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Nottingham Craft Beer Festival returns for 2026
Wed 10 Jun 2026Nottingham Craft Beer Festival returns to Sneinton Market Avenues for its eighth year. Over 5,000 attendees are expected across three sessions on Fri 19 and Sat 20 June 2026.
Bonfires, bands, theatre, zines and a film festival: here's what's on in Notts this week 3 - 9 November 2025
Sun 02 Nov 2025Ignore the chilly weather, there's lots to indulge in this week in Notts. From fairs selling zines and crafts, to classic stories on the stage and a film festival. Check out some of our top picks...
Wytch craft: a look inside Sneinton Market's Wolf Wytch Apothecary
Sun 19 Oct 2025The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is upon us, and there’s nothing better at this time of year than coming home to a cosy living space. If you have a love for the spooky and the scented, then here’s three exciting words for you: Wolf Wytch Apothecary. An independent business that has been alive in the heart of Sneinton Market for almost three years, Wolf Wytch is run by its wickedly talented head alchemist Lauren Wolf. It’s home to an enchanting combination of scents – from candles to skin care – and plenty of gothic vibes…
Creative and crafty: here's what to look forward to at Young Hustlers 2025
Fri 17 Oct 2025Year on year, Young Hustlers proves itself to be a vital part of our city’s annual arts and culture spectacular Hockley Hustle, providing a host of fun activities to facilitate the creative expression of local kids. It also gets bigger each year, and in 2025 will have an extra-packed, arty and crafty programme, which is this year titled ‘Around the World’. Here’s what you can expect…
Not(t) Art: the arts and crafts pub night bringing people together
Tue 22 Jul 2025Aiming to take the ‘art out of the gallery and into the community’, the Not(t) Art Collective is a new project that hopes to provoke interest from people who wouldn’t necessarily ‘do’ art. Taking place at The Barley Twist pub on Carrington Street, the collective looks to engage people in a range of social creative activities; from portrait drawing socials, to bring your own arts-and-crafts evenings, to the bare essentials - life drawing! We spoke to Matt Smith, founder of the Collective about his motivations for starting the group.
Nottingham Craft Beer Festival Returns This Weekend!
Tue 17 Jun 2025Nottingham Craft Beer Festival is back once again at Sneinton Market Avenues this weekend for its seventh year. Over 4000 attendees are expected over three sessions on Fri 20 and Sat 21 June 2025.
Pride celebrations, live music and Craft Beer Festival: Here's what's on in Nottingham 16 - 22 June 2025
Sun 15 Jun 2025This week is a great one for music in Notts, with both Bright Eyes and Patrick Wolf performing in the city. There's also Pride celebrations at Broadway Cinema and the return of the Craft Beer Festival. Here's our top picks...
Brewery round table: Blue Monkey, Bang The Elephant and Liquid Light talk all things ale ahead of Nottingham Craft Beer Festival
Fri 06 Jun 2025Nottingham Craft Beer Festival takes over Sneinton Market Avenues on 20-21 June for three sessions of great beer, live music, street food and more. To celebrate the occasion we put some questions to three of Nottingham’s finest breweries who are all holding stalls at the event. Our interviewees are Ian Wesley of Blue Monkey, Thom Stone of Liquid Light, and Michael Shipman of Bang The Elephant…
Offline crafting, theatre, day parties, cultural festivals, and 80s new wave: here's what's on events this week 10-16 March 2025
Sun 09 Mar 2025This week in Notts! Get yourself out to enjoy the first inklings of spring, plus a load of great events around the city. Check out a four day festival at New Art Exchange, enjoy gripping theatre at Nottingham Playhouse and Theatre Royal, get crafting in a no-phone-zone, or head down to Vicky McClure's Day Fever at the Palais...
Mushroom Fest, Skating, Spooky Theatre and Crafts: Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 27 November - 3 December
Sun 26 Nov 2023Notts is getting into the festive season this week, with Christmas craft fairs, skating and alternative pantos. But if you prefer to (quite rightfully) be a humbug until the big day, there's also spooky theatre and fungi fun to get stuck into...
Nottingham Wrestler Joseph Conners Chats WWE, House of Pain Wrestling Academy, and Crafting a Career in Sport
Mon 11 Jul 2022Having come up through the House of Pain Wrestling Academy, Nottingham lad Joseph Conners has achieved what very few in the world of wrestling have. From performing for audiences around the world, wrestling for Next Generation Wrestling and, most impressively, WWE at their 2017 and 2018 UK Championship Tournaments, he’s come a long way since first stepping into the ring. We caught up with the wrestling legend to find out what’s next…
5 of the Most Fun Things to Do in Nottingham This Week: Warhammer, Nottingham Craft Beer Festival and More
Mon 13 Jun 2022Mountain tours, mini-figure battles and magazine-making are all on the agenda this week...
The Thompson Brothers on Their Favourite Restaurants and Nottingham Craft Beer Week
Wed 18 Aug 2021Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Wild Card Brewery's Head Brewer Jaega Wise on Returning to Notts for Craft Beer Week
Mon 09 Aug 2021A decade ago Jaega Wise and her partner William moved from Nottingham to London and started up a brewery in Walthamstow. And, since launching in 2012, Wild Card Brewery has continued to grow at pace. Jaega returns home this month for Nottingham Craft Beer Week, and talks us through her journey, TV presenting and some of the interesting new collaborations she has up her sleeve...
Ruddy Fine Gin is Crafted By a Married Couple in Ruddington
Sun 09 Aug 2020They say it takes a village to raise a child. But really, they should be saying it takes a village to make a bloody good bottle of gin. Ruddy Fine Gin has been two years in the making, but now they’ve perfected their recipe, and they’re ready to launch in Ruddington and beyond. We chat to the co-owners, husband and wife duo Cheryl and Rory Stretton, to find out all about it…
Meet Kaleidø: Putting Graft into their Craft
Wed 18 Dec 2019Bobby Twidale grabbed a pint one of Notts’ newest rising bands ahead of their Rough Trade gig and it’s clear these boys aren’t messing abaht...
The Best Moments of Nottingham Craft Beer Festival 2019
Tue 18 Jun 2019A few of our favourite snaps from Nottingham Craft Beer Festival 2019...
NottsShop: June 2019
Fri 14 Jun 2019June ain't exactly known for its fashion kudos and, given that the skies have recently been plotting our watery downfall, this month, we've gone rogue. There's a foodie-drinkie special comin' atcha...
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The Thompson Brothers on Notts County, Game of Thrones and Craft Beer
Fri 31 May 2019Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Noshingham: Karobar Indian Street Food & Craft Beers
Sun 08 Jul 2018We sampled Notts' newest Indian street food establishment...
Noshingham: Craft Beer Week Spesh
Thu 14 Jun 2018This week is Craft Beer Week in Notts, where we celebrate our love of the good stuff. We popped down to some participating venues to see whether the scran was as good as the slosh...
Nottingham Craft Beer Festival is Happening in Sneinton Market
Mon 23 Apr 2018The secret is out. We’re gerrin’ involved in summat exciting, soon to hit the avenues...