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If there was any doubt that the Yorkshire band Deadletter have become one of the UK's most exciting live bands, their sold-out Rescue Rooms show on Friday night quickly changed the storytelling...

Free entry to Rock City and Nottingham painted red: Here's what's on this week 8-14 June

Sun 07 Jun 2026

Live music, free exhibitions and artistic workshops, here's what's happening in Nottingham this week.

Deadletter - Existence Is Bliss Tour 2026

Fri 05 Jun 2026

Festival Review: Bearded Theory 2026

Sun 31 May 2026

Now a firm staple of the local festival calendar, Bearded Theory takes place in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside and is a haven for music lovers looking to kick start their festival season with plenty of wonder and family fun. Taking place over an extremely hot and sunny May bank holiday weekend, the 2026 edition boasted one of the most stacked line-ups of local, national and international talent that we can remember. To give us an insight, LeftLion contributor Marta Tavares went along to report from Catton Park…

The Longest Johns

Thu 28 May 2026

Theatre Review: Barnum at the Nottingham Playhouse

Wed 27 May 2026

Roll up, roll up! Barnum brings big top joy to Nottingham Playhouse...

Dead Pony

Tue 26 May 2026

Red Sea FC: the refugee football team building community through the beautiful game

Sat 23 May 2026

Red Sea FC are a hardworking local football team. Founded in 2019, they provide a welcoming found- family and shared cause for refugees living in Nottingham. Freya Peters heads to the Forest Rec to meet founder Ezedin Osman to find out what motivates him and how the players are finding community far away from home…

Terminal & Deadwood Superstar @ The Grove

Fri 03 Apr 2026

Rediscovering wild medicines and food with The Nottingham Forager

Wed 01 Apr 2026

Nestled in roadside thickets, hidden amongst hedgerows and sprouting from our local playing fields, parks and playgrounds, a world of forgotten foods quietly grow. With shoots spurting from the ground as we move into spring, Sophie Gargett spent some time with Lucy Buckle, aka The Nottingham Forager, to discover more about identifying, picking and eating wild food.

Theatre Review: Horrible Histories Live (& Dead): The Concert at the Royal Concert Hall

Mon 30 Mar 2026

It may be horrible but still it is a much-beloved children's TV series that educates as much as entertains. And this weekend the horribleness came to Nottingham...

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2026, our music team reviews new releases from ALT BLK ERA, Book of Churches, The Red Line, People Laughing and Pict...

The Red Line, Mist Rolling Inn

Fri 13 Feb 2026

The Unravelling of Mary Reddish: author David Whitfield talks about his novel which draws from the history of asylums in Notts

Wed 11 Feb 2026

Long before madness had a diagnosis, it had consequences. The Unravelling of Mary Reddish takes readers back to Georgian Nottingham, a world where sanity was judged through gender, reputation, and a strict social order. Katie Barr speaks to the author of the novel – David Whitfield – who drew on real asylum records from Nottingham to show how quickly a life can be unmade once those in power decide your mind is the problem.