Just announced: Gandeys Circus

Sat 9 - Sun 17 September
Wollaton Park

With a host of international artistes from across 26 nations, Gandeys Circus presents a brand new 90-minute production for all the family, live from their heated big top theatre.

Acts include award-winning circus superstars the Garcias, the Serbat troupe from Kazakhstan, Thunderdome motorbikes with the Gerlings, and the outstanding acrobatic Havana troupe from Cuba. All supported by the Gandey showgirls in the big production numbers, filled with spectacular surprises!

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Open-Air Theatre: Robin Hood

Thu 17 August
Wollaton Park

Illyria Theatre Company has created a fast-moving, fun-packed family show from the earliest ballads of Robin Hood, some pre-dating Chaucer.

Featuring tales of camaraderie, good against evil, swashbuckling action and riotous comedy, you'll definitely laugh and you'll probably cry. There's also an archery competition involving the entire audience!

Don't miss your last chance to watch open-air theatre at Wollaton Park this summer.

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Arboretum Beer Festival

Sat 26 August
Arboretum

This all-day event showcases dozens of great real ales and craft beers from local breweries and beyond. Located around the park’s Victorian bandstand, the event will blend the tasty food and beer selection with live music and entertainment.

Street food vendors will be curated by Bustler Market with plenty of choice to cater for all tastes and food preferences.

Kicking off at midday, there will be music and entertainment over two stages - the bandstand and the Acoustic Rooms pallet stage.

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New on sale: Christmas at Wollaton

Fri 1 December - Mon 1 January
Wollaton Park

General booking has now opened for Christmas at Wollaton, and peak slots are selling fast!

With a brand new design team and a whole new look, immerse yourself in a world of seasonal sparkle and festive cheer.

Surprises are around every corner, and festive food, warming cocktails and picture perfect moments will have you captivated, as you enjoy a magical Christmas with family, friends and loved ones.

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Heathers The Musical

Tue 29 August - Sat 2 September
Theatre Royal

Following two smash-hit West End seasons and winning the WhatsOnStage award for Best New Musical, Heathers The Musical - the black comedy rock musical based on the eponymous 1988 film - is coming to Nottingham.

Westerberg High’s Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she joins the beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers and her dreams of popularity may finally come true, mysterious teen rebel JD teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it is murder being a somebody.

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New on sale: Micky Flanagan

Thu 28 & Fri 29 September
Motorpoint Arena

Micky Flanagan has had a colossal year, with his hugely successful tour If Ever We Needed It breaking records left, right and centre in some of the biggest venues in the UK, but he's only just getting started.

Micky will be hitting the road once again this autumn, with two shows in Nottingham due to popular demand.

A working-class boy done good, Micky has risen to the very top of the comedy world. In 2016 he was the best-selling comic in the UK without doing a show, purely for the advance tickets on his 2017 tour, An’ Another Fing...

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The Hundred

Thu 17 August
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground

The Hundred is well underway at Trent Bridge this summer, and Trent Rockets take on Manchester Originals in their next fixture.

The Hundred promises high octane men’s and women’s sporting action, live music, and a host of family-friendly entertainment.

In partnership with BBC Music Introducing, rainbow frog biscuits will be performing at this match, as well as The Hundred's resident DJs.

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Sneinton Summer Celebration Market

Sat 12 August
Sneinton Market Avenues

The Sneinton Summer Celebration Market hosts an array of Nottingham's best independent businesses along the historical Sneinton Market Avenues, with delicious street food and local DJs, plus all the retail and hospitality businesses will be open to trade. The area will be bursting full of conscious creatives and brands.

The market will be open from 11am-4pm with free entry.

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Archery GB National Finals

Sat 2 & Sun 3 September
Wollaton Park

The Archery GB National Tour Final brings together the best archers Britain has to offer. After six stages and 1,500 entries, six champions will emerge victorious.

Over the year’s stages, the archers have shot and accumulated points to rank them within the compound, recurve and barebow categories.

Visitors will also be able to try their hand at the sport with have-a-go archery.

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