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Skate Nottingham presents ‘Concrete Heritage, Rolling Archive’
New Art Exchange
A story of skateboarding, art & culture in Hyson Green.
‘Concrete Heritage, Rolling Archive’ is a festival celebrating the story of skateboarding, art and culture in Hyson Green, delivered across Maples Street skatepark and New Art Exchange through a programme of free skateboard coaching sessions, creative workshops, and an open call to contribute material & memories to an interactive exhibition.
Join Skate Nottingham at Maples Street skatepark every Monday in August from 11:00 – 12:30, for a skateboard coaching session with qualified coaches and skateboards & helmets available to borrow – open to anyone aged 7+. Then, take part in a unique 2-hour creative workshop, hosted at Maples Street skatepark, with a different artist each week – and help contribute new pieces of art to a Hyson Green heritage exhibition!
A short exhibition will open from Thursday 20th – Wednesday 26th August at New Art Exchange, bringing together curated archival photography, video, and ephemera spanning 50 years, from the concrete bowls skated within the Hyson Green flat complex in the 1970s and 80s, through to the community-led campaign that built Maples Street skatepark, as well as the graffiti culture that has thrived there alongside skateboarding for more than 20 years. Visitors are invited to contribute their own memories, photographs, and artefacts, which will be scanned, digitised, and incorporated as the festival runs, to form a living celebration of a community and its creative culture.
Concrete Heritage, Rolling Archive Exhibition
A week-long exhibition will open from Thursday 20th – Wednesday 26th August at New Art Exchange, bringing together curated archival photography, video, and ephemera spanning 50 years, from the concrete bowls skated within the Hyson Green flat complex in the 1970s and 80s, through to the community-led campaign that built Maples Street skatepark, as well as the graffiti culture that has thrived there alongside skateboarding for more than 20 years. Visitors are invited to contribute their own memories, photographs, and artefacts, which will be scanned, digitised, and incorporated as the festival runs, to form a living celebration of a community and its creative culture.
Till the Stars Come Down
Nottingham Playhouse
Sat 5 – Sat 26 Sep
You’re invited to the wedding of the year!
It’s Sylvia and Marek’s big day and the Stone family have gathered in Mansfield. The bride, her sisters and aunties are getting their glam on and everyone’s on their best behaviour. For now. But once the vows have been made and the drinks start flowing, deep-seated family resentments begin to bubble up. When secrets start spilling out, alliances shift, and by the end of the night, nothing will ever be quite the same again. Funny, relatable and deeply moving, this brilliant night out explores what happens when we’re forced to choose between family, and love.
Beth Steel’s Olivier-nominated, uproariously funny family drama comes to Nottingham for the first time in this regional premiere. Beth Steel is an award-winning playwright. Wonderland, her critically acclaimed play, won her the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and had its regional premiere at Nottingham Playhouse. Till the Stars Come Down was nominated for 2 Olivier Awards and transferred from the National to the West End in 2025.
Triggers and Advisories: Contains strong language, sex, abusive behaviour, bullying and racism.
Much Ado About Nothing
Theartre Royal Consert Hall
Mon 21 Sep 2026, Mon 28 Sep 2026
Pre-booked tickets: £5
On the day tickets: £7
The Theatre Royal Players Present: William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
Love. Wit. Mischief. And a little bit of scandal…
The Theatre Royal Players bring Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing to life in a vibrant queer reimagining that places identity, attraction, and fluidity at the heart of the story.
As Beatrice and Benedick spar, Claudio and Hero navigate a complex relationship under scrutiny, and Don John quietly stirs trouble, misunderstandings spiral and loyalties are tested. This playful and contemporary production explores the many ways we love, resist, and reveal ourselves to one another – a joyful reclaiming of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies.
MATRIKA: SHE WHO MAKES WORLDS BY SAROJ PATEL
New Art Exchange
23 MAY – 12 SEP
Matrika: She Who Makes Worlds by Saroj Patel is an exhibition exploring women’s strength, ancestral memory, and the futures we imagine into being. In Hindu cosmology, Matrika refers to the divine mothers, a group of powerful feminine energies connected to creation, protection, and transformation.
Drawing on mythology and intergenerational stories, the works reflect on how worlds are carried forward through courage, care, and transformation. Through material, gesture, and collective presence, the exhibition honours the power of women to shape the past, present, and what is yet to come.
Everyone Welcome | Free
NEWARK HUSTLE 2026
Saturday 29th August, various venues
Since 2022, we’ve joined forces with Newark Festival to bring a slice of Nottingham’s music scene to the venues of Newark for a glorious day in late August.
This year, we’re delighted to present 9 lineups of Notts’ finest and freshest acoustic artists and bands, curated by us @the.hustlecollective and I’M NOT FROM LONDON, all gathering together on Bank Holiday Weekend, Saturday 29th August. 
Join us at Loose CannonThe Fox and CrownOscar’s InnDave DuddlesThe Organ Grinder Newark The Old King’s Arms The locke and keye NewarkAnn et Vin Wine Shop + Just Beer Micropub to see out the Summer Hustle style!
Oh, and did we mention.. it’s completely FREE 
Horrorshow Edinburgh Fringe Preview
Fisher Gate Point
21 Aug 2026 at 19:00 – 20:00
Catch this exclusive preview before Horrorshow opens at Summerhall (one of the Fringe’s most prestigious venues.)
Dan’s got a rucksack full of stolen drugs and a plan that’ll definitely work. Ollie’s got his A-level reading list and serious reservations. They’ve been mates their whole lives. They’re also becoming strangers. Set against the 00s music festival that swallows their town every summer, this gig theatre show tears into class, nostalgia and masculinity, backed by a live band playing original songs that hit like a headline set. Messy, honest and completely on your side, from multi award-winning theatre company Chronic Insanity.
Written by Doug Deans
Original Music and Musical Direction by Anya Pearson
Performed by Doug Deans and Joe Matty
Directed by Joe Strickland.
NAE OPEN 2026
New Art Exchange
23 MAY – 12 SEP
The NAE Open returns for its sixth iteration in 2026, with a presentation of works that includes paintings, print, video, installation, photography, textiles and sculpture.
This dynamic exhibition was created through a competitive open application process for Nottinghamshire based artists and Global Ethnic majority* artists living anywhere in the UK.
Tasked to seek out the most innovative and high-quality artworks that address key societal concerns and interests, a panel of advocates including neighbours, artists and curators chose from a substantive number of submissions. The result is an eclectic and compelling selection of artists at different stages of their careers.
Everyone Welcome | Free
The Playhouse Pub Quiz – September
Nottingham Playhouse
Thu 3 Sep, 7.30pm
Join us for our Back to School pub quiz at Nottingham Playhouse!
While the kids are heading back to class, come unwind with friends in our bar, enjoy a drink, tackle challenging and fun trivia, and compete for prizes including show tickets, bottles of wine, and bar tabs.
A perfect way to celebrate the end of summer!
£2 per player, up to 6 per team (all proceeds go towards supporting Nottingham Playhouse)
18+ only
Out Burst Base51
Open to LGBTQIA+ community, questioning or allies! Free social group every Wednesday in Nottingham City Centre. Just show up, no need to book! 11-21 year olds only. Email [email protected] to find out more.
CENTRAL LIBRARY PHOTO CLUB
After the success of the 2025 World Photography Day program, Nottingham Central Library are proud to initiate a seasonal photography club.
The Library is nestled within the Green Heart, a budding nature scape that changes with the seasons which has provided a rich source of material on our previous photography walks. Now, the library are formalising a free space in the building, once a season, for local photographers to meet, socialise, learn and head out on their own photo walks with the Green Heart as stop number 1.
With some sessions self-directed, and others featuring bite-size lectures from partners across the city, this club is an open and inclusive space to experiment and create.
Group Information:
Location: Nottingham Central Library, Atrium
Dates:
- Spring: Saturday 11 April, 12pm to 3pm
- Summer: Saturday 13 June, 12pm to 3pm
- Autumn: Saturday 12 September, 12pm to 3pm
- Winter: Saturday 5 December, 12pm to 3pm
The City for Incurable Women
A darkly comic history of hysteria
Sat 12 Sep
Nottingham Playhouse
Ladies and Gentlethem – feeling a little upset? Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts and it just doesn’t work? Try The City for Incurable Women!
Paris, 1880s. In a psychiatric hospital, female patients performed ‘hysteria’ for the public. The doctors went to extraordinary lengths to prove their theories about the four stages of madness. Today, in the 21st century, the storyteller Kae, begins to explore this history. They trace the echoes to the present, feeling them linger in their own body, and perhaps get a little too caught in the story.
International theatre-collective, fish in a dress follows the thread of the history of hysteria in their critically-acclaimed show (★★★★ The Guardian, The Stage, ★★★★★ Theatre Weekly) as the audience becomes complicit in an outrageous tale of medical misogyny. (Warning: hysteria cure not included).
Devised by fish in a dress. Supported by Goethe Institut and London Performance Studios.
Stonebridge Summer Market
Stonebridge City Farm & Gardens
Saturday 22nd August, from 10am
Free Entry
Join us for a lovely day of local shopping, sweet treats and family fun! 🛍️🍰
✨ Browse stalls from talented local makers & crafters
🍭 Treat yourself to some delicious sweet treats
💇♀️ Get festival-ready with hair braiding
🐑 Follow our fun trail around the farm
👕 Pre-loved clothes shopping for just £1!
Come along, support local, discover something new and enjoy a summer day at the farm!
GOBS Poetry Book Club: Hannah Silva’s Crow, Pirate, Fly
Saturday 26 September 2026, 11:00 13:00
Nottingham Central Library, 1 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FH
Join us to chat about Hannah Silva’s Crow Pirate Fly, followed by writing activities inspired by the book.
GOBS Collective invites you to chat and scribble your heart away at our Poetry Book Club, hosted at Nottingham Central Library and via Zoom.
GOBS Poetry Book Club provides a space for poets, writers, readers, performers and artists to meet over a cuppa and have a good chinwag over our poetry collection of the month. For the first half of the session we’ll talk about the book, and in the second half we’ll do some focused writing exercises based on our favourite poems.
It’s preferable that you read the book before you come along, but if you don’t get chance and fancy heading down anyway, just pop along – there’s sure to be something for you to say, listen to or write. No judgement.
METRONOME NOTTINGHAM
Just the Tonic has been producing comedy shows in Nottingham for over 25 years. We have now found a new home in Metronome. Described by many comedians as one of the best comedy venues in the country. With Just the Tonic’s notorious reputation for the best comedy line ups in the country… you can be sure you are getting one of the best nights in town…
We bring you four different acts at every Standard Saturday show including some of the best up & coming comperes and headliners from the UK & abroad. We open from 8pm so you can have a pre show chat and grab some drinks from the bar. Our show starts at 9pm, so you get your laughs in then make further plans for the night. Or catch the Early shoes from 6pm.
Drop-in Gardening Sessions
Primary
Friday April 17 – Friday July 31 , 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Free weekly gardening sessions are back every Friday!
Join us for gardening activities and relax in a friendly, informal social space. Learn more about growing vegetables, fruit, flowers and dye plants and gardening in urban areas.
All ages welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Refreshments provided.