The latest positive local news from Hockley & Lace Market: food and drink, nightlife, people, arts, sport and business stories from La Vida Nottingham.
A quarter of a century after campaigners saved the old Co-operative Arts Theatre on George Street, the independent charity behind Nottingham Arts Theatre is celebrating 25 years of local and touring shows.
Founded in November 1976, Nottingham homelessness charity Emmanuel House reaches its 50th anniversary having bought its Goose Gate support centre outright, thanks to a community appeal that hit its target in under a week.
More than a decade after opening on Broad Street, Rough Trade Nottingham is still a record shop downstairs and a much-loved live room upstairs, packed for Record Store Day 2026.
Nottingham now has more than 1,000 known man-made caves, and the City of Caves at Garner's Hill offers the largest publicly available section of this remarkable underground network.
Opened in 1983 as the city's first vintage shop, WILD Clothing still fills two floors on Broad Street with pre-loved fashion from the 1950s to the early 2000s, plus a daily kilo sale.
The 20th Hockley Hustle takes over around 50 venues on Sunday 25 October 2026, after two decades of grassroots music and around £250,000 raised for Nottingham charities.
Opened in 2000 on the site of the city's 1939 ice stadium, Motorpoint Arena Nottingham hosts arena tours, Panthers ice hockey and, since 2025, Nottingham Forest Netball.
Robin Kerr's GForce made everything in-house in the Lace Market, dressed Cher and Eric Cantona, and starred in a 2025 Bonington Gallery look back at Nottingham's 1980s fashion scene.
Tucked beneath the National Justice Museum in the historic Shire Hall, Iberico World Tapas has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2013 and remains a Lace Market favourite.
Nottingham's independent Broadway Cinema hosted Mayhem Film Festival from 15 to 18 October 2026, the latest chapter for a horror and cult film celebration that began in 2005.
Set into the sandstone cliff at Weekday Cross, Nottingham Contemporary offers free exhibitions in a celebrated building, with two new autumn shows running until January 2027.
For more than 45 years, independent Ice Nine on Goose Gate has been Nottingham's shopping alternative, with sterling silver jewellery, festival-ready clothing and rare vinyl downstairs.