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


Grab your bucket and spade! Nottingham’s 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.

About the Beach

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.

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Mary Poppins Returns and Grease at Wollaton Hall

Mary Poppins

Open Air Cinema

Wollaton Hall 
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July


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.

Book Mary Poppins

Grease

14 July - Grease (PG) - Join the T-Birds and Pink Ladies for the 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. 

Book Grease



Big Tennis Weekend

Big Tennis Weekend in Nottingham Parks

Saturday 20 July

Valley Road Tennis Courts


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 you’ve 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


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

Saturday 13 July - 2pm        Lincolnshire Hospital Band

Sunday 21 July - 2pm            Carlton Male Voice Choir

Sunday 28 July - 2pm
Belper Town Wind Band

Full programme


Dragon Boats

Riverside Festival

Friday 2 to Sunday 4 August

Victoria Embankment


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 - the fireworks on Saturday evening.

Music & more


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Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Friday 19 July

Newstead Abbey


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 everyone’s 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 

Find out more


Dance 4

Family Fun Day

Saturday 20 July

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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


Based on Jamila Gavin’s Whitbread Children’s 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.

Nottingham’s beautiful Albert Hall, with its iconic Binns Organ, provides the perfect backdrop to Coram Boy’s soaring choral score.

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Open Air Cinema

Open Air Cinema

Thursday 22 to Monday 26 August

Wollaton Hall


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

Avenue Q

Monday 15 – Saturday 20 July

Theatre Royal


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 life’s burning issues. Book now for this fur-lariously laugh-out-loud musical!

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Pride

Pride

Saturday 27 July


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


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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