Dot To Dot Festival has continued to showcase the best new acts from around the world since starting in Nottingham twelve years ago featuring the likes of Ladytron, Radio 4 and The Rakes. The festival now takes place in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester and has put acts such as The xx, … [Read more...]
Busted, Billy Ocean and Tony Hadley Join Kaiser Chiefs at Splendour Festival
Bona fide music legends and a multi award-winning band have been announced for Splendour today, Nottingham’s fantastic all-day summer music festival held at Wollaton Park on Saturday 22 July. Busted, one of the biggest homegrown pop acts of the 21st century, will generate plenty of excitement … [Read more...]
Jack Wolfskin New Opening, The Exchange, Nottingham
Popular German outdoor brand Jack Wolfskin is set to open its first Nottingham store in the stylish shopping venue, The Exchange. The 2 floor, 175 sq. m store will be the 10th UK store for the chic outdoor apparel brand and will stock the full range of Jack Wolfskin clothing, accessories and … [Read more...]
Splendour Festival offers local talent the chance to shine
The opportunity to perform in front of a 20,000 strong crowd at the award-winning Splendour Festival at Wollaton Park is on offer for the unsigned act which tops this year’s Future Sound of Nottingham. Organised by NUSIC, Future Sound of Nottingham (FSN) will give one Nottinghamshire act the … [Read more...]
Local News job vacancy
The Local News is recruiting for someone to manage the distribution of our titles. The successful applicant will need to be able to drive, be active and enjoy working both indoors and outdoors. They will also need be flexible with their working hours from Monday to Friday. Hours and pay are … [Read more...]
A&G are keeping busy
Local family business, A&G Chem-Dry, are delighted with the response from Local News readers to their fantastic new Granite care service, since they launched it last year. Well known locally as Carpet, Rug and Upholstery Cleaning experts, A&G Chem-Dry decided to offer its unique Granite … [Read more...]
Nottingham skydivers excel in global competition
A group of skydivers from Nottingham have excelled at the global indoor skydiving competition 'The Wind Games', finishing as the top ranked British team overall. The team, which is called Chimera and which trains at Nottingham skydiving centre Skydive Langar, represented GB at the competition, … [Read more...]
Kaiser Chiefs revealed as Splendour 2017 headliners
Multiple Brit Award winning, indie-rock band, Kaiser Chiefs have been announced as headliners for this year’s award-winning Splendour Festival, Saturday 22 July 2017. The Yorkshire quintet are the first of over 40 acts announced to perform at the city's biggest summer day out at Wollaton Park, … [Read more...]
Sinfonia Viva Anniversary Year
Sinfonia Viva, the East Midlands’ only professional orchestra, will mark its 35th anniversary this year by enabling more people than ever to experience creative music making. As well as a packed concert programme across the region and beyond, Viva is aiming to work directly with 3,500 people over … [Read more...]
Brick Wonders opens at The Harley Gallery this weekend
Excitement is building for the new LEGO model exhibition opening at The Harley Gallery this weekend (January 21) following the phenomenal success of last year’s Brick City. The record-breaking Brick City exhibition attracted more than 80,000 visitors over its three month run. Now the same … [Read more...]