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This weekend
Nottinghamshire Pride

Pride
*Saturday 27 July*

*City-Wide (Parade starts at corner of Lister Gate)
11am late*

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Everyone is invited to join this years Nottinghamshire Pride celebrations in the city the largest event of its kind in the East Midlands.

The Pride parade will start on the corner of Lister Gate in the city at 11am and finish on the rainbow road in Broad Street.

Over 8,000 people from Nottinghams diverse population and visitors from all over the country are expected to fill the streets for the annual celebration that gives the LGBT+ community enormous visibility, a vibrant platform to educate people on LGBT+ issues and a safe place for LGBT+ people to meet a range of incredibly supportive organisations.

As soon as the parade comes to an end, the Sheriff of Nottingham will kick off the afternoon celebrations at 12pm with a speech on the main stage on Heathcoat Street.

There will be over 40 stalls along Heathcoat and Broad Street with opportunities to chat to local businesses, visit the free glitter make-up tent, learn about LGBT+ history, do a spot of shopping and find out more information about the essential services on offer to LGBT+ people across the city.

A packed entertainment programme will continue on the main stage up to 6pm, followed by a vigil and then a variety of after parties to choose from some ending as late as 7am!

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Ice Pride
Ice Pride
Saturday 27 July

*National Ice Centre*

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Join the National Ice Centre to celebrate Nottinghamshire Pride with aUV paint and foam party combined into one explosion of colour! Prepare to get messy as cannons spray a rainbow of UV paint and foam onto the ice rink at the same time, while theDJ plays brilliant tunes at the ultimate pride celebration.

Tickets: Junior (ages 5-15) 7.50,Adults (16+) 8.50

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Bands in the Park
Bands in the park
Sunday 28 July

*Arboretum*

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*Sunday 28July (2pm)*
*Belper Town Wind Band*
Still blowing after all these years,Belper Town Wind Bandis tuning up for a summer concert season celebrating its 20th anniversary.

*Sunday 11August (2pm)*
*Cool Jazz*
Cool Jazz is a creative jazz ensemble influenced by both traditional and contemporary styles to create a smooth approach to jazz that is very pleasing to the ear.

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Peel Street Cave Tours
Caves
July-September through the summer holidays

*Peel Street*

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Get out of the heat and into the dark with more chances this summer to experience this exciting opportunity to explore Nottingham's largest cave system, which has not been open to the public in many years.

Nicknamed the Mammoth Cave because of its vast size and winding passages, this cave system is a labyrinth, this is a unique experience unlike any other cave tour in the city.

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Central Library
Comic
*Kev's Comic Masterclass - Saturday 27 July (ages 7+)*

*Central Library*

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Back by popular demand! Learn how to write and draw comics with Kev Sutherland (writer for the Beano, Marvel and Doctor Who).

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Storyparks
Storyparks
from Monday 29 July

*City parks*

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Take part in a five-week programme of FREE sessions with local artists and performers.

These sessions will have a different theme: mini-beasts, dinosaurs,"Alice in Wonderland", wild animals and"The Gruffalo".

Check out the timetable and use the filters to explore the different types of sessions happening in your favourite StoryParks. Keep checking back, as more sessions will be added over the coming weeks right up until the end of August!

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Open Air Theatre
Open Air Theatre
Sunday 28 July

*Newstead Abbey*

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*Wuthering Heights*"
"*Sunday 28 July
*Gates: 5pm
"Emily Bront'siconic tale of a timeless love affair between two restless souls as wild and untamed as the bleak Yorkshire moors"

*A Midsummer Night's Dream
**Thursday 1 August
*Gates: 6pm
"Let yourself be whisked away on a thrilling journey to the most magical of forests and meet star-crossed lovers, playful fairies, and hilarious travelling players."

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Gandeys Circus
Gandeys
**Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 September**

*Woodthorpe Park
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*Gandeys comes to Nottingham with The Greatest Show Tour!*

Roll up, roll up! Europes largest touring big top show, comes to Woodthorpe Grange Park in September. Tickets start at only 7.99 and there are other money saving offers, too!

An international cast of over 30artistes star in a lavish theatrical production, staged in a fully-heated 1,000-seat Italian big top, featuring the latest amazing lighting and sound effects!

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Library Theatre
Library
*The Girl of Ink and Stars:*
Saturday 3 -Monday 12 August

*Various Nottingham Libraries*

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A mythical tale for adventurers aged 7+

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Classic Thrillers
Thrillers Season
*Tuesday 30 Jul Saturday 3 August
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*Theatre Royal
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*The Colin McIntyre Classic Thrillers Season: Wait Until Dark*

This years Classic Thrillers Seasons opens with Wait Until Dark a gripping and suspenseful edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller. Feel the fear this summer with four great plays over four weeks its theatre to die for.

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Outdoor Cinema
Labyrinth
Saturday 24 August

*Wollaton Hall*

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*Labyrinth* is a 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson. It revolves around 15-year-old Sarah's (Jennifer Connelly) quest to reach the center of an enormous otherworldly maze to rescue her infant brother Toby, whom Sarah wished away to Jareth the Goblin King* (David Bowie)*. Most of the film's significant characters, apart from Bowie and Connelly, are played by puppets produced by *Jim Henson's Creature Shop*.

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

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

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Riverside Festival
Riverside
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.

Live music - 3 stages
River- based activities
Kids zone
Mile -long funfair

There is also the Riverside highlight - the Saturday night fireworks.

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Nottingham Beach
Beach
Until 1 September

*Old Market Square*

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From the Beach [ [link removed] ] to Riverside [ [link removed] ], weve got plenty of fantastic events to keep you busy in the City this summer, but dont forget theres all sorts you can do in your local community too

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Playa Day - New menu announced

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Playa Day - new menu, new opening hours for families

The new luxury resort experience in Old Market Square - Playa Day Club and Restaurant is FREE to enter, walk ins are welcome, although it is advised that visitors book if they wish to reserve a day-bed or pool pod. In addition, restaurant bookings can be made online as well as on-site.

The restaurant is open tofamilies between 12:00-5:00pm daily, There is a new set menu [ [link removed] ].
However, after 5pm the entire venue will be an 18+ zone.

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*Saturday 27 July* -ACES pride party as well as the UK's greatest female impersonator...Mr Ceri Dupree

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