PLUS: Mary Poppins, Grease - great fun outdoors

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Nottingham Beach opens Friday!
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Friday 12 July - Sunday 1 September

*Old Market Square*

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Grab your bucket and spade! Nottinghams famous Beach in Old Market Square will open Friday for the people of Nottingham and visitors to the city to enjoy this summer.

Nottingham Beach is bigger and better than ever before with more sand (120 tonnes) and even more entertainment.

Look forward to traditional rides and attractions, a beach barbecue and bar and an entertainment schedule packed full of live music from local bands and artists.

There will also be movie nights under the stars, beach volleyball tournaments and Just Ben hosting Variety on the Beach. As always, the Beach is open to everyone throughout the school holidays.

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*Playa Day* -Brand new this year, is the Playa Day Club and Restaurant which will be for over 18s only. Soak up the sun on pool-side day beds and deluxe pool pods, normally seen gracing the sandy shores of the Mediterranean; whilst sipping a summery cocktail and enjoying live music and entertainment.With indoor and outdoor seating, it is perfect for after-work drinks and sharing platters. [ [link removed] ]

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Mary Poppins Returns and Grease at Wollaton Hall

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Open Air Cinema

*Wollaton Hall*
*Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July*

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Visit Wollaton Hall this weekend for a great pair of films shown on the giant screen under the stars!. You can grab food, and snacks plus a drink at the bar and enjoy music before the films start. Bring a blanket or some camping chairs and enjoy! Gates open 7.30pm. The film starts shortly after sunset.

*13 July - Mary Poppins Returns (U) -*Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.

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Grease

*14 July - Grease (PG)* - Join theT-Birds and Pink Ladies forthe most successful movie musical of all time. First shown in 1978, it is the story of a wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) and a summer romance, that will have to cross divides.

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Big Tennis Weekend
Big Tennis Weekend in Nottingham Parks

Saturday 20 July

*Valley Road Tennis Courts*

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The Nature Valley Big Tennis Weekend is heading to Valley Road, offering a FREE day for all the family to get on court. There are Mini Tennis sessions, family time, free play and numerous other kind of activities to get involved in. Rackets and balls will be provided, so whether youve never picked up a racket before or you're a seasoned regular there something for everyone

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Bands in the Park
Bands in the Park

Saturday 13 July

*Arboretum*

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Enjoy live music concerts at this iconic park in the city...

Saturday 13July - 2pm Lincolnshire Hospital Band

Sunday 21July - 2pm Carlton Male Voice Choir

Sunday 28 July - 2pm
Belper Town Wind Band

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Riverside Festival

*Friday 2 to Sunday 4 August*

*Victoria Embankment*

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The East Midlands biggest free festival returns to the banks of the Trent, celebrating summer.

With the usual blend of live music, river-based activities (Check out the Dragon Boat Challenge),kids zone, massive funfair. There is also the Riverside highlight - thefireworks on Saturday evening.

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Treasure Island
Treasure Island

Friday 19 July

*Newstead Abbey*

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When he stumbles across a coveted treasure map, young Jim Hawkins finds himself on an epic adventure in the hope of finding Treasure Island. But not everyone is to be trusted, and a dark secret is lurking on board the ship... A brand-new adaptation of everyones favourite swashbuckling pirate adventure created by Robert Louis Stevenson and preformed by the Chapterhouse company

*Coming soon*:
28/07 - Wuthering Heights

01/08- A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Dance 4
Family Fun Day

Saturday 20 July

*Dance4*

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Enjoy FREE dance activities with a broad range of dance sessions for all ages. The event timetable is designed so families with different aged children can come along together to take part in all the dance fun available.

Biscuits, fruit and hot and cold drinks will be provided throughout the day and those attending are welcome to bring their own packed lunch to enjoy in between sessions.

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Coram Boy
Coram Boy

Until Saturday 10 August

*Albert Hall*

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Based on Jamila Gavins Whitbread Childrens Book of the Year Award-winning novel, Coram Boy is a gripping family saga that exposes an era blighted by slavery and the ill-treatment of children.

Nottinghams beautiful Albert Hall, with its iconic Binns Organ, provides the perfect backdrop to Coram Boys soaring choral score.

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Open Air Cinema
Open Air Cinema

Thursday 22 to Monday 26 August

*Wollaton Hall*

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Check out these music-themed outdoor film screenings to be shown at Wollaton this August.

*Tickets for all screenings are now on sale:*

22/08 - A Star Is Born
23/08 - Bohemian Rhapsody 24/08 - Labyrinth
25/08 - Purple Rain
26/08 - Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

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Avenue Q

Monday 15 Saturday 20 July

*Theatre Royal*

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The hilarious and multi-award winning*Avenue Q*is back! Catch-up with all your favourite (and unforgettable) characters on a downtown New York street trying to make sense of lifes burning issues. Book now for this fur-lariously laugh-out-loud musical!

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Pride
Pride

Saturday 27 July
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Come and celebrate in the city with us! Nottingham has it's own Pride celebration to recognise our diverse city at the end of the month...

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MND Oddsocks
A Midsummer Night's Dream

*Friday 26 July*

*Lakeside Arts
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Join Oddsocks Productions as they return to celebrate their 30th Anniversary year with yet another high-energy, feel-good, family theatre show. The company invites you to join them for a festival of music, magic and mayhem as they bring Shakespearean favourite "A Midsummer Night's Dream", to life as you have never seen it before.

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