Here’s our latest round-up of latest events taking place from Friday 19 May to Thursday 25 May across the borough.
Friday, May 19
Veronica’s Room presented by Ravenshead theatre Group – Ravenshead Village Hall, 7.30pm
19th & 20th May £10pp
Robert Perry – Nags Head, Carlton
Event Cinema National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (15) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal.
£12.50pp
River Hopkins – Copper Mapperley, 8.00pm
Disco & Karaoke – The Arrow, Arnold, 7.00pm
Fletch – Longbow, Arnold
Radio Romantic – Top Spot, Carlton
Saturday, May 20
Dementia UK ‘Time for a Cuppa’ Morning – A W Lymn Carlton, 10.00am – 1.00pm
Drop in for some ‘cake and a cuppa’ while supporting a great cause
Mispent Youth – Vale Club, Colwick, 9.00pm
LIVE BAND NIGHT FREE ADMISSION
Nottingham Concert Band – St.Swithun’s Church, Woodborough, 7.30pm
Gedling Artists & Friends – Westdale Lane Community Centre, Mapperley, 11.00am – 4.00pm
There will be art demonstrations as well as the opportunity to purchase art work from the artists. Entry is free, limited parking available in the car park with on-street parking also available nearby, the centre is fully accessible and has disabled toilets. Refreshments will be available to purchase by local baker Sam of Betty Rose Bakes.
This event is part of the Open Studios Notts events which are held across the county during May. More information can be found here – https://www.osnotts.co.uk/ Everyone is welcome at the event, but please note that dogs are not allowed in the centre with the exception of assistance dogs.’
Ignition – Top Spot, Carlton
Lauren April – Copper, Mapperley, 8.00pm
Remi Harris & Tom Moore – Bonington Theatre, Arnold, 7.30pm
£12 pp
Guitarist Remi Harris has been receiving rave reviews for over a decade, since emerging from the seething jazz hotspots of Herefordshire. Blessed as he is with a formidable technique and a genuine love of the music, his star is firmly in the ascendant.
‘An extraordinary musician’ (Jamie Cullum), Remi is a virtuoso whose unique style draws inspiration from artists such as Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery – one of the most influential American jazz guitarists of the twentieth century – Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) and Led Zeppelin, and from blues specialists Stevie Ray Vaughan and Freddie King.
Robbie Dixon – The Crossing Social Club, Carlton
West O’ The Moon – Admiral Rodney, Calverton, 8.30pm
Zephyr – Calverton Working Men’s Club
Sunday, May 21
Popmaster – The Nags Head, Carlton, 6.00pm
Registration by 5.30pm
Sharon Garner – The Pit @ Newstead, Newstead, 3.00pm
Folky vibes and free entry
Spring Fayre – Thackeray’s Lane Park, 10.00am – 3.00pm
Scouts 1st Daybrook and Woodthorpe
Including a history walk by Bob Massey at 2.00pm from ‘The Bob Massey Stall’
Sunday Quiz Night – Larch Farm, Ravenshead
Sunday & Wednesday evenings
Richie Richards – Top Spot, Carlton
Sunday Quiz Night – Old Volunteer, Carlton
Monday, May 22
Pub League Poker – The Brick Yard, Carlton
Free pint to the winner of the night for season 2, along with the cash pot from player buy ins (£5 a head) and 100 points on the leaderboard.
Monday Quiz Night – Bread & Bitter, Mapperley
Monday Quiz Night – Four Bells, Woodborough, 7.30pm
Tuesday, May 23
Tuesday Pub Quiz – The Brickyard, Carlton
Booking advised due to popularity of event.
£2 buy in per person, £25 bar tab to be won and a rolling higher or lower jackpot
Bike Night – The Gleaners, Calverton
Wednesday, May 24
Charity Fashion Show & Shopping Event – Calverton Working Men’s Club, Calverton, 7.00pm
Tickets available on the door
Raising funds for the Core Centre & Calverton Theatre Group
Calendar Girls – Bonington Theatre, Arnold, 7.30pm
Wed May 24 – Sat May 27
£10pp
The NANDA award-winning Blind Eye Productions present Calendar Girls, based on the Miramax motion-picture written by Juliette Towhidi and Tim Firth. The hilarious play is based on the true story of eleven W.I. members who famously posed nude for a calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research!
Wednesday Quiz Night – Larch Farm, Ravenshead
Wednesday & Sunday evenings
Thursday, May 25
Thursday Quiz Night – The Gleaners, Calverton, 8.30pm
DJ Scott, Throw Back Thursdays – Top Spot Club, Carlton, 8.00pm
Old School with some great tunes from Reggae, Ska, Northern Soul, Motown, 70’s and 80’s.
Plus 25% discount on all Drinks.
Thursday Quiz Night – Sashas Bar, Arnold
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Thursday Quiz Night – The Vale Hotel, Woodthorpe, 8.00pm
Weekly quiz night in support of local food bank.
Thursday Quiz Night – Gedling Inn, Gedling, 8.00pm
All listings correct at time of going to press
Please contact venue to confirm availability and details
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