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Night Creatures Podcast #8: The Soul Buggin' crew on life as promoters, the vibrant Nottingham scene and things that wind 'em up

Mon 15 Jun 2026

Night Creatures is a LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him two decades of experience of putting on great parties in the city...

Boo the bad guy: the wacky cinematic world of local promoter Will Bailey

Mon 04 May 2026

Will Bailey is a Nottingham film and events promoter, producing just about anything you could imagine (and a few things which only he could imagine), from Stars In Their Eyes all-dayers to so-bad-it’s-good movies screened at the Notts Bad Movie Club. His latest venture – Boo the Bad Guy – is a new multi-activity celebration of cult cinema, taking place in multiple venues which, more often than not, aren’t cinemas. He tells us more about it, while also reminiscing on past moments of movie magic he’s brought to Notts…

Night Creatures Podcast #7: Parisa East from Acoustickle on finding a young Jake Bugg, musical collaborations and juggling life as a promoter

Mon 13 Apr 2026

Nottingham’s universities invite local residents with life and skills experiences to apply for community-focused research PhD projects

Wed 05 Nov 2025

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and the University of Nottingham (UoN) are inviting people from the local community to apply for paid, full-time PhD, and part-time Placement research projects that aim to improve the lives of communities across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire...

We built this city: celebrating twenty years of I'm Not From London with head promoter Will Robinson

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Man about town, creature of the night, gig aficionado, and master of mayhem Will Robinson has been keeping Nottingham’s music scene alive and kicking for twenty years with promotion company I’m Not From London. As the fifteenth Waterfront Festival draws close on Saturday 2 August at the Canalhouse, anniversary celebrations in the works and a great roster of gigs coming up, we caught up with Will to hear some highlights from two decades of gigs.

A 'Touch' of Frost - we speak to jungle legend Jumpin Jack Frost about his collaborations with Nottingham musicians and promoters

Wed 07 May 2025

Widely known as the Godfather of jungle and drum n bass, Jumpin Jack Frost talks to us about his upcoming collaboration with a dynamic collective of Nottingham musicians and promoters.

Caves, campervans and comedy: the life of a Notts comedy promoter

Sat 02 Nov 2024

Ian Whitcombe started off running comedy shows in his local pub and now has big names calling up for a gig. He talks to Left Lion about his role in the Nottingham Comedy Festival, the acts he has nurtured, and his own journey into the land of laughs...

Pick Six: Will Robinson, gig promoter at Im Not From London

Fri 05 Jan 2024

Since we’re on the topic of DIY, we thought there would be no better person for our Pick Six than grassroots music aficionado Will Robinson of local record label and events promoter I’m Not From London...

Why Nottingham Crocus Volunteers Are Aiming to Plant More of These Iconic Flowers Around the City

Mon 27 Sept 2021

Michael Krawec, founder of the Nottingham Crocus Volunteers group, delves into why planting more of these iconic flowers will add a bit of colour around the city and help locals reconnect with their natural heritage…

Creatures of the Night: Get to Know Nottingham's Party Promoters

Mon 05 Aug 2019

When the sun sets across Notts and the streets get dark, a different kind of wild beast comes out to play - the party promoter. These feral beings can be found lurking in the darkest, dingiest corners, gathering with their pack around speakers, blasting out bleeps, gurgles and wails until the sun rises once more. Get to know our creatures of the night and find your chosen tribe...

Young, Gifted and Focused: Meet Notts Mod Band SubCulture

Wed 24 Jul 2019

At this month's sold out This Feeling gig night at The Chameleon, Simon Wooldridge caught up with SubCulture frontman Oli Orton, the Notts answer to The Jam...

Talent 1st is a Free-of-Charge School for Young Actors in Nottingham Focused on Social Mobility

Sat 08 Jun 2019

Hidden in the heart of Hockley is one of Nottingham’s best industry secrets: Talent 1st, a free-of-charge school for young actors that works to upstage the lack of social mobility in the entertainment industry. We spoke to the community interest company’s founder, Martin Arrowsmith, to talk about the recent decline in membership, and why Martin’s so passionate about reversing the trend...

Nottingham Comedy Promoters Just The Tonic are Celebrating 25 Years in the Business

Sat 20 Oct 2018

We’ve got bleddy birthday fever this month. Just The Tonic, Nottingham’s prime comedy promoters, have been bringing the funnies to the city for 25 years. From Johnny Vegas to Ross Noble, Darrell Martin has booked some right belly-twisting boggers, so we asked him to take a look back at his time over the years as the don of stand-up around these parts...

DHP Support Young Female Music Promoters by Backing New Campaign

Fri 25 May 2018

Ayup gals. The legends at DHP Family are backing a national campaign to help the next lot of young female music promoters break into the male-dominated grassroots music scene in the UK...

The Hempolics Answer our Questions in Photos

Wed 21 Feb 2018

London’s finest underground lo-fi reggae band – The Hempolics – are on their way to Nottingham this month as part of a Reggae Take Over at the Contemporary. With a sound that has a rollaround in the organic, and conscious lyrics to boot, they’ve been featured on BBC 6 Music, and hit number one in the UK reggae charts with their single Serious. Before we get stuck in to their electro-hip hop-dubby mashups at the end of the month, let’s check out what they had to say in photographic form…

Frank McMahon from DIY Poets Answers our Questions in Photos

Wed 08 Nov 2017

DIY Poets have been running things on the Nottingham poetry scene for yonks. They meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 8pm, upstairs in Broadway Cinema, to share work and plan for future events. We got leader of the poetry pack, Frank McMahon, to answer a few questions in photographic form…

Time to Change Notts' Roxie Hickling Answers Our Questions in Photos

Sun 08 Oct 2017

It’s World Mental Health Day on Tuesday 10 October, and Time to Change Notts are doing their very best to put Nottingham on the map in the fight against the stigma. Roxie Hickling has been organising an event for the campaign group at The Maze this month, where there’ll be music, spoken word and entertainment focused on personal experiences and working towards healthy bonces. And it just so happens that Time to Change Notts are looking for new members to join their team. If you’re interested in what they do or want a bit more information, drop ‘em an email at ttcnotts@gmail.com. Anyway, this month, Roxie gave us a little insight into her world by answering our questions in snaps...

In Focus: Sci-Tronic

Fri 15 Sept 2017

Malcolm Skyylab, aka Malcolm Bliss-Brown, is a laser display, VJ and underground trance-tune specialist who’s been on the Notts scene since 1996. Whacking on epic lighting shows at club nights under Skyylab Laser Lighting UK, he also runs Sci-Tronic: the night dedicated to hard trance, psygressive, and everything in between. Having appeared everywhere from Cookie Club to The Angel, this month Sci-Tronic celebrates its fourth birthday at its new home: The Irish Centre. Ahead of the event, we got our Malcolm to answer a few questions in photographic form…

Promoter Focus: Shady Cow

Wed 26 Jul 2017

We caught up with one of the most inclusive promoters about town...

In Focus: Sheep Soup

Wed 19 Jul 2017

You might recognise this beauty of a theatre company from the comedy musical, Mrs Green. The musical tells the tale of former soul and Motown singer-turned-pillar of the Basford community, Mabel Green, who grows weed in her council flat to treat her arthritis.

This time round, Sheep Soup have a brand spankin’ musical, The Leftovers, set to storm stages nationwide this year. But to get there, they need your help. Having received Arts Council Funding, they’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to help ‘em over the last hurdle, and they’re asking you lot to drop ‘em a few bob to get the show on the road. Before you do, check out their answers to our questions, all crafted with a camera…

Kold Chillin' Talk Hip Hop Events at Rough Trade Nottingham

Thu 27 Apr 2017

The legendary hip hop promoters fill us in on their events...

Big White Shed's Poetry Publisher Anne Holloway Answers Questions in Photos

Sun 23 Apr 2017

Founder of the Big White Shed, a meeting place for creatives to seek advice and trade expertise, Anne Holloway has shown us the inner workings of her mind through the art of photography. This month, she’s rounding up some of her favourite poetic pals to perform as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. The likes of Chris McLoughlin, Trevor Wright and Hayley Green will be spraying similes and internal rhymes like nobody’s business over at Debbie Bryan for your viewing pleasure. Word.

DJ Greyskull Talks Alternative Queer Night DirtyFilthySexy

Mon 20 Mar 2017

Find out a little more about one of Nottingham's favourite events, full of drag queens, music and laughs...

In Focus: Babe Punch

Wed 08 Mar 2017

Like a smack in the teeth followed by a kiss on the cheek, alt-rocking Babe Punch are a bunch of young women (and a couple of young lads) one doesn’t want to mess with. With all the tenacity of a pack of wolves and oozing enough cool to bring Take That back into the realm of acceptable, we couldn’t think of a better bunch of bandmates to send us their snaps in honour of International Women’s Day…

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