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Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 September
New Art Exchange, Hockley, Arboretum
Exploring the journeys of people, art, and society towards a more inclusive and vibrant world.
This year, the festival celebrates 31 years of Mela in the UK. The theme is Illusions in 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 embracing an inclusive and vibrant society. The festival will include live performance, exhibitions, poetry, and a series of special community engagement commissions.
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 Until Saturday 7 September
Various venues and times
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, Nottingham’s Creative Quarter will come alive with Indo-Jazz, contemporary and classical styles and forms.
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 Until Sunday 8 September
New Art Exchange
Exploring the journeys of people, art, and society towards a more inclusive and vibrant world.
The festival will include live 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 the Amritsar massacre.
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 Sunday 8 September
Arboretum
11.30am – 6pm
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 Singh’s drumming circle.
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 Saturday 7 Sept
Wollaton Hall
Enjoy an amazing outdoor experience with a chance to see this musical extravaganza telling the fantastical human story of Elton Elton's breakthrough years.
With Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard.
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 Saturday 14 September
Trinity Square
12.00pm – 5.00pm
FREE event
Organised in conjunction with the local South Asian Community, enjoy dance, 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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 Tuesday 24 September – Saturday 5 October
Nottingham Playhouse
LIT explores 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 of LIT came from her experience studying young women and mothers in the prison system.
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 Sunday 29 September
Royal Concert Hall
Milkshake Monkey can’t 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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 Sunday 15 September
Victoria Embankment
FREE event
HSBC UK Let's Ride Nottingham is closing roads 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 – it’s all happening.
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 Sunday 15 September
Arboretum - 12noon - 6pm
FREE event
Enjoy FREE live music, outdoor entertainment and adult and children’s 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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Friday 13 - Sunday 22 September
Various venues
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 it’s all FREE.
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Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October
Newstead Abbey
Tickets from £11.50
Experience dramatic medieval re-enactments, a wealth of costumed period characters, historic demonstrations, hands-on activities, theatre and much more.
This short film really gives you a flavour of the event...
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