 Splendour Festival: line-up announced
 Sat 18 & Sun 19 July
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park
Primal Scream, Craig David Presents TS5, Editors, The K’s and The Flaming Lips will join headliners The Wombats and Snow Patrol for this year's Splendour Festival! Hard Life, The Lathums, Estelle, Cast, Neville Staple from The Specials, Kingfishr, The Futureheads, The Pigeon Detectives, The Sugarhill Gang, Say She She, Divorce and alt blk era will also join the line-up.
The Day Fever stage returns - the daytime disco conceived by Nottingham’s own Vicky McClure, Johnny Owen, and Reverend and the Makers’ Jon McClure - plus the dance stage with The Beatles Dub Club and The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club.
Nottingham City residents can receive a 10% discount by entering their council tax number and postcode when booking.
This weekend: Beat The Streets
 Sun 25 January
Various venues
Nottingham’s iconic all-day charity music festival takes place on Sunday, uniting the city for live performances across venues like Rock City, Rescue Rooms, Stealth, The Bodega and Rough Trade, with all proceeds supporting the homeless charity Framework.
This year’s edition features headline acts and rising stars from the local scene, including Bloodworm, Bored Marsh, Dring, Marvin’s Revenge, Saffron Gray, and White Town. Loads more artists have just been added to the full line-up, with more than 50 acts playing across the venues, making it a must-see celebration of Nottingham’s music community.
ICYMI: Nottingham Light Night
 The Cat That Slept For A Thousand Years
Fri 6 & Sat 7 February
City Centre
The city will once again be illuminated after dark at Nottingham Light Night. Many of this year’s commissioned works explore the theme of home - from installations conceived or created in Nottingham to pieces that reflect what home means to us all.Â
- Architecture Social Club presents Parallels at Old Market Square, an immersive installation that merges architectural light and sound using thousands of laser beams. The studio's story began in Nottingham, and their return with Parallels is both a homecoming and a celebration.
- At Sneinton Market Square, discover The Cat That Slept For A Thousand Years. Air Giants’ inflatable, decorated light sculpture invites visitors to stroke or cuddle the huge creature and feel its deep, rumbling purr, as if slumbering by the fire at home.
- An intricate fibre-optic display, Mycelium Network, will surround the Robin Hood Statue. The soft, glowing light will spread out from the base of the statue to symbolise the legend of Robin Hood taking root in Nottingham.
More commissioned works, including installations by Nottingham-based artists at Nottingham Castle, St Mary’s Church, and Sneinton Market Avenues, will be announced soon in the full Light Night programme!
This weekend: Russell Howard
 Sat 24 & Sun 25 January
Royal Concert Hall
Last few seats remaining! Russell Howard is back with a brand-new stand-up tour.
After breaking records with sold-out shows across the globe, ‘one of the world’s top comedians’ (The Sunday Times) is inviting you back into the room: no phones, no distractions, just humans and jokes. Don’t tell the algorithm.
Jane McDonald - Living The Dream
 Tue 8 September
Motorpoint Arena
National treasure and singing sensation Jane McDonald is officially Living The Dream as she gets ready for a brand-new UK tour and album for 2026.
Recorded in Nashville at the famous Blackbird Studios, Living The Dream is Jane’s 11th studio album and presents her nod to Country, unveiling her passion for the music. Boasting nine original songs and four stunning reworkings of Country classics, the record showcases her dynamic and diverse musicality.
The Secret Science Show
 Sat 14 February
Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall hosts The Secret Science Show as part of the Nottinghamshire Festival of Science & Curiosity! There will be stalls in the Great Hall, where children of all ages can get stuck in with a range of hands-on and interactive science activities.
Tickets are priced at £2 per adult and children under 15 go free.
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