneinton Market neighbours, Running Circle Records.

Preview: Liberation Squares at the Playhouse

Tips on How to Find The Light in Being a Teen Under Surveillance.

Preview: Nottingham Authors to Guest at Central Library

The Society of Authors launch a seven-month programme of events for Nottingham’s readers and writers…

Preview: Sao Paulo Dance Company

We speak to the choreographer behind this weekend's dose of Brazilian sunshine  

Preview: Your Fat Friend + Q&a

Preview: American Poets at Five Leaves Bookshop

As some of the USA's best poetic minds come to perform in Notts, we learn about what we can look forward to...

Preview: Is There Anybody Out There? + Q&a

Nottingham Comedy Festival Preview Show

Festival Review: Splendour 2023

The weekend may have been full of rain, but we didn’t let that dampen our spirits…

Splendour in Nottingham

A Day In The Life Of The Splendour Festival Team

We chat to Matt Newton, Marketing Manager at DHP Family, about what a typical day in his life is like as he prepares for Splendour Festival this weekend...

From Splendour Festival to Woodland Wellbeing, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 17 July - 23 July

Live music, theatre, video games... and some woodland wellbeing to end the week. What more could you want?

Nottingham Legend Vicky McClure MBE on Our Dementia Choir's Return to Splendour Festival

Splendour Festival returns to Wollaton Park this month, as does Vicky McClure MBE and Our Dementia Choir. We chat to the Wollaton native ahead of the festival which essentially takes place in her back garden…

Preview: Discotech in the Park

What’s that coming over the hill? It’s Discotech in the Park. Taking place on Derby’s Markeaton Park on Saturday 5 August sees a jam-packed day of some of the finest house, garage, and techno talent in the East Midlands. Celebrating the vast club scene in the region and beyond along with all sorts of extras, from actors and stage designers to producers and independent business owners, the countdown is on for a festival of fun…