Nottingham Creative Community News

Gig Review: The Charlatans at Rock City

19 May 22

Food Review: Sea and Earth

24 April 22

Vegan battered sausage, 'Vish' cakes and banana blossom fried 'fish'? Sign us up...

Film Review: The Northman

21 April 22

Robert Eggers follow-up to The Witch and The Lighthouse with the third in his 'the' trilogy, a bloody, grizzled tale of Viking revenge...

Food Review: Lombardo's

18 April 22

We headed down to Nottingham's first ever lasagneria (it's a real word, we checked) to find out what Lombardo's was all about...

Theatre Review: Magic Goes Wrong

30 March 22

Ashley Carter headed down to the Theatre Royal to enjoy Magic Goes Wrong, the farcical touring show from Mischief Theatre and Penn and Teller...

We Headed To Lost City for an Afternoon of Boozy Mini Golf

23 March 22

The LeftLion team finally got round to having their postponed Christmas party at Lost City Adventure Golf, with an afternoon of cocktails, mini golf and jungle adventure...

Review: The Hallé - The Music of James Bond

21 March 22

The Hallé's treatment of Bond themes from the 1950s to 2020s will leave you shaken with emotion and stirred by passion...

(Un)rest: Young Producers at City Arts Review

23 December 21

The annual takeover of the City Arts window facing out onto Hockley is here. As part of the Young Producers arts collective, The Window Gallery is transformed into a site of protest and rebellion, as placards and works of abstraction fill the space. What happens when we speak up? And what does it look like when art and protest meet?

Gig Review: BossK at The Bodega

13 December 21

With a new album out this year titled Migration, Bossk kicked off their December UK Tour by playing at The Bodega on Sunday 12 December and a packed venue enjoyed every second of it...

Gig Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs at Rock City

09 December 21

Newcastle’s experimental rockers Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs brought their demonic earth-rattling blend of genres to Nottingham’s Rock City to show the crowd what the iconic stage was made for...

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

24 May 21

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

10 More Singles You Should Listen To This Month

29 March 21

Our recommendations to see you through spring...

5 New Notts Albums You Need to Listen to

02 March 21

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

10 MORE Albums You Should Listen To This Month

28 January 21

Also featuring a single / EP or two. Because our city’s creative folk have been cooking up some heat...

Review: The 2020 Harley Open

12 October 20

Kelly Holmes headed to the picturesque Welbeck Estate to check out the 2020 Harley Open at the Harley Gallery

Deliveroo Review: Boo

11 June 20

With takeout or homemade scran our only option for the foreseeable future, we took a risk on a deliveroo newcomer...

Deliveroo Review: The Filthy Vegan

06 June 20

Want an indulgent vegan feast delivered straight to your door? Look no further...

Two Books to Check Out This January

14 January 20

History comics make up this month's selection...

3 Books to Check Out this Christmas

20 December 19

We took a look at three books that would make perfect stocking-stuffers for the readers in your life...

Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2019

04 November 19

Hockley was certainly Hustlin' this year, as the beloved festival took over the streets of our city for a thirteenth year...

Review: Crime Club at The National Justice Museum

06 April 19

We headed down to the National Justice Museum to check out their first ever Crime Club...

Live Music Review: Symphonic Queen & The Beatles

31 March 19

The classic tunage got the full orchestral treatment in this sellout show

Live Music Review: Group Listening at Metronome

27 March 19

Group Listening, the collaborative name of Stephen Black (aka Sweet Baboo) and experimental musician Paul Jones, have produced an album of ambient classics, reworked and reinterpreted for clarinet and piano. They stopped off at Metronome on their latest tour to give this Notts crowd quite a treat…

Live Music Review: dodie at Rock City

22 March 19

Singer-songwriter dodie brought smiles, tears and excitement to Rock City this week...

Live Music Review: Queen Zee at The Bodega

27 February 19

Friday nights were made for dancing, so we got down to The Bodega for genre-defying powerhouse Queen Zee...

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