PLUS: Rocketman, cycling, heritage
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This weekend
Nottingham Arts Mela
Mela
**Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 September**
*New Art Exchange, Hockley, Arboretum
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"Exploring the journeys of people, art, and society towards a more inclusive and vibrant world."
This year, the festivalcelebrates 31 years of Mela in the UK. Thetheme is*Illusionsin Transit*- exploring the journeys of people, art and society, and offering an exciting programme which captures the creative and cultural spirit of the city of Nottingham and the Midlands region. With a strong South Asian root, there is a constant theme of embracingan inclusive and vibrant society. The festival will includelive performance, exhibitions, poetry, and a series of special community engagement commissions.
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Mela at Hockley
Mela Hockley
*Until Saturday 7 September
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*Various venues and times*
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Launching with the incredible sounds of jazz pianist, Zoe Rahman; there will be spaces all over Hockley filled with South Asian rooted music and dance.
From DJ sets to performances and demonstrations, Nottinghams Creative Quarter will come alive with Indo-Jazz, contemporary and classical styles and forms.
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Mela at New Art Exchange
Memory of Land
*Until Sunday8 September*
*New Art Exchange*
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Exploring the journeys of people, art, and society towards a more inclusive and vibrant world.
The festival will includelive performance, exhibitions, poetry, and a series of special community engagement commissions.
A special exhibition,marks 100 years since the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre - also known as theAmritsar massacre.
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Mela at Arboretum
Mela Arboretum
**Sunday 8 September
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**Arboretum
11.30am 6pm**
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The sizzling scent of jalebis, samosa, and chaat will fill the beautiful botanical gardens.
With craft and fashion stalls, live performances, poetry, arts workshops, as well as yoga in the well-being tent will entertain and delight all afternoon.
The very best of local and international talent including Aziz Ibrahim, Kefaya, Mashi Theatre, Manushi, Harjinder Matharu, and Biant Singhs drumming circle.
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Rocketman at Wollaton Hall
Rocketman
Saturday 7 Sept
* Wollaton Hall*
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Enjoy an amazing outdoor experience with a chance to see this musical extravaganza telling the fantastical human story of EltonElton's breakthrough years.
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With Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard.
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South Asian Arts Festival
South Asian Arts
*Saturday 14 September*
*Trinity Square
**12.00pm 5.00pm
FREE event*
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Organised in conjunction with the local South Asian Community, enjoydance, music and poetry performers, workshops, stalls, food, DJ Sunny and lots of energy!
South Asian Heritage celebrations take place in Nottingham throughout September. The month is a celebration of the heritage and culture of people from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who have settled and contributed to the social, historic, economic and cultural vibrancy of the city.
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LIT
LIT
Tuesday 24 September Saturday 5 October
*Nottingham Playhouse*
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LITexplores the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.
Writer Sophie Ellerby revives a proud British tradition by placing complex, working-class people at the heart of her work. Sophie is an actor and writer, and the spark ofLITcame from her experience studying young women and mothers in the prison system.
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Milkshake! Live
Milkshake
Sunday 29 September
*Royal Concert Hall*
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Milkshake Monkey cant wait to put on a spectacular new musical for you all! But when stage fright hits, his favourite Milkshake friends come to help, creating the most dazzling show you have ever seen!
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Let's Ride
Let's Ride
*Sunday 15 September*
**Victoria Embankment
FREE event**
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HSBC UK Let's Ride Nottingham is closingroads to traffic in Nottingham on Sunday 15 September and hosting a street festival for anyone on a bike.
Mountain Bike Stunt Show, music, food and drink, fun and games, demos, giveaways, activities, challenges, face painting its all happening.
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Nottingham Green Festival
Green Festival
*Sunday 15September*
*Arboretum - 12noon - 6pm
FREE event*
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Enjoy FREE live music, outdoor entertainment and adult and childrens activities plus community stalls with refreshments, ethical products and energy-saving technologies and information at Nottingham Green Festival.
This off-grid event features stalls from 100 small green businesses, craft workers, campaigns, artisan food producers and vegan caterers.
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Coming soon
Heritage Open Days
Green's Windmill
*Friday 13 - Sunday 22September*
*Various venues*
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Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture. Every year in September, places across the country throw open their doors to celebrate their heritage, community and history - for the first time there will be two packed weekends of events taking place.
It is a chance to discover hidden treasures and enjoy a wide range of tours, events and activities which bring to life local history and culture and its all FREE.
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Robin Hood Pageant
Pageant
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October
*Newstead Abbey
Tickets from 11.50*
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Experience dramatic medieval re-enactments, a wealth of costumed period characters, historic demonstrations, hands-on activities, theatre and much more.
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