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Halloween (31 Oct)

Halloween

Thursday 31 October

Old Market Scare (6-9pm)

Show off your best and scariest Halloween attire and watch Halloween-themed entertainment including giant skeletons and live bands. It’s spooky fun for suitable for all the family. Watch for live music and parades between six and nine.

Don't miss your last chance to have a ride on the UK’s biggest mobile ghost train, alongside an array of spooktacular family rides and attractions. The Horror Hotel will be closing its doors for the last time, too.

Food stalls and the themed bar will also be open to celebrate Halloween night in style. Round it all up by grabbing a selfie with the huge lit-up Halloween pumpkin.

Coming soon

Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night

Tuesday 5 November

Forest Recreation Ground


The city’s biggest FREE Bonfire Night event returns for 2019 with two big fireworks displays at 19:15 and 21:00 (the earlier display being suitable for young children)

The lighting of the East Midlands’ biggest bonfire will be at 19:45, plus a massive fairground with traditional bonfire night treats. It’s a great family night out.

Please do not bring your own fireworks or sparklers to this event.


Nottingham Comedy Festival

Comedy Festival

Friday 1 November - Sunday 10 November

Various venues


Grab your seats now! - with several shows already sold out, the Nottingham Comedy Festival is back for its 11th year.

Full listings

This year, the festival is set to bring even more laughs with a fantastic line-up of comedians and more shows than ever before!

Show tickets range from free to £23

Acts include: Rob Beckett and Russell Kane and many more.

Find out more

Horror Hotel - Live Action Scare Maze

Scare Maze

LAST CHANCE!

Thursday 31 October

Old Market Scare
Tickets: £7 per body or £25 per family (2 adults, 2 under 10’s) (No time slots - come at any time)


Check-in and freak out as the Horror Hotel opens its doors to unsuspecting guests. Hotel proprietor Vincent Ravenghast invites you into a twilight world of faded Victorian grandeur, where a good night’s rest is the last thing you can expect! Navigate your way through the old hotel where the unquiet dead stalk the halls in a labyrinthine journey towards ‘Room 13’.

Visitors are invited to check in to the Horror Hotel - if they dare - where actors, dressed as spooky characters, provide the shocks and surprises as people navigate their way around the creepy old hotel.

Book now

Underground Wollaton

Underground Wollaton

Thursday 31 Oct
Friday 1 to Sunday 3 Nov

Wollaton Hall


Dress to scare! Visit Wollaton's Historic Hauntings, dark, damp rooms and tunnels. Walk in the steps of those who in ages past toiled below the Great House. Hear their stories and feel their presence on this guided tour.

Tours run at: 10am, 11:30 am, 1pm, 2.30pm, 4.30pm, 5.30pm, 7pm each day

Book now

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe Tour

Adam Ant

Thursday 7 Nov

Royal Concert Hall


Adam Ant returns to the Royal Concert Hall to play his landmark Friend or Foe album in its entirety, as well as other classic chart-topping singles and personal favourites.

Book now

Nottingham Rugby

Rugby

Friday 1 November

Lady Bay


With England in the Rugby World Cup Final this weekend, why not warm up at The Bay as the Green and Whites takes on the Cornish Pirates this Friday?

Book your tickets now - there are lots of packages and great offers for kids too.

Cornish Pirates

The next game is Sunday 17 November versus Bedford Blues

Bedford Blues

Bonfire Night Bonanza

Homemade

Tuesday, 5 November

Forest Recreation Ground
17:30


Local Cafe Homemade is  throwing this exclusive Bonfire Night Party in the heart of the Forest Recreation Ground Firework Display. This year, in collaboration with Nottingham Street Food.

Tickets are available in timed slots. Ticket includes
* the best view in the park for the fireworks display
* street food from Homemade and recent euro street food champions @Homeboys
* DJ’s
* Face painting
Adults £10 plus booking fee
6-14’s £6 plus booking fee
Under 6’s go free

Book now

Lustre

Lustre

Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 Nov

Nottingham Lakeside Arts


Lustre: Beautiful Things for You and Your Home - 

Lakeside Arts’ Contemporary Craft Market

With Christmas just around the corner, get a head start and buy unique gifts unavailable anywhere on the high street!

Lustre is a friendly, relaxed, contemporary craft and design market, where you can buy everything from artisan jewellery and bags to ceramics, glass and tableware. If you love crafts that are handmade, individual and beautiful, then Lustre is a must for you.

More info/book

Peel Street Cave Tours

Cave Tours

New Dates Added
at Peel Street

November 2019 - April 2020


Don't miss a chance to grab a ticket for these ever-popular tours. 

They offer an exciting opportunity to explore Nottingham's largest cave system.

Rouse's sandmine off Mansfield Road was created between around 1780 and 1810 and has many fascinating original features, as well as its later uses as a Victorian and early 20th century tourist attraction, and Second World War air raid shelter.

Book now

Reader's Day

Reading Challenge

Saturday 16 November

County Hall, West Bridgford


Come and meet award winning authors! This all-day event features internationally acclaimed authors, bringing readers and writers together for a day of inspiration, entertainment and lively discussion.
Headliners include authors Kit De Waal, Christy Lefteri and Abir Mukherjee.

There will also be a wonderful selection of workshops and discussions 

Read more

£23 full price £20 conc.**
(**unwaged/over 60/student)

Book tickets

Next week

Remembrance Events

Remembrance

Sunday 10 and Monday 11 November

Victoria Embankment/Old Market Square


The Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving
will take place at the War Memorial on 10 November, starting at
10.45am with the silence at 11am.

There will also be a projection of cascading poppies onto the War Memorial with an opportunity to remember the city and county's fallen between 4 and 8pm.

The South Notts Hussars will be having their Service at St Mary’s Church this day as well, and will have their march past in the
Market Square at 12noon approximately.

Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne.

Nottingham City Council’s Civic Office will observe the two minutes silence at 11am on the front of the Council House steps, with the event starting at 10.55am.

Members of the public are welcome to attend all events.


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